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Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
BISHOPVILLE

Mrs. Nora Moore delightfully."- en-
tertained a number of young people
at Fenwick's Island on Friday even
ing. Those attended the weinie
roast were the following: Roda
Lynch and Elias Tingle, Hilda Ryan
and Joe KOllock, Doris Collins and
Frank Hickman, Thelma CrOpper
and Harvey Tingle, Ida Nelson and
Thurl Long, Pauline Lynch and Will
mer Hoffman, Charlotte Hudson and
Joe Hickman, Helen Hudson and
Wilson Latchum, Violena Bunting
and Edgar Hickman, Ruth Godfrey,
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Selby, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joshua Cropper, Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Rayne, Mrs. Paul Rayne and
Mrs. Ethel Robbins. All reported
fine time.
Miss Hilda Ryan and Roda Lynch
gave watermelon party to num-
ber of friend recently.
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Wilson are
spending their vacation with rela-
/ lives in Baltimore and New Jersey.
The Ladies' Aid was entertained
at the home of Mrs. Alfred Nelson
on Friday evening.
The people of this vicinity have
been attending the Sound Camp for
the past ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Morris, accom-
panied by Mrs. Lizzie Davidson,
motored to Cambridge on Sunday and
visited Mrs. Morris mother at the
State Hospital.
Mrs. Lannie Rayne and Mrs. Ed
ward Collins were Sunday guests OF
Mrs. Frank Williams at the Stephen
1 Decanter Hotel at Ocean City, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Smith, of w.
Philadelphia, are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Raymond Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs Sam Smith and son,
of st. Georges, Del, were the week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Collins.
Tasker Hudson, of Philadelphia,
spent Sunday with his family here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Moore and son
Carlton, are spending their vacation
at Fenwick's Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Lynch recent
ly entertained Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon
Harrison, of Stonehurst, Pa; Mr..
and Mrs. Evans Harrison of W.
Philadelphia, Mrs. Kate Derrickson
of Ocean View, and Mrs. Hester Nor
ris of Selbyville.
Ward Godfrey, of Wilmington, is
spending a while with his family
here.
Paul Rayne and family are occu-
pying a cottage at Fenwick's Island
for a while.
The Misses Doris Collins, Thel-
ma Cropper, Roda Lynch and Hllda
RYAN motored to Salisbury on Mon
day.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
PIERRE S. DU POINT
BACKS BAYARD
rCnntinued from Fnst Paael

{. ONiiNHfU JiOm AHSt 4 H0tl
and on which you are to be asked to
vote is whether or not the Eight
eenth Amendment prohibition
Amendment should be repealed.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
petition for repeal of the Klair Law
is probably the largest proportion of
total voters that will have been pre-
sented to any legislative assembly
rejecting the attitude of the cleo
torate on prohibition, both Daniel 0.
Hastings, the only Republican can
didate now in the field, and Josiah
Marvel, one of the Democratic can
didates, have refused to commit
themselves on this question, al
though repeatedly requested to do so.
On the other hand, former Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, another Demo-
cratic candidate. has very courage
ously announced he unalterably
stands for repeal.
1T appears to me that this poll
can be of inestimable value in guild
ing the leaders of both parties in en-
dorsing candidates and framing par
ty platforms if the Every Evening re-
ceives the cooperation of the people
of Delaware in marking their ref
erendum cards promptly and return
ing them to the Every Evening.
81 believe that every person to
whom 1 am writing this letter is dis
satisfied with amendment, and l
urge you not to lay aside or throw
away the referendum card you re-
ceive, but return it promptly marked
| for a favorite candidate.
81 personally expect to support Mr..
Bayard's candidacy and firmly be-
lieve his nomination and election at
this time would be very significant
in the fight now being waged
throughout the United States for re-
peal of the 18th Amendment.
"If you care to write me your
views, | shall be glad to hear from
you.
Sincerely yours,
"P. S. du POINT"
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
DUTIES OF CITIZENSHIP

