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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
ANNUAL MEETING OF
STATE FARM BUREAU
TO Be HELD AT DOVER
Gathering Of State AgricuIturists
Promises To Be An Interest
ing Affair.
BANKER WILL SPEAK
Principal Speaker OF Evening
Session Will Be C. R. LitIOw
Of Federal Land Bank.

Plans have been completed for
the sixth annual meeting of the
Delaware State Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton to be held in the Dover
Century Club on January 20, ac-
cording to an announcement fol-
lowing a meeting of a special COM
mittee held in the State Office on
Monday of this week. This COM
mittee meeting was attended by
John D. Reynolds, president of the
State Farm Bureau; w. V. COsden,
vice-president of the State Organi-
zation; Ed Willim, president of the
Kent County Farm Bureau, and
Frank F. Yearsley, president of the
New Castle County Farm Bureau.
The annual meeting of the Della
ware State Farm Bureau this year
will be held in connection with the
State Corn Show, and special in
vitation is being extended to all the
farmers and their families through
out the state to attend these com
bined events.
The business session of the Farm
Bureau meeting will open promptly
at 1920 on the morning of January
20, in the Century Club rooms in
Dover, and the first item of business
will be the reports of the various
committees and officers of both the
county and state organizations.
Following these reports an account
of the annual meeting in Chicago of
the American Farm Bureau Fedora
ton will be given by John D. Rey-
nolds who attended this meeting as
a representative of the Delaware
Farm Bureau.
The next subject of a business
nature will be the election of Off
GERS for the ensuing year, and fol-
lowing this procedure, short reports
on extension activities and their re-
lationship to the Farm Bureau Or
ganization will be given by County
Agents R. o. Bausman, Russell E.
Wilson and M. G. Vaughn.
It has also been announced that
DR.. c. L. Benner of the Department
of Farm Economics of the Univer-
sity of Delaware will deliver an ad-
dress on the relation of agricultural
economics to the farming conditions
as they exist in Delaware and other
states at the present time. In order
to show the value and Importance
of boys and girls club work in
each of the three counties, it was
suggested that the demonstration
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
AT ETCHTY-SIX YEARS HE
Is REAPPOINTED TO OFFICE
Squire HendrixsOn Commissioned
BY Governor For Four Years

Justice of the Peace Edward V.
Hendrixson, who serves the Sussex
county side of Milford, received an
honor this week which is unusual to
a man of his age. For the past
twelve years Mr.. HendrixsOn has
served the residents of Milford very
faithfully and has filled his office
without complaint. Notwithstanding
his advanced age he is at his office
daily at an early hour and remains
frequently until midnight to attend
to the duties of his Office. His third
term expired on Tuesday of this
week. Last Saturday he received a
commission from Governor Robin
son for another term of four years,
beginning at the expiration of his
old term. Magistrate HENDERSON
has passed his eighty-sixth birthday
and will celebrate the eighty
seventh anniversary of his birth
June 18th next. In addition to his
duties of Justice of the Peace he
serves the town Of Milford as it's
Alderman. In his younger life he
was a prominent vessel owner and
captain of sailing vessels.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
SUGGESTS REMEDY FOR
DEPLETION OF HOLLY
Speaker Says Holly Venders Should
Take Out License.

The establishment of a State for
est and incidentally a State game
reservation in Delaware was urged
by H. M. Wheeler, of the United
States Forestry Service at the Will
mington High School this week. The
meeting was held under the auspic-
es of the State Conservation Com
mission in the interest of develop
ing the forestry program Of the
State.
Delaware would profit immense
ly by the establishment of these res
ervations," said Mr.. Wheeler. "In
this State he continued, there are
100000 acres of wood lands and OF
this number $4,000 acres are unpro-
ductive and of no USE"
Mr.. Wheeler pointed out that the
forestry neglect was a general
problem as well as local one. He
predicted "that the great timber
supply of the United States would
be gone in ten years if nothing was
accomplished in the way of conser-
vation. In Canada the standing
timber will dwindle to nothing I'M
less rigid steps are taken to re-
place the rapidly disappearing for
ests."
Mr.. Wheeler offered several solu-
tions for conserving the holly OF
the State. What he considered the
most effective solution was to COM
pei every individual who intended
to sell holly at Christmas season to
take out a $50 license to cover the
depreciation caused by his occupa-
ton. This he predicted would de-
crease the number of holly venders
and enable the Forestry Service tc
keep tabs on the others.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
AUTOMOBILE RECEIPTS
Sl,O5S,4O2 In YEAR
Gasoline Tax Brought In Rev
enue TOtaIing $35O,5SO56 In
Year 1925.

