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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
LIQUOR ADVOCATES
TO MEET in MILFORD
"Face The Facts" Gathering To
Be Held In Plaza Theatre On
Monday Evening.

The Delaware Division Associa-
ton Against the Prohibition Amend
ment has announced that a face the
facts" mass meeting will be held at
Milford in the Plaza Theatre next
Monday evening, July 10. The meet
ing will be preceded by band con-
cert. According to publicity matter
sent the Chronicle concerning the
meeting, keen interest is being dis
played by many of the most promi-
nent citizens of Milford and other
Kent and Sussex towns.
Delaware Division with thousands
of members in all parts of the State
is opposed to the Delaware laws
which prohibit prescribing liquor
for medicinal purposes. The Della
ware Division also favOrs the modi-
ficatiOns of the Volstead Act. Ad
dresses will be made by Captain Will
liam H. Stayton, head of the Asso-
citation Against the Prohibition
Amendment and Rev. James EN-
pringham, D. D., head of the Nation
al Christian Temperance Society of
the Protestant Episcopal Church,
who will be the chief speakers. In
vitations to attend the meeting and
make addresses have also been ex-
tended in United States Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware and
to Congressman John Philip Hill, of
Maryland, who resides in Baltimore.
Captain StaytOn, who is heading
the movement, is a Delawarean. He
was born in Smyrna and spent much
of his life there and still retains his
residence and voting right there. He
was the originator, founder and IS
now the chief executive of the AssO-
citation Against the Prohibition
Amendment. During his interesting
life he has been a naval officer, al
miralty lawyer and, for the past fif
teen years, a steamship operator.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
TORRID WEATHER IS
ROUTED BY STORMS
During Two Day Reign Heat
Reached Height Of SO Degrees
At Milford.

The residents of Milford, and in
fact all of Delaware, sweltered un-
der the hottest weather of two years
last Friday and Saturday. On Friday
the official government thermometer
in Milford registered So degrees, and
on Saturday high mark of 50 de-
grees was noted by the official wea-
ther man, c. J. Holzmueller. This
was one degree hotter than the hot
test day of last summer, when the
highest point reached during any
heat spell was SO degrees. So great
was the heat that many of Milford's
manufacturing places closed down
on Saturday long before the closing
hour. The humidity greatly added to
the discomfort of sweltering human
ity. At the bayshore and ocean re-
sorts life was a little more like liv-
ing; but even at those places suffer-
ing was intense during the height of
the hot weather. At Milford no cases
of heat prostratiOn were reported; !;
but in Wilmington and some other
sections of the state reports were
made of such cases. The heat wave
was routed Saturday evening when
heavy winds, accompanying an cleo
trio storm blew in from the north
west. Sunday the thermometer regis
tered about 76 degrees as a high
mark, and Delawareans breathed a
sigh of relief that the heat wave had
passed.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
STATE POLICE WERE
VERY BUSY In JUNE
17S Arrests We're Made And Fines
Of $4,O5O.OO Collected

According to the monthly report Of
the State Highway Police there were
178 arrests made during June and
81 reprimands. Fines amounting to
$4,050 were collected.
The various charges and arrests
for last month are as follows: Reck-
less driving, 81; operating a car
while under the influence Of intoXi-
eating liquor, %; using improper
tags, 13; having no mirror, II; op-
Grating unregistered car, 10; opera
ting without a license, Z; overloaded
truck, 6; drunk and disorderly, 5;
passing on right side, 5; assault and
battery, 4; trespassing, 4; no light
on bicycle. 3; manslaughter, 2; pos
session of alcohol, 2; murder, 2;
taking car without consent Of the
owner, 2; improper lights, 2; at
tempted arson, 2; making misstate-
ment i; selling car without title, l;
leaving accident without complying
with law, 1; wagon without light, 1;
rape, 1; larceny, 1; breaking and
entering, 1; assault with attempt to
commit murder, 1; passing worthless
checks, l; carrying concealed a
deadly weapon, 1; operating after Ii
cense had been revoked, 1.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
BERLIN EXPECTS 5000
VISITORS AT MEETING
Berlin Expecting That Many When
Two Maryland Societies Meet

