Milford chronicle., 1924-09-05
BEAUTY, WEALTH And
ROMANCE FOUND BY VALE
in TRIP TO DELAWARE
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ings.
Sitting one day in his Office over
looking Dover Green, Governor Will
liam D. Denney fell upon the idea of
letting the outside world know that
Delaware meant more than the first
state to ratify the constitution: that
it held more than the great indus
tries centered in Wilmington, that its
people were accomplishing far
greater things than talking politics
and that it was a fine state to visit.
to live in. A very fine state to live
in.
For everybody knows that New
York city may be a fine place to
work in, and lots of folks go to Cali
fOrnia because it is a fine place to
die in, but not enough people real
ize that Delaware is a grand spot to
live in. Under the Denney admins
tration, the affairs of the state had
been brought TO high efficiency. Gen
eral Benson, secretary of state. has
installed system, the like of which
does not exist elsewhere, whereby
any citizen can walk into the state
house, with its fine old colonial lines.
and within a few minutes can in
spect a bill for any piece of work |
done by the state, system of ac- !
counting that throws open to the |
public the business of the public.
Under the Denney administration, |
the Delaware school system, made /
possible by a far-sighted man. who
gave freely and ungrudingly, Pierre
S. du POnt, came into its active
stage, and the road system reached
its peak with the opening of the
great boulevard built by T. Coleman
du Pont. Both of these large meas
ures that affected the welfare of the
whole state began under the admin
istration of Governor John G. Town
send. an executive with a creative
mind.
Governor Denney felt that the
time had come when Delaware de-
served to be better known because of
the things that Delaware gave in the
form of service and of all these
there is none greater than the ser
vice of the soil, for by its cultiva-
ton man exists. So he set out to do '
things. A quiet, plain-speaking, ear |
nest governor who believed in Del
aware and who for the sake of his Il
homeland and his home folks steps p
out on the stage and tells the rest a
of the world: This is Delaware and v
this is what she is doing" n
What is the result? The manufac- n
turer in the city. the merchant in the
store, the planter in the field became d
stirred up and now they are talking n
1f the things they always knew, but VI
lid not voice until Governor Denney
Ook the lead. nj
There is a bureau of markets that, u
lnder the direction of w. T. Derrick 10
son, is searching out the best mar pi
tets and developing new markets for VI
Oelaware's crops. One of these days IN
lot distant every can of packing
louse goods, every crate of berries M
II melons, every hamper of sweet
every basket of grapes, ev- III
ry barrel of apples or white pOta- W
pes or oysters may carry label of 81
This comes from Delaware-the IL
arden Spot" or something similar.
There is a superb main highway cn
ystem of concrete, with rapidly ex- me
,nding laterals under the control of
skilled engineer, G. D. Buck. Roads en-
1vertise themselves and ,,ndor +ba IrC
elaware system they are not to be
sed to advertise anything other Ue
ian the scenery and the farms and ar
lie beauties of the state, so that the WI
lglies," the blatant signboards, are ell
along the great boulevard,
Id, instead, the roadway is being tnl
iged with flowers and plants. And lea
le of these days, also, Delaware WI
ay claim the honor of having it's tne
aff1c arteries lined with flower gar wv
ms, with the vegetable gardens Just Ch
Joining.
There are new schools dotting the uel
tire state, modern buildings in pic SIS
rescue settings. Another official of N
rye ability and one who is fnII of DIRE
thusiasm and owns a sense of hu- lIln
Or is DR.. H. V. Holloway, superin- nov
ndent of public instruction. The !
W system of taxation fits into the mol
ilding construction plan and while mex
great vision that educational emu
lders have will take time to be
allied, still a foundation has been Wh
d that ultimately must place Del pas
are ahead of many sister states. Iy1
So there you are; raising and l.
bigger and better crops, Wnl
uling them over better roads, Ioll'
Ilding for citizenship of the IN
,hest intelligence. A fine state to TWO
2 in. M
Delightful towns, each one with it's on
'stal lake, uncOntaminated by fac plta
Y refuse; lakes bordered by oaks thls
willows, some of them good fish iSa
spots where the large-mouth spen
IS attains goodly size. Equally ro- Jam
ntic tidewater rivers and creeks y ga
-igable for small steamers and rails
ling hands with both the Chesa- OF al
Ike and Delaware bays. RICK
few miles below Dover you can MI
one of the rarest sights in the hom'
ted States, a great bed of the To- aunt
lily, recalling the might of Egvpt. FIR
beauty of Cleopatra and the poet spen
)f the east. There is no flower in parel
story of civilization that carries Mr.
I it so much sentiment or tradi- is sp
or historic association as the Roy
S. In a sheltered cove of a gentle
r, almost within sight of the cap
of the state, a sea captain more
/ 100 year ago, so the tale runs, Ne
ted the first few seeds or bulbs have
he carried from the Nile Now and
bed is A noble one of about five of &c