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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
johnson Corner
(Near Selbyville)

There will be preaching services
in the Sound M. E. Church this Sun
day morning by our pastor, Rev
o. T. Baynard, at IL O'Clock. IL
is Mothers Day, and also the Red
Mems Day. Everybody welcome.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Johnson en-
tertained a number of friends at
their home on Tuesday evening, as
follows: Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. john
son, Mr.. and Mrs. D. D Daisey, Mrs.
Ida McCabe and daughter Alberta,
and Miss Marguerite McCabe.
The stork visited Mrs. George
Littleton and left fine baby.
Miss Helen Johnson was the over
night guest of Miss Mary Johnson.
Mr.. Jack Kelly and Mrs. Edna
Johnson McCabe, of Philadelphia,
were callers on Mr.. Raymond Nc
Cabe and mother.
Mrs. Annie Murray, wife OF Mr..
Rowie Murray, died at her sons,
near Bayard, last Tuesday evening.
She is survived by two sons-Jack-
son Murray, of Bayard, Orlando
Murray, of Ocean View; three
brothers and one sister, ana many
grandchildren and several other
relatives. Funeral services were
held at Sound church on Thursday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. o. T.
Baynard. Interment in church Gem
etery.
Miss Eva LeKites was the week
end guest of Miss Alberta Lynch.
Ladies' Aid met at Mrs. John Tyre
on Thursday evening, May 3rd. They
reelected a new secretary, Mrs. Eva
Hudson. The attendance of the aid
was so.
Mr.. Edward Adkins and Mr..
Charlie Gray both have purchased a
new Chevrolet.
Miss Hilda spent the weekend
with Miss Florence Lynch, of Rox-
ana.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
loves Cross Roads

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hornbacher
of New York visited Mr.. and Mrs. R.
w. Lingo. Wilson Lingo returning to
New York with Mr.. Hornbacher,
while Mrs. Hornbacher will remain
here for three weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Carey visited
relatives at Dagsboro on Sunday
Woodrow Boyce spent the week
end with Ralph Lewis
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Lewis visited
their daughter, Mrs. Mae Kitchens
near Cycamore on Sunday, who is
suffering with the grippe.
Mrs. Emma Truitt is staying with
her son, w. C. Truitt and daughters.
Miss Dorothy Adams of Laurel
spent the weekend with Miss Wanda
Lewis, also Messrs. Lord ana bllls
from Salisbury.
There will be a Mothers Day pro-
gram next Sunday at 2:30 at Beth
any Church.
There will be a home talent play
entitled "Sophronie's Wedding" CIV
en- in the Millsboro Opera House on
Thursday night, May II, for the Den-
eft of the Ladies Aid of Bethany
Church. Everybody come prepared
for a good laugh,
L. w. Brittingham is this week
moving his garage down on the
stone road.
The quilt that has been made by
the Ladies Aid will be offered Tor
sale at the Millsboro Opera House
on May II, the night of the play.
The quilt is very pretty and so many
names on it, all embroidered in diff
ferent colored silk.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
PEACE OR WARE

We are hearing a great deal from
the pacitists professional and other
wise, in the United States about the
horrors of war. Everyone agrees
that war is horrible and nobody in
America, we believe, wants another
experience with it if it can be hon
orably avoided. There is no war
spirit in America. There never has
been a militant spirit and into no
great conflict in which we have been
engaged have we entered until all
reasonable means Of continuing
peace had been exhausted.
The pacifists and all other Ameri-
cans are of course within their
rights in denouncing war. The
trouble is that the pacifist drive does
not stop here, but goes on in an eff
fort not only to increase the senti-
ment for peace, already overwhelm-
ing, but to induce the people to lay
aside all weapons of defense, to
adopt a policy of non-resistance, to
policy which has always been fatal
and which will never work until
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such a beatific condition that 10
rules against war will longer be
necessary.
All Americans want peace, but
most of them are practical enough
to know that in order to assure
peace we must be prepared to de-
fend ourselves against attack. The
United States is now the richest ma
ton in the world. Suppose, then, we
sink our navy, abolish our army Or
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
Trinity
(Near Bridgeville)

