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Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
AFTER THE ACCIDENT

With 81 900 people killed annual
ly in automobile accidents. and
around 100000 person injured
everyone who drives a car must face
the possibility that some day he will
be involved in one of these depIor-
able mishaps. How will one behave
in that moment of strain, and will
his conduct get him into still deeper
trouble?
There are severe penalties for
the hit and run" motorist. The
public approves of such treatment
for all who are involved in such a
disaster. and who refuse to face the
music, and do the best they can TO
make up for the harm which they
may have caused.
1t is only common courtesy and it
is far safer, in even the slightest
accident, for the drivers involved
to stop their cars and find out just
what damage was done. Usually
after such mishap. there is a scene
of hot talk. and each party blames
the other for the smash.
II does no good for people to lose
their tempers. The madder they
get. the more excited the other party
will become. and the greater the
chance of a prolonged fight over
damages.
If anybody is injured, both par
ties should give up all other plans
and engagements, and devote them
selves to the job of getting the in
jured persons TO the nearest hospi-
tai or their homes at the earliest
possible moment. In any case. peo-
pie must be prepared to tell the
truth. The wilder claims they make
to police officers. the more likely
their story is TO be discounted and
regarded as untruthful. 4
People should think of all the
horror of such scenes and resolve to
10 handle their cars. that the chances
If such distressing affairs is as
light as human caution can make It,
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
A CODE OF ETHICS

Those who have challenged indus
try TO put its own house in order"
have been handed a direct answer.
The answer is IN the form Of q code
of ethics" just adopted by the Com
mittee on Industrial Practices of the
National Association of Manufactur-
ers.
The code. which will be submitted
next month TO the Congress OF
American Industry in New York for
its adoption. constitutes a positive
program of action, calling for better
understanding and cooperation with
workers. customers, suppliers, stock
holders and creditors. 1t frowns ON
child labor, reasserting that children
under 16 should not be employed and
that those under Is should not be
placed in hazardous jobs.
The report indicates that the COM
mittee did not take the easy way out
that of denial and counter charge.
Instead of emphasizing the handicaps
under which industry now operates,
or categorically denying charges
brought against business manage
ments, the report stresses the import
ance of maintaining high ethical stan
dards to assure continued progress
toward better standards of living.
By assuming leadership to raise
industrial practices to the highest
possible level, the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers is in effect CIV
ing the answer to those who seek to |
label industry as unscrupulous and
mercenary.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
WA ASHINGTON
NEWS LETTER
From
CONGRESSMAN WIN. r. ALLEN

Farm LegislatiOn-When the Spec
ial Session of Congress convenes,
farm legislation is the first problem
TO be tackled. This item began TAX
ing shape recently when broad bill
was placed before the House Agricul-
ture Committee.
Slum Clearance PrOgram-Mr. Ma
than Straus. Administrator of the
United States Housing Authority has
called a conference to municipal
housing authorities to meet in Wash
ington, November % to discuss the
distribution of the $500, 100000 allotted
under the Act for loans and grants
to localities.
Aid to Corn Farmers-When the
President authorized the R.F.C. to
use $S5.000.000 of government funds
for corn loans to guarantee to farm
ers a return of so cents bushel. the
aid promised to corn farmers similar
TO that given to the cotton growers,
became certainty.
{. G.. C-Thirty-nine colleges and
universities have granted CCC en-
rollees scholarships for the current
academic year. This is the third
year that institutions of higher learn
ing have cooperated with the CCC
Office of Education by offering assist
ance TO CCC enrollees TO enable them
TO continue their education.
O.
Caneer--The first meeting OF the
National Advisory Cancer Council,
will be held at the National Institute
OF Health, research division of the
Public Health Service, in which the
Cancer Institute will function.
PneumOnia-As a further step to-
ward the control of diseases which
constitute a public health problem in
respect to their widespread prevail
ence and high mortality rate, the |
United States Public Health Service !
has called into conference an ad-
visory committee on the prevention |
Of pneumonia mortality.
%
Relief In Rural and Town Areas !
Aggregate obligations incurred for :,
'our major forms of relief TO cases 1
declined 81 percent in rural and !
own sample areas between June and ]
July, rejecting a sharp decrease in ,
amounts of emergency subsistence
payments to farmers under the Re-
settlement Administration and mod
crate decreases in amounts of gen.
.ral relief. aid to veterans. and pri-
rate assistance.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
OBTAINING PATRONAGE

