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Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
FRUIT NOT INJURED
SAY THE GROWERS
Reports From All Sections Of The
State Indicate Sunday Nights
Freeze Did Little Damage.

Early fears entertained by some
OF the fruit growers throughout the
state that the freezing weather on
Sunday night, following a day of
snow and rain, had injured the fruit
crop IN Delaware were groundless
Il opinions of prominent fruit grow
ers are to be taken at par. Snow
1urrles were numerous in all sec
tions of Kent and Sussex Counties
all day Sunday. The peach trees
were a mass of pink blossoms and
the pear, plum and cherry trees
were in full bloom. A sudden drop
III the temperature and a coating of
ice was enough to send chilIs I'D the
backs of the growers. Apples are
not yet in bloom and therefore thew
could not have been hurt in the win
ter bareback.
Frank M. Soper, known as Della
wares apple king, who is one of the !
largest fruit growers on the penin- |
sula is quoted as saying that inves-
legations made by him in his Or
chards near Magnolia disclose only
scattered buds killed by the weather.
Onless later frosts or freezes occur
ne predicts a good yield of peaches
n his district. Apples were not far
7nough advanced to cause any ap-
prehension for their safety.
In the vicinity of Milford orchard
sts very generally agree that slight
L any, damage was done to the
reaches, pears or plums. J. H.
1oosa, former master of the State
range, does not think that his
ruit yield prospects have been in
ured by the cold.
Charles H. Sackett, who for years
as been large fruit grower in the
1cinity of Lincoln, thinks that no =
pprehensive damage has been done +
ne crop. The cloudy weather on I
Londay, following the freeze, did .
luch to save the trees which were n n
CONTINUED on page y a
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
M. P. CONFERENCE CONVENES
FOR ITS ANNUAL SESSION
President Humphreys Predicts More
Changes Than Usual This Year

More than the usual number of
changes will be made in pulpits of
Methodist Protestant Churches at the
Maryland Annual Conference, which
began on Wednesday at the Hamp-
den Church, Baltimore.
The Rev. DR.. G. I. Humphreys.
president Of the conference, said he
anticipated this from preliminary
reports. The usual number of trans
fers he said, is about thirty-five.
Sessions will be held daily except
Sunday, until Monday night, when
the appointments will be announced.
Sunday will be devoted partly to or
dination Of new clergymen.
The conference sermon on We'd
nesday was preached by the Rev.
Leonard B. Smith, of the Peninsula
Church, Wilmington, and the sacra-
ment was administered by the pres
ident, assisted by the Revs. L. F.
Warner, r. Y. Nicholson, W. P. Rob-
erts, w. E. Wright, TO. Grouse, G.
A. Morris, G. E. Brown and J. L.
Nichols.
DR.. Humphreys read his annual re-
RO@ - eSA0 OACSbAOA VI OAlCGI0 LOlAUW~
ed. He was reelected president. Re-
ports of other officers and of
charges also were received. Devo-
tional services Wednesday night |
were led by the Rev. DR.. G. w. Had
daway, pastor of Starr Church, and |
addresses were made by the Rev. B.
E. Stevenson, secretary of the board |
If education and General Conference
representative, and by the Rev. c. S.
Kidd, president of the Eastern Con-
Thursday evening the ministers of
he conference and delegates were
guests at supper to be given by
he Western Maryland College. DIR.
William J. Thompson, of Drew The
illogical Seminary, addressed the
Meeting.
Friday evening, DR.. Lucius C.
lark, chancellor of the American
will discuss Protestant
SIN in Washington" Saturday eve {
ling the choir of Hampden Church !
7ill give a program.
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
HOUSE PASSES The
BUDGET MEASURE
OF $2,5S5,5O5
Amount Needed To Run State Gov
ernment For Next Two Years,
Beginning July lst.
NOT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
The Budget Passed Does Not Carry
Funds For Public Schools. Other
Appropriations Necessary.

