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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
APPLES SELL WELL
In FOREIGN MARKET
Fifty Carloads Shipped To England
Bring S. To SS Per Barrel

From five to eight dollars a barrel
are the returns which Delaware ap-
pie growers who shipped apples to
England are reported to have OBJ
tanned for their trepedity. All told
there have been about $4,000 barrels
shipped to England and Wales and
if the fruit all nets this return the
venture is a highly successful one.
This doesn't mean that the grow
ers realized a profit Of five or eight
dollars a barrel however. The cost
of freight to England is one dollar
barrel. The fruit has to be hauled
to the shipping point and the cost
of a wooden barrel is seventy cents
each, so that about two dollars is in
vo1ved in freight, barrel and picking,
without figuring the other expenses
of attending the orchard. But if the
for the shipments abroad
were six dollars barrel as they
have proven to be, the growers will
obtain a fair profit for their con-
But from now on according to re-
ports from shipping agents there are
no boat bottoms for other shipments
for at least six weeks. In other
words all freight space for ship
nenAs of any character abroad have
been Engaged and unless apple grow
srs b e or can arrange with hold
ers ol pace they cannot ship any
more lit abroad until the crush
ooseI 1p.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
DOG CENSUS SHOWS TOTAL
OF 1898 in KENT & SUSSEX
License Fee Paid On 11,7S1 Dogs
State Killed 9SS Dogs

The dog law enacted at the last
session of the Delaware Legislature
became effective on June 1, 1925.
This law provides that all dogs in
Kent and Sussex counties must be
licensed on or before September 1,
for the year 1925, and annually
thereafter during the months of
January and February.
The Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners which is charged
with the administration Of the new
law, employed a census taker in
each representative district, who
made a census of all of the dogs
found in his district and issued the
licenses. The board also collected
the worthless dogs which were vol
UNFAIRLY surrendered by their own
ers and disposed of them in hui
name way.
The statistics secured from the
Office of the chief warden discloses
that 1O,O02 dogs were found in Sus-
sex county and 1886 dogs in Kent
county, or a total of 1928 dogs in
the two counties. Of this number 9S8
were voluntarily surrendered and
CONTINUED on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
SEEK DISCARDED SHIPS
TO PROTECT HENLOPEN
Senator Bayard And Representative
Houston Will Meet Board

Senator Thomas F. Bayard and
Representative Houston are in
Washington this week to take up
with the United States Shipping
Board the matter of obtaining some
Of the discarded vessels, belonging
to the board now anchored in the
Potomac River at Wide Water, Vir-
ginia, for beaching along the shore
line Of Henlopen, to act as a break
water to stop the erosion Of the
beach at the historic Henlopen
Light.
Representative Houston said he
did not know if they would be able
to call on members of the Shipping
Board before Thursday, as they had
some other matters to take up with
other departments on Wednesday.
Senator Bayard will aid Represen-
tative Houston, as members Of the
Committee, to get some of
the discarded vessels of the Ship
ping Board to save the old Henlopen
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
STATE HIGH SCHOOLS
FOOTBALL SCHEDULES
Eight Towns In State Will Fight For
Scholastic Football HOnOrs

The schedule for the Delaware In
terschOlastic Athletic Association in
football has been completed. The
opening games will be played on Oc-
tOber 8 and the games will continue
until November 26 when the team
which has won the championship of
the southern half of the state will
play the team that has copped the
northern half championship. Novem-
Der 20 has been left free so that in
case two teams happen to be tied for
the championship of either section,
the tie may be played off.
Regarding the matter of playing
games of any character on school
days, an item which the State Board
of Education does not seem impress
sed with and which mature adults
feel the same way about in many
towns and cities, the students have
apparently won a victory. At a meet
ing of superintendent of the state
public school system, these officials
went on record as favoring the play
ing of games on school days, so that
if any time is lost it will be lost
from regular studies.
The State Board of Education has
taken no action on this project, hav-
ing left the question to the decision
Of the local boards of trustees in
each district. The reason given by
the students for playing their games
On school days is that many Of them
have to work for their parents on
Saturdays and could not get off to
play games. Whether this is true in
Ill cases or not, the matter for this
year has been held in allegiance. And
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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
HIGHWAY ENGINEER BUCK
GRANTED LEAVE OF ABSENCE
Head Of Engineering Department
Will Aid In Development of Land