Rachel, Grace and William Hast
ings spent Sunday with their sister
at Kenton.
James Wheatley and daughter,
Thelma, OF Middletown and Mrs.
Leon Wheatley of New Castle spent
the weekend at the home Of Joseph
Wheatley.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Messick and
children visited his parents on Sun
day.
John Lowe of near Sycamore Wis
tied his brother here last week.
Sunday, May 13, will be Mothers
Day.
Sunday school at Trinity Sunday
at $3.50 a. m.
Margaret Nelson, Margaret Hast
ings, William Hastings and Claudel
Cannon attended the Apple Blossom
Festival at Dover on Thursday OF
last week.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
Sur1nyside
(Near Bridgeville)

Mr.. and Mrs. John Austin enter
tanned their daughter and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Short, OF Phlla-
delphia, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wiley had as
their guests on Sunday his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ambrose Wiley,
of Greenwood.
Miss Katharine Passwaters, who
has been employed in Philadelphia,
returned home on April 26, suffering
with appendicitis. She is somewhat
improved at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pratt Seabrease en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. John Myres,
of Wilmington, and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Chalmers, of Greenwood, on
Sunday.
Mrs. Pratt Seabrease is not much
improved at this writing.
Miss Edna Passwaters is on the
sick list.
The Sunnyside P. T. A. held its
last meeting on April 25th.. There
were about 65 present. The topic
for the month was read by the pres
ident, after which the children gave
a very fine program, which every
body enjoyed. There were also
some ukelele duets by the teacher,
Miss Louise Coulbourn and her sis
ter. The Hometown Minstrel gave
play well worth 25 cents. Last
but not~ least, refreshments were
served. Officers were elected for
next year, as follows: President,
M. A. Williams; vice-president, H.
T. Tatman; secretary, Mrs. Fannie
Baker; treasurer, Mrs. Harry Pass
waters. Membership Committee
Mrs. George Harris, Mrs. Samuel
Owens. Publicity chairman-Miss
Louise CoulbOun.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
West End

Mr.. and Mrs. Norman T. Webb
ST., and son, Norman T. Webb, Jr.,
of Milford, spent Friday evening
with Mrs. Webb's father, James Rog-
ers of Greenwood.
Miss Ada E. Rogers of Greenwood
spent Friday with her brother and
sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Norman T.
Webb of Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Adams and
daughter, Miss Linda Adams, and
friend, Mrs. Lynch of Greenwood,
spent Saturday afternoon with
friends at Milford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Truitt Of Had
donfield, N. J., spent the weekend
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
W. Andrew of Greenwood.
Mrs. Anna Jones from New Jersey
is spending the summer with her
sister, Mrs. Laura B. Elliott of
Greenwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Andrew of
Greenwood spent few days last
week with their daughter, Mrs. Flor
ence Langrell at Wilmington.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

will make us able to repel all in
vaders. We will all hope that the in
vaders will never come, but to de-
stroy our facilities for meeting them
would only serve as an Invitation.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
Georgetown

Add Georgetown ....... -.
Grand Master Weldon c. Waples,
of Milton, head of the Grand Lodge
of Delaware Masons, accompanied
by his staff, visited Franklin Lodge
No. 12, this town, last week. A
large number of visitors from other
lodges throughout lower Delaware
were present.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

Note to faction leaders: Those
who led political parties in the old
days were rail splitters, not hair
splitters.
New York now has a big Tam
many sewer scandal. Looks like this
might be a good place for a Senate
committee to to do some digging.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

Ham and eggs, according to the
market reports are cheaper now
than they have been for fifteen
years. If this is true, why worry
about the price of spinach?
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11

A German lecturer now in the
United States insists that this coun-
try is ruled more by petticoat gov
ernment than ever before. And with
fewer, if any, petticoats being worn.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
The Lesson of the Zen

