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Service is actively engaged in a Nationwide
effort to improve the class and quality Of
the light horses Of America With establish
ment Of these remount depots the FIRST impress
sion was that the Government intended to COM
pete with the private breeder In raising its own
horses. However, these remount depots are
really experiment stations.
Government horse breeding before the war
had been q function Of the Department Of
Agriculture, but war experiences made neces-
sary a new angle for such breeding. The pres
emit Remount Service is charged with procure
ment, conditioning, training issue and shipment
Of horses for military service.
why did it become necessary for the Govern
ment to undertake encouragement Of horse
breeding when one would think the ranchers
and professional horse breeders would have
managed this in their own line of business,
major?'
mo-" replied the major. "This is one Of the
activities where business does not altogether fit
the situation. We went to many ranches, flnd-
ing wonderful cattle, pigs chickens, sheep, well
bred-but the horses neither one thing or an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09

MR. DEETER's laugh was like the opening
Of rusty safe.
Because knew the owners would not be
able to pay the interest and I could foreclose
them. BY the time was Is / was chief
stufIer in the company and did moose and
elephants saved my money. That is the
real secret slept under the counter among
the alligator SKINS thus saving on room rent,
and ate nuts and herbs, which could pick
myself without cost. am proud to be able
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talk OF the Remount Service OF the War
Department.
- "Just what does your service stand for
in the general scheme Of things military" was
asked Of Maj. E. G. Cullum, chief Of the Re-
mount Bureau and chief purchasing agent for
the Army.
I'VE stand for better horses rather than for
more horses was his reply. THE thorough
bred has come into his own"
The major Is one Of the picturesque men Of
the National Capital. not by way Of personal
appearance, but In ideals He is horse expert
and horse lover, but not 'horsey." In this day
of standardizing he is just himself, sort Of
practical dreamer.
Headquarters of the Remount Service, like
most Government oflces, is drab and common
place, hardly suggestive of the picturesque field
represented. Just at the top Of the stairs when
you enter the Munitions Building from the
east side you notice sign, "RemOunt Service"
Then, on entering you get q sort Of shock, for
there is lne-size model of horse, sans glossy
coat, for the purpose OF showing the system Of
muscles. necessary adjunct to such establish
ment.
Major. how can you look at that ugly thing
every day wnen you love horses so much?"
Why, it does not look ugly to me; beauty
is more than skin deep"
The Remount Service is not q combatant arm
Of the military, but serves the combatant arms,
as the Cavalry and Artillery, with riding and
ora1C horses OF the petteT class. This includes
the training of trainers 1.-THE same quality in
a fine horse that makes him transcendent in
proper hands win make him vicious in the
hands Of a tyro," says the major.
Mai. Cullum has recently returned from
trip to Europe for the purpose of making some
study Of certain remount activities in foreign
lands. He seems specially interested and Inn
pressed by the Temount activities Of England,
where he visited Melton Mowbray under charge
OF Lieut. Col. Campbell, and also the crown
stables. At the Melton Mowbray Depot the
major was impressed by the contrast between
the excellence of the stock and the mferiority
Of the building. And he was also impressed
that the American oflcer cares more for quality,
while the British values substance, In other
words the British horses are heavier, the officers
chargers giving impression of artillery draft
horses. Another contrast is In area, the grounds
at Melton Mowbray including $50 acres while
the smallest Of our remount depots contains
5000 acres.
Our Remount Service Is an inheritance Of the
World War, Organized as q result OF the ex-
perience so gained. Upon declaration Of war
the horse buyers of the Nation were sent into
horse producing centers to buy horses and mules
necessary for mobilization, but found an ex-
txemely small proportion Of the type necessary
Cor n1ilitar campaign. So the present Remourt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-09
BY HINDA BURKE.

