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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
ELLIOTT CASE OPENS
In SUSSEX COUNTY
Auto Death Trial Testimony Being
Heard At Georgetown

Testimony in the case of Samuel
w. Elliott. Jr.. 25 years old. of Re-
hoboth Beach. arraigned on three
of an automobile accident near
Georgetown on October TO- 1898. in
which three persons lost their lives.
was started Wednesday in the Court
of Oyer and Termiuer at Georgetown
before Chief Justice Daniel ]. Lay
ton and Judges Frank L. Speakman
and Richard S. Rodney.
Elliott. according to police. was
the driver of a car that cOllided with
another automobile driven by Edgar
Coulter. 4s years old. at Gravel Hill.
Coulter and his wife, Mrs. Florence
Coulter. age IS years. both of Harbe-
son. were killed instantly. and pas
senger in their car. Mrs. Jessie Lin
go, age 36 years. of Gravel Hill. was
fatally injured. Coulter. police said.
was pushing another car that had
broken down along the highway. at
the time of the accident
Elliott was arraigned Wednesday
on the charge Of manslaughter invol
wing the death OF Mrs. Lingo. The
is represented by Freder-
ick Whitney. of Lewes
James Showell. 27 years old. in
iicted on a charge of second degree
pleaded guilty to a charge
Of manslaughter before the court and
was sentenced to serve two years in
The county Jail.
Showell was alleged TO have fatal
y injured Whitby Evans. of near
Laurel. at the latter's home last !
March after an argument.
Nisi DEGREES in divorce have been (
granted to the following Mrs. Eliz- /
beth Stephaney from Daniel Steph- /
my, on the ground of desertion;
lanes w. King from Mrs. Geneva (
Il. King. desertion; Mrs Elizabeth |
)odd Bryan from George Henry Bry-
CTun 10 Pass ). Pisase)
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
WAR IS DECLARED ON
JAPANESE BEETLES
L. of D. EtOmOIOgy Department Lists
-Four Spray Combinations

With war talk all over the world.
j local war is starting this week in
upper Kent county and lower New
Castle county against hoard of for
eign invaders-the Japanese beetles.
While much has been heard in this
area during the past years about the
Japanese beetle, it has not been pres
ent in sufficient numbers until this
year to cause much damage but, ac-
cording to John NJ. Amos, assistant
extension entomologist at the Uni
versity of Delaware, the beetle has
been progressing steadily southwark
and this year noticeable damage may
be expected as far south in Delaware
as Smyrna.
The Entomology Department at the
University of Delaware has issued an
instruction sheet listing four spray
combinations which may be used to
decrease the damage which may be
caused by the beetles.
Optional Spray Combinations
(All materials per 100 gallons of
water)
1-Hydrated Lime. 20 lbs.
Aluminium Sulphate. lbs.
lead Arsenate. 8 lbs.
Wheat Flour. lbs. or
Fish Oil. 1-2 pints.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
MCMULLEN MAKES
Is APPOINTMENTS
TO STATE OFFICES
Philip ID. Laird Succeeds
N. T. Booth On State
Board Of Education.
TERMS BEGAN JULY I
Mrs. L. NJ. Price, Mrs. Fl.
M. Stephens Named On
Mothers Pension Board

Thirteen appointments to import
ant positions on state boards and
commissions were made by Gov.
Richard c. McMullen Wednesday.
rhe terms of most of those named
began July 1.
Among the most important Of the
appointments we're those to the State
Board of Education and to the State
Board of Health. Philip D. Laird
of New Castle was named to succeed
Newlin T. Booth of New Castle and
Or. James Lewes was reappointed
On the former board. They were
appointed for three-year terms each.
Mrs. Ethel B. Warner of Whining
ton and DR.. Bruce Barnes of Seaford
we're reappointed to the State Board
OF Health for four terms each.
William Smith of Dover was ap-
pointed for a four-year term to sue
coed w. Glyn Newton OF Dover on the
State Board of Housing, and Joseph
S. Hamilton of Wilmington was re-
appointed for a four-year term. This
board, however, is not expected to be
active during the next two years as
the Legislature failed to appropriate
any money for the continuation of its
work.
Frederic W. Kurtz of Wilmington
vas named to the Real Estate Com
mission for three years to succeed
Emmit S. Hickman.
Two new members we're appointed
to the Mothers Pension Commission
for three-year terms. They are: Mrs.
Lewis M. Price of Smyrna, to succeed
Miss Cora C. Tschudy of Smyrna;
Mrs. H. Morton Stephens of Whining
ton to succeed Mrs. Mabel H. Ward
of Wilmington. Mrs. Emma Lank of
Milton was reappointed.
DIR. William H. Cook OF Wilmington
was reappointed to the State Board
of Chiropractic Examiners for an
other two-year term.
Mrs. Caleb S. Layton of Whining
ton was renamed for a seven-year
term as a member OF the Lewes Ter
Commission.
]. Richard Miles of Seaford was ap-
pointed a member of the State Board
Of Pharmacy for a five-year term to
succeed Reuben NJ. Kaufman.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
SUSSEX SUN. SCHOOLS
GET APPROPRIATIONS
Law Enacted 81 Years Ago Provides
For Yearly Payment

