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Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
DELAWARE COLLEGE ,

A special feature of the Summer Ses-
sion of 1914-15 will be the use of the Re-
sidence Hall of the Women's College as
a dormitory. Professor Mary E. Rich
of the Department of Education will
act as Dean of Women for the Summer
Session. She will take general charge
of the dormitory and the social life
there. Miss Sarah Churchman matron
of the Women's College will remain
for the Summer Session.
Residence Hall is airy and we'll light
ed. The parlors are attractive and the
Browsing Room is provided with well
selected books for general reading.
The kitchen and dining room equip
ment is modern and complete. The
bedrooms, with the exception of few
single rooms, accommodate two persons
each. Each student is asked to pro-
vide her own sheets, pillow cases, and
towels clearly marked for convenience
in the laundry. The laundry facilities
are of the best and students may ar
range to make use of them for their
personal laundry if they wish to do so.
The tennis and basket ball courts will
be available for the Summer students.
The charge of $500 per week covers
the cost of room and board.
PRES. MITCHELL ATTENDS MEETING
President Mitchell of Delaware Col
lege attended the meeting of the Ameri-
can Academy of Political aud Social
Science held at the University of
Pennsylvania on April Both and May l.
President Mitchell went as a delegate
from Delaware appointed, among
others by Governor Miller. This Aca-
denny, whose subject is the study of
methods of social and political improve
ment, has for it president Professor
Rome, who is to lecture at Delaware
College on May 17th.
INVESTIGATIONS ON PEACH DISEASES
The Department of Plant Pathology
of the Experiment Station has made a
planting of one acre of peaches on the
Stations grounds for the purpose of
studying peach yellows, little peach,
rosette, and similar diseases the causes
of which are at present unknown. Yel-
lows and little peach rosette are serious
diseases in Delaware which are making
heavy inroads into profitable peach
growing. Some of the featured out
lined for the investigation are;
1. Range of hosts other than the
peach. There is some evidence that
peach and other nut trees are subject
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08

to yellows. Paintings of nut trees have
been included to test out this phase of
the Investigations.
2. The active factors in distribution:
(2) Insects.
(b) Pruning, picking cultivation,
cultural practices.
(c) Meteorological conditions.
3. The Causative organisms. Patho-
logists are strongly inclined to the
theory that these diseases are caused
by specific organisms, and that they
will in time be cleared up by persistent
Investigations. These organisms have
not been defined by staining or the mi
croscope. Hence they are spoken of
as ultra-miscroscopic. Their presence
in certain solutions is beyond doubt, as
such solutions readily cause infection.
DIR. Manns is of the opinion that the
growths in proper solutions may be de-
monstrated by optical changes produced
in such solutions, which indicate the
presence of virus. With such solu-
tions, free from plant and other resi-
due, it seems more probable that the
organism will yield to staining and mi
croscopical demonstration. Investiga-
tions are to be conducted with this end
in view.
4. Investigations looking toward
control: Some recent work points to
the possibility of control of plant dis
ease by medication or feeding of the
tree chemicals. The difference between
the susceptibility of fruit trees to speci-
fic disease is believed to be due to spe-
cifc differences in protective properties
in the sap of the tree. By three medi-
cations it seems probable that these
protective properties may be fed into
the tree by the use of plant alkaloide
and similar chemicals.
A variety test is being conducted
looking toward resistance.
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would chiefly concern themselves, bat
they frequently imperil and sometimes
even destroy, the lives of others, and
besides,so terrOrize thepubIic highways
as to exclude many persons, especially
women and night riders, from their use
altogether. Thus a few selfish, reck-
less individuals practically usurp to
their own use the roads intended to
serve all citizens.
This should not be, and if the law
were enforced, it need not be. In New
Jersey they put this gentry promptly
behind the bars, and the effectis whole
some. Perhaps our State after a sufi-
cient number of innocent victims have
been offered up on the altar of the
speed maniac's vanity, will also put the
Jail break on.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
Passing Of the Frost

