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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
THOUGHTS ABOUT BREEDING
AND TRAINING

Man-through care, scientific
breeding and training-has made
the horse the noblest, most beauti-
full and most intelligent of all ami
mails. The thoroughbred is a living
monument to the ingenuity of man
upon which man, although it is his
own modelling, can not gaze with
out awe and admiration. Why do
men and women go to the race track
and the circus? Is it to gamble at
one and to see the clowns and aero
bats at the other? Those are the at
fractions for many, but vastly more
are lured there by desire to see the
sleek coats, classic heads and fine
proportions of finely trained and
well-bred horses.
The thoroughbred horse is the IA
vorite illustration of the proponents
of eugenics, which is only scientific
breeding applied to the human race.
They point out that man demands
thoroughbred horses, cattle, sheep,
ddogs and cats and they dream of Il
Utopia-such as H. G. Wells de-
sclibes-in which men and women
will be thorOughbreds. mentally,
morally and physically.
None will gainsay that most, if
not all, of society's ills spring from
those who are subnormal mentally,
morally or physically Normal men
and women are not found in the
jails, asylums, sanatOriums and poor
houses. But doesn't the Fact, that
only a small portion of civilized man
is deficient mentally. morally or
physically, indicate that humanity
was well along on the road to the
eugenics' Ntopia long before the first
engenic invented title for himself?
Man can not apply to himself the
same laws of directed propagation
he observes in the breeding of
for while man is master of
the lower animals he is not yet COM
plete master of himself.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
FEWER FUR ANIMALS
MORE DEMAND FOR FURS

Fur is an important commercial
modify and more of it is consumed
in the United States than in any
other country in the world. In fact
the supply is diminishing and the
demand increasing. The logical way
to supply the demand for furs and
prevent still further shrinkage in
the source of supply is to produce
more fur animals. The quickest and
surest way to accomplish this, says
Frank G. Ashbrook, of the Biologi-
cal Survey, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is through the
enactment of better laws and
through a stricter enforcement of
them.
MANY trapping laws have been
made without consideration of the
economic problems involved, and the
majority of laws on the statute
books do little to prevent the de-
crease of fur bearers in certain sec
tions of our country. A keener ap-
probation of conditions, as shown by
studies of the habits, breeding sea-
sons, and periods of prime fur Of the
various species, on the part of those
concerned with the framing of laws
and regulations governing trapping,
would have the result that great
ly increased quantity of pelts with
fur of superior quality would reach
the markets, thus increasing the
financial rewards to the trapper and
at the same time allowing increased
numbers of breeding animals to re-
main"
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
COLOR IN THE BATHROOM
By Gertrude Woodcock

HNON~NO0~-
One of the prettiest bathrooms
ever saw was neither elaborate nor
costly. Wallboard, embossed in tile
like squares had been used as a dado
and enamelled white to match the
fixtures. The upper part of the wall
was painted pale green and a quaint
stencilled border of rushes and wa
ter lilies in darker green and pale,
creamy yellow was placed just above
the dado. The ceiling was painted
pale yellow and the floor, which was
of ordinary soft wood, was painted
! deep green. At the windows were
hanging Organdie curtains and rag
rugs in bright colOrs were scattered
on the floor Towels, bathmats,
shower curtain and other accessor-
les repeated the pale yellow note in
one way or another.
1t has become the custom to give
the bathroom a chilly blue and white
color scheme regardless of its light
ing, size and exposure, to say moth
ing of its relation to the other rooms.
There is no reason, however, why
the bathroom should not be bright
and cheerful, for changes in color
schemes may be easily effected with
the paint brush and pot, plus a lit
tie thought and effort
Before refinishing bathroom walls,
several things must be considered.
If the walls are cracked or otherwise
marred they should be mended with
plaster of paris and allowed TO dry
MT Fnhor1 hn Ercf CT ic fn
the walls if they have never been
painted, with solution of zinc sui
phate-about two pounds and Il half
to a gallon of water-and apply it
with brush. The mixture kills any
free lime which may be in the plas-
ter, which, if untreated, will cause
spots or burns to appear on finish.
Surface preparation is highly i'm
portant in painting plaster walls for
the success of the entire job depends
upon doing this work thoroughly.
The next step is to sandpaper the
wall lightly. When the surface is
smooth, clean and dry, it is ready to
be primed to overcome suction. Plas-
ter and wallbOard are very porous
and were paint applied to them di-
rectly, the oil would be quickly alb
sorbed, eaVing the pigment on the
surface in such way that it would
soon dust off.
The printing coat consists of boil
ed linseed oil or a good varnish
which should be applied with
brush and allowed to dry thoroughly
before the first undercoat is put on.
This should be fairly SHARP" that is,
long in turpentine and short in oil,
so that it will grip the surface Sc
curely. The second undercoat
should be more oily and should be
put on only when the first undercoat
is thoroughly dry. 1t is false econo-
my to use but one undercoat, espec-
tally in the bathroom, where the !
walls will be constantly exposed to |
steam and water. The finishing coat |
may be high gloss enamel or fiat |
wall paint. The former is more sat
isfactory in the bathroom as it pre-
sents a surface that is as smooth !
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and washable as tile

