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Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
HIGH HONOR FOR THE
CHRONICLE

Our contemporary, the Milford
Chronicle, recently achieved the
high honor of being selected as one
of the eleven best weekly newspa-
pers in the country, in fact one of
the three best.
The decision was made after the
style of selecting an All-American
Football Team, the newspapers be-
ing called the All-American news
paper team for 1928. This Allan
erican country newspaper eleven
was named by Professor John H.
Casey, country newspaper specialist,
of the University of Oklahoma.
Colonel Townsend, with the
Chronicle, is picked as the center of
the eleven, one of the three of the
highest standing around which the
team is constructed, the professor
declares.
The center is a very. important
and pivotal post in a football eleven,
a position where something is going
on all the time. The Townsends of
the Chronicle always have been ca
pable and up and doing. The center
position fits them admirably. We
congratulate the Chronicle on bring
ing this fine honor to the State
Wilmington Morning News.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
RUNNING BIRDS BUILDING
MATERIALS UNCOVER ARTI-
FICIAL COTTON SUPPLY

A scientist in his wanderings in
British Guiana observed humming
birds constructing nests with a
Strengthening material. A thor
ough investigation of the apparent
ly insignificant stuff the bird wove
into its nest has led to the discovery
of a hardy plant that will grow as
far north as the Scandinavian coun-
tries, and will become a substitute
for cotton.
The English scientist saw a hum
ming bird strip the bark from the
stem of common weed in Guiana,
extract the stringy interior, dip the
substance in pool of water and
work it into his nest. Nine years
after the bird showed where to OBJ
tain the fibre, commercial produc-
ton of the plant was undertaken
last year in England, where it is
expected the 1929 crop will be A.
100000 pounds.
Almost any soil is suitable for
growing the plant, even the infer
tile clay soils of England. 1t takes
four months to rear a crop, two
hours to remove it from the stem
and treat it chemically, preparatory
to sending it to the spinning mill.
Harvesting labor is cheaper than for
cotton, and the boil weevil and SIM,
liar pests do not attack the weed.
Investigations are being conducted
in fertilizing the plant and cult
waiting it to improve the quality of
the fibres.-Better Crops Magazine.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
A TRIBUTE TO MAIN STREET
By Herbert Hoover

In an address delivered al. Eliza
bethton, Tennessee, October 6, 1928
Herbert Hoover paid the following
tribute to Main Street in referring to
the opportunity given him for SER
vice to the South following the Mis-
sissippi floor disaster:
I, with other Americans, have per-
haps unduly resented the stream of
criticism of American life, the sta
ture and character of our people.
More particularly have I resented
the sneers at Main Street. For I
know that in the cottages that lay
behind the street rested the strength
of our national character. When it
came to the organization necessary
to meet that great catastrophe the
pressure of time along made it nee
essary to rely wholly upon the lead
ership, intelligence, the devotion, the
sense Of integrity and service Of
hundreds of towns and villages on
the border of the flood. 1t was they
who must undertake the instant
work of rescue, the building Of gi-
gantic camps, the care Of children,
the provision of food, the protection
of health of three-quarters Of mil
lion of homeless people. All that we
who were in the direction could do
was to outline the nature of the ser
vice that every town and village
should perform, and assist them with
resources. In the face Of that ter
rife problem that would test the sta
nina and quality of any people there
was not a failure In a single case.
This perhaps stands out larger in my
mind than in most men because I'M
der similar conditions Of great
emergency have had the duty to
organize populations abroad. And
in no country does there exist the
intelligence, the devotion, the probity
the ability to rise to great emer-
gency that exists in the Main Street
of the American town and village. I
do not wish to disparage the useful
ness of Broadway, Pennsylvania Az
enue, or State Street, but it is from
Main Street and its countryside that
the creative energies of the nation
must be replenished and restored.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
PROHIBITION

