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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
FIGHTING THE BEETLES

Now that summer heat has arriv-
ed, preparations for combating the
Japanese beetle are going forward
with renewed vigor. Because OF the
serious destruction of plant life
caused by this pest, several COM
munity spraying campaigns have
been organized in this district. This
plan is particularly encouraged by
the New Jersey State Department of
Agriculture, and experiments have
developed a compound much more
deadly to the beetles than ordinary
plant sprays. Steps are now being
taken to get the jump on the beetles,
which do not usually become SER
ious menace before July Is. More
than 1000 beetle parasites, imported
from Koreo, have been released in
heavily infested sections, and re-
Gently a quarantine was placed on
the movement of certain products
from those areas. Scientific and
natural aids, including valuable
help from the birds, it is hoped, will
prove more effective this year than
in the past in checking the spread
of the beetles.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

housewife is dependent on her
corner grocery store to provide her
with such staples as canned corn,
peas, beans, and tomatoes, and usu-
ally she can buy there such canned
delicacies as chicken a la King,
Lobster Newburg and assorted
fruits for delicious salads.
Thus the humble tin can perhaps
outranks all other devices of mod
ern invention and ingenuity for the
preservation Of foods, their distri-
button to the four corners of the
earth, and the incalculable advan-
tage of convenience in handling
and service, and UNNECESSARILY
lightens the burdens of house.
keeping.
The woman who lives in the city
and is able to get her can of peas
"fresh from the vine", since peas
are put into cans the same day that
they are gathered from the farm,
owes d debt of gratitude to Nicho-
las Appert and Napoleon. And so.
likewise does the farmer who knows
when he plants his peas that on
the day they are pulled from the p
vine a market - in thousands of
cans - is waiting for his crop.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

GOOD FISHING LICK

President Coolidge seems to be
having good luck at fishing. A lot of
men who would like to catch fish,
but have never been able to, could
learn something from his methods.
After the fisherman has provided
himself with perfectly good tackle
and bait, and has come to some good
fishing place under good weather
conditions, he may yet fail to land
any good string. Perhaps he does
not understand the psychology of
fish.
Fish are wary creatures. Some
fishermen make so much disturb
ance, as they switch their tackle
around in a nervous and impatient
way, that the fish become alarmed
and scoot for their best hiding
places. The good fisherman needs a
reflective temperament, that is con-
tent to wait awhile until the fish are
in the biting mood. Success in fish
ing depends not merely on what you
do, but what you don't do.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
SAFETY FOR SWIMMERS

Swimming is considered one of the
most healthful of all sports. Yet
many lives are lost each season he
cause swimmers do not observe the
ordinary safety rules. Some of the
most important common sense rules
for safe swimming are: Don't swim
right after eating-wait two hours.
Don't swim while oVerheated. Stop
swimming before you are exhausted.
Be sure the water is deep enough
before you dive. If caught in a swift
current or undertow don't struggle;
the current will take you to the sur
face, and at that moment you should
be ready to strike out. Many infec-
tiOus and communicable diseases
are transmitted in pools and other
swimming places. They include ty-
phoid fever, colds, pink-eye and skin,
ear and throat infections. Thus
people who are not well should not
go into a pool. Everyone should be
made to take shower before enter
ing the water and only clean bathing
suits should be worn.-The Pathfnd-
er.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
SOMETHING DOING

A newspaper advertisement of any
business is or should be of the ma
ture of a news report. That is, it
produces the best result if it reads
like news. A newsy ad will tell of
some special line or lines offered for
prices supposed to be of specially
good value.
A store that is constantly present.
ing such newsy advertisements gives
the impression that the buyers are
hustling every minute to find goods
at low prices, to please the public
by constantly getting the new ideas
to keep their stock constantly NOV
ing. Such store attracts the peo-
pie, who get the idea that there is
always something doing there.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

THE blouse of white crepe satin L.
Illustrated above is in thorough keep
ing with the new feminine mode and
may be used for the most elegant of
three-quarter coat, skirt and blouse
ensembles. 1t is an entirely new
type, because it is attached to a wide
girdle instead of a hip-band. This
gives it a feminine feeling of grace
that marks it chic in the extreme.
The asymmetrical neck is smartly in
line with the girdle bow. 1t is cut
in a new way and, because it is
crushed, is infinitely softer and more
becoming than the ordinary V. Be
sides crepe satin, crepe de chine and
moir6 are smart for this blouse.
Copyright, 1928. bv BNtterick)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

