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Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
TONIGHT AT ARMORY
Health Board Asks Citizens To
Work Quickly As Possible

The annual town meeting of the
citizens of Milford, at which
Town Ticket will be nominated to
be balloted for at the elections next
Monday afternoon, will be held at
the Armory tonight. While the To-
cal Board of Health has put a ban
on all public gatherings in its ef-
fort to stamp out the grippe epi-
demic here, the meeting tonight will
be allowed. A representative of the
health board will be present at the
meeting and will urge those who at
tend to transact their business as
rapidly as possible and then ad-
jOurn. 1t is more than likely that
fight will develop at the meeting to-
night, for it is known that two tick
cts will be presented for the con-
sideratiOn of the citizens. Both
factions, it is believed, are agreed
upon George H. Baynum for Col
lector and Treasurer, although Ar
thur J. SOckrider, present incum-
bent, will make a fight to retain his
office. Other officers will also be
contested for
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
MILFORD HEALTH
AUTHORITIES FIGHT
GRIPPE EPIDEMIC
Schools, Churches And Theatres
Closed In Effort To Retard
Spread OF Present Plague.
SHOULD NOT CONCREGATE
Local Health Board Asks Persons
Not To COngregate In Build
ings Or Public Places.

The Milford Board of Health has
taken drastic measures to combat
the epidemic of grippe which is now
spreading over the entire country.
Milford physicians are OverwOrked
in their fight to check the disease
and to aid those now suffering with
! it. Action on the part of the health
board was taken on Tuesday when
they notified the Milford Board of
Education not to reopen the schools
on Wednesday morning after the
Christmas holiday. Every church
in the town was ordered to close
and remain closed until further no
tice, as was likewise the theatre
This action on the part of the local
Board of Health was taken with the
hope that by prohibiting cOngTegat-
ing in public places the germs will
not be scattered about and that the
disease can be checked more rap
idly.
Every day this week additional
cases of grippe are reported here,
but they do not seem to be of very
serious nature if proper precaution
is taken with the patient. The first
thing to do is to go to bed and stay
there until all danger of complica-
tions has passed. Just when the
Board of Health will lift its ban on
the schools, churches and theatre
is not known; but it is certain that
it will not be lifted until after con-
ditions better themselves here.
Health authorities are giving the
following advice to the public, with
the idea of aiding them in their
fight against influenza:
Avoid crOwds-and in particular
avoid anyone with cold or who is
coughing or sneezing.
Avoid overeating - especially
meats and rich foods. Avoid ex-
cesses of all kinds.
Exercise in the open air each day.
If your work is cOnfning take a
long walk.
Get plenty of sleep-those who
are tired out or in a rundown condi-
ton are particularly susceptible to
influenza.
Keep feet dry and warm and avoid
drafts. Unequal exposure = feet
cold and other parts of body warm
lowers resistance.
Keep bowels open. Constipation
is CONDUCIVE to colds and colds may
lead to influenza.
If you do contract a cold, see a
doctor at once and follow his ad-
vice.
Do not take drugs except on the
advice of a physician.
And don't worry!
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ORGANIZED TUESDAY
BY The REPUBLICANS
SimOntOn Elected President Pro
Tenn OF Senate And Messick
Speaker Of The House.
MILFORD MAN GETS JOB
Alfred E. Archer Named Secretary
Of The Senate-.-Wilbur Ham,
mOnd Messenger In House.

Organization of the 102nd Genera
Assembly of Delaware was effected
early Tuesday afternoon by the Re
publican majorities of Senate anC
House without hitch, a slate of of
ficers of each branch having beer
selected in caucuses Monday night
For the second time under the
present constitution of Delaware
which was adopted in 1897, the Leg
islature convened on New Years
Day, the constitution designating
the first Tuesday in January" fol
the biennial meeting of the Legis-
lature. The same situation existed
in 1907, when the first Tuesday in
January was New Years Day.
All the members of the Legisla-
ture were present. Swearing in OF
the members took up some time, af-
ter which officers were elected for
each branch.
Officers for Senate
BY a party vote of 8 to s, the fol-
Lowing officers, all Republicans,
We're elected by the Senate:
President pro TEN, Captain Will
liam A. Simonton, Wilmington.
Parliamentarian, Thomas E. Pen
ny, of Wilmington.
Secretary of the Senate, Albert E.
Archer, Milford
Assistant secretary, Benjamin
Leach, New Castle.
Reading clerk, John H. Wiggles-
worth, Bellefonte.
Assistant reading clerk, Arthur ].
p Clarke, Dover.
Bill clerk, J. w. McVaugh, Ced-
ars.
Attorney, Julian C. Walker, New
Castle county.
Assistant attorney, Ernest Keith,
Dover.
Chaplain, the Rev. Charles Hud-
son, SeafOrd.
Sergeant-at-arms, Duval T. Mus
tard. Sussex county.
Assistant Sergeant-at-arms, Eli
sha d. Campbell, Milford
Document clerk, TwifOrd Morris,
Seaford.
Stenographer, Lewis H. Green,
Wilmington.
IyplSt, MISS Bertha ButZ, Dover.
Floor messenger, Jesse Davis,
Marshallton.
Press messenger, David HOllett,
Wilmington.
Telephone messenger, Jacob Sad
Ter. Delaware City.
Attorney-at-large James f. Alice,
Dover.
Officers For the House
The House by a party vote of 26
to 9 elected the following officers,
all Republicans.
Speaker, Charles w. Messick, of
near Laurel.
Parliamentarian, William Win
trup Wilmington.
ICssfisSed on Page 51
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
THE FIRST NATIONAL
BANK CHANGES TITLE
Acts As Executor And AdminiStra
tor Under Wills