There were 41,644 license tags is
sued for that number of motor
equipment during the year 1925, ac-
cOrding to the annual statement Oh
S. D. Prouse, State Titling Onlcer'
made public this week.
These were divided between S2,-
$50 pleasure cars, 1920 trucks, 16S
dealers, 375 motor cycles, 100
trailers and 800 tractors. or this
list, all are expected to show in
crease except that of dealers. The
large number of so-called dealers
763-shows how the state was I'M
posed upon last year by men Who'
in order to obtain the reduced rates
granted a dealer, got such licenses
and used them for their own profit.
1t is not expected that more than
two hundred will receive such IL
censes this year.
During the year there were dri-
vers' licenses granted to 4O,84l per-
sons and these are expected to be
added to this year because the
State Highway Police propose to
watch more closely for boys
and girls who drive cars and see if
they have a drivers license. 1t is
known that there were some VIOLA
tions of this character during 1925,
where children learned to drive and
occasionally did so, who had taken
out no drivers license.
Mr.. Prouse's report gives for the
first time the total receipts during
the year in the motor division of
the state government. The receipts
from licensing of cars, trucks, etc.,
was $S60,700. The two cents gaso-
line tax brought in $350,580.56 and
the receipts from titles, liens, ETC.,
was $27122, making a grand total
of $1,05S, ,402.58.
This final report of receipts veri-
fies the conservative estimate of ex-
penses for the department the past
year made by I. Paul Jones, former
secretary of the State Highway
Commission, which estimate is un-
der rather than over. In both the
estimated receipts for licenses, IT,
ties and also in gas taxes, Mr..
Jones' estimate was about $25,000
under in each instance, so that the
State Highway Commission, basing
it's expenditures for this year on
this estimate, is about $4,000 bet
ter off.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
U. S. INCOME TAX BLANKS
NOT READY FOR DISTRIBUTION
Filing OF Returns Is Delayed Pend
ing Enactment OF New Act.

Heretofore taxpayers have been
urged to file their income tax re-
turns early. The filing of returns
this year is delayed, pending the
enactment of the new revenue act
now before the Senate, which, as it
passed the House, contains changes
in regard to rates and other fea-
lures. However, there is nothing
to prevent a taxpayer at this time
from closing his books and comput-
ing his net income. Such cOmputa-
tions will not be affected by any
provisions of the new act. The ac-
tual preparation of the return itself,
after the computation, requires, in
a majority of cases, but few min
utes. Therefore, it is advised that
all figures and data be assembled,
pending receipt of blanks by tax
payers. When released, blanks will
be sent to taxpayers and also may
be obtained at the Office of Collec-
tor John w. Herring, in Wilmington.
Forms 1899 and 1895 used for
making information returns, are
now available at offices of collec-
tors of internal revenue and branch
offices. Such returns are required
of persons Gin whatever capacity
acting" who made to a single per-
son during the year 1925 payment
of $1,000 or more, or to married
person a payment of $2,500 or more.
Such payments include salaries,
rent, interest, cor other fixed or de-
terminable gains, profits and in
come"
Collectors of Internal Revenue
are not authorized to receive infor-
nation returns, which should be ad-
dressed to the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue, Sorting Section,
Washington, D. G.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
TALL CEDARS ENTERTAIN
AT ANNUAL LADIES NIGHT
Musical Program At Plaza And
Dance At Community Building

The annual Ladies' Night of Ever
green Forest, No. 49, Tall Cedars of
Lebanon, was held on Monday eve
ming, at which time about five hun
dred Cedars and their ladies enjoy
ed an evening of pleasure. The af-
fair was held at two places. The
first part of the evening was spent
at the Plaza Theatre, where the
Spear Home Entertainers, WEAF
artists, entertained with vocal and
musical numbers. After the program
had been concluded the Green Tops
went to the New Community Build
ing where dancing was the order for
several hours. Music for the dance
was furnished by George Madden's
Orchestra-and it was up to the US
uaI high standard of that organiza-
ton. The entertainment and dance
was very entertaining, and those
who attended were well rewarded
for their presence.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
NATIONAL RADIO FADING
TESTS START FEBRUARY 9
Effort viii Be Made To Find REM
edy For Trouble At That Time

