Milford chronicle., 1935-08-16
GEORCETOWN
Hammond Store Robbed


week by breaking a pane Of glass I
3 side window, in the back room
They robbed the cash register Of II
contents, amounting to between s
and SS. They made their escapa b
unfastening the dead-latcn OF tn
front door. So far no clue has beef
obtained, but some are said TO b
under suspicion.
baltimore Man Arrested
James Smith, of Baltimore. wal
arrested by Highway Omcer Ciar
ence X. Lynch on a charge Of driv
ing a car on the dupont highway, be.
tween Georgetown and Redden
without license, and also for dis
playing drivers license card which
had not been issued to him On the
hrst charge he was fined SO ant
costs by Magistrate w. Frank SharT
and was released on the second
charge by payment Of the costs.
Circus Man Pays Fine
Although he has travelled from
one end Of the country to the other
within the past fifty years, Walter i.
Main. owner of the Walter L. Main
Circus and Buffalo Ranch Wild West
which exhibited here Wednesday,
b. mped into a new motor law on
Thursday of last week. upon reach
Ing Delaware, which was battling to
Eim, and one which is inEoked ia
but few states, if any. The circus
owner, together with a helper, were
throwing circulars from a truck
along the DUPONT Highway, adver-
tising his show. A widely known
State official saw it, tipped off High
way Officer Martin w. Hall and
caused his arrest. The law provides
that 'it shall be unlawful for any
person to throw from any vehicle
while it is in motion, any goods,
merchandise or bundles of any
kind"
1t was brought out at the hearing
before Magistrate w. Frank Sharp of
this city, that more than one circu-
lar was, found to be thrown from the
truck and not picked up by some
person. The circus owners conten-
tion was that while passing down
the highway a circular was thrown
out to all persons found to be
standing or walking on the high
way.
Legal minds were called in to in
terpret the law as it seemed to be
somewhat ambiguous, especially rel
alive to throwing one Circular
scrap Of paper-frOm a moving
truck to the highway, intended for
some person which the truck was
passing.
Deputy Attorney General Caleb NJ.
Wright was consulted and Attorney
Houston Wilson was called in to
Magistrate Sharp's court to repre-
sent the circus owner. Different con-
structions were placed on that sec
tion of the motor vehicle laws. All /
seemed to be up in the air; it was
not clearly set out and could be con-
strued to have a different meaning
than applying to the throwing Of a
piece of paper.
Magistrate Sharp, however, had
practically given his decision in the /
matter before Deputy Attorney Cen
eral Wright and Attorney Wilson
had been called in. He held that |
while there might not have been but /
one circular advertising the circus
thrown to the roadway and not pick
ed up that it was violation of the
law. A fine of five dollars and costs
amounting to two dollars and fifty
cents was imposed, which was paid.
To show that it was taken in good
spirits by the circus man, he smiled,
ebatted freely and seemed to be sat
isfied. Magistrate Sharp, in his jo-
vial manner, slapped Mr.. Main on
the back and invited him to go home
with him for lunch. The invitation
was accepted, and it all ended as
just another incident in the life of a
and a man who has fol-
lowed the sawdust train for half a
century.
PickpOckets At Work V
T Pickpockets evidently have start
ed their operations in lower Della
ware, and they are believed to be the
lour negroes who last week were
lFiven OF the Kent and Sussex Fair
grounds at Harrington, when sus-
Dicioned centered about them by
'uUAA. CuAAuun dllAOuos .
Charles COursey, of MillsborO, re-
ported to the police. on Friday that
While at ROsedale Beach on Big J
his pockets were picked
md that he lost his drivers license
md mis- pOcketboOk containing some
money. l
Others are said to have lost small S
ums Of money at the beach on Z
thursday. Q
experimenting with Traffic Light t
An experiment is being made by i
be Eastern Shore Public Service q
company and the Delaware State 9
Department with new q
raffic light at what is known as
VescOat's Corner. on the road lead n
ag from Five Points to RehObOth c
leach. c
II 1t proyes successful in lighting q
he highway a sufficient distance and a
srves as a caution light at a dan k
erous intersection, such as this ?
ne is, there is a likelihood that II
Tiers may be installed at dangerous "
oints. II
The new light gives forth rays 81
lmewhat darker than the average c;
lution lights now in use in the G.
tate. q
Il is known as sodium vapor and u
215 watt or 5000 lumens.
The rays are cast about three hun a
red feet from the corner in the di- m
,etion Of RehObOth Beach, and the a
,pgerous intersection is plainly d
sible from that distance, especial