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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
LIQUOR SOLD IN
DELAWARE
GOOD QUALITY
Analysis By State Chem
ist Fails To Reveal Any
Harmful Ingredients.
COMPLETE ANALYSIS
Control Board Reports
Profit For First Six
Months Operation.

The quality of the whiskey being
sold in Delaware, under the control
of the Delaware Liquor Commission,
is satisfactory from a health stand
point. according to the analysis of
samples made by DR.. Harold E. Tiff
fany. State chemist for Delaware
courts for many years.
Alexander j. Taylor, executive
secretary Of the Delaware Liquor
Commission, said this week that
similar eheck-ups on the contents of
liquor being sold here, will be made
periodically. In this way, Mr.. Tay-
lor said, the health of the public will
be protected against any unscrup-
ylOus or careless distillers. who ship
INTO Delaware.
There were "a different brands of
whiskey analyZed for the liquor
commission by DR.. Tiffany. All test
ed 80 proof. or better. None contain
ed quantities of adulterative sub
stances sufficient to constitute even
a slight menace to health, it was re-
vealed. However, there were two or
three brands, which did not test
high enough in the complete chem
ical analysis made by Dr. Tiffany
TO justify their classification as
medicinal" although they were
amply good to rate for general use.
Mr.. Taylor explained. Those distil-
lers of brands will be instructed to
change their labels claiming quality
medicinal" in character. or to sub
nit later samples for test If they de-
sire to continue to have that desig-
nation on the bottles.
The results of the analysis in gem
eral was pleasing to the Liquor
g E31Bnission. which, was agFseahly-
surprised that there was so little
to complain Of as to the purity of
the whiskeys being shipped into Del
aware, under their supervision and
control.
A balence of $93.465 remains to
the credit of the Delaware Liquor
Commission after its first six
months of operation. and deduction
of refunds during December.
The net income for December was
34,764.50 almost all of which came
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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
THREE MILFORD MEN
INJURED In WRECK
Fog Responsible For Wreck Near
Farnhurst

The dense fog of last Sunday
night was responsible for an acci-
dent that almost caused the deaths
of three of Milford prominent young
men. when the car owned by Ray
mond Masten and operated by Price
Webb ran off the road near Farm
hurst. and crashed into a culvert
Webb received bruises of his left
side and possible internal injuries.
His two companions, Joseph Wilson
and Raymond Masten received deep
decorations of the face and body.
They were taken to the Delaware
Hospital by passing motorists, and
after treatment we're returned to
their homes in Milford, where Webb
is still in bed under the care of a
physician. Privates Hession and
Harrity of the State police inyesti-
gated the accident.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
INSTRUCTIONS ON
FIRST AID HERE
Series OF Institutes Will
Be Conducted Through
out The State.

A series of First Aid Institutes
will be conducted throughout Della
ware under the joint auspices of the
American Red Cross and the Della
ware Safety Council. These schools
OF instruction are scheduled to be
held in Middletown, Dover, Milford,
Georgetown and Laurel.
Students attending the first aid
institute, which is being conducted
in Wilmington are being taught the
fundamentals of first aid by DR.. ].
w. Fenton, of the Red Cross. First
aid is defined as being ''the immedi-
ate temporary treatment given In
case of accident or sudden illness
before the services of a physician
can be secured" In some cases. this
immediate action saves a life. In
all cases the proper application of
first aid measures reduces suffering
and places the patient in the physi-
clans care in a better condition to
receive treatment. The duty of the
first alder ends where the physi-
clans begins.
ne mann Pun pOSCo VI hlSt dtu
training are:
"a To prevent accidents. To make
the individual see an accident in
terms of pain to himself and his
pocketbook is an important feature
of any safety program. Impressing
the results of failure to have small
injuries treated without delay.
(2) To equip the individual with
sufficient knowledge to determine
the nature and extent of an injury.
The first alder is not expected to
make a complete or accurate dag
nosis such as physician makes but
he should be able to come to some
decision as to the nature and pos
sible extent of the injury.
go To train the first alder to do
the proper thing at the proper time.
Likewise, knowing what not to do
Is equally important.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
THINK DOVER MAN
KILLED HIMSELF
Had Been Drinking Heavily During
The Day

