davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
COLLECT S3,OOO,OOO
AS STATE TAXES
Tax Collections For The Year
Just Ended Almost Double
Previous Year.

Pierre S. DUPONT, school tax COM
missioner, reports collections of his
department for the year ended
June 80, 1926, reached $3,0S7 ,511.79
as compared with $1,774,O3786 for
the year 1925, or a gain over the
corresponding period of $1,319,473.-
SO. The number of returns filed in
dicates an increase of 42,096.
The most substantial increase in
the various classes of taxes collect
ed by the department was of income
tax collections, with a gain of $685.
121.61. A rise was also shown in the
franchise tax of $457 7,995.20. The
collection of additional penalties
gained $42,549.05 over the preceding
year.
In the month Of June, 1926, as
compared with June 1925, franchise
tax collections jumped from $451,-
S65.2S to $1,017, ,845.90.
The report indicates returns filed
in 1925 covering taxes for all years
were 73,601, while 1852 returns
were filed in 1925, or an increase of
42,096 over the previous year.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
ROTARIANS WILL ENTERTAIN
BUSINESS FRIENDS THIS EVENING
Weekly Dinner Meeting will Be Ad-
dressed By DIR. Gayl A. Hitch

The Milford Rotary Club at its
regular weekly dinner meeting this
week will entertain several of Mil
ford's business men who are not
members of the organization. The
total membership of the club at this
time is thirty-four, and each will
take a business friend to the dinner
this evening. The idea Of the meeting
is to better acquaint the business in
terests of Milford with the ideals and
aims of Rotary. DR.. Gayl A. Hitch,
past president of the Laurel Rotary
Club, will be the principal speaker
at the dinner. DR.. Hitch has been
very active in Rotary work and is
an excellent speaker. The address
should be an enjoyable one.
At last weeks meeting of the club
each member was called upon to ex-
press his opinion as to the future
and past activities of the club. Many
entertaining discussions resulted. r.
L. Helm, of the Wilmington Club,
and William E. Valiant of the Lau-
rel Club, were visitors.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
BIG ENROLMENT
IS HOPE OF SCHOOL
AUTHORITIES 1ST DAY
Energetic Campaign To Interest
Parents Will Start Monday,
August 18th.
WILL ADDRESS MEETINGS
Visiting Teachers In Each Dis
trict Will Make Effort To
Boost Registration.

The public schools of Delaware
will open for the fall and winter sea-
son on Tuesday, September 7, the
day after Labor Day. Ii the efforts
of the visiting teachers and attend
ance committee Of the Parent-Tca-
cher's Association and various school
officials succeed us we'll as in other
years, the number OF pupils entering
school on September Z, will be the
largest the state has ever expert
enced.
The four visiting teachers will be-
gin an energetic campaign in the
week of August Is and continue
daily at it until the puolic schools
open. Letters will be forwarded to
various organizations in each dis
trict and to parents whose children
have been late starting in at school
in other years. The visiting teachers
will attend and address camp meet
ings and urge parents to send their
children to school on the first day,
they will be present at picnics and
make similar pleas for big attend
ance at the start. Ministers from
their pulpits and superintendent of
Sunday schools will refer to the op-
ening of the public schools on Sep
tember Z, and there will be confer
ences of school officials when the
plea for a better attendance will be
solicited and at meetings of oranges
the question of a brief first-day at
tendance will be urged.
Within the next week Superinten-
dent Holloway will meet with the
visiting teachers who have been urg-
ed to prepare poster that will be
broadcast throughout the state call
ing attention to the opening of
school. These posters will be put up
at cross roads, in country stores and
at every public place possible so
that the widest publicity may be
given this attendance campaign.
In addition to this the visiting
teachers, who have the names of the
students who have failed to report
for lessons on the opening of school
in other years will visit the homes
of these children and personally So
licit the cooperation of the parents
so that the children may get an early
start. The attendance committee OF
the Parent-Teacher Association is
preparing to cooperate with the Wis
iting teachers and do everything
possible to make this years attend
ance at the opening of the schools g
record breaker. Last year attendance
banners were presented the leading
school in each county. These ban
ners were divided among the grade
schools, special district, and the one
and two-teacher schools. Whichever
school has the highest percentage o.
CONTINUED on page 1O)
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
KENT COUNTY ROAD BONDS
SELL ABOVE PAR; STATE BELOW
Bonded Debt of State is Now Only
$1O,S26,7S5

