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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
LIVE SCHOOL DISCUSSION
Oranges Everywhere Taking An Ac-
tive Interest In Educational Mat
terS.

AS education constitutes one OF the
most important features OF the
Grange program throughout the
country, it is of interest to note that
this farmers organization is taking
a vigorous part in Grange discus
sions of far more than local interest.
AS a national organization the
Grange is strongly fighting centrah-
cation of educational authority at
Washington and at the various state
capitals, with equal force opposing
all $3.50 projects which extend the
"Federalizing' program into educa-
tional affairs.
In many states the question OF
rural school consolidation is being
actively fought out in Grange discus
sion and the latter organization IS
featuring large i nthe many legisla-
five controversies over this subject,
standing almost invariably for the
rights of the local district, though in
MANY instances favoring a consolida-
ton program where the interests OF
the farm children are properly sale
guarded.
Nearly every one Of the 5000 sub
ordinate Oranges in the country has
more or less school topics on its pro
gram for 1926; a large number OF
local Oranges feature a school
night" in the form of a reception to
teachers, talks along up-to-date
school activities, and frequently ad-
dresses by local school superintend-
ents and others relative to educa-
tional development. In rural sec
tions everywhere the teachers al
most invariably belong to the grange
finding the latter an admirable
place in which to meet the parents
of their children and to promote a
better understanding, through the
neighborhood, of school problems,
needs and accomplishments.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
EXPENSIVE PRhIARIES

Senate invesShgauSoIbof the Penn
'sylvania primaATY disclosing the
fact that considerable sums of mon
ey we're expended by the candidates
who sought the honor of represent
ing the Keystone State in the Uni
ted States Senate. But this should
not be surprising. Considerable sums
of money are spent in every state
wide primary. Money must be spent
if a thorough campaign is to be
made. and this does not mean that
there is necessarily corruption. 1t
is only where there is an investiga-
ton of the kind recently inaugural
ed in the Senate that the public
gets any idea of the expensiveness
of the average primary.
In the old days under the conVen-
ton system, the people in the vari-
GUS communities selected delegates
TO 20 to a state convention to pick
out their candidates. 1t was held
that the time was too short and the
territory to be covered too great for
the candidates to become acquaint-
ed with all the voters, and it was
therefore thought better that the
people select men, in whose honesty
and integrity they had confidence, to
represent them in the convention and
choose a good ticket for the party in
the fall elections.
This is the theory of representa-
tive government, and under it the
people got along pretty well until
they became inoculated with what
was supposed to be the reform habit
and were led to believe by alleged
advanced thinkers that this select
ing of candidates ought to be done
by the people direct. Uncer the
primary system it was declared, al
would have an equal show, the poor
man along with the rich.
But it hasn't worked exactly tha
way. Candidates have found tina
when all the voters must be reached
great sums of money must be eX
pended, in securing acquaintance
and contact with the voters and il
building an organization to set on
the votes on primary day And in
stead of a poor mans blessing th'
primary has proved to be ricl
mans game. The poor man has hat
difficult time in keeping up witt
it. Furthermore, it has been dem
onstrated that it is easier for a vel
creased machine to function in
primary than in a convention.
Therefore we ought neither ne sur
prised nor shocked at the evidenc
of great primary expenditures
These are the logical results of tn
system. To remedy these condition
there is but one effective way, an
that is to change the system.
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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
A DFAD-HEAD

Ruth came home from her first
visit to Sunday school eating bar
of chocolate.
"Why, Ruth, where did you get the
chocolate?" asked her mother.
"I bought it with the nickel you
gave me-" she said. "The minister
met me at the door and got me in for
nothing. The Progressive Grocer.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

about 4 1-2 times as
before the war. q
debts are now hig
wartime peak. The
being reduced at Il
ga of a billion doll
state and local debt
creased at the rate
billion dollars q yeai
There is just one
business that borrow
financial difficulties; ;
situation will OvertaI
whether local or nat.
to balance their budg
time for this nation
tax-levying departm
not wait until the
adversely the invest
the employment Of d
Grafton of industry
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
RECORD BEATERS

RECORD BEATERS
what is the smallest room in the
world?"
"a mushroom"
"What is the largest room in the
world?"
Room for improvement" The
Progressive Grocer.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
.ntline. add1s
S rooms, ther4 are assemBi

