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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02

ARE SENTENCED
Decree Nisi Is Granted In
Latshaw Divorce Case;
Three Are ParOled.

In the Kent County Court of Cen
eral Sessions held at Dover last
Thursday sentences were imposed
on several persons who previously
had pleaded guilty to indictments
charging a violation of the Della
ware Liquor Control Act, that of
selling alcoholic liquors without a
license.
Mrs. Eva Edenfield of Clayton.
was paroled for two years to State
Detective D. d. Wharton.
Norman Draper, indicted for SELL
ing alcoholic liquors without a IL
cense, was sentenced to three
months in the Kent county jail.
Noble Poore and William Vincent,
both indicted for selling alcoholic
liquors without a license were re-
leased on their own bail and their
cases continued until February
term, 1885.
Russell Kenton who pleaded gull
ty to a charge of breaking and en-
tering was paroled for one year to
Ralph Bradley of st. Jones Neck.
NiClOI OulllNdus luuiClOu lOi oCii-
ing alcoholic liquors without a IL
cense was paroled to State Detective
d. II. Wharton for one year.
Edgar c. Dernberger living west
of Dover who had been indicted for
selling alcoholic liquors without a
license and who had entered a plea
of guilty was paroled to State De-
tective D. D. Wharton for one year.
In the Superior Court after hear
ing the evidence in the case of Dor
othy H. Latshaw VS.. Edwin E. Lat
shaw of Dover for divorce. Judge
Rodney granted the decree nisi. Mrs.
Latshaw having possession of the
one child.
With the completion of the court
work last Thursday, practically all
of the great volume of business
which has come before the present
October term including over 80 true
returned by the grand
jury as we'll as many other matters
in the Superior Court, has been fin
ished. But three or four cases yet
remain to be settled.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
YOUNG REPUBLICANS
HOLD MILFORD RALLY
George N. Davis OF Wilmington, Was
The Principal Speaker.

George N. Davis, OF Wilmington,
was the guest speaker Tuesday
evening at a meeting Of the Young
Republican Clubs Of Sussex county,
presided over by Fulton Downing,
of Milford, chairman. Caleb Wright
CT Georgetown, told Of forming the
organization.
Mr.. Davis in his address said the
New Deal was writing the obituary
of liberty and constitutional gov
ernment. There is decided drift
towards Socialism and the country
IL in great danger, he said. 1T will
be up to the men we send to Con-
gress and the. Senate and TO the Re-
publican party to stem the tide" he
stated.
]. Henry Hazel, of Dover, State
Auditor, said that during the past
five years OF the Republican ad-
ministration in Delaware the bond
ed indebtedness of the State has
been decreased from $12,000,000 to
100000, and at the same time
the State has built many new in
stitutions and progressed in other
ways until the capital assets have
increased from $2S,00O.0OO to $685.
100000.
DIR. S. M. d. Marshall. of Milford,
candidate for the State Senate, urg-
ed a concerted effort to elect the
entire Republican ticket.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
DE MOLAY MINSTREL
AT PLAZA NOV. IA
viii Be Produced BY Wilmington
Chapter

Evergreen Chapter, order of De
Molay will have the honor of pre-
senting for the first time south OF
Wilmington the annual De Molay's
Minstrel Show, produced by the Will
mington Chapter.
The show this year will be bigger
than ever, supported by an all star
cast, and accompanied by the one
and only Joe Dale.
1t will be a snappy show from
start to finish, including lot of
good clean jokes and all the latest
popular songs.
This show will win its way into
the hearts of the people of Milford,
and become an annual affair.
The director. Dad" Richards, ad-
visor of the Wilmington Chapter,
has had a wide and varied expert
ence in producing shows. The show
this year is considered one of his
best.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
1888 WORKING
ON ROAD JOBS
Highway Department Has
Twenty-seven Contracts
In Force.

