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Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

Chicken, is you layin' or is you
lyin'?" exclaimed Rastus as his one
hen poultry flock burst forth into
loud acclamations of alleged per
formance. That's an old joke, It's
true. but it suggests with graphic
good humor one of the basic princi-
ples of success in poultry raising.
Any poultryman who persistently
eliminates the liars from his flock
will increase his profits from the
flock to an almost unbelievable de-
gree.
The value of a regular, scientific
culling out of drones from a poultry
flock is vividly illustrated in the re-
suits of a survey conducted not long
ago by the College of Agriculture of
the University of Illinois and their
farm advisors. The average profit on
264 flocks averaging 161 hens each
was Sc cents per hen, but the aver
age on the best two-thirds was $2.2S
per hen. Of course, not all of the
least productive one-third deserved
to be eliminated, but there certainly
must have been an astomsh1ngly
large number that were getting food
and attention without giving an ade-
uuate return on what it cost to keep
them, Culling out and marketing
such hens can only result in de-
creased expense account and vast
ly increased average profit for each
hen remaining.
There is nothing difficult or mys-
terious about culling, nothing per-
son of average intelligence could
not learn in a short while. First of
all, start with the chicks as soon as
they are out of the shell. Any that
are obviously deformed should be
killed at once. Culling should be
made continuous process from that
time on.
At least once a month the grow
ing stock should be looked over and
the undesirables removed from the
flock. All thin, understood, scrawny, |
"crow headed" birds should be dis
carded. Such pullets will eat their
heads off, but will never leVelop in
to profitable layers, so you are bet
ter off without them than with them.
Further culling will be in order
when the young birds reach laying
age. Those that are backward in
should be discarded. Two
hundred days is fair age for a pull
let of the heavy breeds OF $50 to 165
lays of the light breeds to start lay
ng, but those taking much more
han that are unlikely to develop in
o good layers. {
For mature birds, the time Of the
nolt is an important indication of {
aging habits, although other factors ]
hould also be considered. Generally
peaking, hens that molt late in the
all are the best layers. The poor
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10
Georgetown

The town was deserted Friday as
most all the children and grown
people attended Field Day at Har.
rington.
There are twelve prisoners stop
ping with Sheriff Coy, at the county
Jail here, at the present time.
It is reported that water is flowing
freely in and out of the Indian Riv-
er Inlet. 1t is to be hoped that ii
will continue until it is entirely op-
ened up so all tides will flow in and
out as it did few years ago.
Register of Wills G. Vannie Mes
sick has issued the following letters
the past week:
On the estate of William M. Mas
sey, of Broadkiln hundred, to John
T. Carey.
On the estate of Willard F. Murray
Gf Deasssboro hundred, to Annie M.
Murray,
On tie estate of Joshua v. B. Muir
ray of Baltimore hundred, to Ira L.
Long, Catherine Brown and James
Murray.
Clerk of the Peace John S. Cooper
has the past week issued a marriage
license to Clarence Hurd of Milford
and Mary Thomas of Danville, Pa.
Howard ]. Cooke and family will
next week move to Rehoboth for the
summer and A. D. Sandidge will oc-
cupy Mr.. Cookies home on West
Market street, during his stay here
as manager of the new Ellendale-
Milton Highway that is being built.
Joseph G.. Green has purchased a
new Dodge car.
At their regular meeting on Tues
day night, Georgetown Castle No. 27,
Knights of Golden Eagle, entertain
ed several Grand Castle officers from
Wilmington. Eats were served and
an enjoyable time was spent.
" Miss Althea Smack and Robert
Kilpatrick were winners in local
flag contest in our high school. Each
will receive a gold medal at COM
mencement time. They Will also
compete in a national contest at
later date.
Freeman Johnson has new Pom
tiac car.
Earl johnson has accepted a po-
sition in the store of William Bras
ure on Market street.
Mrs. William q. Pusey of this town
Lad a cyst removed from beneath
her left eye on Tuesday.
Mrs. Catherine Walls, widow OF
M. B. Walls, quietly observed her
Goth birthday anniversary at her
home, corner Race and Pine streets,
last Tuesday.
The annual members meeting of
the M. P. Church, to elect a delegate
to attend the Maryland Conference
and to transact other business will
be held on Thursday, May 16. The
conference meets in June this year.
Raymond Hawkins of this town is
under medical treatment in the Bee
be Hospital at Lewes.
Mrs. George Bennum has returned
from Philadelphia where she was
under medical care of specialist
Misses Annie and Ida Marvel and
Mrs. Jennie Phillips who have been
spending the winter with their bro
ther, former Judge David 7. Marvel
in wilmington, have returned home
for the summer.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