Dates for the national tests of
radio reception to determine the
causes of static and fading were
announced today after 1000 of the
E4,500 designated observation sta
tions had expressed a willingness to
take part in the survey, which is
being conducted by the Stewart
Warner Speedometer Corporation
in cooperation with the Northwest
ern University. The first test will
be held on the night of February
9Th, from 8 to II o'clock, Central
standard time. The second and
third will be on the two succeeding
nights at the same hours. Subse-
quent trials will be held through
out the winter, should the data OBJ
tanned indicate that real progress
in a search for the causes of these
two major radio annoyances is pos
sible.
It was originally planned to hold
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Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
KENT ATTENDANCE
BEST IN THREE YEARS
WhitIey's School, With 80 200,
Wins The Rural Attendance
Banner.

The three attendance banners in
the Kent county schools are chang
ed monthly and so the interest of
the children and the competition be-
tween the schools is constantly re-
newed and increased.
In November FELTON, lost the gra-
ded banner by three tenths of one
per cent. The pupils of that school
then declared: 1--WE will get it for
December" Teachers, children and
parents used every effort to have
all the children. enrolled present
each day and so they won.
The following comparisons will
show the increase in attendance.
While there is falling off in the
number of honor roll schools for
December, this was due to disease
such as chickenpox, measles, and
whooping cough.
Sept Oct Nov. Dec
Honor Roll School,
1924-1925 .......68 so n 80
Honor Roll School,
1925-1926 .........S1 "a 81 78
December Honor Roll
Whitleys 1872 banner school of
rural group; BlackistOn 96.390,
Cowgills 9496, Mt. Willow 9O.59o,
Black Swamp 98.4@6, Smiths 9O.290,
Prospect 93.79o, Church Hill, $500,
Pine Grove 9O.15, Bennetts Gate
921@o, Maple Grove 93.99o, Willow
Grove 97.796, Magees 9S.13o, Mas
tens Corner 94.696, Pratts 90.590,
Warrens 94.1%, Cedar Grove 1929,
Hollandsville 1920, Raughleys
1920, Oak Grove 95.496, Potash
92.99o, Laws $3.50, Bowers 91.3%6,
FaTmington 959o, Woodside 979o,
Little Creek 500, Viola 9436.
FELTON, 1850 banner schooI VI
graded group; Frederick 92@o, Mag
nolia 94.3%o, Clayton, 9196, Houston,
91%o.
Carlisle 99.49S banner school of
colored schools; Blackiston, 93.496,
Blanco 1920, Kenton Grades 9195,
Sandfield $3.50, Lockwood, 92.9d,
Cheswold 94.996, Fork Branch 9796,
Woodside 94.786, Mt. Olive 9486,
Viola 929o, Union 91%, Reeves
Crossing, $3.50, Brownsville 92.99o.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
ALLEGED LIQUOR
MANUFACTURERS HELD
AFTERiWOMANSQUEALS
Fight At Home Of One Causes
Wife To Inform Officers, Who
Make Arrests.
ALL Held FOR COURT
Three Milford Men Among Those
Taken Into Custody One Al
ready Under Bail.

+ A brawl at the home of Harry
Passwaters, who resides on farm
near Glendale, resulted in the ar
rest of Passwaters and three Mil
ford men, all charged with the il
legal manufacture of liquor. The
chief witness against the men was
Mrs. Lydia Passwaters, wife of one
of the men arrested. Last Thurs
day night a fight, in which some of
the men participated, started at the
Passwaters' home, and during the
combat, Passwaters was struck over
the head with a gun welded by
Charles Warren, of Milford. Imme-
diately thereafter Warren went out
of the house and hid the gun, fear
ing that Passwaters had been killed.
In fact, it was feared that he was
dead for some little time after he
had been hit. Mrs. Passwaters then
came to Milford where she accused
her husband, Warren, Sherry Mas
ten, Jr., and Harry Masten with the
illegal manufacture of liquor. She
said that the men had made her
home the headquarters for the bus
mess, and that about four 3II2sd1 q baf
gallons of apple brandy were manu-
factured there each night.
Warrants were issued for the ar
rest of the men, who were arrested
and brought before Justice of the
Peace E. V. Hendrixson on Friday
for hearing. At that time the wo-
man repeated her testimony and the
men were placed under $500 bond
each for their appearance at court.
All except Warren were able to Sc
cure bail Immediately and were re-
lased. Warren offered bondsman,
but he was the same man who is al
ready on his bond on charge Of
driving an automobile while drunk
which is pending in court, so Mag
istrate Hendrixson refused to accept
him as a bondsman. He was taken to
Georgetown, where the same bonds
man offered to go his bond, and ow-
ing to the fact that the officer be-
fore whom he was taken did not
know of the former charge hanging
over him, the bond was accepted.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
R.RMERS BANK ELECTS
DIRECTORS FOR YEAR
Action For Three Branches OF Bank
Taken At Meeting Last Week

