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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
STATE HIGHWAYS
COST S2O,OOO,OOO
NJ. M. Daugherty Pub
fishes Interesting
Survey

The fact that the highways of
Delaware have cost approximately
$20,000,000 was brought out in an
interesting manner by M. NJ Daugh-
erty, economist at the University of
Delaware, in a bulletin he has pre-
pared and had published ON Studies
in Taxation in Delaware Highway
Finance" The growth of the States
highway system is explained at
length by Mr.. Daugherty.
Mr.. Daugherty goes into the ques-
tion of highways thoroughly and
gives a history of road building in
the State starting long before the
present modern highways were even
thought of. He shows that the first
to- building roads was or
dered by the Court of New Castle
and each family was ordered to fur
nish one member for the construc-
tion work. This was more than two
years ago. The next step
a hundred years later was the build
ing of toll roads or turnpikes.
The writer of the bulletin tells of
what the Federal Government has
done towards aiding in permanent
road building. He relates the start
ing of the good road movement in
Delaware and the creating of the
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
WICKES AND WIFE
OFF TO SEASHORE
Dover Publisher Marks 5Oth Ami
VerSary At Printer This Month

Colonel James G. Wickes, publish
er and editor of The Delaware State
News, Dover, and Mrs. Wickes are
at Atlantic City for their annual va
cation. They are stopping at the Col
ton Manor, and will be gone about
ten days.
While Colonel Wickes has been
spending his annual vacations at the
shore resort for the past 40 years,
his trip this season possesses unus-
ual significance because this month
marks the golden anniversary of his
entry into the printing business, and
also the thirteenth anniversary Of
his wedding.
It was so years ago this month
that "Jim" Wickes, then a yOungster
of II or thirteen years, first began
to set type in a Dover printing Of
flee. At that time he was so small he
had to stand on a soap box to reach
the type cases. For ten years he fol-
lowed his trade as a printer and
then entered the newspaper publish
ing field himself, publishing a news
paper at Piedmont, Ala, from 1891
to 1896. He was manager and pub
Usher of the Smyrna Call from 1897
to 1901. He helped to get out the
first issue of the Delaware State
News 80 years ago Since then he
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
BUD COY FUNERAL
WELL ATTENDED
Members OF Rotary Club
Act AS Honorary
Pallbearers

It required four automobiles to
carry the floral emblems at the flu
neral of Bud Coy, Speaker of the
House of the last Legislature, Fri
day afternoon.
The services were attended by
hundreds of well-knOwn men from
all parts of the State. They were
conducted by the Rev. Irving S..
Owens, pastor of the First NJ. P.
Church of Georgetown, assisted by
the Rev. John T. Bailey, of Delmar;
the Rev. NJ. E. Hungerford. of
Sharptown, Md, and the Rev. Mar
tin J. Bran, rector of the St. Pauls
P. E. Church at Georgetown.
The pallbearers were Harold w.
Purnell, Robert C. Gill, George O..
Fearon, c. Linden McIlvaine,
George T. Lynch and E. Paul Burk-
holder. The honorary pallbears
were: J. Edward Goslee, Benjamin
Ableman, the Rev. Martin J. Bran,
Frank NJ. Jones, DR.. Joseph e.
Wapies, Jr., Howard Ennis, Prof.
Allen Hulsiger, George S. Williams
and John T. Carey, all members of
the Georgetown Rotary Club of
which Mr.. Coy was the secretary.
The throng was so great that only
about one person in four was able
to get entrance to the home during
the services. The rest stood with
barred heads outside the house while
a blazing sun beat down upon them
with the temperature at 1O1 degrees.
Burial was in Union cemetery.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
FIRST CASE In NEW
KENT COUNTY COURT
Judge Earl d. Wiley Holds Man
For General Seasons Court

Kent County's Common Pleas
Court, which was authorized by an
act of the last Delaware Legisla-
ture and in which Earl D. Wiley is
Judge, had its first case last Friday
when Fred Breeding, of near Hick-
man, on complaint of his wife as to
cruel treatment, was held in $500
peace bond for his appearance at
the October term of the Kent County
Court of General Sessions.
Considerable comment is heard at
the State capital over the Kent
County Court of Common Pleas be-
cause of the fact that the act Gre
ating this court was very strongly
urged by members of the Kent
county bar, because of its great
necessity in both civil and criminal
cases, such as are generally heard
and determined by justices of the
peace of the county.
Common Pleas Court is held in
the Kent County Building, in rooms
provided by the Levy Court for the
purpose.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
CHARGE SCHOOL
ELECTION WRONG
FrankfOrd Delegation Asks Board
To Set Aside Referendum

