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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
HIGH AND Low PITCH MEN,
HULA DANCERS, IN "BARKER'

"The Barker" Milton Sills' new
picture from First National, which
comes to the Plaza Theatre next
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, is
story of the lives of carnival folk,
freaks, hula dancers, high and low
pitch men and the like. Among
these is one character called Sailor
West, played by John Irwin.
Irwin has been a sailor, was born
at sea-in fact, played the same
role in the stage play of "The
Barker" 1t is supposed to run
the tattooing concession and to be,
himself, an individual like the one
in the old comic opera
"He was a human picture gallery
Such a spectacular gent"
But as a matter offact he hasn't
a tattoo mark on him. His father
wouldn't let him be thus decorated,
he asserts.
However, he may now, with his
artificial mural decorations, emulate
the same old-timer of whom it was
sung
Its all very true-you can beat
a tattoo
But you can't beat tattooed man."
Dorothy Mackaill is co-starred in
the picture, which is a George Fitz-
maurice special production.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
Blanchards Station

Mr.. and Mrs. Merit Stringer and
son of Philadelphia and Mr.. and
Mrs. L. H. Thomas and son from
Hobbs, Md, have been recent guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Edgell and
son.
Those elected to attend the P. T.
A. Convention at Dover on Saturday
last to represent Fishers school,
were Mrs. Howard Todd from Todds
Chapel and Miss Mary Galloway,
Mrs. Gootie Brown and the teacher,
Mrs. DIVA O'Bier from Blanchards.
We are sorry to report S. F. Col
lison as being on the sick list dur
ing the past week.
Mrs. M. E. Russell visited her
grandmother last Thursday who is
quite ill at the home of a daughter
in Dover.
Mrs. Della Russell attended ban
quet last Friday evening given to the
ladies order of the P. o. S. of A. at
SWANS Hotel in Harrington.
We are glad to note that Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Isaacs' little son, Emer-
son, Of near Greenwood, is at home
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
GROW HEALTHY
CHICK CAMPAIGN

Each of the four hundred poultry
raisers in Kent county received
from the office of County Agent Rus
sell E. Wilson, last week, copy of
Instruction Letter No. 3, which was
prepared by H. S. Palmer, Extension
Poultryman of the University of
Delaware, under whose direction
the -Healthy-C Chick campaign
is being conducted again this year
on statewide basis.
One of the main points discussed
i'll this letter included the import
ance of providing perches for the
young chicks in order to get them
up out of the drafts, manure and
dampness of the floors, and to stop
them from crowding together at
night becoming trampled and
overheated.
The lighting of brooder houses at
night to prevent crowding, chilling
and overheating among the chicks
is also an essential factor to be
considered by those poultrymen
who are equipped to use lights.
Some poultry raisers contend that
lights have caused their chicks to
eat too much, and make such rapid
growth that they are more suscep-
tible to diseases, but this trouble is
more likely to occur where rather
bright lights are used. The activity
of the chicks depends upon the
amount of light, for under very
bright lights, they will eat, drink
and scratch and sleep about the
same as they do during the day.
With dim lights, few of the chicks
will go back and forth to the feed
and water, but the majority of them
will be found spread out around the
hover.
In regard to the Importance of
clean ground, the records obtained
from a large number of farms last
year showed that those poultry
raisers who followed this practice
had a lower chick mortality rate
than those who did not The easiest
way to provide clean ground and
green food is to use movable brooder
houses and to move them yearly to
fresh field of alfalfa or clover.
In connection with this campaign
for better and healthier chicks, the
poultry raisers also received through
the mail letter which DR.. Frank
Hare, pathologist of the State Board
of Agriculture, prepared on the sub
ject of coccidiosis control, in which
he listed ten points to be given care
full consideration in the treatment
of this disease.
Another item of interest to every
poultry farmer in the state is the
warning which has been issued by
w. T. Derickson, director of the
Bureau of Markets of the State
Board of Agriculture, in regard to
the shipping, or extending of credit,
to unknown buyers or dealers. Many
poultrymen have lost money by SELL
ing their produce to unknown deal
ers, and this word of caution is for
the protection of the poultry raisers
against these INSCRIPTIONS prac-
tices.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
SUSSEX POST, NO. s
AMERICAN LEGION NOTES