EFT us get horse-minded for while and
talk of the Remount Service Of the War
Department
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
HARRY ]. PETTYJOHN
HEADS ROTARY CLUB
Installed As President At Weekly
Meeting On Monday

At the regular weekly meeting of
the Milford Rotary Club on Monday
noon, the newly-elected president,
Harry ]. Pettyjohn, was installed
into office. In an after dinner
speech, William C. Smith, the retir-
ing president, congratulated the
newly-elected president after which
the regular routine of installation
was followed. The new officers are:
President, Harry ]. PettyjOhn; vice
president, William V. Grier; secre-
tary, Robert P. Davis; treasurer, c.
Donnan Holzmueller. The Board of
Directors elected, follows, Harry j..
Pettyjohn, William c. Smith, Robert
P. Davis, John w. Burris and j.
PostIes Hammond.
Resolutions of respect were read
and adopted for the late George H.
Hall, who was a past president OF
the Milford Rotary Club. The Rotar-
ians had as their guests % members
of the sales force of The L. D. Caulk
Company who are in convention here
this week. The president and secre-
tary of the club will leave next week
for Collegeville, Pa, to attend the
conference of the Fiftieth Rotary
District officers.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
RALPH POINTER
REHOBOTH MAYOR
BY 45 MAJORITY
Delaware Seaside Resort
Has It's Liveliest Con-
tests For Office
WOMEN TAKE PART
, J. Arthur Downing, Who
Denied He Favored Blue
Laws Is Defeated
WOMEN TAKE PART

Backed by the society women of
Rehoboth and a large number who
make their summer homes there,
Ralph D. Poynter was elected Mayor
of Rehoboth last Saturday by ma
jority of As votes over J. Arthur
Downing. The election was the most
exciting in the history of the town
and the count of the votes was not
concluded until o'clock Sunday
morning.
Various issues were concerned in
the election among the most salient
being the enforcement of the blue
laws. This matter was injected last
week and brought forth denial last
Thursday from Mr.. Downing, mem
ber of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, who declared there was no
truth in the statement attributed to
him that if elected he would close
certain commercialized amusements
on Sunday. He said he had been
wilfully misquoted and that he had
at no time voiced any sentiment
that would be detrimental to the
townsfOlk and advancement of Re-
hObOth.
At a meeting held on July 8 at the
home of Mrs. Henry B. Thompson,
a platform was adopted to which
candidates for the various offices
subscribed and they were endorsed
by the women in attendance. Mr..
Poynter was endorsed for the may
orally but only three other candi-
dates endorsed at the meeting were
elected with him.
Those elected were as follows:
For Mayor-Ralph D. Poynter,
1884; J. Arthur Downing, 399.
Town Commissioners, to be
elected-William 3. Foster, 448;
William S. Bean, 359; Gertha W.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
ONE KILLED; FOUR
HUR 7 BY PLANE
WRECKING AUTO
Stephen Adkins, Of Sails
bury, Driver Of Car, Dies
In Hospital
PILOT CUT, BURNED
Accident Happens Near
Dewey Beach as Machine
Is Preparing To Land

Five persons were injured, one of
them so seriously that he later died,
at Rehoboth on Sunday afternoon
when an airplane driven by H. A..
Strickland, struck an automobile
owned and driven by Stephen Ad-
kins, of Salisbury, Md. The mishap
occurred near what is known as
Dewey Beach where there is a small
landing field for airplanes.
Strickland with James Christiana,
of Wilmington, as cO-pilOt was TAX
ing up passengers in a siX-passenger
Bellanca plane. The plane was about
to land on the field and was nearly
touching the ground when it struck
the Ford roadster driven by Adkins.
The machine was overturned and
wrecked while the big plane was
badly damaged.
Stephen Adkins who had several
fractured ribs, internal injuries,
broken pelvis and other bruises, was
taken to the Beebe Hospital in a
critical condition. He died later in
the day.
Other injured are H. A. Strickland,
the pilot, cut and bruised on the
wrists and side.
James Christiana who was cut and
bruised about the head.
Max Atkins, Rehoboth, formerly of
Tennessee, head cut, requiring four
stitches to close the wound.
julie Blankenship, of RehOboth,
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
NATIONAL GUARD CAMP
is NAMED DU POINT
Mobilization Orders For The 19Sth
A. A. Regiment Expected Daily

The encampment for the 198th
Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Delaware
National Guard, at Bethany Beach
will be known this year as Camp T.
Coleman DUPONT. The training per-
iod will begin August and moboli-
zation orders are expected daily.
Maor Joseph c. Huston, U. S. A,
will be the senior instructor at the
camp and Adjutant John H. Geath-
erston, U. S. A., will be instructor.
Captain Park W. Huntington, chap
lain will have charge of preparing
novel program of sports with prizes
for winning teams.
The Wilmington units will report
at the Armory August 2 and after
receiving equipment and instruc-
tions will leave shortly before in
army trucks for the beach. State
batteries will also be on their way to
the encampment at the same time.
Every effort will be made to have
the camp ready by sunset of that day
On Monday the rs nm. guns will
swing into position on the beach and
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
PRISONERS START
FIRE In KENT JAIL
Say They Burned Papers in Attempt
to Rid Place of Bad OdOr.

