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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
-CLARKSVILLE


Mrs. Mary Stevens of Selbyviil,
spent Sunday night with her sister
Mrs. W.T.. Breasure. They also hat
callers from Bishopville. Md, OF
Sunday.
Miss Matte Belts spent last weel
with her uncle, w. J. Belts Of Ocean
View.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. N. Helm and fam
lily Of Dover spent New Years lay
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. W.
Helm.
Mrs. Edgar Townsend of Magnolia
spent Thursday night with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Belts.
Charles West spent the weekend
with his daughter, Mrs. S. c. Davis
and sister, Mrs. C. u. Ellis.
Harrison and Samuel Mclaughlin
of Baltimore, Md, were callers here
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Steele had
family dinner on Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul McCabe were
callers in town on Monday.
T.. Edgar Townsend, Jr., was a
caller here on New Years Day.
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. M. Clark and MIR.
and Mrs. r. N. Belts spent Friday in
Philadelphia.
Russell Hudson of RehOboth spent
the weekend with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. S. w. Hudson.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. H. Dunton and
daughter and Mrs. S. w. Ames of
Nassawadox, Va, spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Belts.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Warrington
were dinner guests of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warrington on
Christmas Day. In the evening Mr..
and Mrs. J. H. Warrington celebrat-
ed their wedding anniversary.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Harmon |
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs. |
Edw. Gray of Lewes on Monday.
Miss Dorothy Williams Of Chester, /
Pa, spent the weekend with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Williams. |
The Warrington and Harmon fam
lilies entertained to a turkey dinner |
on Thursday. Others present were:
Mrs. Anne Harmon, Miss Nell War
rington and mother, Mrs. George
Warrington of BishopYille, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Derrickson en-
tertained at dinner on Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Ward Bennett and Mr.. and
Mrs. william Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. ]. Derricksop cal
led on Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Howard
on Sunday evening.
Mrs. Annie d. Belts spent Monday
evening with J. P. Belts and family.
DR.. Frank Taylor and children,
Eleanor. Frank and Billy OF Ridge
ly, Md, visited Mr.. and Mrs. w. T.
Breasure on Wednesday.
John and George Townsend have
returned from Philadelphia report
ing a fine trip. 4
The Ladies' Aid OF st. Georges met
on Wednesday evening. The hostess
es were Mrs. o. H. Connolly Mrs.
Carl Richards and Mrs. H. o. Der
Mr.. and Mrs. J. p. Belts and Miss
Matte Belts called on Mrs. Eliza
beth Murray and Mr.. and Mrs. Louis
Townsend on Sunday evening. They
we're glad to find Mrs. Townsend a
much improved. e
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer 8. Murray an a
1ounce the engagement OF their o
Marjorie Alice. to Stephen a
;. Knox of Bethany Beach. i"
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
DAGSBORO

The NJ. 2. Church will hold a fes-
tivaI in Mechanics Hall. January
9Th. Everybody invited.
Preston Hudson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Renal Hudson. and Helen Brit
tingham, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charlie Brittingham were united in
holy matrimony Saturday. Dec. SOth,
at Salisbury, Md. Their many
friends wish them long and happy
welded life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hersel Quillen enter
tanned to a turkey dinner Friday.
There were 90 present. namely, Mr.
and Mrs. NJ. w. Hudson and son.
George S. Quillen and family. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Murray and family,
Edward Clogg and family, Henry C.
johnson. Jr.. and wife, Elmer Quill
len and family. Ice cream was
served.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Campbell and
daughter. Sarah Dunreath and Cath
crime Layfield spent the holidays at
Franklin. Va.
Casper KOllock and Miss Inez
Cutchings spent Christmas week at
Franklin, Va, and accompanied by
Mrs. Cutchings' sister motOred to
Miami, Fla, returning home on New
Years day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dewitt Daisey of
Philadelphia spent the past week
with their parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Adkins, and were accompanied
home by Mrs. Adkins. who is receiv-
ing treatment for an infected angle.
DR.. Arthur Evans has moved to
his new home built on Hazard
street.
Mrs. Washington Baker is spend
ing some time with her daughter in
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Timmons and
son Lafayette. of Hightstown, n j..
spent the week with relatives. Isaac
Timmons gave a dinner Sunday in |
their honor. Preston Timmons was
also their guest.
MIR. and Mrs. COrdrey MaGee en-
Leftained the Dagsboro Bridge Club |
Saturday evening.
Miss Marie and Virginia Hickman /
spent Wednesday in Georgetown as
he guests of Miss Pepper.
The Sewing Unit began Tuesday
lnder the management of Mrs. G.
VI. Donaway..
Miss Deeima DOnaway spent
Christmas week with her parents.
Ar. and Mrs. G. NJ Donaway.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Baker gave
! dinner Sunday. those present
we're. Mr.. and Mrs. g. NJ. Donaway
nd daughter Decima, Mr.. and Mrs.
lille Brumbley and daughter, and
B, Zaker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Bunting gave
dinner Sunday in honor of Mrs.
relatives. the Pepper fam
ly. On New Years day a dinner Il
'as given for Mr.. Bunting's family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Bunting and
Ir. and Mrs. Cordrey McGee were
ecent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Cord
ey of Millsboro. II
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Adkins enter |
aimed Saturday evening. a number I
friends to an old-fashioned party.
hey all departed hoping that they 1
Iould soon be invited to another, in '
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
WILLIAMSVILLE
Near HOustOn)

