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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
FACT FINDERS URGE
DRY CANDIDATES
Lieutenant Governor Hazel And
Others In Stirring Addresses

The State Fact Finders of Della
ware held a meeting in the Peoples
Christian-Congregation Church at
Dover Friday evening at which stir
ring addresses were made by Lieu
tenant-GovePflor ]. Henry Hazel, of
Dover, president of the association;
Horace Greeley Eastburn, of Will
mington, president of the Whining
ton City Committee; Delaware Pro-
hibition Director General Rowan;
Mrs. A. D. Warner and Mrs. Hay,
both of Wilmington and Represen-
tative e. E. Benson, of Dover, all of
whom urged support of the dry laws
and the great necessity of securing
candidates for the Legislature and
other State officers who are "dry."
Prohibition Director Rowan who
made his first appearance to a Del
aware audience, pledged his undivid-
ed and loyal support in enforcing
the Federal prohibition laws and
asked the support of all sympathiz-
ers with him.
Mr.. Eastburn spoke of the present
conditions as compared with cOndi-
tions prior to the Volstead Act and
urged the Fact Finders of Delaware
to be as active as were the knights
of old in aiding the cause of prohi-
bition by their support in every way
possible.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
ONLY ABOUT 5000
DRIVERS LICENSES
HAVE BEEN-ISSLJED
Motor Vehicle Officials
See Serious Delay Unless
Applications Speed Up
REQUIRED MARCH 1

Only about 5000 persons have
secured new automobile drivers Ii
censes from the State Motor Vehicle
Department, it was said in Dover
on Thursday.
Officials of the department eX-
pressed fear, that if the applica-
tions for drivers licenses, for the
year beginning March 1, were not
returned more rapidly, there will be
a congestion in the department
which will result in a delay in the
issuance of the licenses and thOus-
ands of Delaware drivers may not
be able to secure their cards for
several days after the old permits
have expired.
New licenses must be secured be-
fore March !. More than $4,000 ap-
plications for operators licenses
have been sent out to the drivers
who held Delaware licenses during
the present u month period.
OF the 5000 applications received
with the payment for the license en-
closed, nearly 1000, it was disclos-
ed, had to be returned to the appli-
cants. This was due to the fact
that the applications were incor-
rectly or incompletely filled out.
Hundreds of persons who sent in
applications to the department with
the license fee, failed to pay any at
tention to the questions asked on
the back of the application. These
questions, it was stated, must be
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receive his drivers license. The lit
tie notice On the face of the appli-
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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
SUSSEX CROWDS
BLOCK PLAN OF
PRIVATE LICKINCS
ClamOr Results In Public
~ Viewing Whipping OF
Five Negroes
STATE POLICE BUSY
Sheriff Brittingham Re-
Trains From Placing Can
vas To Shield Prisoners
STATE POLICE BUSY

The clamOr of 1000 Sussex coun-
tians last Saturday that they be CIV
Ell the right to see five negroes lash
ed at the whipping post for theft of
chickens, was so loud that plans to
make the whipping private had to
he abandoned.
1t had been decided to stretch a
canvas about the post so that the
crowd would not have a chance to
take photographs. Where the order
came from is not known but the
crowd soon heard of it and declar-
ing it was a violation of the Revised
Code of Delaware, cOditied in 1915,
they demanded to know from whence
such an order came.
Sheriff Lorenzo Brittingham de-
MED he had anything to do with the
order and when he arrived at the
Jail found that the canvas had not
been erected. After more than an
hour of deliberatiOn he decided that
he would not assume the authority
of having it erected.
The sheriff and his deputy led the
five prisoners into the yard and in
full view of the thousands of per-
sons present, some of them women
with babies in their arms, admins
tered the lashings.
Joseph Smith, of Baltimore, was
given five lashes by the sheriff at
1:35 o'clock Because he is 81
years old and sick, the cat-of-nine-
tails was not laid on as heavily as
on the others.
The other negroes whipped were
Paul w. Morris, 25 years old; Joseph
Fleming, IS years old; Raymond d.
Morris, 20 years old, and Norman
Wright, % years old.
The crowd, started to assemble at
8 o'clock in the morning as the
whipping was scheduled for 10
o'clock By that hour both sides of
the du Point Highway, as well as
the yard and driveways of the Aims
house farm on which the new jail
is situated, was crowded with auto
mobiles. Several State policemen
were kept busy directing traffic.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
MILFORD FOLKS WILL
VISIT FLOWER SHOW
Display In Philadelphia VIII BE Fin
est In The Eastern Part OF Nation

