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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
Sugar Hill

The attendance for the month of
December was an average of SO per
cent. Following is the names who
made perfect attendance,
Boys-Carl Pepper, Madison Gray,
Milton McGee, Ralph Lewis, Paul
Evans, Milton McCabe, Edward Hud-
son and Paul Doyle.
Girls-Mattie Adkins, Elizabeth
Keen, Amanda Bennett, Bertha Dais-
ey, Frances Hudson, Charlotte Der
rickson, Althea Pepper, Alice Muir
ray, Anna Murray, Pauline McCabe,
Eva Williams. Edna Hudson, Mil
dred Hudson and Leah Williams.
We held our monthly p. r. A. On
Wednesday evening, December %.
Visitors were present from White
Oak. Williamsville, ROXana and
Halls. The program consisted OF rec
itations by the primary pupils, song
by fourth grade; play, "The Real
Santa Claus" Grades 2 and 4. Play,
"A Visit to Santa Claus" by grades
5 and 6, and last a drill in arithme-
tic by grade 4. Each child showed
great interest and received appre-
citation of their attitude towards tea
cher and school work by parents.
After the program Santa Claus
came forward and presented each
child and the teacher with gifts. Ice
cream was on sale and net profit
of $1O33 was realized. Our next
meeting will be held January 9th.
All who are interested in the boys
and girls, "Our future citizens are
invited.
Each boy and girl of grades 4, 5
and 6 learned the required poems by
the State Board of Education for the
month. Grades 4, best, ,byEvaWilliams
grade 5, best, Frances Hudson
grade 6, best, Elizabeth Keen.
School reopens January 9rd and
the teacher hopes to meet each smil-
ing face on the first day with re-
newed interest and determination to
make the rest of the school term a
more success than the first.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

wood, Virginia Clogg, Pearl Nit
chell, Maud Clogg, Mary Baker, Ir-
enc Harrison, Kathryn Williams,
Elizabeth Jones, Edna Cannon, Dor
othey TimmOns, Helen Donaway.
First grade-Perfect: William
Brittingham, Howard Davidson, Will
liam Ellingsworth, Percy Hughes,
Charles Long, Elmer Simpler, Dale
Timmons, Everett Tumey, Helen Nc
Chimes, Evelyn Johnson, Eva David
son, Elizabeth Bunting, Alice Baker.
Mrs. Harvey Bunting has been
substituting for Mrs. Lima Cobb dur
ing her absent from school owing to
death of her sister.
Albert Farley met with the Days
boro faculty on Friday afternoon to
discuss some educational work.
The second meeting of the Days
bOrO Parent-Teacher Association
was held on December 18th in the
town hall. A very good program was
given by the school. Several selec-
tiOnS on the Victrola were given. An
inspiring address was given by Geo.
Williams on educational matters of
the State Board. The next meeting
will be held on January 18th.
Miss Helen Alexander, teacher of
the 5th and 9Th grades, left Thurs
day afternoon for her home at Fred
erica, where she will spend the hol-
idays.
Miss Hannah Cannon will spend
the Christmas holidays with her bro
ther, E. G. Cannon at Newark, N. J.
Miss Etha Smith will visit friends
and relatives in Philadelphia.
Miss Cynthia Reynolds will spend
the Christmas holidays with friends
in Wilmington and Philadelphia.
Clarence wilkins, principal of the
school, will mingle with friends and
relatives near MillsborO.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31


