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Evening journal., 1907-12-31
HAPPY NEW YEAR.

TO A large circle OF readers and friends IN
< general. THE EVENING JOURNAL ex-
tends best wishes for a happy and prosperous
New Year The present management has had
control Of the paper less than year, but with the
beginning of 1908 THE JOURNAL desires TO
thank both patrons and friends for the confidence
manifested in a substantial way, they have re-
posed in the paper. Our circulation has increased
bv natural growth, which is all the more graft
fving. We are led to believe that the great ma
ioritv Of our subscribers, and they compose per-
sons OF all political parties and elements are rea-
sonablv pleased with our efforts THE JOUR
MAI, would be ungrateful were it not to acknowl-.
edge the many kind words expressed orally and
in writing, about the paper. Such encouragement
spurs THE JOURNAL on in the attempt to pub
lish live clean paper, that may be welcome to
anv household. We desire not only to thank our
subscribers, but also to express the gratitude that
we feel toward the advertisers who have patron
lied us. We believe THE JOURNAL has proved
a satisfactory medium through which TO reach the
public. Upon the advertiser finally depends the
success or failure Of newspaper as a busi-
ness enterprise The more heartily advertisers
support newspapers which represent to the out
side world the city in which they are publisheA
the better will be those papers. THE JOuk-
MAI, is doing very we'll, thank YOU
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Personal and Pertinent

Coolidge woman was about to be married She told
every ore she knew she "engased." she bought
her trousseau she told the girl clerk who waited upon
her Of her approaching marriage ana So neyvspaner
reporter who did whether he lived or diod
VINO was NOT AFRAID of anything earth not even
ploe-eecI asked the woman If he could announce the
engagement in the paper. Il is no use going INTO Se
tails as Go what that reporter from the woman The
WonNn wound Vp by saving that she thanked
she was not trying to butt into peoples private aairs
THAT when she was ready be married she should be
married. ami IL business she was mar
ried that very night And the next morning when n
was storning heavily street cars had stopned
tunnms she teephoned to that reporter asking him
TO walk distance Of sixteen blocks to her house to
give me wedding write up"-Atchison Globe
One-day last summer a German entered the estab-
after several glanoes about place observed mourn
lulN mat me photographer did not have the
properties essential TO the taking Of picture
4 should like picture of meself veepin peside my
NlIes s'ste' he said MAYBE you fix grave here in
4 afraid haven't the necessary accessories said
the photographer Then. with an attempt al facetous
he suggested. Couldn't we arranre to ba,,e th
portrait made at the grave itselfg'
Dots in Bennsylvania," sighed the German 1T
would b2 too extensive to there. Yust YOU fix ,p
some kind Of grafe here in de shop could veen
on dot II no trouble for me to weep anywhere
Kenneth Melrose the greatest swimmer ever
saw IN the water boasted Of the old members of
he olympic Cub Why he could swim rings around
any OF these young fellows We have here to-day
But could he swim far2 ventured Andy Garner
'Farl Why Kenneth Melrose wouldn't have tbo,rb+
thing Of swimming the Faralonesv
To the Farailonesi Nearly twenty miles to sea, Did
''Not much"
And he wasn't afraidgr
40 PM it was mighty dangerous in those days to
SWIM ont beyond the Seal rocks The sealions were
wilder shan they and fierce rbey,d n,rs,,s =
swimmer IN nacks barking and swapping AT him swim
meis used year keep em on But thov
never once got ne enough Kenneth Aerose 70 bite
N'il' --''an rraAcisco Chronicle
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CAMDEN
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.


Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
CAMDEN. Del, Dec. 3i-Arrs. Samuel
s sarde gave a delightful eucnre parry
the other evening. At the conclusion Of
the game the hostess presented five prizes
10 the lucky players and formally an
nounced the engagement Of her sister,
Francis Louise Gooden. Of Radnor, Pa,
and G. Lee Hynson. of jefferson College.
Philadelphia. Both were present and con-
gratulations were showered.
The guests were: William Fox and Miss
Margaret Fox, Of Radnor. Pa. Claude
Draper, Willow Grove Miss Mary Sim
mons. Miss Mable Cole, William Roe and
Clifford Cole, Of Wyoming; George M.
Fisher, Jr, Jack Lyndale, Miss Mary
Pritchett and Joseph Mcdaniel of Dover;
Mr.. and Mrs. Roland HUM, of Quincy.
Mass; Miss Elizabeth Carrow, Miss
Bertha r. Mcbride Miss Laura L.
Postles, and Miss Annie Cooper, of Cam
den; Lenford Cooper, B. Parks Gooden
and Miss Estelle Conwell of Philadelphia;
Miss Ethel Bert, Miss Adele Man
ahan. Of Baltimore; Edgar stubbs and
Frank sentman, Of Philadelphia
Miss Mary Portchet, of Dover, spent
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John b.
Manahan.
Jack Lindale Is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs r. j. Lindale.
Mrs. and Miss Cullen have returned to
their home in FELTON,.
Thomas Williams. Of Wilmington, has
been visiting here.
Brooks jackson, OF Delaware College, IS
visiting his parents in Wyoming.
Mr.. and Mrs. /. II. Cooper have gone TO
Philadelphia for week.
Walter Council and wife have returned
from Wilmington.
DR. II. w. Bolton. Wilmington Confer
ence Evangelist, is assisting Rev. ]. L.
Anderson in a revival at Wyoming.
Ralph Lord has returned to Boston.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward b. Walraven and
daughter Anna. are spending a week in
Philadelphia.
The Kings Daughters met at the
Home of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. carrows last
night
The Camden and wyoming w
.C. T. u. rendered a surprise
party to Rev. and Mrs. j. B.
Davis of wyoming on Saturday even
ing. Several speeches were made and
two solos sang by Mrs. John H. Hins-
ley.
Levin d. Casson has rented the
Holwelrs mill, AND will conduct the
business next year
s. j. Speal who has been confined
to his home for several weeks is able
TO be out
Mr. and Mrs. Herman BOggs have
returned to Philadelphia
Mr. and Mrs. J. w. stephens have
been visiting friends in Wilmington.
Miss Katharine Biers. Miss Augusta
Carron and Miss Fannie Reed of Dover,
are visiting MI and Mrs. G. w. Lord.
Miss Elizabeth Cooper, of Kenton,
is visiting DR.. and Mrs. L. w. Cooper.
a. Jackson Stubs. of Philadelphia,
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TEsT oF lie PRIMARIEs.

II INDICATIVE Of a desire to give the voters a
a more direct hand in politics was the attempt
OF the Illinois Legislature to pass a primary law
under which the voters could express their pref
erences for the various asprants for the presiden
tial nomination. This law would have sounded
the sentiment of the voters on presidential posi-
bilites as well as on senatorial candidates
Through the efforts of Speaker Cannon's friends
the measure was defeated. The party in the
State already had been bottled up for Speaker
Cannon's candidacy and his friends did not desire
to pull out the cork.
In an open primary there might be a chance
that a leader other than Cannon would receive
majority of the preferences. Primaries of the
rank and file would easily show the real drift OF
sentiment among the voters regarding presden-
tial candidates and perhaps they would often re-
veal that the choice of the people is different from
that of party leaders.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
A1RsHIP MEN BUSY.

HUNDREDS Of persons with ideas tor air
i i ships. areflooding the offices OF the Army
Signal Corps with plans, suggestions and com
nunications since the specifications were issueu
for an army aeroplane, a few days ago.
The plans vary from crudely serawled designs
on grocery store paper to elaborate blue PRINT
drawings All are submitted as solutions OF tne
problem OF air flight and all are accompanied with
requests for money, from $3.50 to Siooooo' IN
exchange for the secret outright, or to build the
successful machine All are also returned with
simple reply that the department does not want
nlans but the machines themselves a lew
models are sent also Many of the flying ma
chine secrets" are not entrusted to the Signal
Corps but are sent directly to the White House
chief. who promptly turns them over to the War
Department.
No bona hde proposals have yet been received
but severaYinlentors have expressed their lnten-
ton OF submitting machines. The most promi-
nent of these are the Wright brothers, OF Dayton
who are confident Of building an aeroplane that
will come up to the specifications.
The government surely has stimulated the
cranks and the inventors.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
NEW ENGLAND MILLS.