Lorenzo c. Wingate, so years old
Pennsylvania Railroad employee, a
Seaford, while chopping wood at hi'
home was badly injured, when thu
sharp edge of the axe came down OF
his hand, cutting cash which DR.
Ira A. B. Allen closed with five
stitches there on Sunday. Mr.. Win
gate formerly resided in George
town.
After an illness of several weeks
Beniah w. Warren, aged 76 years,
months, and 10 days died early last
Monday morning at his home neal
Sand Hill. He for many years was q
resident of this town. He is surviv-
ed by his wife and one daughter
Mrs. Georgia Poynter of Wilmington
Funeral services were held Wednes-
day afternoon in the M. P. Church.
Revs. Hungerford, Bailey and Carr
officiating, and interment made in
the Union cemetery.
The annual election for members
of the Board of Education of George
town Special School District was
held in the school building Saturday
afternoon. There was no contest
and the present members, James M.
Tunnel, Julian Townsend and DR..
Jos. B. NAPLES, Jr., were reelected.
John L. Wilson, of this town, who
entered the employ of the Pennsyl-
vania Roalroad Company, May i,
1882, the last 18 years as fagman
at the Pine street crossing, was on
Tuesday placed upon the corpora
tons retired list, having rounded
out Al years of faithful service. He
is succeeded as flagman by Walter
M. Rogers.
Millard Murray, aged 73 years, re-
tired farmer and lumberman of
Gumboro hundred, died Thursday
afternoon of last week, after a long
illness, at his home near Godwin's
school house. He is survived by his
wife, two sons, Frank and Millard,
and one daughter, Mrs. Frank Camp
bell. Funeral services were held at
the home Sunday afternoon. Rev.
Moore officiating, and interment
made in Brotherhood cemetery at
Millsboro.
The Georgetown Town Council
has the, past week had several car
loads of cinders placed on the alleys
of this town, making them in fine
shape. With her streets and alleys
both in the good condition that they
now are Georgetown has the best
dirt streets of any town in the State.
Walter Bunding of Onancock, Va,
was the weekend guest Of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. d. Pittard, here.
William A. Long, Of Greenwood,
who has been tax receiver for Sus-
sex county for the past four years,
finished up his official business last
and passed the Office over
to his success, John S. Isaacs, of
Cedar Creek District, who has start
ed in with the following Office force:
Deputy, David H. Isaacs, of George
town; clerks, Misses Louise Hudson
Of Georgetown; Lille Cook of Lin
coin and Katherine Hamilton of
Harbeson. Mr.. Isaacs is rushing
things up ready for the spring col
ection. Mr.. Long and his deputy,
John c. Lank, of Milton, have the
axes collected closer than they ev-
II were in the history of the Office.
This was Mr.. Lank's second term as
leputy and he and Mr.. Long have
made many friends while in the tax
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

The firm of w. H. Stevens and
Company, oyster packers, have sold
their surplus oyster shells to the
Baltimore Shell Company, and they
are moving the shells to Baltimore
by boat.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

Mrs. Nayber-Your little Jimmie
is fine boy, Mrs. Stickleback. May
be he will get to be president when
he grows up.
Mrs. Stickleback-Oh, don't say
that don't want him to have any
such hard-working job as that.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

Editors Note-This is another STORY
ing written 10y the well known national
poultry authority. DR.. L. D.. LeGear.
Y. s., of st. Louis. The entire series
win appear in this paper. Our readers
are urged to read them care1uIly anu
clip them out for future reference.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10
ARTICLE
LAYERS OR LIARS?

Scientific Culling Out of DrOnes the
Key to Real Poultry Profits, Says
DIR. L. L. LeGear, v. s., OF ST.
Louis, Mo.
Milford chronicle., 1929-05-10

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
WOMEN OF LEGION
CONVENE FRIDAY
National Society Members
viii Be Received by
Mrs. Hoover.

