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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
SAFETY ADVOCATES
PLAN TO REDUCE
CROSSING MENACE
Education OF Drivers AHd Stricter
Tests Seen As An Aid To Rail-
road Grade Crossings.
WILL MAKE SURVEY
Elimination Of Unnecessary DAN
ger Spots Advised; Motorists
Must Cooperate.

That the aim of those interested in
reducing the number of fatalities at
grade crossings of railroads in Della
ware, should be educational in MAX
ing people alive to the dangers, pro-
tective in guarding the crossings
carefully and the elimination of all
unnecessary crossings, was the con-
clusion of the conference called at
Dover on Monday to consider the
causes of % recent casualties at nine
grade crossings in this state and
what should be done toward elimi-
mating the 435 grade crossings on
the three railroads of the state.
The conference was attended by
Representative Louis A. DreXel, OF
Bethany Beach, who was a delegate
to the recent safety council in Wash
ington; State Senator Charles w.
Hardesty, of Dover. Newlin 7. Booth,
president of the Delaware Safety
Council; Charles E. Grubb, county
engineer of New Castle ana pres1-
dent of Delaware Automobile Asso-
citation; c. Douglass Buck, chief en-
gineer of the Delaware State High
way Department; John c. Saylor and
Claude P. Hearn, of Wilmington, di-
rectors of the Delaware Safety Coun-
Gil, and Walter Dent Smith, of Will
mington, manager of the same body.
Representative Drexler was made
chairman of the meeting and Walter
Dent Smith, the secretary.
Chief Engineer Buck, Of the State
Highway Department, outlined the
plans of the department for getting
rid of grade crossings as rapidly as
possible. The conference then went
into a discussion of the matter, and
it was decided that a comprehensive
survey of the ABS crossings in Della
ware should be made so that some
better means of protection of the
public might be devised. 1t was ad'
mitted that it would be impossible tt
eliminate all of these crossings.
The importance of educating au
tomobile drivers to the dangers o
grade crossings and also more str1n
gent tests for drivers seeking hcen
ses to drive automobiles, was stres
sed. 1t was the opinion of the con
ference that those interested shoul'
work along these lines:
Educational, in bringing the mat
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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
CHRONICLE IS WELCOME
VISITOR ON PACIFIC COAST
Former Delawarean Eagerly Reads
Paper As Soon As 1t Arrives

Each week the publishers of the
Chronicle receive letters from pleas
ed readers who express the kindliest
of feelings for the paper. These let
ters arrive in such numbers that II
is impossible to publish all OF them;
but frequently one of them stands
out from among the rest-a former
resident of the Diamond State ex-
presses pleasure at the service we
try to render him, or some striking
instance calls the letter to our at
tention more forcefully. Such a let
ter was received this week from Ben
iamin Dill, of Los Angeles, Califor-
MIA. who 81 years ago left the state
and went west" His letter toI-
lows:
Eagerly on Tuesday of each week
look for the Chronicle to be passed
to my desk. No matter how busy
may be with other matters, I always
stop and look it over and read II
more thoroughly later on.
Though 1 have been in the Dla'
mond State but once in 81 years
YOUR columns still carry news items
of friends and acquaintances Of my
boyhood days.
"Some issues back your Miltor
correspondent wrote Of the burning
of the colored church. For some rea
son or other this kept coming to m!
mind during my daily work. Sudden
ly, I thought-'Why that's the OLE
school house of my boyhood days
and so have found myself on sew
eral occasions thinking Of the day
we all would like to live over again
"The foregoing is just to remin'
YOU how welcome your paper is, a
least to some of us who took Horac
Greely's advice.
'"Thank you,
"BENJANIIN DILL"
Los Angeles, Cal.
August 5, 1925.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
FRANKFORT ENGINEER
EARNS HIGH HONOR
George Massey Gum Selected For
Special Course

George Massey Gum Of Franktord
has accepted an invitation from the
General Electric Company of sche-
nectady. N. Y, to take an 18-months
training course in their plant.
Mr.. Gum was graduated from the
Electrical Engineering Department
of the University of Delaware last
spring and was one of three young
men who were invited to take the
course in Schenectady. He was
member Of the Kappa Alpha Frater-
nifty, having been president Of it dur
ing his senior year. He is special
izing in railway power transmission.
At Plattsburg, N. Y, he took the
officers training course and won a
silver loving cup for being the best
pistol shot. He is a second lieutenant
in the R. o. T. c. He is the only
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan I.
Gum of Frankford.
While Hupil in the public schools
Mr.. Gum e as correspondent
from Fr vi for the Milford
Chronicle. So r each week was
accurate and newsy.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
SHIPMENT OF BERRIES
EXCEEDS LAST YEARS
100000 More Over Delaware DiVi-
sion; Half Amount Of Peaches

