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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
DRYS WILL MEET
NEXT MONTH TO
MAP '32 CAMPAIGN
National Prohibition
Board OF Strategy Call
ed By Anti-SalOOn Head
SEEKS INFORMATION
Says Vets Hope Economic
Earthquake Will Shake
Wet Into White House

Drys from over the nation will
rally in Washington next month to
stock their armory for the 1882 Pres
idential campaign.
F. Scott Mcbride, general super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
today called upon his forces to come
to the national convention, January
Is, prepared to give fullest counsel
for a year of critical Importance
to prohibition"
The national prohibition board of
strategy also will meet in Washing
ton next month, paying special at
tention to legislative plans for the
coming session of Congress. This
group contends in a statement that
demands of brewers" for beer-for-
revenue are part of wet propagan-
da "three-fourts hot air and the
other one-fourth bad economics and
worse morals"
Mcbride told League State Super
intendents that the vets hope that
the economic earthquake will share
drys out of Congress and a wet into
the White House"
81 will depend upon you" lie add
ed, to be present prepared to give
the fullest counsel and cooperation
on how best to keep Congress and
the White House dry"
Mcbride sought specifically infor-
nation on how the prohibition cause
stands with relation to the various
states attitude toward Presidential
candidates, whether the prohibition
stand of Senators and Representa-
tives would be canged, and about the
next state legislatures.
While these plans were going for
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
DRAW GRAND JURY
FOR u. S. COURT
Alfred Il. Archer Will Serve From
Cedar Creek Hundred

The December term of the U. S.
District Court will open Tuesday
/ December 8, with the convening of
the grand jury and the review of the
court calendar.
plead Guilty" may be set at De-
cember II.
H. c. Mahaffy, clerk of the court
drew the following names for the
grand jury:
Wilmington hundred-Harvey r.
Black, Walter D. Bush, Jr., S.
Frank Ewart, Melvin F. Charles,
Joseph w. Coley.
Christiana hundred-Daniel B.
Barnard, Jr., Archibald M. dupont,
Henry c. White.
New Castle hundred-Ozro. S.
Lunt.
East Dover hundred-Romulus A.
Hopkins, Harry Mcdaniel.
Milford hundred-Leonard Mat
thews, Howard r. Moore.
Broadkiln hundred - Charles A..
Conner
Little Greek hundred-William B.
Twilley.
Broad Creek hundred-Eli r. Has
tings.
Dagsboro hundred - Robert G..
Stoeckel.
North Murderkill hundred-F'rank
C. Bancroft.
Lewes and Rehoboth hundred -.
Henry w. Ennis.
Indian River hundred-Frank P.
Johnson.
st. Georges hundred. Cowgirl
Alston.
Cedar Greek hundred-Alfred e.
Archer.
Northwest Fork hundred Charles
E. Brown.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
DATE FOR TRIAL
OF YIJELLEE, SET
Alleged Murderer Of G.
X. Davis Family Will Be
Tried On December 8

After being in session at the
home of Chief Judge Patterson, of
the Circuit Court at Cambridge, Md,
most of the day, the court Monday
afternoon announced that the trial
of Yuel Lee, alias Orphan Jones,
who is alleged to have confessed to
the murder of Green X. Davis, his
wife and two daughters, near Ber-
lin, will be held at Cambridge be-
ginning on December 8.
When the court met the subject
was taken up, although it was sup
posed that it had been fixed by the
court at Snow Hill several days ago
when it was announced that
change of venue to Cambridge had
been granted. In the meantime how
ever, argument was advanced to the
court that the negro could not get
fair trial on the Eastern Shore and
efforts were renewed to have the
case removed to Baltimore.
At the session of the court on
Monday, petition for a change of
venue to some point on the Wes-
tern Shore of Maryland was filed. 1t
was declared that feeling was so
great on the Eastern Shore that a
fair trial could not be had. 1t had
been expected that the petition for
change of venue would be signed by
Bernard AIDES, counsel furnished by
the National Labor Defense League,
but instead the petition was signed
by Lee, or Jones, himself.
During the day the judges confer
red with Godfrey Child, States At
torney for Worcester county, and
with James A. McAllister, States
Attorney at Cambridge. At the con-
clusion of the conferences, which
lasted for the greater part of the
day, the judges announced that the
trial would open on the date stated
was declared that an investigation
had been made and it was the opin-
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
EVERY PERSON
MUST REGISTER
Last Session Of General
Assembly Changed Per-
manent Laws

