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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
GOV.BUCK BLAMES
.AUTO,ROAD HOUSE
FOR DELINQUENCY
UncensOred Movie Also Is
Denounced At Dedica-
ton At Institution
LAUDS MOTHERHOOD
DIR. Ellen Potter Also
Speaks At Ceremony At
Industrial School

"The need of such social institu-
tons is more fully realized in these
days of the deteriorating influence
of the cheap motor car, the uncen-
sored movie and the protected road
house." declared Governor c. Doug
lass Buck in his address at the dedi-
cation of the new Sidney W. Mahaffy
Honor Dormitory at the Girls In
dustrial School at ClaymOnt Thurs
day of last week. The governor was
the principal speaker at the dedica-
ton. Other speakers were DR.. Ellen
Potter, medical director of the de-
partment of Institutions and Agen-
cies in New Jersey and Miss Mary
Devices, superintendent of schools.
Mrs. James N. Ginns, chairman of
the dedication committee presided
and Walter Carlson, the architect
for the new building presented a
gold key to the structure to Mrs.
William Bradford, president Of the
board of managers. Visitors were
present from all parts of the State
and luncheon was served in the as
sembly room of the Bancroft Cot
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BUYER OFLIQUOR
EOUTSIDEOF LAW
Court Leaves Open Case
Where Purchaser Knows
Shipment Is Involved
WAS TEST CASE

The buyer of bootleg liquor can
not, under ordinary circumstances,
be prosecuted.
In one of the most important de-
cisions under prohibition, the SUI
preme Court on Monday made this
ruling in the test case of James b.
Farrar, of Boston.
At the same time it, in effect, de-
clined to pass upon the question
whether the buyer of liquor, who
knows that transportation is involv-
ed in delivery, can be prosecuted for
conspiracy.
The latter case was that of Alfred
E. Norris. New York banker, who
bought liquor from a Philadelphia
bootlegger.
The high court said, since Norris
had virtually entered a plea of gull
ty by pleading nolo contendere, his
conviction must be sustained.
Following announcement of the
Farrar decision, Assistant Secre-
tary Lowman, of the Treasury, in
charge of prohibition enforcement,
said the Prohibition Unit had al
ways taken the attitude sustained by
the court.
A difference of opinion developed
among Congressional drys as to the
of pressing legislation
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
DEMOCRATS WANT
CONVENTION PLAN
Will Consider Party Rule
Change At Meeting In
Dover On June 3
UNITY is URGED

For the first time in many years,
steps will be taken in an effort to
depart from the present system of
county primary elections in favor of
the old plan of party county conven-
lions.
Kent county Democrats on Friday
decided to aim in this direction. At
a meeting of the Kent County Demo-
cratic Committee at Dover Tuesday,
June 8, was set as the date of a
county convention to consider
change in the party rules to return
to the system of nominating candi-
dates for county Offices at county
conventions.
The convention on June will be
preceded by party delegate cleo
ton on Saturday, May 81.
Many Democrats of Kent county
are said to be favorable 10 the
change in the party rules with the
principal argument that much eX-
pense can be saved thereby.
Josiah Marvel, Demccratc Ma
tional Committeeman, attended the
meeting and was called on for an
address. He outlined plans for the
coming political campaign and urg-
ed the members of the committee to
work as a unit.
Herman c. Taylor, chairman of
the Kent County Democratic Com
mittee, presided at the meeting.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
ALLAN HULSIZER WILL
SPEAK AT HOUSTON
Director OF Georgetown Elementary
School To Speak At Exercises

Allan Hulsizer, director of the
Georgetown elementary school,
which will be conducted as a dem
onstration unit in the fall, will speak
at the closing exercises of the Hous-
ton School on June 2 at eight o.
clock. Houston is to be congratu-
lated as interest is keen all over
the State in this school, joint pro-
ject of the State Board of Education
and the Delaware Citizens Associa-
ton.
Music will be furnished by the
school orchestra under the leader
ship of Miss Dorothy Vineyard, the
Houston Century Club chorus I'M
der the direction of Mrs. William
Johnson, and Mrs. Emory Webb,
who have contributed very gener-
ously to the success of other school
programs during the year.
Pins will be presented to honor
members of the Good Sportsmanship
elected by secret bal
lot of the Brotherhood which in
cludes pupils in the four upper
grades. Attendance certificates will
be awarded.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
OLDEST MAYOR
DIES AT LEWES
DIR. Thompson Had Served
Sussex Town For Over
Twenty-nine Years
WHEN IS

