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Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
ARREST JOHN CARDY
AFTER LONG HUNT
Former Milford Man Held In Balti-
more On NOn-SuppOrt Charge

For almost a year and half Mrs.
John L. Cardy, of Milford, has been
searching for her husband. Police
of Wilmington and other cities in
various states aided her.
Today Cardy is under arrest in
Baltimore on a charge of non-sup.
port and the search for him has been
ended.
Some time this week or early next
week State Detective Freeman Mes
sick, who caused Cardy's arrest, will
leave for Baltimore to bring him
back to Delaware to face his wife
and a magistrate.
Recently Mrs. Cardy obtained in
formation that her husband was in
Baltimore and at once swore out a
warrant for his arrest. The war
rant was sent a few days ago to
Detective Messick who in turn sent
it to the Baltimore police.
Attorney General Southerlands
Office has prepared and forwarded
requisition papers to Governor Rit-
chic at Annapolis, Nd AS soon as
the papers are returned here, Cardy
will be eXtradited.
Cardy is alleged to have deserted
his wife on December 20, 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
EVERGREEN FORESTERS.
RECEIVED APPLAUSE.
Rangers And Band Of Local Green
Top Organization Well Receiv-
ed At Providence.

The members of the Band and
Rangers OF Evergreen Forest No.
40, Tall Cedars, OF Milford, have
just returned from Providence,
Rhode Island where they partici-
pated in the Supreme Forest Con-
VentiOn held in that city. During
their stay in the New England city,
Evergreen's band was accorded the
distinction of broadcasting a pro-
gram through station w. ]. A. R.,
of Providence. They have received
many favorable comments for their
program. Evergreen Forest sent
her two uniformed units to Provi-
dence and the snappy appearance
of the Rangers in their light blue
blouses, white breeches, black put
tes and overseas caps as they swung
along in their perfect formations
brought rounds of applause all
along the line of march. The two
units from Evergreen Forest were
headed by Grand Tall Cedar George
o. FearOn, of Georgetown. The
band of thirty pieces under Direc-
tor Snyder behind Tall Cedar Fear
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Evergreen units was the color
guard section, bearing the banner
with the proud distinction of Hard
ing's Own, which the organization
has adopted since the late President
Harding was made a member OF
Evergreen Forest. Following the
color guard came the Royal Rang
ers under the command of Captain
Harold C. Grier and Drill Master
Major w. E. Lank. In the evening
a monster Mardi Gras ball was
held in the Arcadia Ball room fol
the visiting Tall Cedars. At this
affair the crack drill teams of sew
eral forests staged a competition
drill. Throughout the stay in Pro
vidence, the members of Evergreen
Forest were acclaimed as coming
from the forest which had made
president of the United States
| Tall Cedar.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
ODD FELLOWS WILL CONFER
DEGREES HERE TONIGHT
Delaware Degree Staff viii Put On
Work in Community Building

The members of the Delaware
degree staff, of Wilmington, will
come to Milford this evening where
they will confer three degrees on a
class of candidates. These candi-
dates will be brought from all the
lodges of Odd Fellows in Kent and
Sussex Counties and a large class
is expected Members of Crystal
Fount Lodge No. 10, of Milford,
who are making arrangements for
tonight's affair have notified the Of
fcers of all lodges in lower and
central Delaware to present the
candidates from their lodge to the
Grand Secretary, Harry COuty, at
the Community Building promptly
at z o'clock, eastern standard time,
this evening. Odd Fellows in Del
aware have shown a steady increase
in membership during the past sew
eral years, and tonight's class will
add materially to the total member
ship OF the state it is thought.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
SUSSEX LEGION WILL HEAR
CONGRESSMAN R. c. JOHNSON
Distinguished Statesman VIII Speak
At Georgetown And Milton Sunday

