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biddedrs. This plan has not proved
a success and the hundreds have gem
orally gone back to the old plan of
mending by overseers or supervisors;
the only exception that I can recall be-
ing Christiana. where they are at this
time mended under the selling out sys-
TEN, Judging by the amount of road tax
assessed and the debt OF that hundred
it must be a pretty expensive system.
Before the adoption of the new consti-
tuition. each Legislature was brrdened
with special BILLS that authctity was
taken from it by the new constitution.
But after all, we are not 50 much con-
cerned as 10 what the present road law
is as we are in getting something bet
ter to take its place. The public roads
OF this State win never be made good
under the present system; on hundred
years trial certainly demonstrates
that fact beyond denial The pres
ent system must be wiped out and a
new and better one inaugurated before
any permanent improvement in the.I
condition can be hoped for.
Road Law Old
Our present road laws were enacted
for another age, and a different stage
OF civilization. Since they We're passed
has come the steam railroad. the -
cycle. the trolly and the automobile
as additional means of transportation
Since these laws were passed invention
and Improvement has entirely changed
the system OF farming. The sickle ans
abe grain cradle have given place u
the self-binder. the scythe TO IN
mower. the fail to the steam thrsshef
The farmer no longer carries his pro
duce to market on the back OF a horse
or rides in state to meetings in gie
And his son, when he calls upon hi
lneighbor's daughter on the other sid
of the forest. does not always travel ol
foot. or on horseback. and spend IN
evening eating apples and ginger Drea
by the sitting room fire. We have pro
eressed; the feathers in the hat OF Tn
FARMERS daughter need air to keep th
moths away, and she don't pay twent,
i five of thirty dollars for a winter dres
that she may sit by the fire at home an
gnaw ginger bread. When there AT
lectures and balls and the theatres, th
young man must have a buggy, wit
rubber tires and to enjoy that thel
must be good roads. One Of the gre'
disadvantages of farm life today
the condition Of the public roads du
ing a considerable part Of the yea
making the farmers home a prise
from which he can escape only at gfe'
Inconvenience and discomfort
Much Money Spent
The money spent on the roads
I New Castle county, taking last year
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Kaufman Medicine Cabinet

These Cabinets are in oak, with doors under lock
and key; interior is arranged with small drawers and
labeled bottles for drugs of different kinds, and each
Cabinet is also supplied with a list of emergency
remedies. Handy and useful when needed the most
Only $500 complete. customer one day stated
that he had looked Philadelphia over for this Cabinet
and also looked in stores here none Of which knew
anything about the Cabinet and one store volunteered
to get one if the customer would find out from us
where they came FROM They are for sale here only.
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Second Week of the Upholstery Sale

The past week was one of phenomenal business i
have been appreciated While of the lines are
second weeks sale, and are mentioned briefly below:
Couch Covers, in several designs, at about one
third off,
Silk Pillow Cord, in all colors, 121lc from 1Sc
Table Covers, 8-4 tapestry, So 90 from $500
D ted Swiss Curtains CSC from $3.50
Ruled Renaissance Curtains, $163 from $3.50.
Screens, oak frame, silkoline filled 62c from 81 25
Fish Net Curtains, 95c from $1.50
Portieres 1-3 and IA off price
Irish Point Curtains, many at 1-3 the price off.
Nottingham Curtains, 200 pair at 1-3 the price off.
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struction Of said road. in that case tha
county pays two-thirds of the cost OF
construction, less the one-tenth. When
the road. as constructed IN either
case.when finisheds IL becomes ni county
read. and IS afterwards kept in repair
at the expense Of the county in which
10 hes.
The State OF Delaware for several
years has been in receipt OF a large
sum OF money from the tax upon COR
poratlons rceiviug charters under our
incorporation act While a full treas
ury Is more desirable by far than an
empty one. It is always more or less Of
menace Especially I'M a small State
like ours, with its limited sources OF
revenue, inasmuch as a full treasury
encourages. people with axes. TO grind
TO formulate schemes of real or fam
cied public benefit by which they may
be given places Of pecuniary value TO
themselves, or have the opportunity TO
handle public funds to their own beige-
fit and advantage.
There is danger at any time, with a
large surplus In the State treasury. OF
the State being enticed into spending
a large sum Of money in the first in
stance, in starting some scheme OF pub
.lc Improvement it may be, that Will
require every year after its inaugura-
/ ton, a large sum of money to keep Il
anoat, or that which has been spent IN
lths first instance would be lost.with the
expectation that the revenue from ccr-
fporation would still be as large as II
has been in the past; when there are Z
number OF things that may transpir'
to ieopardise or cut of this source o
revenue. For instance. other States
NAV make laws as liberal to incorpor
ators as our own. and the business 81
elsewhere, or other States make suci
p burdensome laws against foreign cor
5 poratlons as will make charters mo
granted by them of little or no value
in either OF which cases, our revenu
$ from this source would shrink to in
e significance. and the expenses Of theun
e dertaking whatever it may have beer
having still to be met out OF a deplete
reevnue. the burden might becom
verv onerous indeed, and the increase
=, revenue so welcome now, might IN IN
[ end come to be regarded as curse II
e stead of a blessing.
Use tor Corporation Fees
e In what possible way could a pal
] of this money that is coming into n
n State treasury, at so little cost 70 On
t taxpayer, be expended than in PEI
Y manently improving a part OF the pu'
e lie roads of this State? And II IN
e time should come. as it well may, whe
r this revenue shall fail in whole or
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THE ROAD LAWS
ARE REVIEWED
CONTINUED From First Page)

