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Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
HUDSON x ROADS
Near ROxanal

I'm the last issue OF the Chronicle
the first item unaer this heading
was a story stating announcement
Of an engagement. which the per-
sons interested. say is not true, etc.
: Mrs. Elizabeth Murray of Philadel-
{ phia, denies having announced. or
requested announcement of the en-
gagement of her son James Murray
and Miss Sarah Lynch. James d.:
! Murray of Philadelphia, also writes
IN another communication from
Philadelphia, and states it is not
I true. Both complain in indignant
tone that the writer of the Darn-
graph had no authority 10 make any
statement of any kind as to their
ahairs. and ask that it be given the
publicity to check an untruthful
statement This statement is made
by the local editor OF the Chronicle
1Or information of all concerned.
The paragraph came i'm the letter
last week from the person who
usually sends in the happenings of
Hudson's y Roads, and considered
to be a true. statement. However
the writer of the letter has the
privilege Of making any statement
to clear up the matterl
Mr.. and Mrs. Byran Lynch onter-
tanned 26 friends and relatives at a |
eight o'clock dinner Saturday even |
ing at their home here.
Mrs. Bryan Lynch and Miss Alber-
ia Hudson were guests at a turkey |
dinner Sunday at the home of Mr..
ana Mrs. Edgar Hudson and sons,
near ShOwells, Md. q
Mrs. Hilda Hudson entertained a
of friends Monday afternoon.
Miss Dortha Long. oldest daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Long, of
this place. and Clifford Hudson, son
Of Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Hudson, of
Bayard. were married Saturday, De-
cember 90. They are now living with
his parents and friends hope for
hem a long and happy married life.
Mrs. Lille Hudson entertained a
number of friends on Monday eve
hing.
The Misses Armenia Derrickson
md Dorothy Hickman were over
light guests Of Alberta Hudson last ,
Monday strsfq ,t
Olen Hudson has returned after J
pending week as the guest Of his !
,ousin and aunt, Mrsa Elizabeth !
iuRray and son James Of West Phil
delphia. I
Miss Alberta Hudson entertained d
number of friends at a New
ears Eve party at her home last e
lOnday, An enjoyable evening was l
ad by all. e
We wish all the Milford Chronicle
eaders a very prosperous and hap n
y New Year. s
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
FISHERS DISTRICT
Near Greenwood

Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. L. Russell at
Tended the funeral of Elijah Russell
VINO died at his home in Williams.
burg, Md. December 26, 1884. We'd
nesday morning he was taken with
a severe pain in his breast and died
before a doctor could get there. Flu
neral services were held in Feder-
alsburg Saturday at D. m. Inter-
ment in HurlOck cemetery. A bro
ther, Matthew Russell, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Clara Salisbury, of Dover.
survive.
Alya O'Bier is much improved af-
ter being quite i'll with quinsy.
Miss Iris Russell spent the past
week I'm Harrington.
Lester ZOtt is confined to his
home with scarlatina.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. EdgelI enter
tanned a number of relatives at a
turkey dinner on New Years Dag.
Benjamin Trice of Paulsboro, N.
j., was a New Years guest of Mr..
and Mrs. S. +. Collision.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. .E. Lloyd and son
were dinner guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Isaac Mcdowell ON Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grover Cannon and
family moved to their new home
near Adamsvilie on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wooters and
family moved on the farm owned
and vacated by Mearl O'Bier
Miss Dorothy Rust entertained
Miss Lois Todd of Philadelphia at
supper ON Sunday evening.
Rev. James Langrell was New
Years dinner guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Aiva O'Bier.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Todd enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Dearman
and Mrs. Jack Rust and daughter ON !
Srnday afternoon.
Any help that can be given to aid J
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Williams and
little daughter, whose home and ev-
even their clothing, wars
burned Saturday night, without in
surance, will be a great help and
deeply appreciated. No matter how
small the gift may seem to you, it
will be a great help in a time Of
need, and will be forwarded to them.
II left with Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac New
ton, Jr., of near here or Mr.. and
Mrs. George Mcdowell, Of near
Scott's Store
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
ENLIST SUMS AID In
FIGHT ON INSECT PEST