Berlin is expecting to entertain
more than 5000 persons at the
meeting of Maryland's two horticul-
tural societies on July 80. Orlando
Harrison, who will be the host of the
Maryland Horticultural, the PENN
sula Horticultural Societies, the
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
that day, says that Delaware has
promised to send at least 1000 and
he is expecting that many each from
Virginia and Maryland.
Harrison's Nurseries will entertain
the Maryland florists on July 20, and
it is expected a large number of
these will remain over for the hor-
ticultural meeting. The program, in
addition to the sessions of the two
societies, will embrace tours of the
orchards, lunches and a social affair
at Ocean City Friday evening. Visits
will also be made to the Samuel Rid
die stock farm.
Governor Ritchie and Governor
Robinson, of Delaware, have accept
ed invitations to attend and Cover
nor Byrd will be there if he can ar
range his affairs at Richmond. At
the time of the meeting peaches will
be at their best. Visitors will be
shown the picking, grading under
State and Federal supervision and
packing of the crop.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
AUTOMOBILE OWNERS WILL
NOT Get OLD NUMBERS AGAIN
Secretary OF State AbOliSheS Plan
Because OF Extra Work Involved

The practice of issuing the same
numbered license tags to motorists
as used the previous year will be
abolished, according to Secretary of
State S. D. Townsend, Jr., who is
considering plans to eliminate the
evil as far as possible.
With thousand or more of boxes
of plates coming in, each containing
fifty numbers, and the probability
that every box will be broken into to
secure one, or two, or three specific
numbers, it is felt that the time has
come to halt the practice of making
special selections, and requiring the
applicant to take them as they come.
Extra check-ups must be made by
the bookkeepers in sending out boxes
of plates to the magistrates, noting,
perhaps, that five numbers are miss
ing.
1t is emphasized that except in
very rare instances, the securing of
the same tag as held the year before
is merely sentimental, and has no
practical side. 1t seems likely that
although the practice may not be
eliminated this year, it will be dis
couraged, and efforts made to edu-
cate the public to the extra work
that is entailed, and the confusion
that necessarily arises.
On June 16 Secretary of State
Townsend sent letters to the auto
mobile departments of the several
states of the United States, inquiring
as to the practice of issuing the
same numbered motor tags from
year to year to motor vehicle own
ers who applied for the same and
asked for the reason why this prac-
tice should or should not be contin-
ued. According to the replies, most
of the State Departments consider
the practice an unnecessary one and
a general nuisance, and have dis
couraged it.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
SAY TRADE FAILURES
ARE ON THE DECREASE
Ten In Delaware During Second
Quarter OF Year, Dun Shows

Fewer failures occurred during
the present year in Delaware, Mary
land, Virginia, South Carolina and
Georgia, while no change appears
in District of Columbia and Florida.
In point of Indebtedness, Delaware.
North Carolina and Florida alone
report increases, while several of the
other States show large reductions.
The reduction in the commercial
mortality in the South Atlantic
States is shown by failures num-
bering 457 in the three months re-
Gently ended, against 517 in the
second quarter of 1925, and liabili-
ties of $9,2O6O6O, comparing with
$14,791,14 in the earlier year.
The insolvency record for the
month of June, which closes both
the second quarter and the half year.
is distinctly encouraging. Not only
are the 1708 commercial failures re-
ported to R. G. Dun e Co., fof June
less than those for any month Since
last November, but last months LA
bilities, $29, ,523, are the smallest
for all months back to September,
1928. Comparing with the high point
of the current year, reached in jan
uary, the June returns shows a num-
Continued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
STATE POULTRYMEN ATTEND
CORNELL JUDGING SCHOOL
Those Who Spent Week At UniTer-
sity Gained Valuable knowledge