One of the five registration days
which will precede the 1882 general
election under the new Peeney regis
tratiOn law, passed by last session
of the Legislature, promises to fur
nish an interesting experiment.
Heretofore, it has been the custom
to have all registration days fall on
Saturdays. However, under the Peen-
ey law, which does away with the
permanent registration and requires
all citizens to register again, there
will be one registration day, on a
Thursday, the other four occurring
on Saturdays.
This registration day will fall on
Thursday, August 4. The purpose of
having a registration on a day other
than Saturday, is for the convenience
of persons who spend their weekend
away during the Summer The reg
istration on that date, in particular
will be watched with much interest,
to determine whether a change
should be made in the law, or wheth-
er it should continue to permit the
enrolment of voters on date other
than a Saturday
The five registration days prior to
the 1882 Presidential election, will
take place as follows
Saturday, July Is; Thursday, Au-
gust 4 Saturday, August 10; Satur-
day, September II; Saturday October
%.
Election day will fall on Tuesday,
November 8.
1t is recalled that last year one of
the registration days occurred on the
Saturday preceding Labor Day, re-
sulting in much inconvenience to
workers and persons wishing to re-
gister. Such an inconvenience will
not occur in 1882, under the Peeney
law
No registration books will be re-
quired for the party primaries for
the selection of delegates to the re-
spective State conventions, for the
naming of delegates to the respec-
tive national conventions. These
primaries are merely held with poll
lists.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
LAST SESSION LAWS
ARE NOW AVAILABLE
Copies OF Laws Enacted BY Last
Legislature Are Now Available

The laws as made by the last ses-
sion of the Legislature, have at last
been printed and are ready for dis
tribution. These books, which are
Volume 81, may be had by applying
to the State Librarian at Dover. The
contract for delivery of the laws,
called for a delivery on or before
the meeting of the Supreme Court
at Wilmington, Delaware, in Sep
tember.
This would be all right and could
be complied with by the printers, if
there were different arrangements
for having the copy placed in the
hands of the contractor: but under
present practice, there is hardly a
possibility for compliance with the
demands for delivery of the laws
printed in volume form for library
use, or office use by the profession
al or business people of Delaware.
However, this matter is one for
the Governor to present to the next
Legislature for adjustment, and
really eXpediting the furnishing of
the laws in printed form to all the
citizens of Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
URGES MORE CARE In
AUTOMOBILE DRIVING
Safety Council Says Desire 10 De-
feat Other Fellow Causes Accidents

The almost fanatical desire to de-
feat the ether fellow, the furious
hurry to get ahead, the lack of re-
spect for others are, according to
the Delaware Safety Council, the
sort of things which make the roads
unsafe today.
Draw parallel between the loco
motive engineer, who is a skilled
operator, whose train on rails is al
ways under the protection of an
elaborate system of signals, and the
driver of an automobile who has
neither the supervision of the block
system nor the limitation of rails.
Today the automobile is a highly
perfected machine and in the hands
of an incompetent. or criminally
minded individual it is an engine of
destruction. The driver must learn
that he is the engineer of a danger
Gus machine and that he must pay
for his mistakes in judgment or
carelessness just as much as the To-
cOmotive engineer. We say to the
engineer, you must be an export,
and you must have long training be-
fore we will allow you to drive a To-
motive through the country" But
without any safeguards or prelimi-
nary training and after a most cur
sorry examination we put into the
hands of any moran or criminal,
with few dollars for fee, an en-
gine of potential murder to be driv-
en- over the countryside at will with
not even the hindrance of rails to
keep him in d restricted area.
Ten states including Delaware
have in effect the Drivers License
Law. Under this law every driver
Of vehicle must pass stringent
tests as to his ability, knowledge of
the car and the vehicle laws of his
respective state. Fatalities in these
states have decreased 5 per cent.
Automobiles have been made SAT-
er to operate from the mechanical
standpoint and several billions of
dollars have been expended to i'm
prove the roads to provide a maxi
mum of safety from that standpoint,
so automobile driving has almost
narrowed down to the point where
the human element is the greatest
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
ALLIED CNMPAIGNERS
TO VISIT CAPITAL
Three-Day Meeting Is Scheduled For
Dover Next Week.

