Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1895-05-13
4 TAX OBJECT LESSON.
offered BY the Undaunted
"Single Takers"
WHOSE BILL Is DEAD AND BURIED

Next Ssturdsy-UeteDration OF
Church sooiets's Anniversary Other
Important Events About Town.
Special Correspondence Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE May ID Although the
Single Tax bill didn't receive decent
burial at Dover last week, the local
advocates OF that movement seem not at
all diseourAged-only slightly annoyed
The EVENING JOURNAL reporter met
Secretary Harold Sudell, OF the Tax
Reform Association, this morning and he
seemed In his usual good splits, forget
ting the past and looking forward, only
he said The passenger who takes
the car at Battery station and sits on the
right hand side has before bis eyes a
Single Tax obi cot lesson. Adjoining the
platform, ed wand Daily some time ago
built himself home. The house Is
pleasant looking one lt is kept well
painted, the grounds adjoining 1t are
laid out in flower and vegetable garden,
all in beautiful order, the whole being /
surrounded by neatly whitewashed |
fence The place Ii pleasure TO the eye ,
and an ornament to our city Il repre-
sents the expenditure OF considerable |
money and energy.
las the train leaves the station the
passenger will cast his. eye over other lots
similarly situated to Mr.. Dalbys, but
what contrast TO it, Most OF them are
untidy and unkept, their only ornaments
being old tin cans which nature will soon
hide with heavy growth OF weeds.
"Mr. Daily pays to the city taxes
probably four fold OF what any other
equal amount Of vacant ground along
the Battery pays Why When we pay
out money we generally expect to get
return for it. What does Mr. Daily get
from our city that any other lot OF ground
does not get7 Nothing Absolutely
nothing Then II this be so. Mr. Daily
Is simply annually fned an amount equal
to the Inference between what he pays
ia taxation and what tine vacant lots pay,
because he has had enterprise and IN
dustry enough to improve his lot Reflect
on the idocy OF a system of tsxaiion
which treats those who benefit the city
in such fashion as this. Can any sane
man defend this system2 Is there any
argument in its fsvor2
III there Is any one who fAvors the
present system and can show any
advantage In 1t over the single tax
system, hereby challenge him to present
his arguments TO our people in the
columns of the EVENING JOURNAL
Hardest Battle of the Season.
The Columbia A G baseball team will
have It's hardest kame OF the season to
play next Saturday when 1t meets the
Montgomery A. A team, OF Philadelphia,
at Battery Park The visitors are hne
looking and sharp playing set Of heavy
weights, supported by the Montgomery
Avenue Athletic Association, whose name
II bears, and they play ball nine innings
aud never give up until the ending Of
the ninth inning and not then IL the
score is a tie. When this team OF fast
ball players visited New Castle last
season they won from the home club
Notwithstanding the extraordinary fact
that only seven hits we're made of Leach
while fourteen were made off Winters
They ran bases like frantic men, fslded
like professionals and cried "Helpl" an'
'Marder !" when they we're behind Hole
the percentage up to 600, and plal
ball.
Young Women Read Addresses.
The sixth anniversary Of the founding
OF the Epworth League was celebrated b.
the New Castle chapter at he M, h
Church last evening The members o
the league occupied the front seats Will
the officers sat inside the chancel Tn
following interesting program was rem
dered:
Chanting Of Lords Prayer Choir and Leagu
singing, Look Up, Lift Up,"",; .;... elias
secr. tary' s report. Miss ella Churnsid
Reading. christian Work"
o1' W. ~ Miss Lucy Tsllaferr
fisses Saunders. Messrs M anlove aud stewal
social Work In the Church"
Singing when the Roll is Called
Ad ress ......................Pr President Collir
Colleetion',..' iakep D. ~ v tvHr WI
singing .s..s.t....a.,,,."d 4u be Win Aou
number OF names we're added TO u
list Of membership and liberal collie
tion was received.
sudden Death of MRS. j. II. King.
Mrs Emma NJ. King, an estimab
woman and model mother and wife, die
early yesterday morning very tuddenl,
She WAS the wife OF Joseph IL King All
the mother Of several grown childrel
among whom are Mrs. w. II BrRdle
Frank King. Mrs Samuel Barnes,
Harry King, Miss Hattie King and
Sidney King Her funeral will tai
place TO morrow, services beginning
Emmanuel Church at o'clock.
Government OmciRIs on the River.
Passing up the Delaware yesterdI
afternoon was noticed the reven
cutter Hamilton, which passed down Il
bay On Thursday. having on boa
Logan Carlisle, Assistant Secretary OF Il
Treasury Hamlin, Collector Resd, ca
toms Appraiser IDgersolI and William
HArrity They had completed their Il
Of inspection down the bay and {
Treasury officials returned to washir
ton 70 day.
New Tugboat on the River.
Another new tug appeared on the De
ware yesterday, having been added
the already large feet Of Phtlsdelp'
tawboAts She is the Noppareil Of n
York, and is owned by the Standard
Company, and will be used for to wing
the Delaware.