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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
WILMINGTON GIRLS
WIN STATE CONTESTS
One Takes First OratOry HOnors,
Other Defamation Prize Held
AT Dover Friday.

Two Wilmington girls took. first
honors respectively in the State
wide oratory and defamation con-
tests held In Dover Friday afternoon
and evening with eight contests in
each class.
Prize awards were: Oratory-
first, Miss Alyce Lowe, Wilmington /;
second, Miss Mildred Wheeler, Har-
rington; third, Miss Rosa Milano,
Wilmington.
Defamation: First, Betty Craig,
Wilmington; second. Pencival Able
man, Georgetown; third, Joseph B.
Dickerson, Milford. The prizes in
both contests were: $25, first; SIS,
second; $40, third.
Contestants in the oratorical con-
test were: Betty Craig, Wilmington,
subject, world Peace" Samuel
Silver, Wilmington, Roosevelt, Am
erican;" Herbert McWalter, Clay
mont, Jefferson and the Constitu-
tion;" Dorothea Chalmers, Newark,
world Peace" Helen X. Wright,
Smyrna, "The Origin of the Consti-
tution;" Joseph B. Dickerson, Mil
ford, "The Elasticity of the Consti-
tution;;" Dorothy Morgan, Bridge
vile, Delaware, and l." Percival
Ableman, Georgetown, "The Consti-
tuition"
Defamation contests were: Miss
Rosa Milano, Wilmington, Joan of
Arc at the Stake" Miss Norma Leib,
New Castle, ''The Swimming Hole in
the Church," Miss Wheeler, Har-
rington, ~The Forgotten Witness"
Frederick Shiessie, F'rankford, "The
Death of Traitor" Miss Alyce
Lowe, Wilmington, Scene from AS
You Like IT," Miss Florence Meg
gison, New Castle, "The Wedding"
Miss Louise Brown, Wyoming, 'The
Dark Disk" Miss Elizabeth Will
liams, Laurel, ''The Congo"
The judges included Miss Mat
thews, teacher of oral expression at
State Normal School, Salisbury, Md;
DR.. Paul Ellsworth, president of
College, Chestertown,
Md; Miss Pedlow, principal of Ches-
ter, Pa, High School.
DR.. H. v. Holloway, superintend-
ent of instruction, awarded the
prizes.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
DELAWARE SETS
RECORD AGAINST
INFANT DEATHS
Great Health Progress Being
Made, Particularly Against
Diphtheria.
MORTALITY II PER CENT
The Death Rate Is Based Upon
Number Of Infants Who Die
Under One Year.

Delaware had the greatest reduc-
ton in infant and maternal mortal
ity during the year 1927 than any
other state in the Union, according
to DR.. C. A. Sargent, director Of the
Bureau of Children's Hygiene, of the
State Board of Health. DR.. Sargent
ascribes this to the work now being
done in prenatal cases and imme-
diately after birth.
In discussing the activity of the
State Board of Health along these
lines, he said:
There seems to be no definite
method of eliminating the value of
health work among mothers and
babies. Practically the only means
we have at present is comparison
of the death rates from year to year.
This method is not entirely salts
factory due to varying conditions.
The presence or absence of epidem-
les of contagious diseases has a no
ticeable influence on the death rate.
Various groups of states in the same
general locality have consistently
had lower death rates than other
groups of states although the type of
health work undertaken in each
group may be very similar. This may
be due to racial characteristics of
the inhabitants, their financial con-
ditions, climatic conditions, density
of population or other causes.
"The infant death rate is based
upon the number of infants who die
under one year of age for every
thousand live births during that par
ticular year. An infant mortality
rate of seventy-one in Delaware may
be better rate for that particular
state, since it's rate has been near
the one hundred mark for several
years, than fifty in some of the
western states where the rate has
been consistently low for a period of
years. In 1927 the infant mortality
rate for the registration area in the
United States was sixty-four per
thousand live births. Delaware's
white rate for the same year was
whereas its colored rate
was ninety-eight. Since approx
mately one-seventh of our popula-
ton is colored this demonstrates
how racial characteristics influence
the rates.
"The program of health work
among infants in Delaware has un-
dergone various changes. In general
the present program was started in
1928, however, some changes have
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
Legislature ApprOpriateS
$15,O 5,OOO,O ,OOODuring Session

tai for the Insane gets $550,000 and
the University of Delaware S260,000
for this purpose. 1t is estimated that
$750,000 will come from the general
fund under a bill passed to pay for
county and State aid roads bonds
falling due during the two fiscal
years.
Some of the most important legis-
lation of the session includes the
bill to repeal the law placing 15-
cent tax on all real estate for school
a feature of which is the provision
requiring new drivers to take an ex-
animation before. securing a license;
various amendments to the income
tax law; the franchise tax bill;
amendments to the general corpora
tion law; the Green bill to legalize
boxing and a number of others.
To date about $50 House bills in
cluding nearly so mileage claim bills
for members of the 1927 session and
about 80 Senate bills, have been
passed.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

