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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
EGG YIELD INCREASED
LAST YEAR OVER THAT
OF PRECEDING YEAR
Records Compiled Show That
Average Production Was 1851
Per Pullet And l34.4 Per Hen.
MANY LEFT THE CONTEST
Of 47,792 Recorded At Begin
ming OF Year Only 22,Sl9 We're
Noted At End Of Year.

Some very interesting facts con-
corning the yearly egg production OF
hens and pullets in flocks of differ
ent sizes throughout the State are
included in the annual summary of
the reports from the members of the
farm egg record club for the period
from November 1, 1925 to October 81,
1927, as announced by H. S. Palmer,
Extension Poultryman of the Uni7er-
sity of Delaware, who is conducting
this work in cooperation with the
county agricultural agents.
Complete records of the daily egg
production of flOcks from a total of
11S farms were secured for the en-
tire year, and on these farms there
were 47,792 layers on November 1,
1926, of which only 24,973 birds re-
manned at the close of the year on
October 81, 1927, resulting in a re-
duction of 22,19 birds, or 1850, in
the total number of laying hens and
pullets on these particular poultry
farms representing all three cOun-
ties. Many of these 22,819 birds rep
resent the culls which were sold,
while others died during the past
year.
Based on the average number of
birds on hand each month the aver
age egg production per bird on these
11S farms was 1857 eggs per pullet,
1874 eggs per hen, and 140.5 eggs
for the mixed f1ocks which consist
ed of both hens and pullets running
together. AS compared with the
records of the previous year, these
reports show an increase of 14.7
eggs per pullet, 10 eggs per hen, and
2O.5 eggs per bird in the mixed
flocks.
Taking the original number of
birds on hand on November l, 1926
and dividing it into the total num-
Der of eggs produced during the
year, it was found that the pullets
laid 117.4 eggs each, the hens lila
eggs, and the mixed flocks 1923
eggs per bird. This production fig
ure based on the original number of
birds on hand at the beginning of
the year is the real test of flock,
and is the test that birds must stand
when they are entered into official
egg-laying contests.
Using this method of calculating
the production of those fiOcks
whose egg records were received by
The poultry specialist, it was learned
that the high record of pullets was
made by a flock of 400 birds that
laid total of 94,944 eggs, or an
average of 1878 eggs per bird, dur
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
SCHOOL CHILDREN WILL
SEE "THE BIG PARADE"
Afternoon Matinee Will Allow All
Youngsters An Opportunity To See 1t

There will be a special matinee at
the Plaza Theatre next Tuesday at
2:3O, when all the school children
will have the opportunity to see
1.-THE Big Parade that splendid film
of the World War, which can be
seen also on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday nights by the grown-ups.
The ticket office will be open at
noon on Monday and Tuesday, so
that the school children can get
their tickets at that time. All those
of the grammar and primary grades
who can show their teachers tickets
or notes from home requesting that
they be excused, will be dismissed in
time for this matinee on Tuesday.
The management has secured busses
to convey the children from the ru-
raj schools to the theatre free of
charge. The admission will be 35
cents for adults and Is cents for
children.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday
Of next week GA Sightseeing Trip
Through Milford" the scenes taken
sometime ago of our town and var
ious places of business, will be
shown for the first time, in connec-
ton with the film programs. The
first Saturday matinee will also be
next week, with an entirely differ
ent program from the Saturday
night program.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
FAVOR new ROUTE
FOR CUTOFF ROAD
EAST OF MILFORD
Chief Engineer Buck Reaches An
Agreement With Local CON-
mittee As To Best Route.
STARTS NEARER TOWN
Will Cut DiagOnalIy Across Frank
Salevan's Land And Connect
On South Near MarshaII's Pond.

