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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

I hereby announce my can
didacy for Sheriff of Cecil
County, subject to the Demo-
cratic primary, and if nomi-
mated and elected l will do
everything within my power to
enforce the Eighteenth Amen
dment and uphold the law.
Your support will be appre-
ciated.
LAURA AIMEE LOGAN,
Elkton, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
THE first hundred years in the
use Of commercial fertilizers

THE first hundred years in the
use of commercial fertilizers
- can now be recorded in the agri-
cultural history of the United States.
The practice of using commercial
nitrogen as fertilizer was started in
1880 when the first shipment of nitrate
Of soda was brought to this country.
Up to that time only lime and mari of
the inorganic substances now COM
monty used for agricultural purposes
were known to the early farmers.
Used continuously since that time,
nitrate of soda, or Chilean nitrate, as
farmers commonly call it, is now rec
ognized as the Oldest Of the present
day commercial fertilizers.
Although nitrate of soda has become
q commonplace article on farms
throughout the country, it is not gen.
orally known that one of the romances
Of modern civilization is woven around
this fertilizer. It is a product OF o
barren desert, high in the Andes
Mountains of northern Chile. There is
no rain or vegetation in the entire
nitrate zone, which occupies region
nearly as large as the combined area
of New York and Pennsylvania. Not q
blade of grass springs from the soil,
beneath which is one of the most i'm.
portant fertilizing compounds known
to Nature.
The nitrate ore is found at various
depths below the surface, the average
being about three feet. 1t varies In
richness from to 70 per cent sodium
nitrate. Open-cut mining is practiced
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
Red Letter Events Found
in American Agriculture

1830-Nitrate of soda introduced
into United States. In point of ser.
vice, nitrate from Chile is exceeded
only by lime and mari of the in.
organic substances now used for
farm purposes.
1842-Lawes in England took out
patent for making superphosphate.
Since that time phosphate deposits
have been discovered in our south.
ern states and in Africa.
1860-Potash from German mines
first utilized for farm purposes.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
Not for Herl

Small Jeane, who had been used to
having her hair cut at home. was
taken to the barber shop for the first
time. Proudly she was seated in the
chair. When the current was turned
on so the clippers could be used she
became terrified.
"Stop 1t. stop itI~ she sobbed; II
won't have q vacuum sweeper on my
head.n
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
FOR SHERIFF

I hereby announce my can
didacy for the nomination of
Sheriff for Cecil county, subject
to the Democratic primaries.
The support of all voters is
earnestly solicited.
Horace C. Reynolds,
Elkton, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
MRS. JENNIE TAYLOR

Licensed Funeral Director
Gentleman Embalmer Lie
ensed for Maryland and Penn
sylvan1a.
Dignified service given all
calls, night or day.
Cor. N. Queen & Walnut SITS.
Phone 122 Rising Sun. Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

On day when there was not much
news, correspondent wires that some
one in Prague has lived two months
with no brain.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

A doctor warns trained nurses
against marrying men who will use
them as meal tickets. Why only
nurses?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

II makes fellow feel a little sad
and old to pick up the A B G book at
the toy counter and discover that A
now stands for Airplane.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

The Hartford Courant talks about
the need for small coins. In this part
Of the world all sorts Of coins are
needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

Maybe some of the things the Chi
nese did were Illegal, but it is difficult
to be strictly legal in dealing with a
burglar.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

In Utopia, we believe that a brow
beating lawyer is sent up now and
then for contempt of the witness.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

We cannot decide which is worse
to say that man means well, or to
call him 'titular leader"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
County Commissioner

I hereby announce myself as
a candidate for County Com
missioner, from the Second
Commissioner District, subject
to the Republican primary.
The support of the voters is
respectfully solicited.
George w. Stewart,
Andora, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

There is always some part of
his work that man Sights
because he detests it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

Photographs Of the sun and it's new
spots suggest that Old Sol is suffering
from bad attack of the measles.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

You don't always see a gem
OF landscape unless you stop
and study the landscape.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

