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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
NAME TWO TO COUNT
WET QUESTIONNAIRES
DIR. G. Layton Grier And William H.
BOyce Consent TO Act

DR.. G. Layton Grier, of Milford,
and former Judge William H. Boyce,
of Dover, have accepted membership
upon the committee which will SUI
pervise the tabulation of the returns
from the questionnaires on prohibit
ton sent out by Pierre S. DUPONT for
the Delaware Division of the Associ-
alton Against the Prohibition
Amendment.
Announcement of this was made
Monday night by George w. Abberg-
err. executive secretary of the asso-
citation in Wilmington.
Former Judge Boyce is a Demo-
crat and one of the best known law
yers in the State of Delaware, hav-
ing been Representative in the
United States Congress and sat upon
the State court bench for a number
of years. He has been strong dry
advocate and has expressed his con-
victions in a number of addresses on
the subject.
DIR. Grier is one of the most prom
inent business men in the State. He
is a Republican and has also eX-
pressed dry convictions. He is pres
ident of the L. D. Caulk Company,
Milford, and of the Del-Mar-Va Eas-
tern Shore Association.
Mr.. Abberger in making the an
nouncement of the acceptances was
uncertain whether the full commit
tee will consist of three members or
more than that number.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
ROBERT CALHOUN WINS
SUSSEX MARBLE TITLE
BridgeviIle Boy Gets Trial State
HOnOrs By Winning County Title

Robert Calhoun, of the Bridgeville
School, won the Sussex County
marble shooting title in the elimina-
ton contests held at Georgetown
last Saturday. The Bridgeville boy
will now compete in the State Tour
nament for the State championship
This snappy shooting Bridgeville
lad, with the name of a famous
Statesman, walked away from the
field of six entries in the matches
played on the high school campus
at Georgetown.
J. Savage, of Georgetown, was the
runner-up in the county champion
ship. Savage with some rapid fire
work from the ring line shot his
way to a clean cut victory in the
first match of the set, winning II to
2. After that however, he let down
and Calhoun romped away from him
winning the next two games Z to 6
and 13 to 0. Savage had tied the
score in the second game and 6,
but somehow seemed under the
impression that he had seven points
to his credit. Calhoun, playing
under no such disillusion calmly
knuckled down and plunked out the
last nib and it was his game.
In the last and deciding game
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
TALL CEDARS BAND
BROADCAST PROGRAM
Evergreen Forest Musicians viii
Be Heard From WPG Next
Friday Evening.

Evergreen Forest, No. 40, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, of Milford, has
had a singular honor conferred upon
it by the officials of the fraternity.
The annual convention of the Tall
Cedars will be held at Atlantic City
next week and the rangers and band
of Evergreen Forest will take very
conspicuous part in the proceedings
of the convention. The band from
this organization has been chosen to
broadcast a program from Station
WPG, at Atlantic City on Friday
evening, May 18th, between z o'clock
and 1880 o'clock eastern standard
time. The Evergreen Band is rec
ognized as one of the finest musical
organizations belonging to a Tall
Cedar Forest. 1t has made name
for itself at every convention held
since it's inception. The rangers of
Evergreen Forest have been drilling
for several weeks past in prepara-
ton for the parade and exercises
which will be a part Of the program
this year. The personelle of the
band is drawn from all parts of Kent
and Sussex counties and their hun
dreds of friends will enjoy listening
to them during the half hour that
they are on the air next Friday eve
ming. Remember the, broadcasting
is on standard time, not daylight
saving.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
AUTHORIZE WORK ON
SEAFORDS NEW SCHOOL
Hope To Have New Structure Ready
For Students By Next February

Immediate construction of the
new combined consolidated grammar
and high school in SeafOrd, to which
cause Pierre S. DUPONT has offered
to loan 100000 was formally au-
thorized at meeting of the trustees
of the Delaware School Auxiliary
Monday morning at their offices at
the DUPONT Building in Wilmington.
The meeting was attended by DR..
Joseph H. Odell, Mrs. w. K. DUPONT,
Henry P. Scott, A. J. Taylor, chief
engineer of the Auxiliary, Gerald
Montaign, auditor, and Mary G. Hun
ter, secretary and treasurer. The
Auxiliary is working in conjunction
with the Delaware School FOunda
ton in the construction of this
school, by providing the architecture
al and engineering service, while the
Foundation advances the money.
The necessity of rushing the con-
struction of the new school to re-
place the one recently burned, was
stressed. 1t was pointed out that at
the present time the District, in Or
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
SUSSEX LEVY COURT
MAKES ALLOWANCES
General Fund $152,OS2.OS; General
Road Fund $27,S4O.59

