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Middletown transcript., 1909-07-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

Amendmentof the national con.
stitution of late years has been
considered extremely difficult.
Recently in the Senate some of
the Senator'S declared that it
would beimpossible to get three
fourths of the States to ratify
through their Legislatures, an
amendment to the constitution
giving the government power to
levy an income tax.
The question of whether the
income tax amendment can be
adopted win be put TO the test
if the House follows the Senate.s
action. Many observers believe
that with Taft's Endorsement the
amendment viii 60 through, but
there will be many ways Of fight.
ing it. To make sure candidates
for the Legislature win have to
be pledged individually to sup
port the income tax.
Probably most Of the Western
and Southern States will vote for
the income tax amendment, if
they have the opportunity, and
there Is no reason why q consid-
cradle number Of Eastern States
should mot support If, although
the Eastern States ere commonly
regarded as beine opposed to The
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TWO WINGS FOR COURT MOUSE
Levy Court Decides Upon Alterations to
Cost About S75,00C)

Architects E. L. Rice, Jr., Company
and the Levy Court as a committee Of
the whole held a conferences Tuesday
afternoon regarding the improvement to
the County Court House. ItWas decided
to accept the plans for the addition as
prepared by the architects and later at a
meeting of the Levy Court the committee
on public buildings was instructed to ad.
vertise for bids.
The plans provide for an addition Of 25
feet on the south and north sides Of the
present building. Accordingly each Office
and the Levy Court room will be doubled
in size and new Office made for the
county comptroller and the county
engineer.
The plans further provide for the
Orphans Court to be in the north wing
on the first floor adjoining the present
office of the clerk of the Orphans Court.
The Offices of the register OF wills will be
enlarged twenty-five feet and will give
the register room in which to hold
court
Between his Office and that of the
prothonotary will be the Office of the
county engineer, room 17x25 feet.
Parts of the wall between the present
offices will be removed and archways will
be used 90 that the new additions will be
easy of access.
The sheriff's Office on the south will be
enlarged. In the present Office it can be
50 arranged that ballot boxes in contested
districts can be stored and others advocate
part Of it to be an Office for the coroner.
The office Of the clerk Of the peace viii
be double its present sizs and in that way
the different departments can be divided,
and the collector Of State revenue, Harry
W. Chairs, will be given separate
Office.
The Office of the county comptroller
will be located between the Levy Court
room and the Office of the clerk Of the
peace. Gbere will be doors leading to
both places and from the Levy Court
room to the Office Of the county treasurer.
The room used at present as the Office
of the county comptroller will be used as
wash room for the Court House officers.
Near this room will be an elevator that
will be especially beneficial in getting the
prisoners in the courtroom.
The elevator will land on the second
floor where the room used at present for
women witnesses is located.
The new Office Of the attorney general
and witness room will be in the north
east wing. The northwest wing will be
used as the addition to the law library.
In the southwest section will be the
chancellor's chambers, private Office and
Office for the Schancellor's secretary.
The specifications call for the addition
to be built of the same kind of stone as
in the present building. Under the plans
the present court room will not be altered.
The southeast wing will be used as an
addition to the judges parlors. It is now
fully expected that the improvements
will be completed before winter. There
are various guesses being made as to the
probable cost and they range from $780,.
600 to 100000.
The Levy Court commenced Tuesday
advertising for proposals for the improve
ments to be opened on Tuesday next.
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CHESAPEAKE CITY


Mrs. L. K. Barwick spent Thursday in
Philadelphia.
Clarence Noland, Of Wilmington, spent
the Fourth in town.
Miss Louise Boulden has been visiting
Havre de Grace relatives.
Miss Ida Bouchelle Is enjoying a visit
with Hayre de Grace friends.
Bennett Savin, Of Wilmington, has been
spending several days in town.
Mrs. Ida BoncheIle visited her dauRh.
ter, Mrs. F. @! Clayton, on Sunday.
Mrs. Louise Griffith. OF Middletown,
spent Monday with Mrs. Maria Griffith.
Misses Jennie Horn and Mary Street,
Of Philadelphia, are yisitlng Miss Jennie
Swing.
Miss Beulah Elliott is attending sum
mer school at Dover at the Conference
Academy.
Miss Lulu Bryson, of Middletown. was
entertained BY Miss Mamie Jefferson over
Sunday,
MIS-. AiLI6u IaytOt Anu NausbbcLs "
Elkton, we're entertained BY Miss Lucy
Reed on Fridav.
Misses Elizabeth Scott and Helen
Cooper, OF Elkton, have been visiting
Miss Mary Barwick.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Steele, Of Will
mineton, we're the guests Of Mr. aud Mrs.
J. Groome Steele, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. g. s. WoOlIey entertain
ed 4 number Of their friends on tug
party TO Betterton. Monday afternoon.
Miss Margarst Lawton and Master
William Wilkinson, of BaltimOfe, epent
several days with Mrs. 4. T.. Cooling, tbs
week.
We are glad TO report Mrs kanks is
improving 81 The HshnenSeV
where she underWens au9
operation.
Misses Sadie Tatnnan ana @o
mas. Meesrs. Ryder aad Ao
Baltimore. recently Fislte3 S
Augustus Talnar.
Mf. ana Nfs Alsxgtsd fsl
]. ". OH wSons Blisaes kasl'@ on
and Adal@iae glaylon ana or
BouchaIle spent Sunday eKfAA Fn
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NTER and ne PLUTOcRAT