An eight-hour day in some Ameri-
can homes would strike their alleged
inmates as medieval.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

hereby announce my candi-
.Acy for the nomination of
County Commissioner fol- Cecil
county, subject to the decision
of the Democratic primary.
DAVID T. REED,
Rising Sun, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18

| hereby announce myself a
candidate for Register of Wills
at the coming Democratic Pri-
maries and earnestly solicit the
support of all voters.
Robert j. McCauley,
Elkton, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
Recipes for Decorative Dishes

Galleries and vitamins are skill
fully concealed in creamed chicken
that deluges mainland of toast tri-
angles, carrot boats hosting real
sails and bearing cargoes of golden
pineapple. and cocoa with marsh
mallow island ahoat. There's a
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
e. 0tfARY-JANE and Junior
JU1are having guests for
luncheon TODAY"

This is the weekly statement of
a wise mother who finds time to
give her youngsters an opportunity
to play host and hostess. She main
tains that having Tommy-from-
Next-Door or Joan-from-Around-
the-Corner introduces the children
to better table etiquette and to a
variety of foods that they like be-
cause Tommy or Joan like them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
Register of Wills

The undersigned announces
his candidacy for Register of
Wills for Cecil County, subject
to the rules of the Democratic
primary.
Stanley M. Smith,
North East, Md.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-04-18
CURTIS e. IRWIN

TASTY THINGS FOR THE
TABLE
WE HAVE THEM
AS we'll as such substantial
staples as
FRESH BREAD AND ROLLS
BUTTER, EGGS, MILK
FRESH AND SALT MEATS
FRESH VEGETABJ. les
CURTIS E. IRWIN
Rising Sun. Maryland
A miss in the car is worth
two in the engine.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

Denver, Colo. May 2$ tP-Ths highest automo1ue road la Ncr.h America will be comr.ete1 early -hls summer
 snov-cla5 n,ne months out o5 the year. Mount Evans. rtsgns l4@ra feet above sea level alI he grooEed ny :. modern. lE-too- highway al- most to it's summit.
 The road MI lend IF 3 n1ourra.r saddle" 74sr below tHe mass Of granite blocks which mark the summit
 Started fen years a=o by The state highway department tha road has been construc-ed against what seemed at times -o be oraraheln1- Lag odds
 Is series Of loops. our<es and naIrpin turns were frequently blast d out Of tba towering Erarlt=. and snows repeatedly ham7ere6 prog ress.
 The aL-ude to7ces worEmea to 20 at raelr loh -tnser.y. resting often to regain their breath.
 The highway IS a continuation O. the Denver mountain parks system and t7 named for John Evans second tsrrltor.a. governor Ot Colo rado
 The last 2s miles Of the drive. which has a ma&mum grade Of SIX per cent are continuously ahora 10000 foot altitude
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

He was unable to get in, Returning three days later he called local authorities and broke in the door.
 On a cot i'll a bedroom lay a mans body. Beside it, on the floor, lay Manby's big police dog, eyeing the officers suspiciously. The officers went to the cot to examine the body and found that the head was missing. A search disclosed the head lying on the floor in an adjoining room.
 The front door to the house had been locked from the inside.
 The head was horribly mutilated, and at first the coroner believed that Manby had died from some natural cause and that his dog. locked in and starved to desperation. had attacked the body and torn the head off. That explanation sufficed for q time.
 Later however. people who had viewed the body recalled that the head had been cleanly severed from the neck. The body was exhumed
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

and a new examination was made. Bullet wounds were found in the head and chest, and the dog-Which. by the way. had been shot-was of- ficially absolved of guilt. It was realized that Manby had been nlur- dered.
 Other Victims Beheaded
 Investigators have learned of half dozen other men, associated with Manby at one time or another in the last couple of. decades, who were murdered; and startlingly enough. several of them were decapitated by their slayers. But no way of linking these killings with Manby's has been found.
 The the united States Civil Secret Service" came to light. This was a secret bunco organization which numbered hundreds of ignor- ant Mexican farmers and laborers in this vicinity in it's membership. Of- ficials believe that it was simply a swindle, saying that members were
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
II VAS QUAINT
 OLD INDIAN CUSTOM
But White Judge FToUDed oD
 Dissertation of Graves