The worlds first commercial airship voyage across
the Atlantic-or any other ocean-was completed sue
cessfully last night.
Carrying total of sixty persons, passengers and
crew, and he German mail, the Graf Zeppelin latest
and biggest of dirgibles has limped into port and
moored, after four and a half days in the air. 1t is
estimated that she must have covered nearly 5000
miles of land and water in her long swing southwark
over the sea.
Some may find the feat disappointing. They will if
all they looking for dash against time. The
SR-3 the Los Angeles built by the same concern
and sailed by the same skipper, Dr. Eckener did ap
proxmatey the same course in 81 hours II minutes.
The Graf Zeppelin, however, was not trying to es-
ablish new record across the Atlantic but something
vastly more important to mankind It's object was to
show the practicabty of dirgibes as passenger, mail
and express carrying craft regular commercial
routes over the earhs vast expanses of and land
This the big air liner has DONE at least in part To
win public confidence completely will require nany
successful voyages. The train hailed at first
devils contraption in which only the reckless would
risk their lives, and the dirigibe, paying CONNER
cal proposition need not expect to complete its
quest in day.
But tremendous advance has been scored. Even
the Graf Zeppelns called hard luck" the accident
to her stabzing fin and the strong head winds which
she had to battle will help rather than hinder in prov
ing the dirigibe's
Within ten years transatlantic and trans-Pacifc
travel aboard air liners doubtless will be commonplace
while in terms of the national defense the merchant
dirigble will be to the aerial Sighting arm, the air
plane, what the merchant marine is to the navy.
That, believe is the lesson of the Graf Zeppelin.
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position on power represented several lines c

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divergence.
Smith likewise was analysed, his record as Gov
of New York considered and his stand on
national questions. In instances we found our
selves in disagreement with him and on some in
agreement. The net result of the comparison of all
men considered that the best to be President
for all the people, regardless of all differences of
opinion, Herbert Hoover.
With the nominations over, the campaign began.
AS it has progressed, have found Smith taking
positions with which we have agreed. On those
positions we have stated our agreement. In other
instances, we have disagreed with Smith and have
so expressed ourselves.
We wish that both candidates were perfect. But
they not. Neither is their environment. We
don't like Ware and we don't like Tammany. We
don't like the Withdrawals the Stratons and the
Anti-Saloon League and we don't like the idea of a
presidential candidate spending large an amount
of his precious campaign time proving he wasn't
intoxicated.
We don't like Hoover's position prohibition and
we don't like Smiths on immigration.
But after tabulating all phases to date, the result
remains the
We believe that AL Smith would make good
President of the United States. We believe that
Herbert Hoover would make better one-because, as
originally stated "of his character training expert
ence and cosmopolitan outlook on national and inter-
national problems"
That is our position.
To some of our esteemed contemporaries who,
through long habit of intense partisanship see only
perfection in their candidate and only evil in the
other may appear strange But this is the Scripps
Howard idea of journalistic and political independ-
ence and public service.
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Not So Sure

Newspaper men with whom
have talked, are not so optimistic
of Democratic success. Though
conceding that Massachusetts may
go for Smith, they say that the
situation is too Confused for any
one to be certain; that in spite of
an obvious drift of votes in his
favor, the Republican habit is too
strong, particularly in rural sections,
to be lightly disregarded; that
Massachusetts has not given a
Democratic majority in a presiden-
tial election since the Civil war and
that though Smith appears to have
better prospects than any of his
predecessors, the race is still UNI
! certain.
Every one with whom I have
talked, whether Republicans or
Democrats, comedies Smith at least
85 per cent of the foreign vote, and
the vote of large group Of educa-
tors and professional men, on
account Of prohibition and the part
religious intolerance is playing in
the campaign
Even with the advantages, how
ever, he is not sure of carrying the
state. To a certain extent they
have aroused and solidifled the Re-
publicans, have caused people who
are ordinarily Indifferent not only
to take an interest, but to go to
work. This is markedly true OF
women.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
Predicts Big Majority

