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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-03-03
Auto Salesman Here

Vaudeville. Dykes and H. Daaron
Wood, Mobile automobile sales.
man, arrived in the city this morn
ing for the trial. Wood is said to
have sold Schroeder the automobile
which was burned on High School
road.
w j. Clark Of Norfolk, Va, an
eut0 INSURANCE. salesman who j1sI
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
WALTER H. DAVIS DIED
SUDDENLY WEDNESDAY
Former Milford Business Man Had
Been Ailing For Several Months

Walter H. Davis, retired Milford
butcher, died suddenly at his home
On East Front street, South Milford,
at two o'clock Wednesday morning
from an attack of heart trouble. Mr..
Davis had been in poor health for
the past several months, but he had
not complained of feeling any worse
when he retired on Tuesday night.
Shortly before his death he called
his wife and asked her to get him
medicine. He got out of bed and
sat down in a nearby chair. He died
while sitting in the chair few min
utes later. Mr.. Davis was a MEM
Der of the Wilmington Lodge of
Elks, which organization will have
charge of the funeral services at his
late home at two o'clock this after
noon. Rev. Eells, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, will assist.
Mr.. Davis is survived by his mo-
iher, Mrs. Harrison Davis; his wife,
one daughter, Mrs. John Mertz, of
Wilmington, a sister, Mrs. Oscar d.
of Milford, and one bro
ther, Edward NJ. Davis, of Whining
ton. He was 50 years cid.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
VALUE OF CROPS
DROPPED IN 1880
Drought And Low Prices
Given AS Cause Of De-
crease OF Revenues

The value of the main field, fruit
and truck crops produced by Della
ware farmers in 1880 is estimated at
$11 100000, according to the annual
crop summary of Richard G. Ross,
Federal Agricultural Statistician for
Delaware. The same crops were
valued at $16.205,O0O in 1929.
Drought and low prices are the
causes which are general for the
drop in crop values last year. The
acreage of crops harvested in 1920
was about the same as in 1929 and
there were 10 sharp increases or de-
creases noted in the acreage of any
of the individual crops. The area
planted to corn increased by 1000
acres over the 1929 acreage, and
there was Il decrease of 5000 acres
in tame hay. Wheat acreage was
practically constant for the two
years. Fluctuations in acreage of
truck and canning crops from 1929
to 1880 were more noticeable gener-
ally than was true of field crops,
but the total area devoted to truck
crops was slightly larger in 1880
than in 1929.
Yields of crops harvested compare
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
FATHER AND SONS WILL
BANQUET WEDNESDAY
Affair viii BE Under The Auspices
OF The VI. +. Church School

A Father and Son Banquet under
the auspices of the Avenue Metho-
dist Episcopal Church School will be
held in the Chapel Beautiful on
Wednesday evening, February IS at
seven o'clock. The banquet will be
served by the Friendship Bible
Glass, the ladies of said class being
among the recognized cooks of the
town. Professor Hudson will pre-
side at the piano and the songs for
lads and dads will be led by G. r.
Messick. A brass quartet of Ches
ter Coffin, Wilson Sockrider, Will
liam Stevenson and Osborne Walls,
all good lads, who will furnish some
stirring musica items. The decora-
tions will be of a high order and
will be arrayed around the scheme
of Washington, the father of the ma
tiOn. The addresses for the lads will
be made by Henry Sipple, Willard
Pierce and Theodore Townsend, and
for the dads by William V. Sipple,
DR.. Willard Pierce, and Marshall
The main address to lads
and dads will be made by Senator
Louis A. DreXler. Fifty lads and
fifty happy dads will spend this de-
lightful evening together. A Mother
and Daughter Banquet will be held
the following week.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
MILFORD FIRM
WINS CONTEST
J. II. MulhOlland Co. Oper-
ated Year Without Lost
Time Accident

Operating during the past year
without a single lost time accident,
the J. II. Alulholland Company, OF
Milford, manufacturer of wooden
spoons and ice cream plates, was
declared the winner of the 1880 Del
aware Safety Council Industrial Ac-
cident Prevention Contest by Joseph
f. Plumstead, industrial vice-presi-
dent of the Council.
The contest just closed was the
fourth annual event of this kind
conducted by Che Delaware Safety
Council. The activity has grown
from a beginning of 81 firms with a
total of 1000 employees to So firms
with $1,000 employees. The man
hour exposure over this period has
increased from five million to thir-
ty-eight million.
Joseph Z. Plumstead, industrial
vice-president, and J. II. Barnholt,
chairman of the committee, pointed
out that this increase of firms had
meant, of course, that hundreds of
Delaware industrial employees have
had brought before them the basic
principals of safety in manner
which appealed to them and which
records show brought about the de-
sired savings in lives, limbs and
money. Mr.. Plumstead pointed out
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
MILLION ASKED
FOR BUILDINGS,
SITE FOR STATE
Bill Offered By Senator
McIntire To Start Rec
commended Program
FAVOR AMENDMENT
Nickle's Bill To Change
Constitution Gets Favor
able Report In House
FAVOR AMENDMENT