Furz U-ah. May g fCP}-An Indian custom of desecrating the graves Of enemies. making a pow der out or toe and finger nails Of the dead. and prlnElaz the pow der tn th@ aramE's water 10 cause l0a.hsou. d5seasa. l1d rot meet the aommaHdaUon Of a white judge.
 Lloyd Cantsee and Truman Hatch. p.uta braves. were arrested al the complaint os other Flutes and charged with alagnG ID the body os an Indian woman at Yellow Jacket and stealing the foe and arzer naus- The vourz braves pleaded guilty and sad they did fl sast for fun, thinking they could trIzhten some o- the trresmeu.
 The Pllrre -r-oe however didn't thtnE that 1as very funny. and asked the court ro nrosec9-e inc .okes-ars as f they re-~e n.r@ mer and put them wherz they would try TO more jokes
 Judge Dll7ortD Wooley ~vas oh l'Eat4d 10 sentence the men to terms Of one 10 five years each. but he recommenaed to the hoard Of par dons that they he narofeG after tour
 months.
 I~T HERALD CLASSIFIED ADS
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

enrolled, impressed by high-sound- ing titles and grandiloquent letters sent out by Manby and his associates, and then mulcted of small sums of money.
 Had Love Letters
 Manby had a number of love af- fairs. The strongest was with one Terecita Ferguson, daughter of his former partner in the Mystic Mine. For years she and Manby were de- voted to one another. A short time before his death she left him to be- come the wife of a Mexican, Car men Duran. Terecita, incidentally, is said to have been mixed up with Manby in the promotion of the Secret Service business.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
Capital Women Favor
 White Evening Gowns

Washington May 2S, P)-Debu- tantes and society matrons alike favor white for this seasons wear.
 Madame Halvard H. Bachke, wife of the minister from Norway. ls wearing a white beaded evening gown made on tight fitting lines and with long skirt flaring at the ankles.
 Miss Clara Boiling. niece of Mrs Woodrow Wilson, wears a white satin gown with tight fitting bodice and ankle length skirt which flares from the hips.
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

Paris put two cherry red carna- tions at the side front of the de- collete of white evening dresses
 A new midsummer model Of black and white printed chiffon has two white chiffon carnations appliqued to the side decollete. This is a dance dress
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
FAv0RS BIACk-NHrF VOGUE

FAVORS BLACk-N HITt NOGIE
 New York. May g2 t7-Mrs FL dred Warner Is among fashionable women sponsoring the vogue ot black and white crepe for avening wear. She appeared at the Central Park Casino recently in a white crepe gown patterned wit11 large black flowers. cut low in hack and worn without ornament
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
BODY DECAPITA7ED
 IN WEIRD MURDER
Art Colony Rallied by Killing
 Within Locked House

Taos. x. NJ, May 23-For nine months the secluded art colony in this little New Mexican city has been the puzzled poasessor of one of the strangest murder mysteries ever recorded-a mystery bizarre enough to come straight from the pages of Edgar Allan Poe.
 Unfortunately, however, the mys- farv shows no signs of being cleared up and the art colony has had about all II wants Of 1t. In fact, many artists are threatening to clear out altogether Ii the authorities do not find some way Of solving this case and several other mysterious mur- ders IT which the victims were be- headed.
 The victim in this mystery is Arthur Rockfort Nanby. who vas quite mysterious enough to suit Taos in the flesh. even before his de- capItated body was found on q cot IT hIs rambling hacienda here. The murderer. or murderera, ls-or are nobody knows who. The motive. judging from the tangled threads that Manby vove into his extended and devious career, might have been almost anything,
 Tn the background Is q n2yste- rlous organization known as the l tinted States Civil Secret Ser l vice." and officials are unbaIe to decide whether r. was [ gigantic tos& or a tar-tlung hunco game. Whichever 1t was, Manby vas at the center Of t.
 Became Gold Miner
 Nauby was born in England 6 . years ago. He came 10 New Mexico in 1SS3 and became interested ln mining properties in the Red river ! region. For about q decade nothing much was heard Of him; then. i'll ! 1885. he became associated with John '. Ferguson and James Wllkln- son in the Mystic Gold Mine, which 1 vas close 10 the property Of the ia nous and wealthy Aztec Mine. then one ot the richest gold mines in the worIl
 The Mystic Mine already had a history. oAlefly of violence. Sever aI men in is emplov had been kill ed. one having been found al the bottom ot the mine shaft. decap pitat- cd. Bit the Mystic had never made any money until Manly took hold l Then t began 70 show profit It vas reported here for wears that Eanly had T system Of stealing mug g=rs rom the Aztec Mine. through employees and planting them in the Mystic: at any rs+7. Manly grew rich. and in 170n built 3 huge. rambling house here.
 Lived in Queer House
 This house-the one where he mst h.s d4oth-ts surrounded by go acres l of ground. enclosed by q formidable wall r. has 2o rooms, and for years Nauhy had r filed with expensive . furni-ura and art objects He always . seemed 10 fear intrusion. however, and the windows Here always heavi- 1y barred, vH1le the 5oor leading in from the street bore slx heavy locks.
 As Manly grew older his fears increased. He obtained a huge po-
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
Artificial Carnations
 Worn on Evening Gowns