ceeding five per centum per annum;
but no debt shall be contracted or
bonds issued until the written consent
OF a majority of the taxpayers shall be
obtained. such majority to represent a
majority of the landed property Of the
hundred.
1t is made the duty of the commits
sioners to appoint a suitable person
who is "a resident of the hundred TO coli
lect the road tax. he is required to de-
posit the money collected in the Union
National Bank of Wilmington. Della
ware. to the credit of said commission
ers. In event of bonds being issued,
the commissioners are required to set
apart from the collections annually
coming into their hands. the sum OF
three per centum, on the amount of the
bonds as a sinking fund for the re
demption of the outstanding bonds at
their maturity. The commissioners
shall depcsit the sum there annually
sch apart as sinking fund in the
Union National Bank. to the credit oil
the commissioners of reads OF brahoy-
wine hundred, until the amount thus
set apart together with its accretion
of interest amounts to the princlpal o.
the DOn0S. anu IL SudAi Aob " "NNA'
drawn except by the unanimous Not'
OF the board of commissioners.
The Inhabitants and fraeholders o
Brandywine hundred are made BODY
corporate for the purpose of the act
and the commissioners declared to D'
a board fully authorized and empow
erred TO issue bonds as provided in tn
act upon the faith and credit of tn
people and property of the hundred
They also are given the capacity U
sue and be- sued.
Some Good Features
This law has some good features an
some poor ones; the dividing the wor
of the supervisors into small districts
compelling the road commissioners
lzsep itemized accounts, to post them q
public places in the hundred, to max
Iaffdavits to the days service RENDERED
tanowing the commissioners to appoir
their own collector of taxes are.
think. improvements over the old Law
But | do not believe that il Is a goo
aan to compel the commissioners
ntrnish work for every taxpayer WI
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E. |. PEACOCK co.
E. [. PEACOCK CO.
This $3.50 Rocker $I.75

Large size oak Rocker exactly like cut sells in
any store at $3.50 and priced here at sl.75 This
chair is larger than the ordinary Rocker, back is 30
inches high from the seat strong and we'll made, with
round leather cobbler seat
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Bamboo Furniture