An appropriation of $1,00O,000 is
provided for in a bill offered Mon
day afternoon by Senator McIntire
for the acquiring of certain land in
Dover east OF the present State
House and for the construction and
equipping of State buildings there
on.
The Governor is empowered, un-
der the provisions of the bill, to
name a "State Buildings and
Grounds Commission of the State of
Delaware" to consist of the Cover
nor and four other persons. They
would serve without salary.
The land, which the commission
would acquire by purchase. gift or
condemnation in Dover, follows:
The lands and premises (other than
those now belonging to the State
lying between st. Jones River and
the east line of Dover Green, and the
lands and premises lying between
St. Jones' River and q line estab-
lished by running a line from a
point at the southeast corner of the
office building of James w. Satter-
field and United States Corporation
Company on the northeast side of
Dover Green along and parallel with
the east wall of the office building,
nOrthward to North street and the
lands lying between st. Jones River
and a line extending from a point in
the south line of the State land Is
feet east of the east line of Dover
Green southwark and parallel with
the east walk of the residence OF
James NJ. Satterfeld to Water street.
The commission would be empow-
cred by, the measure to have the
land surveyed, laid out and beauti-
fed, to the end that it may be used
for sites for State buildings to meet
the needs of the State for adequate
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
EVERGREEN FOREST
HOLDS FIRST MEET
February FrOlic In The Community
Building Was Largely Attended

Evergreen Forest, No. 40, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon of Milford, met
Wednesday night in the Community
Building in Milford for their Febru-
ary frolic, which was the first meet
ing of the forest for 1881. James X.
Pettyjohn, who is starting his third
term as Grand Tall Cedar of the
Forest. presided. The newly elected
members of his official family ap-
pearing for the first time were
George S. Grier, Senior Deputy; A.
B. Croll, Junior Deputy; Rev. J. E..
Parker, Chaplain, and Harry Ed
ington, Guide. Evergreen's Band
opened the ceremonial with a con-
cert under the direction of Prof. C.
Russell Snyder. This was followed
by a drill by the uniformed Rangers
of the forest. Several saplings were
initiated into the mysteries of Tall
Cedarism. The new stunt commit
tee, under the leadership of George
Atkins, produced several new and
startling mysteries with which the
were received. Talks
were made by Senator Clifton Maull
and former Senator Louis A. Drex-
ler. Several acts of vaudeville and
refreshments closed the evenings
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
S21,OOO,OOO IS
REQUESTED
FROM STATE
Bills In Two Houses Ask
Record Amount OF APP
preparations
WILL CUT REQUESTS
Legislature Will Have To
Greatly Reduce The
Amounts Asked
WILL CUT REQUESTS

That the many bills carrying ap-
preparations that have been intro
duced in the two honses during this
session of the Legislature will have
to be pared down greatly is evident
from the fact that they ask for total
appropriations of more than $2l,-
100000. The total appropriations
made by the 1929 Legislature were
about $15.000,000.
All but one of these bills are now
on the calendar and there is no
doubt but what the total will be
greatly increased before the time
for closing new business expires on
February %. The appropriation for
public schools has not been intro
duced but as Governor Buck has
recommended that it be $3,412,OOO
for each of the two years or a total
of ..6,824,00O, the bill will no doubt
call for near that amount. The
school appropriation bill two years
ago was $6,5O0,0O0.
The general appropriation bill
recommended by Governor Buck in
the biennial budget totals $5,547,735
for the two years. Two years ago
the general appropriation bill for
the two years totalled $3,748,055.
This, however, does not mean that
there is an increase of nearly two
million dollars as the figures would
indicate. AS a matter of fact a num-
Der of large items are included in
the general appropriation bill this
year that were provided for in other
ways two years ago.
Other large items in the list of
bills include $3,000,-
900 for the school building program,
over $2,000,000 for new buildings at
the Delaware State Hospital for the
Insane and $1,0O0O0O--tO redeem
bonds on July l Of this
year.
Governor Buck has recommended
that all that is left in the general
fund over a certain amount at the
close of the fiscal year 1888, be used
TO redeem outstanding bonds, but
he indications are there will be
nothing left for that purpose.
The appropriations for running
he public schools and the school
program totalling $9,S24 900
will come from the school fund, and
i is understood there will be sufi-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
NEGRO WOMAN KILLED
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
Mrs. Sarah +. Hill Meets Instant
Death In Crash Near Milford.