Sussex Post, No. s, meets the first
Monday night of the month. Mark
your calendar for May 9Th, the next
meeting night, and let nothing keep
you away. We are having some fine
meetings and you are missing some
thing by not being present.
How to kill your post-Never ac-
cept an Office. Nevertheless get sore
if you are not appointed on a COM
mittee, but if you are, do not attend
committee meetings. If asked by
the chairman to give your opinion
regarding some important matter.
tell him you have nothing to say.
After the meeting tell everyone
how things ought to be done.
COmrade Fisher reported that the
flags for the legion ambulance which
the nurses of the Beebe Hospital
will present to the post will be here
by next meeting night.
Echoes from the special meeting.
Congressman Houston is not only
a speaking congressman but sing
ing congressman. Comrade Dona-
hoe surely makes a good song lead
6T. EN6TyOu6 S06u16u W SllJOy tu6Iu-
selves. Speeches surely were snap
py and to the point. Comrade Fish
Ell remarked that having the Auxil-
iary. with us added much to the oc-
casion. Comrade Waller remarked
that they surely knew how to make
good ice cream in Sussex county.
Comrade Clendaniel did not forget
this meeting. Our guest, Harold w.
T. Purnell, seemed to know more
about our constitution than we did.
The Ladies' Auxiliary will sell the
poppies for Memorial Day this year,
as they did last. Lend them your
support. They have nine members
signed up for 1929. Does your wife,
sister or mother belong? If not,
why not? The Auxiliary is doing a
big work in rehabilitation and they
need support.
Several donations have been re-
ceived for services rendered by the
legion ambulance. We acknowledge
them with thanks.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
RESEARCH In INDUSTRY

The best modern industry is based
on the idea of research into bust
ness facts. A business expert re-
Gently said, there is no plant so
small as not to have at least one
man studying facts"
Modern industry is based ON the
facts of popular demand, of the
best production and distribution
methods. For instance, if the man
of limited trade experience attempts
to open a retail store, he would be
likely to locate his place of business
according to hasty personal guess.
He would estimate in a general way
that a certain location was the
best place, and base his venture on
that estimate.
But if a well-managed corporation
was to locate that store, it would
study such a situation more care
fully. In some such cases, it would
station a man on the sidewalk to see
how many people pass a certain To-
cation in a given time. Having
compared such figures for number
of locations, it would have some
absolute facts on wuhich to base
the choice that should be made for
location for that store.
Many concerns are carrying on
lines of business that net them a
loss. They are like the .old-fash-
ioned farmer, who will often keep
COWS whose milk production is less
than the cost for feed and care.
The modern business analyses each.
element of it's service, and if some
factor is losing money, the leak is
discovered. The small concerns
managers must have some plan for
studying it's costs and profits and
losses, and determining where the
gains are made, and how they can
be increased and the losses avoided.
Some of the business concerns of
Delaware are suffering because they
are in the hands of older men who
conduct them in less scientific
manner. They need younger men in
the management, trained to the
study of facts, and the reorganiza-
ton of business on the results of
such research.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
MILFORD, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1929
PROMPT JUSTICE

The first emphasis in the inaug-
ural address of President Hoover,
was given to the necessity of rigid
and expeditions justice. He felt
that the greatest danger threatening
the country today is the disobedience
of law, and he said that crime is
increasing and confidence in rigid
and speedy justice is decreasing.
The founders of our government
had suffered so much from the op-
presions of foreign king, that free
dom from tyranny seemed the most
vital thing in forming new govern
ment. Consequently, they threw
about the individual citizen all kinds
of safeguards which would protect
him in all possible situations.
But as the years have gone on,
these projections have been taken
advantage of by the criminal ele-
ment, and they are made use of to
prevent the law from visiting just
punishment on wrong-doers. We
have not merely preserved freedom
to the good citizen, but we make it
difficult to restrain the bad one.
The bar associations and the law
yers often point out that many of
our legal customs have been out
grown, but it is difficult to arouse
the people to the need of new legis-
lation on this subject. If we are to
put down crime, we must provide
some more direct and prompt meth
DDS of proceeding against the Grim
inals. -
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
KENT 2. T. A. NOTES

