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Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
Redden

Strawberries will be a few days
later maturing this year than last
because of the killing of the first
blossoms by late frosts. Early va
rieties will be short, but later varie-
ties have not been so seriously in
jured and full crop is looked for.
The fruit trees in this vicinity are
almost eaten up by the cruel cater
pillars.
We hope that Miss Mildred JEFF
ferson the teacher of Redden school
will come back again which will be
her third year here.
The pupils of Redden school who
won badges at the annual Field
Meet held at Laurel are Marguerite
Millman, silver; Pearl Donovan,
bronze, and Rodney Rust, bronze.
Mrs. William DuttOn of this town
is visiting her son, Clark Sutton of
Claymont.
Mrs. Julia Hammond of Whining
ton and family have moved down to
Milford where they will begin to
farm.
Willard Millman of Wilmington
spent sunday WIN MS parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Millman Of near
here.
Plan to be with us in May. The
date and place has not been selected
as yet, but will be announced in the
Chronicle later.
Frank Millman of Redden is MAX
ing some new improvements on his
farm which he has recently pur-
chased.
Miss Marguerite Millman visited
her aunt, Mrs. Julia Hammond on
Friday last.
John Wilson spent Saturday at
Harrington.
The P. T. A. of Redden in the
past year has furnished a stove,
heater. ball, flag, victrola and rec
ords. Pretty good, isn't it?
Wedding bells are ringing around
Redden. Guess who!
Chas. H. Donovan and family
spent Sunday at BridgevilIe.
Andrew Dutton Of ClaymOnt spent
Sunday in Redden.
Miss Mary Smith is in the Beebe
Hospital where she underwent an
operation for appendicitis.
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
CHAPTER %

Admah's second encounter with the
law was less fortunate than his first
Had he sent for his mother as he dic
when haled before the Commissioned
the day might have gone better with
him. But as he sat beside the daunt-
less Elmer in a City Prison cell he
decided that Ma should never know OF
this second and larger disgrace. From
the minute of his nabbing Elmer had
retained his air Of jaunty defiance; and
at intervals during that night Of waiting
he would turn amiably to his partner
and inform him, "They can't % a thing
to u.s." That was conoolation. By
dawn the Holtz boy was almost con-
vinced that the Court would send him
home with reprimand, just as the
Commissioner had done.
Next morning they sat in the dock
and heard a great many negroes explain
away their family quarrels. They must
have been funny quarrels, for the Judge,
merry, bald gentleman with heavy red
eyebrows that worked up and down
like restless caterpillars, would draw out
the witness for the benefit of his humor-
loving audience. Laughter. Cries Of
'Silence in the Coat Roomr' from
stumpy bailiff with heavy quid in his
cheek. So the legal proceedings
sounded to Admah Holtz, who began to
catch the comic spirit and snicker like a
free man. Then the swapping sentence.
Thirty days in the Work-housel'
would call him back to the desolating
present.
Elmer HemingWay-fo during the
NIGHT tho nv-T1e10rs 17a Il cd ,fo oil
too splendid name-had volunteered his
services as legal adviser. 1t was his
precaution that their names went into
the police "blotter" as Frank Mcclure
and Henry Brown of Cincinnati. They
didn't want to go on record as buns,
he explained during their night con-
and repeated his formula.
Just you leave it to me, Ad. I'll fix
EN- good. And don't you open your |
trap unless you have to-"
When Mcclure and Brown were
called the younger stowaway sensed a |
tingling shame, as though he had been |
slapped in the face and had no redress.
The Judges heavy brows had thickened
and settled above eyes that had lost
their twinkle. The affair was tragically
brief, merely glib statement from the
policeman who had made the arrest:
IF it please y'onna, the prisoners was
by me. I seen 'em loafln'
round Wharf Number One jest befo'
the Senator Clay put out" "You
found them hiding in the boat2"-His
Honor was brief, for much business i'm
pended. Down in the hold, y'onna.
behind the hawgSeds."
When Mcclure and Brown were
called upon to defend themselves it
vas the whim of Fate that His Honor
should have chosen Elmer to do the
'alldng. And how the boy aiS ta;ISl
de went into the case V4re au -5G
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15