More than 81 years ago the Della
ware Legislature enacted a law
which provided for a grant of five
hundred dollars to be made by the
Sussex County Levy Court to the
Sunday schools each year No one
seems to know just when il became
a law, but the provisions. year after
year, have been followed. In the Re-
vised Code of 1852. provision was
made that the Sunday schools must
be opened regularly for more than
three months in the year and rec
ord made of the average number of
scholars in the schools should be
kept, but that the allowance to all
of them should not exceed $500. Each
year reports are furnished the Sun
day school superintendent. upon re-
quest. by the comptroller's Office. No
school which does not fill out the
required blanks receives the allow
ance, which il based on the aver
age attendance. There are many
Sunday schools throughout the coun-
ty this year which did not make a
report to the comptroller's office.
The purpose of the statute. no
doubt, was TO give assistance 10 such
Sunday schools which were short of
gether with the average attendance;
The law may have been passed in
order for politicians to gain favor
most of the rural churches were f.
with the church people. or because |
weak.
Following are the Sunday schools
to receive the appropriations, to-
gether whit he average attendance: (
Grace NJ. E.. Millsboro, average at
tendance. 40. S1462: Mt. Pleasant,
near Laurel. 80. s6.Ss; Mlllville NJ.
e.. Baltimore District. As. 1897: Mt
Herman, near Delmar. so. s5.16; Pill
grim Holiness. Milton, 20, $500: Mil
ton NJ. p, 1903, 1856; Greenwood NJ.
P, a. 1888: Mt. Zion NJ. E.. near
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
REBEKAHS TO HOLD
PARTY HERE JULY IL
General Public Is Invited To Attend
Affair At Hlgfisn Home

The Margaret Pyle Rebekah Lodge
M. II. the Rebekah branch Of the
Milford, l. o. o. F., is staging a uni
que party that is open to the general
public at the home of Mrs. Mary Hig-
man. on North Walnut street, Mil
ford. on Tuesday evening. July 11th,
at s P. M.
Bingo. cards and checkers are the
games selected for the evenings en-
tertainment. Prizes will be awarded
the winners.
The party is part Of the scheduled
activities OF the Ladies branch Of the
Milford Odd Fellows that will con-
tinue during the summer. Miss Lou
Use Higman is chairman of the COM
mittee in charge. She will be assist
ed by many ladies of the ways and
means committee.
A small admission will be charged.
Refreshments will be served after the
prizes are awarded.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
AUTO INSPECTION
WILL BEGIN IN
STATE ON JULY Is
Milford Lane Will Open
July "a And Will Con-
tinue Until August 1.
PREPARING CARDS
Deputy Commissioner
Zack Wells Will Super
wise Annual Campaign.