anu WdSudDle DIS Tie.
OF course, selecting color schemes
is the most pleasurable part of the
work, but unless the surfaces to be
painted are properly prepared the
most dazzling combination of colOrs
will not make a successful job, nei-
ther will the walls give satisfactory
service. Painted walls in the bath
room are durable, sanitary and
washable. They are also compare
lively inexpensive.
Two things direct the selection of
cOlOrs for this room. If the bath
room opens onto bedroom or dress
ing room it should partake of the
color schemes of that room. For ex-
ample, if the bedroom or dressing
room is decorated in rose and gray,
the bathroom should repeat these
tones. Gray walls above the dadO
and rose colOred curtains would be
simple solution. Another is to re-
peat the bedroom or dressing room
decoration in the bathroom. Either
of these methods makes the bath,
dressing room and bedroom cOmbi-
nation a decorative unit, as all rooms
opening onto and used in cOnjunc-
tion with each other should be.
In the separate bathroom, how
ever, there are no limitations upon
potential color schemes. According
to modern tastes the rule seems to
be "the gayer the better" A north
or west bathroom that has little sun
light might have a dadO of terra cot
ia with the upper wall painted shell
pink, or dado of apricot color with
upper walls painted ivory. If dadO
is not used the lighter cOlors might
be used on the walls and the darker
tones on the woodwork. Pale prim-
rose yellow is charming color for
the sunless bathroom. 1t combines
well with robins egg or turquoise
blue woodwork.
The sunny bathroom may have
cooler color scheme. Greens, blues,
lavendars and grays can be used in
many ways to produce a delightful
room. Aa lavendar or orchid wall
combines well with white or ivory
woodwork, or if dado is used, the
4OWOl l1etAL VI NAAC NelAA may W Aef
endar, while the upper half is lilac.
Delft blue and gray is another at
tractiVe combination as is light gray
and pale green. All shades of blue
are available for bathroom decora-
tion and may be used in combination
with primrose, old rose, silver gray,
ivory, puff, shell pink, and apricot.
Stencil borders are very attractive
when used to divide the dado from
the upper wall. Spot designs may
also be used. In one bathroom the
alcove that contained the bathtub
had a sea green dado spotted with
the most fascinating little stencil
motifs-ships, whales, fish water
lilies, rushes, and similar designs.
They were put there not only for
decorative purposes, but to act as
inducement for the small boy of the
house to take bath. He made a
great game of it-picking out var
ious objects and either asking ques-
tions or making up stories all the
while submitting quite forgetfully
to the abhorred scrubbingi
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
WEATHER PREDICTIONS

