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Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
KENT SUSSEX FAIR
BIGGER THAN EVER
Annual Event Will Be Held At IHar-
ringtOn July "a To 2S---M4ny
Racing Horses Entered
ASSOCTATIONFOR
Officials Report Great Demand For
Exhibiting Space---Have| Built
Large Vaudeville Sta lge.

Judging from the preliminary plans
announced by the Kent AND SUSSEX
Fair Association, the annual exhibits
at the Harrington Fair Grounds this
year will not only be "lbigger thar
ever" but will be far moTe numerous
The Association reports lmuch great
er demand for exhibitorsI space at the
Fair Grounds, especially for live stock
exhibits and already many more
horses have been entered than on pre-
viOus occasions.
The big Fair, which, annually at
tracts thousands of visitors from all
sections of the State, will be held this
year during the last week in July, and
the Association is now busily engaged
in getting the grounds in shape.
The race track is in excellent con-
ditiOn and was used Wednesday, the
Fourth of July, forl the Harrington
Races which are always a big feature
of the celebration of Independence
Day in central DelaW ware. Some of the
fastest horses on the Delmarvia PenE
insula were entered in these races and
others equally as fast will be run off
during the week ,bf the Fair. These
races in themselves form feature
that should attract many visitors who
love the exciting( sport, but this year
the races are only one of many good
things the Asso citation has in store
for the Fair VISITORS
Ernest Raugbley, secretary of the
Association, has been working hard.
with the cooperation of the other
and officials of the organi-
zation, to max Ye this years Fair the
best one yet staged at the Harrington
Grounds, and me promises number of
new features that should please every
one.
Among 9th jer new things visitors to
the show grounds will find this year
will be large vaudeville stage erected
IN front of the grand stand. Wtorkmen
are now er! betting this stage and dur
ing the Fair excellent vaudeville acts
will be shown day and night. This is
4 feature that should delight all,
young and old alike.
Everything is being put in order at |
he grounds, several new buildings are |
)eing ereIcted, and fine new road has
)een completed to the grounds, fact |
which slh hould carry particular appeal
o motto fists and farmers who attend
n vehicles of various kinds.
More room has been requested for
he dis play of cattle and hogs this
ear than ever before and these ex-
ibits will be made a speciality of the
air. Many attractions have already
cen booked for the big Midway, but
he Association announces that moth
lg Objectionable will be permitted,
nd THAT all the attractions will be
lealh and wholesome.
These annual Fairs mean much to
he people of Kent county, and it is the .
sa]t the people of central Delaware
AM do to cooperate with Mr.. Raugh-
~ and the other officers of the Asso- .
i$tion, to make the affair this year !,
decided success. :
Every Kent and Sussex countian :
hould make plans now to attend the
air as many days as possible, there
y combining real pleasure with a
cal duty. -
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
FARMERS LEWES-REHOBOTH
PLEDGE 475 COWS

AS result of the farm management
survey of the Lewes-Rehoboth and
Nassau communities, taken last De-
cember by the Extension Department
of the University of Delaware, quite a
little interest has been aroused on the
part of the farmers in dairying. Dur
ing the past month County Agent M.
c. Vaughn, of Georgetown, has held
six community meetings and quite a
number of committee meetings in CO.
operation with the Interstate Milk
Producers Association of Philadel-
phia; as a result 103 members have
Joined this association and signed
contracts to sell their milk through
the association from ATS COWS. A. D.
Allebach, president of the Interstate
Milk Producers Association, feels sure
that with this number of members, he
will not have any trouble in getting
one of the Philadelphia milk dealers
to open up a receiving station at some
point centrally located in the Lewes
territory. The farmers are very much
enthused over the possibilities of get
ting an outlook for whole milk from
that section and the membership
drive is still progressing, very nice
ly. County Agent Vaughn states that
two other community meetings will be
held in the near future and it is ex-
pected that the association will be
able to get at least 1875 members with
500 COWS.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
two MEN KILLED BY TRAIN
Geo. H. Walls OF Harrington, Allie
Phillips, BridgevilIe, Victims.