Paris, May 23. (P--Red carna- Ia mode for evening"
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23

lice dog to keep him company. He believed that someone was trying to poison him, and during the last years of his life he cooked all of his food himself, dismissing his cook and servant girl and living absolutely alone in his big, silent house.
 Then his mysterious fears grew. He talked constantly of secret un- derground passages connecting with his house Often he was seen on the roof, wig wagging incomprehensihle signals to someone with Colored flags. His place fell into disrepair Many of his paintings and prized bits of furniture vanished. Taos resi- dents looked on him as a queer, very mysterious person. and had little to I n with him
New Britain herald., 1930-05-23
Headless Body is Found

On the last day of June, 1929. a deputy sheriff called to serve a judgment on Manbv in a S12.00o damage suit q woman had filed against him for breach Of promise.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
$583,79O SPENT BY
VETS SINCE JAN. |
Accuses The Anti-SalOOn
League Of COncealing
Colossal Expenditures
LIST CONTRIBUTORS

The Association Against the Prohi-
bitiOn Amendment in statement
said its expenditures this year ap-
peared in excess of those by dry
organizations because the latter
report only a few dollars handled
by special political committees
which they trump up each year for
campaign purposes"
Its own expenses reported to Con-
gress, the association said amounted
to $583,790 for the first eight months
of the year, but of this only about
$160,000 of q per cent was charge
able directly to political work. This
sum, it added, included 100000 pre-
viously reported spent in the Penn
sylvania primary campaign, and the
rest went out in small appropria-
tions ''in support of several repeal
candidates for the Senate and House
in the primaries in Vermont, Mass
New York, New Jersey,
Ohio, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Wyom-
ing and Washington"
Dry expenditures reports up to
accounted for slightly
less than $1,000 divided among sew
eral organizations.
The total expenditure in eight
months of $58O,0OO, covering all our
activities toward repeating a law
that the late Wayne B. Wheeler of
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
MEDICAL SOCIETY
TO MEET IN DOVER
DIR. Isaac J. MacCOlIum
Will Preside At 141st
Annual Session
TO START OCT. IlTH

Dr. Isaac J. MacCollum, president
of the Medical Society of Delaware,
will preside at the organizations 41st
annual convention to be held in
Dover, October IA and Is.
The Woman's Auxiliary will meet
at the same time. The first session
will be held in the State House, at IL
a. m.
This meeting will be a business
session, when reports will be made.
In the afternoon, papers will be read
by DR.. G. Mettler, Jr., Bridgeville;
Dr.. c. B. Scull, Jr., Dover; DR.. M. B.
Holman and DR.. S. D. Earhart, Will
mington. There will be a dinner at
p. m. in the Century Club, followed
by an entertainment, at which time
the members of the society and their
wives will be guests of the Kent
County Medical Society.
On October Is, at $3.50, the Rev.
George A. Burslem will give the ad-
dress of welcome and DR.. MacCollum,
the president, will reply.
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
OLD FREIGHT BOAT
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Steamer "Harry Davis" Long Out Or
Commission, Badly Burned.