You'll find bamboo furniture in most all furni-
ture stores, but we claim ours to be stronger and
better finished at lower prices. We show them in
everything from small tabourettes on through to
rockers and dvans.
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an average, would give us. at the aver
age cost OF such roads In the State az
New Jersey, some seven or eight miles
Of Macadam road each year, when we
nre spending over fcrty Thousand dol
lars a year with no permanent benefit
as q whole Now, having kept this
system up for a century, isn't 1t about
time to stop It and try something else?
| do not know that the New Jersey law
is the best obtainable. or that IL might
not need radical changes when we
came to apply It TO conditions as they
exist here ! refer to it as a system
now in successful operation in q neigh
boring State, and one with which the
people Of that State are so we'll salts
fed, that after four years trial Of the
law the State appropriation was in
creased from 100000 to Sl50,000.
AS / understand IL. that law does not
require all roads that receive State aid
to be made OF stone. but the people
where tn road is locatd have the priv
ilsge OF selecting stone gravel. oyster
shells, or other material, If the en-
ginaer and highway commissioner
think such material suitable; the only
stipulation being that the read, when
constructed, with reasonable repair
shall be at "al seasons Of the year firm
smooth and convenient for travel.
Could Get Gravel
There are certain parts Of tlfis coun-
ty where gravel of a suitable quality
for road making could be obtained anS
very good roads constructed at ver,
much less cost than stone roads; an'
the main expense being put upon tn
roads most travelled, those less usel
might be kept in good condition will
I Icheaper material and at much less cost
| lear nthat the road from Elsmer
toward Grdanbank. in Christiana hun
dred, was improved at cost Of some
thing like 81 100 per mile, and it Ia
lgiyen much satisfaction TO those VIII
use Il. IL II were possible 20 put a
the main roads in this county in a
J good condition, it would be one of IN
1 greatest blessing that could befah n
farmers Of the county and the traye
ing public.
New Jersey Law
As l understand the New Jersey Law
/ the State bears one-third of the co'
of the construction Of the road and n
county where the road Is made, u
other two-thirds; except where u
road is built at the request or IN
owners of two-thirds, either in line
feet, or area of the lands fronting @
public road. stating that on accoui
Of the peculiar benefits conferred q
having said land improved they al
t ,willingl to have assessed against II u
S tenth part of the cost oil the col
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Lamp Bargains

Two hundred finely decorated lamps have lust
arrived for the hoidays-one Of our big windows will
give you some idea OF what TO expect-all under
priced.
sl.5O to $500 each, complete
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Etchings 6Sc

One hundred etchiugs in neat gilt 16x3O
inches with FURNISHED corners are selling rapidly at
Csc Sold regularly in other stores for $l 25. An
other IS of the same style, with wider frames at 75c
Others III colored pictures, in oval or round
frames at $l.0O, instead Of 81 so
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E. L. PEACOCK CO.
1t Will Pay Anyone To Look This Store Over

N/OU will find better able you than
Maknghome cozy purchasing Holiday Gifts for others
comfort and pleasure easy and very little you get
the right store Here you have the pleasure of selecting from the
largest gathered under roof You the best
styles and prices than like qualities be had elsewhere
The always buy the best In the long
it pays to deal with dependable thriving store.
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offers his services or to mend the roads
in any such wholesale manner.
From personal knowledge cannot
speak of the practical working Of the
Brandywine hundred law. but ! have
been told by a very intelligent farmer
Of that hundred that the system has
proved very expensive and that the
roads are in little. if amy. better con-
ditiom than they were many years ago
under am entirely different and far less
expensive system.
Tn turnpilIes with their toll gates are
being abandoned; there must be some
pan of road repairing adopted in their
place or we snail be I'M a worse con-
dition than we were seventy-fve years
ago. The money that has been spent
on the earth roads of this country for
a century, so far as any permanent
benafts are concerned. has been liter
ally wasted; as they are in a worse
condition today than they were after
the first few years Of travel ON them.
They can never be made good under
the present system. The people see
thousands of dollars of their money ap-
Piled for road purposes every year, and
many think that the fault lies in the
road commissioners of the various hun
dreds, and that in some unexplained
way the money is misappropriated.
don't believe that is the trouble at all;
the fault lies in the system OF placing
earth on the roads to be carried away
every season by the rains and floods
an dthen shoveling it back again th'
lnext season. and following this system
from year TO year.
] Road Taxes Received
The amount OF road taxes received
by the road commissioners of the seV
leral hundreds of New Castle COUNT
, from July /, 1901, TO July /, 1902 ae
cording to the report OF the COMMITTEE
appointed to audit the road accounts
- Fr,1loxrrc.
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Music Cabinets

At the present time we are showing forty pat
terms at prices from $500 to $270O. No other such
showing of them fredericksburg in solid maho
gany and some in good limitations The $500 oues
are enclosed with door, have top l4x19 inches and
removable shelves
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Tapestry Rugs $1,000
9x12 feet, tapestry Brussels Rugs, have been
selling at $3.50, are now $1,000
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A Turkish Room

A Turkish Room
has crowded.
oriental o fl Up a room 70 hes gs yul
down n deayo youfam mong an dimagn yourself n
Pipe an
ArmM
Swords Burr Novelties
aourets
SparHa dhanaC Covers
MeeOtPn
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r1Orris Chairs $6.75

