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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
FRED A. GRIER, SR.,
DIES AT SALISBURY
Prominent Eastern Shore Manufac1
turer Who Was Native OF MilfOr1

Frederick A. Grier, Sr., formerly
of Wilmington, died Thursday after
noon of last week at his home in
Salisbury, Md, where he had long
been engaged in the manufacturing
business. He had been failing for
several years and for the past few
months had been quite ill. The fu-
neral was held Sunday afternoon at
o'clock.
Mr.. Grier was head of the F. A.
Grier G. Sons Co., of Salisbury, own
ers and operators of an iron and
foundry establishment located on
the WicomicO river. He was born
in Milford. 73 years ago, being son
OF the late George S. Grier. Early
in life he learned the trade of ma
chinist, which occupation he follow
ed for several years in Wilmington.
For many years, however,he had
been in business in Salisbury.
Mr.. Grier was affiliated with the
Masonic bodies, in which he took
great interest. During most of his
mature life he also took an active
interest in the affairs of Salisbury
when he furthered many construc-
tive movements, and he was held in
high esteem by the community.
While living in Wilmington,
Mr. Grier married Margaret, daugh-
ter of the late John Fehrenbach,
who survives. The following chill
dren also survive: Frederick A
Grier, Jr., a member of the City
Council and chief of the fire depart
ment of Salisbury; Calvin and Oscar
Grier Salisbury business men, and
Mrs. Marguerite Mahady, wife of
James Mahady, also of Salisbury.
Surviving also are the following
brothers and sisters: James Young
er Grier of Arlington, Texas, and
Mrs. Georgia Pierce, Mrs. Clara Dep
uty, DR.. g. Layton Grier, president
of the l.. d. Caulk Co., DR.. Frank
l.. Grier, Harry L. Grier, Davis r.
Grier, DR.. Walter L. Grier and Geo.
S. Grier, Jr., all of Milford. A. o.
H. Grier, of Wilmington, is a nep-
hew. The late William G. Grier, of
Wilmington, and the late Robert d.
Grier, of Salisbury, were brothers,
and the late Mrs. John w. Ratcliff,
of Milford was sister.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
MEN AND WOMEN
ARE ARRESTED IN
ALCOHOLIC RAIDS
Large Quantities OF Wine,
Beer And Whiskey Are
Destroyed By Agents
GET WOMAN HERE
Katherine Dublin Among
Those Taken When Off
GERS Stage Drive
GET WOMAN HERE

Federal prohibition officers last
Thursday and Friday staged a Sc
ries of raids against alleged liquor
law Violators, with the result that
several men and women were arrest
ed and large quantities of liquor
confiscated and destroyed. The
agents, headed by Deputy Prohibi-
tiOn Administrator Harold D. Will
son, covered by automobile about
300 miles and walked about 25 miles
through swamps and woods in
making the raids. Among those ar
rested were three women.
The agents swept through the
State, raiding quickly, destroying
gallons of Illicit liquor as they went
bringing their prisoners before mag
istrates and then continuing their
relentless march against farm
houses and speakeasies that have
long been complained of.
Three Gun" Wilson was putting
into practice the recent order of the
Prohibition Department, of ARREST
as you go" The expedition was
marked with celebrity and no waste
of time. Some of the prisoners were
known as old-timers, and there were
a number of women on the agents
lists.
Those arrested were:
Einar Larsen, Central Hotel, Del
aware City, possession.
Peter Heglen, Pink Elephant"
Delaware City, sale.
Mrs. Theresa Sterling, Pink Ele-
phant," Delaware City, manufactur-
ing and possession.
William Walters, Bear Station,
sale, possession and manufacturing.
Clarence Milligan, Broad Creek
cited to appear later.
Margaret Donnelly, near George
town, possession.
Katherine Dublin, Milford, possess
sion.
Wilfred Fletcher, Harrington, pos
session.
Charles G. Collins, Harrington,
sale.
The agents, with Mr.. Wilson,
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
MAY BUILD WALKS
ALONG HIGHWAYS
TO EMPLOY idle
State Department SOlicits
Estimates At Suggestion
Of Governor Buck
USE NO MACHINES
Only Manual Labor To Be
Employed; Green Urges
Special Session
USE NO MACHINES

