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Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
URGES LOWER RATE
OF INTEREST ON
SAVING ACCOUNTS
Thomas R. Ingram Tells Delaware
Bankers That Four Per Cent
Is Too High.
MAY Be JOINT ACTION
Prediction Made That Business
This Year Will Be Better Than
In 1927.

A reduction of the present 4 per
cent rate of interest paid in Della
ware on savings accounts was urged
by two speakers at the semi-annual
meeting of the Delaware Bankers
Association Thursday at the du
Pont Biltmore, Wilmington. Thos.
r. Ingram, cashier of the Sussex
Trust Company, Lewes, said he be-
lieved it unethical for the banks to
tax their stockholders and reduce
their profits in order to maintain a
4 per cent rate for savings depos-
itOrs, when present earnings do not
warrant so high a rate. He said
that interest paid on savings ac-
counts should be based on current
bank earnings and not on past pro
fits.
"If the question was asked
have savings departments paid in
the past?-my answer would have
been Internationally yes, but
many of them do not pay today"
He said he doubted whether an in
vestment with per cent yield is
enough to pay both the costs of OPP
Grafton and 4 per cent interest to
the depositOrs. "A spread of one
per cent in Delaware generally is
not enough" he said.
Ohio Rowland, president of the
Wilmington Clearing House AssOcia-
ton, host to the bankers, compli- |
mented Mr.. Ingram upon his adj
dress and said that he felt the |
banks of the State should join to |
reduce the present 4 per cent rate
of interest. No action was taken at |
the meeting ON the suggestion but
the matter will be considered by |
the executive committee within the
next few weeks.
More regulation and control of
investment trusts is necessary"
Theodore J. Grayson, director of
the Evening School of Accounts
and Finance of the University of
Pennsylvania, said in addressing
he closing session. Continuing,
Mrs. GraysOn declared the invest
nent fraternity, as a whole. well
:ome investigation and public
as to the management
# investments
The meeting was attended by 1876
PERSONS. Henry Ridgely, of Dover,
PRESIDENT of the association, pre-
ided. The speakers included May
II George W. K. Forrest, Harold w.
dorsey, State Banking Commission
+; Thomas R. Ingram, cashier of
he Sussex Trust Company Lewes, !
nd Warren K. Ayres, of the Will ,
1ington Trust Company, secretary
nd treasurer of the association.
lr Ayres read a paper on the I
Business Outlook for 1928 and It's !
fleet on the Security Markets." i
repaired by Walter J. Laird, /
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Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
RALPH NICHOLS NEW
HEAD OF c. E. UNION
Delmar Man Elected President At
Annual Convention at HarbesOn

At the fifth annual convention of
the Sussex County Christian En-
deavor Union, held in the Beaver
Dam Methodist Protestant Church
at Harbeson, Thursday afternoon
and evening, March 18th, previous
attendance records were far SIR
passed, the church being we'll filled
at the afternoon session and crowd
ed IN the evening. The interest and
enthusiasm manifested by the En-
deaVorers and Pastors of MANY of
the county C. E. churches were
greater than ever before.
The convention theme, personal
conservation" was kept constantly
IN the foreground by each of the
AFTERNOON and evening speakers.
Miss Lillian M. Bruning. of Mil
tord' State Vice-president for Sus-
sex county, presided at the after
noon session which commenced at
Two O'Clock with a short song ser
vice.
Rev. L. E. Haddaway, pastor of
the convention church, led the de-
votions. '''
me business session that fol-
lowed consisted of announcements
by various officers, reports by the
LCOHtinRsd on page M
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
READY TOSTART WORK
ON ROAD BUILDING
THROUGHOUT STATE
Between Fifty And Sixty Mics
OF Highways Will Be Con-
structed This Year.
SAND ASPHALT IN SUSSEX
This Type Of Construction Will
Be Used Ga Lateral Roads
When Possible.

