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Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
MILFORD MAN GROWS
FINE TOBACCO PLANTS
Crop Was Formerly Grown In Della
ware, But Is Now A Curiosity

Thirty years ago tobacco was
| grown in parts of Delaware with
more or less success. The WynkOOp
Brothers, on their farm one mile
east of Milford, now part of the Lo-
vett Nurseries, grew from fifteen to
twenty acres of tobacco on their
farm each year, which was a novelty
to the younger folks of Milford of
that day. They had large tobacco
storage barn along the highway,
which later was used for a fruit
evaporating factory and it was final
ly destroyed by fire. Since then there
has been no attempt to grow tObac-
co in this part of Delaware; except
in private gardens or for individual
use for farm, or horticulture uses in
a small way.
This week specimen of tobacco
called Kentucky Yellow" was
brought to this Office by Mr.. Harry
Lynch, who is a rural mail route
driver from Milford, which he had
grown this season from seed secured
from the Agricultural Department,
that certainly is a fine specimen of
tobacco He has several stalks in
his yard equal to the one brought to
show the public. This stalk is over
six feet tall, with leaves which are
IA inches wide by "a inches long,
while the flower blooms are delicate
but handsome.
Growing tobacco in Delaware was
common during the Civil War per-
iod, but farmers found that the dry
ing barns, with the equipment for
cutting and hauling, curing and final
storage of tobacco, was a costly in
vestment, and that they could get |
more money from their lands from
fruit and Vegetable tiIlaga.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
MILFORD NEGRO HELD
FOR ATTACKING OFFICER
Causey Owens Held On Two Charges
Following Arrest

Charged with assault and battery
and obstructing public justice, Caus-
ey Owens, Milford negro, who was
taken into custody Saturday night by
State Highway Officer Powell and
Constable N E. Jett, while the two
officers were searching his house
for liquor, was held in $500 bail on
each charge by Magistrate E. F.
Wood and in default he was remand
ed to Kent county Jail.
The assault and battery charge
was based on an attack he made on
Officer Powell by striking him with
a loose handcuff when the officer at
tempted to get hold of his arm, and
the obstruction of public justice
charge was due to Owens breaking
three glass bottles found in his
house by the officers, containing in
all three quarts of liquor.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
SWAIN STILL ON THE JOB
AT WILMINGTON OFFICE
Neither Administrator Budnitz Nor
Assistant Wright Have Visited Office

Assistant Wright Have Visited Office
Although announcement was made
nearly three weeks ago of the ap-
pOintment of Edmund Budnitz, Bal
timore, as administrator of the new
Sixth Federal Prohibition District,
which includes Maryland, the Dis
trict of Columbia and Delaware, no
word has been received from him by
Federal Prohibition Director Swain
as to when W. Ellwood Wright, of
Georgetown, named assistant admin
istrator, will take over the affairs
of the state Office.
Mr. Swain is anxious to transfer
his office to the new assistant ad-
ministratOr and end his own term.
Dispatches this week from Balti-
more contained the information that
Administrator Budnitz probably will
announce his list of agents, enforce
ment and otherwise, in a week, or
ten days. Mr.. Budnitz said he had
not yet been advised as to how many
men he will be allowed in the cam
paign to "dry up" the district, but
expects this information in few
days.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
DISCUSS PENINSULA
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
Meeting Held At Windsor Hotel
Names Committee To Work
For Such A Body.