Does the weather on certain days
of the year control the weather for
long periods in the future? One of
the difficulties in the way of accept
ing any of these predictions, the
| Weather Bureau of the United States
Department of Agriculture points
out, is that most of them overlap and
lead the discerning into many alb
/ surdities.
| For example, many people believe
in forecasts starting from certain
supposedly important key or control
days in the year. It is said that "as
the 1st of January is so will be all
the rest of the month; that the I'd
day of January Though itself al
ready ruled by the 1st) determines
the weather of February, and,
strangely enough, also that Of the
following September; and that Sd
of January Cikewise ruled by the
1st) is a model of the coming
March" The Sd is also credited with
fixing the weather of the following
nine weeks. If we go on to st. Paul's
day, January 25, we find assurance
that if it be fine so will all the rest
of the year be. But we have just
been told that the 1st of January
rules the whole month; hence if the
1st be fine so must the 25th be, and
from that time all the rest of the
year, which we know very well is
never true.
Again, they say that as November
q is so will be the coming winter
Therefore, if any 1st of January
happens to be a fine day, so must be
the 25th of January and the 21st of
November, which will rule the 1st
of the following January; hence for
all time there will be fine weather.
The weather for 40 succeeding
days is supposed to depend in one
way or another on the weather at
Candlemas Day, February 2, which
is called grounding day in this
country; also on that of st. Swith-
ms Day, July Is; st. Peters day,
February % (Which has already been
regulated by the weather on the I'd
of january; on Pancake Tuesday,
Ash Wednesday, st. Medard's day,
June 8; st. Protasius' day, June 10;
d uAJ D. LhC III OJ nus uogS III DNA bAc
lomew's day, August "a. A brief cal
culation will show how unfortunate
ly these periods overlap and either
contradict each other or plunge the
world in a vale of perpetual rain. 1t
is not clear why the period affected
should so often be 40 days, except I
possibly for the example set by
Noah. There are also numerous
shorter periods covered by similar
predictions.
The Weather Bureau discredits .
them all, emphasizing the fact that
the only reliable guide to weather /
behavior is the record of what has
happened in the past, and as such .
records show considerable variety
in the weather as rule, it is alb
surd to base prophecies on them.
The election board had looking
glasses put in the polling place and
If tOoly 1oOcf Of tho xKyorooo about
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
SATISFIED

Customer: "That chicken I bought
yesterday had no wishbone."
Dealer: "He was happy ana
contented chicken, ma'am, and had
nothing to wish for."-The Progress
sive Grocer.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
THE PLACE FOR IT

DO you want me to put the muz-
.zle on your dog for you?"
NO, indeed" said the woman who
had talked for half an hour. when
I get home I will put it on myself"
Good Hardware.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

On another page of The Star one
of our representative who visited
Senator dupont in Washington dur
ing the past week, expresses the
kind of enthusiasm all the Senator's
friends in Delaware feel about his
recently launched plan for an ocean
to ocean superhighway. We share
this enthusiasm wholeheartedly but
we say, not jokingly but seriously,
wait a bit" No matter how enthus-
iastic his friends are over the road
and about the Senator's return to
health, everyone must sincerely
hope that he will carefully follow
the health program laid down for
him, till the physician in charge is
satisfied that permanent health is as
sured Nothing else is sense.
The road bill introduced at Wash
ington by Senator DUPONT is fair
ly long document, as was necessary
to protect all the issues involved in
so great an undertaking, but even
to the lay person who knows little
about such things, the provisions are
simple and clear, and in their COM
pleteness give some conception of
the maturity of business experience
and the broad engineering skill of
the man who conceived the plan as
a whole and in detail.
The specially arresting thought
about this project, however, is not its
greatness, nor difficulty, nor the i'm
petus it will give to further develop
ment of the country when carried
into effect-but the fact that it has
been put forth at the end of a year
of partial inactivity by a man who
had to lie up to regain his health.
In other words, he had time to think,
and how far that year has been from
being wasted only the rich fruits of
the completed highway in years to
come, can fully tell.
Time to think, for the men we
elect to public Office is even more
today than when our form
Of government was created. There is
more to think about. The results of
or not thinking are more
and yet in our own un-
acceptances of great in
ventions and great improvements in
our ways of living, we entirely over
look what is fundamental to this ad-
vance in civilization and to the per-
petuation of sound government as
we'll; putting able men in positions
to do their best work and giving
them time to do it.-Sunday Star.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
STRAYED

STRAYED-To my home, black and
white bird dog. Harry Passwaters, El-
lendale 1tp
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
WANTED

WANTED-Iron tank for pneumatic
water system Leland White, Oak
Grove, Del. dSl-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

The election board had looking
glasses put in the polling place and
it took most of the women about
twice as long as usual to vote.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