Berry shipments over the Della
ware Division of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Saturday overtopped last
years shipment for the correspond
ing date by 100000 quarts. There
were 1884 quarts of berries shipped
last Saturday, making a total to
date of 7,901,499. Last year the ship
ment for the day was but 80 quarts,
with a total of 5,695,096 quarts.
Peaches showed a movement Of g.
766 baskets for the day, with total
of 1908 baskets to date. This COM
pares with a movement of S,O96 bas-
kets on the corresponding date last
year, with a total of 25,131 baskets.
The shipments of apples for the
day was 4,17S baskets, as compared
to 2,O84 baskets last year. The total
for this year so far is 1,001,809 bas-
kets, while for last year it was l.
| 060,0 ,039 baskets.
There were 1,115 hampers Of Gu
cumbers moved Saturday, bringing
the total to 1886 hampers. Last
year on the corresponding date, but
400 hampers were moved, with a 10
tai of 142,961 hampers. 4
The shipment Of cantaloupes for
the day was 1891 carriers, while for
the corresponding date last year IT,
O45 carriers were reported shipped.
The total for this year to date is
22.253 hampers. For last year it was
121, ,496 hampers.
There were 1.141 barrels Of white
potatoes shipped on Saturday, bring
ing the total to date to 251,4 AIS bar
rels. Last year on the corresponding
date there were 544 barrels for the
day and a total of 164,055 barrels.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
ORGANIZE COMPANY TO AID
LAND BUYER ON PENINSULA
Milford Men Interested In Del-Alar-
Va Mortgage Company

Believing that the present organi-
cations cannot supply the demands
for mortgage loans on purchases OF
farm land on the peninsula, group
of Delaware and Eastern Shore i'm
anciers have begun the organization
of the Del-Mar-Va Mortgage Com
many which will have a paid in cap
ital of 100000. More than $4,000
of the capital sought has already
been obtained.
Those identified with the company
are: George w. Woolford, Judge w.
Laird Henry, of Cambridge; Robert
F. Duer, Joshua w. Miles, William
B. Spiva, Princess Anne; DR.. G. Lay
ton Grier, Louder N. Hearn, Milford; /;
Thomas H. Chambers, Harry w. Da-
Wis, fredericksburg; S. o. Neal, Hur-
lock; H. L. Edmunds, Cambridge;
William L. Holloway, Berlin.
Salisburians financially interested
are: L. w. Gunby, Charles R. Dish
aroon. William B. Tilghman, Paul E
Watson, Fred P. Adkins, Clarence
w. Wheaton, Hooper S. Miles anc
Charles M. Freeman.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
DELMARVA PENINSULA
PRODUCES RECORD
YIELD OF WHEAT
Information Secured By Publicity
Association Shows Gratifying
Returns.
SIXTY BUSHELS TO ACRE
One Nine Acre Tract In WicOmicO
County, Maryland, Produced
$40 Bushels.

The 1925 wheat yield on the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula has created new
record, with an average production
ranging from thirty-five to forty-ive
bushels per acre and in several in
stances exceeding this unusual flg-
ure and reaching top notch OF SIX
ty bushels per acre.
This record not only surpasses
any previous season on the Eastern
Snore in wheat production but 1t IS
believed will equal if not exceed
production in any section of the Uni
ted States this season.
Thirty bushels of wheat per acre
is considered exceptionally good IN
a normal season and from reports IN
all of the wheat growing counties on
the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore yields
in excess of this figure are found,
meaning that the 1926 wheat crop on
the Peninsula averages from thirty
to 1O09o above normal.
Unusually favorable climatic con-
ditions, are said by the growers to
have been responsible for this yield.
Information checked by the Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association
provides a number Of individual in
stances which give impressive illus
tration of the abnormal yield. In WI
comico county, on a farm owned
Jointly by Walter Mock and Frank
H. Dennis, operated by the latter,
one of the most unusual records in
production has been established. On
this farm a nine acre tract produc-
ed $40 bushels of wheat, and an eigh-
teen acre field thTeshed out an aV-
erage of more than fifty bushels pei
acre. These results were carefully
checked by the thresher before being
announced.
Superintendent Culver at the Ches'
tertown, Md, shipping station, re
ports that they have sent out sew
enty-fve carloads Of 1900 bushels
each. Other stations on the lint
have also sent out scores OF cars
heavily loaded, especially Kennedy
willie. Millington and Massey. Thous
ands of bushels are also being ship
ned by vessels from the Easterl
Shore Of Maryland counties. Weathe
conditions have been such this yeal
as to prevent the immediate storag
of grain and has prompted the farm
ers to dispose of it Immediately al
ter threshing. Notwithstanding thl
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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
CHICKEN THIEVES LEAVE CAR
WHEN SURPRISED AT JOB
Night PrOwlers On Ryan Farm Took
To Heels When Discovered

