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Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
GOVERNOR VISITED KENT AND
SUSSEX FAIR DESPITE RAIN
Storm Marred Day But Executive
Kept His Part OF Bargain

Governors Day." set for last Fri
day at the Kent-Sussex Fair, was
carried out, so far as the Governor
was concerned, but fell down on the
"day" part, the rain falling at a rate
that would make the fortune of a
professional rain-maker, if he could
command it.
Having agreed to be on hand,
Governor Robinson devoted the day
to the trip, which he made by train,
in view of the uncertainty of the
weather, and was accompanied by
Secretary of State William G.. Tay-
lor. President Charles D. Murphy Of
the Fair Association and others Of
the directors met them on arrival,
shortly before noon; an automobile,
rubber boots, and rain coats were
provided and hasty inspection
made of the live stock and poultry
exhibits.
Later in the day, when there was
a 'rhold-up" in the downpour, the
other departments we're looked at,
and the Governors Reception Room,
in the central pavilion, was included
in the itinerary. On the Governors
appearance at the window looking
toward the infeld of the race track,
the fireworks director fired the
Governors Salute" with 81 aerial
bombs.
A number Of the fair directors
greeted the Governor during his call
at the fair, and accompanied him
and Secretary Taylor on their fur
ther rounds. Both of the visitors ex-
pressed their disappointment with
the unpropitious weather, and their
sympathy with the fair management,
who carried no rain insurance.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
.MIDWTVES MUST
OBSERVE STATE LAWS
Conferences Throughout The State
Result In Closer Cooperation
With Board Of Health.

With the view of cutting down
the infant mortality of Delaware by
means of more efficient treatment
and care during childbirth, the State
Board of Health, through Miss Marie
T. Lockwood, in charge of child hy-
giene and public health nursing is
calling the attention of all midwiVes
to State Board of Health regulations
which all who practice midwifery
must conform to in order to obtain
a license to continue her work.
During the months of June and
July, Miss Lockwood held confer
ences with nearly 100 midwives in
Delaware ,at meetings scheduled at
Wilmington, Delaware City, Newark,
Middletown, New Castle, Harring-
ton, Dover, Milford, Georgetown,
Lewes, Laurel and Seaford. At these
conferences each midwife was noti-
fled of the health boards require
ments, and those who failed to at
tend have been informed through the
mail of what is expected of them.
Fortunately, according to Miss
Lockwood, the great majority Of
midwives in the state have cooper
ated with the state board, and have
met the requirements emitting them
to a license for the year which be-
gan August 1. Those who failed to
meet the requirements, and who
cannot produce a reasonable and
justifable excuse, will not receive a
license and will not be permitted un-
der the state law to continue at their
work until they do so.
The number of those who have
failed to do, as requested is few.
Many of these, scattered in each
county, have failed to cooperate,
due largely to their failure to rec
Ognize the State Board of Health's
jurisdiction over them.
But a few years ago, midwives
were permitted to practice their
work without any attempt at super
vision by the state, and an examina-
ton of many fatalities is said to
have produced information that in
dicated careless and ignorant hand
ling of mothers and infants, thus
causing the deaths of one or both.
For three years, however, there
has been supervision, and with in
structiOn conferences held from
time to time, there is now no rea-
son, the state health officials believe,
for any one failing to meet the SIM
pie requirements of the State Board,
the chief one of which appears to be
cooperation and willingness to OBJ
serve common sense hygienic regu-
lations.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
20 PER CENT INCREASE
IN POSTOFFTCE RECEIPTS
June Figures Furnish Pleasant Sur
prise For Uncle Sam

Total postal revenues for the
month of June, under the new rates,
were made public last Saturday by
Postmaster General New. They show
a radically improved condition over
May. The June figures reveal an
increase Of a fraction above 20 per
cent over the amount which would
have been received under the old
rates in the same period.
The May figures made a poor
showing and led Postmaster General
New to predict a deficit in postal
revenues for the current fiscal year
of $4O,O0O,000. The June revenue,
however, if sustained, or anything
like, would mean a surplus instead
of deficit, although the Postmaster
General thinks the June returns abb
normally high and is not yet ready
to draw conclusions from them for
the fiscal year.
1t was pointed out at the Post
Office Department that, the figures
on revenues for May, as presented
to the special Congressional joint
subcommittee on postal rates,
showed an increased Of only .0091
per cent.
Combined, the revenues under the
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Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
BIDS OPENED FOR
THOMPSONYILLE ROAD
Delegations Ask For Roads In ALI
Parts OF State

