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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
Selbyvine
SelbyVille High School
Commencement

DR.. H. V. Holloway will deliver
the commencement address to the
class of 1928 which is the largest to
graduate from his home town. The
class of 1924 numbered Is; the class
of 1928 number 16.
The program: Music, by Mr.. and
Mrs. Dunn, of Bishopville, Md; Am
erica, audience; invocation, Rev. M.
w. Marine; salutation and presi-
dents address, Mae McCabe; decla-
nation. "The Welcome Man." How
ard Grise; defamation Success in
Life" Dorothy Williams; class will,
Eva Lekites; music; class comics,
Mildred McCabe; valedictory 'Today
Decides Tomorrow" Myrtha Wilgus;
address, DR.. H. V. Holloway, State
Superintendent; presentation of di-
plomas; prizes and awards; benedic-
tion, Rev. M. w. Marine.
The names of the graduating class
of 1928 and the coures which they
studied are given in the following
summary: John Warrington, Acad-
emic; Esther Long, Mildred McCabe,
Myrtha Wilgus, Eva Lekites, Alberta
Lynch, Hazel M. Long, Ruth Leary,
vocational; Nellie Pusey, Mae Nc
Cabe, Henry Johnson, Howard Grise,
CASHIER Evans, Edward Adkins,
James Derrickson, Dorothy Will
iams, general.
The loss in numbers by the grad
uation of this class, which is the
largest in the history of the school
Will be more than balanced by the
incoming freshmen from Roxana,
Williamsville and Selbyville. This
new class will total over As and will
swell the high school enrolment to
more than 10.
Recent additions to the library Of
the high school are: Barren Ground,
Ellen Glasgow; The Valley of the
Giants, P. B. Kyne; The Rise of
Roscoe Paine, J. C. Lincoln.
Nellie Pusey Dorothy Williams,
Catherine Quillen, Elizabeth Will
llams, Julia Watson and Hannah
Andrews received the letter IS"
from Coach Timmons for work in
basket ball. The letters were made
from orange felt and were cut in
the Old English design.
Victor Simpler, Paul Pepper, Ed
ward Adkins, Asher Long, Howard
Grise, Thomas Lynch, Edward
Lynch and James Derrickson receiy-
ed the letter IS" for meeting the re-
quirements in basket ball. These let
ters were cut in the block style
from orange felt.
The Junior Glass of SeIbyviile
High School gave the Seniors a Wee
ME roast at Bethany Beach Thurs
day night, May 18th. There were
plenty of hot dogs and soft drinks
for all.
All the teachers Of the Selbyvjlle
school were invited. A good time was
lad by all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Smith and
laughter of Salisbury were the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. M. s. Prit-
'hett on Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. V. Williams and
son Harvey and daughter Dorothy
'pent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Williams at Lewes.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
Trinity
(Near Bridgeville)

Miss Alice Hastings spent the
weekend with Harriet Seely near
WOodenhawk.
R. J. Hastings and family visited
relatives at Blades and Seaford on
Sunday.
A. 7. White and family, e. L. War
rington and family, H. E. Warning
ton and Clinton Hastings visited
friends at Cambridge, Md, on Sun
day.
Francis Messick and Clinton Has
tings spent Wednesday last in Will
mington.
Folks here are busy getting ready
for the strawberry season which
will be on in another week.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
DITCHING CHANGES
COMMUNITIES