For the purpose of giving employ
ment to men who are in need of
work, the State Highway Depart
ment, at the suggestion of Governor
C. Douglass Buck, is ascertaining
the cost of laying number of side
walks along State highways, en-
ploying men with pick and shOvels
to do the grading, instead of using
machinery.
The places where sidewalks are
being considered are from FARM
hurst to Wilmington along the du
POnt Boulevard; from Rose Hill
school to Wilmington, along the
road to New Castle, Wilmington to
Shellpot Park and along the Basin
Road to New Castle from a point
near Farnhurst. If the estimates
made, after careful consideration,
are not prohibitive as to cost, it is
probable that similar work will be
done in other places.
If the plan under consideration is
adopted the only machinery used
would be trucks to haul the dirt
from one place to another during
the grading, and mechanical mixers
for the cement. The work mapped
out would give work to about 100
men for a considerable time if the
plan is adopted. This is the first
time that this method of doing work
has been considered.
In addition to giving work to un-
employed men, the laying of these
sidewalks would also be a safety
movement. There have been num-
erous accidents to pedestrians walk
ing along these roads and the con-
struction of sidewalks would make
walking along the roads safe for
pedestrians.
Owners of trucks have been ask.
ed for estimates for hauling, it is
understood, and the highway engi7
neers will figure out the cost of the
remainder of the work. AS soon as
these figures are completed de-
cision will be reached and it is like
ly that the sidewalks will be con-
structed with the aid of as little ma
chinery as possible.
w. w. Mack, chief engineer of
the State Highway Department, said
that so far this was the only State
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
PRISONERS FLEE
FROM WORKHOUSE
AT DINNER HOUR
Fourteen Long Termers
Shoot Their Way From
MODEL Prison
NINE RECAPTURED
Most Desperate OF Bunch
Still At Large. Make
Nation Wide Search

Fourteen long tenn prisoners
made their escape from the New
Castle County WOrkhouse last Fri
day shortly before noon, when they
made a break for freedom during
the absence of Warden Leach and
several of the guards from the in
stitution. The break was we'll timed
and the prisoners had apparently
been furnished with firearms and
dynamite from the outside. An in
vestigation is being conducted to
learn just how they were able to
get the arms.
One guard, Anthony Hayden, was
shot in the stomach by the fleeing
prisoners. He is in serious con-
dition, but is expected tn recover.
One prisoner, Clarence Cole, was
shot in the shoulder, and was re-
captured a short time after the jail
break.
Those who fled are:
Thomas J. Kelley, serving Is
years for robbery.
Francis Mckinney, 291@ years,
highway robbery.
Robert Martin, alias Edward
Swain, robbery, years.
Steve Jankovicz, highway robbery,
25 years.
Irving Biddle, highway robbery,
25 years.
Grant Brown, 20 years.
John Ivory, life.
Daniel Jones, 20 years.
Robert Manuel, five years.
Charles StrOthers, II years.
John Whalen, Is years.
James Pryor, 25 years.
Joseph Olson, 25 years.
Frank Wilhus, life.
The escape was made at 11:45,
evidently carefully timed for an
hour when Warden J. Elmer Leach
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
BREWERIES EMPLOYED
ga MEN In 1919
Delaware Allowed Manufacture OF
Beer In New Castle County Only

Products manufactured by licen-
sed breweries in Delaware in 1919,
the year before the prohibition act
became effective, were valued at
$S13,000, according to the 1920 cen
sus figures.
This figure and others concerning
the brewery industry in Delaware
the last year before prohibition, in
dicates the possible extent of activ-
ity if three per cent beer is eventu-
ally legalized by Congress.
Even if Congress does amend the
prohibition amendment or the Vol
stead Act to permit manufacture of
three per cent beer, no such beer
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
TOMATO CROP IS
SHORT THIS YEAR
Yield In This State Esti-
mated At $1,000 Tons
This Season