That the Highway Department Is
puIling it's share of the load for re-
employment is shown by the figures
OF last week released today by w.
W. Mack, Chief Engineer. During
the last week there were 81 road
projects under way which employ
ed a total of 1888 men, 1918 being
employed by contractors and the re-
mainder for maintenance and re-
pairs throughout the State. This
employment. is in line with the re-
cent estimate made by the Bureau
of Labor Statistics showing that ap-
proximately thirty per cent Of all
the wage earners furnished by the
Federal Unemployment Bureaus in
the State are being used on State
Highways which calculation does
not include the large number Of men
employed in the furnishing of road
building materials and machinery
or the continued organizations en-
ployed by the contractors themsel-
yes. II is also pointed out that the
chief value Of road building employ
ment lies in the, fact that the work
is furnished close to the home of the
man employed and that the money
earned is spent in the community
I'm which he lives.
The number projects under way
in this state will be increased to 49
in the next week or so with a con-
sequent upswing in employment,
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
URGE REOPENING OF
INDIAN RIVER INLET
Would Better Feeding Grounds For
Wild Fowl

The closing of Indian River Inlet
in recent years is held responsible
by Sussex county sportsmen for the
scarcity of ducks in the Rehoboth
and Indian River Bays area during
the last few years. They state that
the slightly brAckish condition of
the water in these bays, due to the
almost complete closing of the inlet,
connecting them with Atlantic
ocean, has prevented the growth of
fresh water grasses and is not suffi-
cient for salt water grasses, of
which the wild ducks are particu-
larly fond.
w. Virden Burton and Theodore
Bryan, both of Lewes and for years
ardent sportsmen, expressed them
selves as strongly in favor of the
movement now underfoot to secure
government funds to open, and
maintain with proper jetties, Indian
River Inlet. f
"The opening of the inlet, said Mr..
Bryan, would bring feed for ducks
into those waters and that would
encourage them to nest there for
the winters, instead of going on
southwark after they've rested over
night. When I was young boy, and
the inlet was open so that good siz-
ed vessels could go in there, I re-
member seeing the bay almost black
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
WATCH YOUR CHILD
SAYS SAFETY COUNCIL
Immature Minds Incapable OF Reas-
Oning Danger Promptly They Say

One of the most difficult fields of
accident prevention is where small
children are concerned. says the
Delaware Safety Council. These i'm
mature minds are yet incapable of
efficient reasoning and most action
is result of impulse or habit. 1t is.
therefore, incumbent upon parents
and older members of the family to
exert every possible effort to safe
guard these young lives from acci-
dents with the possible attendant
deaths or physical handicaps there
from. approximately one-third of
the 10000 home fatalities last year
we're children under fifteen years of
age. This indicates the Importance
of this field of care.
There are three rather definite in
stinctive reactions that characterize
child life that get them into trouble.
They are the instinct of curiosity.
the disposition to put things in the
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
SIX YEAR OLD
BOY HANGS SELF
Strangles To Death Show
ing Companions How
Executions Are Done.

81 am going to show you how
treat them in the Georgetown Jail"
Shortly after he made this prom
Use to a playmate on Saturday after
noon, William Ralph Marshall, six
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
r. Marshall. of Frankford, was
found strangled to death, his body
dangling at the end of rope in a
chicken house owned by his father.
In company with Mordecai H.
Hudson, Jr., the boy had gone to
the chicken house to play and TAX
ing a rope he tied it to a water
pipe near the roof of the coop.
Placing the moose around his
neck as he stood on a box he is
believed to have dropped when the
box tipped. He was unable to free
the rope from about his neck and
strangled to death before the Hud-
son boy was able to get persons to
his aid.
The chicken house is only about
$50 feet from the Marshall home
but when Mrs. Marshall reached her
son he was dead. She summoned
DR.. F. NJ. Gum and DR.. Carleton c.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
THOUSANDS -
HALLOWE'E
CELEBRATION
Estimated Crowd Of 12,-
900 Witness Mammoth
Parade.
1000 PAR A d E X S
Many Prize Winners
From Out OF City; No
Disorder.
1000 PARA ID E r S

A crowd estimated at 10000 lined
both sides of Walnut street Wednes-
day night to witness the largest Hal
lowe'en parade ever held in Milford
Only two times before has such a
vast concourse of people poured in
to Milford to see a parade; the Arm
istice parade in 1918, and the par
ade given in honor of the late Pres
ident Harding. Cars were parked on
all the side streets, one line reach
ing from the corner of West Front
and Walnut streets to Wright's Fill
ing station. Despite the huge crowds
and the limited parking space there
was little, If any, disorder. AT exact
ly 1880 o'clock, Colonel Edward
Lank. parade marshal, led the first
section before the Judges stand. The
first division consisted of the num-
mers, and what a spectacle they pre-
sented as they went through their
funny antics. Next came the busi-
ness floats, headed by a feet of HUI
Der Baking Company's trucks, the
Wilmington Provision Company al
so had several trucks in line as did
Breyer's ice cream, Sharpless ice
cream, Atlantic Refining Company,
Conoco and many local business
floats. Closely following the business
floats, came the fraternal organiza-
tions and school floats. Many of
these we're handsomely decorated.
Next came bands and colored units.
Closely following the bands and col
ored units came the fire companies,
led by the Delmar group who made
a pretty picture in their snotless
uniforms. Last, but not least, were
the decorated autos and groups from
the Milford Armory and the CCC
camps. The Aoat OF the CCC camp in
Delaware was especially interesting
as 1t represented a ditch digging
scene, bringing to the minds of those
present the wonderful work which
has been accomplished by these
units.
The judges, who were: Miss Eliz-
abeth Carlisle. James X. Pettyjohn, !
Bayard Wharton. Mrs. George H. |
Draper. Jr., Mrs. Stephen Toadvine, |
Mrs. Thomas Davis and c. d. Holz-
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
HASTINGS
REFUSESDEBATE
WITH RANKIN
LIQUOR SALES LEGAL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER IL