Fifty-two years ago the First Ma
tional Bank of Milford was organic
ed to meet the financial requirements
of this locality and during these
years the deposits have increased
from $56, ,302.47 to 1854, ,026.9S. Total
resources, $3.567, ,446.71.
These figures indicate the conf
dence placed in this institution. The
year 1928 was very satisfactory with
semi-annual dividend of 71a%o reg
ular and a dividend of 1158o extra.
For the past ten years it has
been the banks privilege to act as
executor and administrator of es-
tates and at the present time the
resources of the trust department
totals $220,45429.
In view of the increased activities
as executor and administrator of es-
tates and wishing to more fully in
form the public with the fact that
the bank is prepared to act in every
fiduciary capacity, the stockholders
voted to add to the banks title the
word Trust" which indicates that
the trust department acts as execu-
tor, administration, guardian, trus-
tee or any trust capacity in which
a trust is created.
In naming the First National
Bank and Trust Company as execu-
tor of your will, you can be assured
that your wishes will be carried out
and that the charges will not be any
greater than an individual executor.
If you do not leave will, what
becomes of your estate? 1t is your
privilege to say what you want done
with your property. The trust Off
Ger of the First National Bank and
Trust Company will be glad to talk
this important matter over with you.
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
REPORT FEWER DEATHS
IN DELAWARE IN 1927

Mortality statistics made
public by the Census Bureau
show that there were fewer
deaths in 1927 in all but five
of forty-One States cOnstitut-
ing the registration area. Del
aware is credited with a re-
duction of deaths from 3,447
in 1926 to 3,007 in the last
calendar year. This was a
decrease of 44O. In deaths per
1000 of population Delaware's
percentage dropped from 14.4
in 1926 to 12.4 in 1927.
In the whole country, the
number of deaths in 1927 was
1,236,949, which compares
with 1,2S5,947 last year. The
National rate per 1000 of pop
ulation was cut from 1872 i'll
1926 to 11.4 in 1927.
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
NEW PAPER MONEY WILL
BE SMALLER JULY FIRST
Currency Department Announces IS
sue viii Be Ready Then

Smaller pocketbooks will be the
vogue beginning July 1, 1929. Cash
registers and tills also will display
shrinking contours and pay enve-
lopes probably will be considerably
thinner.
The date has been set tentatively
for issuance of the new and smaller
size United States currency.
Federal Reserve banks will be the
issuing body for both greenbacks and
yellowbacks reduced one-third in
size from the present bills.
The treasury department regards
the one-third shrinkage as a profit,
however, expecting to save that pro-
portion of the present expense of
printing and servicing bills. There
will be no change in intrinsic value
or denomination.
Issues of the old size currency
will cease next April 80 and for two
months demands for currency will
be met by Federal Reserve banks
from new or circulated old-size bills.
During this period the public may
find an unusual number of badly
worn bills in circulation, but when
July l dawns the new small cur
rency will make its cracking, if
diminutive appearance.
Even after July 1 some old bills
will continue to change hands, due
to problems involved in cancellation
and redemption, but the treasury
will require at an early date re-
demption of all old currency as it
reaches Federal Reserve banks.
National bank currency will not
be included in the initial distribu-
ton pending decision by congress as
to whether it is to be retired.
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
STATE DENTISTS TO
MEET AT WILMINGTON
in ANNUAL SESSION
Delaware State Dental Society
Will Hold AlI-Day Gathering
JanuaryN9th.
NOTED men WILL SPEAK
Many Papers Will Be Read And
Il Clinics Held By Wilmington
Practitioners.

