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The commonwealth., 1908-12-10

State of North Carolina)
County of Halifax
/, o. j. Moore, cashier OF the above
named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best
OF my knowledge and belief.
O. J. MOORE, Cashier.
Correct-Attest: c. Speed, S. A.
Dunn, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me,
this 9th day OF December, 1908.
TYLER b. WHEELER,
Notary Public.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Personal and Pertinent

Little Freda is a bright miss who comes to her con-
clusions lines Of what to her small mind
and logical reasoning SO shopping day, with
speculation in her eye than her mother noticed she
quired. What kind OF a waist did ask that lady
for mammal"
Z asked her for a thirty-eight waist answered the
mother.
When they got home Frieda with the air of dis
coverer pranced gaily up to her grandmother. I've
found out how old mamma is she announced; "shes
oHow did you nnd it outq" queried the grandmother
Because she bought thirty -eight waist She buys
en-year-old dresses. If she buys thirty-eght
waists for herself she must be thirty years od
concluded Miss Frieda triumphantly-Baltmore Ameri-
can.
After having been faithful the automobile
two years or more, Mr.. Bragdon suddenly seized
with violent fancy for "A beautiful river
runs by this town." he said. why not have en-
joyment of IL? In a motorboat YOU don't have 10
dodge policemen and rural constabes"
So he bought one took days instruction in the art
OF managing il and keeping the machinery in running
order and started trip with IL one bright
morning in July.
1t late the afternoon when he returned home
soaked. and he had a generally limp and bedraggled
For PHYS sake. Aired" exclaimed his wife. what
has happened to you2 Did the boat upset?"
mo Lucy he answered. Don't say anything about
it, and I'll tell you. The boats all right but when
had been out on the water hour two something
went wrong with the motor"
''WelI?"
Well. before I-er-knew what was doing I was
the side the and trying to get under IL TO
fix the thing."-Harper's Weekly
Mary. years old. and Stella, who about the same
age. talking about their future dreams.
When I grow up" said Mary I'm going to be a
school teacher"
Wen. I'm going to be a mother with four children
We'll, when they come to my school I'm going to whip
them. whip them"
You mean thngi" said Stella, the tears came into
your'-DeliRsat0r.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Opinion
Growth of Cities.

Florida Times Union.
In thirty years the cities with more
than 10000 inhabitants had gained
1,1s7,S6 or 1859 per cent. in population,
the cities and towns from 5000 to 10000
had gained 277 ,9S9 or II FER cent, while
the country and towns of less than
5000 inhabitants had lost 113,497 or 21
per cent. The same change is in pro-
gress all over the United States.
though the rural population generally
is not actually decreasing. In 1860 only
one-sixth Of the people Of the United
States lived in cities. Now one-third
of them do.
The country has been taxed to enrich
the city. The growth Of the cities un-
questionably increases the consumption
of country products An increase in
the growth of such products might be
expected i'm Massachusetts and a ccn-
seuuent increase in rural population.
Such an increase would have been
shown but for the steady reduction in
freight rates. The cities of the north
east can now get from the South and
West products on which the transport
alton charges would have been prohi.
bitive thirty years ago. Then most
products had to be grown near tie
markets. Now the whole country is
in touch with them.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

that deposits were guaranteed by the banks IN
all the States would offer exceptional induce
ments in order to gain depositors. In return such
banks would in making loans be compelled TO
take unwarranted risks in order to make money
The proposition outlined by Mr.. Bryan would
result, he continued in removing the incentive
to caution and lowering the standards OF bank
ing as we'll as general generalization; and finally
greater loss than ever TO depositors.
Referring to the experience in New York State
with the guaranty of deposits under the safety
fund act, the Postmaster General points out that
in the crisis of 1887 when 90 banks were in oper-
alton with capital of $32,ooo,ooo, all Of them
suspended and the act itself was suspended for
year. Two years ago it was decreed that the
funds should thereafter only be used for the re
demption of notes. The Postmaster-G Generals
correspondent had written that the people Of his
county had lost since 1893 more than three-quar-
ter Of a million of dollars of their savings by bank
failures, and that they are now boarding their
money in their homes.
To this General Won Meyer replies: 1T was
for such people and others that the postal saw
ings bank is intended In such case the govern
ment can and will properly guarantee, because
the money will be placed in its control The
postal savings bank guarantees legitimately the
deposits of the wage-earners and the men OF mod
crate means, while Mr. Bryan's scheme would
strive to protect from loss the big man on an inn
practicable and unsound basis"
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
1he Plea a Lleaven's eats.

