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Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-10

AsbNry Park, N. j., Dec. 10-Repre-
sentatives of the Protestant churches
elected by their governing bodies to
serve on the Federal Council of the
Churches of Christ in America are at
the Berkeley-Carteret hotel for the
biennial meeting of the Council which
lasts for three-days. This important
assembly of church leaders comprises
delegates from twenty-three denomi-
nations having a constituency of ap-
proximately 100000 church mem
beers.
During the first session there will
be the presidential address upon the
topic, 1.-THE Service of the Federal
Council to the Churches" by DR.. Ivan
Lee Holt, president of the Federal
Council and pastor of ST. Johns Meth
odist Episcopal Church, South, st.
Louis, Mo. Then follows the report of
the committee on the state of the
church to be given by the chairman,
DR.. Albert w. Beaver, president of
Colgate-Rochester Theological Semi
nary, and past president of the Fed
eral Council. The discussion of the re-
port will be opened by DR.. Justin w.
Nixon, of the Brick Presbyterian
church, Rochester. N. Y, co-chairman
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-10
Protestant Union Urged
If Church Will Survive
DR.. Ivan Holt Head of Fe deral Council of Churches
Says Decentralization Must Give Way to Coordl-
mated Advance of w orld Christianity

of the committee.
For several years Protestant chur-
ches have been greatly disturbed over
the question of the chaplaincy In
army and navy, due to the militant
stand taken by many denominations
against war. 1t is contended by many
churchmen that war Is mankind's
greatest sin; that the church must
become disentangled from the war
system. 1t is also admitted that the
hurch has a special responsibility to
serve the men in the enlisted forces
of the country. Thus the report on the
chaplaincy in Army and Navy which
represents an extensive study OF all
the factors involved by the depart
ment of research and education will
be awaited with keen interest. Rev.
F. Ernest Johnson, executive secre-
tary of the department, will present
the report.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-10

On the West African coast the
bones from the legs of tortoises are
much valued as anklets, in order to
give their wearers endurance.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-12-10
Good Profit Made
With His Pigs By
Farmer in BERTHE

Windsor, Dec 10.-Oscar S. White,
BERTHE county farmer, fed II pigs for
five months and made profit of
$1S3S1
He sold the pigs for $347.5O. Deduct
ing $111.46 as the cost Of the feed and
S5223 as the value of the pigs at the
tart, he figured $18381 as clear pro-
fit.
In the demonstration, he fed 1877
bushels of corn valued at So cents a
brshel, 100 pounds of cottonseed meal
valued at $1.55, an equal amount of
soybean meal valued at $150, and 1852
pounds of fish meal valued at $3.50
a hundred.
The value of feed other than corn
was $1460. He paid cash for these
feeds. But the corn was raised on his
own farm.
He sold the hogs for $295.27 more
than they were worth at the start of
the demonstration. Deducting $14.60
from this amount leaves $280.67 as the
cash profit he made.
In making this cash profit, he fed
the pigs 1877 bushels of corn, or one
bushel of corn for each $168 of cash
profit.
In one way of looking at it, said B.
E. Grant, BERTHE County farm agent
of the State College extension service,
White realized $168 bushel on the
corn he fed the hogs.
But if he had sold the corn on his
farm, he would have gotten only So
cents a bushel for it.
The II pigs averaged 28.6 pounds
each to start with, and 1905 pounds
each when marketed. The average
daily gain per pig was III pounds.
White started the feeding demon
stration after attending a swine
school conducted in this county last
winter by H. w. Taylor extension
swine specialist at State College.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
RATTLE SNAKE RIDGE
Near ROXana

Services will ne held at the
Church of God by J. W. Tarr and
others on Sunday. May 81. People
from the south arc expected. Some
of the people from Florida have ell
ready arrived. Sunday school at
1890 a. m. Praise service at II a.
m. Everybody invited
Mr.. and Mrs. Asher Evans enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Savage and daughter, Ruth
Ann.
MIR. and Mrs. Fred Long enter
tanned Bonnie Cooper on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dora Evans enter
tanned on Sunday. Mrs. Matte Long
and daughters, Edna and Madeline.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Lynch enter
tanned on sunday: Miss Helen But
Ter. Miss Delema Wilsus and MIS-
Lynch's father and mother and bro
Their. o..
Keep in mind the services on SHn-
day, May 81.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
ANEW SURVEY


