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Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
JULY 18th FIRST
REGISTRATION DAY
FOR FALL ELECTIONS
Hours During Which Voters May
Qualify Are From 8 O'clock
A. M. To Up. M.
ALL SHOULD REGISTER
Only Those Persons Who Are
Placed On Books First Three
Days Can Vote At Primaries.

The first registration day on which
the voters of Delaware may qualify
to vote at the November elections
will be Saturday, July 18th. The
hours during which the registration
places are open are between 8 o.
clock in the morning and z o'clock
in the evening. The Delaware law
provides for five registration days.
The yare Saturday, July 18th; Satur-
day, August End; Saturday, August
They are Saturday, July 18th; Satur-
Saturday, October 18th. The usual
voting places in each district are Sc
lected as the registration offices for
this year.
While there are five registration
days on any of which the voters may
qualify to vote at the general cleo
tions, it is necessary that all per-
sons interested in the welfare of
their party should register on the
first three days. The law provides
that only persons who have register
ed on the first three days may vote
1t the primaries when candidates
ire nominated for the various par
les. In the past the failure of large
lumbers of voters to qualify on
hese days have resulted in their be-
ng unable to vote at the primaries.
Is a result in many instances men
Who should not have been nominat-
d have been placed on the ticket.
he politician will see to it that the
Oater and all whose votes may be
Influenced will be properly register
d so that they may vote at the pri-
laries. They are not so anxious that
he substantial citizen register at
lattime.
Remember the registration days
n which you may qualify to vote at
le coming primaries are Saturdays,
lly 18th, August End and August
h. If you neglect to register on t
lese days you will not be allowed t
vote in the selection of the party {
cket-either Republican or Demo- &
attic. Don't wait for the politician I
notify you it is time to register. g
you do you may be left out of the t
altogether. Register early I
ID be in a position to aid in nom +
ating real men on the tickets. S
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
PRIZES AWARDED
FOR BEST ESSAYS
ON CONSTITUTION
In Statewide Contest For Prizes
Offered By Bar Association
Many Participated.
GIRLS WIN ALL PRIZES
Helen BetsOn, Harrington, And
Julia E. Francis, Delmar, Win
ners From Lower Counties.

With beftting ceremonies, prizes
offered by the State Bar Association
and the New Castle, Kent and Sus-
sex County Bar Associations for the
best essays dealing with a phase of
the constitution of the United States
were awarded to winning pupils of
high school grades in the United
State court room in Wilmington last
Saturday. The winners of the state
and county first hOnors are:
State prize-Nliss Emily McGOrdy,
of Christiana hundred, pupil of A. l.
DUPONT High School.
WilmingtOn-Miss Sara Walker,
Glynrich, Del, pupil of Wilmington
High School.
Rural New Castle-Miss Emily
McGordy, Christiana hundred, pupil
of DUPONT High School.
Kent county-Miss Emily Betson,
of Harrington, pupil of Harrington
High School.
Sussex county-Miss Julia E. !
Francis of Delmar, pupil of Delmar
High School.
The state prize is $1OO. The coun-
ty prizes Wilmington being on a
county basis) are $50 each. Miss Nc
GOrdy was awarded not only the ruT-
al New Castle county prize and the
state prize, but also the DUPONT High
School first prize of SIS, the total of
her three awards being S165.
The other county winners also
won the first prizes of SIS in their
high schools. In addition
to the state and county awards, an
also was made of the
winners of the prize essays in the Z
public and private high school :
grades in the state. The first prize !
in each school is SIS, the second $40 :
and the third $5. +
The subject of the essay, which E
had been assigned by Professor Geo. +
W. Ryden, of the chair of history, b
University of Delaware, was "The q
Powers of the President" n
The presentation exercises were f
made more noteworthy by the atten- fl
lance of many lawyers from all o
Darts of the state, and addresses by "
robert E. L. Saner, of Dallas. Texas, NJ
resident of the American Bar Asso- III
iation, and former Governor Charles II
!. Whitman, of New York. Chief Jus V,
ice James Pennewill presented the Sc
tate prize to Miss McGOrdy, Josiah fl
Iarvel, president of the State Bar h,
-ssociation, presided over the exer- di
ises. The State Bar Association Of la
cred the $100 state prize; the New cr
astle County Bar Association offer mr.
Continued on page fve) W,
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
DECLARES EXTRA DIVIDEND
FOR SIX MONTHS OF 1921

