Milford chronicle., 1927-01-21
GROUP CONFERENCES WILL
MEET BEFORE SHO' CONGRESS
Kent And Sussex Counties Group
Meets Next Tuesday At Dover

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Five group conferences have been
called by the Del-Mar-Va Takes In
ventory Congress, preparatory to the
cOnvening of the main body at Sails
bury, in its two day session, Febru-
airy 16 and II. These group confer
ences are for the purpose of instruct
ing divisions and committees as to
their preparation of reports from
their respective sections. They will
convent as follows:
January 21-Worcester, WicOmico
Somerset and Dorchester Counties
will meet at the Chamber of Com
merce, Salisbury, Md, at 1880 p. m.
January 25-Accomac and North
ampton Counties will meet at the
Chamber of Commerce in Accomac
at II a. m.
January 25-Kent and Sussex
Counties, Delaware, will meet at the
Hotel Richardson, Dover, at IL a. m
January 26-Talbot, Queen Anne,
Caroline, Kent and Cecil Counties
will meet at Washington College
presidents Ofice) Chestertown, at
IL a. m.
January 27-Wilmington and the
remainder of New Castle County will
meet at the Chamber of Commerce,
Wilmington, at II a. m.
These inter-county conference
groups will constitute the district
survey committees under whose aus
pices information fundamentally I'M
portant to every type of business on
the Peninsula will be developed.
Their reports will be submitted TO
the Congress in five divisions, as fol-
lows: No. l, will cover the two Vir-
ginia Counties, ccomac and North
ampton; No. 2, the four lower cOun-
ties ON the Eastern Short of Mary
land, Worcester, WicomicO, Somerset
and Worchester; No. 3, the upper
and western tier Maryland counties,
Talbot, Queen Anne, Caroline, Kent
and Cecil; No. 4, Kent and Sussex
counties, Delaware; and No. 5, the
city of Wilmington and remainder of
New Castle county.
Supporting this inter-cOunty pre-
paratory program is the meeting of
General Chairman Henry A. Wise,
and his cabinet, composed of the
chairmen, vice-chairmen and COM
mitteemen of the Congress, With the
executive committee and vice presi-
dents of the Del-Mar-Va Eastern
Shore Association, at the Wicomico
Hotel, on Saturday. Mr.. Wise is
making a special trip down the Pen
insula for the purpose of comforting
with his cabinet and the Del-Mar-Na
Association officials and at this meet
ing the complete program for the
Congress will be discussed.
Among those who have already
signified their intention of attending
the Congress cabinet meeting Sat
urday are: L. w. Gunby, Salisbury;
DR.. G. Layton Grier, Milford; Charles
c. Gelder, Princess Anne; William
H. Cook, Laurel; David Dallas, Sal
isbury; Lewis DreXler, Bethany
Beach; Gerrish Gassaway, Whining
ton: Hooper S. Miles, Salisbury; S.
o. Neal, Hurlock; Stewart X. Pow
ell. Onancock, Va; E. L. Quinn, Girls
field; A. A. Richards, Accomac, Va;
DR.. F. B. Bomberger, chief of the
Maryland State Department of Mar
kets, of the University of Maryland;
DR.. C. L. Benner, head of the De-
partment of Agricultural Economics,
of Delaware University, and J. F.
Short of fredericksburg.
President Fred P. Adkins, of the
Del-Mar-Va Association, which is
preparing the Congress program,
talking of the Congress, said:
"The Congress is designed purely
as a fact-finding and business poll
cy making meeting. 1t proposes to
answer not only questions that out
siders are asking about the PENN
sula but questions which aggressive
Peninsula leaders are also asking.
1T is proposed to ascertain what
recent progress has been made in all
lines of business on the Peninsula,
and what the outlook is for the COM
ing year. Del-Mar-Va's advantages
and opportunities will be listed on
one side and her disadvantages and
liabilities on the other.
eve propose to find out what the
status of Peninsula agriculture real
ly is this year. Also to ascertain on
the basis of actual experience what
crops have been paying crops and
what crops have failed TO pay and
why. 1t is proposed to make an
equally diligent inquiry regarding
general business conditions.
1--WE desire to determine whether
any considerable number of new pro-
ducers are actually coming into Del
Mar-Va and if not-why? We have
received more than 5000 inquiries,
made in person or by letter, at our
association Office during the last six
months and wish to determine their
result in new residents"
Mr.. Adkins also stressed the fact
that a fearless inquiry will be-made
marketing difficulties