Members of the new Sussex Post,
No. 8, of the American Legion, of
Georgetown, have arranged Mem
orial Day service in Ryan's Theatre,
Georgetown, Sunday afternoon at
O'Clock, also a meeting in Milton,
the same afternoon at 4 o'clock.
A very interesting program has
been arranged for both Georgetown
and Milton, including patriotic flag
display, attendance of veterans of all
wars. Music will be furnished by the
Georgetown orchestra in Georgetown
and by the Milton orchestra in Mil
ton.
The principal speaker of the day
will be Congressman Royal c. john
son of South Dakota. Congressman
Johnson is chairman of the World
War Veterans Committee of the
House of Representatives He is a
wonderful orator and a great man
of national reputation.
Congressman Johnson enlisted in
the late war as a private and was
discharged as a lieutenant. He was
seriously wounded in the Meuse-
Argonne Forest front.
The public is invited to attend
both of these meetings, especially
veterans of previous wars.
No admission will be charged or
collections taken.
There will be other noted speak
ers present who will make short
talks appropriate to the occasion.
The meeting will be held at
Georgetown at p. m. and at Milton
at 4 p. m. on Sunday, May 80.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
HOPE TO ENACT LAW
PROVIDING SEIZURE
At Present BOotleggers Cars Are
Not Seized Because Of Faulty
Law.

Confscation of automobiles and
other vehicles used in the illegal
transportation of liquor, which was
halted some time ago because of a
flaw in the State liquor law, will be
provided for in a bill to be sub
mitted to the Legislature early next
year.
The attorney generals Office, it
is stated will draft an amendment
to the liquor law to make the sec
ton providing for the cOnf1scation
of liquor carrying vehicles consti-
tutional.
The amendment will make the
section of the law in question read
similar to a like section of the Vol
stead act, it is stated.
The court en- banc some time ago
held that under the present State
law, confscation of vehicles used
for the illegal transportation of
liquor was unconstitutional in that
the law does not provide for the
giving of notice to the owners OF
the vehicles of the seizure and fore
feiture proceedings which the at
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court following the conviction of the
operator of the car on a charge ol
illegal transportation Of liquor.
1t was brought out during the
proceedings that the Federal law
provides for the giving Of such g
notice.
The proceedings which led to the
courts decision on the law were
instituted by Percy Warren Greer
! attorney of Wilmington.
Mr.. Green contended in his argu
ment before the court that the State
law, because it does not provide fol
the giving to the owners of notice
of seizure and sale of confiscateC
cars was unconstitutional in that i
deprived citizens of their propert!
without due process of law.
Pending the amending of the Law
no automobiles or other vehicles
used by bootleggers or their agent
are being confscated by State Off
GERS. Those offenders who pleat
guilty or are convicted are in min
cases out of ten, being sentences
to the limit in a fine of $500, or i'm
prisonment for one year if the fin
is not paid.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
GOVERNOR ROBINSON GREETS
KENT COUNTY CLUB MEMBERS
Executive Is Made A Member OF
Kent County Community AssO.

At the annual roll call Of the
Bows and Girls Clubs in commun1-
tv work in the rural schools of Kent
county, held Saturday on Dover
Green, fifteen schools answered
each responding with some song or
other feature. Pennington school
won the prize for having the best
answer to roll call. A drill was pre-
sented, songs sung and exercises
prepared by the children gwen
The morning was taken up in reg
istering and a visit to the state
House.
In the afternoon, Governor Rob
inson extended greetings on the
part of the State, and congratulated
the children on their community
Caleb Boggs, a Dover High
School student from Cheswold, and
a community leader, responded 10
the Governor.
The presentation of pins to those
who merited them by special COM
munity work, was made by a. y
Cobb. State club leader.
Governor Robinson was decoraI'
ed with a pin and was made mem
her of the Kent County Community
Association.
The exercises of the day closeC
with a health play in the Dover
Century Club under the dlrectloI
of Miss Mccoy, of Philadelphia
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
P. DU POINT DESIRES
LIQUOR INFORMATION
Sends DR.. Richard W. Cooper
To Canada To Learn True
Facts.