One bucket of water was sufficient
to put out a slight fire in the Kent
County Jail at Dover, Saturday,
which prisoners admitted starting
in an unoccupied cell because they
wished to rid the place of a dis
agreeable odor.
State House office workers, seeing
smoke issuing from the second floor
of the Jail, notified Raymond Massey,
SON of Carroll B. Massey, sheriff.
The youth quickly extinguished the
blaze with a bucket of water.
The fire was started during the
absence of Sheriff Massey. There are
about Is prisoners in the Jail and
several of them said that they burn
ed papers as a disinfectant.
During the day the prisoners are
the use of the entire build
ing, except in cases where a prisoner
is regarded as dangerous. Last
year several prisoners escaped from
the Jail.
The prisoners are all awaiting
trial. AS soon as they are sentenced
they are sent to the New Castle Co.,
WOrkhouse.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
INCREASE SHOWN
AT FARNHURST
Gain OF More Than so Per
Cent In Number Of Male
Admissions Claimed
696 DAILY AVERAGE

A tremendous increase" in the
total number of patients admitted
to the Delaware State Hospital, at
Farnhurst, during the fiscal year
which ended June 80, over last fiscal
year, is indicated in the annual Re
port of the institution, made public
this week by DR.. NJ. A. Tarumianz,
superintendent.
According to the report there was
a slight decrease in the number of
female patients, but there was an
increase of more than SO per cent in
the admissions of male patients. A
total number of 241 patients were
either admitted for the first time, re-
admitted, or transferred from the i'll
stitution during the fiscal year just
past, as compared with the 202 of
last year, an increase OF 80 patients,
the report states.
The number of deaths, the report
indicates, also increased slightly
during the year, from 60 the previ-
GUS year to 79 in the fiscal year just
ended. Of these 79 deaths, according
to the report, Sc persons were over
20 years of age.
The average daily resident popu-
lation at the institution also in
creased from 638 of last year to CSC
of the present year, making a diff
ference of So more patients for this
year.
In the matter of expenditures for
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GEN. GEO. Il. HALL
DIES OF STROKE
AT MILFORD Home
Former State Secretary
Had Been Ill For Only
A Few Days
FUNERAL SERVICES
Held At Home With Rev.
Frank HersOn Officiating
On Wednesday
FUNERAL SERVICES

George H. Hall, former Secretary
of State, died at his home on Clark
Ave, here last Saturday.
He was taken suddenly ill at his
home last Thursday afternoon suf-
fering from a stroke of paralysis and
his condition grew steadily worse.
Up to the time of the attack Mr.. Hall
was apparently in good health for a
man of his years. He was quite ac-
tive and was on the streets of Mil
ford Thursday morning conversing
with friends and attending to busi-
ness affairs.
When a young man Mr.. Hall came
to Milford from Milton where he was
born and was employed by relative
in a general store as clerk.
He entered the grocery trade with
Harry Laws under the name of Hall
and Laws, but soon dissolved part
nership and established large gen.
eral store of his own on Walnut st.
His business grew rapidly and with
the completion of the Deputy block
on South Walnut St., he occupied
this building and opened depart
ment store which was at that time
one of the largest merchandising es-
tablishments in the lower part of the
State.
Mr. Hall was an active Republican
and gained prominence through his
political leadership. He was men,
ber of Governor Lea's staff from
which he derived the title of general
He was appointed Secretary of State
by Governor Miller, filling the un-
expired term of Governor Miller's
son, who resigned to accept the nom
ination for member of Congress on
the Republican ticket. He was also
appointed the first comptroller of
Sussex county and established that
office on a smooth running business
basis. Until a few months ago he
was president of the Milford Trust
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
LECTURERS
FOR CONFERENCE
Those From Four States
Will Meet At University
OF Delaware
SESSIONS AUG. 5 TO 8

