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Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
GRAND MASTER VISITS
LOCAL ODD FELLOWS
Visit In Lodge Is Followed BY Sup
per In Grange Hall

Milford Odd Fellows were hosts to
the Grand Lodge officials last Mon
day evening, when Grand Master W.
r. Outten, and staff, of the Delaware
Grand Lodge of l. o. o. F., made
their annuel official visit to Crystal
Fount Lodge No. 10.
The visitors were greeted and re-
ceived by the large membership with
all honors due their official position,
and made feel at home by the well
come extended by Noble Grand Neal
wilkins.
Grand Master Outten made the
principal address of the evening, in
which he complimented the mem
bership of Crystal Fount Lodge, for
the good sound condition. in which
he found the Lodge, stressing the
fact that this Lodge ranks as one of
the highest in Delaware. Short ad-
dresses were made by the other
Grand Lodge officials.
At the close of the meeting the en-
tire body went to Grange Hall, where
the committee of entertainment,
composed of Sam Berlin, Paris Kirby
and Samuel Bostic, had arranged a
delightful supper that was served by
the Ladies of the. Grange. George
A. Swain, degree master of Crystal
Fount Lodge, has called a rehearsal
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Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
GOVERNOR MAKES
50 P. c. REBATE
in INCOME TAX
Hopes Much Of Amount
Saved Will Go To The
Unemployed
$4OO,OOO IS INVOLVED
Stated Reduction Is Pos
sible On Account Of
Heavy Receipts
$4OO,OOO IS INVOLVED

At the same time that he an
nounced last Friday his decision to
authorize a rebate of so per cent in
State income tax on incomes for the
calendar year 1881, Governor C.
Douglass Buck declared: "This is
being done with the expectation and
hope that a substantial part of the
saving afforded the individual tax
payer will find its way as contri-
button from each one to his local
welfare committee"
Il confidently rely upon their CO.
operation" the Governor asserted in
announcing the income tax reduc-
tions and in expressing the hope that
a substantial part of the reduced
taxes will be contributed to the va
riOus relief committee.
Governor Buck estimates, from
the financial set-ups and forecasts
on which he based his action, that
the fifty per cent rebate will mean
a saving to State income taxpayers
of about 100000
1t really can be seen that if half
of this saving would be contributed
by the taxable benefited by the re-
bate to the various unemployment
relief committees the latter would
receive 100000 for their welfare
work in aiding persons who are in
need of such assistance.
Governor Buck decided on the in
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SPEAKERS CHOSEN FOR
DEMOCRATIC DINNER
Thomas +. Bayard, James M. Tun-
nell Among The Number

Former United States Senator
Thomas F. Bayard, James M. Tun-
nell, of Georgetown, Democratic Ma
tional Committeeman from Della
ware, John Biggs, Jr., State Chair
man of the Democratic Committee,
, will be among the local speakers at
the Democratic Victory Campaign
dinner Thursday night, January 14th,
in the gold ballroom of the DUPONT
BiltmOre in Wilmington.
Additional plans for the dinner
were made at a meeting this week
at the Democratic headquarters of
the special committee of the Will
mington Democratic City Committee
The latter organization, headed by
William Duffy, is sponsoring the
Statewide affair.
Judge Hugh NJ Morris, general
chairman for Delaware in the Demo-
cratic Victory Fund Campaign, will
be the POSTMASTER. The national
speakers will be George Gordon Bat
tie, eminent attorney, New York
City, and COngresswoman Marie Te-
resa Norton, of New Jersey
Joseph A. Doto is the general
chairman for the dinner; Mrs. Edna
Sheppard, secretary, and James ].
Cahill, treasurer
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
HENS PROVIDE
HALF OF SUSSEX
FARM INCOME
Corn Second Most Valu-
able Crop And Dairy
Products Third
POULTRY FAR AHEAD

