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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
OCEAN VIEW

The first quarterly conference will
be held in the M. E. Church on Sat.
urday, May IL. On Sunday morning
May 18th, the district superintendent
DR.. Dashiell, will preach in the Meth
odist Church.
Mr.. and Mrs. James P. Dukes and
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Dukes and
friends motOred from Camden, N. j.,
and visited Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Ev-
ans this week.
norman Calhoun has returned home
after being employed on a steamship
that plyed or traded to Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. Horace Derrickson
motored to Dover and visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilmer Derrickson, who are the
parents of their first baby girl.
Mrs. Lulu Short and son, Walter.
Mrs. Martha Conoway and Mrs. G. F.
McCabe, motored to GEORGETOWN on
Friday and attended field day and Wis
tied Mrs. Katie Williams.
A large number of scholars of Lord
Baltimore school, Bethany Beach and
Cedar Neck, with teachers, attended
the field day exercises at Georgetown
on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Roberts and
son who spent the winter in Plant
City, Fla, are visiting parents, Mr..
and Mrs. 1. C. Roberts, here.
Mrs. Anna L. Burton who departed
this life, April 18th, leaves to survive
her, two sisters, Mrs. Emma B. Bur-
ton, in her 81st year, widow of Capt.
Henry L. Burton, and sister, Mrs. Liz
zie Redfeld, in her 18th year, both
living in Woodbury., N. J.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. DerricksOn and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Derrickson mo-
tored here and visited Mr.. and Mrs.
Francis Derrickson and Mrs. Charlie |
Johnson recently.
Charlie Johnson is sick at his home. |
Capt. J. A. Burton is still indisposed. |
Robert James died on April 18th af-
ter a brief illness. He leaves three |
brothers to survive him. Funeral SER
vices were held at SelbyYille.
William c. Hickman has returned
rom a business trip to Philadelphia.
The Field Day at Georgetown, on
April 9th, was well represented by
most of the schools of southern Sus-
lex. Lord Baltimore School was rep
esented by several of the pupils, but
lot teacher in the ranks. All the
ther high schools of the county were
ed in the parade by their principals.
ord Baltimore needs a leader if the
chool expects to take its place among
be educational institutions of the
Ounty. We know that some of the pu-
ills have made 100 per cent attend
nee. Where were their banners?
lust be negligence somewhere. Other
chools had them,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
TRINITY
Cnear BrldgeVme)

Mr.. and Mrs. C. H. Kinder anC
daughter, Mary and Miss Maggie Car
ey spent Friday in Wilmington.
Miss Rachel Hastings attended the
thirty-sixth annual Sunday School
Convention of the NJ. e. Church held
at Middletown on Wednesday and
Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Morris Hunt spent the week
end with Mr.. Hunts parents, near
Denton.
spent Wednesday with his parents
here.
Charles O'Neal spent Sunday at
Salisbury, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. w. Handy and Miss
Myra Handy, of fredericksburg, Md,
visited relatives here on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua West of this
place and Rev. C. w. Spry, of Green
wood, were entertained at the home
of 1. L. Willin, at dinner, on Sunday.
Quite large number of the folks
here attended the field day at George
town on Friday.
A. T. White who was injured last
week by a frightened horse is much
improved at this time.
Don't forget services at Trinity NJ.
e. Church. Sunday school every Sun
day at a. m. Sunday morning, May
18th, Mothers Day." will be ObserV-
ed. AS the members enter the church
door each will have a white ribbon
bearing the words, Mothers Day"
pinned on their cost; if mother is dead
white flower will be put with the
ribbon. Besides the special music, Rev.
Spry, of Greenwood, will preach on
"a Tribute to a VirtuOus Mother.
Come, one and all, bring friends and
Show your respect for mo-
Their by attending these services.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Truitt of Can
non visited at the home of their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. David Williams on
Sunday.
w. Mack johnson of near Green
wood spent the weekend with Hugh
Martin, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul White of Will
nington spent Thursday with his bro
her here.
C. H. Nelson and daughters, Ruth
md Margaret and Elmer Nelson spent
Sunday last in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Wheatley and
laughter, Grace, and grandfather, OF
lear fredericksburg, Md, and James
and son of Bridgeville were
ntertained at the home of Joseph
on Sunday.
Little Miss Elsie Handley spent part
f last week with her grandparents
ear BridgeVille.
Clinton, William and Margaret
Tastings spent Sunday afternoon with
heir sister, near here.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
MAIL ORDERS AND THE FARM
PURSE