Mrs. Sarah Il. Hill, colored, was
instantly killed early last Saturday
evening, and her son, Daniel Hill,
was slightly cut about the hands,
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by car driv-
en- by Robert Courtney, of Milford.
The accident happened between 6
and Z o'clock on the Shawnee road
about two miles west of Milford. The
car driven by Daniel Hill was pro-
ceeding toward Milford Courtney
was driving west toward Shawnee.
Both cars were damaged. mmedi-
ately following the accident the am
bulance from the Milford Emergency
Hospital was sent to the scene, but
the woman was dead when it arrived.
Her head had been badly crushed
The dead woman resided near Stay
louisville. Courtney is the son of the
late James Courtney, who at the
time of his death was Chief of Police
in Milford. A corOner's jury heard
evidence in the case on Sunday
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
1926 FAMILIES IN
STATELAST APRIL
IS CENSUS REPORT
Total OF 5000 In Della
ware In 1920, Direc-
tors State
I2,4I8 IN SUSSEX
This Is An Increase Of
1000 Families Over
1920 Census

According to John II. Farrell, man
ager of the Wilmington office, U. S.
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce, the director of census
has now announced the results of
the preliminary count of the number
of families in the State of Delaware,
according to the 1890 census, togeth-
er with the number of families re-
porting radio sets.
The whole number of families in
the State on April 1, 1880, was 59,
295, as compared with 5000 in 1920.
The number of persons per family in
1880 was 40, as compared with 4.3
in 1920 The number of families re-
porting radio sets in 1890 was 27,1S3,
or 45.S per cent of the total.
The term family, as used i'm max
ing the count referred to above. sig
mites a group of persons, whether
related by blood or not who live to-
gether as one household. usually
sharing the same table. One person
living alone is. counted as family,
and. at the other extreme, all the in
mates of an institution, or all the
persons living in boarding house,
are ordinarily counted as one fam
lily. The detailed tabulatiOn of the
1890 family statistics will show sep
arately several different types of
families, and will give much infor-
nation as to the number of families
of various sizes, the number of fam
lilies having children, etc, which has
not been tabulated in connected with
previous censuses.
The table attached to the report
shows the following facts: State.
1880, 50, 295 families; 1920, 5000
families, 4 persons per family in
1890 compared with 4.3 persons per
family in 1920; 2IlS3 families have
radio sets, 1873 of the total. The re-
part shows that there were 1854
families in Wilmington and New Cas-
tie county, in 1880, compared with
"a, ASS in 1920. Wilmington families
consisted of 4.l persons in 1880 COM
Dared with is in 1920. A total of
1900 families of Wilmington had
radio sets, a percentage OF 53.4.
For Sussex county there are 49,
41S families listed in 1880, compared
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
RAIN BRINGS SOME
RELIEF FROM DROUGHT
Delaware and Maryland Farmers
Are Benefited BY Recent Rain

Delaware farmers were benefited
thousands of dollars on Monday
when rain fell throughout the State,
breaking a long dry spell. While the
rain was not an unusually large one
the farmers say that the rainfall has
mOistened the top soil to such an
extent that the winter crops are
very materially benefited. The rain
did not soak into the sub-soil, and
there still remains a deficiency for
this year of several inches under
normal rainfall. In many sections
of the State and in nearby counties
in Maryland, the long continued
drought had caused many wells to
so dry and the farmers were COM
PEELED to haul water for their stock.
The rain on Monday started the
springs in many districts and
brought relief from the water fam
inc. Farmers in the vicinity of Mil
ford had not been compelled to re-
sort to hauling of water, but even
at that many were beginning to fear
that they might have to resort to
this before long.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
ASKS FOR CHANGE
IN REGISTRATION
Seeks Sweeping Changes
In Laws Governing Reg
istratiOn OF Voters