Other parts of the South besides
the Mississippi River Valley are in
terested in the subject of drainage
and control, In fact the reclamation
of land all through the Southern
States has been a story of drainage
bitches, and the control of rivers
and lakes that overflowed the low
land, which work has been as press
ing and important as the removal
of stumps and stones. Water levels
frequently appear to be uncomfort-
ably high in large parts OF the
South. Northern tourists have been
very much impressed by the work
that they have witnessed at Seb-
ring, Florida. Lake Jackson was
much too high along certain of its
boundaries for comfort or conVen-
ience. So the engineers got busy
on the project and dynamited
ditch to connect up with small
stream which discharged into Lake
Josephine. 1t required ditch 5000
feet long and % feet at the top,
but when the ditch was blasted the
old rule proved itself and water in
the two lakes sought their level.
While the results were local the
object lesson is worldwide. A
ditch now prevents the overfowing
of Lake Johnson, and there has
been made possible the building of
the splendid highway which skirts
the lake and which has proved so
great a delight to the people of
Sebring and visitors from other
states.
Another example of a ditching
operation in the South which has
added to usefulness a decided touch
of the picturesque is the one car
ried out under the direction of the |
authorities of Patterson,
Louisiana. One stretch of 1,500 feet |
of the 1900 ditch was shot at one
time. Not only was soil removed |
by this blast, but, together with the
earth, considerable number of |
three to eight foot stumps were
blown out. The width of the ditch
at the top is 20 feet. That so much
excavation was done at the total
cost of $3.50 has caused consid-
erable comment.
Patterson has had removed a
arge swamp which formerly was
he stagnant breeding place of
myriad mosquitoes. Besides, the
flooding of a section has
,een overcome, and for good meas
Ire a nine-hole golf course has
,een built on part of the land re-
laimed from a once useless and
nenacing swamp.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25
Glendale

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Jester and
Fred Ireland spent few days in At
lantic City last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Oickerson
spent a part of last week in Green
wood visiting Mrs. Dickerson's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Thompson.
Miss Anna Sheppard visited
friends in Milford last week.
Miss Mable Dickerson and Layton
Richards of Milton were Rehoboth
callers Sunday evening.
Thomas Baker, Sr., and Thomas
Baker, Jr., are confined to their
home here.
Two kitchen showers, held sway in
the vicinity of Ellendale last week,
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Webb and Mr..
and Mrs. Olden Wilson. Many useful
articles were received.
Edwin Clendaniel and friend of
Georgetown were at Rehoboth Sun
day.
Mr., and Mrs. John B. Derrickson
entertained guests the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Warren enter
tanned friends and relatives Sunday
and last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Warren
spent a few days in Atlantic City
last week.
= Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Reynolds
and Miss Bessie Warren were guests
of relatives in Clayton Sunday.
Miss Minnie Short of Newark
spent Sunday and Monday with her
parents here.
Master Paul Marker has been sufJ
fering with a sore throat.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Wood visited
Sunday.
May is nearly gone.
The school children are studying
for their final examinations. We
hope that when the school term is
up we will see many happy and smil-
ing faces and that they will be very
proud to show their parents and
friends their reports. We also hope
that their new school will be COM
pletely finished for them to enter
when school reopens in September.
Misses Blanche Baker, Hazel Der
Isaac Ellingsworth and Cur
is Ennis enjoyed a trip to Rehoboth
Sunday and also visited Mr.. and |
Mrs. George Reed who are residing
here at the present time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Donovan enter
aimed relatives from Marcus Hook
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred ireland, Miss
Anna Sheppard and Fred Higman
.njoyed a motor trip Sunday.
Miss Catherine Tucker is employ
ID in the city at the present time.
The measles and the mumps are
he newest fads in town.
Many of the passersby are enjoy
ng the scenery of the Ellendale
iwamp. Some Of them enjoy lunches
nder the trees, which are dressed
4 their summer beauty.
IOka Tribe trailed to Milford Sun
ay morning and enjoyed the friend
hip of other tribes.
Glass No. 8, teacher, Miss Hazel
met with Otis Jester on
lednesday evening and re-organiz-
d the class as follows: President,
avid Baker; vice president, Baker
iced; secretary, Albert Donovan;
Howard Williams; class
anne, Loyal and Willing Workers;
lass colors, red, white and blue;
lass flower, carnation; class motto,
Build for character and not for
lme." After the business meeting,
arious games were played and at a
lte hour refreshments were enjoy
l. The class will meet with William
nd David Baker on June 18th. ALI
lembers are requested to be pres
Mt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Marker en-
guests from Georgetown
Id Dagsboro Sunday.
Mrs. Cove Smith and Robert
vain are again able to be out,
uch to the joy of their many
lends.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25

Colonel House says that he thinks
the drys will finally back Al Smith.
Isn't it funny things you can think
of if you try real hard?
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25

On the highest hill
near CharloH%-
pille. Va, Thomas
Jefferson bHilf
''MOHficeHO" after
his OtVH aeSigNst-
and from its C00L
green heigkfS The
Sage tOafcked RE
de l0bM eHf Of
his ''ckiIa'', the
UniVerSify Of
Hirginia.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25