Ass rooms, there are assembly,
rooms, laboratories, gymnasiums
ETC., not only in the cities and towns
but out in the rural districts too.
This is all well enough, and we
ought to pride ourselves on our in
terest in education. At the same time,
it must be remembered, that artistic
buildings, with all modern equip
ment. will not take the place of
brains, character, and individual eff
fort. The youngster who doesn't want
TO learn, who has no ambition to be-
come a useful citizen will fail in a
modern classroom as easily as in a
log school house and the ambitious
youngster will not be defeated by
lack of all modern convenIences.
This does not mean that we ought
to give up our modern sanitary
buildings and go back to hewn log
desks. But we ought not to lose
sight of the fact that something be-
sides modern equipment is neces-
sary. The value of schooling does not
lie entirely in the assimilation of
facts. Discipline and character build
ing ought to be developed as well as
scientific knowledge. This is OF
course in part up to the teachers
too. If they are earnest, patriotic,
practical Americans, then the pupils
will get the right sort of training.
But if they are infected with the yir-
us Of socialism, either pink or red
the youngsters are apt to get the
wrong start in life, and spacious as
sembly halls and modern laborator-
les will not save them.
And we can be thankful that near
w all of our common and high
school teachers are of the real
American kind.
In the meantime the success of the
bright little Kentucky Miss in the
Washington contest is proof Of the
fact that the little red school house
on the side of the hill has not beer
entirely distanced.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

A subordinate CIR
boasts of one famil
of a father, mother
dren, all members
Grange, all active
living within a sh0|
Grange Hall.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
BALTIMORE TRUST CONE

At Selbyville, Camden and Bridgeville in the 81,
at the close of business on June 80, 1926.
RESOURCES
Loans Discounts and Investments
OverdTats.
Bank House (incuding furniture and hxtures) 49,.
awful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank or 9th
reserve
Checks and other cash ...-
Other
Total p r.
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid
Undivided Profits (less expenses and taxes PAID e
Due to all banks.
Individual Deposits Gncluding Postal Savings e
Bills payable (includng certificates OF deposit
sentng money borrowed )........... ........'.'.'F1
Other liabilities br
Total liabilities
State of Delaware, County of Sussex r.
l. l. Long, Treasurer of the above-named bank, dos
above the best of my knowledge and be
Subscribed and before this 9Th day Of July
D. F. HOLLlNGSWOR
Correct-Attest:
Z y 79RS Tow
l. W. LONG
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
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SUNSET MUSINGS
BY-WAYS

On the highways of the nation
Flows a swift and ceaseless tide,
The pulsng blood of commerce
Man in all his strength and pride.
But the by-ways offer joyful,
Lazy travel under trees,
The tunes of feathered songsters,
And the hum of happy bees.
Here are toll and care forgotten,
Here are joy and laughter found
In the pleasant roads that Nature
Through the forest trees has wound.
IL. II. j
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

and under which Mr.. Calhoun was
given a thorough sveam rollerlng'
Mr.. Van Buren himself was CHOSEN
candidate for vice president and IN
1886 won the presidency.
But with Van Buren came the
panic of 1887 and the Whig victory
of 1910, which put Van Buren out Oh
the White House. Van Buren, trleu
To get the nomination in 1874, but
the southern Democrats were susplc-
ions of him and resolved to prevent
his nomination. And here Fate came
10 the bat in a strange way ana MT
Van Buren was steam rollered by
the same two-thirds rule he had used
in running over Mr.. Calhoun Dack
in 1882.
Rv this time the southern Demo-
Gratis had begun to see the value OF
the two-thirds rule from their stahu-
Doint. They might me in the MINOR
itv. but they could always control
more than one-third OF the dele
CAFES and so prevent the nonllnS- ma
ion of a ticket which was unirleAu-
" TO themselves and the slave pow w
cr which they represented And SO SO
if came about that the rule wnien zen
was adopted originally to prevent tilo
nomination Of a southern disunloh-
ist for vice president was used TO 10
nerpetuate the power of a soulheIn IN
minority in the national Demoera'io
| Party.
The two-thirds rule is now traui-
tion in Democratic politics ana lts
reneaI is not going to be easy IN IN
view Of all the history surrounalhss :
if But there seems to be IN 'Ie ne
making a more determined ell, efLotE 1San 10
reneaI it in the next convention than
has been apparent for some tline, 4o
And if it is repealed there IS apt "
he a finish fight in the convention
that will 90 down big in history
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
FRIDAY. JULY 9, 1926

