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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
]. C. PENNEY co. WILL
OPEN NEW STORE HERE
Location Selected And Opening Set
For Early Fall

The J. C. Penney Co., largest re-
tail department store organization
in the world, will open new store
in Milford early in the fall. Nego-
tiations covering lease on the new
location have been completed and
the store will occupy the frontage at
Southeast corner of North Walnut
and East Front streets.
Contracts for necessary cOnstruc-
ton and remodeling are being let
by the construction department OF
the J. c. Penney Co., and local con-
Germs will be given the preference
wherever possible.
The J. C. Penney store in Mil
ford will be one of the 500 new
stores to be opened this year in the
chain which already totals over 1900
units.
Stock will include a full line OF
ready-to-wear garments in mems,
women's and children's lines, foot
wear, haberdashery, millinery, lin
gerie, piece goods, cosmetics, no
tions, with the newest style ele-
ments and will be one of the most
complete SIOcbS ever buOWn Ill MIL
ford, according to advance state
ments from the merchandising de-
partment of the organization.
In its relation to the community,
the store will operate as a local
business house in its banking con-
nections and, so far as is possible,
in the building up of the store per-
sonnet.
The J. C. Penney Co. was founded
in Kemmerer, Wyo., q years ago by
the man whose name it bears. The
present organization, which covers
AZ states is the outgrowth of the
mother store which did $4,000 in
business it's first year. Last year
total sales of the company were in
excess of 100000.
Mr.. Penney, the founder, and now
chairman of the board of directors,
has, for the past several years, de-
voted a large portion of his time
voting and the member absent were
both Democrats.
rCesfiaasd 81 p6se II
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
ISSUE AGRICULTURAL
OUTLOOK REPORT FOR
DELAWARE FOR 1929
Extension Depart lent Of Univer.
sity Of Delaware Gives Valua-
bic Information.
URGE SMALL PAINTINGS
Many Crops Are Now Produced
In Larger Quantities Than Con-
sumers Can Use Says Report.

In The Delaware Agricultural
Outlook Report for 1929, just issued
by the Extension Department of the
University of Delaware, as Extension
Circular No. "a, Delaware farmers
are warned that if they expect to
continue to realize on their favor
able location in relation to import
ant eastern markets, they must
improve the quality and handling
methods of the commodities which
they market.
This outlook report offers farm
ers information based on existing
economic facts which will assist
them in planning their production
programs for 1929. The report is
not an attempt to forecast prices
at market time but does indicate
factors which may influence prices.
Information given in the report is
based on statistics furnished by the
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
of the United States Department of
Agriculture, and information gath
cred from various sources by the
Extension Service of the University
of Delaware.
A summary of the report indicates
that while Delaware farmers are
evidently adjusting their crop rota-
tions and production of various pro-
ducts to meet changing economic
conditions, there is still need for
further adjustment if farm incomes
are to be maintained or increased.
In 1928 the acreage of q crops
grown in Delaware was 20,437 acres
less than for the five-year period
of 1921-1925. Some of this land has
gone into improved pasture in dairy
sections; some has been planted to
new crops in an attempt to diver
sity production; some is being turn
ed over to young forest growth; and
the rest is probably abandoned.
This increasing tendency on the part
of Delaware farmers to reduce their
acreage of some of the formerly
most important crops indicates that
they are seeking other crops which
offer hopes of added returns. Be
fore making drastic changes in any
business it is always advisable to
investigate all existing
and situations which may
affect both the old and new lines of
production. This in brief is the
purpose of the Outlook Report.
For the state as a whole the out
look for 1929 is for returns equal to,
or slightly better than in 1928. With
the total wheat acreage of the coun-
try still above the normal average,
Delaware farmers have acted wisely
in slightly reducing their acreage.
With normal yields our farmers may
benefit from price premiums now
for soft winter wheat. The |
TICOntinHed on page II
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
STATE POLICE MAY
HAVE NEW UNIFORMS
Color Scheme OF Red, White And
Blue May Be Used This Summer