The Allied forces for Prohibition,
of which DR.. Daniel A. Polling is the
chairman, will hold a series of six
mass meetings, two meetings day
for three days in Dover on December
II, II and 13.
The meetings will be conducted by
the Allied Campaigners, Colonel Ray
mond Robins, DR. Ira Landrith, Miss
Norma c. Brown, Oliver w. Stewart,
DR.. Robert G. Roop, Grant Hudson,
and DR.. Polling, nationally known
orators.
The flying squadrons have already
crossed and recrossed the continent
and the itinerary looks ahead to
daily meetings until June 7. lii a
nine-months period, 261 leading cit
les will have been visited including
every State Capital, the leading uni
versity centers and the industrial
cities. In each place visited, the
campaign leaves a permanent organ
ization, locally manned and direct
ed. to continue the crusade to main
tain national prohibition and defend
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
$4,000 DEMAND OF
YOUNG FAR MER
CAUSES ARREST
Posse Surrounds Cache
And Nabs J. Charles
Stevenson
SAID TO SENT LETTER
To Merchant Threatening
His Son If Sum Was
Not Forthcoming
SAID TO SENT LETTER

J. Charles Stevenson, "a years old,
a farmer living four miles from
Ridgely, Md, was arrested in a
spectacular manner Monday on
charges of eXtortion and blackmail
after he had gone to a tenant farm
house, near his home, and collected
$4,000 which Oriell Salisbury, OF
Ridgely, had been directed to leave
there under threat.
Mr.. Salisbury, of Salisbury Bro
theirs, incorporated, received an
anonymous letter directing him to
leave five $4,000 bills at the side OF
the tenant house on the farm OF
Boone FARRELL, about half a mile
from Stevenson's home, at 9 O'Clock.
The letter stated that if the money
was not left it would be "just too
bad" for his three-year-old son,
Oriell Salisbury, Jr.
Salisbury obtained the money
from the bank, and followed the d1-
rections of the letter, but also not1-
fed James Temple, formerly sheriff
of Caroline county, but now a pri-
vate detective, and Corporal M. d.
Brubaker and Private Charles W.
Madaha, of the State Police Station
at Salisbury.
The police, accompanied by a
number of other men, secreted
themselves near the tenant house.
Shortly before $3.50 o'clock, they
said, Stevenson appeared, carrying
a shotgun under his arm. He went
directly to the place where the
money had been hidden, picked it up
and was just starting to walk away,
they said, when 12 flashlights were
played upon him and he was order
ed to throw up his hands.
He submitted to arrest without a
struggle, and was taken to Denton
where he was questioned by Fred R.
Owens, States Attorney, who quoted
Stevenson as saying that if there
had been only one or two men at
the tenant house, he would have
opened fire on them, but realized
the uselessness of attempting a
fight against such a large number.
Mr.. Owens also quoted him as
saying he had wanted the money to
pay debts with"
The arrest of Stevenson came as
a shock to residents of Ridgely, as
he was highly respected there.
Mr.. Salisbury, who is one of the
most prominent residents of Ridge
ly, has three daughters as well as
one son. The daughters, however,
were not mentioned in the note he
received.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
MILFORD FOLK ENJOY
FRATERNAL PICTURE
Junior Order OF United American
Mechanics Show Entertaining Movie

The noble work of the Junior Or
der of United American Mechanics
was brought before the people of
Milford last Friday evening at the
Armory Hall in the form OF a NOV
ing picture called "The Fruits of
Fraternal Love-" J. NJ. Sweeten,
the Delaware State Vice Councillor,
gave interesting talks both before
the film and between reels. He told
of the founding of the order in the
Concord school house of German
town, Pa, May II, 1858; he gave the
requirements for membership; he
told interesting facts about the two
orphanages which the organization
runs and in which the action of the
picture took place. In other words
he prepared the audience for what
they were to see.
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
STATE EXPENSES
FOR YEAR 1890
REACH Sll,O72,
Operation And Mainte-
nance Of Departments
Cost $5,881,761
BONDED DEBT CUT
Total Revenue Receipts
Amounted To SIS, ,498,7 ,7S9,
Or $65.12 Per Capita

