Milford chronicle., 1945-11-02
PERSONS WHO HAVE MOVED into

FRIDAY. NOVEMBER .. 1915
PERSONS WHO HAVE MOVED into
Delaware during the past year must register
their intent to become citizens OF the State
if they desire to vote at the General Elec-
tions in 1916 This must be done before No
vember B. This is made necessary by new
legislation which was passed at the last ses-
sion of the General Assembly. The bill max
ing this change was sponsored by Represen-
tative George A. Swain of Milford who in
troduCed the bill after careful study OF the
MARYLAND law which has been very satisfac-
tory in that state. Under the Swain bill, any
person moving from another state to Della
ware must register his, or her, intent to be-
come Delaware citizen with the Depart
ment of Elections of the county in which he
or she. may reside Should these new resi-
dents fail to declare their intent to become
citizens of Delaware, then they cannot reg
lister to vote The general content OF the
Swain bill is that person moving INTO lela-
ware from any state must declare his intent
to become a citizen of Delaware one year be-
fore the date of any election at which he may
desire to vote This year, November ). is the
last day for registering with the Depart
ment of Elections, because November ;, 1916,
is the General Election year. 1t will be we'll
to remember that the declaration to become q
Delaware citizen does not in itself give the
regiStrant a right to vote. 1t merely makes
him a citizen of the state. AT the proper reg
istration day he must qualify to vote the
same as any other Delaware citizen. The new
Delaware citizenship law is patterned after
the Maryland statute which has been In effect
many years. 1t has proven satisfactory in
that state The purpose of the new law is to
eliminate the possibility Of padding the voters
lists by any party at the last minute by rush
ing residents of nearby states into Delaware
for the purpose of voting There is no reason
why it should not prove workable In Della
ware AT least it is an effort to remove a
temptation from political leaders who other
wise might have found it eXpedlent to try
voting list padding. Certainly no permanent
resident is deprived Of the privilege of vOt-
ing because of the new law. The migrant
drifter should not vote anyway.
"MAKING HAY while the sun shines, y
is an old saying that applies in almost every
walk of life today. Especially is it true of
retail distributors. Now, while customers
are plentiful is the time to make friends
And the best way to make friends is to give
the best possible service even though swamp
ed with business. Tomorrow's successful re-
tailers are busy storing up good will to draw
on in times of adversely. TOmOrrOWS fail
ureS are busy ringing up SaleS-and making
enemies by diScOurteOuS, inefficient treat
ment of customers who tolerate such con
duct because they have no choice at the pres
ent.
And as sure as the sun rises and sets
those who are digging their own business
graves through i'll treatment of consumers
will be the loudest critics of tomorrows sue
cessful merchants. The old charges of mon
opoly and unfair trade practices will fly
thick and fast Legislatures and the hall
of congress will ring with demands for law
to curb enterprising firms whose only of
fense is serving the public too we'll for inef
fCient competitors.
Perhaps when that time comes the pub
lie will remember what it endured durin,
the war boom. 1t will remember the indif
ferent management, and the surly clerks VIII
took their cue from arrangements. In tn
end it may be more Skeptical than ever be
fore of measures to curb efficient low-cos
distribution. 1t may have had it's fill O
mediocrity.
INSTEAD OF THE BLEST and bount
full peace we all envisioned during the year
of war we have been plagued with wha
amounts to a peace of nerves.
Only hermit alternating in a cave
away from newspapers, the radio and con
mon cOnvcrSatiOn-can have escaped the dC
DOJC0tlt
for blowing us all to bits, and the unease an
edgincSs of labor disturbances The cells {
the diSlOyal are making much of this.
Instead of surrendering to a sense of fl
tility, each of us can and should do SOM
thing to counteract it. Let's begin, for il
stance, by thinking of the potential of atom
fission for producing a better existence.
the face of strikes, let's remember the tho,
sands of plants wherein goodwill exist
let's reflect on the charities of men instea
of their charatanism; let's think of Il
churches instead of the churls
True, there are those who, like rats, gna
at the foundations of our freedoms-the vel
freedoms which let them exist Let us
watchfully aware to combat them. But let
believe, too, that we have bulded we'll
these 48 great States-and let's believe
ourselves and America!