Sunday school at williamsville
Church every Sunday at p. m.
Everyone is welcome to this little
church. Come and learn more about
the word of God Preaching. Jan. 9TH
at p. M, by W. S. Hickman of
Slaughter Neck. Texe. Kingdoms. ="
Everyone from this community is
requested to be present this Sun
day afternoon. There will be an
election of Sunday school officers
for the year 1884.
The Christmas entertainment
which was held at Williamsville
Church last Thursday evening was
decided success There was
large crowd present. The collec-
ton amounted to S233. Mrs. Will
German of near Houston gave $1.00
as gift to the Sunday School. John
w. Beebe of ElwOod, Indiana. also
gave $1.00 as a gift to the Sunday
School. This makes a total of $4.33
for our Christmas collection. We
surely do appreciate this and wish
TO thank everyone who helped in
any way. We especially want to
take this opportunity to thank Mr.
Perry, manager of Grants store in
Milford. for donating such beautiful
Christmas trimmings for our church.
Mrs. Sallie Dawson of Milford and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Donovan of Clay
ton. were Sunday guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. c. Tatman and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Collins visited
Mrs. Lizzie Butler and son of An
drewville. on Monday.
Miss Mary Burlingame of near
Milford spent the weekend with
Miss Kathryn Donovan.
Mrs. l.. Kinney entertained friends
from ElIendale on Sunday after
noon.
Miss Kathryn Donovan and friend,
Wilson Hatfield. were Sunday eve
ming guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lafay-
cite Burlingame.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
BRIDGEVILLE
Prominent Citizen Dies

. prominent Citizen Dies
Mr.. Charles Scott, retired business
man, and one OF the Oldest and most
respected citizens of our town died
Friday morning, December 80. He
had been in failing health for about
six months. He leaves to mourn their
loss a wife and many nieces and
nephews, also one sister. Among
the relatives who live in this town
are Norman Scott and Ralph Scott
merchants. He was laid to rest on
Sunday in the Bridgeville ceme-
Bridgeville cemetery.
Young men of the town should
take warning and not attempt to
drive motor cars without drivers
license. Alton Layton of Cannon
was arrested for SO doing ,arraigned
before Magistrate Dimes and SEN
fenced to 10 days in Jail.
Water rent statements have just
been mailed and received for the
past three months service. Many
complaints are heard around town.
In many instances the rate amounts
to three times the cost of water be-
fore the meters were installed Is
there no way i'm which the rate may
be lowered? Or are the town COM
missiOners justified i'm maintaining
such rate? The question is at
least worth serious consideration by
the tax payers and water consul
mers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Scott had
a delightful visit with relatives at
Frederick, Md, Mr.. Scott's return
trip was not enjoyable as he en-
cOuntered some of last weeks snow
which seemed to have struck nearly
all eastern parts of the country ex-
cept southern Delaware and parts
OF New Jersey and Maryland.
Miss Iva Sebrock who was a
Christmas visitor at Cumberland, |
Nd, said that she was happy to get |
back to Delaware where the ther- |
mometer read six above, whereas in |
Cumberland she had shivered for |
several days with the mercury at
IL below zero.
Mrs. Dawson Todd entertained her
many friends in her own grand
style on Friday. Only those priv
ileged to be Mrs. Todd's guests know
how delightful it is to be entertained
by such a hospitable hostess.
Attorney and Mrs. Jacob Elwanger
Of Baltimore. Nd. are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. C. Ed. Brown.
Turkey Dinner
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. T. Handloser of
near Bridgeville, entertained at a
turkey dinner on Sunday in honor OF
their 18th wedding anniversary, the
following guests: Children, William,
Violet and Rose Handloser; G. will
bert Brown. Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Beid-
sman of Milton; Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
Mrs. Linda Jones and Miss
allie Handy of Redden. Their sup
per guests were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
rhischauer and son William Of Far
nington. They received some useful
lifts. The guests all left wishing Mr.
md Mrs. Handloser many more
ears OF happy married life.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
MARY OF THE WILD MOOR

