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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
DELAWARE FARM
EGG LAYING CONTEST
December Report Shows That
l47 Farms Are Reporting
Egg Yield.

The Delaware farm egg laying
contest report for the month of De-
cember has just been issued 10y II.
S. Palmer, Extension Poultryman,
University of Delaware, who is con-
Quoting this project with the co. op-
GRAFTON of the county agricultural
agents. This contest started last
November with each poultry raiser
who has agreed to enter the project
keeping an accurate record of the
daily egg production Of his flock,
and each month these reports are
tabulated by Mr.. Palmer and distri-
buted to each co-operatOr and also
to the newspapers of the county
and state.
The chief factor in profitable poul-
try raising emphasized in the De-
cember report is the Importance of
clean, dry litter in the poultry
houses at this season of the year
when weather conditions are favor
able to colds and roup among chick
ems.
Mr.. Palmer states that nothing
adds so much to the cheerfulness
and general health of the laying
flock as clean, dry litter in which
the hens may scratch for their grain
feeds, and the main point to consid-
er in this connection is that this
litter should be changed just as
soon as it becomes damp and filthy
if the hens are to retain their vital
ity and productiveness during the
winter months.
A deep litter is usually recon-
mended, but the time and expense
required to change it often enough
to keep the floor dry will likely dis
courage its use, so it is much more
advisable therefore to use only half
as much litter at time and remove
it twice as often. A litter from two
to three inches deep is recommend
ed where frequent changes are to be
made, and during cloudy weather a
fresh supply of litter is required ev-
cry few days, especially in houses
that are closed and poorly ventilat-
ed.
Wheat straw is the material that
is most widely used for litter in
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
DEL L-MAR-VAPENINSULA
PICTURED AS LAND OF
GREAT OPPORTUNITY
County Chairman DR.. G. Layton
Grier Paints Vivid Picture Of
Eastern Shores Possibilities.
SUSSEX BACKS BOOM
Pledges $4,000 To Movement
And Raises $4,000 At Meet
ing In Georgetown.

representative of the financial,
industrial, and agricultural inter-
ests of Sussex county met at
Georgetown last Friday in George
towns historical Court House, pied
ged their support to the Del-Mar-
Va Eastern Shore Association and
planned for the part they would
play in a comprehensive program
of Peninsula development.
Through the association it is pro-
posed to inaugurate a comprehen-
sive publicity and advertising cam
paign designed to bring into the
Peninsula permanent settlers in a
position to buy and operate small
farms, to develop and encourage
the Peninsula's industries, and to
promote it's resort and tourist poss1-
bilities.
The men at the meeting fixed a
quota of $4,000 or more each year
as Sussex County's share of the
100000 to be expended in adver-
Using the Peninsula. A total OF
$4,000 per annum was pledged at
the meeting. The remainder will be
solicited from business houses in the
county.
The opening address at the con-
ference was made by DR.. G. Layton
Grier, of Milford, the Sussex county
chairman. DR.. Grier in outlining
the associations program paid spe-
cial attention to the benefits which
Delaware in general and Sussex
county in particular can confidently
expect to receive. Through the as
sociation he said it would be possi-
BILE to advertise the Peninsula In
wholesale fashion.
other speakers at the conference
were Fred P. Adkins and Harvey j.:
Hill, of Salisbury, Md, and DR.. Paul
Ellsworth, President of Washington
College of Chestertown.
Mr.. Adkins is chairman of the
associations committee on organ1za-
tion. He pointed out that the as
sociation was in no wise a local
movement but was an enterprise in
which every one of the fourteen
counties on the Del-Mar-Va PENN
sula were equally interested, for ne
said: EVERY one of these coun-
ties has natural resources and op-
portunities which are not being
marketed as advantageously as 9TH
er communities many of which are
less fortunately situated" This, Mr..
Adkins argued, was due to the fact
that the Peninsula was failing to
tell it's story to the American pub
lie. Mr.. Adkins concluded by say
ing: "The Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
has fertile land which is not titled,
ocean beaches which are not peo-
pied and industrial opportunities
which are not utilized. 1t has home
sites and tillable lands in such
abundance that every one of it's
fourteen counties could readily alb
sorb 5000 families a year for the
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
FTREMEN RESPOND TO
CALLS FOR ASSISTANCE
Carlisle Fire Company Answers
Five Alarms During Past Week

