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Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29
Gravel Hill

Miss Della Walls Of Delmar has
been spending some time with Miss
Laura Wilson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Kitchens, Sr.,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Kitchens,
Jr., have returned from a trip to
Florida.
Master William Pettyjohn has been
on the sick list.
Miss Myrtle Wilson Of Snow Hill,
Nd, has been spending some time
with Miss Pearl Koeppel who has
been very i'll with blood poison.
Mrs. Estella Clendaniel and daugh-
ter Gladys spent Monday with Mrs.
Ruth Veasey at Redden.
Mrs. Annie Steward is spending
some time in Philadelphia with rel
atives.
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29
Bridgevine

Eugene Wilson of, Delmar was O
business trip here the first of tn
week.
William B. Truitt has recently puI
chased a Buick sedan.
ElktOn Adams has recently installe
a radio outfit in his home on Mai
street.
Joseph Belts spent the first of tn
week with relatives at Milford.
Our Town Commissioners have Sc
cured the services of Henry Swigget
as town police for Saturdays and will
have the town ordinance strictly en-
forced.
Victor Adams of Wilmington re
turned on Tuesday after spending {
few days with relatives here.
Regular meeting of the Bridgeville
Fire Company this Monday evening
All members are earnestly requested
to be present, as business of impOr-
tance to the department, will be trans
acted.
Mrs. Estella Wright spent Tuesday
with relatives at Seaford.
The Bridgeville Building and Loan
Association decided on Tuesday even
ing last to hold the first annual cleo
tiOn on Tuesday of next week at
which time the officers will be elected
and the first payment on the shares
will be taken. More than five hun
dred shares have been sold at the
present time.
The Fire Company was called out
again around noon on Monday to a
slight fire in the Hill property, on
Broad street, caused by the chimney.
Little or no damage was caused.
Mrs. Millard Macklin spent the
weekend with her parents, near
Georgetown.
Sol Kline is having his property on
Market street repaired at this time.
The Improved Order Of Red Men,
who have recently been organized
here, are preparing to get another
class of candidates to carry down to
Laurel in the near future when a
large class from the county will be
taken in.
R. R. Layton who has been away
for some time for his health at Battle
Creek, Mich, and Atlantic City, is ex-
pected to arrive home the latter part
Of next week.
F. M. Cannon who has been confined
to his home with a severe cold is able
to be out again this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. G. Carey were Will
mingtOn visitors over the weekend.
Lester Owens who is attending the
of Delaware at Newark,
was home over the weekend.
Elmer Conaway of Wilmington |
spent the weekend with his parents
lere.
Miss Catherine Wiley entertained !
he Five Hundred Club on Friday ev-
ming of last week.
Edwin Calhoon of Ocean City, spent
Sunday with relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. ThOs. Kinnamon spent
Sunday with relatives in Harring-
on.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Anderson were
,iven a kitchen shower on Thursday
vening by their young friends at the
ONE of the formers parents, Mr.. and
frs. H. J. Anderson, on Walnut
treet.
There will be three services at the
Holiness Church on March
nd as follows: Communion service at
1 a. m, following Sunday school,. AT
lree p m. Mrs. M. E. Virden will con-
uct a special missionary service. At :
80 p. m. she will preach an evan
elistic sermon, she being returned
from China, her sermons
ill no doubt prove interesting.
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29

Am now at home with full line of
Spring Millinery. Mrs. Esther w.
Townsend, Millville, Del. f15-2t
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29
DagsbOro