II plans now being made are car
ried through the snappy officer seen
riding a motorcycle on the State
roads will not be a member OF
military academy, but a patrolman
of the State Highway Police force.
According to tentative plans being
made by Superintendent G. c. Rey-
nolds for the summer uniforms OF
the highway patrolmen, the raiment
of the Northwest Mounted Police
will look shabby beside Delaware
guardians of the highways. The
plans call for a coat of navy blue
and white whipcord trousers. The
pocket covers and other trimming,
as we'll as a stripe on the SIDE OF
the trousers will be of red. The col
or scheme of the cap has not yet
been decided upon.
The change from the regulation
black corded suit with gray trim
mings is being made because OF the
resemblance the patrolmen nave 10
bus drivers, who also wear sam
Browne belts, and attendants at gas
cline stations, as well as many otn-
erS who nave Deen IO5SS" O"'
uniforms and puttees.
Many motorists who have Deen
overtaken by the patrolmen have de-
clared that the reason they did not
stop when called upon to do SO was
because they did not recognize them
as policemen and thought 1t was
some scheme to have them stop at
a tourist camp or something of that
kind.
whether or not the plans of Su-
perintendent Reynolds for the color
scheme will be carried out Will De
definitely settled at meeting OF the
state Highway Commission TO De
held within a short time. 1t Is ex-
pected. however, that his plan VIII
he adnnfad
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
Paper Is Given Honor Position
On 1928 Team As Chosen By
Expert.
One OF THREE LEADERS
Chronicle, Wayne, Neb., Herald,
And Freehold, N. j., Transcript
Papers Around Which Team Is
Built.

The Milford Chronicle has beer
chosen for singular honors among
the weekly newspapers of the nation
by a man who knows the weekly
field. This honor came unsolicited.
The publishers of the Chronicle did
not know that the paper was being
considered until the announcement
OF the award was made. The team is
based on mythical football eleven,
and the Chronicle has been placed
at center. Letters of congratula-
tons from newspaper publishers
throughout the nation have been
pouring into the Chronicle Office
with requests for sample copies.
since the award was made public.
THE American Press" published at
New York City and having a nation
al circulation in its March issue has
one full page devoted to the award.
1t carries pictures of the publishers
of each of the eleven papers-CoI.
Theo Townsend from the Chronicle.
In its editorial columns, comment is
made about the team. This editorial
is reproduced in the editorial col
umns of the Chronicle this week.
1.-THE Publishers Auxiliary" pub
lished at Chicago, in its issue OF
March End, has an article telling OF
the award as follows:
"For the third time in as many
years an All-American Country
Weekly Newspaper eleven has been
selected by Prof John H. Casey.
country newspapers specialist at the
University of Oklahoma. Based on
his observations from March, 1928,
to February, 1929, Professor Casey
chooses to honor eleven men on his
third all-mythical team.
This years team is built around
three steller weekly newspapers,
samples copies of which, Professor
Casey suggests, should be procured
and studied by other weekly publish
erS to be fully appreciated. They
are: The Wayne (Neb.) Herald, the
Freehold IN. j. Transcript, and the
Milford (Del) Chronicle.
Publishers of each have develop
ed newspaper properties highly pro-
fitable to their owners. But more i'm
portant than that they have built up
newspapers as equally great, infiu-
entail, and generally beneficial in
their respective small communities
as are such dailies as the New York
Times, the Kansas City Star and the
Dallas News in those larger centers,
according to Casey.
"Of the Wayne (Neb) Herald,
Professor Casey says: I find this
one of the most consis-
tent in paOaral Ynarff mail ofto-
week that has ever come to my at
tention. From 16 to "a pages are
not an unusual run with total of
$4,000 advertising revenue during
[COHtiEHed on page 81
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
SHORE BLACKBERRY
GROWERS MERGE
Sussex And Worcester Counties To
Be Represented In Group

Organization of growers of black
berry crops in Sussex county, DEL,
and Worcester county, Md, is I'M
derway under the guidance of farm
agents of the two counties, accord
ing to County Agent Robert T.
Grant, Worcester county.
That blackberries are better
moneymakers than strawberries has
been firmly established in the last
three years among growers in the
two counties, records show. In Sus-
sex county growers are looking for
ward to big crops of blackberries at
frankfort, Millsboro, Selbyville,
CCOntigEed on page u
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
ARRANGE FINALS
OF PLAY CONTEST
Three Oranges To Compete In Ora
matte Competition At Dover

