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The Washington times., 1928-01-06
G. w. TrOubadOurs
Annual Play
Next Week

The Troubadours of George
Washington University will present
their collegiate musical comedy,
"Sharps and Frats'' Monday night
at the Wardman Park Theater for
a weeks engagement.
In "Sharps and Frats," the
Troubadours ha . what they be-
heve is their best play in recent
years, not excluding even Just
kiss or 'tNot Yet Fleurette.
The book is original and viii be
truly collegiate in spirit. Elmer
Brown is composer of the music,
and Larry Parker is the author of
the book. Dennis Connel is di-
recting.
The cast is composed of Eliza
beth Wright, the fair coed; Earl
Nails, the hero; Max Tender. the
fraternity goat; Janet Sheppard,
the flapper: Louise Littlepage.
the dumbbell; Louise Williams,
the professor OF ancient Oriental
languages and kindred arts;
Marion Campbell, the domineer.
ing wife; Johnson Heare, the vii.
lain; Jerry Sickler. the comedian.
"Sharps and Frats" takes place
outside Of a fraternity house in a
floating university" on the high
seas.
The dances were arranged by
the. Thayer Studio and are being
executed by Mary Virginia Leckie.
Margaret Hoover is designer of
costumes, Marion Campbell, prop
critics; Perm Henninger, settings;
Steve Blackman, lighting; Ken.
meth Yearns, publicity.
The Washington times., 1928-01-06
Fox Programs VIII
Begin on Saturday
From Now On

Beginning tomorrow, Janu-
airy Z, the Fox Theater will
fall i'm line with most Of the
other houses i'm Washington,
by opening its new show on
that day, instead Of Sunday
as has been the policy Of the
house since its opening in
September.
This move. while sudden In
its announcement, has been
under consideration at the Fox
New York offices for some
time. Its going into effect this
week means that the much
heralded presentation Of John
barrymore in ''When q Man
Loves" and q special stage
show to accompany it, will
begin Saturday and that the
present stage bill of Max
Fishers Band and assorted
vaudeville acts. together with
the feature DI1OtopIay. Irene
Rich in '"The Desired Woman"
will terminate tonight.
The Washington times., 1928-01-06
Saturdays Children

When Maxwell Anderson'S COM
edy, Saturdays Children" comes
to the Shubert Belasco January
80, under the management OF the
Actors Theater of New York, it
will be with the same cast seen
during the 40-week run of the
play on Broadway and the long
Chicago engagement. Ruth Cor
don is being featured in the lead
ing part and with her will be
Humphrey Rogart, Ruth Ham
mond, Frederick Perry, Anne
Tonetti, Richard Barbee, and
Grace Roth Henderson. Only one
minor change has taken place in
the cast since it was presented in
New York. Gurhrie McClintic,
who staged the comedy for his
Actors Theater organization, sails
for London late this month to
put the Anderson comedy on there
with an English cast
The Washington times., 1928-01-06

MacDowelI's Indian Suite was played by the
Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1896, great
honor for an American. In this work the COM
poser caught the spirit Of the North American
Indian and immortaiized the primitive Indian
war dances and love romances.
The Washington times., 1928-01-06
rized Serial, By Correct p SerDiss, Begins Monday
Earle Makes 18th
New Artery Of
White WAY

The biggest electric sign HI
Washington, illuminating Thir.
teenth Street a city block and
visible 4 mile, Is now working
nightly on the r Street side OF
the Earle Theater Building, Thir-
teenth Street. just below r.
The sign, perpendicular, spells
''E.A-R.L-E.' Each letter ID IL
feet high: there is space Of two
feet between each letter. and ii
reaches from the top story Of the
building to the second floor.
There are $50 50-watt light bulbs
of high intensity in the letters,
and. according to electricians.
enough electricity is used to iIIu-
inmate $50 average homes in
Washington.
The coming week will see Thir-
teenth Street as e new white
way. Besides the huge Earle
sign, 40 f1oodlights viii be in
stalled on the n1arQuise, and,
pointing upward, will flood the
entire Earle Building with light
as bright as daylight. The flood
lights and Earle sign will make
the building visible Tor miles.
The new sign and flood lighting
effects are part OF the Earle's
change OF policy, making it the
key theAter in the Stanley Gran.
dali chain in Washington, pre-.
senti1g new Broadway stage fea-
lures with feature pnotopIays.
The changes also involve installa.
ton of big battery OF DINNERS
and other lighting effects for the
new stage, orchestra pit and
The Washington times., 1928-01-06
Lask y Justifies
Presentation
Features
Concluded Tomorrow. y