The Sussex County Commissioners
have distributed the money to be
raised by taxation for the fiscal
year to the different funds, as fol-
lows: General fund, $152,OS2.O3; gen
eral road fund, $68,351.47; special
road fund, $27, 340.59; bonded indebt-
edness, $6,493.39; poor fund, $10,-
936.24; jury and witness fund, 49,
2O2.1S. For the past three years the
bonded indebtedness has been ex-
ceeded $4,000 for highways alone.
This took care of the interest and
maturity of the bonds.
By an act of the legislature at the
last session, the state takes over the
bonded Indebtedness for highways
and the result is that Sussex county
will save more than $4,000 this
year. In taking over the bonds, the
State Highway Department also
takes over the maintenance and con-
troll of all concrete highways con-
structed since the summer of 1917.
The money that has been apprO-
priated for the county bonded in
debtedness is to pay interest and
maturity of the bridge and court
house bonds.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
WILL ARGUE BOXING
CASE BEFORE ENTIRE
STATE JUDICIARY
Both Sides Will Ask All The
Judges To Pass Upon Cues
ton Of Boxing.
FANS ARE INTERESTED
Courts Decision May Effect Box
ing Contests 10 All Parts OF
Delaware.

The question of whether boxing ex-
hibitions can continue in this State
is to be decided by the court en-
banc, which comprises the five JUS
tees of the State.
Argument on the question was
heard at the May term of Court of
General Sessions in Wilmington, but
this week the attorneys on both
sides moved toward having the mat
ter taken up by the court en- banc.
DR.. Roger M. Gregory, of Whining
ton, president of the 40 ct of the
American Legion, is the defendant
in the case which the question of
the legality of boxing exhibitions is
raised. The argument is on motion
to quash an indictment charging DR..
Gregory with promoting prize
fight.
E. E. Berl and Joseph Handler
DR.. Gregory and Attorney
General Clarence A. Switzerland is
in the case for the State.
The attorneys for DR.. Gregory
raise the question of whether the
indictment is sufficient and contend
that the fight complained of is not a
prize fight as both fighters were
paid the same amount of money, no
matter which won the fight, and no
sum of money or reward was de-
pendent upon the outcome of the
fight.
The State contends that the box
ing exhibition involved comes with
in the meaning of the statute, mon
ey being paid the boxers.
The court enbanc is composed of
all the judges in the State except
the Chancellor, and there is no ap-
peal from its decision.
The idea in making the applica-
ton is to have a decision by all of
the judges, the counsel in the case
feeling that the subject is of such
that this should be done
and a decision given which will rep
resent the opinion of at least ma
jOrity of all of the judges in the
State.
Sometime ago in the court, the
question of whether the State law
forbids boxing matches was argued
before the regular court but de.
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
STATE POULTRY
LIST ANNOUNCED
Only Owners OF FlOcks Up TO STAN
dard Are Included

The official list of Delaware hat
cherries and breeding fiocks of chick
ems for the year 1927 and 1928, I'M
der the supervision of the State
Board of Agriculture, was made pub
lie this week. This list is being for
warded to every State Board of Ag-
riculture, the largest breeders and
every poultry pathologist in the
United States.
The list was assembled by Dr.
Frank Hare, pathologist, in charge
of this work in Delaware. Only those
who comply with the requirements
of the State Board of Agriculture are
on this list. There are some who
have been refused because the san
itary conditions, and handling of the
chickens has not come up to Della
wares standards. The official hocks
known as supervised fiocks, which
are those under constant superVls-
ion of the State Board of Health, are
as follows:
Seaford-Ernest Bastard, Edgar
Ioper, R. P. King, J. w. Matthews,
C. C. Allen, P. H. Rawlings, A. w.
Brown, Earl Tull, Thomas Landlord,
Ray Plummer, L. M. Smith, Thomas
Hastings, D. H. McAIlister, Len
Messick, Arthur Workman, E. B.
Brown, c. G. Bradley, Len Lessly,
Isaac Newton, Glen O'Day, E. C. o.
hsy, Leland Giles, Robert Tull,
Tank Matthews.
Georgetown-T. P. Coffin, Linden
Rogers, Charles Tague, L. F. Scar
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
HOLD NEGRO TEACHER
ON SERIOUS CHARGES
COlOred Woman Accused OF Obtain
ing Money Under False Pretense

