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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28

The Epworth League monthly
meeting will be held at the home of
Miss Nancy. Warren ON Friday eve
ming.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Wright enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Homer Wright and daughter Hazel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Wright and son
Howard, Mr.. and Mrs. Bullock and
son of Dover and Mr.. and Mrs. Ghas.
Cox and family of Wilmington.
Miss Mildred Jackson, student
nurse at the Wilmington General
Hospital, visited her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. W. P. Jackson on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. J. Satterfeld en-
tertained on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
Pembrook Satterfeld of Philadei-
phia, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Satterfield
of Harrington and Mr.. and Mrs. Ho-
mer Hopkins Of Frederick.
Mrs. Kate Spencer of Philadelphia
is spending some time with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. J. Satterfield.
Mr., and Mrs J. II. Huesman were
dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Storey on Sunday.
The meeting of the Kent County
Firemen Association in Dover on
Wednesday night was attended by
T. B. Spurry, G. w. Collins, Roland
Gruwell A. K. Jackson, G. w. John
son and James Hazel.
Mr. and Mrs. r. C. Ingram and
family were guests on Sunday of
Mt. and Mrs. ElwOod FARRELL of Vio-
Ia
Mrs. G. W, Faust of Los Angeles,
Calf. spent the past week with her
aunt, Mrs. Mollie Grace.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Wilson and
family of Philadelphia were dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Col
Inns
Mr. aud Mrs. Harvey Marvel of
Philadelphia have been visiting Mr..
and Mrs. NJ S. Marvel the past week.
The Ladies Aid will meet in the
Red Mems Hall on Monday, May 1,
with Mrs. Bessie Wright. social
chairman.
The regular monthly meeting of
the w. c. T. Z. will be held at the
home of Mrs. Cora Wright on
Thursday afternoon. May 4, with
Mrs. Addie Satterfield, social chair
man, at which time Mothers Day
will be observed.
Evelyn Seacord, Betty Seacord
and Jack Seacord entered the Muir
ply Home at Dover ON Monday.
Miss Ruth Waller, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Waller, OF Whining
ton, has been spending her Easter
vacation with Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. In
gram and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
William p Jackson.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Ingram and
family visited Mr.. and Mrs. William
Hunt of New Castle on Friday
A party was given the members of
the L. 7. l.. on Monday afternoon
Songs and games we're enjoyed after
which refreshments consisting of
pop corn balls, peanuts and tahger-
ines were served by the directors,
Mrs. G. w Collins. Mrs ]. X. Hazel,
Mrs, Edna Davis and Mrs. H. B. An
derson
The Smyrna baseball team came to
Magnolia to pla ythe school team on
Wednesday afternoon, but on ac-
count of the rain only one inning
was played.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
DRY DELEGATES
TO BE CHOSEN
BETWEEN MAY Is
TCOntinaed from First Pagel

[COntinHed from First PdgeI
Georgetown, five candidates from
Sussex county will be chosen: on
May 5 at a meeting in Newark the
three from rural New Castle will be
chosen.
Former Congressman Houston ap-
pointed the following members to
the executive committee from the
Senatorial districts of the State:
Wilmington and rural New Castle,
first district, Charles NJ. Bowers;
second district, Lorene Yingling;
third district, Arthur A. Wilmot;
fourth district, LeOnzO Green; fifth
district, William Deakyne; sixth
district, Charles Kirk; seventh dis
trict, to be named.
Kent county, first district. w. w.
Hynson, of Smyrna, assisted by Sen
ator L. V. Keith, of Dover; second
district, Edward Hughes, Kenton;
third district, James II. Hughes,
Dover; fourth district, Lorenza T.
Jones, Harrington; fifth district,
Harry Latchum, Milford.
Sussex county, first district, Mrs.
II. NJ. Messick. Bridgeville; second
district, L. j. Winder, SeafOrd. APP
pOintments from the third, fourth
and fifth districts will be named
later.
1t was decided that an educational
campaign will be started immedi-
ately i'm all parts of the State to
enlist sentiment in favor of the re-
tentiOn of the 18th Amendment and
at the same time an intensive cam
paign of canvassing to learn the
attitude of the voters will be con-
Quoted.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
MAGNOLIA

