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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
UNLAWFUL SEARCH
FREES DEFENDANT
Judge Hugh NJ. Morris Declares
Mans Home Is Still His Castle

That mans home is still his cas-
tie was the declaration of Hugh M.
Morris in the United States District
Court at Wilmington last Thursday
when John J. Kelley, of Newark,
was arraigned on charges of illegal
and manufacture and possession of
liquor, and resulted in the case be-
ing dropped.
The action was taken by the court
after Federal prohibition agents tes-
titled that they had searched Kee-
ley's home on State warrant and
with no evidence to show that liquor
had been sold there.
District Attorney Wales said that
he had been given information that
it was a private dwelling and that
there was no evidence Of sale or
manufacture.
"a mans home is still his castle,
Judge Morris said in explaining the
sudden disposal of the case to the
jury. "The Volstead Act has not
taken away a citizens fundamental
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SUSSEX REPUBLICANS
NAME STRONG COUNTY
TICKET AT PRIMARIES
Celtic. Gether Spirit Marked The
Naming Of Ticket With Factions
Dividing Offices.
EAACS FOR TREASURER
Near Milford Resident Nominated
In Three COrnered Fight Todd
For Levy Court.

Republicans of Sussex county had
one of the most spirited contests on
Saturday at the county ticket that
has been held for several years. A
large vote was polled throughout
the several districts.
While the contests were spirited,
the defeated candidates took their
defeat in good spirit and a united
party will support the nominees in
November. Most of the contests had
been ironed out before the primaries
by harmonious division of the sew
eral offices between the two factions.
The ticket is considered a strong
one.
In Georgetown the fight centered
on the nomination for representative
to the Legislature between former
Representative Frank Smith, resid-
ing near there, and Harry Conway.
Smith won out by a vote of 342 to
40.
In the triangular fight for receiver
of taxes and county treasurer, John
Isaacs, of near Milford, won the
nomination, defeating Marshall P.
Hazard, of Lewes, and George w.
DerricksOn, of Ocean View. Former
Magistrate William S. Todd, of
Greenwood, succeeded in getting the
nomination for Levy Court, defeat
ing former Sheriff William o. John
son, of Blades. For representative
to the Legislature in the Third Rep
resentative district, Seaford. Will
liam Parsons defeated Minnard V.
Hill.
The ticket nominated on Saturday
follows: Prothonotary, Joseph Gray
Davis, of Milford; sheriff, Bud Coy,
of Georgetown; clerk of the Orphans
Court and register in chancery,
M. Short, of Stockley; comp
troller, Eben A. Townsend, of Days
boro; Levy Court commissioner.
S. Todd, of Greenwood; re-
ceiver of taxes and county treasurer.
John Isaacs, of near Milford; cor
oner, John G. Revel, of Gumboro;
state senators, Second Senatorial
DR.. Charles M. Hollis, of
Seaford; Fourth district, Clifford E.
burton, of Angola, former clerk of
the Orphans Court and also for
member of the Legislature; repre-
First district, John West.
OF Glendale; Second, Francis Nor
gan, of Bridgeville; third, William
Parsons, of SeafOrd; Fourth, former
Comptroller Charles w. Messick, of
near Laurel; Fifth, Charles J. Moore
Of Laurel; Sixth, Silas Walter Lewis,
Of GumborO; Seventh, Harvey o.
Derrickson, of Millville; Eighth,
Carlton Lingo, of near Millsboro;
Ninth, former Representative Frank
smith, of near Georgetown; Tenth,
irving c. King, of Milton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
BOY KILLED, 3 HURT
In AUTOMOBILE CRASH
Clarence Lowe Of Lewes Loses
Life In Accident Near That
Town Saturday Night.