On two charges of obtaining mon
ey under false pretenses and forge
ry, Ella w. Hensen, colored school
teacher at Selbyville, was held I'M
der $1,000 bail by Magistrate Will
liam j. Mustard. In default of bail
she was committed to the Sussex
county jail. Her home is at Lincoln
City. She was arrested by Constable
Charles T. Jester.
Charges were brought against her
by Professor Albert Farley, rural
supervisor Of schools. 1t is alleged
she had been rendering bills to the
State Board of Education in the
names of men with whom no bust
ness transactions had been made.
A bill for $40 was presented it is
said to the State board for two
loads of wood, which she claimed
had been bought from John w. Stur-
gis. The check was payable to Stur-
gis, who Endorsed it, and the wo-
man it is said had it cashed.
Sturgis claims that he did not
know anything about the transac-
ton other than that she asked him
to sign his name to the back of
piece of paper.
Her next adventure is alleged to
have been the forging the name of
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
NEGRO CHILDREN
SHOW All CLUB WORK
Milford Pupils Win Prizes At Annual
Field Day Meet

The exhibit of sewing done by the
colored children in All Clubs this
year which was on display, Friday,
May 4, at the Colored Field Day held
at the Booker T. Washington School
at Dover was most commendable.
This is the first year that clothing
clubs have been organized in these
schools, and the interest of the chill
dren and the quality of their work
are outstanding factors for begin
ners in Club Work. Miss Helen L.
Comstock, County Club Agent for
the county, supervises the club
groups.
The exhibits consisted of towels,
sewing bags, patched garments,
darned garments, aprons, dresses,
and booklets. There were 165 en-
tries in these classes.
The number of children who en-
tered each article made during the
year was unusually large. There
were fourteen girls entitled to COM
pete for the sweepstakes ribbon.
Grace Harris of Willow Grove was
the winner, Mary Hughes of Willow
Grove was second, and Helen Mos
ley of Union School was third.
The other prize winners were:
Booklets-Anna Mae Ross, Mil
ford, first; Hilda L. Brady, Milford,
second; Martha Adams, Milford,
third; Anna Owens, Milford, fourth.
Darned Garment-Elmira Durham,
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
THIRTEEN YEAR OLD
BOY CHAMPION in
STATE SPELLING
Wilmington Boy Wins First Hon
Ors At Spelling Bee Held Last
Friday Evening.
MILFORD Girl SECOND
Alice Breme Congratulate Win.
ner After Missing And Losing
Contest.

Ellis A. Walker, Is years old, an
SA pupil of No. "a School, Whining
ton, won the public school spelling
championship of Delaware at the
Wilmington High School Friday
night, when he placed first in the
Statewide Spelling Bee, sponsored
by Every Evening He Outspelled
10 competitors in bee which lasted
from 812 until 1851.
AS a result of capturing the title,
Ellis will represent Delaware in the
National Spelling Bee, which will
take place in Washington, d. c., on
May %, and will be the guest of Ev-
cry Evening on a five-day trip to
that city with a chaperone. The
winner of the National Bee will re-
ceive $1,000 in gold, while addition
al prizes, amounting to $1,000, will
be divided among the other con-
testants.
Ellis, who seems to be a natural
born speller, was at his best in or
der to defeat his competitors. Alice
Breme, of Milford School, who fin
ished second, threatened to take
the laurels attained by Ellis, but
she missed on the word laminated.
Her efforts resulted in much APP
plause. After being forced to give
way to Ellis, she displayed her
craftsmanship by congratulating
him and wishing him success on his
Washington trip.
The order in which the other con-
testants finished and the words they
missed are as follows: Thomas
Hickman, Ocean View, begonia;
Elsie Murphy, Delaware City, de-
molitiOn; Margaret James, Seaford,
decollete; Christina Christensen,
Houston, cyclorama; Judith Rosen-
blatt, No. 2 School, cumulative;
Jack Speck. ClaymOnt School, crys-
taline; Kathlyn Price, ClaymOnt,
chromium; Maude Elliott, No. "a,
chOleric; Francis Denney, Whining
toms champion, No. Is School, vac
uum; Betty Wiley, Greenwood,
omitted; Ruth Loder, Clayton, tenn
porary; Leonard Omenn, Willard
Hall, rheumatism; Josephine Cald-
we'll, Houston, incompatible; Ran
uOlpH LdISOl, Newport, CldhueSIlhe'
Carl Bleiberg, Bancroft, privilege;
Althea Smacke, Georgetown, accur-
acy; Charles Thompson, No. Is, be-
lieve; Adam Pollock, Bancroft, ban
ana.
Wright C. Dizer and DR.. Harry V.
Holloway, State superintendent of
public instruction, were judges, with
George McIntire as pronouncer. In
terest in the bee was intense, and
several times the judges were call
ed on for their decisions.
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
SUSSEX CHURCH 222
YEARS OLD TUESDAY
Bishop Philip Cook To Confirm
At Old St. Georges Sunday
Afternoon, May Is.