FRIDAY, JULY y, 1870
sT FRIEND of the careful
automobiles, is the judge
,s punishment without
oathy, where punishment
5etimes said that safety on
epends upon the presump-
yerybody else operating an
e is incompetent and will
hing. But there is a fallacy
,soning. No matter how Wig
careful one is, there may
.a6lng the car driven by an
ad man. He gets short
nm Commissioner Harnett OF
k. His license is revoked
responsibility for an acci-
.roved. 1t is not pleasant to
ed as drunk at the wheel
drive or own an automo-
two weeks the Commits
dishes a list of revoca-
and suspensions, setting down
use in all cases. Sometimes the
when it is not drunkenness, is
hameful, as when an offender
,way from the scene of an ac-
due to his reckless driving.
. other causes of revocation
,e fund on the list burglary
e4,iving stolen goods" boot
permitting another person
license, and third conviction
Ieding. All the guilty are not
! and punished by revocation
,osure, but publicity must
lany converts.
spension is, of course, much
ian the revocation list. (Of-
re put upon probftion
them will never get their
ack. Others will reform
be- good citizens in the fu-
s3ms 4uspehsions are made
idg Investigation" and revoca-
nav follow. Charged with hom-
is not uncommon in the sus-
On list. The entry enlarged
assault" indicates a quarrel IL
some one lost his temper al
1 adcident and he may have
to blame. There are degrees o.
caticn. An arrested driver may
f with a suspension if it was
st offense and the damage was
And so of RECKLESS driving
r he the first time. Three times
tout" which means revocation
lnse. although in no case was
smash-up. The reckless drlV'
lot be tolerated. Leaving the
an accident without report
" involve suspension.
4ck lists should be studied
Aowners and drivers, ever
ntions are honorable ant
acttrs good. The driver o.
omobile MAJ get into trouble
Ing to know what his obliga
to everybody using th'
The business Of driving
his constant study. II
Harnett New York ha'
fearless and intelligent
ii er. He takes his duties
lsty. It is not the least of hi
ications that he is diligent il
lmending to the legislature i'm
ments of the motor vehicle
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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

COMMON SENSE
m which must not
the people, when
needs for improve
blic school buildings,
Delaware. There is
new schools and at an
accommodate the chill
here to use the school
is need for radical
he methods of building,
DaiWays finds opposition, which
gition comes in large part, from
ose who know least about the
eds Of the school buildings, to be
I'D for educational training. Just
ew days ago a nationwide spell
contest in Washington, was won
v d kentucky Miss, with a Sussex
County, Delaware Miss taking fourth
,rize and honors, and it is said that
the Kentucky girl secured all OF her
education up to this time in a one
room school house. The fact of the
one-room school house was regarded
&c so noteworthy that most of the
newspapers who told about the spell
ing contest featured it in the head
lines.
And Vet there is nothing so re-
narkabN about this after all. Up
A,ntil recently the great majority of
our public men acknowledged the
ON. .'6om school house as their start
ing point, and there are still many
in active life, SUCCESSFUL in one way
or another, who heS'ken back to the
same kind of an educational begin
Now If courSe we are building
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

No woman reaches a higher point
than to be wise and womanly at one
and the same time.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

When the summer vacation period
is over more than a peep into the
actualities of the future may be pro-
vided, but it is too early now to do
much more than speculate about the
future. Sheer guessing-for the
presents in order.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
Written for Milford Chronicle by
Frank p. LitSchert
(communicated)