Sweeping changes in the registra-
tiOn laws of the State are contained
in two bills which were introduced
on Tuesday in the House by Repre-
sentative Virden, of Wilmington,
and which are expected to meet with
much opposition from the Demo-
cratic members of the General AS
sembly. The first bill would divide
the State into four registration dis
tricts with a Registration Board for
each district.
Wilmington already has a Depart
ment of Election and a Registration
Board. This bill would create three
others.
The first registration district
would include the city of Whining
ton; with the second, Rural New
Castle County; the third, Kent COun-
ty, and the fourth, Sussex County.
The Governor would name five
persons living in Wilmington to
the Board of Registration
for the First Registration Depart
ment District.
lilIGG pei Ill CelNll Vi tiAC ObAASi
three districts would be named to
the boards of registration
for the respective districts. The ap-
pointments would be made within 30
days after the enactment of the
The five persons to be
named within so days after the ap-
proval of the act for the Whining
ton district, would constitute the
of Elections. 1t further
provides that thereafter the five
persons to be named for the Board
of Registration for the city of Will
mington shall be composed of the
persons who constitute the Depart
ment of Elections.
Terms of office in the other three
districts would be six years for one
Of the members, four years for an
other, and two years for third. At
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
EGG PRODUCERS CAN
EXPECT LOW PRICES
Extension POultryman Says Outlook
Not SO Good For Advance In Price

The average egg production rec
ords from 34,S19 pullets, 20,644 hens,
and 16,101 pullets and hens in mixed
flocks, or a total of Il, ,564 birds rep
resenting 1856 poultry farms in the
state, are included in the December
report of the Delaware farm egg rec
ord club which has been prepared
by ii. S. Palmer, extension poultry
man of the University of Delaware,
and mailed from the county extern
sion offices to all pOultrymen who
are cooperating in this project.
According to these records the pull
let's laid on the average of 1913 eggs,
as compared to 4.3 eggs per hen, and
ST. eggs per bird in the mixed flocks
consisting of both pullets and hens
during December. These egg rec
ords correspond very closely to the
records for the same month Il year
ago when the production was 81
eggs per pullett, Al for the hens, and
SO for the mixed flochs.
In addition to these egg records,
the December report includes
by II. r. Baker, poultry
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
WILDWOOD DAIRY CLUB
NEW OFFICERS
Spencer Willis Named President;
Leroy Short, Secretary

The MillwoOd Dairy Club at their
regular monthly meeting on Febru-
airy 4,installed their newly elected
officers. They were: President, SpGn-
Ger Willis; vice president, James
Davis; secretary, Leroy Short; trea-
surer, Joshua Bennett
Wilbur Warner was sergeant-at-
arms and Lyndon D. Caulk, leader Of
the WoOdside Club, in the absence of
A. ID. Cobb, State All Club Leader,
installed the officers.
G. IL. Wooley was present with
fifteen piece orchestra of young
folk.
The program committee had nlan-
ned the following excellent pro-
gram:
The club pledge and a club song
by all.
Welcome, Francis Dill, local lead
er of the Millwood Club.
Solo, Siederic Richards of Rising
Sun.
Health talk, Miss Pearl MacDon-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
State Inheritance
Law Is Held Valid
amendments Passed By Legislature In 1929 Ruled
Unconstitutional By State Supreme Court
Opinion Affects Several Large Estates

The State Supreme Court last
Friday handed down. an opinion
holding that the amendment made
to the State Inheritance Law by the
1929 Legislature was unconstitution-
al by reason of an error in its title.
The courts opinion was handed
down in the suits brought by Reg
lister of Wills J. Gilpin Highfield, Of
Wilmington, against the Wilmington
Trust Company, executor for large
estate and Harry G. Haskell, eXecu-
tor of the estate of his wife, Mrs.
Elizabeth d. Haskell and by State
Treasurer Howard NJ Ward against
Mr.. Haskell, as executor.
1t had been cOntended by the es-
tates that the amendment made to
the State inheritance tax law by the
1929 Legislature invalidated the en-
tire law.
The Supreme Court, which affirm
ed the decision of the New Castle
County Superior Court which held
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
S7,l9O,OOO IS ASKED
FOR EDUCATION
Five Per Cent More Than
Was Asked At Last
Session