Miss Frances Perkins Department of Labor has
QUESTIONABLE the fire which is going to get her dis
liked she doesn't watch out. The purpose is to find
out what families whose incomes range between
thousand 500 dollars and 20 thousand year spend an
nualy and what they spend for And the alert boys
and girls whose business it to think up the Ques
tions haven't left out anything To give you an idea,
the questions cover 46 typewriter pages and sitting
with field agent the inquisitor is called will take
hours.
If the field agent comes to house when we are
there alone he is going to wind up in mad house and
are going TO wind up in jail, for we won't know
the to lot of the questions and some that we
do know the answers to won't answer on the ground
that the information sought is of the Department
of LabGrs business.
One question for instance is How much do you
out in fines? Our idea is that get tossed into
the squirrel cage for biting tax collector, say,
doesn't concern Miss Perkins and We shall decline to
answer
Other questions the amount and kind coal
used and refrigeration costs They would leave look
ing blank.
One question could answer is. Have you tele-
phone We have and were going to keep handy to
call ambulance for the field agent when he asks us
no" much We blow in year for toe nail polish.
How much does Miss Perkins spend year for per-
manent waves and freckle remover? Let her answer
that before she goes asking other people questions.
The questions How much is spent for soap fakes
For starch? For buing? For wool; for floor wax?
Fol shoe polish? For gasoline used in cleaning clothes?
would have TO he passed over We wouldn't know, and
we don't believe anybody else would.
How much do you spend for patent medicines?" is
another query Well we've spent a million OF two dol
lars for patent medicines to keep hair from falling
out but we wouldn't want lady in the upper circles
like Miss Perkins to know we didn't know any better
know it, anyway.
Among the thousands Of other questions are: How
much do you spend bridge prizes? How much do you
lose gambling? How much do you spend for food? How
much do you spend for dog biscuits? (Honest) How
much do yoI spend for cod liver oil? For inner tubes
For airplane upkeep? For nail polish? For emery
boards. tweeZers and eyebrow trim?
We know not what others may take but as
for us not going to tell Miss Perkins how much
we squander cod liver oil and airplane upkeep
They are secrets shall take with us to the grave
But to show not spirited if she will tell
us how much the that thought up this newest di
ocy draws week Wen tell her how much we toss
away ON Blue Jay corn cure and eyebrow paint
That's fair, isn't it?
And here's tip without any string attached to it.
In her place wouldn't start this survey until after
the election The person who is kept for hours
wering fool questions may think so much of 1t.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
What Democratic Editors Are Saying
MORE BILLIONs FOR RELIEF


t, ~, a. (Wiaohe5ter, Ha., STAR
President Roosevelt has asked for TX billion dollars
for next years relief and the last available treasury
figures show that almost billion more than the Pres
dent asked for will be necessary to keep the WPA go
ing at its present pace during the next fiscal year.
The President in his relief message last month
imated that he will have in June unexpended balance
carried from earlier appropriations, of than
X billions of dollars.
Thus, IL Congress apprOpriates the 25k billion that
Hopkins Tugwel etc. regard as necessary the Of
relief next year will be $4,000 900 OR y BILLION
MORE THAN WAS SPENT THIS YEAR
A mysterious paradox:
Business is improving. Prosperity is supposed to
be returning Economic conditions have taken an up
ward trend Yet the relief burden promises be
greater than it last
In our opinion the relief expenditures for the next
fiscal year should be, and must be, decreased-and de-
creased appreciably.
OF course, one can be permitted to go naked un-
housed unfed IT, however, the relief appropriation
were billion, the relief fund would still exceed
two billiOn-and two billion clohe house and feed
a Veritable multitude
The reduction of this proposal to appropriate two
billion dollars more unknown projects many of no
immediate necessity and Of doubtful permanent value
will do much to restore confidence, and will do more
TO revive business and absorb the unemployed. than
will further expenditure public works
Billion Dollar reduction this measure would
be proclamation to world that the period Of acute
economic emergency in the Country is over and that
we are turning calmly from the treatment of the
crisis to making our recovery sound and permanent.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
THE CRITICS ARE RIGHT
baltimore SUM