One thing is clear, both houses OF
Congress get more excited over pro-
hibition than over any other sub
ject. More words have been wasted
over prohibition, probably, than ov-
er any them since the old slavery
arguments. And the subject brings
about the strangest line-ups pos
sible-extreme drays and vets some
times being grouped against the
moderates.
During the discussion of the Har-
ris amendment to add $24,000,000 to
the enforcement fund, Senator Hef-
lin of Ala, dry, said that before
the days of prohibition he saw
drunken men on every corner, about
the corner saloons, while now zone.
does not see half dozen DRINKS in
a half dozen years." Senator Bruce
of Md. replied that he had seen TO-
900 persons in his social set drink
wine or cocktails, while not one ap-
peared to be Intoxicated. He called
attention to statistics showing that
arrests for drunkenness in Washing
ton had increased ia per cent since
1911. Helm answered that police
paid no attention to DRINKS in the
old days, while now they look for
them.-The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

THERE SEEMS to be law of
life, that you have to ask for things
in order to get them. If there is
vacancy in some public Office, it
will probably be given to someone
who starts an active campaign to
get that position. The people who
adopt passive attitude, and make
no effort to get it, are unlikely to
be picked for this favor. 1t is about
the same in obtaining trade. You
have to ask for it, in some conspic-
uous and persistent way. If you
don't, your chances Of getting any
big share of the trade are about like
those of the man who wants pub
lie Office but does not ask for it.
Advertising is the means by which
the business concern can ask for
and get that large share Of trade.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
CONVENTION OF SUSSEX
COUNTY UNION TO BE
HELD NEXT TUESDAY

On next Tuesday afternoon and
evening, April 2, the annual con-
vention of the Sussex County Chris
tian Endeavor Union will be held in
the Cannon M. P. Church.
The afternoon session opens at
two O'Clock for registration, and the
convention proper commences at
two-thirty sharp. 'I
At five-fifteen, supper will be SER
we'd. The price per plate is fifty
cents.
At seven o'clock, a concert by the
Milford orchestra, under the direc-
ton of Professor Hudson of Milford
will be given until SEVENTEEN, at
which time the evening session Of
the convention will convene.
Those who can arrange to attend
the convention, please give your
name to the booster of the church
which you attend, in order that your
booster may be given credit in the
contest which is being held to see
which booster of all the churches in
the county can secure the largest
number of registrations of senior,
intermedite, or junior endeavorers,
or friends (who might wish to. reg
ister). All registrations must be in
the hands of the registration chair
man, J. r. Cannon of Cannon, by
Monday, April 1, in order to count
in the contest. The registration fees
are Csc for senior and intermediate
endeavors, and 10c for juniors. Wis
itors or friends are not expected to
pay for registration, but those wish
ing to register may do so for 10c or
any amount they wish to pay. The
registration fees are to be used to
help defray the expenses of the con-
vention.
All county union officers are re-
quested to bring written reports for
their past years work to the con-
vention in the afternoon, the reports
to be read during the business ses-
sion which will commence at 2:55.
This years convention program
has been planned to bring "Sun-
shine" and a fitting, lively, inter-
esting, helpful, and altogether en-
joyable program will be carried out. |
Everyone is cordially invited to
both sessions of the convention and |
is welcome at the supper, whether
a member of Christian Endeavor
Society or not.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
ST. PATRICK WINS!

The holiday spirit prompted a
Washington man with a charitable
soul and a decided Irish countenance
to ask three newsboys who in their
opinion was the greatest man who
ever lived. He offered a half dollar
for the best answer.
George Washington" promptly
said a patriotic little American.
Abraham Lincoln" said the Sec
ond. The third, with Hebrew fea-
lures, exclaimed, est. Patrick"
Here's the money" said the do
nor, inquiring out of curiosity: "But
how came you, Jew, to name an
Irishman?"
"Oh," replied the little urchin, ''I
know it was Moses, but business is
business. The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
BRANDYWINR CHANGERS
WIN DRAMATIC CONTEST