School Notes
The following pupils in the Days
boro public school are on the honor
roll for perfect attendance for De-
cember:
Eighth grade-Perfect: Joseph
Kollock, Herbert Hudson, Mary Nor
ris, Isabel Chandler, Rosalie Daisey;
good, Harry Williams, Theodore
Hudson, Joseph Adkins, Cora West,
Marie Hickman.
Seventh grade-Perfect: Virgie
Hudson, Bertha Bunting; good, Geo.
Adkins.
Fifth and Sixth grades-Perfect:
Viola Baker, Kathleen Chandler,
Marian Chandler, Helen Downs,
Doris Hudson, Pauline Layton,
Phoebe Thomas, Alberta West, AL
berta Murray, Elizabeth Simpler
Mildred Steen, Ida E. Timmons,
Ethel Timmons, Phoebe Timmons,
Chester Bunting, William Rogers,
James Simpler, William Timmons,
William Long.
Fourth grade-Perfect: Catherine
Cannon, Evelyn Humphreys, Helen
Kitchens, Hilda Steen, Cora Steel
man, Kathrine TimmOns, Thomas
Brittingham, Russell Clogg, Norman
Davidson, George Dukes, Paul Tim
mons, Paul Williams.
Third grade-Perfect: Frank Bun
ting, Edward Downes, Aubrey Hit
chens, Howard Lockwood, Orville
Layfeld, Vernon Steen, Jr., Paul
West, Irene Timmons, Eleanore
Massey, Margaret Davidson, Reba
Chandler, Evelyn Brumbley.
Second grade-Perfect: George
Coffin, John Hudson, John Lock-
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

at the NJ. P. Church, a short busi-
ness session was hel dat which time
the following officers were elected
for the new year: Superintendent,
ElwoOd Gruewell; assistant superin-
tendent, Millard Fitzgerald; secre-
tary, Arnett Potter; assistantfi Maui
rice Hall; treasurer, Harry C. Tee;
pianist, Ethel Raughley; assistant,
Mrs. George B. Potter; chOrister,
AIillard Fitzgerald; librarian, Lewis
Galloway; purchasing agent, Arnett
Potter.
Rail Officials Visit Harrington
Very inclement weather greeted
prominent railroad officials, who ar
rived here in two private cars on
Tuesday. The continued rains made
it impossible to carry out their
plans to go on a cunning trip. They
returned to Philadelphia and Will
mington early Wednesday morning.
Those in the party included Vice
President, c. S. Wrick, vice presi-
dent, r. V. Massey; general manager,
E. w. Smith; chief claim agen, H.
E. Cain, all of Philadelphia; e. NJ
Davis, Wilmington; l. d. Short, Mil
ford, and Charles d. Murphy, Har-
rington; j. G. Shaffer, superinten-
dent Delaware Division, Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lord of Green
wood have been recent guests of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thos.
Lord.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Tee spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Tee at Wilmington.
Miss Dorothy Tharp of near Will
mington is spending this week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. B.
Tharp.
Miss Mary Satterfeld of Delaware
City is spending the Christmas hol-
idays with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Satterield.
Mrs. Hattie Money of CheswOld
has been spending few days with
Mrs. A. C. Creadick.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Cahall have
moved into their new home on F'lem-
ing street, which they have just COM
pleted.
The local fire company responded
to an alarm of fire Tuesday at noon
in the tenant house of Hasty Cain
on Commerce street. 1t was only a
chimney fire and no damage result
ed.
Charles Gill is spending this week
with his parents; Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gill.
Miss Ruth Thawley, student
nurse in a Wilmington Hospital has
been a recent guest of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F. Thawley.
Miss Helen Enright, also a student
nurse of Wilmington has been visit
ing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. En-
right.
Between now and the first of the
year will be observed as general
moving time. Many families will
have new homes after the first of
the year and weather conditions are
not very favorable for moving at
this time. Several families have al
ready gotten into their new homes
but dozens of others are being held
up by someone at the top of the line
who cannot get into his property.
Harry C. Tee, at Sharp & Fleming's
Drug Store, is our local representative.
For your convenience he is authorized
to renew your subscriptions and take
new subscriptions. He Is provided with
the necessary blanks and will issue a
bonif1de receipt. Jl8-tf
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
MiIlsboro

