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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
MILFORD COMMUNITY CLUB
OPENS SEASON DECEMBER 10
Prospects Are Bright For Local
Sports During Winter Months

The Milford Community Club bas-
ketball teams will swing into action
to start the incoming season next
Friday night, December tenth.
The boys will lineup against the
strong Frankford High School five
who hold the championship Of South
ern Delaware.
Coach Richards again has a strong
combination and those who saw
them play here last year know that
the locals will have a tough job to
come out on the long end of the
score.
Frankford High girls will oppose
the local girls and hard battle is
expected.
The local teams this year expect
to give the fans the best brand of
basketball since the old Battery F
team.
Bill" Ackerman again leads the
team. and will hold down the pivot
post. "Papie" Lynch, "Eggie" Den
ney and johnnie" Jacobs will be at
the forward berths and Frank Sapp,
Buck" Brown and Pat" Keyes will
form the defense.
The girls have been playing a fair
game to date and with practice are
expected to improve.
The schedule follows:
December 10-Frankford H. S. at
home.
December 14-Milford H. S. at
home.
December offending.
December 25-Laurel A. A., at
home.
December 28-DeMolay at home.
January 6-Sigma Neu, at home.
January 12-Washington College
]. o., at home.
January 1S-Frankford H. S.,
away.
January 25-Phi Kappa Tan, at
home.
January 2S-Open.
February Pending.
February Spending.
February 15-Pending.
February 22-University Of Della
war7 J. o., at home.
March 1-Frankford H. S., at
home. \
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
KENT COUNTY GIRL GOES
TO CHICAGO CONGRESS
Sara Moore Represents Delaware AT
Fifth Annual Gathering 4

Sara Moore, of Oak Grove, who
was recently chosen as the repre-
sentative from Delaware at the fifth
annual boys and girls club congress
in Chicago, this week, left for Chic
ago last Saturday. She has complet-
ed her sixth year of club work. She
has enrolled four years in the cloth
ing club, one year in the baking club
and this year she completed the
canning club work.
Sara is a senior in the Dover High
School, her home being near Oak
Grove. She is an excellent student as
well as a successful club girl, which
is evidenced by the fact that she was
one of two to attain a standing of
"a, the highest average in the Senior
class. In addition to her school work
and the assistant leadership of the
Oak Grove Clothing Club, she has
charge Of the cafeteria at the Dover
High School. She plans the meals to
be served, does the buying and su-
perintends the work. The funds for
the trip to the Club Congress at Chi
cago are furnished by Montgomery,
Ward Company as a reward for
achievement. Miss Moore is the only
representative from Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
FERRIS BOYS HONOR
LITTLE GUEST In DEATH
Raymond Hill, Rescued From Shack,
Was Given Fitting Burial

Raymond Hill, II years old, who in
life had very little Of care, and none
of love, was buried in state, for the
corps of cadets of the Ferris Indus
trial where the frail lad was a stu
dent for few days before he was
taken ill with pneumonia, united in
according the boy full military fu-
neral.
Services were held for the boy at
10 o'clock Saturday morning at the
school. Rev. R. H. Adams, pastor of
Brack-Ex M. E. Church, officiating.
A squad from Company B, the COM
pany to which Raymond belonged,
accompanied the body to Silverbrook
cemetery, where a bugler of the ca
det corps sounded taps as the little
casket was slowly lowered into its
grave. The service at the grave took
place in the afternoon.
When Colonel A. e. Tanner, COM
mandant of the school, received
word a little more than a fortnight
ago from persons in the boys dis
trict near Laurel asking him to take
the lad he went down himself. He
described the conditions where Ray
mond lived in a shack with an un-
caring mother, "as the most wretch
ed he had ever seem"
There was no money to give the
lad decent burial. Due to the gener-
osity of a Wilmington lodge and the
staff of the school, funds were rails
ed to give the boy a suitable funeral.
The boys mother when told of his
death merely said, ooh, bury him
somewhere!"
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
NANTICOKE TRIBE OF
INDIANS HOLDS ITS
ANNUAL POW-WOW
Event Drew Hundreds Of Spec
tatOrs To Witness Interesting
Ceremonies.
HOLD COUNCIL MEETING
Big Coon Hunt And Dance Ends
Successful Meeting At River
Dale Park.