Arrangements have been com
pleted for presenting winning plays
in the dramatic contest under the
auspices of the State Grange in the
high school auditorium at Dover
next Tuesday night.
Three plays will be presented by
the following oranges: West Bran
DIVINE Grange, of TalleyVille; Mil
ford Grange, of Sussex county, and
Trophy Grange, of FELTON,. Prizes
totaling $50 will be awarded, the
first prize being $50; second, $40,
and third, $40.
The competing oranges won nrsl
hOnors in their respective county
contests which we're held during
the winter months.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
FINDS IT BEST TO
FEED BABY CHICKS
Thinks Theory OF Not Feeding New
Iy.Hatched Chickens Wrong

The Matching season is at It's
peak in lower Delaware. According
to the most reliable statistics assem-
bIed by the State Board OF Agrlcui-
ture, upwards of 100000 chicks
are Matched each year. But the per-
iod from December until May is al
ways the busiest one.
Because of accredited flocks that
have been tested and the birds
found free from disease, Delaware
hatcherymen have been able to boost
the nrice of day-old chicks from
-tEebt TO ten cents to twenty-five
cents a chick. The average how
aver ranges around fourteen and
fifteen cents a chick. The top
TContisged on page y
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
APRIL TERM OPENS on
APR. | AT GEORGETOWN
List rs Trial Gases BEFORE Chief
Justice Pennenlli And Assoelates

The regular April term III auner
ior Court and Court of General So
slons for Sussex County VIII con
Yene al Georgetown Monday. Anil
4, with Chief Justice james penns
viii and Associate Juages nerharf
u Rice and Richard 81 Rodney na
the bench, ln Superior Coul lhon
are 30 cases sci ilr uIal and M iur
argument
The court calendar ahoNa al al
Yoroe cases listed Ha Mll0na A.
Ruth Kitchens 81 Reuhen b lial
ems Enos Richard NnH 81 Mn
Celia Causey hoss Nn Anna aaI
TON rs. Kenneth A anluH nIaH
vile 0Neal 81 Mls Nalla uN.aI
Ralph y Nichols - IAna.ei. \
leeallaHif 81 fasl
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
FORESTRY DEPT. HAS
TREES TO DISTRIBUTE
Fifty-six Thousand Forest Tree
Seedlings Available In Delaware

The Delaware State Forestry De-
partment have arranged for the pur-
chase of $4,000 forest tree seedlings
to be distributed to the farmers and
land owners of the State this
spring. April first has been set by
the State Forestry Department as
the last day that orders for planting
stock will be accepted.
This planting stock, which will be
distributed at nominal sum of
$3.50 per thousand, f. o. b. Lincoln,
Delaware, includes the following
species:
1900 Norway (Red) Pine seedlings
4 yr. CLIO inches.
$4,000 Scotch Pine seedlings 8 yr.
So inches.
$4,000 Japanese Larch seedlings 2
VI. Ala inches.
$4,000 Norway Spruce seedlings 4
VT. CLIO inches.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22
$4,000 Total.

5000 Total.
Application blanks can be secured
from the State Forestry Department,
Dover. The conditions under which
trees can be purchased from the De-
partment are stated on the applica-
ECOHtiHEed on page n
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22

Advertisers should note
that the mosquito, which
does a humming business, Is
not satisfied with one user
ton.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1929-03-22

CCsSfiSzed ~ pSss u
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
How Fiction Helps.

read a brisk historic tale concern
ing bygone kings and queens and daunt-
less knights in suits of mail, who bravely
spill the foemens beans. And when
I've read the story through, I'd know
more of that time. gadzooks and so
read a pound or two of history in
goodly books. I want to know about
the kings who figured in the tale I've
read. l wish to learn of all the things
said monarchs thought and did and said.
I'm curious about the queens. about
their crowns of purest brass; l wish to
know about the scenes wherein they
cut their share of grass I want to
know about the hosts of men who lived
III those dead days, so I can conjure up
their ghosts and try to realize their
ways. And SO / dig up musty tones and
read the chronicles of yore, and borrow
spades and finetooth combs that may
dig up something more. Thus in due
season / acquire much knowledge of a
valued kind. and people wonder and
admire the stacked up treasures of my
mind. Sir Walters Quentin Durward"
book has caused a million eager Jays to
drop their knitting and to look into
the annals of old days. So worthy
fiction leads man to deeper thoughts
and saner acts, to follow an instructive
plan and store his mind with useful
facts. Some books you read and then
forget when you have reached the final
pages and tther volumes make you fret
for the historian and sage.
WALT MASON.
tCepyr!ght. 1929
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Personality!