Clarence Lowe, 16 years old, of
Lewes, died in the Beebe Hospital
Sunday night from the effects of in
juries received in an automobile ac-
cident at the intersection of a dirt
road leading into Lewes and the Mil
ford-Rehoboth Highway. Clarence
R. Mitchell, of RehOboth, whose car
was struck by the machine driven by
Lowe, was cut about the face and
head, his wife, Ruth, suffered from
shock and bruises, and Prentice
Hall, IL years old, of Lewes, was so
badly cut about the face by glass
that it is believed that he will be
disfigured for life. The boy is in
the hospital.
Corporal r. d. Ingram and State
Highway Policeman Derrickson who
were summoned to the scene, placed
Mitchell under arrest and he was
later charged with manslaughter.
Coroner Gordy Sunday morning held
an inquest on the body of Lowe and
after hearing the evidence the jury
decided that Lowe came to his death
in an automobile accident due to his
own reckless driving. Mitchell was
then released from the charge of
manslaughter.
From the evidence before the jury
Mitchell and his wife were driving to
their home at Rehoboth, and when
they stopped before entering the
main road, Lowe came on in a small
runabout with four boys with him,
five in the car, running at a
high rate of speed and turned into
the road without slackening his
speed. The car swerved, went to the
side of the road and struck the
Mitchell car in the centre. Both
cars were wrecked. Three boys be-
sides Hall, who were in the Lowe
runabOut, escaped injury.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
COMMANDER BYRD
THANKSDR. G.L. GRTER
FOR ANTARCTIC WORK
CauIk Company Officials Aided
In Preparing Men For Siren.
uOus Work.
DR.. NELSON DID WORK
All OF The Operative Work Was
Done By Research Laboratory
Head.

Some months ago DR.. G. Layton
Grier, president of the L. D. Caulk
Company, invited Commander Byrd,
Floyd Bennett and Bernt Balchen to
the Caulk Research Laboratories for
a dental survey. Arrangements had
been completed so far as Benefits
visit was concerned, but the very
week decided upon for his trip to
Milford, he was being mourned by
the nation as his body was enshrin-
ed among the heroic dead at Ar
lington. Bennett was broken ply
sically in his attempt with Balchen
to land supplies for the stranded
German fliers on Greenly Island
Benefits death made a profound
impression upon Commander Byrd
Realizing then the full value of ex-
ceptionally good health for every
member of his organization he ap-
pointed DR.. Grier as Chief Dental
Consultant of the Antarctic Expedi-
ton. After a series of conferences
with Commander Byrd, DR.. Grier put
at the service of the Expedition the
entire facilities of the Caulk Dental
Research Laboratories and supple
mented these with a Dental Clinic
in the Fifth Avenue Building in New
York. DR.. Clyde A. Nelson of the
Caulk Research Laboratories was
placed in charge of the operative
work and DR.. Paul POetschke, con-
sulting chemist. Every dental fault
disclosed by the X-ray was correct
ed and every case of oral disorder
treated, for every member of the
crew-numbering IS in all.
After this treatment, which cover
ed period of several weeks, Com
Byrd wrote, in thanking DR..
Grier for establishing the clinic:
Il can assure you that every man
OF the Expedition now has an excep-
high regard for modern den
tistry and I join them in again
thanking you for this splendid piece
of cooperation in our behalf.
Il have studied the reports made !
OF each man and observe you have
done some work on each, from sim
pie filings and the treatment of the |
tissues to the making of complete
plates. l understand one man re-
quired as many as twenty-five fill |
ings.
"The fact that our diet in the Ant
arctic calls for considerable coarse
food, it is obvious that we should all
have strong teeth and healthy gums.
else some of us might develop sour
Wy, with its loOsened teeth and in
famed tissues. Happily, I can leave
with feeling that we shall not ex-
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
SUSSEX WOMAN HAS
TAUGHT so YEARS
Miss Lizzie Robinson Remembered
BY Former Pupils

Fifty years of continuous service
as school teacher of lower Della
ware is the proud record held by
Miss Lizzie Robinson, Of Frankfort,
and one which few people on the
DeI-Mar-Va Peninsula can boast of.
According to the school records, she
is one of the oldest in age and point
OF service in active school work in
Delaware. In 1873, Miss Robinson
started teaching in a little one-room
school near the site Of Lambs
woods, a short distance from Frank
ford. Here she instilled the princi-
pies of patriotism into the boys and
girls, many of whom are active in
the business world today, and taught
them the rudiments of the three
RS. Five years of service at the
old Lambs School proved her worth
and soon she was sought by the
trustees of other districts. She then
taught at Roxana, Dagsboro and NC
Meals schools, filling position for
two years.
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
SPECTACULAR RACES
TOFEATURE AIR MEET
Opening Of WiImingtOn's Airport
Tomorrow Will Be Interesting
Event.