Given a chance, the sun becomes
powerful agent of destruction against
an insect pest that costs growers
and. Gamers of peas thousands Of
dollars each year. The pea aphid,
a tiny insect that sucks the life
from young pea plants, quickly sue
cumbs to the hot rays Of the sun
when it is deprived Of the protecting
shade of the vines. A cheap and
effective method for knocking pea
aphids from the plants into the blaZ-
ing sunlight has been devised by an
entOmolOgist of the United States
Department of Agriculture who was
called out to the Pacific Northwest
last summer to help control the
serious aphid outbreak that followed
the unusually mild. winter of 1888
1884.
The light planting practiced in the
NOrthwest-about 2 bushels to the
acre instead of or 5 bushels as is
farther east-leaVes a
wide expanse of ground exposed to
the sun during the early growing
period. To meet the problem of get
ting the aphids on the bare ground, 4.
the entomOlOgist designed drag
made from bamboo poles, 40 feet
long. four poles deep, the poles be- /
ing 20 inches apart ana held to-
gether by ropes. Attached to a
snail automobile. this light drag
was drawn over the infested fields !
when the temperature was 12O de-
5rees or higher.
Dragging $4,000 acres resulted in
an average aphid kill of 80 percent.
Jn days when the temperature was
we'll above 12O degrees. the kill
'angef from % to 9S percent. The
ight drag, so effective in destroying
he insect pest, nj no way harmed
he vines.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
'SKEET' DITCHING HAS
HELPED MUSKRATS
[Coniinped from Firsf rageI


plentiful up to 1928, was inundated,
with four feet of water, by a Storm
in the spring of that year, and many
of the rats" and all of their houses,
destroyed. Another storm in the au-
tumn of 1919 similarly despOiled the
marsh. and each time the salt water
lay several feet deep for more than
week. As a result, the report says,
in the spring of 1880, the old grasses
seemed dead, and new grasses did
not spring up. The storms had clog
ged the entirely inadequate natural
bitches, and year after year the plot
became more completely "lo3t" to
the owner. This represented a SER
iOus loss of annual income that the
owner had formerly gained from
sales of muskrat pelts.
Mr.. Doty's latest observations,
however, are that, with the relief
of the stagnant condition by the
mosquito control ditching. the ideal
muskrat feed, three-square grass,
has returned in ever-increasing
abundance = The rats are start
ing back on this plot, and by next
year the marsh looks as though it
will he solid with three-square grass
and the owners will have reap
ed a good harvest of pelts this year,
and each year will get better"
The report further points out that
over 7O2o of the muskrat houses on
the reclaimed marshes have been
located along the banks Of the new
control bitches, using the
excavated sod to build on. and hay-
ing the bitches handily at their front
door to operate in.
The report concludes with a state /
ment of the finding that, "the rats
want water. but they want pure wa
ter, well distributed over the marsh
in restricted channels. The water
should drain away with the falling
Of the tide, in order to regularly
expose the surface of the marsh to
he sun"
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
PLAN YOUR PULLET CROP
NOW
BY A. G. Philins
7 IIITTT0
Formerly Professor i'm Charge of po,,I.
try HUSbandrV purdt,o TT,,i,..,,.,s,, - '