Flower lovers in and around Mil
ford are checking up March Z to II
on their calendars as this particu-
lar week marks the date of the fa-
nous Philadelphia Flower Show.
The garden clubs in and about this
section will journey to the "City of
Brotherly Love" to see this gorge
GUS exhibition of spring flowers, be-
cause it serves as a helpful educa-
tional course in Horticulture and ar
tistic flower arrangement as well.
One of the outstanding exhibits
this year will be mammoth display
of red roses known as "The Olym-
piad" by the Dreer Nurseries. This
group will comprise fifteen hundred
plants, with from five to ten flow
ers on each plant-a solid bank of
at least ten thousand roses, in an
artistic woodland setting.
Conard and Pyle will make an
equally elaborate display of their
new rose "The Thomas A. Edison" "
Robert Fairbanks, the famous rock
garden specialist of England, plans
to build the largest and most artis-
tic rock garden ever arranged in
DOORS
Every conceivable spring flower
will be shown at this years show
which will be even larger than last
years record breaking exhibition.
The Widener Estate again promises
to exhibit its 100000 forest" of
acacias.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
SUSTAINS
APPOINTMENT OF
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
UphOlds Governor Buck
In Naming StOver AS
Adjutant General
PLACE LONG VACANT
X ent County Tribunal
Finds EIIisOn's Selection
Never Confirmed
PLACE LONG VACANT

In an unanimous opinion handed
! down Tuesday in Dover the Kent
County Superior Court sustained
Governor Bucks appointment of
Colonel Weller E. StOver as AdJu-
tant General of Delaware. The Gov
ernor made the appointment three
days after removing ]. Austin Eli
son from the position July 3, 1881.
The court holds that a vacancy
existed in'the Office of Adjutant Cen
eral after the end of the session of
the Delaware Senate which followed
the appointment of Ellison in No
vember 1920; and that the vacancy
continued until Stover's appoint
ment by Governor Buck.
The opinion of the Kent County
Superior Court followed upon quo
warranto proceedings instituted by
General Ellison to GUST Colonel StO-
yer as his successor in the position
of Adjutant General. Arthur G. To-
gan, of the law firm Of Marvel, Nor
ford, Ward and Logan, represented
General Ellison in court on Tues
day, due to the illness of James r.
MorfOrd, who had argued Ellison's
case before the court at Dover some
months ago. Attorney General Reu-
ben Satterthwaite, Jr., and Deputy
Attorney General Charles +. Rich
ards, represented Colonel Stover.
The courts decision settles the
matter of Governor Bucks legal
right to remove Ellison from the po-
sition, and install Colonel Slower,
inasmuch as the opinion clearly re-
veals that General EllisOn's original
appointment was never approved by
the State Senate, and was purely an
ad interim appointment.
''It is agreed in this case" reads
the opinion, that General Ellison
was originally appointed as an ad
interim appointee during the recess
Of the Senate and that his name
should have been submitted for con-
firmation to the Senate at its meet
ing next after his appointment. We
think that a recess appoinIee, ap-
pointed to fill an absolute vacancy,
cannot hold office as a de jure Off
Ger after the end of the session of
the Senate next after the appoint
ment. 1t necessarily follows, there
fore, and we now hold that a vacan-
cy in the office of Adjutant General
existed after the end of the session
of the Senate next after the ap-
pointment of General Ellison on
November 10, 1920, to wit in the
year 1921, and that such vacancy
continued to exist until the appoint
ment of General Stover. the re-
spondent in this case.
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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
MILFORD HIGH
BOYS PLAY new
CASTLE TONIGHT
Local Basketball Organi-
zatiOn To Play For Di-
visiOnal Championship
s At DOVER TONIGHT