A spectacular program of air
events has been arranged for the
Air Meet which will formally open
Wilmingtons Airport, Bellanca
Field, tomorrow, Saturday, October
9th.
At IL a formation of bombardment
planes of the Army will take off for
45-minute flight over Wilmington,
followed five minutes later by a for
nation of Army pursuit planes for
As minute flight over the city. Five
minutes after the pursuit planes
take off a formation of Navy and
Marine Corps planes will fly over
the city.
The tentative program of events
begins at 1890 when the National
Guard race will be held. This event,
which will be for 40 miles is open
to the planes of all National Guards
and to date entries have been re-
ceived from Maryland, Pennsylvania
and New York. On this basis there
will be sixteen planes in the race.
The next event will be a 30-mile
race for civilian planes of the OX-5
commercial type with no handicaps
or load requirements.
This race will be followed by a
bomb dropping contest in which
nine bombardment planes of the
Army will compete.
The field will be formally dedicat-
ed with appropriate exercises at
2:15. 1t is expected that William P.
MacCracken, Jr., Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Aeronautics will
make the principal address. Ad-
dresses will also be made by Mayor
G. w. K. Forrest, of Wilmington,
and Governor Robert P. Robinson.
Immediately following the dedica-
ton exercises, one of the most spec
tacular events on the program, par
achute jumping to mark will take
place, followed by a 4O-mile race
for commercial planes of 800 cubic
inch displacement or less.
Following this race, the specta-
tors will be treated to a half-hour of
by crack pilots of the
Army, Navy and Marine Corps. All
Tie SIuuJS lldJ are uSGu Ill d6Ildl
warfare will be demonstrated.
What will probably be the three
fastest races of the afternoon will
follow in quick succession. The
first will be for Falcon two-seater
planes for 40 miles. The second, a !
4O-mile race open to Corsair two
seaters. The third of this group
should crown them all for speed as
it will be confined to Army pursuit |
planes of the Hawk aircooled motor /
type and will be for a distance of so !
miles. These will probably be the |
fastest planes at the meet as they
develop a speed of almost 200 miles !
an hour.
All the races will be run over a
ten-mile triangular course with the !
start and finish line in front of the !
srandstand. The home turning py-
on will also be located there.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
RECORD CALENDARS
WILL SOON BE READY
Persons Interested Are Notified That
Cards VIII Be Ready Soon

An announcement has been made
recently by H. S. Palmer, Extension
Poultryman of the University of
Delaware, concerning the 1929 egg
record calendars which will be
ready for distribution about the
middle of October to those poultry
raisers in the State who are keep
ing an account of the daily egg pro-
duction of their 1ocks.
This project was introduced into
Delaware in the fall of 1925, and
each year large numbers of poultry
men in the three counties have re-
quested these calendars, so it is ex-
pected that numerous requests will
be received by the Poultry Special
list and the County Agents again this
year from the poultry raisers
throughout the State, as this form
of keeping egg production records
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
THREE INJURED WHEN
CARS PILE UP ON ROAD
Accident Caused By Collision With
Wagon Load Of Beans

When an automobile crashed into
the rear of wagon Wednesday
night of last week on the road be-
tween HarbesOn and the Indian Mis-
sion Church, a series of accidents
followed in which three men were
sent to the Beebe Hospital at Lewes
and resulted in four automobiles
being damaged, two mules injured
and wagon demolished, not to
mention a quantity of beans being
destroyed.
The injured are George E. Veasey,
40, lumber dealer of HarbesOn; Will
liam Stewart, 40, of near Harbeson,
and James Abbotock, of near Sand
Hill. Howard Short, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and John r. Rust, of near Har-
beson, were also slightly injured.
The accident occurred when an au-
tomobile owned and operated by
Short in which Veasey, Stewart and
Abbotock were passengers, cOllided
with wagon drawn by two mules
and driven by Rust. The wagon was
loaded with beans which were being
shipped to market. So great was the
impact of the machine and wagon
that the two mules were torn loose
and ran away. The wagon was over
turned and Rust thrown to the road.
Veasey and Stewart were in the
rear of the automobile and they
were pinned fast. Veasey, the most
seriously injured, sustained concus-
sion of the brain and severe lacera-
lions about the face and body.
Upon the arrival of the police, the
injured were rushed to the hospital.
In the meantime an automobile, of
which the driver is unknown. driy-
ing in the same direction, crashed
into the wrecked wagon and auto
mobile, then swerved into another
car and then a third machine. This
in it's mad plunge final
ly turned over.
While the occupants of the latter
cars were thrown out, they were not
injured. The police have been I'M
able to learn the names of the own
ers of the damaged machines.
The accident occurred at sharp
curve in the road.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
BANKERS PLEDGED TO
GIVE FINANCIAL AID
TO STATE FARMERS
Delaware Association Adopts Rst-
OIutiOn To Extend Credit And
Tighten Burden Of Farmers.
SAY WASTE ON SOME FARMS
Resolutions Adopted Give Advise
On The Elimination Of Waste
On Farms.

