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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
GENERAL DU POINT AIDS
The HAMPTON FUND
Negro Institution Given $25O,OOO By
Delaware Man

Following the receipt last week of
$1,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller
Jr., in payment of his pledge to the
HamptOn-Tuskegee Endowment
Fund, Clarence H. Kelsey, chairman
of the executive committee, reports
the receipt Of $250,O0O from Gen.
Coleman du Pont in payment of his
pledge, to the same fund, according
to the Hampton-Tuskegee Endow-
ment Fund.
Mr.. Kelsey states that the fund
has now passed the $4,500,O 900 mark,
bringing appreciably nearer the pro-
spect of securing for these institu-
tions the great conditional gift of
George Eastman amounting, ulti-
to more than $2,000,OOO, and
made dependent on $5,00O,00O being
subscribed to the fund by others by
December 81, 1925.
"It is interesting to note" SAYS
Mr.. Kelsey, Gin connection with Gen.
du Points cooperating to make ac-
tual the conditional gift of Mr.. East
man, that the two men have often
worked together on great education
al undertakings. Both are interested
n Massachusetts Institute of Tech |
1ology, both have given largely to
hat institution prior to the great |
gift which Mr.. Eastman made last |
winter. They are practical men and
believe in work with the hands and
n training men to technical skill
md efficiency. The Massachusetts
of Technology operates
With highly skilled men, and Hamp-
on and Tuskegee work with begin
ers in mechanical efficiency but the
anne principles are at the bottom of
9th types of education and both
ucceed because training the hand
rains the mind as well, develops
haracter and leads to productivity
nd efficiency"
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
BASKETS MUST Be GIVEN
INSPECTION CERTIFICATE
Refuses To Allow Any Used Baskets
From Guaranteed District

The State Board of Agriculture
has this week issued an order which
has a direct bearing on all users of
fruit baskets in lower Delaware. I'm
der the new ruling no baskets will
be allowed into the clear area of the
state without a certificate of inspec-
ton showing that they are free from
the Japanese beetle accompanying
them. ALI fruit and vegetable grow
ers and others who haul produce to
Wilmington are directly affected by
this order, for unless they comply
with the ruling they cannot haul
empty baskets back with them. That
no hardship will be placed upon any
one, the State Board of Agriculture
has provided an inspection station
at Front and Church streets, Will
where inspections will be |
made free of charge and certificates
issued to all owners whose baskets
are found safe. These inspectors
will be on the job from o'clock in
he morning until 10 o'clock each
hight. The only thing that is neces-
iary is that the truck driver go to
he station and have their baskets
Inspected free of charge.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
CEDAR BEACH PROPERTY
SOLD LAST SATURDAY
Hotel, Roberts Farm and Other Land
Brings $2,O5O Under The Hammer

4 The old Cedar Beach Hotel prom
erty, together with the Roberts farm
and dwelling was sold at public sale
last Saturday afternoon in front of
the Windsor Block. The entire tract
contains about 1875 acres and faces
on the Delaware Bay. Some of the
land is tillable, but much of it is in
marshland. The land was sold to Mr..
King, a former owner Of the tract
who held a mortgage against the
property. The Cedar Beach Hotel
property at one time was valuable.
Several years ago the hotel building
was remodeled by DR.. Hitch, who
now resides at Lincoln, fine 'paviI-
lions, a dance hall and other amuse-
ment places were constructed. Sew
eral thousands of dollars were ex-
pended to modernize the property
and make It a real resort. The in
roads of the bay have long since
washed away the pavillions, dance
hall apd other buildings. The hotel
property itself has been neglected
Ind is now in poor condition. OF late
years. it has been the headquarters
or bay fishermen who haul their
ems from Cedar Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
BANK RESOURCES
ARE $lO6,O35,823
State Bank Commissioners Report
Shows Delaware Banks Are In
Good Condition.

