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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Church of God in Christ, 264S lr-
wing St., Rev. l.. C. Patrick, Pastor.
Our Pastor, Rev. l.. G. Patrick,
was in charge of our services. Our
Sunday school was very good-many
in attedance at 9:45 am. A splen-
did congregation was present at our
morning worship. The pastor deliv-
cred a wonderful message using Tor
his text, st. John ABS, subject, Ser
vice" True and honest service Is
the greatest thing we can render
to the Lord. m
Rev. ]. Sterling Moore. of the Mt.
Zion Baptist church, delivered che
messrge nj the three o'clock service,
using for text Matt. 5:l4, We are
the light of the world" A splendid
sermon was enjoyed by all. The
Young people had wonderful les
son from ! Pet. 4 +: to !, taught by
Miss Eva 4. Reese, at 80 pm. Inc
| pastor text for the evening, st. John
80, "Search the Scriptures A
message long to be remembered. Rev.
Patrick will motor to Yakima We'd
nesday to conduct revival meeting
for Rev. J. c. Charles. He viii re-
;urr i'm about ten DAVIS. Eide: Jen-
nett, will lie in charge of the services
here while the pastor IS away.
A hearty welcome to all tc the
church of "Brotherly Love-
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LODGE, NO. y, y. a A.
NJ, Everett. wash, meets every first
and third Wednesday night each
month. Visiting Masons wei, 'me,
Chas r. Isham. w. NJ, $500 &, 10y
Ave. Thos. II. jefferson. Sec'y,; l'px
% LII -
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Mt. Tacoma Lodge
No. I42, ]. u. y. d,
o.. of w. Tacoma,
Wash. - Meets LIST
a n d Bird Friday
nights. Elks' Tenn
pie. 1929 Tacoma
Ave. Fred A. Chew.
Exalted Ruler. 1901
South State. Main
S314-J. Ray Rob-
inson, sec'y, 1927
So. Trafton. 7-2G
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First A. NJ. Z, Church, Rev. T. r.
Jones. Pastor.-"Go Forward" was
the subject of the Pastors discourse
Sunday morning. He said in mart
The Israelites' departure from
Egypt, under the leadership of Moses
and their subsequent experience M
the Red Sea, have often been used
as illustrative Of MANY of the expe-
riences of the Negro Race in Ameri-
en-. For npparehtly insurmountable
obstacles have been placed in their
way but under the direction of God.
and the leadership of the true Chris
tan ministers of the Race, they have
been able to overcome these diff
culties and triumph over every foe"
Sunday evening 1T o'clock the
U. b. +. and the S. NJ. T. Lodges
held their annual sermon. Splendid
turnout CT members and also very
splendid audience was in attendance.
Many expressed themselves with hav-
ing enjoved the service. The Pastor
preached the sermon.
The Pageant, presented at the
Eagles Auditorium. May 18th and
18th, was splendid success in every
way. Many letters and telephone
Halls OF communication have come
from all parts of the city. II will be
repeated Monday night. Nav 80 at
the Eagles Auditorium for the bene-
fit of the Mississippi Flood Sufferers.
under the auspices of First African
Methodist, Mt. Zion Baptist, and
Grace Presbvterian Churches. A
large crowd is expected.
More than one hundred including
the cast and chorus went to Tacoma,
Friday night. Nav goth, for the pre-
sentation of the Pageant in that city.
The Pastor will preach next Sun
day at the eleven o'clock service At
eight o'clock the John r. Tanner,
Camp No. and John r. Tanner,
Auxiliary Nc 5, United Spanish War
Veterans and the Fortson Thyga-
sen Camp No. 2 and auxiliary will
hold their annual sermon.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27
BREMERroN. WASH

Pure Gold Lodge. No. ~. y. a 4. NJ
meets the second and fourth Monday
nights NJ each month. w. w Sim
mons. w, NJ, 4i4 Washington ST..
Phone 7S2-x. Charleston. Wash n. L.
Creasman Sec'y 1914 a1st Ave. ~.
seattle Phone East 2ihb. IL 20
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

HERCULES LODGE No ~, y a A. NJ
Meets LIST and Bird Wednt days, Masonic
Hall 21st and jefferson ct. William
Oily, w. NJ, 2l23 H. James ST. A. G.
Waters. secretary, 1905 card Ave. East
3IAq Ii 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