Bids were opened Tuesday for the
last 100000 of the $500,000 Kent
county State aid road bonds, author
lied by the last Legislature. The
bids received follows; Farmers
Bank, Dover, $1O2; National City
Company, New York, $1O0,309; Esta-
brook and Company, New York,
S1OO.18; Harris, Forbes and Com
pany, New York, $99,658. The award
was made to the Farmers Bank.
Recently bids were opened for
$4,000 State highway bonds.
The bidders follow: Farmers
Bank, Dover, $98.49; Harris, Forbes
Company of New York and Laird,
Bissell & Needs, Wilmington, $685.
315; Graham, Parsons & Company
and VIM. R. Compton Company, New
York, $97.31; Bankers Trust Com
pany, Guaranty Company Of New
York, $9S,8291; National City Com
pany, New York, $O9,O99; Estabrook
& Company and Ballin and Lee, New
York, $99,O93; Redmond & Company
and Phelps, Fem C Company, $97,-
8199; Barr Brothers 6 Company,
New York, $99,439; Kean Taylor &c
Company, $9S7949. The award was
made to Barr Brothers & Company
at $99,439.
In the financial statement issued
by State Treasurer Fouracre in con-
nection with the advertisement for
the State bond issue, he gave the
valuation of property at $252,002,-
1OS.S1; bonded debt including the
above $5OO,OOO issue, $40, 326,785;
sinking fund, $1,656,S80.S0.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
WILL TEST WIND EFFECT
ON CANTALOUPE MILDEW
Theory That Disease Is Carried By
Wind From Carolina

Does the mildew which affects
cantaloupes in Delaware, reach this
state on the winds from the Caro-
linas, where cantaloupes are also a
big crop as they are in Delaware, is
a question which DR.. J. F. Adams,
plant pathologist for the State Board
of Agriculture and a member OF the
staff Of the experimental station or
the University of Delaware, hopes TO
determine this year.
How the ailment is carried over
from year to year has always been
a mystery to the plant specialists.
Delaware hasn't the character OF
weather throughout the winter to
permit of this, and yet each year the
disease appears to greater or lesser
degree on the cantaloupe vine.
In order to establish the fact as
definitely as possible, DR.. Adams has
selected three central cantaloupe
sections, chiefly in Sussex county,
where plates specially prepared are
being exposed to the winds that blow
from the south. These plates which
were set up last week, will show
whether this is the origin Of the mil
dew in this state.
The fact that winds carry plant
diseases, hundreds of miles, is borne
out by Investigations made in the
immense wheat belts Of the west and
if the ills can be carried long dis
tances there, it is assumed that the
-s sz.,5;4io,e NOV bn rncnOnSihlo
for the diseases here. Not for many
weeks will it be known whether this
assumption is the correct one and If
the experiment proves it, then means
will be taken to forestall the disease
as far as possible.
Last years crop Of cantaloupes IN
Delaware covered 3,450 acres and the
production totalled 414,000 crates, an
increase of $4,000 crates over 1924.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
MILFORD MERCHANTS
WILL HOLD DOLLAR
DAY AUGUST 18TH
Tentative Plans For Big Event
Were Made At Meeting Held
Tuesday Evening.
EXPECT BIG BUSINESS
The Wonderful Values Given At
Previous Events Expected To
Bring Large Crowds.

Milford will have another Dollar
Day. This was definitely decided at
a meeting of Milford merchants last
Tuesday evening. Most of the rep
resentative business men of Walnut
street were present and all express
ed themselves as being heartily in
accord with the idea. The date sell
ected was Wednesday, August 18th.
James P. Pierce, chairman of the
Milford Merchants Asso., which is
sponsoring the Dollar Day movement
appointed a committee of two to in
terview the merchants and prepare
the advertising campaign for the
day. Howard Derrickson and Harry
P Van Kirk were named to this i'm
pOrtant work.
The proposed Dollar Day will be
the third for Milford. Each of the
two previous days proved very
pleasing and profitable to both the
merchants and the buying public.
Values were given each time which
were real bargains, and practically
no complaint was made to the Asso-
citation from any purchaser. At
Tuesday nights meeting the mer-
chants stressed the fact that they
expect to give as good or better val
ues on Dollar Day this year than in
the past. The merchants met in the
Community Building last evening to
complete their plans for the event.
Further announcement of the event
will be made in each issue Of the
Chronicle from now until the bar
gain event is held.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
KENT AND SUSSEX
FAIR OPENS WITH
GOOD ATTENDANCE
Ideal Weather Conditions Add To
Opening Day Events For The
9TH Annual Season.
BOYS AND GIRLS EXHIBIT
Thousands Of Children Attend
On Tuesday..-GOvernOr's Day
Wednesday.