Suppose two entertainments are
given in a city. both being of equal
merit and interest. and both appeal
ing to about as many people. Sup
pose one of these shows is well ad-
vertised, with much pains to tell the
public about it, while little or moth
ing is done to call attention to the
other affair. Can there be any doubt
as to which would be better pat
ronized? The we'll advertised show
should draw two or three times as
many people.
Now why isn't it the same with
business concerns, some of which
advertise, while others do not. When
other things are equal, the adver-
tised stores should draw much more
business.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
CONGRESS WITH Us AGAIN

The statesmen of Congress hear
the bell ring again for their new ses-
sion called for November Is. We are
passing through a time of many
changes. Sometimes the American
head feels a bit dizzy, at the speed
with which it is going. Our country
is plagued by great evils which call
for action. but there is always the
danger that the remedy will be
worse than the disease
Congress is expected to tackle
such great problems as farm relief.
government reorganization. and po-
wer and flood control. These ques-
tions can not he settled of hand. If
the farmers don't get a fair chance,
their distress means inability to pur-
chase the product of factories, and
trouble for the institutions that hold
farm securities. If the farmers are
given more than they should get, the
factory workers will find bread and
meat costs high, and there will be
hard times in city streets.
The country needs wise Solohons
il every seat of power, who shall
hold the balance between these and
other conflicting Interests. Unfor-
tunately most people see their own
needs and rights very clearly, but
the needs and rights Of other ele-
ments are often overlooked.
Then there is that old ghost that
keeps haunting us. the unbalanced
budget. Ii is enough of real ghost
so its warnings should be needed.
Many countries that refused to lis
ten to such admonitions have had to
go down in bankruptcy. Our coun-
try is not yet in serious danger OF |
such a catastrophe. Yet there is no |
country so rich and productive that il !
can constantly pay out more than it
takes in. These and many other
questions will cause headaches at
Washington and elsewhere. There is
always a way out of such troubles.
The citizen solves such problems in
lis own life by working hard, treat
ng everyone fairly, and paying his
)ills. National problems are not
much different.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
THE SCARECROW GOES!

The modern farmer. says govern
ment expert. does not often use a
scarecrow to protect his corn. The
modern crow, it is said, can tell a
scarecrow from a real man, and he
also knows a hoe handle from a gun.
Through the depression some people
removed the old clothes from the
scarecrow and put them on their own
bodies.
1t is regrettable if any families
have had to raid the cornfield scare
crow to provide clothes to cover
their own nakedness. While the skill
full housewife may be able to mend
up those tattered garments so they
don't look badly, yet we would like
tc see all the farm folks looking neat
and modern in new store clothes.
The best way to do that is to consi-
der farming a science which needs
thorough study. The boy who grad
uates from good agricultural school
will not often have to wear scarecrow
clothes.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
Milford, Friday, November 10, 1897
FINANCIAL HOCUS.POCUS

During the first four months OF the
current fiscal year the government
of the United States has collected
S215.0O0. 900 in social security taxes.
II anybody imagines that this money
has been set aside under lock ana
key, in a special reserve fund which
will accumulate interest over per-
iod of years and enable the Govern
ment ultimately to pay the benefits
which the Social Security Act re-
quires, his faith is based upon mis-
conception of facts.
The 100000 has been spent. for
a variety of purposes: perhaps to
help build Grand Coulee Dam, per-
hans to finance WPA projects in
street paving. perhaps to pay the sal
aries of officers in the navy-no one
knows precisely, since the dollars
that come into the Treasury are not
50 ear-marked that they can be iden-
titled when they go out again. AS
for the reserve fund which is sup
posed to supply the money needed in
future years for the payment of bene-
fits under the Social Security Act;
i. consists at present only of Govern
ment IO.U.s.
Certain conclusions are inescap-
able. One is the fact that what the
government has actually done has
been to invent a new kind of corpor-
alton tax and a new kind of personal
income tax, applied in the case OF in
dividuals even to the smallest in |
GENES. Equally clear is the fact that
this system is a constant beguiling
temptation to governmental extraVa-
gance.-From the New York Times.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
WISDOM FOR THE WOMEN