Many thrills and plenty of eX-
citement is in store for those fol-
lowers of the Milford Buccaneers
as they watch their favorites go in
to action in the division play-off
against New Castle in the Dover
High gymnasium tonight.
For the first time in six years, the
Milford boys have climbed to the
top rung of their divisional cham
pionship ladder. After lean years a
full harvest is bound to follow and
there are those hardy souls who,
seeing fate play role in this dra-
ma, say that this must be Milford's
year.
The road to the title Of Division c
was not a bed of roses. The boys
came through in splendid shape,
however, and are quite ready to
throw their full strength into the
fray.
Coach Herb. Elliott Informally
made known that he has a plan or
two that may surprise the favorites
from upstate. The word favorites
was used none too eXtravagantly,
for New Castle, State Champs last
year, have their same veteran COM
bination on the floor. From the man
ner in which these lads have been
bowling over all opposition, it is
safe to infer that they have lost
none of last seasons effectiveness.
Milford has two lads who are
quite likely to prove hard nuts to
crack. The sterling defensive tactics
of Heyman Roosa has been a feature
in all of the local games this year.
Equally as brilliant, and far more
noticeable to the average fan, has
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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
FOUR DIVORCES
ARE GRANTED BY
COURT IN KENT
Mismated Couples Given
Legal Separation; Decis-
ion Reserved In Another
GRAND JURY MEETS

Four DEGREES nisi were handed
down by the Kent County Superior
Court at Dover on Tuesday with
Judges Rodney and Richards sit
ting. They were Viola Baler from
Elijah Baler; Laura c. Nelson from
William E. Nelson; May Stanton
Brulator from John Leonard Brula-
tor; Marguerite G.. Cooper from
julius H. Cooper. The case of Harry
Spayed VS.. Edna Spayed was heard,
but decision was reserved.
The divorce case of Frederick j..
Brown VS.. June Massey Brown of
Smyrna was continued until the
April term of court owing to the
illness of one of the attorneys in
the case. This case is to be con-
tested o; the wife.
The divorce case of Frank Wag-
ner vs.. Ethel Wagner and James
Graham Scott VS.. Augusta Campbell
Scott scheduled for hearing were
discontinued.
True bills returned by the Grand
Jury follow: Two against Isaiah
Brown for larceny; Clifford Mitch
ell, larceny; William Hudson, break
ing and entering with intent to
commit larceny; John Crossbury,
nOn-sUppoyt; Two indictments
against John Caldwell and john Col
Ems, one f)r Illegal. possession and
the other for manufacture Of liquor;
Elijah Baker, illegal possession of
liquor; Howard Johnson illegal pos
session of 'iquor; Ernest Jones, il
legal possession Of liquor; three in
dictments against William Bell, Jr.,
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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
FZREMEN ARE
HANDICAPPED
ATGARAGEFZRE
DOG OWNERS SHOULD
LICENSE DOGS NOW

The Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners has is
sued the following warning to
all dog owners:
All dogs over four months
of age in this State, except in
the City of Wilmington, must
be licensed by the first of
March. The license fee is
$1.00. Also it is unlawful to
permit any dog to run at
large anywhere in this State
between the first day of
March and the first day of
October, unless accompanied
by the owner or custodian and
under his or her immediate
control.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
ADVISORY COUNCIL
FOR KENT FORMED
Mrs. II. r. Harrington Chosen Pres,
ident OF Adult Education Group

Representatives of Kent county
public school adult education cen
ters met in Dover Thursday night of
last week and organized an advisory
council on adult education for 1882.
Mrs. H. r. Harrington, president of
the 1881 council presided.
officers elected for 1882 were
Mrs. H. R. Harrington, Dover cen
ter, president; Mrs. Marguerite
Keys, Clayton center, secretary
treasurer.
Committees were appointed on
Kent county adult education meet
ing, program development and plan
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Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
WOMEN ORGANIZE HERE
IN FIGHT A G AIN ST
PR 0 HI B | Il l O n

Mrs. Sanders Truitt, of Lake
view avenue, chairman of the
Sussex County Branch of the
Women's Organization for No
tional Prohibition Reform, re
ceived at her home last Thurs
day Mrs. Pierre S. du POnt,
and Miss Jeanette Eckman, of
Wilmington, who came to or
ganize the movement in Mil
ford. Mrs. du Font, the State
chairman, read an interesting
paper outlining the purposes
of the organization, and Miss
Eckman, the State secretary,
gave an Illuminating talk on
the practical aspect of the
work. The meeting was well
attended, and much hope was
entertained for the future.
At the close of the meeting
Mrs. J. Lynn Pratt was made
chairman, and Mrs. John B.
Love secretary of the Milford
branch.
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, February 10, To
Tuesday, February 1G, Inclusive