once I stood beside the picture
OF the Peri at the gate,
And nv heart was filled with sadness
As 7 pondered on her fate.
She had brought from earth the tear.
drops
OF a warrior true and brave,
But she found them not sufficient
Her immortal soul to save
She must come back to her earth-life;
She must make her work complete,
She must be like Bethanys' Mary,
She must sit down at His feet
She must bring a contrite spirit,
Meek and lowly. like his own,
Then the angel will admit her,
She can stand before The throne.
When we reach those shining portals
OF that city made of gold.
We will like the queen Of Sheba
Cry-the half was never told.
If our offering to the angel
Be a spirit meek and pure.
We will find abundant entrance,
There to dwell forever more.
M. c. Robbins.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Did the Wrong Thing.

Sussex Republican.
The Democrats nominated their
state ticket on Tuesday and. as
usual, and as was feared, did the
wrong thing.
The personnel Of the ticket is un-
usually strong, but in our opinion the
ticket is not a vote getter. 1t is a fact
that many Republicans are dissatis-
fed with the Republican state ticket
and very great number will not vote
for certain nominees on that ticket,
and 1t was certainly expected that the
Democrats, when in convention as
sembled, would select nominees who
would invite the support OF the dis
satisfied element OF the Republican
party, but they did no such thing but
on the other hand nominated men
who are almost, IL not quite, as OBJ
jectionable as the Republican nomi-
nees. and who will not receive the full
vote Of their own party The dry
element of the Democratic party are
more dissatisfied with the nominees
selected on Tuesday than the Repub-
licans with thei rticket The dry
Republicans object TO only one or two
Of their own nominees, but the tenn
perance Democrats find very little on
their own ticket to console them. In
fact. the wet" and dry issue was
very prominent in the Democratic
convention, and the "drys" controlled
almost a majority of the delegates
but this large minority was not only
overthrown but ignored in the make
up Of the ticket.
DR. Paynter, the nominee for COVER
nor. is a young man, about thirty
three. we believe and while he has ac-
ouired a fine professional reputation
and an excellent reputation as con-
servative business man, we consider
him inexperienced and untried In mat
ters with which the executive of the
state Is bound to be concerned, and
Judging from the reports OF the con-
vention. he is particularly objection
able to the temperance element Of his
party.
Mr.. Handy, the nominee for Con-
gress is too well known to require
any comment from us.
Andrew c. Gray. the nominee 'or
attorney general. Is the son Of Judge
Gray. and lawyer OF recognized abil-
ity. and extensive experience, but uu-
fortunately his candidacy will not sat
isfy the opposition to Frank II. Davis
In Kent and Sussex counties.
The rest Of the ticket appears to
compare favorably. in point Of ability,
TO the above mentioned nominees.
we are surprised that the anti
Salisbury faction so dominated the
convention. and that the power and
vindictiveness OF the wet" element OF
the party was potent in the conven-
ton.
The leaders OF the party certainly
failed to make the most Of their op-
portunity.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS.

GOVERNOR LEA is justly indignant at an
NJ article printed in a New York newspaper
which intimates that he appointed voters assist
ants who were disposed to discriminate against
the Democratic party.
This is about the first time that we have heard
the governor accused of any unfairness in max
ing appointments 1t is well-known that in nam
ing voters assistants the governor has used the
utmost care and tried to get the best men for
those positions in every instance. Eveh those
who were opposed to his denomination have al
ways given the governor credit for making good
appointments. His appointments and other Off
cia acts so far as the State is concerned have
been highly creditable.
The governor says that he intends to follow the
same careful course this year, and those who
know him may we'll believe that in the closing
days of his administration there will be no devia-
ton from the course that has characterized his
administration.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
FAMILIES IN OLD
BLACKBIRD HUNDRED
Article No. 21.