| The March meeting of Harrington
was very interesting one. The
topic for the month was discussed
and enjoyed. No April meeting will
be held so the final business of the
year was attended to and officers
elected for 1929-30.
The P. T. A. of Oak Grove, No. 49,
met March 26. A business meeting
was held after which an Easter pro-
gram was rendered by the children.
Extracts from the months program
were read. A display of antiques,
clothing and furniture wets very in
teresting. Delegates were elected
to attend State Convention.
The March meeting of Cowgill's
P. T. A. was held on the 26th. The
topic of the month was presented
by Mrs. Bedford Roe Jr. They had
a valuable display of antique ar
ticles such as quilts, spinning
Wheel Bible, albums, pictures,
chairs, dresses, etc. A play called
"The Dressing Gown" was given by
the younger set.
The following delegates were elect
ed to attend the convention: John
Tarburton, president; Mrs. Bedford
Roe, Jr., Mrs. Homer Moore, Mrs.
Frank Lafferty, Mrs. John Carson.
About seventy were present and
enjoyed a social hour. The next
meeting will be held the last of
April.
The last meeting of Little Creek
P. T. A. was held April 10th. The
subject for the month-Geography-
was discussed by Mr. Moore. A pa
per on Child Study was also read.
The following delegates were ap-
pointed to attend the State Conven-
ton: Mrs. Samuel Richardson, Mr.
and Mrs. Moore and Miss Dunton.
Potash P. T. A. met March 2Sth.
Children gave an Easter program.
They had an art exhibit of antiques,
Indian and African relics of much
historical value. Mrs. George Mac
Lellab and Mrs. Eugene Wander
wende were elected delegates to the
State Convention.
The teacher gave an Easter treat
to the children and parents.
Cedar Grove District, No. 62, held
its last meeting April 10th. The
president, Mrs. Anna Edwards, ex-
planned the topic of the month. The
children and adults gave a very
interesting program. In spite of
weather and bad roads the monthly |
meetings have been held.
The Woodside Colored Community |
Club met April 10th. The teaching |
If Geography was discussed and |
by the teacher and
Ter pupils. 95 per cent of the mem
,ers were present. They expect to
lave a large delegation at the State
The Lockwood Community League
net April 9th. The message on
geography was discussed and ex-
,lained by the teacher, after which
demonstration lesson on Switzer-
and wash given by the fifth grade.
The pictures for the March meeting
Tere distributed for observation
nd much enjoyed. Refreshments
Tere served. |,
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

Mrs. w. w. Sharp and Miss Caro-
line Sharp are spending week
with relatives at Suffolk, Va.
nj. e. Church Notes
Rev. e. H. Collins observed his
35th anniversary on entering the
ministry. He enjoyed a happy day
preaching his first sermon on his
return to this charge to begin the
sixth year. He began as a junior
preacher under Rev. ]. d. Reese,
then at Crapo, Md. He began in
April, 1894, having eight churches.
Rev. Reese was present and made
the opening prayer and gave a
short address.
$50 A. M.-Class Meeting, led by
A D. McCabe.
10 A. M.-Church School in all de-
partments. H. j. Ramsdall, super
intendent. Offering last Sunday over
$6S, on new building.
IL A. M.-Preaching by the pastor.
Subject, "The Christian Runner and
his Observers" Text, Heb. 1871.
GAS P. M.-Epworth League. De-
votional meeting. Leader, John
Manship and Willard West.
7.30 p. M.-The Peoples Popular
Praise and Gospel Service.
ANNA K. GREGORIUS, ChlrOpractOr
204 East Front Street, Milford
m22-tf Phone 157
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
Houston