Charles J. Holzmueller, local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions in Mil
ford from Wednesday, February TO-,
to Tuesday, February 16. inclusive:
Temperature Rain
Milford chronicle., 1932-02-19

Total Rainfall ......... .03
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
Evening star., 1932-01-29
3 Pounds of
Coffee
SOC

Ground, roasted and
packed especially for
S. Kann Sons Com
pany.
Evening star., 1932-03-07

York tabloid, White House etiquette re-
quires the wearing of gloves from start
to finish OF the ordeal of formal tea,
and the serving Of candy to be handled
with gloves has presented one of those
delicate social problems which Mrs.
Hoover has been called upon to solve.
Under the caption "A Fine Point in
White House Etiquette" the article says:
Candy has a prominent place on the
White House tea table But imagine the
unfortunate results if the first lady
should err in her choie of confectionS
For etiquette demands that guests wear
their gloves throughout these functions
Candy OF the 'Smeary' variety would
undermine the poiSe of the most tea
worthy Washingtonian. So Mrs. Hoover
serves hard candies or pieces with un-
usually firm coatings and of size to
be eaten in one bite. Colors harmonic
with the decorations"
X 4 X
The following story is much too good
to be true, but is being told around
washington official dinner tables as a
gentle satire on the propensitieS of pres
ent-day government research. 1t is said
that titled English visitor recently at
the Capital confided to American friends
that his hobby was the study of fire
nleS and that his mission in this coun-
Try was to find out all he could about
American firefiies. 1t is related that he
was next day taken to the Department
OF Agriculture and to the Office of one
OF the departments bug experts" The
visitor made known his profound inter-
est IN flreflieS, whereupon DR.. Whoosis
OF the department opened up with an
hourS dissertation on the subject of
tlrpf1iac wit ol, vic
eraphS, tables and ponderouS volumes of
data. The Englishman was overwhelmed
WIN the wealth and variety of statis-
llcal information. This is truly re-
markable," he said. MY mission is
completed in single afternoon. I need
Lot investigate further. I am deeply
Obliged to you" You are not under
.ne slightest obligation to me-" DR..
Whoosls Is alleged to have replied I'm
Iacl, II Is l who am under obligation to
you l have devoted 20 years of my life
&c research respecting the American
ilreny ana you are the first person who
mas ever made single inquiry of me on
thls subject. I now feel that my work
mas not been in vain"
=, uncle Sam was more than one and
three-quarters billions of dollars "in
tne red" as he entered the ninth month
OF the flscal year on March l. accord
ing 10 the Treasury figures. This deficit
compares with deficit of only three
nunored million dollars at the cor
responding date last year. Yet on
June 30 last year the deficit had
chmoed almost to the billion-dollar
mark. At that rate, and with the start
II now has the deficit on this coming
June 80 may reach to three billion
dollars. No wonder Congress is putting
up pretty nearly united front in favor
OF immediate and drastic tax increases
Copyright, 1892
Evening star., 1932-03-07
A Bit of Winter Weather.

March has played one OF its charac-
teristic tricks upon this section of the
country After many weeks Of fair
weather that made a record OF mildness
and absence of snow and ice, the Cap
ital was hit yesterday by storm that
came swirling out Of the West with a
fury that caught everybody unawares.
Beginning with steadily increasing
rain, suddenly came change Thun-
der was heard, but 1t was not "har-
binger of Spring" On the contrary, It
was almost simultaneously accompanied
by a change from rain 10 snow, and
then for hours the snow persisted prac-
tically the first fall of the season And
with the snow came furious wind, and
then the thermometer went slithering
down until the years low of seventeen
degrees was registered. 1t was in minor
measure veritable blizzard. The wind
at one time reached a velocity of fifty
seven miles an hour, with an estimated
speed of one hundred and twenty miles
at an altitude of five thousand feet.
Trees were blown down and other dam
age was done. Travel waS impeded.
Fortunate were those who had no er-
rands out of doors Luckily. the dag
was Sunday, when there was no I'm
perative need for travelling.
Probably the thought prevailed gen.
orally throughout the community that
yesterdays visitation was just the sort
that has made Inauguration days in
Washington occasions for great dis
comfort and even suffering. Such q
day, and worse, was that on which
President Taft was inducted into Of
fee in 1909. Other inaugurations in
the same sort of conditions were re-
called. Then came the question whether
the proposed change from March To
January, to be effected By the lame
Evening star., 1932-03-07
John Philip Sousa.