Delaware has 159, 1874 bank deposi-
tors according to the report for the
first six months of this year as COM
piled by Harold W. Horsey, State
Banking Commissioner. This is an
increase of 3,818 over the number of
depositors for the last six months of
1924, ending December 81. For that
period there was 155, 1916 depositors.
The total resources of the 40
banks and their branches as report
ed to the State Banking Commits
sioner are S1O6,035,823, as compared
to $104,194,2O3 for the last six
months of last year. This is a, net
increase of $1,S41,620 Resources as
shown here come from securities and
every other item handled by the
banks of the state.
Savings in Delaware banks have
increased $2,O49,5S5 since the last re-
port made to the commissioner on
December 81. The total amount in
savings accounts in all banks is
542,979, 348 for the first six months
as compared with 1929, ,763 for the
asst six months of 1924.
Delaware's thriftness is shown in
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
MEMBERS OF LEGISLATURE
HELD DELIGHTFUL REUNION
Representative Drexler Suggested
"Get-TO-Gether" Meetings

The first reunion of the members
OF the Tooth General Assembly of
Delaware held Saturday at Rehoboth
was featured by a dinner that night
at the Belhaven Hotel, at which Rep
resentative George Sebold of viii
mlngton was the tOastmaster. The
guests of honor were Governor Rob-
lnson and Secretary of State Taylor.
Practically all of the members
were present and many of them were
accompanied by their wives.
After welcoming those present
Representative Sebold introduced
Governor Robinson as the first
speaker who expressed his apprecia-
ton Of being invited and being able
to attend. It was his opinion that re-
unions are very good things, helping
to renew old acquaintances. He hop
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
SEAFORD MAN RESCUES
TWO FROM DROWNING
Young Lady And Boy Saved By
Prompt Action Of C. C. Thompson

A young woman and a boy were
! rescued from drowning at Rehoboth
last Friday afternoon by C. c..
Thompson, Of Seaford, who rescued
a woman from drowning at the same
resort last summer, and Life Guard
Maynaider.
The young woman was Miss Mar
celia Fairchild, 10, of Pittsburgh,
Pa. The boy was William Bounds,
II, of Salisbury, Md. The rescues
were made within a few minutes of
each other.
Thompson and Maynaider were
walking along the beach when they
heard Miss Fairchild scream. Both
men had a hard struggle to bring
the girl to shore, owing to the
strong undertow.
Almost as soon as Miss Fairchild
was safely on the beach, another
shout for help was heard and
Thompson leaving the girl with the
life guard, battled through the surf |
again and rescued William Bounds,
who too, had been caught by the
The boy was unconscious when
brought ashore. Despite his weak
ened condition after two battles
against the undertow and surf.
aided in reviving the lad.
Under brisk treatment the Bounds
boy was revived and both he and
Miss Fairchild are none the worse
or their experience.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
SLOT MACHINES MUST GO
SAY STATE AUTHORITIES
Series OF Raids Throughout State
Results In Smashing Devices

The State authorities are just be-
ginning a series Of raids on the
places operating slot machines
throughout the state with the pur-
pose of chasing these gambling de-
vices from the state. On Monday op-
erations against the owners of these
devices in Sussex county were start
ed. State Detective Donoway, acting
on orders from higher authorities,
swooped down on number of coun-
try stores and shore amusement
places in the vicinity of Rehoboth
and gathered in several machines.
At Oak Orchard, George Buchanan,
operator of an amusement pier, was
arrested and held under $500 bond
for the October Court and two slot
machines were confiscated. Each
machine is valued at about $3.50 by
the owner, and during the weekend
machines to the value of about $1,000
were picked up in the rural districts.
Raids are contemplated in all parts
of the county, and will be kept I'D
until all of the gambling devices are
taken out of the stores. A raid in
Milford several weeks ago resulted
in the discontinuance of the slot
machines here.
On Tuesday evening detectives
went to Bowers Beach and other
Kent county towns where a series of
raids were made against the owners
of these machines. Devices to the
value of approximately $1,000 are
said to have been confscated at
Bowers Beach.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
FARM PRODUCTS SHOW
WILL BE BIG FEATURE
OF KENT SUSSEX FAIR.
The State Board OF Agriculture
Planning Elaborate Exhibit At
Harrington.
EXHIBIT JAPANESE BEETLE
Persons In Lower Counties Will
See Display OF Pests---Big Boys
And Girls Exhibit.