Chief Engineer Buck, of the State
Highway Department, together with
Joseph E. Holland, a member of the
State Highway Commission, on
Monday afternoon met with the local
committee appointed at a mass
meeting several months ago, to dis
cuss third survey for a cutoff
road east of Milford. The local
committee is composed of Daniel
Hirsch, 1. D. Short, E. H. Bratten,
| Louder N. Hearn and Vernon Ben
son. The meeting was held at the
directors room of the First National
Bank. Mr.. Buck presented a new
survey for the approval of the COM
mittee, and after studying it from
all angles they were of the opinion
that it is the best available of the
three surveys run by the highway
engineers.
The route as agreed upon at the
meeting on Monday afternoon starts
at the northwest corner of the field
of j. Frank SaleVan, near Levi GEM
etery, and runs diagonally across
the land, thence across the Mispil-
lion River and connects with the Re-
hoboth Highway at point in front
of Shorts Filling Station. The
survey as suggested will cross East
Front street, extended, in North
Milford, at point about 300 feet
east of the last house in the row of
houses at High Hill. It will make
a curve somewheres near the former
home of Frank Greco and follow the
general direction of the road lead
ing from the old Humphrey farm to
the old Burt Deputy land, and will
pass east of the home of Albert Mil
man.
While the committee was in agree
ment that the survey was the best
possible for Milford, should the
Highway Department demand an
eastern cutoff highway, at least one
of the members of the local COM
mittee expressed himself as believ-
ing that the construction of any such
highway will work adversely to the
best interests of Milford. The ma
jOrity of the committee evidently
feels differently, however. Engineer
BUCK estimates that the new cutoff,
together with the necessary draw
bridge will cost approximately $780,
900. The question of having the
State Highway Department build a
concrete roadway on East front
street, North Milford, to connect
with the new road, was brought up.
While Mr.. Buck agreed that it would
be valuable asset to Milford, he
gave no definite promise that this
would be done. 1t is possible that
when the work is started this mat
ter will be brought to the attention
of the department.
An effort will be made immediate
ly to secure necessary rights of way
across the lands affected by the
new road. A permit to construct a
bridge across the Mispillion River
must be secured from the govern
ment before the work can he started.
For that reason it is more than
likely that it will be another year
at least before the roadway can be
laid.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
REQUIRE RETURNS FOR
INCOME OVER $1,000
Repeal Of The State Filing Fee
Does Not Stop The Making
Of Reports.

DESPITE the repeal of the law re-
ouiring payment of $500 filing fee
annually to the State School Tax
Department, the statute providing
for the income tax still makes it
necessary for every citizen or resi-
dent of Delaware who is twenty-one
years of age or over, or who is
minor with an income of $1,000 or
more. TO file a return showing COM
plete statement of income received
during the year 1927, it was pointed
out.
Section 6 of Article provides that
"eyery taxable shall make a return
upon the printed forms provided by
the Tax Department stating specifi-
cally the items of gross income, II
anv, the deductions and such other
facts as said Tax Department may
require. The return required by this
Section may be made for such per-
sons. when such person who shall
make oath that he has sufficient
knowledge of the affairs OF the tax
able for whom he makes the return
To make such return and that the re-
turn is true and correct; such per
sons so making a return for another
shall incur the penalties provided
for erroneous, false or fraudulent
returns. When such return, however,
is made by the taxable such taxable
shall certify to the truth and cor
rectness of such return, and should
such return or any part thereof
prove false or fraudulent such tax
able certifying as aforesaid shall in
cur the penalties provided for erro-
neous. false or fraudulent returns"
In addition to the provisions of
Section 6, requiring every taxable to
file a return, Section 1 of Article I,
defines the word taxable" to mean
ga natural person twenty-one years
of age or over who is a citizen or
resident of Delaware, or a minor
with a net income of $1,000 or more
who is d resident or citizen of Della
ware"
From these citations of the law it
is pointed out that all citizens and
residents are taxable" and that all
"taxables" must file returns on the
printed form provided by the Tax
Department. These forms are being
addressed for mailing to the entire
rCOntiEHe2 on page s
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
HEALTH CONDITIONS
GOOD In DELAWARE
Big Falling OF In Deaths From Ty-
phOid Fever and Diphtheria

According to figures compiled by
DR.. A. T. Davis, executive secretary
of the State Board of Health, Della
ware last year enjoyed the healthiest
year since statistics Of health mat
tiers have been kept. Particularly
noticeable was the reduction in the
number of deaths from typhoid few
er and diphtheria.
In the past three years the death
rate from typhoid fever has decreas-
ed $50 per cent. This, it is believed
is due to the careful inspection Of
wells and water supplies, the State
Board Of Health having had the CO.
operation of the owners Of the prop
critics, the public in general and the
physicians in this work. In 1925
there were rs deaths from typhoid
fever, in 1926 there were Is, and in
1927 but 10.
Attention is also given to the fall
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
STATE INCOME. TAXES
INCREASE $4,OOO,OOO