2SGs. Lewis conway. X. r. S., los
22nd Ave. ~, phone East $3.50.
Janl,27
star OF Hope Court of Cninnthe No.
i4S meets 6n the LIST and Bird Friday
nights. clock at Masonic Hail. 21st
Ave. and jefferson st. Mrs. Vivian
Spearman. w. c., 1884 18th Ave ~ w.
phone sunset 1868: Mrs. Evangeline
Brooks, II, D.. 22O 26th Ave. ~, phone
EAST SI7G
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Marian Tabernacle, No. 81. Z. o. %.
Twelve. Tacoma. Wssh.--Meets LIST
and ard Mondays. p n. at the X
~ p. Hall. 1is7H Commerce ST Mrs
Jesse Graves. II. p. si1s Thompson
Ave; Mrs Mary Pryor. G r.. ls2s
30 ! Jan ~
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CLASSIFIED ADS
Rooms and Apartments
For Rent

3Os 2eth Ave. N-Small bungalow for
rent and furniture for sale. Very rea-
sonable. Telephone East 1851. 6-lI
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Hesperides TabernRcie No. 100.
knights aud Daughters Of Tabor.
meets First and Third Thursday nights
OF the month at S o'clock at Masonic
Hall. 2ist Avenue and Jefferson 81.
Visiting Daughters and Sir knights
are welcome. Anna u. BaRley. H. p.
Phone East aSa2: Nora Walker. G. r..
Phone East PARA. Aug. 1926.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Puget sound Lodge, No. 3211 G. U.
O. o. r.. Tacoma Wash.-Meets LIST and
ard Wednesday nights at Elk's Tenn
pie. 1929 Tacoma Ave. u. a; Hamilton,
N. q. 2527 So. Cushman, Main 5963'
Ray Gibson, Il. s., 1l12 So. NJ St Main
1861. l0-l-26
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day night at Masonic
Hall, 2lst ave, and JEFF
ferson st. Visiting
knights are cordially
welcome. r.. Martin
Lewis. G. c., 525 z,ts
Ave, phone East 54bS,
r. II. Spearman. NJ. w,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Jephthah Chapter. Number o, Order
OF Eastern Star, meets every second
and fourth wednesday, nights at s
o'clock at Greyerbiehrs Hail. 2715
Jackson street Mrs. Bertha L. Wag-
gener. w. NJ, 9is Both Ave. Prospect
0672. Mrs. Pauline Anderson, secre-
tary. 1929 jackson street. BEacon
1887 7-I-27
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

e. y. meets second and fourth We'd
nesday nights earh month at Masonic
Hall, Twenty-first Avenue and Jeffer-
son Street. Mrs. Ida Wilson. w. NJ.
i112 25th Ave, Prospect 2033; Mrs.
Anna Il. Baglev, secretary, 1913 22nd
Ave. n. East 9392 S-2S-27
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-05-27

Mt. Rainier Chapter NO. 1, o. y. D..
s'eattle-Mects fsN and Bird Wednesday
nights. 8 o'clock at Greyerbill's Hall
2sth and Jackson ST. Mrs J. Butler.
w. NJ. $40 30th Ave. ~ East SSg3
Mrs. Celcstla Anderson. secretary. SIS
both Ave. ~ East 1887. LIEF
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
PLAZA THEATRE ORGAN
HAS ARRIVED HERE
Entirely Renovated Theatre VIII
Have Official Opening January 8

The New Plaza Theater," so
beautiful in all its decorations and
appointments, will be the most at
tractive moving picture theater in
Delaware, where audiences will en-
Joy the best films and the most
beautiful music. It's opening night
is staged for January 9. The new
pipe organ has arrived and is being
installed for the occasion. Without
doubt the best organ in a theater
in Delaware, this three-manual,
Robert Norton Unit Orchestral
Pipe Organ is the last word IN
theatrical organs, thoroughly mod
ern and up-to-date in every way,
with all the very latest improve
ments. A big treat is in store for
all Milford lovers of good organ
music, as the management has been
successful in securing an organist
well known to radio fans and by
reputation to everyone. His name
is being withheld, to be sprung
upon the audience on the night of
the opening as a glorious surprise.
John Gilbert's latest success, MAN,
Woman and Sin," will be the feature
picture for the big occasion, and
this will be followed by other big
one each week: Beau
Geste, Rough Riders, The Big Pa
rade, Ben-Hur, etc.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
EVANGELIST WILL AID
In LOCAL CAMPAIGN
Rev. James L. Nichols VIII Be At M.
p. Church During ReViVals