Although Armistice Day,
which falls on Sunday, will be
generally observed throughout
the State on Monday, liquor
may be sold on Monday, ac-
cording to officials of the Del
aware Liquor Commission.
This would not be true of
any of the other holidays
mentioned in the State Liquor
Control Act as days on which
liquor may be sold.
The State law setting holi-
days mentions each holiday
specifically and states that in
case any one of them falls on
Sunday they will be officially
observed on Monday. AS Arm
istice Day did not become a
holiday until after the State
law on holidays was passed it
is not included among those
listed.
Since it is not listed as be-
ing officially observed on Mon
day the Liquor Commission
has decided to allow the sale
of wines and liquors on Mon
day, November IL.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
v. M. D. HARRINGTON
DIES FROM POISON GAS
Retired Contractor Aspiyxlated
While Sitting In Auto In Garage

Vincent NJ. d. Harrington, retired
contractor of Milford, was found
dead in an automobile in his gar
age last Monday morning, from the
effects Of carbon monoxide gas. He
had been dead about two hours
when found by William Fisher and
George Kinney, who noticed the
motor running when they passed the
garage. Looking through a window
they saw Mr.. Harrington slumped in
the seat of his car. They broke open
the garage and drove the car out-of-
doors. Mr.. Harrington was dead
when taken to a physician. Coroner
Harry Pusey of Sussex county con-
Quoted an inquest Monday night.
and a verdict of accidental death
was returned.
MIR. Harrington made his home
with his daughter and son-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thad Hollis. II is be-
lieved that he was attempting to
warm up his motor when he was ov-
ercome by the deadly fumes from
the motor. In early life Mr.. Harring-
ton resided at Cedar Beach and was
active in The sturgeon fishing indus
try, which fourished in the Della
ware Bay. He later moved to Mil
ford and engaged in the contracting
and building business, and built
many of Milford's business build
ings.
Besides Mrs. Hollis, he is survived
by two other daughters. Miss Ida
of Darlington, Pa. and
Miss Anna Harrington. of Philadel-
phia; two sons. Harold, of Whining
ton, and Fedderson, who resides in
Virginia.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
A. j. HANDY is NEW
|. o. R. M. CHIEF
Great Council OF Delaware AdjOurns
After Elections

Frank H. Balling, of Newark, was
elected great prophet of the I'M
proved Order of Red Men at the
closing session of the Great Council
of Delaware held in Georgetown last
Thursday.
other officers elected are: A. John
Handy, of Seaford, great sachem;
George Lee Brown, of State Road,
great senior sycamore; Edward L.
Brasure, of Selbyville, great junior
sycamore; Edward McIntire, of Will
mington, great chief of records;
Ralph X. Hill, of Kimblesville, Pa,
great keeper of wampum; Mr. Ball
ing and William p. Jackson, of
Magnolia, !, great representatives.
Membership in the Improved Or
der of Red Men in Delaware is de-
clining, Edward McIntire, Great
Council, reported to the annual
meeting of the order.
Some plan," he added, will have
to be devised to perpetuate the care
of our orphans and aged INDECENT
members or discontinue the care of
both. What we have been doing for
those unfortunates apparently has
not been appreciated as it should
have BEEN"
In the statement of membership
submitted as of Worm Moon G. S.
D.. 442, the membership was shown
to be 1898, while present total,
Worm Moon, G. S. D., 443. shows
1926 in the organization. The report
for Worm Moon, 442, G. S. D., listed
902 for the Degree of Pocahontas
against S29 in Worm Moon. G. s. D.,
443.
Only 1855 were listed as Red Men
in good standing. The report also
showed 589 as in good standing i'm
the Degree of Pocahontas.
There were 80 deaths in the State
during the year of members of the
various lodges and IA in the Degree
of Pocahontas.
Andrew J. Lynch, president of
City Council. and a
member of Nanticoke Tribe No. 81,
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
HASTINGS BRANDS
PLEDGE OF PUBLIC
WORKS VOTE BAIT
Accuses Roosevelt Of PO-
liticaI PandhandIing In
Fishing For Ballots.
VARIOUS REASONS
Says Much Cash Dangled
Before Electorate Will
Be Withdrawn.