The schedule for the annual State
Motor Vehicle Safety Inspection Cam
align, starting July Is. was announc-
ed last Saturday by Zack W. Wells.
motor vehicle commissioner
Mr.. Wells said lanes in the state
will be open from $3.50 a. m. to $50
p. m. standard time. The inspection
will continue through Aug. 81
A crew of nearly 40 will conduct
the inspection. There will be a crew
Of IS on duty in Wilmington. one
feet inspector. two truck inspectors.
to be stationed at Fifteenth and Pop
lar streets, Wilmington. and six in
spectors for each lane in Rural New
Castle county. Kent and Sussex coun-
ties. There also will be a feet in
sDector in Sussex county.
Anyone with three cars or trucks
or more under one name may have
their cars inspected as a feet.
Owners of trucks wishing feet in
spections should call James A. Hart,
Jr., acting manager of the Whining
ton office of the department. or if in
Kent county. Edwin Lewis, acting
deputy commissioner. Dover office, or
if in Sussex county. Lynford Russell.
manager of the Georgetown office.
Report Change OF Address
Owners should prepare their cars
for the inspection now, Mr.. Wells
recommended. He said in cases of
change of address, it is necessary to
notify the department. Persons who
have moved and not notified the de-
partment of the change of address,
probably will find the inspection card
has been sent to the old address.
Arrangements are being made by
Mr.. Wells for adjustment of head
lights at the convenience of motor
lists before the inspection. A num-
Der OF stations will be established
throughout the state for examination
md adjustment of headlights in ad-
rance of the regular inspection. This
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
C. O.P. HEAD SAYS
STATE BUDGET
is BALANCED
Ebe III. Chandler Reviews
Work Of The Present
General Assembly.
NO TAX INCREASE
Budget Commission Es-
tabIished To Effect Fu-
ture Economies.
NO TAX INCREASE

The following letter. which is self
explanatory, was received this week
from Ebe H. Chandler, Republican
State Chairman:
Dear Fellow Citizen:
AS chairman of your State Execu-
tive Committee l wish to report on
the results of your investment in the
Republican Party for 1889. My
intent is to demonstrate briefly how
you and the citizens of Delaware
have benefited under Republican adj
ministration in the past two years.
Now that the smoke has cleared
away two very large and vitality i'm
portant accomplishments of the 1889
Legislature in Dover stand out:
Delaware Budget has been balanc-
ed. The State is living within its in
come.
This has been accomplished with
out any increase in taxes.
The real job of any State Legisla-
ture is to solve the major practical
problems of State Government-that
of its financial and common sense
business methods. Your Republican
representatives did succeed, under
adverse circumstances, in enacting a
financial plan in a series of bills
which kept the States budget balan-
ced. provided for its obligations. pro-
tected its credit, and laid the foun-
dation for sound future fiscal poll
cies. They did all of this without
adding one cent of new taxes.
At a time when pressure groups
were proposing additional income
taxes, real estate taxes, ETC., as a
substitute for economy in cutting
expenses, your representatives re-
duced the motorists registration cost
by 16 2-3 per cent. operators licenses
SO l-3 per cent and prohibited taxa
ton of personal property.
! Faced with requests for total esti..
mated expendffures we'll IN excess of
estimated receipts for 1904. the
committee cut away
at these requests until the budget
bill left no deficits in any State fund.
As a result, there was created an
excess of anticipated receipts over
for 1940-41 of S301,-
100. provided inroads into balances
Turing the current year ending June
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
DELAWARE HAS
DEATHLESS '4TR'
Not A Life Lost Through
Automobile Crashes Or
Fireworks.

Delaware was the safest state" as
America observed the 163rd anniver-
cary of its independence with a four
day celebration marred by 612 violent
deaths.
Only in Delaware. Of all the 4S
states and the District Of Columbia,
were there no fatalities.
Just six persons we're injured in
Delaware's safe and sane" celebra-
tion-four by automobiles and two
by fireworks, which brought the
states casualty list for the four-day
holiday to 19.
NeighbOr States Unfortunate
Delaware's neighbor states were not
SO fortunate, however. Pennsylvania.
prohibiting fireworks for the first
time, had 81 deaths, none Of which
were caused by the explosives. Thir-
teen we're killed in Maryland; New
Jersey counted Is dead, and Virginia
had II.
Nearest competitors Of Delaware
for safety hOnors we're the District
of Columbia. Vermont and the sparse
ly populated Rocky Mountain States
Of Nevada, Wyoming and Idaho. They
had one violent death apiece.
Texas led the death list with Al
followed by California with 80, Ohio
with 81, New York with IS, and Mich
igan and Illinois with 81 each. Ohio
was first in auto fatalities with %.
Deaths By States
Deaths from all causes by states:
Alabama II. Arizona 4, Arkansas
10, California 80, Colorado 9, Connec-
ticut 6, District of Columbia l. Flor
ida IA, Georgia II. Idaho 1, Illinois
81, Indiana %, Iowa 8. Kansas 10,
Kentucky 90. Louisiana z, Maine IL,
Maryland 13, Massachusetts IL, Mich
lgan 81. Minnesota IA, Mississippi 5,
Missouri 20, Montana 10, Nebraska
10, Nevada l, New Hampshire 2. New
Jersey Is. New Mexico 5, New York
IS, North Carolina IL. North Dakota
a, Ohio 81. Oklahoma IL. Oregon 8,
Pennsylvania %, Rhode Island 2,
South Carolina 10, South Dakota 3,
Tennessee 9, Texas Al, Utah 2, Xer-
mont 1, Virginia II. Washington II,
West Virginia 6, Wisconsin IL, Wyo-
ming 1.
Three Killed In 1888
Delaware'S celebration in 1888
claimed three deaths in automobile
accidents, two seriously injured In
collisions and a number of psrsOrs
burned by fireworks.
In nearby Maryland II casualties
occurred in three automobile acci- /
dents yesterday and Monday and one .
lJather lost his life while hunting
clans in the surf near Ocean City, /
that state.
Most seriously injured in Della
ware was Benjamin Truitt, is years
old of Millsboro. who is in the Mil
ford Memorial Hospital with a dis
located hip and a fractured jaw.
He was injured Monday when he
tell from a truck driven by his father,
Truitt, beneath the wheels
IF another truck driven by Norris
Hearn of near Millsboro.
Preston Foreman of Greenwood
suffered a laceration of the forehead
IN the 4th when a truck in which he
vas riding, driven by Russell Cover
lale of Greenwood, collided with an
,ther truck driven by Douglas Mears
VI Machipongo. Va. near Seaford.
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
SAFETY COUNCIL WARNS
AGAINST HOME MISHAPS
More Delawareans Killed In Homes
In 1898 Than On The Road