At a meeting of stockholders of
the Farmers Bank of Delaware held
at Dover directors were elected for
the three branches as follows:
Wilmington branch--Leroy Har-
vey, Emmet S. Hickman, Cornelius
D. Garrison, Fred H. Gawthrop,
Joseph S. Wilson and Francis v.
DUPONT.
- Dover branch - Henry Ridgely,
James H. Hughes, W. w. Harring-
ton. M. A. Hartnett, Frank Hall
Davis and M. R. Jenkins.
Georgetown branch = Joseph l..
Cahall, DR.. Rowland G. Paynter,
Julian E. Townsend, w. J. P. White,
william G. Dodd, DR.. Joseph B..
NAPLES. d,
The directors declared the usual
7 per cent dividend. officers will
be elected by the directors later.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15
You'll Know The Governors
Car Now.

Delawareans will know
when the Governors automO-
bile passes them on the road
or on the street hereafter, as
the new 1926 tags have the
word Governor" inscribed
beneath the number. The
Governors personal car has
always been designated by
the Number 1, but it is
doubly identified this year
with the figure 1 and "Gov-
ernor" in gold letters on the
plate.
The Lieutenant-G Governors
car is designated with Lieu
tenant Governor" inscribed
beneath the license number.
Another feature of this years
tags is on dealers cars. The
plates designate the dealer
with Delaware Dealer
above the license numbers.
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15

OUR PRINTING PLANT
rs THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
US QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1926-01-15

THERE ARE 1900 Ru. (
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS. |
PAPERS IN THE UNI. |
TED STATE S. THEl
CHRONICLE S T A N D 81
FOURTH IN THIS LIST
IN CIRCULATION.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09
Look to the DriUeuuay

Nothing adds more to the beauty
of any home than walks and drive
ways. These are nearly always built
of concrete, and the pleasing light
gray color dresses up the appearance
of the home surroundings in a de-
lightful manner.
1t is advisable that all walks, ap-
proaches and drives be constructed
at the same time the home is built.
Then the contractor has his material
and equipment on the job and the cost
of the work is lessened considerably.
In addition to lending charm to the
home place, concrete walks and drives
prove boon to the housewife by elm
mating the tracking of mud into the
house.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09

raised, and who are following breed.
ing methods leading to still further
improvement. The results were
achieved by persistent and systematic
work by the county agent and influ-
entail citizens in cooperation with
the State College of Agriculture and
the United States Department Of Ag-
riculture.
One Of the means of stimulating
interest in livestock Improvement
was the publication in July, 1924. of a
special edition of the local paper, de.
voted entirely to the better-sires cam
paign and educational articles and IL
Illustrations showing the value of bet
ter-bred live stock. The cattle indus.
try Of the county is largely devoted
to beef production, thus making the
achievement especially timely, In
view of current federal-state plans to
improve the quality of meat.
! Campbell County Striving.
Campbell county, Kentucky, is now
striving for the same achievement.
Mr.. Rhoads has informed the Depart
ment Of Agriculture that the number
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09

her front door. Idly she turned the
pages Soon she was reading with
Quickened interest. The little booklet
was filed with letters from women in
conditions similar to hers who had
found better health by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
II began taking the Vegetable Com
pound" Mrs. Daugherty writes, "and
after took the third bottle, found re-
lief. am on my eleventh bottle and
i don't have that trouble any more,
and feel like different woman.
recommend the Vegetable Compound to
everyone / see who has trouble like
mine, and you can use these facts as
testimonial. I am willing to answer
any letters from women asking about
the Vegetable Compound. "-MRs. Ed.
DAUaHERTY, 1908 Orchard Ave-, Musca-
tine, Iowa.
Are you on the Sunlit Road to Bet
ter Health?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09
Carelessness of City
Visitors TO Country