The tableauX at st. Marks Church
on Christmas Eve depicting scenes
of the first Christmas were very
beautiful and greatly enjoyed by all
who attended.
One of MillsbOro's native sons,
and of whom she is justly proud, fire.
quently remembers the churches
here with checks of generous denom-
nations. This Christmas was the
time when both St. Marks and
Grace were the recipients of sums
that were very gratifying to receive
and for which everyone is deeply
appreciative.
This son to whom many thanks
are due is John Tilney, of East
Orange, ~ j., brother of the late
Mrs. Mary A. Goodwin, and an uncle
of Mrs. Georgia White.
Wilbur Shockley of Baltimore, Md,
has been spending few days with
his mother, Mrs. Matte A. Shock
ley.
Miss Lillian McGee, a student at
the Maryland State Normal school
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cordrey A1cG9e Of
Philadelphia have been guests of
their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John E.
McGee.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. Ellis spent the
first of the holidays in Philadelphia
with Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert V. Ander-
son.
Harley P. White and daughter,
Miss Pauline and Mrs. Epleta Short
motored to Wilmington last Friday
and returned on Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. NJ. Paul S. Hunting
ton are the happy parents of a fine
little son who was born week ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Layton Moore of
Dover have been visiting Rev. and
Mrs. J. A. BucksOn at the parsOn-
age.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Atkins enter
tanned the Bridge Club on Wednes-
day evening.
Mrs. Joseph Collins and Master
Robert Smith are improving in the
Beebe Hospital, Lewes, and hope to
be home soon.
Each member of the Be Ye Faith
full Sunday school class, of which
Mrs. Mollie R. Elliott is teacher, is
requested to be present at Grace M.
E. Church on Thursday evening, jan
uary sixth, at seven o'clock.
Miss Madeline Rose is spending a
few days with her grandparents at
Franklin City, Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Elliott and
children, Jack and Mary, and Mrs.
Massey of Lewes visited Mrs. Alice
Boltz and Mrs. Sallie McGee on Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Floyd Lingo of
HarbesOn were guests on Sunday OF
their mother, Mrs. Lizzie Lingo.
Mrs. Campbell of Selbyville, was a
visitor of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Camp
bell on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Burton enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Burton
of Georgetown on Christmas Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. DOdd spent
Sunday in Salisbury with their
daughter, Mrs. Katherine Downing.
Mrs. Ida Maull and Miss Martha
Maull of Lewes spent part of the
week with Mrs. Sarah Truitt and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Atkins
DR.. and Mrs. H. H. Dodd have
been entertaining DR.. Dodd's father,
of Lewes, for several days.
w. S. Messick of Bloxom, Va, Wis
tied his aunt, Mrs. Annie Jaggard re-
Gently.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Carey Of George
town spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. E. e. Carey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry J. West and
son Joshua spent Christmas with
the latter's brother, Rev. and Mrs.
Zack N. Wells.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
SAMUEL ]. WILSON & son
MILTON, DELAWARE
Funeral Directors and EmbalmeI

We have added to our funeral equip
Dent a new Motor Funeral Car, f.
which We make no extra charge. W.
have still retained both our Black anS
therefore gIaceH ua In q position to fur.
nish either horse drawn or motm
heargeB.
We are the best equipped and carry
the largest stock Of funeral supplies
south Of Wilmington.
Call phone, Once No. -, reaidensa
no. -. Phone service day and night. Il
calling after 10 ,. m. call NO. 2S. Al
calln promptly answered. No extra
charge for distance, use Of bearBe o.
Wife's services.
assortment Of Furniture, Carriages
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
NOT so SIMPLE

Woman: "How can 1 drive a nail
without hitting my fingers?"
Clerk: Hold the hammer in both
hands. Good Hardware.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

The motorist who tries to beat the
train to a crossing may not have
much wit, and yet he is likely to be-
come a man of parts.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

Soft jobs make soft people.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-24
Freedom Makes a
Round Trip

T1ROM London comes the report that sell
L dom if ever has British sentiment against
America been so bitter as now
Hypocrites, bigots DULLES and mannerless
Doors are among the nicer names they are call
ing us.
We pirate Of claw and order, ," they 3D.
serve, yet hold the worlds record, by Tar ana
away, for all sorts of crime.
We boast of prohibition. Yet the country
is shockingly drunken
We talk of equality before the law. Yet
it is the friendless wretch that sells the pint
that goes to Jail, while the millionaire boot
leggers and their big political and office-hold-
inc protectors ride around like the new lords
of the land that they are.
We SIMULTANEOUSLY shipper Of religious
liberty, yet persecute people because OF their
religion. And brag of liberty Of conscience
while people are under arrest awaiting trial for
their beliefs.
We say ours is a country for the oppressed
Yet we deny admittance to highly educated
men and women whose only offense IS an ar
dent belief in democracy such as ours IS
supposed to be.
Our men ana women To-Day are uOIO4lOuo1y
cavalier in their observance of the social con-
yentions and we hold the record for divorces
and divorce scandals Yet we stop cultured
English woman at Ellis Island, grill her for her
part in an admitted elopement with man, and
order her deportation lest she contamlnate US
If foreigners are bitter against us, per-
haps there's reason. And, if we are wise,
before we get mad about it well look into the
cause.
About the time we were fighting for our
independence, Thomas Jefferson used to say
that "British freedom had crossed the At
lantic."
And so it had 1t had left Britain to come
to America But, unfortunately for us, it
seems to have had a round-trip ticket.
Which, perhaps, is why we are not quite
as popular throughout the rest Of the world
as we used to be-
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Hard to Understand