Presentation actsthe trimming
of musical and vaudeville novel
ties iii which moving picture
comes wrapped up these days at
the big tneaters have just
reached their most gorgeous peak
on Broadway.
The holiday programs at the
palatial front lire houses were
rnarvels OF dazzling entertainment
gingerbread. Their very elaborate
ness made them more than ever
shining targets for the critics who
have been objecting to the APP
parent tendency OF these supple
mentary diversions to walk off
with the entire emphasis OF the
picture show.
Now comes Jesse u. Isaslxy,
first vice president in charge Or
production OF Paramount Famous
LaslEy Corporation, with d clarity
ing word about vaudeville acts.
The whole text and nlIb OF his
statement IS that the film must
always be the main attraction in
any motion picture theater.y But
at the same time he throws light
on the necessity for vaudeville
or similar supplementary features
in the program.
In these large houses the de
luxe show as q whole runs about
two hours and ten minutes, Mr..
Laslxy pointed out in his state.
ment.
HThe exhibitor believes from ex.
perience that this is the proper
amount Of entertainment to give
his patrons for their money. or
this two hours and 10 minutes
the motion picture entertainment
usually takes up about one hour
and fifteen minutes. This does
not include the newsreeI ana
two-reel comedy or other screen
novelty. Even with these the ex-
hibitor is faced with the necessity
of providing something which will
occupy the rest OF the time"
The Washington times., 1928-01-06

Born in New York in 1861, Mcdowell studied
music in Paris and in Germany During q
lesson he made sketch of the teacher, who
had huge Cyrano de Bergerac nose. The
instructor, seeing the drawing, advised him to
study art, but he did not forsake music.
The Washington times., 1928-01-06

Since its opening at the Broad.
hurst Theater in September, 1926,
broadway" the sensational drama
of the night clubs, which comes.
to the Shubert-Belasco on Sunday
evening, February 5, has been the
mecca of New York newspaper
men. The play appeals to them
because it has caught the tempo
and Tempe of the city's rowdy
and picturesque night life as has
no other play yet seen on our
stage. Even the dramatic critics
come to see it again and again.
The Washington times., 1928-01-06

''Iolanthe," which the Winthrop
Ames Gilbert and Sullivan Opera
Company will sing in this city to-
gether with 'gThe Mikado'' and
THE Pirates OF Penzance,' was
the first opera to be given by this
organization in New York. where
it ran for 80 weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
MILFORD FOLKS ENJOYED
SOUTHERN MOTOR TRIP

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. B. Collins and
son Norman and family of Marcus
Hook, Pa, have returned to their
homes after a pleasant ten days mo-
tor trip through some of the south
ern states. After leaving Pennsylva-
mia they visited the following cities
and places of interest: Baltimore,
Md, Harpers Ferry, Va, thence by
the Lee Highway down between the
Blue Ridge and Shenandoah Noun
tains to the Shenandoah and End
less Caverns of Virginia. Stopping
with relatives in Staunton, also the
birthplace of Woodrow Wilson, Wis
iting the Lees Chapel and the tomb
of Stonewall Jackson at Lexington;
at the Natural Bridge and Roadnoke
thence to Bristol, Tenn, over the
Holston and Iron, Mountains, to
Mountain City, then across North
Carolina, stopping at Clifford visit
ing a pottery shop of great interest
showing the pottery from the clay
for INTO the finished product. Thence
back across Virginia to Richmond,
visiting the home of Thomas Jeffer-
son at Montecello, Washington and
Baltimore. The return trip was by
the Daniel Boone and Midland Trails
and the du Pont Highway to Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14

