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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
SUSSEX JURY Is
UNABLE TO AGREE
False Pretense Case Will
Be Heard At December
Term OF Court

George A. Fisher and Matthew NJ
Reynolds, of Lewes, constituting
the Lewes Motor Company, charged
with obtaining money under false
pretenses, were placed on trial at
Georgetown but the jury failed to
agree and the case has been con-
tinued for the next term of court.
The case proved to be Of great in
terest to automobile dealers of low
er Delaware.
Reynolds, one of the partners,
acted as salesman for the concern.
On January IA, John COrdrey, OF
near Milton, purchased 1928 model
sedan for which he claimed lie gave
$3.50. 1t was claimed that COrcrey
gave a note for $50 and made appli-
cation for $500 from the Franklin
Credit Finance Corporation, through
Howard Simmons, of Cambridge,
Md. 1t was alleged that the amount
of the note and the conditional sales
contract were not written in and
that he signed both in blank. The
transaction took place in Milton and
OlC VI lllC
claimed that the papers were car
ried back to Fisher in blank and
that Fisher filled them out. When
the loan was made by the Franklin
Finance Credit Corporation it was
on the basis of $500 which, it is
claimed, had been filled in as the
sales price.
Fisher claimed that he filled it
out at the suggestion of Reynolds.
1t also was claimed that the con-
tract showed that a down payment
of 5000 had been made. Their plan
was to advance go per cent of the
purchase price which would have
been $210 instead of $500. There
fore, it was claimed that they were
defrauded of $50. There was a con-
fict in the testimony of Reynolds
and Fisher, the former claiming
that the latter knew the sale price
and Fisher claiming that Reynolds
told him the price was $500.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
FORMER LEWES RECTOR
DIES In FLORIDA
Rev. C. H. B. Turner Succumbed In
Southern State Last Week

A letter from Jacksonville, Flori-
Ga, brought news of the death late
last week of the Rev. C. H. B. Tur-
ner, S. T. D., D. D., former rector of
st. Peters Church, Lewes
During the war, when Lewes was
a naval base for provision for 800
men, Dr. Turner spent nearly all
his time with them and turned his
rectory into a home to which
dozen to fifty men came nightly for
lodging. DR.. Turner knew all the
men of the surrounding country as
well as those in Lewes and he was
exceedingly popular with them. He
wrote two books on Delaware his
tory which he published and gave
many columns of manuscript his
tory to the Pennsylvania Historical
Society.
1t was through his initiative that
the monument at the pilot town end
of Lewes was erected to mark the
site of the Dutch fort and farm
where the first colonists were killed
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
TALL CEDARS TO VISIT
WILMINGTON FOREST
Evergreen Forest VIII Take Part In
Parade October "a

Evergreen Forest NO. 40, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon, one of lower
Delaware's crack fraternal organi-
cations, sometimes termed the play
ground of Masonry, will take part in
the parade and ceremonial given by
Brandywine Forest in Wilmington,
on the evening of October "a.
The parade will form at the B. &
o. Station on the arrival of the Bal
timore delegation, with their 100
piece band, about GAS p. m, march
ing over a route, to be announced
later 1t will end at the new State
Armory.
Evergreen Forest with it's fine
band and Royal Rangers will have
a prominent place in line. Jim Pet
tyjohn, Grand Tall Cedar; Tom
Reed, treasurer, and Don Holz-
mueller, scribe, will head the Mil
ford delegation. Past Grand Tall
Cedars w. L. Grier and George o.
Fearon will attend, marching with
the Supreme Forest officers.
Much interest is being manifested
by the down-State boys over what
might be termed a return visit to
Brandywine Forest, the parent or
ganization that instituted Evergreen
Forest at Milford several years ago.
The entertainment that will fol-
low the ceremonial is reported to be
unique and above the ordinary.
Plenty of parking space around
the State Armory has been reserved
for the visitors, and will be under
the supervision of the Wilmington
Police Department.
Every Tall Cedar in this part of
the State is invited and requested to
get in touch with Jim Pettyjohn for
further details.
Forests from West Chester, Penns-
grove and Chester, with their bands
and rangers will be in line.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
$33,936 WASSPENT
TO NOMINATE
BAYARD SENATOR
Mrs. Bayard And RaskOb
Give S1S,4OO Of Amount
For Primary Fight
"WETS" DID NOT AID
Nye Committee Told That
Association Against Pro
hibitiOn Did Not Assist