XVI HEN we, the people, donate to private
wv power companies the use of our great
rivers, we might reasonably expect electricity
in return.
But do we get it
Chattanooga, Tenn, is served by the Ten
nessee Electric Power Company. This COM
pany has a splendid power dam in the Tennes-
see River, just few miles from Chattanooga,
with an installed capacity Of about $4,000
horsepower. Electricity can undoubtedly be
generated at this dam very cheaply. Home
consumers in Chattanooga however, pay
cents kilowatt hour maximum for it, and
small factories pay cents kilowatt hour
maximum plus and extra charge of $20/a year
per kilowatt Of demand or pressure.
The Tennessee Electric Power Company
also distributes electricity to Nashville and
Knoxville Tenn.
Home consumers in these two cities are
paying IL cents kilowatt hour.
Admission, Gadsen Selma and Tuscaloosa,
Ala, are all served blythe Alabama Power
Company which generates electricity at a
power dam in the Tallapoosa River, installed
capacity about ITS, 900 horsepower Home con-
sumers are paying 10 cents kilowatt hour
maximum.
These Tennessee and Alabama rates are
two to five times higher than the rates being
charged by publicly owned and operated
power systems in Canada and the United
States.
Yet it is proposed to turn Muscle Shoals,
the Government $15O,OOOoOO power project
in the Tennessee River, over to some private
company to operate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-24
Labor Learns from
CAPITAL

r. ABOR, learning from capital, may solve
IL the problem Of healthful, comfortable
homes for men and women.
Two years ago the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company constructed fftyfour model
apartment houses in New York, and proved
that it could rent apartments at very low
rates and still make satisfactory profit on its
investment
The Labor Home Building Corporation
following this example, started work on more
apartments for families of limited income.
Now labor announces organization Of the
American Home Builders Incorporated, to help
finance union home builders and home buyers.
Families in ten cities will benefit from this
project
The day of the tenement and the slum is
passing With it will pass much Of the sick
ness, the misery, the discomfort of other years.
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Troops i'm the Mine Field

TT7 EVANSVILLE is reported to have received
III the surprise of its life when State troops,
with airplanes and tear bombs, arrived without
warning and took up quarters in that city The
citizens apparently did not realize the grave
danger that somebody thought maybe perhaps
they might be facing.
There has been little violence in the Evans
vile district no more than occurs in Indian
apolis on an ordinary Saturday night. There
have been many stories of groups of enraged
miners marching on nonunion mines, but to
date nobody has been found who is willing to
testify that he has first hand knowledge of any
group of enraged miners.
There are certain nonunion mines in the
Evansville district. Naturally, the union
miners want to unionize these mines. The non
union mine operators are insisting that their
properties be operated with nonunon men.
Both are within their rights so long as they
obey the law.
Governor jackson, with his usual silence,
far exceeding the much press-agented and
largely fictional quietness of Coolidge, is not
making any explanation. Meanwhile, the peo-
pie of Indiana generally would like to know
why an armed force has been sent to peaceful
Vanderburg County.
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SAVE THE FARME Err
WITH OUR TEETH