Mr. Roosevelt is on weak ground when he insists,
that no strings shall be attached by Congress to the
new appropriation of S5OOOOOOOO for work rellet ana
that he shall have complete control.
Absolute control over public funds opens the door
TO politics to favOritism and ultimately to graft no
matter how exalted the mood of the man at the top
who must delegate his absolute authority to multi
tude of underlinss spread continent The recent
stories from West Virginia made very disturbing read
ing So do the stories about WPA Administration in
PENNSYLVANIA There unpleasant stories from other
places And Mr. ROOsevelts course in the Passa-
maquoddy power scheme and in the Florida canal
shows how arbitrary unrammeled Executive may
be- though his motives be the best
The men in Congress who object to signing more
blank checks 100 per cent in the right With three
wears and so much experience behind the authOri
ties Washington ought to be able to regularize relief
policy and present ordered program to Congress
And they ought be willing and anxious that Congress
place upon the expenditure of relief funds the normal
controls that placed upon other public expendi-
lures There is reason and on excuse, for Mr. ROos-
evels insisting upon the absOutism that granted
him when the Government faced stark crisis.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
SOME DIFFERENCE
(MaeoH, Ga, JonrHaU

Macon Ga, JOTHal h.@
Harry Hopkins admires real spender. He is some
spender himself. He is quoted saying: ia rs
IF you want see something worth seeing, see the
way John d. Rockefeller, Jr, spends his surplus
wealth." Mr. Hopkins had reference to the restoration
of historic williamsburg, Va. LET the United States
Government try do the thing and it is differ
ent story"
Mr. Hopkins is right. 1t is different story. Mi.
Hopkins Government spender spends public money
when he goes at such things Mr. Rockefeller, who IS
spending private money the restoration of an old and
historic site for the benefit of the public may properly
say how much and how money may be spent he
is not bonding generations yet be born to pay for
what he is spending He has private surplus He Is
supplying the money he spending When he gets done
the public debt will not have enlarged because of
what he has done If the public benefits well and good
What he is doing would hardly be classed as boon
doggling no how much he spends nor for what
purpose.
1t is quite different story from Government spend
ing as Mr. Hopkins says. The ending cannot be nearly
so distressing Like Mr.. Hopkins he is making work
for many men, but unlike Mr.. Hopkins and the Admin
istration Mr. Hopkins working for, he is not borrow
ing money to meet the payroll.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
INQUIRY DEMANDED
IyHfhbnr0. Ta., NezUJ)

(LyHChbRTg, Pd, NeE0S)>
To the general charge that the Works Progress Al
ministraton of which he is chief is partisan, Harr!
Hopkins answers that he would be "a plain damn 1901
If he Amounted state administrators not friendly to MS
party or his faction of the party.
To the declaration of Senator Steiwer OF oregon d
Republican that the WPA has been "Tammanyized' ne
makes the illuminating remark that it is "pOppycock
and that Senator Stewer insineere in his state
ment.
To the introduction by Senator Davis of PennsyVa-
MA Republican of resolution calling for an investi-
CATION of many serious charges of politics. of waste
of neciency of graft that have been made against his
organization he cheaply reOrs with asking whether
Davis is a state or United States Senator.
To the charge that WPA workers get their jobs
through political pull his is that the testimony
to that effect from politicians who take pride in
telling the whole wide world they the fellows who
know how to get relief jobs"
And so it goes. Wisecracks, epithets, counter
charges sneeds the motives of Others challenges TO
the intelligence of OtheTs-these the answers to
grave charges If anything needed to influence the
Senate to stop playing politics and make real inquiry
into the Administration Of Relief under Mr. Hopkins
gentlemans evasive method of meeting them ought
to do it.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
LINCOLN CITY

