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The Washington times., 1926-09-28
THIS BLOOM
is. HEFTY

IN the forests Of Sumatra grows
J. the largest flower in the world.
it weighs all of Is pounds and
measures a full yard across. At
its center is cavity capable Of
holding a gallon and a half of
water.
This floral monster is a parasite
that lives upon the roots of fig
or vine, or other climbing vines.
The ground color is flesh.tinted or
yellow, upon which are heavy
lnottlings in dull purple.
The unopened buds Of the para
site bloom look like a cabbage.
1t takes about a month to come
to full size, remains open for a
day or two and then passes into
rapid decay.
The Washington times., 1926-09-28
HAULEDOVE
GOALS

DURING the Middle Ages, Grim
~ inals were made to undergo
a test which was called the
Ordeal of Fire. They were made
to walk barefooted over a bed of
hot Goals. If, in doing this, they
escaped unframed, they were de-
clared innocent. but If they were
burned or sscorched, 1t was suffi-
cient proof of their guilt.
From this custom originated
the phrase, Hauled over the
Goals" Anyone who is suffering
at the tongua's-end of one whose
displeasure he has incurred. Is
being figuratively hauled over
the Goals. ..
The Washington times., 1926-09-28

Where there is much light. the
shadow Is deep. Goethe.
It Is easy to criticize an au.
thor, but difficult to appreciate
him. -Vauvena9 cues.
Consolation, indiscreetly pressed
upon Us when we are suffering,
under affliction, only serves to-
increase our pain and to render
our grief more poignant.
Rousseau.
The Washington times., 1926-09-28

table. Makes the
bed. Irons some
Of the babys
cIothes-there e.
always a pile nf
baby clothes to
be ironed. and
OF Mrs. Gales
finer things.
S m etim es
Mrs. Gales ar
rives home In
time to put din
nSr on the tdDtS
-oftener n o I.
TIL e ore { ically
ora ''e a { 50
with the family.
ally she
spends most Of
the time on her
feet, servin 8
them or caring
for the fretfui
baby. Her own
dinner she takes
in hI1rriad 0t1InS
The Washington times., 1926-09-28
DIR. FRANK CRANES
DAILY EDITORIAL

Too Young To KnOlD

ERBERT HOOVER is strange sort OF politician.
When he makes speech he usually says some
: thing worth thinking about. +
The Washington times., 1926-09-28
SAYINGS OF WISE MEN

When a king creates an office.
Providence at once creates n fool
to buy 1t. Colbert.
High birth is a gift Of fortune
which should never challenge
esteem toward those who receive
it, since it's costs them neither
study nor labor. -Buyere.
Music Is the child Of prayer,
the companion of religion.
C2pauteaubriand.
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Va queer fe Ell.

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ing to look at
the Little Chap
when he's asleep.
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young and help.
less-yet he's a
big boy, now
going on thir-
teen. And heav.
en- knows there's
nothing helpless
about him dur.
ing his waking
hours-if ever q
youngster raised
Cain-but lying
t h ere asleep
curled up, with
his hair all
towsled, he's a
b a b v again.
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Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
MILFORD NEW CENTURY CLUB

The Milford New Century Club met
as usual on Monday afternoon. The
president being absent the first vice
president, Mrs. C. H. Nutter, took
charge. The minutes were read and
approved. This being the regular
business and social day, Mrs. e. J.
Lewis gave a report of the club in
stitute which was held in Harring-
ton. This was followed by a discus
sion regarding the picture which
Mrs. Warner has requested of the
club house and members for her
club book. 1t was decided to take
this picture next Saturday afternoon,
December 18, at 3 o'clock and all the
club members are urged to be at the
club house at that time. viii the
club ladies please bear in mind that
the articles for the boy and girl at
the Delaware Colony must be in the
hands of Mrs. Robert Griffith by
Tuesday, December 21?
Due to the holiday season the next
meeting of the club will be held on
January 8, 1927
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
AVENUE M. E. CHURCH

