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Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
LENTEN REFLECTIONS

What practical results flow from
the observance of Lent by many
millions of people? This is not q
serious age. and there are not sc
many as formerly who deprive them
selves of anything they really want
Still, Lent is noticed and observed
by a great body of people. Attend
ance on church services is largely
increased, and many folks still deny
themselves things they desire.
Anyone who denies himself any
thing he wants as 4 matter of prin-
ciple, always gains something in re-
turn. If he gives up some pleasure
of taste, he in return has gained a
better self control. The ability to
control oneself is the highest gift
that life can offer, and it brings gen.
erDus rewards.
An infinite number of people re-
gret the ills that flow from lack of
self control, but no one ever regrets
the power he gains as the result of
mastery over his own appetites and
inertia. The self controlled people
rule the world.
Lent is supposed to be a period OF
penitence for wrong living and
false purposes. Many people will
say they are not conscious of any
wrong living or false purposes. They
are doing as we'll as they cam. they
claim. But human nature is too toll
Grant of itself. There may be some
few who are fully devoted to noble
ideals, but they are rare. .;a.
For most of us. life is q selfish
pursuit of personal ends. We grasp
and grOan for the things we desire
for ourselves, or for our families,
which is the same thing. Meanwhile
the suiferings of the world go, I'M
needed. Most of us have plenty to
regret in this constant self absorp-
tion.
The folks who claim to be doing
no wrong, usually have plenty of
sins of neglect on which they might
reflect during the Lenten period.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
EA.nEY snRNG

When does Spring begin? The
vast territory -Of our country offers
many varieties of climate Our
changeful weather has its moods and
lenses. 1t may have been spring at
one date last year, but that time OF
this year may see wintry storms.
But there is one sign iOf spring
that is invariable, mud that is the
forward march of the sun. Even
though some sour wind sends its
acid shivers into our innermOst
bones, yet as February grows into
March, the sun has advanced far
above it's low point. His glowing
light gives direct promise of the
season of life and growth, even if
the thermometer feels no spring in
the icy temperature. '". ...r
Nature lovers are thrilled. by the
signs of spring. Swelling buds, .ut-
tering their first response to. ma
ture's call, say that plant growth is
arising from it's sleep. Whatever is
precariOus and uncertain lin our
changeful lives, nature is one force
that never goes back ON us.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
OLD GRIP GERAL

Old Mr.. Grip Germ, that most dia-
bolical cuss of the winter season, is
again doing business at the old
stand. Possibly he has suffered from
what our good friend "Andy" calls
the repression, which is said to
lead people to go to he'd early and
avoid weakening eXcesses.
From that cause or some other,
influenza has not been as serious as
usual. But our people should rap
on wood, for they are not through
the woods even yet. There is still
plenty of time for grip weather. Our
folks should; take the necessary pre-
cautions. Plenty of open"air, venti-
lated houses and working places,
lodging out of the reach of coughers
and sneezers, these are good ways to
ward off this attack. and avoid
spending some days in bed
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

The people are always looking for
good times and enjoyments in their
home towns, but whether they get
those enioyments depends altOgeth-
er on themselves.
People who want more things go
ing on in town or city like Milford
can always have sue hthings, by just
stirring around a little and starting
such activities. If people don't have
social life enough, why don't they
organize little clubs among their
own friends, to play cards or dance
or study books or debate public
questions? They will find plenty of
others who would be happy to join
such circles. The town where many
folks are organizing these pleasant
little groups is one where people al
ways have good time.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
HEROIC DEFENDERS

The world stands in admiration of
400 or more heroic Chinese soldiers
who held off a great army OF 1apan-
ese for days at Shanghai. The old
idea that John Chinaman was.a good
man on shirts and collars, but too
peaceful to put up real scrap. will
have to be forgotten now. l.,
The effective fighting done by these
and other Chinese at Shanghai, is a
sign that the great inert mass of
these 4OO,0OO.OOO people is arOusing
from the sleep of ages. 1t will con-
stitnte the worlds greatest power
when once it acquires science and
organization. Such nation is worth
having as a friend.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
ADAMS CROSS ROADS