X EPORTS that some New England cotton
mills propose to curtail production and
possibly reduce wages make it interesting to note
that these mills have just been through prosper
Gus season. The mills in New Bedford have re-
Gently paid on an average, thirteen per cent divi-
dends, and they should be able to stand set
back without serious consequences. Two Of the
New Bedford mills, which did better than the
others, paid profits of 90 per cent during the past
year. and several OF the dividends ranged between
40 and so per cent. The competition of the
Southern mills does not seem to have affected
greatly the New England factories. The prosper
ity OF these mills makes the depression that has
recently overtaken some of the industrial centers
all the more mysterious. Leaving out anv opin
ion that the strngency is due to the manipula-
tions OF the hnancers, the only explanation is that
the production OF commodities by these and other
manufacturers has been carried on in a planess
manner more goods being made than needed by
the demands OF a trade even in the rush times
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
THE LUCK OF HARD WORK.


HE retirement Of Thomas Fitzgerald as gen
= era1 manager OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company recalls that like many oth r
leading railroad men he climbed to the top from
the lowest round of the ladder Mr.. Fitzgerald
began life as carrier of water in the employ Of
the company. He performed this humble service
faithfully as he did the latter and important
duties that devoved upon him in connection with
the railroad. He was not concerned merely in re-
ceiving pay for doing a task because he had to,
but he was alert and obsevant; he studied those
above him and as water carrier he began ITO
learn the railroad business" When the chance
came he was promoted He kept on climbing. lie
plugged at it and showed that persistence which
is bound to bring its reward. His life is typical
OF that followed by many other railroad men who
begin life at the bottom, reach the top, and then
have the satisfaction OF realizing that they know
their business" Some have attributed Mr. Fitz
gerald's success as a railroader to luck, but his
luck seems to have been simply hard work and
fidelity, supported by natural capabty.
a Trenton newspaper points out that citizens
Of New Jerseys capital who use artesan well
water are not troubled with typhoid fever, as are
those who drink the ctys water supply as it
comes from the Delaware river 1t seems to be
well established that the most prolific cause Of
typhoid is contaminated fluids that are used for
drinking purposes
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
STANTON

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
STANTON. Del. Dec. s1.-The enter
tainment Of the NJ e. Church win be held
tonight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kitchens spent Sunday
with their daughter. Mrs. William Cham
bers.
Pearl Smith. of Philadelphia, IS spend
ing Christmas week with friends in stan
ton.
Mrs. BIcElwee had a family reunion on
Sunday Charles McElwee. wife and son.
Of Newport: Mr.. and Mrs. Whiteman. Of
Newark. and Clarence McElwee. were
among those present
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Marvel and son,
spent Sunday with her brother, Mr.. j..
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
unIon PaInters EIeet ofHeers.

Local Union, No. 634, Brotherhood 2
Housepainters, elected these officer
last night: President, il. A. w. Behan
president William Hobbs; treas
urer, George Griffith; recording secre
tary, Charles Dougherty; financial sec
retary, Norris Dickson; warden an'
trustees, James. Dale; conductor e. L
Holt
The ninth anniversary Of. the loca
will be celebrated on the evening o
January IA.
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is home for a few days.

is home for a few days
Edgar L. Stubbs, Of Newark, is
spending the holidays with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. w. L. Stubbs.
Miss Annie L. Cooper. Of New York,
and Miss Clara Graham. Of Washing
ton, are visiting DR.. and Mrs e. w.
Cooper.
Miss Ethel Bert. Of Philadelphia. is
visiting DR. and Mrs. l.. S. C0nwel.
Mrs l. T. Cooper gave a reception
to few Of her friends on Saturday
afternoon
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activities to Fourteenth and Twenty
third streets, Broadway Fourth and
Fifth avenues. below Madison Square.
and l25th street. in Harlem.
Charles Berkowitz Is a native Of Poland
and came TO this country when a young
man. He was blind and lived with an
uncle in the lower sast side. He was ar
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

NEW YORK. Dec. sl-charles Berko-
witz. most noted Of New York's street
beggars and reputed to be man Of
wealth. owning tenement houses in Man
haitian and Brooklyn, has new guide, an
Italian, who has led him to Herald Square
new territory for the blind mendicant
Heretofore Berkowitz has confined his
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
FINANCIAL