The 1915 Morris Chair is of oak with rachel
back and carved claw feet and complete with the best
hair hed velour cushions-sell in other stores at $1O
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Much Money Spent

. The money spent on the roads OF
New Castle county, taking last year as
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phenomenal this The bargains here,
While the broken
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PasteIs

PasteIS
Beautiful pastels in art frames--Some git and
some in fancy woods, at % per cent under price
1925 $500, $3.50.
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n this department. The bargains are here, and they
roken there remains very many good values for the
Comforts
From a nicely made sanitary comfort at 95c to a
down quilt with silk covering at $1,000. The inter
mediate prices are
$125 $13S $1.75 $500
go 275 300 3.25
$50 375 45O 500
600 750 500 900
Blankets
From SOC per pair for cotton Blanket to espe-
cally fine California Wove Blanket at $1,000 From
SOC they advance every SOC upwards to $1,000.
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Oak Chiffoniers S4.25

Five-drawer oak Chifoniers, full size, wortl
S6.OO-the same design with hat box, $475.
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Oriental Rugs

We show complete line of American made
Oriental Rugs, from small mats to extra large room
sizes Any pattern worth having is here at much
lower prices than you'll find in other stores
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16
M'KINLEY MEMORIAL.
Territory Committee Announces jan
uary 9oth as the Day for Taking
Offering.

To TIE Public OF the Indian Ter
ritory-The Mckinley Memorial
association has beea organized for
the purpose Of erecting national
memorial Al Canton, OHIO, which
memorial lie intended, in the high.
est sense, to be the sincere ex-
preston Of all the people of the
country OF their love for our late
president, and of their admiration
OF the qualiIits so eminenily ex.
pressed In his lite aud deeds; and
IL is The purpose Of this assoeia.
lien TO have the oaenng Of the
people voluntary with a full OPP
porluni'y to all to contribute.
The association has been organ
ixed with William R. Day, OF Can
ton, onio, as president; Marcus A.
Hanna, vice presidenlj Myron T.
Herrick, Cleveland, Ohio, treas.
ursr; and Ryerson Ri chic, Cleye-
land, Ohio, secretary.
The governors o' the several
states have been made honorary
members with the expectation
that they shall oversee aud have
charge Of contributions from their
respective states for the purpose
named; aud,
Whereas, The governors Of sev
eral states have designated and
recommended the observance Of
January 29,h, 1902. as Mckinley
Day, and aiter. consultation, /, has
been suggested tha, The United
States Judgee Of The Indian Terri.
tory designate the tins and the
manner In which the people Of the
Indian Territory may make their
oiierlnge TO commemorate our late
mariyred president,
We, therefore, deem il advisable
20 recommend TO the people Of tho
Indian Territory that they in like
manner observe said 20lh day Of
January as Mckinley Day. and
make such voluntary contributions
as they are able; and would sug.
gsss that The religious bodies, in
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16
ROASTING A TURKEY.
Something That IL Almost UniveraaI-
lyDOhe Wrong, According 70
This Authority.

"Nlnety-nine women out Of every
one hundred, ninety-nine cooks out Of
every one hundred will bake a turkey
with the back to the PAN" said a New
Orleans man who keeps in touch with
the kitchen, states the New Orleans
TimesDemocrat, "and this is a mis-
take. I said niuety-nine cut ofsevery
ona hundred. Rather should have said
that the mistake is almost universally
made. But few cooks ever think OF
cooking the turkey the other way.
There seems to be demand for we'll,
Drowned turkey breast. But in brown.
ing the breast they sacrifice the sweet
ness OF this part Of the fowl. The best
way to prepare a turkey Is TO bake II
with the breast down. / learned this
lesson from Nine. Begue, whose place
down In the old quarter, near the
French market, has become famed all
over the country. She never thinks Of
baking a turkey with the breast up.
The breast Is turned TO the bottom
Of the pan, and instead of being dry
and tasteless when Il Is served Is rich
ly favored and as sweet and juicy az
one would care TO have It. You see,
all the fine fiavoring Of the turkey, the
juice Of the dressing and all the dainti.
er touches how down toward the
breast OF the fowl, and when the white
meat Is served you get the full benefit
Of every flavor added during the
processes Of preparing and baking the
turkey, IN addition 20 the distinctive
taste Of the fowl itself
'Inconvenient and awkward? Not
at all. II Is just as easy to cook a
turkey in this way as in any other
way, and the result Is Infinitely more
satisfactory. II is no trouble TO ar
range the fowl In the pan; II you de-
sire to place the fowl on the table be-
fore carving It you win find that II
win look quite as well as II would IL
baked IN the usual way, and certainly
II will taste much better than II would
II you baked the breast until II was
dry and favorleaA"
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16
MINE HORROR.
Ten Men suffOcated In IiartshOrne
nine.