That every bank in the state APP
point a committee from its board to
cooperate with the farmers, extend
credit where credit is possible and
assist in every way possible to
tighten the burden of the farmers
and at the same time swell his bank
balance and thereby build up strong
err and more prosperous banks, was
the feature of a report adopted by
the Delaware State Bankers Asso-
citation at RehObOth last Thursday.
The report was presented by Arley
B. Magee of Dover, chairman of a
special committee appointed last
May to investigate the subject.
The bankers who all day listened
to a discussion of financial matters
had an unexpected thrill when one
of the speakers at the annual din
ner launched into a talk on prohi-
bition. The speaker was Professor
H. Eugene Hine, of the Wharton
School of Finance of the University
of Pennsylvania whose subject was
Our Changing Times"
He declared that after ten years
of. being under rules and laws for
bidding the sale of liquor the result
had not been what was expected.
Young people, on account of the
way they drink, and their disrepect
for parents are becoming a danger.
, He did not think that the govern
ment should attempt to dictate what
the states should do.
ndda6 fEof NUhiln
Delaware was supposed to be dry
he had seen indications of liquor
since his arrival.
AS soon as Professor Hine had
concluded, President Ridgely arose
and declared that he did not think
the State Bankers Association was
the place to discuss prohibition and
did not know that it was to be dis
cussed.
The incident caused a mild sensa-
ton.
Cause of Decay
The farm report was by far the
feature of the day The rocommen-
dation and conclusions follow:
FIRST: your committee deplores
the fact that the general conditions
of the farms in this State are not up
to the standard of twenty years ago,
and possibly this may be attributed
to at least one or more of the fol-
lowing causes:
"(a) The general tendency of the
young man, sons of farmers, to seek !
employment in the cities at higher |
wages and recreations afforded by !
city life.
"(b) The commendable desire and |
the opportunity to seek higher edu
cation and qualification for the
arts and trades. Can
we not help in some way to not
only educate, but to stimulate the
young men to retain love for farm
ing, the most noble of all callings?
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A CHANCE TO GET BACK
AT THE filming SQUIRE
New Jersey Authorities Desire In
formation Against Officers

Here's a chance to get back at the
filming squire" if you happened to
be one of the many Delawareans
caught in the mill in Clementon
township, N. j., during the sum-
mer.
The Delaware Automobile Associ-
alton announces that the township
authorities have dismissed from Of
flee the police recorder and five
cops, who made a practice of mulct-
ing motorists along the White Horse
Pike, in the territory embraced by
the towns of Magnolia Heights,
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
NEW MAP OF DEL-MAR-VA
PENINSULA is READY

The map of the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula and immediate sur
rounding country prepared by
the Publicity Department of
the Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore
Association has been complet-
ed and is now being distribut-
ed from association headquar-
ters at Salisbury.
This map was compiled with
the cooperation of the State
Highway Departments as rep
resented, showing the perma-
nently improved highways in
each section of the Peninsula
as they will be January LIST,
1929. 1t covers the entire Pen
insula highway system in de-
tail, the railroad, ferry, steam
boat and bus lines. The plate
for it's reproduction was pre-
pared by the American Auto
mobile Association who gave
their personal supervision to
accuracy and correct proper
lions.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05
SUSSEX COUNTY COURT
HAS LARGE NUMBER
OF CASES THIS TERM
Charles Warren, Indicted For
First Degree Murder, Will Be
Tried Next Week.
POLICE ASSAILANT GUILTY
Robert Manuel, Who Bit Chief Of
Police Courtney Of Milford,
Given Five Year Term.
POLICE ASCALANT GUILTY