Charles Barcus, aged 40 years. of
Dover, died about S:45 o'clock last
Sunday night in the Kent General
Hospital, two hours after he was
found in the bed room of his home
with a bullet wound in his head. 1t
is thought that Barcus shot him
self.
Barcus who is survived by his
wife and four children, is said to
have been drinking during the day.
Saturday night he and his wife had
a quarrel which resulted in Barcus
swearing out a warrant for his
wife's arrest on a charge of threat
ening him. She was arrested and
spent the night in the county Jail,
being released Sunday. Whether or
not the couple resumed the quarrel
is not known. Coroner Poore is in
vestigating the case.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
NEWSPAPER PLANT
DAMAGED BY FIRE
Blaze In Union Republican, George
town, Estimated Loss OF $1,5OO

Fire from a defective chimney
completely gutted the second story
of the Union Republican, in George
town, last Friday, entailing loss OF
more than $500, the building is
owned by Walter B. Hilyard, for
mer member of Georgetown Council,
while the printing establishment and
newspaper, a weekly publication, is
owned by Elmer f. Wilson and
Fred l. McGee.
Mr.. Wilson, editor Of the paper,
discovered the blaze and immedi-
ateiy. the firemen were summoned.
Owing TO the fact that the wood
work was iigl4tWooa, it-burned euri-
ously and caused the firemen much
work before they were able to get it
under control. Another handicap
to the firemen was the splitting of
one of the hose-lines when the blaze
was almost at its height.
Tine advertising and headline type,
together with several hundred
pounds of body type and type cases
were burned. Many fonts of type in
the cases can be salvaged.
The paper is expected to be is
sued, according to present plans, but
it will be gotten out under a great
handicap for many weeks.
The paper press and job presses
and paper cutter. together with the
electric motor. on the first floor,
we're not damaged. There was loss
of several hundred dollars of stock,
which was stored on the first floor.
The paper files. which represented
an accumulation of many years,
were not burned.
The Union Republican was estab-
lished thirty-six years ago by the
late ]. Edward Addicks as a mouth
piece for the Union Republican par
ty which he organized in this State.
The late DR.. Caleb r. Layton was
one of the stockholders and its edi-
tor for many years. The plant and
paper finally passed into the hands
of the late Mrs Layisa Faucet, sis
ter of the present editor. Wilson and
MCGEE purchased it from Mrs. Fau-
sett a few years ago.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
DIPHTHERIA PROGRAM
FOR SUSSEX COUNTY
VIM Commence On January Is with
Clinics In Every School In County

DR.. Derrickson and the nurses of
the county health unit will on jan
uary Is start the annual diphtheria
immunization drive for pre-school
children in Sussex county. Clinics
are to be held at every school in the
county, and as only one dose Of the
toxoid now being used is necessary,
they urge the parents to bring all
children between six months and six
years to the clinic nearest their
home at the date and time specified
in the schedule published in this
paper. No second visit will be made
at any school. However, your physi-
clan is ready at any time to immun-
ize the children so why not take
them to him Immediately?
January 15-
Millsboro (colored) 8 a. m.
MillsbOro (white) 10:30 a. m.
Godwins, i p. m.
Shortley, p. m.
January 16-
Stockley, 8 a. m.
Frankford (eolored) 1O:30 a. m.
John NJ. Clayton, p. m.
January ~
Georgetown (colored) 8 a. m.
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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
STATEPAD MOST
FEDERAL INCOME
TAX PER CAPITA
Only 13 States Had Larg-
er Total In Past Fiscal
Year, Figures Show.
IN ANNUAL REPORT
State Is Second In Com
bined U. S. Tax Pay
mentS.