Appropriations totalling nearly
$15,000,000 have been made by the
State Legislature to date and the
amount may exceed that figure by
the time the session adjourns sine
die. These appropriations are for
the two fiscal years starting July L,
1929.
There remains very few bills on
the calendars that will probably be
acted on and not many of these
carry appropriations
A large portion. of the total ap-
preparations goes to public schools
of the State, $6,5O0,000,. for operating
the schools, $2,500,000 for the school
building program and S10S,000 to
meet a deficit in this years school
budget making a total Of $9,10S,00O
appropriated for the schools.
The general appropriation bill to
operate the State departments and
institutions amounts to $3,748,055.
OF the remainder the largest per-
centage is for new buildings at var
ious institutions. The State Hospi-
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
new CURRENCY WILL
BE SENT OUT FIRST
In SMALLER NOTES
Controller Pole, In Radio Talk,
Depicts Task OF DispIacins
$4,000, 100000 Old Issue.
ENORMOUS SAVING SHOWN
In Announcing That Circulation
will Begin About July l, He
Asks Public To Be Patient.

The advantages of the new reduc-
ed size of paper currency which
Secretary Mellon approved nearly
two years ago and the first issues of
which will be made about July 1, as
well as the tremendous task involv-
ed in this new federal undertaking,
were set forth by ]. w. Pole, Con-
troller of the Currency, in a radio
speech this week in which he said
it will not be possible for a short
time to issue the new currency in
larger denominations than $40.
"The recommendation for reduc-
ton in size of paper currency" said
Mr.. Pole, was approved by Secre-
tary Mellon in May, 1927--the new
size to be approximately the size of
the Philippine currency. Since the
paper currency has been issued in
its present form for about sixty
eight years, the decision to reduce
the size was very important step.
"The program of reduction did
not at first include national bank
notes, for at that time it was con-
templated that they might be rctir-
ed. In January of this year, however,
it was decided to continue national
bank currency and while you have
read in the press that
the government will issue the Ie-
duced size currency in July of this
year, national bank notes in the
small size will not be ready for is
sue until shortly thereafter.
$5,0OO,OOO;OOO in Circulation
With the present outstanding pa
per circulation of about $5,O00,0 ,0OO.-
900, for which there must eventual
ly be substituted like amount of
new currency in the reduced size, it
will be realized that the Treasury
has a gigantic task to perform; and
since it is physically impossible to
make a complete turnover in a brief
space of time, there will necessarily
be a period in which there will be
in circulation currency in both the
present and the new size. Moreover,
it will not be possible for a short
time to issue new currency of the
reduced size in the larger denomi-
nations above $50.
Consequently it will be necessary
for the public to be patient and to
cooperate with the government by
not making undue demands in order
that the program may be carried out
with the least possible interruption.
There are five kinds of paper cur
rency now being issued: United
States notes, silver certificates, gold
certificates, Federal Reserve notes
and national bank notes.
There will be other changes in
the new currency in addition to the
reduced size. For instance, the face
designs, which will be printed in
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
PARDONED MURDERESS
DIES OF PNEUMONIA
Mrs. Mary A. Powell, 7S, Recently
Suffered Broken Bones

Mrs. Mary 8. Powell, 7S years old,
who in 1904 was sentenced to serve
life Imprisonment at the New Castle
County Workhouse for numbering a
girl, died Monday night in the Will
mington General Hospital of pneu-
monia.
According to evidence brought out
during her trial, she became jealous
of Estella Albin, who lived at her
home in FELTON,, and on February -
1904, lured the girl to the dttlc,
where she beat her to death.
After several unsuccessful at
tempts to gain release, she was par
doned several years ago. For short
time she lived with relatives near
New Castle, but was later sent to the
County Hospital. About six weeks
ago she fell, fracturing her shoulder
and hip. Pneumonia later developed
and she was taken to the Whining
ton General Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
SUSSEX DAIRY SCHOOL
MIDWAY WEDNESDAY
Sixth Annual Event viii Be Largely
Attended