Article NO. Il.
When I was a boy-it was said that
the Deakynes and Stats predominated
in Thoroughfare Neck. and that they
were all related but since I have been
looking the ground over of late, l have
had my suspicious aroused that they
viii have TO take second place, for
there is another family that / trace
back to the twenties, to one man and
wife only. AS the Staats's come first
on the list beginning at Taylor's
Bridge, the western boundary for
Thoroughfare Neck, I will Sc how this
thing stands now. There is a family
whose name commences with d. that
has been awfully prolific within the
last forty years. The offspring from
Isaac Stats and wife since 1880 has
been forty-six, 10 children; Is grand
children and is great grandchildren.
AS to the Deakynes / have not been
able to inform myself. The George
Collins branch of the Collins family,
comprises four generations. They were
the first to occupy the old Mansion
house near Collins beach, and now
occupied by Mrs. Margaret johnson,
daughter of George, and she is Of the
fourth generation. Thomas Collins
married Lord Egberts daughter They
had a son named John. who married
Miss Peterson Of Penn's Neck, Salem,
N. J., and lived I'm the old house They
had three sons, William. John and
George, and two daughters, Mary and
Catharine. William went west John
and George remained in Delaware.
George married Henrietta Deakyne,
of Thoroughfare Neck and lived at the
old home. George was born in 17S3
and died at the age of SS. What is
strange 10 relate is that he never lived
anywhere else. He was born and died
in the same house Henrietta his wife
died six months after, at the age of S4
They had three sons, George, John and
Frank. and FIVE daughters, Catharine
Mary, Henrietta. Angeline and Mar
garet. George married Miss Wilcox
and is living i'm Philadelphia Angeline
married Robert Higgins. and is living
on an adjoining farm to the old home
where Margaret also lives. OF course
all of the eight children were born in
the old homestead, which is about
three hundred years old, but parts have
been added to II, and there is a gate
post at the yard gate. that is one hun
dred and seventy years old. The old
deed to the farm was received from
the Indians and looks like a big ginger
cake. II is made Of cork. and is still
in the house In the possession Of Mrs
Johnson. could have seen II had not
Mrs. Johnson been too feeble TO hunt II
up. There is the fifth generation liv-
ing. but I failed to inform myself as
to how many there are.
Now we will see about the Davids
The offspring from Benjamin David
and wife After 1880, till the present
time is children. 2s grandchildren and
2s great grandchildren, making a total
Of 6f We will be bound to give them
the premium. If there are any prem
iums to give out There are other
prominent families in the neck, but we
are not sufficiently Informed to write
them up now.
William Andrew HulSill
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Notes and Comments

For uncommonly striking illustration of the truth
that the people do rule MT Bryan might be referred to
this OF Charles Evans Hughes.-New York Sun
To keep OF the being made in aerial
voyages nowadays makes a dizzy, but the task
win grow less arduous after whe-New York Tribune
is 81 years old, and has accomplished more than
people who live useful lives beyond the extreme
limit OF the Psalmst-Philadelpha Inquirer.
with the beginning Of the football season we look
again for that delightful word. 'beefy" We believe
like "brainy" better-New York Mail.
ITO avlate" navigate the One may
be in the air and yet not be aviator-Louisvile
Courier-Journa
It is said that whirlwnd campaign is to be on
foot to advance the Of the loans This ought
be good way of raising the wnd-Baltimore American
"Fingy" Connors loudly proclaimed that Bryan would
get the New York delegation at the Denver
venton but he did. Now the authority says
that Bryan will carry New YorS-but he won't-De-
trot Free Press.
swarm Of bees in Indiana fell upon a rural mail
and Somebody had been sending chocolates to
the Indiana girls, probaby.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr. Bryan is planning thirty-day tour. The end OF
Il win find him. March next. dating his letters
from Fairview, Lincoln, Neb.-Pittsburg Gazette
The barons-the robber barons-were doubtless more
picturesque but acqusitve their descendants
New York Evening Sun.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
FIRE BURNS SHOP
AT BOOTHS CORNER

