I t SIX ARMORY SITES HAVE BEEN -WHICH OF THESE DO YOU PREFER? >• i Ji „ REGISTER il iS VOL. XXXI, NO. 19. LAUREL, DELAWARE, FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1925 PRICE THREE CENTS 12000 PERSONS INSURANCE RATES MAY JUNIOR OFFICIALS OF LAUREL FOR DAY SHORTLY BE LOWERED SUSSEX TRUST VISIT LAUREL With the arrival of the now town pump people of Laurel can rest assure HAS DEPOSITS that the insurance rate for this town ONFIELD DAY will ’Shortly be lowered. The town officials and Mr. Edward Fowler, In­ OF $2,642,104,86 Most Successful Field Meet surance agent have been working Ever Held In History Of sometime Oil this move, and the un­ The Annual Stockholders Meet - M derwriters stated as soon as the new ing Was Held In George­ Sussex County. puttip arrived they would make a sur­ vey of the toWH, The rate will pro­ town On Tuesday. » - PARADE OF CHILDREN bably be lowered Considerably. TWO BANKS pij^L’HASED OVER 1 MILE LONG jSpu'Ch. LAST MEETING Traffic Handled Splendid In SUSSEX TAXES... - j Dividend Rate For The Year Style oli«T And 1925 Was Also Raised From The Delaware National WERE RAI® ' 10 Per Cent To 12 Per Guardsmen. I'll BY LEVY COURTS Cent. Laurel was the scene last Friday The annual stockholders meeting ol the biggest ahd most successful of tlie Sussex Trust Company was county Field Day ever held in Sussex Increase Was Found Necessary held Tuesday at Georgetown. County. Beginning at 9 A. AL, the To Take Care Of The parade started in North Laurel and The president, Dr. William I’. Orr, marched down Central Avenue, end­ Maturing" Bonds. Jr., gave the annual report, which ing at the school campus. The parade showed one of the most successful was under the direction of Albert CAPITATION TAX WILL years in tlie history of the com­ Early, rural supervisor of the county BE $1.OO' PER PERSON pany. Iiis report showed unusual schools. It was estimated that the growth in each of the three branches parade was over one mile long nnd one located in Laurel, one in Lewes -nearly an hour Was required for it to Rate Is The Lowest County and one in Milton. The deposits du­ pass one certain point. Every school Commissioners Could Levy ring the past year have grown from in Sussex County was in line. To Meet Running Expenses undivided profits showed an increase Photo Courtesy Every Evening after payment of dividends, of more Georgetown High School led the These young men, all seniors at the Laurel High School, composed the governing body ot this city for a Of County. parade with the Tall Cedars Band. than $35,000, making the total cap- few hours last Thursday, as a part of tho program in observance of Boys’ Week. They are, back row, left to italital surplus and undivided pro­ Leading the Western Section of the right—Leon MaGee, police officer; Edmard Baker, Councilman; William Spicer, alderman; Manfrred Evans, The Levy Court Commissioners of county was the Laurel High School fits over §425,000. Dr. Orr also re­ chief of poliee. Front row, left to right—Albert Whaley, Councilman; Dallas Truitt, Councilman; Olan Mat­ Sussex County at their meeting on ported the buying and merging of cadets with their 45 piece band. This thews, mayor; Paul wootten, Councilman; Ralph Bennett, Councilman, Tuesday afternoon fixed the tax rate organization drew much applause all the Milton and Lanrei Banks of The for the year at ninety cents on the Delaware Trust Company during the the way down the line. Other bands §100 of the county assessment, the in line were the Seaford and Green­ past month. taxable basis being §32,012,242. The The directors of each of the three wood High School Bands. Tiiey were Startling Revelations Pictured in aggregate amount to he raised at a placed in motor trucks. Several UNIQUE PLAN TO branches were elected as follows: ninety-cent rate to run the county Laurel: Orlando V. Wootten, Harry Echools liad beautiful floats showing ‘‘America” To Be'Shown Here government will be §293,610,17. tlieir attendance for a certain period. SELECT ARMORY K. Fooks, Harvey W. Hastings, Al­ Close estimates place the crowds “Burn all women and children." i whole settlements were razed, acres The amount will be divided ac­ bert H. Phillips, Thomas J. Waller who were in Laurel for the day at Such, according to history, was the’ of grain fired, and in which some of cording to the following per cen­ William T. Jones, William C. Truitt 12,000 persons. From early morning SITE UNDER WAY edict sent forth by Captain Walter; the most courageous fighting of the tum; general fund, tweny-one and Walter