The committee which managed
the campaign of former Senator
Thomas F. Bayard for the Demo-
cratic Senatorial nomination spent
a total of $33,996. Mr.. Bayard per-
sonally did not spend a penny.
OF this amount a total of S19.65f /
was spent in Wilmington in the Op-
Grafton of the Bayard headquarters
and in Wilmington primary ex-
penses.
The remainder was spent in rural
New Castle, Kent and Sussex coun-
ties.
These facts were brought out last
Friday morning at the opening of
the inquiry into the pre-convention
primary campaign of Mr.. Bayard
and Josiah Marvel, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman, who was de-
feated for the Senatorial nomination
by Mr.. Bayard.
The inquiry was conducted by
Senator Gerald P. Nye of North
Dakota, chairman of the Senate
campaign expenditures committee,
and Senator Roscoe G. Patterson, of
Missouri, a member of the commit
tee.
1t was disclosed at the afternoon
session that John j. Raskob, chair
man of the Democratic National
Committee and Mrs. Elizabeth du-
Pont Bayard, wife of the Democrat-
ic Senatorial candidate, contributed
nearly one half of the total spent.
Mrs. Bayard's contributions totaled
$1O,5OO and Mr.. Raskob's, $7,40n.
Senator Nye was asked if his COM
mittee had come to Delaware at the
invitation of Josiah Marvel Nh Nye
said neither he nor any member of
the committee ever divulged the
source of their information.
Mr.. Marvel was former Senator
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
FOULTRYMEN WILL
TOUR SUSSEX SOON
Fifth Annual Affair viii BE Held
October % And 20

Poultry raisers throughout Della
ware and the adjoining states will
be interested to learn that plans are
being completed in regard to the
itinerary and program for the fifth
annual state poultry tour which will
be held on October % and 20, un-
der the auspices of the Delaware
State Poultry Association, the EX-
tension Department of the Univer-
sity of Delaware, and the State
Board of Agriculture.
The first day of this tour, October
2S, will be spent in visiting some
of the representative commercial
poultry farms in Kent county, and
during the second day, October 29,
the tour will include a number of
large poultry plants in Sussex
county, and will come to a close
with a banquet that evening in the
community hall at Coolspring where
a special entertainment will feature
the program.
The itinerary for this tour, an an
nOuncement of which will appear in
next weeks paper, is being arrang-
ed by a committee of poultrymen
by G. A. Swanson, presi-
dent of the Delaware State Poultry
including Charles E.
Grove, Warren c. Newton, w. V.
Steen and Oliver Suddard, who are
working in cooperation with H. S.
Palmer, Extension Poultryman of
the University of Delaware, and sec
retary of the Association, and the
county agricultural agents.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
WANTS WHIP
FOR BANDITS
Suggests Study Of Della
ware System; Time For
Society To Defend Itself

A paper written by George w
Wickersham, chairman of the Nation
al Commission of Law Observance
and Enforcement, and read in his
absence before the American Pri-
son Association convention at Louis
vile, Kentucky, Sunday night, sug-
gested that a careful inquiry be made
into the merits of flogging as pun
ishment to combat banditry and
racketeeering.
In a discussion of the various
forms of punishment used to combat
crime, Mr.. Wickersham wrote:
I'm England and in Canada fog
ging by birch or by the cat also is
inflicted. know of only one State
Delaware-in the United States
Where the whip is used.
"A careful inquiry into the re}ults
of flOgging as a punishment for GER
tain Offenses and a prevention of
further wrongdoing may well be
made to determine the desirability
of employing it in the war against
banditry and racketeers.
'As a deterrent to others, fiOgging
would seem a prior to present great
advantages, but it would be unsafe to
assume that as a fact without in
quiring into the subsequent career
of the flOgged offenders as well as
into the general effect upon the vol
ume of crimes of the character thus
punished"
Mr.. Wickersham, calling attention
to the spectacular methods employed
by modern criminals, said that so
ciety must defend itself as it would
in actual warfare.
Much modern crime of the spec
tacular sort is organized and con-
Quoted by fearless men using modern
methods and acting on the princi-
pies of audacity and surprise" Mr..
Wickersham said. Nowhere do the
police forces appear to have devel-
oped methods of defense equal. in
intelligence and method to those of
the aggressors."
Nowhere apparently-nOt even in
Chicago-has an enlightened and i'm
perative public sentiment demanded
that the police forces be reorganized,
given adequate appropriations and
nGlQ SIilCIly dCCOuuIdDlG lOI JhC plO-
lection of public order. Much modern
crime is simply warfare on society.
Like the successful conduct of
other kinds of war, the interests at
tackled must, ,be organized and.
to take the offensive
against the enemy and to defeat the
forces by employing more
efficient methods than the latter pos
sess."
Mr.. Wickersham emphasized his
view that the best protective meth
DDS against crime lie in education
of the young and enlightened treat
ment Of the young offender. He con-
demned as disastrous in effect the
example of disregard of any law by
the educated well-to-do part of the
He said that men lose
respect for any particular law when
they see others openly fiouted by
men occupying honored places in
society.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
STATE DOCTORS FOR
KLAIR LAW CHANGE
Resolutions To This Effect Adopted
At Meeting In Dover