The regular monthly meeting Oi
the Preachers Association will be
held at Magnolia NJ. e. Church on
Monday, May 1. Dinner will be SER
we'd in the Red Mems Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude McIlvaine
gave a party ON Thursday afternoon
in honor of their daughter AIMS 3rd
birthday. Those present were Fran
els Spurry, Collins Davis, Newton
Reed, Barbara Soper, Junior Ken
ton, Rose Ann Reed. Dolly Butler,
Betty Ann Camper, Gloria Turner,
Doris McIlvaine, Pearl Orvis, Mrs,
Elva McIlvaine, Mrs. Irene Spurry,
Mrs. Ann Orvis, Mrs. Cora Wright,
Mrs. Molly MilbOurne, Mrs. Cora
Reed, James Kerbin, Mr.. and Mrs.
Hearn. Mrs. Booth and Mrs. Gordy
,Of Salisbury, Md.
Arthur J. Sipple and Homer b.
Anderson attended the bird dog field
trial at Glasgow last Saturday
Wesley Coverdale of Bowers was
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Roe
on Sunday
Miss Marie Gray spent Sunday
with Miss Helen Roe.
Mrs. Sarah A. Barnett, widow of
the late John G. Barnett, passed
away Saturday at GAS p. m, at the
age of SO years. being i'll only since
2:30 o'clock Saturday morning. Mrs.
Barnett was quite active. both men
tally and physically, until the end.
She was a member of the Magnolia
NJ. L. Church and Ladies Aid and
was strong Christian character
with a kind and loving disposition.
She is survived by three children,
Mrs. George Charsee of Wilmington,
J. L. Barnett and John A. Barnett;
five grandchildren, Mrs. J. +. Speak,
Lawrence G. Roe, of Bowers; Sara
and George Barnett and Edward
Kelly; three great grandchildren,
Ruth, George and June Speak, of
Philadelphia. Funeral was held on
Tuesday afternoon at ? o'clock at
Barratt's Chapel with interment in
adjoining cemetery.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Sc
mans, wife of Lewis Semans, was
held at her late home on Saturday
afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Flack of
Stonehurst, Pa, was a weekend
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Barnett.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Paradee,
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. McIlvaine
and Mrs. J. b. McIlvaine visited
Philadelphia and Wilmington on
Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Wilcutts cele-
brated their 53rd wedding anniver-
sary on Sunday. Those present were
Mr.. and Mrs. C. F. Johnson, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. W. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilcutts of Wilmington,
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Frazier and son
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Will
cults and family, Mr.. and Mrs. T. B.
Spurry and daughter Frances, Mrs.
Sallie Davidson, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Horace johnson and Geo.
Davidson.
Miss Edna Short of Wyoming
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. J.. r. McIlvaine,
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
Iections rendered during the even

lections rendered during the even
ing.
Mrs. Marian Gerow president of
the Auxiliary and Mrs. Mabel
Raughley, chairman for the supper.
wish to extend their thanks and ap-
probation to all the committees
and their co-workers, to all who
donated flowers, food or cash or i'll
any way assisted to make the affair
success.
Mrs. J. d. Hendricks has returned
from Florida where she spent the
winter. Mr.. Hendricks has remain
ed in the south to buy early berries.
Mrs. F. w. Mick chaperoned a
group Of pupils on the excursion to
the Geological Gardens. Philadel-
phia, last Saturday. Those who went
were Evelyn Purnell, Mary Kate
Gray. Margaret Hart. John WoOdall,
ListOn Webb, James Webb, Lister
Hall, Russell Davis, Emmitt Pleas-
anton, Felix Mick and Frank Mick.
The weather was ideal and the chill
dren thoroughly enjoyed the day.
The monkeys and Lizzie, the Hippo,
performed for their especial bene-
fit. They also found the birds ex-
tremely interesting.
Mrs. Philip Donovan who recent
ly had an attack of pneumonia is
able to be out again.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Stevens. Miss
Lillian Boone, Mrs. Lillian Jester,
Mrs Sallie Hudson, Mrs. Annie b.
Harrington. John .Woodall and 0s-
car P. Harrington. visited Conowin-
go Dam last Sunday.
Mrs. William Spurry and grand
Nancy Jane Anderson.
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Cunningham.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28

progressive fraternal insurance as
sociations. Among its nationally
known enterprises are the War Me-
mortal Hospital and Bird Sanct-
uary at San Antonio, Texas, and
Radio Station WOW in Omaha,
Nebraska.
The National Head Camp Meet
ing of Woodmen of the World will
be held in Chicago in July, during
the Worlds Fair, and large dele
cation is expected from the states
of West Virginia, Maryland, Della
ware and District of Columbia.
Special trains will carry-the- Weed
men Of the World delegates and
members.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
FREDERICK