The news of the death of John Philip
Sousa came as a severe shock to the
people of Washington, for he was one of
them WaShingtonian by birth and
by long service here. Though for a
number of years he had been engaged
in wider field and made his home
elsewhere, he remained in point of
close association one of the home
folks" of the Capital. 1t was hoped
that when he ceased his active work
as conductor he would return to spend
his remaining years at the scenes of
his boyhood and of his early success
as bandmaSter.
Sousa became more than a national
figure He was virtually international
His name was known throughout the
world, for his work as both band leader
and as composer. His marches were
played in every land. He was, pre-
eminently, the march king" even as
Strauss was the waltz king"
A "Sousa march was invariably to
be heard wherever people were in pa
rade. He was peculiarly the master Of
the rhythm that lifts the spirits He be-
came leader of the band of the Marine
Corps at the age of twenty-five, and
during the twelve years of his leader
ship he made that organization famous
In 1892 occurred the death of Patrick
Gilmore, whose musical organization
had gained wide fame, and the sug
gestion was made to Sousa by friend
that he was the best qualified of Amer
ican bandsmen to succeed to that gifted
leader. He organized his own band
and began a career that won immediate
recognition. Washington followed his
fortunes with the interest due to his
close local association and took pride
in his success.
John Philip Sousa, gifted with excep-
tional ability beyond the mere welding
of the baton in direction of a group of
musicians, might have made a great
name for himself in the composition
of larger works than marching tunes.
He wrote several light operas which
would undoubtedly have succeeded but
for the fact that at the time difficulties
arose to prevent their acceptance and
presentation, due to the rivalries of the
then leading exponents Of that form of
entertainment. His disappointment in
that respect caused him to devote him
self particularly to the composition of
marches and it was perhaps by reason
of that fact that he gained his world
wide reputation in that field of musical
creation. He wrote several books. which
bore upon his experiences as bandmaster
and gained wide reading A delight
full companion, he was welcome at every
gathering and as dinner speaker he
was in demand. His career was proof
of the hypothesis that man best sue
ceeds who develops his natural talents
and pursues the course in which they
are Steadfastly applied.
Evening star., 1932-03-07

comes Ill from Democratic Senator
who has franked out to his constituents
many political speeches delivered by
himself in the Senate and designed to
influence the voters to whom they are
sent. Mr.. Hyde points out that the
Government pays for the transporta-
ton of Senate speeches as well as for
the statement franked out by the Sec
retary of Agriculture.
1t is no secret that the franking
privilege, which is extended to all mat
ter published in the Congressional Rec
ord, has been used to cover the coun-
try in campaign years with millions of
addresses delivered by both Democrats
and Republicans. The use of this
franking privilege for campaign pur-
poses costs the Government a whale of
lot OF money, no matter who sends
out the speeches. Furthermore, a can
didate for nomination or election to
Congress who is opposed to a sitting
member of Congress having this frank
ing privilege is at distinct disadvan-
tage an advantage for which the Gov
ernment foots the bill.
Evening star., 1932-03-07
duck" amendment to the Constitution,

duck" amendment to the Constitution,
will lead to similar experiences.
There is comfort in the reflection
that this brief blizzard" with its low
temperature, its high wind and its snow.
is probably the finale of the Winter.
Certainly there is not much time for
much more of the same sort. But even
if March continues to roar to the end
of its days as it did yesterday it will
not bring the average of the Winter to
the point at which the season will have
been one of serious discomfort. And
that is a cause for congratulation, es-
pecially in the present state of the pub
lie purse. The mildness of this season
has been a blessing to those who are
out of work and out of funds, and who
in the ordinary Winter weather would
have suffered terribly.