The one great central theme OF
every citizen, the one great motive
of every man, woman and child
should be to protect, preserve and
defend that great Exceptional lib
erty we enjoy within the law and tor
the law and by the law.
To meet the obligations Of cltlzen-
shin in a republic it is not enough TO
merely vote, to merely take up arms
in time of war, nor merely to pay
taxes. Those things are elemental, OF
course. but the duty of the citizen is
a great deal more far-reaching, the
obligation a much more active part
than the mere routine functions OF
citizenship.
The citizen should as passionately
exercise and thereby preserve the
liberties Of the republic as the foun-
ders passionately struggled ana
fought to obtain them. Rights not
exercised soon are lost. The en-
croachments Of governmental control
creep upon us quietly, and feed upon
public Indifference. The product OF
their unchecked progress inevitably
Is IyTduuy' =
The Stacker of peace times is far
more of a threat and far more dan
gerous to the securities OF a repuDllc
than are it's wartime shirkers.
The coward in citizenship is far
more contemplate than the malinger
in battle.
BY Stacker and coward mean
those self-contented, selfish = per-
haps more thoughtless than selfish
citizens who take the benefits OF a
republic as a matter of fact, and
give no thought to what they are OBJ
Iigated to contribute.
The responsibilities of citizen en-
tail grave obligations.-Hon Melvin
J. Mas, Representative in Congress
from Minnesota.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
MiLLVILLE

The weather at this time is much
cooler but in our section it is Sc
riously dry. Clouds seem to pass
around us, giving light rains to our
neighboring towns.
Farmers are already beginning to
save their fodder, the earliest ever
known to us under three-scOre years.
Only a portion of the late potatoes
planted in July are up and have
had one light rain. Glover seeds
that should be growing is still in
the bag.
Mrs. Sadie Williams entertained
over the weekend her son, Clay Will
liams and wife and boys Lon and
Willard, of Philadelphia, and Mr..
and Mrs. Lon Darby and daughter
Sara, of Milton.
Masters George and Clayton Der
rickson, of New Castle, are spending
part Of their vacation with their
grandmother.
Mrs. Clara V. Stout, of Holmsburg,
Pa, who has been spending some
time with Miss Alice Townsend and
brother, John, returned to her
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James S. West and granddaugh-
ter, Miss Elizabeth Setman, enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. L. A.
Darby, Miss Grace Gillis and Bud
Lillard, of Philadelphia, and Mr.. and
Mrs. E. A. West and daughter Iva, OF
Audubon, N. ].
Miss Sarah Darby, of Milton, spent
last week with Miss Elizabeth Set
man.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Setman, oi
Philadelphia, came on Tuesday for
a week with their father, James 5
West.
C. w. Steele and daughters, Mrs
w. w. Hargroves and Mrs. T. K
Steele, of Portsmouth, Va, Miss Car
oline Sharp and Mrs. w. w. Sharp
of Harrington, spent Monday al
Bethany Beach and were callers with
Mr.. and Mrs. R. C. Steele.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
THE RELATION OF
WEIGHT TO FOOD
By Emery r. Hayhurst, M. D.,
Columbus, Ohio.

Food is the medicine for health, )"
wrote Oliver Wendell Holmes. The
question is to get a food that is re-
ally healthful and at the same time
economical. After all, the two are
the same thing. Many foods of civil
lized man today are neither health
full or economical. AS we look into
this situation one is impressed with
the fact that nature supplies a few
simple but essential articles of diet,
with notifications, of course, for in
fancy, debility, and old age. These
are milk, eggs, vegetables, tnclud-
ing flesh, fish and fowl, water, and
appetizers (salt, spicy fiavors and
perhaps stimulants in the nature OF
the coffee bean, tea leaves, and CO.
coal. A subsistence upon this key
board would truly constitute the
medicine for health"
An economic arrangement for diet
has been promulgated by nutrition
experts as follows, the sum of the
figures representing dollar spent
for food:
Milk and it's products and substi-
tutes, such as butter, cream, cheese,
ice cream, oleomargarine, and per-
haps lard-40 cents.
Fruit and vegetables, a part OF
which should be fresh, the balance
canned or otherwise preserved-25
cents.
Bread and cereals, some OF which
are to be made from whole grams,
crushed or lacerated-15 cents.
Meat, preferably rare, and lnclud-
ing animal organs, and eggs, raw or
lightly cooked-15 cents.
Sweets, coffee and other stimu-
lants, salt, pepper and fiavors (each
to be used, not for food, but as bait
to guide the appetite to food)-5
cents.
1t is on such diet that health is
known to subsist Preferable as III
tie elaboration in these articles
shoul dtake place in preparing them
as is possible. Slightly unripe fruits
and vegetables are, after all, the
chief reasons for cooking. The ap-
petite alone can be used as a guide
for this normal diet since none ol
the food items in themselves create
an abnormal appetite, leading tc
over-eating and also none depresses
the appetite and thereby leads to un-
der-eating. The dangerous appetlte
which increases with eating, whlch
means that the foods have been made
up too tasty. Surely, milk, vege--
tables, and grains, rare meats ano
row eggs do not produce an undue
appetite.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
MRS. EDISON CALLS WOMEN
BACK TO THE HOME; LOSE
PRESTIGE IN BUSINESS
SHE SAYS ON RADIO