All is in readiness for the start
of construction work for this year
on State highways. Some of the
contractors who had hOldover con-
tracts from last year were sched-
uled to start work this week. This
means that highway construction
will be begun in every county in
the state. Some of the jobs were
begun last fall and are about half
completed, the cold weather having
halted the pouring of concrete in
November.
C. D. Buck, chief engineer of the
State Highway Department, esti-
mates that the road building pro-
gram for this year will be between
so and so miles. These are lateral
roads and will be of varied con-
struction. In Sussex county the
native sand will be largely used in
some roads as the foundation and
mixture for the lateral roads. There
will be considerable sand-asphalt
roads built there.
In New Castle county the expert
mental dirt road authorized by the
highway commission which is seek
ing a more reasonably priced side
road will be finished. 1t will be
year, however, before the merit of
such a road can be determined, as
the Originators of such road say
that it will defy the tremendous
strength of frost, which is the COM
mon nuisance of dirt roads. AS it
is, the experimental dirt road will
have all summer to show its value
in fine weather and providing it
proves as claimed next spring, al
ter the frost is out of the ground,
the highway commission will then
consider the ACCESSIBILITY Of more of
such roads.
Some highways to be built in
Delaware this year of asphalt will
be much more reasonable than ever
before, owing to the keen cOmpeti- !
ton among contractors for the |
work. At a recent letting, as many |
as a dozen contractors presented |
bids and this resulted in the state
a very attractive quota
ton.
The work of building the roads
this year will be the same as has
been in effect for more than year,
regarding the supervision of the
work. The contractors know that
80 days after they are awarded
contract the State Highway Depart
ment will begin charging regular
daily fee for supervision of the
work. This method has resulted in
better roads being built more quick
ly than under the former plan when
Continued on Page 14
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
FOUR LAYMEN WILL
ATTEND CONFERENCE
Wilmington Conference Representa-
tives To Be Elected Next Week

Delegates to the Lay Electoral
Conference, to be held in conjunc-
ton with the Wilmington Annual
Conference Of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in Wilmington next
week will elect four laymen to at
tend the quadrennial session of the
General Conference of the NJ. E.
Church.
The Lay Electoral Conference will
be held in Union Church, opening
on Friday, March 80, and probably
continuing through the following
morning. The session will be called
to order by 1. Elmer Perry, the
president, elected four years ago.
The roll of delegates will be called
by C. A. Short, of Dover, the secre-
tary.
Mr. Perry will Immediately ap-
point a committee on organization
and the officers for the present ses-
sion win be elected.
Following this the conference will
be addressed by Bishop Thomas S.
of the Cincinnati. Dele
gates to the General Conference,
which meets in Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, in May, will be elected in the
and the official business
close, but according to the custom
of previous years the members will
be invited to meet with the Will
mington Annual Conference on Sat
urday. morning to hear discussions
Of subject that will be presented the
General Conference.
Delegates to the Lay Electoral
are elected every fourth
year, or oftener if there are matters
pertaining to General Conference
action, every adult member of the |
church having a vote. Each charge
IN the conference is entitled to one |
delegate, thus making the total num-
Der of delegates equal that of the |
ministers in the active pastorate.
The members of the Lay Confer
,nce, which meets in the years when
here is no Lay Electoral Confer
snce, are selected by the official
boards of the various charges and
while they have no vote on matters
[CoafiHSe6 on psSs 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
MAY MOVE ENFORCE
MENT OFFICE TO DOVER
Dry Chief Says Delaware And Mary
land Work May Be Combined

Separation of the Delaware pro-
bibition enforcement unit from
Pennsylvania and joining it again
with Maryland will be accomplished
in the near future, it is rumOred in
Federal official circles.
John F. ]. Herbert, administrator
of the Maryland, District Of Column
bia enforcement area, explained
that while such a move had been
discussed with him by Washington
officials. he was unaware that a de-
finite decision had been reached.
It also was reported that Allie
ghanv and Garrett counties, Mary
land, which, under the jurisdiction
of Edmund Budnitz, former prohi-
bition chief, were transferred to
[COafiEHed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
FISH WILL GRACE
TABLE AS SAUSAGES
New Company Chartered At Dover
Will Make Fish Taste Like Meat

Through the offices of the Univer-
sal Charter Company, at Dover, on
Tuesday, there was incorporated the
United Fish Products Corporation
with capital stock of 1000 shares
of no par value.
Counsel for the company states
that this corporation will immedi-
ately enter into the manufacture in
New York State of all kinds Of pre-
pared fish products made entirely
out of fish and shell fish meats and
in the form of sausage. This use of
fish is entirely novel in the United
States, but is in common use in
ECOHtinued on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
THIS DUCK LIVED TO
"A GRAND OLD AGE''
Indian Runner Died On Tuesday Al
ter A Life Span Of Is Years