The primary grades, first, second
third and fourth, gave very inter
esting patriotic program on Friday
afternoon.
The program was as follows:
Song, America, the Beautiful"
Recitation, Something Better" by
Ethel TimmOns.
Recitation, "Red Stamp" by Curtis
Simpler.
Recitation, High Resolved" by
Edward Figgs.
Song, "Once More We Celebrate"
Recitation, Like Washington" by
Elwood Vickers.
Recitation, Washington" Ida M
Timmons. --'-->-
Flag Drill-By Cathryn Adkins, Ida
M. Timmons, Lurena Long, Mae West
Phoebe TimmOns and Ida e. Tim
mons.
Exercise: Telling About Washing
tOn," by Edwin Timmons, Layton Ad-
kins, William Baker, Elbridge Muir
ray and Elwood Vickers.
Exercise: Making Of the Flag" by
Aliene Mears, Virgil Hudson, Edward
Figgs.
Song, "Our Delaware.
Solo, Washington" by Sarah Short.
Recitation, Lillian TimmOns.
Recitation, "The New Moon," Vir-
ginia Lingo.
Recitation: "I Love the Red, White
and Blue" by Burton Tumey.
Story, Washington" by Doris Hud-
son.
Recitation, Getting Ready for
School," by Marion Chandler.
Recitation, Spring is Coming" by
Kathleen Chandler.
Song, Lincoln"
On Friday, February 29th, there
will be held at the school house
P. T. A. meeting at 1880 p. m. Every
one come out and make this meeting
a success. There will be a speaker
from the northern part of the State
and a program prepared by pupils Of
the school.
Misses Edne and Frances Reynolds
entertained to dinner Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Levin Davis, Misses Edna |
Jacobs and Hazel Adkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Davis and |
children Of FrankfOrd visited John
Lockwood and family on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. L. McCabe and son
Lee of Selbyville were callers here
on Friday.
Mrs. J. H. Mason had the misfor-
tune Of getting knocked down Dy
car driven by John A. Timmons on
Saturday evening and hurting her
arm badly,
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Sturgis and
Mr.. Bunting Of Millsboro visited Mr..
and Mrs. Elijah Sturgis on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith and Wal
ter Smith were recent visitors of G. /
W. Smith and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Larry Truitt spent a
part of the past week in Philadel-
phia.
G. A. Cannon was at Midway one
day the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Cannon went to
Georgetown on Sunday to spend the ,
day with Col. John Johnson and fam
Ily. Mr.. johnson who was very ill Jnd
1t the point Of death, died in the af-
ternoon.
The home Of Mrs. Della West was
burned on Tuesday. They saved most
1f her household goods. The property a
to her son-in-law, VIM. b. N
Chandler. Z
Kenneth West is spending some s
line here with his mother. 1
Miss Etha Smith has been confined n
o her home the past week with la b
.rippe. p
Mrs. Hilda Baker entertained the "
ewing circle last Thursday after h
loon. u
Mr.. and Mrs. Woolsey Tumey, Jr., o.
AVE a new baby boy, born the past ir
Veek. b.
Miss Elizabeth Townsend is in
Kansas City, Missouri, attending the
oatFiek School Of Millinery Design d.
ag, 81
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29
Union

The Union Aid Society will hold its
anniversary meeting at the home of
Mrs. Jane Owens, on Wednesday ev-
ening, March 5th and If that night
should be stormy it will be held on
Thursday evening, March 9Th. At this
meeting the reelection Of officers will
be held. Every member please be
present. This also is the time when
we collect rainy day money. There
have been nineteen stormy days since
December 1st, making each member
owe 10 cents. After the business meet
ing is over, ice cream and cake will
be served. Ladies, please bring cakes.
Milford chronicle., 1924-02-29

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The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
DANIELS. WALSH AND ADAMS

1.-The Chairman Adams of the Republican national
committee fix the blame upon former Secretary of the
Navy Daniels and Senator Walsh for the legislation which made
the oil leases possible aborve it dishonest
such hardboed reactionary Republican machine pol
an coudn stand for such unmtgated
version of the truth
And if it medicine for Smoot nothing
need said of it. for Smoo would probably far
public life shift the responsibility for the oil scandal
Walsh and Daniels any other Democrats.
Entirely apart any political consideration the
who entitled the greatest credit and the greatest respect
this oil Josephus Daniels and Senator Walsh
Secretary of the Navy for eight years. Daniels protected
every drop the Navy oil and demonstrated his ncorruptb
y and ability He stands before the people today giant
compared with such as Adams
AS Senator Walsh doubtful whether the oil nvest
CATION peered months ago but for his hon
esty, courage, energy and intelligence
Josephus Daniels kept the oil thieves bay for eight
by doing earned the gratitude of the Nation.
all likely his regard will be the Democratic nom
nation for the presidency.
the rank and file of the party could themselves
there probably would be little doubt about it.
Wash's reward which he entitled beyond question:
denomination and reelection Senator from Montana.
That Adams mouthpece for the Republican old guard
trying besmirch Daniels and Walsh be wondered
But it can't be done.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
NO. Is ---------
Third
Degree
YOURSELF!
NO. Is
A Ready Mind
Were you a bright child?

