Milford chronicle., 1926-11-05

wealth decided the issues before the
people on Tuesday.
In the circumstances, then, it can
not be claimed by those in favor OF
the prohibition laws that Mr.. Hous-
toms victory was a dry triumph. I'm
doubtedly there must have been
large number of exceedingly dry
Democrats who supported the Re-
publican candidate for Congress; but
it cannot be said that in a vote that
represents less than half the number
of the eligible voters in the State
that the wet and dry issue in Della
ware was settled by the Congress
sional race.
An important factor that enters
into the consideration of Mr.. Hous-
tons victory, besides the fact that
he is dry, is the fact that he was
pleasing candidate personally. He
nossesses considerable ability as an
orator: he is a man of the highest
integrity personally; and he is a
frst-rate business man. These quail
ifications, it is obvious, appealed to
many independent voters who were
not concerned particularly with the
wet-dry issue. That issue, it might
he said. has not in recent years been
given a fair test. The anti-prohibl-
tionists claim a large majority Of cit
izens in favor of modifying or re-
pealing the dry laws, while the pro-
hibitionists claim that Delaware IS a
dry state by a large margin. But the
issue certainly cannot be settled def
initely when less than so per cent
of our eligible voters participate IN
the elections.
Se@
THE EVERY EVENING Of VIII
mington, one of the Oldest daily
newspapers of that city, observed the
fifty-ffth anniversary Of its contin-
uous publication last week, by issu-
ing a very much enlarged regular
edition on Friday, October 2Sth, ano
accompanied it with a sixty-foul
mage rotogravure edition, which to-
gether made one of the finest pieces
of publicity for not only the Every
Evening, but for the State OF Dela-
ware and the entire Del-Mar-Va Pen
insula, ever devised by any newspa'
+ Der to advertise its home city ano
the sector of country of which 1t Is
a part. The publisher by adopting
the beautiful feature of art rotograV'
IRE for the anniversary number is
sue, has carried the message to the
people themselves of a splendlc
country, which is comparatively un'
known to the men and women VINO
nonulate this wonderful country
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the Chesapeake Bay, with its estuar'
les: which contribute so much to the
support of the peoples of the greaI
country for hundreds of miles about
not to mention the play places FOL
recreation in summer homes 10.
thousands who have quietly Learned
of the splendid advantages which the
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula affords to tn
overworked residents of great cities
This rotogravure edition OF tn
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versary, throughout its sixty-tou
pages, depicts to the eye througl
many pictures Of the thousands o
beautiful scenes in Wilmington ant
the other towns Of Delaware, Mary
land and, Virginia; which form tn
wonderful Del-Mar-Va Peninsul
. with it's fruits and flowers, its Vege
tables and opportunities for recrea
ton and good health. On the from
page of the gravure section is a mod
} ern map showing the entire Del
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} Bay and it's estuaries, as well as tn
: Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Ba
and River, which almost surroun
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try of which it is part; from tn
capes of Virginia to Pennsylvania O.
the north. The last page is give
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e transportation, the most promine1
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i showing a part of the great indus
= trial works, pictures Of great indus
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r wonderful highways, and many view
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