An increase of approximate
ly $4,000,000 in income tax
collections from Delaware in
1927, as compared with 1926 is
shown in comparative figures
announced by the Treasury
Department.
Corporation taxes collected
in the State in 1927 amounted
to $10,385,O92, as compared
with $8,7S8,55O in 1926.
An increase of approx
mately 100000 is shown in
individual income taxes col
lected last year as compared
with the previous year, the
Treasury Department figures
show.
The total amount of individ-
ual income taxes collected in
1927 amounted to $5,355,501,
as compared with S3,125,068 in
1926. The total collections for
corporation and individual
taxes during last year totaled
$15,740,594, as compared with
$11,913,619 in 1926.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
POSTMASTER SHORT
GUILTY; FINED $50
BridgeVille Man Convicted OF Extern
ding Credit For Postage Stamps

William P. Short, postmaster at
Bridgeville, was fined $50 by Judge
Morris in United States District
Court at Wilmington last Thursday
afternoon on a charge of extending
credit to patrons of his Office after a
jury in the case had returned YER
diets of guilty. Before the line was
imposed the jury returned two YER
diets.
The first verdict found Short
guilty of one of the three counts and
commended mercy. Judge Morris de-
clined to entertain this verdict, with
the two other counts pending, stat
ing it presented a legal paradox. The
Jury retired and returned shortly af-
forwards with a verdict of guilty in
these two counts.
The fine was then imposed. In
imposing sentence, Judge Norris
said that the offense itself did not
in his opinion, call for a maximum
penalty. And the recommendation Of
the jury, he added, further influence
ed him in imposing as light a sem
tence as was reasonable.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
MILFORD SCHOOLS
REVIEW YEARS WORK
Many Children Are Exempted
From Taking Mid Year Tests.
Interest In Consolidation.

The Milford Public Schools have
this week been engaged in review
work and examinations for the
grades including the entire high
school, sixth, seventh, eighth and
ninth grades, and part of the fifth
grade work. Results have been very
satisfactory to most of the students,
while small percentage have fall
en- back because of their lack of ap-
plication to diligent study, before
engaging in play or amusements in
and out of the school days. This al
ways happens and probably always
will happen in all schools.
The high school has had large
number exempt from having to take
examinations, because of the pass
ing marks they earned in the first
five months of the school year. A
list of these will be interesting to all
friends of public school education,
as well as to the parents and friends
of the pupils on the list; which is
printed below. Each students name
is following in paragraph with
the study in which they have earned
exemption from examinations.
Those who are exempt from the
following subjects in the mid-year
examinations are as follows:
High School
Marie Calhoun, Civics, Modern
Progress, Chemistry.
John Rosa, Civics, Commercial
Arithmetic.
Ruth Peet, Modern Progress.
Rollie Baker, Civics, Chemistry.
Mary French, Plane Geometry.
Annette Mettam, Chemistry.
Chester Coffin, Commercial Arith-
metic.
James Deputy, Civics.
Mills Wilkins, American History.
Clarence Welsh, American His
tory, Chemistry.
Evans Roberts, American History.
Mary Vineyard, Ancient History,
English I, Algebra I.
John Prettyman, Ancient History.
Dorothy Murphy, Ancient History,
English I, Commercial Arithmetic.
Pearl Cooper, Commercial Arith-
metlc.
Frances Hart, Commercial Arith-
metic, Latin II, Home Economics I.
Hilda Sockrider, Commercial |
Arithmetic.
Robert Daniels, Commercial |
Arithmetic.
Kathryn Morrison, Commercial |
CONTINUED on page IOl
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
WILL HOLD MEETINGS
TO FOSTER INTEREST
Series OF Gatherings Will Give In
formation To People

A series of mass meetings plan
ned to stimulate a greater interest
in public affairs, will be held
throughout Delaware in February
Towns in all three counties are re-
spending with enthusiasm to the Of
fer of the Delaware Citizens Asso-
citation to provide speakers for all
local committees requesting them
Lectures are being offered in three
subjects - Changing Delaware"
Delaware and It's People" and
adult Education in Delaware" All
initiative is being left to the local
committee.
Middletown will lead off with the
first meeting, in the New Century
Club house on January 31st. The To-
cal committee which includes Mrs.
Jesse L. Shepherd, Eugene Shall
cross, Mrs. W. D. Bradford, DR..
Warren S. P. Combs, Mrs. Leon
Buckson, Gilbert Nickel and Ben
iamin Vinton, of st. Georges, has
elected Mr.. Shallcross chairman to
preside at the meeting. Citizens OF
sixteen adjoining school DISTRICTS
through their Parent-Teacher Asso-
Citations, are being invited to help
make the occasion one of genuine
inspiration.
The Bridgeville committee, includ-
ing Harry L. Cannon, chairman, Mrs.
Lena Messick, Mrs. Fl. K. Wright
Miss Mae Belts, Norman Colllson'
VIM. B. Truitt, Oliver A. Newton
George W. Williams, Miss Bertha
welsh, J. ]. Allen, of Cannon, ana
Mrs. T. P. Rust, of Greenwood is
arranging a meeting in the Opera
House on February 3rd. DR.. Charles
L. Candee, of Wilmington, will be
the speaker.
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
DRAW JURORS FOR
KENT COUNTY COURTS
Grand Jurors From Tenth Are Err
nest Macklin And Howard Moore

