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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-05

criticism Of all who took part, but ii
viii permit us to say that Miss
Brown, who is a most charming
young woman, is exceedingly grace
full, and that in the matter of cos
tunes she gave the ladies something
we may say, to think about. She is
a young woman of excellent stage
appearance, and was always receiv-
ed most cordially. Johnnie Getz is
splendid comedian, he is both ma
tural and funny and produces
laughs at most unexpected moments,
but they always fit in" Ace Brown
as John Rodney, is clever in his act
ing, and will improve with more eX-
perience. The singing and dancing
were especially good and received
many encores showing that the au-
dience thoroughly appreciated the
efforts of the players to please.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-02-05
COLUMBUS PEOPLE
PLEASED WITH VENUS
Musical Comedy 10 Be at Ry-
lander Tonight Combines
Grace, Beauty and Hun1or

Venus" the musical comedy a5-
traction at the Rylander Theater
tomorrow night, played Columbus
last Friday and Saturday, and was
pronounced "a great hit" by the re-
viewer of the Columbus Enquirer
Sun in this issue of Feb 2. The
review in part is printed below:
There may have been-note the
may have been"-a bit of disap-
pointment among the large audience
at the Springer last night when the
program of Venus" was scanned
and upon it the name of "Adonis"
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
2.257 TRUCKS MMONTE4 CARRY
I66, 1886, 900 POUNDS ON ROADS

Some idea of the tremendous com
mercial asset the concrete highways
of Delaware are to the farmers, bus
mess men and citizens of the state
may be gained from the fact that
during the past month there were
166,386,O00 pounds of fruit, vege-
tables, produce and materials trans
ported in 2.257 trucks over the high
ways. This was divided into various
groups comprising more than three
score of articles.
Under the head OF commodities,
general merchandise led the list with
544,723 pounds. Other articles trans
ported follow:
Household goods, 51,955 lbs, junk,
57,250 lbs.& furniture, 49,750 lbs;
building material, 185,710 lbs; ma
chinery, 1894 lbs; paper, 2,255 lbs;
coal, 11,720 lbs; ice, $4,000 lbs;
logs, 297 units; cement, 2S2 bags;
concrete blocks, 445 units; oil, A
bbls.; empty crates, 5000 units; en-
PITY baskets, 1,484 units; ice cream
cabinets, 4; wool, 20 bales; empty
bottles, 3,4O6 cases; rags, 25,5OO lbs.
Fruit in bulk led the fruit group
with 84,642 pounds. The volume of
fruit carried follows:
Blackberries, 1889 crates; apples,
1879 bu.; peaches, 1,790 baskets;
huckleberries, 1897 crates; bananas,
1 ,219 punches; plums, "a crates;
pears, IS bu.; cherries, 4 crates
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22

/ The past month was the cucumber
season and although the railroads
carried more than 200 carloads, mo-
tor trucks transported 16,705 bush
els. Potatoes was next was 2,070 bu.
and lima beans third with 1896 bu.
Other vegetables hauled by motor
were:
Tomatoes, 646 crates; produce, 494
packages; watermelons, 855; canta-
loupes, 88 crates; sweet corn, 80
bu.; squashes, 407 bu.; peas, 2O5 bu. j;
cabbage, 48 bbls.; carrots, 48 dozen
punches; beets, so dozen punches;
lettuce, IL crates; peppers, II bask-
cts; akro, crates.
Meat led the list of groceries
transported during the month with
146,205 pounds hauled and distribut-
ed throughout the state. Other COM
modities of food hauled follow:
Groceries, 1876 pounds; candy,
1880 lbs; ice cream, 1926 gallons;
soft drinks, 1894 cases; poultry, g.
175 coops; cakes, 1859 cartons;
eggs, 1926 crates; bread, 419 crates;
-four, 1870 bags; milk, 43,351 gallons;
butter, tub; fish, 595 bushels.
Fertilizer headed the list of farm
commodities with 32,870 lbs. There
was also TT bu. of wheat and 548
bags of feed hauled.
Live stock formed an important
part of the freight, there being 424
head of live stock and 28 pigs trans
ported in motor trucks.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22