Plans have been completed for
the sixth annual Dairy School which
will be held at Midway on April 25.
This school is becoming an eventful
day for the dairymen of southern
Delaware and Maryland. Starting
six years ago as local meeting, it
has now grown until many dairymen
from the entire Peninsula attend.
Very little attention was given to
dairying in Sussex county until a
few years ago when the Nassau Milk
Station was opened. Previous to that
time, it was believed that our local
ity was not adapted to this industry.
Upon the opening of this station, it
soon became evident that the farm
ers here could produce good milk
at low cost. With good manage
ment and careful supervision, these
farmers are now producing grade A
milk which is shipped to Philadel-
phia. The Nassau Station is the
only grade A station on the Penin-
sula. Dairymen from Angola, Har-
beson, Coolspring, Milton, Milford,
Georgetown, Lewes, Rehoboth and
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
COMMITTEE PLANS
STATE POULTRY SHOW
Also Make Arrangements For
Two Day Tour Throughout
Delaware.

At the call of Warren C. Newton,
president of the Delaware State
Poultry Association, a special meet
ing of the executive committee in
cluding members of standing COM
mittees was held in the Grange Hall
in Milford last Friday evening to
consider definite arrangements for
the State Poultry Show which will
be staged in Milford on December 8,
and 5, under the auspices of this
association in cooperation with the
State Board of Agriculture and the
Extension Department of the Uni
versity of Delaware.
In connection with the plans for
this poultry show the following Off
GERS have been appointed: H. s..
Palmer, secretary; N. ]. Lannan,
assistant secretary; N. j. Lannan,
superintendent of exhibition depart
ment; Charles E. Grave, Glen
Cowles and w. w. Dasey, superin-
tendents of production department;
Byron Pepper and H. R. Lemex, su-
perintendents of baby chick depart
ment; w. V. Steen and Fred Smith,
superintendent of broiler depart
ment; M. C. Dagger, superintendent
of egg department; Wilson c. Hat
field and Thaddeus Warrington, su-
perintendents of record of perform
ance department; Frank B. Austin
and A. E. Num-, superintendent of
building and commercial exhibits.
NJ. c. Fitzpatrick, Russell E. Will
son, C. R. Snyder and Ed. Willim,
Jr., have been appointed on the pub
licity and advertising committee;
Warren C. Newton and NJ. C.
Vaughn on the program committee;
and Gus Swanson and E. D. Smith
on the committee to decorate the
exhibit building.
The poultry show which was held
in the Community Building in Mil
ford last January resulted in being
the largest exhibit of its kind ever
hel din the State, as there were ap-
proximately 500 birds on exhibition
in addition to several displays of
baby chicks and eggs. Due to the
success of this show and the great
interest which many of the leading
poultrymen displayed in planning
and conducting it, the Delaware
State Legislature passed the Morgan
bill appropriating the sum of $500
annually for the next two years to
the State Board of Agriculture to be
used as prizes, expenses of speak
ers and other necessary expenses
which may be incurred in conduct
ing the poultry show this coming
winter.
According to the plans as outlined
by the various committees, both
floors of the Community building
will be used this year, thereby pro-
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
ELECTS TO TAKE JAIL
TERM; CHANGES MIND
Dog Owner Vowed He Would Never
Pay Fine For Dog Running At Large

Joseph Morgan, farmer, residing
near Lincoln, was brought before
Justice of the Peace E. v. Hendrix
son last Friday morning on the
charge of allowing his dog to run at
large. The charge was preferred by
George w. Clendaniel, one Of the
agents for the Board of Fish and
Game Commission. After hearing
the evidence in the case Magistrate
Hendrixson imposed fine of $500
and costs. Morgan vowed that he
would never pay the fine, and elect
ed to serve short term in the
Georgetown jail in lieu of the pay
ment of the fine. Friends in the
Justice of the Peace's Office offered
to pay the fine but Morgan refused
to allow them to do this. - He was
taken to Georgetown by the agent
of the Fish and Game Commission
and given into the custody of the
sheriff. Very shortly after his ar
rival at the Jail, Morgan changed
his mind, paid the fine and was re-
leased.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
BUSINESS WOMAN'S
CLUB ENJOYS PROGRAM
Regular Meeting Was Well Attended
Notwithstanding Storm