Low bids aggregating 2S5,676.50,
for slightly more than 8.6 miles of
roadway in Kent County were open
ed at Dover Wednesday afternoon by
the State Highway Department. The
total represents amounts handed in
by the lowest of number who sub
mitted estimates and if they are
found to be responsible, will prob
ably be awarded the contracts.
Two projects, both more than
three and a half miles, would put
improved highways between Black
iston, Cross Roads and Clayton and
between the Thompsonville and du
Pont roads. The other stretch, Of ex-
actly one mile, will be built as an
experiment in Kent county, near
Cowgill's Corner, east of Dover.
Contract CK-29 Kent county.
ThompsonviIle- du Pont Road, 1886
miles, Comerford Construction Com
pany, Philadelphia, $137, ,672.40, with
metal joint; Highway Engineering
and Construction Company, Selby-
vile, $116,002.4O, with metal joint,
$114,568 without metal; McNichol
Paving Company, Philadelphia, $109,
215,5O, with metal, $1OS, 1870 with
out metal joint; E. Riley Mixner Co.,
Goshen, N. j., $112, 2,280.1O, with metal
joint, $111,74220, without metal.
After the opening of the bids, sew
eral delegations appeared in behalf
of improved roads in Sussex county,
one delegation from MiddletOwn ask
ing for a one-mile stretch from Mid
dletOWn to st. AIMS Church, just
south of MiddletOWn.
Another delegation headed by for
mer State Senator Anderson, Of near
Milton, asked for a road as an out
let to the main concrete road north
from Harbeson to Harmon's school
house, in the Indian River section.
Captain Magee, Of Milton, also spoke
in favor of the road.
Another delegation, headed by DR..
]. c. Wiltbank, asked for road out
of Milton to NAPLES school house,
north.
There were fully one hundred
people in both delegations from Sus-
sex county.
The commission gave the delega-
tions a hearing and assured them
that their requests would be care
fully considered.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
PARADE PRIZES WON
BY CAESAR RODNEY
AT KENT-SUSSEX FAIR
Spraying Demonstration On Floats
Wins Favorable Comment By
The Judges.
MILFORD Wins PRIzEl
High School Girls Take 4th Prize
And Milford Girls Club Two 4th
Prizes In Big Parade.

With a colorful and picturesque
parade and pageant in the morning,
automobiles races in the afternoon,
and mammouth fireworks display
at night, the sixth annual Kent-Sus-
sex Fair at Harrington came to a
close Saturday night in blaze of
glory. This exposition, being the
only fair held in Delaware this year,
was easily the most successful ever
held in Harrington, approximately
$4,000 persons having attended,
First hOnors in the agricultural
parade in the morning went to the
Caesar Rodney High School exhibit.
The parade and pageant depicted ag-
ricultural progress and the various
farming activities of the state, and
as their contribution the boys from
Wyoming and Camden had prepared
an exhibit which sought to demon
strate the necessity of proper care
for the fruit trees. They carried two
live trees, the first one, unsprayed
and unprotected, being in the last
stages, while the second, which the
UOyS SpIdyOu dS luSy WSuI cLAOASS
was in prime condition. For this eX-
hibit they were awarded the grand
sweepstakes prize Of $25 and first
prize of $50 in Section C.
First prize of $50 in the open class,
Section A, went to Trophy Grange,
of FELTON,, for two floats, the first of
which showed the typical, unsani-
tary chicken house of a few genera
tions ago, and the second showing a
modern hen house. Second prize of
$40 went to Stanley Short, of Chos-
void; third prize of $25 to Simpson
and Sapp, of Houston, and fourth
prize of $40 to the Milford High
School girls. In the walking division
of this section, first prize Of $25
went to L. D. Caulk, of Woodside, for
his exhibit of Ayrshire cattle, while
second prize Of 500 was awarded to
the members of the Nassau Milk Sta
ton in Sussex county.
First prize for floats in the boys
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Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
JUDGE GEORGE GRAY
AGAIN SERIOUSLY ILL
Noted Jurist Suffers Heart Attack
Following Grip Seizure

