Milford chronicle., 1925-08-14

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itary condition? What the people
want to know is, just why the fire.
quent Jail deliveries happen and the
prisoners make their escape. Will
the news correspondents, who are
all Democrats, tell the balance of the
state and county, the real truth? The
Kent county Jail is rapidly gaining
a reputation for insecurity as to the
holding of prisoners-for what
cause?
A MILFORD MAN who last Sun
day took a motor trip which carried
his party through many Delaware
and Maryland towns, remarked on
Monday that while he regretted to
make the comment, yet, it was a
fact, that the business centre Of Mil
ford was the dirtiest of any town
through which he drove on his $50
mile trip. He said that Dover, Mid
dletown, Cecilton, Marydel, Chester
town and the smaller villages
through which he passed, had been
made spick and span for Sunday and
that their general appearance so far
as cleanliness is concerned was far
above that of Milford. This is a con-
dition over which the town author1-
ties of Milford have control; and it
is one which certainly can be remed-
led without any great expenditure of
effort on the part of Council, and its
Street Committee. The town has am
pie facilities and equipment for
cleaning the streets and keeping
them in a presentable condition.
Street sprinklers, sweepers and
other appliances are owned by the
town and are available for use. If
Town Council will take leaf out
of the book of Dover town manage
ment, and apply little more effort |
to cleaning the town regularly each |
week, instead of spasmodically as is
done at the present time, the unfaV-
orable criticism of motorists will be
heard no more. Clean the town. The
business section certainly needs it;
especially Sundays. Then keep it
clean. Sweep it every night, if nee
essary-but do it thoroughly while
the work is being done. But first
order the police to prosecute all per-
sons who do not provide recepticals
for the refuse from vegetables and
garbage from bananas for their
places of business and permit their
sidewalks to remain disgrace to
the town after closing stores on Sat
urday nights. This is a real duty
resting on every member Of Town
Council and the citizens expect them
to perform it.
THE BELLY-ACHING BUSINESS
Manufacturing to those alleged
business men who merely make a
pretense of doing real business
continue to lament the ruination Of
the small town by motor cars and
good roads. They are Of kind with
the curbstone Ioafers whose main
occupation is to sit and whittle and
spit, kick on their taxes, if they hap
pen to have any, and curse the gov
ernment. The up-and-coming busi-
ness man is taking advantage of the
changes in present-day conditions
and employing present-day methods.
He makes it his business to have
something to sell that is saleable, to
show it attractively and price it rea-
sonably. He tells people about it,
using some newspaper publicity, and
he eventually wins if he tells the
truth and treats his customers fair
ly. The wise business man realizes
that the same automobiles and the
same good roads which carry people
to other towns, carry them past his
doors, and it is up to him to cause
a reasonable number Of them to halt
at his doors, enter and purchase. 1t
can be done, it is being done, and
the dealer who fails to get his fair
share of trade has no honest com
plant; except, against his own care
less, incompetent or back-number
methods. With a net work of mod
ern roads such as it is the fortune
of but few states and counties to
boast, the merchants Of Delaware
and Kent and Sussex Counties, es- s
pecially, have the opportunity Of a s
life time to increase their trade-not
lose it. Milford, located in both {
is ideally located as trade i
centre. It is far enough away from t
The larger cities to cause shoppers
to hesitate about making the trip; S