Pierre s. DUPONT, for whom DR..
Richard Watson Cooper is making
study of the operation of the Pro
vince of Quebec (Canada) liquor
law, said he had no plan for mod1-
fication of the liquor laws at pres
ent, even if he should desire to
present one later.
Mr.. DUPONT said he is deeply in
terested in this subject but the only
information available was the re-
port of the Canadian liquor COM
mission quoted at the session OF
the Senate committee which gave a
hearing in prohibition in Washing
ton. He wanted first hand infOrma-
ton on the subject and for that rea-
son asked DR.. Cooper to make the
survey, he said.
He considered DR.. Cooper excel
lently qualified to make such a sur
vey and added that the doctor
would give information as he Sc
cured it and would not allow his
own personal opinions to enter in
to the subject. 1t is not known
exactly how long DR.. Cooper will
be in Canada but he will spend suf-
ficient time there, to get thorough
ly into the subject and it is felt
that his investigation will be val
liable to those who are interested
in the controversy over prohibition
no matter on which side they may
be.
DR.. Cooper has made numerous
surveys on other subjects. He is a
Methodist Episcopal minister, for
mer college president and well
known as an educator. He is as
sociate director of the Service Citi-
zens of Delaware, but that Organi-
cation has nothing to do with DR.
Cooper's trip to Montreal and Que
bee, where he will confer with the
Premier of Canada, the attorney
general, members of the Quebec
Liquor Commission and other Of
| ficials.
Under the system now in opera
ton in the Province of Quebec Ii
quor laws, only beer and wine, ar
sold in saloons, but whisky ant
other liquors may be bought a
stores of the Liquor Commission
A citizen of Canada is permitted t,
buy up to two quarts of whisky a
a time at liquor store, and non
resident may buy up to one quar-
of whisky at a time. Wine, beel
brandies and other beverages ais
may be bought at the liquor stores
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
STATE TROOPS WILL NOT
CAMP AT REH0B0TH
Lack OF Planes To Draw Targets
Necessitates Change OF Site

Announcement has been made
that because the War Department
will not provide planes to draw the
targets for long range practice, the
annual encampment of the 19Sth
Regiment. Anti-Aircraft, Delaware
National Guard, will not be held at
Rehoboth this summer. The beach
has been the site of the encamp-
ments the past two years, put when
a delegation of Rehobuth residents,
headed by Charles S. Horn, repre-
sentatives of the Rehoboth Cham
Ler of Commerce, the town commits
s'oners and others interested in the
seashore resort, called on Adjutant
General J. Austin Ellison at the
State Armory they were informed
the encan pment would not be held
at Rehoh0th for the rea ms GiScn
The definite site of tho camp has
not been determined, but is is
thought it will be held 1T The State
Rifle Range below New Castle. Ac-
cording to officials OF the War De-
partment the range has been placed
in good order and will make an
ideal camp site.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
MAN ALLOWED S29lO
FOR INJURY TO ARM
Accident Board Awards This Sum To
John GOrIick At Meeting Here

The Industrial Accident Board
awarded John Gorlich of Milford
$3.50 on Tuesday for injuries to his
left arm sustained last tall, while
employed at the Ellendale Canning
Company. The hearing was at Mil
lord where the board met in a spe-
clal session.
1t was claimed that the arm had
suhered a permanent impairment of
physical function, and the award
was estimated on the basis of the
loss of 70 per cent of the use of the
injured member. Compensation is to
be made at the rate of SIS a week for
1914 weeks.
The case of William Mitchell
against Adams and Brother, was
continued by the board in a hearing
at Bridgeville, for thirty days in
order to give him additional medical
services for his arm, which was in
jured last fall.
George O'Neil was awarded COM
pensation for five weeks for an in
jury received last fall while in the
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hearing was held in SeafOrd and
concluded the morning hearings.
Decision was reserved for few
weeks by the board m hearing
held at Milford in the afternoon in
determining the status of disability
of John H. Williams, who was in
jured while in the employ of George
& Lynch last fall.
At a hearing in Milton, to deter
mine the percentage of loss of vision
sustained by Joshua Kitchens OF
December 21, 1925, while employed
in the button factory of George A
Lippincott, it was decided to holt
another hearing on the case at SOM
future date. 1t was brought out a
the hearing that the injured eye ha
improved.
Those who heard the cases wer
Walter o. Stack, president of tn
board; Charles H. Grantland, secre
tary; Robert K. Jones and William
J, Swain.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
LIEUTENANT PRATT FLIES
HOME FOR WEEK END VISIT
Naval Officer And COmrade Make
Trip From Norfolk