An agricultural theory that has pro-
badly been in circulation as Delaware
farming maxim for more than hun
dred years is that the twentieth of
April marks the passing of the frost
line. Occasionally, there have been
frosty nights after the twentieth, but
taking experience upon the average,
the fruit buds that are alive on the
twentieth day of April may be regard
ed as past the danger point, also the
seeds that are ready for the blooming.
By the same token the tickle spring
season has arrived at stepdiness and
reliability of temperament that is sug-
gestive of the good old summer time.
A day like Sunday sets everybody
dreaming of the good times just ahead.
"When the bloom is on the clover and
the blue is in the sky"-well there is
not much longer to wait. 1t is just a
little way ahead. Get out your old
straw hat and have it furnished up, or
else pick out a new one. We have
crossed the frost line.
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Prizes for Corn and Potatoes

Many farmers in different parts of
the State have already registered for
the prizes that have been offered by the
State Board of Agriculture for growing
corn and potatoes. The first prize will
be gold medal for the best acre of
seed corn. The second prize will be $50
in cash for the acre giving the highest
yield. There are also several prizes for
corn and potatoes. The highest priz e
for potatoes will be $50 for the largest
quantity grown on one acre.
Middletown transcript., 1915-05-08
SPEED MANIA PERIL

W7ITHIN the past 80 days four bad
" automobile accidents have oc-
CURED within about two miles of Mid
dletown-all but one doubtless due to
speeding. Several persons have been
injured-one, very seriously in
each case tine wonder is that one or
more were not killed outright. M
Last year in the campaign against
the reckless speed maniacs who make
the public highways peril to drivers
of teams, to pedestrians and to careful
autOmobilists, in one day out of many
whose speed was observed, there was
one whose speed over measured course
was shown by stopwatch to be over
go miles an hour, and the average speed
Of all observed, was a trifle over SO
miles an hour.
A few days later when the fact of
this espionage had gotten pretty well
nOised abroad. the days average had
fallen to "a miles!
There are scOrching maniacs who are
known to exceed the legal limits habit
ually, some of them tearing along the
common highways at rates far beyond
that attained by the railroad express.
Il such violators of the law endan-
esred or broke only their own necks, it
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.IDDLETOwE, DEL, NAY 8, 1915
YANKEE CUPTDTTY!

LONDON, May 0.-ln the matter
of financial relief for Belgium, Great
Britain has not done her duty, ac-
cording to John Galeworthy, the
author, in issuing an appeal for con-
tributions on behalf of the newly
organized British national commit
tee for Belgium relief. After citing
how Belgium stood to her guns, Mr..
Galeworthy says:
''In return what is Great Britain
doing spending money and blood
like water to drive the Germans out
of Belgium? Yes, but let us be
honest. We should have had to do
that in any case for our own interest.
We are not thereby discharging
debts of gratitude, justice and hui
manity."
Mr.. Galsworthy adds that it is
true that England is harboring 2OO,-
600 Belgians, but that is not enough
for her to do. Money, he says, has
poured in from the United States,
Canada and Australia for the Bel
gians, "but from ourselves there
has been virtually nothing given"
AS the funds of the American
commission for Relief in Belgium
are now failing fast, Mr.. Galsworthy
argues that it is for Great Britain
to step into the breach.-Er.
American gold, American food and
clothing also bought with American
gold, have fairly inundated poor starv-
ing Belgium, and many American mer
and women have in person gone to min.
lister to this suffering nation, just as
for century like gifts have been pour
ing into every land from far away Ca
thay to the barren steppes of Russia,
where an appeal has gone forth frC n
the helpless victims of flood, plague
and famine.
Despite these facts that disclose
rich palm ''as open as day tC
melting charity" we read in the English
press frequent sneers at the Yankee
love of the almighty dollar!''
A few years ago, when 10000. .OOC
were starving in India, America sent
millions of money to feed the land that
since Lord Gives conquest had poured
"the treasures of Ormus and of Ind
into Britain's lap, but England herself
was as stingy then to help her own In
dia as now she is to requite the heroic
Belgians who like a sea wall impreg-
nable stood between her and the fata
Germanic food.
The pious but money-loving queen
Victoria with millions in her own prioy
purse, and barn full of the costly
Paisley shawls given her by these same
famishing East Indians, set the liberal
pace by giving the measley pittance of
$40, 900, when rather than let the five
millions die, who did dies, ,0OO, 900 think
Of itl-she should with her millions have
saved these perishing subjects of hers.
o yes. the Yankees are money makers
but they also ''wear their hearts on
their sleeves, which is more than the
tight-fisted Englishmen can say.
We are likewise greeted with similar
jibes from the German critics, mean
while they are making orphans anC
widows wholesale, and we feeding anC
clothing them! America pouring whea
into starving Belgium, and German
hordes shipping train loads of Belgian
wheat out of Belgium into their owl
iandl These rapacious foreign critic
of ours had better move out of thei
glass houses before venturing to pei
their bettersl
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The Better Sort of Store SERVICE