When Ziegfeld selects them, you
can be sure they have personality.
This lovely New York girl, now APP
pearing in Rio Rita" has talent
and beauty, too - enhanced by
wonderful skin and the softeSt
waves of dark brown hair.
When friends ask me what l
do to make my hair SO soft and
gleamy," says Miss Hargrave, Il
have to think twice to tell them,
because I give so little time to it.
The method / use is very popular
among New York girls. I just put
little Danderine on my brush
each time l use it. I am letting
my hair grow; but you'd never
know it, Danderine keeps 1t SO soft
and easy to arrange and holds it
in place SO wonderfully 1t gives
my hair such silky, soft and lus-
trcus appearance, friends are al
ways commenting on 1t. There
isn't trace of dandrIff left now
that I'm using Danderine reg
ularly. And it keeps my hair and
scalp SO clean and comfortable
that l don't shampoo half as often
as l used to-"
Danderine quickly removes that
oily film from your hair, brings out
its natural color, gives it more
luSter than brilliantine. It makes
the hair easy to dress; keeps it in
place. 1t usually checks dandruff.
1t isn't oily; doesn't show. All
drug stores have the generous Csc
bottles. A delicately fragranced
necessity for the we'll groomed
girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

If We are to start at the beginning
we must 60 back a century to the
time of Napoleon Bonaparte. The
Little Corporal once declared that no
European army could cross the Sinai
Desert. For a hundred years Napoleon's
assertion had been considered by mill
tary men as the last word.
1t wasn't possible to move any con-
siderable number of troops, with equip
ment, across this trackless. waterless
waste of blazing sands. which shifted
with every tiny breath Of air. The
whitened bones of many men testified
to this.
There was one man, however. who
did not hold with Napoleon. He was
Gen. Murray. The commander believed
that it was not only possible to &C
complish this feat, but that the British
sooner or later would have to send an
army across the desert. Moreover, he
thought that the Turks could bring
troops across. If they did they might
succeed in blocking the all-important
Suez-the allies sole direct waterway
to the East.
Gen. Murray's obsession occasioned
a good many quiet smiles. On one oc-
Casion. when the matter was being dis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

set about to find out how the Turks
accomplished the crossing. and especial
ly how they got that artillery over. I
was lucky enough to be in on the So
luton. strolled into the hut which
served as headquarters for Gen. Sir
Herbert Lawrence, commander of the
Northern forces. The general was in
his shirt sleeves and sweat was stream
ing from every pore, but he was laugh
Ing as happily as q schoolboy.
We've got It," he said exuitingly
And then he unraveled the tangled skein
for me-
Water, food and ammunition had
been moved on camel back. The troops
had taken the desert in forced marches
at night. when 1t was cool and when the
darkness shielded them from British
airplanes. l could understand all that,
but waited anxiously for the denoue-
ment In connection with the big guns
Here 1t Is:
shrub which Is so wiry that 1t Is almost
like mass of steel springs. The Turks
had scooped out small parallel trenches
In the sand, just far enough apart so
that the wheels of gun carriage would
fit into them. Then the willy Orientals
had filled the trenches with the shrubs,
and 10, they had railroad track along
which gun could be pulled with COM
parative ease. The shrubs forced an
indestructible mattress for the wheels.
1t was one of the most unusual en-
cheering feats In history and It was
a stroke Of genius. The Germans got
the credit for the idea.
(Copyright 1929. by the Associated Press)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27

cussed at headquarters. one Of his stan
ventured to recall Napoleon's verdict.
The gray-haired commander turned to
this officer and said:
Don't quote Napoleon to me. He's
been dead a long time"
Because of his belief. Gen. Murray
finally moved the British defenses
across the canal to the east side.
There on the huge dunes. amidst sand
SO loose that one sank halfway to the
knees at every step, he established a
front line" And miserable, blazing
hell it was.
Then, out Of the blue. came the at
tack. Fourteen thousand armed men
selves gaainst the British. This was
astonishing enough, but an almost I'M
belieyable thing was that the enemy
actually brought heavy artillery with
them. This last seemed so much be-
yond the realm of possibility that the
British could scarcely believe their ears
when they heard the guns boom.
I won't describe the battle at length.
1t was terrible. The Turks charged in
among the dunes on which the British
had their defenses. There for hours the
battle ragged under hot sun.
Machine guns on the crests Of the
dunes slaughtered the Turks by hun
dreds. The Amaze cavalrymen, In one
OF the most glorious actions of their
wonderful career. actually jumped their
horses down from the dunes onto the
enemy foot soldiers. Many Of the Turks
must have been virtually burned to
death under that merciless sun after
their tiny supplies of water gave out,
Once the battle was over the British
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