Tuesday was the two hundred and
twenty-second anniversary of old St
Georges Episcopal Church, at In
dian River, Sussex County. While
last year the anniversary was the
occasion for general celebration, Ow-
ing to a drive for funds to repair the
structure, the observance this year
will be of a modest character, TAX
ing place on next Sunday afternoon.
Bishop Philip Cook, of Whining
ton, will be present at the services
beginning at 2:9O o'clock. There will
be special services of confirmation.
Rev. M. Paul S. Huntington is the
present rector.
The church is one of the oldest in
the. United States, and dates back to
the time of the establishment of the
Colonies.
On May 8, 1906, Roger Corbett
decided ito the public for religious
place of worship or church one acre
of land situated on the south side of
Loves Branch, Indian River hun
bred" Tradition tells of a small log
church as the first building on this
plot of land, but Rev. George Ross,
the first Episcopal clergyman to
make a religious survey of Sussex
county in IVY, did not seem able to
find out anything about it.
Rev. William Beckett, a successor
to Rev. Mr.. Ross, was sent from
England under the auspices of the
Society for the Propagation of the
Gospel in Foreign Parts" and gives
an authentic statement of the build
ing in December, 1918, of an oak
frame church 20 by 25 feet, which
is the first known St. Georges Chap
ell. This building was enlarged six
years later to hold two hundred peo-
pie who steadily attended services
therein" according to the parish
register. This building was Destroy
ed by fire in 1892.
In 1894 the present building was
erected of bricks which were baked
in kilns located near the church,
traces of which can be seen at the
present time. This church was two
story, with galleries encircling the
interior. The walls stood the ravages
of the weather for nearly century
when they began to crack, and in
1882 the upper story was removed
and the side galleries taken out. The
tower and bell were added in the
spring of 1916. For many years st.
Georges was attached to the parish
at Lewes and had the same rector as
st. Peters Church, located in the
town.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
BOYS'-GIRLS' CLUB
RALLY AT DOVER
Eighth Annual Event For Kent
County VIII Be Well Attended

Saturday, May 10, is the date sci
for the Eighth Annual Boys and
Girls Club Rally for Kent county
which will be held on Dover Green
under the direction of Helen L. Com
stock, County Club Agent.
The club boys and girls all over
the county look forward to this day
as one of the best events of their
club year. This is evidenced by the
increase in attendance each year.
and the increase in the interest of
the public.
The program, which will be an
nounced next week, will begin at II
o'clock and continue through the
afternoon. The children will bring
their lunches, and all will enjoy a
picnic under the trees encircled by
their Capital building and the histOr-
ic buildings around the Green.
At this time, A. D. Cobb, State
Club Leader, will award the achieve
ment pins to the boys and girls who
have completed the required work in
their projects. These pins have been
provided by the Kent County Levy
Court whose members have taken
this means of showing their interest
in promoting boys and girls clubs
in Kent county.
There are several projects from
which the boys and girls may select
the line of work in which they are
interested. For the girls there are
canning, clothing, and cooking clubs.
For the boys, there are dairy, poul-
try, pig, potato, tomato, and corn
clubs.
One feature of the program will
be the responses to the roll call by
the clubs giving some original stunt,
drill, or song. The award for the
best response is a scholarship OF
$1,000 emitting one member of the
winning club to attend the Boys and
Girls Short Course at the University
of Delaware, June rs to 80.
Watch for the program next week.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
BOY, ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT, DIES OF WOUND
Ralph Moore, Nine Year-OId Mills
bOrO Boy, Victim OF Rifle Bullet

Ralph Moore, years old, of Mills
boro, died Sunday night in the Bee
be Hospital at Lewes of the effects
of bullet wound in the abdomen,
accidentally inflicted by George S.
Williams, Jr., a son of the president
of the State Board of Education,
Saturday afternoon. The dead child
was a son of Raymond Moore, a we'll
known merchant of Millsboro.
Ralph and his brother Edwin,
years old, had been playing at the
Williams home and later went into
the house where the Williams boy
found a % calibre rifle in his faith
er's study. They took the rifle to the
yard where they intended shooting
at a target. While the Williams boy
was handling the rifle it was unex-
pectedly discharged and the bullet
struck the Moore boy in the upper
part of the abdomen.
AS Ralph fell to the ground the
screams of his comrades attracted
their elders and the wounded boy
was Hurried to the hospital where it
was found the bullet had taken a
downward course and was located in
the lower part of the abdomen. The
bullet was removed in the resultant
operation, but his condition was
considered grave from the start.
The authorities are satisfied that
the shooting was entirely accidental
and no arrests will be made.
Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
M. P. CHURCH FINISHES
100 YEARS OF SERVICE
Great Growth In Property Wealth
And Membership Is Noted