Delegates from several States will
gather here Friday and Saturday to at
tend the annual meeting of the Danes
Of the Loyal Legion. The sessions will
be at the Willard Hotel.
The society will be received by Mrs.
Hoover at 10 o'clock Friday morning,
after which a short business session
will be held at the Willard, to be fol-
lowed by a luncheon. A pilgrimage to
the tomb of Gen. Nelson A. Miles,
former commander of the United States
Military Order of the Loyal Legion, in
Arlington National Cemetary, will be
made in the afternoon and wreath
will be left by the national society, after
which taps will be sounded by bugler
from the Army.
The banquet of the society will be
served in the Willard room of the Will
lard Friday evening, at which the
speakers will be Bishop James E. Free
man, Representative Ruth Hanna Nc
Cormick and Lieut.. Col. u. S. Grant,
3rd. Greetings will be extended by
Capt. A. l.. Woodford, national COM
mander of the District of Columbia
Commandery Military Order of the
Loyal Legion.
Saturday morning will be given over
to business meetings. In the after
noon reports from State presidents will
be read and plans for the future work
of the society discussed
The officers of the society are: Mrs
Wellington @. Hunt of Detroit, national
president; Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker
| first vice president; Mrs John r. Hoff-
man, junior vice president; Mrs
Charles Olney Cook, treasurer; Mrs
Annie L. Stilson, recorder; Mrs. .Isa-
bella M. Boniface, registrar; Mrs
Celia Miles Reber, chancellor, and Mrs
Edna Browning Ruby, historian.
The State presidents are: Illinois
Miss Laura Sexton; New York, Mrs
Jasper Cairns; Michigan, Miss Mary
Lacey; Pennsylvania, Mrs. Percy Y
Schelly: Minnesota, Mrs. NJ w. Yerxa
California, Mrs. H. G.. Matthewson;
| Ohio, Mrs. j. v. Cleaver; District OF
Columbia, Mrs. Virginia White Speel;
New Jersey, Mrs. Joseph Thomas; Indi.
ana, Mrs. Ella Cooper Earring; Massa.
| chusetts, Mrs. John j. Thomas; Con.
necticut, Mrs. F. c. H. Wendell, anc
Kansas, Mrs. Alice B. Metcalf, many ol
whom will be here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10

Mukden authorities have given up
their partial control of the Peking-
Mukden railway line to the Chinese
ministry of railways, and the head
quarters of the line have been re-
established at Tienstin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
ToDAY's ADJUSTMENTS.

NationaI-"The Bad Man." comedy,
at 2:20 and 800 pm.
Belasco- "Congai," with Helen Men
ken, at 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Poli's-"Ta Bouche," French musical
comedy, at 500 pm.
Strand-"Nite Life in Paris" bur-
lesque, at Ais and 8:15 pm.
Earle Sonny Boy" photoplay, at
1880 an, 1880, 2:25, 400, 6:06.
and 9:55 pm.
PaIace-"The Dummy" at 1880 am,
-2:10. 4:30. 7:45 and 1905 pm.
Fox--"Kid Gloves" from IL am. to
IL pm.
Little Theater--t'L Looping the Loop
from ] toll pm.
Metropolitan 1.-THE Divine Lady
Second week., at 1920 am, 100
800, 500, 7.20 and $40 pm.
Columbia Broadway Melody
(second week., at 1880 am, 1885, 8
$40, TO and $3.50 pm.
Ambassador The Rescue. at Cos
7::5O and 9:45 pm.
TiyoIi- STARK Mad" at 2:S0, 4:30
sos, 7:55 and Oils pm.
CentraI--sSal Of Singapore" at 1880
2, $3.50, s, $50. and $3.50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
20 STUDENTS TAKEN
BY POLICE IN RIOT
Philadelphia Traffic damned Dur
ing Melee, in Which Clubs, Stones
and Bottles Figure.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA, April 10-Twenty-
three University of Pennsylvania stu
dents were under arrest today on charges
OF melting to riot. In a general fight at
a street intersection near the dormi-
tories yesterday police used their night
sticks. The students met the charge
with barrage of stones and milk
bottles.
All the reserves from City Hall and
those from the West Philadelphia police
districts were called out to battle sew
eral hundred students.
I'VE hadn't had much fun for long
time" one of the arrested students re-
piled when asked what had caused the
disturbance.
Riot calls were sent out after the stu
dents had gathered at Thirty-seventh
and Spruce streets and assumed control
of the traffic lights. Owing to the man.
ner in which the lights were operated,
traffic was soon In q jam and a num-
Der Of accidents were narrowly averted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
WISCONSIN PLANNING
TO AMEND DRY LAW
Bill Before Legislature Transfers
Duty Of Licensing From State
Control to Local Units.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MADISON, Wis, April 10.-A bill to
take the State of Wisconsin out Of the
prohibition question and which would
turn the duties of licensing beverage
sales over to local units has started on
its way through the Legislature.
Senator Thomas Ducan of Milwaukee,
in introducing the bill yesterday, ex-
planned that it would repeal the Sever
son prohibition act (the repeal of which
was favored in a Statewide referendum
last week.; abolish the Office of pro-
hibition commissioner, and repeal the
appropriation to the State prohibition
department; give towns, villages and
cities power to license and regulate the
sale of intoxicating liquors and regulate
the conduct of intoxicated persons and
provide penalties.
Unless the rules are suspended, the
bill will probably be three weeks In
passing through the Legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
UNION HITS SALARY LIST.
Miners Reduce Officers Pay Fol
lowing Drop in Own Wages.

