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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
SAY WATER SUPPLY
OF STATE IS PURE
Delaware One OF Four States Given
Perfect Rating For Trains

Delaware's water supply, accord
ing to both government and State
analysis, is as near perfect at this
time as it could be expected to be.
According to a letter received by
DR.. Arthur T. Davis, executive secre-
tary of the State Board of Health,
Delaware is one of four states in the
Union where the drinking water
supply for such as railroad trains,
is rated at perfect. A few years ago
the Pennsylvania Railroad was pro-
hibited from filling it's drinking wa
ter tanks in the passenger cars
from a Sussex county town because
of alleged impurities in the water.
This, however, has been remedied
and the result of recent samples
taken by the United States Public
Health Service in Delaware showed
all the supplies used in interstate
traffic by railroads as being fully up
to the standard required by health
laws.
There are still two suspected
town water supplies in Delaware,
according to DR.. Davis where a care
full watch is being maintained and
an investigation quietly conducted.
There is not enough evidence at
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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
GRAPE GROWERS ADVISED
TO SPRAY VINES EARLY
Kent County Agent Wilson Says
First Applications Should Be Made

The rapid development of the new
growth in the grape vineyards with
in the past few weeks, as a result
of the several periods of warm wea-
ther, has caused the growers to give
special attention to the early appli-
cations of the Bordeaux spray for
the control of black rot, anthracnose,
dead arm, bitter rot and other fung-
GUS diseases which attack the crop
in this area.
Spray notices containing the COM
plete spray program for the coming
season have been mailed recently
from the office of Kent County
Agent Russell E. Wilson to the one
hundred and sixty commercial grape
growers who have been receiving
this spray service for the past few
years.
AS the result of laboratory expert
ments and field observations; in ad-
dition to the disease control demon
strations which have been conduct
ed in Kent county during the past
five years under the direction of DR..
T. F. Manns, Pathologist of the Del
aware Experiment Station, in coop
Grafton with County Agent Wilson,
conclusive evidence mas been OBJ
tanned in regard to the Importance
of the early applications of Bor-
deaux in the control of these var
ious fungous diseases.
Since these grape diseases are
carried from one season to the other
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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
STATE HEALTH BOARD
FIRES MISS COOPER
Said To Have Been DiSIOyaI During
Recent Session OF Legislature

Miss Annie L. Cooper, of Camden,
daughter of the late Dr. E. w. Coop
er, who for several years was pres
ident of the State Board of Health,
has been notified that after May
her services as a nurse in the en-
ploy of the State Board of Health
will no longer be required. In eXpla-
nation of her dismissal a member of
the State Board said that it was
made for the good of the service.
The question of dismissiong Miss
Cooper was voted on UNANIMOUSLY at
the last meeting of the State Board
of Health.
Back of the case is said to be an
aftermath of the recent session of
the legislature. Miss Cooper, it is al
legged, was not in accord with GER
tain measures fostered by the State
Board before the General Assembly
and it is charged she also opposed
certain claims of the board before
the law makers. Because of her at
titude in these matters she is alleg-
ed to have been dislOyal to the ser
vice and that this formed the basis
on which her dismissal was order
ed.
She was directed to appear at the
office of DR.. A. T. Davis, the eXecu-
tive secretary of the department,
several days ago and when she went
there he told her she would not be
in the employ of the board after May
l. She demanded TO know why and
he is reported to have replied: "Be-
cause you were disloyal to the board
during the recent session of the leg
islature."
When asked about the subject DR..
Davis said he had no comment to
make.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
DELAWARE APPLES
GIVEN MARKET BRAND
Growers Of Apples In This State
Can Now Compete Successfully
With Western States.

Through the provisions of a law
enacted by the recent Legislature
calling for the branding of all closed
packages of apples, sold in or out OF
the State, raised by Delaware grow
ers, this State is now in a position
to compete successfully with the
famed Washington and Oregon state
apples that for years have COM
manded the fancy apple markets OF
the east.
Just as soon as Governor Robin
son signs the bill, the State Board of
Agriculture will forward to each
apple grower in the State letter
setting forth clearly the provisions
of the bill and informing the grower
what he must do.
The Agriculture Board officials
will also arrange at once for the To-
cal inspectors whose duty it will be
to see that every closed hamper,
package, box and barrel which con-
tain apples, is properly branded with
the name and address and variety
and the size or number of apples
with the grade in the package or
barrel.
According to the bill the apples
branded as Delaware Fancy will
have to measure up in quality, col
or and size with the U. S. Fancy
variety.
Delaware No. 1 will be the same
as U. S. No. 1, and Delaware Com
mercial will be the same as Della
ware No l, except as to color. Della
ware No 2 will be the same as U.
S. No 2, and the last in the grading
known as Delaware Unclassified will
mean anything.
The bill, which was offered and
pushed through the legislature by
apple growers of the State, arranges
for a penalty of from $25 to 500
for failure of the grower to brand
his product. Wherever the top layer
of apples is shown, they must rep
resent the average of the barrel and
not be topped of" >" Should a farmer
misBrand his apples, he would suffer
the penalties prescribed by U. S.
Food and Drug Act for this Offense.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
DOVER RESIDENTS VOTE
TO issue STREET BONDS
100000 Will Be Spent For Improve
ments On Capitol City