A meeting of considerable inter
est to the hospitals in lower Della
ware and the Eastern Shore O.
Maryland was held in Milford las
Thursday evening. 1t was largely at
tended by physicians and those in.
terested in hospital work in KEN
and Sussex Counties.
The gathering was "a get together
meeting" and had as it's object con-
Sidering the formation of a hospital
association for Delaware and the
Eastern Shore of Maryland. The
association, if organized, will be for
the common welfare of all the hos
pitfalls, to formulate plans for work.
ing agreements, the advantageous
purchasing of supplies and a gener-
al understanding for better coop
Grafton.
The meeting was held in the din
ing room of the Windsor Hotel at
Milford and was presided over by
DR.. o. V. James, of Milford. After
luncheon DR.. James explained the
object of the meeting and a general
discussion was held in which many
of those present took part. The re-
marks were favorable to the form |
ing of the association and a COM
mittee was named to consult with !
the officials of other hospitals on the
Peninsula, which were not repre-
Sented, in an effort to ascertain if
they were favorable to the move
nent and would become members of
he association.
The committee as named is COM
posed of DR.. S. M. D. Marshall, Mil
ord; DR.. G. Layton Grier, Milford;
Dr.. James Beebe, Lewes; DR.. A. T.
Davis, Dover. The next meeting will
De held when this committee is
eady to make their report.
Among those present were: w. c.
mith, L. N. Hearn, R. A. Derrick
on, DR.. G. Layton Grier, DR.. o. V.
ames, DR.. William and DR.. Samuel
4. D. Marshall, DR.. J. G.. Dawson,
)r. William R. Pierce, of Milford;
ohm c. Darby, Frederick; DR.. James
Iartin, Magnolia; Frank Jones, of
Clifford Simpler, Eel
IN; DR.. C. G.. Harmonson, Reho-
9th; DR.. Joseph K. Frame, Mills
orc; DR.. Joseph Bringhurst, Eel Z
IN; DR.. G. V. Wood, Millsboro; DR..
7. w. Hooker, Lewes; DR.. J. Albert
vrark, Lewes; Dr. A. T. Davis, of
le State Board of Health, Dover; I
r. L. D. Phillips, Dover; DR.. J. Z
-acCOllum, Wyoming; DR.. J. Ros- a
De Elliott, Laurel; DR.. Robert B. l.
Opkins, Milton; DR.. w. T. Chip I
an, Harrington; DIR. Joseph Wa I
les, Georgetown; DR.. Luther Con- c
ell, Camden. u
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
FIREMEN'S FAIR AND
CARNIVAL WILL BE
BETTER THAN EVER
Plan Outlined By Committee Show
That Fire Ladies' Have Worked
Hard For The Affair.
FUN STARTS NEXT FRIDAY
Annual Carnival Will Open In The
Afternoon With Dedication Of
New Community Building.

Plans for the annual Fair anC
Carnival given by the Carlisle Fire
Company have been announced
and they certainly sound good. The
firemen will open their annual event
this year on Friday afternoon next
and close it on Saturday night, Oc-
tOber 3rd, giving eight days of pleas
ure instead of seven as in the past.
Three parades will feature the
weeks activities. One of the best
features of the carnival this year
will be the afternoon exercises next
Friday afternoon at o'clock when
the new Community Building, now
nearing completion, is dedicated.
Very elaborate plans and delight
full program for this event have been
made. Friday evening the first of a
series of three parades will be held.
This will be known as the Dedica-
ton Day parade. 1t will be held at
z o'clock. Prizes amounting to S100
are offered to the winners in the pa
rade. c. E. Varney, C. E. Banning
and j. D. Abbott is the committee
making arrangements for this par
ade.
On Tuesday evening the Farmers
Parade will be held. 1t, likewise,
will start at o'clock. Roy E. Pet
tyjohn and Harry Lindale is the
committee having the arrangements
for this parade in charge. Prizes of
$4,000 will be given to the winners
in the parade.
The Firemen's Parade on Thurs
day evening promises to be the big
event of the week, as usual. Ac- |
ceptances from a large number of +
fire companies of the state and in
Maryland assure a large display of
fire apparatus and equipment. Prizes
will be awarded as usual.
One of the entertaining features
of this seasons carnival will be the
diving acts staged by the Helix
vists," who dive from IS foot ladders
into a tank of water feet in depth.
These daredevils were in Milford ,
few years ago and proved a real
drawing card. An added feature for
the children and grOwn-ups alike
will be a set of swings which will
prove an entertaining feature for
those who like the sport. After
strenuous efforts to secure a merry
gO-rOund, the firemen contracted for
one this week, so this amusement is
assured. The merry-gO-round al
ways proves a winner and the fire
men are pleased that they have one
again this season.
The firGpen are spending more
money tn year in preparation for
their carr than they have ever
lone in IT, past. The booths will /
be attractive, and several new fea-
.ures will be added to amuse the /
The blanket booth, as in ]
he past, is well provided for; and ]
he blankets this year will be better
han ever. Taken as whole, the Z
carnival this year should be the best !
.ver staged by the local firemen.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
STATE GETS $l4,813
In AUGUST AUTO FEES
Largest Single Item Is $6,412 For
Automobile Registrations

The state treasury was enriched
by total of $14,813.32 from miscel-
laneOus auto fees during the month
of August, according to the report of
the automobile division of the Secre-
tary of States Office at Dover.
The largest single item was SCALP
for passenger car registrations.
Truck re-registrations brought in
total of $2,72O. Operators licenses for
the month amounted to a total of
S2.943.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
TRACEY-WIELAND