Poultry and poultry products
brought in more money TO the far
mers of Sussex County during the
year just ending than all other
crops combined.
The Sussex County Extension De-
partment, headed by County Agent
c. R. Snyder, has compiled a crop
report showing the value of various
products and crops for the past four
years including this year. This re-
port was prepared after a great deal
of work through sending out thou
sands of letters and hundreds of in
terviews.
The total value of poultry pro-
ducts, chickens, chicks, broilers and
turkeys was $5,795,OOOO while the
total value of all crops and pro-
ducts including fruits and vege-
tables was but $11,O94,O00
The second value crop as to total
money received was corn $1,0S0,0O0
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tury Club building. Rabbit furnish
ed the principal of the menu, the
idea being to show how excellent
this animal is when properly cooked.
H. F. Weldin, president of the asso-
citation, presided. Rev. Frank Her.
son, pastor of the Avenue Methodist
Episcopal Church, welcomed the Wis
itors to Milford.
The speakers were Charles o..
Lewis, of Roslyn Heights, L. l.; H.
S. Palmer, of the University of Della
ware; H. E. Mitman, of Philadelphia;
Robert NJ Scott, of Torresdale, Pa;
H. N. Jones, Hampstead, l.. l.; Wal
ter Scott, Germantown. 1t was point
ed out in the speeches that there
were 500 rabbits in 39S pens at the
show. The chief attraction to many
of the breeders was a hybrid rabbit
whose fur resembles chinchilla. 1t
was also pointed out how the fur of
the various kinds of rabbits resem-
bled other well known furs. There
is a good market for this type of
rabbit fur.
Judging in the rabbit show was
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Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
POLICE SAY
WOMAN PAID
FOR MURDER
Believe Hattie Banks, Ne
gresS, Gave $40 To Man
To Slay Negro
WANTED INSURANCE

The solution of the murder of VIM.
James H. Taylor, alias Shorty" ne
gro, on the night of December 10,
last, near Smyrna, on the New Castle
county line, whose body was found
in the Ryan pear orchard, Tuesday
of last week, has been solved by the
arrest and imprisonment on Satur-
day of Hattie Banks, George Alexan-
der Woods and John Heengan, alias
Reds, all negroes, by State Police
officers, Sergeant Powell, Corporal
Conrad and Private Smith. Elsie
Banks, a daughter of Hattie Banks,
was also taken into custody as an
accessory, but allowed to return to
her home near Smyrna.
The story told by the two Banks
women and Woods, in the office of
Deputy Attorney General Melvin
Hopkins, Saturday night, rivals some
of the most cold-blooded murders
ever committed.
Hattie Banks is said to have told
of wanting to get rid. of Taylor, alias
shorty, because of his illtreatment
and also for the insurance on his
life The police say she admitted
planning the murder of Taylor and
Offering Woods money to do away
with him, of Woods refusing to do
the deed but suggested Hennegan,
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Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
IGNTTES CLOTHING
TO END HER LIFE
Mrs. Ruth r. Mitchell Found Fatal
ly Burned In Field

Despondent over an illness which
had continued for some time, Mrs.
Ruth Mitchell, wife of Lee Mitchell,
a dairy farmer living near Ridgely,
Md, killed herself by going into a
field where she saturated her cloth
ing with kerosene oil and then set
fire to it.
A farmer saw a fire in the field
and at once notified Mr.. Mitchell
who went to the field and found his
wife badly burned. He managed to
get the injured woman to the house
and summon medical aid. She was
then removed to the Easton Emerg-
ency Hospital where she died few
hours later.
Mrs. Mitchell who was so years
old, had waited until her husband
went to the barn between Z and 8
o'clock Sunday morning and then
left the kitchen where she was pre-
pairing breakfast and went into the
field where she set fire to her cloth
ing.
Mitchell was badly burned about
the hands and arms in extinguishing
the flames in his wife's clothing and
will be kept at the hospital for a
time.
Mrs. Mitchell was a daughter of
the late Mr.. and Mrs. David Replogle,
who moved to Baryland from Potts
town, Pa, about thirty years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
34,S51 LICENSES TAGS
ALREADY DISTRIBUTED
Number Exceeds That Issued In
January OF 1881

At the automobile department at
the State House it was reported that
the department had sent out all 1882
license tags which had been applied
for this year. Up to date, Tuesday
afternoon, the department had issued
94,S51 tags, which is slightly in ex-
cess of January of last year.
While the number of tags so far
issued is below the total of all of
last year, it does not mean, it is ex-
planned, that there are less automo-
biles in the State. There are always
many licenses take out during the
year other than January and it is
believed that when the year ends it
will be found that the 1882 licenses
are in excess of those issued in 1881.
Secretary of State Charles, H.
Grandland, who has resumed his du-
ties, has been at Dover during the
rush and with Assistant Secretary
of State William d. Denney, has seen
that the license tags were gotten out
as rapidly as possible.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
PRISON SENTENCE
FOR CHECK PASSER
Geo. LaramOre Receives is Months
At Plead Guilty Session