Dover's vote on the 100000 bond
issue for street and sewer improve
ment, while representing substan-
tial majority of the taxpayers of the
town, did not measure up to what
had been expected. But 20S votes
were cast, representing a total OF
$10,2S4 taxes paid by individuals, as
each tax payer was allowed one vote
for every dollar of taxes paid. The
vote on this basis was 7,0352s for
the bond issue and 3,2481s against
the bond issue, or a majority of g.
7S7 1-6, or about 20 per cent of the
taxable vote.
City Council will meet shortly and
arrange for the bond issue as well as
selecting the streets where the i'm
provements will be made.
The streets most in need of the
Improvement include North Brad
ford. North Governors avenue and
North New street from Division
street, consideration also being Civ
en- to the newly acquired southern
section of the town known as South
Dover Heights.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
KENT COUNTY GRAND
JURY MAKES new RECORD
Complete All Work Presented Them
Within Half Day; True Bills Found

The April term of the Kent COun-
ty Courts opened at Dover Monday
morning with Chief Justice Penne-
will and Associate Judges Harring-
ton and Richards, sitting.
The grand jury reported and after
being sworn, were sent to their
room, with w. B. Tharp as foreman
and w. Ross Jones, secretary. The
grand jury completed their work by
noon, having returned five true bills,
all that were given them by the at
tOrney-general. On their return to
the courtroom in the afternoon, with
nothing further for them to act on,
they were discharged from any fur
ther attendance at the court, unless
recalled. The few bills presented by
the encouragement and the activi-
ties of the grand jury made their
work a record-breaking one, in COM
pleting everything within half a
day.
The true bills returned were as
follows:
Paul McNatt, larceny; Christian
Hack, illegal possession of spiritu-
GUS liquor; William H. Collins, ut
tering worthless check; William
Pierce and Eard Eckard, larceny.
But three divorce cases were
heard, DEGREES nisi being granted to
each as follows: Winfred VIM
brough from Media E. WimbrOugh,
desertion; Elsie Spence Cataldi from
Frank Cataldi, adultery; Elizabeth
Ann Cardy from John Lawrence
Cardy, adultery.
Out of the II cases scheduled for
trial on the civil list in the Superior
Court, but four were marked for
trial.
Indications point to one of the
shortest terms of court in Kent
county for many years.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
JAS. M. TUNNEL, JR.,
TOACAIN REPRESENT
STATE in CONTESTS
Georgetown Boy Selected To Com
pete In Regional Finals In Con-
test Here Last Thursday.
PRIZES ARE AWARDED
Wilmington Pupils Win First, Sec
Ond And Third Prizes--.Tunnell
Was Not Eligible For Prize.

James M. Tunnel, Jr., son of Mr..
and Mrs. James M. Tunnel, Sr., of
Georgetown, again demonstrated his
ability as an orator when he was
selected to represent Delaware at
the Regional Contests to be held in
Philadelphia. Young Tunnel was
chosen in competition with students
from all sections of the State at the
annual Oratorical Contest held in
the Plaza Theatre in Milford last
Thursday evening. His subject was
"The Meaning of the Constitution
Today" By winning the honor to
represent Delaware, Tunnel will
compete with the winners from
Pennsylvania and New Jersey who
will be sent to Philadelphia on May
18th to compete for an opportunity
to win National honors. He could
not win the first prize offered for
last Thursday nights winner be-
cause the rules forbid the winning
of a prize for the second time. Tun-
nell won it last year.
The State OratOrical and Decla-
nation Contests were held in Mil
ford last Thursday afternoon and
evening with a large number of pu-
pills and persons interested in pub
lie education in attendance.
Wilmington contestants won both
first and second prizes in the ora
torical contests and third prize in
the defamation contest. All of the
contestants were introduced by DR..
Harry v Holloway. SUPERINTENDENT
of Public Instruction.
At the conclusion of the oratory
contest, DR.. Holloway spoke briefly
and remarked that after what had
been gone through with the recent
legislature he hoped that future leg
islatures would absorb some of the
wisdom which had been shown to-
day.
The first prize in the oratorical
contest was awarded to Philip Kot-
lar of Wilmington, who spoke on
John Marshall and the Constitu-
tom" the second to Anna Kurtz, of
Wilmington, who had the same sub
ject as Tunnel; the third to Nora
Reed, of Milton, whose subject was
"Washington's Contribution to the
Constitution" and honorable men
ton was given Houston Wilson, of
Georgetown, whose subject was
Americas Contribution to COnsti-
tutiOnal Government"
The others who took part were
John Walmsley, of the A. I. DUPONT
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Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
INTERESTING LECTURE
NEXT MONDAY EVENING
Frank Branch Riley Will Speak
On "The Lure OF The Great
Northwest"