covered on a rose bush by Mrs. Paul
T. Cochran, Stockdale, Claymont
The beetle inspectors at their head
quarters in the customs house, Will
mingtOn, were notified of the findine
of the bugs and identified them as
Japanese beetles.
Most of the discoveries of the
beetles in this state have been in
Brandywine hundred, because of its
close proximity to the state line. If
the beetles continue to find their way
into Delaware, in spite of the sharp
lookout of the inspectors and scouts,
the quarantine will be extended fur
ther down the state, it is expected.
Although the beetles are easy to
catch when they are found and do
not sting human beings, they are
unusually hardy and cannot be kill
ed by ordinary insecticides. When
the poisonous sprays are applied
which kill most of the other insects
that destroy vegetation, it is found
that the Japanese beetles will eat
just enough of the poison to make
them sick. 1t has been learned the
beetles like soap preparations and
the anti-beetle workers are now mix
ing soap with the usual poisonous
sprays. 1t is reported investigations
have proven there are 212 kinds of
which the Japanese bee
Ties will eat and destroy.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
PAID TWO SCHOOL BONDS

This week the Milford Board OF
Education paid off two $500 matured
bonds of the Milford Special School
District, and the interest that had
accrued upon them since their ma
turity which was last April, making
check for S1O18.97 to the First Ma
tiOnal Bank of Milford, the holder of
the bonds past due. The accrued in
terest which had been taken over by
the bank previous to the maturity of
the total amount of bOnds-S17, 1000
was also paid in addition to the
above payment of the two bonds. The
accrued interest amounted to $774.56
which with the other payment,
makes a total of bonds and interest
paid since August 1st, of $1,793.53.
This money came from the tax lev
led for the current year of 1924,
which has already been paid by the
people Of the Special School District
of Milford in Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. As fast as the money is re-
ceived and set over to the credit of
the district by the Receiver of Taxes
of the two counties, the Board of
Education of Milford is paying the
matured bonds and stopping inter
est. The balance now outstanding of
this matured bond debt is $4,000
with interest from April 1st, 1924. It
is expected that by the end of the
current year the amount of bonds
paid will total about $500 of the
whole debt, which will leave only
he remaining half, $8,5OO, to be wip-
I'd out during 1925, when there will |
)e no Indebtedness of any kind |
against the schools of Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
SIXTY YEARS OF MARRIED LIFE

The wedding of Mr.. and Mrs. Dan
iel c. Murphy, of West Front street,
North Milford, took place on August
21, 1864, and their sixteith wedding
anniversary was quietly observed
last evening, August 21st, 1924, at
their home. Many friends, both old
and young, congratulated the aged
couple on the occasion. They have
resided nearly the entire sixty years
at the present site of their residence,
which was close to his life occupa-
tion with the roadway of the D. NJ
& V. Railroad, of which he was fore
man of the section with headquar-
ters in Milford, up to eighteen years
ago, when he was retired and placed
upon the pension rolls of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. Unfor-
the schedule of wages of
those by-gone years, was much small
Ter than the wage of today, for it
was the scale of a decade ago on
which the retired monthly salary for
pensions was fixed. Mr. Murphy and
his wife are hearty and happy in
their declining years.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
More Japanese Beetles Are
Found In BrandyuVine HID
More Stringent Regulations May Be Necessary
To Keep The Pest From Spreading In
This State.

With the slow but steady invasion
of New Castle county by the destruc-
tive Japanese beetles, more stringent
regulations have been adopted in the
enforcement of the quarantine by
the anti-Jap-beetle officials, with
Campaign Director Frank P. Nc
Cardle at their head.
Sunday was the first Sunday on
which inspectors and scouts have
been on duty since the quarantine
was started against the pests. Four
inspectors, working in relays, were
on duty guarding the Philadelphia
pike from 8 in the morning until
midnight. The Concord pike was also
guarded by Sunday inspectors.
On Saturday the New Castle Coun-
ty Levy Court appointed Frank
Thorpe as special constable to sue
ceed Lyons, resigned, in charge of
Jap beetle work at Station B, on
McKee's Mill. The authorities at
Riverton have appointed Joseph
Schannell as inspector of bugs on
the Chesapeake and Delaware Can
al.
Six more Japanese beetles were
discovered in Delaware Saturday,
making a total of twelve found in
this state. Five of the beetles we're
discovered on the estate of Richard
Sellers, at Bellevue, by a gardener
who was working among some rose
bushes. The sixth beetle was dis
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
$4,000 new VOTERS
in STATE This YEAR
That Number Of Boys And Girls
Have Come Of Age IN Della
ware Since 1920.