Members of the Nanticoke Indian
Association, lineal descendants of
the famous Nanticoke Tribe of In
dians, which many years ago in
habited the shores of Indian River
and its tributaries, held their an
nual Thanksgiving Day pOw-wOw
last Thursday.
The ceremonial took place at
River Dale Park, the reservation Of
Chief WyniacO, head of the asso-
citation. Chief Wyniaco, known to the
English-speaking peoples as William
Russell Clark, entertained Wednes-
day and Thursday the thirty mem
bers of the tribe, together with a
large number of visiting chiefs and
professors from the University of
Pennsylvania, who for the past five
years have taken great interest in
the association. There were hun
dreds of interested spectators from
Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylva-
mia present to witness the cere-
monials held in woods back of the
home of Chief Wyniaco.
The program of the afternoon
started at O'Clock, Whenthe Chief
and tribesmen, visiting chiefs and
braves and distinguished guests
marched from the shores of the
river to the spot in the woods where
the pow-wow took place. A portion
of the woods was roped off in order
to give them a chance to go through
the different dances, while hundreds
of people stood by and watched with
keen interest.
The council fire was lighted as
soon as the tribesmen were seated,
and was kept burning throughout
the ceremonies.
Robert E. Clark (Mawwit), son of
the chief of the Nanticokes and
probably his successor, dressed in a
handsome costume such as befitted
the son of the head of the tribe. Of
fered brief prayer to the Sun God.
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
new STATE HOUSE ANNEX
IS ALREADY OVERCROWDED
All Offices At Dover Will Not BE
Able To Find Quarters

The State Educational Department
which has been occupying the Repre-
sentatives' Hall in the State House
since they moved from the Cooke
apartments a year ago, are moving
into the State House Annex on the
second floor. DR.. Holloway and his
staff already having moved to the
new building. 1t is thought the rest
of the Educational Department will
be moved by the latter part of next
week. 1t is claimed that with the new
building several of the state depart
ments which have expanded to a
considerable extent within the past
few. years, will find themselves
greatly cramped in their new quar-
ters for lack of room.
The State Highway Department
will occupy the larger part of the
first floor of the new building; the
State Educational Department the
larger part of the second floor, and
the State Board of Health the larger
part of the third floor.
The State Board of Agriculture
offices now in the State House prop
er will be transferred to the Offices
now occupied by the State Highway
Department in the old Kent county
building. Just where the State In
surance Department, the Tax De-
partment and the State Banking De-
partment will go has not as yet been
determined.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
FREDERICK POLK MUST
FACE MURDER CHARGE
Wanted In Sussex County Since 1924
Man Captured In New Jersey

Frederick Polk, alias Frederick
Jackson, who, for the past two years
has been wanted on a charge Of MUIR
dering Richard Chase, alias Richard
Barclay, at Bridgeville, on May II,
1924, was recently taken into custo-
dy in New Brunswick, N. J., when a
woman who knew him and with
whom he had had some trouble, noti-
fed the officials Of New Jersey that
he was being sought by lower Della
ware authorities.
State Detective Donaway and Dep
uty Sheriff Coy went to New Bruins
wick and returned to Georgetown
with the prisoner who will be tried
on a charge of murder at the Feb
ruary term of court.
Polk is alleged to have disembow-
eled Chase, alias Barclay, following
an alteration over a game of crap.
He was rushed to the Peninsula Gen
eral Hospital in Salisbury, Md,
where he died on May %, 1924, about
six days after the cutting. Polk made
his escape and since that time the
officers of Sussex county have been
looking for him. The grand jury of
Sussex county indicted Polk at the
June term, 1924, on charge of muir
der.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
PLACE CHRISTMAS SEALS
ON BACK OF ENVELOPES
Urges Miss Z. P. Bissel, Originator
OF These Little Emblems

Delaware Christmas seal head
quarters is busy place these days
in preparation for the goth annual
appeal to be made to Delawarea.ls
to support the movement through
the purchase of seals, the object Of
which is to educate the people to the
fact that tuberculosis can be pre-
vented and if taken in time, cured.
Miss Constance Moore is the direc-
tor of the Delaware effort and she
has been for many years and the
committee for Delaware comprises
Governor Robert P. Robinson, Mayor
G. w. K. Forrest, DR.. Arthur T. Da-
Wis, DR.. Meredith 1. Samuel, DR.. G.
Layton Grier, Frank M. Jones, Mrs.
Donald S. Ashbrook, Miss Emily P.
Bissell, John S. Rossell, Mrs. A. D,
Warner, Sr., Mrs. Joseph Bancroft,
Mrs. George S. Capelle, Jr.
While this is the Goth year for
Delaware it is the 18th year through
out the country Miss Emily P. Bis
sell was the originator of the Christ
mas seal and just twenty years ago
her first appeal made to friends net
Ted about $4,000. From that time on
it was pushed throughout the coun-
try and last year $4,940,067.1S was
obtained through the sale of this
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
PLAN MOVEMENT TO AID
SALE OF PENINSULA PRODUCTS
Merchants Will Be Asked TO Give
Preference To Home Grown Fruits