Frank Branch Riley, one of the
most fluent and interesting lectur-
ers on the American stage today,
will be in Milford next Monday eve
ming at which time he will give his
famous address 'The Lure of the
Great Northwest" Mr.. Riley, who
last year spoke before a Milford
audience on the same subject un-
der the auspices of the Milford RO-
tary Club, returns this year under
the same auspices. He seldom
speaks in the smaller towns and it
is exceedingly unusual that he can
be secured for a return engagement.
Mr.. Riley will give his lecture,
which is illustrated with beautifully
cOlored pictures, in the Community
Building. No charge will be made
for admission, but those who desire
to attend must secure tickets from
some member of the Milford Rotary
Club. The address and pictures are
well worth any persons time, and
those who attended last year were
well repaid for their efforts. Some
of the favorable comments on Mr..
Riley and his lecture follow:
Boston City Club: Owing to the
tremendous popularity of this lee
ture last year, and the demands for
its repetition, the Committee has ar
ranged this return engagement.
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and
Sciences: Because of the rare de-
scriptive appeal and informing sub
stance of his lecture, and the witty,
gripping manner of its delivery. Mr..
Riley has been asked to repeat it on
this years program"
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce:
I'VE are fortunate in again secur-
ing Mr.. Riley. His lecture last year
was a positive sensation"
Union League Club New York
City: "The President of the Club
takes pleasure in announcing that
at the earnest request of our mem
bers, Mr.. Frank Branch Riley has
kindly consented to repeat his most
interesting lecture"
University Club of Boston: "Mr.
Riley's lecture is a return engage
ment. Those who heard him prev
iously know we'll his remarkable
power for creating enjoyment
through artistry, laughter. poetic
description and ardent patriotism"
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
TREE PLANTING DAY WILL BE
HELD AT DELAWARE COLONY
Saturday, April SOth Will Be Devoted
TO Interesting Program There

The committee in charge of ar
rangements for the annual tree
planting day activities at Delaware
Colony, at Stockley, have selected
Saturday, April 30th, as the date for
this season. The program as pre-
I pared provides for the starting of
exercises promptly at 1880 o'clock
in the Kate Deemer Building. This
institution, which is operated for
the mentally sub-normal children OF
the State, is one of the most worthy
charities in the State. The public is
4 invited to attend the exercises on
Saturday, April Both, and if anyone
cares to bring donations Of shrubs
or bushes from their own yards they
will be acceptable. For the past
several years Tree Planting Day at
Delaware Colony has drawn large
@crowds to the place, and it is hoped
by the committee that this year the
largest gathering in the history Of
the institution will assemble and
take part in the work.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
GOVERNOR KILLS
MILEAGE ALLOWED
LEGISLATURE MEMBERS
The Much Discussed Portion Of
Claims Bill Will Not Be APP
proved He Says.
NO BUDGET WORK PAY
Allowances To Members Who
Served On Budget Committee
Does Not Meet With Approval.