According to the Maryland Crop
Reporting Service, the Maryland
crop of tomatoes for manufacture in
1881 is forecast at 1O1, 400 tons, or
about twO-thirds of production in
9130. Acreage and yield per acre
are both substantially lower than
last year. 1t is estimated that there
are about $4,000 acres of tomatoes
for manufacture this year, compared
with 48,900 acres in 1880. Yield per
acre this year is now indicated to be
2. icons as against 81 tons har-
vested last year. Dry, hot weather
in July and Early August prevented
a heavy set of fruit in many sections
and heavy rains since the middle of
August did considerable damage to
the ripening crop.
The crop in Delaware is also short
of last years production, being esti-
mated at 1890 tons, compared with
47,600 tons harvested last year. The
average yield per acre is indicated
to be 81 tons this year, compared
with 3.4 tons in 1880. This years
acreage is about 1880 acres. The
crop was harvested from $4,000
acres last year. Production of to-
matoes for shipment is forecast at
$4,000 bushels, absed on a yield of
80 bushels per acre on $50 acres. In
1880 a crop of $1,000 bushels was
harvested from 21O acres, with an
average yield of 100 bushels per
acre.
Based upon reported condition and
probable yields on September l, the
forecast of production of tomatoes
for canning or manufacture in the
United States is 35.4 per cent below
the estimated production in 1880, and
is nearly 10 per cent below the five
year average production for the pc
riod 1925-1929 Indicated production
is now 1,172,20O tons compared with
1,S15,500 tons produced in 1880 and
wit han average of 1,297,000 tons for
the five years preceding 1880.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
MINISTER'S MET IN
LEWES SONMONDAY
First Fall Meeting OF The
Sussex County Minister
ial Association

The first meeting of the fall of the
Sussex County Ministerial AssOcia-
tion met II the Methodist Protestant
Church of Lewes last Monday, Sep
tember 81.
The president, Rev. J. L. Nichols,
pastor of the First Methodist Pro-
testant Church of Milford, presented
a suggestive plan or program for
the winter. He urged that the as
sociatiOn give backing to all the in
ter-church movements such as the
Sussex County of Religious Educa-
tion, the Christian Endeavor Union,
the Lords Day Alliance, etc.
Just previous to the call of the
Governor to the mayors of the State
TO organize, the ministers of the City
of Milford had called a meeting for
the organization of a commission to
look after the unemployment and
need that must come in the city
this winter
Mr.. Nichols offered the following
recommendation to the ministers of
the county: I'm consideration OF the
fact that the problem of unemploy-
ment throughout the nation has be-
come so wide spread as to demand
the attention of the President of the
United States and that he has be-
sun a movement for the organiza-
tion of the whole country in order
to relieve as far as possible, the
need and suffering that must come
this winter, and in consideration of
the fact that the Governor of this
State has called for the organization
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
GOV. BUCK SETS
FIRE PREVENTION
WEEK, OCT. Ali

Governor Buck has issued
the following proclamation:
Every year the nations
burden of property loss by fire,
continues to increase. Last
year $5OO,OOO,OOO of property
was destroyed and thousands
of lives lost.
"Since a prOpOrtionate share
of this tremendous toll is borne
by our own State, and since
the greater part of all fire loss
is avoidable if reasonable care
is exercised.
81, c. D. Buck, Governor of
the State of Delaware, desig-
nate the week beginning Oc-
tober 4, 1881, as Fire Preven-
tiOn Week, and urge that each
and every one of our citizens
take an earnest, active interest
in the occasion. To that end
all civic and business assOcia-
tions, school authorities and
all other bodies interested in
public welfare, should assist
in furthering this important
observance with greater ener-
gy than heretofore"
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, September is, To
Tuesday, September %, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
weather conditions in Milford from
Wednesday, September 16, to Tues
day, September %, inclusive:
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
DRAW JURORS FOR
KENT CO. COURTS
A. d. Wilson, G. A. Jester And r. r.
Robbins To Serve From 1th District

Jury Commissioners Hopkins and
Hope have drawn the following
panel of petit jurors for the October
term of the Kent county courts con-
vening at Dover October 19:
First district: Roy A. Gafford,
George Malcolm, Robert Denney.
Second district: c. Herman Garri-
son, C. Burton Sypherd, William
Rawley, Henry S. Hamm.
Third district: ]. M. Horn, Walter
Flemming, Jonathan Jacobs, Robert
Knight
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25
Temperature Ram
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ...... Is
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-25

The only real relief for
unemployment is work.
Work is the only form of
insurance against unem-
ployment with which the
State should concern itself.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
Derivation of "Chauffeur"