If you were to study the winter
programs of all the women's clubs
of Delaware, you would find they are
covering a very broad field of know
ledge. They are hearing about poll
tics, government, travel, literature,
art, science. home management. and
many other subjects.
1t would be difficult to induce the
average run of men to take up such
lines of study. The men usually
want either to know how to make
money, or how to have a good time.
The women folks still realize that
knowledge is power. They may get
the job or running the country II
they don't look out.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
KNOWLEDGE VS.. IGN0RANCE

H. G. Wells, famous British author,
now lecturing in this country, is ad-
vocating the idea of a great educa-
tional organization to cover the
whole world, which shall dissemin-
ate knowledge. He feels that the peo-
pie demand more knowledge, and that
steps should be taken to satisfy that
demand. Then he thinks, there will
be but few illiterate persons, and not
many who are uniformed.
This is a noble ideal, with which
all intelligent folks would like to CO.
operate. The principal difficulty is
that many people are not willing to
make an effort to acquire knowledge.
You can not put knowledge into peo-
pies heads simply by offering il to
them, even if it is given free.
Acquisition of knowledge calls
for effort on the part of the learner.
He must read good newspapers and
DOOhot anu ICdu uOl iucIcig " dIHuSc
himself, but for the definite purpose
of learning. There are many who
say that is too much work.
Libraries are scattered over the
country in great profusion, which
contain the record of human progress
up to date and all the knowledge that
the human mind has been able to
obtain. Yet countless people never
enter those libraries that they may
obtain for themselves some small
part of that knowledge.
The majority of people seem to
hink they finished their education
when they quit school. School is
,nly a beginning. and they have to
Ieep studying all their lives. If |
someone could tell us how to make
hem desire knowledge and become
Wiling to work for it, il would be
'ossible to realize Mr.. Wells fine
deal of dispelling ignorance.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
INDEPENDENCE OF
CONGRESS
By MAX BERNS

Why does our Constitution give
the legislative or law-making power
to Congress only and make Congress
separate from and independent of
the President?
Andrew Jackson once said, ut was
a leading object with the trainers of
the Constitution to keep as separate
as possible the action of the legisla-
tive and executive branches of the
government. To secure this object,
nothing is more essential than to
preserve the former from all temp
tations of private interest, and there
fore so to direct the patronage of the
latter as not to permit such tempta-
tions to be offered. Experience abb
undantly demonstrates that every
precaution in this respect is a val
liable safeguard of liberty, and &.
my reflections . . incline me to think
should be made still stronger. ="
By giving the law-making power
to Congress alone (Article ID and
by making Congress Independent of
the President and the Courts, our
Constitution protects us against the
concentration of power
in one man or one group of men.
Copyright 1887 by Max Berns
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
THE NATIONS THANKSGIVING

The old time minister frequently
observed Thanksgiving day by deli
vering a sermon on the state of the
nation. He did not feel free to take
up political subjects on Sunday, but
Thanksgiving came on a week day,
SO that address frequently had a
strong political tinge. AS he thump-
ed on the sacred desk to emphasize
his views. he deplored the evils Of
the times, and called on his hearers
to fight for national righteousness.
If these old preachers were to re-
turn to this earth, they would find
many more evils to deplore. Some
wrongs have been cured since their
day, but other evils have grown
worse. Crime has been developed,
for instance, into a vast system of
organized rebellion, to an extent no
one ever dreamed of in the time of
our grandfathers.
Our country has been wonderfully
blessed, and it has every reason for
thanksgiving. We have grown from
a weak and feeble little country. to
become the most powerful on earth.
Our fields bring forth so richly, that
people have to be induced in some
way to grow less of the principal
Or the government may
have to buy up their surplus pro-
ducts. Our factories turn out the
worlds most wonderful mechanisms,
which take toll out of life. and offer
us leisure and happiness.
The people of Delaware should
feel thankful for these blessings, and
not be afraid to say so at Thanks
giving.
The old time preacher, If he could
come back TO earth, would say scorch
ng words about crime and dishon-
esty and fraud as seen to-day in
America. He would tell us to show
,ur thankful spirit by generous acts
or all who are poor and needy.
Deeds and not words are what ex-
,ress true thankfulness.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
MAGNOLIA