Run down by the Capitol Limited
on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad al
Ogden station, a short distance over
the Pennsylvania line, Thursday OF
last week, George H. Walls, 27 years
old, of Harrington, and Allie Phillips,
p years old, of Bridgeville, were in
stantly killed when the fas5 express
struck the small automobile in which
they were riding.
For six weeks Walls and Phillips
had been employed by the Sinclair Oil
Company, at Trainer, Pa. Phillips, who
is single, boarded with Walls and his
wife lat the Widen Apartments, in
Mare ds Hook, Pa. The bodies of both
men, while badly mutilated, were
identified by Mrs. Walls. She was noti-
fed Iof the accident by Deputy Coroner
Cloud who took charge of the bodies.
Walls carried a Delaware automo-
bile license tag bearing the name of
John Wiley. 1t was first reported that
Wiley had been killed. An investiga-
tiqn, however, revealed that Wiley is
Walls father-in-law and lives in Phil
adelphia. He was notified of the acci-
dent and later helped identify the body
of his son-in-law.
| The automobile, in which the men
were riding, a small runabout, was
reduced to fragments. According to
reports from those who saw the ac-
cident, the automobile became stalled
on the railroad tracks. Walls is re-
ported to have gotten out of the ma
chine and was attempting to crank
the car when the fast train bore down |
On him. Holding his hands to his face,
It was stated, Walls stood as if paraly !
zed. Phillips was in the automobile |
and he, too, was apparently unable to
move. Both men were hurled about |
fifty feet in the air and their bodies |
ragged for an equal distance.
Within a few minutes after the ac-
,ident Robert Gregg, Frank Harris
md Harry Runwell, of Ogden, who
iaid they were standing but few feet
way, ran to the tracks. There they
ound the mutilated bodies of Phillips
md Walls. A call was sent to the
Jhester Hospital, but when the ambu-
ance arrived with doctor and nurses
he men we're pronounced dead.
The crossing at Ogden, according to
there, is not protected by =
ates. il
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
UNIVERSITY TO BUY
ITS OWN SUPPLIES
Will Not Secure Same Through The
State Board OF Supplies As
Institutions Do.

The Board of State Supplies has
acknowledged the right of the UniVer-
sity of Delaware to purchase its sup
plies Independent of the board.
Representative of the University
conferred with members of the Board
last week. Henry B. Thompson, presi-
dent of the Board of Trustees of the
University of Delaware, was unable
to attend, but he was represented by
Henry Ridgely,. one of the five legal
advisers appointed by the university.
The report of Mr.. Ridgely states
''that for the university to perform it's
duties, they could not permit the
Board of State Supplies to purchase
supplies for the University of Della
ware. 1t was not question of what
they would like to do, but what they
could do"
In reply, the State Board of Sup
plies stated that "they realized, under
the present law, it had unfortunately
no means of enforcing compliance
with its wishes, but offers to all state
offices, departments, commissions, in
stitutions, ETC., the privilege of using
the Board of State Supplies as agent.
1naSmuch as centralized purchasing,
though new for states, is being adopt
ed by many states, most successfully,
it has been the means of saving thou
sands of dollars.
GAS an example of how this works,
the board of State Supplies recently
received a requisition from one state |
and were able through |
heir contract with other deDartmentS |
% satisfactorily transfer supplies held |
IN storage by another state depart
nent to the department needing the
same.
"The board of state supplies advised
Ir. Ridgely to inform the university
hat the board acknowledges the uni
-ersity's right to continue purchasing
heir supplies as heretofore"
During the meeting it was announce
ID that the State Hospital at Farm
urst had submitted complete requi-
ition of supplies for the next year.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
MISS WMLOUGHBY WINS MEDAL

Miss Elizabeth Willoughby, gradu-
ate of the fredericksburg, Nd, High
School, class of 1928, has been pre-
sented with a silver medal for eff
cheney in typewriting. The presenta-
ton was made by Walter Wright,
president of the Caroline County
School Board. The medal was awarded
by the Underwood Typewriting Com
pany, which awards these medals to
any high school commercial student
making an average of sixty words a
without an error, on the type
writer, during, a speed test of Is min
utes. Miss Willoughby's instructor re-
ceived a similar award for her first
pupil fulfilling the condition of the
company. Miss Willoughby is now go
ing after the gold and diamond set
medals, offered by the company for
higher efficiency.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
BOYS AND GIRLS WILL
MAKE A GREAT SHOW
At Delaware State Fair In Whining.
ton In Agricultural Enterprises
And Domestic Science.
EXHIBITS Will BE LARGER
Than Those Of Last Year And Will
Be Of Higher Standards Say
State Club Leaders.