The Medical Society of Delaware
in annual session at Dover Tuesday
afternoon unanimously adopted the
resolutions that were previously
adopted by the New Castle County
Medical Society urging modification
of the Klair law to allow physi-
clans to prescribe liquor when it is
thought necessary.
There was no discussion and not
a vote against the resolution which
was presented by DR.. Joseph P.
Wales, of Wilmington.
Officers were elected as follows:
First vice president, DR.. w. F.
Haines, of Seaford; second vice
president, C. J. Prickett, of Smyrna;
secretary, DR.. w. O.. LaMoote, of
Wilmington and treasurer, DR.. Sam
uel Rumford, of Wilmington. The
President holds over.
The sessions which started Tues
day morning were held in the State
House and were presided over by
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
REPUBLICANS
FILE THEIR TICKET
in KENT COUNTY
Enter Name Of Robert E.
Thomas For County
Treasurer
is UNEKPIRED TERN
Of Geo. p. ScOtten, Dem
Ocrat, Who Died 5 Month
After Being Elected In '28

Robert X. Jones, chairman of the
Kent County Republican Committee,
has filed with the Kent county clerk
of the peace the recently selected
ticket by the Republicans at their
primaries, held on September 27.
While no candidate for the office
of received of taxes and county
treasurer had been voted for at the
primaries, and the statement made
by several of the party workers that
no candidate would be filed for that
office, due to the death of George P.
ScOtten (DemOcrat), who was elect
ed two years ago to the office, but
who died in May, 1929, less than six
months after his induction into Of
fee, and that Robert F. Thomas
(Republican), the defeated candi-
date two years ago, who was ap-
pointed by the Governor to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of
Scotten, would hold over until the
general election in 1882, the ticket
filed shows the name of Robert f.
Thomas as the candidate for that
office.
A4C COAoJ1IuIlOll VI IuC OIclbO
reads as follows:
"In case of vacancy in an elective
office, except as aforesaid, person
shall be chosen to said office for the
full term at the next general cleo
ton, unless the vacancy shall hap
pen within two months before such
election, in which case the election
for said office shall he held at the
second succeeding general election"
In the case of George P. Scotten,
who was elected two years ago for a
full term of four years, he died five
months after his election, which
makes the appointment of THOMAS
by the Governor only until the Com
ing general election, in November.
Two cases decided by the courts of
one within the past year
and the other some few years back,
settle the legal phase of this par
.icular case.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
JOSIAH MARVEL.
Died SATURDAY
Prominent Lawyer And
Citizen Passed Away
Of Heart Attack

Josiah Marvel, aged GA, president
of the American Bar Association
and Democratic National Commit
teeman from Delaware, died unex-
pectedly of a heart attack at $3.50
o'clock Saturday morning at his
home, Nanticoke, on the Barley Mill
road, near Wilmington.
One of Delaware's most beloved
citizens and a lawyer of interna-
tional reputation, Mr.. MarvePs
death came as a tragic shock to
thousands of citizens of this State.
Always in the forefront as a leader
in civic enterprises, hOnOrs were
heaped high upon him in the clos
ing days of his life. Less than two
months ago the American Bar As
sOciation bestowed upon him the
mantle previously worn by such
men as William Howard Taft, Elihu
Root, Charles Evans Hughes and
John w. Davis; only last month his
fellow citizens supported him in
his unsuccessful quest for the U. S.
Senatorial nomination in Delaware,
and on Friday, week before tho
end, he was named a member of the
National Advisory Council of the
League of Nations Association.
Friends of Mr.. Marvel, many of
whom saw and talked with him
while in apparent health as late as
Friday night, were inclined to be-
lieve that his unusual activities of
the past few months were a cOntri-
buting factor in his death. His de-
feat at the recent Democratic State
Convention in his fight for the Sen
atorial nomination did not diminish
these activities in the slightest.
With full vigor he swung to the
support of his successful opponent,
former Senator Thomas F. Bayard,
and as late as Wednesday night
preceding his death, delivered the
principal address at the mass meet
ing opening the Democratic cam
paign in Wilmington.
Mr.. Marvel, an active horseman |
all of his life, and apparently in the
best of health was taken i'll in the |
night and died few minutes after
the arrival of his physician, DR.. |
Harold L. Springer, who was ir1me-
diately called.
The funeral was held Monday |
afternoon at o'clock from the
Marvel home, with interment in the
cemetery of Lower Brandywine
Presbyterian Church, on the Ken
nett Pike near Centreville.
Mr.. Marvel was born at George
own, on January 18, 1866, the son
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
COW PRODUCES
1SSlLBS. OF MILK
FOrty-fOur Cows PrOduc-
ed Over 1000 Pounds Each
During Thirty Day Test