The eighth annual judging school
at Cornell University was attended
by several of the leading poultrymen
from Sussex county this year for
the first time, including w. V. Steen,
Dagsboro; S. E. Evans, Millville; E.
w. Palmer, Delmar; Norvel Pepper,
Seaford; Fred Smith and Frank Vad-
akin of Milford. Clarence Bunting OF
Selbyville had planned to go but
found it impossible to get away.
From all reports the men were we'll
pleased with the weeks course and
the extension workers of the Un1Ver-
sity of Delaware think that it will
greatly improve the poultry industry
throughout the county. S. E. Evans
of Millville, who has been very sue
cessful with chickens, and has deVel-
oped one of the best white leghorn
flocks in the county, said concerning
the course, Il want to go back next
year and the information gained will
be worth $4,000 to me this year." E.
w. Palmer of Delmar says If he
could have had this opportunity 10
years ago, it would have meant
thousands of dollars to him in his
business.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
DELAWARE PEACH CROP
WILL BE LARGE One
This Years Crop Will Be ApprOxi-
mately 1000 Carloads

Peaches have done more to eX-
plot the name of Delaware as a
State than any other fruit in years
past. Recently there have been many
things that have added to the renOwn
of the State, but in the minds of cit
liens of several generations still liv-
ing the name OF Delaware Peaches" "
is most widely known.
This year Delaware will live up
to it's old reputation as far as the
production of peaches goes and will
have in all likelihood the greatest
crop of peaches in more than a dec
ade.
Last year there were 200 carloads
of peaches shipped out of the State
as compared with 582 cars in 1924.
This year it is estimated that the
peach production in Delaware will
be between 800 and 1000 carloads or
5 times as many as last year.
Last year one of the things which
injured the sale of Delaware peach-
es was the fact that many commits
sion men had been informed that the
crop would be a failure. AS a result
they didn't bother to buy Delaware
peaches fearing that they might be
of an inferior quality and not sal
able. In order to circumVent any
such rumOrs this year, and to accu-
rately inform the commission houses
in all larger cities of this country in
the East, the Bureau of Markets
will, in the next few days, issue a
letter informing several hundred
commission dealers that Delaware
this summer will have the finest and
largest crop of peaches it has had in
long time.
Government inspection Of peaches
will be inaugurated this summer for
the first time. So far the Bureau of
Markets has received about 200 cars
to be inspected and this number will
be increased, possibly doubled, by
the time the good peaches are mar
ketable.
While there are Delaware peaches
offered for sale now, the better
quality of peaches such as Elbertas,
Georgia Belle, and Hale will not be
ready until about the second week in
August. The peaches now offered in
market from Delaware are about the
size of walnuts, many of them have
been picked too green and have very
little flavor.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
KENT BANKS WILL AID
DEL-MAR-VA ASSOCIATION
Pledge Support At Dover Meeting
Under Revised Budget

Directors and officers of the IA
banks and trust companies in Kent
county met Tuesday night, in con-
ference with Fred p. Adkins, of Sal
isbury, president of the Del-Mar-Va
Eastern Shore Association; w. S.
Gordy, Jr., State Bank Comptroller
of Maryland and Director Harvey j.
Hill.
Every financial institution in the
county was represented by a delega-
ton. ]. Henry Hazel, of Dover,
chairman of the banking committee,
presided, County Chairman G. L.
Harmonson, of the campaign, having
turned the meeting over to the bank
ing committee Immediately on call
ing it to order.
Five banks reported total sub
scription of $3.50, with the Farmers
Bank of Dover, heading the list with
S43O. A motion was adopted declar-
ing it the sense of the meeting that
the banks support the movement un-
der the revised budget of $4,000, the
motion being made by Lieut.. Cover
nor ]. Hall Anderson and seconded
by Henry Ridgely, of Dover.
Lieut.. Governor Anderson report
ed the revised county budget for the
permanent organization, as it was
agreed on informally at conference
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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
STATE CANNOT COMPROMISE
In LICENSE DISPUTE
Secretary OF State Townsend Says
There Is Nothing To Arbitrate