A tragedy that has shocked and
grieved the community took place
near our town on Sunday afternoon.
Ida Ruth Reed. aged seven years
and her sister, Clara, aged six years,
little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Reed, met their death by
drowning.
Mr.. Reed had dug a hole eight
feet deep in the field back of the
barn for drainage. These little folks
had been playing outdoors a short
time when the mother missed them.
The father searched for them and
found a cap floating OH the surface
of the water,
The little bodies were located aud
brought to the surface by the fa-
ther, mother and a hired man. All
efforts to resuscitate them were of
no avail as life was extinct. These
little girls were pupils in tic first
grade i'm our school. They were
beautiful children with adorable
manners that endeared them TO all
the teachers and pupils. Their sweet
and lovely presence and childish
prattle, that all loved is missed in
the school. The little playmates
look sadly at the vacant chairs
where Ida Ruth and Clara sat so
recently at their work.
The bercaved parents are desc
late but the little ones have been
called by Jesus Who said, Suffer
the little ones to come unto Me and
forbid them not, for of such is the
kingdom of heaven" The following
poem from Margaret Sangster seems |
peculiarly appropriate:
81 sadly think of my children two,
The babes that never grew old.
But | know they are waiting and
watching for NE
In the city with streets of gold.
A feeling of sorrow fills my soul,
Sometimes when l try to pray:
That the Reaper has spared so
many flowers,
And taken all mine away.
The dimDled hands bavo fallen to
dust,
But strive to think that the Lord
is just"
Our community extends a heart
felt sympathy to this stricken fam
lily. The school sent beautiful flow
ers as a loving tribute and tender
est regards. The funeral services
were held at the home on WedncsT
day afternoon and were attended by
a large cOncourse of friends and
relatives. Interment was made in
Barratt's cemetery.
Mrs. Wilhelmina Conner. widow
Of the late John p. Conner and for
many years q resident of Frederick
passed away Thursday morning of
last week at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. David Seacord of Chesa-
peake City, aged SO years. Mrs. Con-
1er was well known here for her
Kindly, generous nature and a sim
,ere devotion to her home. Funeral
services were held on Saturday af-
,ernoon conducted by DR.. Robbins
md Rev. jefferson who sang Rock
IF Ages" and "The Old Rugged
ross" Interment was made in the
amily lot at Barratt's cemetery.
The supper given by the Ladies'
Auxiliary for the Frederick Volun- !
eer Fire Company last Friday eve !
ling in the Frederick school was a !
plendid success. The auditorium r
presented an unusually beautiful :
Gene. The tables were centered
With sweet peas of exquisite shades Il
rhile bowls and baskets filled with
ulips, hyaclnths, snapdragons, cal \
jonquils and other spring
blossoms were artistically arranged
n the stage. n
The supper itself was all that h
ould be desired in every way with s
xcellent service. Thanks are due d
he orchestra forAthe beautiful Sc g
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
W.O. W. in WEST VIRGINIA, MARYLAND,
DELAWARE And DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
TO MEET in HAGERSTOWN, Md, MAY Sc
Head Consul L. d. Snider Expects Many to
Greet Bradshaw

and Mississippi before coming to
National Headquarters in Omaha.
He is a forceful speaker with a
dynamic personality and he is con-
vincing because of his full knowl-
edge Of the work to which he is
devoted.
Mr.. Bradshaw was born in a log
cabin in Rocky Bayou, Arkansas.
He worked his way through school
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28

De L. Bradshaw
and is an exam
pie of what is
known as a "self
made man." His
record as a law
yer is nationally
known.
Woodmen o {
the World has
risen under the
| e a d ership of
such men as ].
C. Root, w. A.
Fraser and Mr..
Bradshaw to the
fnrnn nrn,lnd of
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28

Jenny Wren will spend the sum-
mer with you if you provide box
home for her to raise a family; and
she will destroy many insects from
the flowers and vegetables in your
garden.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-28
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BY EDISON S. DUNBAR

BY EDISON S. DUNBAR
It may be sad, but still tis true.
There's one thing all us humans do.
And that is, blame the printer.
He does his best, without our help
For all we do is stand and yelp.
Then cuss, and blame the printer
We write our manuscript by pen.
To read it is beyond our ken,
Yet we expect the printer
To dope it out and get il right.
We think not of his time or sight;
If wrong-we blame the printer
We hold our stuff until the last.
Then try to rush it through fast
The printer gets showed under,
But still we camp upon his trail,
And prod him on with woefu tale.
Or rant and roar like thunder
He shoots il through, the proof we get
HelFs bells! the job is not right yet.
We chop that proof to splnters.
It takes two days before he knows
Just what each heroglyphic shows
dumb lot are those printers.
The Jobs delivered. Some relief!
To know we're through with rush and grief.
We ought to thank the printer
But no! The poor gink's out of luck
He overcharged us one whole buck. .....
Once moro we damn the printer
Evening star., 1933-10-20
Children's Hospital Appeal.