Sunday, December Goth will be OBJ
served in this church as Christmas
Sunday, although the pastors SER
mon topics as well as the music of
the choir will ring with the Christ
mas thought.
A beautiful Christmas church SER
vice calendar will be printed and
distributed to all present on Christ
mas Sunday. This calendar will also
contain the program OF the centen-
nial anniversary of our Sunday
school which will be held January 2
to 8.
Next Sunday is gift Sunday in our
church and Sunday school. This is
the day when we bring our gifts to
be distributed TO the poor of our
community
Within the last three weeks the
pastor has received on preparatory
membership of the church eight per-
sons and has another class to be re-
ceived next Sunday morning. He has
also received II persons into full
membership of the church, ten of
these being admitted by transfer of
membership from other churches.
At the Epworth League service the
young people, under the direction of
the fourth vice president, Miss Thel-
ma Jewell, will present a pageant
entitled "a Prophet of the Dawn. y
This will be EpwOrth Herald night
and all subscribers to the weekly
periodical of the Epwoith League
will be asked to renew their sub
scTiptiOn.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

marketing, breakdown in railroad
facilities and lack of allied ship
ping, there were several stages
when stock Of pork products piled
up until 1t seemed a break in prices
was Inevitable. The success of the
now Secretary of Commerce in
holding this situation in hand is a
mater of history and the agreed
upon prices were maintained up
to the Armistice.
X At this juncture, however. the
author reminds his readers an ex-
ceedingly perilous situation for the
farmer was created by the desire
of the allied governments to turn
to the markets of the Southern
hemisphere for their further sup
plies of pork products. There vast
supplies we're held for release and,
Of course, these were available at
greatly reduced prices.
Mr.. Hoover took Immediate
measures to meet this situation
four-square. He proposed to the
allies that the blockade of the
neutrals of northern Europe be
lifted and that they be permitted
to export controlled amounts of
food INTO Germany. This suggest
ion was rejected, the military AUTH
critics desiring to keep their neel
on Germany until peace had final
ly been signed.
In the meantime vast supplies OF
pork were piling up in this country
and with Britain declining 10 make
| further purchases the outlook was
dour. However. France and Italy
were persuaded to reconsider and
they reinstated orders for January
and February of 1919. These or
ders. supplemented by continued
sales to some neutrals and to the
United States Army, carried the
market through those months.
However. if the governments prom
ises were to be held. the farmers
must be protected until the end or
| March, 1919, and in the meantime
on March 9Th. the War Trade
! Board, with the approval Of the
! President. removed all control OF
hog Products.
MIR. Hoover in the interim had
arrived in Paris, according to DR..
Surface and there had succeeded
in forming an inter allied relief or.
ganization for distressed peoples IN
Europe and had also finally sue.
ceeded in bringing about relaXa-
ton of the blockade against Ger
many. Thus the market was Dol.
stored up and prices matntained
and. Of utmost Importance, a dis
. astrous famine avelted-
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

pany at Media, Pa; two sisters and
a brother, Mrs. B. A, Clark of Sis
tersVille, w. ", and Mrs. r. E. Heck
ert of Spencer, W. Va. and A. D. Ire
land of WOrthington, w. Va. Funeral
services were held in the M. r.
Church Sunday at II a. M, conduct
ed by Rev. J. H. Thornton, assisted
by Rev. C. H. Atkins of Concord,
Md, former pastor, also VIM. B.
Stephens of Delmar, president of the
State Sunday School Association.
His remains were laid at rest in the
Odd Fellows cemetery, Milford. The
members of the Odd Fellows Lodge
of Milford, of which ne was a MEM
ber, had charge of the services at
the grave. The floral tributes were
many and beautiful
Rev. and Mrs. G. f. Wood OF
Trappe, Md, attended the funeral of
Mrs. Priscilla Warriner on Thurs
day last.
Miss Kathryn Calhoun of Whining
ton was at home with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Calhoun on
Sunday.
MISS IuGllllCt NAL I'LL VI NAASe'NN- ,
Pa, spent the past week with the
Misses Irene and Lille Cook.
Mrs. Frank Dawson was a Phila-
delphia visitor on Thursday.
Ora Roberts and wife, Mrs. Mark
! ShOckfey and Mrs. Edw. Williams
spent Wednesday at Salisbury, Md.
Howard POstles has excepted a
DositiOn as station agent at Days
borO.
Mrs. Emma Taylor and daughter,
May, of Philadelphia, have been
spending some time with relatives
and friends here.
Mrs. Chas. Weatherly and Mrs
Jay Abbott spent Tuesday and We'd
nesday at Dover as the guests Oi
Mrs. Ella Cook. While there they at
tended the State Grange held in the
Dover Century Club rooms on Dover
Green.
S. P. Griffith and wife were of the
many guests who attended the an
nual dinner given at the home of F
C. Bancroft and family near CamdeI
on Saturday.
On Saturday morning while crank
ing his car to leave for Miami, Florl
da, Thomas Bellies, fractured small
bone in his left wrist. The trip wal
postponed until Tuesday morning
when Mr.. Bellies, accompanied b,
Joseph Chapman, left for that plac
and will remain during the winte
, months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vadakin ant
daughter Ruth spent Sunday at tn
home of Mrs. Vadakin's parents, MI
and Mrs. Walter Allen, near Wyom
ing.
Mrs. Priscilla Warriner passe'
away at the home of her sister, Mrs
J. d. Warriner on Tuesday evening
December 7th, 1926, after severa
months of illness, death was due t,
cancer of the stomach, age " years
The deceased was a devout Christian
, and loved every department of he
church that she attended so faithful
ly, also being a member of the Wo
mems Christian Temperance UniOl
T of which organization she was mad
a life member, September 2, 1926
and held the office of vice presiden
| of the union until her recent illness
Funeral services were held in tn
M. E. Church on Thursday Afternoon
at two o'clock, conducted by Rev. j
/ H, Thornton. Some beautiful re
marks were made by Rev. G. L
Wood of Trappe, Nd, former pas
= tor. The deceased leaves a sister ant
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
THE BUSINESS QUIZ