The State Board of Agriculture is
planning for a more elaborate ex.
hibit than ever for the Kent and
Sussex Fair. While the board has had
displays of some of the activities in
which it is engaged at previous Kent
and Sussex Fairs, none has been as
extensive as this one promises to be.
The Fair will open at Harrington
on Tuesday, July % and close Sat
urday, August 1st.
There will be quite a showing of
the results of the fight against tu-
berculOsis among cattle. Government
charts and exhibits will be sent to
Harrington for the exhibit and it is
possible that government men will
be in charge of the display.
Another exhibit of much interest
to the farmers will be the seed ger
minatiOn apparatus and tests going |
forward during the Fair. Farmers |
know that if seed is not fertile they |
cannot expect any crops and hun
dreds of them have come to have
seed tested every year by the state
chemist. The terminating ovens will
w CA NAoP4Ny eAI LhC Il al uuu III Op-
GRAFTON.
Another display of interest to ev-
eryone will be a showing of Japan
ese beetles. With the State of Della
ware expending $4,000 in trying to
keep the beetle out and with the fu-
ture of the crops of the state more
or less in the balances unless the
beetle problem is solved, this dis
play is of greater Importance than
most people conceive.
Another show at the Fair will
have to do with poultry, The raising
Of chickens is one of the most i'm
DOrtant industries in the state and
he poultry exhibit will doubtless at ,
ract as much if not more attention I
han any other at the Fair.
Charts showing poultry diseases
will be feature of the exhibit. to-
Sether with plans that the State
Board of Agriculture is making to 7
id to the industry. l, !,
Boys and Girls Club Work o
From a position of comparative D
bscurity few years ago, boys and Fl
iris farm club work in Delaware a
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
STATE PRODUCES ITS
LARGEST APPLE CROP
Fifty Carloads OF Early Apples Ship.
ped From Wyoming Tuesday =

The crop of early apples in CEN
traI and lower Delaware, has be-
come so prolific and the daily shin
ments so numerous that the apple
inspectors are literally swamped. an
pIlcations for inspection far exceed
ing those of any year since the in
spection law went into effect.
W. T. Derrickson, director of the
Bureau of Markets, is acting in the
inspection at BridgeviIIe. Fifty cars
OF apples were shipped from Wyom-
ing Tuesday and up to the present
time more than seven hundred cars
OF apples have been shipped from
lower Delaware.
AT Wyoming Wednesday morning
the, wagons and automobiles trucks
bringing apples for shipment were
stretched from the station to the
Caesar Rodney school building, more
han a quarter Of a mile, waiting
heir turn to be unloaded.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24

accepted by the States Attorney
Within a few minutes, Chief Justice
James c. Pennewill imposed a SEN
tence of life Imprisonment and tbe
payment of fine of $500 and cost
OF prosecution. Handy was taken to
the New Castle County Workhouse
to serve his sentence.
From the evidence gathered in
the case, Handy and Ingram. TO-
gether with about twenty other ne
groes' were engaged in a crap game
when Ingram was accused of taking
the pot" Only few words were
exchanged when Handy whipped
out a pistol and shot Ingram in tbe
cheek, the ball penetrating his head
having been DETECTED upward. In
gram died almost instantly. Late in
the afternoon Handy was appre-
nended near Dagsboro by State De-
.ect1Ve Ottie Dona way and Cor poral
raymond D. Ingram of the State
highway Police force. Handy took
lis sentence calmly.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
LIFE GUARD PRESENTED
WITH A GOLD MEDAL
Thomas I. Moore HOnOred By Gov
ernment In Recognition OF Service