The Rev. James L. Nichols, pas
tor-evangelist, pastor of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church, Cr1sheld'
Nd, has been secured to assist Rev.
DR.. ]. Franklin Bryan, pastor, in the
evangelistic campaign which will be-
gin at First Methodist Protestant
Church, Milford, on Sunday, January
LIST, 1928.
For several months past, prepare
lions have been in progress for this
campaign. DR.. Bryan has been prea-
ching special sermons, looking to-
ward these meetings.
Rev. Mr.. Nichols is very sue
cessful evangelist, and a most ex-
cellent preacher. He also is singer
He was chaplain in the United states
Army during the last great World
War, and has many thrilling incl
dents which he gives which are eX-
tremely interesting.
The church choir will furnish the
special music this year, as It DID
last year to the pleasure OF all VINO
heard them. The meetings will con-
tinue for, at least, two weeks.
The public is invited to attend
and cooperate in these meetings TO
the fullest extent of their ability.
Rev. Mr.. Nichols preached the
first sermon of the tent meetings
held here seventeen years ago. The
present church was the direct re-
suit Of these tent meetings.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
KENT FARM BUREAU
HAS ANNUAL MEETING
Urge Continuance Of Boys And Girls
Club Work For Cooperative Buying

The annual meeting of the Kent
County Farm Bureau was held in
the Capital Grange Hall in Dover on
Monday Of this week with repre-
sentative group of farmers and their
wives in attendance from the differ
ent sections of the county.
The meeting opened at eleven o.
clock in the forenoon with president
Ed. Willim in charge, and following
a brief explanation concerning the
objects and purposes Of this meet
ing he introduced Rev. Elwood w.
Jones, pastor Of Wesley M. E.
Church Of Dover, who pronounced
the invocation.
The first item of business on the
program was the report of the var
ious committees which had been ap-
pointed by President Willim sew
eral days previous to the annual
meeting. The auditing committee,
which consisted of T. G. Roe, A. F.
Dawes, and S. ]. Hall, stated that
the books Of the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
R. Harry Wilson, were in good con-
dition and correct in every detail,
and that there was a substantial
balance on hand in the treasury.
In the report Of the committee on
program of work for the coming
year, the boys and girls club work
was stressed, and it was also sug-
gested that the farm and home pro-
ducts show be continued each year.
The committee also recommended
that the Farm Bureau handle the
purchasing Of certified seed potatoes,
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Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
FRUIT GROWERS LIKE
INSPECTION PLAN
Find Fruit Brings Better Prices
When Properly Graded.

Official inspection of fruit in Della
ware made tremendous strides the
past year, according to records kept
by the Bureau of Markets of the
State Board of Agriculture.
Last year there were 600 cars in
spected. This year there were 1923
cars and also $4,000 bushels which
went forward by trucks. During the
past year apples, peaches, grapes
and cantaloupes were inspected. It
was the first year for cantaloupes
and there were fifty-four cars in
spected. Inspected fruit brought
prices that would astound the old
timer.
But what is more important is the
fact that they made friends and
future patrons by the superior quail
ity of the fruit shipped. This means
that the next crop they will have lit
tie difficulty, if any, in not only dis
posing of them but in receiving a
price far above any other years
without inspection, officials believe.
Whether strawberries will be in
spected next spring has not been
decided. Because of the splendid
results obtained by apple, peach,
grape and cantaloupe growers, the
growers Of strawberries are anxious
to give it a trial. They are willing
to take their chance and it is likely
that some Of the big growers will
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Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
DOUBLE DWELLING IS
BURNED AT LINCOLN
Property Of Miss Minnie Reed
Destroyed Monday Morning.
Another Fire. =

A double dwelling house located at
Lincoln and owned by Miss Minnie
]. Reed, one of the teaching corps of
the Milford Public School, was to-
tally destroyed by fire shortly be-
fore noon on Monday. The Carlisle
Fire Company, of Milford, answered
a call for assistance, but when they
arrived the flames had gained such
a Roadway that nothing could be
done to save the burning building.
The house was tenanted by Vernon
Reed and family, and by Floyd Rey-
nolds and family. Some little furnl-
ture was saved, but much of the
contents of both homes were de-
stroyed by the fire. The building was
insured for $4,000. Last year the To-
cal firemen were called to Lincoln
to fight a chimney fire in the same
building. At that time some Of the
firemen stated that they feared an
other fire would occur from the
chimney. Mondays blaze is thought
to have started from the chimney.
The home of Wilbur Davis in
Slaughter Neck was burned TO the
ground shortly before midnight last
Friday.
The family had retired, when Mr.:
Davis was awakened by the smell OF
smoke. Accusing his wife and chill
dren, he took them hastily to the
farm of Henry c. Bennett, about a
quarter of a mile away, where the
alarm was sent in to the Carlisle
Fire Company, who responded i'm
mediately. Due to the strong w1nd'
the fire had gotten too far under
way for the dwelling to be saved.
There was no insurance on the
building, and the furniture, house
hold goods and clothing were like
wise a total loss. The outbuildings
were saved, because Of the wind
blowing in an opposite direction. 1t
is thought the fire originated in the
chimney, a spark catching on the
fire board, where the chimney was
broken. The family spent the night
at the home of the Benefits, after
which Mr.. Davis went to the home OF
his father, Harry Davis, nearby, and
Mrs. Davis and the children to VIII
mington to stay with her father, Will
liam Derrickson.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
GRANGE UPHOLDS
ALL DRY LAWS
Find Much To Criticise But FavOrs
Enforcing Laws