Many new features are included in
the plans for the Boys and Girls
Club exhibit of the Junior Extension
Department of the University of Della
ware at the Delaware State Fair this
year. Space formerly devoted to the
competitive exhibits of the clothing
and canning work done by the girls
in their club projects, will be used
for the development of a Statewide
exhibit of the club work done by boys
and girls from all parts of Delaware,
so arranged as to show the purposes,
methods, and practical results of the
extension work in agriculture and
home making now being conducted by
the University of Delaware.
This phase of the club exhibit will
be arranged in a series of four booths,
each devoted to a different line of
club work. Club members from the
three counties will be in charge of the
booths during the entire week under
supervision of the county club agents.
These junior farmers and home maxi
ers will act as demonstrators and will
answer questions relative to their
club work. Many of the girls will wear
and demonstrate the dresses and hats
which they. have made themselves.
State Fair week always marks the
climax of the competition between the
various clubs of the State, for the
right to represent Delaware at the
Eastern States Exposition at Spring
field, Massachusetts, in September.
During the week the final contests,
between judging and demonstration
teams from the three counties, will
take place in the University of Della
ware building.
Seats are to be provided for fair
visitors who desire to see the demon
Strations by the various teams of two
members each. At least 25 teams of
boys and girls are planning to enter
this contest. According to State Club |
Leader A. D. Cobb, the individual eX-
libits of club members will be of even
higher standardc than the splendid |
ihowings of previous years. The girls
Will exhibit clothing and canning in
he Children's Department this year;
showing only their best work. The ex-
libits of the boys poultry and potato
'lub members, will be double the size
# the exhibits in these classes last
ear, and this will no doubt be true
# the pig club entries, as the State
nrollment in pig clubs is much larg-
+ this year than for several years.
The champion pure bred calves of
he dairy club boys of New Castle
ounty, will again be a feature of the
air; and, this year it is expected that
ONE of the new dairy club members
Kent and Sussex counties, will ex- |
ibit Guernsey calves.
Several hundred boys and girls will
ike part in the club program and
Oming as they do from every COM
unity in the State, will make the ex- c
ibit of the Junior Extension Depart i
Ient the most representative Della a
are exhibit on the grounds. D
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
WM,WILLEY BADLY INJURED
Bridd willie Man In Second Accident
In Recent Years.

Will m Wiley, who resides near
Bridgdil was painfully injured on
Mondal morning when a team of
mules hich he was driving ran away.
Wiley WAS driving a Stirring" team
and had started from his home, down
a lane bward the main road. A cant
hook blame loosened and was catch
ing in te spokes of one of the wheels.
This f1khtened the mules and they
started b run. Wiley had no means
bf stophg them, for they were being
driven Athout lines. He was thrown
drom th@Theels and the heavy wagon
bassed Ter his legs. After this had
Happenetthe team continued on down
the roadmade a turn and came back
again. Abough he saw them coming,
he was liable to get out of the way
and wasagain run over. Both legs
W ere bad cut. The gashes in some
places wee four inches long and cut
into the Dne. He was brought to the
Marshall Hospital where it is said
that .thS nljuries sustained will be
soh in mending.
Sas in an accident about
fou ago when his team ran
aw, hat time a loaded vehicle
mas his head. A part of his
left cut off in that accident.
He the writer this week that
he ugh driving a team.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
TREASURY SURPLUS
OF $3O9,657,46O
Receipts OF $561,S92,S66 In Gus
toms Declared To Break The
Record.

complete figures, covering the Unit
ed States governments financial oper-
ations for the fiscal year ending last
Saturday, June 30th, made public by
the U. S. Treasury, show receipts fol-
the IL months of $4,OO7,135,4SO and
the expenditure of S3,697, ,478,02O, indi-
eating a surplus of S309,657, 400.
At the close of business last Satur-
day night the government owed S22,-
349, 9,707,365 on outstanding securities,
This total represents a reduction in
the II months of $613,674,342, of which
S4O2,S5O,491 was taken into account
in compiling the Ordinary" or budget
expenses of the government. From the
surplus on hand, the Treasury applied
total of S210,823,851 to reducing it's
obligation. Part of the successes in
building up surplus, while at the
same time the public debt was reduc-
ed, was traced by the treasury to the
administrations tariff policy, which,
it was declared, resulted in the estab-
lishment of record, receipts in Gus
toms duties totalling 1851 1,928,866. This
total is almost go per cent greater
than for the fiscal year ending June
80, 1922, when duties of 1856, ,443, 1897
were reported, marking a high point
for customs revenue to that time.
Income and profits taxes, paid into
the Treasury during the last II
like the receipts from custom
collections, also exceeded expectations,
the total being $1,678, 607,482, while
the estimate given in the budget last
December was 81 1.5OO. .O0O. 900. Other
forms of internal revenue gave the
an additional $945,865,332.
The government started the new fis-
cal year July 1st with $370,939, ,121. .O8 |
n the Treasury's general fund. A year
ago the general fund was $272,105,-
1888,
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
A BIRTHDAY PARTY