In an ideal world hospital for chill
dren ought never to be obliged to ap-
peal for funds. But this Is not that
kind of q world, and the Children's
Hospital Of Washington perforce on
occasion must ask for help. Just now
approximately twenty thousand dollars
is needed for q new heating plant, and
an appeal has been made to the public
to provide the money required. It goes
without saying that the cause is emf
nently worthy, and it may be hoped
that the campaign goal soon will be
achieved.
A heating plant calls for no apology.
It Is necessity. But the privilege Of
contributing for It's acquisition deserves
emphasis. Perhaps it is true. as philos-
ophers have declared again and again,
that the attitude of a community to-
ward children is the best measuring
stick of its civilization. Even primitive
savages are mindful of the obligation
implied. In a city like Washington,
where culture flowers and mutual help
is an unwritten law Of life, the Chill
dren's Hospital should enjoy an en-
dowment in every heart and from every
purse. And best of all it would be If
the sum wanted were abundantly over
subscribed. The hospital, of course.
could use every penny offered.
Evening star., 1933-10-20

thirty per cent Of the budget for sup
ply services" went to the fleet, today
only ten per cent Is devoted to 1t, &C.
counting at present for $3.50, 900.
The Earl Beatty, addressing the Brit
ish Navy League last night, Joined In
the demand for bigger feet. He urged
that better terms for Britain be OBJ
tanned in the treaty that is to supplant
the existing limitation pact at the end
of 1896, especially with respect to
cruisers. TT is not about parity with
the United States that I cavil," declares
Lord Beatty, but the acceptance Of
fifty cruisers to do the work of seventy
was grave, deplorable blunder. I hope
this country will never again bind itself
to any unsafe limit"
American naval policy having been
defined ed-again by Secretary Swanson
during his present visit to the West
Coast-as the maintenance Of a United
States fleet second to none," British
naval expansion plans naturally must
always evoke our closest attention. Ever
since the Washington conference Of
1922 parity with the British fleet
has been accepted by the American peo-
pie as the irreducible yardstick for our
sea establishment. With both the Brit
ish and the Japanese clamoring for
greater tonnage than the existing ar
rangement allots them, it begins to look
as if post-1936 fleets might be consid-
erably larger than Is now provided by
treaty.
The United States has no desire to
embark upon another era OF navy
building competition, but international
conditions would compel US to face the
necessity of construction beyond any
thing hitherto contemplated, if Great
Britain and Japan should carry out
projects now under lively discussion in
those countries.
Evening star., 1933-10-20
The Eastern Shore Tragedy,

There can be but one point of view
about the lynching at Princess Anne,
Md, Wednesday night. Granted that
the mob's victim may have been guilty
Of a revolving crime, it nevertheless
remains a tragedy that the ordinary
processes of law were not allowed to
take their normal course. Mob violence
is forbidden by both the written and
the unwritten laws of American civil
ization. 1t represents irrational pas
sion, and once condoned it becomes
an insidious threat to all the devices
that society has adopted for the pro-
lection of innocent men and for the
punishment of the guilty. Thoughtful
citizens cannot avoid regret that the
Eastern Shore has been disf1gured by
such an outburst. the second in two
years.
But there is hope in the attitude OF
the constituted authorities Of the State.
They realize their responsibility, and,
having failed to prevent the lynching,
they now declare their intention to
bring its perpetrators to justice. Cover
nor Ritchie's stand will be indorsed by
the sober minded portion of the popu-
lation. Judge Duer admits the fault
of his unfortunate decision in keeping
the prisoner in the town jail and is
prepared to identify the mob leaders
States Attorney Robbins will have
opportunity to do his part toward res
toration of the good name Of the COM
munity. The State policemen who
vainly opposed the mischief at least
went down fighting.
Evening star., 1933-10-20