The State Grange at its sessions
held in Milford last week adonted
resolutions which set forth the
Grange stand on moral government
in Delaware. Among those of pub
lie Importance are as follows:
Endorsing the educational pro-
gram in this state, declaring the
grange in favor Of liberal education
and commencing the progress made
in both white and negro schools.
Endorsing the Eighteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the Uni
ted States and declaring in favor of
the proper enforcement of the pro-
hibition laws passed in accord with
this amendment.
Commencing the action of the
legislature in passing the state for
estry bill and recommending that
when a farmer is compelled to cut
down a tree, that he plant another
to take its place.
Recommending that the State
Highway Department remove all oh
structions to view from the inter-
sections of highways, whether those
distractions be signs or other OBJ
jects, so that accidents may be pre-
vented at such points.
Deploring the dissertation of the
Sabbath by playing foot ball or base
ball games and urging the legisla-
ture to pass laws which will stop IL.
Declaring that there appeared to
be an increase in the crime wave in
Delaware and urging the legisla-
ture to pass more stringent laws in
hope of checking it.
During the afternoon session a
resolution was adopted thanking the
Milford Grange and the people of
[COHfiHHed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
AUTO FATALITIES
INCREASE In 1927
FOrty-three Per Cent Greater
Than During Year 1926, Rec.
Ords Indicate.

For the second consecutive year
automobile fatalities in Delaware
will show a large increase, accord
ing to predictions of A. A. Rydgren,
chairman of the Delaware Safety
Council Statistics Committee. The
estimated increase for 1927 is 43
per cent. In 1926 the forty-nine IA
talities which occurred represented
a 40 per cent increase over the 1925
record. This was the largest per
cent increase of any state in the
Union.
Up to December 1 sixty-eight au-
tomobile fatalities have been re-
corded. From previous experience
it is expected that at least two IA
talities will occur in December or
a total of seventy fatalities is ex-
pected for 1927, as compared with
forty-nine in 1926; hence the 43 per
cent increase.
While the expected total auto ia
talities for the State represents a
high percentage increase for the
second year in succession, it should
be noted that the city of Wilmington
is able to show a substantial de-
crease in the number of fatalities
occurring within the city limits. Up
to December seventeen fatalities
have occurred as against twenty
eight in the corresponding period of
last year.
While no definite conclusions are
yet available investigations by the
National Safety Council into the re-
lative number of accidental deaths
in areas with different densities of
population have been made. In
Delaware the accident record indi-
Gates more automobile deaths in the
rural than in the urban districts.
This, however, is contrary to the
fact brought out in the preliminary
inquiry of the National Safety Coun-
Gil. In the registration area for the
whole United States in the year 1924
which is the last year for which
such information is available, auto
mobile fatalities in the urban Sec
lions were 62.S per cent and 37.S
per cent in the rural sections. In
this State the percentages are re-
verse, rs per cent for rural districts
and rs per cent for the urban.
The death rate from all accidents
or inspected external causes in the
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Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
MILFORD MERCHANTS
REPORT GOOD BUSINESS
With Very Few Exceptions Local
Stores Have Done An Excellent
Christmas Business.