The funeral of DR.. James T.
Thompson, mayor, banker and phys
ician, who died in the Beebe Hospi-
tai, Lewes, Tuesday night of last
week after an illness of ten days
from a complication of diseases, at
the age of eighty-six years, was held
last Friday afternoon in st. Peters
Protestant Episcopal Church, the
Rev. Mr.. Littell officiating. Burial
was made in the adjoining church.
yard
DR.. Thompson was probably the
oldest mayor in the United States in
point of service and age. During
January of this year, upon nearing
his eighty-sixth birthday, he was
chosen to govern the affairs of
Lewes for the twenty-ninth time. All
of his service was in succession eX-
cept two terms when he refused to
serve. In 1913 he refused Office and
Captain Thomas B. Schellenger was
chosen, while in 1925 Captain Lewis
Collins was elected.
Mayor Thompson was born at the
old Thompson Homestead, near Re-
hoboth on February 10, 1874. He re-
ceived his primary education at the
public schools and a select school in
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LITERARY DIGEST
COMPLETES POLL
40 Per Cent Of Those
Answering Favor Repeal
Of Prohibition Law
4,8O6,464 VOTED

Forty voters out of every hundred
in the United States desire the re-
peal of the Eighteenth Amendment,
twenty-nine prefer modification of
the Volstead Law, and thirty-one
stand for strict enforcement, accord
ing to The Literary Digest's final
report on it's nationwide poll.
A grand total of 4.806.464 of the
twenty million ballots sent out came
back properly marked, as follows:
For enforcement, 1,464,098, or
30.46 per cent.
For modification, 1,S99,314, or
29.11 per cent.
For repeal, 1,94S,O52, or 4O.43 per
cent.
Delaware voted 1874 for enforce
ment; 1858 for modification and
4,643 for repeal, total of $685..
Five States - Arkansas, Kansas,
North Carolina, Oklahoma and Ten
nessee-registered a majority vote
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Henry RidgelyUrges
Bankers To Read
More Newspapers
Prominent LaUyer And Banker Tells Colleagues To
Pay Attention To What Is Happening When He
Addresses Spring Meeting.

Speaking before the Delaware
State Bankers Association Spring
meeting at the Wilmington Country
Club last Thursday, Henry Ridgely,
president of the Farmers Bank, Do
yer, urged that his colleagues, as
business men, learn the truth of
what is happening in the country
and the world. 1t was suggested
along this line by the speaker that
bankers learn to properly read
newspapers, discriminating between
fact and fiction. He advocated that
all colleges in the country should in
stitute courses in discriminating
newspaper reading, which said Mr..
Ridgely, takes as much brain work
as to read a volume of history"
President Francis deli. Jenvier pre-
sided at the sessions.
Ohio Rowland, president of the
Clearing House Associa-
ton, spoke briefly, welcoming the
visiting bankers from many of the
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
SUGGEST CHANGES
in SMALL SCHOOLS
State Board At Meeting In Dover
Recommends Consultations

The State Board of Education met
at Dover on Friday and spent the
greater part of the day in dealing
with the question of schools of low
enrolment.
Under the law, after a period of
three years with an attendance of IL
or under the State board has the
right to close such schools and as
sign the pupils to the nearest school,
also to recommend for consolidation
such schools as would warrant this
step.
In New Castle county at Hockes-
sin, a recommendation of two teach
ers instead of three was made. For
Glasgow one teacher was suggested
with the recommendation that the
seventh and eighth grade students
be sent to Newark.
The board also reviewed the avail
able balances in the several funds
and recommended their use when
checkup is made of the needs of the
several schools.
The board approved payment of
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GRADUATION DATE
FOR WESLEY SET
Annual Exercises Will Be Held
From June To June 10

The graduation exercises of the
Wesley Collegiate Institute, of Do
yer, will take place from June z to
June 10.
The commencement speaker will
be the Rev. Edward L. Watson, D.
D., pastor of the Waverly Methodist
Episcopal Church of Baltimore. Dr..
Watson who is president of the
Methodist Episcopal Historical So
ciety, is we'll known throughout the
Peninsula.
The baccalaureate sermon will be
preached in Wesley M. E. Church by
DIR. Harvey w. Ewing, retired min
lister of the Wilmington M. E. Con-
ference, who now resides at Newark.
The evening sermo nwill be deliver
ed by the Rev. Essell P. Thomas,
graduate of Wesley Collegiate Insti-
tute, and at present pastor of the
Smyrna NJ. E. Church.
The following program includes
complete list of the activities as
planned for each day:
Saturday, June 7-Gymnasium-
Auditorium, p M, Junior recital;
8 p. m, oratorical and defamation
contest.
Sunday, June S-Wesley M. E.
Church, IL a. M, baccalaureate SER
mon; 1880 p. M, sermon before
school.
Monday, June 9-Gymnasium-Au-
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MOTHER-DAUGHTER
BANQUET ENJOYABLE
Affair This Year Was Largely At
tended With Excellent Program