TfTtfHEN Napoleon paid Nicholas
THH Appert twelve thousand
francs for explaining how he
preserved food by the now famil4 r
homecoming process, probably
neither Napoleon nor Nicholas him
self realized what they had started.
The immediate result was the
equipping of a modest little estab-
lishment in Paris which still runs
under the original name of the
House of Appert. Today, the can
merry started with Napoleon's prize
money, resembles a kitchen more
than a modern cannery, its chief
products being fine dishes prepared
by French chefs ready to re-heat
and serve = jagged hare, vension
outlets, praised pheasant, roast
pigeon, partridge in jelly and other
delicacies.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
MILFORD, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 10.
A CLEAN CAMPAIGN

The two leading political parties
have nominated very able men for
president and vice-president, and
now there is a unanimous call on
them by the public to run a clean,
educational campaign, free from the
bitterness and recrimination that
has married many campaigns.
The political argufers should
thoroughly realize that it does a cause
no good to resort to violent talk
and exaggerated denunciation. There
is such thing as creating sympathy
for a man or a cause by attacking
him or it too sharply. When such
assaults occur, people feel that they
must be overdrawn and they turn
against the man and the party re-
sponsible for them.
A presidential campaign ought to
be a very educational experience for
the American people, if the discus
sion is kept on high plane of ar
gument. 1t is generally admitted
that a two party system is a good
thing for the country. No matter
who is in power, there should be
strong minority party to criticise
its acts, and hold it back from the
faults and weaknesses to which it is
subject.
Each party should admit, there
fore, that its opponents perform a
certain service, and that they en-
phasize certain points that need to
be emphasized. Each party should
go ahead and try to show in reas-
enable way. why the policies which
its own party and candidate chiefly
stand for, are superior.
Campaigns of vituperatiOn and
mudslinging do not win votes. The
advice of the old shoemaker who us
ed to attend the Latin debates might
we'll be recalled. He did not under
stand a word of Latin, but he could
always tell who was losing, because
that one would get mad. The can
didates and speakers who show tenn
per and bitterness thereby reveal
that the people are not with them.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
Shells and HOmes

Scientists, thinks a philosopher
writing in The American Magazine,
may lose the kernel of life in study
ing its changing shells and homes.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
HELPING YOUR HOME TOWN

Il like and am fond of my home
town." many people say, "but I do
not know of anything special I can
do to help it. We have organizations
which appoint officers and commit
tees to attend to all that"
But organizations and officers and
committees can not do the whole
thing. Everyone has to take hold
and do something. Every time you
NOW your lawn and keep it looking
nice, every time you carry waste pa
per home and take care of it prop
erly, instead of throwing it away in
the street, every time you say a
good word for your home town, ev-
cry time you help make strangers
and visitors feel happy there, you
do something for Milford, or any
other town.
DoS
WHILE PEOPLE are thoroughly
sick of the community knocker who
is always hammering at the defects
of his home town, there is one ham
mer that we all need to hear, and
that is the one that is making the
repairs on our buildings.
Owners of property should realize
that almost any kind of a structure
needs constant repairs, particularly
if it is made of perishable wood. Our
are exposed to the con-
slant attack of the elements. Unless
we keep right after them, removing
1ecayed material, keeping the sur
faces well covered with paint, they
will run down. No money is saved |
'or anyone in Milford or any other
own, by failing to spend the money
or needed repairs.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
Giving Water Its Due

No one can ever appreciate water,
says a world traveller Of note, until
his life has depended on 1.-THE
American Magazine.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
Millions Benefit

But the result to posterity is the
fact that all over the world millions
of people are beneftting by the
discovery of canning. They have
come to depend on the tin can for
staples as we'll as delicacies. The
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
HOW MANY OUT OF WORK?

Unemployment is the subject OF
much controversy, and will figure in
the political campaign. One element
of people declare that there is and
has been recently a vast amount of
unemployment, while the people of
opposing views declare that the
number out of work has been great
ly exaggerated.
The means for determining how
many people are actually out of
work at any particular time seem to
be inadequate. Yet such figures will
not be at all easy to collect if they
are to be accurate. Such statistics
are had to a certain extent now
through reports from employers of
labor; but these may not tell the
whole story. A factory as the result
of introducing labor saving machin-
cry, might report that it had largely
reduced it's number of workpeople.
But that would not prove that all
these persons were out of work.
People are constantly getting jobs in
stores, garages, and all kinds of es-
adjustments which serve the people.
Or people who are out of work
might be registered in some central
bureau. But the fact that these
names were on the list would not
prove that they were out Of work.
They might get jobs somewhere, and
then might forget to come and take
their names off the unemployed list.
To make such figures complete, it
would probably be necessary to have
every concern or person who en-
ploys labor make a regular report |
showing how many were at work.
Even then such report might be
as people who were tenn
]orarily loafing for a few days or
weeks but would soon be called
Jack, could hardly be called unem-
)loyed. But the subject is worth the
most careful study, and experts
houId devise some plan showing as
learly as possible how many there
re who actually are out of work,
nd where such unemployed persons
re Incafnd
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