On Sunday, May 20, Fathers Da,
will be observed at all three chur
ehes. Special music and sermon,
appropriate for the day. Max COheT
of Milford will be the guest speaker
in the evening. His subject Father.
The presence Of the community |,
urged. sa
Mrs. India Calhoun Is spending
/ the week at. Warwick. Nd, as the
guest of her daughter and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Beats
i Robert Carey who was injured IN
an automobile accident last Tuesday
is resting comfortable and his con-
ditiOn is improved.
Mrs. G. r. Greaves, son Richard,
of Baltimore, Nd, and Mrs. J. n.
Sanders and two children, Jacquelin
and Jimmie of Jacksonville, Ela.,
are visiting their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. T. L. POstles.
The regular monthly social and
business meeting Of the Ladies' Aid
will be held at the home Of Mrs.
Lizzie Swain on Friday evening. May
30. A good attendance Is desired.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Clark and son,
Earl. Jr.. OF Glendale. spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Beardsley.
Those from here who attended the
18th annual session of the DelaN are
Grand Chapter. Order of Eastern
Star at Georgetown last week were
Mr.. and Mrs. John LeCOmpte, Mrs.
Harry Warren, Mrs. Elton Lynch
Mrs. George Warren and Mrs. Ed
ward Fitzgerald.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Swain are be-
ing congratulated on the birth of a
son, born at the Milford Emergency
Hospital, Monday. May IS. Mother
and son are doing fine.
Mrs. Elizameth Messick and Mrs.
jefferson were guests of the form
er's daughter and family. MIR. and
Mrs. William Carpenter on Sunday
Services Sunday as follows: Glass
10 a. m, led by Hubbard Macklin.
Church school II a. m. EpwOrth
League 1870 p. m. Leader, Mrs. Mia
Martin. Subject Honesty"
Preaching 8 p. m. by Max Cohen
of Milford.
Slaughter Neck: Church school at
10 a. m. Preaching at II a. m.
Cedar Neck: Church school at
p. m. Preaching at p. m.
Rev. s. L. Handy. pastor
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
INEFFICIENCY IN GOVERNMENT
(Fauquier, "a. DemOeTGD

familiar old figure pops up in Washington and the
centurion demands economy and efficiency in Govern
ment. Welcome Oldtimer
Apparently nearly all of the thousands of employees
added to the Government payrolls have been elevated
to their positions without regard to the Civil Service
Why has not been adhered in the last three years
is explained by the frank statement Of Postmaster Cen
era Farley that there wasn't time to hire people that
way But Mr. Farleys friends believe that dip
sentence of his.
Ex-President Taft's greatest contribution to public
service during his Presidency his attempt to create
improved efficiency in Government The final act OF ME-
Taft as President was an appeal to Congress to set
aside all partisan motives and make business nsti-
tuition out of the Government But the whole matter
was chucked overheard when President Wilson was
elected.
All will agree that efficiency in Government has
touched bottom since the beginning Of depression.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
RILL TO HAMsTRING RAILROADS

The WheeIer-Crosser bill to rigid
ly restrict reduction in railroad en-
ployment, even though railroad rev.
enues and traffic made reduction an
economic necessity, is not in the in
terest of the public, the employees,
or the railroads. It would prevent
our principal transportation medium
from carrying out the mandate of
Congress to operate efficiently.
This is the opinion of ]. J. Pelley,
President of the Association of Am
eriean Railroads, expressed before
the House Interstate and Foreign
Commerce Committee.
Mr.. Policy said that the railroad
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

being 6S.6 cents per hour as against
2S.3 cents. And 1t is a fact that the
hourly earnings Of rail workers are
at an all-time peak.
Railroad labor is among the best
paid in the country. It is well rep
resented by strongly intrenched I'M
ions. It would certainly seem that
any differences between labor and
management can better be handled
by agreement than by legislation
especially legislation which would
make efficient railroad operation
virtually impossible.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

stockhOlder-Of whom there are
more than a million in this. country,
entirely exclusive of such heavy
owners of railroad securities as in
suFance companies and saving banks
lis in the forgotten man class. In
1916, the Class railroads paid
$500, 100000 in dividends. In 1895,
they paid 10000. 000--a decline Of
So per cent. Yet, ~ 1915 the proper
ty investment Of the railroads was
but S17, SOC, 000, 600 as compared with
s25,7O0, 0o0,000 IN 1864 difference
Of 46 per cent.
BY way Of comparison, the aver
age earnings of railroad employees,
on an hourly basis, were l42 per
cent greater In 1885 than IN 1916,
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
Male LANE

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L. Bower Of
Harrington. Mr.. and Mrs. Orville
Wilson Of Milford. Mrs. Amos
Brown, mother, Mrs. Walter smith,
Miss Addie Collision and brother, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Anthony and chill
dren were Sunday visitors With Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Cannon and fam
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
DEFICITS IN PROSPERITY

CCharIeJfOH, S. c., Neavs and COETirrJ
In his New York speech the President said that
whereas the deficit of the Federal Government this
year is about three billion dollars the national income
of the people the United States has risen from thirty
five billions in 1882 to sxtyfve billions in 1886" That
being So why a Governmental deficit? The people be-
ing dOubly able to pay taxes why not double the
taxes instead of borrowing from bOndbuyeTs and mort
gagng the future of the children? Does the President
defend increase debt when the people have the mon
CIV to DaY as they 60?
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
FARLEY KNOWS HOW TO TOUCH
(charlesioa, S. C., Nrs0, and COURIER