Inc general appropriation budget
Dill for the next two years beginning
July l, 1925, authorizing $1,255,3O5
lor the first year and S1,330,2OO for
the second year, for the respective
public officers of the respective de-
partments and divisions of the State
government and other specified
spending agencies, was passed by
unanimous vote of the House Mon
Gay afternoon and referred to the
Senate for concurrence.
The general appropriation bill
does not include the appropriation
for the support and maintenance of
the public school system of the
state, which will be incorporated in
a separate measure now in course
Of preparation by the budget com
mittee.
Neither does it include a number
OF appropriations to quasi public
institutions, such as hospitals,
homes, Industrial institutions, the
Kent and Sussex State Fair, the So
ciety for Prevention of Cruelty to
Children, and other agencies receiv-
ing State aid, which are incOrporat-
ed in separate bills, a number of
which were passed by the House.
The general appropriation measure
requires only majority vote of |
both Houses, while the supplement
tary appropriations set forth in the
other bills passed by the House re-
qu1re a two-thirds vote.
The difference in the amounts
for the first and Sec
lnd fiscal years is largely due to
he extra appropriation incident to
he biennial legislative session
,$8O,910), the general election (sal-
lrles of registrars and assistants),
100000, $4,000 more for redemption
If maturing bonds, and $4,000
more the second year for the Della
ware State Hospital at Farnhurst.
is an offset to these increases for
he second fiscal year as compared
With the first year, there is an item
# $4,000 for the fiscal year ending
une 80, 1926, for permanent i'm
roVements to the Delaware State
Hospital.
For premiums on bonds of State {
ficers and employees an item of =
400 is set up for 1926, and $27GO :
1r 1927. '
The several items appropriated in +
ne bill are as follows:
Continued on page III a
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
MILFORD GRANGE

The brothers proved to be excel
lent hosts and the meeting last Sat
urday night was very much enjoyed
by all present. For next Saturday
evening the lecturers committee
has prepared the following interest
ing program: Community sing, cur
rent events, by Mrs. Walter Reed;
reading, Mrs. E. J. Lewis; duet, Mr..
and Mrs. Heebner; discussion,
"Plowing for Corn" led by Howard
Moore; helpful hints for housework.
Every woman is asked to tell of her
favorite "short cuts" in doing her
work.
All members of the Juvenile
Grange are urged to be present as
degree work is to be given in full
form. During the lecture hour there
is to be a talk on Florida in which
some new, funny and interesting
facts will be brought out.
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
FREDERICK MAN FINED
FOR RECKLESS DRIVING
Father OF The Man Also In TrOu-
bic And Swears Out Warrant
For His Wife.

/ W. N. Cook, of Frederick, was fin
ed $50 and costs on a charge OF
reckless driving by Magistrate Bur-
ton of Dover, on Saturday night.
Cook was driving a car bearing a
pennsylvania license when arrested
by State Highway Officer Bonifacino.
AT first Cook was unable to pay the
fine and was being taken to the
Kent county Jail, when a young wo-
man who was riding in the car with
him, came to the Magistrates office
and paid the fine and costs. Outten
B. Long was also an occupant of the
car. The trio were on their way to
Frederick.
When Cook was arrested, the wO-
man in the car with him, is said to
have offered Officer BonifacinO a $40
bill if he would let them proceed.
Samuel G. Cook, merchant of
Frederick and father of w. N. Cook,
later came to Dover and secured a
warrant for the arrest of his wife.
Mr.. Cook charges that when he
came home from his store and rem
onstrated with his wife over what
he considered some excessive pur-
chases during the day, which it is
alleged were used for the entertain
nent of his son, Long and the |
young woman, his wife without |
warming threw a pan of boiling wa
er at him.
Cook was severely scalded on one
jide of his body.
Mrs. Cook appeared before Magis-
rate Burton at Dover Monday NOR
ling and pleaded guilty to the
harge, without making any state
nent whatever as to the circum-
tances or in any way referring to
saturday nights affair.
A fine and costs of S1270 was i'm
osed which Mrs. Cook paid. She
,as also required to give bond in
he sum of $500 to keep the peace
ntil the next session of the Kent !
ounty Court of General Sessions!
James F. Alice, Jr., attorney for
-rs. Cook, gave assurances to the
Lagistrate that security for the
end would be secured, after which
ne was released by Magistrate a
urton. @
AS seqUal to the whole affair, t
rs. Cook on Monday was served by t.
heriff Wix with a summons in di- {
)rce, brought by her husband, for a
e April term of the Superior S
)urt on ground of extreme cruelty. 0
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
LEGISLATURE STARTS
FINALLAP WITH RUSH
OF IMPORTANT WORK
Judges May Omit Lash Punish
ment Of Prisoners Under New
Bill Just Passed.
WEER BILL BACK IN HOUSE
Amended Measure Returned From
Senate Monday And Referred
To Temperance Committee.