At it's meeting last week the State
Highway Department granted C..
Douglass Buck, chief engineer of the
department, a three months leave of
absence, at his request. Rumors i'm
mediately were circulated that Mr..
Buck would leave Delaware, and
that another would be appointed to
his place. This he says is not true.
He intends to go to Palm Beach,
Florida, where he will be engaged
as chief engineer for the Miner De-
velopment Company, which is de-
veloping between 10000 and $4,000
acres of land in that locality. He
will help lay out the tract of land
into building lots. He also states
that during his leave of absence he
will make frequent trips to Della
ware and keep in touch with the en-
gineering problems in this state.
During his absence Engineer Mack,
of the Highway Department, will be
in charge of the engineering force.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
MAY CUT DOWN SIZE OF
UNITED STATES PAPER MONEY
Suggestion Has Been Put Forth That
Bills BE Made One-Third Smaller

A reduction in the size of paper
money of all denominations is under
consideration by the national gov
ernment as a measure of economy
and efficiency.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Dewey, in charge of currency
matters, has been directing a COM
prehensive study Of the currency sit
uation for the past nine months, and
is about to recommend several
changes in the currency.
One of these, it is learned, is a
diminution of the dimensions of the
standard American bill by about one
third to size that would easily fit
in the ordinary envelope.
Another is a change in the color
of the So bill from green to brown.
Currency experts calculate that by
reducing the size of bills a saving Of
one-third under present expenditures
for the manufacture of paper money
may be effected. Twelve bills would
be printed on one sheet of silk-lined
paper as against eight bills at pres
ent.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
LARGE ENROLMENT AT
DELAWARE OPENING DAY
Total Enrolment This Year About
200 Students, Mostly From State

Two hundred and sevonty-five new
students enrolled at the University
of Delaware on the opening day of
college, Monday of this week, 1873 in
Delaware College and 142 in the Wo-
mems College. Of the 142 new stu
dents at the Women's College 1872
are freshmen and 10 registered in
advanced classes, 8 as sophomores
and two as juniors. There will be
few others to register during the
first week so that the joint freshman
class may reach 2S0 to 800 students
by far the largest entering classes
in the history of the University. The
total enrolment in the two colleges
will be nearly 700.
Of the entering class in Delaware
College 64 enrolled for the arts and
science course; 81 for engineering
and 12 in agriculture.
At the Women's College 6S en-
rolled in the arts and science course
IL in home economics-7 in the
four year educational course, and so
in the two year educational course.
More than 80 per cent Of the new
students of the Women's College are
from Delaware and less than 20 per |
cent from outside the state. There |
CONTINUED on page fve)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
FALL SEASON OPENS
WITH COLD WAVE HERE
Summer Officially Came To An End
September 22nd

Summer has officially closed and
fall is here.
Tuesday morning, September 22nd
at 8:43 o'clock summer officially
came to a close and at 8:44 autumn
was ushered in. Equinoctial storms
are probable, according to theory,
and the northern hemisphere will
prepare once again for the chill
blasts of the long winter months.
AS the sun neared the imaginary
belt line known as the equator, thus
bringing summer to the south and
winter to the north, there was a no
ticeable change in the temperature.
There was drop from 81 degrees
Monday afternoon to 81 degrees, the
lowest, on Tuesday.
From Tuesday morning the sun
will continue to move farther south
of the equator until December %,
1925, which is known to astronomers
as the winter solstice. It will then
head north again. On January 1, the
earth will be 100000 miles closer
to the sun than when it was during
in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
EVERGREEN CHAPTER
ORDER OF DE MOLAY
WAS INSTITUTED HERE
Class OF Sixty-Eight Boys Given
Their Degrees In ArmOry Hall
Last Friday Evening.
WORKDONEBY WILMINGTON
Officers And Degree Team Of Up
State City Put On Work And
We're Highly Praised.