Church news for Sunday, April 21
Sunday School at $50 A NJ, H.
r. Moore, superintendent; preaching
1890 by the new minister, Rev
Buckson. Epworth League 6.45 and
preaching at 7.3O.
Mrs. Henry Sapp and new baby
Donald returned home from the
Emergency Hospital last Thursday
The stork visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Andrew Purcell last week
and left them another fine daughter
to be called Gertrude.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nutter Marvel and
Mr.. and Mrs. Merrill Thistlewood
motored to Wilmington on Sunday
to consult with DR.. J. j. Jones
about Mr.. Marvel's health. He has
been suffering for the past six
weeks with stomach disorder and
DR.. Jones thinks he can be cured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph L. Marvel
entertained the following guests
last Sunday: Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar
| MCGEE, Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Adkins,
of Wilmington, and Samuel Hill,
wife and children, oliver, Helena
and Marie, from Laurel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emory Webb and
grandmother, Mrs. George w. john
son, spent the weekend with Mr..
and Mrs. James w. Johnson, at Sell
byville.
Mrs. A. G.. Burris was taken to
Marshall Hospital on Saturday night
suffering with an attack of appendi-
citis, but at this writing it is thought
that an operation will not be neces-
sary.
Club Notes
The Houston New Century Club
met at the home of Mrs. Emmett
Harrington on Wednesday afternoon
and despite the very inclement
weather a goodly number were
present. The meeting was opened
by the president, Mrs. H. ]. Thistle
wood, reading the club collect, and
then there was a song by the club.
Some business letters were read
and discussed, after which the
president gave a report on the club
luncheon she attended at Laurel,
which she made very interesting.
After the business session the meet
ing was turned over to Mrs. Her |
rington, chairman of the day, and as |
Gardens" was the subject she had |
a very interesting and instructive |
and furnished some valu-
able information about gardens and |
flowers. She also had several inter-
esting flower contests. At the COIL
clusion of the program the hostess
served an abundance of refresh
ments and every one indulged in
general good time.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
EGGS FOR THE WORKING MAN

! The Delaware State Poultry ASsO-
citation at meeting Of its executive
committee held at Milford last Fri
day evening authorized its educa-
tional committee to purchase 500
National Egg Week posters from the
! National Poultry Council at cost
of $25.00 These posters will be dis
played in grocery stores, restaur-
ants, hotels and other food dispens-
ing places throughout the State dur
ing the week of May 1 to z, which
has been designated as National Egg
Week.
The purpose of these annual egg
week celebrations is to call atten-
ton to the value of eggs in the diet
and to increase the consumption of
eggs during the spring months of
high production and low prices.
What is there of interest to the
working man in National Egg
Week?" is a question recently asked
Miss Pearl Macdonald, nutrition
specialist of the University of Della
ware.
Eggs for Health has very def
mite interest for the working man" /"
replies Miss Macdonald, both from
the nutritive and the economic stand
point. The daily physical work
causes a certain amount of wear and
tear in the muscle and other tissues
of the body just as there is wear and
tear in the operation of an automo-
bile or any other machine.
This daily wear and tear on' the
tissues must be made good through
the food supply. Naturally, when a
person takes his automobile to the
garage for repairs, he does not want
the mechanic to put in cheap or low
grade parts. If his car is to render
the best service, worn parts must be
replaced with those of the best
quality. Just so with the body ma
chine, foods eaten must supply ma
terials of excellent quality in pro-
teins for repairing and maintaining
muscle tissue; in mineral matter
Especially lime, phosphorus and
iron) for helping to regulate the
work of the body and keeping it in
condition; Vitamins for maintaining
the general well-being.
Eggs answer these requirements
and rank next to milk in the quality
of proteins, minerals and vitamins,
Except in amount of vitamin G..
Tradition and dietary habits have
fixed in the minds of people the be-
lief that meat is the food that gives
strength to the worker. The protein
of meat is of good quality, but mus
Gle meat is deficient in lime partic-
ularly and in vitamins except that it
has some Yitamin B.
Meat is always one of the most
expensive items in the food budget
of the working mans family. There
fore, both from the economic stand
point and from the point of view of
quality in nutritive value" con-
cludes Miss Macdonald, "the work.
ing man may very well alter his di-
etary habits by using less meat. Au-
thorities agree that meat once a day
is sufficient. Gas a rule people
should also use less sweets as we'll
as less meatl. An adequate diet is
one which furnishes plenty of milk
Zone to two pints per day for the
adult, eggs Zone or two a day., |
cheese, fruits and vegetables (al- :.
ways with some fresh fruit and veg
etables, and some of the leafy veg
etables), and grain products
(breadstuffs and breakfast foods)."
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

and doing as well as expected after
very serious operation in the Mar
shall Hospital in Milford.
Homer Kratz from Kennett Square
was weekend guest of relatives
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Silas Layton from
Goldsboro, spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Carlton Layton.
We can note Robert Priestley this
week as being improved enough to.
leave his bed a few days ago, after
being confined for three weeks. His
trouble is from general disability
owing to age.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Zott and son
spent Sunday evening with Mr.. and
Mrs. F. H. Zott and family.
II takna two IN maka q hoOfIoppar
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