The Bloomery Aid met at the
home of Mrs. lBlanch Adams last
week and about forty were present,
several of whom were visitors, to
which warm greetings were extend
ed. The dining room was decorated
with pink carnations and ferns. At
each plate "hatchet" was laid to
remind of WashingtOn's Birthday.
The business was followed by a So
cial hour before the good things
were served. 1t was truly a delight
full affair. .. .
The funeral of Mr.. Hickman of
Greenwood was held in Bloomery
Church Saturday last at noon.
The All Club held d meeting at
Woodenhawk school last Friday eve
ming, at which Daddy" Cobb was
the speaker, and Miss Moore, club
leader. A demonstration of griddle
cakes was made and served TO all.
The girls who made the demonstra-
ti0n were Reba Adams and Nellie
Mitchell. '-
" A surprise party was given at the
ihOme of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Seely
last Saturday evening in honor of
their daughter, Marriott, wko is
student at the WOman's College, at
Newark. Those who took part con-
sisted of the entire 1881 class of the
Bridgeville High School and friends.
1t was q charming party.
Sunday school will be ut 10 a. M.
at BlOomery Church.
The Misses Bernice and Reba Adj
ans had as guest last Tuesday,
Miss Moore of Georgetown.
The Sunday visitors were not nu-
merOus. Mrs. Clarence Messick and
son were guests of her sister, Mrs.
Dan Chafflnch and Mrs. Laura Seely
was home with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dean Seely. r..
Miss May Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Roland Nelson and Mrs. VIM. Jones
visited Baltimore over Sunday. "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland Dukes and
daughter, Mrs. Ella Peters, Mrs.
Della Brown and Miss Grace Adams
of fredericksburg spent Friday even
ing with Jim Adams.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
Milford, Friday, March 4, 1892
THE DANGERS OF MONOPOLY

If Congress relaxes somewhat on
the laws regulating business, as
many people feel il should, would
combines raise prices and squeeze
unjust profits out of the people?
That idea is often expressed The
American people fear monopolies.
Whom attempts are made to estab-
dish such mOnopolies, they face com
petition from small business con-
Germs. A combination which is seek
ing TO raise prices is not usually
sueoessful in getting these small
concerns to join i'm with these move
ments. They would rather take their
7chances on building up their own
trade. ...
In some lines, small independent
concerns have Jared better through
the recent depression than the big
ones. Someone was telling of small
textile mill, which has had all it can
do right, along, while many concerns
were running part time. The man
agement of that min could adjust
their methods and patterns to meet
the demands of the trade very quick
ly. If'they got Il rush order on some
new style goods, they had that staff
shipped in surprisingly short time.
Volume of business gives a big
concern certain advantage. When
you run 1000 articles through fac
tory in a day, the cost per article
should not be so great as if you sim
ply do 10 or 100 of them. But on
3the other hand, the small producer
may work so hard, and watch his
processes so very carefully, and ad-
just himself so promptly to trade de
mands, that he produces on the
whole as cheaply as the big one The
great Number of suGh c0hce1'ns con-
stitutes a protection against monop-
oily more effective than any laws
The ideal laws for regulating bust
ness, would be such ones as will per-
NIT business to cooperate to pre-
vent waste and over production. and
at the same time so protect the
small producers that they can al
ways give the bigger ones effective
competition.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
THE WORLD MOVES

4The attitude Of many people to-
ward their town life, is that what
aeverwas good enough for past years,
is good enough for the future Many
of them say that anything that was
good enough for their fathers, is
good enough for them. So many
towns maintain schools that are not
up to date, their roads, streets, side
walks, fire protection, etc, are not
keeping up with the modern stand
Meanwhile in progressive towns, ii
is argued that the world is moving
ahead fast, in spite of temporary set
backs. improvements are constant
ly being introduced. Better schools,
better roads, better sidewalks, bet
ter fire protection, better everything.
They feel that unless a community
keeps up with the procession, it soon
appears like back number.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
BETHEL