At the plead guilty court at Dover
Saturday with Resident Judge w. w.
Harrington sitting, George Laramore,
of Harrington, appeared before the
court on an indictment filed by Dep
uty Attorney General Hopkins,
charging him with forging a check
for $3.50.
Judge Harrington after admonish-
ing Laramore of his many times be-
fore the court called attention to
this latest offense which he deemed
a most serious one and sentencing
Laramore to Is months imprisOn-
ment in the New Castle County
WorkhOuse made is known that this
should be a warning to others who
have been committing like offenses
in lower Delaware.
Other indictments to which pleas
of guilty were made included George
Price, colored, charged with assault
and battery and was given nine
months in the workhOuse.
The case of William Shields and
Henry Mcbride, charged with lar
ceny of 151a bushels of corn from
H. M. Case, near Magnolia, and who
pleaded guilty to the charge, was
dealt with separately. Shields adj
mitted the stealing and was given 80
days in Kent county Jail while the
case of Mcbride who lives in Will
mingtOn and who was on a visit to
Shields and who carried the corn
to the mill in his automobile, was
continued until February term of
court.
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
DELMARVA GROUP
TO HOLD ANNUAL
MEETING MDOVER
Plan OF Rotating Gather
ings Will Be Followed
Again This Year
MEET NEXT MONDAY

The sixth annual mid-winteT
meeting of the official board of the
Del-Mar-Va Eastern Shore Associa-
ton will be held Monday, January
II, in the Century Club rooms, at
Dover. The meeting will be in the
form of a combined luncheon and
business session.
In issuing the call for this meet
ing President Stewart K. Powell, of
Onancock, Va, is following his plan
of rotating the larger group meet
ings among the three states repre-
sented on the Peninsula. The mid
summer meeting was held at Wach-
apreague, Va.
President Powell in his call states
that there has never been a greacer
need for determined effort in contin-
uing and expanding the work of the
Del-Mar-Va Association than at the
present time. He said that condi-
tions today call for loyal coopera-
tion of citizens in individual com
munities and throughout the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula so that they may
continue to successfully combat the
present situation.
Among the more important mat
ters to be considered by the official
board of the association is a plan
combining the issuance of a new
master booklet and the rebuilding
of the association membership. This
plan, if favorably acted upon will
provide presentation of individual
community features, so combined
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PRESENT LIKENED
TO VALLEY FORGE
SUFFERING IN 1777
Rev. Charles w. Clash
Makes Delaware Day
Address In Chapel
MANY AT SERVICES
Speaker Lauds Washing
toms Faith. Bishop Cook
Presides At Exercises
MANY At SERVICES

The country is passing through a
period similar to that of the winter
spent at Valley Forge in 1777 and
the people need the faith of a Wash
ingtOn to see them through, declared
the Rev. Charles w. Clash, rector of
Emmanuel p. e. Church, Wilmington,
and chaplain of the Delaware SOcie-
ty, Sons of the American RevOlu-
tion, speaking at the ninth annual
Delaware Sunday services Sunday
afternoon in the Memorial Chapel at
Valley Forge, Pa.
ION every side now, as in 1777,
there is suffering and want, anxiety
and fear" Dr.. Clash said. "'In those
days Washington was as the shadow
of a great rock in a dry land, he
presented a strong and courageous
example to those men whose faith
in the destiny of the nation was
waning. He derived his strength
from his faith in God. We, too,
should learn to know this source of
inspiration of Washington because
in it we can find the solution to the
despair that surrounds u.s.
The service was conducted by the
Delaware Society, Sons of the Amer
ican Revolution and the Sons of
Delaware and was the first in the
national bi-centennial celebration of
Washington's birth.
Despite the stormy skies and occa-
sional showers the Memorial Chapel
was crowded to the doors by Della
wareans and a number of visitors
fro mother States. Members of the
Colonial Danes of Delaware attend
ed in a body.
Shortly after 8 o'clock, six boys
dressed in the garb of Continental
soldiers, marched up>the central aisle
of the chapel and took the national
and Delaware State flags from their
place near the chancel and headed
the professional.
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Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
KENT SCOUT LEADERS
WILL MEET MONDAY
Leaders From Milford And Other
Towns VIII Take Part