"The sales volume of a mail order
house is generally pretty good index
of the purchasing ability of the Amer
lean farmer, and this purchasing abil-
ity is a good indication of the state of
the farmers purse" says the Republi-
can Publicity Association, through it's
President, Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jr.
when we read that mail order houses
are doing a good business we may ac-
cept it as rather good testimony that
things are improving down on the
farm The sales of Montgomery,
Ward & Co. for March, 1928, were the
highest for any March in the history
of the company, totalling just short of
$13,000,000, or an increase of nearly
81 per cent compared with March,
1922. Sales for the first quarter of the
year totaled over $30,500,000, compared
with $19,000,000 for the first quarter
of 1922, an increase of So per cent.
March sales by Sears, Roebuck & Co.
totaled $17,755,000, or an increase of
rs per cent over March, 1922, while
the increase for the first quarter of
1928 was $13,400000 over the first
quarter of 1922.
"a glance through the catalogS of
these big concerns shows that Amer
ican-made goods make up the bulk OF
those which they handle, which pos
sibly accounts for the fact that they
do not go on the rampage whenever a
tariff bill is being framed. The con-
trary appears to be true with respect
to those great department stores
which belong to the importers COM
bine, and which resent any attempt to
increase customs duties on imported |
goods, even though the members of |
that combine sell to the American |
people at profits ranging from $50 to |
$500 per cent, as was shown by the |
Investigation of the Secretary of the
Treasury made less than a year ago.
From one viewpoint these mail Or
der houses stand to win under the
Democratic tariff policy, for that pol
icy is so destructive of American en-
terprise that the factories in their
death struggles sell goods to the mail
order houses at almost any price ra-
Their than to warehouse them and in
cur a continuing expense thereby. But
when the mail order houses come to
dispose of these bargains, they find {
hat the depression is not confined to
he manufacturers, but that the agri- j
cultural and mining classes are also
east down and without the money to
short, that goods bought ]
It huge discounts because of hard '
lines can not be readily disposed of
It any price for the same reason.
Which is just another manner of stat /
ng that agriculture can not be pros
,erous if manufacturing is not, and q
ice versa, as we have learned time t.
nd time again"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
SELBYVuLE

Rev. TheO. Beauchamp who has
been ill with acute indigestion is re.
covering slowly. w. A. Law filled the
pulpit on Sunday morning during the
minister's absence.
The Ladies Aid met on Tuesday ev-
ening at the home of Mrs. P. T. Scott.
The w. F. M. Society met in the lee
ture room of Salem NJ. E. Church, on
Wednesday evening.
The Selbyville minstrel show was
quite a success. The door receipts
were $9205 and $1,000 was cleared.
The ladies of the Community Club
wish to thank the public for their pat
ronage and express their appreciation
to those who so willingly helped.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Mac Long and Mr..
and Mrs. J. Roland Buell. and daugh-
ter, Jeanette, were guests of Mrs. T..
X. Evans, at dinner, on Sunday.
Do you need Free Air? If so, see
play first, at Hudson's Theatre, this
week.
Miss Merrill Snedeker of Ceilings
wood, N. j., was the weekend guest
of Miss Grace Johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Hurst Beauchamp
and son spent the weekend with rel
atives in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ollister Moore spent
Saturday and Sunday at Newark as
the guests of their daughter, Miss
Pauline.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman C. Davis and
son, John, are occupying their new
home on Walnut street.
If you are sick, take Chiropractic Adj
justments and get well. ANNA K. GRE
5oRIUs, ChirOPractOr. Offices: Milford
md Dover. s8-tf
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
VAUDEVILLE! VAUDEVTLLE!!
Plaza Theatre, Milford, Del.
Tuesday, May Sth
Reserved Seats Now on Sale
Call Milford IS adv
REDEEM

Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar of near George
town spent Sunday with the latter's
mother, Mrs. Lizzie Wright, of Lin
coin City.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Jester were Mil
ford visitors Saturday.
Miss Grace Jester has returned
home after spending a few days with
Miss Clara Short, near Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Veasey and
Mrs. Oliver Jester and Miss Grace
Jester spent Sunday with friends in
Lewes.
T. J. Pritchett was an Glendale Wis
itor on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Parker visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Barr on Sunday
last.
Services at McColleys on Sunday
next as follows: Sunday school at 2
and preaching at 8. Everybody well
come.
SUGAR COATED PILLS OF WISDOM
By Aesop, Jr
THE TRAVELLING SALESMAN
A salesman is known by his sales.
n
It's good sale that satisfies the custo-
mer
All is not smooth sailing for statesmen.
-
Sales sail into some salaries.
A good salesman creates his own market
is the moral sold" by 1.-THE Tray
cling Salesman'Nof "Aesop's Film Fa-
bles."
and selling are thought COM
Polling.
Salt cellars are not statesmen but they de-
liver the goods.
Advertising now and then backs up your
travelling statesmen.
Regular prices often prevail when stores
advertise Special Sale"
90 windy a salesman blows sales away.
-"Aesop's Film Fables"
You can't always tell whether a
ian is rich because he is stingy or
tingy because he is rich.
.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
Blanchards Station

J. Fred Collins and brother, James
WOOtters and also Miss Adell Collins
of Middletown, Conn, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Johnson Alvey and brother, Will
liam Collins, Of Washington, D. c., and
Mrs. Mable Collins of Philadelphia,
attended the funeral of their mother,
Mrs. Fannie Collins at st. Johnstown
on Friday.
Charles Prettyman, Jr., of Whining
ton, spent Saturday and Sunday with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. Pref
lyman, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Liston Parker of
Greenwood spent last Friday with Mr..
and Mrs. Ola Parker, at Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Frye and son,
Junior, of Wilmington, spent the week
end with Mrs. Frye's mother, Mrs. Lee
ola Ratledge, at Greenwood.
Mrs. James Parker and daughter of
Wilmington is spending a few days
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Cahall at Greenwood
Robert Mcpherson of Greenwood
spent Saturday with his sister, Mrs.
William Stayton at Love Point, Md.
Mrs. James Rogers and daughter,
Mrs. Grover c. TOrbert were Bridge
vile visitors on Friday afternoon.
Gradually, we're finding out that
doesn't pay.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

Vegetable Compound to all my friends,
and you can use my testimonial letter. "
Mrs. HATTIE WARzoN, $40 Garden
St., Milwaukee, Wis.
Gained in Every Way
Buffalo, N. W had some female
troubles that just run my health down
so that ] lost my appetite and felt mis-
cradle all the time. could not lift
anything heavy, and a little extra work
some days would put me in bed. A
friend had told me to try Lydia e.
Plnkham's Vegetable Compound and
gained in every way, could eat better
and felt stronger. had found nothing
before this that did me so much good.
Mrs. J: GRACE, 29l Woltz Avenue,
Buffalo. N, Y,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

Gradually, we're finding out that
greediness doesn't pay.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
FELTON,

Edward Dill, one of Felton's wei
known residents, passed to eterna,
rest on Tuesday, April oath. He haC
been in poor health for a long time
but confined to his bed only a short
while. He was well known around Eel
ton, and had lived in and around here
for number of years. He will be
greatly missed around our town. He
leaves wife and several children.
His funeral services were held at his
late residence on Friday in charge of
Rev. Roberts, of Baltimore, assisted
by our FELTON, M. P. minister. Rev.
Belts. Interment at Mount Olive.
Jack ParVis, of Chester, was the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. David Hugg on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Kitchens, of
Wilmington, were the guests of Mr..
and Mrs. George Kitchens, on Satur-
day and Sunday.
The measles are still raging around
FELTON, and quite a few children are
still confined to their homes. Little
woodrow Killen is very i'll, having
taken cold with them.
Mrs. Mary Holden, widow of the
late Alex Holden, died on Sunday.
April 18th. She was a good woman. a
kind and peaceable neighbor, always
ready to lend helping hand, and had
a smile and warm welcome for every
one. She had been in poor health for
number of years, and was confined
TO her bed for several weeks, with
suffering which was hard to bear. She
VIII be greatly and sadly missed by
her relatives and many warm friends.
She leaves two children, a son, Char
les Holden, and one daughter, Mrs.
Gilbert Meredith. The funeral ar
rangements are not known at this
writing.
The funeral of Mrs. Annie Kemp
was held on Monday, April Both, at !
her late residence. She had been sick |
only short time, and her death came |
as shock to her family and friends. !
She was well known in FELTON, and |
liked by her many friends, that she
had gained by her goodness and kind
ness. She leaves a husband and sew
eral children, who will sadly mourn
her loss.
Mrs. Mae Purdy is confined to her
bed with grippe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Friedel were
The guests of Harrington friends on
Sunday.
This section was visited by heavy
ain, accompanied by heavy electric
storm in the evening, and also heavy
Wind. 1t is reported that the storm
lid damage to wheat.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