William Pierce, of Baltimore, has
been visiting his mother, Mrs. Geo
F. Pierce, this week.
Marshall H. Prettyman, of Phila-
delphia, brother of DR.. ]. S. Pretty
man, spent few days in Milford
this week.
Miss Edith Num- who has been
spending the greater part of the
summer with her sister, Mrs. NJ. g.
Brosius of West Grove, has returned
to her Milford home for two weeks.
Miss Margaret Num- who has been
dietician at Camp Otonka during the
summer months, left on Monday for
Lewes where she will be head of the
home economics department during
the next year.
Rev. ]. Franklin Bryan, D. D.,
Mrs. Bryan and William H. Richard
son are attending the Maryland An
nual Conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church in Lynchburg,
Virginia, this week. Prof. John M.
Kelso, from the Wesley Collegiate
Institute, Dover, will preach for DR..
Bryan next Sunday morning, and the
church choir will conduct a musical
service at 7.90 P. M. They will lead
the congregation in old, familiar
Gospel Songs and sing some special
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
KENT DEMOCRATS In
PRIMARIES TOMORROW
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Grove; John D. Hawkins, of Dover
Register of Wills. Frank Gra
ham, Harrington; James T. Bur
rows, Kenton.
County Comptroller-William H
Poore, Hartley; W. C. Paradee, Mag
nolia.
Levy Court Commissiohers-First
district: r. Harry Wilson, Dover;
Michael E. Moffett, Clayton; w. d.
Ennis, Leipsic; Second district: G.
H. Brown and Fred P. Parker, both
of Harrington; Third district: Jacob
Heyd, FELTON,.
State Senators-Second district:
Charles Hopkins, West Dover;
Fourth district: William B. Tharp,
of near Pennington, and Wilbur E.
Jacobs, of Harrington.
Representative - First District,
Henry D. Boyer, Davis H. Bell, Jno
j. Hurd, all of Smyrna. Second dis
trict: William B. Harrington, Chas.
Shackell, Cheswold. Third: Claude
N. Pearson, CheswOld; A. c. Darrah
and George w. Cook, Kenton.
Fourth: James B. Chadwick, Hart
ley. Fifth: to be selected; Sixth: S.
Carl Hughes, Sr., FELTON,. Seventh,
to be selected. Eighth: Ray Cannon.
Pennington; Samuel o. Bailey, Har-
rington. Tenth: Hoey S. Farrow,
Milford.
Receiver of Taxes and County
Treasurer: George P. Scotten, Hart
ley; Albert Sapp, Harrington; Nell
son Slaughter, Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
ROTARIANS HOLD FIRST
INTER-CITY MEETING
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members of the various clubs and
their wives and women relatives and
expressed the opinion that the affair
would do much to bring the Rotar-
ians of the peninsula closer togeth-
er.
Walter Sheppard, of Salisbury,
Md, responded on behalf of the
members of the other clubs.
The principal address of the eve
ming was made by Joe" Sleeper, of
Chester, Pa, whose subject was
"The Tenth Crusade" His talk was
a typical Rotary address and he told
what had been done in the past
by organization and it's members for
the general good of the communities
in which the clubs are located, and
also told what is being done by the
clubs at the present time.
Following the dinner a dance was
given at the hotel in honor of the
Rotarians and their guests.
Excellent music was furnished and
the dancing continued until nearly
midnight
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
NAME COUNTY HOME
DEMONSTRATION ACTS.
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experience as home demonstration
agent in Virginia, so that she is an
experienced worker and should be
of much help after she gets acquain-
ted with the new territory and it's
home-makers.
In order that this may be done
more quickly, Miss Rutherford
would like to have any home-maker
call upon her at her office, either
personally or by telephone. and
make herself and her problems
known. Do not be surprised if Miss
Rutherford should happen to call on
you some time when she is making
her way about the county. After be-
coming sufficiently acquainted with
the home-makers of the county and
their problem, Miss Rutherford will
develop, with the assistance of these
home-makers, definite program of
work the benefits of which may be
received by any individual or group
of individuals in the county.
Field agents for Kent and New
Castle counties are Mrs. Kate Hen
ley Daugherty for New Castle. with
office in Wolf Hall, University of
Delaware, Newark; Miss Mary Gra-
ham for Kent, with Office in the
postotfice building at Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
DELAWARE CHILDREN
AT Ali CLUB FOR WEEK
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ma Hazel Welch, Rockland, anC
Ruth Leaf, Marshallton. This grouI
of club members will be in charge
of A. d. Cobb, State leader of county
agents of the Extension Division oi
the University of Delaware, assist
ed by Miss Anne B. Moore, county
club agent of Sussex county, and
George M. WOrrilow, county club
agent of New Castle county.
At Camp Vail the Delaware All
Club members will join boys and
girls from II eastern states and will
enjoy week full of educational and
inspirational features as guests of
the Eastern States Exposition. They
will take part in judging contests,
and hope to maintain the high stan
dards set by former Delaware club
members who in the past have often
won highest honors in these con-
tests.
These boys and girls have been
selected because of their outstand-
ing achievements as club members,
and for the interest which they have
shown in leadership, and their de-
sire to help other boys and girls get
the advantages of All Club work.
Francis Rogers, a Sussex county
All boy from near Lewes, is already
at Springfield as a member of the
International All Leadership Train
ing School, also sponsored by the
Eastern States Exposition and fin
anced by Horace A. Moses, wealthy
Massachusetts paper. manufacturer.
In this group are young farm men
and women from 2S states and sew
eral of the provinces of Canada.
The purposes of this school are to !
provide training for older All mem |
Oers who are desirous of engaging |
IN leadership work. Two weeks of !
Intensive training are given under
supervision of national leaders and
.hese delegates assist in the pro-
gram of Camp Vail during the last
week of their stay.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
WHEAT TREATMENT
DEMONSTRATIONS
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control program for the past three
years.
Assistance in conducting these
demonstrations will be given by DR..
J. F. Adams, Plant Pathologist of the
University of Delaware and the
State Board of Agriculture, who is
cooperating with the county agents
in this campaign to eradicate this
smut from the wheat crop in this
state. 1t is very important, there
fore, that these field meetings be at
tended by those wheat growers who
are experiencing trouble with this
disease, as several points of inter-
est will be discussed with reference
to control measures.
The use of the dust disinfectants
will be demonstrated at each of
these meetings, as these materials
are being recommended from the
standpoint of convenience of appli-
cation and the fact that the wheat
can be treated we'll in advance of
the seeding period without injury to
the seed. The attention of the
growers will also be called to the
Importance of treating their wheat
in revolving barrels or drums in or
der that these dust materials will
become thoroughly mixed with the
seed to insure a satisfactory control
of this smut.
The schedule for these demonstra-
tions is as follows:
Thursday, September 20
10 a. m.-Ed. Finders farm, near
FELTON,.
2 p. NV. A. Smiths barn in
Harrington.
8 p. m.-Thompson's Store at
Thompsonville.
Friday, September 81
10 a. m.-Henry Williams farm,
near Marydel.
2 p. mn E. Moffett's farm, near
Clayton.
Tuesday, September 25
$3.50 p. m.-Lodge Hall in Canter-
bury.
AS a result of the seven seed
treatment demonstrations which
we're held in Kent county last Sep
.ember, in addition to the newspaper
publicity and the mailing of circular
etters concerning smut control to II
he wheat growers, it was estimated t
hat $4,000 bushels of seed wheat
we're treated in this county last fall, {
which was an increase of 27,300 /
ushels over the quantity treated in f
926, and 34,500 bushels in excess of
he amount treated in the fall of Y
925. These figures indicate that @
his smut control campaign has met t
nth very good success and it has s
cen estimated that at least 80 per n
ent of the farmers in Kent county n
reated their seed wheat last fall,
nd no doubt this percentage will be T
aised this year since the farmers n
ave come to realize the value of n
lis practice if they are to obtain n
le most profit from their wheat a
rop each year. !,
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
MISS HENRIETTA MARVEL
TO WE'D II. A. MUM