The scout leaders training troop
of the Dover Area and General Tor
bert districts will hold it's first
meeting in the gymnasium of the
Dover high school on Monday even
ing, starting at 7:15 o'clock. 1t is
expected that about twenty Scout
leaders and other interested boy
workers will enroll at this first ses-
sion.
The experienced Scoutmasters who
will be in charge of the three patrols
of the training troop are: Charles
Murray, scoutmaster, Troop No. 1,
Harrington; K. A. Grant, scoutmas-
ter, Troop No. 1, FELTON,, and Ken
meth Meredith, scoutmaster, Troop
No. 2, Dover.
These three men will me this
week to make arrangements and
plans for the first meeting.
The first session will be devoted
to troop and patrol organization and
to the tenderfoot requirements with
practice in modifying. A. r. Shields,
scout executive of the Wilmington
Area Council, will give a short talk
on "The Scouting ObjecLjEes and
Program" "a
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
FREIGHT RATES
INCREASED TO
BOOST REVENUE
All Glasses Affected Ex-
cept Agricultural
Commodities
TO AID WEAK ROADS

Railroad rates went up on Mon
day on every class of freight except
agricultural commodities.
This is concrete first aid to the
roads which are having hard times
making ends meet under the shrun-
ken volume of commerce. All, ex-
cept roads already in bankruptcy,
will collect the increases in the
form of emergency surcharges.
The wealthier roads, through a
newly formed corporation, will loan
the proceeds to the weaker ones.
They are standing together to main
tain general railroad credit, to keep
up the value of bonds by making
possible payment of interest On all.
The surcharges will range from
six cents a ton on bulky classes of
carload freight, to two cents per
hundred pounds on odd-lot ship
ments. Their establishment is the
final compromise between the car
riers and the Interstate Commerce
Commission on rate boosting pro-
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Awards Are Made In Rabbit ShOw;
Numerous Prizes To Winners Here

The Rabbit show being held here
in the old Grange Hall building un-
der the auspices of the Delaware
Rabbit Breeders Association, in con-
junction with the Poultry Show and
Crop Show, has proven one of the
most interesting exhibits ever shown
in Milford. Hundreds of persons
have visited the Rabbit Show each
day to view the large number of ex-
hibits. Both floors of the building
are devoted to the display of rabbits
and there are more different kinds
of rabbits than the ordinary person
could ever believe exists. The show
opened on Tuesday morning and will
close tonight.
Superintendent H. B. Weldin, of
the Show, states that the display of
rabbits now being shown here is the
largest winter show of the year
throughout the entire United States.
1t is also rated as the third largest
Rabbit Show ever held in the nation
at any time. On Tuesday night the
Delaware Rabbit Breeders Associa-
tion held banquet in the New Cen
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
COURT AGAIN SHIFTS
TRIAL OF YUEL LEE
Judges Order Maryland Slayer Tried
At TOWsOn, Near Baltimore

The judges of the First Judicial
District comprising the lower part
Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland
on Tuesday ordered the case of Yuel
Lee, confessed negro slayer of four
members of the Green K. Davis fam
lily of near Taylorsville, be trans
ferred to Towson, county seat of
Baltimore county. No date was set
for the trial.
This means that the negro, who
has been in the Baltimore Jail since
he was rushed to Baltimore to avoid
possible lynching, except for one day
that he spent being shifted from Jail
to Jail, including the one at Will
mington, will have to be moved only
a distance of about ten miles for
trial.
The action also removed from the
Eastern Shore a problem that has
caused much bitter feeling between
Baltimore and many parts of the
Eastern Shore.
The court, comprising Chief Judge
John J. Pattison, and Judges Joseph
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RED MEMS TRIBES
GATHER AT MILFORD
First Joint Meeting OF Year In State
Was Held Tuesday

The first joint meeting of Red
Mems Tribes in Delaware this year
was held at Milford on Tuesday
night. Great Sachem B. H. Cooper
and his staff paid an official visit to
Milford, and was greeted by the
members of Sakimas Tribe No. 10.
The members of Red Cloud Tribe, of
Houston, were present at the meet
ing, which was in the nature of a
joint gathering of the two tribes,
and took part in the exercises indi-
cent to the visit of their Great
Sachem.
Great Sachem Cooper was accom-
panied by Great Senior Sycamore
w. H. Jackson, Great Junior Saga
more Frank w. Balling, Great
Prophet B. Frank Oliphant, Past
Great Sachem Edward McIntire,
Past Great Sachem Milton w. Fer
guson, Past Sachem Frank r. Zeb-
ley, Past Great Sachem S. H. Simp-
son and Past Sachem w. H. B. Max
well. Meetings of a like character
will be held throughout lhe ST..
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
Negroes Nominate
For City Council
Joseph ShOckIey And Clarence Polk, COLOred Chosen
By Negro Residents Of Fourth Ward To Run For
Council. Another Negro Faction Plans Opposition
Ticket. Creates Interest In NeL0 City Elections.