fofneLiy Professor i'm Charge OF Poul.
Try Husbandry. Purdue University
Efficient management demands
that we now make plans for growing
satisfactory flock of pullets for
next fall-at the beginning of the
Matching season. In order to prove
this statement let us take a con-
crete case as an example:
A poultry grower has housing ca
pacity for $50 first class pullets and
desires to have them in ten per cent
production by October LIST, 1895. If
they are LeghOrns they will be six
months old; if they are the size of
Plymouth Rocks they will be seven
months old. This means that the
Leghorns must be Matched April 1st
and the heavier breeds on March 1st.
A few days from these figures. eth
er way, may make little difference
because the factor of inherited rate
of growth will alter any set plan.
The production of $50 good .pullets
means the growing to maturity of at
least 300 females. This allows for
seventeen per cent culling. Estimat-
ing that for every pullet there will
also be a cOCkerel and that there
will be about fifteen per cent NOR
tality during the growing season, it
will be necessary to hatch or pur-
chase 200 baby chicks ON one of the
above mentioned dates.
If chicks of good breeding and Wig !
or are desired on a definite date. the |
order for them should be placed at |
least three weeks ahead of the time |
of delivery, Otherwise the grower
may be disappointed and his chances /
of procuring eggs next fall. when (
prices are favorable will be reduced.
Date of pullet maturity is too im-
portant to be overlooked or allowed
to be delayed, just because proper
plans were not made in January. II
you wait to order chicks until a few
days before you want them, you are
taking the chance of procuring the
and quality that you want
and you may lose money next fall.
No good hatcheryman will hatch
chicks this year, early in the season,
beyond the number of advanced Or
lers received.
Seven hundred chicks brOOder will
require two 10 - feet broOder
iOuses, each with a capacity of $50
hicks. They should be cleaned and
equipped for broOding at
east one week before the chicks are
obtained. A feeding program to COW
r the entire growing season should
,e worked out in advance and one
hould have at least two weeks feed
upply ON hand when the brooding
eason begins.
Too often we are inclined to work l
ut our poultry problems as we go /
long, only to find that we are dis
.ppolnted with the final results.
'areful planning ahead Of time will v
Increase chances of success and it n
|, well worth the time aud trouble {
hat it requires. a
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LONGS CROSS ROADS

Mr. and Mrs. George Quillen re-
Gently entertained to dinner Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Layton and Mr.. and
Mrs. Herschel Quillen.
Ruth Long spent Saturday with
Margaret Wharton.
Mr. and Mrs. Preston Long enter
tanned to dinner on Thursday. Mrs.
Wilmer Steele and family, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Long and sons. Mrs.
Marie Long, Kendall Marvel and Ell
wood Pepper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Marvel en-
tertained Nil. and Mrs. Edward Mar
vel and family and Mr.. and Mrs.
Elijah Tyre last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Grey visit
ed their parents last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel Lathbury arc
both quite i'll at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Quillen, Mrs.
Marie Long attended a Christmas
dinner at Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Quill
len at Harrington.
Mrs. Marie Long entertained her
three children and their families to
dinner on Christmas Eve.
Mrs. Edith Evans spent the week
end with relatives and friends. Miss
Louise Evans also visited her par
ents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Townsend,
Mr.. and Mrs. Emmons Phillips and
son Blaine, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Stevens and son Ronald spent Sun
day evening with Mr.. and Mrs.
George Robinson and daughter
Grace.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
FARM CENSUS WILL
INCLUDE VARIED DATA
[Continnrd from Firm P4gll