No longer are spring flowers the
chief adornment of our country roads.
The hepatica has had to yield place
to the pop bottle, the wind flower to
the wind-blown fragments of the Sun
day supplements, the adder's tongue
to the tin can.
Out of our cities pours an increas-
ing horde of people who sally forth at
dawn, after the fashion of tent cater
pillars, to leave destruction in their
wake. Accustomed to life where the
ever-ready white wing" and the gar
bage collector function as regularly as
the rising and setting of the sun, these
city jewellers have little or no concep-
ton of the beauty and dignity of clean
earth. They break down fences, strip
Towering shrubs, and all too frequent
ly lead one to wonder why the word
"urbanity" ever came to mean what it
is supposed to mean and why "civil-
ity' should have been the distinguish
ing mark of those who dwelt in cities.
Our large centers of population
sometimes wonder why they are so
unpopular in the rural regions One
reason is to be found in the trash lit
tered along our country highways
Editorial in The Outlook.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09
Let Peaches Grow Until
They Come Into Bearing

Let young peach trees grow as much
as they will until they come into bear
ing, is the advice from the New York
College of Agriculture at Ithaca. Fruit
men at the college say that the we'll
known custom of pruning back the
wood following after the seasons first
growth is not wise.
Such pruning, they say, delays bear
ing and may cause too late and ten
der growth. This, of course, increases
the danger of winter-killing.
The open-head system seems best,
IS it allows a more complete renewal
than do other methods. 1t provides
new, healthy wood farther down on
the main branches. The center should
be kept open at the top, and the
branches may be cut back to prevent
them from getting too tall, but other
wise little needs to be done until the
trees start to bear.
Young trees are usually pruned to a
whip when they are set, or if the side
branches are strong they are often left
and cut back to three buds. Buds
which are not wanted for future
branches may be rubbed off during the
first summer, and trees that get this
kind of treatment usually grow larger
than those that are severely cut back.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09

- :, BUILDING
Making the Home TotOn
Gust a Little Better"

There are several things a fellow
ought to do for the old town.
One step in the process will be to
study the other mans town. Learn
how he made his success. Use his
methods where they will work to adj
vantage. Mix little brains with OBJ
servation and improve on the past.
Why shouldn't you put the plus on
his success?
Then, too, one must line up the re-
sources of the old town. Practically
every place has some advantage. That
should be capitalized to its full worth.
Not in our likeness to other towns but
in our differences lie the distinctive
agencies that will insure success.
And not least among resources
should be the good will Of its people
Few towns put forth any real effort
to cultivate the interest of their citi-
zens. If people are interested they
work for the town, usually for what
they can get out of it. Our PROPOSE
ton calls for lining up everybody as
a matter of patriotic duty.
The next step is to sell the town to
folks outside Of it. Don't be afraid
to tell your towns advantages. When
other towns advertise match the lad"
with one of your own. Even if you
don't sell much to other folks the
process will add much to your own
estimate.
So, boost the old town. It will add
dividends and raise the place you live
in to one of pride and satisfaction.
It's great game. Try it.-Kansas
City Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1926-07-09
Cattle Grubs and
Means of Control
Young Stock Show Higher
Degree of Infestation.

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Few people connect the cattle grubs
found under the skin on the backs of
cattle with the adult insects known as
heel flies or MARBLE flies. These in
sects, which are responsible for con-
siderable loss because of reduced
milk flow and "grubby" hides, cause
great annoyance to cattle, particular
ly when laying their eggs on the legs
of the animals. From this point, the
and half to six days, burrow into
the leg. After journey of several
months up the leg and through the
body they reach situation just I'M
derneath the skin ON the back from
which they emerge as fully matured
grubs. These grubs, after burrowing
into the soil or under loose material,
some thirty to sixty days later devel-
op into flies. The foregoing facts are
brought out in Department Bulletin
No. 1369-D, "The Cattle Grub or Ok
Marbles, Their Biologies and Sugges-
lions for Control" just issued by the
United States Department of Agricul-
: ture.
The extent of infestation varies
with the age Of cattle, young stock,
particularly animals from one to three
years old, almost always showing
higher degree of infestation than ma
ture animals. Different breeds show
no difference in susceptibility.
Housing of the herd during the pc
RODS of fly activity has been known
greatly to reduce the infestations.
The bulletin gives detailed informa-
ton relative to this insect, its distri-
button, effect upon cattle and man,
economic Importance, control, and
possibilities of eradication. Any one
interested in the subject may obtain
copy of the publication free, as long
as the supply lasts, by writing to the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture, Washington, D. G.