A Peninsula-wide movement to
bring about home consumption and
preference for Del-Mar-Va products
is being inaugurated by the Del-Mar-
Va Eastern Shore Association to op-
crate through the various local
Chambers of Commerce throughout
the peninsula. The movement is the
outgrowth Of a suggestion made by
Fred P. Adkins, president Of the as
sociation, at a meeting Of the var
ious secretaries and president of the
individual chambers held in Sails
bury, November Il.
The plan and program being sug-
gested by the association provides
for cooperative effort in which
the producer, or grower must play
an active part in offering quality
products, while in return the con-
sumner will play an equally active
part in seeking Peninsula grown
products. In the meantime the local
merchant or store keeper will act
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
INNOCENT OWNER
MAY LOSE CAR IF
IT IS USED FOR RUM
United States Supreme Court De-
cides Case From Alabama In
vOlViOg Ford Coupe.
SPLIT ON TAXES Low
Minority Contends Eighteenth
Amendment Inferentially Re-
pealed Revenue Burden.

Automobile seized while engaged
in the unlawful transportation of in
toxicating liquor may be forfeited
by the Government, whether they
are being operated by their owners,
or someone else, the United States
Supreme Court ruled last week in
deciding a case from Alabama in
volving one Ford coupe.
There was sharp division in the
court over the question whether the
old internal revenue laws imposing
taxes on the manufacture and sale
of liquor were in effect. Justices
McReynolds, Sutherland and Butler
Joined in a vigorous dissent, con-
tending that the manufacture and
sale of liquor for beverage purposes
had been prohibited by the 18th
amendment, and that the old reve-
nue. laws, taxing the manufacture
and sale of beverage liquor had been
inferentially repealed by the pro-
hibition law.
The importance Of the issue arose
out of the assertion of the right of
an innocent owner To recover an au-
scmobile seized while being used to
unlawfully transport liquor. Manu-
tacturers and automobile sales
agents were inter estsd in the case.
The coupe was being sold on the
installment plan by the Garth Mo-
tor Company, which claimed the
right to recover it upon showing of
ownership and unauthorized use in
lir15OT francrOrfafiOn
The government was supported by
a majority of the court in it's posi-
ton that the old internal revenue
taxes on liquor remained in force
under prohibition, and that it was
immaterial in forfeiture proceedings,
under these laws, whether the ma
chine was being used by it's owner or
someone else. The opinion was hand
ed down by Justice Brandeis.
Justice Butler, delivering the dis
senting opinion, declared that the.
18th amendment had made the man
ufacture and sale Of intoxicating
liquor for beverage purposes unlaw-
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
STATE POULTRYMEN
NAME COMMITTEES
TO CONDUCT WORK
Executive Committee Discusses
Plans For Association At
Dover Meeting.
APPROVE UNIFORM PLAN
Meeting Decides To Follow Pro-
posed National Plan Of Sup
ervisiOn.

At the call of w. V. COsden, presi-
dent of the Delaware State Poultry
Association, the first meeting of the
executive committee was held in the
Kent County Agents Office in Dover
on November II, for the purpose OF
preparing a set of bylaws for this
recently formed organization, the ap-
pointment Of various subcommittee
and the consideration of all matters
of business which required attention
at that particular time.
In addition to Mr.. Cosden of Dover
this executive committee is COM
posed of the following poultrymen
representing the three counties in
the state: Warren c. Newton, of
Bridgeville, vice president; H. R.
Lemex, Milford, treasurer; H. S.
Palmer, Newark, secretary; Asa Rey-
nolds, Georgetown; Gus Swanson
Milford, and w. c. Matthews, Hook
essin. All seven of these men were
present at this meeting which was
also attended by Kent County Agent
Russell E. Wilson and Sussex Coun-
ty Agent Malloy c. Vaughn who SER
we'd in an advisory capacity to the
members of this committee.
The objects of this association are
to cause the poultrymen of the state
to realize that they are vital part
of a big business industry that is
worth almost four million of dollars
md to bring 70 them the benefits of
a united effort along educational, So
cial, legislative, and business lines.
The truth in the sayings that Uni
ted we stand; divided we fall" and
"In Union there is strength" was
realized many years ago by manu-
factures, railroads, bankers, lawyers,
doctors, and other professional men.
At a later date, the labOrers became
conscious of the same thing with the
result that today we have the mem
bers of all these different groups uni
ted into combines, associations, so
cieties, and unions for the purpose Of
improving the conditions in these
various fields of industry and profess
siul
The bylaws require the president
to appoint three standing committees
(D an educational and publicity
committee whose duty shall be to
prepare a program for regular meet
ings, to keep in touch with the work
of the State Board of Agriculture,
the Agricultural College and Expert
ment Station, and to cooperate with
them in matters that will further the
educational efforts of the association.
(2) A social committee which shall
provide entertainment and convent
ences on such occasions as the annu-
al tour and convention. and to pro-
mote good fellowship among the
poultrymen of the state. (S) A legis-
lative and business committee which
CONTINUED on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
G. LAYTON CRTER
HEADS MTLFORD'S
CHAMBER COMMERCE
Elected With Other Officers At
Organization Meeting On Mon.
day Evening.
COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Regular Meetings Will Be Held
On First Monday Evening Of
Each Month.