The Bureau of Census in Washing
ton has announced a summary of
the financial statistics of the State
of Delaware for the fiscal year, end
ing June 80, 1880. The per capita
figures for 1880 are based on an esti-
mated population of 23S,0OO. These
statistics were compiled by Ernest
Muncy, Deputy State Auditor of Del
aware.
Expenditures
The payments for operation and
maintenance of the general depart
ments of Delaware amounted to $5,
1,761, or $24.71 per capita. This
includes $1,S53,509, apportiOnments
for education to the minor civil di-
visions of the State In 1929 the per
capita for operation and maintenance
of general departments was $22.74
and in 1917, $44O. The interest on
debt in 1880 amounted to $336,065
and outlays for permanent improve
ments, $4,S54,255. The total pay
ments, therefore, for operation and
maintenance of general departments,
interest, and outlays were $11,072,-
OS1. The totals include all payments
for the year, whether made from
current revenues or from the pro-
ceeds of bond issues.
OF the governmental costs report
cd above, $2,719,232 was for high
ways, $242,182 being for maintenance
and $2,477,O5O for construction.
Revenues
The total revenue receipts were
$15,49S, 7S9, or $65.12 per capita. This
was $9,280,963 more than the total
payments of the year, exclusive of
the payments for permanent inn
provements, and $4,426,7OS more than
the total payments including those
for permanent improvements. This
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
CORN SHOW PREMIUM
LIST AVAILABLE
Persons Interested May Secure In.
formation From The SecretaT.

In order to meet the desire of the
Delaware Crop improvement Asso-
citation and encourage the produc-
ton of better crops, the Delaware
State Legislature appropriates funds
to the State Board of Agriculture to
be used for the premium awards of
this show. The show will be held
at Milford, January 5-S, 1882. A. F,
Davidson, of New Castle, president
of the association, is looking for
ward to having one of the largest
shows the association has had dur
ing its twenty-five years of exis-
tence.
Prizes are offered for 50-ear col
lections of any variety of corn. The
10-ear collections are divided into
two classes, amateur class and hon
orary class. The amateur class is for
beginners and the honorary class is
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Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
$425,591,348 INCOME
DROP FOR 1929 Barred
Delaware Had Eleven Men With III
comes Over $1,OO0,CO3

The nations taxpayers reported a
net income of $24,800 1876, ,56l in 1929.
a drop of only $425, 1,348 from the
banner year of 1928. Delaware's 1929
income was revealed as $148.850,3 300.
The figures issued by the Inter
nal Revenue Bureau at Washington
gave the complete statistics for 1929
and the preliminary statistics for
1880 which showed that there had
been decrease of $7,073,S56, 119 in
income of the United States last
year as compared with that for the
previous year.
The preliminary figures for 1929
were issued nearly year ago and
differed but little from the final fig
ures made public. The final figures,
however, showed that there were
513 persons in the United States
who had incomes of more than ST.
100000. They were divided among
rs states as follows:
Arizona, /; California, s; Con-
necticut, 10,; Delaware, If: Florida,
3; Illinois, "a; Indiana, 2; Iowa, /;
Kentucky, 3; Maine, /; Maryland, 9;
Massachusetts, II; Michigan, 10;
Minnesota. 2; Missouri, 5; New
Jersey, 25; New York, 275; Ohio, 81;
Oklahoma, Q; Pennsylvania, Sc,
Rhode Island, 3; Tennessees, /;
Texas, s. Washington, 4, and Wis
consin, 4. Massachusetts had one
taxpayer who had income of more
than $5,O00,000; Michigan three
with more than $5,OOO,OOO; Missouri
l; New Jersey, 1; New York. 81;
Pennsylvania, 8; Texas, /, and
Washington, l.
The gross income of the nation in
1929 was $29,946,952,2O9.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
SONS OF DELAWARE
DINNER

The final call is out for the
fortieth annual dinner of the
Philadelphia Sons of Della
ware. It will be given on Mon
day, December Z, $3.50 p. NJ,
at the Penn Athletic Club,
18th and Locust streets, Phil
adelphia.
Among the speakers will be
Mayor-elect J. H mpt o Il
Moore, of Philadelphia; DR..
Hiram L. Webb, from Nebras-
ka, and the Rev. Howard r.
McDade, of Newport, Del.
1t will be a big event this
year for the Sons-their La
dies Night; and a big attend
ance is assured. In view of
prevailing conditions, dinner
tickets are to be half the usu-
rate-$1.25 per plate for
members and $3.50 for guests.
Notify the secretary, Franklin
B. Smith, Land little Build
ing, Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, November 25, TO
Tuesday, December 1, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueller, local wea-
ther recorder, reports the following
weather conditions in Milford from
Wednesday, November 25, to Tues
day, December L, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04

Total Rainfall .... 40
Total Rainfall for November. 81
The following winds and condi'
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Milford chronicle., 1931-12-04

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.
Smyrna times., 1931-02-11
COMING TOWN ELECTION
Communicated