Evergreen Chapter of the Order of
De MOlay, of Milford, was instituted
here last Friday evening with very
Impressive ceremonies. The work of
installing the local branch of De
Molay was done by the Wilmington
Chapter, the officers and degree
team Of which won high praise from
the Master Masons and Tall Cedars
who witnessed the work. Preceding
the initiatory exercises in the Ar
mory Hall the Wilmington members
here for the occasion, headed by the
Tall Cedars Band and followed by
the siXty-eight candidates for De
Molay, paraded through the streets
of Milford. They made an excellent
showing as they swung through the
business section of Milford.
The class was made up of boys
from all sections of both Kent and
Sussex counties. Evergreen Forest,
No. 40, Tall Cedars of Lebanon,
sponsored the new secret organiza-
ton, and it was for this forest that
the chapter was named. Boys be-
tween the ages Of 16 and 21 years
are eligible to membership; and
when they become of age they auto
matically lose their active member
ship but retain honorary member
ship to the order. The purpose is to
teach the youths clean habits of Iiv-
ing, respect for their parents, a love
of country and to lead them to be-
come better citizens upon reaching
their majority. The bunch of can
didates for the work. last Friday
night were a clean cut, manly look
ing crowd of boys.
Following the initiatory exercises,
the following officers of Evergreen
were induced into office:
Master Councillor, Roland D. Walls,
Of Milford; Senior Councillor, Oscar
Belts, of Milton; Junior Councillor.
John w. Lynch, of Georgetown; Sec
retary, A. Donnald Marshall, of Mil
ford; Treasurer, James W. Cannon.
Jr., of Milford. Each chapter of De
Molay must have a Dad" who is a
Master Mason. Charles J. Holzmuel-
Ter, of Milford, fills that Office for
he Evergreen Chapter.
One OF the impressive parts of the
on Friday evening oc-
cured when Harlan L. Cloud, dad"
'f the Wilmington Chapter, present.
I'd his family Bible to the Evergreen
Chapter for use in their work. A
set of gavels was presented to the
ocal chapter by the Wilmington
Chapter.
The Wilmington boys were enter
aimed upon their arrival here at the
Trange Hall where a supper had
)een prepared for them. Following
he exercises in the ArmOry, both
he Wilmington boys and the mem
'ers of Evergreen Chapter were en-
at the Grange Hall where
were served.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
SEE FUTURE FOR
SOY BEAN CROP
County Agent Vaughn And Sus-
sex County Growers Attend
National Convention

At the sixth annual convention of
the National Soy Bean Growers, held
in Washington, D. c., a few days
ago, Sussex county was represented
by County Agent Molloy c. Vaughn,
Levy Court Commissioner Benjamin
B. BoWden and NOrVal Pepper, of
near Seaford, and Fred r. Ricards,
of near Bridgeville. Every soy bean
producing state was represented. 1t
was ascertained by County Agent
Vaughn that out of 1000 varieties
grown in the United States that only
about 300 are suitable to Sussex
county, and that the Wilson variety
which is grown almost exclusively
in lower Delaware, is considered
one of the best varieties. Accord
ing to County Agent Vaughn, most
of the farmers are under the i'm
preston that the beans are only
valuable for seed, hay, forage and
green manure; but he states the
commercial world is now consider
ing them for human food and num-
erous manufactured products. The
basic oil, he states, in many Of the
best grades of paints, varnishes,
waterproof goods, linoleum,
celluloid is now derived from soy
beans, and the oil is superior to
cotton seed oil in many respects.
Soy bean growers of lower Della
ware, he says, "may we'll be opti-
mistic as to the future Of the soy
bean industry because of the num-
erous outlets opening up in the COM
mercial trade"
According to QUESTIONABLE filled |
out by forty of the leading soy bean
growers in Sussex county, the cost
Of growing the product per acre for
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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
DedicatOry Exercises Will Be
Held In The Truck Room At
Four O'clock.
IS FINE BRICK STRUCTURE
Modern In Every Respect And
Has Facilities For All Com
munity Activities.

This afternoon, at o'clock, al
event of great importance and inter
est to the citizens of Milford viii
take place. At that time the new
Community Building now nearing
completion will be formally dedl'
Gated, and the motorized fire trucks
of the Carlisle Fire Company will be
housed in the truck room OF tne
building. The exercises incident to
the dedication of the modern build
ing will be simple, but impressive
The program as arranged by the
chairman of the committee IN
charge follows:
Singing, America" school chill
dren.
Invocation, Rev. D. W. Jacobs.
Dedicatory Address, Rev. Fl. l..
Singing, Delaware" school chill
dren.
Benediction, Rev. S. C. Welsh.
The exercises will be held in the
truck room of the new building as
it is the only portion of the building
sufficiently completed for use. WORK
on the remaining portions OF the
structure is being pushed rapidly;
but the hopes of the firemen that
everything would be completed for
the exercises this afternoon Will not
materialize. The work has progress
sed so far, however, that all those
who so desire may inspect every
part of the building. Work on the
gymnasium, auditorium and otner
rooms is far enough advanced Tor
the general public to get a very
good idea of just what the complet-
ed structure will look like.
The building, of which all the cit
izens are real proud, is without ex-
ception the finest of its kind not
only in Delaware, but on the entire
Del-Mar-Via Peninsula. It has cost
approximately $4,000 exclusive OF
the fixtures and furnishings, and is
modern in every respect. In tact, |
there are very few of the larger cit
les in the country which can boast |
of as complete a plant for their civic |
activities. Provision has been made
by those in charge of the erection OF
the place for every line of activities
in the town, and it is their hope to
make it a centre about which the
life of not only Milford
but the surrounding country will
revOlve in the future.
The building is ideally located for
the purposes and uses to which it
is to be put. It stands on the south
west corner of West Front street and
avenues; the truck room
facing on Front street and the main
entrance to the other portions of the
structure being on Railroad avenue.
The east and south sides of the
building face the river, which at this
CONTINUED on page five)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
KENT COUNTY MAN Is
NAMED CROP OBSERVER
W. D. Hudson, Of Smyrna, Will Re-
port Monthly To Foundation

