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Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
VISIT
CAULKLABORATORIES
Guests We're Shown Through The
Plant And Learn Extent Of
Local Business.

Druggists from all over Delaware,
comprising most of the members of
the Delaware Pharmaceutical SOcie-
ty, were guests of the L. D. Caulk
Company of Milford last Friday af
ternoon and evening. During the af-
ternOon, the visitors were taken
through the laboratories, where dem
tai and pharmaceutical supplies are
manufactured on a large scale, and
in the evening, they were entertain
ed by the company at dinner in the
hotel at Slaughter Beach. The day
was one of real profit and pleasure.
The visit to the plant, one of the
most extensive in the country, prov
ed a revelation. The main laboratory,
where the manufacturing is done,
occupies large three-story and
basement brick building, occupying
a block of ground at the western en-
trance to South Milford. The 100000
square feet of floor space there is
divided into many sections, with
glass partitions. 1t was explained
that it is necessary to keep each
phase of the work separate from the
rest to insure absolute cleanliness in
preparation and preserve the purity
of the various products.
In the dental line, the L. D. Caulk
Company manufactures synthetic
porcelain, dental alloy and cements,
as well as a number of specialties.
The pharmaceutical products COM
prise Mercitan lotion, Mer Dentifrice,
MercireX skin cream for treatment
of cuticle Affections, Mercirex soap, |
etc. The annual output the pharma-
cists were told approXimates $3,OOO,-
900, the market extending to all OF
the civilized world. The company |
supplies its own water from artesian
wells on the premises; manufactures
its own gas, has its own United |
States postoffice in the building, with |
postal clerks in charge, and it was
explained, uses only the best in
gradients in the making of its pro-
ducts 1t was learned that in the de-
velopment of one product alone
S15O,OOO was expended in research |
work.
Although the pharmaceutal branch |
of the business is comparatively new,
it now nearly equals the dental
branch. The business is one of the /
most important in Delaware and one
of the leading establishment of the
kind in the country.
Because of a business engagement |
elsewhere DR.. G. Layton Grier, pres
ident of the company, was unable to
be present. The visitors were hos
pitably entertained by other mem
bers of the company, including Har-
ry L. Grier, Davis R. Grier, DR.. Wal
ter L. Grier, George S. Grier, Jr.,
William c. Smith and others.
From the main plant the party |
went to the original laboratory, a
large building near the Pennsylvania |
railroad station, where there was an
informing illustrated lecture on the
care of teeth and treatment of tooth |
and gum ailments.
The visitors were deeply impress
ed with the magnitude of the plant |
They were told that because of rap
id growth of the business additional
space is being provided in the main
laboratory for expansion.
There was an interesting moving |
picture show, revealing the activi-
ties of the same party at RehOboth
year ago. During the visit the party |
was photographed in still and NOV
ing pictures.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETS
Plans For Meeting In Milford De-
cided Upon At Milton Meeting

On Tuesday Evening a business
meeting of the Executive Committee
of the Sussex County Christian
EnueaVor Union was held in the
Milton Methodist Protestant Church.
Besides the regular business.
miscellaneous important plans were
discussed and decided upon. ner-
tanning to the coming State Con
Vntion to be held October 2O-21-22-
% in the Milford Methodist Protes-
ant Church. 1t was further definite
ly decided to hold a Fall Rally of
Christian Endeavors during the
first week of October in the Green
wood Methodist Protestant Church.
Partlculars concerning this rally
VIII be announced in next weeks
issue of the Chronicle"
Those offices present at the above
named committee-meeting were:
Evangelistic superintendent. Mrs.
N. B. Downing; Milford; publicity
superintendent, Miss Lillian Brun-
ing, Milford; superintendent Milford
juniors, Mrs. Mamie Mason. Mil
ford; jurors and intermediate
superintendent, Mrs. l.. c. Darby.
Milton; treasurer, G. c. Williams.
Milton; pastor Milton M. P. Church.
Rev A. H. Green, Milton; president.
Milton Senior Society, Mrs. L. L.
Mustard, Milton; choirister, Frank
b. Carey, Milton; secretary, Mrs.
oscar S. Wilson, Georgetown; past
oral counselor, Rev. M. e. Hunger
ford, Georgetown; alumni superin-
tendent, Mrs. Minnie Green, George
town; president Georgetown senior
society, Howard King, Georgetown;
secretary Lewes M. P. senior society
Mrs. Wilson, Lewes superintendent
Lewes M. p. juniors, Miss Margaret
Wilson, Lewes; pastor Lewes M. P.
Church, Rev. w. D. Wilson, Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
MILFORD BOY WINS PRIZE
in NATIONAL CONTEST
Howard DerricksOn Awarded $40 In
Contest On Temperance Book Work