The Carlisle Fire Company, of
Milford, has been called out three
times since last Thursday. The first
call for assistance came from Bow
ers Beach about o'clock Friday
morning. Arriving there the fire.
men found that a wash house in the
rear of VIM. Kings was burning. The
residence was saved. Firemen from
Dover arrived on the scene as the
Milford firemen were preparing to
leave.
On Saturday afternoon the local
firemen were called to the home of
Harvey Gillis on South Walnut
street, where there was a chimney
fire. There was no damage. Mr..
Gillis is a member Of the Carlisle
Fire Company.
The same afternoon, previous to
the Gillis' alarm, the iremen re-
sponded to a call to the home of
William Purnell, located in back of
the residence of DR.. Willard r.
Pierce. The fire proved to be a
chimney but was soon extinguished.
Monday afternoon an alarm of fire
called the firemen to a burning au-
tomobile truck about a mile south
of Milford on the old state highway.
A truck owned and driven by Dallas
Kibler, of Lincoln, was burning
briskly when the firemen arrived.
They were able to extinguish the
blaze with their chemicals and save
the truck. Persons standing in a
nearby field and who saw the truck
when it first caught fire, say that
the flames shot out in front as if an
explosion had occurred. Mr.. Kibler
had filled his radiator with kerosene
as a preventative against freezing,
and it is thought that this overheat-
ed and ignited.
On Wednesday morning about
eight o'clock an alarm was given
when chimney was on fire at the
home of Mrs. A. B. Peet. There was
no damage.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
PETIT JURY DRAWN
TO TRY HARRY BUTLER
Additional Jurors Ordered To Re-
port February Sth at Georgetown.

Additional petit jurors for the
February term of Oyer and Termi-
ner Court, which will convene at
Georgetown on February 8 to try
the charges against Harry Butler,
Negro of near Cannon Station,
whom it is alleged committed as
saults on Mrs. Bertha Neal, residing
between Bridgeville and Federals-
burg, Nd, and 12-year-old Eleanor
Steinmetz, daughter of Peter W.
Steinmetz, near Jacobs School,
near Bridgeville, Thursday after
noon Of last week, were drawn
Tuesday by Jury Commissioners
Joseph H. Cox, of Seaford, and
James 3. Goslee, of Stockley.
First Representative District
Thomas C. Reynolds, Edward R.
Knotts, Causey Williams, Milford.
Second District-William H. Rad
cliffe, William M. Carlisle, Green
wood; J. Edward Cannon, Bridge
vile.
Third District-F. Frank Mat
thews, Nathaniel M. Conaway, Jr.,
Dallas M. Rogers, Georgetown, D. D.
Fourth District-Arthur B. Bryan,
Sycamore; Charlton E. Hastings,
Laurel.
Fifth District-Roland B. Collins,
Fred T. Hearn, Laurel; Earl T.
Cooper, Delmar.
Sixth District-Lester Hastings,
Frederick Brittingham, Gumboro;
Lingo, Millsboro.
Seventh District-Charles john
son, Ocean View; Harry c. Goodwin,
Garrison F. McCabe, Sell
byville.
Eighth District Walter Howard,
William D. Burton,
Ninth DistFict-Walter R. Roach,
G. M. Thoroughbred, Charles R.
Joseph, Georgetown.
Tenth District-Edward J. Gray,
Edward H. Palmer, Lewes; Albert
Lank, Nassau.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
METHODISTS WILL HOLD
SESSIONS AT BARRATT'S CHAPEL
Historic Church viii Be Scene Of
One Session Of Conference