HE principles upon which this
IN store has reared and nourished,
which have given it its stature and
sound construction are straight for
ward dealing, fairest and lowest prices,
best goods, and a civil and Obliging
store service, backed by alert, enter
prising and intelligent direction and
management. 1t is just such store
service that you would plan for your
self if you were planning this store.
And so we desire to have you call this store,
your store-whatever faults you see, we will
appreciate it if you will tell ds-whatever
pleases you, your commendation will be most
welcome So we hope to have you work with
us to make this store the store where you will
always feel at home
Character proclaims the man-and the
store. AS in man, so in a store-worth de-
pends upon character. Growth is a sign
manual of health The essence of commercial
health is fair dealing.
This includes wide area of activity To
serve our every customer in fair and satisfac-
tory manner is our desire. You will find us
ever ready and willing to do our utmost to
satisfy you.
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How much clothes value do
you expect tOT $40
Not very much because you have
always received so little
But now at this store you'll
find that a ten dollar bill has
an unusual buying power

To the man that feels
himself limited to SO for
his clothes and to the man
who pays up to SIS for his
suit, we say, come here.
Investigate our clothes at
$40. We have no magic
power to get our clothes for
nothing or to turn $40
clothes into $15 clothes, but,
we do exercise good buying.
sense in placing our orders
and do crowd more value
into our $40 clothes, because
our idea is to do a large
business on a small margin
Of profit. That means that
he clothes that most stores
sell at $12 and SIS. are
actually sold here at $40.
We don't care whether
you take our word for it, or
not, we do want you to sec
I'll be convinced.
The evening world., 1915-04-02
FIGHT BETTORS
HOLDING Off FOR
CHANGE N ODDS
Plenty ~ Willard MONEY hu
Better Than p 10
Is Demanded.