STATEMENT of the ownership, management
circulation. etc, required by the Act of Congress
lished weekly at Milford. Lelaware, for April
1923.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

anyCnlng neaVyWlCn-
out having a back
ache. l tried differ
ent things. Then /
saw Lydia E. Pink
hams V e ge t a BILE
Compound a OVER
tised in the news
papers and began
taking it as the di-
rections said. l feel
very good now and
can do all my work.
il recommend the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

Some men are so digniied that they
would rather stand on ceremony than
recline in the lap Of luxury.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04

It isn't every man who can diagnose
his own ailments. Your conscience
isn't apt to trouble you II your liver Is
all right
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1923-05-04
2 MORE WOMEN
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OF Those Who Have Been Restored
to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. -"Ihad bad
pain in my left side and could not lift
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21
No Reason for Higher Coal
But Operators ''FeeP' Public
Should Pay Better" Prices

week, the advance being commonly at
tributed to the anthracite situation.
Close analysis would indicate that
prices advanced not so much on ac-
count of there being any large in
crease in actual buying, but rather on
account of sellers feeling that they
were justified in taking a firmer posi-
ton.
ON some quarters in the trade
there is firm belief that fully two
months ago the leading coal opera
tors of the Pittsburgh district de-
cided that they were entitled to bet
ter prices for coal and could get bet
ter prices by asking them, but that it
would be injudicious to seek to adj
vance prices sharply or rapidly since
in that event many small mines that
had closed during the second quarter
of the year might reopen.
pittsburgh district steam mine
run coal is now quotable in the spot
market at 1926 to $2.35, against
$2.15 to 1925 ten days ago. Early
in July, however, the market was
$1.90 to 81, and there has simply
been a steady stiffening. The early
part of this advance could not be at
tributed to anthracite"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21

BY international Labor News Service.
Washington, D. C.-There is no real
reason why coal prices should be in
creased, but operators "feel" they are
entitled to gouge the public.
This is the gist of a special dis
patch from Pittsburgh to the New
York Evening Post-a dispatch that
abundantly justifies Gov Pinchot's
suspicion that the coal interests are
planning to use the short-lived anthra-
cite strike as pretext for increasing
coal prices
The Posts dispatch reveals that
the sole reason the operators are con-
sidering increases is the feeling"
they have in the matter-a feeling
that ignores the rights of the con-
suming public, but is strong for the
already well-filled pocketbooks of the
operators
The heading to the Posts dispatch
lets the cat out of the bag 1t says
Coke and Soft Coal Rise After An
thracite Strike-No Large Increase in
Actual Buying, but Sellers Feel That
They Are Entitled to Better Prices. .
The dispatch follows:
"Pittsburgh.-Both coal and coke
markets have advanced in the past
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21
FOOD COSTS INCREASE

Washington.-For the year period
August Is, 1922, to August Is, 1923,
food costs increased in all but one
of the % cities reporting, says the
United States bureau of labor stat
tistics Philadelphia lead with a II
per cent increase, followed by Indian
apolis, Manchester and Pittsburgh, 10
per cent; Detroit, per cent; Boston,
Bridgeport and Chicago, 8 per cent;
Newark, New Haven and Scranton, Z
per cent; Baltimore, Fall River, ST.
Paul, Washington, D. c., and Portland,
Me-, 6 per cent; Columbus and Los
Angeles, per cent; Kansas City,
Omaha and Savannah, 4 per cent;
Houston and Little Rock, 8 per cent;
Seattle, less than fve-tenths of l per
cent. Dallas decreased / per cent.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21
FARMERS COUCED
La Follette's Magazine Ex-
poses Methods of Har-
veSter Trust