The MERRY Methodist" will have
a bingO party on Friday evening
March IL, in the Community House
Admission, 10 cents. There will be
25 games played and there will be
free prizes given away.
Miss Eleanor Quillin, of Philadel-
phia, spent the weekend with her
grandparents, Capt. and Mrs. w. J.
Quillin:
Mrs. Herbert Phillips and daugh-
ters, Margaret and Mary Ellen, of
Middletown, were weekend guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H.
Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uric Smith, Mrs.
Harley Hastings. Carl Bennett of
Sharptown, Md. mOtOred to Will
mingtOn on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Beers spent q
part of last week with friends in
Trenton, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney Larrimore
and children. of Philadelphia, Pa,
were weekend guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ely ]. Cordrey.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. H. Williams, Jr.,
motored to Philadelphia on Sunday.
Howard Furness returned home on
Friday after being in the Delaware
Hospital at Wilmington for removal
of tOnsils.
The Ladies' Aid was entertained
on Saturday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. II. Williams.
Rev. j. r. Jester is still imprOv-
ing at this writing, but was not able
to fill the pulpit on Sunday. Thigh
man Hastings, of Laurel, filled the
pulpit for MT..7Jester..- .'a..,-,. .... ..
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
.(New York Times)


Just after Speaker Garner an'
the House Democrats had an
nounced their purpose to brinl
about a sweeping reorganization anC
economies in the Government scr
vice, the President sent a message
to Congress demanding Legislation
| for the same objects. But in this CO.
/ incidence there is nothing suspici'
ously political The subject is one
which Mr.. Hoover has often pressed
upon public attention and upon
! Congress. The movement for admin
( istratiVe reform dates, in fact, faI
/ back. Congress itself has worked al
the job. Senator SmOot headed q
committee which spent months IN
ascertaining the facts and which
made a report recommending many
changes-some of them like those
now proposed by the President. But
little or nothing has been done. Be
yond consolidating the various bu-
reaus for veterans, and .concentra-
ting lOw-enforeement agencies in
the Department of Justice, no real
reorganization has been seriously at
tempted. Yet the immense and nn-
wieldly Government bureaucracy
fairly cries aloud for reduction and
reeasting. Mr.. Hoover puts the
case we'll There is today an iHtOler-
able amount of overlapping and in
efficiency and waste in the eXecu-
tive departments. If the system were
taken in hand as it would be in the
case of any great business corpora
tion, multitude of superffuous 'em-
ployees could be dispensed with, and
millions could be saved while en-
hancing instead of lessening the eff
fioiency of the Government machine.
What the President requests is a
grant of authority to him to pro-
pose desirable consultations and,
with the consent of Congress, to ef-
feet them. Whether it will be dispos-
ed to entrust such work to the EX-
ecltive himself may he doubted, but
some foreeful administrator, some
businesslike committee, will have to
take charge of the great and urgent
undertaking. The play will be prais-
ed by everybody, but uncounted@
staoles, personal and political, will
be- thrown in the way of its eeNecu-
tion. This has been the inYariable
experience in the past. Whenever a
scheme has been put forward to
abolish needless officers, to check
Government agencies and bureaus
in their constant tendency to ex-
pand their functions and to call for
higher appropriations, powerful i'm
terests have gone to work to block
the endeav0r. 70 create newrCOm-
mission or to to4enlarge an old one is
easy. 70 eXtiBguish it when it has
become obsolete OF too costly--that
is the difficult and almost impossible
thing. .,.t "n.' ,+. .-
A similar opposition will Jun
spring up against intro
ducing order and economy into the
Government service, whether by the
President or by Congress. But if it
ever is to be overcome, 1T should be
and can beat a time when the most
cutting down of public /
expenses has become imperative. So /
it lis to he hoped that both. Mr.. |
Hoover and Congress will roll up |
their. sleeves and sharpen their
knives. The country will accept and
act upon plea of poverty. Like the .
man whe was asked to account for .
his strangely altered appearance, it
will be willing to say that 1t has
been straitened by circumstances -
take the phrase how ~yoH will.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

A YOUNG MAN who recently
went to work in business concern
in large city remarked that the
majority of the employees seemed
Indifferent and lacking in enthusi-
asm. They were interested only in
sports and amusements after work
ing hours, and i'll drawing their pay.
The idea of fitting themselves for
better service OH their pOb did not
occur to them. 1t is one of the ad-
vantages of doing business in a city
like Milford that its workers seem
as a rule very earnest and ambitious.
They want to make good. They are
eager to please, and if any lack that
quality, they do not hold their jobs
long. As result, one. gets better
service when he trades in the stores
OF our community.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
1T PAYS no READ ADVERTISING