Under the most ideal weather con-
ditions experienced in its history,
the Kent and Sussex Fair Associa-
ton opened its gates at Harrington
Monday for the seventh annual sea-
son. Close to two thousand persons
attended.
The harness racing card resulted
in many close contests and in con-
junction with other racing novelties
featured the day. The exhibits look
ed upon as the finest ever entered at
the fair, were placed and with the
beginning of the judging are expect
ed to draw record breaking crowds.
Tuesday was Children's Day. All
children were admitted to the
grounds and grandstand without
charge. Thousands of youngsters
took advantage of the opportunity to
see the fair without cost.
Wednesday was Governors Day
and hundreds of citizens from all
parts of the state took advantage of
the day to renew old acquaintances
and talk over the political situation.
Arts Exhibited
One of the big features of the
exhibits is that showing the pro-
gress made through the county
agents and the State Agricultural
Department in the work Of the boys
and girls clubs throughout the state.
Poultry, corn and potatoes and sew
ing are exhibited by the 4 H Club
members of New Castle county. APP
proximately $3.50 in prizes will be
awarded to winners in the boys and
girls clubs. The North Star Potato
Club of HOckessin, and its Boys
Club, are also large exhibitors.
President Charles D. Murphy, vice
president, B. I. Shaw; secretary,
Ernest Raughly; treasurer, H. E.
Quillen, all of Harrington, expressed
great pleasure with the results of
the opening day and are confident
the fair will break all records for at
tendance before the week is up.
other exhibits comprise art work
by amateurs, culinary work, flowers
and plants, live stock, and machin-
cry.
Racing Program
Hallbee, owned by C. D. Murphy,
president of the Kent and Sussex
County Fair Association, captured
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
STATE BOARD WILL
DISCUSSRURAL SCHOOL
ATTENDANCE PROBLEM
Eighteen Districts In State In
vited To Attend TOday's Meet
ing In Dover.
nine : ARE IN SUSSEX
Consultations May Be Outcome
Of Meeting Because Of Poor
Attendance.

The consolidation of eighteen rural
schools will be the sole business con-
sideration at the meeting Of the
State Board of Education to be held
in the Supreme Court Room at Do
yer, today. This will be the first bus
mess meeting of the board, aside
from the organization session held
three weeks ago. President George
Williams who left for Canada early
in July returned Wednesday in order
to be present at this session.
1t is not expected there will be
much difficulty or contention over
the combining of these small schools
because the law has been in effect
for five years. Wherever the attend
ance is less than II students, the
State Board of Education is author
lied to combine the schools with
some other.
In a proposed consolidation OF
these 18 schools, the taxpayers OF
Delaware will save upwards OF So
900; but, according to DR.. Harry V.
Holloway, superintendent of public
instruction, the greatest saving is
not an economic one, but an educa-
tional advantage.
"The children will be given bet
ter opportunity" said DR.. Holloway
"because of the advantages they will
enjoy at better organized and more
efficiently conducted schools"
For the last three or four years
the boards of trustees of these eigh-
teen districts and the parents have
been notified in various ways that
unless the attendance was greater
than II, the State Board was likely
10 close the schools at any time
Conferences have been held in many
of the districts and also meeting with
the Board of Trustees so that this
decision of the State Board of Edu-
cation to close is nothing new.
Invite Parents To Attend
In each of the districts where the
poorly attended schools are located
the Board of Trustees, with parents
have been asked to attend this meet
ing on Friday where they will be
given the opportunity to present any
reason they may have indicating that
the attendance will be larger this
year which might result in the
school being operated. The sessions
of the board today have been divided
certain districts being summoned tc
appear in the morning and others in
the afternoon.
The schools involved are as fol
lows: Records, No. SO; Hills, No. 81;
Bellmouth, No. %; Salem No. ST.
Carlisle, No. 76; Calhoun's, No. 79i
Flowers, No. 1859; Roxana (colored)
and Godwin's, 20. 10, of SUSSEX
county.
Raymond's, No. z; Oak Grove, No
%; Warren's, No. 81; Shorts, No
81; Cedar Grove, No. "a; in Ken
county.
Oak Hill, No. Il; Patterson, No
711a; State Road, No. 49; and How
ellis No. 20; in New Castle county.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
MRS. MABLE MURPHY WAS
BADLY BITTEN BY A DOG
Animal Grabbed Her Arm When She
Reached Over Fence.