Madison, Wis.-The harvester trust
and its method of fleeing the farmer
is explained in the current issue of
La Follette's Magazine. The trust
was organized 20 years ago with a
stock issue of $120,000,00O. J. P.
Morgan & Co. took $3,451 ,893.34 of
this amount "for service rendered
and for legal expenses" In 1903 and
1904 the trust acquired three compet-
ing plants and operated them secretly
for several years. After nine years of
the most merciless exploitation, the
government started legal proceedings
against the combine. These proceed
ings were postponed during the war,
and the trust took full advantage of
its opportunity to again play the role
of highwayman. During this period
agents of the trust conducted cam
paign Of education" among the farm
erS.
Speeches were made, editorials
were written and pamphlets were cir
culated to convince the farmer that
implement prices were high because
the manufacturers were paying ex-
cessive wages to labor, and that the
farmer himself was responsible for
high prices, inasmuch as farm pro
ducts, an important element in the
cost of living, were bringing peak
prices.
Strange to say, when the farmer
was debated in 1919, and farm prices
suddenly slumped, the economic law
cited by the harvester trust during
the war did not operate to bring de-
crease in the price of farm imple-
ments. The trust continued to soak
the farmer, and its prices today, based
on the same methods of arbitrary
price-fixing which prevailed during
the war, are so excessive that the
farmer is unable to purchase needed
equipment"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21

they had neither the time, the in
clination nor the energy to play at
anything. Now that they have four
more free hours day, the most nat
ural thing in the world for them to do
is to revive their interest in soccer.
All they need is help in organization,
initiative to form groups and promote
games.
Gas result the game of soccer is
taking greater boom in the vicinity
of northern Indiana than in any other
section of the United States at the
present time
Employers are discovering that
devotion to athletics is the finest thing
in the world to develop efficient,
happy and self-respecting workers. To
play a good game of soccer at least
once a week a man must take care
of himself. He must get little prac-
tice every day and he has no time for
dissipation
when a man gets interested in
soccer, he becomes better workman,
and he is proud of that He plays a
good game of soccer, wins applause,
and is proud of that. He becomes a
self-respecting citizen"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21
HIGH PRICES
Caused By Too Many Mid
dlemen, Says Oregon
Market Agent

Portland, Ore-Producers and con-
sumers must be their own middlemen,
declares C. E. Spence, state market
agent, who insists that these two
forces must cooperate to handle farm
products all the way from the pro-
ducer to the retailer or consumer.
Federal statistics state that 66 per
cent more is paid by the consumer
than the grower GETS" said Mr..
Spence. "This is too great a middle
profit or expense for any industry to
stand and be prosperous. Under such
load the products go to the public at
such high price that the families cut
down their normal needs; they buy
only what they can get by on and con-
sumption is materially reduced. If
this two-thirds' middle expense and
profit could be reduced to actual cost
of handling and this divided between
the growing and eating classes, both
would be materially benefited, in high
er prices to the grower and lower
prices to the consumer.
"Co-operators are realizing that
they must consider this great middle
man problem and reduce the load be-
fore they can make their selling agen-
cies successful. They realize that un-
less they do this, they have but add
ed another expense to products by
their organizations, and that no mat
ter how strong an organization they
may have in the way of controlling
production, the buying public must be
considered to make it successful
Gust think of a situation where the
middle interests get twice as much for
products as the grower gets. Do you
wonder that stuff rots on the farm
because of small demand?
"And another point: When organi-
cations handle their produce all the
way through they will know just what
the retailer pays for the products and
at what price he should sell them to
get fair profit. They will be in a
position to prevent profiteering IN
prices and get the products to the
consuming class at as low price as
possible" .asM
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1923-09-21

BY international Labor News Service
Gary, Ind-With the coming of the
8-hour day in the steel mills, thou
sands of workmen are finding time
for outdoor recreation, which they had
no opportunity of enjoying when
working II hours day. As a result
outdoor games, particularly soccer
football, are fourishing
Peter J. Peel, president of the
United States Football Association,
which governs soccer in the United
States, reports that soccer experts
from Chicago are having great sue
cess in organizing soccer teams among
the mill workers. Discussing progress
of the game in Gary since Inaugural
tion of the egiht-hour workday, he
said:
"Most of the workers in Gary are
foreigners. In the European count
tries the one universal game is soccer.
Everybody can play it and everybody
does. The game has reached its great
est development in Czechoslovakia,
and there are thousands of immi-
grants from that country in Gary.
"When they worked II hours a day