Test out your ability on these
questions, allowing yourself a score
of 10 for each one answered correct
ly. Then look below, where the
facts are given.
Ten minutes a month spent in
studying Good Hardware's business
quiz will add many useful facts to
your fund of general information in
the course of year.
1. When turpentine is added to a
paint or enamel does it have any ef-
feet upon the gloss of that finish?
2. How can you quickly arrive at
the weight of plate iron?
3. Has the linseed oil in a paint
avaporated after the paint is dry?
4. How many pounds of lime in a
bushel?
5. What is that part of lever call
ed which acts as its support and
upon which it turns?
Answers TO Quiz
l. Turpentine reduces the gloss of
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

Your gift may be large small but whatever it is it
should be of hi quality and in good taste.
You know this stores reputation for both quality
and TASTE
Our name on the gift box is of appreciation
from the man who receives it,
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
Lincoln City

Long after a beautiful life has gone
To the fairer world on high,
Our lives are bright with its linger-
ing light,
For a true life cannot die.
Thirteen years ago there moved
from the plains of old West Virginia
to our quiet rural community one,
Walter A. Ireland.
He had not lived among us very
long before we noticed in him the
qualities of Christian manhood.
While generous in his consideration
of the opinions of others, he also,
after careful thought, formed his
own conclusions regarding matters
of interest to the public and labor
ed unselfishly for what he believed
to be the right.
Yes. he was a Christian. Nine
years ago he was elected superinten-
dent of the Sunday school of Lincoln
M. E. Church. His interest in the
developing of Christian character Of
the youth of our community was
demonstrated by his tireless efforts
to bring our Sunday school to It's
greatest efficiency in teaching the
message of personal salvation
through Jesus Christ.
He believed in tn efficacy of pray
er; in the need of conversion; in the
power of divine forgiveness; in
Jesus Christ as a personal Saviour;
and he believed it was the duty Of
every Christian to put their beliefs
into everyday practice-let their
light shine. -.
He loved the church. He saw in 1t
the symbol of Gods presence among
men. He recognized its shOrt-com-
ings, but he also knew there was no
other institution on earth so direct
Iy representing God and so unseltish-
ly telling the story of the risen
Christ. He was a trustee OF our
church and a dependable and honor
ed one.
Quite some time ago i'll health be-
gan to make its inrOads on his phys
icaI condition, but not even his clos
est loved ones thought the end was
so near. Sitting at the breakfast ia
BILE on last Thursday morning, De
cember 9th, 926, he was stricker
with what was thought to be sllghl
attack of heart trouble but whicf
proved within few hours, to be MS
last illness. While quietly resting II
his bed he fell asleep, leaving his
cares and trials of this world to us
to awake on the other shore where
sorrow, sickness, pain and death ar'
never known.
Call him not dead when he, indeed
hath gone
Into the company of the cVer-nV
ing,
High and most glorious poets. lie
thanksgiving
Rather be made. Say: He ut las
hath won
Rest and release, converse supreme
and wise,
Music and song and light of i'm
mortal faces"
Today, perhaps, wandering in starr!
places,
And listening still
To enchanted hymns that soun'
from the heavenly hill.
The deceased was 54 years Old. HI
leaves a widow, three sons and ;
daughter, Mrs. Harvey Swain, Fret
Ireland, rural mail carrier of thi
place, John and Bernard Ireland
employed with the telephone com
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