More than $4,000 new voters in
Delaware, who have become of age
since 1920 will be eligible to vote the
first time for President this year, ac-
cording to a statistical report the fig
ures for every state, and for the
United States as a whole.
The basis of the estimate is the
census of 1920, which shows 14,738
young men and women in Delaware
who at that time were, respectively,
II, Is, 19 and 20 years of age, and
today, if living, are 21 years and
over.
The new eligibles are divided as
to sex, 1885 males and 7,483 fe-
males.
The power of the new voters in a
state which divides closely between
the parties is shown thus The num-
Der of these voters is more than a.
900, whereas in the last two national
campaign years, 1916 and 1920, the
plurality of the successful presiden-
tial candidate in Delaware was only
1858 (Republican) and 14,947 (Re-
respectively.
In the whole United States it is
calculated that more than 100000
new voters will be able to partici-
pate in the November elections. It
is admitted that there must be some
deductions on account of sickness
and death. Yet it is contended that |
for every loss of this kind there are
gains to be counted from various
The text accompanying the
tables says as to this:
"Take for example the vote of wo-
men. In 1920 women cast their first |
votes in a presidential election. AL
though equal suffrage was favored
by a large majority of
ef the country, it is known
hat there was a more or less active
that opposed suffrage, and
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
fine ADJUSTMENTS AT
DELAWARE STATE FAIR

The greatest group of amusements
ever assembled for the entertain
ment of visitors has been gotten to-
gether for the coming Delaware
State Fair which will open on Sep
tember 8 and continue for five days.
A midway that abounds in unique
and unusual attractions and freaks,
ten act vaudeville program replete
with hair raising and sensational
stunts, harness and running races
and automobile races with a concert
band of rs pieces will provide the
classiest programs each afternoon.
Miller Brothers Shows will pro-
vide the midway attractions. In ad-
dition to the freaks of nature the
show has a Follies Show with pretty
girls, many vaudeville turns that is
world beater. There are the sensa-
tional motorcycle races between
Lewis Graft, known as Dare Devil
Graff' and Jean LeMar said to be the
most daring woman driver in the |
world. They whirl about the motor
dome at the rate of 70 miles an hour.
Miss LeMar will also drive a nina
ture automobile. The big new feature |
of the midway rides is the caterpil-
lar.
In the vaudeville program the top
will be the thrilling auto
polo games which set the teeth to
chattering and the nerves tingling
with excitement as the cars clash
and ram each other in the fury of
the game. Freddie Cunningham,
a S-S inch tight wire, stand
ing on his head and wheeling bar
row across and doing other sensa-
tional stunts is breath-taker. The
troop of six Chinese acrobats who
whirl about by the hair of their
heads and one of whom does a SEN
sational slide from the grandstand,
held only by his "pigtail." Then
here are the Helkivists who do SEN
;ational fire diving acts. They leap
nto fire and water in a specially
Continued on page ten)
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
MILFORD EMERGENCY HOSPITAL

Little Katherine Edwards, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Haywood Ed
wards of FELTON,, is a patient at the
hospital.
Roland Allen of Wyoming who has
been receiving treatment at the hos
pital for several days, returned to
his home on Wednesday, August 20
Mrs. Katherine Mathis of Lebanon,
is still receiving treatment at The
hospital.
william Cady, a member of the
National Guard of Milford, is receiv-
ing treatment at the hospital
Mrs. Uric Robinson of Trenton, N.
j., who has been a patient at the
hospital for several weeks hopes to
return home in few days.
Irwin James of Laurel is resting
fairly comfortable at this time.
Viola K. Bloodsworth of Laurel is
doing nicely.
Mrs. Lavinia J. Knowles of Laurel
is still receiving treatment at the
hospital.
Mrs. Roddie Moore of Millsboro
to her home on Tuesday.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
HELPFUL INFORMATION FOR
TEACHERS CAN BE HAD FREE

Publications and other materials
of all Federal Departments useful
to teachers are listed for the first
time in bulletin just issued by the
Bureau of Education of the Depart
ment of the Interior.
The materials listed include bull
letins, leaflets, circulars, periodicals,
maps, charts, mounted exhibits, mo-
dels, stereopticon slides, and moving
picture films. This listing by sources
of the wealth of material readily
available through the Federal Gov
ernment Departments will be very
helpful to the educational world as
few know the nature of the available
material or the method of obtaining
it. The bulletin is freely illustrated,
reproducing types of the material
available. Persons desiring the bul-
letin should address the Commits
sioner of Education, Department of
the Interior, Washington, D. c., ask
ing for Bulletin 1924, No. %.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
Milford Schools Open Sept.
2nd--MOre Room Needed
Buildings Repaired, Altered, Painted And
Equipment Replaced; Cleaned From Top
To Bottom Teachers Assigned.