Howard Derrickson, son of How
ard Derrickson, has the honor of
being the first pupil in Delaware to
win prize in the annual national
contest for a work book on the evil
effect of alcohol. He won the first
prize of $40 in the contest conducted
this year.
The Scientific Temperance As
sociation of the State each year
sends to the various schools in the
State outlines of the temperance
work to be done by the pupils under
instruction of the teachers in their
character training work. Prizes
are awarded for the best work,
judged in the county, then the State,
the work of these winners then be-
ing sent on to the International
Contest.
TIE fifth grade of the Milford
Public School entered this contest
last spring, in the making of a
work book on Good Workmanship" {,
Howard Derrickson, a pupil in this
grade, won the county and State
gold medal, and his work being then
sent on to enter the National Con-
test, he received just the other day
the news that he was winner of the
first national prize.
Miss May Watson, teacher of this
grade, took the first prize in the
State for her lesson plan for the
teaching of temperance through
character training. She also took
third place in the national contest.
Joseph Elliott, pupil of the eighth
grade, won the county and State
prize in the poster contest covering
this subject, and Eleanor Bunstein,
also in the eighth grade, received
the local prize on an essay covering
the same subject.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
HAD A LIVE COON; PAYS
FINE FOR LAW VIOLATION
Game Wardens Are Watching Of
tenders Against The Game Statutes

Stout O'Day, of Hickman, was ar
rested this week charged with hav-
ing caught a live coon in violation
of the Delaware game laws and a
fine of $14.00 and costs was impOs-
ed. Harry Dickerson, of Marsh
Hope near Greenwood was taken
before Justice of the Peace Cohee
at Greenwood and charged with
having two fresh killed coon hides in
his possession. A fine of $23.00 was
imposed for the Offense. Both ar
rests were made by Game Warden
Fred Wiley, of Laurel. Coon hunt
ers who enjoy the hunting season
to the fullest are cooperating with
the game warden in his efforts to
break up illegal hunting They
claim that the game is entitled to
the protection of the law until the
open season arrives, and state that
they are backing the game officials
to see that this is done. From now
until the open season arrives the
game Wardens will be exceptionally
busy watching for violators of the
game laws.
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
X. MILLER,
FORMER GOVERNOR,
. EXPIRES SUDDENLY
Suffers Heart Attack While On
Visit To Friends In Berlin,
New Jersey.
WAS KNOWN NATIONALLY
Deceased Identified With Many
Business Interests Throughout
Country; Active In Politics.

Charles Robert Miller. 20 wears
old, former Governor of Delaware.
prominent in business as well as in
politics, died suddenly last Sunday
at noon at the home of Joseph H.
Baker, a friend in Berlin, N. J. He
had apparently been in good health
having returned just recently from
a six weeks business trip through
the West in connection with his
business affairs.
Mr.. Miller was a member of q
house party and went to Berlin on
Saturday and while other members
OF the party were playing golf, Mr..
Miller amused himself by trimming
some of the shrubbery and trees.
He was bent over cutting a limb
when the attack came. DR.. Judson
Deland, physician from PhiladeI-
phla, who was member of the party
was summoned and gave prompt
attention but without avail. Death
was due to dilatiOn of the heart
caused by over exertion and ensued
10 minutes after he was stricken.
The former Governor was born
September 30, 1857, on a farm in
Chester County, Pa. He attended
Wettown Friends School and was
graduated from SWarthmore Col
lege in 1879. He received the LIB.
degree from the University of
Pennsylvania in which year he was
also admitted to the bar in Phila-
delphia. He received the LIB. de-
gree from the U. of D., in 1917.
On December IL, 1884. was mar
ried to Miss Abigail Morgan Wood
nut OF Richmond, Ind, who was a
classmate at Swarthmore College.
In 1884 he came to Wilmington as
an officer in the Wilmington NAL
leable Iron Company. In 1886. he
became an official of the PhiladeI-
phia Mortage and Trust Companv.
but continued to reside in Whining
ton.
Had Many Interests
His banking interests led him in
to other fields of endeavor and for
over thirty years he was actively
engaged as an officer and director
IN railway, manufacturing, mining.
gas, electric light and water mower
corporations in various parts of the
United States, but retired from ac-
1--WE management of them in 1911.
retaining however, his directorships
MIR. Miller was active in the af-
fairs Of the TOnopah Mining Com
pany' OF Nevada, and was a large
stockholder and at one tine presi-
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Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
FRANK VADAKIN WILL JUDGE
AT PRODUCTION POULTRY SHOW
Affair At Milford Will Be The First
Of Its Kind Ever Held In The State