Charging Irregularities and fraud
at the recent special school election
held at FrankfOrd ON August 30, a
delegation of citizens of that local
ity appeared before the State Board
of Education last week and asked
that the election be set aside. Aft
davits were filed to substantiate
their charge. The delegation was
headed by Daniel J. Layton of
Georgetown, as attorney and former
State Senator Asa Bennett. The
board after hearing the affidaVits
read decided to refer the matter to
Attorney General Satterthwaite for
his decision.
For many months there has been
a bitter fight going on in that dis
trict relative to the site for the pro-
posed new school for the cOnsOli-
dated Frankford and DagsborO
school district. This fight has really
held up construction of the school
for months.
The special election on August 20
was held to elect building COM
mission which with the members
of the State Board would be the
commission to erect the school
building. But the issue involved
was the site of the proposed build
ing. One group favored site not
far from the concrete highway while
another group favor a site back con-
siderable from the main highway. /
The ticket favoring the latter site
was elected as the building commits
sion as follows: Leroy Stillman,
William B. Chandler, Francis NJ. |
Gum, Jr., and Everett E. Stokes.
Instead of settling the long fight
over the question of a site this spe-
cial election has apparently made
the fight more intense and in the
meantime the indications are that
the school children of the district
will have to wait many more
months for their school because of
the bitter factional fight.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
STATE Ali CLUBS
LISTED FOR EXHIBIT
VIII Demonstrate Potato, Corn Bake
At Springfield Show

Delaware All Clubswill have a
part in the Federal exhibit at the
Eastern States Exposition at Spring
field, Mass, the Department of Ag-
riculture announced today.
Delaware is but one of a number
of States that will be represented
in the big All show, September 20
to 26. The stage setting will be a
log cabin, the rough door serving
as a stage entrance and the cabin
itself as a dressing room. In addi-
tion to New England clubs, others
from Pennsylvania, New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Vir-
ginia and West Virginia will be rep
resented.
Each State has project, which
the clubs of that State will illustrate
by exhibits, demonstrations and pro-
grams.
Delaware's clubs will demonstrate
hot baked sweet potatoes and corn
cake to the thousands attending the
exposition.
Massachusetts clubs will exhibit
home craft for girls and handicraft
for boys. Vermont has dairy prod
ucts and Maryland canning.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
ELLISON-STOVER
CASE Up OCT. l6
More Papers Filed At Do
yer In Adjuant General
Controversy

Chief Justice Pennewill has fixed
October 16, as the date for the Su-
perior Court to hear argument in
the quo warranto proceedings
brought by J. Austin Ellison against
Colonel Weller E. StoYer, over the
office of Adjutant General.
EARLY in the summer Governor
Buck requested Adiutant General
Ellison to resign and when he fail
ed to do so the Governor on July 6,
commissioned Col. Stover Adjutant
General of the State.
Mr.. Ellison shortly after this
through his attorney James r, Nor
ford, brought the quo warranto pro-
ceedings in an effort to have Col.
Slower removed from the office.
There have been umerous papers
filed in the case both by Mr.. Nor
ford and by the -Gen2ral
Governor Buck but
there has never been any argument
as yet on any point involved.
About a week ago Mr.. MOrford
filed certain replications and a de-
murrer in the case and the Attorney
General filed a motion to have the
proceedings dismissed. Before Chief
Justice Pennewill fixed a time for
argument Mr. Morford withdrew the
and demurrer previously
filed and filed some new papers.
Charles F. Richards, deputy attor-
then moved to strike
out his motion to have the case dis
missed and this was done.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
MARRIED MEN TAKE
End GAME OF SERIES
Tie VIII Be Played OF At Baseball
Park Tomorrow Afternoon

The Milford Married Men defeated
their rivals, the Single Men of Mil
ford, s to 8 last Saturday. Manlove,
for the married men was too much
for the young men. He allowed only
five hits and struck out five men.
Hummel, for the Single Men hit a
home run with Peterman on base.
The proceeds of these games are
for the Kings Daughters. These
men and boys deserve a lot of credit
for the good work they are doing.
They have to date given the Kings
Daughters about $4,000 from the last
two games they have played.
The last game of the little World
Series between Married Men and
Single Men of Milford will be played
Saturday, Sept. 10. Come out and
root for your favorite team and help
a good cause.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
D. |. A. A.
FOOTBALL DATES
Season VIII Start In Four State
Divisions On October 1