Two side trips will be taken by
the visiting clergymen and laymen
who will attend the coming sessions
of the Wilmington Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church which
convenes at Dover on March oath.
The regular sessions will be held at
the Wesley NJ E. Church of the cap
itol city, but the delegates will hold
one session at historic Barratt's
Chapel. Announcement to the effect
was made this week. The pilgrim
age to Barratt's Chapel, which is 10
Gated just north of Frederick, will
be an interesting sidelight of the
conference. There one session will
be held, amid the scenes so dear to
the Methodists. The second event
will be a pilgrimage to the grave of
Bishop Whatcoat, one Of the first
bishops of the M. E. Church, who is
buried in the old M. e. cemetery in
Dover. =
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
GEORGE MASSEY JONES
DIES UNDER OPERATION
Prominent Dover Lawyer, Banker
And Lodge Man Expired In Phila.

George Massey Jones, Of "a South
State street, Dover, recognized for
many years as one of the leading
lawyers at the Kent County Bar,
died shortly before noon last Satur-
day, while undergoing an operation
at DR.. Clark's private hospital, in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. Jones, who was 65 years of
age, had been ill since last spring
and had been making frequent visits
to specialists in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Jones studied law under ex-
ceptionally fine auspices, serving as
law student under Nathaniel P.
Smithers and George V. Massey, two
of the greatest lawyers Delaware
ever has produced. In his earlier as
sociations with the law, Mr.. Jones
spent much of his time in the cele-
brated little old log cabin on the
south side of Dover Green, which
was known the length and breadth
of our state as being one Of the
greatest, although one of the most
modest, law offices in Delaware.
In the Masonic Fraternity, Mr..
Jones had won distinction. He was
Past Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware, Past Master Of
Union Lodge, No. z, A. F. & A. NJ,
of Dover. In addition he was a men,
Der of Philodemic Lodge, No. z, I. o.
o. F.; Central Lodge, No. 10, Knights
Of Pythias and Diamond Lodge, No.
8, A. o. U. W.
Deceased is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Bessie Bowers Jones, nee Low
ber, whom he married November 80,
1892 ,and three daughters. These are
Mrs. Thomas J. Mowbray, Gordon
Heights; Mrs. Percy S. Lyons, Ger
Philadelphia; and Mrs.
John S. Downes, Dover. There is al
so one grandchild. A son, George
Massey Jones, was killed
21, 1915, in an automobile
accident. He was a student at Laf-
ayette College at that time.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
SUSSEX TEACHERS
WILL MEET TODAY
Sixth Annual Meeting OF Teach
ers' Association To Be Held
At Georgetown.

The Sixth Annual Meeting of the
Sussex County Teachers AssOcia-
ton will be held at Georgetown to-
day. Three sessions will be held
morning, afternoon and evening.
The morning sessions will be divid-
ed into several sections; each with
a special speaker. The program as
announced follows:
Morning Session, 10 a. m. to IL IN.
Sectional meeting in high school
building-the High School Sections
Chairman, D. A. Petry, MillsborO.
Mathematics as Appeal to Life
Problems, John Shilling.
1.-THE Proper Allotment of
School Time for Athletics, e. H.
Richards, Frankford.
discussion of 10 minutes to fol-
low each of the above topics.)
Requirements in Senior Eng
lish in
1-Delmar, Miss Ruth e. Jones.
-Bridgeville, Miss Mary Leden-
ham.
3-Greenwood, Mr.. W. E. Horner.
4-Milton, Miss Pearl W. PignOl.
5-Millsboro, Miss M. Travis Bolin
6-Lewes, Miss Anne M. Osborne.
Zone hour-11 a. m. to II m.)
HOME ECONOMICS SECTION
Chairman, Miss Elizabeth Amery,
State Supervisor of Home EconO-
mics. (This meeting will be a pro-
fessional conference.)
AGRICULTURAL SECTION, fore
noon and afternoon. Chairman,
Prof. R. W. Helm, director and su-
pervisor of agriculture.
DISCUSSIONS:
Summer Program of Work for
FederaIly Aided Agriculture Teach
ers.
II Proposed Federal Regula-
tiOns.
(The Elementary School Sections)
SCHOOL TRUSTEES SECTION
IN COURT HOUSE-11 a. m. to IL
m. Chairman, Mr.. George Williams,
president Local Board of Trustees,
MillsborO.
Scripture Reading, Prayer and
Salute to the Flag, 10 to 1910 a. ma
II-General Statement and Ad-
dress by DR.. H. V. Holloway, State
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
DELINQUENTS OF KENT
MAY LOSE PROPERTY
Properties In Milford And Murder
kill May Be Sold. 49,