The House Monday afternoon by
vote of "a to Z passed the Senate
bill giving the courts authority to
omit corporal punishment if, in the
judgment of the court the offender
against a law carrying a whipping
post penalty is either too young or
not in fit physical condition to un-
dergO the lash punishment.
A bill repealin g the separate
prison for women" act passed two
years ago, was reported favorably
from committee. This measure it is
said was sponsored by people inter
ested in the passage of the act two
years ago, but felt the project
should be dropped because of the
insuf1ciency of the approprition.
Members of the Women's Joint Leg
islative Committee, however, are op-
posing the repeater, feeling the act
should be amended to allow a suf-
ficient appropriation to carry out
the project.
The House cOncurred in the joint
resolution appointing directors of
the Farmers Bank of Delaware, |
David Snellenburg, Leon Lyon and !
William COyne, being appointed on
the board of the Wilmington branch |
to represent the State.
Two substitute House bills, in |
cooperating the features of the re-
vised DUPONT school building plan,
were reported favorably by the COM
mittee on revenue and taxation.
The much mOoted "Weer" super
dry Bill, which passed the Senate,
with a Senate amendment which
would permit possession of one
quart of intoxicating liquor in pri-
vate homes, reached the House on
Monday afternoon in it's amended
form, and was referred to the COM
mittee of temperance.
Representative Sebold, Tuesday
introduced a concurrent
to appropriate $4,000 to
be used for arranging for Della
ware exhibit at the Sesqui-C Centen-
lial Exposition in Philadelphia next
1ear.
BY a bare majority of one vote
he Senate Tuesday morning passed 4
| bill increasing the salaries of the
several county officials in Kent G
county. 1t grants each of them an
Increase of $400, making their total 1
alaries as follows: Clerk of the a
PEACE, $2400; Sheriff, S24O0; Coro- +
Ter, $1,000; ProthonOtary, Recorder f
Continued on page six)
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
Same District Superintendents Re-
appointed, But Changes Of Pas
tors Are Numerous.
REV. JACOBS RETURNED
Milford Pastor Sent Back For
Another Year--Had Been Asked
To Return.

Pastoral assignments for the COM
ing year were announced by Bishop
W. P. Thirkield at the closing ses-
sion of Wilmington NJ. E. Conference
on Monday. Many changes were
made in pastOrates all over the
Conference, but there were no
changes in the district superinten-
dents.
Rev. Disston w. Jacobs, pastor of
the Avenue Methodist Episcopal
Church of Milford, was returned for
the ensueing year. His return had
been asked for by his congregation.
Changes were numerous among the
larger churches in the conference as
well as the smaller charges.
The following are the pastoral
assignments, the changes being de-
noted by the asterisks ~.
WILMINGTON DISTRICT
District Superintendent W.
COlOna (P. o. Wilmington, Dell
Bethel and Town Point, Md C.
D. Sharpless.
Chestertown, Md.-Oliver J. Col
ins.
Cherry Hill, Md.-Harry Taylor.
Chesapeake City, Md. T. Rich
lrdson.
Chester Bethel (Boothwyn, PAL
}. B. Rice.
Christiana, Del.-Thomas Pardee,
upply.
*Claymont, Del.-H. B. Kelso.
*COlora, Md. C. Stein
Delaware City, Dell. W. Fas-
ey, supply. -
Ebenezer, Dele. T. Gehman.
ElktOn, Md-W. G.. Harris.
Hockessin, Del.-M. D. Nutter.
Holly Oak, Del.-P. c. Wolcott.
upply.
*Hopewell Port Deposit, MIDI
Y. L. Hill.
*Marshallton, and Cedars MAR
hallton, Del)-C. w. Moore. n
MT. Lebanon (Rockland, Del.)-
H. Wilson.
*Mt. Pleasant (Edge Moore, Pa.)-
. E. Hills.
Newark, Del.-Frank Herson.
New Castle, Del.-Z. w. Wells.
Newport, Dell. L. Sparklin.
North East, Md. J. Given.
Perryville, Md. T. Price.
Port Deposit, Md. B. McCabe.
Red Lion. H. Geoghegan.
*Rising Sun, Md. C. Mccoy.
st. Georges and Summit, Dele.
Jones.
St. Johns Iewisville, PAW.
Poole.
Stanton, Del.-F. C. Louhoff.
p Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
CHANGES ARE
MADE BY THE BISHOP
ATM E. CONFERENCE
LEGISLATURE TO ADJOURN
SINE DIE ON APRIL 10

The Tooth session of the Del
aware General Assembly will
adjourn sine die next Friday.
April 10th. This decision was
reached when committees from
the House and Senate met OH
Monday. The sixty days for
which the members will re-
ceiYe pay expire today; but the
great amount of unfinished
business has made It necessary
to hold the session longer than
the sixty days.
For the first time during the
session there was a real effort
this week both in the Senate
and House to expedite the
pending legislation, and more
bills were passed, killed or
stricken from the calendars
since the legislature met the
first week in January.
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
USHERS' UNION