Forty-four cows in the New Cas-
tie County Cow Testing Association
produced over 1000 pounds of milk
each during the month of Septem-
Der. Six of this group gave over 1900
pounds each with the highest pro-
ducer milking 1881 pounds and
making 84.6 pounds of butterfat
during the 30-day testing period.
This cow is owned by Boyd Mccoy
of near Summit Bridge.
Twenty COWS in the association
produced over so pounds of butter
fat each during September with the
Jersey herd of Writ Willis, of Glas-
gov, leading this classification with
nine COWS. Averaging the production
of the 511 COWS entered for test the
average animal produced 573.1
pound of milk and 25.1 pounds of
fat. All dry COWS in the herds are
figured in this compilation.
These figures are made public in
the report of Frederick Samending-
er, supervisor of the Herd Improve
ment Association. Mr.. Samendinger
tested % herds during the month
with an average of % COWS in each
herd.
The ten highest herds in butterfat
and milk production were listed as
follows:
Fred Stafford, Montchanin, Hol-
stems, 32.5 pounds fat average per
COW; ]. Howard Mitchell and Sons,
Jerseys, BIZ pounds; J.
Writ Willis, Glasgow, Jerseys, 31.4
pounds; L. Phipps, Wilmington,
mixed, 31.2 pounds; P. Passmore,
Wilmington, 29.7 pounds; Breida-
blk Farm, Marshallton, Guernseys,
27.7 pounds; George Pierson, Hook
essin, mixed, 27.3. pounds; Fred |
Martenis, Elkton, Holsteins, 266
pounds; John Mitchell, Hockessin,
26.1 pounds; Wilson
Price, Bear, Jerseys, 26.O pounds.
In milk production the ten lead
ing herds were: Fred Stafford,
Holsteins, $40 pounds
milk average per COW; Lewis
Phipps, Centerville, mixed herd, IT'S
pounds; Fred Martenis, Elkton,
744 poundsff1 John Mitch
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
RAINFALL BRINGS
SOME RELIEF HERE
A Total OF 81 Inch OF Rain Fell In
Milford On Tuesday

A total of 81 inch of rain fell in
Milford on Tuesday, and brought
some relief from the severe drought
which has been serious here for
months past The total rainfall in
Milford for the month of August
was lao inches; September's rain
fall, was 1.22 inches. This makes a
total of 1923 inches of rain to fall in
Milford during August, September
and up to the fifteenth of October.
The average rainfall for each month
is about 400 inches. 1t will be seen
by this, that there is a deficiency of
rainfall in Milford of approximate
ly 700 inches during the past ten
weeks.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
DELAWARE URGED
TO USE IDLE LAND
IN GROWING TREES
Wheeler Says Industries
Of State Supply An Am
pie Home Market
SUGGESTS STATE ACT
Also Suggests That Della
ware Establish State, City
And County Forests
SUGGESTS STATE ACT