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Beideman, al
their home, near Frederick, on Mon
day evening, June 25th, gave delight
full party in honor of their son George,
the occasion being his 21st birthday
anniversary. A very enjoyable even
ing was spent by more than fifty
guests, playing games. Late in the ev-
ening the guests were invited to the
dining room where refreshments
were served in abundance. George re-
ceived many pretty and useful pres
ents. At a late hour the guests de-
parted wishing him many more happy
birthdays.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
PRIVATE SHOWING OF PICTURE

On Fourth of July evening a special
film showing the opening of the Ma
tional Bank of Telegraphers, at st.
Louis, Mo-, was shown privately at the
Palace Theatre, for the relatives and
friends of Leonard Ross, who is vice
president of the bank and also a ma
tive of Milford. Mr.. Ross brought the
film with him from st. Louis, to show
to his father and mother, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewes H. Ross, of North Milford, at
the NixOn-Nirdinger Theatre in Mil
ford, so that they could get a visual
understanding of the bank and the
largeness Of its interests. The picture
of the little child in the lobby of the
bank, is his only child.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
NO WITNESS FEES
FOR DRY OFFICERS

Prohibition enforcement officers who
have been receiving witness fees and
mileage for testifying in liquor cases
received a jolt Friday of last week,
when the court directed the clerk to
allow them no fees in the future.
Judge Harrington and Judge Richards
both agreed that the fees were illegal
in view of the fact that the United
States Government pays the expenses
of the officers which covered their at
tendance at court.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
LEWES Wins In SUIT
AGAINST FISHERIES co

The Supreme Court has upheld the
action of the Court of Chancery in the
case of the town Of Lewes VS.. the
T,ewes Fisheries Co. The suit was
brought by the town of Lewes against
the FISHERIES Co. to recover some land
within. the town which was occupied
and claimed by the Fisheries Co, The
case was heard in the Court of Chan
cerv last November and the chancel-
lor ordered the land in question deed
ed tn the town of Lewes.
Counsel for the Fisheries Co. i'm
nediateIv placed the case before the
Supreme Court for trial on writ of
error The case was argued at the
January term of the Supreme Court.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
ELECTION AT REHOBOTH BEACH

The town election will be held Sat-
urday, July IA, and promises to be one
of the most spirited ever held there.
There will be three tickets in the
field, one headed by Mayor Walter p.
Robinson, another by Theodore Pal
mer and a third by Harry M. Satter-
field.
The present term is DR.. Robinson's
fifth and he has. been very successful
in his administrations. The candidates
for Town Commissioners are Benjam-
in F. Shaw, Ralph Wingate and Ed
ward S. Pettyjohn, with a possibility
of W. L. Wheelton and E. J. limerick
coming out.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
FINED s1OO An OSTS

| poniop,i,, G INo,,11,1 was arrest
od bv tba IIiobToT I'D D. on Monday
last, for driving an al me ullueL
brougb+ frrC bafoTo EscIIir S. Truitt,
OF Milford, who gave hi essI1ns SSdn VI
cnsts ' was 81 in1nosed 1I an fI6e drivers
license revol-a5 rs The 4 J was paid by
q hro+bo,. of ISo,,11,1ond i'd he was re-
IoesoJ f-.on1 n,,s+odU This was the
fi,,st offonso I,nJe,. fbo lew laws in
Faulkland's case. A secteu arrest oo Oa
any individual, draws me OI @9vU
and Imprisonment in cofectloH' TnIs
is fixed by the languag6CL tHe iaW
and makes those who Ilve "nlle
liquor, hesitatepeIore IaA-
ingi chances.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
OCK TO STEAL AUTO

SoI between nine o'clock on
Sund last, and Monday morn
ing. land fve-passenger auto
mobi tolen from the garage of
Phili, at the junction of the
Shaw and the du Pont BOule-
ward. aentrance the brass lock
and c shattered by some one
who K to break it. Mr.. Lewes
discov theft early on Monday
and re he facts to the Automo-
bile ID Mt at Dover. Notice was
sent o. parts of Delaware and
nearby with full description of
the ma tc. The neighborhood is
closely and the North Ameri-
can Eg Contest grounds front
the hOrfe~o. II. Lewes on the south
and welt, buttD person seems to be
able toT give az information which
will Lead to anyclues to the thieves.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
OBITUARY
HAMMOND

Samuel Willis HammonI
ten months, only son of M
S. Willis Hammond, died
denee of his parents, near
Friday morning, June 22nC
nerd services were held o
Afternoon at four o'clock. L
Odd Fellows cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
PICNIC A SUCCESS