T. Smith and George W. until about 11 o’clock they were ar­ Bulter, the arch-fiend of the War of: War of American Independence took half percent., §63,104.71; general rone! Elzey, fund, seventeen per cent., $49,896.72; riving in all sorts of vehicles. Bat­ Six Locations Are Now Under the American Independence, when he ,■ place, that D» W. Griffith depicts in Lewes: Wiiiiam P. Orr, William tery “A" of the Delaware National and his band of Tories and Indians; tho romnntic photodrama of the Rev­ special road improvement fund, ten II, Virden, John M. Vessels, Charles Guard located in this town were order­ Consideration For Pro­ swept through Northern New York. ’ olution, “America” Which will be per cent., §29,351.01; bonded indebt­ II. Mnitll, Thomas R. Ingram, Ulyscs seeking to exterminate the peaceful shown at the Waller Theatre hext edness, forty-seven per cent., $8805.30; W. Hacker, Joseph Martin and ed out and early in the morning were posed $50,000 Armory. witness and jury fund, one and one- M, sworn in by Mayor Farlow as police farme-settlcrs, and to destroy thei Monday and Tuesday. Harry V, Lyons. great grain fields, which General Laurel movie fans are Waiting with half per cent., $4402.65. for tlie dny. They handled nil traffic ROTARIANS MAKING Milton: Charles G. Waples, Robert and supervised the parking of cars. George Washington relied upon to i great anxiety this picture and Laurel All receipts in nddition to those B. Hopkins, James G. Conwoll, So well was their work done that ho CANVASS OF TOWN supply his army with food. j will be the first town in this section already provided for Will be placed in Joseph M. Lank, Joseph L,. Black, , accidents were reported. Thoy mnde It is the story of this savage cam- of the country that this production a fund known as thc "unappropriated George H. Waples and Charles Ar 4 one arrest during the day. State pol­ Highest Location Ia $6,000. paign, in which more than 1000 men, has been shown in. It is truly a sec­ fund.” Conner. women and children perished, in which > ond "Birth of A Nation." The appropriation of the specinl ice under the command of Officer All Others Vary In Prices Following the stockholders meet­ Janies were also on duty. road improvement fund is in accord­ ing and election of directors for the ' The events of tbo day started im- From $1,000 To $3500.- Site ance with an act of the Legislature thre brnnehes tlie directors met and fmedintoly after the parade and Green­ To Soon Be Picked. BETHEL NEWS NOTES: TWO ALARMS KEEP and amounts to nine-tenths of onc mill elected officers ns follows: presi­ wood came forth the Victors in this on every $100 of the nsscsscd valuat­ dent, Dr. Willlnm P. Orr, of Lewes; annual meet. In another section of The finance committee for the new OF READER INTEREST FIREMEN ON THE JUMP ion of real and personal property sub­ first vice-president, Harry K. Fooks, tho paper complete results are given. armory site has worked out a unique ject to taxation, and is for tho con­ of Laurel; second vice-president, It is stated in that article that George plan of financing the project and of struction and maintenance of perman­ Charles G. Wimples, of Milton; sec­ town won the meet but sinco tbat has Mr, and Mrs, Floyd Clark Of Residence OE Charles Conoway ent highways of thc county. determining the site for the location Wilrinington Were Visitors Damaged By Blaze Wed­ retary, Joseph. L. Cahall, of George­ "been published reports and check ups of the building. Seven different sites The Levy Court Commissioners town, and treasurer, John M. Ves­ show that Grenwood High were the are under consideration for thc struct­ In That Town. nesday have levied a rate of twenty-five sels, of Lewes. All of tlie above of­ champions this year. ure, Prices have been obtained on cents on every $100 for the support ficers were re-elected lo serve for the So great were the crowds that wat­ each site. These seven options are be­ OTHER SOCIAL NEWS FIRE IN THE COUTRY of the schools of Sussex County n- present year. ched the events on the school cam­ ing presented to tho citizens of the mounting to $81,530.60. BETHEL, May 7th.—Mrs. Joe War- Members of the Laurel Fire Dep­ The tax rate, therefore, for coun­ The dividend rate for thc year pus that every Guardsman nnd State town and they nre requested to write 1925 was nlso raised from 10 percent Police who could be spared from traf­ the amount they are willing to give ington and daughter Aldie, Mr. and artment were called into action about ty and school purposes is $1.15 where­ Mrs.