couture. Comb the hair straight away
from the part, holding the comb par
allel with the part. Now take your
water-wave comb tthe long kind is
handiest), comb your hair straight
away from the part, insert the comb
and push it down toward your FORE
head. This movement is at right angles
with the combing movement (A). Push
the comb toward the part and lock 1t
by placing another comb at the part
with the teeth interlocked with those
of the first comb.
To make the next wave, take another
water-waving comb and comb the hair
smooth and straight away from the part
as before. Comb and part are parallel.
Now push the comb backward away
from the forehead. This movement is
at right angles with the previous
straight combing movement. Push the
comb in. Proceed. making the waves
in this manner. first combing the hair
straight, swinging the comb down to-
ward the forehead or upward on the
alternate waves at right angles. pushing
the combs in. If the hair is short, turn
the ends up.
The other side of the head may be
waved in the same manner. Use shorter
combs to wave the back hair, using two
tiers of them. Mold the wave with the
combs so that it flows gracefully around
the head. 1t is scarcely possible to
wave ones own back hair, but an oblig-
ing friend may consent to help. Better
still, skillful hairdresser may be en-
ployed to water-wave the hair. Adjust
a net over the hair and let it dry.
The finger-wave is a popular vari-
alton of the comb wave and is nodded
with the hair comb and fingers. AS the
waves are formed with the comb they
are held in place with the fingers laid
lengthwiSe instead of with water waving
combs. Once a week is often enough
to water-wave the hair One should
not wet the hair every day In order to
wave it, as this tends to make it streaky,
especially if it is blonde.
(Conyrirht 1899
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
The Sidewalks of Washington
BY THORNTON FISHER.

lady moved near a post at which he
was stationed. Every evening the SUM-
set gun was fired. This daily function
finally began to get on the nerves of
the woman, who asked one day what
the sound was.
Sunset" was the reply.
Great goodness" she exclaimed.
Does the sun always go down with a
bang like that in this neighborhood?
X X
An actor who is invited to many So
cial affairs is comedian. Frequently
he is asked to perform for the guests.
One night, he says. he was engaged
professionally to entertain for a well
known society woman. About 10 o'clock
a small daughter of the household came
to him and said: please, Mr.. Jimson.
mother says she will be much obliged
if you commence to be funny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
NOT PASSED
BY CENSOR
Mystery of the Sands.
BY DEWITT MACKENZIE.

ONE of the great mysteries of the
World War. and one which all
but escaped solution, was involved in
that amazing battle in which the Brit
ish defeated the Turks in Romani, Just
east of the Suez Canal, in August, 1914
Fourteen thousand Ottomans with
some German and Austrian officers,
swetp across the well-night impossible
Sinai Desert and made fierce assault
on the British defenses among the
mountainous sand dunes. The defeat
of the Turks was catastrophe. The
battlefield was shambles, and few of
the enemy escaped death or capture.
Gen. Sir Archibald Murray, COM
mander-in- chief of the British forces
in Egypt, had invited me to visit him
at his headquarters at Ismailiya, on
the Suez Canal, and arrived there
Just after this battle had been fought
The sands were still strewn with the
bodies of innumerable Turks and
camels and donkeys. The great gen.
eral and his men were happy in their
victory but they were engrossed in
trying to solve puzzle which had been
constructed by master mind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-27
Ny Neighbor Says:

A can OF crushed pineapple
added to leftover apple sauce
makes a delicious dessert.
To tighten springs in curtain
rollers. hold the rolelrs firmly and
with pincers tighten the end
springs.
New baking pans should always
be burned blue in the oven before
they are used.
To make biscuits crisp. use
water instead Of milk and double
the quantity of shortening.
II moths are In your rugs. turn
the rugs over on the wrong side
and iron them with a hot iron.
Then sprinkle the floor with tur-
pentine. rub 1t In we'll and Law
the rug back. Repeat three or
four times until the moths dis
appear.