Mr.. James Tracey, of Milford, was
married to Miss Euretta C. Wieland
on September 8, 1925, by Rev. Macy
of the st. Paul's Methodist Church of
State College, Pa. The brides home
is in State College Mr.. Tracey has
resided in State College for the past
year. The newly married couple will
go to housekeeping on a farm near
Center Hall, Pa.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
NUPTIALS
NICHOLsON-RICHARDsoN

-hIOf1AhDOUN
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph T. Martin, of
Baltimore, Md, announce the mar
riage of their daughter, Miss Fran
ces Martin Richardson, to Mr.. Edgar
Powell Nicholson, on September y,
1925. The newly-weds will make
their home at Milton, Delaware, af-
ter October 1, next.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
MUSTARD-PARROTT

Mr.. Edgar B. Mustard, prominent
citizen Of Lewes, and Mrs. Bessie S.
Parrott, of Ridgely, Nd, were quiet
ly married at the M. P. parsonage at
Denton, Md, on Wednesday evening,
September 8, 1925. Rev. G. J. Hooker,
pastor of Denton M. P. Church, per-
formed the ceremony.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18

The Ladies Aid Society of Sand
Hill M. E. Church will meet Thurs
day evening, September oath, at the
home of Mrs. John Workman, near
Georgetown. Everybody cordially in
vited.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18

Mary had a little lamb,
And it was more than rough;
She slaughtered it one day
To make a powder puff.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18
FREE LECTURE

There will be a free lecture deliv-
cred at Wyoming on Sunday after
noon next at o'clock, September
20, by Chas. F. Stevenson. His sub
ject will be "a Horrible Example"
Everybody invited. Come and hear
him.
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18

OUR PRINTING PLANT
- THE LARGEST ON
IRE PENINSULA. LET
Us QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1925-09-18

THERE ARE 1900 RU.
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS.
PAPERS IN THE UNI.
TED S IT ATE IS. THE
CHRONICLE s T ND s
FOURTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-12-11
STATUESOUE TAOS RED MEN
LURE GROUP OF ARTISTS

expected to reflect accurately the spir-
it and methods of the Taos Society Of
Artists.
One member of the society. John
Sharp, now is combining himself en-
tirely to the painting of Taos Indian
subjects.
The Taosans are a stalwart race.
everyone striking figure, given TO
standing on housetops in white robes
at sunrise. They have furnished
Sharp with an inspiration which now
is occupying his entire attention.
The colony is the outgrowth of a
friendship struck up between Phillips
and Il. L. Blumenschein in the Latin
quarter of Paris during the late nine
ties.
The pair pioneered into the Taos
country shortly before 1900. Blumen-
schein later went to Arizona to paint
Pima Indian subjects. but Phillips
stayed on. and IT was his persevering
efforts that finally led to the coming
of the other ten artists.
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,O7;LS

The dining room is connected with the
kitchen back of it by passage off Of
which is breakfast nook with typical
built-in table and seats. This effec.
lively separates the dining room from
the kitchen without greatly increasing
the work of serving the meals.
The kitchen is compactly designed
with built-in equipment and at its rear
is large pantry for the storage of
supplies and housing the refrigerator
which can be iced from the service
porch without entering the house.
From the kitchen there is door into
the central hall. another leading to the
basement stairs and still another open
ing onto the service porch at the side
of the house This service porch,
though at the side, is largely hidden
from the front by the projection of
the dining room.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-12-11
Wall Boards Add Many
Useful Rooms to Home

Careful planning of the wall board
jobs is to the advantage of all con-
cerned. 1t results in accurate esti-
mating, a minimum loss of time and
material, and a most satisfactory com
plete job. This means a sure fair
profit for the builder and a greater
volume 1t gives the owner better
work and saves him money
Before laying out the wall board job
the first points that should be consid-
cred, of course, are the cost and the
purpose or use of the room, to deter
mine the design to be employed. The
cost depends largely on the design be-
cause of the difference in cost of mold
ings and labor involved.
To the man who is going to remodel
his home the proper use of wall board
offers all sorts of interesting possibili-
ties. 1t will make a new room where
formerly was only waste space, new
room of charm and character. 1t is
easy to install and is not too expensive
for the most modest home.
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LuH Guard With Banjos
as Four Break jail