There will be a meeting of the
Ushers' Union of the First PrAsby-
terian Church, at the residence of
Samuel c. Evans, Jr., Friday even
ing, April 3rd, commencing prompt
ly at seven-forty-fve o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03
GEORGE H. HALL HAS HAND
BADLY MANGLED In MACHINE
Carpenter Working At Vinyard
ShipyardS Badly Injured In JOinter

George H. Hall, of H., met with a
serious accident while operating a
jointer machine at the Vinyard
Shipyards on Saturday morning
last. Halls hand slipped and the
of his right hand were
drawn into the machine. Every
finger was badly mangled and
crushed. The injured man was TAX
en- to the Marshall Hospital where
it was found necessary to amputate
the two first fingers and parts of
the remaining fingers and thumb.
Mr.. Hall is a carpenter by trade and
has worked around machinery for
years. He is married and has a fam
lily of children.
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03

OUR PRINTING PLANT
is THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
US QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1925-04-03

THERE ARE $4,000 RU-
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED ST ES. THE
CHRONICLE ST Nd S
FOURTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03

The of July emphasizing
schools
support this work the Warrington public schools
that IL cordially by
1924 the school dental inspection force made fS7O4
0nnntions and treated 1864 pupils. This 10 good shoDng
dental and dental
force. However h $4,000 children enrolled
the public schools that almost $4,000
0nined.
Conan1ssoner
fh0t Of 1884 pupils the kindergarten
first grades EUho thorough phvsicd
85S found have physical defect
Not than 10000 Of WasngtOns $4,000 school children
medical Inspection and only small Of these
complete medical examinations This condition due
OF financial support With staff Of less than
including only thirteen medical inspectors and
possible that complete medical examination
be made Of each school child
Clubs public health has estimated that pOOide
for each child hen first
Mould additional medical
inspectors additional This for complete
entering school only uithOut pv0OdstOn
other
uOch results be obtained
provide for scond examination reaching the third
grade five additional medical inspectors and five
additional
COMPARED Warrington tagging behind tn
the health of school children Woshing
$500 pupils compared with
Minneapolis 400 pup; Trenton for
I4I6 pup Cleveland for 1861 Pupis; Atlanta
and NeW York. for 1870
pupils Warrington has fuLEne and tuOelOe pGTt-te
pysic1ns compared Oih egtyOur Physicidns NeW York.
The Monday Evening believes that protection of child
good health for the community
help futheng this OiewPOint 10 cordially
appreciated.
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL
LincOLn's Definition Of WuLpOWer
81 DOCTOR FRANK CRANE.

<IYTyHE great difference between men, between the
feeble and the powerful, the great and the insg
nificant, is an nvncible determination, pur-
pose fixed then Death Victory That quality do
anything that be done in the world"
The above tribute to wlpower written long before
the present Will capital letters the shibboleh of
success
Today the business ideal is the gogeter who smashes
his way through obstacles If they papiermache
scenery.
Almost every magazine advertisements of methods
for strengthening the will New books continually
from the presses the will and its cultivation Collar
showing IRON young gentlemen the latest neck
appear and magazines Successful business men
who give advice include developing the will in the list
All this publicity has done good has emphasized the
point that the will something that the average may
develop and thereby become stronger.
On the other hand, has made many feel that there
something mysterious occult, secret, about it all.
Abraham Lincoln, who understood many things, once
defined wlpower in way which strips of much OF its
mystery
He said the man who has wilpower the who keeps
his mind centered upon what he is after
AS long mind and imagination are centered upon
you get where you want to be the chances
you will keep trying
It is when your interest in it begins fade that you
The man who never gives up what he begins until is
completed the who keeps the end IN his mind until he
reaches it.
The one who begins something only to drop half com
pleted something else the who keeps his
the desired end for while and then lets other interests
absorb his attention
We say the has strong wilIpower, the second weak
wIled.
It is after all question of which side OF has
the most weight, the present want or the future end
Your thoughts form the weight
You add weight of what you think about either
side.
According to Lncolns definition Wilpower putting
your thought in the scales-pan Of the future end
Polishing the and busting off the robes OF the
Of future keeping the desired destination alive
your mind the long step toward having strong will
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
By ELSIE ROBINSON