Z On July Is, 1925, Assistant Secre-
tary of the Treasury L. C. Andrews
presented a gold life saving medal
to Chief Boatswain's Mate, Thomas
T. Moore, together with citation,
for saving the life Of Philip Gollop in
a heavy sea off Ocean City, Nd, on
August 26, 1924, under exceptionally
difficult and hazardous conditions.
Chief Boatswain's Mate Moore has
served continuously in theI Coast
Guard since August 1, 1910/ having
risen from the grade of suffman to
his present rating. During the past
nine years, in addition to the rescue
|Of Mr.. Gollop, Chief Boatswain's
Mate Moore has made no less than
16 other rescues under hazardous
conditions. The following officials of
the Coast Guard attended the presen-
tation: Rear Admiral Billiard, Lngi-
neer-in-Chief @. B. Newman, Captain
r. o. Crisp, Commander J. F. Hot
tel, Lieutenant Commanders w. K.
Thompson, S. S. Yeandle and F. ].
German, Superintendent Sixth Dis
trict James F. Phillips of Lewes, and
MT. o. M. Maxam, chief, division of |
operations. The presentation cere-
monies were held in the office of the
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
D. C. Chief Boatswain's
Mate Moore was stationed at Ocean
City, Md, until April 1, 1925, when
he was advanced in rating and trans
erred to Fenwick Island Station,
;elbyville, as officer in charge Of
hat station.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
STATE OYSTERMEN
PLANNING FOR FALL
Cooperate With The State Board
Of Health In CIean-Up Cam
paign.

Oyster packing houses of Delaware
in many instances are seeking to
make their canneries as nearly per-
feet as possible from a sanitary point
of view and are cooperating with
the State Board of Health to give
bivalves shipped out of Delaware a
clean bill, according to a statement
made by Dr. Arthur T. Davis, eXecu-
tive secretary of the State Board. At
Little Greek in one of the plants a
new sterilizing apparatus is being
installed, the buildings are being
painted and the water supply used in
washing the oysters after they have
been opened is being put into such
fine condition that no complaints
can be made about it's purity or the
utensils and pipe lines.
According to DR.. Davis the oyster
packers generally are alive to their
loss of last winter when the charge
that oysters contained typhoid fever
germs practically closed up many
plants that shuck and ship oysters
from the east. But there is always |
a silver lining to the clouds. Be
cause the oysters were not dredged |
and shipped in as large quantities
last winter as usual, the bivalves
have grown that much larger and
will be finer in many ways this fall
and winter, according to the state
nents of oystermen who have exam
ned their beds.
DR.. Davis is expecting any day to
lear from the Federal inspectors of
he United States Public Health
service who have been designated
o examine the oyster beds along the
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
W. 7. SHARP, BANKER,
DIES AT AGE OF SO
Harrington Man Was Active In Bus
mess And FraternaI Circles

w. T. Sharp, SO years, died at his
home in Harrington on SATURDAY.
July 18th, 1925. He was one Of the
best known men in Harrington. Mr..
Sharp was born near Harrington in
1912. He engaged in the mercantile
business at Vernon for several
years, later becoming the pioneer
manufacturer of fertilizer in chat vi
cinity.
After disposing of his industry, he
later engaged in the canning busi-
ness. In 1889 the First National
Bank Corporation was formed and
he became the first cashier. Mr..
Sharp served on the Harrington
school board and also served as a
member of Town Council when Har-
rington was only a cross road vii
lage.
Up until his last illness Mr.. Sharp
was around doing light chores and
making daily trips to town. Mr..
Sharp was charter member of
Chosen Friends Lodge of Odd Fell
lows and was also secretary of the
Hollywood Cemetery Company for
years. Mr.. Sharp was married twice,
he is survived by wife and one
stepdaughter, Mrs. Sewell Downes,
of Wilmington; also three sons, DR..
James R. Sharp, New York; William
w. Sharp, Harrington; Eugene
Sharp, Houston; and three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Wilson Vinyard, Milford;
Mrs. Joseph Bernard, Greensboro,
Md, and Miss Caroline Sharp, Har-
rington.
Funeral services were held from
his late residence Tuesday after
noon at 1870. The Rev. E. H. Col
Inns, pastor Of the M. E. Church, of
which the deceased was a lifelong
member oficiated. Interment in Hol-
lywood cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
SELBYVlLLE MAN
ADMITS MURDER OF
MARYLAND FARMER
James Baker Confessed To Killing
James A. Carey of WhaIeyviIle
Thursday Afternoon.
GIRL COMPANION HELD
Blanche EllingswOrth Of Salisbury
Arrested And Held AS ImpOr-
tant Witness.
GIRL COMPANION HELD