According to the Delaware Safety
Council, more Delawareans we're
killed last year in home accidents
than in traffic accidents. ~ people
were killed in homes as compared
TO 20 killed in automobile accidents.
The largest single type of accident
is the fall =. Al Of the home fatalities
were due to falls-falls from make
shift stepladders. downstairs, on
loose rugs, from thousand and one
little things around the house.
To keep your family free from
falls. check over your house now
and eliminate the hazards. Look for
loose stair treads, broken and clut-
tered stairs. small loose rugs on pol
ished floors and unlighted stairways.
Have a small step-ladder around the
house to use. so you won't have to
stand on a chair or tabletop. The
time to think Of safety is before the
accident happens.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
RE A MEETINGS TO BE
HELD DOWN STATE
Series OF Community Educational
Sessions Are Planned

Those farm families in Kent and
Sussex counties who are now receiv-
ing electric service from the rural
electrification project, as we'll as
those who are located in areas which
have been surveyed for the con-
struction of power lines, will be in
terested to know that a series of
community educational meetings will
be held next week for the purpose of
discussing the wiring and lighting of
homes and farm buildings.
Meetings in Sussex county will be
held at Millsboro on Tuesday eve
ming, July IL, and at Milton on We'd
nesday evening. July 12, at 1880
o'clock. In Kent county a meeting
will be held in the Canterbury COM
munity hall on Thursday evening,
July 13, and in the public school
building in Hartly on Thursday eve
ming. July IA, at the same hour. These
meetings will be conducted by Walter
P. Coppenger. utilization representa-
tive, and Mrs. Elva Bohannon, home
electrification specialist. from the
Washington office of the Rural Elec-
trification Administration.
Cooperation in planning these edu-
cational meetings in Kent county is
being extended by Miss Hazel II. Dar-
rell. county home demonstration
agent, and Russell E. Wilson, county
agricultural agent. and a special in
vitation is being given to All club
members to attend and hear these
important subjects discussed.
In addition to a discussion relative
to the proper methods of wiring
houses and other buildings on the
form for adequate electric service
and protection. other subjects in
cluding water systems and the use of
electrical equipment and appliances
in the home and on the farm will be
discussed by these rural electrifica-
tion specialists. New lines are now
under construction in Sussex county
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Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
KENT SCHOOL
TRUSTEES NAMED
Leaders In Special Dis
tricts Named By Judge
Terry For Four Years.

