Milford chronicle., 1925-08-28
THE WRETCHED MAN or woman

mobile while driving on the high
ways, and then deliberately drives
away, taking measures to prevent
identification of his license number,
leaving the victim of their reckless
driving to suffer or die before help
can reach them from other sources,
should have all the punishment the
law provides; and, in addition re-
ceiVe from ten to twenty lashes ap-
piled vigorously on the bare back, as
final punishment in the most in
human cases which happen. Just
one whipping and plenty of publicity
be given through the great papers of
the great cities, whose representa-
tives should be given every Opportu-
nifty to get pictures of the injured or
killed to print along with the pic
lures of the offender receiving the
especial punishment provided for
fiends of that class, will effectually
stop the hit and run" events which
we see daily in papers in all parts
of the country; but, it is the safety
of the people of Delaware we are
most interested in. Delaware has
been first in many things we are
proud of, and the old whipping post
to which we cling with great belief
in its efficacy as deterrent of crime,
will solve some of our highway
troubles, so far as accidents are
concerned if given the chance.
SoS
THE TAX PROBLEM has arrived
at a stage when the public voices
objection to further payments of war
taxes. From all parts of the cOun-
try demand is made for lessening
this annual levy upon the resources
of the people. 1t is almost a GER
tainty, that the National Congress
will cut the federal taxes vigorously;
and, if the people could be assured
that the reduction in local taxes,
state, county and municipal, would
be either reduced or maintained at
no greater standard than that now
levied, hundreds of millions of dol
lars would be turned to productive
nnfaTsTriCng In fhn Cfo4n
ments this can be obtained only
through and by acts of legislature;
but it is well to study the problem
before it comes up for action. Those
of the present generation will have
to become reconciled to the fact,
that great building enterprises re-
quire great expenditures of money,
and that payment can only be made
for improvements through taxation.
Delaware will soon have to face the
problem of her public schools. They
are public necessities, just as much
as roads and public safety and
health. Future prosperity depends
largely in Delaware upon the Oppor-
tunity afforded the children of the
present era, to get an education.
We have started to build up the in
structional part of teaching, but the
buildings are so far out of date that
much of the better facilities created
for educating the child, is lost
through a lack of proper buildings |
to accommodate the public schools.
If the people themselves would build
the school houses necessary, that
would be fine, but the record of the
past fifty years prove, that the peo-
pie will not do for themselves or be
Just to their own children. The
are splendid and what
Delaware needed to bring forth
prosperity through opening of OPP
portunity to market the products of
her farms and bring happiness to
her people; but, Delaware also needs
school buildings which will afford
public school education opportunity
to create a citizenship that will
make the State of Delaware a leader
IN intelligence, in moral happiness
and financial prosperity. 1t is al
most certain that the people through
he legislature will bring this about,
of the cutlery for reduc-
ion in taxation.
SoS
DOGS NEED CARE and careful
management and the people have
he unquestioned right to demand,
hat those who own or harbor
ogs, shall keep them from be-
oming a menace to others or the
roperty of individuals. The public |
as the unquestioned right to de- {
land and compel all who own or I
arbor dogs, to prevent them from I
small game, as well as
oultry; which applies to their own t
Lnds as well as to that owned by g
Tiers. The last legislature very e
isely enacted a law for the coun- S
es of Kent and Sussex, which com n
els dogs to be registered with the t.
tate Game Protective Association e
nd provides penalties, as well as a S
,gistration fee for each dog, to be +
lid to the State through the Game Is
-ardens. This law has been in 1;