The annual regional meeting of
Grange lecturers will be held this
year at the University of Delaware,
Newark, from August to 8, inclu
sive.
Lecturers and other delegates from
Oranges in Delaware, New York,
New Jersey and Maryland will at
tend, and thise from the District of
Columbia and Virginia have been in
vited.
Most of the day sessions will be
devoted to business and discussions
of Grange policies. A number of in
teresting speakers have been en-
gagged for the evening sessions,
which will be open to the public.
1t is expected that Governor Buck
will attend the opening session on
August 5. Louis J. Taber, National
Grange Master, will be present and
will speak.
According to a tentative schedule
now drown up, the day sessions will
be held in Wolf Hall, and the even
ing sessions i'm the new auditorium,
Mitchell Hall. 1t is believed that from
IS to 100 persons will be present, but
this number will be supplemented
each night by members of the vari-
our Oranges in Delaware and nearby
States, as we'll as other persons in
terested in Grange work.
The executive committee of the
State Grange has completed ar
~. >, o,o,,o a,1tc fOr to King tbo delegates
to Longwood Gardens on the evening
of Thursday, August 18th.
1t is also planned to hold a picnic
supper on the campus of the Uni
versity one of the nights during the
session. This will be contributed by
New Castle County Oranges.
State Lecturer A. Bailey Thomas,
of Wyoming is in charge of all ar
for the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
DELAWARE PAID HUGE
FEDERAL TAX IN 1929
A Total OF $lO,145,321 Paid. Only
II Other States Paid Greater Total

Delaware taxpayers, corporations
and individuals, increased their con-
tribution to the Federal treasury in
the fiscal year 1880, ending last June
30, by nearly ten million dollars. In
the fiscal year lust ended, the State
paid on account of income and mis-
cellaneous taxes $4O,145,321, which
compares with $30,309.52S for the
1929 fiscal year. the increase was
$9,S35,793.
Income payments by corporations
totaled $25,9S1, OLA, and income pay
ments by individuals amounted to
$13,122,433, the grand total of income
payments being $39,103,447.
Miscellaneous tax payments reach
ed $1,O41,874
Only IL States paid a greater total
than Delaware.
Maryland and the District of Col
umbia, frouped in one collention dis
trict, paid $54,203,335, which does
not greatly exceed the total of lit
tie Delaware.
In the whole country, income and
miscellaneous tax collections in the
1880 year were $3,O3S, ,49S, 1929, which
compares with $2,939, 1915 in 1929.
The national gain was S99, 9,444,554.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
STATIONS WILL
INSPECT AUTOS
Details Of Second Annual
Drive Are Announced By
Secretary Grantland
WORK IS STARTED

With 25 official inspection sta
tions established in New Castle
county, 10 in Kent county and Is in
Sussex county, Secretary of State
Charles H. Grantland on Monday an
nounced the official details of the
Second Annual Delaware Car In
spectiOn Campaign which began on
Tuesday and continues until Sep
tember l.
All preliminary arrangements for
the campaign were completed by the
Secretary of States Office and by
Walter Dent Smith, manager of the
Delaware Safety Council, who has
been appointed campaign director by
Mr. Grantland.
The campaign is promised on a
recognition of the Importance vehic-
ular defects play as contributing
factors to motor vehicle accidents
and is being conducted in the pro-
motion of safety on streets and high
ways throughout the State. Speciti-
cations providing for the inspection
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
VIC. T.U. URGES
PEOPLE TO VOTE
Letter Urges Interest In
Registration; Read In
Churches
WARNS OF BRIBERY

The Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union has sent out a letter
making an appeal to the Christian
citizenship to take an interest in
the coming registration day to be
held next Saturday, and to avoid at
tempts at bribery.
In the letter, the conditions of
registration are stressed, and every
one is urged, to discharge his duty
at the ballot box and to watch and
pray and vote" against all wet"
candidates. The laws of Delaware
govern the condition of registration,
it states, and those laws must be re-
spected.
For the past so years, the Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
has been committed to the cause of
legal prohibition in an endeavor to
destroy the liquor traffic, and it is
for this purpose that the appeal has
been sent out.
The letter follows:
An Appeal to Christian Citizenship
"The Woman's Christian Temper
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
MISS SARA C. HAMMOND
BRIDE OF ALFRED SWAIN
Former Milford Boy Marries Girl He
Met While Attending College

