Milford chronicle., 1925-10-30
MILFORD, FRIDAY, OCT. SO' 1925

NH T,FORD, FRIDAY, OCT 30, 1879
IF LARGE PATRONAGE of car
nivals, festivals, suppers and pene-
fits which are popular sources tor
raising money, is an indication as
to the financial condition of the peo-
mel of Delaware, then this state was
never so prosperous as at the pres
ont time. The receipts at every
event of this character this summer
and fall. has resulted in recelpIs
larger than ever before and the
crowds of people attending have eX-
ceeded all previous records. Yet
there are those who never are sue
cessful and decry all improvement
in business as well as the general
situation of the people. The bank
deposits tell the story in cold ns-
ures and confront the knockers ana
unsuccessful. Delaware has had
satisfactory year when the total
score is made up.
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IN THESE balmy days of fall
when the housewives are preparing
for the long months Of winter men
ues for the tables, frequently frag-
rant smells of spice picking per-
vades the air near the home Oh
women who believe that homemade
iellies. homemade preserves, home
canned goods and homemade spice
n;ckles. are superior to those MADE
bv factories. To any normal man
or woman who has passed the merl-
dian of life, there comes a tender
longing for the good things we re-
member in early life, which mothers
nrepared and stored for the family
use. Yes, they are better than fac
tory made sweet meats, or machine
mixed pickles and when passing
homes where these pleasant odors
fill the open air with their trag-
rance, that home is marked and we
remember it with it's family maker
as one of those which turns out the
sterling men and women of this OF
any country on earth. Home manu-
featured supplies for the family can
never be superseded by the factory
or machine. God give us homes with
mothers who follow this practice
and many of them.
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WHERE WILL the people get the
money to pay for sweet potatoes
next winter, or who can afford to
buv them? This is a serious prob
lem to those who delight in the
sweet potato as part of the Thanks
giving dinner, or the Christmas
menu. Spectators have been OF
fering from sixty cents TO seventy
five cents per basket of a five-eights
bushel capacity, for storage pur-
noses. This means almost double
that amount for the potatoes aftel
shrinkage, rot and cost of handling
is added to the first price PAID
Sweet potatoes at six or eight cents
per pound are luXuries even to peo'
ple who reside in the far northern
states; where they are shipped IL
frost proof cars, which prohlDltS
them from becoming a regular dlel
for most families. Yet the humble
cabbage in the last few years mas
Jumped to classic prices; selling
even here in Delaware where every
cabbage consumed during the year
should be produced on Delaware
soil, as high as ten and twelve
cents the pound-even now the price
is five cents per pound and a med
ium sized head fetches as much as
forty cents. Where is the money
coming from to pay for the vege
table bills?
Se@
THOSE WHO DRIVE automobiles
or trucks in towns and cities, nave
got to admit the rights of those Wh'
walk on the crossings Of the streets
and alleys. The man or woman o.
child especially, on foot, has tn
right of way. No amount of screen
ing of the horn to frighten, or star
tle the walkers, shall be tolerated
except for the safety of persons en-
dangered. The driver of autos ap
preaching street crossings must D.
able to stop the mahcine Wlthll
half its lenght, to be safe agalns
accidents, or running down people
Inst prosecute one or two driver
in this class and the others will tax
notice very promptly. Often peopl
with difficult hearing watch auto
anproaching from an opposite direC
+ion and fail to see the rapidly run
ming machine coming down on thel
from the other direction, or hea
the screeching of it's horn. In
driver of that car does not know
this handicap of the individual, an
only attempts to stop when it is to
7ate Drive less fast for safet
sake The time required will nevt