At the final organization meeting
of Milford's new Chamber of Com
merce in the Community Building on
Monday evening DR.. G. Layton Grier
was unanimously elected president
of the new civic organization. Other
officers elected were: First vice pres
ident, DR.. S. NJ. d. Marshall, of Mil
ford; second vice president, ]. Ben
ton COunselman, of Houston; third
vice president, Robert ]. Clendaniel,
of Glendale; temporary secretary,
G. Donnan HOlzmueller; treasurer,
William G. Powders. The meeting
was opened by DR.. Grier, temporary
chairman, who read a paper Outlin-
ing the proposed aim and scope of
the Chamber of Commerce, and Of
fering suggestions which he thought
of benefit to the organization. The
paper in full will be found on an
other page of this issue of the
Chronicle. Following his talk the
men present held an informal dis
cussion and voiced their opinions as
to the best methods to be pursued
in forming the permanent organiza-
ton here.
When put to a vote, a unanimous
decision was reached to proceed with
the permanent organization of the
Milford Chamber of Commerce. After
this was decided nominating COM
mittee was appointed and they
brought in recommendations that the
above named officers be nominated.
The report was accepted and an un-
animous vote recorded the election
of all CT the men. President Grier
than appointed chairmen of the
standing committees as follows: By
laws, Rev. Guy L. Hill; Civic, Chas.
3. Varney; Membership, G. Donnan
Holzmueller; Publicity and Advertis-
ing, William C. Smith Immediately
following the organization meeting
the newly elected officers and COM
mittee chairmen met and the COM
mittees were completed by the ap-
pointment of the following men:
Bylaws, Guy L. Hill, chairman,
Robert P. Davis apd G. T. Reed.
Publicity and Advertising, William
c. Smith, chairman, G. Marshall
Townsend, Harry Mulholland, w.
Vaules Grier, C. R. Long and e. H.
Bratten.
Membership, C. DOnnan Holzmuel-
Ter, chairman, ]. p. Hammond, S. P.
Toadvine, Robert J. Clendaniel, Ell
lendale; James P. Pierce and R. A.
Derrickson.
The personnel of the Civic commit
tee will be announced later.
One of the important decisions
reached at Monday nights meeting
was that of employing a paid secre-
tary who will devote all his time to
the work. This was the unanimous
decision of the meeting. The secre-
tary will be employed just as quickly
as the right person can be secured.
The Office of the Chamber of Com
merce will be in the Community
Building for one year at least, as the
organization has rented one of the
offices there. Just as quickly as the
details of organizing the work can
be completed, drive to increase the
membership of the organization will
be made. 1t is hoped that every
business in Milford will become aff1l-
lated with the Chamber of Commerce
and that real results will be accom-
plished during the next twelve
months.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
THAD WINDSOR BRINGS
VENISON FOR PATRONS
Hunting Trip In Carolina Was Sue
cessful For Local HOteIman