Governor Robinson in a statement
issued at Dover Wednesday after
noon said after a careful cOnsidera-
tion he had decided to disapprove
the items in the legislative claims
bill allowing mileage at the rate of
10 cents a mile to and from Dover
to each member of the General As
sembly.
The Governor said this mileage
item, he had been told by members
of the Senate and House Claims
Committees also included $40 to
each member of the legislature for
the four days extra that the body
was in session over the 60 days al
lowed under the constitution.
Governor Robinson said the allow
ance of this mileage was clearly an
expenditure of public money for
private purposes and at least partly
unconstitutional.
The Governor also said he would
disapprove the items in the Claims
Bill allowing ten members of the
budget committee $500 each for
their work on that committee and
that he had been informed such an
allowance would be unconstitutional.
The statement of the Governor
follows:
For the past 10 days I have Civ
en- careful consideration to House
Bill 387 known as the Claims Bill.
This bill contains 62 items of appro-
priations to members of the General
Acc b1Nr Tror in
800 to over $780,
81 am officially advised by the
chairman of the Claims Committees
of the Senate and the House of Rep
resentatiVes that the first ten items
are for services rendered by the
members of the Budget Committee,
and that the remaining items cover:
First, $40 to each member as COM
pensation for the extra four days of
the session, and second, a mileage
allowance of 10 cents a mile for the
distance from the homes of the
members to Dover and return for
each day of the session, regardless of
the actual expenses incurred by the
members. A report I have received
from the Taxpayers League cOrro-
borates these facts.
81 cannot approve any of these
items. For me to do so would be to
sanction appropriation of public
money made without just claims to
support them and in part, at least,
unconstitutional.
cit is admitted by members of the
General Assembly that it was COM
mon practice for several members to
CONTINUED on page seVen)
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
CHECKS MAILED FOR
PAY OF LEGISLATORS
Hold Up OF Claims Bill Does Not
Affect Salary Pay

State Treasurer Howard M. Ward
on Tuesday sent out checks to the
members of the legislature and the
clerks and employees of the legisla-
ture which recently adjourned for
their salaries. The payment was Or
dered in a House concurrent resolu-
ton and as no attempt was made to
stop payment under the resolution,
Attorney General Clarence A. South
erland, who was consulted, approved
the action of the State Treasurer in
deciding to pay the bills.
The amounts paid the members
was $40 a day for 60 days, the
amount allowed by law, and the
presiding officers were allowed $12
a day for go days, which is also an
amount allowed by law. While the
legislature was more liberal than
previous bodies in the amounts al
lowed the employees, no formal OBJ
lection was made to any of the
amounts. The amounts varied from
$3.50 for the sergeant-at-arms to
$2500 for chief clerks, and $4,000 for
chief counsel.
Under the constitution there is
difference between concurrent reso-
lutions passed by the legislature to
pay the salaries of members and en-
ployees, and the Claims Bill, in
which the bills incurred by the leg
islature are allowed and the allow
ance for mileage is made. The con-
stitution provides that the governor
must" sign these concurrent reso-
lutions but he has discretion on the
Claims Bill.
The allowance for mileage to
which objection has been made by
the Taxpayers Research League is
contained in the Claims Bill which
is now being considered by Cover
nor Robert P. Robinson.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
TALL CEDARS WILL
HOLD LADIES NIGHT
Evergreen Forest Will Entertain
Ladies Next Wednesday Even
ing In Milford.

Evergreen Forest, No. 40, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, will hold its an
nual Ladies Night in the Commun-
ity Building in Milford next We'd
nesday evening, April 9th. The af-
fair this year is being prepared with
a two-fold purpose; first that of
providing a pleasing and delightful
entertainment for the wives and
sweethearts of the members, and
secondly the procuring of needed
funds with which to send the Rang
ers and Band of the Forest to Har-
risburg, Pennsylvania for the annual
convention of Tall Cedars. Tickets
for the affair, which sell for S1.50
each, are sold only to Tall Cedars,
but they may purchase as many as
they desire for others who are not
members of the organization. Fol
lowing a musical program, dancing
will be enjoyed by those who attend.
The music for the occasion will be
furnished by George Madden's Or
chestra. Mr.. Madden will be here
with this orchestra. The program
for the affair follows:
The Hawaiian Trio-(D Hilo
March; (2) Old Plantations; (3) On
the Beach of Waikiki
"My Heart at Thy Dear Voice"
Saint Saens (Mrs. Frank Hall Davisl
Violin solo, Selected (Mrs. Clyde
Nelson).
Tonight You Belong to Me-" Lee
David, Mr.. Leonard Schwartz.
Speciality.
Music, Band of Evergreen Forest
No. 40, &c. R. Snyder, directory.
Venetian Boat Song" Jaques Blu
menthal (Mrs. Frank Hall Davis,
Mrs. Clyde Nelson, contral-
to).
"Etude en- Forma de Valse," Saint
Saens (Mrs. Josh S. Faulkner).
Speciality.
The Hawaiian Trio: (D The Ros-
ary; (2) honolulu March; (3) Aloha
De.
The Hawaiian Trio is composed |
of Harry Merrill, steel guitar; James
guitar; James Schoolfield,
ukulele.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
MANY TOWNS ASK FOR
STATE AID FOR new
SCHOOL BUILDINGS
Applications Presented To State
rBOard Asking For Part Of ST.
100000 Appropriated.
HOLLOWAY REELECTED
Superintendent Of Education Re-
elected At Meeting Of State
Board Last Week.