A number of negro residents of
the Fourth Ward met at the st. Paul
A. M. E. Church on Monday evening
and discussed town affairs as they eff
feet the membership of Council from
that ward. After a lengthy meeting
the negroes decided to demand two
seats in the new City Council and
accordingly decided to place in nom
inatiOn the names of Joseph Shockley
and Clarence Polk as their candi-
dates for the two members of coun-
Gil at the annual town meeting on
Friday evening, January 18th.
RumOrs are prevalent that another
negro meeting would be held some
time during the latter part of this
week, at which time still another Sc
lection for nominees for Council
from the Fourth Ward will be
chosen. 1t is said that the element
opposed to better government is
back of the latter movement, and
that their purpose is to bring up a
fight agains the present police force
should they succeed in election OF
their men to Council.
In the meantime, the action of the
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
STATE WILL ISSUE
$1,OOO,OOO ROAD BONDS
Money WIN Be Used To Pay For I'm
employment Work

Within few days State Treasurer
Williams will advertise the sale of
approximately one million dollars
worth of State Highway bonds, the
proceeds of which will be used to de-
fray the cost of thirty-three emerg-
ency road and sidewalk building con-
tracts let by the State Highway
Commission since November 1.
Bids for the bonds will be received
and opened in about five weeks.
All the contracts were letby the
commission during the past three
months to reliev to great extent
the unemployment situation.
The contracts have provided en-
ployment for upwards of one thaus-
and men.
The million dollars worth of road
and sidewalk building is but a small
part of the State contribution to re-
lief of distress among the unemploy-
ed heads of families.
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negroes in selecting candidates for
office last Monday night has started
the white residents to work with a
vigor. 1t is the present intention of
the white voters to nominate James
L. Davis, a member of the present
Council, as one of the candidates and
either James Stanton or G. Van Nuis
Wilkerson for the other. This lineup
seems to be developing rapidly as
the week passes.
In the other wards of the City
there is no undue excitement over
the election, and it is said that men
will be nominated who will prove
satisfactory in starting the new
charter on it's way. The general con-
census of opinion among the voters
in the Second Ward, which is that
section west of Walnut street, in
South Milford, seems to be that the
practical thing to do is to return
two members of the present Light
& Water Commission as members of
Council. Four of the five members
reside in this ward. In spite of this
fact, however, John Mayhem has an
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With the completion of the judging
and the awarding of the prizes the
annual state poultry, rabbit and
farm crop shop in Milford will be
brought to successful conclusion
today after being open to the public
for the past four days, during which
time the hundreds of exhibits of
high-class chickens, ducks, turkeys
and other poultry, rabbits, and all
kinds of corn, small grains and other
farm crops attracted large crowds of
farmers and other interested people
from all sections of the Peninsula
and adjoining states.
The attendance at the show yes
terday was unusually large, and it
marked record-breaker for all pre-
yious shows in this state, as the free
entertainment which was presented
at the Plaza Theatre under the au-
spices of the various agricultural as
sociations cooperating with the
business men of Milford was respon-
sible for the large number of farm
Milford chronicle., 1932-01-08
GOVERNOR BUCK
NAMES STEWART
TO BOXING BOARD
ReappOinted For Term Of
Three Years By Chief
Executive
FAVORS ATHLETICS

Announcement was made on Mon
day of the reappointment of j..
George Stewart as a member of the
State Athletic Commission by Gov
ernor G. Douglass Buck. Mr.. Stew
arts new term is for period of
three years, his previous appoint
ment having expired last Thursday.
He will continue to serve with Will
liam Coyne, chairman, and Clement
B. Hallam, the third member of the
commission. Mr. Coyne's term of
three years expires December 81,
1888, while Mr.. Hallam originally
was appointed for two years, his
term expiring December 81, 1882.
Mr.. Stewart is one of the best
qualified men in Delaware for mem
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CATCH NEGRO In STORE,
GETS JAIL SENTENCE
Say Justice OF Peace 'HendrixsOn
Exceeded Authority

Elwood Humphrey, colored, who
gave his place of residence as Ridg-
ley, Nd, was caught by John S. Hal
lett in the act of taking merchandise
from his store on Sunday morning.
He was arrested. The man was CIV
en- hearing before Justice of the
Peace Edward V. Hendrixson on
Monday and sentenced to two years
in Jail after he had pleaded guilty
to the charge. When the negro was
taken to Georgetown it developed
that the Milford Justice of the Peace
had exceeded his authority in SEN
fencing the man to a Jail sentence.
1t is said that the law requires that
he should be held for court, for no
committing magistrate has any pow
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