Snowhill, Md.-Four men. while one
of them was playing industriously on
a banjo, lulling the sheriff to deeper
sleep, escaped from the Worcester
county Jail here. One of them was
recaptured later at Crisfield. The 9th
err three are still at large.
James Baker, one of them, was held
on a murder charge, accused of hav-
ing killed James CARR at Whaleyville,
last July. Benny Pazella, another of
the escaped prisoners, was held on a
charge of auto theft. The other two
were negroes.
Pazella is the man who was arrested
at Crisfield. His right foot had been
broken and he was taken to Crisfield
hospital for treatment. Norris Scott,
one of the colored prisoners who es-
capped. was reported to have been seen
in Crisfield.
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-12-11
RESTORE LANDS
TO INDIAN BOY
Court Cancels Deeds to Valu-
able Oil Property.

Washington.-A four years legal
struggle to prevent the transfer of
valuable oil lands without compensa-
ton from a restricted Creek Indian
living at Eufaula, Okla, TO private in
dividuals, has resulted in favorable
decision by the Federal Circuit Court
of Appeals for the Eighth district. it
was announced at the Interior depart
ment. The land is located In Okfus-
kee county, Oklahoma.
The name of the restricted Indian
Is Miller Tiger. In December, 1921,
this Indian boy was induced to con-
vey so acres Of land to his aunt,
Rosannah Brown, without any con-
sideration, 1t being represented to him
that the land was valueless. The aunt
Immediately transferred three
fourths interest in the land to T. E.
Brotton, G. r. King and j. e. Whiten-
ton.
When the deed made by the Indian
boy was submitted for the approval
of the secretary Of the interior, an
investigation was conducted by the
bureau of Indian affairs with the re-
suit that the attorney general was re-
quested to institute a suit to recover
the land. A decision of the District
court of Oklahoma upheld the legality
of the transfer, An appeal was then
taken by the government to the
Eighth District Circuit Court of APP
peals. This court has just announced
reversal of the decision of the lower
court and reinstated the title of the
valuable oil lands to the Indian, can
ceiling the deeds to the aunt and the
other parties.
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Girl, Is, With Bedsheets,
Rescues Six From Fire

Suffield, Conn.-Mary Smith, sixteen
years old, was left in charge of her
six younger brothers and sisters one
night, and when she awoke early in
the morning and found that their home
was on fire she set about saving them.
She soon found that they could not get
down the stairs, so she awakened her
family and sent them into her room.
There she took the sheets from the
beds, knotted them together and made
rope. She lowered one end from the
second-story window and tied the 9TH
err to bedpost. Then she sent each
child in turn, the youngest first, out
of the window and down the rope to
safety. And when they had all reached
the ground she herself slid out of the
window and down the rope. The
house was on fire all over by this time,
and the fire department could not
save it.
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Doctor Restores Part of
Tongue Eaten by Microbes

Tokyo.-Strange things in medicine
and surgery are often reported from
Japan, but one of the strangest is the
recent case of a girl whose three-inch
tongue was eaten up to one inch by
microbes. By cauterization, the sur
geons report, they began to restore one
inch of the organ so that the girl now
has tongue two inches in length.
The patient, Miss Sonoke Tori,
eighteen years old, found while she
was attending school that her tongue
apparently was getting shorter. With
In a few months the tongue had de-
creased to such an extent that the girl
had difficulty In talking. She consult
ed number of doctors who said they
could do nothing for her. Finally one
of the most prominent Japanese sur
geons decided the tongue was colon
led by unknown microbes. He tried
cauterization and cure" apparently
was effected. Japanese scientists say
there is no record of a similar case.
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store. Before he lapsed into coma he
told police he needed both jobs to sup
port his wife, himself and Mrs. Win
ters' four-year-old son by previous
marriage, Conrad Williams.
From his gasping story detectives
pieced together the following:
Winters returned from work at 3 80
in the morning to find the child asleep
alone in the apartment. He went to
the flat of Mrs. James MacCrickard
and her two daughters, Cecilia and
Margaret in the same building, and
asked for his wife. He was told she
was not there.
Suspicious, he Sought the patrolman
on beat and demanded he search the
MacCrickard apartment The police
man refused. without warrant, and
Winters went home again. There he
found his wife had returned in the
meantime from a party, he said, with
the MacCrickard girls and two men.
She smelt of liquor, Winters sobbed.
Frenzied, he killed her.
The unmailed letter to Mrs. Winters
mother was found in the apartment
Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-12-11
Designs for Small
Homes Big Problem