WaskingfOn made
this fair colonial
NetO Jersey mW-
sion his heaaqRAr-
ferS dRring The
gfOrioRS engage
m eNfs zVifh rte
British round
about MOristotVn.
The h0Kse ReU
h9RS many me-
m enfOeS Of his
pre5ence.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-25

In tUestern North
Carolina is thf
Easf'S "PikeS
Peak StOney
MONRfaiH-f0
the TOP of tVkiehh
serbeBfiNe high-
lOay leads surrey
and JON, for tie
eHj0ym emf Of a
bird'S-eye VielO of
the sHrrOHndi0g
tV0HaeTlaHd.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

Mussolini says he wants "to elevate the standard Of
living Of millions upon millions of agriculturiats' We
didn't know Italy was having an el~eetion.-American
Lumberman lChclsgol.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

The Philadelphia investigation discloses that more
than 100000 gallons OF alcohol were diverted last
year. to say nothing Of the persons who drank it,
San Diego Union.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
The Radio in Politics

Of the Unprecedented millions of voters who cast
ballots in the election last Tuesday a far greater NUM-
Der than ever before took TO the polls a clear impress
sion Of the issues and the convictions OF the presiden-
tial candidates as revealed by the spoken word. The
reason was radio.
Voice. manner and argument Of candidates-carried
on the wings of radio to audiences estimated at 40,-
100000 p~ersons-played a part which no ether instru-
mentality has ever attained in making politics a thing
OF living. human interest To all citizens.
Families sitting in their homes in every state in the
Union have been n part Of the audience of every major
tuning their sets to the nearest nationwide chains of
stations, and thereby every discussion of the issues was
made a national discussion.
Listeners were enabled to form their own opinions
upon a fuller and more direct presentation Of the evil
dence than was possible in any former campaign. And
the radio hook-ups, experimenting the national news
agencies and the American press, kept the American
voters in direct contact with every move, phase and
issue Of the campaign.
The "front porch campaigns of former days have
been relegated to Oblivion. Through the press and
radio the American people have been educated politi-
cslly as the people Of no other nation have ever been
educated. and due to these agencies the voters are in
close contact with national leaders and the issues anil
principles they represent. The result will be a more
representative government and n closer bond between
the people and those who guide the governmental poll
cies Of the nation.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

must take jurisdiction, but is without authority 20
claim a fee because the courts have declared 1t un-
lawful, he ceases to have a financial interest in the
outcome of the case and his judgment is no longer Wit
lated. At least that would seem to be a tenable modus
vivendi in communities where the justice court is the
main reliance Of the people for the trial of misde-
meanor cases. 1t will not prove very profitable 10
justices Of the peace, but il might, il upheld on test.
tide the situation over until the legislature can remedy
our abominablc fee system.
The fee system, from top to bottom. is antiquated.
unjust, disproportioned and cumbersome. It ought 70
be wiped out.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
Equalization Fee Doomed

sne equalization fee proposed in the McNary-Hau-
gen Dill will not be included in any farm relief pro.
gram the republicans will propose at either the shor.
session OF congress or the special session to be called
~ mower Immediately after his inaugural, is the
opinion expressed by republican leaders.
Signs of the abandonment Of the much DISPUTED
equalization fee, which has run the gamut Of congress
and the campaign. became apparent in the Middle We,t
almost Immediately upon announcement OF the outcome
Of the election.
One Of the first signals from the ranks which put
up the battle for the McNary-Haugen bill. was an ed
itoriai IN one Of the leading western agricultural pub
locations, granting the equalization fee was doomed.
Whatever may be the policy Of the national govern
ment toward agriculture during the next four years, i.
viii be largely a Hoover policy" the editorial said.
THAT means that the MeNary-Haugen plan Of farm re-
lief is dead and that other means Of promoting farm
prosperity will take is place. We are not to have the
plan Of farm relief that the Middle West 50 long has
fought for, but we will not lose sleep over that if other
remedies shall prove to be as effective"
The promoters OF the equalization fee stand in a
very awkward position for another move on congress.
The election has shorn the farm bloc which espousei
the M~cNary-Haugen bill Of some of its principal fig
ures, such as Frank o. Lowden, formerly governor OF
Illinois. Much Of the most vigorous campaigning
against Mr.. Hoover among midwest farmers was done
by farm leaders who bolted on the equalization fee is
sue. The Smith farm organization was managed BY
one Of the most indefatigable workers for the equali-
cation fee, George n. Peek. and Senator Norris Of Ne
braska, who bolted Hoover during the closing days Of
the campaign, was ono Of the leaders for the McNary-
Haugen farm relief plan when the bill was before the
senate.
S. II. hompson president of the American Farm
Bureau Federation, which was the major organization
behind the McNary-Haugen movement, said he really
did not know what the possibilities were. He did not
think there was much prospect Of any farm legislation
being brought TO the attention of congress in the short
session because Of the briefness Of its duration and the
volume Of business before Il. One Of the first moves
to clarity future policy may be expected at the annual
convention Of the Federation to be held in December,
but the leaders Of the organization have significd they
have no hope Of the equalization fee being included in
any plan that may be adopted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
The World and All
AM ENCOURAGED
By Charles +. priseoii

