Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-02-12

in five installments of $40 each, making
$50 for each lot, and as an inducement it
was advertised that the purchasers OF the
first 800 lots were to be Stockholders. In
January 1873 charter was given for the
said place. In chapter 1885, Vol. xiv, you
will find the original charter and it says
the stock shall be personal property. Well,
as the stock neither calls for one dollar or
any other number of dollars, what is it
worth2 It certainly is not deed for real
estate. By looking at the original char
ter 1t will be seen that it was
nothing more than right given to vote
and hold office in said religious associa-
ton. Mr.. Thomas u. Records was one of
the incorporators and stakeholder, and
he says all he bought was lot for $50 and
that he yet holds, showing that the stock
was given as mere right to vote and hold
amendment, ii Is no longer religious as
ISOLATION, but merely the Rehoboth Beach
Association; and, if a private corporation,
what right had they TO levy and collect
public tax on all the lands sold, which has
been done and the money applied not only
to improve the streets but to pay inter
est and part of the original mort
Thus, you will see, the lot-holders have
paid all and the stock nothing and some
stockholders have sold the lots they bought
to get clear of paying taxes and then have
the impudence to claim the unsold lots
and the streets SO that they may levy
blackmail on the lot-holders after the lot
holders shall have extinguished the mort
gage against the place. When the land
was bought the association gave Lorenzo
Dow Martin 5000 and A. NJ. Marsh So 500
for the land bought of them and gave
them mortgages against the land bought,
and part of said mortgages is still unpaid
and held by William Bright, who bought
cent interest on them from the lot-holders
(not the stockholders. At the same time
Mr.. Bright's land, on which his hotel and
surroundings are, pays no tax, which is
another unlawful act for the charter, says
they shall levy tax on all the real estate
within the corporation. | bought lot
there but when the receipts said for lot
of ground and they offered me a 99-years
lease, | got disguised and gave my lot to
my sons. Now then consider this char
ter now asked for is the one thing that
will wipe out their unlawful acts and put
them on constitutional ground. You will
see the names of the charter board are the
same men who now hold lots there and
are the present directors. II merely takes
them out Of violated charter and puts
under town charter where their acts will
be legal.
Which is about the clearest exposition
Of this Rehoboth question that this legis-
lative session has yet brought out.
CURE FOR PEACH YELLows.
Representative Chapman gave notice
of the prospective Peach Fellows bill
and, incidental thereto, Representative
Higgins received by afternoon mail
letter from William b. Croft Of Odessa,
who claims to have discovered certain
cure for peach yellows, which he has APP
piled successfully for q year or two past TO
diseased trees in the orchards thereabout,
and gives the names of such well known
| growers US Columbus Watkins, George
L. Townsend, and others, as vouchers
to its efficacy. He asks the Legis-
lature not to decree the destTuc-
ton of the trees until after an
investigation of his cure and he
emphasizes his claim to understand
fully "thc cause, the cure and the pre-
ventionn Of the disease He points as
proof to trees that he has cured and
certainly puts up strong case, when
backed by the names he gives, and says
| he intends to make known his remedy
in September that it is composed of
cheap materials, and that he Is ready to
make affidavit 70 all he says. He did
not want TO say anything on this subject
until next September, but the prospect
of the extension Of the extirpation act
to the whole State has forced him to
speak out now. The letter will be read
tomorrow and referred to theGommittee
which has the bill in charge.