Senator Walsh believes that Bos-
ton will give the Democratic ticket
at least a 100000 majority, and that
most of the other large cities, such
as Worcester, Fall River, New Bed
ford, Lowell, Lawrence and Lynn,
quite a few of which generally go
Republican, will strengthen it by
$4,000 or $4,000. He says that the
French Canadian vote, which is or
dinarily Republican by a ratio Of
sixty to forty, will be rs per cent
Democratic. and that there will be a
similar turnover among the Poles
and Italians.
What ne regards as the most sig
nif1cant change, however, is among
liberal Republicans, who, he de-
clares, have become disguised with
"the pussyfooting and hypocrisy"
Of the present administration.
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had been done by other scientists of which Pasteur
undoubtedly knew In all probability they furnished
him with cew for his investigation.
In 1887, Frenchman by the name of Cagnard de
la Tour had made study in the beer breWeries He
took of the foamy material from the beer watts
and looked at it under his microscope
He found that he could see tiny globuleS of yeast
and that these globules multiplying sprouting
buds from their sides which looked very much like
sprouting seeds.
De la Tour came to the correct conclusion that
the yeast a living growing plant.
Today we classify the yeastS as fungi, more spe-
cicaly among the fungi known as the aScomycetes
We know that as the yeasts grow they form certain
substances which highly active chemically These
substances are known engines. 1t is the engines
which change the sugars in the brew watts into alcohol
De la Tour of course, knew nothing about engines,
but he concluded quite correctly that alcohol formed
in the watts only when the mixture in the watts con-
tanned live growing yeast.
Also in 1887, very important discovery was made
by German by the name Of DR.. Schwann.
Schwann discovered that if you put piece of
boiled meat in clean bottle and prevent any air
from reaching except air which had passed through
red-hot pipes, the meat did not decay.
But as soon as the cork was taken from the bottle
and the meat exposed to ordinary air. it began to
decay. Sehwann found the decaying meat full of
microbes.
He concluded that it was the microbes which
caused the meat to decay.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
Hoover Gets a Hand

They do not blame, the Repub-
lican party for all that has hap
pened, for the southwark drift of
cotton mills and the springing up
Of shoe factories in the west, but
they have come to a point where
they no longer believe in it as the
source of economic salvation. This,
coupled with a tremendous foreign
population, Democratic control of
several large cities, and an thor
ough-going party organization, give
the Smith hackers a right to be op-
timistic.
But, as shrewd observers are
careful to point out, the Repub-
licans are not only alive to the sit
uation, but very much alarmed
They are working as they have
seldom worked before, and they
have lot with which to work.
Even in the city of Boston, which
is recognized by both sides as
Smiths stronghold, Hoover received
a tremendous reception Monday
Though his tour was through resi-
Dental sections of the city, the
streets were lined with people and
five times as many applied for ad-
mission to the arena as it would
accomNodate.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
Merit of VaccineS for Colds Is UnbrOIen

Such incubation has not, how
ever, begun to be as general as that
against smallpox or the injections
against diphtheria.
In diphtheria the use of toxin-
antitoxin to prevent the disease has
become exceedingly general.
In some communities every child
has been inoculated and there were
seven cities in the United States
last year without a single death
from diphtheria.
The injections against typhoid
fever are supposed to protect the
person inoculated from two to five
years.
These NEGOTIATIONS are also not
recommended as a routine, but may
be considered as desirable for {
person going to travel in foreign
countries, where drinking water.
milk and food will be under sus-
picion, or if he is to take a vacation
in the woods where he can not be
sure Of his water supply.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
Abnormal Politically

One hears Massachusetts de-
scribed as a normally Republican
state by about 10000. The truth is
that Massachusetts is not normal
in anything pertaining to politics,
least of all in majorities.
In the presidential election of
1920, Massachusetts went Republic
an by more than 100000. In the
senatorial election two years later
she went Republican by less than
5000. In the presidential election
Of 1924, she went Republican by
more than 100000. In the sena-
torial election of 1926 she went
Democratic by $4,000.
Apart from the traditional habit
of voting the Republican ticket, the
G. o. P. has little to depend on in
Massachusetts. It's claim of Great
ing prosperity through the protec-
tive tariff finds a poor reflection in
textile mills running on half time,
wage cuts and strikes.
Hitherto the great industrial CEN
tiers of Massachusetts have visual
lied the protective tariff as their
life blood, and no matter how OPP
posed they might be to other party
policies, that has been sufficient to
hold their loyalty.
This campaign finds conditions
somewhat reversed. However
other sections of the country may
have prospered under eight years
of Republican rule, Massachusetts
industries find themselves little bet
ter off
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

out life against this disease, and
in the vast majority of instances
from five to ten years. 1t is regard
ed as good practice to be vaccinated
against smallpox every ten years,
and Immediately in the presence of
possible contact with a case or in
time of epidemic.
After a person has been vaccinated
twice with a good vaccine and the
vaccination has failed Ito take" it
should be understood that the per-
son is immune to smallpox.
The use of vaccination against
scarlet fever by the recent methods
is still so new that it is impossible
to say how long such vaccination
will protect.
A skin test now is used to find out
whether or not the person is i'm
mune to scarlet fever. In the
absence of such immunity and in
the presence Of contact with cases
of scarlet fever, vaccination may be
desirable.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16
scripus- Howard in the Campaign