Those who attended the Dover
District Epworth League convention
at Centreville, Md, on Friday after
noon were Pearl Reed. Margaret Roe
Hazel Wright, Isaac 0rvis accom-
panied by Rev. r. E. Green. Misses
Dorothy Spayd and Julia Lane, OF
Bowers Epworth League also at
tended. All reported having a won
derful time. The theme of the ses-
sion was MY Window of Vision"
F. o. Taylor and Miss Rea Regain,
of Wilmington, were guests OF Mrs.
Emma Taylor and Mr.. and Mrs. j. w.
Taylor over the weekend.
Prof. and Mrs. ]. r. McIlvaine and
Mrs. Margaret McIlvaine and Miss
Doris, were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Reiff, Of Primus, Pa. Mrs.
McIlvaine remained for visit.
On Tuesday evening, Mrs. Eliza
beth Schwartz and daughter, Maude,
entertained at dinner Mrs. Bessie
Hart and daughter, Mrs. F. A. Ander-
son, of Jamica Plains, Mass, and
Miss Margaret Roe.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Coke, entertain
ed on Sunday Mr.. Eugene Lamott,
Mr.. Ambrose Coke and Miss Frances
Coke, of Wilmington.
Miss Sara Ingram spent the week
end with the Misses Marker of Do
yer. Mr.. and Mrs. r. C. Ingram and
daughter, were dinner guests of the
Markers on Sunday in honor of the
birthday of Miss Emily Marker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Moore, OF
Houston, were dinner guests on Sun
day of Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Moore.
Mrs. Myra McIlvaine and daughter,
Ann, were guests of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. E. v. Hearn, of Salisbury,
on Saturday. Mrs. Hearn returned
with them to spend the week with her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. C. McIlvaine.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Johnson were
dinner guests on Sunday of Mr.. and
Mrs. Horace Johnson of Camden.
The High School group of the Ep-
worth League will be entertained on
Friday evening by Isaac and Pearl
Orvis.
Charles Pride and Miss Emma |
Pride, of Wilmington, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Ma
loney.
MIR. and Mrs. w. C. Pyle. of Will
mington, mad Mr.. and Mrs. George |
Johnson, of Frederick, were dinner
guests on Thursday of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. w. Johnson.
Mrs. Bessie Hart and daughter,
Mrs. F. A. Johnson, of Massachusetts,
we're entertained by Mr.. and Mrs.
Leonard Maloney on Wednesday.
The school scholars are enjoying
two-day vacation while the teachers
Meeting in Wilmington on Thurday
md Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pembrook Satterfield,
dr. and Mrs. George Satterfield and
amily, of Philadelphia, were recent
,uests of Mr.. and Mrs. C. ]. Satter-
ield.
The By Kota Club had charge of
he services on Sunday evening un-
Ter the direction of Miss Maude :
schwartz.
Mrs. Mollie Milbourne spent We'd
Iesday with friends in Dover.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
CAN YOU ANSWER QUESTIONS!

Anyone who undertakes to sell any
thing to the public must be prepared
to answer questions, and answer
them well and intelligently. The
salesman who can't tell the people
the things they want to know about
the articles he is selling, is not likely
TO get any large trade. He may be
very smiling and cordial, but if he
has to keep answering Il don't know"
he is not helping much to sell the
goods.
People have to do something more
in stores and offices than hand over
goods and tell the price and take
the money. Very frequently there
will be no money to take, if the sales
man can't give the information he
10 expected to know. He would bet
ter begin studying the goods he is
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
BUTTING INTO THE ENGINE

There were 1919 persons killed
last year in automobiles at railroad
crossings, which was almost twice
as many as met death the previous
year from this cause.
Probably some of these tragedies
took place at crossings where the
tracks are concealed from view.
In many cases motorists heard the
train whistle, but thought they
could get across. II the modern
world was really prudent, it would
stop and listen before crossing rail-
road track. Drivers might at least
be willing to stop when they hear
the train coming. They may lose a
minute, but they will be long time
dead If they make miscalculation.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
THOSE WHO CREATE

Without an economic system
which offers rewards to those who
work and create, America would not
be setting the pace for the world.
That is the belief of Charles r.
Hook, president Of the American
Rolling Mill Company. In an address
before the American Life Insurance
convention in Chicago, he said:
when you look at your alarm
cock you see only the hands and
figures on the dial. You do not see
that main spring, or that tiny motor,
deep down inside.
There is main spring deep down
inside America too. 1t is the incen-
tive to work and create. to share In
the profits of ones work.
without this incentive to the in
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
REAL JOB MAKERS