Grand jurors to serve this year in
Kent county have been drawn by the
jury commissioners as follows:
First District-Robert Denny
Matthew V. Ford.
Second District-Wilbert ROwley
Howell Buckingham.
Third DISTRICT. Wesley Smith
Daniel F. Loose, Edward Ennis.
Fourth District-George S. Rod
way, Eugene Thomas.
Fifth Districts. Warren Hall,
Willard M. Hinkle, Frank L. Nc
Kee.
Sixth District-Harvey Donovan,
John B. Medford.
Seventh District-William f.
Richards, Thomas ~ Howell. A. M.
Thomas.
Eighth District - Elijah Melvin,
Walter J. Harrington.
Ninth District-Robert Ross, D.
Norman Hopkins, Wilbert H. Wro-
ten.
Tenth District - Ernest Macklin,
Howard R. Moore.
The following petit and additional
Jurors were also drawn.
Petit Jurors
First District Joseph G. Robin
CCcntinaed on page s.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
GIRLS RESERVE PLANS
WORK FOR NEW CLUB
Will Elect Delegate To Regional
Conference At Next Meeting

The Girls Reserve Club of the Y.
w. C. A., being organized in Milford
by Miss Martha Good, the rural dis
trict secretary of Delaware, held an
other enthusiastic meeting in the
school building on Monday after
noon. The following program COM
mittee was decided upon: Margaret
Beck, Elizabeth James, Agnes Hig-
man. Marie Calhoun. A name for the
club was the next subject under dis
cussion. and they were given their
choice of a number of interests for
the interest groups to be organized
a little later. They were asked to
think about their selection of a dele
cate for the regional conference,
Curing this week, and she will be
decided upon at the meeting next
Monday. About 20 girls and the
Misses Watson and Carter. the two
advisers, were present at this meet
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
TO CONTROL THE
U.S.. POTATO MARKET
TabuIatiOn Shows Farmers Body
Controls Market Of Sweets
And Whites.

Virtual control Of the white anC
sweet potato markets Of the United
States by farmers operating il
Northampton and Accomac counties
Virginia; Worcester, Somerset and
Wicomico counties, Maryland, anC
Sussex county, Delaware, is claimed
to be assured in 1928 as result Of
tabulation at Onley, Va, this week
which revealed that the owners OF
over eighty-five per cent Of the pota-
to acreage in that belt had been
placed under contract as members OF
the Eastern Shore Farmers Associ-
alton.
The associations membership in
cludes the growers and practically
all shipping and selling agents in
the counties of Accomac, Northamp-
ton, Worcester, Somerset, Wicomico
and Sussex, which last year placed
upon the nations markets $4,000 car
loads of Irish potatoes.
Association members and dealers
are bound by iron clad contract not
to sell their potatoes during the year
for a price less than the minimum
fixed by the organizations quotation
committee.
A board of managers whose mem
bership is selected from each of the
counties, selected three members to
comprise the quotation committee.
This committee takes into consider
alton all factors affecting the potato
market during the year, and daily
during the shipping season fixes the
minimum price at which potatoes
grown by the association members
shall be sold. Members are expelled
for violation of the association rules
and dealers forfeit bonds given to
the organization if they attempt to
sell below the quotations commit
tees figures.
After tabulating the acreage rep
resented in the membership con-
tracts, sponsors of the Cooperative
Association decided to inaugurate a
campaign to sign up the acreage 100
per cent. During the height of the
season the peninsula's potato belt
for more than a month supplies the
nations markets with at least sixty
per cent of its Irish potato volume.
The movement to organize was
first suggested by bankers who in
past years have held as frozen cred
it, papers issued by farmers in
financing their years seeding and
planting.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
NEWARK WINS BANKERS
CUP FOR CORN JUDGING
Newark Is First; BridgeVille Is Sec
Ond; Harrington Is Third