! L1NeAefFA@N9 AsNNe ef~e . @.NA
streets, Wilmington, took to the field
wednesday morning all over the
State and will complete their tabu-
lation in about two months. The
ennmeratOrs will operate under the
direction of William p Naudain,
State supervisor.
Not only will the farmer be asked
I the size of his farm, but he will
be asked how many mmebers of his
family work on the farm without
wages and. how many children he
has. The prOductiveness of the
farms, the consumption habits of
the country and various parts of the
country and the rate of the back
tO-the-farm" movement. urged since
the depression set in, if any, will
be disclosed.
First Census Since 1925
The Census Of Agriculture which
started on Wednesday is the second
mid-decennial enumeration to be con-
Quoted. From 1910 to 1880, the
Census OF Agriculture was taken
every ten years, but the rapid
strides made by agriculture in re-
cent years and the belief that the
figures were of importance as a
statistical basis record of consump-
ton and farm development. caused
Department of Agriculture to in
augurate mid-decennial enumeTa-
tiOns. the first of which was made
in 1925.
There are exactly 100 main ques-
tiOns in the census forms, but many
of the questions are so worded that
they require answers OH kind and
quantity both, so that in reality
the number of answers will be
much more numerous.
The questions will result in the !
furnishing of information OH the |
of persons living in the !
farm dwellings, number of dwell |
ings OH each farm. number of per-
sons working on the farm, MEM
berS of the family doing work on |
The farm without pay.
Seek Data On Idle Land
Another important series Of ques-
ions in view Of depression years
md operation of the AAA have to
10 with idle lands, lands used. for
only and woodland. The
,armer will be asked the number
If acres OIL his farm, how many
lcreS he OWNS. how many he rents
rom others, and. the amount of
mortgage. if any. on "the old place"
Questions about the crops har-
-ested, amount and kind are in
luded. He will be asked the
mount Of tame and wild grasses
ut for hay, amounts of fax. pea
uts, wheat spring and fall. barley,
yc. rice. clover. legumes, sorghums,
Orn, cotton. tobacco. sugar cane
nd sugar beets beans, cabbages,
Orn, tomatoes watermelOns and
ther vegetables. A part of the
Drm is devoted to the amount of !
'uits and nuts and grapes acreage
lanled i'm orchards. vineyards and
ut trees. An actual count will be !
lade of the number of fruit trees,
nd kinds and their prOductiveness. ]
The farmer will be asked to tell s
Ow many mules, horses, cows, of |
ariOus amounts. the dairy products c
reduced. and also the number of
leoD. hogs, goats and the weight
wool and mOhair clipped during
le year. Chickens, over three
on:hs of age, and the number of a
,gs produced will be enumerated. t.
he last question on the forms is \
the number of turkeys over g
rec months of age on the farm. d
-,
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
The Touch Of The
Masters Hand

Twas battered. and SCARED, and the
auctioneer
Thought it scarcely worth his while,
To waste much time on the old vip-
lin
But he held it up with a smile:
What am / bid, good folk?" he
cried,
who'll start the bidding for me?
A dollar, a dollar. now two. only
two.
Two dollars and who'll make it
three?"
Three dollars, once, three dollars
twice,
Going for three" but no:
From the room far back, a grayhair-
ed man .r4<i
Came forward, and picked up the
bow.
Then wiping the dust from the old
violin
And tightening up all the strings,
He played a melody pure and sweet,
AS sweet as an angel sings. Z
The music ceased; and the auction,
eer
With a voice that was quiet and l0w.l
Said, What am l bid for the old
violin?" .s
And he held it with the bow.
"A thousand dollars, and who'll
make it two?
Two thousand, and who'll make it,
three? =
Three thousand once, three thous--
and twice 2
And going, and gone" said he.
The people cheered, but some of
them cried,
We do not quite understand.
What changed its worth Swift
came the reply,
The touch of a masters hand"
And many man with life out Of
tune,
And battered and torn with sin
Is auctioned cheap to a thoughtless
crowd
Much like the old violin.
l mess of pottage, a glass Of wine,
l game, and he travels on,
lie is going once, he is going twice,
lie is going. and almost gone.
But the Master comes, and the fool
ish crowd
iever can quite understand
he worth of a soul, and the change
that's wrought
Iy the touch of the Masters hand.
Author Unknown
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
A Noble Deed

Heaven is not reached by a single
bound;
But we build the ladder by which
we rise
From the lowly earth to the
Xaulted skies,
And we mount to its summit round
by round.
count this thing to be grandly
true;
That a noble deed is step to-
ward God,
Lifting the soul from the COM
mon clod
To a purer air and a broader view"
Josiah G. Holland
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
LATE AUTO FATALITIES
MAR STATES RECORD
[Coniiared lrom Frst Faal1