National Bank Of Delaware ................
Central National Bank ..........-...........
Farmers Bank ..........-......-...---.
First National Bank .-......................
N2tl Bank Of Wilmington & Brandywine
Union National Bank ......-....-......-.....
Equitable Guarantee q Trust Company.
Security Trust and safe Deposit Co--....
WILMINGTON Trust Company ...-..........
American Nulcanized Fibre. common ......
American Nulcanized Fibre, Preferred.
Delaware Railroad Stock .,................
Wilmington Gas a. Electric Com .......-.-
Wilmington Gas s. Electric. pfd ....-.....
Wilmington. New Castle & So. hy., COM.
Wilmington, New Castle 81 So, ky, ptrd
Wilmington Light Power a Telephone CO
Name Bonds
American Vulcanized Fibre Bonds ......
Wilmington City Railway Bonds ..........
Wilmington q Chester Traction B0nds....
Wilmington Gas a. Elect Bonds ............
Wilmington, New Castle & So. Bonds....
Delmarvia Telephone Bonds -...............
Wilmington Light Power & Telephone Co
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

The parishioners Of Wood, village III
East Dorset, England, sent their church
bells. dated 1906 1863 and 175s to tho
founders TO be tuned and new ones added
to the peal and their return was made
a general holiday.
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Marrarral ID Wooddnle.

Margargal Of Wooddale.
William Rodeck. Of Philadelphia
spending a few days with Mr.. and Mr
Charles Webb.
Miss Maggie Ball. OF Wilninst1fi. az
Miss Alice Beatty, of Montchanin spen
Friday with Mrs. Thomas BAH.
Master Harry Boulden is spending
few DAYS with his aunt, Mrs. g.. Boulden
Of Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

Failure has met the efforts of the milk dealers
OF Trenton, N. J., to advance the retail price of
milk to 10 cents quart. The consumers objected
50 strongly that it has been decided to keep the
figure at cents the quart
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
Iohnsnn FamiIv Reunion.

Mr.. and Mrs. Howard G. Ely and
Ernest and Florence ely attended the
annual reunion of the Johnson family
at West Chester on Saturday. For
a quarter Of century these gatherings
were held at the johnson residence at
clam, near Brandywine Summit, but
this year West Chester was agreed
upon. Twenty -eisht members of the
family were present.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
Take
Advantage
Of our
Annual Half Price Sale

which commences Thursday,
January ?, 1908.
The goods offered in this
sale are all of Standard
Quality and taken from our
regular stock.
1t is composed Of goods OF
which we have duplicates;
discontinued patterns, broken
sets, and some that are a
little shopworn.
They are just as good and
serviceable as ever, but don't
have that newness and fresh
ness that characteristics our
stock; so to move them
quickly we cut the
price exactly in half. These
goods are all displayed and
separated from our other
goods.
It will certainly pay you
to look at these goods
and see what you can use.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

The Russian Minister Of the Interior reports
that within a year more than half million emil
grants have gone from Russia proper to Siberia,
and he predicts that Russia Siberia will yet out
strip America as a refuge for the landess. But
although there is vast territory in Siberia, that
region is under the dominion OF the Car, used
largely as the prison place for political and other
convicts. There need be no fear that the desir-
able class Of home seekers, who enjoy liberty
along with their other opportunities, will prefer
Siberia to America. During the last year more
than a quarter Of a million of Russians came to
this country. They were chiefly from Finland
and other parts of Russia, where the hand Of the
Russian oppressor is particularly heavy
Evening journal., 1907-12-31
THE EVENING JOURNAL COMPANY.

Directors and sole stockholders Robert ;. es're'
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Advertising rates on application.
No attention paid TO unsigned communications
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An orange tree has been known TO pro
duce 1900 oranges at one crop.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

This nevsnaner Is on sale regularly every newsstand
3n Wilmington and the principal towns IN the sue "a
Delaware; also at Broad street Station ana lwei'S
fourth and Chestnut Street station PhiaoepNa' "a
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THEATRICAL