Milford merchants, with very few
exceptions, report that their holiday
trade this year is larger than last
season. Three years ago the local
business men were much concerned
about the poor trade that they did
during the holidays. Last year
they made an earnest effort to hold
their old customers and to draw
new friends to their stores. The re-
suit was a large increase in the
Christmas shoppers in Milford. The
stores were made attractive, and
merchandise the equal to that found
anywhere at the same price was
offered the buyers. The drive for
an increase in business was reward
ed to such an extent that the Milford
merchants made even greater efforts
this year to increase their business.
The majority of the stores have
consistently advertised their wares.
They have told the buyers just what
they had to sell and have offered
suggestions to make the Christmas
shopping easy. In addition to this
they displayed their holiday mer-
chandise earlier this year than US
ual. They have kept their stores
open in the evenings in an effort to
aid the buyers. All of these things
have contributed to make Milford a
better place in which to shop, and
have done much to bring the buyers
here this year.
Many of the stores in Milford had
done as much business up to last
Saturday night as they did during
the entire Christmas shopping sea-
son last year. Some who had not
equaled this record report that be-
fore tomorrow night rolls around
they will have gone well over the
sales of last year. The merchants
are a unit in expressing apprecia-
ton to the patrons Of their stores
for the manner in which they have
shopped early. For the last minute
buyers every Milford merchant has
an assortment of merchandise from
which to make selections.
Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
SCHOOL OFFICIALS
DISCUSS new PLAN
FOR SUPERVISION
Suggestion Made That Duties Of
Rural Supervisors Be Taken
Over By Special District Heads.
SAYS ELIMINATE FADS
Geo. Williams, President OF State
Education Board, Says Mere Ef-
ficient Work Would Result.

Because of the agitation in some
parts of the state over the resolu-
ton passed at the last meeting of
the State Education Association
suggesting that the duties of the
rural supervisors of the state
schools be taken over by the SUPER
intendents of the special districts.
after consolidation is effected, a
conference of the superintendent
and principals of the schools of the
state was held at Dover on Wednes-
day in the State Senate chamber at
which the subject was discussed, A
committee, consisting of Professor
Nickel of Middletown, c. w. w.
Schantz of Smyrna and Rural Su-
perVisor Thomas of Kent county.
was named to go into details more
fully and report back at another
meeting of the principals and SUPER
intendents, to be called later.
The question discussed was
Would it be a good thing for the
superintendent of the special dis
tricts and for the principals of the
larger town schools to take on the
supervision work in those rural dis
tricts which are near their schools
and which now send their pupils in
the upper grades?"
The subject was opened by Pro-
lessor c. W. w. Schantz, superin-
tendent of the Smyrna schools. He
endeavored to point out where with
division of the schools into dis
tricts, with consolidation accom-
plished wherever practicable, that
the superintendent of special
school district could visit the re-
naming rural schools in the vicinity
of his special district and thus give
advice to the teachers in the rural
districts, which, it is believed, would
greatly aid in preparing the child
rem from the rural districts for en-
trance into the town schools or
special districts.
He advanced the idea that an eff
cheney expert could be secured to 90
among the districts and show how
conditions could be improved and
that the superintendent could con-
t1nue the work with telling effect.
Those who took part in the dis
cussion included: Professor SnaveIv
of New Castle; Professor Chiuman
of Frankfort; Professor Hydorn.
Freder1ca; Professor Thomas, rural
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Milford chronicle., 1927-12-23
ROTARIANS OFFER
REWARD FOR KILLER
Telegraph Governor Of California
Offering $500 For Capture Of
Child Murderer.

The Milford Rotary Club at it's
regular weekly dinner meeting on
Monday evening instructed a COM
mittee composed of Col. Theo. Town
send, G. Layton Grier and Robert P.
Davis to wire Governor Young, of
California, Offering an additional
$4,000 to be applied to the monies
now being raised for the capture of
the murderer or murderers of little
Marian Parker of Los Angeles. A
telegram was Immediately forward
ed to the California executive in
which the Rotarians made the $500
offer, and at the same time urged
and called upon other service clubs
and business mems organizations to
aid in a movement to fight and
stamp out crimes such as the one
committed upon the little California
victim.
The telegram sent to Governor
Young follows:
"The Rotary Club, of Milford, Del,
offers $500 additional reward for the
discovery and capture of the person
or persons kidnapers and murder
ers of the child Marian Parker. Not
only the best detective forces of the
United States, but if necessary,
Scotland Yard should be employed
to ferret out and capture the per-
son, or persons having committed
this one of the most horrible and
despicable crimes possible to human
life, and when capture is made, he
or they be not permitted to escape
punishment through any plea Of in
sanity or such pleas as permitted
Leopold and Loeb to escape.
while Los Angeles is $500 miles
distant from Delaware, we are as
greatly shocked as though we were
next door neighbors of the parents.
If every civic organization of the
United States will stand together to
support the detection and convic-
ton of such criminals, such crimes
would be less frequent whereby hui
man life, and especially child life,
would be made safer.
"The Rotary Club Of Milford, Del"
Two reasons prompted the Milford
Rotarians in offering the reward.
The first was the earnest desire to
see the murderer brought to justice.
The second was the thought that if
a smaller town started a movement
against crimes of this character it
possibly would have more weight
than If started by a larger city,