Based on the number of miles
Travelled per traffic fatality Della
wares 1884 automobile safety record
shows substantial increase in the
number of miles travelled per traffic
death. according to DR.. c. M. A
Stine, chairman Of the Delaware
Safety Councils Public Accidents
/ Committee.
/ The councils record revealed that
with very slight interruption in
1926 death rates based on gasoline
consumption have decreased stead
| lily from 1924 twhen data was first
availableJ. The miles travelled per
traffic death have increased from
2.511,111 in 1924 to 4.S19,277 in 1884.
In contradiction to the trend in
dicated by the foregoing data the
comparison of the number of acct
dents in the State in 1884 compared
with 1888 is an unfavorable one. Dr.
Stine feels that the comparison Of
1888 with 1894 calls for renewed eff
forts to bring to the attention of
highway users the unsafe practices
and increased appreciation of re-
sponsibility of each individual on
the highway not only for his own
safety but that of others whether
drivers or pedestrians.
Many Pedestrians Hit
Pedestrians during the year were
not as cautious on the whole as in
the preceding year, as is shown by
the fact that the number of pedes-
trian fatalities increased "a per
cent. Intoxicated pedestrians fig
ured prominently in the years ac-
cident experience. Four we're killed
in rural Delaware and one in Will
Ten intoxicated pedes-
trians were injured in rural Della
ware and 80 in Wilmington as a re-
suit of collisions with automobiles.
More than 100 operators were ar
rested and charged with operating
automobiles while under the infu-
ence of liquor. a substantial increase
over last year.
a total of 1l2 pedestrians were
struck by automobiles while cross
ns streets between intersections. I
In rural Delaware 80 pedestrians /
we're struck while walking on the /
In Wilmington 142 chill /
iren were injured while playing in
he streets.
The injuries to passengers riding
Il cars involved in accidents decreas-
ID 20 per cent.
Fifteen persons were killed and
S7 Injured as a result of S52 auto
Mobile accidents involving 313O auto
mobiles in Wilmington. In all 1918 2
ccidents resulted in property dam Il
se and GlS in personal injury with I
26 Of the 6lS involved being pedes-
rilns.
9lO3 Drivers Involved
4 total Of 21O2 drivers involved,
q accidents lived in Wilmington, 546 {
es!ded in rural Delaware. and 393 l
ere residents of other states. OF I
he 3l30 vehicles that were involved {
accidents a total of 2547 were {
assenger cars. j27 trucks. II taxi {
abs. 16 busses and 25 motorcycles. ]
A study of the accident reports re- I
eals that of the operators involved q
were making right turns. 226 at l
mpting left turns, two starting L 1
rms 1888 going straight ahead. 90
owing down or stopping. S4 leav- 1
& curb, backing. 76 stopped in a
aHic. and l27 parking.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
COVERnALE : HTRD

Albert Coverdale, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James Coverdale. of Lincoln,
and Miss Mary Louise Hurd, daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs Edward Hurd, Of
Milford, were married at the Pill
grim Holiness parsonage on Satur-
day, December -, 1884. by Rev.
Charles Schelhouse. They were at
tended by Miss Sara Coverdale. sis
ter of the groom. and Emory Lynch.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
GRASSELLI ON
ATHLETIC BODY
[C0niinaed from Er,t bnnl1

A-ENN lANNA EAgE IuQf
president Of the GresselH Chemical
company which in 1928 became a
WhOlly-owned subsidiary of the du-
Font Company. He is the son of
ThOmas SaxtOn Grasseln. who has
served as president of the chemical
company continuously since 1915
and who retained the same office
when the company became a sub
sidiary of the dupont Company. His
father also is a director of the du-
POnt Company.
The new athletic commissioner
has been interested i'm athletics since
a child. While at Cornell University.
of which he is a graduate, he center
ed his sports interest on polo anc
hockey.
Mr.. Grasselli is married and has
one child.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
PERSONAL LIABILITY
FOR FIXES