The w. C. T. U. and the L. T. L,
held their annual picnic at Millwoodl
last Wednesday afternoon. About g.
members were present. Everyone rd
ported a very delightful tim lnd th
union wishes to thank Sipnlt
Jr., for his Kindness
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
DIR. ORR PRESIDENT OF ~
Il PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

l/TfIe Denartment NJ pub1io 1oo,+h
and Welfare met at Dove, Iss+ ,sasI, I1oe1,
and electe dthe foIIowino of7oers.
Will liam P. Orr. of Lewos nrosjJen+. I.
Mrs Charles warner of WiIroin T1oIor' o+o,,
vica president. Mrs. Harlan tJousto1,
Of s8eaford, secretary.
Dbr Orr is president pf the retiring
Std 's Board of Health. Yrs. Warner is
~ { the retiriqS Child Labor
The new G ppission4 will
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
LARGE YIELD OF WHEAT

The tenant on the farm owned by
Joseph E. Holland, and located in
Slaughter Neck, has had a wonderful
yield of wheat on the farm this year.
Last fall new variety of wheat, call
ed Leaps Prolific, was planted on the
Holland farm. This week the crop was
and the average yield fd
the whole field was 81 bushels to tI
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
MILLs-PATTERsON

The home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. F.
Patterson, of Pocomoke City, Md, was
the scene of a very pretty wedding on
Wednesday afternoon, June q, 1928,
when their youngest daughter, Miss
Mary Elizabeth Patterson, became the
bride of Ralph Emerson Mills, son of
Mrs. Mary E. Mills of near Milford.
The bride wore blue silk dress with
gray slippers and stockings and car
ried white roses, while the bridesmaid,
Miss Hilda Deputy, of Milford, wore
gray crepe with shoes to match and
carried pink roses. The groom was at
tended by his brother, Archibald Mills.
The ring ceremony, impressive, in its
was performed by Rev. J.
Schrieber, pastor of Quinten M. P.
of Pocomoke City, Md.
Milford chronicle., 1923-07-06
MILFORD WTTHDRA
FROM SHORE LEI
Action Of Directors Taken
President ThawIey's Ru
Was Upheld.
DOVER GETS SOME PLA.
Those Not Given To Dover Re
Internationally So That 7
May Place Themselves

Laurel protested Milfor
= Friday, June 22nd, was
as the Milford Club of
Shore League is conce
! OIllclals of the local
disband at a meeting
night. The team was eth
Dover or the players give
conditional release immtI
lowing the game on JULY
trouble has so many ana
hard to find a point .fr
start. The main conn
was that Milford WAS
many Class players. Pr
ley held up decision frt
to July 1st Qast Sund.
ford received a teleg1
them that he had found,
team was playing six
He also ruled that all
Milford should be third
credited as wins for t.
teams; while all games
stand as lost from June
meant that Milford woul
six games won to her ere
she would be helplessly
running for the pennan
meant that attendance W,
crippled and that the tea
be able to finance itself.
With a full realization
confronted the Milford Il
dent Powders, appealed Il
of President Thawley and
ing held at Crisfield on Tu3
noon the whole situation
oughly explained to the
the league. DR.. WalhRrp
ing as spokesman fol
eSaJlon, acknowledge
had been guilty of o
the required number
but offered the alibi
played these men il
that all of them had
der Class D contraS
Southwestern Lea
league was a Clas
1922 the addition
brought the popula
up so that the lea
advanced to a C
players secured b
The league both.
brought here VI "a
that THE
which they played
racts.
With this explaI
nisapprehension a
nents of a Glass pl
ID that her games
Immediately follow
President Ihawley
he Glass men had
hus showing
The MilforI
be situation in
he club could
FL
representative
Oor and denied
ere was as had
'r. Grier. william
representative, ma
lea for the Milford
le entire fight Dove
Lilford.
After the Milf
ad finished their
nat instead of S
'und they had
lst straw, and
lady having sus
ere stacked a.
was useless to
le league offici
d not seem
cant business
ould be nece
e whole thi1
as not bluff
the officials
ok in Milfol
On Wednes
ID Humphre
)ver club, al
r contract
tional relea!
portunity I'd
S. Stamme
to Montre3
we accepted
-e other pla
thin a few
The men WHO
I'm were a ger
lows. While
We made a large
of whom hated
lford. Reports fl
ich they stopped
other towns in
effect that they
best conducted
t. The Milford te
career in ORGANIZED
S with no regrets II
t under the circun
townspeople has
We here.