THE pajamas illustrated above are
intriguingly and delightfully."- French.
They are made of peach crepe de
chine with narrow pointed landings
of delicate robins egg blue and are
the last word in chic for intimate
night garments. The short kimona
sleeves make them cool and comfort
able. The becoming neckline is a
smart ViOnnet, though it could be
round or square, as the wearer fame
les. Besides crepe de chine, silk
crepe, radium, rayon, pongee or cot
ton crepe could be used for these
pajamas. Copyright, 1923, by But
terick)
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
VAGUE PROMISES

The most characteristic thing
about the Democratic national plat
form, is the vagueness of its prom
ises. The principal thing that the
Democrats seemed to be agreed upon
was that the Republicans have made
a record of shocking corruption and
should be turned out, and that the
Democrats should have the offices.
This platform issues a great deal
of high sounding talk, but it is very
indefinite in coming down to brass
lacks. For instance, it overfows
with sympathy and drips tears of re-
greet, for the misfortunes of the far
mer. But when it comes to telling
what it will and can actually do for
the farmer, it is not there.
1t holds out very fine and glowing
hopes of what it is going to do. For
instance, it comes out for reduction
through proper government agencies
of the spread between what the far
mer and stock raiser gets and the
ultimate consumer pays, with con-
sequent benefits to both"
Now if the Democratic party could
do that thing, it would probably get
the votes of the farmers and con-
sumers both. But the people have
heard those promises made too often
before. These conditions are deter
mined by vast economic forces be-
yond the reach of any political par
ty, and the politicians who make i'm
possible promises gain nothing by
pledging themselves to something
they could not accomplish.
But beneath all these high sound
ing words, there is no more practi-
cal help for the farmers than the
Republicans offer. The equalization !
zee which many of the farmers have
'een demanding, is contrary to the
Democratic principles
If non-interference of the govern
nent with daily affairs, and the ]
Democrats would be most unlikely
o pass any such law. So one can
20 through this platform and show
low it constantly deals in shiny
but fails to come down to
demonstration of the practical
hings it proposes and is able to
AIRY out.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
The Casual Home

In some homes things run so cas-
.ually that meals are movable feasts.
-Woman's Home Companion.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
SMYRNA TIMES STARTS ITS
SFVFNTY-FTFTH YEAR

The Hoffecker family has dominat-
ed the local weekly newspaper of the
town of Smyrna, Delaware, for over
seventy-four years, and both town
and publishers have benefited from
this long period of civic welfare eff
fort.
The story as told by the Smyrna
Times in it's editorial column last
week, in tabloid form states the
whole truth of the near three-quar-
tiers of a century, that the Smyrna
Times has been received into the
homes of the people with approval
and appreciation. 1t said:
1.-THE Smyrna Times is "A years
old with this issue, July 5th. AS the
oldest consecutively published news
paper in Delaware, it is ever striv-
ing to give the Smyrna-Clayton COM
munity the local, County and State
news and cannot help having a feel
ing of pride in its long record. To
have been in one family and to have
been published consecutively for "a
years without ever missing an issue
is a record for which we are proud.
Founded by the late R. D. Hoffecker,
Sr., July 5, 1854, and having in all
these years been in the one family,
owned consecutively by the founder,
his brother the late Joseph H. Hof- |
fecker, and by the founders son, the |
present publisher, The Smyrna
Times has represented its town and
through many years of
service. We ask the continued CO.
operation of our friends and patrons,
o make The Times a better news
,aper than ever"
Congratulations from the "Chron-
cle," now nearing its fiftieth ami
-ersy, October LIST, 1928, under man
cement of its founder.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
&o9

JOHN TAYLOR, the lay preacher
who occupies the pulpit in the little
church which President Coolidge is
attending during his vacation, is a
blind man. He must be doing good
work, or people would not come and
listen to him. This is a suggestion
how people with some dreadful han
dicap often performs some excellent
service in some quiet way, and some
times they rise to fame and distinc-
ton.
Sometimes it seems as if such mis-
fortunes incite people to accomplish
a good deal more than they would
have if they had had the full use Of
all faculties. Many people can stand
better than prosperity.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
CANVASSING THE VOTERS