amount Of training and the shor
time of organization, the pupils have
done remarkably well.
The program follows:
Selection, Orchestra.
Piano solo, L'Argentine, Mrs
Ringler.
Vocal solos "On the Road to Man
dalay" and "The Gypsy Trail" Mr.
Wiley.
Piano solo, Pride of the Nation
Raymond Cannon.
Violin solo, Romance, Elizabeth
Hudson.
Vocal solo, With You in the Land
of Love, Murtice Holt.
Guitar, banjo, saxaphone and pi-
ano quartets, Whispering Hope
March, Rushie Hudson, Maurice Ev-
ans, Roxie Derrickson and James
Mitchell.
Vocal solo, Sole Mic, Mary Evans.
Violin solo, A Story, Florence Nc
Farland.
Piano duet, Mirthful Moments,
Helen Hudson and Helen Johnson.
Vocal duet, Boat Song, Murtice
Holt and Mary Evans.
Violin solo, Waltz, Alberta Pusey.
Vocal solos, Kentucky Babe and
Suzanna, Charles Hooker.
Accordion solos, Our Delaware
and Missouri Waltz, Miss Evans.
Sobre Las Olas, Orchestra.
Numbers by Greenwood Orchestra
Washington Post, Sousa.
Overture, Lustspiel--ReIa Bella.
Violin and flute duet, Dreamy Mo-
ments.
Overture, Living Pictures, Adel-
bert.
Violin solo, Flower Song, Lange.
Medley overture.
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15

Admah had never been on boat before
the lap-lap-lapping of water against the
wooden wall threatened him as II
charmed. His head began to ache with
the noise and the smell-frst symptoms
Of seasiclcness. Once he rose to his
tiptOes to peer around his dank prison
but Elmer pulled him down with most
ingenious race-track oath. WHO
90 Ol He fell back, startled out of
his skin. The whistle was blowing All
Aboard. ...
Slowly, deliberately over the bar
ricade of barrels a head with helmet
appeared and eyes that seemed to glow
in the twilight roved from one to the
other Of the two figures, crouching
against stanchion.
$50 thar you arel'' said a rough, heavy
voice in synchronization with the rough,
heavy hand that reached out for
Admah's collar. What d 'you-all think
yer doin' anyhow"
Admah cleared his throat and was
warned into silence by a pinch in the
leg.
"Deef. heyP Well. come out o. thar
hear me?"
The end Of a wooden club punched
Admah in the ribs. The voyage was
over so far as he was concerned. He
swung himself up and scrambled
out into comparative daylight. Elmer
came to. Another policeman appeared
through the gangway, and the two
culprits were led back to the wharf.
Then the plank was swung away and
ess ed Senator Clay rode pompously
fTlfD-eo1e StrpaD1 From the dacIr q bOva
a hundred passengers were enjoying the
spectacle of two hoboeS under arrest for
stealing ride On a river boat.
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
MlIville

Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Ringler made
a business trip to Milford on Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. George P. Townsend
and children, Harrison, Blanche anG
Billie Scott, motored from Philadel-
phia and spent the weekend with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John S
Townsend.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. Dukes and son
Junior, visited Mr.. and Mrs. James
M. Tunnel on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland West visited
her mother, Mrs. A. e. Collins of
Frankfort on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac P. West and
, children and Mr.. and Mrs. John e.
" Mcgee visited Thos. w. Richards and
Family of Salisbury on Sunday.
Mrs. Jennie West took advantage
Of the excursion on Sunday and Wis
tied her children in Camden, N. J.
Mrs. Emma Evans and daughter
Ruth visited Mrs. Harvey Dukes on
Saturday.
Mrs. Emma Richards disposed Of
her household goods on Saturday by
way of public auction.
Rev. and Mrs. A. B. Frye and chill
dren were callers on Monday even
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Steele.
Mrs. Roland West attended the
luncheon of the Ladies Club Of Sell
byville on Saturday as the guest OF
Mrs. Raymond Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Hudson OF
Frankford were Sunday visitors on
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward J. Daisey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel D. Bennett
and children of Bayville were Sat
urday evening callers with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. G. Townsend.
The concert given by the LORD
Baltimore orchestra and students as
sisted by members of the Greenwood
orchestra on Friday, May 9Th, was
very successful.
The orchestra has been organized
for only a few months, most of the
members having had instruction
starting in October. For the small
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
WiIIiansville
(Near HOustOn)

Sunday School at Williamsville
Church every Sunday at 2 p. m.
preaching at p. m. Everybody
welcome.
Miss Freda Gray and friends from
Marcus Hook visited her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Gray over the
weekend.
The seventh and eighth grades of
Houston school gave a surprise
party for Miss Glayds Burlingame
Friday evening.
Mr.. M. MCGOWAN and Mr.. Clinton
Craw, form Williamstown, N. J.,
spent the weekend with Zack Dono-
van.
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
CHAPTER %