Under the opinion Of Robert H.
Richards, attorney for the State
Highway Department in which opln-
ion the legal department Of the State
has concurred, there is nothing to
arbitrate. We have no legal power
to compromise"
This statement was made Wednes-
day by Secretary of State Sylvester
D. Townsend, Jr., relative to the an
nounced proposal of E. Austin
Baughman, Commissioner of Motor
Vehicles of Maryland that the eXecu-
tive committee of the Eastern Con-
ference of Motor Vehicle Admins
traitors act as arbitrator5 in the ve-
hicle license dispute between Della
ware and Maryland.
Mr.. Townsend said he had receiV-
ed no official word from Mr.. Baugh-
man or any one else relative to the
above proposal for arbitration and
that all he knows about it is what
he has read in the newspapers.
AS early as June 28, Mr.. Town
send says he wrote to A. H. Grout,
SSCIeIdIy VI oI1LS VI NSAHlOAIl' WIZ
is also secretary of the Eastern Con-
ference of Motor Vehicle Admins
traitors to the effect that owing to
the fact that his chief clerk, Miss
HerringtOn) has resigned end is
planning to leave the department, his
duties will require him to be in Do
yer and consequently he would be
unable to attend the coming confer
ence. Mr.. Townsend said these con-
ditions remain as they were when
he wrote that letter and that ne will
not be able to attend the conference.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
SAY CAPE MAY-LEWES
FERRY WILL Be READY
In THREE MONTHS
Lewes Chamber Of Commerce
Hears Plans Of Company Of
ficials.
WILL use Two BOATS
Each Will Be About 2lO Feet Long.
Present Plans Call For Oil Burn
ing Type Of Ferries.

To let the people of Lewes, lower
Delaware and Maryland know what
is being done toward the cOnstruc-
ton of the Lewes-Cape May ferry
across the Delaware Bay, members
of the Chamber of Commerce of
Lewes held a lengthy conference
with officials of the National Navt-
cation Company of Philadelphia, the
company backing the project and
which will operate the line when it
is ready for service. The meeting
was held in the town hall at Lewes
on Monday night.
Harry X. Phillips of Philadelphia,
who is interested in the develop
ment of Cape May, and DR.. Ralph
Jarvis of Atlantic City, both direc-
tors of the company, and Captain
George Dorsey of Baltimore, the
general manager of the company,
were the speakers and told what has
been accomplished and what it is
proposed to do.
1t was stated it had been planned
to begin operations on July Is, but
there were unforeseen delays and it is
now practically assured the ferry
will be placed in operation within
three months. The company officials
said they have had inquiries from all
over the country for information rel
ative to the ferry and what it is pro-
posed to do and they read several of
these letters.
| 1t was stated that at the Cape May
end of the line the concrete founda-
tions for the piers will be completed
within ten days. The entire project
will cost about $500,000. The weekly
payroll of the company is now ST.
900. When the Cape May terminal is
completed the pier already acquired
and constructed in Lewes will be
changed to suit the type of boats to
| be used on the line.
There will be at least two boats in
service and one of them has been Sc
lected, but has not been purchased.
Each will be about 210 feet long and
of the oil burning type. There are
go stockholders in the company at
present, of whom 76 reside in New
Jersey; 4 in Delaware and the bal
ance in Pennsylvania.
1t was asserted at the meeting that
no ferry company now in operation
has been a failure and mention was
made of the New Castle-Pennsville
Ferries as an illustration of the sue
cess of such undertakings. Oppor-
tunity will be afforded Delaware res
idents to purchase stock within the
next few weeks. 1t was stated it was
necessary TO sell stock as none OF
those interested are financially able
to handle the project alone.
The meeting was to correct an i'm
preston that Delaware people were
not interested in 'he ferry project
and also to make it clear that stock
would have to De sold to finance it.
The Chamber of Commerce did not
act on the proposition Monday night,
but will probably do SO later.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
4O,O25 AUTOS NOW
REGISTERED in STATE
License And Gasoline Tax $7O2,739
For First Six Months OF Year