James Baker, 21-year-oId farm
boy OF near SelbyVille, Delaware. and
Blanche Ellingsworth, 19-year-oId
1apper, of Salisbury, are in the Snow
Hill, Md, Jail awaiting action of the
Grand Jury on the charge of having
murdered James A. Carey, welI-to-
do farmer of near Whaleyville, Md.
The boy is charged with the murder.
and the girl is being held as an i'm
portant witness or as an accessory
to the fact. The murder was commit
ted about 2 o'clock last Thursday af-
ternoon, while the aged farmer was
sitting along the railroad tracks.
When arrested Baker is said to have
confessed that he killed the farmer
by hitting him over the head with a |
club. He disclaimed any intention of
Killing the man, however, saying that
he had meant only to stun him so
5hat he could rob him without caus-
ng an outcry. Carey was known to
nave had scruples against depositing
lis money in bank, and it was gen
orally known that he carried large
sums of money about with him. It
vas this knowledge which Baker ad-
n1ts caused him to strike the man.
Following the murder, according
} Bakers confession, he went to the
ONE of Blanche Ellingsworth and
sked her to accompany him to
Philadelphia. Before leaving for the
lty, however, they went to Sails t
ury, where a new lot of clothing f
as purchased for both the boy and u
lie girl. They then went to Laurel. F
here they employed Roy Hickman, il
lief of police of Laurel, to drive d
EN- to the Quaker City. He was L
I'D $4,000 for the services of his D.
r. When the body of Carey was
scovered suspicion fastened itself b
ION Baker, due to a button which e,
I'd bee ntOrn from his shirt. Inves- ST
cation disclosed his absence and a tC
arch was instituted for him. It m
lnted to the Delaware highways. in
ID the Delaware State Highway ST
'lice were asked to be on the look ey
t for the couple About ten min BIZ
es after the police had received
e request, the car containing the in
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Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
ROTARY CLUB WILL
ENTERTAIN VISITING
ROTARIANS TONIGHT
Occasion Of Presentation Of Char.
ter To Be A Memorable Event
For Milford Club.
JOHNSON WILL SPEAK
Former Secretary Of State Will
Be Principal Speaker Of The
Evening.