Canvassing the voters is a much
more difficult problem than it used
to be. In former years in many
voting districts, the political work.
ers had about every voter labeled
and ticketed. They knew what their
political convictions all were, if they
had any, and they knew how to
reach each one without making peo-
pie conscious they were being reach
ed. So by their carefully arranged
system of political wiring, they
could rally all their forces to the
polls.
Today the situation is different. A
multitude of people giving little in
dication how they are going to vote,
if they vote at all. A great many
vote on impulse, according to the
last persuasive talker who got next
to them.
A great many of them resent in
quiries as to their political prefer
ences, and if they found that Re
publican was trying to line them up
for his ticket, they would vote DEM
ocratic, and vice versa. It is a very
ticklish business to approach many
of these folks.
People with liking for politics |
still continue to exert a lot of in
fluence, though they can no longer
round up their supporters and herd |
them to the polls as the COWS used
to be driven to pasture. The word
has to be passed around by indirec-
ton, and political ideas have to be
slipped into their minds when they
do not know it, incidentally and ap-
parently as side issue, so they
won't realize they are being ap-
preached.
Political results can then not be
as accurately foretold as formerly,
and politicians are often tremend-
ously surprised the morning after
election to see how lot Of these 81
lent people have voted. The people !
of Delaware will no longer stand
without hitching.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
HOME TOWN THOUGHTS

Constant knocking of the faults Of
the home town, not merely fails to
remove those defects, but is discour-
ages the people who are trying to do
so.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

The people who think their home
town is about the best place on
earth, are the ones who are working
to make it still better.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

When Opportunity knocks at the
door, many people are asleep, but
little advertising will wake 'em up.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

All is expensive in love and war.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
%oS

THE SCHOOL and college teams
that recently closed successful sea-
sons got a great deal of adulation.
Their best players were heroes, and
nothing was too good for their ad-
mirers to do for them.
Meanwhile in an equal number of
schools and colleges, the ball play
ers and members of various athletic
teams have not come out so well.
They leave their fields with no plau-
dts. No hats are swung in the air,
no Qualifications are offered them.
But they may have worked harder
to win than the victors.
Often of course such losing teams
have failed because they did not
practice or try hard enough. But if
they have done their best, if they
have played like gentlemen, they are
entitled to just as much honor as the
winners, and sometimes more.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
%OGR
THE BAND BOYS ON THE SQUARE

In thousands of country towns the
brass bands are now giving their
open air concerts on the pleasant
summer evenings. If anyone doubts
whether the American people love
music, he should see the automobiles
coming in from near and far for
these occasions, and hear the horns
toot when a number appeals to the
crowd.
Every town ought to have it's local
band or bands, which shall give
these concerts, and satisfy the crav-
ing which its people have for music,
and provide a pleasant diversion for
summer evenings. To many tired
people these evening concerts are
one of the most refreshing expert
ences of their lives. They make the
dull drab work Of every day seem
less humdrum, and these folks go
back to the dusty job and the prosaic
home feeling that life is a pretty
good thing after all.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13

A WONDERFUL tribute is being
paid to Adolph S. Ochs, at Chatta-
nooga, Tennessee, on the 50th ami
versary Of his ownership Of the
Chattanooga Times. This great news
paper man, famous publisher of the
New York Times, has made his sue
cess on the theory of publishing "all
the news that is fit to print"
If newspapers are tempted to
place first emphasis on crime and
scandals, they should reflect that
newspapers of that type are not
pleasing to the substantial people
who spend the bulk of the money. If
a newspaper is to be valuable as an
advertising medium, it has to please
the men and women who are the
heads Of families, and control fam
lily expenditure. Those folks do not
want papers that deal mostly with
the seamy side of life.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1928-07-13
FARM YOUTHS ENCAlIPMENT

One hundred and fifty boys from
each state in the union have been in
session at Washington, in the Sec
ond national encampment of the All
clubs conducted by the state COOP
erative extension services. These
young people have been given this
opportunity as the reward for no
table success in club projects. The
gathering includes young people who
have made themselves expert in
farm or household work.
These young people will not be
among the ones who are dissatisfied
in their country homes. They nave
demonstrated that success is achiev-
ed, not by going a long distance
from home, but by seeing the oppor-
5unities around home and taking adj
vantage of them. These opportuni-
lies are as good in Delaware as any,
where in the country.
The Washington times., 1928-08-24
CLUES FAIL IN
MURDER OF
VA. COP

Hone for catching the murderer
81 Police sergt. Elton B. Hummer,
Of Alexandria. who was shot to
death in an alley early last Satur-
day morning while making his
rounds. today rested on q slender
clue, it was admitted by authori.
ties OF the Virginia city.
Every other lead" has been run
to earth, City Manager Paul Nor
ton. who has taken personal charge
OF the investigation. declared. The
police are holding one negro, Gra-
ham White, ''for investigation,
they declared, but have little or no
evidence he is connected with the
crime.
Carl Crockett, 20-year-old youth of
Washington and Alexandria, who
was recently arrested by Hummer
and who later escaped. was released
yesterday on writ Of habeas
corpus.
In spite OF the discouraging state
OF affairs, Morton declared, the po-
lice and other city employees are
still bending every effort and are
hoping for the break" that in.
variabiy leads to the arrest Of crini-
nails who might otherwise have
escaped.