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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
STATE FARMS EARN
$9,874,OO0 In 1882
Total Drops From $13,759,OOO For
1881; Poultry, Eggs Bring $2,97S,OOO

Crop and live stock products sold
from farms in this State in 1882
tOtalled 1854 900. according to the
ricultural statistician for Della
ware. Cash income in 1881 was $13,-
$4,000; in 1880. S17.534,OOO. and in
1929, $22,32O,OOO.
This great decrease is attributed
largely to the decline in commodity
prices, although production of many
crops has been erratic because of
troughts and other weather condi
tions.
Live stock and live stock pro-
ducts furnished about 50 per cent of
the farm cash income last year and
crops about Al per cent Chickens
and eggs together produced more
than 80 per cent of the States farm
income, their value being estimated
at $2,97S,000. Milk ranked second,
being valued at $2,312,000 Income
from truck crops was $1.224.GOO;
from strawberries, $S92 900; from
cattle and calves. $34J,000; from
sweet potatoes, $2S9,00O. and from
wheat, 1864 900.
Income from live stock and live
stock products held up better than
that from crops, when 1882 values
were compared with those of 1929.
Total cash income in 1852 was about
A per cent as great as in 1929,
while the income from live stock
sources was 81 per cent az great rs
in 1929. and the income from crops
was nearly 81 per cent as great.
The value of milk is still maintained
at a relatively high level, the 1882
income being nearly 81 per cent as
great as in 1929, and of eggs nearly
SO per cent as great.
Income from truck crops is esti-
mated to have been Al per cent as
great as in 1929. Similar compari-
sons for other commodities are:
Chickens, 40 per cent; Strawberries,
38 per cent; corn, 81 per cent;
wheat, IA per cent: peaches, 81 per
cent; cattle and calves, Al per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
EX-CONGRESSMAN HOUSTONN
TO DIRECT THE CAMPAIGN
OF DRYS AGAINST REPEAL
Five Directors Also Named As Central Organization
Is Formed; One Hundred PrOhibitiOnists Attend
Meeting; Committee To Complete Plans Saturday.

which will consist of the officials
elected ON Tuesday and a member
from each Senatorial district, which
Congressman Houston will appoint
between now and Saturday, when
the committee will meet at Dover to
draw up a complete State organiza-
tion that will extend into every cleo
tion district and include I chairman
for each county.
Tuesdays meeting was called by
DR.. Dayton E. McClain, superinten-
dent of the State Anti-SaloOn
League. Numbered among the 100
persons who attended, where many
veterans of the political battles that
were waged to put the Eighteenth
Amendment into the Constitution.
Once again on the battlefield. they
declared they are girded with the
same determination that brought
their earlier victories.
Addresses were made by DR.. E.
Scott Mcbride. national superinten-
dent of the Anti-Saloon League. and
DIR. George W. Grabbe, superinten-
dent of the Maryland Anti-Saloon
League. Wish only six weeks re-
before the election of dele
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21

Hardly had Governor Buck sent
forth his proclamation ON Tuesday
setting the date for the States re-
peal convention, when Delaware ory
forces gathered at Dover, swiftly
formed a central organization for
their campaign and served notice
they will battle to keep the Eigh-
teenth Amendment in the Constitu-
tion with the same vigor that they
fought to put it there.
Their first act was to place ex-
Congressman Robert G. Houston, of
Georgetown, in charge. Next they
named Jefferson Cooper secretary
and treasurer. and elected directors
for major phases of the campaign.
These are: Mrs. Anna Lee Waller,
to head the Woman's Department;
the Rev. Ivanhoe Wills. pastor Of
Asbury NJ. E. Church, to head the
church department; the Rev. David
Hargis. district superintendent of
the WilmingtonNA. M. E. Conference
to. head the negro department, and
Horace G. Eastburn and John Hut
ton, to head the laymen's depart
ment.
The entire campaign will be di-
rected by an executive committee
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
WOULD COMPEL
FIRE DRILLS IN
STATES SCHOOLS
Approves Such Plan; AL
so Ban On Voting After
Polls Close.
AUTO LIABILITY BILL