In May. 1928, one hundred years
ago. the Methodist Protestant
Church was born, and Baltimore
was it's birthplace. This May will
mean much to this denomination.
Starting without church property
and with bitter opposition, the small
handful of people have grown into
a large denomination with many
annual conferences and with mil
lions of dollars worth of church
property. 1t also has some of the
leading colleges of this country and
a large Theological Seminary. 1t
is doing Foreign Missionary work
in China, India and Japan.
There will be a great celebration
in Baltimore during this month.
From May 10th to May 18th, the ma
tional Young Peoples Convention of
the Methodist Protestant Church
will meet in Hampden Church, Bal
timore, with many thousands of
young people from every part of our
country.
On May 18th the General Confer
ence of this denomination will meet
in st. Johns Church, Baltimore.
The days of fierce controversy have
passed. A hundred years of his
tory have passed, years of struggle
and sacrifice, heroic and in many
cases sublime, and once again the
Methodist Protestant hosts are go
ing to meet in Baltimore. Repre-
sentative Methodists will come from
all over this country and from for
eign lands to tabulate the success
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
STATE GAS TAX
$43,566.61 In APRIL
Revenue From Gasoline First Four
Months Totals $194y624.69

The three cent tax on gasoline
during the month of April totalled
S43, 566.61. This is nearly $4,000 more
than April a year ago, when the
total was $34,329.76. This makes the
grand total for the first four months
of 1928 $194,62469. This is nearly
$50 900 more than for the first four
months of 1927, when the total was
$116,OO0.16.
One of the features of the gas tax
this year is that during January,
February and March, when there
was much bad weather, the volume
of the gas tax was almost doubled
each month, as compared with a
year ago. But in April it is but a
few thousand dollars more than
April 1927.
Preparatory to expected heavy
travel from now on, maintenance of
way men have been busy for sew
eral days painting white and black
lines in the middle of the highways
from Wilmington south in order to
try and keep down the number of
collisions.
Whether the State Highway Com
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Milford chronicle., 1928-05-11
DOLLAR BUYINCPOWER
HIGHEST IN FIVE YEARS
Now Worth 81. Per Cent Of Its
Previous Value, The Industrial
Commercial Board Reports.

The purchasing power of the dol
lar, as measured by average living
costs for the American wage Garner
and other persons of moderate
means, which includes the great ma
jOrity of the population, today
stands higher than it has for near
ly five years, according to the
monthly cost of living index of the
National Industrial Conference
Board, of No. 247 Park avenue, New
York. The dollar is now worth, on
the basis of living costs during
March, 621 cents in comparison
with the purchasing power of the
pre-war dollar in July, 1914. 1t was
lowest in July, 1920, when it stood
at 1879 cents as compared with July,
1914.
The purchasing power of the dol
lar has been enhanced by net de-
cline in the cost of living of PIP per
cent since July, 1920, the peak of
the postwar imitation period. This
decline has been a fairly steady one
for the two years, 1926 and 1927,
living costs today being the lowest
since June, 1928, when they were
at about the present level.
The chief factors in the declining
cost of living were the items of
food and rent. Retail food prices,
the most important item in the wage
earner's cost of living, in March of
this year were 31.1 per cent lower
than in July, 1920, and about 5 IL
per cent lower than in March, 1925.
Rents, which did not reach their
postwar peak until July and Au-
gust, 1924, when they were SO per
cent higher than in July, 1914, in
March of this year for the country |
as whole averaged lib per cent
lower than at their 1924 peak, and |
6.S per cent lower than March, 1926. |
Coal prices, which have fuctuated |
considerably, averaged last winter
about 20 per cent less than at their |
peak in November, 1920. Gas and |
electricity, combined, which item
reached its peak in 1921, since that |
time decreased by about 81 per |
cent. Clothing prices average a net |
decline of about 40 per cent from |
their peak in April, 1920, but have
held fairly steady during the past !
two years. All other items, COM
bined in the group "sundries" in the |
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