Fire yesterday destroyed the black
smith and wheelwright shop Of Cox &
Palmer. at Booths Corner. The fire
was first discovered by resident Of
Booths Corner, who saw smoke pour
ing from the windows Of the second
floor.
Blacksmith Cox and Millwright Pal
mer had much material and work in
their shops and giving up hope Of saw
ing the building which was owned by
Thomas Booth, took from the place
what tools and materials they could.
Several sleighs and wagons could not
be gotten from the upper floor Of the
millwright shop, but aside from these
most Of the contents OF the building
were saved. The structure was Of
frame and the flames having no re-
striction soon laid the building in a
smoldering mass Of ashes.
The house Of William Smith, near
the shops. was fired by the intense
heat Of the flames. but prompt soaking
with water prevented the flames from
making any headway.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
new METHOD In
CORN HARVESTING
Chester County Farmer Uses
Plan Of His Own For
Gathering Ears

After years Of work in the harvesting
of corn. the farmers are now about to
enter upon an epoch of labor saving de-
vices in this line, and more than ever
before are cutting their crop with corn
binders this year The machines have
been on the market for several years.
but as with all inventions, farmers have
been skeptical about their practicability
and have been slow to take hold.
William Yearsley, Of Chester county. is
one of the progressive farmers of this
section who has been using machinery in
harvesting his crop and has evolved a
method Of his own which he thinks Is
the easiest and most practical He adjusts
the machine so that 1t puts about twenty
stalks in bundle and as he cuts he has
two men stacking the bundles in shocks.
Instead of putting only four bundles in a
shock as most farmers do he puts between
thirty and sixty as he thinks that number
keeps better than a few
About ten acres of corn can be cut and
shocked IN this way in a day ~ the corn
stands up straight. If the corn Is much
down and tangled. then the field has to
be gone over by a man with a cutter to
get what the machine does not catch.
This is not as big a job as might be sup
posed as the machine cuts the stalks low
down and very few escape.
Another way in which this plan is said
TO be better than the old way is when
the husking takes place. II the corn is
to be husked in the old way out in the
field the bundles are so small that they
can be husked without being united. and
then stacked up again without the bother
Of tieing the fodder Mr. Yearsley has been
following this plan for several years. and
finds # much better than the old method.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Saturday. September 70. 1908.
NOT PLEASED WITH TICKET.

A S WAS to be expected, the work Of the
a Democratic State Convention has not
pleased those who are inclined towards independ-
ence this year, and who were expecting some
thing inviting from the gathering at Dover on
Tuesday The Democratic newspapers, while
praising the ticket in a hum-drum fashion, have
misgivings about some of the nominees.
Our Democratic friends are trying to figure out
that they have nominated a strong ticket.
They have asserted that it was an Embossed con-
venton and that the delegates were allowed to
do as they pleased. If it was an Embossed con-
vention why is it that the order of making the
nominations was changed without valid reason?
Why was there so determined a fight Tor two
places on the ticket, and then seeming relaXa-
ton of effort until the name of Colonel Records
was presented for lieutenant-governor? In facr
the convention was not Embossed by any means
A steady hand was at the throttle, whenever nee
essary
The hand was there, even in the row the
selection Of members Of the State Central Com
mittee from Kent county.
We do not see from what sources the Demo
Gratis expect to receive strength by the nomina-
ton Of DR.. Paynter for governor. The dry" elc-
ment of the party made one request OF the lead
ers at Dover, which was that DR.. Paynter should
not be nominated. How far the "drys" will carry
their resentment to tlss polls is question. The
Democrats are stronger in Kent county than in
any other county, and that county gave very
large majority for the prohibihonsts IN the cleo
ton last fall The nomination of Dr. Paynter
was not only displeasing to the Sussex county
Democrats who refused to enter the Paynter eau
GUS but it must have been displeasng to that
element of the party in Kent
The convention did not stop at this point It
not only refused to heed the sentiment of the
"drys" Of Kent county as to the governor but it
flew in their faces by refusing to accept the
choice OF the Kent county caucus for attorney
general and nominated Mr.. Gray No matter
how able lawyer Mr.. Gray may be, he has not
that supported Mr. DAILY. AS the Sussex Repub-
icans says, this nomination is a disappointment
to them. Hence do not see how wisdom was
used at the Democratic convention. Certain men
had control if it. They got what they wanted,
and they had little consideration for their oppon-
ents in the convention They simply wanted TO
crack the heads of those who had been allied with
the local option movement, and they cracked
them with a railroad coupling pin.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
Retreat Of Redemptorists.