Gas masks and bayonets have
little in common with hog hesh
and its by-products, yet 1t now de-
yelops that the true historian VINO
would sing the saga of allied con-
uuests in the world war must give
due consideration to the American
hog, as he contemplates the victory
This further means, logically.
that the American farmer, breeder
of this useful food animal. was an
outstanding factor In the successrul
prosecution of the war.
Frank NJ. Surface, who, as an
agricultural economist, was IN con-
slant touch with this phase or ma
tional and international life during
the great struggle. has recently
prepared volume setting forth the
vital facts in connection with this
esDect of wartime food measures
This record. published by the
A. w. Shaw Company, Chicago
bears the somewhat prosaic title
"American Pork Production in the
World War"
The real importance OF the hog
as a food animal was made mani
fest In the Spring of 1917, DR., sur
faces hook declares, when the
soreIv-pressed allies were woetully
in need of fats. The shortage of
ships in these countries and the de-
crease in man-power production
had resulted in a frantic drive on
American grain markets, and TINS
. had resulted in the decentralization
of prices. Such high prices were
being paid for grain that Ameri-
can farmers had virtually apan-
Ioned the production of pork, be-
cause it would have meant such
a great sacrifice. When hnally
the allies appealed to the newly,
established United States 1000
Administration for increased sup
niles of fats. the farmers we're no'
keen for the proposal that they IN
crease their hog production unit
thev could be given some assurance
that prices for pork products wouIa
be maintained on level with thos'
paid for food grains.
Herbert Hoover then undertooF
TO bring about this stimulation II
hog production. He promised th'
farmers that, so far as the contro
of allied, neutral and government
buving Of pork would permit NJ
would attempt to keep the marke
prices of hogs in a definite relation
10 the price of corn, DIR. Surfac'
reveals. This promise was no
easily kept.
pork production did enormousl'
Annraasa hI4 through unseasonanI
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

nephew and a host of friends to
mourn her loss. Interment at Lin
coin cemetery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Jones are re-
ceiving congratulations on the birth
of a fine daughter, born Saturday,
December 18th. Mrs. Jones will be
remembered as Miss Theresa Glen
daniel. Both mother and daughter
are doing nicely.
Miss Lauretta Truitt is being con-
fined to her room on account Of ill
ness.
Rev. and Mrs. c. H. Atkins and
daughter Gladys and Mrs. Todd of
Concord, Md, were visitors here on
Sunday.
Services Sunday as follows:
Glass 10 a. m.
Sunday school IL a. m.
Preaching 1880 p. m.
Slaughter Neck. Sunday scnOol at
$3.50 and preaching at 1O:SO a. m.
Cedar Neck: Sunday school l:3O
D n. Preaching 2:30 .. m.
Rev. ]. Hh Thornton, pastor.
Call at Morrison's Store for Pet
Tvs Bread.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

Call at Morrison's Store for Pet
Ey's Bread.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17

a paint or enamel, hence is frequent
ly used in undercoats to increase the
adhesion of subsequent coats.
2. One square foot of plate iron
one inch thick weighs forty pound.
Simply multiply by the square foot
area of the piece, then divide by the
fraction or the multiple of an inch,
and you have its weight.
8. Linseed oil in paint does not
evaporate. It absorbs oxygen from
the air and solidifies in a tough
eleastic coat which acts as a binder
for the pigment.
4. There are 80 pounds of lime in
a bushel.
5. The fulcrum.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
OBITUARY
WARRINER

Mrs. Priscilla Warriner died at the
home of her sister, Mrs. Matilda
Warriner, in Lincoln City, Tuesday,
December 1926, age rs years, 10
months and days. Funeral at Lin
coin M. E. Church at o'clock
Thursday. Interment in the Lincoln
cemetery. Rev. Thornton officiating
and Rev. Wood, assistant pastor.
CARPENTER
Robert S. Carpenter, a highly re-
spected citizen, died at his home
near Milford, Sunday, December II,
1926, age II years and % days. Flu
neral at Slaughter Neck Church on
Wednesday. Interment in the ceme-
terry adjoining the church. He leaves
host of relatives and friends, also
widow, Mrs. Comfort !. Carpen-
ter. Rev. Thornton officiating.
Milford chronicle., 1926-12-17
NO CREDIT