The House has passed Represen-
tative Benefits bill for compulsory
fire drills at least once month in
the public schools of the State. Mr.
Bennett said it was safety measure
and it got the unanimously vote of
the House.
After some debate the House by a
vote of % to 10, all the Republicans
opposing the measure, passed Rep
resentative Hawkes. bill to make it
illegal to vote after the polls have
been closed at any voting place in
the State. Mr.. Hawke said the pur-
pose was to stop the crewding of a
large number of voters in a room
after o'clock. the legal time for
closing the polls and allowing them
to vote.
Representative Elliott expressed
fear that such law might prevent
voters who may be in line for some
time before o'clock from getting
to vote and Representative Simon
expressed the view that it might
lead to fraud Mr.. Simon thought
that some election officers might de-
eide with a long line waiting to only
allow those whom they desired to
vote to cast their ballots during the
last few minutes.
The House gave its approval to
Representative Ford's bill to au-
thorize the Levy Court of Kent
County to pay annually $3.50 to the
David c. Harrison Post No. IA Amer
can Legion, Smyrna, for the main
tenance of it's ambulance. Repre-
sentative Pryor refused to vote on
the bill. Twenty-eight members
favored it, Mr.. Ford said the Legion
ambulance does a work of mercy
throughout the county and the an
nual appropriation has been author
lied by previous Legislatures.
Representatives MINERS bill to
require a permit from the Game and
Fish Commission for the shipment
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
SUSSEX WOMEN
OPEN DRIVE FOR
DRYLAW REPEAL
Mrs. Pierre S. DUPONT
Stresses Rural Work,
Urges Swift Action.
LARGE MEMBERSHIP
Halls Liberalism Down
State; 200 Hear Strate-
gy OF Campaign.
LARGE MEMBERSHIP

With more than 200 of the most
prominent women of lower Della
ware present, the first meeting of
the campaign of the Women's Or
ganization for National Prohibition
Reform was held in the rooms of
the New Century Club at George
town on Tuesday.
Prior to the meeting, the execu-
tive committee met at the home of
Mrs. Edward G. Sudler where plans
for the campaign were discussed.
The meeting in the club house
was opened by Mrs. Sudler, vice.
chairman. She introduced Mrs. p. s..
dupont, the president, who was the
principal speaker.
Mrs. DUPONT referred to the first
meeting of the group at Rehoboth
Beach in 1881 when small number
of ladies formed an organization. She
traced the growth of the movement
pointing out that the books show
624 members in "a towns and viii
lagos in Sussex county. This, in
proportion to the population. she
said, is very high.
Now that we are nearing our
goal in DeIaware's work in the WO-
mems Organization for National
Prohibition Reform" Mrs. DUPONT
said, this meeting is really to en-
phasize the Importance of the work
in the counties and throughout the
rural districts. 1 doubt if yOu real
ize what it has meant to the Della
ware branch of the Women's Organ
ization for National Prohibition Re
form to have proof through your eff
forts that Sussex county is liberal
minded and not solidly for prohibi-
tion as was claimed when we start
ed our repeal work. We are fortu-
nate, indeed. that in our State we
are not confronted b. a dry solid
South problem as tha National or
ganization is, and we sre more than
grateful for the neyer-failing sup
port of Sussex county"
Mr.. DUPONT interrupted her ad-
dress to present Miss Charlotte Ma
haffy, of Wilmington, who read
report on the national. conference in
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
Use FAVORS
Atty OATH
Passes McCabe Bill To
Require Special Vow Of
Allegiance.
VETOED 2 YEARS AGO
Those Refusing To Sub
scribe To The Oath
Could Not Be Employed
VETOED 2 YEARS AGO