Princess Levoff. Perlaghy
eh and lives in q palace on
Mediterranean Sea. She is
q famous painter Of portraits.
Bismarck, Won Moltke, Wind
horst, the Kaiser, and a hundred
other notables Of Europe have
sat and looked wise or fierce or
pleasant before her translating
easel.
The Princess is very particular
about her subjects. She does
not care to paint the likenesses
of women-for reasons that a
gallant man would hesitate to
state. And the faces Of men do
not interest her unless they are
the composed and conquering
faces of those who count. The
Princess has come to America
on a voyage of discovery and
high artistic enterprise. She is
looking through the land to find
among the myriad American
tcenty.fve faces that express the
highest kind of poaoer. She wants
to put on canvas the visible
features of the most creative
minds in this country-the minds
that, more than any others, are
making America. Now, it is an
interesting fact that this prin.
cess-painter, who is following
the lead of art and not the lure
of money, and who has given
her life to the study Of character
as revealed in human faces
and see no Uestiges Of the highest
kind of po,Oer IN the faces of Ameri,
can pltttocrats.
She finds the original and
creative minds elsewhere than
among the money magnates. For
q beginning of her work she has
painted the portrait Of Mr..
Edwin Markham, the poet. Her
chief aversion is the gentleman
who stands at the head of the Oil
Trust. "No money could induce
me-" says the Princess, ''to
paint the portrait of Mr.. John D.
Rockefeller. The desire to &C.
cumulate money is not a qualifi-
cation for my list Of American
notables. do not object to rich
men because they are rich. The
question is, What do they do with
their money? If they use it
selfshly and cruelty, their faces
are not worth painting"
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Mr. s0PER WANTS $4,000 TREES
Apple Kings ambition To Have Comntry'S
Mfaeaf Orchard

DevER, DEL. July fth. Francis N.
scpeF, she Delaware apple king. and
member Of the General Assembly, could
be seen yesterday hauling l25 bushels of
apples 10 market, for which he received,
in cold cash, $3.50.
The success Of the Gopers, father and
son, ever ia the midst Of q poor fruit
year. il puaziing TO many growers here
81 believe shave the greatest State
in the Union. said Mr.. Soper. .'Prop-
erly handled, this State and peninsula
could almost feed the world. Talk about
people increasing until they oyertaks the
food supply- -nothing like It will happen
if good farmers and hustIing workers
come to this section"
Mr.. Soper added that be had right to
talk il this manner as be had come from
the North and was not q natige.born
Delawarean. He advised his friends
throughout the country from whence he
came to get acquainted with the Della
ware peninsula while land is reasonably
cheap.
The ambition Of Mr.. Soper and his son
is to have 100. 600 apple trees in bearing.
the greatest apple grove owned BY one
family in the world. They now have
IS, 600 trees.
That they have thoroughly learned the
art of spraying, ploughing and otherwise
caring for and cuItiyating apples is dem.
onstrated when it is seen by an inspection
Of the Kent county orchards planted and
cultured by the sopers, that in the midst
Of the bad fruit year, they will have
full crop of late apples. Their early
apple crop. will be one.half.
A full early apple crop off this farm
would mean over 1900 bushels. The
yield this year.will be $500 Of ''earlies. "
OF the early apples, Yellow Transpar-
ent are extremely popular, For this
highIy.esteemed variety, the sopers have
received $l.O0 bushel this year. They
will have, altogether, about 100 bushels
OF Transparents,
Mr.. Soper, who is the author Of the
good roads bill which passed the recent
Legislature and has since been ignored
BY the Levy Court which has practically
determined on do nothing policy, is not
content to sit idly by when other States
are in the midst Of new century road
making, With this in view he will, at
bis own expense, build macadam road
of the latest style from his home TO the
Camden w yoming roadway, distance Of
half a mile. He will build this at his
own private expense.
He is a firm believer in the use Of
stone, even if not in the regular macadam
road formula, on the county roads.
"The road from Wyoming to Camden,
built by Former Levy Court Commits.
sioner William D. Richards" said Mr..
Soper, sis one of the best pieces of road
work have ever seen in Delaware. This
faithful servant of the people deserves
undying praise for this work which he
did at great sacrifice Of time and on only
small appropriation allowances from the
permanent good roads account. be-
iiege that the great body of farmers Of
this section appreciate this splendid work.
Il Is pity that We are not building every
dav alonO tha aama line -
Il is said that il the Sopers attain their
ambition, with their acquired knowledge
Of the apple business, OF continuous or.
chard Of 100000 trees, they will both be-
come milIionaires.
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Carss Elood. Skin Di5ses sS,Cgncsr Creates
nYrn5 pw~;HNe wrEk