Former Judge George Gray is
again seriously i'll at his home in
Wilmington, and fears for his recov-
cry are entertained by his attending
physicians.
Judge Gray, who was convalesc-
ing from a critical illness that con-
fined him to his bed for several
months, was stricken with an attack
of grip several days ago and this was
followed by a heart attack, which
has left him in greatly weakened
condition. During the past few
weeks Judge Gray had improved to
such an extent that he was permit
ted to indulge in automobile rides
through the surrounding country
and it is believed he exerted himself
too much.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
new CATHOLIC BISHOP
NAMED FOR DELAWARE
MOnsignOr Edmond J. Fitzmaurice
Of Overlook, Pa, Succeeds
Bishop Monaghan.

After having served many years as
head of the Catholic Church in Del
aware, Bishop John J. Monaghan
mas resigned, and the Pope has ap-
pointed 1T. Rev. MOnsignOr Edmond
j. Hitzmaurice bishop of the Roman
Catholic Diocese of Wilmington
Bishop Monaghan has been ap-
pointed to the Titular See of Lidda.
His resignation came after long
episcopate, he having been consecra-
ted Bishop of Wilmington in 1897.
The newly appointed bishop is rec
tor of St. Charles Seminary, at OV-
erbrook, Pa, considered the fore
most Catholic Seminary in the Uni
ted States.
He formerly was Chancellor Of the
Archdiocese Of Philadelphia, under
Cardinal Dougherty, by whom he
was appointed to the rectOrship at
st. Charles Seminary.
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edmond J. Fitz-
maurice was born in Ireland and
was educated at the University of
Maynooth. He is very learned man
and is recognized as an exceptional
orator. He is about As years of age.
Bishop Monaghan has host of
friends all over the state, not only
among Catholics, but among the peo-
pie generally, because Of his genial
disposition and his great interest in
matters of public welfare.
The appointment of Bishop Mon
aghan to the See of Lidda is in ac-
cordance with a church requirement
which makes it necessary for bish-
op to have a see and to have the
title of bishop. This does not mean
that bishop will go to Lidda, but this
always is done in the case of the
resignation of any bishops, Lidda is
in Palestine.
The newly appointed bishop, who
had been professor of dogmatic the
ology at st. Charles Seminary, on
December IA, 1914, was made chan
cellor Of the Archdiocese of Phila-
delphia. He later was made vicar
general of the same archdiocese,
holding both titles, when on April
i, 1918, he was made a mousignor.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
ENGAGEMENT OF DOVER
GIRL IS ANNOUNCED
Miss Clara Frame Will Become
Bride OF Maryland Man

At a bridge party given last week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
C. Frame, in Dover, announcement
was made of the engagement Of
their daughter, Miss Clara Clayton
Frame, to Hale Harrison, Of Berlin,
Nd. The engagement was announc-
ed in a rather novel way. When the
refreshments were served, each
guest was presented with a small
white satin bag of rice, tied with
dainty white satin ribbons. Attach
ed to each bag was small card,
bearing the names of Miss Frame
and Mr.. Harrison.
Miss Frames father is a member
of the bar of Kent county, and comes
from one of Delaware's most pr0mt-
nent families. He is grandson OF
the late Hon. Robert Frame, whose
haIf-brother, DR.. William Burton,
was the thirty-ninth Governor OF
Delaware. Mr.. Frame is also
great-grandson Of Thomas Clayton,
at one time Attorney General, Chief
Justice and United States Senator OF
Delaware. Mrs. Frame also comes
from a well-known Delaware family,
before her marriage being Adella G.
Clayton, daughter of the late Rich
ard Clayton and great-granddaugh-
ter of the late DR.. Joshua Clayton.
Mr.. Harrison is the son Of State
Senator Orlando Harrison, Of Ber-
lin, head of the well-known Harri-
son Nurseries. No date has been set
for the wedding.
Miss Frame is well-known in Mil
ford where she is a frequent visitor.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
STATE HOUSE AT DOVER !;
WILL BE ENLARGED
Commission Has Advertised For Bids
Which Must Be In August "a