George F. Hendricks, State Direc-
tor of Health and Physical Educa-
ton of the State Schools of Della
ware, has completed his chedules
for the various activities in the
State schools for the Fall and Win
ter, including soccer, field hockey,
volley ball and football.
Director Hendricks in sending the
schedules to the superintendent,
principals and coaches of the sew
eral schools in the State calls at
tention to the soccer schedule (sen
ior league) that all games are
scheduled on Friday so that there
will be no conflict with the compet-
ing schools which do not have foot
ball teams.
This year the winners of Divisions
A and B will play in the semi-inals
and the winner will play Division c
winner in the final.
A final list of soccer officials will
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
STATE Red MEN
PLAN FOR VISIT
OF THEIR CHIEF
Great IncOhOnee COnnOr,
Of Washington, To Pay
Official Visit October 3
GATHERING
Representatives From All
Parts OF Peninsula Will
Attend The Meeting

Edward o. Conner, a lawyer of
Washington State and Great Inco-
honee of the Improved Order of Red
Men, will meet Delaware and East
ern Shore Red Men at a combined
meeting of the order of that section
in the State Armory at Laurel, Del,
on Saturday, October 8, at which
time the one degree ritual will be
eXemplified by Manitoo Tribe, No.
IS, of Wilmington.
The Great Incohonee will be ac-
companied by Great Senior Saga
more, Worthington P Wachter, of
Hagerstown Md; Herbert F. Stet-
ser, of New Jersey, Great Chief of
Records of the Great Council of the
United States, and the Great Sachem
of Maryland, w. Franklin Oliphant,
and the following Great Chiefs of
Delaware, Benjamin H. Cooper,
Great Senior Sycamore; William P.
Jackson, Great Junior Sycamore;
Edward McIntire, Great Chief of
Records; John Otley, Great Keeper
of Wampum; j. Burton Wainwright,
Great Sannap; Alfred F. Davidson,
Great Mishinewa; Curtis W. Ennis,
Great Guard of Wigwam and John
N. Hudson, Jr, Great Guard of For
est.
The Great Incohonee will come
from Trenton, N. j., with his staff
and stop at the Red Mems Fraternal
Home of Delaware at Newark on his
way to Laurel.
Sakimas Tribe of Milford will be
well represented at the meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
LOCAL STORE WINS
PRIZE in CONTEST
American Store Managed BY Ver-
non Benson Shows Big Gain

Last February the American
Stores located on the Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula entered contest to show
the largest increase in business and
make the most money for the firm.
About siXty-fve stores competed.
When the contest started Vernon
Benson, manager of one of the
stores operated by the company in
Milford, promised his employees
that he would give them banquet
at Slaughter Beach should his store
be among the winners. The con-
test has ended and the store man
aged by Mr.. Benson was awarded
second prize, his store showing the
second largest increase i'll business
during the period of the contest.
On Wednesday evening Mr.. Ben
son entertained the store force at
Wyatt's Hotel, and an enjoyable
evening was in store for all who at
tended. DR.. Francis Burgette Short
of Milford, was the principal speak
er of the evening, while Mr.. Benson
acted as toastmaster Cor the oCca-
sion. Among those who enjoyed the
affair were: General Manager F. J.
Heiney, of Baltimore, who has su-
pervision over all the American
General Supervisor Craw-
ford Bailey and wife, of George
town; Superintendent Louis Wal
lace and wife; DR.. and Mrs. f. Bur-
gette Short, Rev. and Mrs. j. L.
Nichols, of Milford; Mr.. and Mrs.
Vernon Benson. Miss Mary King,
cashier of the local store: Mr.. and
Mrs. Lionel Ingram, Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Harr:SSton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chester Coffin, Lester Johnson and
KINNEY.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
NEW CHIEF OF POLICE
FOR CITY OF MILFORD
Former Chief Baker Assumed PO' ice
Duties Here Wednesday Morning

A change in the police force of
the City of Milford was effected on
Wednesday morning, when Chief of
Police Derrickson relinquished his
duties and was succeeded by form
er Chief Baker. Further than an
nouncing that Chief DerricksCn had
rendered his resignation several
days ago, the members Of Council
have refused to give any reasons
for the change in police heads. Ru
mors of all kinds, none of which
have been verified, are going the
rounds. During his last term of
Office Chief Baker was the target for
many opponents of law and order,
and it is to be expected that this
element will again take up their
battle to discredit him. So far as
the general public knows the retir-
ing police official had given good
service to the city, and surprise
was expressed that he had rendered
his resignation.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
ODD FELLOWS TO
PARADE TONIGHT
Crystal FOunt Lodge De-
gree Team To Participate
In Maryland Meeting