An effort to steal chickens on the
farm Of Miss Helen Ryan, west OF
Shawnee, was thwarted about mid
night Friday night last when MISS
RYAN heard them at work and routed
them. She was awake when she
heard an automobile drive past her
home, turn and stop near the place.
Shortly thereafter she heard a noise
near her poultry house and on inves-
tigating, found two men with bag.
She asked the men what they want
ed. and for answer they ran away.
Miss Ryan got in her automobile
and headed the suspects away from
their automobile. BY the light Of her
headlights she was able to identify
one of the men. When they left
their automobile Miss Ryan phoned
to night officer Davis of the Milford
police force who got in touch with
the State Highway police. The car
was brought to Milford where it was
discovered that it bore license tags
for another car. The car is said to
have been purchased in New Jersey
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
DELAWARE'S PART In SAVING
FORESTS TOLD In REPORT
State Will Make Start By Acting
Under Federal Law

While Delaware is far from being"
the first state from the viewpoint Of
conservation of it's woodlands it has
at least made start in that direc-
tion, according to the forestry Leg
islative Survey for 1926" just issued
by the American Tree Association,
1914 Sixteenth street, Washington,
D. C. The report shows that:
Delaware has no state forestry
organization. The state expects to
cooperate with the federal govern
ment under the Clarke-McNary act.
Ralph C. Wilson is secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture. The an
nual appropriation for forestry in
Delaware is $500 year. The purpose
of this appropriation is to establish
nurseries and buy seedlings for dis
tribution. Delaware's forests were
placed under the supervision of the
State Board of Agriculture by a law
passed in 1921.
"In 1925 the legislature passed an
act creating a bipartisan commits
sion to be known as the Commission
for the Conservation of Forests in
Delaware and would consist of four
persons; at least one Of whom shall
be a woman appointed by the COVER
nor. This commission would serve
without compensation and has as its
duties the making of investigations
concerning the conservation Of state
forests and make such recommends
tions as might be deemed necessary
in the next session Of the state legis-
lature.
"In 1925 law was passed provid-
ing for the reforesting Of lands
suitable for forests. This law gave
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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
MANY WILL ATTEND
ODD FELLOWS MEETING
Gathering At Philadelphia From
September 18th To 24th Will
Be Gala Event.

Nearly a hundred thousand Odd
Fellows from all parts of the country
and Canada and number Of d1stlng-
uished visitors from abroad will at
tend the one-hundred-and-second an
nual communication of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows to be held in Philadel-
phia, September 1S to "a, inclusive.
At the same time the annual session
of the Association of Rebekah AS
semblies of the United States and
Canada, composed of ladies, and the
annual session of the General Mill
tary Council of Patriarchs Militant,
a higher order in the Odd Fellows
ranks will be held in the same city.
The occasion will not only form
a gala observance Of the anniversary
of the Order, but will mark a giant
observance of the Sesqui-Centennial
Anniversary OF the Signing OF the
Declaration of Independence. For
this occasion an interesting and In
spring program has been arranged
by the committees in charge Of the
gathering.
With the arrival Of the vanguard
of the army of Odd Fellows in Phil
adelphia for their annual communl-
cation on Saturday, September Is,
an automobile trip to Valley Forge
has been arranged, starting at one
o'clock that afternoon. IN the eve
ming there will be an elaborate cere-
mony with the conterring OF the
Patriarchs Militant Degree for Grand
Representatives of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge, to be held in the Audi
torium of Odd Fellows Hall, Six
teenth and Oxford streets.
Sunday will be devoted to religious
exercises, which will be held in the
Chapel of the Home for Orphans OF
Odd Fellows of Pennsylvania and the
Rebekah Home of Pennsylvania.
where a reception will also be held
in the afternoon, and a service IN
Arch Street Methodist Episcopal
Church to be attended by ot1cers
and representatives of the Sovereign
Grand Lodge and the Association OF
Rebekah Assemblies. They will leave
the Believes -Stratford Hotel and D6
escorted to the Church by the Gen
eral Commanding and Patriarchs
Militant and by Ladies Auxiliarle'
of Pennsylvania.
The opening sessions of the three
orders will be held on Monday NOR
ming. The Sovereign Grand Lodg'
will hold it's sessions in the Simon
B. Fleisher Auditorium, Broad ant
Pine streets, the Association OF Re
bekah Assemblies will meet in tn
Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, and tn
General Military Council of the Par
riarchs Militant will be held in tn
BENJAMIN Franklin Hotel.
More than $4,000 members of tn
order and as many more visitors an
spectators are expected to attend tn
public welcome to the three orders
which will be held in independence
Square, Monday afternoon. Address
es will be made by Governor Plnchc
of Pennsylvania, Mayor Kendrick
, Philadelphia, and other civic and ire
ternal officials. A reception will {
held in the Old State House, no
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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
PREPARE SCHEDULES
FOR TRAINING SCHOOL
Religious Organizations To Combine
To Institute Course Next Fall