Tonight will be a red letter night
for the Milford Rotary Club, which
will be presented with it's charter
this evening. The officers of the
club, in conjunction with the Will
mingtOn Rotary Club which spon-
sOrs the Milford Club, have planned
a very interesting and entertaining
program for the occasion. Visiting
Rotarians will be present from Do
yer, EastOn, Md, Laurel, Salisbury,
Nd, and Wilmington, when the reg
ular weekly dinner is held at the
New Windsor Hotel. The manage
ment of the hotel has made prepa-
rations to accommodate about 125
ROtarians at the dinner.
Edward P. Bardo, head of the Dia-
mOnd State Telephone Company, and
Past President of the Wilmington
Rotary Club will be chairman of the
evening. "Bill" White, well known
throughout Delaware as a song lead
er will act in that capacity this ev-
ening. President Derrickson, of the
Milford Club, has secured the SER
vices of a young lady singer who
and she will entertain with a few
popular numbers before the exer-
'ises of the evening start. Everett c.
Johnson, editor of the Newark Post,
'ormer Secretary of State, and we'll
Known orator, will be the principal
speaker of the evening. His subject
will be Rotary" Greetings will be
brought to the baby Rotary Club by
of the Dover, Easton,
4aurel, Salisbury and Wilmington
,lubs.
The main event of the evening will
e the presentation of the charter to
ne local club. Corney D. Garrett
On, former District Governor of the
'hirty-ffth District, which until this
lonth comprised the Delaware dis
riot, will make the presentation
peech. r. Arthur Derrickson will
ccept the charter for the local club.
The Milford Rotary Club starts off
nder very favorable auspices. The
resent membership is tWenty-three:
ut already there is a large list of
ilford business and professional
en- who have applied for member
ZIP. Under the regulations of the
otary International the number to
taken in each month is limited so
will be several months before all
no desire can be accommodated.
tier this evenings affair, the Mil
rd Club will proceed to map out it's
ork for several months in advance.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
SENTENCED FOR
LIFE AFTER SPEEDY TRIAL
Joseph Handy Negro Of Seyve Indicted For Murder Plead
Guilty In Court On Tuesday And Was Sentenced Within
Three Hours.

Speedy justice was meted out in
Oyer and Terminer Court at George
town on Tuesday, when within three
hours after the convening of the
Sussex County Grand Jury SEN
tence of life Imprisonment was i'm
posed on Joseph Handy, negro, of
SelbyVille, charged with numbering
Fred Ingram, negro, of Millsboro,
during crap game at PoOle's Land
ing, on the Indian River, on July 4.
A special session of the Grand
Jury was called as it was under
stood that Handy would enter
plea of guilty of murder in the sec
Ond degree. Shortly after the Grand
Jury retired to their room, they re-
turned with an Indictment of first
1egree murder.
Handy was arraigned and through |
lis counsel, Daniel J. Layton, who |
lad been appointed by the Court,
le entered plea of guilty to MUIR
Ter in the second degree which was
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
WaterspOut Visited
Delaware Bay and River

The first waterspout in the
lower Delaware River and Bay
swooped down upon the mouth
of the river last Thursday. A
severe storm followed immed-
lately in its wake.
Hundreds of fishermen, small
craft owners and landsmen
were terrOrized by the phenO-
menon. Some said the water
spout appeared to be fully half
a mile in diameter.
The waterspout and the
storm following smashed to
bits many canoes and small
boats moored to the fringe of
docks and capsized a number
of fishing craft in Delaware
Bay. No casualties were re-
ported.
The waterspout was seen by
many persons on the shore
near Salem, N. ]. The spout
went down the bay at such a
speed 1t was out Of sight in a
few minutes.
Farther down the river the
spout was seen by Lee Orrell,
Edward Packard, William lay
lor, Preston Morris and Geo.
Moran, some of whom are from
Port Penn and Odessa, who
were in boat near the Jersey
side.
Joseph Coll, Of Philadelphia,
and William Gremminger, of
Odessa, saw the phenomenon
from a boat near the mouth of
he Appoquininlink Creek, on
he Delaware side.
Milford chronicle., 1925-07-24
STATE GETS $lO,5O3
TAX ON HUGE CHARTER
Gas And Electric Company Capital
ICES At $17O,OOOyOOO

A charter was issued at the Sec
retary of States Office at Dover on
Tuesday for the Incorporation of the
General Gas and Electric Corpora
ton, capitalized at $170,OOO,OOO. Of
the capital stock of the new COM
pany, 100000 shares are listed as
of no par value, while $3.50 900 of the
capital is classed as dividend partic-
ipations.
The State of Delaware collected a
tax of $10,50S in issuing the char
ter. The incorporators are James M.
Satterfield, Melvin Hopkins and
H. Jarvis, all of Dover.