At a meeting held in the Office of
Secretary of State Taylor at Dover
on Tuesday, the State House Annex
Commission authorized advertising
for bids for the addition. The an
mex is to be of the same architecture
al design. as the present state build
ings. The plans were drawn by
Brown and Whiteside, Of Whining
ton.
At the last session of the legisla-
ture the sum Of $150,000 was appro-
priated for building the annex and
the commission will consider bids
within that amount when they are
submitted. The last day upon which
bids will be received is August "a,
at noon, standard time in the office
of the Secretary of State.
The authorization voted by the
commission provides for the erection
of three-story building, 50x1000 feet.
The annex will adjoin the old build
ing as a wing. The plan is to make
the annex conform to the remainder
Of the group and is t6 be located
east of the old buildings near the
Armory. The style is colonial.
On the first floor will be located
vaults and offices which will be oc-
cupied by the Incorporation Depart
ment, Titling Department, State Tax
Collector, Library Commission, the
Industrial Accident Board and the
State Banking Commission.
The entire second floor will be
given over to the wise of the State
Board of Health and State Board Of
Agriculture.
Mr.. Whiteside, one Of the archi-
tects, said that the plans and speci-
fications call for the latest and high
est standard in construction and
equipment.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
DELAWARE FRUIT
CROPS COMMANDING
FINE PRICES THIS YEAR
Peaches Are Now Coming Into
Market And Fruit Is In Good
Condition.
APPLES ARE ABOUT GONE
Early Crop Largest In States His
tOry--GrOwers Pick Only Ripe
CantalOupes.

Delaware peaches and cantalOupes
both struck their stride last week,
and this week and next will witness
the peak for these delicious fruits.
Coming two weeks ahead because Of
the early start obtained last spring,
the peaches, of which there will be
about a half or perhaps sixty per
cent of a crop, and cantalOupes, of
which there will be a full crop, are
beginning to tax the transportation
facilities of both the railroads and
motor trucking companies.
In peaches, the Carmen, Champ
ion, Goldsborough and Wiley Belle
are in their prime. They are not so
large as in some other years, but
they are clean and Of good flavor.
Even with but little better than a
half crop, the growers are likely to
do well. The prevailing prices rang
ed the past week from $3.50 bushel
upwards. The Georgia crop is about
exhausted, and this is aiding in keep
ing the market in good condition.
Next week the Belle of Georgia
and the famous Elbertas and Hale
will come along, and probably by
the third week in August, the crop
will have passed the peak and begin
to slack off, as usually that is about
the time the crop gets to the peak.
Because there are no funds with
which to conduct inspections of
peaches, there will be none this year,
but with the small crop, this will be
no serious problem for the growers.
A peculiar fact is that south of
Bridgeville there are no peaches.
Normally the lower section of Della
ware, because it is farther south,
ought to have the most. But when
the late freeze came, the tempera-
ture in Sussex county, by some odd
ity in the climate, was four degrees
below the mercury in Kent county,
and the peach blossoms and buds
were so seriously nipped that they
failed to yield this year.
CantalOUpes Are Fine
Cantaloupes are coming alone fine.
Carloads of them have already gone
forward and this week will witness
one of the busiest scenes in lower
Delaware where the farmers go in
largely for cantaloupes. Last year
there were 512 carloads shipped by
rail and S9,842 crates shipped by
motor truck, and all prospects this
year are for equally as heavy a crop,
If not larger. The dry weather kill
ed off some vines, but other better
irrigated patches will yield more
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Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
LINCOLN MAN ACCUSED
OF ATTACKING A GIRL
Frank Jones In Dover Jail Charged
With Assault And Battery

Frank Jones, of near Lincoln City,
arrested late Saturday night charged
with assault and battery on Miss
Margaret, Bullock, daughter of for
mer Sheriff Bullock, was held in
$500 bail on Tuesday for the upper
court. The alleged assault is said
to have occurred at the Kent and
Sussex County Fair on Saturday
night. In default of bail he was COM
mitted to the Kent county jail.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
FORMER MILFORD WOMAN
DEAD In NINETY-FIFTH YEAR
Mrs. Lanah France Passed Away At
Palmer Home In Dover At Ripe Age