PEORIA, Ill, April 10 R).-The
biennial State convention of the Illinois
Miners Union has reduced the salaries
of Harry Fishwick, president; William j.
Sneed. vice president, and Walter Nesbit,
secretary in accordance with
the reduced wages accepted by the
miners in the Chicago contract nego-
tiated last September.
President Fishwick's salary was re-
duced by the convention yesterday from
was cut from $395.50 to $359.1O, and
Sneed's was trimmed from $367.20 to
$330.80. All other officers and field
workers of the organization were given
a similar reduction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
WOMAN SUES DISTRICT.
Louise Langdon Asks $40, 900 for
Fall on Sidewalk.

Suit for $4,000 damages for alleged
personal injuries was filed in the Dis
trict Supreme Court yesterday by Louise
Langdon, Twenty-sixth street northeast,
against the District Government in fall
ing to keep the sidewalks in proper
condition for pedestrians.
Through Attorneys william E. Leahy
and Eugene Sullivan, the plaintiff al
leges that surface waters had flowed
over the sidewalks in the neighborhood
Of her residence. causing them to be
slippery and unsafe. She was seriously
injured by slipping and falling on the
sidewalk, she tells the court.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-10
$4,000 SUIT FILED.
widow Sues W., r. & Z. for Death
Of Husband.

Suit for $4,000 against the Washing
ton Railway g. Electric Co., growing out
of the death last April IA Of James j.
Mcintyre, was filed yesterday in the
District Supreme Court by Mary z. Nc
Intyre. Administrative of the deceased's
estate.
She tells the court. through Attor-
neys Julius G. Martin and Claude A.
passing street car and was thrown to
the ground and killed. She charges
the street car company with failure to
keep the loading platform in repair.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
GREATER CAR SALES
This JULY Than LAST
Total 2e4 Higher, While 1929
So Far Has Exceeded Same
Period in 1923 by 4,471

Purchases Of new automobiles in
North Dakota during the month of
July exceed by 2Sa Ears those for
the Sine meath a year ago, accor.-
ing to figures compiled by a local
business service firm. During tho
past month, 2,279 cars were sold AS
compared to 1895 in July 1923.
Truck sales also s">-- an increase
over a year ago, 3O1 being sold in
July as cor. AIRED to cS7 in that
month a year ago.
For the first seven months of 1929
passenger car sales exceed those for
the same period a year ago by 4,471,
tie figures being 1921 and 1890,
respectively. Trucks sales show a
greater gain for the same period,
1878 being sold during the first sew
en- months Of this year and 1,4O4 for
the same period last year.
Cass county leads in purchase Of
both passenger cars and trucks with
1914 and 10, respectively. Other lead
ing counties follow: Ward, 149 pas
senger cars and IL trucks; Grand
Forks, les and ID; Williams, 50 and
l.; St.rk, SO and y; Stutsma.,, ~
and 10; B. Ugh, IS and Ia; Barnes,
60 and II; Hettinger, 60 and 10;
Ramsey, so and IL; Bottineau, So
and IL: Mclean, 81 and Ia and Nor.
ton, Sc and 9.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
HIGH winds FAIL
ODAMPEN ARDOR
AT FORT LINCOLN
Boys at c. N. T. c. Will Hold
First Formal Drill at 4:3O
This Afternoon

The high wind Of Sunday after
noon caused some discomfort to the
boys due to the great clouds Of dust
which rolled through the camp. The
appearance of what looked like q
small twister to the south Of camp
caused a rush for axes and mauls to
secure already badly loosened tent
pins. Rain at about four o'clock
cleared the air and the boys oil
.heered "dustily."
The first Sunday dinner caused
much favorable comment among the
boys and officers alike. A real meal
and plenty Of it. The menu fol-
lows:
Roast pork, apple sauce, mashed
p .atoes, Spanish gravy. creamed
peas, buttered carrots, lettuce salad,
coffee, lemonade, bread, butter, ap-
pie pie, ice
Two hundred fifty-one were ac-
copied for camp up to midnight
August i. Arrival of applicants
appeared to cease about noon on
Sunday. Transfers were made on
Sunday afternoon to equalize the
size of the companies. This morning
found shifts, all made, and the boys
settled down.
The youngsters will appear in
their first formal evening parade at
1880 today on the main parade
ground at the fort.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
Gulls Aid Farmers
In Combating Mice