After considerable debate the
House passed Representative Nc
Cabe's bill to require public school
teachers and professors and instruc-
tors in any institution of the State
supported in part or entirely by
State funs to take special oath of
allegiance and loyalty when signing
a contract to teach. A similar bill
to this one was passed two years
ago but was vetoed by Governor
Buck.
The vote on the bill was % to 13,
those voting against it being Rep
resentatives Bonham, Cleaver, Eat
on, English, Hughes, Jester, Minner,
Owens, Poore, Pryor, Rees, Scott and
Thompson. The bill was fought by
Representatives Rees and Pryor.
The bill as passed would require
every teacher, professor or -instruc-
tor in any school to take the special
oath. It applies not only to the
American citizen teaching but also
provides a separate oath. for the
alien who may teach. It further
provides that there shall be two
copies of the oath taken, one to be
maintained by the person taking the
oath, the other by the board employ
ing the teacher. Any person refus-
ing to subscribe to the oath could
not be employed as a teacher.
Another provision of the bill is
that any teacher "who teaches or
endeavors to promote in any man
s-T0 70 Mt faf
the United States, or violates any of
the averments of the oath presrib-
ed" upon conviction would be sub
ject to a fine or $1,000 or imprison-
ment for one year, or both.
When the bill was called up Rep
resentative Pryor offered substi-
tute which was defeated by vote of
S3 nays to two yeas, Representatives
Jester and Hopkins veting for the
substitute.
Mr.. Pryor in offering his substi-
tute said he saw no reason for either
the original or the substitute al
though he thought the substitute
would be, harmless. The substitute
he explained changed the section
relative to penalties and made the
only penalty refusal to employ any
person declining to take the oath.
There was also another change in
the substitute not explained. The
bill uses this language land
l will sincerely endeavor to promote
respect for the flag of, and loyal al
legiance to, the United States of
America"
The section of the substitute on
that particular points reads as fol-
lows: "and l will sincerely endeav-
or to promote respect for the United
States of America"
Representative Schroeder in op-
posing the substitute said that the
country is being flooded with COM
propaganda and that he
considered such bills as the original
would aid in checking this. He
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
COMMITTEES SEEK END
ASSEMBLY DEADLOCK
Some Progress Made In First Meet
ing Wednesday

In an effort to break the dead
lock between the Senate and House
which has blocked the passage of
all important legislation at the
present session of the General As
sembly, committees from the two
houses were in conference Wednes-
day afternoon to try and arrive at
an understanding whereby several
bills necessary to the welfare of the
State as a whole can be adopted and
the appropriation bill passed with
out further delay. 1t is the purpose
of this plan to arrange a legislative
program that can be adopted tnd
thereby enable the Legislature to
adjourn.
The conferees includes a Republi-
can and Democrat from each coun-
ty from the Senate and House. They
are Senators Glenn. McCabe and
Neugebauer, Democrats; Maull,
Davis and Wharton. Republicans;
Representatives Van Solver, Burris.
Simon. Republicans; Owens, Hughes
and Scott, Democrats.
Balancing of the budget was the
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
June "a As Date For Con-
UentiOn Is Set By Pro-
cLaRtGtiOR.
Extra Registration Day
Provided May is; Bal
lots To Haze 3 Spaces.

Governor Buck issued proclama-
tion on Tuesday designating Satur-
day, May q, as the day for the pri-
maries to elect delegates to a State
Convention to be held on Saturday,
June "a. to act on repeal of the 18th
(Prohibition) Amendment.
The convention will have before
it the question of ratification of the
21st Amendment to the Constitu-
tion, which is designed to repeal the
18th Amendment (Prohibition).
There will be an additional regis
tration day on May 16 for those not
already qualified and who may want
to vote at this election. Provision
for this was made in the measure
authorizing the Governor to call the
convention.
Seventeen delegates will be elect
ed at large, they including seven
from New Castle county, five from
Kent and five from Sussex county
Nominating petitions must be filed
with the Clerk of the Peace in the
respective counties on the sixteenth
day before the election, which
means that the nominations viii
have to be in by May IL.
On the ballot for the delegate
election win be three spaces indi-
eating as follows: "For Ratifica-
tion," Against Ratification" and
"Uncommitted." In the space above
For Ratification" will be the words
For Repeal" while above Against
Ratification" will be the words
Against Repeal the Governors
proclamation provides.
A single petition may nominate
any number of candidates not ex-
ceeding the number to be selected
from each county. Petitions must be
signed by not less than 100 persons,
who are qualified voters in the com
ty, where the candidate or candi-
dates reside.
Nominations shall be without par
ty or political designations but pc
titions shall contain a statement as
to each nominees attitude as to
whether he favors or opposes ratifi-
cation or is uncommitted.
The official proclamation calling
for the election and convention will
be found on another page in this
issue of the Milford Chronicle.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
BESWICK IS REINSTATED
BUT REDUCED, PRIVATE
Commission Believes Former Ser
geant Should Been More Watchful