(communicated)
We are again hearing something
through the newspapers of the pro-
posal to abolish the rule in Demo-
cratic national conventions reQuir-
ing two-thirds of the votes of all the
delegates for a nomination of pres
ident and vice president. 1t is rumor-
ed that some of the leaders in the
Al. Smith and the McAdoo factions
of the party now agree about abol-
ishing the rule. If this view prevails
and the rule is eliminated, there
will be a fight to a finish in 1928 and
the Democratic national convention
will be worth going some distance TO
see.
In view of all this talk, the politi-
cal writer's have been digging into
the musty past to see what this
two-thirds rule is all about. And
they have found that it was adopted
in 1882 at the behest Of Andrew
Jackson and his friends to keep
Jackson's arch enemy, Calhoun,
from getting the nomination for vice
president. Jackson's and Calhoun's
views on public affairs were funda-
mentally as opposite as the poles.
Jackson was a strong Unionist and
Calhoun was a firm believer in the
doctrine of notification and disunion
if necessary.
The Democrats had Jefferson din
ners even in those days, and at one
of these affairs, back in April, 1890
Jackson gave the toast, "The Fed
eral Union-It must be preserved
Calhouns toast in reply was Lib
erty-Dearer than Union" At this
time jackson was president and Cal
houn vice president. Then came the
notification trouble in South Caro-
lima, which was to make Jackson and
Calhoun bitter political enemies
Jackson's political manager was the
astute Martin Van Buren,. The Jack
sonites did not want Calhoun fol-
vice president again in 1882, so the
clever Mr.. Van Buren, and his assn-
ciates evolved the two-thirds rule
which was adopted in the convention
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Are you able to draw the line that
runs between mere wish and pure
doggedness? After all, there is a
big chasm between desire and de-
termination. Somehow, we like the
fellow that's going to do it any
how.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
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IN WET WILMINGTON the agita-
ton against the prohibition laws of
Delaware. has it's life and being. All
of rural Delaware was absolutely in
favor of prohibition, several years
before the Statewide law went into
effect, and had so voted. Therefore
it is not a matter of surprise that it
is the men and women of Whining
ton, who were wet in their social
and political proclivities, should be
the first to be active to bring about
repeal, or modification of the pro-
hibition laws; and, inferentially, null
Iify the enforcement of the prohibi-
ton laws.
A The movement made to carry their
opposition in organized form into the
rural parts of Delaware, which is all
the State except the City of Whining
ton, has changed from a direct as
sault to one that would bring about
the letting down of the law, so an
entering wedge can be set, and with
the hope that in future campaigns 1t
may be driven home and liquor once
more be Iegalized, as a saleable COM
modify and beverage.
That movement is not gathering
support from either Kent or Sussex,
and so far has received but small at
ton from rural New Castle. It has
had the effect to start the friends of
prohibition into activity, which will
cause those who aspire to member
ship in the next legislature, great
uneasiness as to what attitude they
shall take on the question.
To the moral men and women who
form the great majority of the citi-
zenship of Delaware, the political
complexion of the legislature is of
less Importance, than is the support
of prohibition and suppression OF
those who would modify existing
conditions; and, their ballots will
more than likely be cast according
ly.
1t may be possible that the wet
interests may contribute a large
campaign fund to be used to nomi-
nate, and afterwards elect candi-
dates which would vote for modifica-
ton; but, in view of the already in
famed public opinion against the
huge sums expended in the recent
primaries in other states, it would
be political suicide and disgrace of
Delaware next winter. 1t is at the
primary elections this battle will be
fought.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

It is safer to leave a snake alone
than it is to step on him. 1t is
known beforehand that he will strike
back-and strike to kill
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Worry is the mental message that
you've got poison in your veins.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Like the pup chasing the flying
express, some folks are pursuing
ideals while others are wondering
what they would do with them if
they were overtaken.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Manhood has no higher altitude
than to be a man to whom some
sort of work is indispensable. A
real mans highest aim is not the
accumulation of wealth beyond the
necessities and comforts of life, but
the building up of a character that
will insure his own ultimate happi-
ness.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Napoleon is said to have carried
the lives of Alexander the Great,
Hannibal and Ghenghis Khan with
him in all of his wonderful military
campaigns. On the battlefelds, he
used them for his pillow. And he
became even greater than his mod
els. No life with a low ideal can
ever attain its full measure of power
and beauty.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

A man may be convicted, but the
justice of it all is as lucid as mud
if his jury be composed of whiskered,
bankrupted saints and the galoots
who owe the accused brother"
themselves. 1t is a mighty easy
thing to make up a verdict. The
majority Of people can't do anything
else. They're not that big.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

1t is so easy to be true when no
strain is brought to bear upon your
confidence. And then it is so easy
for some to be false-without the
strain brought upon them.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Normally, the simple life is the
strong life.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
%2o9