Lieutenant Lockwood Pratt sur
rrised his wife and parents last
Saturday afternoon when he ar
rived in Milford in navy airplane
and spent the ween-end with ms
family here. He was accompanied
bv Lieutenant John Heath, ma
tive of Georgia. The officers were
ordered to the Philadelphia Navy
Yard to transact business, and atter
circling about Milford on their way
north they went to philadelphia
after which they returned to Mill
ford. The trip from Norfolk was
made in one hour and ten minutes
and a like time was consumed on
the trip to Philadelphia from NIL
ford. Lieutenant Pratt, son OF Dr'
and Mrs. ]. Lynn Pratt, IS Io!-
mer Milford boy who atter ms
graduation from Annapolis took up
the aviation branch of the service
At present he is stationed at NOR
folk Navy Yard. His wife, former
ly Miss Mary Grier and small
daughter, will leave tomorro" LoI
Norfolk to meet her husband.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
MILFORD WILL CELEBRATE
DECORATION DAY QUIETLY
Baseball Game In Afternoon. Dance
In Evening. Stores Closed

Following the custom Of years
standing, the stores in Milford Will
be closed all day Monday next.
Memorial day this year falls on
Sunday. but the usual custom is
to celebrate it the day following.
This will be the observance this
year. One of the features provided
for the amusement Of the people OF
Milford on Monday will be a base
ball game between the strong Will
mington Chapter of De MOlay and
Evergreen Chapter of Milford. The
game will start at 8 o'clock. In the
evening the biggest dance OF the
season will be staged in the COM
munity Building. This is the first
open spring dance given by Ever
green Chapter, Order Of De Molay
and promises to be the social event
of the season. Tickets for the af-
fair may be secured from the men,
bers of the De MOlay. The manu-
featuring plants in Milford will
also celebrate the day bv closing
The Chronicle will be closed all
day.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
DELAWARE STRAWBERRIES
ARE NOW IN MARKET
Finest Fruit On Face OF Earth Now
GraceS Tables.

Home grown strawberries have
made their appearance in Milford
markets and ready buyers purchas-
ed them from the growers. Later
than usual, the delicious fruit has
lost nothing of it's flavor by it's
tardy appearance. The berries are
selling in the local markets at
twenty cents per quart. Hundreds
of trucks are carrying the berries
to the city markets in addition to
the express and freight service.
The real season should open next
week at which time strawberry
growers in Sussex county will en-
ploy Italians from New York, Phila
delphia and Baltimore, to do the
picking this year the same as other
years. Whole families will be
moved to the farms in lower Della
ware and many of them will remain
throughout the summer, being used
in picking peaches and apples and
following along with the work in
connection with other crops until
late in the fall.
Canneries are also preparing for
the strawberry pack. The cold
pack of strawberries is becoming a
most important industry in rural
Delaware. The berries, brought in
from the patches to the canneries,
are cleaned and picked and then
packed in huge oak barrels with
layers of pure granulated sugar be-
tween the berries. That's all there
is to the cold pack of strawberries
but there is a "knack" about it in
connection with how much sugar
shall be used and how the casks oi
strawberries shall be cared for af-
ter they are filled.
The secret of packing strawber-
ries is zealously guarded by eacf
packer and the formula handed
down from father to son. Usually
these casks of strawberries are i'm
mediately placed in cold storage
where they remain until used dur
ing the winter following, when the!
appear as a part Of delicious sun
daes at soda water fountains ant
in first class cafes.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
REGISTERED DOGS NOT
ALLOWED TO RUN LOOSE
Ignorance OF Law Causes Many
Arrests Throughout State.

At the last session of the Legis-
lature a law prohibiting the run
ming at large of dogs at certain sea-
sons was passed. During the past
few weeks a large number Of dog
owners have been arrested because
their dogs we've running loose I'M
accompanied by the owner.
In most instances those arrested
are absolutely innocent insofar DIS
their knowledge of the law is con-
cerned. Many others who are ig-
norant of the exact wording of the
law are liable to arrest, he pointei
Lut.
Dogs which aave been register ed
are not ALLOW ed 20 rln at large, not
even in the owners property. This
is the main point not generally un-
derstood.
Regardless of whether the dogs
are registered or not it will be well
for the owner to leave the real in
tent of the law before turning the
canine loose.
Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
GLENDALE MAN HEADS
STATE POSTMASTERS
E. F. Whitney Elected At An
nuaI Meeting Held At Har-
ringtOn.