ments, is printed as follows:
Superintendent and Principal
Robert E. Shilling, Dickinson Col
lege and Columbia University.
No. 1 High School Instructors
Manual Training, Frank M. Bars.
by, of Moore, Pa, Williamson Trade
School, Pa.
Fench and part of first year Eng
Ish, Miss Louise A. Nelson, of Har-
rington, University of Delaware.
Latin and part of first year Eng
lish, Miss Helen Tatman, of Milford,
Swarthmore College.
Home Economics, Miss Anna
Hunsberger, of Norristown, Pa, Cor
nell University.
Algebra and Arithmetic, Miss An
ma Hall, of Milford.
Biology and General Science, Miss
Mary R. Moss, Glasgow, University
of Delaware.
Chemistry and advanced Mathe-
matics, Mrs. ElinOr B. Rosa, of Mil
ford, Vassar College.
English beyond the first year, Miss
Nellie F. Hill, of Salisbury, Md, Ran
dOlph-Macon College.
History and Social Science, Miss
D. w. Warden, Mercersburg,
Pa, Wilson College.
Elementary School Teachers
Grades one and two, Miss Lulu NJ.
Ross, of Milford, Miss Bernice Simp-
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
VERY FEW CONTESTS
ATG. O.P. PRIMARIES
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Apparently A Get-tO-gether Spirit
Has IrOned Out Most Of The
FactiOnaI Fights
NO FIGHTS In MILFORD
Only One Ticket Has Been Filed.
The Voters Are Interested In
This Years Elections.

There appears to be every eVi-
dence of real get-to-gether spirit
pervading the ranks of all factions
of the Republican party, and an evil
dence of this is demonstrated by the
fact that very few fights will be
staged throughout Sussex county at
the primary elections tomorrow af-
ternoon. There will be contests in
only four of the twenty-five election
districts in the county And in some
of these districts it is more a fight
for local control than a fight against
the organization that will feature the
fights. The districts in which the
fights will occur are the Second of
the Third at SeafOrd where five
persons have filed their names. Only
one is to be elected. In the Third of
the Fifth, with two to be elected,
three persons have filed. In the Sec
ond of the Seventh, Baltimore Hun
dred, the organization faction and
the Ball faction have each filed. The
other contest will be in the Second
of the Tenth, at Lewes, where five
have filed their names. Two will be
elected. In some of the districts
local compromise was effected, while
in other districts no effort was made
to file by the anti-organization for
ces.
The names of those who have filed
in the several districts follows:
First Representative District, first
election district (nO OppositiOn)-
Delegates: G.. Layton Grier, G. Mar
shall Townsend, Joseph M. Watson.
Alternates: Chas. D. Abbott, ]. Ed
ward Murphy, F. Davis Watson. Sec
md election district (nO contest)-
Delegates: Elias T. Bennett, Harry
9. Clendaniel Alternates: Edward
/. ArgO, John L. LeCOmpte.
Second Representative District
st, Coulter Messick, delegate; Will
lam H. Carlisle, alternate. Second, |
William J. Swain, Harry J. AXE, del
gates; John Nelson, Chas. E. |
Brown, alternates. Third, Joshua S.
spanish, Leola L. Ratledge, dele I
ates; Oliver A. Newton, Nora L.
alternates.
Third Representative District
'irst. Horace E. Fleetwood, dele
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22

Tuesday, September End, next, is
the opening day for the public
schools of the Milford Special School
District for the new school year of
1924-1925, ending June next. The
parents of children who have moved
into the district must register their
children with the superintendent,
Robert Shilling, so that they may be
assigned to their proper depart
ments. Those who have children Just
reaching the school age, must reg
lister such children so that they may
be placed in the primary grades-as
seats are at a premium in these al
ready. Next week full statement of
what is expected of the parents and
pupils will be printed in the columns
of the Milford Chronicle, and all who
have children in the schools, should
carefully read and observe the same.
Since the schools closed last June,
the entire main building has been
painted inside and out, several alter
ations were made and the whole
cleaned. Much new
equipment and furniture have been
bought to replace that which was
broken or worn out, so that the
buildings and equipment is in far
better condition than it has been
heretofore.
The list of teachers, showing the
colleges from which they graduated,
he grades in which they have been
assigned in both the high and gram
mar school, and the primary depart
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
CHRONICLE STANDS
nth in CIRCULATION
AMONG U.S.. WEEKLTES
American Newspaper Annual And
Directory Shows Chronicle Has
Advanced From Fifth Place.
NOW NEAR THIRD POSITION
Holder Of Third Place Had An
Average OF Only Five More
Papers Each Issue.