A G. o. P. accusation of political
pandhandling"-an attempt to bait
voters with promises Of public
works and power projects-was
tossed on Sunday at the White
House.
Senator Hastings (R-DeD. CO.
chairman of the Republican Sena-
torial-C al-Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, was the author of the re-
mark. He said that not only was the
Administration engaging in con-
spiracy of political pandhandling'
but that the knowledge and con-
sent and, in many instances, on the
direct orders of the White House" "
Hastings enumerated several big
power and irrigation projects either
approved or favorably considered by
the administration, and added.
Everyone realizes, of course, that
some of these things are pure pO-
liticaI fakes. Money dangled before
the voters prior to election will be
swiftly withdrawn after November
sixth. In other cases, however, the
Administration is forced to deliver
for various political reasons. Con-
sequently, dams will be built in the
desert. and engineers will turn in
instructed verdicts just as long as
the people will stand fer it,"
Representative Fish (R-NY) in
another statement held that Post
master-General Farley, "who is sub
stituting for Santa Claus on the
New Deal football team. has fumb-
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MRS. A. L. WALLER
HEADS W. c. 7. u.
Feature Of Convention Was Address
By National President

The w. C. T. u. State Convention
closed its sessions in Milford last
Friday following the election of its
State officers and delegates to the
national convention which will be
held in Cleveland.
Mrs. Anna Lee Waller, of Delmar,
was elected State president for the
fifth consecutive time. She received
65 convention votes. Mrs. Katie L. B.
Dockety, of Wilmington, received
two votes. and Mrs. Elizabeth Bring
hurst, FELTON,, received one.
Mrs. Kate L. B. Dockety, of Will
mington, was elected vice-president-
at-large. She received So votes; Mrs.
Elizabeth Bringhurst, four; Mrs.
Fannie T. H. Hay, Wilmington, one.
Mrs. Bertha ]. Coursey, Wyoming,
was elected corresponding secre-
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN
Hope To Increase Interest In Mis-
slOnary Work

Immediately following it's general
convention at Atlantic City, the
Protestant Episcopal Church launch
ed an intensive campaign to stimu-
late interest throughout the church
here at home in its missionary en-
terprises. Several missionary bish-
ops, each accompanied by repre-
sentative of the National Council
and by an outstanding member of
the Woman's Auxiliary, have been
sent forth to cover every diocese
and missionary district throughout
the country, for the purpose of re-
vitalizing the interest the church
has always shown in the work of
extending the Kingdom of Christ
and His gospel.
AS with all other enterprises, this
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
ROAR PROTEST
ASR RELIEF FUNDS
FLOOD NATION
Delaware Receives $S3, $50
To Aid Needy With
Election Three Days Off
NATIONAL SCANDAL
Democrats Charged With
Using Federal Money
For Political Purposes.

A roar of protest rose from the
Republican high command on Tues
day as the Democratic administra-
tion, with the election a week of
poured 100000 of relief money
into every state except Maine, which
voted in September.
Tho Republican SenatOrial-Con-
gressional Campaign Committee. in
a statement, asserted that "again
the New Deal administration con-
victs itself of the charge of using
Federal relief funds for political
purposes and as a substitute for a
campaign fund"
While relief officials explained
that Maine had been omitted from
the ALLEGATIONS because its needs for
November had not been determined
the Republican committee said:
"Curiously enough every State ex-
ccpt Maine received a slice. Maine
has already voted Maine. under
the Farley plan of Tammanyizing
the country, manifestly is recorded
as having had hers"
Chairman Fletcher of the Re-
publican National Committee, in a
radio address Tuesday night, con-
tended the New Deal was taking its
hope for success in the elections on
President Roosevelt's personality
and "the use of public money is
through it came from the Democra-
tic National Committee instead of
the United States Treasury"
"No such shameless use of public
funds to influence elections can be
found in the most sordid annals of
our municipal politics" he added.
The relief allOtments, designed
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Official Tote VIII Be Published
In Full By The Chronicle
Next Week