At the third annual meeting OF
the Delaware League of Postmas-
ters, held at Harrington last Thurs-
day, officers were elected for the
ensuing year as follows:
President, E. F. Whitney, Of Ell
1endale; vice-president, w. E. Cul-
len. of Clayton; secretary and tre"s 5
urer. ]. B. Robbins, of Milton; de-
legate to the national convention
at Salt Lake City, Utah, w. r. Rls-
Ter. of Lincoln; alternate delegate,
Miss Ella Johnson Of Newport.
Addresses were made during the
meeting by Post Office Inspector W.
A. Sommers of Wilmington; Leroy
w. Hickman, Wilmington Post
master; Mark L. Davis, of Milford !;
John Hudson of Georgetown and
others, 1t was decided to hold the
next meeting at Rehoboth on the
second Thursday in August, which
meeting the wives and families OF
the members will be invited to at
tend.
Postmaster F. C. Powell, of Har-
rington entertained the visitors at
dinner at SWANS Hotel.
Postmaster Stanley s. Stevens,
of Delaware City the retiring presi-
dent presided at the business meet
ing which was opened at 2 O'Clock
Thursday afternoon. Nineteen
members of the league answered
the roll call. Mr.. Hickman, of Will
mington, complimented the loca
/ host on the arrangement for the
meeting.
A communication was read 1nVlt
ing the postmasters of Delaware tt
a meeting in Philadelphia to be hell
in June, at which time POSTMASTER
General New, will make an address
A campaign will be inaugurateC
during the coming year to get al
the postmasters in Delaware as
sociated with the league.
Postmaster Hudson, of George
town said he understood this wa
the month that the rural route
were to be inspected. He had com
pleted this inspection and onl,
found one rural route that measur
ed accurately to the distance tn
route was supposed to be. Postof
flee Inspector Sommers in repl
said where a rural carrier droV
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Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
DELAWARE BASS AND PIKE
SEASON OPENED TUESDAY
Game Commission Has RestOeked
Many Ponds In State.

Delaware hook and line fisher
men are now having their innings
in the ponds and streams OF the
State, for, beginning on Tuesday
bass, pike and pickerel, the princi-
nal fresh water game fish of Della
ware, may be caught. Devotes OF
the rod and reel in this State, as
we'll as hundreds from nearby
Maryland and Pennsylvania VIII
trek to the favorite fishing GROUNDS
and once more the story of how the
biggest bass escaped after a terri
fic struggle will enliven the haunts
of the fishermen.
From preliminary reports the
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Milford chronicle., 1926-05-28
DAN BEARD DELIGHTS
MILFORD BOY SCOUTS
Veteran Boy Worker Advises
Local Boys In Methods Of
Better Living.

The members of the Milford troop
of Boy Scouts, under their Scout
Master DR.. Evans Roberts, were
the guests Of the Milford Rotary
Club at it's regular weekly dinner
last Friday evening. The occasion
of the visit of the scouts was made
doubly interesting to them by rea-
son of the presence of Daniel Car
ter Beard organizer of the Boy
Scout movement in the world. Mr..
Beard came to Milford at the invi-
tatiOn of the Rotary Club primarily
to address the Scouts, and second
arily to talk to the boys of Milford
who are not members of the Scout
organization. Practically 100 per
cent attendance of the Scouts was
mustered for the dinner and meet
ing in the Community Building
which followed the dinner. The
boys of the town generally did not
turn out as well as the committee
in charge of the evenings program
had hoped. Scouts from Bridge
vile, Dover and RehObOth came to
the meeting and heard their chief
speak of the. work and efforts of
Of the scout movement.
1t was indeed a treat to the
youngsters who were present to
hear Mr.. Beard tell of the manner
in which his boys are trained in
self reliance, wOodcraft and citi-
zenship. He told of instance after
instance wherein the scouts have
proven worthy of their Organiza-
ton, and cited many instances
where the boys have proven real
heroes while in the performance of
lar he stressed in his talk. He
their duties. One fact in particu-
said that in recent conversation
with three judges in New York
City he had been informed that
never in the history of their courts
had a boy or man who had been a
member of a boy scout Organiza-
tion come before them for a crime
Those boys who heard the inter
nationally known boy worker were
more than repaid for their visit
They took home with them thoughts
which in future life will be of mucl
benefit to them. 1t is too bad tina
the parents of Milford did not SCI
to it that more of the boys wer'
present. They have missed an op
portunity to learn from a man wht
knows how to instruct, and in al
interesting manner.