Were you a bright child?
You are just as bright as you ever
were.
Here is test that will help you tc
find whether you have a good every
day mind or not. This is what you
are to do In the test the first two
words of each line have a certain re
lation to each other. Draw a line
under the word within the parenthe
ses which has that particular relation
to the third word Here is a sample
done for you.
sky-blue: grass-(grow green, cut,
dead.
Get your watch. The time allowed
is two minutes. Go!
1. Go-come: sell-Qeave, buy, money.
papers.
2. January-February: June-(July,
May, month, year.
3. Hope-despalr: happiness-frolic.
fun. joy. sadness).
4. Above-below: top-(spin, bottom.
surface, side).
s. Peninsula-land bay-Cboats, pig,
ocean, Massachusetts,.
6. City-mayor: armyr(navy, soldier,
general, private
Z. Food-man: gasoline-(gas, oil au-
tomobile spark.
8. Winter-summer: cold - freeze.
warm. wet, january.
8. Tolerate-pain: welcome-(pleas-
ure, unwelcome, friends, give).
10. Coldice: heat-(Hghtning warm.
steam, coat.
Did you make satisfactory record ?
Answers. 1, buy; 2, July; 8. sadness;
4, bottom; S, ocean; s. general: 7, au-
tomobile; 8, warm; 8, PLEASURE; 10,
steam.
Copyright by Science Service)
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27

lawry. Today. at the age of "a. is
as straight a human tree as ever
weathered the gale.
He does odd jobs on a farm and
writes a book between chores.
''I was bad from the time can
first remember" explains Stiles. IT
started stealing as soon as could
walk"
But when he reached that age
when most men consider their lives
unalterably fixed. Stiles began to
delve into the gospel instead of bank
vaults and mail pouches.
His first crime was at II. He
robbed a drunken man. He ran
away from home andp went to a
New York begging school" wnere
he mastered plckpocketing.
After he had stolen a horse in
Kentucky-a gallows offense in
those days-he decided to go the
limit and Joined the James gang.
MY initiation was pretty
rough" he recalls. They sent me
out on an errand along the trait.
''Soon I saw men-sheriff's depu-
ties. 1 thought-surround me- I
thought I was lost. When they
asked me II I belonged to the James
gang. 1 couldn't say yes because
I thought they would hang me. And
II I said no. I figured the gang
would kin me. So I. refused to an
swer
"rrha,, Mt n roma around NV reck
and hoisted me clear OF. the ground
several times. Finally they released
me and / returned to the camp. I
found the James gang around the
camp fire. laughing. They had put
me to the test and had not
flinched.
"I always think OF that incident
whenever I put on a stiff white col
lar and it chRfes my throat"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
AT WOMAN'S PRISON

city shocked by the brutal murder of teacher at the
Indiana Prison and the subsequent confession Of
escaped prisoner.
Not the least startling aspect of the crime the fact that
such thing could happen The girl who admits the murder
told the police she had been repeatedly out Of her cell when prison
employees despite the that she cond
cred dangerous
of authorities is that nothing like this hap
pened before 1t is admitted authority awake
the prison proper during of the night which the
der occurred.
Policemen of long experience will tell that pris
frequently little less desperate than At the In
diana Rematoy and at the State guards constantly
duty The institutions ncosed by walls with watch
towers constantly occupied.
At the Womans Prison the idea is that of reform school,
home for wayward This sounds well in theory but
the murder of Miss Louise Richards indicates how sometimes
fails in practice.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
SMALL MAMMALS
BECOME MASTERS
Size of Dinosaurs and Monster Reptiles Did Not Help Them
When Earth Conditions Changed.

also a great variety of camels in
cluding one which has been named the
giraffe-camel It was a sort Of camel
with a long neck like the giraffe
Mammals now began to conquer
every corner of the earth. There were
flying bats, burrowing moles, primi-
tive dogs, some as big as bears, and
the first cats.
Life Becomes Hard
But soon life began to get hard
again. a
There came the Pnocene Period,
which Prof. Richard Swami Lull of
Yale University has called the pc
riod of great unrest"
Weaker stocks were pushed to the
wall in the struggle for existence.
The missing link" the common an
cestor of man and the present-day
apes. is supposed to have lived at this
time.
Then came a great ice age. Geolo-
gists call it the Pleistocene Period.
When this age ended, man was the
dominant creature upon the earth.
That period ended $4,000 years ago,
and from that time on the most i'm
portant creature upon the earth has
been man.
Next articIe in series: Early Man.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
Bonds