The Chronicle is in receipt Of an
unsigned letter this week which
carries story of the death of a
duck, which reached the ripe old age
of sixteen years. If the facts are as
presented in the letter this was a
remarkable duck. The said duck
was owned by Mrs. John Warren,
whose address was not given in the
letter. A record of the Matching
showed that she was Matched in
March, 1912. She was a productive
duck, and annually supplied her
share of eggs for Matching, and her
multiplied rapidly. The let
rCOEfiHged on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
THREE TOWNS WANT
new HIGH SCHOOLS
State Board Defers Action On
COurses At Frederick, DeImar
And Delaware City.

At meeting of the State Board
of Education held at Dover last
Friday, there was discussion as to
whether or not the locating of four
year high schools at Delaware City,
Frederick and Delmar would be JUS
titled. It was decided to make an
investigation for the purpose of as
pertaining how many high school
pupils would attend these schools,
and action will be taken later. It
is understood that all three Of
these places desire high schools.
Rules and regulations for the
summer school for teachers to be
conducted during the summer at
the University of Delaware were
adopted. They are the same which
were in use last year.
Members of the Glendale School
Commission were present and with
the members of the school board
went over the tentative plans for
the new school at Glendale, which
were submitted by Alex. ]. Tay-
lor, engineer for the Delaware
School Foundation. There were
some minor changes made and the
plans will now be prepared and bids
for the work asked.
Pierre S. dupont sent a letter in
which he expressed his thanks for
a letter sent him sometime ago by
the State Board of Education thank
ing him for what he had done for
the schools in Delaware and prais-
ing his work in that line.
1t was announced that the refer
endum held in Rehoboth on March |
10, on the question of employing an
additional teacher and making re-
pairs to the school house, had been
settled in the affirmative by a vote
If SO to 10.
1t was decided to give a hearing
o those interested in the selection
# site for the new school at Rose
Hill on April 8. The district has
4lready voted for a new school
louse.
1t was announced that the con-
olidation of Union School with
Glendale in Sussex county, Records
With Syracuse in the same county
nd Shellpot with Mt. Pleasant No.
in New Castle county, had been
ecided upon by the board.
Letters were received from the
uniOr Order of United American
Iechanics, the Greenwood Grange ,
nd the American Legion Post of
commencing the State
GARD for it's action in insisting up
n scholars at the school in Green
God saluting the flag as provided
II in the State law.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
MILTON COUPLE MARRIED
SEVENTY YEARS

Milton claims the distinc-
ton of having the oldest mar
ried couple in the State. Mr..
and Mrs. Eli Lambden Collins
recently celebrated the sew
entieth anniversary of their
wedding at their home. Among
the guests were their seven
children and many grand
children and great-grand-
children. Mr.. Collins was born
July 9, 1887, and married
Miss Comfort Wilson in Mil
ton on March 10, 1858. Mr..
Collins in early life was a
prominent lumber and timber
dealer, and was justice of the
peace in Milton for a number
of years. The couple is in
good health, and thoroughly
enjoying the wedding celebra-
ton and family gathering.
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
COURTS MAY DECIDE
LAW ON THE REFUND
OF STATE TAXES
Commissioner du POnt Says That
Dividends From Previous Earn.
ings Are Not Taxable.
STATE BOARD PROTESTS
When Payment On Refund Is
Made Appeal will Be Taken
To Tax Board And Courts.