IN APPOINTING Wallace Handy
to succeed John w. Herring as head
of the Delaware Internal Revenue
Department, located at Wilmington,
a wise selection has been made. He
is in every way qualified to handle
the position as a business man, and
as a politician he has demonstrated
and proven that he is capable, loyal
and good fighter. His educational
qualifications and his experience in
public life, are such that he will
make a fine record in service of the
. government Office to which the Pres
ident appointed him on the recon-
mendation of Senator du Pont and
/ Congressman Houston.
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THE COUNTRY PAPER is the
nucleus of community life, and the
country must measure it's progress
by the community. The country edi-
tor exerts more of an influence ON
the community than any other agen-
cy. He is the advance agent of its
civic progress, the stimulus of its
social life, the big brother Of the
church, the patron saint Of the
school.-AIerle Thorpe.
l. SoS
THERE are some mighty good
printers running poor newspapers,
and many a good newspaper is be-
ing run by men who could not 10
cate the "e" box in a type case.
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

tT FRIEND Of the careful
automobiles, is the Judge
s punishment without
oathy, where punishment
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. TO the MII-
Aicle Pub. Co.. Milford, Del
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

WNSEND
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Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

sriousS. 1t is not the least of his
Qualifications that he is diligent in
recommending to the legislature i'm
bvements of the motor vehicle
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09

Milford Postoilice as second
cla.S mail matter
Milford chronicle., 1926-07-09
NATIONAL AFFAIRS

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The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
ItJuCH HAS AMBITION TO SEND SONS TO tOEIEGE
 WORKS iN ARCTIC

Tacoma. Oct. 2. H', Andrew aged 2i and Jo gen. ag. T "l, hItli sons Of Captain Christian Kliekcn- berg. of Victoria Land, enrolled at he Lutheran College, fnrhand
 They began Their primary studies .Kllckenberg lived in the Arctic trading for fnrs for thirty years. iiR ambition wns tn give his two boys Il collcg" education. Hp that they could trHch the Victoria Land natives They cam" to Tacoma on their faiher'' tnding @hooner They also had II rarRo, inclndinr sixteen hundred white fox furs. =
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

In Probate Court. Cape Noms Precinct, Second Division. Territory ot Alaska.
 Estate of Andy Erie Deceased.
 Notice Is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed Ad- minstrator of the Estate of Andy Erie Deceased and letters testa- mentary issued to him by the Pro- bate Court, Cape Nome Precinct. Territory of Alaska, and that Gre tiitors having claims against the said Estate are required to present same, verified to the undersigned at Nome. Alaska within 6 months from date hereof.
 Dated at Nome. Alaska. this End day of October 1s2e.
 M R.w. J. REED.
 Administrator of the Estate of Andy Erie Deceased.
 Pphlish--oct. 2. 9. ls. ss, go, lsss.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
NEW YORK BANKS
 COMBINE KESOl Rt tEj

New York. Oct lJ. Hp The Try ing Bank x Trust Company, inc American Exchange and Pacific Nnfionll Iianlts. yestorday. combin ed Ih.ir r'tourccB amounting fo toYeu huudroh thirty liv" million dollars which will he merged Tho directors decided that the new in ,siifuiian will br known ns ih" American Exchange X Irving Trust bank Ing concern In New York City
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
DREDGING ACTIVITIES nor SPRINGS DISTRICT
 START NEXT SpWING

Seattle. Oct n. UG Robert s nonaldaon Of Fairhanka who re- gently arrived hcr", announced that dredging operations on the plnrer claims in the Hot Springs district. renl"ring on Il Ionr mile front including Amprican. Colorado and New York creeks, will start cnrly next spring, Alaskans will formerly remember ihis concern which was known ns tho Ameri- can Greek Dredging Company
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
FAILED TO MAKE
 WAGE ADJUSTMENTS

Anchorage. Oct. IS. R-The Brotherhood of Alaska Railroad Workers. have prepared complaints 10 be sent to the Secretary of the Interior, complaining that the road justments agreed 10 by the Depart ment two years ago. The leaders and employees declared that un- uAially harsh penalties are infiet- ed for infraction of the rules.
The Nome nugget., 1926-10-16
FRIDAY tTEUECRApHtcJ
WANTS EARLY TRIAL
 TEA POT CONSPIRACY

Washington. Oct. 13. Ht Gov ernmebt counsel ia seeking aD ear ly trial of Fall. Doheny and Sin clair tn the District of Columbia Supreme Court indictments for con npiraey and defrand concerning the leases to Tea Pot Dome and Elk hills. In the talifntnia mandate rendered on the twenty first. Attor- hey Gordon nald, the government sill ask that the defendants b. summoned and the trial set al an carly date.