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catarrh, rheumatism or any blood Or skin
disease. take Botanic Blood Balm B. B
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stop and the blood is made pure and rich
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Co., Atlanta, Ga. B. B. B. is especially
advised for chronic, deep-seated cases, as
il cures after all else fails.
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CURRENT PRICES

BIIDDLEToWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. B. FoARD.
Wheat-No. $I.lOl Corn
No. 2 Yellow, shelled 75
Timothy Seed $3.50 8 cob ..... Is
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very few persons affected by al
income taa If the eketn nptlon we're
IS high as snggested II The in-
come tax proposals that have
been talked of in the Senate
EUening journal.
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THE FARMERS PAPER

The Suns market reports aud COM
mercial columns are complete and re.
Liable, and put the farmer, the merchant
and the broker in touch with the markets
of Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston, New
York, Chicago, Philadelphia and all other
important points in the United States
and other countries. All of which the
raodor o,ofu for ono oonk
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stimulating to noble ideals in individual
and national life.
The Sun is published on Sunday as
By Nail the Daily Sun, IS a year in
Guiding the Sunday sun, $3.50. The Sunday
sun alone, $1.50 a year.
Address
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Publishers and Proprietors,
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Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10

of Bay sereet, with a view to pur- chase and improve the appearance of the Watch Hill water front, made re- port through George A. Pope, chair man. The lowest price that could be obtained for the land. not including the buildings, was s51,60O. As the legislative act fixed the sum that could be expended for the purchase at s5O,000, 1t was voted to accept the re- port and discharge the committee. So the effort to widen and improve Bay street by the removal of the shacks on the west side is at an end for the present
 In order to meet the outstanding in- debtedness of the fire district it was voted to levy a tax of 20 on $100, to take effect this year. It was also vot- ed to have a fire hydrant located about midway between the Mrs. G. H. Bab- cock cottage and the summer resi- dence. of Park Painter.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
Local Laconics.

Arthur L. Perry, treasurer of the Washington Trust company, has re- turned from a trip to Seattle.
 Miss Bessie Tirrell of South Boston is the guest of MT. and Mrs. George A. Golden in Narragansett avenue.
 Chief Engineer Stahle of Pawcatuck will attend the annual convention of the State Firemen's league in New London today (Tuesday) and Wednes- day. Mir. Stahle is vice president for New London county.
 While forced to acknowledge that George Edward Burdick of North Stonington was severely beaten in Westerly Sunday afternoon, the po- lice discredit MT. Burdick's story that he had been robbed of $1S5. No ar rests have been made.
 The schooner Ruth arrived at No- ank from New London Monday to load with junk from the once famous yacht Palmer now being dismantled at the Palmer shipyard. The Ruth was for merly a fine yacht, too. She was built at Noank for Charles w. Wat rous of New York, who was a native of New London.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
BALTIC
Workinsmen's Social Club Picnic Prize Winners - News from the Campers.

A most successful picnic was held by the Workingmen's Social club on Depot hill Saturday afternoon and evening. In the afternoon the follow ing sports were enjoyed by the large crowd present:
 Members race (1oo yards)-W. Jones first, wtach fob; P. Peloquin second, razor.
 Boys racer. Sullivan first, foun- tain pen; P. Peloquin second, pearl knife.
 100 yards dash first prize, gold fob. Jarvis; second prize. berry dish, V. Caron; third prize, picture frame.
 20 yards dash-Aberg first, berry dish; Aubrey second. suit case.
 300 yards dash-Aberg first, suit case; Aubrey second, pipe.
 Two mile run--l Donohoe, WIlli- mantle first, $10 clock; Benoit second, gold medal: Norman third. s2 order: J. Higham fourth, alarm clock. shoes. Aubrey, second, umbrella.
 Hop. step and jump-Aubrey first, pipe; o. Chabot, second. fishing rod.
 Ladies race, 50 yards-Miss Nellie Bclchard first, clock; Mrs. c. Barns second. berry spoon.
 In the evening there was dancing. The many booths were well patronized.
 Chiefly Personal.
 Arthur Bateson and William Doane of Pawtucket are spending the week at Camp Burk, up the Shetucket river.
 Henry Allen is camping for few days at his cCttege at hishers Island.
 Officer John MsGuire was at Putnam Saturday umpiring the ball game be- tween the c. A. c. of Putnam and Andrews of North Grosvenordale.
 Arthur Dobbrow was on a business trip i'll Putnam Saturday.
 John Clatby spent Sunday at his home in Providence.
 Miss Lena Brennan is visiting rela- tives in Stafford Springs.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
STAFFORD SPRINGS
John Zampo!li. IA, Accidentally Shoots Himself-Miss Willard to Teach at Saco.