James E. Sapp, collector of taxes
for Kent county, on Tuesday began
the posting of bills against taxables
of Kent county who are delinquent
for the year 1924, permission for
selling property being allowed un-
der the law which was followed
last year by former county tax coll
lector ]. w. Arthurs. Many of the
properties advertised for sale and
posted yesterday were in Milford
and South Murderkill hundreds. The
same procedure will be carried out
in other districts of the county
where the owners have failed to pay
their 1924 taxes.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
JURORS NAMED FOR
KENT COUNTY COURT
An Additional Panel Has Been
Selected For Court Of Oyer
And Terminer.

Kent County Jury Commissioners
Hopkins and Hope have drawn the
following petit jury for the regular
February term of court convening
here February Is, also an additional
panel of jurors for the Court of Oy-
er and Terminer, to be held during
the February term:
Petit Jury
First District-Gilbert Pratt, VIII
liam H. Skinner, Harry Slaughter.
Second Distrdict-Reuben S. Step
hens, Benjamin H. Moor, Hughett K.
Mcdaniel, Joseph T. Potter.
Third District-Harry M. Ross,
William C. Savin, Charles Stewart,
Sr.
Fourth District-John Phillips,
John B. Reed, Alex Jackson, Rodney
Slaughter.
Fifth District-William S. Hard
castle, Elmer e. Benson, James H.
Wheatley, Leroy G. Smith.
Sixth District-Benjamin D.
Courts, George w. Bright, Samuel
H. Lister.
Seventh District-George Davis,
Isaac R. Jackson, Frank Norris,
James Raughley.
Eighth District-J. Frank Rice,
Charles Short, Walter J. Harring-
ton, Carroll Norris.
Ninth District-Harry Tee, Her
man Johnson, Noah Smith, Frank
Collins.
Tenth District-Harry B. Green
ley, Thomas NJ. Chambers, Armwell
Quillen.
Additional Jurors
First District-Percy Evans, T. J.
Bradley.
Second-Arthur F. Dawes, Walter
Buckson, John M. Roe.
Third-M. E. Moffett, William
Prettyman, John Severson.
Walter Barber, Temple
Smith, William H. West.
Fifth-Carroll B. Massey, Cald-
well johnson, William Caulk.
Sixth-Samuel A. Short, Walter
Bell, Joshua Lister.
Seventh-John Griffith, Henry
Downham, Edgar Townsend.
Eighth-John Grace, George w.
Wilcutts, Samuel E. Saxton.
Ninth-Green Workman, Robert
Ross, coursey Hammond.
Tenth-Willis Maloney, George D..
Sapp.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
DRY ADVOCATES HEAR
CONGRESSMANUPSHAW
UPHOLD AMENDMENT
Georgia Cyclone" Scores OpPO-
nents To Eighteenth Amend
ment Before Audience Here.
OVERFLOW CROWD ATTEND
Community Building Taxed To
Take Care Of Those Who De.
sired To Hear Speaker.

