Milford chronicle., 1930-12-26

which pays the bill is content to sit
by and see it go on" In this con.
nectiOn the Governor cited the fact
that each county in Delaware main
tains its own road building commits
sion, although the State has appro-
priated 20 millions of dollars for
improved roads.
Remove road building from the
jurisdiction of the county Levy
Courts declared Governor Buck,
land you remove political patronage
and the courts chief work for which
there seems to be hardly any excuse.
| sometimes wonder how much long
er our Levy Courts will be permitted
to survive.
I'VE elect one man every four
years to run the affairs of the State;
and 13 men to conduct the business
of the counties; and we pay three
times as much for this service for
the counties as for the State. l hope
l am not unduly prejudiced, but 1
don't know; and would like to have
explained to me why it is necessary
to have 13 officers looks after the
counties affairs, principally road
work as far as the Levy Courts are
concerned"
The Governor is to be commend
ed for using such plain language,
and we hope that the next session of
the Legislature will listen to his wise
counsel and act accordingly.
The writer has called the atten-
ton of the people of the State of
Delaware time and time again to the
injustice they were suffering by the
extravaganza of the several Levy
Courts of Delaware as especially the
one holding swing in Sussex County.
1t would be far better for the tax
payers if the road building system
was transferred to the State High
way Department. 1t would cost
much less than the system now in
vogue. We must confess under the
jurisdiction of Engineer r. Clark
Hill, roads have been put i'll better
condition than for years-but when
you take the cost in consideration,
there is no comparison with the
work performed by the State High !
way Department, who has at all |
times a corps of trained road build |
ers,-this includes not only the en-
sineers, but all those who are en-
ployed in any capacity by the State |
The Governor speaks of the sys-
-em now in vogue as almost what it
was in Colonial Days. Very true,
md it will take a revolution among
he taxpayers to bring about the
change which will givestO the people
If Sussex County body of men,
which can rise above party when
he situation so demands. Such a
change can be made whenever the
.itizens so desire. The remedy is in
heir hands. Do they desire to use
Governor Buck is on the right
rack and from time to time will no
lOubt advocate those things that
hOuld be enacted into laws by the
incoming Legislature.
All gool citizens irrespective of
,arty, should support the Governor
II his efforts to better those things,
which now are menace to the pros
,erity of the State and also his ef-
OfIS 10 give u luG p6OplS VI OSA@-
ware a just and economical admins
ration. It is high time that some
hing should be done to lose the
urdens in the way of taxation, which
alls so heavily on the farmers. The ]
illers of the soil have been strug- s
ling for years to keep their heads s
bove water, expecting, help from !
9th government and State. Such !
elp has failed to materialize and {
he farmer is left to struggle with {
he many burdens which seem to be i
is lot. Help the farmer! Z
'eath Of Motion II. Pepper.
Motion r. Pepper, a veteran of the S
ivil War, aged SS years, died at the S
ONE of his daughter, Mrs. w. Frank a
harp, on North Bedford street, S
on Friday night, Decem- {
er 18th. e
Mr.. Pepper was a prominent con- .
actor and builder up to the time
C retired about twenty years ago.
The writer remembers distinctly S