A man remarked the other day
that formerly he did not read the
newspaper advertising much. "But,"
he said, II have had to ecOnomize
for the past year or two, and | read
these notices very carefully. / be-
lieve i save $25 to $50 a year on my
personal expenses by so doing. /
think my wife must save as much
more on her clothing, and still more
through advertised bargains of
foods, children's clothing, etc.
CART see any sense in peoples COM
planning about the cost of living,
when they throw away these chances
to reduce costs by not noticing the
Advertising. -'.
Advertising flattens out the peaks
and dGpressions of trade, and en-
ables business concerns to supply
the public at a minimum of expense.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
THE NEW JUSTICE

Few appointments to the United
States Supreme Court have given
such general satisfaction as that of
Judge CardOzo of the New York su-
preme court, to the place left vacant
by the retirement of Justice Holmes.
No one point of view comprehends
all truth. We need the conservatives
TO restrain MS from too hasty action,
we need the liberals to keep us from
satisfaction with the past. 1t has
seemed eminently just, that as JUS
tice Holmes was identified with the
liberal elements, his place should
be filled by one of similar tenden-
cies. by such balancing of opinions,
our country will be saved from those
extremes of action or inaction that
have brought shipwreck to many
nations.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
TIE WORM Will TrRY

The determined resistance of the
Chinese armies at Shanghai to the
invading Japanese has given the
world a bit of thrill. John China
man of Shanghai and NanBing and
Canton has been regarded as cap
able oG becoming an excellent wash
ee-washee man, but when it came to
fighting, it was supposed he would
distinguish himself mostly by his
running abilities.
But 10 and behold, the men in
those Chinese trenches have put up
a hard fight. and shown ability to
take punishment. 1t is sign that
the peoples who have been consid-
cred backward and -laggards in world
progress, are waking up and assert
ing themselves. They can not be
ordered around as if they were small
children.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
ASSAMS CANDIDATES. a3..xE>
As ~WET" DEMOCRATS
Mrs. Nicholson Asserts Women VIII
Fight Smith, Roosevelt, Rltchie,
Lewis Or Baker.

st. Petersburg, Fla.-Mrs. Jesse
w. Nicholson, president of the Ma
tiOnal WOmen's Democratic Law En-
fOrcement League, told the annual
convention Of the Anti-Sal0On
League of America here recently
that mo candidate thus far offered
by the Democratic party for the
Presidential nomination is accep-
table to the dry women of Ameri-
ca" f'-
She mentioned the names of AL
fred E. Smith, Franklin D. RoOse-
welt, Albert c. Ritchie, James Ham
ilton Lewis and Newton D. Baker.
These men are all vets and they
are not acceptable to our women"
she said, land unless a new leader
ship arises the Democratic party is
doomed"
1.-THE women of America" she add
ed, "here and now issue warning
to political party leaders that wo-
men will not surrender to nulliiica-
tiOnists." ----.-.'.,'@.-. .4..'e'-7'.'= '@-'7'
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
THE PRESIDENTS SHOCK
TROOPS

There seems to be no end to Presi-
don't HoOver's pes0urcefIflness. One
after another he has brought for
ward proposals for combating the
economic. ills that afflict the tcOun-
try, nationwide in their scope. di-
rect and fOrceful in their applica-
tion, sound in their conception, bust
ness-like in their method, each one
supplementing allathat had gone be-
fore, all OF, them, together coInpris-
ing the most complete program of
rehabilitation yand
recovery ever offered by any Presi-
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
THE MOTHER AND THE
HOME

After we have determined
every scientific fact, after we
have erected every possible
safeguard, after we have con-
structed every ediiice for edu-
cation or training or hospital
izatiOn or play, yet all of
these things are but Il 1.-THE
of the physical, moral and
spiritual gifts which mother
hood gives and home confers.
None of these things carries
that affection, that devotion of
soul, which is the great en-
dowment from mothers.
President Hoover
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
HOOVER GROWING FAVORABLE