West Brandywine Grange, repre-
senting New Castle county in the
Delaware State Grange Dramatic
Contest, held in the high school au-
ditorium in Dover Tuesday night,
was awarded first prize for its rem
dition of Back to Your Knitting"
The other two oranges that COM
peted for the honor of State supre-
macy were Trophy Grange, of Fell
ton, representing Kent county, and
Milford Grange, of Milford, repre-
senting Sussex county.
Milford Grange with its sketch,
Jumbo Jim," was awarded second
prize, and Trophy Grange, present
ing Rats" third prize. The prizes
were $50, $40 and $40 respectively.
The grangers that competed were
chosen at elimination meets held in
various counties about a month ago.
The judges of the contest were:
George Carter, editor of the Will
mington Journal, Professor Clar-
ence A. Short, president of Wesley
Collegiate Institute, Dover, and Mrs.
George Ehringer, also of Dover. APP
proximately 300 persons were pres
ent.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
Home Education
WHEN INDIGESTION is CRUELTY
MAY Whitcomb

May Whitcomb
May l go to the canyon with
your nine-year-old Alice preached
! the question as soon as the hard
all-day trip came up for discussion
in the party with which she and
her mother were spending the sum-
mer. "Oh, / don't know-well see,'
said her mother gaily, interested in
the plans and without giving the
question any real consideration.
A decisive refusal at this point
would probably have settled the
matter without any great disappoint-
ment for Alice, but she speedily
construed the evasive answer to
mean that probably she could go,
and made her plans accordingly,
teasing for definite permission
whenever the opportunity presented
itself.
when we go to the canyon I'm
going to wear my high boots"
Shall 1 need my camera when we
go to the canyon?" do you think
can ride Tex on the trail?" For
week it went on. The half-heart-
ed Mother is afraid it is too long
trip for a little girl" or Mother
doesn't think you had better plan
on going" if heard, made no i'm
preston.
And when, on the evening before
the expedition, Mrs. Morrison finally
gave her decision and said that Al
ice could not go, what might have
been expected happened. Alice beg
ged and leased and cried heart
brokenly over the disappointment.
Then her mother, torn between the
desire to give in and let her go, and
the fear of the dangers of the trip,
added fuel to the fire by showing,
only too plainly, that she was wav-
ering. Eventually, Alice cried her
self to sleep, and her mother went
to bed with raging headache.
Next morning the battle recon-
menced, Alice alternately teasing
and crying, her mother commanding
obedience and threatening to stay
at home herself. Between the two,
the pleasure of the start in the
freshness of the early morning was
spoiled for the entire party. The
last glimpse from the bend of the
trail showed Alice, full length on
the grass, still sobbing in her anger
and disappointment.
According to her grandmother,
when the matter was irrevocably
settled by the disappearance of the
party, Alice gradually recovered her
spirits and played quietly with the
other children. In the evening she
greeted the returning party with
eager inquiries and an account of
how she had spent the day. And so
everything was forgotten and no
harm done CD
This was probably the worst
demonstration during the summer,
but minor ones were of frequent
occurrence. Sometimes Alice won
out, and sometimes her mother car
ried off the palm, but her mother
was perfectly sincere in saying that
she could not understand why Alice
should be so nervous and sensitive,
nor why she teased and whined and
never minded until she was forced
to do so.
Altogether, it somehow put one in
mind of the story of the small boy
who wanted to have his terriers tail |
'bobbed." "But won't it hurt the
log to have his tail cut OFF," some |
one inquired. ooh, no, not much"
ne answered. 1.-THE man said he
would do it a little bit at a time!"
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

An explorer in central Africa re-
ports finding a man whom nobody
could understand. He should be
brought over here and given job
as radio announcer.
The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

The trouble with the man with an
ak to gvind is that he always wants
somebody else to turn the grind
stone.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

We don't suppose getting our nour-
ishment in the future in small chem
zeal capsules will make mucn difference,
with so many luncning in the drug
stores as it is.-Detroit News.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
MILFORD, FRIDAY. MAR. 90. 1925