At a meeting of the Board OF Re-
ligious Education of the Dover Stan
dard Training School of the M. T.
Church held two weeks ago, it was
decided to invite the Kent County
Council of Religious Education
composed of the various Protestant
evangelical denominations OF the
county to cooperate with the Meth
odist Board Of Church Schools IN
putting on a Standard Training
School in Dover next fall.
This cooperative board met IN
Wesley M. E. Church at Dover Mon
dav and after a discussion of the
subject decided to put on for tlVe
Tuesday nights, beginning with NO
vember 16, and one Friday night
December 10, making six nights win
two sessions each night, or total OF
u sessions.
II was also voted to offer at least
seven courses in the school, Whlch Is
an advance Of one course over last
year.
Old Testament pupil study, prin-
ciples of teaching, message and pro
gram of Christian religion, were de-
i finitely decided upon as courses tC
he offered. An additional course wlt1
a faculty of all courses was left tc
an executive committee composed o.
the following Rev. Elwood W. Jones
wesley M. E. Church; R. c. Relfen
stein, D. D., Peoples Christian
Church; Charles A. Walker, D. d.
First Baptist Church; G. Ashwort
Burslem, Dover Presbyterian Cnurcl
and F. A. Lindhorst, director OF re
ligious education Of the M. T
Church.
The school as planned will be hel
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Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
MILFORD BOY HONORED
AT BOY SCOUT CAMP
Donald Smith Made A Buckslin At
Dan Beard Camp In Pennsylvania

Word has been received this week
that Donald Smith, son Of William
c. Smith, of Milford, has been signal
ly honored at the Dan Beard Camp
for Boys Scouts at Hawley, Pennsyl-
vania. Young Smith has been elect
ed to and made one Of the Buck
SKINS" When in Milford several
months ago Mr.. Beard explained that
this is the highest honor that can
be conferred to boy in his camp.
It is awarded only after the scouts
selected have fully demonstrated
their ability as scouts and have CIV
en- full evidence that they are quail
fed to properly function as Buck
skins. This bunch of boys is rated
as the highest and best Scout in the
camp, and all the scouts try TO so
conduct themselves that they may
be elected to tnat branch Of the or
ganization. News that Donald has
been elected a Bucliskin is pleasing
to his Milford friends, and especially
so to the Milford Boy Scout troop oi
which he is a member.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
YOUNG FOLKS HURT
WHEN AUTOMOBILE
TURNED OVER ON ROAD
Mrs. Irene CrandaIl Is In Emer.
gency Hospital Suffering With
Fractured Vertebra.
BLAME WOMAN DRIVER
Occupants Of Overturned Car
Say Florence Emory Contrib.
uted To Mishap.

Mrs. Irene Crandal is at the Mil
ford Emergency Hospital suffering
from a fractured vertebra in the
neck and five other occupants of her
automobile are recuperating from
injuries sustained last Saturday
night when her automobile turned
over. The accident happened on the
Milford -RehobOth highway about six
miles east OF Milford about $3.50 o.
clock that evening. Other occupants
of the car at the time, all of whom
sustained slight cuts and bruises
were Miss Alice Scott, sister of Mrs.
Crandall, cut on leg; Miss Dorothy
Robinson, daughter of former Post
master William Robinson, of Milford,
cut on legs and arms; Miss Cynthia
Webb, cuts and bruises on her back;
Miss Margaret Deputy, cuts on legs
and arms and face bruised. Rollle
Walls, only boy in the party, inJur-
ed knee. Mrs. Crandall is the daugh-
ter of John Scott, member OF the
firm of c. D. Abbott & Company OF
Milford. All the injured are resi-
dents of the town.
The accident occurred while the
party of young folks were on the way
to Rehoboth. When about two miles
east of the Slaughter Beach road the
occupants of the Crandall car say
that an automobile driven by Flor
ence Emory, also of Milford, brush
ed their front fender in passing the
car. Mrs. Crandall is said to have
driven up opposite the Emory car
and demonstrated with her about her
careless driving. In some manner
the car shot from the concrete high
way and before Mrs. Crandall, the
driver, could gain control it had tur-
ned over. The occupants of the car
were fortunate that they were not
all seriously injured. The body OF
the car is badly wrecked and the
steering wheel is broken off even
with the post. All the injured were
brought to the two Milford Hosp1-
tails where their injuries were dress
ed. All except Mrs. Crandall were
discharged Saturday night.
State Highway police were notified
of the accident and Immediately IN
vestigated. An examination OF tn
car driven by Florence Emory shows
no marks such as would have beel
made by striking another car, it Il
said. She has left for Chester ant
it is impossible to get her version o
the affair.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
FOURTH MILFORD MAN
HOLDS COLLECTORSHIP
DR.. John S. PrettymaD, John W.
Causey, John W. Herring, Wal
lace S. Handy So HOnOred.