Resident Judge Charles L. Terry of
kent county has announced appoint
ment of members of the boards of
education of special school districts
in the county:
Smyrna special school district, DR..
C. ]. Prickett, Smyrna. from July 1.
1899, to June 80, 1943.
Dover special school district. Jo-
seph Allen Frear, Jr., Dover, from
July /, 1899, to June 30, 1943.
Caesar Rodney special school dis
trict, T. Edgar Townsend, from July
l, 1899, to June 30, 1913.
Two To Be Made
There are still two other appoint
ments to be made-One more mem
ber for the Smyrna district. and
rIember for the Harrington special
school district.
Mr.. Frear succeeds Henry Ridgely,
who asked that he not be considered
for reappOintment due to the pres
sure of business.
Other appointments of boards of
school trustees throughout Kent
county. for terms from today until
June 30, 1913, are:
White Schools: Kenton No. 8, Levi
Everett, Kenton; LeiPsic No. 10. Geo.
Rothwell. Leipsic; Mt. Willow No. is,
Irving Pleasanton, Hartly; Oak Point
No. 30, Watson Cook. Wyoming:
Sandtown No. 20, C. W. Cubbage.
Goldsboro. Md; Petersburg. No. "a,
Ernest Moore. Wyoming; Jumps. No.
"a, Oliver H. Melvin, FELTON,; Freder-
lea. No. 80. Benjamin F. Hendricks.
Frederick: Thomas, No. 80. Elmer
Brown, Harrington; Pennington, No.
3S, Elmer A. Tull, Pennington:
Bethesda, No. 46. Howard E. Thomp-
son, Hartly; Maple Grove. No. AZ,
H. Wright, Harrington; Mag
nOlia. No. so. c. F. Johnson. Magno-
liza; Willow Grove, No. SO. Mrs.
Fletcher Moore: FELTON,. No. 81, Will
liam A. Hargadine. FELTON,; Pratts.
No. SO. c. C. McVey. Hartly; West
vile. No. SO. julius Lucks. Wyoming:
Woodside. No. So. E. C. Barnard,
Woodside; Rose Valley. No. 70. Mel
son Massey. Dover; Cheswold. Mrs.
CTum % Pare J. PIeassl
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
MILFORD FARMER HURT
AS HORSES BOLT
Van Is Thrown Against Cutting Bar
OF Wheat Binder

Walter Yeardsley. who lives on the
Clyde Knots farm near Milford, is
recovering from injuries suffered
while harvesting wheat.
His horses bolted and ran away
while hitched to binder and threw
Yeardsley OF the seat. In an at
tempt to stop the horses he was
thrown on the cutting bar and suf-
fered severe cuts on both legs.
Cordrey Minner, his helper, leaped
on the binder and pulled Yeardsley
away from the knives. The injured
man was treated at Milford Memorial
Hospital.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
STANTON RACES
WILL net STATE
ABOUT 100000
Average Daily Attendance
For This Years Meet
Was 1890.
SAME AS LAST YEAR
$1,475,613 Passed Through
Machines During The
Last Three Days.

The third annual race meet at Del
aware Park which closed Tuesday,
July 4, is expected to net the State
through taxation an unofficial total
of approximately 100000 or about
the same as last year.
The States share of the total
amount wagered which has been es-
timated at $S,634.577. is unofficially
set at $3.50. .037.31 and its share from
admissions is estimated at $4,000.
This does not include. however,
the taxes on passes which is expect
ed to raise the total income for the
State to about 100000.
The average daily paid attendance
was estimated at 4,S00
A total of S1,475 ,613 passed through
the machines on the last three days
of the meet OF this amount, $441 ,0S2
was wagered last Saturday, s44,S79
on Monday. and S590.1S2 on July A.
The average daily betting was $751;
S19.
The revenues received by the
State will come from its three per
cent tax on the money wagered and
on the 20 cents tax on all admis-
sions, except on tickets issued to EN-
ployees, turfmen and the press.
The largest wagering pool this
year was on Tuesday. July 4. when
$590.152 was played in the tote"
The second largest was on Decora-
ton Day when s517.SS2 was played.
A year ago the highwater mark
was set on July 4 when $600,463
passed through the machines. The
second highest mark for 1888 was
the wagering of $504,755 on the final
day of the 2S-day session.
The largest betting in 1887, when
the track opened. was on the final
day. June "a, total of s491 .422. On.
July 4 of the same year the amount
was $437.937.
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07
WEEKLY WEATHER
REPORT FOR MILFORD
From Wednesday, June 2s To Tues.
day, July 4, Inclusive

Charles j. Holzmueller weather
recorder for Milford, reports the fol-
lowing atmospheric conditions in this
vicinity from Wednesday, June 28 to
Tuesday, July 4, inclusive:
Milford chronicle., 1939-07-07

Total Rainfall ... "a
Total rain for June. ..2.61 inches
The following winds and condi-
tions prevailed during the same
period:
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Fred Sorri, Harry Sporting, Har-
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