DR.. IL. V. Holloway was reelected
State Superintendent of Public In
struction by the State Board OF Edu-
cation at a meeting held last We'd
nesday afternoon. He will also be
secretary of the board. Other officers
in the department of education were
reelected, as follows:
Assistant superintendent in charge
of high schools, John Shilling; as
sistant superintendent in charge of
elementary schools, H. B. King; bus
mess manager and assistant secre-
tary, J. O. Adams; State director of
vocational education, R. w. Helm;
State director of adult education,
Marguerite H. Burnett; State super
visor of home economics, Marion f.
Breck; State supervisor of trades
and industries, A. B. Anderson.
Rural Supervisors-New Castle
county, M. Phyllis Mason, Ella j.
Holley; Kent county, John B.
Thomas, Howard H. Williams; Sus-
sex county, Calvin E. Afflerbach,
Albert Farley, E. Paul Burkholder.
Visiting Teachers - New Castle
county, Mrs. Martha I. Barnes;
Kent county, Miss Leila T. Thomas;
Eastern Sussex county, Miss Edith
I. Jones; Western Sussex county,
Mrs. H. B. Lewis.
Members of the board informally
discussed the $2,000,000 school
building program bill, but owing to
the absence of J. P. Cam, a MEM
Der of the board and the fact that
the Governor has not as yet signed
the bill, no action was taken.
Applications for aid under the
school building program were re-
ceived from Claymont and Middle
town in New Castle county; Dover,
Smyrna, Caesar Rodney and Clay
ton in Kent county, and Millsboro'
Seaford, Bridgeville and Delmar IN
Sussex county.
Middletown, Clayton, Millsboro,
Seaford and Delmar desire new
schools but the others only seek
additions.
An interesting question arose over
the situation in Delmar. That town
has already issued bonds equal to b
Der cent of its real estate assess
ment. The new school building pro-
gram provides that school districts
shall only be compelled to bond up
to 2 per cent. The question is whe-
ther a 5 per cent bond issue would
be legal.
The Delmar people are inclined to
believe, from the advice which they
have obtained, that a 5 per cent
bond issue would be legal if a
school district desires to make 1t
but the State can only require 2 per
cent as provided in the School
Building program bill.
CONTINUED on page y
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
SUSSEX POULTRYMEN
WILL MEET NEXT THURSDAY
Demonstration OF Modern Methods
OF Feeding Will Feature Meeting

Arrangements have been made to
hold poultry brooding and rearing
demonstration meeting at Asa Rey-
nolds' Poultry Farm, two miles east
of Georgetown on Georgetown
LeWes concrete road Thursday after
noon, April 2Sth, at 1 O'Clock. This
meeting is being conducted by H. S.
Palmer, Extension Poultryman of
the University of Delaware, in CO.
operation with County Agent M. C.
Vaughn of Georgetown. Poultrymen
in Sussex county are invited to at
tend this meeting and timely prob
lens of brooding and rearing chicks
will be the main topics for discus
sion.
Mr.. Reynolds has several broods
of chicks to demonstrate: First
rearing chicks in confinement; Sec
ond-Interior arrangement of broo-
der houses; third-All mash system
of feeding.
Poultrymen are becoming very
much interested in the all mash
system of feeding, and it is believed
that the meeting will be of unusual
interest to everyone interested in the
poultry industry.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22
DWELLING AT LINCOLN
BURNED WEDNESDAY MORNING
Home Of Mrs. Ella BeardSley Con-
sumed By Flames; Unknown Origin

Fire, of unknown origin, destroy
ed the dwelling and contents of Mrs.
Ella Beardsley at Lincoln early
Wednesday morning. The Carlisle
Fire Company of Milford responded
to a call for assistance about three
o'clock Wednesday morning. When
they arrived they found the building
burning very slowly, but as there
was no water supply available they
were unable to extinguish the blaze.
A quantity of furniture owned by
Harry Clark was destroyed. When
the Milford firemen arrived they
were under the impression that the
contents of the building had been
removed, and it was not until some
time later that they noticed the
contents on the lower floor. 1t was
then too late to save them.
Tuesday afternoon the Carlisle
Fire Company was called to the
farm of Elwood Mills in Cedar Neck
where a woods fire was burning.
They were unable to do anything.
Milford chronicle., 1927-04-22

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