Delaware ranked first among al
the States in 1933-fiscal-year pay
ments of income tax calculated on 6
per capita basis. final Official figures
in the annual report of the commits
sioner Of internal revenue. released
Monday show.
Only 13 other states paid a larger
total Of income taxes. None Of these
or any other State, paid as much as
Delaware in proportion to pOpula-
tiOn. Percentages on income pay
ments alone are not however, part
of the tabulation.
When income taxes and miscella-
neous internal revenue taxes are
combined, 1t is found that Delaware
ranks second on a per capita basis
North Carolina, with its immense
and heavily-taxed tobacco and ciga-
rette industry, ranks first in this
classification. In the matter Of in
come payments alone, Delaware paid
a larger total than North Carolina.
Only eleven States recorded high
er percentage of combined payments
THAN luCiI pOphAaeAOA RNANShN05N-
Delaware of course was one.
Inclusive of both income and mis-
cellaneous taxes. Delaware paid $12,-
520,O63, or n per cent Of the total
paid by the whole country. This ~
per cent of payment contrasts with
a population percentage of but 10.
In other words. payments were
slightly more than four times great
er than population, figured on a per
capita basis.
Maryland, with 1872 per cent Of
the population, paid in income and
miscellaneous taxes s23.101 900, or
1.43 per cent Of the national total.
Here population and payment per-
eentages ran pretty close together.
New Jersey, with 3.48 per cent OF
population. paid AL per cent.
Pennsylvania 7.S2 population
paid 7:05 per cent.
On the other hand, the small pay
ments of a large number of States
are reflected in adverse comparisons
of population and payment percen-
tages. The very first in the list. Ala
bama, for instance, with a popula-
tion percentage of 2.15, paid only
O.20 per cent.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
BAD MONEY STILL
IN CIRCULATION
In DELAWARE
Baltimore Counterfeiters
Believed To Be Distri-
buting Fake Bills.
WARNING IS ISSUED
Some OF The limitations
Are Good Examples OF
The Real Money.

Counterfeiters are on the march
and Delaware seems to be one OF
the good places for the distribution
of "phoney" money.
U. S. District Attorney Wales re-
vealed Saturday morning that coun-
terfeiters in Baltimore are sending
agents into this territory to sell the
counterfeit money to distributors at
the rate of 500 worth" of bogus
bills for $25 and $50 in good Ameri-
can money.
District Attorney Wales joins with
other Federal and State officials in
warning the public to keep look
out for counterfeiters and counter
felt money. Since the repeal of Pro-
hibition put a decided kink in the
"bootlegging" racket, and kidnap-
ing involves too heavy sentences. the
underworld is now turning its at
tention to counterfeiting, Mr.. Wales
believes.
The stream of counterfeit SIS and
$40 bills into Delaware shortly be-
fore the Christmas season is coinci-
dent with the flood of counterfeit
money in the East. The counterfeit
ers seem to have preference for the
imitation of Federal Reserve Bank
notes and some of the limitations are
good examples of the real money.
There are several secret service
men in this district, investigating re-
ports from merchants and banks
about counterfeit notes. The Secre-
tary of States Office early this
week was victim, having taken in
three bad bills. Small shop keepers
and gasoline station proprietors are
the usual victims and the trick Is
for the distributor to make a small
purchase and give the bogus bill in
exchange for the goods and the real
money.
District Attorney Wales is con-
WINGED in the recent cases of alleged
passing of counterfeit money, now
pending before u. S. Commissioner
Polk, the bogus money came from
Baltimore and was sold here by the
counterfeit agents for $50 per 500.
This bogus money was the same
as that warned against by the Com
munity Protective Service of the
Wilmington Chamber Of Commerce. |
The bills were $40 notes bearing the
name of the Federal Reserve Bank |
at Richmond, Va, and the number:
and the small numeral
2.
The counterfeiters made their
in the combination Of the
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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
WELFARE HOME
MAINTENANCE
Lowest Cost For Mainte-
nance Since Opening
Last Fall Reported.

The State Welfare Home at Smyr-
ma cared for its guests during De-
cember at the low cost of $.8772 per
guest a day.
This is the lowest cost since the
Welfare Home opened last fall.
Each month has seen the per-guest-
per-day cost reduced.
At the meeting last Friday after
noon of the Old Age Welfare Com
mission (which supervises the Op-
Grafton of the Home) it was report
ed that the total number Of guests
in the Home on December l was:
1S1 from New Castle county; 45
from Kent; IS from Sussex.
New admissions during the month
numbered: 50 from New Castle
county; one from Kent and three
from Sussex.
This brought the total number of
guests at the end of the month up
to 1923. which is about as many as it
will be possible for the home to take
care of.
The new admissions from New
Castle county during the month rep
resented the group taken over from
one wing of the old county hospital
at Farnhurst, which were kept there
up until this month. when provision
could be made to receive them at
the home. Bedding, blankets and so
forth had to be purchased TO prop
erfy take care of them.
There were eight deaths during
the month, from various causes.
Five OF the deceased were buried in
the Welfare Home Cemetery and
the other three were buried by rel
atives in private burial grounds.
Five inmates were discharged dur
ing the month, two to Delaware Col
Ony and three to reside with rela-
tives. Forty transients were given
shelter over night during the month.
1t is noted that the number of trans
tents is considerably less at Smyrna
than was the case at Farnhurst.
Miss Florence E. Parker, of the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, of the
United States Department of Labor.
visited and inspected the home early !
in December, and is reported to have |
been well pleased with the result of !
her inspection, which will be made I
public as soon as her report is re-
ceived.
An interesting fact is that IS of |
the inmates of the home were en- /
ployed in various capacities during !
the month. Religious services were /
held each Sunday, the attendance /
varying from rs to III. Robert J. /
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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
MEN NEEDED FOR
UNITED STATES ARMY
Several Vacancies Must BE Filled At
Once For Foreign Posts