IN THE CALENDAR of the Chris
tan year, Easter is the climax and
elimination. In spite of all claims
of skeptics, the judgment Of Chris
tendon has always believed that
some demonstration of Immortality
was given his followers by Jesus
Christ after he was laid away in
the tomb. We can not account for
what happened, and it may be some
thing quite different from the tradi-
tional conception. But somehow
those disciples, baffied, beaten, and
Respondent, were aroused to life
and hope by the consciousness of
having seen and talked with their
beloved Master.
1t should not be regarded as an
unlikely conception, when one con-
siders that Jesus, according to all
evidences, had a unique nature and
personality, different from any be-
ing who previously or since has ap-
peared on earth. He had powers
which no one else has had, he ac-
complished results that no one else
has achieved. Well may he be con-
sidered to have had a special mis-
sion on earth, which calls for our
adherence, and such that his words
are entitled to receive our credence
and our faith.
Unless the Immortality that he
proclaimed is truth and a fact,
open to all who seek to be loyal fol-
lowers of Jesus, the world is cheat
and a fraud and a sham, and is
built on cruelty and injustice. 1t
seems incredible that this vast uni
verse, so majestic, so wonderful, so
put together, can thus
be built on wrong and oppression.
We should have some faith in the
innate goodness of the world, some
that these mysteries |
which we can not grasp nor ex-
plain, will somehow work out for |
the good of all souls who do their
best to live worthily in this world.
So let us greet Easter morn joy
fully, confident that the power that
aas made this beautiful world will
care for the creatures he has put
nto it.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
%%OeG&

FARMERS ARE EXPECTING great
things of the new Administration
They have every right to believe
that the new President will give
their problems a sounder and more
intelligent viewpoint than any chief
executive of this generation.
Everything that has been said by
Hoover on farming in the past 20
years leads agriculture to expect
that he will attack the problem first
of all from the sound economic atti-
tude of reducing marketing costs.
EVERY cent that can be saved be-
tween the farmer and the intake
door of the retailer" wrote Herbert
Hoover in an article in Farm and
Fireside eight years ago, means in
creased returns to the farmer"
The editor who published that ar
ticle from Hoover's pen in 1921 has
been going over the things that Hoo
yer said at that time, and finds them
all sound agricultural doctrine at
the present time. "It is idle to talk
of eliminating the middleman," he
says. But the present partnership
between those who provide food and
those who distribute it is shadowy
and unsatisfactory"
Most farmers will grant that mas
much as the job of provisioning the
world is a shared job, the rewards
for doing the job must be divided.
But when the consumers dollar
comes limping back to the farmer
looking like even less than the pro-
verbal thirty cents, most farmers
can't help endorsing Hoover's view
point,-the I-want-to-know attitude
which desires to inquire where all
the rest of the money went, and
whether all the expenditures which
consumed it were efficient and
wise.
Never before in the nations his
tory have the waste motion, the
high costs and the frantic competi-
ton of the middleman exerted as
heavy a drain in agriculture as they
do today. That is Hoover's prob
lem, and one which he is particular
Iy qualified to meet fairly and
squarely.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
Eo9

appeared in some kind OF form 10 MS
disciples, and gave demonstration
that there is life beyond.
While some philosophers an d
scientists reject that view, still the
inmost truths of life are not always
discovered by philosophers and
scientists. Some are apprehended
by spiritual consciousness only.
We may not be able to prove scien-
tifically that our friends love US,
but we know by a thousand looks
and glances and demonstrations Of
affection, that they do. We have to
learn the love of God for humanity
in much the same way, and we do
not go to the philosophers and ask
them to prove it to US.
The faith in the genuineness OF
the Easter tradition has made vast
difference in the world. The COM
munities that have accepted it and
modelled their lives and institutions
upon it to some extent, have been
good places to live in. Human ma
ture is still so faulty, that no COM
munity comes anywhere near the
ideal standard set by Jesus. But
where the Christian gospel has been
accepted and adhered to even in
part, social conditions have been
immeasurably improved, life has be-
come safer and more protected, ed
ucation has advanced, charity and
philanthropy have become common.
And the countries and localities
where this Christian gospel has not
been accepted, still lag behind, and
most of them are abodes of dark
ness, superstition, and terror.
There must be some power in re-
Hgion that so transforms life wher-
ever it is given a chance to mani
fest its vitality.
So let us cast aside our doubts
and fears on Easter day, and give
our joyful assent to form of faith
that is steadily lifting humanity to
a higher level.
De9&
THE newspapers report cases OF
missing men, and there are altogeth-
er too many missing ones in Mil
ford when meetings are held to pro-
mote public causes.
@o0R
PLENTY of people are willing to
tell how to push their home town
ahead, but not so many are willing
to take off their coats and do the
pushing.
Do@
SOME TOWNS complain Of good
live fellow who wakes up sleepy
people, and claim he is guilty of
disturbance of the peace.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29
PROPERTY VALUE OF TREES