Appointment of w. D. Hudson, of
Smyrna, as crop observer in Kent
county for the Sears-Roebuck Agri-
cultural Foundation Index, is an
nounced from Chicago by P. v.
Ewing, director of research for the
Foundation and editor Of the Index.
He will form a link in the nation
wide chain Of county agricultural
observers elected because Of his
first-hand knowledge of farming con-
ditions and his ability to observe
these and intelligently interpret
them
The Index, to which the observer
from Kent county will contribute, is
a compilation of the monthly re-
ports of 1850 observers in every
section of the country, and this
CONTINUED on page fVe)
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
CROWD AT BARRATTS
CHAPEL ANNIVERSARY
Estimated That 10000 Visitors
Gathered AT Historic Church
Near Frederica.

Special services were held last
Sunday at Barratt's Chapel, near
Frederica in celebration of the 145th
anniversary of this house Of worship
and the attendance exceeded that of
previous years, close to 10000 people
visiting the ancient church during
the day.
The program was in charge of
Rev. C. w. Spry, pastor in charge
of the district, which includes Mag
nOlia, Bowers Beach and Barratts S
Chapel.
Ministers seated on the platform
included: Rev. Leonard White and
Rev. H. G. Budd, of Dover; Rev. w.
F. Dawson, HurlOck, Md; Rev. Diss-
ton W. Jacobs, Milford; Rev. Geo.
Wood, Frederick; Rev. J. r. Reese
and Rev Mr.. Hamblin, Houston;
Rev. d. J. Moore, FELTON,.
Other preachers present, unable to
find room on the platform, but who
mingled with the thrOng and partici-
pated in the ceremonies were: Rev.
E. H. Collins, Harrington; Rev. Al
fred Smith, Camden; Rev. w. e.
Smyrna; Rev. John w.
Jones, Delmar; Rev. C. NJ. Adams,
Dover; Rev. Howard Gray.
Community singing was in charge
of the choir of Magnolia M. q.
led by W. H. Davidson, Spe- |
cial selections were sung by Mrs.
and Miss Tatman of Greenwood. The |
opening prayer was offered by DR..
H. G. Budd, principal Of Wesley Col
egiate Institute, Dover.
The sermon of the day was
preached by Rev. Harvey W. Ewing,
If Wilmington. The closing prayer
vas delivered by Rev. Howard Gray.
Rev. W. F. Dawson pronounced the
Taking as his text portion of the
9TH verse of the first chapter of
Revelations, "And when I saw Him
fell at His feet as dead" and for
lis subject, "John's Vision of God"
)r. Ewing spoke first about the vi
ions John had, especially at the
ross of Christ, at the tomb and on
Day. He also spoke of
he visions of Moses, Isaiah and
aul of Tarsus. He declared that the
ision to John was given as encour-
cement to the church of that day
nd also was intended to teach the
hurch through all ages the neces-
ity of knowing Christ
He referred to visions of Jesus
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
SHOT IS YEARS AGO,
HE BAWLS FOR HELP
Man Hurt In Fight In Frederick Says
Bullets There Now

When word was received at New
ark, N. J., Police Headquarters on
Monday that man had been shot at
Bank and Bruce streets, two detec-
tives and an ambulance from the
City Hospital hurried to the scene.
The detectives found Alexander
Tilghman, a negro, limping about
crying in anguish, 1--WE been shot. "
The man was hurried to the hospital
and there an examination failed to
reveal any wound. Questioned by the
police the patient told the following
story:
"Of course, you won't find the
wound. I was shot fifteen years ago
and it didn't hurt me until now. It
came all of a sudden. While in
fight in Frederick, Del, a man shot
me in the leg. don't think the bull
let was taken out"
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25
MILFORD'S new COMMUNITY
BUILDING TO Be FORMALLY
DEDICATED THIS AFTERNOON
Line OF March For All
ParadeS During Carnival