Because of the large volume of
business which was brought to their
attention by Attorney-General Clar-
ence A. Switzerland, it was neces-
sary for the grand jury of the Oc-
tOber term of Court of General SEES
sions, to be in session two days. Us
ually the jury concludes its work
late in the afternoon of the first
day.
On Monday these true bills were
returned to the court: Isaac Best,
of Bridgeville, three charges, assault
with intent to murder Harry w.
Peterson on July 10, carrying con-
cealed a deadly weapon, and assault
with attempt to murder William
E. Stewart, of Bridgeville, on July
10; Albert F. Johnson, of SeafOrd,
desertion and nOn-suppOrt; Wilbert
Voss, of Northwest Fork district, il
legal possession of liquor; Albert F.
Custins, of Baltimore district, deser-
ton and nOn-suppOrt of his wife and
three children; Washington Trader,
of Seaford, illegal possession of liq-
uor; Raymond F. Millaway, of Mil
ford, desertion and nOn-support of
his wife.
Todd Beauchamp and Elwood Has
tings, of Georgetown, larceny; Bay
ard Culver, Little Greek district, de-
sertion and nOn-support; Isaac H.
Still, of Laurel, illegal possession of
liquor; Michael LaskOwski, Balti-
more district, illegal possession of
liquor; Fred Oney, robbery and car
rying concealed a deadly weapon;
Charles Warren, of Milford, murder
first degree; John Marker, Howard !
G. Krause, larceny; John Marker,
Howard G.. Krause and Arthur Col
lison, two charges, laceny, indicted |
jointly.
Howard Morris, Little Creek dis |
trict, carrying concealed a revolver; |
Leander Bamberger, DagsborO dis |
trict, desertiOn and nOn-support; |
Morris, Little Greek district,
assault with intent to murder Paul
of Little Greek district; |
Robert, Manuel, of Milford, assault
and battery; Charles R. Mitchell, of |
Fork district, desertion
and nOn-suppOrt.
Norman Prattis, of Bridgeville,
was arrested by officer ]. E.. Der
rickson of the State Police Force
on the SeafordSGreenwood
charged with driving an
automobile while intoxicated, and
fined 800 and costs.
Harry Jones, of Bridgeville, char
ged with operating an automobile
while under the influence of liquor
and also carrying concealed a dead
y weapon, was fined $1OO and costs
and committed to the Sussex county
ail for sixty days. On the charge
If carrying concealed a deadly wea-
BON he was held in $500 bail.
October term of Superior Court
ind Court of General Sessions open
I'd Monday with Associate Judges
Herbert L. Rice and William Watson
harrington on the bench In Super
or Court four divorced cases were
leard.
Mrs. Villa Harlan, of Laurel, OBJ
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WANT WEATHER
BUREAU ON PENINSULA
Washington viii Be Asked To Make
Necessary Appropriation For 1t

Considerable interest is being
aroused in the project of having a
regular United States weather bur-
eau station established on the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula, and from state
ments issued at the office of the
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Associa-
ton and by Carl H. Monsees, of the
South Ocean City Development Com
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MISPHLION RIVER
BRIDGE APPROVED

Final approval has been
given by the War Department
to plans for the bridge to be
constructed across Mispillion
river, Delaware, a mile east of
Milford.
The department has an
nounced that it had gone over
the plans as drawn and sub
mitted by the State Highway
Department of Delaware, and
had found them in conformity
with the regulations of the
Federal government designed
to protect the interests of
navigation.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-10-05

News that is Informative,
interesting and sprightly-
that's the kind of news you
will find every week in the
Milford Chronicle.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-06-07

Wedding MayBe
Declared Void

CHICAGO. June 7.-dPtP-Miriam
Hopkins. actress, today faced annul-
ment Of her marriage in Newark,
". j.. last week to Austin Parker,
author. because divorce proceedings
in Chicago against her husband are
incomplete.
Her divorce suit against Brandon
Peters, actor, was heard June l, but
no degree has been signed. Her at
torney said he would ask the court TO
sign a decree as soon as the trans
script of the evidence was completed,
which he said would be within a day
or two.
Tn her divorce action Miss HOPKINS
cited three occasions Of cruelty at
the hands Of Peters.
Milton u. Smith, her attorney, ex-
pressed surprise nc information his
client was apparently honeymooning
with a second husband before n di-
vorce decree had been entered here.
Miss Hopkins was headlining with
4 musical show which recently closed
en- engagement at a loop theaterr