DOVER. Sept. ia company OF
priests of the Redemptorist Order will
begin a mission at Holy Cross Catho-
lie Church, Dover, on Sunday, to con-
tinue for week. A special service
will commence at 1880 a. m, and CON
tinue for "a week. with service each
night at 7So. There will be a mass,
and sermon each morning at $50 and
O'clock. The devotions will close on
Sunday evening. September p, with
the Papal benediction.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
GUARANTEE OF DEPOSITS.
lSTMASTER-GE -GENERAL GEORGE NON

ID OSTMASTER-GENERAL GEORGE Won
= L. MEYER has written a letter criticising
as dangerous the Bryan scheme of guaranteeing
national bank deposits and endorsing the postal
savings banks, which were favored by the Re-
publican platform.
The Postmaster-General says; "This idea Of
guaranteeing deposits is plausible and catchy It
will appeal to the private interest Of the richest
for not many laborers have the spare money to
keep active accounts in national banks. Mr.
Bryan, by urging free coinage of silver in his
previous campaign, has apparently favored the
debtor class. This time his scheme favors the
creditors. His provision is a compulsory guaran-
tee OF deposits of all national banks and available
for all State institutions wishing to use it,"
General Non Meyer says that honest and con-
servatively managed banks would have to paw
the obligations of dishonest and badly managed
banks, over which they had no control or iuris-
diction The result would be that risks would be
taken which are not accepted to-day by efficient
y managed financial institutions Speculative
and unprincped bankers in any State knowing
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

In view Of the exposure of Senator Foraker's
relations with the Standard Oil Company, it is
said he will not be allowed to speak in the Ohio
campaign. This is well. Bailey, in Texas, was
exposed as an attorney for the Standard Oil, and
now Foraker meets his fate. Just how many
other United States senators are on the payroll
of the Standard Oil would be an interesting bit of
information
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

AS the Middletown Transcript says. an outrage
seems TO have been perpetrated upon George c.
Rothwell, of Blackbird hundred. who has been
declared not to be the Democratic candidate for
coroner in this county. Mr.. Rothwell appeared
before the county committee and asked for a re-
count of the vote. He was cooly informed that
the ballots had been burned on the assumption
that there would be no demand for recount. In
one district where there was recount Mr.. Roth
well gained 10 votes, reducing the apparent lead
OF his opponent by 20 Is it not reasonable TO
assume, Judging from the tactics pursued in this
city against Mr.. Rothwell, that he was fairly and
squarely nominated for coroner, and that he was
manipulated out of the nomination? The Demo-
Gratis seem to be returning to their old violent
methods Of doing things.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
The United Publishers' Association

The Publisher Bulletin, official organ Of the UNITED
PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION prints the following;
THE wILNfI NGToN EVENING JOURNAL, u M, i has M a
been verified by examination"
The examination by Arthur Soppell gen.
association. who offers 10 W
money. undertake prove that the EVEN
JOURNAL has tho paid circulation OF any pa
printed in Wilmington.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

Mrs. Frank Stout and daughter. Es-
ther Frances Stout. are spending
week visiting with Frank Stout. Jr.. at
Plainfield, N. ].
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
HdETIzl & IlI!I5TE
s4a Market Street
Band MarohesEarl

MILTON, Sept. 1s.-The Firemen's
Band has aroused some feeling by in
augurating a custom OF appearing on
the streets, in full regalia on prac-
tice days at 6 o'clock in the morning.
The late risers are those who are pre-
cipitating the trouble, and they have
even gone so far as to talk of an in
junction, but the bandmen say the
courts of Delaware win never put a
premium on laziness to crafty "tooters'
or "touts"
For wnrlI- Trv a IoIRNAI. Al. [
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

Do not take chances a day longer.
See Weston and Anderson. 200 Church
Building, about fire and burglary in
surance.%
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
OFFICIAL ENDORSEMENTS.

The Association
Of American Ad-
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great advertisers
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issued 90 this pa
per.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19

The Association of American
Advertisers New York City } has
examined and certified to the circulation
Of this publication. Only the figures Of
circulation contained IN its report are
guaranteed BY the Association.
NO.ii2. CCNo Secretary.
Evening journal., 1908-09-19
FINANCIAL

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