Happy New Year-1927.
Start by taking part in local gov
ernment.
Make Milford a more attractive
town in 1927.
Many a fight is not for rights but
for wants.
Many a husband is willing to ac-
cept advice from almost any woman
except his wife.
So drive today that the florist
won't build an "At Rest" pillow for
you tomorrow.
The person who depends on others
is usually looking for an opportune
time to importune.
The bullet-proof vest will be a
most useful addition to the bridge
groom's trousseau.
Milliners are responsible for a
great deal of the overhead expense
of the average home.
Probably more advice has been
given on the subject of marriage
than any other, with the most un-
results. ]
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

AS long as so many persons are
satisfied with the veneer of life
there will be plenty of it.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
MILFORD, FRIDAY, DEC. 81, 1926
THE NEW YEAR

Ring out the old. ring in the new.
Ring, happy bells, across the snow
The year is going; let him go;
Ring ont the false ring in the trlle
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31
SENATOR duPONT'S CROSS
CONTINENT HIGHWAY Bill

&=O9
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

Human nature today is very much
as it has been recorded in history,
except that there is more of it.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-31

Cape Charles had a community
celebration Christmas around thir-
ty foot cedar Christmas tree which
has been planted for the purpose OF
celebrating Christmas annually
without the necessary destruction of
trees.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
SANDERS

Several from here attended the can.
didate speaking at Sharum We,lnes-
day.
Most everybody is through work
now, and hunting and fishing win be
the order of the day
Mrs. Mona Wells visited Mrs. Grace
Fowler one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank johnson spent
The week end at Jim Arnold's near
Beech Grove. Mr.. johnson reports
that the cotton hopper infestation is
heavy in Greene county.
Mrs. Mary Simmons is visiting rela-
tiyes in Cherokee Bay this week.
Mrs. Natria Stone is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Julia Thompson, in ohio
Noah Wells spent the week end at
Craven Fowler's.
Johnnie Galbreath and family visited
at Henry MOrgans Sunday.
Brs. Byrd spent the week end with
her nephew, Lester Turner, near Beech
Grove.
Riley Blankenship and family were
Sunday dinner guests Of c. c. Ford, Sr.
Charley Wells and family were week
end visitors at Steve Blansett's.
Mrs. Finley has returned home after
a weeks visit with relatives near
Brookings.
Remember the preaching Saturday
night and Sunday at eleven o'clock.
Everybody invited
Mrs. Mona Wells has gone to see her
brother near Heber Springs, who is in
bad health.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
NEW CHAPEL

Mr. and Mrs. Willie Coats and Miss
Myrl Camp Of Richwoods are visiting
! relatives and friends
The show that Mr. Kerr and Mr..
Mock put on Friday night drew a
! large crowd We were glad to have
themwith MS. Fac hgave a nice talk.
Especially Mr.. Mock on consolidation" I"
Mrs. Arab Thomas and Mrs. Bob
/ Layl are attending the singing school
at Shiloh.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enoch Boyd and little
daughter, Coma Jean, took Sunday sup
| per with Mark Roach and family
They We're accompanied home by Mr.
Roach, who is going to stay awhile
with them
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Thomas took sup
per with Mr.. and Mrs Hubert Thorn
as Friday night
John Bates and Jeff Moore made
busines strip down near Beech Grove
one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Hulvey made
business trip to PocahOntas Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. EnOch Boyd and little
daughter spent last Monday night with
Mr.. and Mrs Burk Camp.
Bob Layl and Ed Thompson aud
their families visited in the Shiloh
community Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. JEFF Moore spent Sun
day with Mr. and Mrs John TYLER
Marcus Boyd spent last week visit
ing his daughter, Mrs. Ruby Rexroad
of Richwoods.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bates had as
their guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Mel
vim Graham.
Mrs. Emma Camp and children of
Lorine spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Sular Camp.
Several have been attending the big
meeting near Skaggs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Burk Camp and Mr..
and Mrs. Enoch Boyd made a business
tri pto Pocahontas Saturday.
Our school is progressing nicely with
Miss Alley RObinett as teacher. The
children put on a little program the
night that Mr.. Kerr and Mr.. Mock
were here.
Our big meeting begins next Satur-
day night, Aug Z. Everybody come
and let's make it a good one
Friday night after the big meeting
the 18th day of August, the Associa-
tiOns will begin and on Sunday, the
18th, there will be dinner on the
ground. Everybody is cordially invit-
ed to come.
The graveyard working has been put
off until the second Saturday in Sep
tember on account of the association.
Everybody come and bring tools and
plenty of dinner.
Misses Audrey, Edith and Otis Mas
sey of Hamil visite dthe Bates home
one day last week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
DAVIS