Tonight Crystal Fount Lodge, No
10, l. o. o. f., of Milford, led by its
well known degree team, will par
ade in Elkton, Md, at six-thirty,
standard time, as the guests of Ma
tional Lodge, of Elkton, at the rally
sponsored by the Odd Fellows of
Cecil county, Maryland.
Grand Master William A. Jones
and staff of the Maryland Grand
Lodge and Grand Master William A
Marrs and staff of the Delaware
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, will
review the parade.
Many ladies, are expected to at
tend as the Rebecca Degree will be
conferred for their entertainment in
the rooms of National Lodge while
the subordinate lodge is in session
at the State Armory.
A high honor has been bestowed
upon three we'll known degree
teams of Delaware by their selec-
ton to confer the degree work. 1t is
needless to cay that the degree
work of Eden Lodge team under
Burris; Fairfax team, un-
der Willard S. Stout, and Delaware
Lodge team under Richard Strong,
has won recognition for Delaware
Odd Fellows throughout the United
States.
George R. Bennett is chairman of
a committee that is making arrange
ments for transportation of the Mil
ford Odd Fellows.
Crystal Fount Lodge is resuming
it's fall activities after the summer
vacation and an elaborate program
fer the fraternal and social side of
-he lodge is being prepared.
J. L. Deputy, Noble Grand, Cor
lealius Wilkins, vice grand and
Harrison Lynch, recording secretary
If Crystal Fount Lodge will head
he Milford boys in the parade.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
THE SIAMESE TWINS
COMING TO THE PLAZA
In An Unusual Vaudeville Attrac-
tiOn This Friday And Saturday

After receiving so much favorable
comment from the last two vaude-
vile attractions that have been pre-
scented at the New Plaza Theatre,
Milford, the management decided to
continue booking a line of special
ity acts on a par with the high
standard of these performances and
for Friday and Saturday of this
week has secured an unusual at
traction that you can't afford to
miss. 1t is something out of the or
dinary and novelty of distinctive
character. With the company of
stars who will appear on the stage
in person will be San Antonio's
"Siamese Twins" They are the Hill
ton Sisters who by some strange
freak of nature were born joined
together. They are nineteen years
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
DELAWARE APPLE
CROP FOR 1881 IN
SLIGHT INCREASE
Peach, Potato, Corn And
Grape Crops Also Show
Better Yield
ABOVE THE AVERAGE
Department OF Agricul-
ture Releases Crop Fig
ures For This Year

Crop condition experts of the De-
partment of Agriculture estimate
on the basis of condition September
that the total apple crop in Della
ware this year is 1,89O,O00 bushels
as compared with 1,748,00O bushels
last year and a fiVe-yea.' average of
1,4S0,000 bushels. OF the 1881 total,
472,000 bushels are commercial pro-
duction, compared with 10000 bu-
shells in 1880.
A whale of a crop of peaches in
the State is seen-450, 900 bushels as
compared with 10000 bushels in
1880 and a five-year average of
274,00O bushels.
The Irish potato crop, forecast at
$4,000 bushels, compares with 250,-
900 bushels last year and a five
year average of $4,000 bushels.
Sweet potato yield this year is es-
timated at 1,3O5,OOO bushels COM
pared with but 100000 bushels in
the drought year, 1880, and a five
year average of 100000 bushels.
Grapes are figured at 1884 tons
this year as compared with 1886
tons last year and a five-year aver
age of 1,466 tons.
Corn yield in the State in 1881 is
put at 100000 bushels compared
with 2,815.OOO bushels in 1890 and
five-year average of 4,570,000.
Oat production this year is esti-
mated at 10000 bushels as COM
pared with 10000 bushels last year
and a five-year average of 100000
bushels.
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
GOVERNOR BUCK
CRITICIZES STATE
LAWS ON BANKING
WOul Require Capital Of
$4,000 For All New
Institutions
ASSETS ITEMIZED
Places Assets of Delaware
At $55,OOO,OOO In Address
TIC Bankers At RehObOth