Orders have been received at the
Army Recruiting Station in the post
office building at Georgetown, to
make special effort to secure appli-
cants for enlistment for assignment
to the 18th Infantry, with station at
Fort Hamilton, N. Y. Fort Hamilton
Is located in the city OF Brooklyn
and is considered by soldiers, to be
one OF the finest posts in the United
States to serve their enlistment.
Soldiers assigned to this post have
an opportunity to see many of the
major league baseball games. To
visit Madison Square Garden where
the best fight and wrestling bouts
are held. They also are within 80
minutes of Broadway. New York
City, where all Of the best shows are
There are quite few openings al
so for desirable young men in Pan
anna and the Hawaiian Islands.
These two places are exceptional In
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Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
MAYHEM ANNOUNCES
CANDIDACY FOR
CITY COUNCILMAN

John Mayhem, the present
member of the City Council,
from the Second Ward, has
announced his candidacy for
reelection.
Mr.. Mayhew has made an
able member of council for
the two years he has served
as representative of the Sec
ond Ward and is seeking re-
election on that record.
His friends in the Second
Ward are pleased he is going
to make the race.
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, January To
Tuesday, January 9, Inclusive

Charles ]. Holzmueiler, the local
weather recorder, reports the fol-
lowing weather conditions for Mil
ford from Wednesday, January to
Tuesday, January 3. inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1934-01-12
Temperature Rain
Total Rainfall

Total Rainfall ...... Sc
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
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Georgetown (colored) a. m.
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Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
ASBURY M. e. CHURCH NOTES
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pearance and sing. The address
will be delivered by the Rev. Raw
pnon w. Mailman, a recent gradu-
ate of Boston University and a
very successful worker with youth.
Mr.. Mailman is the son of the Rev
E. c. Mailman, Superintendent of
the Middletown District of the
Wilmington Conference. His sub
ject will be "Youth-The Brink. .
This will be most inspiring mes
sage for all youth and friends of
youth. Owing to the storm last
Sunday night the play pageant,
''The Ring of Rama Krishniah, .
which was to have been given bv
twenty persons from the adult de-
partment of the church school. has
been postponed until Sunday even
ing, March 18th, at 73O. The Mite
Society will meet at the close of
the mid-week service, Wednesday
evening, March 7th.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
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the Presbyterian Churches in the
State of Delaware have been in
yited to attend this service. Our
Church has tentatively accepted
the invitation. We will meet at
the Church at $50 o'clock We'd
nesday, and if the weather per-
mits, go in a body to the service.
If we are not permitted to go, we
will hold our usual prayer meeting
at z o'clock instead of the usual
hour of 7.30. The Mite Society
will meet on Thursday evening of
this week at the home of Mrs.
Josephine Stevens on South Street.
The weekly choir practice will be
held on Saturday evening at 100.
The usual services will be held on
the Sabbath. 10 a. m, Sabbath
School; IL a. M, sermon by the
minister; Gas, Young Peoples
meeting, Miss Violet Long, leader;
7.3O, sermon by the minister. At
23O p. M, Sunday, fifteen mem
bers of the Delaware State Chris
tan Endeavor Union Executive
Committee will meet in the Church
with the Executive Committee of
our society to discuss plans for
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
TOWNSEND

Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Townsend, Feb. 28.-While there
are few peach orchards in this vi
cinity, growers estimate damage
of from Is to so per cent has been
done to the peach crop of the ru-
raj sections Of the county by the
zero weather since the first of the
month. Leading growers have
agreed that heavy damage was
done by the cold on yellow variet-
les of peach buds, affecting this
variety more severely than on the
white varieties. While peach grow
ing in this section is far below that
of former years, there still remains
a number of profitable orchards
scattered along the various high
ways and these are looked after by
the owners with the utmost care.
Farmers and those having ice
houses are taking advantage OF
the opportunity to fill their ice
houses with ice from to 8 inches
in thickness.
Local farmers are planning for
a different routine of crops the
coming season, believing that a
crop change will be of much bene-
fit at this time. Some of the grow
ers are to have a good acreage OF
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
CHESWOLD
Items of Personal and Social In,
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Cheswold, Feb. % - Mr.. Lee
Remley, who was recently operat-
ed upon at the Kent General Hos
pital for a goiter, is still improv-
ing much to the joy of his many
friends.
February passes to-day as one
of the most wintry months of
many years. The snow storm of
Sunday, like the previous, left this
vicinity with five or six inches of
snow and a number of drifts that
impeded traffic until they were
cleared away. Snow plows not
only kept the Boulevard open, but
the Cheswold-Kenton road as well.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Emory,
Miss Florence and Clarence En-
DRY, of Dover, were recent guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Denney Morris
and Mrs. Elizabeth Emory
Mrs. Edward Turner entertained
the Home Makers Club at her
home recently. A delightful So
cial time was had
Mrs. S. E. Pearson is spending
some time with her sister, Mrs.
Edward Ford and family.
Rev. and Mrs. c. E. Davis and
daughter, of Hockessin, were rec
ent guests of her mother, Mrs.
James Boyles and Mr.. Boyles-
Mrs. Sara Dietz and grand
daughter Katherine Willis, spent
last week with relatives in Will
mington.
Harry B. Williams who has been
on the sick list, is better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Savin, of
near Townsend, were recent guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed.
Ford.
Smyrna times., 1934-02-28
STATE CAPITAL
NEWS BUDGET
Personal Items and Social
Mention About Dover Folks
and Their DOings
PARTIES OF THE WEEK

Dover, Feb. %. - Mrs Henry
Ridgely sailed yesterday Tuesday,
day, on Mediterranean cruise.
She was guest of honor at small
luncheon, Wednesday given by Mrs
Minnie w. Horsey. Mrs. Ridgely
is being accompanied by Miss
Sarah G. Harrington, daughter of
Judge and Mrs. w. Watson Har-
rington.
Miss Laura Richards of George
town, has been the guest of her
sister, Mrs. Walker L. Mifflin and
Mr. Mifflin
Mrs. Edgar W. Montell, who has
been spending sometime with her
mother, Mrs. Minnie w. Horsey,
has left for Chicago, to join Mr..
Montell.
Mrs. H. Ridgely Harrington,
Mrs. c. Raymond Cummins, Mrs.
Royden Hammond, Mrs. ]. c. Ehr-
Itch, Mrs. Orville Wright, Mrs Rob
ert E. Lewis, Professor Virgil B.
Wiley and George Ehrlinger at
tended the monthly luncheon meet
ing of the Delaware Citizens Asso-
citation, at the Hotel DUPONT, Will
mington.
Mrs. Thomas c. Horsey has as
her guests, her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Levin Col
lier of Salisbury. Mrs. Horsey's
granddaughter, Miss Alma H.
Fooks who went, by plane, to
Miami, Fla, recently, is now at
Havana, Cuba.
Mrs. M Emerson McCosh. of
Chicago, is expected today for a
weeks visit with her stepmother,
Mrs. Walter Morris. Mrs. McCosh,
before her marriage was Miss Win
fired Morris. Mrs. Morris will also
have her son, Nathaniel B. Smith
ers of Philadelphia, as her guest
over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M. Gooden
Jr., and son Thomas, Bird, were
among the guests of 1. Kline Good
en- when he entertained at dinner
at his home at Wyoming on Wash
ington's birthday. Covers were
laid for eighteen.
Mrs. Frank c. McCardell, who
joined DR.. McCardell in Philadel-
phia for a ten days visit, has re-
turned to the home of her aunt,
Miss Ella Murphey. DR.. McCardell
is doing postgraduate work at the
University of Pennsylvania.
DIR. and Mrs. Cahall Sipple are
entertaining Miss Mary Rothrock
of Bloomington, Ind. Miss Roth
rock is a sister of Henry S. Roth
rock of Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank E. Williams,
former Dover residents, who have
been living in Baltimore, are re-
moving to Petersburg, Va.
Mrs. A. r. Peacock of Chestnut
Hill, arrived last week for a fort
nights visit with her son and
daughter-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Raig Peacock.
Mrs. William A. Torbert has re-
turned to her home on Bradford
street from the Kent General Hos
pital.