To the Editor Of The Times
An article by Herbert Quick in Tho
Times on making taxable the bonds
that are now tax exempt should be
in the hands of every taxpayer in the
lard. His statements are log1cai and
true.
If all fture issues Of bonds that
are now tax free be made taxable no
local finaneier would invest in them,
knowing as he would that at least
2h per cent of their earnings would
be taken from him annually by the
tax gatherers.
A much higher rate of interest would
have to be named in the bonds before
they could be made to yield a rea-
sonable return, or in lieu of higher
interest rate they would have to be
sold at a ruinous discount, which
amounts to the same thing.
Higher Interests
If higher rate of interest be made
they would become an attractive in
vestment for outside capital and local
financiers would not have a ghost OF
a show to secure any of such bonds.
because outside capitalists could af-
ford to bid at least the amount OF
the local tax rate higher for all such
bonds, and of course would get them
This would remove the bonds from
the Jurisdiction of the local taxing
officials and thus make them non-pro-
ductive of any revenue to State and
county, Just as they are non-produc-
tive now. But the increased interest
rate would make an aching void in
the pockets of those who were re-
sponsible for the payment of these
bonds.
Who is it that pays all bond issues.
whether taxable or tax exempt? 1t is
those who have constructed sewers,
curbs, sidewalks, street improvements,
highways and public buildings.
Reasoning Sequences
We will not say that the taxpayers
are a lot Of ignoramuses by any
means. but a very large per cent of
them do not reason out the sequence
Of events that would ensue should
such a proposition he allowed TO bear
print.
When the demagogic candidate pro-
poses to swat the rich by making
their bond holdings taxable in the
future. the mass Of voters usually
fall for 1t and enthusiastically help
to pull down the temple Of prosperity
on their own heads. They do not
recognize the fact that in this country
the so-called rich are abundantly able
to care for themselves.
The buying of the tax free securities
does not tie up money. No one buys
bond except some one else has a
bond for sale. When the trans
action is completed, the seller has the
money and the buyer has the bond
The money is just as free to circulate
in the channels of trade as 1t was be-
fore the sale was made. Taxes may
be so burdensome, however, as to de-
ter our Napoleons of Industry from
running their factories, and then It
is that stagnation sets in, to the
detriment of the wage Garner.
Tax free securities are a blessing
to any growing community, and the
wise voter will so cast his vote as to
guarantee their continuance.
E. P. M'CASLIN,
5S01 Dewey Ave, Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
THE UPLIFT OF THE KNIFE

EV7HEN it standing by the tmehonored customs it
" will be necessary to hand it to Kansas City From time to
carping sunry
ments the agod habit of mankind employ the table knife
the sole Of food from plate palate The Women
Commercial Club of Kansas City refused be moved by these
attacks In fact social meeting the other day. the club
the challenge and made it a to and for the knife.
Members gathered around the festal board discardg all
table cutlery knives Three prizes order make the
casion positive decision and point offered those who
could show the ceanes plates when the atmosphere cleared and
the meal Then they off in bunch Well they
got with it all right, but the terrible
True, knives entirely swallowed and lips bleed
ing but faces bodces ruined and
reduced to gasp Meat had slipped into unwilling
laps mashed potatoes had coggd sensitive nost and beans
had roerom unsteady knives and disappeared in the wide
open spaces at alabaster throats.
But there victory-victory for society and the knife
That's the point The good City proved that th
of cutlery than it bad More than that they
brave enough make sacrifices of apparel
order that the cherished the fathers
the fathers fathers might become in
the butt of rdule and the object of derision keen blade
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
AGREEMENT
OF MINERS
STABILIZING
Conference viii Go Long Way
Toward SoIidifying BIZ
luminous Industry,