Mrs. Lanah France, widow of the
late DR.. w. w. France, of Milford,
died at the Palmer Home in Dover
last Friday night, July 81, 1925. Had
she have lived until August 9th she
would have passed her 95th birth
day. Mrs. France was formerly well
known in Milford where she spent
her early life. For the past several
years she has been making her home
at the Palmer Home. Until recent
ly she had been very active and was
able to walk about the town of Do
yer. A few weeks ago she fell and
broke her hip and since that time
she had been confined to her bed.
Funeral services were held on Tues
day, August 4th, at the home, and
the remains were brought to Milford
where interment was made.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
Highway Policeman
Broke Leg In Accident

Lynford Hoch, one of the
best known members of the
state highway police, broke the
ankle bone of his right leg
Sunday evening, as he was rid
ing south from Dover on his
motorcycle. An automobile
was in front of him, and ap-
parently without warning was
going to turn in a side street.
Hoch, unsuspecting, kept
straight on, crashing into the
machine as it made the turn.
He fell from his machine
breaking his ankle. He was
hurried to the office of DR..
John W. James at Dover,
where the ankle was set and
then he was taken to his home
at Woodside.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
STATES LOTUS FLOWER
BEDS ARE In DANGER
Plants In st. Jones' River May Be
Damaged BY Dredging Operations

The lotus flowers, which for many
years have been grown down st.
Jones river are apparently more
plentiful this year than in former
years, large quantities being brought
to Dover and offered for sale at so
cents per dozen.
It is feared that in the dredging of
st. Jones river from Lebanon to Do
yer, the work will seriously inter-
fere with the lotus beds, which are
very rare, there being but two other
places in the world where they are
grown.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
Senator Salisbury Ill At
His Summer Home In Maine

Former United States Sena-
tor Willard Salisbury, of Will
mington, suffered an attack of
heart trouble last Thursday
while at his summer home at
Rockland, Maine. Special phys
clans and nurses were called
in to attend him. Reports from
Maine this week say that he is
more than holding his own,
although he is not completely
out of danger.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07
TOMATO GROWERS
TAKEN ON SURVEY
OF EASTERN SHORE
Delaware And Maryland College
Professors Delivered Lectures
On Cultivation.
OVER 500 In CARAVAN
Object Was To Find Means To
Again Make Peninsula Leader
In Production.

Tomato growers from every sec
ton of the Eastern Shore of Mary
land and from Delaware, more than
500 in number, took part in a cara
van which toured the tomato grow
ing country of the DelmarVia Pen
insula. The tour of inspection, ar
ranged for the purpose of bringing
this section back to it's leadership
in tomato production, proved to be
the most successful ever held on the
Peninsula. Unusual interest was
evinced by the farmers in the dem
onstration which showed the use Of
proper seeds, disease control and
the attempts to promote cultivation
of early plants.
The principal tour started from
Dover, about a hundred growers
from all parts of Kent and Sussex
counties joining County Agent R. 3.
Wilson there. The tour was held I'M
der the direction of Mr.. Wilson and
Edgar W. Montell, tomato special
ist.
The first stop was made at the
model tomato patch, owned by for
mer Sheriff John Bullock, just out
side of Dover. From there the tour,
lists travelled north, inspecting the
model farms of Joseph J. Seaves, at
Cheswold, and W. L. Reynolds, at
Blackbird.
Many Join Caravan
At Cheswold, Smyrna and Ches-
void growers Joined the caravan,
while at Blackbird, farmers from
Blackbird, Odessa, Delaware City
and Middletown helped swell the
ever growing line.
From this section the tourists
turned west into Maryland, arriving
at the J. S. Frazer farm, Bohemia
Bridge, Nd, shortly before noon.
Here the Delawareans found several
hundred Maryland growers await
ing them, the Marylanders having
come from Chestertown, Centerville,
Galena, Kennedyville, Massey, Cam
A taste of the old fashioned Mary
land hospitality was spread before
the visiting farmers when a lunch
con was served them on the Frazer
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The human organization has to be
tightened up every few months, too;
otherwise things get pretty sloppy
around a business.
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07

OUR PRINTING PLANT
IS THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
US QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1925-08-07

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