The Mother and Daughter Banquet
given in the Community Building on
Friday evening was very much en-
joyed by those who attended. The
number this year was not as large
as that of last year because of. con-
fiicting affairs, but the program and
the banquet was equally as good.
Mrs. A. NJ Feels was the toastmis-
tress for the evening, and was so
much at home in her role, her re-
marks between speeches were SO
bright, and to the point, they were
greatly enjoyed by all. An unan-
nounced pleasure were the violin
solos played by Miss Eleanor Myer,
of Philadelphia. Miss Myer was ac-
companied at the piano by Mrs. Da-
Wis r. Grier. The theme of the eve
ning's program was "Ships." The
favors were tiny boats and were US
ed to hold the nuts at the table. The
program covers had drawings of a
ship and were done so well by Mrs.
Eells. The second page was a pic
ture of a lighthouse on a high bluff
sending out messages of the time
anu DluCC VI Tic 0lOLnV4 fillu 4(duSA-
ter Banquet Thanks for the favors
and the programs go to Mrs. ]. /.
Nichols, Mrs. Eells and to the Girl
Reserves who made them. The adj
dress of the evening was given by
Miss Rena Allen, of the University
of Delaware, who spoke on Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Happi-
ness"
Miss Martha Good was present
and gave greetings for the District
of Delaware Y. w. C. A. Miss Ruth
Kemp, the assistant secretary, was
also inattendance. Mrs. J. Postles
Hammond and Mrs Harry MTulhol-
land gave a duet Sailing" that was
very appropriate and was greatly
Each number on the
program made the evening a memoir
able one.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
FIND PARASITE
TO AID IN FIGHT
AGAINST BEETLE
Federal Authorities Have
Found Oriental Foe To
Combat The Pest
MANY DISTRIBUTED
Counties Where Beetle Is
Most Prolific Have Pro-
vided With Parasites
MANY DISTRIBUTED

A great surprise awaits The Jap
anese Beetle this summer when il
energies from the ground. 1t will
find one of its strongest Oriental
foes firmly entrenched in the same
territory where it has rOmped I'M
disturbed for nearly fifteen years.
During the last eighteen months, the
entomologists at the Japanese Bee
tie Laboratory at MoOrestOwn, N. j.,
have successfully planted 100 colon
les of the Tiphia popilliavOra, par
asite enemy of the beetle in stra-
tegic points in eight counties in both
New Jersey and Pennsylvania with
the sole object of bringing the bee
tie ultimately under control in the
United States, as it has been check
ed in Japan.
Since August, 1928, the Japanese
Beetle Laboratory has planted col
onies of this one species of parasites
in the counties of Burlington, Mer-
Ger, Camden, Gloucester, Atlantic,
Bucks, Delaware, Montgomery and
Philadelphia, with isolated colonies
at Harrisburg, New York and New
Haven.
This is the elimination of nine
years of work by special scientists
who have searched thousands of
square miles of country in Japan,
China, Korea, India and other Far
Eastern Countries in an effort to
find a native foe of the beetle that
would find the climate of this sec
ton of the United States suitable to
it's comfort and existence. Beset with
hundreds of difficulties, the repre-
sentatives of the Japanese Beetle
Laboratory have been able to win
against unequal odds and have
found a common enemy of the beetle
that likes our climate and is thirty
ing in il. Not only did it find soil
and climatic conditions to its liking
but it also found food in unlimited
amounts that appeal to its appetite
as no other plant grown in this
Countrywide common wild carrot
that is found in every pasture field
and along every roadside in South
Jersey and Eastern Pennsylvania.
From a single colony planted at
Minnaminson in 1921, it promises to
become as firmly established as the
beetle itself. From the single col
ony of only so individuals liberated
at Cinnaminson in 1921, it grew in
four years to cover an area of four
acres. During the following four
years it had spread completely over
an area of 91a square miles or 224O
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KENT AND SUSSEX
CHILDREN HOLD
ATTENDANCEDAY
Program for Kent County
Honor Winners Held on
Saturday Morning
PARADE AT NOON
Sussex Children Partici-
pated In Program In
The Afternoon
PARADE AT NOON