One night when the winds they
blew cold,
Blew bitter across the wild moor;
Young Mary, she came with her
child,
Wandering home to her own IA
theirs door,
Crying, Father, oh. pray let me in;
Take pity on me, l implore,
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
SC0TT'S
(Near BrIdgeVillel

Charlie Smith was given a birth
day surprise party Wednesday eve
ming, and "a fine evening Nwas enjoy
ed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Nelson and
son. John. entertained at a turkey
dinner Wednesday with nine guests.
Frank Smith who was injured
some time ago is getting along nice
ly.
Miss Elizabeth Chaffinch spent a
few days with Mrs. Frank Anthony
last week.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05
REV. AND MRS. ROBERT FRASER

Evangelistic services under the di-
rection of the pastor. DIR. Randall.
assisted by Rev. and Mrs. Robert
Fraser, and a special pianist, will
begin at the First Methodist Prot
estant Church. Milford, on Sunday,
January 14th, and continue through
to the 2Sth, every evening, including
Saturday evenings, at 7.3O o'clock.
Special services for school chill
dren each afternoon at p. m. Let
children come direct from school.
Cottage prayer meetings are be-
ing held simultaneously in a num-
ber of places during the two weeks
previous. and much interest is be-
ing shown in the campaign.
Our motto is: Milford For Christ
And The Church.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05

Not every boy can become Ford.
an Edison, or a Rockefeller. but
every one who is not afraid or
ashamed to work can make an hon
orable and useful place for himself
and he doesn't have to begin in a
"white-collar" job either.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05

In nearly every case when you
exclaim, There ought to be law
against that" IL you'll look 1t mp.
you'll find that there is.-Atlanta
Journal
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-05

An ideal happy married state is
one where the wife goes her way
and the husband goes hers.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

Of the born romancer. who has writ
ten such historical romances as
"Greenmantle" and witch Wood"
x
MAMMALIAN, EMPEROR OF MEX
ICO. Memoirs of his private
secretary. Jose Luis Blasio. Trans
lated from the original Spanish
and edited by Robert Hammond
Murray New Haven: Yale Uni
versity Press.
THE story of the unfortunate Haps-
burg, brother of Franz Josef,
made puppet king on an improvised
throne in Mexico, because Napoleon
III had a mania for initiating his
famous uncle, Napoleon I, in setting
up Kingdoms subsidiary to himself,
is one of the most pathetic personal
stories in history. Maximilian's wife
was Carlota, Belgian princess, who
was dazzled by the prospect of being
an empress. It was in 1864 that
Maximilian and Carlota went to Mex
leo and were Mortified at the squalor
of Vera Cruz and of the palace"
which was to be their home: it was
in 1868 that Maximilian's bullet
riddled body was brought back to
Europe in the same Austrian cruiser
which had carried him to Mexico
That he allowed himself to be the
tool Of an ambitious visionary, that
he stayed on in Mexico after the
evacuation of the French Army. urged
thereto by his own mother among
others, is not surprising. Maximilian
was himself visionary. Carleton
Beals says in a foreword: "a liberal
Catholic. parliamentary monarchist.
a sentimental nationalist, his thought
is shot through with borrowed French
revolutionary sophistry." Carlota went
back to Europe in 1866 to urge Ma
poleon III to give better support to
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Explorers Seek Old
Secrets i'm the Sahara