There is no doubt that the people
do appreciate green foliage They
like tree shaded places, streets well
lined with shade. Any householder
who has bare lawn could add very
much to the value of his place If he
would set out a few trees on it. Most
every home yard would be more at
tractive with evergreen trees at suit
able places, especially in winter.
If the developers Of real estate
will plant trees as soon as their
streets and walks are established,
the presence of those trees will
lead those lots to sell for great
deal more money. People do not
like bare land, bare streets and
bare lawns. They want to trans
port something of the charm of ma
ture to their home surroundings.
One reason why many people do
not plant more, trees, is that they
think it takes them so long to grow.
Real estate developers may argue
that their lots will all be sold long
before their trees attain any height
at all. But even a young tree has
beauty. People like to feel that a
start has been made in this i'm
provement, and will pay more for
lots on any street with trees well
started.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

SOME TOWNS complain Of good
live fellow who wakes up sleepy
people, and claim he is guilty of
disturbance of the peace.
Milford chronicle., 1929-03-29

PLENTY of people are willing to
tell how to push their home town
ahead. but not SO many are willing
to take off their coats and do the
pushing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
PASSAGE ABROAD
AND S25 EARNED
Washington College Student
Profits by German and
American Affiliations.

BY obtaining employment on a Ger
man liner because he is still a German
and by obtaining work on an American
liner because he had taken out his first
naturalization papers, Paul Frenzel. 90
Washington college student, succeeded
in going abroad and returning to the
United States S25 richer than when he
left after working his entire way.
Frenzel was graduated from the pre-
medical course at local college last
year and desired to visit relatives living
in Bautzen, Germany, whom he had not
Iona Linda, Calf, to enter a medical
school.
Leaving New York July 9 on the
Deutschland, he worked in the lower
cabin engine room, polishing and clean.
ing the machinery. AS the food did not
agree with him, he frequently went to
his room. changed clothing and went
on the upper deck. where he mingled
with American passengers.
In becoming familiar with them, he
mentioned the fact that he was a stu
dent, and told the passengers the his
tory of his voyage. They became in
terested. Frenzel limited that he was
not accustomed to the food served in
the engine room. Several brought him
food and sandwiches from the passcn-
gers dining room.
Frenzel said that he spent many
sleepleSs nights in an upper berth
Just below him was a fireman who
had an avoirdupois of $50 pounds"
During his three month stay Frenzel
visited France. Belgium, Holland and
England He had become so American
lied that German customs seemed pc
culiar to him.
He returned to the United States on
the Minnekahda, working as assistant
steward,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
ASKS PRISON SENTENCE.
Homeless Man Appeals to Judge to
Send Him to Jail.

Declaring that he had not eaten In
more than a week, william Young, SO
years old, arraigned in Police Court this
morning before Judge Isaac r. Hit on
a charge of vagrancy, pleaded with the
magistrate to send him to jail because
he was homeless.
Judge Hit complied and meted out a
sentence of 500 or 10 days.
Young told the court that he had
spent most of his time hunting for work
and sleeping in the parks.
He said he had come to Washington
almost two months ago, and while he
had worked internationally, he had been
able to secure barely enough food to
keep him alive.
Young reported that he spent most
Of the time during the recent cold wave
going from store to store in an effort
to keep from freezing Shabby at
tire given him by these store owners
saved him, he told the judge.
Policeman P. A. Deanell of the Sec
ond precinct arrested him yesterday
afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-06
Halves Seeks Modification.

In a statement today, Halves ex-
pressed opposition to the Sheppard bill
and characterized the Volstead acts
definition of one-hslf of / per cent
of alcohol as intoxicating as scientifi-
cally absurd.
Modification of this limitation" he
said, would do more to bring law en-
forcement than millions spent by Con-
gress or any other proceeding the COM
mission could advocate"