Mrs. Thomas A. Edison, wife OF
the inventor and daughter OF Lewis
Miller, co-founder of Chautauqua In
stitution, in a radio talk last weeD
urged women to return to home
making and to pay less heed to the
allurements of professional and BUS
mess careers.
Because the art of home-making
has declined so much in recent years,
due to trends originating in woman
suffrage and the World War, accord
ing to Mrs. Edison, the country IS
facing a situation of widespread
restlessness. Men no longer hnd
satisfaction in their homes, she eX-
planned.
"Unless the women of America
make a decided effort to return to
the business of home-making, the
most vital institution of the country
is threatened" she said. America
is essentially a nation of homes. The
woman who doesn't want to make
home is undermining our nation.
There was an aversion to house
keeping, Mrs. Edison admitted, on
the ground that there was too much
drudgerv connected with it, but
"every business and everything in
life is 99. per cent drudgery, she
said.
AS a matter of fact, she asserted
a good home-maker must have exec
utive ability and be a good purchas-
ing agent, an economist, something
of a chemist to supervise the diet OF
her family and gracious hostess.
She also should be versed in music
art and literature to have a proper
BACKGROUND and to be able to enter
tain herself, her husband and her
friends, according to Mrs. Edison.
A college education is invaluable
for such a home-maker, she contin-
ued, adding that if the family IL
nances make it necessary to choose
between sending a boy or girl TO
college, the girl should be the one
selected. The boy can get his broad
ening contacts in business and else
where, Mrs. Edison declared.
The college woman, however, must
realize that home-making is her
highest goal and that it is a full
time proposition which is as much OF
business as running an office, she
said. Her opinion was that in tocK-
ing into outside business, women
had lost their prestige in their own
field without making up for 1t by
accomplishment on a par with that
of men in business.
Deep down in her heart every
woman wants home, and most wo-'
men want children" Mrs. Edison
said. She spoke under the auspices
of the Chautauqua, which is Offering
a series of radio talks on adult edu-
cation.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
SHELL BEANS EARLY

Some farmers who find weevils in
stored beans or peas that were ap-'
parently in good condition when
harvested believe that the adult wee-'
wills that eat out from the seed de
velop from the germ" This is er-
roneous, say entomologists of the u.
S. Department of Agriculture. Most
infestations of weevils in beans ana
peas start in the field, where the
grubs burrow into the seeds, making
an almost invisible hole. To avoid
weevil infestation, harvest the crop
as soon as possible. The seed should
also be threshed or shelled at the
earliest possible date. Shell the
seeds and treat them if weevil injury
is suspected. Weevils in storage
may be killed by fumigation with dl-
sulphide, carbon tetrachloride, or
hydrocyanic-acid gas.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
INDUSTRIES PULL TOGETHER

Industries are becoming more and
more cooperative. If cooperation Is
as much a part of business rs COM
petition-and many economists in
sist that it is-then business should
not fear it's own future even in the
present more or less pessimistic
days.
One of the interesting examples Of
the cooperative spirit displayed by
one great industry for another Is
that of the great soap and textile
companies. In a sense each has
some of the same problems to COM
bat. Textiles must be constructed so
that they may be woven or knirtec
into fabrics which can be washed
satisfactorily in the soaps on the
markets. Soaps must be so made
that they will wash the washable
fabrics sold the consumer. We have
just been looking over report
which exemplifies this as the type OF
mutual interest" cooperation dis
played between Lever Brothers of
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
group of mercerized cotton manu-
facturers who have a national asso-
citation headquarters in New York
for the purpose of research and ed
ucational work.
Every test in the completed report
bore the name and official title of
the chemist who had conducted this
inter-industrial research. Answers
were terse and frank. For instance,
from among a group of ten mater
ials eight were found to remain "eX-
cellently color fast" one faded
slightly after the fifth washing, and
another showed a fair" degree OF
fading.
Ten samples submitted to 20 in
tensive washings in lukewarm water
and soap flakes displayed but the
slightest reduction in their original
soft luster. All the durene samples
were stronger when wet than when
dry as opposed to synthetic tibers
which are Enthusiastically much
weaker. Tensile strength tests in a
Scott testing machine developed that
it was necessary to submit 6 inch
samples to from "a to 30 pounds of
concentrated pressure to cause
breaks in the threads.
Shrinkage in all cases was nil.
This kind of helpful cooperation
among unassociated, but neverthe-
less economically overlapping in
dustries, cannot but be a good omen
in these days of competitive gusto.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
CANNIBALISM IN POULTRY
BY J. H. Bodwell