Using a specially constructed au-
tomobile, with cabin and all the
comforts of home" to hunt bear
and deer in the wild country about
the Dismal Swamp section of the
Carolinas, T. T. Windsor, has return
ed with "bag" of two deer, a bear,
nine raccoons, and an interesting
story about his frightening a sweet
toother bruin away from a negro
woman's beehive.
Windsor makes these hunting trips
in the same picturesque style every
now and then, and his stories of his
experiences always smack of the old
pioneer days of the Southland. The
only thing that he regrets this time
is that he lost the trail of the Sweet
tooth" bear.
He was on trail of the "honey
bear" in the swamp for several
hours, when suddenly he came upon
an isolated house on the edge Of the
swamp. There he noticed a lot of
commotion in the yard, and heard
cOlOred woman shouting for help. He
tried his best to get shot at bruin
as he was bowling over the beehives
in search of honey, but missed. The
bear got away in the swamp, and he
lost trail of him.
Mr.. Windsor says the difficulty in
hunting bear and deer is that their
haunts are so far from civilization,
that staying in the territory long
enough to bag the game is his SER
ious problem. This time Mr.. Wind
sor had a log cabin constructed on
an automobile truck which was
equipped with all the comforts of
home. He also had a place arrang-
ed on the truck for the transporta-
ton of his dogs. He drove to the Dis
NAL Swamps and camped right in the
bear section.
The deer shot on the trip will be
served on the Windsor Hotel table,
the sportsman being the proprietor
of the hotel. Venison will be served
to the Milford Rotary Club at the
hotel Friday evening and also at the
Sunday meals.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
FARMERS OF SUSSEX WILL
HAVE CHANCE FOR PRIZES
Show Will Be Held At Georgetown
Next Week

The committees in charge Of the
Farm and Home Product Show for
Sussex County, to be held at Lay
toms Hall, Georgetown, on December
6 and z, met with County Agent NJ.
C. Vaughn last Monday, and final
plans were made for holding the
show next week. Most Of the banks
and trust companies Of the county
have sent in their contributions, and
the premium list will be very at
tractive one to those interested in
making exhibits. The hall over Lay
tons garage will be opened Friday
and Saturday of this week, and any
one wishing to, can .. .hg their ex-
hibits to Georgetown to suit their
convenience any time the latter part
of this week. The premium commit
tee will take in exhibits any time up
to Monday noon. Monday afternoon
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
GROWING FIGS ON
EASTERN SHORE
Experiments By CrisfieId Man
Opens Up Increased Revenue.
Fruit Will Be Preserved.

From cuttings planted last spring
on ground that was thought non
productive, Wallace Quinn of Girls
field, Maryland, has produced enough
figs this season to encourage him to
put in this fall from forty to sixty
acres and to arrange for preserv-
ing factory next season.
Figs have been one of the fruits
of the Eastern Shore below the
Choptank that have been preserved
for home use since Colonial days.
There is no record of them having
been made a commercial proposition
until this attempt of Mr.. Quinn. Dur
ing the summer of 1925 he made a
trip to Turkey and was so much inn
pressed with the ease with which the
natives turned figs into money that
upon returning to Crisfield he pro-
cured a number of plants from Texas
and put them in ground which was
little better than marsh land.
Mr.. Quinn then went to California
and studied the commercial end of
the industry. There he learned that
the demand was greater in the
United States than the supply. When
he returned he decided to produce
figs on a large scale, and hopes to
have sixty acres planted before the
budding season.
Figs are grown on the Eastern
Shore near tidewater on ground that
stands about three or four feet above
tide. The soil should be sandy, so
that in dry season the plants are
moistened from below and in the
wet period the water trickles
through.
Cambridge has been noted for it's
fig trees. They are not only produc-
tive but are used for Ornamentation.
Snow Hill has many fig trees. They
grow most profusely in the Oman
cock (Va.) section.
Mr. Quinn will start preserving
his figs in the manner required by
dining cars and hotels. The ripened
fruit will be cleaned and dipped in
dividually in plain syrup. This pro-
cess will allow the fruit to be car
ried in paper containers. 1t is said
that the fruit will not harden and
will retain all it's original sweetness.
The success of the plan will mean
much additional revenue to the
Shore, it is estimated.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-03
STATE TO SEND BOYS
AND GIRLS TO CAMP
Delaware viii Be Allowed Two Boys
And Two Girls At Summer Camp

Delaware will be expected to select
two boys and two girls to represent
the State at boys and girls camp
10 be held at Washington June 16 to
%, 1927, which will be conducted by
the United States Department of Ag-
ricuture, it was announced this
week.
"The boys and girls attending this
camp will represent 100000 or more
members of the farm boys and
U.s. clubs conducted by the coop
.tive extension service of the Uni
d States Department of Agricul-
ire and the State agricultural col
tes," the department stated.
Ehe object of the camp is to pro-
vide fer countrywide discussion of
thesproblems met in carrying on ex-
tension work in agriculture and
home economics with boys and girls
on the farm and of ways by which
rhe work may be expanded.