Governor c. Douglass Buck gave a
comprehensive outline of the status
of the finances of the State of Del
aware at the Hotel Henlopen at Re-
hoboth last Thursday night, when
he addressed a dinner meeting
which climaxed the annual meeting
of the Delaware State Bankers As
sOciatiOn.
Governor Buck gave an authentic
picture of the States resources. He
said that two years ago the State
had no balance sheet, but with the
issuance of the auditors annual re-
port he said he found the consoli-
dated balance sheet accompanying it
to be the most concise and compre-
hensive of any state in the Union
that he has seen.
Tells States Assets
He outlined the assets of the State
which were itemized and show the
State government to be worth ap-
proximately $55,OOOOOO of which 81
per cent are liquid assets. He re-
ferred to tn ebonded Indebtedness
of the State, which was $12,500,000
in January, 1929, of which more than
81, 100000 were in State highway
bonds. During the past two years
$8,650,000 in these bonds have been
retired, and it may be possible on
December 81 to call in $1,5OO,00O
more.
In spite of his desire to see the
entire funded debt paid off during
his term, the Governor said: 81 am
seriously considering asking approx
al of an issue of from $500,00O to
$1,OOO,OOO in bonds for highway
work as an emergency relief meas
ure to provide employment.
The Governor enumerated the
four funds in which the States. in
come are apportioned and declared
that Notwithstanding the cut of so
per cent in the 1880 income tax
which goes to the school fund and
of appropriations of $10,-
100000 against this fund, last win
ter, the surplus is expected to ex-
ceed $6,00O,000 on July 1, 1888. If
cut is possible in the 1881 personal
taxes, he said, he would like to see
the sum saved the taxpayers turned
into a fund to aid the unemployed.
The Governor paid serious atten-
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FOUR RESIDENCES
NOW BEING BUILT
ON CLARK AVENUE
Cost Will Be Over $4,000
For This Group. Others
To Be Started Soon
FEW UNEMPLOYED
Painters, Paperhangers,
MasOns Now Engaged In
Repair Work In Milford

Within the past month several
building operations have been start
ed in Milford that will give EN-
ployment to labor, both skilled and
just manual work This fact should
be generally made known, so that
the labor situation can be under
stood.
Four very pretty residences have
been started on Clark avenue, be-
tween Lakeview avenue and South
Walnut street, and all of these are
on the south side of Clark avenue.
Frank R. Grier, son of DR.. Wal
ter Grier, has the foundations laid
for an English type of home, two
stories and of brick and frame con-
struction, with large basement. The
home will stand in the centre of a
large building lot with about $50
feet frontage.
Mrs. J. B. Warner has let a con-
tract for a two-story brick and
frame construction dwelling also of
an English type architecture, ad-
joining the home of Mr.. Grier. This
home will have all modern convent
ences installed.
James X. Pettyiohn, secretary of
the Milford Building and Loan As
sociation, has started to build a
home for himself adjoining the
above named on Clark avenue,
which will be two-story with base
ment after the English style of
brick and stucco, with all modern
conVeniences.
Augustus Dickerson is clearing
building site on his lot located on
Clark avenue, near South Walnut
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
Kent County Agent r. E. Wilson
Secures Grow Healthy Chicks Records

turned to the county extension Office
in Dover within the next two or
three weeks.
A separate page for the report on
each brood of chicks will be fur
nished each poultry raiser, who will
also be asked to state the breed, the
date and the place the chicks were
hatched, and the number of pullets
sold and the number on hand on
September Is of this year. The pur-
pose of these records is to deter
mine the chick mortality rate in as
many fiocks as possible, the cause
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Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18
Barratt's Chapel vii Celebrate
Its 151st Anniversary September 27

Barratt's Chapel, historic old
church located on the du Pont
Highway, just north of Frederick,
will celebrate its 151st anniversary
with fitting exercises on Sunday,
September 81 at o'clock in the af-
ternoon. Rev. T. J. Sarde, pastor
of Asbury Emmanuel Church, of
Crisfield, Md, will preach the SER
mon. Anniversary day at Barratt's
Chapel has become one of the big
events for residents of lower De'a-
ware and thousands annually travel
to the old edifice where they meet
friends and renew old acquaintan-
ces. Barratt's Chapel is one of the
Milford chronicle., 1931-09-18

In an effort to secure records in
regard to the number of chicks
started and the number lost during
the first eight weeks, the general
condition of pullets at this season
of the year, with special reference
to bronchitis and paralysis, in ad-
dition to making a survey of the
points or practices which have been
followed in the raising of chicks this
year, QUESTIONABLE will be mail
ed from the office of county agent
Russell E. Wilson to each poultry
grower in Kent county with the re-
quest that this information be re-