Prominent specialists and dental
surgeons from Philadelphia, New
York, Washington and the l.. d.
Caulk Company's Laboratories in
Milford, will participate in the big
gest annual meeting of the Della
ware State Dental Society ever to
be held, which will take place on
Wednesday, January 8, in the Will
mington Country Club, tentative
plans for which have already been
arranged by the executive commit
tee of the organization. The meet
ing is to last all day.
Papers are to be read and clinics
are to be conducted by Wilmington
dentists. This is a departure from
the practice set in former years
whren dentists from elsewhere oc-
cupied the principal places on the
program. None of the previous
meetings have lasted throughout a
whole day.
Because of the nature of the ques-
tions to be treated in the papers
and clinics, the attention of dentists
with worldwide regulations will be
directed toward the meeting. Della
ware, it is pointed out, is well
known to the dentists throughout
the country because of the L. d.
Caulk Company, one of the largest
dental laboratories in the country,
which is located here.
One of the principal phases of the
program will be an address follow
ing the dinner at o'clock in the
evening, by DR.. c. j. Hollister,
chairman of the Oral Hygiene Com
mittee of the Pennsylvania State
Board of Health. Dr. Hollister
will speak on oral hygiene, a sub
ject which is engaging the interest
of the entire dental world. 1t is
nothing more than the process of
educating persons to take proper
care of their mouths, but only re-
Gently has been recognized by the
large majority of dentists to be
highly important phase of their
work. Previously it had been
reached as detrimental to their bus
mess, they admit to participate in
such a program and only through
an intensive campaign conducted
among practitioners in compare
lively recent years has this atti-
tude been dispelled.
The morning session of the an
nual meeting of the Delaware State
Dental Society will be devoted chief
ly to business, including election of
officers for the ensuing year. DR..
Otto U. King of the L. d. Caulk
COmpanys staff, who is chairman
of the Delaware State Oral Hygiene
Committee, will participate in the
program.
After the luncheon, which will
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Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
DELAWARE TO GET
S365,625 FOR ROADS
Secretary Jardine AppOrtiOnS Feder-
al Aid In Road Construction

Secretary of Agriculture Jardine
has apportioned $73,125,OOO to the
states as federal aid in road con-
struction for the fiscal year begin
ming on July first next, as authorized
by Congress for continuing the fed
eral aid program, and the funds will
be sexpended according to the same
provisions which have governed
past expenditures. In general, the
states pay half the cast of federal
construction.
improvements were completed on
S.184 miles of new federal-aid roads,
and advanced stages of improve
ments were completed on 2,O14 more
miles. Jardine announced. The ap-
portionment among states included:
Delaware, s365,625; Pennsylvania,
Ss,825,S54; Virginia, $1,44S,4O5; West
Virginia, $796,4OS; Maryland, $685.
615.
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
new SUSSEX COUNTY
OFFICIALS IN OFFICE
Commenced Their Duties Tuesday,
January lst-. Receiver OF Taxes
Isaacs Names His Deputies.

Sussex cOunty's newly-elected Of
| ficials were inducted into office on
| Tuesday morning. This is the first
time in many years that the new
officials have taken office on the
first day of the year Under the
law, all officials chosen at the No
vember election assume Office on
the first Tuesday in January.
The new officials are: Harvey NJ.
Short, of Stockley, clerk of the Or
phans Court and Register in Chan
Gerry. succeeding William ]. Wes-
coat, of near Lewes; Bud Coy, OF
Georgetown. sheriff, succeeding
William G. Bryan, of Georgetown;
John S. Isaacs. of Milford, receiver
of taxes and county treasurer, sue
ceeding William o. Long, of Green
wood; Joseph Gray Davis, of Mil
ford. prothonotary, succeeding AL
win F. Wilgus, of Georgetown; John
Revel, of Gumboro, coroner, sue
ceeding Carlton Gordy, of MillsbOro; /;
Eben A. Townsend, of Dagsboro,
comptroller, succeeding LinwoOd S.
Lloyd. of Blades.
The hold-overs in the Sussex
County Courthouse are Recorder of
Deeds Earl Sirman, of Laurel;
Clerk of the Peace John S. Cooper,
of Delmar, and Register of Wills
George Vannie Messick.
One new Levy Court Commission
er-William S. Todd, of Greenwood
took office. The hold-over mem
bers are j. Leon Black, of Milton,
and Gardner E. Bunting, of near
Selbyville, both of whom have two
years to serve.
1t will be the duty of the Levy
Court Commissioners the first OF
the year to select a custodian of
property, appoint the road supervis-
ors for the coming year, name the
bridge tenders, constables and
choose the vacancies that may oc
cur in the Board of Assessment.
Most of the appointments will be
made during January, February
and March, the law fixing the time
for the naming of different officials.
Receiver of Taxes John S. Isaacs,
of Milford, has appointed David H.
Isaacs, of near Milford, as his
chief deputy, and Miss Kathryn
Hamilton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. H. Hamilton, of Harbeson, as
first assistant deputy.
Sheriff Bud Coy has appointed
Frank l.. Joseph, of Georgetown, as
his deputy. Mr.. Joseph for several
years has been manager of the
Georgetown branch of the Delaware
Trust Company, which recently
was sold to Landreth l.. Layton and
James NJ Tunnel.
Mr.. Joseph recently rendered his
resignation to accept the position OF
deputy sheriff.
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
HOPE TO MAKE STATE
SAFE FROM DISEASE
Better Sanitary Conditions Hope OF
Many State Communities