An appalling mine disaster oc.
CURED in Miiley & Dow's shaft
No. z, at Hartshorne Monday aft
ernoon, when the careless firing OF
blast cut of the air supply of a
shift Of miners, resulting in the
suffocalion Of ten men The dead
are:
Jack Mccoy, W. F. Keith, B.F.
Farhurst, E NJ. Prichard, Ber.
Gatlin, Jos Bemma, Thos Brua,
John Brua, NJ. Browss, John
Beatall.
The sound of the explosion was
heard on the surface. and as the
machinery was not injured, force
Of men were lowered into the
workings and made heroic efforts
to save their comrades.
All OF the men were dead when
reached, aud the absence of any
burns on the bodies indicated that
their deaths had been caused by
after damp.
All the victims were men OF
family, and the catastrophe has
cast a gloom over the coal fields.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16

their places Of worship, and the
Sunday schools throughout the
territory, observe the preceding
Sunday with fitting exercises, and
receive offerings to be forwarded
as part Of the Territorial McKin.
ley fund; and that the schools in
the Indian Territory observe this
day with appropriate ceremonies,
and gather such sums as may be
offered. Aud the mayors of the
several incorporated towns Of the
Indian Territory, the posimasters,
superintendents Of public shools,
aud Sunday schools, and chair
men of political organizations,
without respect to party, as may
be most convenient, are named as
persons to whom iunds may be
paid; and in order that these
moneys may be more particularly
under our inspection, would direct
that remittances OF accounts col
lecied bs made, aud correspond.
ence in reference thereto, address,
ed, in the Northern district of the
Indian territory, to Hon. Chas. A.
Davidson, Clerk of the United
States Court for said district. at
Muskogee In the Central dis.
'rlct Of said territory. to Hon.
Edward j. Fannin, Clerk Of the
Um'ed States court for said dis
rieI, al South MoAlester, aud IN
the Southern district of said ter.
utory, to Hon. c. NJ. Campbell,
clerk Of the United States court
tor said district, al Ardmore.
And the several papers through
ou' the territory are requested TO
publish this call that the public
may be fully advised. Any sum,
however snail, contributed Tor
this purpose, will be gladly re
oeived and applied to. The uss Tor
which it is donated
JosEPH A GILL. U s. Judge.
W. Il II CLAYTON. U s. Judge.
HOSEA TowN-END. U. S. Judge.
G. W. RAYMOND. U s. Judge.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16
IMPORTANT MEASURE.
Bill Introduced in Congress Provid-
Ing For Recorders at Territory
Courts.

A bill has been introduced in
congress providing for the eslab.
lishment Of a recorders Office al
every place Of holding court in The
Indian territory.
A. present Muskogee is the
place oirecord for the entire north.
ern district, and chief clerk Cnas.
A Davidson is ex x.ofIicio recordsr.
This makes il very inconvenient
necessila.ing as il does a trip 10
Muskogee to obtain access TO tbe
records. The purpose Of this bill
is 20 remedy this annoyance by
providing a deputy recorder at
every place Of holding court.
Il is understood that the dopari-
ment Of justice favors the bill aud
a strong effort will be made to n.
feet iis passage.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1902-01-16

The census bureau has issued a
report announcing that the popu.
la'ion Of the entire United States,
including all outlying possessions,
was "a. 9S3 900 in the census year
1900 This Is i.emiEsd as follows:
Continental United States, or
United States proper. 76,994, 5T5.
Philippines, G.00l,SS9. being the
estimate Of the slatician 10 the
Philippine commission.
Porto Rico, 95a. .24a.
Hawaii, 164.O0l.
Alaska, 08 592.
Guam, 1900.
American Samoa, 6, 100.
Persons Ia The military and
naval service Of the limited States,
outside The territory Of The United
States proper, ol ,5ia.