On July of this year there were
approximately 40,O25 motor vehicles
registered in Delaware. 1t is likely
that the $4,000 mark will be reached
before the end of the year.
The automobile department of the
secretary of states office at Dover
collected for the first six months of
the year a total of $7O2,739.57 from
the motor registration and gasoline
tax.
OF the total registration 32,625 of
the motor vehicles were passenger
cars. The number of trucks, includ-
ing motor buses is given as 74O0.
There were also registered during
the first half of the year, $50 trail
ers, 27S tractors and 273 motor
cycles.
The fees from motor car registra-
ton totaled $543,7S6, while the re-
ceipts from the gasoline tax for the
six months period totaled $174,774.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
NO RECIPROCITY
WITH MARYLAND
in TRUCK PROBLEM
Delaware Highway Commission
Agrees Present Law Does Not
Permit 1t.
new RULING NEEDED
S. D. Townsend, Jr., Secretary OF
State, Suggests Two States Con-
fer To Prepare Bills.

There will be no reciprocal agree
ment entered into between the State
of Delaware and tn state of Mary
land regarding the operation of mo-
tor trucks, hired to carry freight
over the highways of Delaware, ac-
cOrding to a decision of the State
Highway Commission at meeting
at Dover last Thursday.
The controversy which has waged
for the past three weeks over action
of the Highway Department in re-
quiring Maryland trucks to carry a
Delaware license and the drivers to
take out Delaware drivers licenses,
will not be definitely settled, it is
believed, until each state passes a
measure that will allow for reciprO
cal action.
The Highway Commission last
Thursday, after considering the mat
ter at length, approved the stand
taken by Secretary of State S. d.
Townsend, Jr., following an opinion
by Robert H. Richards, attorney for
the Highway Department, in which
it is held that under the laws of Del
aware there are no provisions which
would allow the operation of the
Maryland trucks in the State unless
licensed in accordance with Della
ware laws.
The Commission directed that a
copy of the letter of Mr.. Townsend
be forwarded to E. Austin Baugh-
man, Commissioner of Motor Vehi-
cles of the State of Maryland. Mr..
Townsend's letter was in part:
There is no statutory authority
under which any public official or
officials of the State of Delaware has
any right to make any agreement
with respect to the operation of mo-
tor vehicles over the roads of this
State, or to in any way depart from
the requirements of the law of this
State. The statute law of this State
and the reciprocity clause thereto,
does not permit you to allow Mary
land owned motor vehicles engaged
in the transportation of freight or
passengers for hire or reward, over
the roads of Delaware, to operate
CONTINUED on page fiveJ
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-16
ANOTHER BUILDING FIRED
BY UNKNOWN AT HARTLY
Slight Damage At Night Blaze In
Railroad Building

The Hartly incendiary bug resum-
ed operations early Wednesday NOR
ming when he set fire to a small out
building property of the Pennsylva-
mia Railroad Company near the
freight station. The building was de-
stroyed and the freight station scor-
ched. The loss is not more than
5000.
Richard Pierson discovered the
blaze shortly before 1 o'clock We'd
nesday morning. Pierson had plan-
ned to so to Bowers Beach on a
fishing trip and when he got I'D
about 1880 o'clock he happened to
look out the window of his home and
saw the blaze. The Dover fire COM
pany was called but before the fire.
men got to Hartly they were stopped
and told the fire was out.
The fire was extinguished by resi-
dents after the small building was
destroyed. The fire started on the
inside of the building.