Mr.. and Mrs. P. Herman Marvel
Avondale, Pa, announce the engage
ment of their daughter, Miss Henri
eta V. Marvel, to Horace A. Mum,
of Milford. Both Miss Marvel and
Mr.. Num- are graduates of the Uni
versity of Delaware.
For the past two years Miss Mar
vel has been teacher of home eco
nomics in the Delaware schools.
She is now the director of home eco
nOmics at the Avon-Grove Consoli-
dated School, Avondale, Pa. Mr..
Num-, who is a member of the Kap-
pa Alpha Fraternity, served for two
years as athletic coach and director
in the Newark schools. He is now
a representative of the f. 1. du Pont
de Nemours Company, Wilmington.
During the past six months he has
been stationed in Chicago. No date
has been set for the wedding.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
SAYS HOG CHOLERA
IS STILL A MENACE
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he says, by 1mmunizing pigs i'll the
sucking stage, when much less SER
um is required and they can be
handled most easily and rapidly.
: Once successfully inoculated they
are with few exceptions permanent
ly immune to the disease, he ex-
plains, whereas, if the yare allowed
to become infected, the likelihood of
recovery is extremely slight, since
no effective cure has been discover
ed.
While statistical studies of the
disease indicate that no widespread
epidemic is to be expected for some
years, he warns that there is al
> ways danger of sporadic outbreaks,
developing quickly and spreading
rapidly.
"The virus of the disease will re-
main alive in secluded places, such
: as underneath buildings and in run
ways, under old straw stacks and in
filthy mud wallows, for a long time"
he explains. When susceptible hogs
come in contact with this infection
they develop cholera. No one can
predict at what time the malady may
: begin to spread. Past history shows
that about every ten or Is years
there occurs a wave of unusual pre-
valence."
In addition to immunization, he
emphasizes the value of maintain
ing sanitary conditions as another
safeguard, since "a healthy, thrifty
hog is more resistant to disease
than an ill kept, undernourished !
one" Care should be taken, he sug-
gests, to provide hogs with clean,
occasionally disinfected shelters,
good drinking water, food that is not
likely to have come in contact with
infected pork and protection against
filthy wallows and runways, diseas-
ed animals, dogs that have fed on
cholera carcasses and visitors whose
shoes may be carrying the germs ii
from another hog lot.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
MILFORD GRANGE