The First National Bank of Mil
ford has paid the usual six months
dividend of 71a per cent and also
made an extra dividend from the
past six months earnings, of IL per
cent, payable at once to every stock
holder This bank in addition to
these two dividends, passed $17,947-
IA to the undivided profit fund. A
statement made at the regular call
of the United States Treasury and
submitted as June 80, 1924. is print
ed in another part of this paper,
which shows the total resources of
the First National Bank of Milford
to be $3,346,892.18. The individual
deposits aggregate $1,8O7,434.77. This
part of Delaware certainly has no
reasonable fear of a visit from the
sheriff.
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
ATTENTION EX-SERVICE MEN

A meeting of all ex-service men is
called for Saturday evening, July 12
at o'clock in the office of T. C. Col
Inns, South Walnut street. The pur-
pose is to form a new American Leg
ion Post and to distribute bonus
blanks to all ex-service men. Every
man entitled to the bonus and who is
interested in the American Legion
should attend.
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
QUILTING PARTY

The Faithful Circle of Kings
Daughters met in the Milford New
Century Club, Thursday, July and
held a quilting party and luncheon.
An old fashion box design silk
quilt has been made and is to be pre-
sented to the Palmer Home in Do
yer.
The quilt is now on display in the
Stidham Hat Shop window.
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
DeLaUare Magistrates Can't
Fine Motorists On Sunday
Attorney General Clues Opinion That 1t Is ALe-
gal For An Officer To Hear A Case
And Impose A Fine On Sabbath.

Secretary of State A. R. Benson, of
Dover, has sent letters to the magis-
trates of this State relative to con-
viction and fines for violation of the
motor vehicle laws on Sundays. The
letter contains an opinion given to
Deputy Attorney General Earle D.
Wiley, of Dover, by Attorney Gen
eral S. D. Townsend, Jr.
The letter from Attorney General
Townsend reads in part as follows:
Replying to your letter, you are
advised that it is not legal for a
magistrate in this State to hear a
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11
MILFORD GRANGE

The monthly field meeting will be
held in the Lincoln district at the
home of Mrs. Whitehead. The usual
arrangements will be carried out by
the Lincoln members. We all know
they never take second place to any
one and they are prepared to enter
tain a large crowd
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11

case and impose a fine on Sunday.
1 assume, however, that the magis-
trate in question has turned the fine
over to the Levy Court and that ap-
plication should be made to that
body for return of the fine"
Following these instructions many
magistrates are compelling violators
of the motor vehicle laws arrested
on Sundays to post a cash bond
equal to the minimum fine allowed
by law in case of conviction, for
their appearance at hearings on
weekdays.
Milford chronicle., 1924-07-11

Advertising space is sold
on basis of guaranteed
circulation of over 5000
copies each issue.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
tual Calvin Coolidge in the
White House.
O. e.LLa IL L.

tual Calvin Coolidge in the
White House.
Or the other hand, the Penn
ocra tic candidate, John w. Da-
Wis, has shown himself to be
man in every respect, and one
of the highest types Of Amen
can citizens. As State Legis-
lator, as Congressman, as Sol
icitor General of the United
States, his great talent was al
ways employed in behalf Of the
people and the best interest of
the government mere is moth
ing about him or his record to
compel silence; he does not
have to be represented as cour-
ageous to conceal his timidity;
his leadership is a proven quail
ity and he has always lived up
to the patriotism he has preach
ed.
AS last word to the voter
we can only repeat the sound
advice Of President Henry No
BILE McCracken:
Vote for ID Man-Not
Myth.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
A Suggestion

Zone Of the best things that
you could do for the farmers of
Sumter county would be to aid
them by getting Americas bust
nese naen to establish a feed
mill at Americas. a local mer-
chant and farmer said to US re-
Gently.
There is not a sufficient
number of cows in the county to
support the local creamery, and
there will not be until cheaper
feed is provided for cows.
We are told that there is a
feed mill in the city worth
around $500 when new, that
IS III good condition and can be
bought for $500. With capital
Of $4,000 or less a feed business
could be started here. This
sum would be used, we are told,
to purchase a grist mill, shucker
and shelter. The farmers could
then provide a cheap COW feed.
at, we are told, about one-third
thecost Of imported feeds.
This suggestion seems to be
good one and should receive the
sympathy of Americus mer-
chants. Hundreds and hun
dreds of thousands of dollars is
being spent every year for inn
ported stock feeds. Every dol
lar@-or most of it-should re-
main here in the county. Send
ing our money away will con-
tinue TO pauperize us or any
other people.
The suggestion given by the
Americus mar. should be follow
ed up. A quick way to get re-
suits would be for those inter
estsd in putting this over, to
write us that you are Interested
and then we can all get together
and see just what can be done
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
NOTIcE!