Poultrymen in Delaware are show
ing keen interest in the Production
Poultry Show to be held in Milford
Friday and Saturday, September 9Oth
and October LIST, under the direction
of the Milford Grange and the Della
ware State Poultry Association.
Breeders who have good production
stock are eager to show their birds,
and farmers who make a practice of
buying Matching eggs, baby chicks
or cockerels each year are expecting
to learn where to get the most for
their money.
AS this is strictly a production
show, all birds will be judged by
the following score card: Body type,
25 points; head, Is points; body
conformation, 80 points; handling
qualities, 10 points; legs and toes, 5
points; condition, Is points. No birds
should be entered in the show that
[Continued on page y
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
WILL DEMONSTRATE Smut
TREATMENT FOR WHEAT
Kent County Agent Wilson Plans OF
Demonstrations To Aid Farmers

Arrangements have been made by
Kent County Agent Russell 3. Will
son in cooperation with DR.. ]. F.
Adams, Plant Pathologist of the
University of Delaware and the
State Board of Agriculture for the
conducting of two field meetings
today at the farms of Clifford Clark
near Kenton and A. c. Darrah
near Clayton to demonstrate the
treatment of seed wheat for the con-
troll of the stinking smut, or Bust"
[ContinHed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
NAME FLORIDA SPAN
AFTER A. |. DU POINT
Bridge Is Important Link In Great
Encircling Highway

A bridge across the st. Andrews
bay in Florida has been named in
honor of Alfred I. du Pont, of Della
ware. With another new span over
the same bay named for DR.. F. A.
Hathaway, it will form an essential
link in the Gulf Coast Highway, and
upon their completion will afford an
easy approach to the great driveway
being made to encircle Florida.
1t is said that this loop system of
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Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23
new WELFARE BODY
PLANS STATEWIDE
PARLEY ON WORK
Delaware Citizens Association To
Discuss Activities, Probably In
Dover.
MEETINGS IN OCTOBER
Six General Topics To Be Con-
sidered At Gatherings In Three
Counties.

The Delaware. Citizens Associat-
ion made it's debut last Friday af-
ternoOn shortly after the curtain
had descended upon the final bow
earlier in the day of its precedeces-
sor, the Service Citizens of Della
ware, by holding a meeting of the
executive committee in the office
suite formerly occupied for nine
years by the latter organization.
With the experience of the Serv-
ice Citizens as a guide, the newly
formed body gathered to discuss
future plans, foremost of which
was the arranging of a Statewide
conference, to which all groups in
the State working for the advance
ment of the general welfare, will be
urged to send representatives.
It was learned that DR.. H. V. Hol-
loway, State Superintendent of Pub
lie instruction; DR.. A. T. Davis, eX-
ecutive secretary of the State Board
of Health, and C. A. McCue, dean of
the Agricultural Department of the
University of Delaware, will be re-
QueSJeu TO cooperate Win Ine eA-
ecutive secretary in the arrange
ment of a program for One-day
melting. which will probably be held
in Dover.
Object is Stated
1.-The objective of the first years
work in the new association" de-
claIed former Judge William H.
Boyce, president, following the
meeting, 'is to be the development
of a more intimate knowledge of
what the other groups are doing for
the advancement of Delaware. 1t is
hoped, as a result, of the conference
to work out programs for presenta-
ton in the Parent-Teacher meetings
now held each month in over. 300
school districts in the state, which
will help further the work of all
groups engaged upon constructive
programs"
A large portion of the meeting
was devoted to consideration of the
plan of work adopted at a meeting
TCOntinRed on page I
Milford chronicle., 1927-09-23

"As necessary as my break
fast" said a business man,
when asked how he liked the
Milford Chronicle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Fe.u Illusions Left
in Euenin1 of Life