That there is a higher percentage
of typhoid fever and filth diseases in
towns of from 500 to $500 population,
where these towns are without prop
er facilities to take care of human
wastes, is shown by statistics as
sembled from all over the United
States. That is the reason why C. R.
Beckett, sanitary engineer of the
State Board of Health, has made a
tentative survey of conditions in
twenty towns in Delaware where
municipal improvements such as
sewerage systems and pure water
supplies are needed.
[COHtiHHed on page I01
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
PETIT JURY DRAWN
FOR FEDERAL COURT
Criminal Trials To Start Mon
day. January l4th, Mostly On
Liquor Violations.

Criminal trials in Federal Court al
Wilmington will start Monday NOR
ming, January IA, the majority Of the
cases being alleged violations of the
prohibition laws.
The following have been selected
for jury duty:
East Dover hundred-Landreth J..
Layton, Jr., Manlove Hayes Wilson,
John I. BucksOn.
Wilmington hundred William
Kirk, John Richardson, Jr., Freder-
ick ]. Blatz, Harry r. Craig, John H.
He'll, George A. Rhoads, Leo NJ.
Montgomery, James P. Winchester,
George Gray, Jr., Joseph H. Hamil-
ton.
Blackbird hundred-Royden Caulk.
Milford hundred-George H. Hall.
North West Fork hundred-Eu-
gene Ellingsworth, Harry w. Viven.
Cedar Creek hundred-William v.
Simple, Jr., Charles D. Abbott
Dagsboro hundred-Henry L. Bar
ker, Oscar F. Campbell, James Ed
ward Goslee.
Georgetown hundred, Walter b.
Hillyard.
Lewes and Rehoboth hundred
Rolla Hart.
White Clay Creek hundred-H. B.
Wright, Edward L. Richards.
Kenton hundred-Harry B. Clark,
William H. Tunis, Charles Hanratty.
Broad Greek hundred-Eli R. Has
tings, David T. Boyce.
Brandywine hundred, Henry B.
Bradford, J. Allen Colby.
Little Creek hundred-Thomas D.
Garrison.
Pencader hundred-James M.
Downs.
Red Lion hundred-Truxton w.
ROvce
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
LOW-PRICED ROAD
Is CALLED BIG NEED
In STATE BY BUCK
Governor. Elect Makes His Final
Report As Chief Engineer OF
Highway Department.
ROADS AID TO FARMERS
Tells Of Bridge Construction And
Road Widening To Ease Traf-
fic In Delaware.