Georgia Leonard Of Berkeley, Calf, writes:
Il thank you very much for your splendid article On
criminals and how they are spoiled BY popular notions
about their heroism and their supposed noble qualities.
| wish this article could be printed on the front page
OF every paper in the country. Please keep IN the
good work. False HEROES will do much to prevent
crime, and | am sure most people will appreciate sim
liar articles"
Now, this surprises me. / really didn't expect any
favorable comments on the article mentioned. 1t was
a discussion Of criminals as they are and as | have
known them, and it did not picture them at all TO-
manticany. l expected this discussion to be received
everywhere with a little resentment, because | believe
msot people like to cling to their illusions about the
essentially noble qualities Of rogues, criminals and
thugs. People have been told so often that a gangster
will not peach on his PAL and that the lady friend Of
the safe-blowcr is a great influence for moral upIift,
that they have adopted these fallacies as parts of a
large body of illusions which they dislike to have dis
turbed.
But | am encouraged, even by one honest letter Of
approval. ] find at least one responsive soul in my
audience. SO | shall say scme more about criminals.
Most sympathy expended upon criminals II worse
than criminal in itself. Millions Of honest citizens are
made sad BY the sight Of strong gray walls with armed
guards pacing up and down upon them. The other day
| passed by the grim walls of the prison at Auburn, y.
J. There was a time when the sight would have made
me sick with misplaced sympathy.
Oscar Wilde wrote a sentimental poem called THE
Ballad of Reading Gaol," and that poem has done more
to foster unjustified sympathy with and for murderers
and other criminals than any other piece Of literature.
lt has influenced thousands Of jurors TO turn thugs
loose upon the world, TO kill and rob Woodworking cit
liens.
/ rejoice when I see tall prison walls, well tended
by straight-shooting guards. For within those walls. at
least, criminals are without power to interfere with the
lives Of law-abiding Americans. When someone is
%unjustly imprisoned, that is another matter. There all
my sympathy is enlisted, and my indignation is aroused.
| am Mortified by the unlawful beating Of unconvicted
citizens, most Of whom are innocent of crime, by Amer
lean policemen. But | will shed no tears for Hickman
and his ilk. | will lose no sleep over the fact that
thousands Of bank robbers and burglars are sleeping
behind strong walls or listening to good radio programs
in small rooms with steel doors. That's where they
sbelong.
Justice is not always done under our laws. and
sometimes the innocent suffer, and often the guilty
escape. But when murderers and robbers are penned
up for life where they cannot harm honest folk, !
thank God for government.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
New York Letter