Y The results of the annual State
Corn Judging Contest held at Dover,
Friday, January 18th, in connection
with the annual State Corn Show
have lust been announced by the OIL
cial Judge, Prof. o. A. Pope, assist
ant agronomist of the University OF
Delaware.
The Newark High School agricul-
tural department placed first with a
total average of 1872; the Br1dgeVllle
High School agricultural department
second with total average Of 1884,
and the Harrington High School ag-
ricultural department third with a
total average of 74.S.
The Newark team coached by
Thomas Malin, was composed OF Vln-
cent Mayer, George Cook, and Alec
Zabenko; the Bridgeville team
coached by Lyle W. Mowlds, was
composed of VIM. Hastings, Edwin
McCauley and Leon McCauley; ana
the Harrington team, coached by
Willard Fitzgerald, consisted OF
Wayne Rawding, Brinton Holloway
and Lewis Baynard.
This cup, which was awarded IouT
wears ago by the Delaware state
Bankers Association, was won the
first year by the Seaford High
school: the year following by the
year by the Bridgeville High School.
one of the rules of the contest is
that the cup will be competed for
each year at the State Corn Show
and the school winning it three
times mot necessarily in success1on)
retains permanent possession OF the
Gun. Newark, winning the cup at
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Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
KENT AND SUSSEX
ODD FELLOWS WILL
MEET HERE TONIGHT
A Large Class Of Candidates Will
Be Installed By Well Drilled
Degree Team.
GRAND MASTERS VISIT
Official Visitation Of Grand Mas.
ter WagamOn Will Be Made To
Local Lodge Monday.

A meeting of more than passing
interest to members of the Odd Eel
lows Lodge will be held in the Com
munity Building at Milford this eve
ming, beginning at o'clock, when a
large class of candidates will be in
itiated into the mysteries of Odd Eel
lowship. The meeting is held under
the auspices of the Grand Lodge OF
Delaware, and candidates for admis-
sion will be present fror4 every
lodge in Kent and Sussex counties
These ceremonials are always inter-
esting and are usually largely at
tended by members of the order
within easy travelling distance of the
place in which they are held.
At the meeting this evening the
first and third degrees will be put on
by the crack degree team of Eden
Lodge, of Wilmington. This team
was the one chosen from all the
teams of the United States to exem-
nifty this work before the Sovereign
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows at
Jacksonville, Florida two years ago.
Their work is of an exceptionally
high character and is so impressive
that Odd Fellows make strenuous
efforts to see them when possible.
For the first time since starting in
citations, a degree team from down
state will appear before the Grand
Lodge, when the second degree will
be conferred by the degree team of
Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, of Mil
ford. The team is well drilled and
under the direction of Degree Cap
tain George A. Swain has shown
wonderful improvement.
Tonight's appearance of the Mil
ford boys will be their first at class
initiation, and their work will be
looked upon with interest by all
present. Dinner will be served the
degree teams at the building by the
Ladies Auxiliary of the Carlisle Fire
Company at o'clock.
An invitation has been issued to
every Odd Fellow who can possibly
attend to be present at the meeting
this evening, regardless of whether
he is a member of the Delaware jur-
isdiction or not The local commit
tee in charge of arrangements is
composed of George R. Bennett, W.
e. Manlove, James w. Cannon,
George Rodney and Willard Belts.
Next Monday evening Grand Mas
ter D. J. Wagamon and members of
his staff will make his official visit
to Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 10, of
Milford. These annual visitations
are usually very interesting for at
that time the general condition of
the order, both locally, throughout
the state, and nation is discussed.
While no announcement of the
speaker for the evening has been
made as yet, it is thought that one
of the members of the staff will be
selected. Following the ceremonies,
refreshments will be served.
Milford chronicle., 1928-01-27
BETTER PRICES FOR
SWEET POTATOES NOW
Peninsula Growers Who Held Their
Crop Are Finding Good Demand

Delaware sweet potatoes are go
ing to market in increasing num-
bers. The daily shipments by rail
have ranged from 20 to 35 carloads,
in addition to the sweets that have
gone forward to nearby markets by
motor trucks. Earlier in the winter
the shipments from Virginia have
halted the Delaware sales by those
who had put their potatoes in stor-
age waiting for a favorable oppor-
tunity to sell. But because Virginia
growers do not store their sweet po-
tatoes, it was necessary for them to
market them Immediately.
Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey
and Virginia furnish sc per cent Of
all the sweet potatoes grown in the
United States, Tennessee and Indi-
ana furnish others and there are a
few grown most everywhere the soil
is adaptable, but these four States
named provide the bulk Of the crop.
Last fall the New Jersey crop suf-
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