Wallace S. Handy who was in
Quoted into the Office last week is
the fourth resident of Milford to be
appointed as Internal Revenue col
lector, according to the records OF
the Office. While he was living in
Dover at the time of his designation
for the post he is native of Mil
ford.
The first resident of Milford to
hold the Office was DR.. John S. Pret-
lyman, who came into official notice
first when he was appointed Amerl-
can Consul to Glasgow, Scotland.
The late Anthony Higgins was his
sponsor, but the appointment was
not confirmed owing to some Repub-
lican leaders who were hostile to the
furthering of Mr.. Higgins leader
ship in the party. Mr.. Higgins, how
ever. was a hard fighter and a
knockout hitter in political battles
and he made a determined stand to
land Prettyman in some good gov
ernment berth. Consequently he had
the rejected aspirant for the consul
lar post-an exceedingly lucrative
one by the way-to head the reve-
nue. department and DR.. Prettyman
was commissioned collector and SER
we'd four years.
The well remembered John w.
Causey was the second Milford in
cumbent. Mr.. Causey was appointed
during the administration of Presl-
dent Cleveland. He, however, held
on but a short time as the first
Democratic President since the war,
was bent on a reduction OF the gov
ernmental expenses, especially on
cutting down the number of office
holders. The business of the office at
that time was comparatively nghI
and it required only the occasional
! presence of the collector in his office
which seemed like a sinecure. De-
spite the protests of leading Della
ware Democrats and multitude o1
nersonal friends of Mr.. Causey he
was "given the gate" as they say al
the race tracks and the office was
merged with the Baltimore collector
ship and placed in the hands OF
Maryland Democrat.
There was a Milford hiatus in tn
office for several years. Senators d'
Pont and Ball were in the uppe'
House, and naturally both Delawar
Senators sought it with much eager
ness. Each faction presented tn
names of his choice to Presiden
Harding who poured oil on the trou
bled waters by appointing John "
Herring. Herring, while a Republican
all his life, had not identified him
self directly with either faction
was claimed, at the time, and bot
Delaware senators are said to hav
accepted him as being unobjectio1
) able and he was appointed and cor
firmed, and served more than fou
years resigning his post and leavln
the office Augusta,
Wallace S. Handy became I'll
fourth Milford man to hold the plaC
through the appointment of Pres
dent Coolidge. His selection wa
made promptly after the resignatio
of Mr.. Herring and he was as promp
ly confirmed by the Senate.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
Must Register To
Vote At Primaries

Tomorrow, Saturday, August
14th, is your last chance to
register in order to participate
in the party primaries which
will be held in September. I'm
der the state election and reg
istration laws, no person who
has not registered on the first
three registration days is al
lowed to vote at his party pri-
maries. Register and be pre-
pared to aid in choosing your
party candidates - or don't
howl if those chosen are dis
pleasing to you. Your last
chance-better take advantage
of it.
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13
MILFORD'S MILK SUPPLY
CONTINUES SATISFACTORY
August Analysis Shows Clean And
Fairly Clean Tests.

Seven tests of NIilford's milk sup
plv were made on August 4th and
the result of the analysis made at
that time show that five Of the sew
en- samples taken show clean" and
that two show fairly clean" The
fat content shows low Of S.2 with a
nigh of SIS. Bacteria count shows a
low of 1900, which is exceptionally
good. and a high of 100000. The
complete August analysis follows:
Bacteria Fat Sediment
Per &C. Per Cent Test
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13

OUR PRINTING PLANT
- THE LARGEST ON
THE PENINSULA. LET
Us QUOTE ON YOUR
NEXT PRINTING ORDER
Milford chronicle., 1926-08-13

THERE ARE 1900 ~.
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IN CIRCULATION.