The Rock Quarry was grandiose
Under lowering skies it could b,
Dantesque, but when the sun was higl
and clear it suggested some ratheI
shallow, rather symmetrical gulf in tli
Grand Canyon of the Colorado. Cans
after gang Of petty criminals had beer
higgling away at the Iedgcs for q
quarter of century, and by dint oi
hammer and drill had worked out a
square crater with ever widening walls
these walls were painted in stripes by
their own mineral pigments-a layer
Of bright irOn-red, layer of gray a
layer Of blue, then the hard gray color
of the Grandad Ledge. From lip of
the crater where a jimber-jawed
guard. Winchester across his knees,
tilted his chair against tree trunk and
spat tobacco juice into the gulf, the
quarry's floor offered a number of
tempting animate targets. The Work
house Gang moved slowly, and although
distance reduced each member to
midget size, his rifle could have nipped
off any one of them, had occasion
arisen.
Every morning. complaint with the
guards signal, Admah Joined the
sinSlO-file and marched to the ancient
rockpile. The tinny taste Of prison
coffee was in his mouth, physical sign
of his mental distress. He had been
thare two weeks, working like a machine
yet watched like a wild animal. He
hadn't let his mother know. More
than disgrace or the chaflng against
captivity homesickness tOrmented hi5n.
In spite Of his wastrel dream of high
seas, coral islands and India's opal
domes, never before had he been away
from home for more than night. And
he hadn't let Ma know.
''I guess she'd knock your block off
if she knew" suggested Elmer cheer
fully one morning. 1t was an interval
Of rest; they were waiting for tie
hand-car to come back for anOtierloa
of rubble. Admah made no immediate
answer. He hadn't worried go much
about the saving of his block, but he
dreaded the irritable, faded little
womans disappointment in him. Once
or twice he had thought Of writing her
a letter, on plain paper, framed Ill
cautious language-just 60 Leu her
know that was still alive and in good
health. I ne lacked ingenuity to
invent sooIhing, plausible tale. e..
He leaned against huge block Of
stone around which the recent blast
had thrown fragments and splinteTs.
In workhoUse overalls he and Elmer
looked as though they might have been
there always. A half hundred colored
similarly clad, sang, shouted,
ioked and whistled at their work along
5he high rock wall, their behavior con-
5rasting with that Of the white gang,
which held moodlly apart. But two
removed from slavery,
chains and an armed guard were of
title consequence to the negroes.
Their fine bronze shoulders powdered
With stone-dust they seemed to work to
music, everything in rhythm. One
their nicely timed mall
cts would come. down on an iron
wedge, splitting great block along tho
rain. And if one of them should
alter or miss beat there wouid come
mellow bawl from some friendly
ritic; Git in tune, niggah"'
To BE ccNT'INUEp)
Milford chronicle., 1925-05-15
Careys

The people in this vicinity are
busy plowing their land and plant
ing corn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Reed and fam
lily entertained on Sunday his bro
ther from Newark, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harley Mitchell.
Some from here were Zoar visit
ors on Sunday.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
STOCK TRADING
HALTED BY
ECLIPSE:
Bulls and Bears More inter-
ested in Celestial Display
Than in Session

NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-The total
eclipse Of the sun was Of more
interest to the bulls and bears than
the movement of stock prices today
and the opening OF the market was
delayed forty-five minutes in con-
sequence. Judging from the &C.
tiVity Of the market, many traders
prolonged their absence from the
financial district for the rest of
the session.
The market was not active and,
after displaying a firm tone at the
opening, many of the speculative
leaders dropped back into slightly
lower price levels as traders crowded
in to take profits. Weakness in
American Wooden was a feature of
the early trading, the stock break
ing to SIX shortly after the open
ing, a drop of seven points from
yesterdays high. Market rumors Of
the big textile corporation related
principally to the project Of passing
the dividend on the preferred stock
Speculative Industrial stocks
which have been leading an ag-
gressive forward movement in re-
cent sessions were under strict OBJ
servation. American Sugar opened
a point higher at Sc, but the stock
was offered freely after the open
ing and it declined abruptly to
62Z. Cast Iron Pipe and Ameri-
can Can displayed more resistance
to selling pressure and Baldwin
Locomotive kept within a slightly
higher price range.
Industrial a the uaaR-
end centered chiefly about the
steel and oil industries. The Prai-
rie Oil and Gas Company, one Of
the largest buyers Of mid-conti-
nent crude oil, announced it's will
ingness to purchase all Of the oil
stored for other companies at cur
rent prices, representing an in
crease Of about 70 cents a barrel
over the year-end scale. Upward
price revisions In crude and re-
fined oil prices were reported all
over the country. Higher prices
for steel products were spoken as
q possibility for the near future.
The Standard Oil stocks on the
curb and in the listed market dis
played conspicuous strength, with
gains Of one to five points in repre-
sentative stocks. Standard Oil of
New Jersey sold up to 43 for the
first time since 1928. its high-water
mark for 1924 being AN: indie
pendent oils. went through to frac-
tionaliy higher prices before yield
Ing to profit taking. which caused
only slight declines.
Chandler Motor and other stocks,
which displayed weakness earlier In
the week, recovered partially. Mack
Trucks and General Motors led Il
strong market in the motor shares.
Missouri, Kansas and Texas was
the most active. Of the low-priced
rails, advancing to a new high for
the year at 32Z. Equipments were
steady.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
NEW OFFERINGS
ARE EASILY
ABSORBED
Trading in Bond Market
Broadens as New Issues
Are Placed on Sale
BY MUNROE ROBERTS.
International News Service Staff
CnrreAnOndenf


NEW YORK, Jan. z4.-Trading
in the listed bond market broad
ened out this week and activity was
extended to a number OF issues
which were not in demand in the
first half Of the month, due to the
temporary withdrawal Of the saw
ings banks, insurance companies
and other investing institutions
from the market. simultaneously
with this increasing interest in the
listed market, investment bankers
reported decline in the demand
for municipal bonds and other tax
exempts which figured more prom
inently In the "reinvestment" period
from January / to Is.
With the exception Of the French
government issues, foreign bonds
were not adversely affected by the
current discussions of foreign war
debts and reparation payments. The
new German government z per
cents were particularly strong, ad-
vancing to 95ss, only fractionally
below their best price since listing.
Mexican government bonds con-
tinued the strength exhibited in
the previous week; and British
SIS of 1929 rose with the sterling
exchange market. Liberty bonds
were steady.
Speculative railroad and indus
trial bonds reflected the buoyant
market for stocks of leading com
panies, the industrials with con-
vertible features or profit sharing
privileges making the best market
records.
Wall street reported good
volume of new bonds overhanging
the market, some of which are ex-
pected to make their appearance
next week. The list includes a
number of. foreign obligations as
well as important domestic refund
ing issues.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Baltimore Grain Market

BALTIMORE, Jan. 24.-Wheat
Easier. No. 2 red winter domestic,
$2.12. No. 2 red winter garlicky
domestic, $2.12. Receipts, 43.40S
bushels. Shipments, LOO bushels
Corn-Firm. No. 2 yellow domes
tic. $1.4401.45 busheI. Receipts.
3,771 bushels. Shipments, 2.247
bushels.
Oats-F'irm. No. white domes-
tic, 69b Q70c bushel Receipts, L.
955 bushels. Shipments, 4,469
bushels.
Rye-F'irm. No. 2 export, SLIP ~
busheI Receipts, 14.172 bushels
Shipments, none.
Hay-Steady. Fair demand for
top grades.
FlOur-Firm.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
LATEST NEWS AND QUOTATIONS OF THE FINANCIAL MARX
Short Term Securities

Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Coz
Bid Ask
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Chicago Grain Market

CHICAGO, Jan. 24.-Grains opened
IRREGULAR here today. Wheat I'M
changed to Il up; corn off 3s to
1as; oats unchanged to Is up,
Opening: Wheat - May, 1899 ~
194H; July, 1921 CLIO. Com
May, 1925 u; July, 1897 % e
September, 1881 Q5 Is. Oats-July'
61h0%; September, So.
The Washington times., 1925-01-24
Local Stocks
FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
SALES