The life Of individual man is of
q mixed nature. In part he sub
mits to the free-will impulses Of
himself and others, in part he Is
under the memorable dominion Of
law. He insensibly changes his es-
innate of the relative power Of
each Of these influences as he
passes through successive stages.
In the confidence Of youth he mag
ines that very much is under his
control, in the disappointment of
old age very little. As time wears
on, and the decisions Of early
Imagination wear away, he learns
to correct his sanguine views, and
prescribes narrower boundary
for the things he expects to obtain.
The realities of life undeceive him
at last, and there steals over the
evening Of his days an unwelcome
conviction Of the vanity Of human
hopes. The things he has secured
are not the things he has expect
ed. He sees that a Supreme Pow
er has been using him for unknown
ends, that he was brought into the
world without his own knowledge,
and Is departing from 1t against his
will.-J. w. Draper.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Well Was He Called
"Wise Ben franklin

II made 1t rule to forbear all
direct contradiction to the senti-
ments of others, and all positive
assertions of my own" wrote Ben
jamin Franklin in his autobiogra-
ply. II even forbid myself the
use of every word or expression
In the language that impaired q
fixed opinion, such as certainly, un-
d0ubtedly, etc., and 1 adopted, in
stead Of them, conceive, I appre-
bend or I imagine thing to be so
or SO; or 1t so appears to me at the
present. When another asserted
something that l thought an error,
I denied myself the pleasure Of con-
tradicting him abruptly, and Of
showing Immediately some absurd
fty In his proposition; and In an
swering I began by observing that
In certain cases or circumstances
his opinion would be right, but In
the present case there appear'd or
seem'd to me some difference, etc.
l soon found the advantage Of this
change In my manner; the CONVEX
sation I engaged In went on more
pleasantly. The modest way In
which I proposed my opinions pro-
cur'd them reader reception and
less contradiction; I had less NOR
LITIGATION when / was found to be
In the wrong, and I more easily pre-
valid with others to give up their
mistakes and join with me when I
happened to be I'm the right"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Country Ne1Us Letters


Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Barry, Mr..
and Mrs. George Callahan, Of
Grey Eagle, and Roger Callahan,
of Brainerd, were dinner guests at
the Earl Eldred home Wednesday.
Dan Kane and daughters, Irene
and Helen, and Mrs. j. Mcdonald,
motored to St. Cloud, Monday.
Mrs. Earl Eldred called on
Mrs. Ben Winnegge, Saturday af-
ternoon.
Pat Thornbloom spent Sunday
evening at the Alfred Truax,
home.
Miss Dorothy Hart, who has
been spending a few days with
Mrs. Earl Elired returned to the
home of her sister, Mrs. Otto
Samuelson, Thursday evening
near Fairy Lake.
Mrs. Owens called on Mrs.
Ben Winnegge, Saturday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Scott and
family were dinner and supper
guests at Earl Eldred's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Marthaler
and son, Bernard, and daughter,
Evelyn, and Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Marthaler spent Sunday and Mon
day with friends and relatives at
St. Cloud.
Club Truax called at AL Starry,
Sunday.
Frank Hens, spent Sunday with
his parents, at Sank Centre.
Miss Doris Eldred spent Mon
day evening with Arvilla Uphus.
Mr.. Delaney, of Minneapolis,
called at the Alfred Truax home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Arvilla Uphus spent Mon
day afternoon with Mabel and
Edythe Truax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Winnegge
and family spent Sunday evening
at the Alfred Truax home.
Miss Arvilla Uphus spent Thurs
day afternoon with Mrs. Ed Mid
dlested.
Miss Doris Eldred spent Tues
day afternoon at the Dan Kane
home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Mixtures Of Bloods
Among Earfh's Races

Racial relationships 60 good
deal deeper than the facial kind.
according to h. Muro Fox. profess
sor Of zoology at Birmingham uni
versity, England. The relations Of
the races are literally a blood re-
lationship, he declares, for the COM
position Of an American Indians
blood Is not like that Of q white
man or q negro and there are even
differences between the blood Of
certain European nations. II BIZ
ologist prepares q serum from the
blood Of one animal and injects 1t
into the veins Of an animal Of g
different species, the serum is Inn
mediately precipitated-in other
words, thrown out. This is accom-
plished by things called anti-bodies,
about which nobody knows very
much. There are four ''serum
groups" and they have q definite
relation to the various races Of men
and monkeys. Chimpanzees have
one kind Of substance, orang-utans
have two, South American monkeys
have q kind different from the
chimpanzee. and still other mon
keys have neither. In northern and
central Europe there Is one type
Of blood, further east quite an
other kind, and still another In In
dia. But the various characteris-
tics have an odd way Of appearing
in mixtures showing that the vari-
Gus races Of mankind have been
mating with one another for a long,
long ume.-The Forum.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Mother-in-LasD Clues
Voice to Reflections