Tic steamer Harry Davis, which
has been tied up in the Canal at
Milford Ior the past two years, was
gutted by FIRE Friday afternoon. All
the housing above the deck was
burned and d part of the hold char
red. The origin OF the fire has not
been determined.
The steamer, before tying up, had
been used as a freighter, plying be-
tween Milford, PHILADELPHIA, Balti-
more and other points. The boat had
extensively been engaged in shipping
cargoes of phosphate and phosphate
material, but On account OF lack of
business had been hauled in the ca
nal at Milford and made last. About
l:3O o clock dense columns OF smoke
was seen coming from The house Of
the steamer. A general alarm was
sounded and both trucks of the Car
Isle Fire Company responded. The
canal is located ON the Kent side OF
Milford near the Valiant Fertilizer
works and the fire was especially
dangerous from the fact of the vessel
being of wooden construction and
that the wind was carrying the
sparks in the direction of the Vim
yard Ship Yards directly across the
stream.
The Carlisle Fire Company ran
truck near the fertilizer works. on
the opposite bank OF the canal from
where the burning steamer was lo-
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
CARS NOT INSPECTED
MUST GET OFF ROAD
Owens Get Notice To Comply With
Law Or Lose Registration

Officials of the State Motor We
hicle Department are taking steps to
drive uninspected and defective mo-
tor cars off the highways of the
State.
Letters are being sent to owners
of uninspected cars warning them
that unless their cars are inspected
within the next five days, their reg
istrations will be cancelled.
According to Secretary of State
Granland about $50 Delaware autos
still lack the official red inspection
sticker. The letters are being sent
out to owners of these cars in order
of the age of the machines, in an
effort to reach aged and decrepit
automobiles first. All uninspected
cars on the highways are being stop
ped by the state highway police and
their owners required to submit them
to an inspection. If the cars are
found defective, repairs must be
made before they will be allowed on
the highway again.
Mr.. Grantland said that the num-
ber of cars being inspected each
week has been decreasing rapidly,
and it was decided that drastic meas
ures would be necessary to root out
the last few hundred hold-outs.
Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
BOYS BURNING
GRASS START
SERIOUS BLAZE
Seven Dwellings, Ware
house And Storage Plant
Destroyed At Laurel
GET OUTSIDE AID
10 Companies from Mary
land And Delaware Assist
In Stopping The Fire

One of the most disastrous resi-
Dental fires ever to occur in Laurel
took place last Thursday afternoon,
when seven homes with their con-
tents, store with its stock of
goods, large ware house, filled with
fruit packages, and a large sweet
potato store house, were completely
destroyed. The loss is about $751;
900.
The fire which originated on the
football field where some boys were
carelessly burning the grass, burned
along the wooden fence around the
park to the large storage house used
by the Marvil Package Company for
the storage of fruit and vegetable
packages. This building was ablaze
in a few minutes and being located
but few feet from the home of Mrs.
Martha Hastings, it soon set fire to
that house, both buildings with
their contents being destroyed. The
store house was filled with baskets
Mrs. Hastings home is occupied be-
sides herself by her daughter, Mrs.
Ashby Shipley and family.
1t was thought when the fire start
ed that the Hastings house could be
saved, so that no attempt was made
to remove any of the clothing or
other personal goods until is was
too late. From this point the fire
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Milford chronicle., 1930-10-10
KENT DEMOCRATS
IN VEN TION
SELECT TICKET
State Senators And Rep
resentatives Are Chosen
Without Opposition
SMITH FOR SHERIFF
Wilbur Pearson Defeats
p w. Jenkins For Office
Of Coroner
SMITH FOR SHERIFF

Kent county Democrats on Tues
day afternoon nominated their
county ticket by the old convention
plan. Whether this will prove more
satisfactory than the primary elec-
tion system will be seen later after
the members of the party have gone
over the ticket named. 1t is believ-
ed, however, that most Democrats in
Kent county favor the new plan.
The ticket named follows:
State Senators
First District, DR.. G.. R. Cummins.
Third District, Frank c. Ban
croft.
Fifth District, J. Harry Latchum.
Representatives
First District, Davis H. Bell.
Second, w. f. Cummins.
Third, William T. Hollett.
Fourth, Jennings Moore.
Fifth, Warren W. PettyjOhn.
Sixth, ElwoOd Cooper.
Seventh-Frank Webb.
Eighth, w. Marion Stevenson.
Ninth, J. Harry Raughley.
Tenth, Benjamin F. Davis.
Receiver of Taxes and County
Nelson Slaughter.
Clerk of the Peace, Ernest Mack
lin.
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