Pursuant to resolution and ordi-
nance passed by the Mayor and City
Council OF Americas on the second
day OF October, instant, calling
bond election to determine whether
street Improvement bonds in the
sum Of sixty thousand dollars should
be issued and fixing the date of
said election as the fifth day of No
hereby given that an election will
be held at the usual voting place in
the City Hall in the City of Amer
;cus, on the fifth day of November,
1924, to determine whether an is
sue of serial bonds in the amount
Iof sixty thousand dollars shall be
issued by the Mayor and City Coun-
Icil of Americas for the purpose of
street improvement within the city.
The polls will be open at o'clock
4. m. and close at s O'clock p. M,
for the purpose of holding this cleo
ton on November fifth, proximo.
Said bonds shall be issued January
1. 1925, shall bear interest at A
1920 per annum, which interest
shall be paid semi-annually on the
irst day of January and the first
day of July of each year, after
heir issuance. Said bonds shall be
issued in denominations of one
thousand dollars each, two of which
bonds shall be retired on the first
day of January of each year after
their issuance, for a period of
thirty years. The amount of mon
ey necessary to be collected an
nually by a special Levy for this
purpose to pay the annual interest
on this entire issue of said bonds
and to retire two of said bonds an
nually will be two thousand dollars
for the purpose of retiring two of
said bonds each year and $2700.00
for the purpose of paying interest
on the entire amount for 1925, the
first year after issuance, and the
amount levied and collected to pay
Interest on the unpaid bonds of this
tissue will be decreased each year
for the entire period of thirty
years by the sum of ninety dollars,
so that the last year of said period
Iof thirty years, to-wit, 1854, a suf-
ficient sum to retire the last two
outstanding bonds of this issue
amounting to two thousand dollars
and the interest on same, amount
ing to ninety dollars, must be- levied
and collected for this purpose.
THE registration books for this cleo
ton are now open and will be kept
open until the last Saturday i'm
tmediatcly preceding the date for
which the election is herein called
and viii DC closed at s O'CLOCK VI
1 datln said last Saturday before tH
sof said elc eIon.
A. p, LAKEWOOD, JR.,
N Clerk N&m Treasurer.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
MEXICO WILL BAR
JAPANESE COLONY

BRAWLEY, Calf, Nov. 1.-The
federal government Of Mexico "is
unalterably opposed to japanese
and other far eastern colonization
schemes in the republic and to any
further admissions of Or entails t,
any part of the country, according
to a telegram received today from
Mexico City by Governoc Abelardo
Rodriguez, of the northern district
of Lower California.
Governor Rodriguez stated that
the telegram he had received from
Mexico City came fro mthe office
Of the secretar .yof exterior rela-
tons, who, he declared. tad author.
lied its publication and would cen
firm its contents.
The governor made his announce
ment at Mexicali, across the inter
rational border, declan ing that the
federal authorities upheld him in
opposition ito reeentiy-reported
nfafsN - Iananneaaa 0infieao evr-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
Old Days Ia Americu,s


healing.
Miss Ada Patton and Mr. Claude
Harvey we're united in marriage on
Sunday afternoon by Rev. R. L.
Bivins, the young coup.e repai' ing
to his rc5:jencs where ne nuptial
knot WIS Ted in the presence Of
numerous friends.
Mr. Thomas B. Hooks, one Of
Suraters most extensive and sue
cessful planters, purchased yester-
day a complete gas lighting plant,
which he will install upon his farm.
MIR Hooks handsome residence will
thus be gas lighted, as will all the
cut buildings where lights ar at
all required.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01

his time for the benefit of tie
party and the party leaders and
there seems to be a disposition of
the part of many - put the old
veteran in uue race - WIN.
The watch of the police free
was changed last night. During No
vember, Officers Snitl, Barrow and
Fletcher will have TIE evening
watch, while Lieutenant Wheeler
and Officers Feagin, Cobb and
Raglan will do day duty.
The saloon check dropped into
the contribution basket at a GER
tain church in this city a few days
since is in the possession of ore of
the stewards, who wishes the own
er to claim or redeem il
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
CUTOFF