FURNISHED by w. B. Hibbs & Coz
SALES.
Capital Traction IS $2,50o@9e.
Washington Gas Is '33, 5000
3O1 q.
D. C. Paper Mfg. 6s, $1,0000s4.
Washington Gas Light, 10@59,
1oQ58A.
Mergentha1er Linotype, 5@167.
AFTER CALL,
Washington Gas IS $500099A.
Capital Traction CO., 5@31%
B@91k, 1O@91H, 10@91H.
National Mortgage & Investment
Pfd., 40Q97s, 15O@9%, 100@9%.
Evening star., 1925-03-20

year for each Of the seven area win
ners. The point of this editorial is
why cannot Western High School go
to the front in this mammoth forensic
competition? Central made COM
mendsbIe winning last year Surely
Western is not going to lag behind.
The effort is one that is largely re-
WardeG-not alone in money, but in
credit and renown. Think what it
would mean TO the reputation of
Western High School of Washington,
D. c., the National Capital. to be pro-
claimed to the entire country, in fact
to the world, as having produced and
developed a young orator qualified to
appear before the President of the
United States and to have his or her
oratoricai ability and logic passed on
by a committee of judges made up of
distinguished justices of the Supreme
Court of our land.
THE Breeze is of the opinion, and
SO expresses itself unhesitatingly.
that Westerns debaters should get
busy. forthwith and instantly"
Evening star., 1925-03-20
COL. ]. L. MCGEE KILLED
BY TRUCK IN FLORIDA
Former Employe in Adjutant Gen.
erals Office Is Victim Of
Accident In Tampa.

Lieut.. Col. J. L. MCGEE, 81 years
old. Union Army veteran and an en-
ploye OF the adjutant generals Of
fce here 40 years until retired IN
1920, died in D. hospital in Tampa,
Fla, yesterday from injuries sus-
tanned when he was hit by a motor
truck, according to word received
here. He died about an hour after
reaching the hospital
Col. MCGEE was born at Western,
w. Va, In 1897. He entered the West
Virginia Cavalry in 1851, with the
rank of captain, and was discharged
with the rank of lieutenant coldne1
In 1855. He began his employment
in the adjutant generals office In
1871.
Evening star., 1925-03-20
DONATIONS URGED
| zON|NG DEFENSE
Citizens Told Importance oi
Aiding Fight to Uphold
Regulations.

Belief was expressed today by Jesse
c. Suter, president of tl1. Federation of
Citizens Associations. that many home
owners have not realized what the ef-
feet on residential sections of the city
would be if the zoning of property for
business and residential purposes should
be held unconstitutional
Mr.. Suter made this statement in lrrg-
ing home owners to contribute to uhe
fund being raised by citizens comm it.
tee TO assist the Zoning Commission in
defending the validity of the zon ing Elw
III the trial of the case now pentUng in
the District Supreme Court
In that case q property owner h as
hled petition attacking the consti u
uonality of the zoning regulations.
Expert Is Employed.
The citizens committee, of whi.sh
George a. Finch. vice president -
tho federation, Is chairman, has err
gagged Edward NJ. Bassett. a national
authority on Zoning law. to represent
individual home owners in the court:
proceeding here
Property owners who desire to
contribute to the defense fund are
being asked to send donations to
r. A. Bowfes, treasurer of the fund,
at the Potomac Savings Bank.
Mr.. Bassett, who is expected to
Evening star., 1925-03-20

Combined with Saks stand
ard of tailoring of wear-resist-
ing fabrics in the new Spring
colorings. Sizes Il to l8 years.
Evening star., 1925-03-20

factorfly disposed of, and the re-
mainder are now in process of in
vestigation.
summary OF the AZ cases made by
fhe board today shows that included
in the % cases satisfactorily settled
are J notices for possession, which
have been withdrawn through the eff
forts Of the Real Estate Board.
The summary also snows that one
case, where tenants complained of
lack of heat, the situation was ami
cably adjusted, that two demands for
excessive rents have been withdrawn
and that in one case for possession,
where the landlord would not with
draw his action, the tenant was sat
isfactorily relocated
Seven instances also are reported
where tenants have appealed for ad-
Evening star., 1925-03-20
Passenger Air Line,
B0Sto1, to St. Paul,
To Be Established
Planes to Garry People
l, 400 Miles in IA
Hours.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 20.-The New
York World says today that COM
mercisl air line is to be established
between Boston and ST. Paul to carry
passengers for 15 cents a mile, maxi
ing the 1,400-mile journey in IA hours.
Proposed intermediate stops at New
York. Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago are
planned, according TO the announce
ment which the World says was
made by Col. Harold L. Hartney,
former commander of the 1st Pur-
suit Group of the American aviation
forces in France and now vice presi-
dent of the General Airways System.
The proposed schedule, the World
says, allows dinner in Boston, break
fast aloft and lunch in ST. Paul