Evening journal., 1913-09-05
ALL STATE
WOULD AID
WILMINGTON
Chamber Of Commerce Learns
Sentiment While on State
Fair Boost Run
HOPING FOR GREATER
DEVELOPMENT OF CITY

While the Chamber of Commerce
has for its slogan "A Greater VIII
mington," the motto of every Della
marean from now on is Greater
Delaware" Evidence OF this was Civ
en- yesterday when the Chamber Of
Commerce went on its third automo-
bile excursion through New Castle
and Kent counties in a Boost the
State Fair" excursion. Optimism
reigned in every town visited. Mar
shallton, Newark, Middletown, Smyr-
ma and Dover we're visited on the
down trip and ON the return trip sew
eral of the autos visited Odessa, ST.
Georges, Delaware City and New Cas-
tie. In each of these places literature
by the thousand pieces calling atten-
tior to the State Fair was dis
tributed.
Following the return Of the cars,
one merchant declared the excursion
meant that a lasting movement had
been made to divert the surplus of
the Delmarvia Peninsula through its
natural outlet, the city of Whining
ton. I'VE we're out today to meet
our neighbors to learn to know them
and TO show them they are ours and
W0 dlO LllClAn LulH IUEICud0l EdlQ.
A like opinion was shared by B. A.
Hazel Of Smyrna, who welcomed the
visitors there and said: I'VE stand
ready TO place our shoulders to the
wheel TO help uplift the people Of our
State. We are proud OF our State
metropolis, Wilmington, and II we
would cease the flow of money to the
markets OF Baltimore and Philadel-
ph1a this would he great State"
Thatthe scmfwy shrd emf cmfwyp
That the State ranks second to none
IN the banking world was voiced by
John s. Rossell, who, in a speech at
Dover, on the State House Green, said
SllS hanks and saving Institutions Of
Delaware represented five millions of
collars capital, with a surplus of ST.
100000, with resources OF $4,000 900
and deposits Of s33,O00,O00
The trip was the third one taken
this year by the Chamber of Com
merce, and while Il was primarily to
boost the State Fair. 1t was a boost for
Wilmington as well. The cars were
deeked with red pennants bearing
the word Wilmington" and as they
went through the various towns. the
white do II For Wilmington" Um-
brellas created a hit At Smyrna
several of the sun shades we're left
and the women folk who had them
put them TO practical use at once
II was just S.45 o'clock when the
pilot car in charge of Leslie V. Christy
started from Eleventh and Market
streets, and as II swung into Market
street the other fifteen followed. Down
Market to Sixth street they continued.
and then west on that street. AT
West street a slight accident happen
ed, but this failed to dampen the
ardor of the Boosters" and through
the old staid town the machines sped
to Prices Corner From there to
Marshallton the party was greeted by
waving hands from farm houses and
nelds, and when a cross roads near
Lumbrook was reached a stop was
made. Here Everett G. johnson, of
the Newark Post, was on hand with a
booklet advertising Newark. This
called attention to the advantages of
that town and IL concluded with the
statement: What we cannot buy IN
Newark we get from Wilmington"
"On TO Lumbrook" was then the
cry and when that place was reached
six cars, filled with representatives
of Delaware College, the two Newark
banks, the town council and manu-
facturers meet the party. The owners
OF the Newark cars. in addition to Mr.
johnson, we're David c. Rose. Eben
Frazer, ]. II. Hossinger. Samuel J.
Wright, Daniel Thompson and A. F.
Fader. These machines acted as an
escort for the parade through the
streets of Newark
Newark Gives Hearty Welcome.
After a parade through the town
past the college buildings and the
old mansion, visit was made to the
State College Farm. Here Jerome
B. Bell was spokesman for the visit
ors. In part he said I'VE have come
20 boom Delmarvia and Delaware
State Fair, our Fair and yours. We
extend cordial invitation TO you tc
visit this fair and help make II the
success il deserves"
The response was made by Everett
NJ. Johnson who referred to Whining
ton as a suburb of Newark Newark
he said, in some respects. is the head
Iof the peninsula in that It has more
state institutions than any other
town I'VE will say. Boost Delmar.
Via, II you will let our farmers stand
in King street market" he stated. re.
terring TO unsatisfactory conditions in
the local street markets. Pointing rc
the equipment of the college farm
Mr.. Johnson said that they were try
ing to teach farmers TO utilize every
opportunity to raise and sell farm
produce.
Samuel j. Wright. in a poignant
speech, shouted fervently: 81 welcom,
you, gentlemen. / welcome YOU" Fol
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