The nations private electric utili-
ties are almost invariably leaders in
developing and building the COM
munities they serve.
A large representative utility, op-
Grating in several thousand towns
and cities, has recently issued a
pamphlet concerning its efforts to
attract Industries to its area. The
utility keeps records of all floor
space in its communities available
for industrial purposes, and Of all
acreage suitable for plant construc-
ticn. Without obligation, it will
make particularized surveys for in
terested industries, and supply COM
plete information about labor, trans
pertation, raw materials, markets,
taxes and other subjects of interest
to manufacturers.
The results of this work have
been remarkable. In the past five
years-three of which were during
the worst Of the ,073
concerns employing almost 10000
workers, have become established in
the utility's area as a direct conse-
quence of its community-building
program. The rural area has been
particularly benefited, inasmuch as
a number Of these concerns have re-
moved from congested cities to
small towns or semi-rural locations.
Many utilities carry on similar
programs. Factories are built, tax
paying properties are created, men
are employed, local purchasing pow
er is increased. and opportunity is
made for persons to start other local
businesses. AS the records prove,
progressive electric utilities are
among the greatest community
builders.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19

dividual America would not have de-
yeloped her natural resources; we
would not have our great factories,
our magnificent public institutions
and our high standard Of living"
AS proof that the American incen-
tive system has worked, he pointed
out that the United States today has
II per cent of the worlds automo-
biles, So per cent of its telephone
and telegraph facilities, so per cent
Of its radios and 3S per cent of its
railroads.
Milford chronicle., 1937-11-19
DELMAR

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c. Culver left
Monday for Florida, where they ex-
pect to spend the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. N. Culver and
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard T. Waller
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Handy Culver of Baltimore.
Mrs. H. l.. Tatman and daughter,
Miss Hazel Tatman of Bridgeville,
were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. V. j.
Carmine on Saturday.
Fred NJ. Wright, member of the
State Board of Agriculture, left on
Monday for Washington, D. c., to at
tend a four day session of the COM
missioners of agriculture of all the
states, to be held in the Hotel Raj
eigh this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. E. Lynch, Sr., Mrs.
Bessie Lynch and son Edward, Mr..
and Mrs. John Beach spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lynch, Jr..
of Dover.
George w. Dutton of Lancaster,
Pa, spent the weekend here with
his father, George NJ. Dutton.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. West gave
their annual raccoon dinner on Ar
mistice Day. Their guests were from
"A to IS years old.
Mrs. w. B. Stephens is visiting
her daughter in Baltimore.
Miss Hannah Gibson and Miss
Virginia Galloway, students at Wes-
tern Maryland College, spent the
weekend at their homes in Delmar.
A. N. Horsey who had the mis-
fortune. to get his leg broken in the
Philadelphia Railroad yard is at
home and is recovering nicely.
Mrs. John Culver and daughter,
Miss Louise Culver, spent a few
days of last week with Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. Handy Culver in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Nelson and
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Kirk spent the
weekend with relatives in Will
mington.
Mrs. George Burrows has had
Mrs. Charles Givans OF Ocean City,
Md, for her guest this week.
Mrs. Mary Kitchens is visiting
her son, Woodrow Kitchens, at Will
son, N. C.
Mrs. Clara Mahoney OF Philadel-
pkia is visiting relatives here.
OF major Importance to the men,
bers of the Corps of Cadets of The
the Military College of
South Carolina as well as to their
relatives and friends. is the annual
parents day there. With all classes
for the occasion and all
activities and all departments open
to inspection, it makes an interest
ing occasion for all who attend.
This year 1t will be held on Satur-
Day, November 20.
Prominent in the cadet corps Is
Albert Cropper Williams, son Of |
Mr.. and Mrs. A. M. Williams, 407 |
Grove street, Delmar. Cadet WI |
iams. a senior, holds the rank of |
first lieutenant, assigned to Com
pany H OF the Coast Artillery Unit.
ae is graduate of the Delmar High |
School. Williams has fine acad-
,mic record and is very popular
lmong his fellow cadets.
Ralph Baker, who has been real
lick for some time is showing but
title improvement.
Our school was closed on Thurs
lay and Friday. The teachers were
the Delaware Teachers
annual Institute :n Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. b. Sherwood en-
ertained Mr.. and Mrs. Mclean of
Pa, over the weekend.