The Milford Business and Profess
sional Woman's Club held their reg
ular meeting in the Century Club on
Monday evening. In spite of the Sc
we're wind and rain storm there was
a large attendance. The meeting was
called to order by the president, af-
ter short period of devotions, and
Y. w. c. A. songs, Miss Virginia
Mason gave a good report of the
rummage sale recently. Miss Emma
Wroten reported that the poster
committee had secured a place be-
tween the stores of Samuel Evans
and Thomas Davis for bulletin
board. This board is being made for
the club through the kindness of the
manual training teacher, and it will
be put in place by the first of next
week.
Miss Louise Hastings, program
chairman, had delightful evening
planned. Miss Helen Alexander kept
everyone in a state of merriment
during her reading "a School Boys
Composition on Duck" Mrs. Clyde
Nelson was generous with her splen-
did voice, giving four charming So
los, Mrs. Davis Grier accompanied
on the piano.
A group of Girl Reserves under
the direction of Mrs. Harry Mulhol-
land, gave a series of entertaining
and instructive tableaux, Mrs. Pos
ties Hammond and Miss Josephine
Dingee accompanied with appropri-
ate music. Mrs. Davis Grier read
interesting descriptions before each
presentation. During a short social
period, Miss Hazel Kitchens kept all
busy with games, after which delic-
ious refreshments were served by
Miss Schmermund, and good nights
exchanged.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
Boxing Bill Passes House;
Opponents Question Vote

The approval of Governor G..
Douglass Buck is now all that is re-
quired to. have boxing legalized in
Delaware, the House last Friday af
ternoon having passed Senator
Green's bill permitting the art of
fisticuffs and creating State Ath-
letic Commission.
The final vote on the measure was
announced as 18 years to IL nays.
The bill had been defeated recently
by the House, but a motion for re-
consideration of the measure was
carried at that time.
Following the adjournment of the
House after the boxing bill was
passed, it was reported that Repre-
sentative Lewis told friends he did
not vote for the boxing bill, although
he was recorded as having cast a
"yea" vote.
At the time of the announcement
of the vote, no one challenged it and
Representative Lewis made no open
objection. If he had informed the
House Of any error in recording his
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
S675,OOO YEARLY
SAVED TAXPAYERS
BY LEGISLATURE
A Total OF $3.50, 900 Was Cut
Off By Acts Of The Present
y Body.
SCHOOLS ARE AIDED
The $S,OOO,OOO Allowed For New
Buildings Will Provide Work
For Many.

While the present legislature has
been charged with greatly increas-
ing expenses, the fact remains that
it has reduced taxes on the people of
Delaware to the extent of $1,350,000
for the next two years, or S675,OOO
each year.
The body passed a bill to cut the
Is cents per 500 off the assessed
value of real estate for school pur-
poses will save the people of the
State approximately 100000 year
or 100000 for the next two years.
The bill providing to pay $750,000
in the next two years for interest
and maturity on county road bonds,
instead of the counties paying that
amount by taxation, will save the
people of the three counties just
that amount in taxes. This will
mean a saving of $375,00O year.
By increasing the appropriations
of schools and to the new building
fund, special school districts in the
State will also be saved consider
able amount of money. At the sug-
gestion of Governor c. D. Buck,
$500,000 a year was added to the
school appropriations for the pur-
pose of aiding the city of Whining
ton and incorporated districts.
This means that the Wilmington
Board of Education will receive, ac-
cording to present calculations,
about $150,000 more from the State
for school expenses than ever re-
-ceived before. This means a total
of 100000. in the two years.
By increasing the appropriation
for new schools from $1,000,000 to
$I,25O,000 a year, Wilmington will
receive $500,000 instead of 100000,
if the bill had been allowed to re-
main at S1,000,00O year. This
means a saving to the people of Will
mington of $150,000 year on school
expenses on account of the State
having increased its allowance by
that amount, and 100000 a year for
new buildings for the same reason.
This means that the legislature has
saved Wilmington $250,000 a year
for the next two years, total of
.$50O,000
Eleven other special school dis
tricts in the State are also benefited
by the school bill.
The legislature has, by increasing
appropriations and cutting off the
school tax, saved the people in diff
ferent parts of the State perhaps a
million dollars a year for the next
two years which is a considerable
amount. OF course the amount comes
out of State funds but a consider
able portion of the State fund comes
out of charter fees and is not di-
rect tax. Also a considerable por-
ton comes from the income tax, but
on the other hand, this reduces
other taxes and the result is the
same as if a general reduction had
been made.
1t is also pointed out that the new
buildings for various institutions,
provided for in appropriation bills,
will give work to a considerable
number of men and will add to the
general prosperity of the State. The
State, counting the new schools,
will do probably $3,OOO,OOO worth of
building within the next two years
which will make considerable work
for mechanics and laborers.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19