Mrs. Mabel Multiply was badly Bit
ten about the right forearm on Mon
day when the dangerous dog owned
by DR.. Walter K. Barrett inflicted
painful injuries. Mrs. Murphy was
in the yard of Mrs. Houseman which
adjoins the Barrett yard. She saw
the small Barrett child playing in
the adjoining yard and reached over
the fence to pet her. She did not
notice the dog, but before she was
aware of the animals presence it had
grabbed her arm and sunk its teeth
into the feshy part of the forearm.
She was so badly hurt that she was
unable to even attempt to loosen the
animals grip; and remained power
less until DR.. Barrett came to her
rescue and compelled the dog to re-
lease his victim. The injury was
dressed Immediately, but Mrs. Muir
ply has suffered severely from the
injuries this week. The dog has a
reputation of being very dangerous
and much complaint is being regis
tered from the neighbors about the
animal.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
SHOW GOOD GROWTH
State Agent A. D. CObb's Young
sters Are Forging Ahead In
Farm Work.

The Boys and Girls Clubs Of Del
aware, under the direction of A. D
Cobb, State Club leader, are enjoying
the most enterprising and interesting
season of any time since the clubs
were started a decade ago. Under the
direction of the Extension Depart
ment of the University of Delaware
and cooperating with the U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture the boys and
girls of Delaware who will be its fu-
ture farmers and business men, are
displaying more ambition this year
and the results are becoming ap-
parent.
Just now they are in the midst of
the various projects they started last
winter and spring, and while some
of the harvests have been ieached,
the great majority of them will not
be measured until the fall and early
winter.
This week the interest Of the Boys
and Girls Club of the State is CEN
tered about the display at the Kent
and Sussex Fair at Harrington. This
display which has been growing
steadily reached its greatest proper
ton so far at the Harrington exhibit
ton this week.
One of the big features in both
boys and girls club work is the
poultry clubs and the display by
these young people which is almost
double that of a couple of years ago.
The liveliest, most unusual and
unique exhibit ever attempted by
any members of a Boys and Girls
Club in Delaware is on display at
the fair. It's a hive of bees under
glass. The exhibitor is a member of
a down-state club who takes the
greatest interest in hiving bees.
For the young people themselves
the judging contests are always the
most interesting. The teams compris-
ing two members each will compete
for the privilege of representing
their county at the Junior Farmers
Short Course at the University of
Delaware in August. The judging
contests will be divided into four
groups comprising live stock group,
including all live stock and poultry;
crop group, embracing all crop
teams; clothing group, including all
clothing teams; and food group, en-
bracing all canning and cooking
teams.
The first prize teams in each
group from each of the counties will
have their expenses paid by the Kent
and Sussex Fair Association to at
tend the short course at Newark.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
JAP BEETLE QUARANTINE
ON EMPTY FRUIT BASKETS
Fruit Containers Must Be Inspected
For Pest Says Regulations

At a meeting of the State Board of
Agriculture, Thursday, July 8, 1926,
at Dover, the following quarantine
was passed, supplementary to the
Japanese Beetle Quarantine, which
went into effect May Is, 1926:
"All empty fruit baskets and pack
ages must be inspected before COM
ing down the state from within the
area quarantined against the Japan
ese Beetle. This quarantine effec-
tive on and after July Is, 1926"
All trucks having empty baskets
will report to the japanese Beetle
Inspectors on Fourth street, between
King and Walnut streets, Whining
ton, Delaware. The inspectors will
then accompany them to Fourth and
Walnut streets, where there is a
space provided for the inspection of
the baskets, and nermits issued.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
PROMINENT SPEAKERS WILL
ADDRESS DELMARVIA CAMP
Fine Program Planned For Meetings
August 10Th to 29th