By ]. H. BOdwell
Cannibalism is serious problem
when it once gets started in the
poultry flock because there are many
causes.
The start of Cannibalism in chicks
many times is the sun shining on
the claws. This attracts the chicks
and they pick at one anothers feet
and the blood they get tastes good
and the habit is formed. By color
ing the glass blue, or if battery
brooder is used by excluding direct
sunlight, this cause is eliminated.
Overcrowding with too few feed
hoppers is another cause. By keep
ing at least " square foot for each
chick and square feet for each ma
ture bird, and supplying hopper
space sufficient for each chick to eat
and for matured hens to have one
foot every five birds helps to elimi-
nate this cause. Birds that are over
crowded and have nothing to do may
soon start Cannibalism.
Regular feeding habits help to
keen down Cannibalism. One pOul-
tryman told me, he planned to fill
the dry mash hoppers each day at
nine, and the scratch box hoppers at
three. If he was ten minutes late at
either feeding, his birds would start
picking at one another, but if he
was on time they did not. Another
man told me that by changing his
chickens from one coop to the other
he had succeeded in stopping Canni-
| balism.
Among hens, Prolapsis is a cause
of Cannibalism. Again, lack of min
eral matter and green feeds seem TO
aggravate this trouble.
When Cannibalism is very bad
there are many suggested remedies
which may help: First, remove the
cause if possible, then let the birds
outdoors if confined; throw in news
papers to attract their attention, ap-
ply some disagreeable tasting sub
! stance, like iodine or tar to the
places that are picked which will
prevent the birds from picking the
same places again. In extreme cases,
cut off the tip end of the upper beak
with a sharp knife. This makes the
beak tender and will stop them un-
til the beak grows out again. Where
green feed is lacking in the ration II
is we'll to suppy it, also if mineral
content is low, a higher mineral
content in the mash is desirable.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
SURPRISE PARTY

A surprise party was given by Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph H. Tingle at their
home near MillsborO, Tuesday, Au-
gust u, in honor of their son Earps
22nd birthday. The house was artis-
tically decorated and the grounds
were beautifully lighted with Japan
ese lanterns which made possible
the playing of out of door games
which were much enjoyed by all the
young people present until they
were called at 1920 to partake of
the refreshments which consisted of
delicious home made cake, ice
cream and walnut fudge served in
abundance.
The birthday cake with its can
dies was the main feature of the ta-
BILE decoration. The young man ex-
tinguished the many candles with
one big puff.
Earl received many beautiful and
useful presents.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
HIGHER POSTAGE RATES!

With a Post Office Department ce-
felt of S99,OOO,O0O for the fiscal
year ending June 80 Postmaster
General Brown again raised the
question of increasing postage on
first-class mail from two to two and
a half cents, and let it be known
that he would recommend that rate
to Congress.
The announcement caused no sur
prise-nor any enthusiasm what
ever. Mr.. Brown previously made the
suggestion as recently as last April.
In June his third assistant, Fred
eric A. Tilton, addressed the South
ern Newspaper Publishers As2ocla--
ton at Asheville, N. c., apd urged
press support for the department $
proposal. 1t was admitted that a
profit is now made on letter mall
but no other way was seen for max
ing the department self-supporting
than by increasing the charge for
sealed letters. 1t was stated that
$40 600. 900 of the deficit was attr1-
butable to non-pOstal items, on
which no revenue is received, ana
the remainder to second-class mat
ter which, by experience, has been
found unable to bear a higher rate.
Referring to the usual reply, cut
down on the franked mail" Mr.. I'll
ton declared such mail cost the de-
Dartment in the fiscal year of l929
only $637, ,0O0-an insignificant item
in the big deficit-while handling the
mail for the other government de-
partments cost only $9,900,OOO.
But public sentiment is against
the increase. The two-cent stamp
has been called lone of the nation $
institutions" Why should the Post
Office be self-sustaining when the
Department of Commerce. for IN
stance, has a deficit of $5S,OOO,OOO
and the Department of Agriculture
one of $155,000,000? Such are the
questions asked. Moreover, II Is
nointed out that some $14,00O,0OO, OF
nearly one-fifth of the deficit, is In
Cured through subsidies for ocean
and air mail. In 1929, for instance
the Interstate Commerce Commls-
sion added $15,000,000 a year to the
expenses of the Post Office by grant
ing increased subsidies, or pay, tt
the railroads. matter in whlcf
the Post Office had nothing to say.
OF course the general public has
to nay for this service, deficit or not
in the long run. But there is very
general feelings that the expense
should be met out of the genera
revenues rather than saddled on the
first-class mail-which is already
more than paying its way.-The
Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
FEW FISH LEFT
In HAVEN LAKE