Speaking before an overflow gath
ering last Sunday evening, at the
Community Building in Milford,
Congressman w. D. Upshaw, dry ad-
vocate and staunch upholder of the
Eighteenth Amendment, scored the
opponents of the measure and ex-
pressed the opinion that if any al
terations are made they will be
more stringent. The meeting here
last Sunday evening was fostered by
the churches of Milford, and all
combined in the evening services.
George H. Hall had been scheduled
to preside at the meeting, but ill
ness prevented his attendance. Rev.
Henry L. Bunstein, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, acted as the
presiding officer. Preceding the ad-
dress of Congressman Upshaw the
audience sang Faith of Our Fa-
ther," after which prayer was offer
ed by Rev. D. w. Jacobs. A vocal
duet by Miss Elizabeth Carlisle and
Mrs. D. w. Jacobs followed. Rev.
Guy Hill, rector of the Episcopal
Church, read the scriptures.
Long before the time scheduled
for the talk by Congressman Up
shaw the gymnasium and balcony
/ overlooking same were filled, and
numbers were turned away. In open
ing his address the speaker said
that the passage of the dry amend
ment was not done in corner. It
was not done, he said, as it's enc
mics have claimed in a spasm Of
wartime hysteria.
"It was done after generations of
education and consecrated agitation.
It was done in the only way pro-
vided by the builders of this nation
for adding an amendment to the
Constitution. This law was not
'rammed down the throat of the
American people, without giving
them chance to express them
selves as many foolish opponents
of prohibition declare. And in face
of the facts of history concerning
the enactment of this law, any man
who makes such statements about
the way in which this law was
passed is one of three things-he is
as blind as a bat, as ignorant as a
fool, or as mean as the devil. If it is
the first malady that affects him we
can cure his blindness in about
three minutes, but if he suffers from
the other two ailments, can only
answer that the Lord did not send
me around making brains or char
acter."
Among other things he said:
"Let us, on this sixth anniversary,
refresh our memories and fortify
our loyalities to this constitutional
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
SUDDEN ILLNESS PROVES
FATAL TO THEATRE MANAGER
Ira w. Otwell Dies Of Illness Which
Seized Him While At Work

Ira W. Otwell, manager of the
Plaza Theatre, died at the Milford
Emergency Hospital early Monday
morning after having fingered be-
tween life and death for a week.
Deceased was 81 years of age and
is survived by a widow and two
small children. Funeral services
were held at his late home on East
Second street, South Milford, on
Wednesday afternoon, Rev. D. W.
Jacobs officiating. The remains
were taken to Laurel by William G..
Powders, funeral director, and in
terment was made at that town.
Mr.. Otwell was stricken with his
fatal illness while at work at the
theatre on Saturday, January 18th.
An ulcer had eaten a hole through
the lining of the stomach, and an
immediate operation was necessary.
This was performed early Sunday
morning, but from the first the at
tending physicians held out but lit
tie hope for the patient. Mr.. Of
well has been a resident of Milford
for the past four years, during
which time he has made numerous
friends.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
SMALL CHILD ASSAULTED
BY NEGRO IS STILL IN A
VERY SERIOUS CONDITION
Steinmetz Child Shows
Slight Signs OF Recovery

DR.. Oliver V. James, who is
treating Eleanor Steinmetz
was interview by a representa-
tive of the Chronicle on We'd
nesday afternoon, and asked
concerning her present condi-
tiOn. The physician said that
she appears to be gradually
showing signs of improvement,
and that barring unforeseen
complications he hopes for her
ultimate recovery. The child
as yet has not spoken, but
there are times when she
seems to distinguish things in
her room.
It is doubtful even should
she recover whether her mind
and disposition will be the
same as they were before the
attack. Her injuries are
against her returning to nor
NAL.
A report from Georgetown
to the effect that DR.. James
had stated that the brute But
Ter had not accomplished his
purpose is denied by the phys
ician. He says that there is
no doubt in his mind but that
an attempt was made; but that
he at this time is not willing
to say definitely whether the
entire aim of the negro was
accomplished.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
PRIZES WILL BE OFFERED
STATES YOUNG ORATORS
Contest For Public School Scholars
Is Fixed For April by Committee