Replying to an inquiry from
a correspondent, the Literary Di-
gest says: "The word chdufeur
originated from the activities
Of brigands who, during the war
between the Vendeans and the
Republicans in France in 1898,
pillaged and fired the country
side They were SO called spe-
officially because they burned the
feet Of their victims to make
them reveal the hiding places Of
their valuables. Their chief
leader was one named Schinder-
hannes or Jean pEcorcheur."
The word chAufer, from which
chuufeur is derived, was drawn
from the Latin colefacere, which
means 70 make hot - Latin
facto, make, and calor, heat"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
Wanted, a "Christian" Daily
fBaltimore Southern Methodist) J

baltimore Southern MethOdist)
More and more the need is be-
coming manifest for a daily
Methodist or daily Protestant
paper in the Eastern States Of
our country. With all the big
metropolitan papers IN the camp
of the vets, and some Of them
coloring every item which they
can in order to discredit prohl-
bition, with their magazine and
feature sections devoted to the
trashy if not the vicious; and
with editorial comment hard and
cynical upon all matters OF
everyday life, is it not in order
to suggest that the millions Of
church people who live in the
thickly populated section of the
Eastern seaboard could be
splendidly served by daily pub
lication?
This might be modelled along
the line of the regular papers
and serve our people with tele-
graphic news as they eat their
breakfast, but in makeup, fea-
lures and editorials it should
take broaddminddedd, Chr Chr iissttiian stan
attitude toward all matters OF
$4,000 for life would equal the
current interest.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
Market for American Art

According to the president Of
the American Art Dealers as
sociation, artists and sculptors
in this country received some
20 million dollars for their work
last year. Such figure is ne
cessarily an estimate. Sales
through dealers are a matter Of
record, but the total of direct
purchases from artists is guess
work. The interesting part of
F. Newlin Prices announce
ment, however, is not the actual
sum involved. 1t is that despite
a smaller volume of art trade in
1880, as compared to 1929, the
American artists and sculptors
did better than in the previous
year.
If this change marks a defin-
ite tie trend toward owardd str onger sup=
port for domestic art, it is par
ticularly encouraging. In the
past Americans have been
spending many times as much
upon works of foreign origin as
upon native products. That
condition is largely the result Of
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06

as gitano GYPSY and flamenco,
which had their origin in Spain
centuries ago and have under
gone but slight changes to this
day. She wears the costumes Of
many periods, and her brilliant
and fantastic gowns have become
famous along with her skill as
dancer. In a recent review one
Of the Madrid newspapers said
'Senorita Goya's dances are of
extraordinary beauty, color, and
rhythm, and are in the finest
spirit of the traditional Spanish
dance" and the London Observer
says: Until one has seen Garcia
Goya he cannot know what a
thing of JOY and beauty Spanish
dancing can be-" Another com
ment is "Whether it be the JOta
Of Aragon, the Fandanguillo of
Castillo, or the Farruca of
Granada, Garcia Coya presents
the dance as Spain has known
and loved it for generations"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06

the fabulous prices paid for
paintings by, or attributed TO,
the old masters. In many in
stances such prices seem to be
determined not so much by any
merit of the picture as by the
prestige attaching to the artists
name. In a sense they sometimes
represent ''snobbish" value.
The struggling American ar
tist naturally resents this kind
Of competition. But there are
ways of combating it. The fun
damental means is by sheer ex-
celIence. But he has one great
accident advantage as well. That
is the American scene. Too
many American artists still
think it is necessary to paint
quaint doorways in Montmar-
ire or etch the Bridge of Sighs.
They forget the impressive les
son taught by the designers of
japanese color prints, of the
enormous popular appeal Of
familiar sights. There is
rich domestic market for art in
this country. But it cannot be
captured merely by patriotic ap-
peals. The American public
must be convinced that art is
something living and immed-
late, and not a pastime for dilet-
tantes with foreign back
ground Kansas City Star.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
American plants Abroad
(Bnltim0re .Sun)

In sending to the senate a re-
port that American manufacture
ing enterprises abroad repre-
sent an investment Of about
81 ,535, 100000, Secretary Of
Commerce Lamont remarked
that certain countries are de-
finitely shaping their tariff poll
cles with a view to inducing
foreign industries to establish
branch plants" He might have
added, with the support Of some
Of the country's leading econo-
mists, that the American tariff
policy is also inducing American
industries to go abroad, thus
giving a double tariff impetus to
the migration of American in
dustry.
If the inducement is effective
the result will be that the Smoot-
Hawley law, designed to "en-
courage the industries Of the
United States" and to "protect
American workers." will en-
courage these industries to leave
home and will protect many
American wage earners from
having any jobs at all. In con-
sidering the report on the mi
grafton of American industry,
prepared in response to a reso-
luton by Senator Walsh, of
Massachusetts, the senate would
do very well to investigate the
influence Of our tariff, as well as
those of foreign countries, in en-
couraging American industrial
expansion abroad.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06