Several hundred school children
from Kent and Eastern Sussex cOun-
ties participated in Attendance Day
exercises at Dover last Saturday.
Two programs, one in the morn
ing and the other in the afternoon,
and a parade at noon featured the
meeting. Both programs were SINH
lar in nature, with Governor Buck,
Lieutenant Governor Henry Hazel,
Hon. G.. S. VILLAS, president of the
State Board of Education, DIR. H. V.
Holloway, secretary of The State
Board of Education and Mayor Wal
lace Woodford, of Dover, Gracing
the functions with their presences.
The morning program was at 10
o'clock, and was held for the Kent
county students. Invocation was ask
ed by Rev. G. Ashworth Burslem and
greetings were extended Ey Mayor
Woodford. Our Delaware" was then
sung by the assembly, under the
leadership of John McFadden. Greet
ings were extended by Governor
Buck and certificates were awarded
to honor pupils as follows by Hon.
Williams.
Twelve years, Edwin Dill, of Fell
ton; ten years, Theodore Thistle
wood, Milford, Earle Scott, FELTON,;
nine years, Wilson Manship, Alberta
West, Harriet Galloway and Virgin
ia LeCompte, Harrington, Frank
Warren, Caesar Rodney, and Ella
Belts, Felton, eight years, Viola
Donovan, Mildred Griffith, Ruth Rob-
bins, Madeline Warren, Charles
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DELAWARE PEA CROP
A COMPLETE FAILURE
Reports From All Districts Indicate
That Gamers VIII Have Poor Pack

The pea crop in Delaware this
year is almost a complete failure if
reports from pea growing districts
are correct. The farmers in many
places have plowed their peas UNI
der rather than try to save at least
a small portion of them. This con-
dition has been caused by the ex-
treme dry weather which prevailed
on the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula dur
ing April and early May. Following
the dry weather the pea louise got
busy and destroyed large fields of
growing vines completely. Most of
the farmers will not get enough
peas fro mtheir fields to pay for the
seed. In addition to the loss for
the farmers, the Gamers will lose
half of the original cost of the seed
peas, for they sell the seed to the
growers for half of the cost to them.
Many Gamers have been compelled
to refuse orders for canned peas be-
cause of the scarcity of peas this
season. The loss of the pea crop is
an exceedingly heavy one for local
farmers, for they depend upon the
money received from this crop to
aid them in early summer purchases
for farm operation.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
1000 PUPILS HOLD
ATTENDANCE DAY
Western Sussex Exercises Take
Place In Waller Theatre At Laurel

More than 1000 school pupils
from Western Sussex County who
had made a perfect attendance rec
ord during the past year or more,
were guests of Laurel when they
went there on Saturday to observe
the first attendance day ever held
in the county.
The children from all the schools
in the county assembled near the
ball park and with Col A. E. Tan
ner, former school superintendent,
as the marshal, marched through
the principal streets of the town,
ending at the Waller Theatre.
The exercises at the theatre
started at with Professor Thorn
burgh, of the Seaford school, as
chairman. The program included
music by the Laurel school orches-
ira, song, "Our Delaware" by the
children, invocation by the Rev. M.
w. Marine, pastor of Centenary M.
E. Church; welcome address by DR..
E. H. F. Farlow, Mayor of Laurel;
greetings by Dr. J. Roscoe Elliott,
president of the Laurel Board of Ed
ucation; cornet solo by Roland Hud-
son. accompanied by Professor Van
Leer, of Seaford; harmonica selec-
tons, selections by the toy orches-
ira of the Seaford third grade:
greeting by John Shilling, assistant
State superintendent.
George S. Williams, of Millsboro,
president of the State Beard of Edu-
cation, awarded certificates to the
long term perfect attendance pupils
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Say Maintenance Cost Important
Item In Household Bmdgeting
Gunner Should Make A Regular Allowance For
Repairs And Requirements For Well Kept
Property Has Higher Selling Value.