John Zampolli. fourteen years of age, shot himself accidentally Sunday morning at about 5.30. A small 22 call iber rifle was in the corner of the room in. which the boy with his brother slept. Emlnucl, the older brother, was looking at a picture on the cover of a Wild West novel when he heard a rifle shot back of him and on turn ing saw his brother falling over back wards He placed a pillow under his head and ran for the doctor pr. Bard arrived shortly and stayed with the boy uniil he died about an hour after the shooting. Coroner Fish and Medi- cal Examiner Newton arrived soon and questioned the boy who was in the room at the time. He laimed to have bought the gun for another boy but after buying it the other boy didn't w9nt it so he kept 1t in the house with him. He had no cartridges for the gun and thinks that the dead boy must have obtained them from playnlates. After further questioning into the details and consultation. the coroner and< doctors decided that the boy died from the effects of the wound oaused by hims. If The boy leaves his father and mother Mir. and Mrs. Celesti Zampolli. sister,. Mrs. John Carocari. and a brother Emanuel.
 Borough Notes.
 Miss Willard. recently language teacher in the High school here, has been engaged as French and German
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
Twas a Glorious Victory.

There's rejoicing in Fedora, Tenn A mans life has been saved and now Dr. Kings New Discovery is the talk of the town for curing c. V. Pepper of deadly lung hemorrhages. T could not work nor get about he writes, and the doctors did me no good. but after using Dr. Kings New Discovery three weeks l feel like new man and can do good work again" For weak, sore or diseased lungs, coughs and colds. hemorrhages. hay fever, la grippe, asthma or any bronchial affection it stands unrivaled. Price soc and $1. Trial bottle free Sold and guaranteed by The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
Washinaton's Plaque Spots

lie in the low, marshy bottoms of the Potomac, the breeding ground of ma laria germs. These germs cause chills. fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weakness and general debili- ty and bring suffering or death to thousands yearly. But Electric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. They are the best all-round tonic and cure for malaria I ever used" writes R. M. James of Lou ellen. s. c. They cure stomach liver. kidney and blood troubles and will pre- vent typhoid. Try them, soc Guaran- teed by The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10

teacher at the Thornton academy. saco, Maine.
 William Ohl and Miss Matilda An- ger of Worcester, Mass. are spending few days with MT. and Mrs. H. O. Butterfield.
 In the absence of the pastor the regular Thursday evening prayerfneet- ings at the Congregational church will be conducted by the following: Aug. 12, c. H. Moore, 18th, c. F. Chandler, 26th, J. c. Converse, and. Sept. 5, J. W. Robinson. Rev. H. A. Blake will spend the month in Bartlett, N. H.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
Cured Hay Fever and Summer Cold.

A. $. Nusbaum Batesville Indiana, writes: Last year I suffered for three months with a summer cold so dis dressing that it interfered with my business. had many of the symptoms of hay fever. and a doctors prescrip- ton did not reach my case. and I~took several medicines which seemed only to aggravate it. Fortunately I insisted upon having Foley's Honey and Tar. It quickly cured me. My wife has since used Foley's Honey and Tar with the same success" The Lee & Osgood Go.
Norwich bulletin., 1909-08-10
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Thomaston.-Excellen tennis is be- ing played on the tennis courts in Thomaston.
 Portland.-W. H. Kelsey killed rattler Saturday measuring four and one-half feet long.
 BristoI.-The society circus given on Dunbar's lot for the benefit of the Bristol band was big success.
 MiddIetown.-The members of Gen. tral lodge of Odd Fellows had charge of the funeral services of William w. Vance in East Berlin Sunday.
 Thompsonville. = The trolleymens union has arrangements made for its third annual assembly and promenade to be held at Piney Ridge Friday even ing.
 Waterbury.-The committee of the board of public works on public lands and buildings has directed that the old engine house in Brooklyn be fitted up for library purposes.
 chester.-Fred L. Fleetham of Deep