Crops are looking nice since the
rains that fell lately.
Miss Louise Garrett spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Ovanda King.
Mrs. Bertha Ne Smith, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Haley, died Mon
day, July 26, and was laid to rest in
the Davis cemetery Tuesday afternoon.
The bereaved ones have our sympathy.
DIR. Finney was called to see Mrs. J..
Il. Davis Monday.
Hubert England of Skaggs spent last
week with Curtis and Walter Penn.
Leo Riney and Jesse Penn visited
special friends at Peach Orchaed Fri
day night.
Alec Stanley is spending a few days
at the home of Tom Fossett near
Skaggs.
Mack and Ruth Davis are sick with
| typhoid fever
Denver and Cecil Turner spent Sun
day with Hite Johnston.
Walter Daniels of Running Lake
spent Sunday at Elsie Robinson's.
Noble Hicks has been working fcI
Ed Salmon the past week.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
Nuns Out After 40 Years

Mexico City-As result of the clos
ing of foreign religious institutions by
the Mexican government a party Of
nuns from isolated converts appeared
on the streets for the first time in 40
years. They had never before seen an
automobile.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

A shortsighted whale, mistaking a
fishing smack for another whale, gam
boiled about the little vessel, spOuted
water over it, administered couple
of playful. smacks with its tail and de-
parted, leaving its unwilling playmate
in a sinking condition.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05
To the Voters, Ladies and Gentlemen:

Allow again to ask you for your vote and in
fuence for SECOND TERM for Sheriff and Col
lector. Am not doing the same thing other sherfs
have done who have served you? THEN WHY
NOT?" Even my bitterest political enemies tell you
my record collector and as your law enforcement
officer is unassailable Yet there are men in this
county who wants boy who has almost given his life
to make Randolph County better place to lve turn
ed down on his SECOND TERN. Dear Voter is it
rght?" know you are going to say mo! Mol" n
No doubt, friends have made mistakes since
have been your sheriff but do for you would want
the people to do for your boy. Give me chance to
make them right by voting for me for SECOND
TERM ~yv rs~v, ~nwg
The Democracy of the county has always stood
for it, and you boys whom have been so kind to by
helping you to get your tax money and have helped
you in many ways as you know have done How can
you turn me down on my SECOND TERN?
will do the same thing for you again Boys, we
going to win by one of the biggest votes ever given
a boy for a SECOND TERM
VII. PERRIN
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

1t costs the United States Treasury
S5,OOO,OO0 a year to replace worn-out
currency. Twelve hundred tons of
worn and damaged paper money re-
turns to the treasury each year.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

When the tire Of an automobile blew
out as 1t was passing a pasture in
Iowa, six mules stampeded, broke
through the fence, and kicked the auto
mobile full of holes
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

Latin still retains its popularity in
North Carolina, where more than 1,200
boys and girls from seventy-two high
schools recently participated in a
statewide Latin contest.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

The highest salary paid a professor
at the University of Paris is $1,000 a
year at current rates of exchange.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

A tagged fish released off Port Matt
land, Nova Scotia, Travelled nearly
200 miles in three months before it
was caught in the Maisie River, Que
bee.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

The Soviet Government recently
published a decree claiming all terri
tory lying north Of Siberia, including
the North Pole.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

Deaths from automobile accidents
have increased 80 per cen since 1920
two-fifths of those killed being chill
dren under fifteen.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

If it was left to some folks it would
be crime to smile.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

A flower thirty-fve inches in diane
ter has been discovered in Borneo. It's
bud is often as large as a mans head.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

The automobile is almost as deadly
as the unloaded gun.
Pocahontas star herald., 1926-08-05

The worlds death rate is estimated
at 6s a minute, 97,020 day, and 3d.
74O,S00 year.