EARLY Biblical history gives us
law which might well be en-
forced in America:
IF fire break out. and. catch in
thorns, so that the shocks OF grain,
or the standing grain, or the field
be consumed; he that kindled the
fire shall surely make restitution"
Exodus 1876.
Personal liability for fires is a
principle which has long been estab-
lished and enforced in Europe. How
ever, in America we have but few
isolated instances where a parallel
can be drawn.
In 1926, Cincinnati collected from
a citizen who had failed to obey the
fire departments orders. The bill
for extingushing his fire read:
s companies, hour each,
a $500 per hour ..... 100000
2 marshals, l hour each,
q $500 per hour ..... 5000
Total .............. $65O.OO
This case is believed to be the
first of its kind to go before jury.
The city was awarded damages of
$50O.OO.
A New York Case
In New York City a provision of
the charter, granted fifty years ago,
states that a resident who disobeys
a fire prevention order and as re-
suit suffers a fire, shall be liable to
the city for the cost of extinguish-
ing the fire.
This provision was seriously i'll
vOked in at least one instance: The
of a company was Or
dered to install automatic sprinklers
as safeguard because the building /
excessive quantities of
materials which were a |
serious fire menace to many other |
in that same area. The |
order was disregarded for two years, !
hen a serious fire broke out in the ,
building. endangering surrounding |
and giving the firemen
linicult battle.
The ire commissioner had noticed
he provision in the charter and also
he order for automatic sprinklers
which this company had disregard
ID. He called upon the management
md informed them they would have
o pay $2,5OO to the city to cover
he cost of the fire apparatus and
men used to exlinguish the fire. The
ase was finally carried to the Su-
RENE Court. which ordered the
ompany to pay. They were glad
0 compromise by remitting $1.500
D the city.
II more individuals and companies
'ere Obliged to stand the cost of
re resulting from carelessness, 4
lere is little doubt that there would
e decrease in the destruction of
YES and valuable property. There
'oUld be fewer fires from the
discarding of cigarettes
nd matches. from permitting accu-
IulatiOns OF paper. rubbish and l
lint and Oil-sOaked rags, from
leaning with gasoline. and. from the '
ire!ess maintenance and operation
heating plants. Americans can $
arm o be careful with common I
re hazards. Lack OF knowledge [
nd care in handling these dangers t
costing America hundreds of mil S
ons annually. u
Every thoughtful citizen should o
axe every possible effort to learn n
lout the common fire hazards and
make use of this knowledge in
5 home and in his place of busi- n
,ss. Il 4
1t is his own personal responsi- .
lity 7
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
McCOLLilY BENNElT

A quiet wedding was sOlemnized
at the Lincoln parsonage, Saturday,
December %, 1885, when Miss Irene
Bennett became the bride of r. HaT-
Ian McCOlley. Their only attendants
were Miss Sara McCOlley, sister of
the groom. and E. Clinton Ward. of
Wilmington. Mr.. McCOlley is an em-
plOyee at the Diamond State Nur-
series. Mrs. McCOlley is also EN-
ployed in Milford. where the happy
couple will make their future home.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04
Weddings
watkins BENNETT

WADkINS - BENNETT
Miss Ida E. Bennett, daughter of
Mrs. William H. Bennett, and Arlie
J. Watkins, son of Mrs. Cora Wad-
kins, both of Milford, we're married
December %. 1884, the brides birth
day. by the Rev. Otis P. Jefferson OF
Perryville, Md. The bride was dres-
sed in Roosevelt blue with navy ac-
cessOries. Mr.. and Mrs. Watkins
will make their home at All North
Washington street. Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

The fellow that thinks the world
owes him a living seems unable to
find a collector who will take the
job on commission.
Milford chronicle., 1935-01-04

Strong, well-built men make am
liable husbands" states a writer. So
dc strong, well-built women
Punch GOndon).