BUDAPEST (P.-Hoping to find
traces of ancient tribes believed to
have inhabited the Sahara before it
became a desert, a Hungarian explor-
ing party will leave for Africa late
this month or early in December.
The expedition, which Is being
financed by the city of Budapest and
several scientific societies, also will
make geographical and geological sur
veys and collect data illustrating the
history of primitive cultures.
Landing at Tripoi, the scientists
are to make their way in automobiles
equipped with caterpillar traction
through the Sahara and Sudan to
Lake Chad. led by DR.. Laszlo Benda,
famous for his discovery and study
of SOC, -year-old animal remains at
Baltavar, Hungary. Many of the
skeletons he unearthed now are IN
the British Museum.
Maps, drawings and paintings are
to be made by Benedek Baja, who also
is an expert on native African di-
alects, and anthropological data col
lected by DR.. Zoltan Czajkovsky, spe-
cialist in tropical diseases.
Radio communication with the OUT
side world Is to be established.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

N. A. r. B., was caused by the scorch-
ing drought of July and August. In
three provinces-Kiangsu, Chekiang
and Anhwei-the crops wilted and
shriveled as the heat wave progressed
Eighteen million acres of farm land,
constituting So per cent of the titled
area in these thickly- populated prov
inces, were laid waste. The millions
OF peasants called frantically but fu-
tilely upon their gods for rain.
Seven or eight other provinces also
were hit, though less seriously, by the
long dry SPELL
In the wake of a Summer of unprec-
edented heat came floods. The yellow
River-called China's Sorrow-broke
through its dykes and flooded vast
areas of rich farming land in parts
of four provinces.
AS though this were not enough, a
hailstorm of terrific force swept
through eight provinces of the north
west and beat the life from maturing
crops which lay in its path.
Locusts in great swarms added to
the woes Of the peasant population of
the country. Eight provinces reported
damage by them.
Evening star., 1934-11-18

diner or Morley, but 1t Is careful,
accurate and most readable one
volume account of the life and per-
sonality of one of the most striking
and most debated personages in all
history. Mr.. Buchan, as a Scot, a
member Of Parliament, student of
military affairs and historian, has
many reasons for his interest in
Cromwell which help him In his iu-
depreciation of the man who was at
the same time an inspired zealot, a
usurping statesman and great mil
itary leader.
Mr.. Buchan begins his study by de-
scribing the stage upon which Oliver
Cromwell made his entrances and
exits, "a shaggy England" Of the
seventeenth century. Behind the CO.
nundrum of Cromwell, he says, Lies
the conundrum of his time" 1t was
transition era which, before it was
over, saw the end of the wars of re-
ligion and the beginning Of the wars
of economic nationalism" The long
first chapter on the England of
Cromwell, an essay in social and
economic history. would make the
book worth while were there nothing
more. But there is much more-an
account of the rise of Cromwell to
power, the beginnings of civil war,
the overthrow of Parliament, the con-
tinuation Of war. the execution of
Charles I, the war in Ireland and
Scotland, the Protectorate, the loss
of Cromwell's grip, his death and the
crumbling of all he had hoped to
pass on through his son as a perma-
nent legacy to England. Much did
become permanent. but only after a
long reaction to Stuart rule. In Mr.
Buchan's narrative are combined the
care and scrupulousness of the his
torian and the sense of the dramatic
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Spain Plans Costly Port at Seville
s For Dirigible Service to America

MADRID CP-Spurred into action
by DR.. Hugo Eckener's announcement
Of the early inauguration Of dirigible
service between Germany and the
United States, the Spanish govern
ment has revived long dormant plans
to make Seville the largest and best
equipped dirigible port in the world" 4"
News that DR.. Eckener had told
the Federal Aviation Commission at
Washington he planned to launch the
new service next Summer scarcely had
reached here when Emilio Moreno,
subsecretary Of the presidency, an
nounced $2,000,000 would be appro-
priated at once for increasing facil-
tiles at the Seville port.
Seville'S strategic location and even
ness of climate the year around caused
it to become a prime port when the
South Atlantic dirigible service to
Buenos Aires was inaugurated.
1t is the last European port dirig-
ibles touch on their weekly trips south
and west from Germany to Argentina
and the first upon their return.
The government believes the new
North Atlantic service with the United
States will be by way of Bermuda and
the Azores, and since Seville has al
most the same latitude as the Azores
it thinks Seville will be the connecting
point with the South Atlantic route.
AS announced at Washington, DR..
Eckener's plans call for five-day serv-
ice between North and South America
by way of Europe.
Increased mooring and hangar facil-
tiles will be provided and plant for
the manufacture of dirigible gas
erected beside the huge airport.
The government believes the new
service will prove a big stimulant to
the tourist business as the two-day
service between North America and
Europe as planned by DR.. Eckener
Evening star., 1934-11-18