Democrats of high and low degree
have made it very clear that they do
not like President Hoover. But
when one stops to think of it, it is
nothing new for Democrats not to,
like Republican presidents. They
did not like Lincoln, or Grant, or Nc.
Kinley or Roosevelt. IF some other
Republican than Mr.. Hoover were
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

IF YOU WANT a handsome look
ing town, contribute your share of
that appearance by making your
home place look handsome.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

If YOU WANT business to flow
into your store, better inform the
public through advertising, as to
the inducements that store is Offer
ing.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

,". tsafrs-4: I'D 't.;;t 's';'
= The tendency of recent years 4
-' o. ft'f..
" has been to, break down party =
discipline and weaken party .au-
lEe- 's"t ,'a 's''s5'f' - in'
" thOrlty. II has not improved the +
quality Of our Government. We =
'ts.f i Ee i'tt'% >'i' ~ - S
= need more party solidarity, not =
Te- q ~ ri '9'
" less. We need more seIf.sacri- =
Il flclng party loyalty and less
" personal political selflshness. .
Calvin Coolidge.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04

so FAR no zone ever made any
money by sitting around in easy
chairs and loafing places finding
fault with his home town.
Milford chronicle., 1932-03-04
WASTEFUL AND INEFFICIENT

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Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1932-03-30

orchids and made certain that the
card which lay among them was Of
the usual kind Of paper
Some words had been scrawled
upon it, a French proverb the equiva.
lent of the English exhortation to
make hay while the sun shines. /"
1t might have meant anything or
nothing.
But when the dancer took 1t to her
dressing table, she picked up one OF
the square bottles. seemingly like all
the other bottles thereon and poured
a little OF the fluid, which smelled
like a heavy perfume, on the card.
And after a little while. other words
appeared family between the lines Of
the proverb.
They" would be waiting tonight.
Just that.
These words, too, might have had
the most ordinary connotations. 1t
was hardly necessary to destroy the
card (which she did. however, setting
fire to the bits among the incense in
the burner). Trust Adriana to be
prepared for every alternative! He
had. OF course, kept his operatives
near Shubin's house last night, in
case she might need to pass ON the
documents. and the card was both a
warning that she was to finish the
work tonight and a reinsurance that
he would supply her with help.
The warning made her angry. Al
Nogales international. [volume] (Nogales, Ariz.) 1926-1979, 1932-03-30

which ste frequented or blurted out
their alteration at soirees when she
danced. Afterwards. she forgot their
names if not their faces. or their
faces if not their names. unless they
could be OF use to her
She was bit annoyed with her
self at this incident. anyhow. Rarely
did she permit her plans to be de-
flected and certainly not by some
obscure youth. Rosanof had done
her an injustice. She had had no
intention of going home with de
S.gnac. The old man was devoted to
her. as she said, "one of her court"
while in return she tolerated him
with an indulgence composed of af-
lection and contempt. She believed
that she had recognized a French
secret service man at the Pavilion
last night (the wine hid been spilled
20 attract Adriana's attention to him)
and she had meant to deliver the
Marquis to his home as O blind and
then go on to Shubin's where, ever
s:nce A6riana's instructions. her real
interest had been concentrated.
no matter how it suited her to play
her part of the moment. Mata Hari
had keen mind, a clear grasp OF
objective fact, and an immense
amount of resolution. Her lovers
were seldom perspicacious enough to
note that her body was strong as
well as seductive, the muscles as
timber from steadfast training as
those of an athlete. 1t was her
awareness of her own vitality which
gave her such command over herself,
kept her senses alert, her nerves cool
behind the mask.
She sprang out of bed and called
to her maid.
Marietta, is it morning or after
noon?"
Good afternoon, Madame. It's
half past one"
Mata Hari felt really ashamed. She
had wasted one whole day by reck-
less caprice, for it was impossible to
arrange her business with Shubin at
the Embassy.
Bring my chocolate now" she said
CURLY. And then ring up Colonel
Shubin and say will dine with him
tonight in his rooms. I don't wish
to speak to him. Say am in my
bath"
The maid had already opened sew
eral boxes of flowers. None of them
were important, all were the usual
tributes that began the day-except
one. This box Mata Harris eyes chose
Immediately because Of its distinctive
shape. However, she could never be
sure that she was not mistaken until
she had counted the exact number OF