A romance that begin in student
days at the University of Delaware
resulted in the marriage of Miss
Sara Charlottee Hammond, daughter
of Herman D. Hammond, of Canter-
bury, Delaware, and Samuel Alfred
Swain, of Little Rock, Arkansas, on
Tuesday evening. The ceremony was
performed at the home of the
brides parents by Rev. Disston w.
Jacobs. The bride was given in mar
riage by her father and had as her
maid of honor, her sister, Miss
Frances Hammond. Miss Helen
Swain, of Milford, sister of the
groom and Miss Helen Mason, of
Dover, were brides maids. Betty
Wilson of Dover, was flower girl.
The groom was attended by James
P. Pierce, of Milford, who was best
man.
The bride wore white satin and
carried brides roses and lilies of
the valley. The maid of honor wore
green organdy and carried roses and
gladiolas. The brides maids were
gOwned in frocks of yellow and or
child and carried gladiolas. The
flower girl wore pink organdy dress
and carried a basket of roses. Pre-
ceding the ceremony Miss Ann Ham,
mond played selection and Mrs.
w. W. Moore sang 20 Promise Me-"
Following the ceremony a recep-
tion was held at the home of the
brides parents, after which the cou-
pie left on their wedding tour by
automobile to Louisville, Kentucky,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Swain are
graduates of the University of Del
aware. The bride has been teach
ing in the Dover schools.
Mr.. Swain, who is the son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Swain, of Milford,
is chemical engineer. He has been
stationed at Little Rock, Arkansas,
but was recently transferred to
Louisville. The guests were rela-
tives and close friends of the con-
tracing parties.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
ARREST 700 ON STATE
HIGHWAYS In JUNE
Reckless Drivers Again Head The
List Of Offenders With 236 Nabbed

Reckless Drivers Again Head The
List of Offenders With 236 Nabbed
During June, the State police made
more than 700 arrests, the report of
Superintendent c. C. Reynolds sets
forth. Fines paid amounted to $3.50
and fines imposed but not paid
amounted to $2880. Officers gave
$500 reprimands during the month.
Reckless driving arrests totalled
236, lead the number of law VIOLA
tions for the month. Other arrests
were the following violations: no
operators license, rs; failure to stop
before entering a state highway, 46;
operating a machine while intoX-
icated, 35; allowing an unlicensed
person to drive an automobile, 81;
overloaded truck, 10; overloaded
truck over rear axle, II; assault and
battery, IA; improper brakes, IA;
no chauffers license, 10; no mirror
on car, 8; improper lights, z; i'm
proper tags, Z; disorderly conduct,
6; drunk, 6.
Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
J. P. NIELDS TAKES OATH
AS FEDERAL JURIST
Sworn Into Office by Judge Buf-
fingtOn Of U. S. Circuit Court

United States District Judge John
P. Nields, of Wilmington, was sworn
in as judge Monday morning by
Judge Joseph Burlington, of the U.
S. Circuit Court of Appeals, third
District of Philadelphia, who came
to Wilmington to preside over the
court there in the Federal Building
in Wilmington and to administer the
oath of office.
The oath was administered short
ly after II o'clock before a group
of distinguished members of the jul
dietary system of Delaware and at
torneys and then Judge Nields I'M
mediately adjourned the court until
Tuesday afternoon, when he began
hearing of arguments for the first
time in trade mark and unfair com
petition case in the Federal Court.
Among the first to congratulate
Judge Nields on taking the bench as
the u. S. District Judge was former
Judge Hugh M. Morris, the retiring
Judge, OF whom Judge Burlington, in
his remarks before administering
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Milford chronicle., 1930-07-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL CON-
VENTION WEDNESDAY
Lewes, RehObOth And Indian River
Bodies to Meet.

The Lewes-Rehoboth and Indian
River Hundreds Sunday School Con-
vention will be held on Wednesday,
July %, 1880, at the new Presbyter-
ian Community Building, Coolspring
Del. The program will begin at
2:3O p. M, and is as follows:
Devotional Service-Rev. Thos. P.
Mckee.
Welcome Address-Mr. Fred Chap
pell.
Response-Rev. w. D. Wilson.
Special music.
Address-ReV. Ralph G. Jones.
Report of Hundred Secretaries;
appointing of committees.
Address-Miss Ruth Lindseth.
Adjournment.
Basket Supper-6 to z p. m.
Evening Program
Devotional Service-Rev. William
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