Form on Lake avenue. Head
resting at station. Proceed
through Causey avenue to
Railraod avenue. Through
Railroad avenue to West Front
street. Through West Front to
Walnut street. Through Wal
nut to East Front street.
Through East Front to Wash
lington street. Through Wash
ington to street leading to
carnival grounds. Through
carnival grounds past band
stand into outfield and dis
band.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25

OUR PRINTING PLANT
IS THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
US QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-25

THERE ARE 1900 RU.
RAL WEEKLY NEWS
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED ST At ES. THE
CHRONICLE S IA Nd s
FOURTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
FIFTEEN MINUTES OF RADIO EACH DAY
BY JOSEPH CALCATERRA,
Noted Authority Rado
Prohibit

from 5,000,000 to 10000 900 ohms will
give best results. For all-around use
for reception Of local and distant sta
tions, variable grid leak having a
range of Il to 10 megohms (250,00 to
100000 ohms) should be used
Rheostats Variable.
The use of variable resista noes for
fllament control is so common that it
Is not necessary to go into details here
about their use. Rheostats are all
variable, some automatically vary
with the conditions, while others must
be adjusted by hand.
One Of the most troublesome effects
noticed in receiver Is the distortion
and whistling that takes place as the
phones or loud speaker is switched
from stage to stage. The higher ND
we go on the amplifier stages. the
more disagreeable does the distortion
and whistling become. This trouble
can often be eliminated by connecting
high resistance of the order of Il 900
TO 10000 ohmS across the secondary
winding or terminals of the second
stage transformer. In some cases it
is necessary to connect such a resist
ance across the secondary winding of
the first stage audio transformer. The
connection for such resistance is
shown in the accompanying illustra
ton.
The value of resistance used de-
pends to a great extent on the char
acteristics of the transformer with
which 1t is to be used. The best plan
to follow is to use variable resist.
ance having range of from 10000 to
100000 ohms, although you may some
times find 1t necessary to use a varia-
BILE resistance having a range of from
$4,000 to 250, 900 ohms.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
LIMIT THOUGHT NEAR
in BROADCAST QUOTA
Federal Officials Believe 600 Sta
tions All That Should Be 0per-
ated in United States.

Six hundred broadcasting stations
is believed by Department of Com
merce officials to be the absolute maxi
mum number of stations that can be
operated without serious interference
in the United States. The number on
July l stood at 571 and will likely re-
main there or near that figure until
after the annual radio conference con-
Venes in Washington in September.
In fact, the department is not con-
vinced that there are not already too
many plants operating in certain re-
gions of the country. Several States
in the Rocky Mountain and desert re-
gion of the West are the only sec
tions which have not at least filed
their reasonable quota of stations.
The Glass b stations. which theo-
retically should not number more than
75. have now been crowded up past the
century mark. 1t is expected the
present total-101-will have been in.
creased by four or five stations on the
Pacific Coast before the broadcasting
situation is brought up for its annual
discussion.
The manner in which the depart
ment is holding in check the ever.
growing list of broadcasters was dis
tinctly noted in June, when the total
roll was increased by only one station,
the number OF new plants practically
but replacing the list of those taking
their departure from the air.
Evening star., 1925-07-07
WRC-Radio Corporation Of America
1855 Metersl

2:55 p.m.-Play-by-play account Of
the Washington Chicago base ball
game.
$50 p.m.-Base ball scores.
$50 p.m.-"Over the Seven Seas. ="
Luxor. Up the Nile broadcast with
stations WIZ and WGY from New
York
1870 pm. - Sidney Seidenman's s
Shoreham Hotel Orchestra, broadcast
from the Shoreham Hotel.
$50 pm.-"The Science of Personal
Identification by Christopher c. Ben
nett of the Bureau of Identification
War Department.
r 8:45 p.m.-Joint recital by Edgar
Gray. basso profundo, and Charles T.
Ferry, pianist.
9:15 p.m.-BaZarova, male dramatic
soprano.
9:35 pm.-Sea songs by William
Ballyn, chief steward of the Beren-
garia, broadcast with station WIZ
from New York.
10 p.m.-W. Spencer Tupman and
his Hotel Mayfiower Orchestra, broad
cast from the Hotel Mayfiower Jointly
with stations WIZ and WGY.
Early Program Wednesday.
to 10 am-Women's hour. broad
cast with station WIZ, New York.
II to | p.m.-Organ recital from
the First Congrega tional Church
p.m.-Luncheon concert by the
Irving Boernstein Hotel Washington
Orchestra.
2:55 p.m.-Play-by- play account Of
the Washington-ChicaEo base ball
game.