Everyone is getting ready for Raj
ly Day, which comes on the evening
of September % and for the Bazaar
of which the date in the % and 20.
The Juveniles will have a parcel
post department in their booth and
every adult member is asked to con-
tribute one or more packages of ar
ticles worth five and ten cents, for
this booth. Have you saved some fat
fowls for the salad? The committee
is expecting them and will tell you
when and where next week. The
menu is arranged, and will give you
a pleasing choice of meals. In the
fancy work booth will be found a
fine assortment of rugs and many
other things. Come to the bazaar.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
LAWYERS DENY TULL
FORTUNE DWINDLED
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lC0HffHned from first Pdgel
adding that his valuation of the
farm was $5OO,OOO.
Hearing of a petition to break the
will of the surgeon is on the docket
of the Circuit Court to be tried at
Salisbury next Monday. Witnesses
have been summoned to appear for
the trial then.
Edna Jane Davy, Is, and Ruth
Davy, 16, former wards of the sur
geOn, will receive almost the entire
estate, if the courts uphold the le-
gality of the will which would then
be admitted to probate and executed
according to the terms it contains.
Relatives claim that DR.. Tull died
intestate, in which case they would
be the principal beneficiaries of the
huge estate.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
WEDDINGS
Observation-Disclosures

I1V171l17INJIV -NIOOOLLOUGTI
Miss Elena P. Mccullough, of this
town, and Franklin w. Kinnamon. of
Dover, were married at Buckeyes
town, Frederick County, Maryland,
Saturday evening at 1880 o'clock by
the Rev. c. E. Dryden, a former pas
tor of Milford and friends of the
family. Miss Mary E. Dryden and
John NAPLES, the latter of this town
attended the bride and groom, The
bride was dressed in a blue crepe
dress with hat to match. The room
was banked with potted and cut
flowers. The happy couple will
spend their honeymoon in Baltimore
and Washington, D. C. They will re-
side in Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
FEDERAL AGENTS
I ARREST ISAAC STILL

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given a hearing before Magistrate
James D. Spicer, of Laurel, was
held in $4,000 bail for the October
term of Court of General Sessions.
Still was unable to give bail and
was committed to the Sussex county
jail at Georgetown. He was brought
to prison by County Constable Minos
B. Hearn, of Laurel.
Still for several years conducted a
store on the outskirts of Laurel and
on several occasions was raided and
arrested for alleged sale of ginger.
Ancient saying: Let me see
something cheaper"
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
OBITUARY
MORRIS

James Morris, 81, Civil War vet
eran, died at his home at Seaford
last Saturday, while sitting on a
porch talking to a friend. He was
apparently in his usual health. Mr..
Morris was native of Kent coun-
ty, where he was engaged in farm
ing near Smyrna, until he retired
and moved to Seaford several years
ago. He is survived by one son,
Raymond Morris, of Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14

it is believed, was cut fifty per
cent. Even with adverse conditions,
growers have harvested large guam
titles, and have been receiving good
returns from their investment. Can
neries in the eastern section of the
county, especially at Milton and
Lewes, have packed several thous-
and cases.
Lima beans in the lower Delaware
markets have probably commanded
a higher price throughout the sea-
son than they have in many years.
Since the crop commenced to ma
ture until the present, they have not
retailed less than 25 cents quart
box.
According to some of the oldest
residents in this section of the
State this is the first year to their
knowledge that they have sold for
such prices.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14

The Guggenheim fund is to be
used to wage war on fog which is
said to be the enemy of the airmen.
This is fine, and wouldn't it be a
good idea to extend the drive again
st political fog, too?
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14

Fifteen minutes after pulling on
, a pair of your socks" wrote the sar-
castle golfer to the prominent knit
ting concern, "I made my first hole
in one. Detroit News.
Milford chronicle., 1928-09-14
LIMA BEAN CROP HAS
BROUGHT GOOD MONEY
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JFVs4E IFsE VAytI
blossoms were beaten from the vines
as well as the tender pods, which
were beginning to fill.
The crop, as a result of the storm.
The Kusko times., 1928-11-03
NOTICE TO CREDITORS

All persons having claims against the estate of Stewart Mcconnell, de- ceased, are hereby required to pre- sent the same, under oath, to the un- dersigned, administrator of the said estate, at his residence at Flat, Alaska, or at the office of the Probate Judge at Flat, Alaska, on or before May 3I, 1929.
 Dated, Flat, Alaska, October f5, 1928.
 HARRY DONNEELEY,
 Administrator of the estate Of
 Dan Hartnett, deceased.