When the Delaware State Orator.
ical and Defamation Association
will hold it's annual contest in April
prizes will be offered for the best
Oration and the best defamation
something that has not been done
in previous years. This was the de-
cision of the constitution committee
of the association at a special meet
ing in Wilmington this week. The
meeting was held in the offices OF
the State Board of Education in the
County Building. DR.. H. w. Hollo-
way, State superintendent of public
instruction presided.
The purpose of the meeting was
to consider certain revisions in the
constitution of the association. The
members were of the opinion that
these two forms of public speaking,
oratory and defamation should be
encouraged as individual subjects,
In the former the speeches must be
original while in the latter, prizes
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
THRESHERMEN ELECT new
OFFICERS FOR ENSUING YEAR
Interesting Talks Given At Annual
Meeting At Dover

At the annual meeting of The
Delaware Threshermen's Associa-
ton held at Dover on Monday these
officers were elected: Walter Geist,
Newark, president; B. B. Bowden,
Seaford, vice-president; F. W. Hills,
Dover, secretary and treasurer;
New Castle County executive COM
mittee: William H. Carey, Mt.
Pleasant; Frank S. Palmer, New
ark; John Cleaver, Middletown;
Samuel Lester, st. Georges; Kent
County committee: e. L. Jones,
Dover; William Blair, Smyrna; Har-
ry Ford, Leipsic; Harvey Jones, Do
yer; Sussex county committee: A..
w. Ellis, Seaford; L. S. LESLEY,
Seaford; Harold Short and M. o..
Carey, Georgetown.
Walter Geist presided and reports
were made by the various officers
of the organization. Addresses were
made by J. P. Parker, of Indianapo-
lis, field manager of the American
Threshermen; N. G.. Rose, Harris
burg; H. e. Sewell, Ridgely. Md;
E. L. Jones, Dover, all discussing
the business from the thresherman's
viewpoint.
E. L. Jones reported having visit
ed the State Highway Department
where the officers of the department
expressed themselves as pleased
with the manner in which the
threshermen had observed the rules
concerning the use of the roads.
Resolutions were adopted thank
ing the State Highway Department
for its courtesy to the members of
the organization; thanking the Of
ficers for the manner in which they
had conducted the business of the
organization and thanking B. B.
Clark for a gavel presented, which
will be used at all future meetings.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
FIRST SNAKE STORY
COMES FROM SEAFORD
Sussex Town UphOlds Its Former
Record With Reptile Yarns.

For years past the annual round
of snake stories which originate
about this season of the year have
been a joke among newspaper men.
In January, with it's first thaw, these
reports are looked for and specula-
tiOn is rife as to the first to report
the snake story. For several years
past Seaford seems to have taken
the lead. This year the correspond
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
MAY CUT DELAWARE'S
JAPANESE BEETLE SQUAD
Quarantine Dept. Facing Lack OF
Funds, w. Z. CranstOn Says

When the fight against the Jap
anese beetle is resumed this sum-
mer in this state, the restricted
areas will not be enlarged and the
force Of inspectors and scouts will
not be increased, it is understood.
iThe Beetle Quarantine Department
of which W. e. Cranston is the
head, is facing a lack of sufficient
Aunds and there is a possibility of
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29
MILFORD QUINTET SLOW
AGAINST NEWARK FIVE
Local Boys Lose Game To Visitors
Score 1916

Battery E, of Newark, defeated the
basketball team of the Milford Com
munity Club in the home cage last
Friday evening by the score of 80 to
16. The Milford boys were slow
breaking into the score column, and
never managed to get in reach of the
visitors. The score:
MILFORD
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29

OUR PRINTING PLANT
rs THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
US QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-29

THERE ARE 1900 RU. |
RAL WEEKLY NEWS.
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED STAT E>S. THE
CHRONICLE S A N D 8
FOURTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
The Washington times., 1926-10-25

4 meeting of the executive COM
mittee of Lyon Village Citizens AS
ISOLATION will be held Wednesday
night at the home OF the president.
Monroe H. Stockett