The Milford Chronicle will complete official for
Sussex and Counties The vote will be
canvassd by the courts until Thursday afternoon and the work
continue the nlghespecaly should there be
the will held until the vote has
officially by the and the Chronicle will then
be printed.
Chronicle will be placed in the mails Friday morning
All subscribers requested to walt
than usual before notifying the publishers that
they received their copy of the Chronicle
years past Milford Chronicle has been the only Della
to publish complete official election
counties Again. this hope
complete picture of the elections they af
tickets the Legislative
o government in Delaware.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
l.. X. YERGER HEADS
GAME, FISH GROUP

The annual meeting of the
Delaware State Game and Fish
Protective Association was
held at Dover Monday night,
with about 30 members from
all parts of the State attend
ing.
Among the many matters
discussed was one which
would provide for a bill to be
presented in the next Legisla-
ture that would provide for a
license fee of from $1.25 to
$3.50 for duck hunters, a por-
tion Of which fee would go to
the Game and Fish Commits
sion to permit it to hire an
adequate number of game
wardens with which to police
the State.
The annual election of off,
GERS resulted as follows: Pres
ident. L. X. Yerger, Whining
ton; vice president for Kent
county, l.. r. Beauchamp. of
Harrington; vice president for
Sussex county. Anthony Hig-
gins. Millsboro; secretary and
treasurer, J. J. Pearson, Sea-
ford.
Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
Mississippi Congressman
Had Challenged Della
ware Senator To Joint
Debate In This State.
Asks Whether He Would
DisfrGnchiSe Negroes
Wants To Know Whether
Same Methods Would
Be Pursued Here AS In
Mississippi.

Senator Dan Hastings, Of Della
ware, has refused to debate Con-
gressman Rankin, of Mississippi, on
the issues of this campaign. The
Delaware Senator was challenged
last Friday by the administration
supporter. On Monday a letter de-
c.ining the challenge was sent to
the Congressman. The exchange of
letters is interesting, and their con-
tents are of more than passing in
terest to Delawareans. Both the
letters of Congressman Rankin
making the challenge and Hastings
letter declining are printed in full
They follow:
October 26, 1884:
Senator Daniel o. Hastings,
Wilmington, Delaware.
My dear Senator Hastings:
From press reports l note your
recent attack on President Roose-
welt, and without going into details
hasten to challenge your state
ments and your criticisms.
Since this is a contest between
the New Deal and the Old, and You
persist in your criticism of the
Roosevent Administration. carrying
1t so far as to attack the President
himself, / make bold to take issue
with you and hereby challenge you
to met me in joint debate on these
questions.
In order not to take any advan-
tage Of you. propose to debate these
issues with you in your own Stats
of Delaware, and not in mine. l
therefore, challenge you to meet me
a. the times and places to be desig7
mated by Mr.. John Biggs, Jr.. of
Wilmington, Delaware, representing
NE. and some person to be chosen
by yourself The time to be divid-
ed according to their agreement.
In this connection, let me say that
the horrible conditions from which
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Milford chronicle., 1934-11-02
SEAFORD GETS
N. E. CONFERENCE
Bishop Hughes To Pre-
side Over March Meet
ing.

Bishop Edwin H. Hughes. of the
Washington Area of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. will preside over
the next session of the Wilmington
Annual Conference. opening in the
Seaford NJ. E. Church next March
27.
The Seaford Church extended an
invitation for the 1885 session at
the last session of the conference
held in Newark, and the matter was
referred to the Commission on Con-
ference Entertainment. This COM
mission met in Seaford and formal
lyaaccepted the invitation. DR.. Diss-
ton w. Jacobs, superintendent of the
Wilmington District; DR.. ]. w. Co
Iona, pastor of the Harris Street
Church. Wilmington, and Willis L.
Overdeer, layman, all members of
the commission. attended the ses-
sion.
Bishop Hughes who had been at
tending the. district meeting in Sea-
ford. returned to Wilmington with
DR.. Jacobs and left the next day for
washington. - y 's
The next annual session of the
Wilmington Conference will be an
important one in many respects.
One thing sure is the redistricting
of the conference. reducing the four
districts to three, In accordance
with the action Of the conference
held in Newark. ,5
DIR. Disston w. Jacobs, of the Will
mington District; DR.. w. E. Hab-
bart, of the Dover District; DR..
Leonard White. of the Salisbury
District, will be retired. having ser
we'd six years. DR.. e. c. Hallman,
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