Customer-These socks came from
your store, but they aren't worth a
darn. They went through the very
first day 1 wore them.
Haberdasher- Great Scott, you
didn't put them on and wear them,
did you? They weren't intended to
be worn. They were designed sole
ly for Christmas presents.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
Staytonsvine

We are still doing business through
all kinds of weather. In spite of the
threatening storm last Sunday night
we had fine gathering Of both
young and old people. The young
folks did fine with their topic. Your
time will be well spent If spent here
evening. Endeavor at 1880.
at 8 o'clock.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
FOOD PRICES


to the householder when he goes
down town in Milford and finds that
some staple article of foods is sell
ing for about half its usual cost
But he does not always stop to
think how much trouble those low
prices mean for the growers.
Take potatoes, for instance. AS
the result of an abundant crop last
year, prices have generally ruled
low. The family that gets a peck of
potatoes for the prices prevailing
this year, have got a lot of food val
ue for very little money.
But looking at it from the view
point of the producer, it is hard to
see how the farmers who raised
those potatoes are going to get by.
1t does not seem possible that any
money can be made on them at such
prices, and it is more likely that
the growers failed to get a new
dollar back for an old one.
The inevitable result is in such
"a case, that farmers cut down their
acreage planted to such a crop. The
dispatches already tell us that this
spring the farmers of Minnesota
and Wisconsin are planting about Is
per cent less to potatoes, those of
North Carolina 80 per cent less,
and those of idaho 23 per cent less.
Now if that proportion should pre-
vail all over the country, and if the
weather of the coming summer
should be unfavorable to potatoes,
we might very easily have almost a
crop disaster. The crop could be
so short that prices would probably
be three or four times what they
have been lately.
The government should spend
money freely ON perfecting its crop
reporting system, so that farmers
shall know at any given time what
conditions are in any such market.
Then if it seemed that an inadequate
acreage of any staple was being
planted, additional amounts would
be started. Both producers and
consumers fare best where the crops
and prices keep along ON fairly |
level basis.
1T is NOT an easy proposition to
as to what is extrava-
giant expenditure for clothing. Some
people are SO harassed by poverty
or by family burdens, that they are
forced to serimp and save in every
possible way.
The average run of people, how
ever, do not gain anything by ap-
pearing shabby. 1t is human nature
20 judge people by their clothes. If
you have business relations with
people whose garments are worn
Ind soiled, it looks as if they had
lot been much of a success finan-
tally, or else were negligent in
heir ways. OF course, many very {
people are forced to do
ough and dirty work, and their
lothes have to fit their work. But !
fter their hours of labor are over,
hey can clean up and dress up s
ike the rest of us. When people l
re neatly and correctly dressed, it /,
dds to their self respect and power l
D accomplish things. l
But it is never good business for t
eople to spend so much for dress
hat they can't save money. That .
curse is the path to debt and fail i
re, and people who take it get into Il
ificulties which prevent them from
pending even an adequate amount =
)r clothing. r
Do@
THE FUTURE of community de- e
ends not upon what it is, but on Il
hat its people believe it can be- -
0me. Z
NO DOUBT the roads ought to be A
nproVed, but people will travel E
Ter pretty rough ones to reach well 6
lVertised bargain sales. q
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

No idea is worth much runless a
frst-class man is back of it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
&2O0R
MOTHERS DAY

Mothers Day May 18th. All over
the nation and perhaps in many
other places, that terrestrial saint
will become the object of mems ho-
mage and veneration.
There is a dispute in progress as
to who originated the idea. For the
rest of us that is unimportant. But
it is easy to understand why any
person responsible for so inspiring
a thought should cherish the credit
for it and yet nothing could be more
unlike a mother than to squabble
about whose was the credit.
One need only consult ones own
experiences and seek in vain to re-
call single instance when mother
sought credit for the service and
love she bore her kin. The home
may have looked especially tidy,
the meal may have been unusually
tasty, the covers might have been
tucked with especial care, the sick
room may have been comforted by
her almost divine presence, yet not
in a single instance did she claim
credit for it. Mothers find their
satisfaction in something else.
1t will be an odd son and daugh-
ter who permit Sunday to pass with
out some message, some greeting to
the living mother or without some
love-tinctured remembrance or tri-
butte to the mother dead. From the
motherless everywhere to the moth
cred child anywhere goes the coun-
sci to dedicate Sunday to her honor
and her service.