The progressive residents of
Smyrna announce the names of
the men they wish to elect to Of
fee of Town Council at the ap-
preaching Town Election, which
will be held Monday afternoon,
February 23rd, 1881 At that time,
it will be necessary for the people
of Smyrna to elect three members
to Council, to hold said Office for a
period Of two years. The names
Of the men whom the progressive
element Of Smyrna favor, and
would like to see elected to the
office Of Council, are as follows:
Geo. r. Stevenson, present mem
Der, and President of Town Coun-
Gil; Geo. w. Turner, Contractor
and Builder, and S. Creadick En-
mis-, member of the firm of Ennis
& Deakyne. All of the above
named, are men who are well
yersed in the conduct of successful
business. Their experience has
been such, that the voting public
nay, without hesitation or fear,
Smyrna times., 1931-02-11
AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR TOWN
Edward Remley of Kenton in Mis-
hap Due to Slippery Highway

Due TO fog and slippery road
several persons were injured in an
auto accident Sunday night which
occurred near the filling station of
Joseph Goldsborough on the State
Highway. A car driven by Albert
Westburg, of Norwood, Pa, was
proceeding north when it is said to
have side swiped an automobile
operated by Edward Remley, Of
kenton, which was travelling south.
The Remley car turned over and a
third car operated by James E.
Jones, crashed into both the other
cars. Mr.. and Mrs. James Jones
and 1O-year-old son, Elbert, were
taken to the Kent General Hospital
where they were treated for minor
lacerations of the face and scalp.
John Bailey, Olivia Bailey and Cor
della Bailey were also treated at
the hospital for slight injuries.
They were occupants of the Rem
ley car. No arrests We're made
since It is believed the accident
was unavoidable due to the wet
road. In an automobile accident
late Saturday night at the inter
section of the Dover-Camden road
on the Governors Avenue Boule-
ward, Ann FLASHER and Carroll
Simpson, of Harrington, and Fran
els Kiss and Pauline Block, of Bal
timore, received severe injuries and
were taken to the Kent General
Hospital for treatment. Miss FIJI
asher received scalp and internal
Her condition is serious.
simpson received severe lacera- '
ions of face and Kiss suffered
broken knee and Miss Block cuts
md bruises of the face and knees.
t was a head-on collision and both )
'ars were wrecked. e
Smyrna times., 1931-02-11
LINCOLN

What man of humble birth-but Lincoln
Fought on thru poverty till he
Sealed high the heights of victory
And place his light for all to see-hut
Lincoln.
What man in historys Haunting page
but Lincoln
When war had ravished all the land
Gave all he had at his command
And made unity to stand-but Lincoln.
What man whose soul was torn with pain
but Lincoln
Carried the burden and the care
Of nation in despair
Trusting in his God in prayer-but Lincoln
What man greater have we had-than
Lincoln
Died he though martyr be
Thru the great eternity
Lives in deeds for all to see-LincoIn.
-. II. B.
Smyrna. Del. Feb. IL. 1891
Smyrna times., 1931-02-11
Saturday, Feb. IA, 81
at Two O'clock p. NJ.
be following Real Esfata tn-urit

A"S iOlio"AhS INedi Estate tO-Wlt:
All that certain lot. piece and marcel Of
land. with the buildings thereon erected
situated in the Town of Smyrna. DucL
Greek Hundred. Kent County and State of
OF Delaware. bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at a stake in the South side
OF Frazier Street One Hundred and Fifty
tl5OlFeet West from Delaware Street and
running thence with said Frazier Street
North Fifty (50) Degrees East Fifty (5O)
Feet to corner for lands now or formerly
OF Isaac ID. Berry, thence with same Berry
land South Forty (40) Degrees East One
Hundred and Forty Q4O) Feet to a stake
thence parallel with Frazier Street Fifty
t5O) Feet to stake. thence parallel with
Delaware Street One Hundred and Forty
tl4Ob Feet to the place of beginning. con-
tanning SEVEN THOUSAND Il 0O0l
SQUARE FEET OF LAND. be the same
more or less and being the same lands and
premises conveyed in fee unto the said
parties of the first part by Deed of MARY
v. Cooper, widow, bearing even date here
with, and about to be recorded at Dover
Together with all and singular the
buildings and improvements of every kind
ways. water. water-courses.
rights. liberties. privileges. improvements.
hereditaments and appurtenances whatso-
ever. thereunto belonging or in any wise
Seized and taken in execution AZ the
property Of EARL VAN PELT and MIL.
DRIED f. VAN PELT. his wife. mortgag-
ors. and will be sold by
AUSTIN ID. SMITH, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Dover. Del.
January p. 1881.