The ruling made sometime ago by
Pierre S. DUPONT, State school tax
commissioner, that dividends paid
by a corporation during any calen-
dar year out of its earnings of the
previous year are not taxable for
State purposes, may soon go before
the Superior Court in the form of a
taxpayers suit.
When Mr.. dupont made the ruI-
ing, which if it is not reversed by
the State Tax Board or the Super
iOr Court will mean the refunding of
approximately 100000 in taxes paid
on dividends received during 1926,
the State Board of Education immed-
lately protested as these taxes are
used for school purposes.
The school board petitioned AttOr-
ney General Clarence A. Souther-
land to prepare an appeal to the
Tax Board from Mr.. duPont's ruling.
No appeal has as yet been taken,
the contention being that as Mr.. du-
Pont has not made any refund of
the taxes, there is nothing to appeal
from.
Mr.. duPont's office, It was learn
ed, has received a formal claim for
a refund of about $500 from an at
torney for one taxpayer. Within a
few days, it was stated, Mr.. DUPONT
will in all likelihood inform Mr..
that IN view of his rul-
ing the claim is just and that he is
to make a refund.
It would then be up to Mr.. South
srland, it was explained, to prepare
an appeal on behalf of the school |
board aud call meeting of the tax
BOARD.
If the tax board reverses Mr.. du
Points ruling the attorney for the
axpayer who has made his formal
,laim is prepared to file suit in the
Superior Court to have the 1921 tax
aw interpreted, particularly that
ection which defines dividends.
This suit has already been prepared
t is said.
On the other hand, if the tax
,oard confirms Mr.. .iuPont's ruling
t is probable Mr.. Switzerland
night take the matter before the Su-
,erior Court for final adjudication.
The law involved in the Mr.. du-
'ont's ruling is that entitled AN
ct to provide revenue for school
Chapter 9, of the 1921
tate Laws.
Section / of Article l defines divi-
ends as "any distribution made by
corporation, joint stock company {
+ association out of the earnings or {
rofits accrued during the income {
ear and paid out TO its sharehOld I
rs, whether in cash or property" {
Mr.. dupont has held that under ]
lis section dividends paid ~ a {
in any year out of its 1
lrnings of any previous year are a
Ot taxable. t
Because of this ruling many tax t
ayers who received dividends the Y
rst three months of last year paid v
Y corporations out of the earnings t
1926, have not paid tax on such n
in their income tax re- t
rms for 1927, filed this year. Most s
xpayers, however, included such Il
in their returns, but de-
lcted them specifically from their p
xable income. fl
Such deductions, it is believed, to- n
! several hundred thousand dol e
RS. n
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23
DISTRICT SUPTS. PLAN
FOR CONFERENCE
1t Is Likely That Divorce Question
VIII Be Brought Before Conference

The four district superintendent
of the Wilmington Annual Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, the Rev. J. w. Colona, Will
mingtOn; the Rev. o. e. Jones, Mid
dletown; the Rev. w. E. Gunby,
Dover, and the Rev. E. H. Dashiell,
of Salisbury, Md, held a cabinet
meeting at MiddletOwn on Tuesday,
and while a number of matters per-
tanning to the sixtieth session of
the conference which will begin in
Wilmington next Tuesday night,
were discussed, and in some cases
tentatively fixed, there are other
matters to come up for considera-
tion by the conference. Another
session of the cabinet will be held
this week.
The matter of appointments is
practically fixed, as comparatively
few changes are expected to be
made at this session of the confer
ence. 1t is said no changes will be
made in the cabinet this year. The
four district superintendent, under
the present law, each have one
more year to serve, when they will
return to pastoral work.
While the appointments are
practically out of the way, the at
tention of the cabinet is called to
other matters that must either be
settled by this conference or go to
the general conference, which meets
in Kansas City, Mo-, in May.
Although Instrumentation and
are sure to precipitate
a lively discussion when it comes
to discussing the conference
courses of study the question that
is likely to create most interest in
the coming session of the confer
ence is that of the two ministers,
the Rev. E. w. Jones, of Wesley
Dover, and the Rev. Paul
P. Truitt, of Sharptown, Md, who
pleaded guilty at the last session of |
the conference held in Salisbury,
. [COHtiHHed on page 81
Milford chronicle., 1928-03-23

THERE ARE 1900 RU-
RAJ WEEKLY NEWS.
PAPERS IN THE UNI
TED ST AT S. T n e
CHRONICLE ST A N D S
THIRD IN THE LIST IN
CIRCULATION.
Evening star., 1928-06-19
BORAH WILL STRIVE
FOR OLYMPIC BERTH
BY the Associated Press.