The greatest problem now before
the State Highway Department is to
secure a low-cOst road, which has
sufficient merit to warrant it's ex-
tended use, states c. Douglass Buck,
retiring Chief Engineer, in his 1928
report submitted to the members of
the State Highway Commission.
Such a road must be developed if
the remaining 80 per cent of the
highways of the State are to be made
serviceable throughout the year, and
the isolated farmers given an equal
opportunity with those along the
State system, the report says.
The existing drawbridge over the
Christian River at Newport is made
quate for present conditions, and
accordingly plans were made and
contracts have been let for the sub
structure and the temporary span
The bridge will consist of three
spans of about 81 feet each for ap-
proaches, and so foot clear span
for the bascule. The contract for the
substructure has been let for $4,000.
The span will be completed by Oc-
tober, 1929.
Bids will be received on January 8
for the construction of a dual"
highway from State Road to st.
Georges. The dual" highway will be
a twO-lane concrete road, paralleling
the present du Pont Boulevard be-
tween these points, at a distance of
so feet.
Bridge At FarnhurSt
The bridge over the Pennsylvania
Railroad at Farnhurst, which is now
under construction by agreement
with the railroad company, will be
completed by early summer, and will
make available the full advantages
of the widening already completed.
Following the policy adopted some
years ago, the department this year
planted about $500 trees along the
highways.
Mr.. Buck states in his report that
"the wholehearted support of the
public in enforcing and upholding
the motor vehicles laws of the State
is. imperative if progress is to be
made in the direction of greater
safety"
A total of 684 highway accidents,
outside of Wilmington, were investi-
gated and recorded by the officers of
the State Highway Police between
January l and December 1, 1928, in
which as people were killed, 479 in
jured and property loss of $115,262
sustained.
FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
Mr.. Buck in his report recon-
mends that the roads for improve
ment during the year 1929 be Sc
lected from the following list, petit
tions for the construction of which,
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Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04
FOR ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

Mr. Buck in his report recon-
mends that the roads for improve
ment during the year 1929 be Sc
lected from the following list, petit
tiOns for the construction of which,
COnfinpe4 on baal 81
Milford chronicle., 1929-01-04

Gas necessary as my break
fast" said a business man,
when asked how he liked the
Milford Chronicle.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
MeXlCans in the United States
BY Fred Ellis

the initiative of the A. F. of L.
traitors, immigration to U. S. from
Mexico has stopped. The friend
ship" of the Mexicans to the U. S.
means that the Mexican consuls
have become the direct accomplices
of U. S. imperialism in it's new and
further persecution of the Mexican
within the U. S. Many Mexicans
are being deported. The A. F. of L.
is carrying on a bitter war against
the Mexicans. In many cities a
Mexican Commission" of fascist
bourgeois character is being created
to handle the Mexican Problem"
All the reactionary Mexican poll
ticians and priests, especially those
expelled from Mexico for their re-
dictionary policies, are concentrating
their forces along the border. The
American politicians and the Amer
lean and Mexican papers aid them
in every way in disintegrating the
ranks of the Mexican workers and
in organizing counter-revolutionary
bodies.
simultaneously with the increased
oppression and terror against the
Mexicans in the U. S., the Mexican
government promises land to those
who return to Mexico driven out
Of the U. S. But the land is never
Forthcoming and hundreds of fam
lilies are now on the border in Mex
leo absolutely destitute, whom the,
Mexican government has helped the
U. S. government to despoil.
Against this new persecution the
Mexican masses are beginning to
strike back both against U. S. i'm
perialism and its agent the Mexican
government.
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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-02-15
100000 Slaves in South; Most Exploited;
Own Unions

And I would ask him further, "What
do you know about the south any
way?" The more one sees of the
real situation the more one realizes
that our Party has done so little in
the South, so little c-aon- the agrar-
ian toilers, so little among the Ne
groes, so little among the most ex-
plotted of all!
1t is in the South that most of
the 100000 Mexicans in the United
States live. These Mexicans live
even worse than the whites. In all
America, with the exception of the
Negroes, one cannot find a section
of the population more exploited.
Three million Mexicans in the Uni
ted States, but how many in our
Party? Yet these Mexican toilers
have a tremendous role to play.
In the first place, in the South
and West they are concentrated in
most important industries, such as
oil, mines, railway, metal, and COM
pose the bulk of the agricultural
workers. The organization of the I'M
organized of these industries especi-
ally in this region must take in
above all these Mexican masses.
They are ready to organize. The
A. F. of L. officialdom has ruled
them out of its unions, and fights
hard to prevent them from being
organized.
Have Formed Own Unions.
In spite of that they have formed
unions of their own and almost 1000
Of them subscribe to Ell Machete,
the organ of the Communist Party
IN Mexico. Unseen and neglected by
the revolutionary movement, betray-
ed by the reactionary labor bureau
Gratis, yet the Mexicans in the south
ern part of the U. S., rightfully
trusting no one, have gone ahead
undaunted, in spite of their tremen-
dous handicaps. The revolutionary
movement in the U. S. has huge
sin to wipe out. The mobilization of
these masses must become one of
our most important tasks.
Especially must this be so when
we see that the Mexicans are po-
tentially and directly the greatest
single anti-imperialist force in the
U. S. Every blow given Latin Amer
lea by U. S. imperialism reacts i'm
mediately and directly on these Mex
leans. They bear with them the deep
est hatred to the "gringoes." They
have double hatred, doubly ex-
pressed as workers, and despised as