positions by Di Gioia of the italian
Theater" and Fish Market, New
York" a painting of the shore near
Kennebunkport, Me-, with the tide
out, by Eliot O'Hara, works by Dwight
Williams and Elliot Orr-an strongly
individualistic and more or less ex-
perimental Strangely enough, 1t is
not only the leaders of modernism
that have influenced our younger
painters of today, but the vogue for
Currier and Ives prints. relics of
Victorianism, resurrected from attics
and cellars.
But, If the water colors in this eX-
hibition are entertaining and thought
provocative, the prints are even more
so. These cover a wide variety, but
they share in common extremely low
cost, ranging from So to $50 and in
Guiding both reproductions and orig
inals. Among the reproductions are
small color prints of works by Dau-
mier-"On Bridge at Night"-prac-
tically a facsimile, by Picasso and
Laurencin, both at their best, or
better than best" if that can be.
Here also are charming reproductions
in color of great works by Chinese
painters, such as are now on view
in the Public Library, but here pur-
chaseable at trifiing cost. In a case
in the hall are hung three Daumier
Autographs, two of which are of the
famous Lawyer Series" to which
his inimicable little masterpiece of
painting, ''The Three Advocates" in
the Phillips Memorial Gallery, al
though in different medium, rightly
belongs. This painting, by the way,
has lately come back from notable
Daumier exhibition held in Paris this
past Summer, to which it was gener-
ously lent. In another case in the
hall at Studio House are to be seen
an exquisite portrait study Of an old,
bearded man by Redon which might
have been drawn by da Vinci, Q study
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Uncounted foundations, Drought
And Plaques Hit China This Year

SHANGHAI LP.-Floods, droughts,
plaques and other natural calamities
known to China have afflicted the
country with such frequency and in
such magnitude this year that gov
ernment statisticians have been un-
able to keep up with them.
On the basis, however, of rough es-
Inmates which have dribbled into Man.
king from the various affected areas,
it is predicted that the total property
loss will reach the staggering sum of
1,000,000,000 yuan. That, in terms of
American money, is about $357 ,000, 900.
The National Agricultural Research
Bureau, which compiled these esti-
mates, has been unable as yet to cal
culate even roughly the loss of life,
which in some districts was heavy
Disaster strikes often and hard in
China, but seldom does it turn loose
on all parts of the country at once.
Yet this is precisely what occurred
this year. Scarcely province in the
country has escaped disastrous vlsi-
tation in some form.
More than half the total property
loss, according to the survey of the
Evening star., 1934-11-18
Travel Seems Chief Occupation
Of Japan, Trains Always Packed

NANAO, Japan.-Travel seems to
be the chief occupation of this coun-
, try. Trains are always crowded,
second and third-claSs coaches are
always packed. And this, let it be
said, is on the west coast of Japan,
! on a jerk-water train, through what
i, is advertised to be wide and deso-
late country, the Noto Peninsula. ="
Few tourists ever come this far away
from Toxic or Kobe and there are
only six foreigners known to be re-
siding within a 100-mile radius.
In Japan as in China and else
where in Asia the peasant gets down
into the soil to earn his daily bowl
of rice. There Is no finesse about
this. He or his wife doesn't roll up
his garments, he plunges into his
water-filled rice paddles. spends long
hours with doubled back and head
down close to the ground out Of which
he wrenches his living. He does not
rise to gaze at the passing train.
In the sceond-class coach are four
husbands and seven geisha girls all
from KanaZawa. One Of them ex-
plains there were "a men, but 20 Of
them had been left behind at the
picnic grounds in Wakura Spa. Each,
returning home, will report to his
wife he has had a gay time and this
being a mans country no voice will
be raised in anger, contempt or COM
plant.
Here they sit. the geisha girls. all
very respectable, pouring japanese
beer into large glass pitchers and
passing it around with Strawberries,
cherries and sweet rice cakes.
Seated In solemn state, unmind-
full of the gayety, Is a middle-aged
Japanese in the inevitable tailed
morning coat and striped trousers.
Labels on his suit case show he has
visited and stopped at hotels in
Switzerland, Germany and Los An
geles.