above what Congress, and the Budget
Bureau, arbitrarily decide may be spent.
No taxes are just which collect more
money than the taxing authority will
spend. And for that reason the Dis
trict's tax rate, or its standard Of as
sessment especially the latter, is un-
justly high. Members Of Congress pos
sess sole legislative authority. But the
duty and responsibility of the Commis-
sioners. keeping in mind the Districts
high assessments, to fix fair and ode
quate tax rate. which will produce the
money chat Congress appropriates. and
no more, should not be abridged by In
formal understandings or notifications.
Evening star., 1933-10-20
American Attitude on
Disarming Scored
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
According to Washington dispatches,
it was officially admitted at the State
Department that "this Government
supported Great Britain and France in
the determination that Germany should
not be accorded equality in arms" J"
Whatever face-saving explanations may
hereafter be made, 1t remains con-
elusive that the event that gave the
death blow to the Disarmament Con-
ference was the open association Of the
United States in the Franco British
attitude toward Germany.
This association, every competent OBJ
server will admit, was not In accord
with the spirit of the Disarmament
Conference. The conference was in
tended to provide means whereby the
reduction of armaments provided for
in the treaty of Versailles and the
Covenant of the League Of Nations
could be carried out by stages. In order
that Germany might be persuaded to
remain a participant in the conference,
in the face of clearly evident efforts on
the part Of many OF the powers to
evade their responsibility, the principal
last the principle" of equality. In
Eurobean political ethics the word
principle" has no meaning at ALL The
Germans chose to accept it in its die
tionary meaning.
When the moment came to settle
accounts the principal powers hid be-
hind q barrage of verbiage and pro-
crastination, the chief weapons Of
European diplomacy and the United
States joined them. Under our new
foreign policy the United States Gov
eminent stepped out of the Disarma-
ment Conference and entered the Euro
pean political game. Shades of George
Warrington and Thomas Jefferson!
The new deal has extended to Europe.
The foreign policy of the United States,
50 jealousy Gderded in the past by all
Evening star., 1933-10-20
A Large Shrinkage.
ON the Providence Bulletin.

From the Providence Bulletin.
The reduction of slightly more than
$1,000, 100000 in real estate valuations
in New York City this year by the de-
partment of taxes and assessments,
added to those made in 1880, 1891 and
1882. brings to the enormous sum of
SO, 446, 10000 the total that has been
Topped off land and building valuations
in the metropolis since the beginning of
the depression.
Not only actually but proportionately
is the aggregate reduction large one,
for it amounts to II per cent Of the
1929 real estate total BY way of con-
trast it may be mentioned that the 1888
real estate valuation of Providence, de-
spite reductions this year and last, is
still 2 per cent above what it was in
1929.
There has, of course, been q terrific
deflation of property values in New
York since the coming of the depres-
sion. It has been much more severe
there than here. The valuation shrink
age represents the city's effort to keep
assessed values somewhere near real
values. The department Of taxes and
assessments processes now to believe
that that aim has been achieved.
Evening star., 1933-10-20
British Naval Expansion.

In light Of the naval construction
plans of the United States and Japan
1t was to be expected that sooner or
later there would be agitation in Great
Britain for expansion of her fleet
Signs of such a development are now
Forthcoming. The organ of the British
Labor party the London Daily Herald,
states that the Admiralty is not only
asking that the fleet be built up to full
strength under the London naval treaty,
but is also demanding a heavy replace
ment program. Assuming that the
present naval holiday will end Decem-
ber 81. 1886, the Labor newspaper says
that the Admiralty is considering the
building of twenty-five new cruisers of
the most formidable type and new capt.
tai ships of $4,000 tons, mounting
12-inch guns, to cost about s25 900, 900
apiece. Proposals are also being made
for greatly increased construction of
destroyers-f1fteen to eighteen a year
to replace 100000 tons of obsolete ton
mage. Finally, according to the Daily
Herald version, additional naval per-
sonnel of 10000 is called for. besides
more money for fuel, to enable the
British fleet to conduct extended ma
neuvers.
While these arresting details of al
legged plans lack official confirmation
their publication comedies with a pub
lie address this week by Admiral Sir
Ernie Chatfield, first sea lord and chief
Of the naval staff, who stated that the
British battle feet lis now getting past
its prime and needs replacement
(which must be without flaw" The
admiral called for a more generous al
Iotment of funds for the fleet, in the
name of national defense. He pointed
out th4 whereas before the World Wal