So much comment is appearing in the New York
World the New York Times the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
the New Republic, and other publications on the
Scripps-Howard attitude toward the presidential
campaign, that we are moved to ask our readers as
we'll as the editors of those eminent journals to bear
with us while we review briefly that attitude from the
beginning.
Last January, six months before the nominating
conventions, the position OF the Scrlpps-hoWaro
newspapers was stated as follows:
First that Herbert Hoover is the best-quahed
active candidate for the presidency put forward in
either party by reason of his character, training
experience and cosmopolitan outlook national and
international problems.
Second that Herbert Hoover among Republicans
everywhere is the preference of the rank and file.
Third, having regard for the character and at
tainments Of Governor Alfred Smith and his record
of achievement as it accords with the liberal and
constructive editorial policies of the Scrpps-
newspapers we consider him desirable candidate for
the Democratic nomination
"As between Hoover and Smith, we will support
Hoover as between Republican like Dawes or Low
den, and Democrat like Smith, will support
the Democrat"
Our thought at that time that the first mis-
sion of independent newspapers was to use our in
huence to secure the nomination by both parties OF
strong presidential candidates.
Such a mission successfully accomplished would
assure that the country would be well served, no
matter what the result in the general election The
people would have a choice between two superior
men rather than between two machine-made
mediocrties.
Both Hoover and Smith were nominated.
Now human beings are so constituted that no two
individuals think altogether alike all things. Ac-
cordngly in this matter Of editorial attitude toward
political candidates., it not be assumed that
everything about any candidate will appear perfect
to the newspaper that is supporting him.
The newspapers view of him therefore naturally
must take into consideration all elements those on
which we think he is right, and those on which we
think he is wrong-then strike an average and ask
ourselves is this man in our Judgment the best
one available 70 rthe office to which he aspires?
In that general conference, where Scripps-Howard
editors considered the 1928 presidential campaign,
ample time was taken to size up not only Hoover and
Smith but every other possible candidate in either
of the major political parties.
Every participant in that editorial conference went
there with an open mind and each spoke his mind.
What were considered the strong and weak points
of each candidate were analysed at length For
example in the consideration of Hoover his attitude
on prohibition and power were considered. 1t was
understood at the time that we did not agree with
him on prohibition, and that our position and his
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-16

THE happiest surprise Of the au-
L tumnal season is the Presidents
assurance to the Episcopal confer
ence at Washington that the world
is getting better for with the I'M
Yelling Of the ladies and the wild
stampede for pagan pleasures, quite
a few felt that the race was headed
in the wrong direction.
The President should give his fell
low citizens the exclusive informa-
ton upon which his optimism is
based.
Humor appears to come in wide
waves, washing the shores Of official
utterance everywhere, for as Presi-
dent Coolidge was assuring the Epis-
copalians that mankind is climbing
the golden stairs, Mussolini was ad-
dressing the muzzled press of Italy,
assuring it that it was the freest
in the world
n
1t was a striking coincidence that
on Columbus day, the four hundred
thirty eighth anniversary of the dis
covery of America, the German Yep
pelin, establishing regular air trans
portation between the two hemis-
pheres, should have been on its way
to America.
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The American Legion knew its
business when it adopted a resolu-
ton. recommending a single depart
ment Of national defense to take the
place of the war and navy depart
ments and the placing of all avia-
ton under one bureau.
This will not meet the approval
CT the bureaucrats, but it will meet
the needs of the country.
n
Some say this isn't Indian sum-
mer, but it looks like it and beside
there are more political Indians on
the warpath than ever before in the
history of American politics.