The New Year at the Grand Opera
House will be most fittingly ushered in
at matinee and night performances by
a reproduction of the sublime Passion
Play The outlay expended by the pro-
moters of this particular enterprise is
said to represent nearly $4,000 and
Resident Manager Johnson assures the
people that the presentation to be seen
here is complete in every detail and
wholly unlike anything Of the nature
offered in the regular moving picture
parlors. Modest prices will prevail
Carlo DAM. tenor with the San
Carlo Grand Opera Company, is a ma
tive Of Florence, Italy. Mr.. Russell was
obliged to pay a heavy fine TO secure
his release from his contract in Europe
in order to bring him TO America this
year Dani has already sung with the
San Carlo Grand Opera Company in
London, with great success. His rem
dition Of Faust has special merit. He
will sing Alfredo in La Traviata, which
Henry RUSSELL director of the San
Carlo Grand Opera Company will pre-
sent at the Grand Opera House on
Wednesday night, January s, with Miss
Alice Nielsen, as Violetta. Resident
Manager J. Leonard Johnson will now
accept mali orders accompanied by
check or money order made payable
to himself and these will be filled in
the order of their receipt one day
ahead of the regular advance sale
which opens next Monday morning at
o'clock.
The GarriclS presented some attrac-
tions yesterday which are new to the
patrons Of that playhouse The top
liners share honors with the acts OF
less pretensions. Ella Snyder and
Company, in a breezy musical comedy,
Commencement DAYS." offer feature
in which the scene is laid at West
Point, and eight or ten young men with
Miss Snyder go TO make up the cast.
There are some lively singing numbers.
The Grand Opera Trio Nine. NovelH,
Mr.. Vincent and Sig. AbramhOff, in the
prison scene from Faust" won hearty
applause at both performances yester-
day, proving that vaudeville audiences
appreciate high-class singing. The
-Four Casting Dunbars. direct from the
New York Hippodrome, have a good
casting act this week, and Hale, Cor
DIN and Miss Allen offer a rs-.sical
number Of merit. Millar and McCaul-
ley, in a blaclS-face act. made a hit
that entities Il to rank with the top
liners. The Madden and Fitzpatrick
Company in "The Turn Of the Tide,
presented q clever sketch. Lewis Mad
den and Mr.. Fitzpatrick merited all the
applause they received yesterday. Har-
rington and 9-ester. in whistling ana
piano specialties. and The Kinetograph
complete the show for New Years
week.
Bertha, the Sewing Machine Girl" a
domestic melodrama." began a three
days engagement at the Lyceum The
atre last night The plot centers about
Bertha" and her blind sister, who are
deprived Of their heritage by Harold
Cutting" an impossible william. There is
much talk Of papers" confessions" 4"
and plots" and there is the usual
plethora of gun play. Several situations
stir the audience to the point Of excite
ment.
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Gilbert s Jones. Business Manager
Fourth and shipley Streets, Wilmington Dsa"ate'
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rested first in 1855 when twenty years
old for begging, and said then that he
had $500 in bank. Since that time. either
as peddler or playing the organette. he
serving sentences OF on one or two oc-
casions when on his promise to reform
charity organizations have started him in
business.
Evening journal., 1907-12-31

Virginia experiences some trouble in assessing
and collecting taxes upon personal property. In
Richmond, for instance, diligent search has re-
vealed only 5S4 watches and SIS clocks in that
city, yet Richmond has a population OF $4,000.
In the populous and rich country districts only
few cows and swine are discovered when the tax
assessor comes around. One Of the Richmond
papers believes that there are some followers Of
Ananias in Virginia
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New York ONCE: GOA Cambridge Burding' Corner fula
Avenue and Thirty ty-third Street
Chicago ONCE: 81 Boyce BuilonH
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Tuesday, December 81, 1907
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-30

An advance notice says: Among
the attractions booked for the opera
house Wednesday, October ,, is the
Dandy Dixie Ministries. big COM
pany of colored performers under
the direction of Noelckel a Nolan.
proprietor and manager of the world
famous Black Patti Troubadors.
For a real negro TO be ms good a
negro minstrel man as white man
is. according to general belief, i'm
possible. and such q spectacle is an
common. But the people who con-
stitute the Dandy Dixie Nius.rcls
contain number OF men who are
real comedians and whom nature as
( well as art make colorei entertain
/ ers OF genuine merit This company
. is very large one. % numbers 40
people. with .be Cotton pirber.
Band. and stupcudou- scenic and
lsIe,fu.aI equipment and 900 fhc dee
u.s needed to vu-Hr. 5000 Hmo.uf.
perfect Performance
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-09-30

and began beating around. In less
than a minute the deer bounded into
the road and galloped away in plain
view at a speed that would make
devil wagon hustle to keep up. Fer
ris and the judge and the squire
chased him, but he was soon out of
sight When they told their story to
Judge Quinn he offered to lock them
up for driving a deer at greater
speed than ten miles an hour and
finally paroled them in their own
custody. Judge Quinn says that in
the course of his official duties he
has heard tales of persons who have
seen purple monkeys and red ele-
plants in these parts, but never be-
fore has he met eyewitnesses OF a
deer. The animal is safe so long as
he remains around here. There is no
open season for deer in Westminster
county.