Owing to the decrease in acreage
of land devoted to field crops in Del
aware, H. N. Wheeler of the U. S.
Forest Service is suggesting that
idle land be put to growing trees,
for which the industries of the State
supply an ample home market.
Mr.. Wheeler recently spoke before
the Wilmington Rotary and Kiwanis
Clubs and at several points in the
State under the auspices of State
Forester w. S. Taber.
Delaware has made considerable
progress in forestry but still has a
long way to go before getting the
idle or unprOductive lands of the
State into forest stands, Mr.. Wheel
er says. To do this most success
fully, he suggests that Delaware es-
tablish State, city and county for
ests and adopt a planting adequate
at all times.
Of Delaware's 1,257,6 acres, $685.
S42 acres are in crops, pastures or
woodland pastures, leaving 751,758
acres neither in pasture nor produc-
ing farm crops. Nearly half this large
area is classed as timber land, and it
is not producing all the timber it
could raise. From the remaining area
of 401,7 acres, roads, cities and
marshes subtract several thousand
acres, but much of the land is waste
farm land or barren stretches of
sand. Practically all of it, however,
will grow timber under systematic
forestry. In Sussex County, farm
land is being abandoned at the rate
of 1000 acres a year, according to
reports. Erosion is taking a lot of
soil and sitting up streams.
According to Mr.. Wheeler, the Fed
eral Government is not in a position
to administer this idle land, and the
lies open to State, coun-
ty and city enterprise to restore it to
Properties which are
not now producing may be made to
pay a profit and become an asset to
he State and it's various communi-
les. Woods fires are doing a lot of
lamage in Delaware, according to
Mr.. Wheeler. A fire near Georgetown
his year swept over $500 acres, and
vas still burning into the swamp
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
DELAWARE HAS LOW
FIRE INSURANCE RATE
Safety Council Says That Only Dis
trict OF Columbia Has Lower Rate

The State of Delaware enjoys next
to the lowest fire insurance rate in
the country-68 cents, the Della ware
Safety Council has pointed ort in
urging that attention be given to
the prevention of fires so that this
splendid low rate may be continued
The only district enjoying a lower
rate in the country is the District
of Columbia where the rate is "a
cents per hundred dollars of COW
erage.
When it is considered that the
average rate of premiums in the
country as a whole last year was SO
cents per hundred dollars, the large
saving due to the smaller fire loss in
Delaware is evident.
One-third of the national fire
waste occurs on farms. And good
authorities tell us that four out of
every five farm fires are preventable.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
ROY E. PETTYJOHN OUT
OF SENATORIAL RACE
Former Representative WithdrawS
As Candidate Here

Roy E. PettyjOhn, of Milford, who
was nominated by the Democrats at
the primary election on September
27, for State Senator for the First
District of Sussex county, has tend
cred his resignation from the tick
ct, and at a meeting of the County
Executive Committee it was decided
to allow Chairman e. Frank Le-
Gates and Secretary Walton Owens
to fill the vacancy.
Pettyjohn is popular in Cedar
Creek District, and was the first
Democrat ever elected to the lower
house of the Legislature from the
district.
The First Senatorial District COM
prises the three election districts of
the First Representative District,
and the three districts of the Sec
ond Representative District, which
gives a majority of more than 900
for the Republicans. A nomination
on the Republican ticket for either
State Senator or Representative in
either of the districts is, equivalent
to election. In the Second Represen-
tative District, only one Democrat,
the late Charles Owens, father of
the present secretary of the County
Committee, was ever elected to the
Legislature. Senator H. M. Deputy
is the only Democrat who has been
elected to the upper house of the
Poor health is given as the rea-
son for Mr.. Pettyjohn resigning. He
felt, it is stated, that he did not
want to go through the strain of an
active campaign.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17
WORLD SERIES BOOSTED
DELMARVA. PENINSULA
AnnOuncerS Made Favorable Com
ment During BrOadcasting OF Games

That the peak of national recogni-
ton has been reached by the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula, is the statement
made by Edwin c. Totten, executive
secretary of the Del-Var-Va Eastern
Shore Association. He points out that
Del-Mar-Va, an unknown name five
years ago, was featured by the Ma
tional Broading Company as well as
the Columbia chain in their recent
presentation of the world series
games and that the mention was in
deed most favorable.
OF course Jimmy Foxx, the star
first baseman and hero of the fifth
game whose homer brought victory
to the Athletics, is the real reason
for Del-Mar-Va being given such
unusual prominence. Jimmy's home
being at Sudlersville, Md, did not
confine the comments of the nation
ally recognized announcers, Graham
McNamee, of the National Broading
System, and Ted Husing, of the Co
lumbia chain, from enlarging to the
extent that the entire nation was in
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LOSES HIS APPEAL.
GETS HEAVIER FINE

Bryant Carter, living near
Bridgeville, who last spring
was arrested by Officer Wal
ter C. Evans, of Bridgeville, on
a charge of reckless driving
and fined by Magistrate Will
liam E. Dimes, of that town,
took an appeal to the Court of
General Sessions. The fine
imposed by Magistrate Dimes
was $40 and costs. The appeal
was heard by a jury last week,
who returned a verdict of gull
ty against Carter. The judges
imposed a fine of $50 and costs
upon him, amounting to about
$73, which was paid.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-17

The greatest piece of fiction
of 1880 was the claim that
stocks wouldn't go any
lower.