COnfinued from Fira Pagel
drained several times in order that
repairs might be made to the dam
which holds the waters back and
make the lake possible. In draining
the lake it is said large number OF
fish have been washed into the low
er lake, known as Silver Lake. and
this body of water is really better
fishing grounds now than Haven
Lake, which is said to have been
fished long and hard. The lake has
periodically been restOcked, but
spOrtsmen say there is no question
but what the fish this year have
been few.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
SYMBOLS OF SUMMER

their current playing of cards. Mrs
Walter Barrett was the substitute
for Mrs. Robert Hall, who is at Re-
hoboth this week.
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The Mems Monday Night Bridge
Club was the guest of James r.
Pierce this week with a perfect at
tendance.
q
Mrs I. D. Short, Miss Edith Simp-
son, Mrs. William C. Smith and Mrs.
R. Mortimer Browning were guests
of Mrs. Elmer T. Williams yester-
day when she gave a luncheon fol-
lowed by bridge for Miss Elsa Pet
erson and Miss Ethel Moore OF Phll-
adelphia who are Mrs. S. NJ. d. Mar
shall's house guests.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
MILFORD NECK

Miss Mary French is visiting hoy
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
French and family for week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Sharp and fam
ily entertained number of relatives
over the weekend.
Miss Ida E. Bennett spent last
week in Philadelphia with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Elwood Courtney and daugh-
ter Dolores spent part Of last week
with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Bennett
and family.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
BIRDS HAVE RAINCOATS

The Philadelphia Academy OF Nat
ural Science has sent an expedition
under the leadership of Wharton
Huber to study the bird and animal
life on the Queen Charlotte Islands
off the coast of British Columbia
Owing to the great himidity OF these
islands the song sparrows tound
there have developed much longer
feathers than their relatives in other
parts of North America. SeVeral
other species of birds on these IS
lands have responded to the contlh-
ued rainy condition by developing
special protection against showers
mists and gales.-The Pathfinder.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15

No news! That is the dilemma
that the social reporter finds herself
in this week. We are absolutely
sure that we can blame the weather
man this time. 1t has been very
pleasant to be able to do nothing
but get cooled off and be ready for
the next things that happen, for that
time has to come, like the quiet be-
fore a storm, as it were.
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Our congratulations and good
wishes go to Mr.. and Mrs. william
Boody. whose marriage took place
last week. Mrs. Boody was the for
mer Miss Myra Ackerman.
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The 1920" Bridge Club met with
Mrs. c. D. Abbott on Monday for
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
A DEADLY SPELL

If an IS" and an 81" and an 20" and
a gu"
With an "x" at the end spell Sioux
And an "e" and "y' and an "e
spell eye
What can a perplexed speller 40:
If also an IS" and an 81" and = g
With and "h-e-d" spell sighed
The speller, sore vexed as to what TO
say next,
May possibly try Siouxeyesighed.
The Pathfinder
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
ENC1dMo1IN
APPE MIN GS
IN AND
ABOUT TOWN
ElI7ClWDl0IZlI7lNCNDTSZD1C

Friday of last week was a busy
one for the Milford Emergency Hos
pital. On that day in ten hours they
admitted seven patients, had three
operations and two births and had
answered an ambulance. call. A
hospital is a blessing to any COM
munity and Milford is doubly blessed
III that it has two, namely, the Mar
shall Hospital and the Milford
Emergency Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1930-08-15
OCEAN VIEW

The Christian Church is having
good attendance during the hot wea-
ther. DR.. Mary Longdon, mission
ary from India, gave a very inter-
esting talk on Sunday morning. The
Sunday evening services are held at
Bethany Beach. Large crowds at
tend.