vote at the time, the bill would have
been lost due to a IL to IL tie.
The general opinion is that the
bill will become a law, since there
was no protest when the measure
was passed. 1t was said that a num-
Der of opponents of the bill wanted
Mr.. Lewis to return to the House af-
ter it had adjourned and change his
vote, but it was declared it was too
late, it being necessary to make the
correction in open session.
After adjournment a wordy clash
ensued between Representative Con-
well, who took the roll book to look
over it, and Representative Virden,
who opposed his carrying the book
around.
The passage of the bill in the
House climaxes the efforts on the
part of sportsmen of the State who
have been desirous of boxing legis-
lation to be passed. Efforts at other
legislative sessions to legalize box
ing had failed by close votes.
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Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
FINED AND JAILED
AS DRUNKEN DRIVER
Harry TOOmey Gets 30 Days, $500
Fine, Under New Law

Harry Toomey, "a years, son of
James Toomey, of Bridgeville, the
first person to be tried at Bridge
vile under Delaware new automo-
bile law, governing drunken drivers,
passed by the present legislature
and signed by Governor Buck last
week, was fined 5000 and sentenced
to 30 days in Jail by Magistrate
Dimes. In default of payment Of
the fine so days additional was
tackled on Toomey's sentence.
Toomey was arrested in Seaford
by highway policemen Shockley
and Orr, charged with operating a
motor vehicle while intoxicated.
This was his second offense, having
been tried and convicted on a sim
liar offense in November, 1926.
At the time of his arrest Toomey
was out on parole from New Castle
County Workhouse after serving IS
months of three-year sentence for
larceny.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
BOY CORNETIST WILL BE
ON PLAZA PROGRAM
Ten-Year.Old Laurel Star VIII Be
Added Attraction Tomorrow Evening

Manager Edward Evans of the
Plaza Theatre in Milford, has an
nounced that he has secured Roland
Hudson, ten year old cornet virtu-
oso of Laurel as an added attrac-
tion for tomorrow evenings pro-
gram. This youngster played be-
fore the Milford Rotary Club re-
Gently and made a hit with the men,
bers. He was soloist last Saturday
at concert of the Baltimore SYM
phony Orchestra at the Lyric Opera
House in that city and his playing
was well received by the musical
critics who heard him. At the Bal
timore performance he was accom-
panied by the orchestra of over
eighty men. He plays again with the
same musical organization on Satur-
day, April 81. Manager Evans has
been trying to get the young musical
star for his theatre for several
weeks past.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
BELIEVE MASON-DIXON
MARKER STONE FOUND

Historic societies searching
for markers of the famous
Mason and Dixon line, which
are said to have become, hard
to find, might be rewarded by
a visit to the farm of Abner S.
Handy, on the Bridgeville
State road, three miles and a
half from fredericksburg, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Handy reside
in fredericksburg, but he is a
large landowner, and the Han
dy farm is located partly in
Maryland and partly in Della
ware. 1t is said by a number
of citizens who have read
recently of the quest for these
historic old markers, that on.
Mr.. Handy's farm is a stone
marker of the Mason-Dixon
line, which constituted the Ma
ryland Delaware boundary,
and it is believed that this is
the original stone.
Milford chronicle., 1929-04-19
TO ASK SUPREME COURT
DECIDE BAY BOUNDARY
Decision Reached To Take Action
At Meeting In Dover

A conference was held at Dover on
Thursday of Delaware oyster men
with the commission appointed
some years ago by the Delaware
Legislature relative to the much
disputed boundary line between
Delaware and New Jersey.
AS Delaware oystermen claim 10
have been unjustly treated by tne
New Jersey oystermen, it was de-
cided in order to get a settlement
of the affair and to end the dis
mute as to just where the Della
ware line runs in the Delaware Bay.
some contending to the middle or
the bay while others say the middle
of the channel, to secure an inJunc-
tion over the disputed area SO that
the matter might properly be
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