Rev. Charles Philips, of Plains,
delivered an able message from the
Lutheran Pulpit Sundaa afternoon.
Mrs. Bette Barton returned
home Sunday from a visit with her
sister, Mrs. NJ. f. Pennington at
Spaulding.
Mrs. R. H. Stubs, Mrs r. j. Hoi-
loway, Mrs. ]. A. Smith, Mrs.
Ernest Cocker and Miss Mardeile
Pennington, attend The Macon
County Federation of Womens
Club at 0glethorpe, Friday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Pennington
and daughters, Misses Alma Kate
and Lillian. Of Spauld'ng attended
services at the Lutheran church
sunday afternoon.
D. II. Stabbs, returned home Sun
day from several weeks visit with
his daughter, Mrs. Raymond Az
cock, at Cuthbert.
1eittF0 AhAcH, JSSo AitSttSilS
David Bedenbaugh, and A. F. Pen
nington and Robert Stubs. attend
ID the .Macon County Masonic meet
ing al Enaville, THURSDAY evening
Mn and Mrs. David Wicker anc
daughter, Miss Stella, Of La Crosse
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs
Munroe Wicker.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Bedenbaugh
spent Saturday at Spaulding, til,
guests of Mrs. Bedenbaugh's pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs, J. B. Melon
aid.
Miss Annie HargroYt, spent lh'
weekend with Miss Eule Kitchens
Miss Julia Stubs, who is attend
ing school at Montezuma. apcnr III,
weekend with her parents, mr. asa,
Mrs. X. II. Stubs.
Miss Allibelle Byooks. and Oliver
ef Ideal, we're uIIsI..sn', lsesl, SiilI
l Il AZ. ana aIr# kfnrrl. - -. s.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
! AMan or A Myth

Henry Noble McCracken, the
distinguished president of Vas
sar College, has expressed the
thought that should be in the
minds of all voters when they go
tc The polls on November 4th:
Vote for a Man-Not a
Myth
Mr.. Coolidgess chief political
asset has been the mythical story
that he stopped the Boston po-
lice strike and saved the city
from riot and disorder. 1t has
been shown that he evaded his
responsibility in this matter,
and took no action until after a
Democratic mayor had stopped
the strike and restored order.
MIR. Coolidge has been repre-
scented as a leader. His utter
lack of leadership was exposed
IN the last session of Congress,
which rejected all Of his chief
Recommendations and enacted
the important legislation which
he had opposed in his message.
Mr.. Coolidge has been repre-
seAted as silent, courageous
man. He has been silent only
ON the issues of this campaign
and the record of the Harding
Coolidge administration. and for
the reason that his party's at
titude on those issues and the
scandalous record of the admin
istration can neither be defend
ed nor explained. His silence
has been the silence of fear.
and, as Daniel Webster said.
The silence that is confession
Mr.. Coolidge has had much
to say on the subject of patriot
ism. among other things that
patriotism can neither be
bought nor sold" and further
that our country has maintain
ed the principle that our gov
eminent is established for some
thing higher and finer than to
permit those who are charged
with the responsibility of any
office, or any class whose favor
they might seek, to get what
they can out of it. Despite
these fine sentiments, Mr.. Cool
idge stands charged with having
accepted fee of $3.50 and ex-
penses. when Vice President for
a Memorial address when all
other services at the gathering
10 tribute 70 our soldier and
sailor dead mere yolunteered.
Instances could BE multipliAd
~ show that the Calvin Coolida&
-. 4. t...ss ..s.......4.-.I -. a. ~
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
Solving Life S Problems