In reckoning the upkeep of a
house some people fail to include the
cost of maintenance, which is just
as important in the budget of the
home as it is in that of the big sky
scraper where experts are employ
ed for this important task.
Home-owners when buying a
house generally count the costs of
the mortgages as far as interest is
concerned, together with water rent
and taxes, and feel that they have
arrived at affair basis of cost. 1t is
true that they have taken the lar
gest items and possibly the most
but they have left out
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30

leading towns of the State as guests
of the association, which entertained
the delegates at luncheon in the club
dining room.
Mr.. Ridgelys subject was Cur
rent Banking Problems" He said,
when we are convinced we have
the truth and nothing but the truth,
then we can formulate our policies"
Mr.. Ridgely pointed out Tat over
production on the farm and factory
is one of the weak points in present
business conditions. The employ
ment situation, he added, is far
from satisfactory, but he saw a
hopeful and encouraging note in the
and resOurcefulness of
the American business man.
Elwyn Evans, vice president of
Wilmington Trust Company, discus
sed technical aspects of the prop
erty tax question, as related to
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Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
JAMES, CAMP WILL
OPEN AUGUST 2ND
FOR Today SESSION

James Camp, one of the
most popular tented spots on
the Del-Mar-Va Peninsula, To-
Gated between Georgetown and
Laurel, in Broad Creek dis
trict, will open on Saturday
August 2, and continue for ter
days, under direction of the
Rev. J. w. Sutton, of Blades,
pastor of EpwOrth Circuit.
This camp for many years has
been a meeting place for pol
lticians for the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth Districts.
AS this is campaign year,
all of the lower Delaware
camps are expected to be well
attended by politicians. Many
"slates" have been made and
broken on the outskirts of
some of these camps, especial
ly for district offices. James
Camp is largely attended by
residents of Georgetown, Lau-
rel, Blades, Seaford and Mills
boro.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
ENGINEER OPPOSES
BROADKILL JETTY
Reports That Expenditure For Del
aware Waterway Is Not Needed

Improvement of the BrOadkill
River in Delaware beyond the exist
ing project for a six-foot channel
from Delaware Bay to Milton, was
opposed in a report to Congress on
Monday by Major General Lytle
Brown, chief of army engineers.
While the existing project pro-
vides for a six foot channel $50 feet
wide through the mouth, protected
by jetty on the north side of the
entrance and thence forty feet wide
to Milton, distance of II miles, To-
cal interests requested that the
channel be Strengthened and a jetty
built on the south side of the river.
The chief of engineers said 1.-THE
transportation facilities now avail
able to the locality appear reason
ably adequate for it's needs. There
is no assurance of the development
of any large tonnage and expendi-
lures by the Federal government for
jetty construction cannot be justi-
fed"
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1930-05-30
DELAWARE POultrymen Found
Pallets Better Producers Then Hens
Report Of Farm Record Club For April Shows Pull
let's Averaged III Eggs Each While Hens Aver
aged Was Only 1876; Offer Suggestions.

The sixty-seven poultry raisers in
Kent county who are members of
the Delaware Farm Egg Record Club
have received recently from the
Office of County Agent Russell e.
Wilson copies of the April report
which contains the average monthly
egg production from 67,747 birds
representing 1872 farms throughout
the State, as tabulated by H. S. Pal
mer, Extension Poultryman of the
University of Delaware, under whose
direction this project is being con-
Quoted in each of the three counties
in cooperation with the agricultur-
al agents.
OF these 67,747 birds, the 25,772
pullets produced Ill eggs each, the
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CLUB BOYS OFFERED
CALVES FOR PRIZES
Kent County Members May Win By
Selling Fair Tickets

All Club boys and girls are again
offered the opportunity of winning
pure bred dairy calves in the ticket
selling contest that the Kent-Sussex
Fair is sponsoring again for a third
time. Kent County club members
may get their tickets from Miss Hell
en- L. Comstock, Kent County All
Club Leader, in the post office in
Dover.
Any club member who is enrolled
and whose record is up-to-date may
enter the contest. Pure bred heifer
calves will be awarded to each of
the three club members in both Kent
and Sussex Counties who sell the
greatest number of tickets and to
the two in New Castle County who
have the highest sales. There will be
additional calves given and these
will be awarded to the next highest
sales regardless of the county.
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1876 hens averaged 1876 eggs, and
the 26,159 pullets and hens in the
mixed fiocks laid 1857 eggs per bird
during the month of April. The pro-
duction for April, 1929, was ia
eggs per pullet, 1874 for hens, and
1853 for the mixed flocks, which
compares very favorably with the
records for April of this year.
In addition to the monthly sum-
mary of these egg records from 1872
farms, this report also includes
some suggestions in regard to those
practices which are important fac
tors in the growing of healthy chic
kens, such as strong vitality, prop
er methods of feeding, and comfor-
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