Mr.. Slow-Pay: eff this floor paint
works, I'll owe it all to you"
Clerk: Pardon me. sir. but our
terms are cash. Good Hardware.
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union there were born twelve chill
dren, four sons and eight daughters,
nine of whom with her husband, sur
vive her.
There were present here Sunday
her son now living in Orlando, Mr.. B.
S. Register; another son from Flor
ence, S. c., Mr.. Preston Register;
her daughter living in Orlando, Mrs
Bessie Hendrix, also Mrs. Bernice
Stroud, a daughter living in Detroit;
Mrs. Margaret Shafer, of Leymone,
Pa; Mrs. C. G. Williams, of Miami;
Mrs. G. L. Ingram, of Miami. These
with her devoted husband and other
relatives gathered to pay their last
respects to devoted Christian wife
and mother whohas ever lived for the
comfort and happiness of her large
family. In early life the deceased
united with the Free Will Baptist
Church afterwards the Methodist
Church and about seven years ago
with the Seventh Day Adventists. The
church has lost a most faithful and
consistent member and many will
mourn her loss.
A preliminary funeral was held in
the funeral parlors in Orlando, after
which the body was shipped here
where interment took place in the old
family cemetery, Sunday morning,
Rev. J. F. Singleton, of the First Bap-
fist Church, officiating.
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Modern Chick Must
Be Hatched Early to
Ring Cash Register

The early bird gets the worm, and
the farmer who matches his chicks
early is laying the foundation for
profitable egg production next win
ter, according to the Larrawe Insti-
tute of Animal Economics, Novem-
Der now brings highest prices for eggs
instead of January as in former
years, and progressive farmers are
finding that it pays to advance hatch
ing formerly done in May and June to
February and March.
While winter is normally the sea-
son Of dormant reproduction in poul-
try, the farmer who applies the few
basic principles of poultry culture
will find that he is able to get salts
factory production from his flock
during the cold months, the Institute
states. The use of good blood is the
first prerequisite; early Matching is
important; third, there must be con-
slant growth from the time the pullet
pops out of the egg until she lays one,
and plentiful feeding of egg-making
food during the laying. Especially
important is the matter of proper
feeding, for without the right kind
and quantities of feed the other fac
tors will be of little avail.
The advantages of early Matching
are enumerated by the Institute as
follows: Early Matched chicks are
less susceptible to the common puol-
try diseases, make good normal
growth during spring and summer
and come into laying condition when
eggs are in excellent demand at sat
isfactory price Under aveage BROOD
ing and rearing conditions, chicks
with an early start make much bet
ter growth and attain larger size
and development than do late Matched
chicks. Another advantage of early
Matching chicks is that the surplus
cockerels can be marketed as broilers
when eight to ten weeks old on very
satisfactory terms, but if this is not
desired, they can be put on good
green pasture and grown to rooster
age, when they can be marketed ad-
vantageously in October or Novem-
ber Then, too, early Matched pullets,
if allowed to neck-molt in November
and December will slow up produc-
ton and, if allowed to come into pro-
duction again, make ideal breeders.
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Keeping Cows
Means Extra Income
For This County

An added income of $685. year
is enjoyed by Ben Hill county farm
ers indirectly as result of keeping
cows, according to the Larrowe Insti-
tute of Animal Economics. This in
come is in the form of a more fertile
soil due to the manure of the dairy
cows in this county. On the basis of
practically $40 fertilizer valuation
per animal per year, this means a
total of $29,500 added to the rich
ness of the soil in this county every
twelve month.
Manure is source of the most
valuable plant food obtainable, says
the institute, but to preserve it at it's
highest value refficiency, it should
either be put directly to the fields
each day or conserve until such a
time as the opportunity offers itself
to spread it. FEEDING trials have
proven that an ordinary COW, while
putting from Is to IS per cent of
the total energy of the feed she con-
sumes into milk, actually returns to
the soil 80 per cent of the elements
of soil fertility in her feed in the
form of manure. This had led many
dairymen to discover that the pur-
chase of good concentrate feeds for
their cows not only more than pays
for itself in increased milk produc-
ton but that it also supplies neces-
sary food to farm crops that are eX-
pensive when bought in the form of
commercial fertilizer.
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MRS. MARIE REGISTER

Mrs. Marie Register was born in
Camden county, Ga, July 8, 1866,
and died in Orlando, Fla, February
IS, 1926, age SO years, months and
days. She passed away quite sud
denly, having been around the house
and out for walk just few hours
before her death.
The deceased, whose maiden name
was Miss Marie Head, was married in
1882. to Mr.. Steve Register, to which