Salt Lake City. Sea gulls,
whose historic attack on grasshoppers
that we're destroying the crops OF the
Mormon pioneers is commemorated
IN a monument in the Temple square
here. again have come to the aid Of
the farmers Of this region.
This time. field mice in the vicinity
OF the American Falls reservoir on
the Snake river in southern Idaho are
the prey Of the great white birds.
A. E. McClymounds. s~uperintend-
cnt Of the agricultural experiment
station at Aberdeen, Ida. has discov-
cred that the gulls. which have taken
up their homes in increasing numbers
on the artificial lake there. are de-
veloping an appetite for the field
pests.
The birds. which nest in immense
flocks on the islands OF Great Salt
lake, may be seen each spring far in
land. closely following farmers and
loraging newly plowed fields for bugs
and worms.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
DURESS AND FEAR IS
DR. SHOCKS DEFENSE
Confession Made by ousted
Professor Not Valid, Is
Plea of Defendant

Courtroom. Columbus, Ohio. Aug.
5.-(AP)-Thc defense in the muir
der trial Of Dr.. James H. Shook
launched it's attack today on the
confession made bv DR.. Shook last
June 20 that he killed Theora X. Hix,
"a year old Ohio state coed.
The defense move came when the
state put w. c. Howclls, Cleveland
Plain Dealer reporter, on the stand
to testify as to an interview with
the busted professor the night after
he confessed.
Immediately f. O. Ricketts, Of de-
Tense counsel was IN his feet pro-
testing against the admissions made
by DR.. Shook on the grounds that
they were obtained under duress.
"The confession was not vo,un-
tary," he said 1.-THE party (mean-
ing lose at the int ~view) WIS or
ganized by the prosecutor because
he was afraid of the validity of the
confession. DR.. Shook was acting
on advice volunteered by those pres
ent. He was denied counsel and the
effect Of the confession was mis-
represented to him. t. was obtained
through duress and fear"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
WEEK ENDS DEATH
TOTAL STANDS ATT %
Automobile Accidents Lead List
With IS Fatalities; Seven
Are Drowned

Chicago, Aug. 5.-(AP)-The
wcck-cnd's death toll in the middle
west today stood at % with many
others recovering from injuries.
Automobile accidents, with Is
deaths, led the list. Drownings were
second with seven teaths, and one
fatality was caused ~ farm NJ him
cry.
Four drownings and seven auto
mobile fatalities were reported in
Wisconsin and northern Michigan.
Illinois had three tvownings, three
automobile fatalities, and one death
attributable indirectly to an automo-
bile accident. Nebraska reported
three deaths from motor accidents.
Two were killed in st. Paul.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
BALL PLAYER FACES
CHARGE OF MURDER
Red Crane Shoots Man and Girl
in Sittingroom Of Hotel,
Gives Self Up

Harrisburg. Pa, Aug. 5.-(AP)-
Samuel Red" Crane, 81, Of this
city, major and minor league base
ball player whose diamond career
has carried him into all sections Of
the country, was in Jail here today
awaiting the formal lodgin~ Of .
murder charge against him.
Crane surrendered to local police
Yesterday and was held in onncc
ton with the staying of Jack Oren,
%, of this city, and the serious
wounding Of Miss Della Lyter, 26,
also Of this city, in a hotel sitting
room here Saturday night.
According to police. Crane shot
Oren and the girl while under the
influence Of liquor. Two hours aft
err the shooting Crane went to 10
lice headquarters and surrendered
with the explanation, "Iim told l
shot a man."
No statement was forthcoming
from Crane himself and police an
nounced they had deferred question
ing him until later today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-08-05
Rookie Flyer Still Feels in Air After
Taking to Pullman Berth on Train

New York-R-Officials Of the
Pullman Company probably would be
surprised to learn that their sleepers
on one division of the Santa Fe are
going off nights, lik; witches, to fly
through the blaokness Of the night.
At least. testimony that the cars
are doing this could be obtained from
some Of the novices who have made
the transcontinental air-rail journey
on the line laid out by Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh.
On that line a night on the Santa
Fe. going either east or west. follows
q full day in the air. A first flight
Of short duration may give thrills
but q prolonged flight has the effect
on the novice OF making hts mind
think he Is still flying after he is
back on earth. just as a person long
at sea walks with a rolling gait even
after landing.
A recent passenger from California
on the plane-train line. who had
never flown before. completed his
first day in the air. to Clovis, N. M,
with such complete lack of discom-