In a meeting of the directors of
the Delmarvia Camp Meeting Asso-
citation final arrangements were
made for the Camp Meeting to be
conducted from August 18th to 29th.
In addition to the regular camp
there will be services each evening
for the cottage holders and visitors
the week before the regular camp,
with a special speaker each evening.
DR.. George w. Cooke, the well
known Evangelist will have charge
of the Camp with the assistance OF
his party of musicians. Other speak
ers of national reputation will also
come to the camp. Including DR..
Charles Weigle, the great Southern
preacher, DR.. Abraham Lathem, the
pastor of the Third Presbyterian
Church of Chester, Pa, and nation
ally known as the pioneer of Vaca-
tional Bible Schools; and the last
week julius Abrams of Troy, N. Y.i
the author of the famous book that
has so stirred Jewry "Out of the
House of Judah" julius Abrams
mas QdQ T6uldI dIhoDIG OAPOAASASN
and will bring to the Camp a vir-
lie and extraordinary message. Bish
op Hamilton says of julius Abrams
"To hear him is to get new con-
ception of Gods dealings and pur-
pose with the Jews.
His life experience, conversion and
ministry reads like romance.
A feature that is attracting wide
spread attention is the daily Vaca-
ton Bible School which will be SUI
perintended by DR.. Lathem. Free
busses will run from nearby towns
and a corps of expert teachers will
assist DR.. Lathem, The busses will
run from Seaford, Laurel and Bethe
they will start on August 10th, leav'
ing around $3.50 in the morning anC
return around 1890 noon. This
school will run for ten days from
nine to twelve o'clock each day. 4
large attendance is expected and be
ing arranged for.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
PREPARE FOR DELAWARE
TROOPS ENCAMPMENT

Accompanied by Colonel
Weller E. Slower, U. S. Army
Purchasing and Disbursing Of
ficer, and Captain John w.
Davis, of the 198th Anti Air
craft Regiment, Delaware Ma
tional Guard, 80 enlisted men
of the National Guard left Will
mington yesterday for the
State Rifle Range below New
Castle.
The detail will lay out the
camp grounds at the State
Range for the annual encamp-
ment of the National Guard,
which opens Saturday. The
troops will spend the first part
of their annual out-of-doors
tour of duty at that point. The
latter part will be at Reho-
both.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
new FERRY BOAT NAMED In
GOVERNOR RITCHIE'S HONOR
Big Crowd Sees Miss Harrington
Break Bottle Of Campagne On Rail

Smashing a bottle Of 1906 cham
pagne on the rail, Miss Mary Har-
rington, daughter of Emerson G.
Harrington, former Governor of
Maryland, and president of the An
napolis- Claiborne Ferry Company,
last Thursday christened the new
ferry steamer which will ply be-
tween the two points the Governor
Albert G. Ritchie.
Standing beside Miss Harrington
during the ceremonies were Cover
nor Ritchie and her father.
An automobile carrying Governor
Ritchie and Mr.. Harrington came on
board Just before the exercises start
ed. It was the first machine to enter
the boat. AS it came over the side a
portion of the Naval Academy Band
played while a crowd of about 1000
cheered.
Following the christening the fer
ry boat left for Claiborne under the
command of Capt. Thomas Woolford,
formerly commanding the ferry boat
Majestic. A luncheon was served the
guests enroute and at Claiborne a
general reception was held.
Following Thursdays trip the fer
ry boat will take its place on the
regular run between Annapolis and
Claiborne. The two steamers now
running, the Governor Harrington
and the Majestic, will stay in service.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
CAULK EMPLOYEES GIVEN
SATURDAY HOLIDAY IN AUGUST
New Plan Gives Workers An OppOr-
tunity To Seek Recreation

Beginning with last Saturday the
entire plant of the L. D. Caulk Co.,
will be closed every Saturday during
the month of August. The plan was
tried out last week, at which time
all work stopped Friday afternoon
at 5 O'Clock and was not resumed
until Monday morning. The scheme
worked satisfactorily to both the
employees and the management of
the company so announcement has
been made that during the remain
der of July and all Of August it will
be followed out. The idea is one
that works a double pleasure for
the employees. They are given an
opportunity to seek recreation else
where over the weekend, or to do
work at home which they might de-
sire to do. Should the innovation
prove pleasing to all concerned, it is
more than likely that it may be con-
tinued in the summer in the future.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-30
BERRIES LEAD In RAIL
SHIPMENTS THIS WEEK
White Potatoes And Cucumbers Are
A Close Second.

With white potatoes and cucum-
bers a close second, the shipment of
berries continues to lead over other
produce shipments in the Delaware
Division of the Pennsylvania rail-
road. Although there have been al
most twice as many tomatoes ship
ped last Monday as on the same date
last year, were 1868 quarts of ber-
ries shipped the total for the year
falls short of the total shipments last
year. There Monday, making total
up to date of 7,819,S64 quarts as COM
pared with last years shipment Of
only SO for the same day and to-
tai of but 53,693,336 quarts. Apples
shipped amounted to 14,706 barrels
for the day with a total so far for
Continued on page y