Sergeant E. C. Beswick, of the
Penny Hill Station of the State Po-
lice, who was suspended January l,
following the discovery of the theft
of the 140 cases of liquor from the
storeroom of the station, was rein
stated by the State Highway Com
mission at their meeting in Dover
on Tuesday, but was denoted to the
rank of private.
Members of the commission said
he had been reduced in rank be-
cause they believed he, as sergeant
in charge of the station, should have
been more careful of the men under
him. They said that if he had been
careful the theft would never have
occurred. Beswick will receive half
pay for the time he has been sus-
pended.
The commission has made no
change in the status of Private Leo
Hammerer, Joseph Maloney and
Lawrence Traynor.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
GRAND JURY In KENT
RETURNS IL TRUE BILLS
First Trial For Smaller Jury Is
Satisfactory

The new grand jury of ten men
of Kent county in three hours on
Tuesday. with the aid of Deputy At
torney General George N. Fisher,
found twelve true bills. The jury
was congratulated by the court and
dismissed.
OF the twelve indictments return
ed nine of them were for desertion
and non-support as follows: Harry
F. Slaughter, Frederick T. Harring-
ton, of Frederick; William Joseph
Fox, Leipsic; William Lee Clarkson,
Harrington; William Bell, Jr., Do
yer; Raymond NJ. Cook, Smyrna;
Nathaniel D. Elliott, Jr., Dover;
Earle Hardcastle, Dover; Thomas
D. Ingram, Dover.
The other three indictments we're
as follows: Samuel Gibson, Jr., and
Cornelius Hendricks, carrying con-
cealed a deadly weapon; Willard N.
Deputy, issuing worthless check.
Divorce cases heard by the court,
in which DEGREES of nisi were grant
ed were: Lillian A. Rogers from
Samuel D. Rogers; Mildred E.
Short from Calvin A. Short; Alex
ander NJ. Daily from Martha Keith
DAILY; Laura NJ. Tribbitt from Gill
bert F. Tribbitt: Julia l. White
from Harry White; Leroy G. Pear
son from Josephine l.. Pearson.
Judge David J. Reinhardt made
his first appearance in the Kent
county courts. Chief Justice Penne-
will and Associate Judge w. W. Har-
rington were the other judges.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
FIREMEN SPONSOR
RALLY AT DOVER
200 Hear Talks On Preventing
BlazeS; DR.. L. NJ. Rank, Speaks

More than 200 persons, liremen
and interested parents. attended the
meeting in the auditorium OF the
Dover High School Wednesday night
under the auspices of the Educa-
tional Committee of the Delaware
State Firemen's Association. The
object of ;he meeting was to in
struct pareLts and children in the
use of safety methods in the home,
the manner Of combating fires and
the best means to prevent them.
DR.. z. M. Rank, of Lancaster, Pa.
chairman of the Pennsylvania State
Fire Prevention Committee, was the
principal speaker. He gave an illus
trated lecture on the modern
methods in use to prevent fires and
also how to combat them pending
the arrival of the firemen.
William Deem, chief of the Lam
caster Bureau of Fire, also spoke on
similar lines and was followed by
William J. Lutz, chief of the Bureau
of Fire of Wilmington. who also
discussed prevention and the best
means of fighting fires.
j. r. Haddaway, president of the
Delaware State Firemen's Associa-
ton. presided and was assisted by
members of the educational commit
tee. which comprises Walter Hubert,
of New Castle county; Thomas e.
Baker, of Kent. and r. e. Steward,
of Sussex.
After the meeting. the iiremen adj
iourned to the headquarters of the
Robbins Hose Company, where en-
tertainment was provided and re-
freshments served.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
GIVE LUNCHEON
AS TRIBUTE TO
SEN. SIMONTON
Colleagues Present Him
Testimonial At Delight
full Dover Gathering.
LATCHUM GETS TRAY
Affair Was Attended By
His Senate Colleagues
And Their Wives.
LATCHUM GETS TRAY