In the House on Tuesday an i'm
portant bill was presented by Mrs.
Estele Tschudy which provides for
the appropriation of $3,595,OO0 for
each of the next two years to State
Board of Education. This is five per
cent more than was asked two years
ago.
The expenditures under the bill
are divided as follows: General
control, not more than five per cent;
instructional service, not less than
20 per cent; operation, not more
than 12 per cent; maintenance not
more than six per cent; auxiliary
and coordinate activities, not more
than eleven per cent, the State
Board in making a distribution for
this item may reserve not more
than seven per cent for transporta-
tion of pupils; fixed charges not
more than six and one-tenth per
cent; capital outlay not more than
three per cent; debt service, no part
of the total; for matching the APP
preparation of the Federal Govern
ment for Smith Hughes vocational
education, not less than $4,000.
After the sums for Statewide ac-
tivities have been deducted from the
$3,595,00O each year the remainder
is to be divided among the State
Board, Wilmington and the various
special school districts in the pro-
portion which the net enrolment of
pupils during the previous school
year in each of these divisions bears
to the total net enrolment during
the said school year in all of the di-
visions.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
ODD FELLOWS WILL
CONFER THIRD DEGREE
Degree Team viii Put On Work In
Ceremonial On Monday Evening

Crystal Fount Lodge No. 10, l. O..
0. +. of Milford, will advance several
of its members to the third degree,
next Monday evening, when their
well known degree team will confer
this degree in full ceremonial form.
Many changes has taken place in
the personnel OF the cast since last
winter, when the team made such a
good record dramatizing the most
difficult degree of the order.
The floor and drill work have been
greatly improved.
Marshall Plummer, Henry wilkins,
COrnelOus Wilkins and Samuel Bos-
tic, are taking prominent parts in
this degree.
a part Of the evenings entertain
mcnt will consist of several popular
numbers by the Lodge Orchestra,
under the direction of Prof. Arthur
Hudson. Following this, Sam Ber-
lin and his committee will serve re-
freshments.
Every Odd Fellow in this vicinity
is invited to attend this meeting.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
ASK $4,000 FOR
NEGRO INSTITUTION
A. J. Taylor Tells OF Plans For New
Buildings At State College

The urgent need for an .appropria-
tion of $320,0O0 for new buildings at
the State College for Colored Stu
dents has been explained to the leg
islative budget committee.
Alexander J. Taylor, engineer for
the Delaware Auxiliary Association,
told of the plans for the proposed
two buildings, a dormitory to cost
$4,000 and dining hall and home
economics building to cost $4,000,
including equipment and furnish
ings.
1t was the biennial hearing of the
college officials before the budget
Those present repre-
senting the college were: Richard S.
president, and Dr. Samuel
G. Elbert, Oliver A. Newton, Frank
A. McHugh and Professor Clarence
A. Short, members of the board of
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Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
SUSSEX NEGRESS JAILED
FOR MANSLAUGHTER
800 Fine, Six-Year Sentence For
Minnie Brown Who Pleaded Guilty

Minnie Wright Brown, negress, 30,
of McCray, Georgia, who on OctO-
ber 18, last year, shot and killed
Leon Howe, of OnancOck, Va, plead
ed guilty of manslaughter before
Judges Rice, Harrington and Rich
ards, in the Court of Oyer and Ter
miner, at Georgetown on Monday
and was sentenced to pay a fine of
500 and be imprisoned in the New
Castle County WOrkhOuse for six
years.
The woman met Howe at Oman
cock, where she had gone to pick
berries. They came to Delaware to-
gether and were employed picking
apples in the Smith orchards, near
Bridgeville, occupying one of the
shacks. They had been living to-
gether for about three years.
Howe, it was brought out, had
her and frequently beat
her. While working at the Smith
orchards he became infatuated with
another woman, which caused his
common law wife to become jealous.
Troubled followed between them and
this continued until he was killed.
On the day he was killed he was
planning to return to Virginia, but
The Brown woman suspected that he
was going to take the other woman
with him. They had an argument
during which he is said to have |
,hoked her. Just as he was planning
o get into the car, the woman pull
I'd out the pistol and fired two shots
n his back and one in his temple, |
Killing him instantly.
Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
Delaware Banks In Good
Condition Report Shows
Aggregate Resources Of $I69,7O6,I23 On December
Thtrty-frst Was A Gain Of $6,35f, ,325-SGUings
Deposits Reached $5l,732,17f

The statements of condition of the
mutual savings banks, State banks
and trust companies in this State
on December 81, last, showed aggre-
gate resources of $169,7O6,123, as
compared with $163, ,351,79S on De-
cember 81, 1929, or an increase of
$6,354, 1926.
Loans and discounts show re-
duction of $7,251,307, during last
year and investment securities in
creased $6,365,564.
The amounts due from reserve
agents and other banks on Decem-
Der 81, 1880, were $1O,413,902 and