V The Milford Chronicle has made a
gain in standing among the weekly
newspapers published in the United
States. This statement is borne out
by the American Newspaper Annual
and Directory for 1924, which this
week reached our Office. Since 1922
the Chronicle has stood number five
among the weekly newspapers, other
than sectarian publications, in this
country. A perusual of the new edi-
tion of the Newspaper Directory
shows that the Chronicle has made
a very nice gain-one that the pub
fishers are very proud of. It was
only by very close margin that the
Chronicle did not advance to third
place, The Ward County Indepen-
dent, published at Minot, North Da-
kota, beat the Chronicle for that po-
sition by the narrow margin of five
papers.
A total of 1900 weekly newspa-
pers are published in the United
States. Of this whole number there
are but sixteen that have a sworn
statement of 1000 copies or over
each issue. The last tabulation of
the standing of the newspapers
showed that the Wicomico News, of
Salisbury, Maryland, stood sixth in
the list; being a close contender
with the Chronicle. This year, how
ever, the News has dropped from the
list. The Directory shows no sworn
statement of circulation for that pa
per and makes an estimated circula-
ton showing a loss of approximately
500 copies each week.
Another interesting feature of the
shows that the Chronicle
is published in the fourth smallest
.own of any in the select class.
1t is pleasing to note that another |
Delaware weekly has gained admit
.ance to the select circulation class. |
This is the State Sentinel, published |
It Dover. It stands last on the list of |
sixteen select circulation weeklies,
hereby gaining a position of num-
,er 16 in the United States, and just
rarely making the class. No other
veeklies published on the peninsula
re listed as being in the class.
It is with more than pride that
his information is given to our
we feel that they are
in knowing that the
chronicle stands well in the fore
ront of newspapers published in the
CONTINUED on page seven)
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
FIRST CHIMES
HEARDATDOVER
Those OF The New Peoples Chris
tian Church Tested Success
fully Last Monday.

The first church chimes ever heard
in Dover were tested on Monday
from the 80-foot tower of the new
Peoples Christian Church on Brad
ford street. The test proved salts
factory in every way and the hymns
played were clearly understood from
all parts of the city. The performer
was Mrs. J. Henry Hazel, organist of
Peoples Christian Church, who will
also play the chimes from a key
board attached to the regular church
organ. The recital included: praise
God From Whom All Blessings
Flow" Lead Kindly Light" "Near-
er My God to Thee" Jesus Lover of
My Soul" and "Son of My Soul, Thou
Saviour Dear"
The chimes are of the tubular type
and were made by the Deacon
Chimes Company of Chicago.
The part of the tower in which
the chimes are placed will be enclos-
ed with fine mesh screen, so as to
keep out the birds and also prevent
as much as possible the elements
from interfering with them.
Milford chronicle., 1924-08-22
MILFORD BOYS FIND
LINCOLN CITY EASY
Finders Dark Horse Didn't Ma
terialize And So Lincoln Was
Forced To Take Short End.

Milford journeyed to Lincoln OF
Lincoln City as the small towners'
would rather you'd call it, where
they met that team-and once again
they went down to defeat by the
overwhelming score of IL to 8. They
were Out-classed in all departments
of the national pastime and the fact
that the score was not so or more
was due to the bad base running of
the local boys.
Clark essayed to pitch for Lincoln
but found his shoots looked like foot
balls to the Milford sluggers and
limped his way mournfully to center
field and later to third base.
Denney with fourteen chances
played a very good game at short
stop, with Hardesty with eleven
chances runner up. In fact Denney
and Hardesty had all the assists for
Milford.
A few weeks ago Manager Pinder
told the world that Milford was
due for a defeat at the hands of Lin
coin, and even mentioned that he had
a dark horse" in check for them.
Maybe the weather was too bright
for this dark horse to toil-but any
way we failed to see anything dark
er than looks when the Lincoln fans
gave the score board the once over
at the end of the first half in which
Milford scored five runs.
Dagsboro will play here tomorrow
and a good game is in store for all
fans who journey out to the park
to see these two teams play. Days
boro has practically a paid team"
and shut Milford out in the game
CONTINUED on page 10)