A testimonial luncheon in honor
of President Pro TEN William A.
sSimOntOn, of the State Senate, was
given Friday afternoon at the Hotel
Richardson at Dover. The affair
was attended by his Senate ,cOl-
leagues and their wives, his friends
and members of his family.
Senator George McIntire, of New
Castle, who was toastmaster at the
luncheon, presented Senator Simon
ton with a beautiful sterling silver
fruit console. in behalf of the mem-
bers of the Senate. He expressed
the high esteem in which the Pres
ident Pro Tenn is held by his col
leagues.
Senator McIntire, in presenting
the gift to Senator SimOntOn said:
"In the beaten way of friendship
we have gathered at this board to
DO honor to man who has been
true friend to all Of us. can as
sure you, Senator Simonton, that
your colleagues in the Senate deep
ly appreciate you both as a man and
as friend.
"In our association together you
have presided over the Senate with
dignity and intelligence. You have
iairly and impartially administered
the power placed in your hands. You
have worked with zeal and fidelity
for the good of the State, and
through the session of the one hun
dredth and fourth General Assembly
you have added new lustre to long
and honorable career i'm this body.
"You have exhibited poise, self
control and acumen, and through
the weeks and months have exuded
a virility which has won the admir-
alton even of the fair sex.
ut is the earnest wish of this
gathering of your friends that you
may be spared for many years to en-
gage in that civic work which you
have so conspicuously adorned; in
that work may you find even broad
er fields of endeavOr.
"And now on behalf of the Senate
and those connected with it, | have
the honor and pleasure of present
ing you with this console, which |
pray may hold for you only the
sweet fruits of the earth-none
acrid or bitter"
Senator ]. Harry Latchum, OF Mil
ford, who is the Democratic floor
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Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
URGES MORE CARE IN
REGULATING AUTO LIGHTS
Safety Measures And LGIOS Designed For The PrOtec
ton Of Human Life Should Not Be Neglected By
A Small Majority Of The Automobile Public.

According to the Delaware Safety
Council many motorists neglect
their lights. Cars without lighted
headlights or with one light i'm op-
Grafton or with no tail-light are far
too frequently seen on our highways.
The hazards are obvious for other
drivers and for pedestrians. There
are adequate laws against this mall
practice and they should be enforced
to the limit. Driving without lights
or with defective lights is very sell
dom excusable. In the vast majority
of cases it is simply the result of
selfish disregard for public safety
and should subject the offender to
sharp discipline. Safety measures
and laws designed for the protection
of human life should not be neg
lected by a small minority of the
automobile public.
Milford chronicle., 1933-04-21
SUSSEX PUPIL
ORATORS GAIN
STATE HONORS
Lorraine Ward Wins Dec
lamatiOn, C. p. Spicer,
Grafton Award.
PIANO SOLO GIVEN

First honOrs in the Statewide
Oratorical and defamation contests
held last Thursday afternoon and
evening in the Murphy School audi
torium at Dover were carried off by
students from two Sussex county
high schools. A thrOng of interested
parents and friends from all parts
of the State attended. Charles p.
Spicer, of Georgetown, won the ora
torical contest and the defamation
honors were carried off by Miss
Lorraine Ward, of Laurel
The oratorical winners and their
subjects were as follows: First prize
of $25, Charles P. Spicer, subject,
"The Constitution, a Living Docu-
ment;" second prize, SIS, Edwin
Hineman, Claymont, subject Wood
row Wilson, Educator and States
man." third prize, $40, Miss Ethel
Streets, Smyrna, subject, Immortal
Character of Abraham Lincoln"
During the afternoon program
music was furnished by string en-
semble from the Lewes school and
a piano solo was given by Miss Vir-
ginia Marshall, of Lewes.
In winning the first prize of S25 in
the defamation contest Miss Lor-
aine Ward chose for her subject,
No. 3 on the Docket" Second prize
of SIS went to Miss Ethel Virginia
Roe, of Smyrna. whose subject was
'"The Lost Word" Francis Crerand,
of the Claymcnt High School, was
awarded third prize of $40, with
"Fisherman's Luck" as his subject.
Music during the evening was fur
nished by Charles Breme and Nor
man Bennett, of the Milford High
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MILFORD CHRONICLE NEWS
BOXES FOR CONVENIENCE
OF SUBSCRIBERS

Letter boxes have been.
placed in four prominent
places in Milford for the con-
venience of subscribers to the
Milford Chronicle who wish to
put news of local interest in
the paper. The boxes are To-
Gated in Clarence JewelPs
store on West Front street, i'm
PettyjOhn's Pharmacy on Wal
nut street, in John w. HaI-
let's store on East Front
street, and i'm Dorsey Bowen's
store on N. Walnut street.
Local news is not only of in
terest to people in Milford but
also is keenly interesting to
those former Milford folks
who have been away for any
length of time and who like
to know what their friends
back home are doing.
News for Fridays paper
must be in the boxes not later
than Wednesday noon. No ar
ticle will be published unless
il is signed by the writer. The
signature will not be printed
but it is necessary for the pro-
lection of the publisher and
the person about whom the ar
ticle is written.