Edna BIS letter is sincere and
lem which touches not onfythiS
tact. Every day, and many
times a day, each one of US does
individually what this depart
ment does on a bigger scale. In
our private lives, troubled, sorrow
ing, sinful people come to US
just as they come to this column
to us to give the best kind of
pathy is the best kind of help
do you not know that people
will do more for sympathy than
for rough, unkind words?"' she
writes.
No, I do not know it, Edna B.
In fact, I'm profoundly convinced
sympathy than for rude wallops
and that's why I swing on 'em
as / do. For you must realize
cussion that my desire to help is
use a style of which you disap-
pIONC' II AS OAIAy DOSo0SC NC
lieve that that style will really
help.
AND 1 TRULY BELIEVE
THAT MOST OF US NEED A
STIFF JOLT MORE THAN
SWEET KISSES.
Why do most of our personal
troubles come to us? They come
to us because we won't use the
good old skull. It's so much
easier for us to float along on a
sticky sea OF emotion than 1t is
to do a little brave, snappy, con-
structive thinking. It's so much
pleasanter to blame the other
chap for not attending to his
Job than it is to snap out of 1t
and attend to the job ourselves.
There's Mabel, for instance.
Mabel's husband has fallen for his
filing clerk. Pronto, Mabel writes
me with blood in her eye and
wants me to do a nasty article
on Vamps Who Bust UP Homes.
Instead, write a mean one on
wives Who Don't Take Care of
Their Homes. l grant that my
letter will make Mabel very mad.
Rut isn't it a more honest an
swer-and really a more friendly
one? If there's any chance OF
helping Mabel by letter, went a
clean slam like that do more for
her than a lot Of sobbing sympa'
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
The Physical Well Being of
Washington School Children
By BILL PRICE.

After years of constant pressure Congress obtained
better salaries for school teachers and veyer program
of building construction which ought to give modern
school buildings will rid school system Of the serious
congestion which prevailed for years. congestion that is
q hindrance to the proper education Of our young.
It has been long, hard fight to modernize our public
schools and give the children who attend them the advan
ages they deserve much to be done before
the schools will with those Of other large American cities
public demands and obtains what is best in
education for its children.
There everywhere in Washington disposition to insist
upon liberal for Washington schools The Board Of
Education the District Commissioners the Citizens Advisory
Council parents teachers and all other citizens united
in desire have public schools brought up to the best
standards prevailing elsewhere.
The school budget for the next fiscal already passed
upon by the Commissioners and the Advisory Council will
large one approximately of the total budget
the District but there is not dollar too much in the estimates
and the total could be safely raised to provide for still further
improvement.
The physical well being of Washington school children
equal Importance with their mental well being The hungry
scy child gains knowledge under difficulties His education
may little benefit him if his body diseased and he
struggles of real life with dishearening handicap
he shouldn't have
There is nothing cheap about American cities in looking
Of these cities willingly themselves that their young may
be mentally and physically equipped for the future
As to the woeul lack of physical examinations and treat
in Washington schools there is printed below mighty
interesting letter. full Of information that should impress
every Washngonian from DORSEY W. HYDE Jr president
the Monday Evening Club organization that leads
civic and human progress and Improvement:
The Washington times., 1925-07-03
SAYINGS OF
MRS. SOLOMON.
BY Helen Rowland


"nepG ~ " OA10nS tnItnstS
Variety?
nH, woman, woman! What hath
" become of thine infinite va
riety? For verify, verify, thou
didst once possess as many lights
and facets as a diamond.
But now has thou become as
a piece of window glass, flat and
easy to SEE through!
Once, were not thou as full OF
color as a Roman sash, and OF
surprises as a dime novel, but
now, art thou as an American
table d'hate, whereof the soup and
the chicken and the pie are all OF
ONE flavor.
Behold, once thou were't Of
many types, and all Of them en-
dearing.
10, there was the dangerous
and alluring Widow.
And the fascinating and mys.
terious Divorce.
And the Snappy Bachelor Bril-.
And the sweet and blushing
Debutante.
And the spicy Chorus Girl.
And the romantic Trained
And the tender Clinging Vine.
But, now, alas! all women are
as one woman-and that one a
jazz-baby!
Their haircut Is always the
haircut Of the flapper-and all
their speech is the jargon of the
college cutie"
One woman's skirts are as short
as anothers-and one woman's
lips are as red as anothers.
One woman's wit Is as sjangy
as anothers-one woman's ways
are as frivolous as anothers.
One damsel saith, IT dare you!'
and another saith, HOW dare
you" but in the end they can
both be kissed;
And there is no variety and no
novelty and no mystery and no
surprise IN them.
Yet, alas, all his life a man
goeth seeking something differ.
ent!"
And Solomon himself would not
have made happy brides Of seven
hundred women had they all been
JUST ALIKE! SELAH