@7ENATOR WATSON, at
Republican rally in Ft.
Wayne Monday, said the
tanners must in patience work
ont their, problems. The cause OF
agricultural depression is-accord-
ing to him--the failure of the peo-
pie Of America to consume the
products Of the farm.
1.-THE people are spending their
increased wages for automobiles
and movies" is the way our elder
statesman put it. \
Perhaps his diagnosis is correct.
Maybe it is unpatriotic for us to
waste our money in this crisis on
new cars, trips to Florida, clothes.
pleasures and luxuries. Possibly
it would improve the country's eco
nomic condition If we all pitched
in and spent more money increas-
ing our waist lines.
But even now Americans eat
too much, medical gents and die
tary sharps complain. Most Of us
eat-and many regret-three
square meals a day. If we in
crease the daily meals to FIVE, to
eat upu the surplus farm crops,
the result would likely be only
larger consumption Of dyspepsia
tablets and yeast rather than
greater consumption Of wheat and
corn.
And what will become OF the
painfully acquired boyish figures
now decreed by fashion IL such a
plan Of farm relief is tried?
Doubtless the predicament OF
the farmer deserves serious
thought and attention. But his
problem cannot be solved by
adopting an ear OF corn rampant
on field Of dyspepsia tablets as
our national coat Of arms. Eco
Monies. not appetites, must come
to his aid. Honest, Jim. do you
think we can save. him with our
teeth?
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-24
STRAIGHTEST
YOU EVER SAW

IWI trouble I'm going to lay
IL off liquor and be the
straightest guy you ever saw"
So says Melvin Butler, 17-year-old
Indianapolis youth, in jail with
bullet hole in his leg, and charges
of robbery. petit larceny and auto
theft against him.
Quite likely his conversion is
complete and he will be good from
now on-at least until he Is free
once more to do as he pleases.
But it is significant. to say the
least, that he. like so many other
wrongdoers, didn't feel the over
whelming urge to reform until his
latest criminal escapade resulted
disastrously and lead and the law
laid him by the heels. AS long as
he was getting away successfully
with his hold-ups and auto thefts
he had no moral qualms nor did
he care TO he a straight guy"
Some sociologists and criminol-
ogists believe that one who COM
mits a crime is a candidate for an
operation instead Of imprison-
ment. They attribute his criminal
proclivities to the improper func-
tioning of some Of his obscure
glands. They would reform him.
make n pure little Rollo out Of
him. by using the surgeons knife.
In most cases It doesn't require
q an operation to turn the trick and
make a lawless youth see the error
OF his way. The old-fashioned rom
edies-a chunk of lead and a pair
of handcuffs-will generally make
his duct1ess glands get up and
hump themselves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-02-24

What was the origin Of the "fez''
as the headgear of Turkish men?
The fez came as one Of the sudden
Turkish reforms relatively a short
time ago. Sultan Mahmoud II, who
ruled during the early years of the
nineteenth century, wished. like Pc
ter the Great Of Russia, to modern
lie his people and turn their
thoughts from Asia. He decreed
that they should abandon the tur-
ban and wear the fez, Influenced
doubtless by the fact that the latter
is at once more modish and convent
ent. He coupled the fez with the
introduction Of the frock coat for
his courtiers and the we'll dressed
young Turk in general. For this he
was denounced by most Of his peo-
pie as 1.-The fnfidel sultan" The use
of the feZ continued, however, to
such good advantage that within q
generation or so it was looked upon
by the outside world and no doubt
by most Turks as the distinctive age
old Turkish head covering. Why
Mahmound settled on the fez is not
quite clear. Most of his reforms
looked toward dissemination But
something very like the fez was
worn by the ancent Assyrians and
Hittites, and 1T is supposed to have
come down to modern times through
the Byzantines and the Greeks. One
thing III its favor was the lack o
brim. So long as the Turks Were
devout Moslems, practicing theil
prostrations at prayer time, brim
were not permissible. since they in
terfered with touching the forehead
to the ground
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Text: f'It is required of stewards
that a man be found faithful
Cor. AZ.
(" OMEONE said to John Wan
III namaker. You are a very
wealthy man; you own a lot
Of property" mo" Mr.. Wanna
maker replied. Il am a very poor
man. 1 own nothing. All this be-
longs to God. He Is trusting me to
use it for him, and I am trying to do
it." He considered himself a
steward for God; and what a faith
full steward he was. as all who know
Of his life and work will testify.
You talk about my factory" my
store" my farm" my ability" my
education; but you ought to remen-
Der, and never forget. that those
things are yours only as a trust
from God.
God may not have intrusted to you
so much as he did to Mr.. Wanna
maker, but whatever he has put in