Designs for small homes which are
distinctive and individual is one of
the problems a contracting builder has
to face in developing tract upon
which he naturally wishes to secure
the maximum return.
When a builder constructs a whole
row of houses exactly alike he saves
considerable money. The chances are
that he is able to have most of his
lumber cut to size and can thus order
it milled in wholesale lots.
But lately buyers are starting to tire
of rows of houses that look alike. II
is now the aim of every progressive
builder to give the widest possible
variety to the architectural treatment
of his houses.
The sale of residences constructed
in groups will be found to move at .
more rapid pace, where individual treat
ment is given each house in the block.
on the exterior ut least The aver
age purchaser is apt to he repealed BY
rows OF houses all Of witch are iien-
tical
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Peary Birthplace
to Become Shrine

tened Robert H. The birth came Just
at time, however, when the father
had been offered rather promising in
ducements at Gallitzin, six miles north
Of Cresson. He moved, was taken Ill
some months later and died at Gallit-
Yin. Perry's mother and the family
then moved from Cambria county.
Just before the death of the father,
a brother, James Peary, moved to the
same section, settling at Chest Springs.
Many of his descendants still live in
the section.
Tastes Rieors Of Cold.
A glance at the weather records of
the Cresson section reveals that ID
miral Peary was subject to some of
the rigors of cold weather in his in
fancy. Just short distance from his
birthplace is the Summit, one of the
highest points in the Allegheny noun
tains. Here Is located the state tuber-
culosis sanitarium and the village of
Gallitzin. 1t is at the end of long
steep climb up the mountain from AL
toona and one of the longest and
steepest hauls on the line of the Penn
sylvania railroad. Here the snow flies
often and the mercury drops to the
lowest levels registered in the state.
The Peary home at Cresson now is
owned and occupied by Mrs. Frank
Powers. She has gathered many in
teresting mementoes of the great ex-
plorer, and Is entering heartily into
the plan for the preservation of the
home. Among Mrs. Powers posses
sions Is a letter which was written
by the explorer to her husband in 1914
This Is on the stationery of the
Army and Navy club in Washington
and, after telling of his love for the
Pennsylvania section, he says he In
tended visiting his birthplace just as
soon as an opportunity presented it.
self. The letter was signed "Peary.
His proposed visit never was realized
Other papers relative to the ad-
miral's life and his adventures also
are being held by Mrs. Powers. The
campaign to save the home is started
because of the necessity of the owner
for sale within few months. Penn,
sylvanians have manifested quite an
interest, and the fact that the state
has valid claim to the birthplace OF
another illustrious American has en-
couraged the hope that the memorial
may be realized with contributions
,,hioh bova honn olraadx, coliaitod opf
without additional aid.
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Syracuse, N. with dead mans
hand gripping the throttle, the West
ern express, bound for Chicago, sped
westward for nearly fifteen miles.
Charles j. Foreman, fireman, of AL
bany, discovered his engineer, William
vanberger. also of Albany, dead in the
cab of the engine with his head
crushed. as the flyer came through Mi
noa yards, just east Of Syracuse. Van
bergen is believed to have been struck
BY girder of the Canastota bridge.
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HAS TWO WIVES
IN SAME FLAT
Husband FaUors Spouses or
Alternate Days.

New York.-Two wives cooked and
baked for Samuel Grossman under the
same roof
On alternate nights the fragrance
of piping-hot dishes in the kitchen of
one found its way to the other, where
dinner had been waiting for many
minutes, while neither of the women
knew her husband, to whom she was
legally married, was with the other.
Such is apartment-house life in New
York.
In Tombs court both wives told Mag
istrate Simpson how they had learned
of the deception but recently. One
night Samuel would take wife No. l
to the movies, the next night wife No.
2 tripped gaily down the same stairs
The women never met. The name
of a third woman also figures in the
case. She was known as countess"
at Cheeseman's summer home at Keans-
burg, N. j., one of the wives said, and
furnished bail for the alleged bigamist
when he was arrested.
1t was said that Grossman was
called her "cave man. and that his
dishabille caperng attracted atten.
ton in the Jersey town.
The mans first marriage was to
Mrs. Jeanette Grossman in 1911,
while he took Mrs. Lillian Grossman
as his wife in 1915.
Grossman was held for the grand
Jury.