KU0 ASHINGTON, Feb. 27. The
wv conference at Jacksonville.
- Fla. composed Of representa-
tives Of the United Mine Workers Of
America and Of operators from the
unionized bituminous fields has
reached an agreement providing for
the maintenance Of the existing wage
scale for a period of three years.
AS no doubt exists. this arrange
ment viii be formally ratified by the
various organizations represented, this
action will mean the wages established
for the unionized mine workers in
1920 will remain in force until April,
1927.
The .reat significance Of the agree
ment. however, does not arise from
continuance OF the existing rates of
pay. but in the stabiliztng effect the
work Of the conference will have on
the soft coal industry itself.
The bituminous coal mining indus.
try is notoriously over-deveIoped and
irregular In operation. These charac-
teristics are the outgrowth of com.
petitive forces during the last twenty
five years
The deposits OF soft coal are widely
extended. Of great magnitude, and
comparatively easy to develop. Com
petition for markets has always been
intense.
Hanna Brings Agreement
About 1893, as a result Of these
conditions, when a majority Of opera
tors were on verge of insolvency and
earnings of the miners were below
level OF bare subsistence. the late SEN
ator Mark Hanna attempted to stabil-
ize and preserve tho Industry by
bringing about a definite working
agreement between the mine workers
and operators of the central competi-
tive field. embracing Ohio. Indiana.
Illinois ana western Pennsylvania.
Operators in this predominant field,
so far as labor costs were concerned,
were thus placed on a uniform com.
petitive basis
Over Expansion Results
The most serious tendency toward
over expansion of recent years has ap-
peared in the maintenance of distinctly
non-union operations, representing
about one.fourth Of the total capacity
of the country. in West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Alabama and other sections.
These developments left bituminous
coal mining operations at the close of
the war in a deplorable state of over
development.
The three-year agreement just nego-
tiated will bring about a better adjust
ment Of supply to demand. Employ
ment, wages, and profits will be placed
on a stable basis.
This will be brought about by the
elimination of high cost mines. The
large mining companies will now know
that labor conditions will be constant
for three years.
Longtime Contracts
They can, therefore, enter into
longtime contracts, at full capacity,
and, for this reason, together with
their better facilities, can produce coal
cheaper than their competitors. AS
consequence, large number of mines
will be forced to close down. THIS
will be advantageous both to the CON
sumer and to the Industry rs a whole
The Jacksonville agreement is. to
that extent, measure of real indus
trial craftsmanship.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
F1n1S

BY BERTON BRALEY
! had some stocks
From out OF which
I looked for rocks
To make me rich;
There was a crash,
The boom went fiat,
/ lost my cash
And that was that!
] dreamed Of fame,
| thought I'd make
A wondrous name
And no mistake!
Within the ring
l cast my hat
Fate hit me-bing!
And that was that.
loved a girl.
My head and heart
Were in a whirl
Right from the start;
She wed a guy
Gray, old and fat.
! heaved a sigh
And that was that.
So, to rehearse
What went amiss,
I wrote a verse
And that was this!
Copyright, 1924, NEA Service)
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
Wrong Address

Mail to the following persons
has been returned to The Times.
If better address is furnished
us, mail will be forwarded.
Indianapolis-Mi Marie Den
ny, 564 Jefferson Ave; Ella NJ,
Mayhearn. 10 S. Summit Ave;
Miss Mary Hood, st. L. & w.
Bldg; II. William Martin, 1912
E. Washington St.; M. Smith,
1921 Washington Blvd; Marvin
Roche, 721 Center ST.; Martha
Hershey. 500 S. Ind; Mrs. w. NJ.
Hananed, Woodlawn Ave-; Nor
NAL Johnson, 2436 Narsnalace st.
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27

Mas chopping hash for Daddy's
lunch
There's grit behind our Willles
ears
30 hear! o hear! the cackling roos-
ter thinks he's laid an egg
There were worse. and by gosh!
we made our, editor publish them. on
the ground he had left his sphere as
editor and, as composer, was entitled
to criticism as such. like any other"
The Indianapolis times., 1924-02-27
Heard in the Smoking Room

EfT II 4 AY back in the s0's.' said an
IWI old Cleveland Press staff man,
Ll among the smokers, when
Bob Paine was editor. he composed and
published a little tune that was really
bit tuneful and asked his readers to
suggest titles for it. He got the titles,
all right, among them:
Don't use an ak on mothers face.
When father lost the baby's safety
pins
Lock the dog house, Fido's pois-
oned.'