There are times when the
battles of life seem too desper-
ate and men long for a cessation
of the grind, the toll and worry.
And yet every problem over
come is battle won. We knew
man once who said that the
only reason he did not quit was
that he could not afford to adj
nit to himself that he was whip
ped He fought on and in time
builded a great business out of
what was chaos.
An Englishman visits Henry
Ford's plant in Detroit, walks
out dazed and says: IF autos
can be produced so swiftly and
in such great quantities, why
can't the world handle all its
productioR the same way, MAX
ing more than enough for every
bodyp"
No reason at all why the
world couldn't.
In fact, the American part
CT the world is headed in that
direction already. =
Ford has become fetish. By
no means is he the only efficient
manufacturer, The productive
organizations Of Standard Oil
+ and y. S. Steel is equally effic-
lent. The main difference is
that Ford by reason of the ma
ture of his product, can concen-
trate so many of the processes of
manufacture under one roof. In
most other industries, the pro-
cesses of production and assem-
bly, into completed products are
more or less scattered.
Would the world want to
Fordize all it's commercial and
industrial activities, making the
system sof economics function
like a gigantic lclocka
Il Would the results be worth
the price? There is a border
line where efficiency becomes
monotonous in its sameness.
In craftsmanship, for instance,
competition may seem like a
waste of effort. Certainly, there
is much duplication. But COM
petition between rival statesmen
makes their work interesting by
the elements of sport - the
pleasure of striving to obtain
what others are after. Selling
would be mighty monotonous if
the salesman were just an order
taker for producing organiza-
ton that completely monopol-
ized its field.
Maybe the world is destined
to beicome Fordized. Maybe
the worlds wheat requirement
will in future generations be es-
timated scientifically and def
mite number of men assigned to
grow it. Maybe the number of
required safety pins or fountain
pens or baby carriages will be
calculated and no one allowed
to manufacture these commodi-
ties in excess of definite num-
Der. nor lag behind needs,
Such a system would do
away with over-produIction. 1t
would eliminate shortages. 1t
would cut-and-dry prices.
If you want such a world. you
can have it. AS far as were
concerned, one of the chief
charms of life is its uncertainty.
Problems are bothersome,, even
uncomfortable. But solving
them makes life interesting.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
THIRTY YEARS AGO TO-DAY
{Fronn The Times Recorder. Nov

/, 1894.)
That fine cid Soutl ernl gertle-
man and prince Of good fellows
Capt. 7. M. Allen, was in the city
yesterday circulating among his
many friends. Capt. Allen is a
hustler when it come to selling
goods, and he is to be congratu-
lated on the recent advantagcou.
business connection he has made.
The many friends Of Mr.. Dls
Prince are urging him to make the
race for alderman. They say dug
Prince, the staunch democrat, has
every vent his energies and g;ver
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
CELLS
THE STANDARD

BEGINS MONDAY, NOV. BIRD
OUR NOVEMBER SALE
A Storewide Program of Savings
Has Been Arranged For This
Sale. Never in Our History
Have More Attractive Stocks,
More Attractively Priced, Been
Offered By This or Any Other
Store in Americas. Be On Hand
Early and Investigate the Spec
ials We Are Offering.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01

The first reliable sign of old age
IS when a man starts thinking the
rising generation is going to the
dogs.
Woman in Steubenville, O.. shot
her husband instead Of poisoning
him, which wat rather old fashioaed
of her.
The circus ring isn't as amusing
as the political ring
And political machines, as YOU
may have heard, use a lot of gas
Dealers say we are smoking less
tobacco, but don't say more what
The world, says scientist,
shakes like jelly; but maybe he has
been going to too many dances.
have so little of it.
It's awful to be just rich enough
to make your wife Gish she could
afford a fur coat.
This eften seems 10 he che land N
the free and the hoppe of the easy.
Probing Xomal s mind is about
ambIIng IN egg.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01

A Boston man claims a $4,000
reward for staying sober ten years.
Even if he doesn't get it, he has
saved that much.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
TEN YEARS AGO TO-DAY
Sunday, no paper 2 1biished.
TWENTY YEARS ACC TODAY
(From The Times Pc rider. Nov
1, 19Gt.;

1, 1892
The sale yesterday oc PCT ssales
cotton from the Clay plantation was
8 subject of interest amer g'ocal
et5ton dealers. The cotton was sold
at the round prices Of 8 lie cents
thus netties, the goodly sum of
twelve thousand dollars. This 4
perhaps the largest individual LOT
Of cotton sold here this season.
Mr.. j. |. Hudson is greatly IN
larging and improving his residence
on Church street, and will make il
enc Of the prettiest in the neigh
borhood.
The Board of Education has
finally umpired that drdgout fight
IN the colored school here recently
In the meantime the wounds are
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01

And by the time we thought up a
new costume for masque ball we
decided to so as nervCrs wreck.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
NIl57HlS
Sans

no, hum. II you can't get a
chuckle out of this stuff, you can
30 listen to the radio politicians
and laugh out loud.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-11-01
A THOUGHT

The prince that wantest under
standing is also great OPP
prcssor-Prov. 2S:l6.
Humility is the light # under.
standing. -Bunyan.