by the Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, June is.--seven
California candidates for places on the
American Olympic team turned their
faces eastward today. headed for Bos-
ton, where they will participate In the
final tryouts.
The contingent includes five woman
swimmers from northern California
and two outstanding athletes from
southern California.
The women are Eleanor Garatti. can.
didate for the l00-meter swim ilonors
Marion Gilman who is expected to flg-
ure In the l0o-yard backstroke event:
Monta Morgan, who plans TO enter the
100-meter or 400-meter event, or both !:
Helen zabriskie. breaststroke exponent,
and Bunny Fergus. whose speciality
Is diving.
The two man candidates are Charlie
Borah, University of Southern Cali
fornia sprinter, and Lee Barnes, also
of u. S. c.. who holds the world pole
vault record. Borah decided to enter
the tryouts in spite OF an injured
muscle In his thigh, which prevented
him from appearing In southern Cali
fornia recently. Borah and Barnes ex-
pect to train at Philadelphia for two
weeks.
Word was received from San Jose.
Calf, that Margaret Jenkins. holder Of
the world javelin record for women,
would enter the national track meet
and Olympic tryouts at Newark, N. j,
Miss Jenkins, who also holds the ma
tional title for the base ball throw.
plans to enter the discus event at
Newark.
Evening star., 1928-06-19

to discuss some weighty problems. All
teams are requested to have a capable
representative present by 8 o'clock.
Commerce and Labor mines triumphed
in Federal League yesterday. The for
mer downed War. II to 8. and Labor
scored over Naval Hospital. to 3. Jar.
man and Lisensky each collected four
hits In as many tries.
Treasury and Bureau of Engraving
mines battled nine innings in De-
partmental League game to 4-all tie.
BY taking a strong lead In the first
frame Chestnut Farms nine won from
ThompSons Dairy in Merchants League,
7 to 5. zeir's hitting featured
q. p. o. diamonders came from be-
hind to defeat General Accounts in q
Government League fray, to 4. All
OF the winners counters came In the
last three innings.
Two good innings were enough to as
sure st. Adams Episcopal nine of an
8-to-3 win over Park View Christian
IN Georgetown Church League.
Loffier's nine continued it's steady
march at the top of Industrial League
by downing Gas Lights yesterday. Q
TO g.. The winners gathered IL safcties
OF Bennett and Brown.
Evening star., 1928-06-19
BIG LA CROSSE TILT
GOES TO BALTIMORE

Maryland and Hopkins will play the
lacrosse tilt, to decide which will repre-
sent the United States in the Olympic
games in Amsterdam, in the Baltimore
Stadium next Saturday at $40 pm.
This finally was decided yesterday
after many hours Of word swapping
between the Olympic lacrosse commit
tee and the Vorwaerts Turverein, which
had engaged the stadium many months
ago to hold gymnastic carnival there
Saturday.
AS matters wound up the Turverein
was given $500 and the use OF Home
wood Field, Hopkins grounds. was do
mated. This agreement, however, was
not reached until the meeting had once
broken UP and after 1t apparently was
hopeless TO parley further
Had an impasSe been reached as to
the Baltimore Stadium the game would
have been played at Central High
School field here.
Tickets for the final OF the series, in
which six teams started. will be Sll0
with a few box seats being sold for
$2.2o. Tickets will be placed on sale
here at Spalding's. 1888 G street.
In the two elimination double -headers
that have been played in the series
Maryland defeated Rutgers. to =, and
Navy, TO 2, while Hopkins won from
Mount Washington Club of Baltimore
8 to 4, and Army, 4 to 2.
Hopkins. which boasts much greater
experienced material than Maryland
will 60 into the final game a favorite
but Is certain to find the Old Liners O
fighting combination.
Evening star., 1928-06-19
CITY BOYS COMPOSE
COLUMBIA us CREW
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 19.--I the Column
bia varsity crew successfully defends
its intercollegiate rowing championship
at Poughkeepsie, today its victory will
again be triumph for New York City
bred boys from the high schools over
country-bred and prep school oarsmen.
This year the Columbia crew Is even
more representative of New York and its
public high schools than last year. Here
is the lineup showing how its members
hail from "all around the town"
Bob Berman, coxswain, and Sam Wal
ker, bow oarsman, Townsend Harris
High School; Horace Davenport, No. Z,
Manual Training High School. Brook
lyn; William Lightbowne. No. 5, Brook
lyn Technical High School; Thomas
kerrigan, No. 6, Evander Childs High
school, the Bronx: Arthur Douglas. No.
8, Stuyvesant High School; William
Blesse, No. 4. Newtown High School,
queens. Capt. Alastair MacBain. No.
2. entered Columbia from Closter, N. j.,
High School. just a few miles away
across the Hudson River. and Eric Lam
bart, stroke, from Washington Irving
High School, Tarrytown.