NEW YORK. Nov. 13.-Alexander
c. Herman, Central Press writer,
whose only home always has been
in New York IA rarity, again con-
duets this column today. Here's his
stint:
A little more than six years ago
Mamie Their real name doesn't mat
teri, was a ~12-year-oid Kid, as hap
d as any OF the East Sidewalk chill
drcn or the Ghetto. She lived IN a
large tenement with brothers, sis
tiers. father and mother.
One day a queer middle-agcd man.
who boarded upstairs, inveigled her
10 his room. lie disappeared o
since. But Mamie became a mother
at II.
1t was shameful. and her family
huShed up its disgrace. The au-
thorities were not informed. The
baby was put away in a founding
home.
The older members Of the fam
ily chit their garments. and sat
'chivve'-a ritual for the dead,
which entails a week Of prayer and
meditation, while the bereaved sit
upon low stools. The young mother
was looked upon as dead.
A virtual outcast, the girl began
working as a housemaid. Now she
is IS. and has progressed to the
position of nurSemaid.
Every visiting day (once a fort
night she goes 10 the home and
sees her baby. But she is rot al
lowed to tell him that she is his
mother. She is merely Miss Mamie
IAN orful nice lady"
Last visit she asked the young
ster If he would like to 20 home
with her. "No, ma'am," he replied.
II couldn't do that. This is my
home
Within six months the boy will
DC six. Then. according 70 the rules
OF the Institution. he will have to
be taken away by the mother. or
she will have 10 release lin for
permanent adoption. Being stiIl n
minor. she needs the consent Of her
own family to guarantee the ehild's
safe keeping.
But her father and mother have
disowned her. To them she is as
dead.
Perhaps their ire will mellow. II
not. the girl will lose her baby for
eyegs
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

America is the only country which is responsible
only country which could have won the war and which
would have the strength to win another war, should
there be one Immediately. Another war in Europe is
an impossibility because every country there must look
out for itself as part Of the white race against the n
vasion Of Asiatics.
There can be no war among the powers OF Europe
so long as the present situation continues, and ii Is
habited by the white race are crowded together on a
continent smaller than any others. To fight among
themselves would only invite the eastern powers TO take
possession.
America is already the only effective stronghold of
the white race, because it is self-sustaining and pro-
tected by its position. With the Atlantic ocean on the
one side and the Pacific on the other, there is no
chance for invasion from any point which could not
be protected. Battleships would be Of little use IN
bombarding coast towns because they are too apt 10
be the prey Of airplanes and submarines.
Culture has travelled always from east to west. Be
ginning in China it spread gradually to India, Persia,
Egypt, Greece and Rome and up through Europe 10
Great Britain where it began its long westward sweep
to America. As it has travelled il has developed until
now modern culture is travelling back from America TO
the Orient. With this sweep of culture has come a Sc
ries Of wars in which the civilized countries have taken
the territories they needed for the comfort Of their peo-
pie. Now, with the east taking on our culture. they
may be the next to attempt expansion, and in such u
case America would be the surviving white country.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13
Other Papers
COURTS OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE ILLEGAL.

ADdiAaa CNS
The decision Of the Court OF Criminal Appeals is
that the justices of the peace in this state have no
right TO try a criminal case in which their compensa-
ton turns upon the nature Of their disposal Of the de-
PENDANT. That ought to be the law as 4 matter OF
simple justice, Of course. And in the Light Of the de-
cision Of the supreme court 81 the United States and
Of the language Of our own constitution, the justices
ut Austin could scarcely have come to any other con-
clusion.
Texas is facing now the question Of what becomes
of the administration Of justice in these courts of first
instance in sections Of the state where no other court
is available to take jurisdiction. That inconvenience
will arise is evident. In the towns, If course. munic-
ipal courts can handle cases before a salaried police
judge. But in the rural areas the matter isn't 50
simple.
The point comes up whether a justice of The pcaee
might take himself outside Of the ruling az the court
OF criminal appeals by refusing 10 assess 4 fec IN his
own favor in such cases. The decision makes the fee
unlawful, and. where the collection Of the fee was con-
structively in the mind Of the justice OF the peace NJ
the time Of the trial, the act Of the court in holding
a defendant guilty is likewise unlawful on the ground
Of prejudicial interest on the part Of the court.
But If the justice Of the peace refuses to assess a
fee for himsels on the ground that he is sworn to pc--
form the dutss Of the Office land therefore has and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-13

Who am I What il my present
position? What post did ! resign
to take II?
Where did Barbara Fritchic defy
the "rebel hostT"
Where is Christopher Columbus
buried?
Who was the last queen of
Hawaii?
Whose diggeth a pit shall fall
therein: and he that rolleth a stone
it will return unto him." Where
is this passage found in the Bible?