(CharlesfOH, S. c., NesOs and Courier
BEFORE this campaign for President shall end the
Democratic Partys National Committee will be discoy-
cred making love, comprOmisngly to some of the
mighes corporations and richest men In all this cou-
trv the same that the Congressman denOunce rob
bers thieves pagers putocrats stealers of the bread
from the poor mems mouths.
Watch. you Democrats. and you will see 1t soon.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

son were guests q their parents,
Mr.. and Mira W. s. Bradley.
Miss Addis Collision spent Sunday
with Miss Della Ryan Of near Far
mington.
NJ and Mrs Arley Salisbury Of
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
WHY THE NEW TAXES?

CCharrsfoa S. c., NrVgs and COHrierJ
The President asks for new taxes amounting to ST.
1877 100000 II the economies promised by the Demo-
cratic platform Of 1892 which he pledged himself had
been carried out these taxes would not be neces-
saFy.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

ilE 8U i
Mr.. and Mrs Charles FinkbineI
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice FinkbineI
we're Harrington visitors on satur-
day evening M
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Finkbinerr
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Clifton and
Miss Addie E. Collision we're Milford
visitors on Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Arley Bradley and
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

The man who invented the mod
ern pillow (Jethro Wood whitfield
his FIRST models out Of potatoes.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
THE RELIEF WE'RE LOOKING FOR


(Lynchburg "a. NeE0s)
There's no politics in relief says Harry L. Hopkins
with solemnity But what the country wants is suff-
cient prosperity to give it relief from relief.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
UNSUITABLE


Economists under Government pay are now begin
ming to snoop the average citizen in order to nd out
exactly how he spends what little he has left after pay
ing his income tax and other levies
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

A Liberal is one who believes in
being liberal with something he
hasn't Eot- Buffalo Evening News.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29

Harrington were Sunday visitors
with George F. Collision and sister
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-05-29
YES! THEY WILL NOT

(Cumberiand. Nd, NrqVs)
Won't our grandchildren have swell time paying
for the good times didn't have?
Evening star., 1936-07-02

| He wanted to spend the week end
near Philadelphia and persuaded a
ticket holder, prevented from attend
ing. to sell him the place for 81 less
than the regular fare.
Some who heard of the incident
are calling him "cut-rate Republican.
* X
SOUVENIR.
DURING the festivities attendant
~ upon a recent wedding in nearby
Virginia several members of the party
stormed the hotel room of softy who
was trying to sneak few hours sleep
during the day Unable to gain en-
trance, they broke down the door.
The irate management said, That
will be $40, and SIS for three guests
who checked out when they heard the
uproar"
The door was not very badly dam
aged, having given away at a hinge,
but the culprits paid up cheerfully.
Obviously thinking this a good piece
Of business, the hotel was about to
set its carpenter to repairing the
broken frame, when the lads appeared
again.
Nay. nay" said they. I'VE bought
the door, We want it,
They took it down, strapped it on
the back Of a car and, when they
turned homeward again, took it with
them as a souvenir.
Evening star., 1936-07-02
TREASURY OFFICIAL
DISCOVERED DEAD
Warren A. Minnis, Assistant Dis.
bursting Officer, Atlanta,
Maryland Native.
Ry the Associated Press.

Hy the Associated Press.
ATLANTA, Ga. July 2.-warren A.
Minnis, Al. Of Atlanta, an assistant
disbursing officer Of the United States
Treasury. was found dead today in a
hotel room here. OfficialS said death
apparently was due to heart trouble.
Minnis, a native of Maryland, had
been in civil service more than 20
years.
Warren A. Minnis. assistant TO the
Treasury Department disbursing OFF,
Ger at Atlanta, who dropped dead Of
heart attack there today. was trans
ferred to the department about year
and a half ago from the Veterans
Administration, with which he had
been employed several years here and
near st. Petersburg. Fla.
Advised Of his death by wire. Treas
ury officials notified his mother, Mrs.
Sarah R. Minnis. who lives on Conduit
road near Cabin John, and q sister.
Mrs. Loretta Weston. an employe OF
the Department Of Commerce Patent
once.