II thought for q while that Har-
old was going to get out to the
golf course alone, but just as he
was leaving, Minnie's new trousers
were delivered.
''Lamech a~1 I lived happily to-
gether many years, but he never
played game Of any kind after
we were married except once. We
went to the volunteer freman's pic
ME and he played baseball for two
or more minutes. He was laid up
four days.
''Minnie's husband works harder
at his play than he does his Job.
Lamech used to watch the weather
signs to keep from losing his crops.
Many's the time his rheumatic knee
has given him warning to get the
hay In of the south forty. In the
spring and summer Harold reads
the forecasts to see II the wealth
er is likely to be bad enough to
make him 60 to the Office.
"Of course, Minnie makes him
take his rscreations seriously. I've
noticed a woman who can wear
sport clothes usually advocates
golf for her husband. But If Min
ME isn't any better swinging a club
than she IL broom It Is q waste
Of good Atwood cloth to put her
on the links."-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Strictly Business

A celebrated Welsh basso pro-
fundo, after years Of fame, re-
turned to his native village in the
wilds Of Cardiganshire. A charity
concert was arranged, and the
world-famous virtuoso was billed
to sing "The Village Blacksmith"
Just before the concert q local sup
porter came around to the artists
dressing room.
The visitor approached the artist
and said: 81 understand that you
are going to sing a song, The VII
lage Blacksmith Well, I'm telling
you now that am the village
blacksmith, and I want to say that
II by any chawnce you get an en-
core, will you shove In an extra
verse to say that I also let out
bikes on ire at sixpence an hourf'
-"Taffy Tales From Welsh Wales"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
South Sank Centre

Miss Lucy Schwartz returned
home Monday evening from Mil
waukee, Wis, where she had spent
the past seven weeks visiting rel
atives and friends. She was ac-
companied home by Miss Mathil-
da Schwartz of Milwaukee, who
will spend a few days visiting her
relatives.
Mrs. Charley Harrison spent
Monday afternoon with Mrs. Fred
Bergman who has been i'll for the
past week.
Miss Sylvia Bergman left
Wednesday for the cities where she
will spend a few days visiting rel
atives and friends.
Mrs. John Tully and daughter
Ruth, from GAINESVILLE, Mimi, re-
turned to their home Monday af-
ter spending week at the j.. F..
Borgmann home. Mrs. Tully and
Mrs. Bergman are sisters.
Mrs. John Mondloch and Mrs.
Nathe were callers at the Ferd
Bergman home Thursday eve
ming.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Good Reading

Good literature has q charm in
comparable, but 1t has also q power
Unreasonable In the forming or
transforming Of q nation AZ Of an
individual character. The people
that have the cleanest. healthiest
literature will become the cieanest
and healthiest people. A good
thought wisely expressed and
thoughtfully applied Is priceless for
it's endurance. Throw 1t on the
winds aqd 1t will find it's bourne ;
sink 1t In the deepest water and 1t
will reach it's haven, for the noblest
thoughts are the breath Of Al
mightiness, and remain imperish-
able to the end Of time and be-
yond.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
First Iron Bridge

The first iron bridge In the world
was Iron bridge, in Shropshire.
England, which spans the River
Severn. The work was put in by
hand and the various parts cast In
Its at the Coalbrookdale from
works, the proprietor Of which,
Abraham Darby, was the designer
Of tia structure. Approximately
500 tons Of iron were used in the
construction of the bridge. All tho
castings are keyed together, no
welding or screws having been
used. The roadway, which Is "a
feet wide, has an iron foundation,
upon which is laid a few inches of
clay, which in its turn is covered
by the usual road metaling forming
the surface. The main arch has q
span of 100 feet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1927-08-18
Father Paid Dearly

Recently little chap, known
to us as Junior cried for q whole
day because his mother made him
wear little suit all trimmed In
rufies and the boys down at the
corner garage called him Betty"
writes Pansy from Urbana.
"That night when his father re-
TUNED LONE he met with instant
sympathy, and he explained to him
that he need never act like q Bet.
ty,' even If his mother did insist
sometimes that he look like one.
$50 the next mornin. still wear
ing his ruffles, Junior ent down
to this same corner garage and
heaved almost a whole brickbat
through the front window. A ia
Their, with considerable pride, paid
the bill. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.