(St. Louis Post-Disrdtch)

(St. Louis Post -Disrd4cM
The Wickersham Commissions
report recalls the company OF
infantry who were being haran-
gued by their gallant Irish cap
tain just before going into bat
tie.
"Bhoys," he shouted, Twill ye
fight or will We rum?
And the men yelled. 1--WE
willw
Mr.. Hoover asked the Wicker
sham Commission.
Are you wet or are you dry"
And almost two years later the
embattled eleven murmurs, 1--WE
are"
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
The Tariff and the Farmers
(Omdhu WOrld-H -Herdld)

(Omahd World d-Herald)
Of the boards disastrous ef-
fort to maintain prices BY enter
ing the wheat market the less
said the better. For the rest it
has tried to prevent a surplus
by preaching limitation lifsai ia
About the only response it re-
ceived was from the weather.
Some day, perhaps, we shall
come to q mass realization of the
fact that agriculture is being
steadily, persistently and regu-
larly MIXED by an unreasonable
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06

(The Tar Heel)

I Big Bill Tllden, Tor years
American Davis Cup Star and
now chief racket-wielder of Til
den Tennis Tours Incorporated,
so named by "Ye Old Reliable, =
was in Raleigh the other night
en- route to Florida, coming d.
rectly from Philadelphia. Tild-
en- discusses possibilities for a
series of matches in Raleigh and
nearby points in the near flu
ture. He expressed hope that
he and his associates might Sc
cure dates in this section, beng
especially hopeful that Raleigh
might receive a place on that
schedule.
Like Bobby Jones, Leo Diegal,
and other sports. luminaries, Til
den will make a series of "edu-
cational films" for Metro-Gold-
wyn-Mayer, demonstrating his
tennis play through slow mo-
ton pictures.
The effect Of these pictures
is to practically stop the action,
showing the ball and all details
clearly" he said.
Tilden picked Donald Cram,
Nashville, Tennessee youth, as
having as much promise as any
of the outstanding southern
youngsters. He was also much
impressed with the individual
style worked out by Wilmer
Hines, sophomore. tennis star of
the University, who holds three
major tennis titles, two Of
which have been won since July
first, 1880. Among his titles
are: Middle Atlantic Intercolle-
giate Singles Champion, won this
past fall over Alphonso Smith,
University of Virginia star.
Hines also paired with Hendlin,
another University student, to
win the doubles championship
from Smith and Newell of Vir-
ginia. The National Junior
Singles Championship, was won
over James Bobbitt, Pasadena,
California youth, in the finals at
Culver, Indiana. He paired with
Judge Beaver to win the doubles
championship over Billy Doeg
and Billy Jacobs. This summer
Hines won the Carolinas cham
pionship at Pinehurst. An
other title possessed by Hines is
that Of Southern singles cham
pion won earlier in the year.
simultaneously with Tilden's
announcement of his entry into
the professional ranks comes the
prediction of Pierre Cillou, cap
tain of the victorious French
Davis Cup teams and the new
president of the French Lawn
Tennis Association, to the Unit
ed Press that France would keep
the Davis Cup in 1881 and that
Rene LaCoste will not partici-
pate in the cup finals this sum
mer. Crochet, Borotra, Brug-
non, and Boussus will defend the
cup this year if Gillou's an
nouncement is to be taken al
face value. Now that both Til.
den and Hunter, ranking No
one and two respectively, have
turned pro the United States
will be hard put to bring the
Davis Cup back to this side OF
the Atlantic.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06
current interest.

1t is said that there are people
in Chicago who have never seen
anybody shot. One can believe
this. We have citizens here who
have never been struck by q
falling judge.-Ths Nea0 York.
er.
The Chapel Hill weekly., 1931-02-06

and exorbitant tariff. Accom-
panying the farm act there was
to have been a limited revision
of the tariff in the interest of the
farmer. 1t resulted only in
taking from him a still heavier
tariff bounty.