A LTHou0H m. intsrsf' in 'hs
"a Johnson willard champion
chip battle increases 40 tho
time drass near for ths men a. enter
the rms. thcre has been Nsfy little
bstiins 10 New fork up 60 g. day.
Honest John" Kelly. Arnold RON
stein and other biz comm iss,onsfs
Intimate. how,v.r that There viii bs
a lot - money wAEerod twenty -four
hours before the men rot into action.
There are any number ~ willard
supporter. uptown not that they arc
all confident that the white man viii
beat Johnson. but they believe VII.
lard has a chance 10 win and because
~ the attractiy. odds are willing 20
risk a little money Arnold Hothstsin
IL one u those who want 10 get down
At big odds on willard. but up TO
last night he managed 10 place only "A
few thousand and found Il very aim
cult TO ret az to !.
Honest John" Kelly has com
mission % IS, 600 10 bet On willard. but
his clients are demanding 3 to l and
thus far he has failed to place any
waxors. Hs In a strong supporter Of
Johnson and would cover the bot
himself n tho willard mon are will
Ing 10 take II TO o.
Billy Newman In canyassing H1r-
lem trying 10 locate some johnson
money. Iio has $500 that he wants
70 wager on willard. but demands
~ to !. Many Of tho men who OPP
Grated books on the big tracks In
recent years arc getting ready 10
handle commissions but thcy Will not
oher more than . to l.
Baron Wilkens, one OF Johnson's
closest friends In New York. says
there has been little betting among
tho sporty population Of the colorcd
r1cc, Tho Baron has n few commits
sions. but viii not place any money
until something definite In odds is
established. Wllkens rs disappointed
over not hearing from Johnson. lie
has written TO him and on Monday he
cabled to thu champion asking him
what he (Wilkens) should do about
betting on tho fight. Up TO last ight
he had not received n reply 81 think
I will hear from him by Saturday"
said wilkens.
II was rumored on Broadway last
night that Wizards supporters In
Havana were sending up u $50. 600
commission 60 DO bet at odds Of 9
90 !. At this price they will have no
trouble getting down.
The evening world., 1915-04-02
NiEht Auto tariou Inn. ~

Slrht racing by electric nght AZ IN,
brighton Beach race track viii be ~.
feature ~ the opening automobile rae,
meeting NJ the season on Saturday. June
IL. The track Viii be lighted with nitro
gen lamps. Application has been made
for the sanction from tho American An.
tnmohilo Association and the list OF
events Will be issued within "a row days.
The evening world., 1915-04-02

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Yale Keats Columbia Swimmers.

Yale swimmers defeated Columbla's
stars last night In the New York Ath-
letic club pool by acoro OF 30 10 "a
" T. Nollmcr 81 Columbia was a whole
team In himself. as no tailed rs points
yards and go yards.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-18
LAWS OF
CHINA RELAXING
EFFECTS OF WAR HAS CAUSED
GOVERNMENT TO FALL BACK
ON OPIUM AS A SOURCE OF
REVENUE.
By ASSOCIATED PRESS.

Picking, Oct. 1.-THE effects of the
war upon China have been severe in
many ways, and one Of the worst is
that the government, driven for need
of money to desperate straits, has
now compelled to relax, for the pur-
poses of revenue, on the splendid
opium reform which it achieved in
recent years to the amazement of
the world.
The Chinese government has been
living for a number of years largely
on loans procured from European
countries. These loans came to an
abrupt end when the war began. The
Chinese government endeavored to
make domestic loans, but succeeded
only in comparatively insignificant
way. 1t is now trying to institute a
new system Of taxation, but is max
ing little progress; and recently
agents of the Ministry of Finance
have come to an agreement with a
combination of foreign opium mer-
chants in Shanghai to permit six
thousand cases which have been lying
there for over year to enter the
province of Kiangsu on payment of a
surtax of 81 800 a case, making for
the government $9,000,000.
These six thousand cases represent
the last of the Indian opium that will
come legally to China. This was stock
which was certified by the British
government In India and nermittAd
to come to China during the last few
years before the British government
finally terminated the shipments to
this country. Since that time opium
merchants in Shanghai have been
fighting hard to get the drug into
China, and the Chinese have been
struggling to keep it out. Now, how
ever the Chinese Minister of Finance,
Chow Hsueh-hsi, being driven to des-
perate ends, has undoubtedly with
the sanction of President Yuan, with
out whose approval it could not be
done) agreed to settle this long
standing question by allowing opium
to be consumed in Kiangsu for, it is
estimated, at least two more years.
Meantime, governors Of different
provinces, according to authentic and
persistent. reports, have also modified
their restrictions on the planting Of
the poppy, because of the need Of
money and the large revenue which
I can be derived from the sale anC
transit of opium.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-18
Biz Show at the Bonita.

The Bonita will have today one of
the strongest programs offered re-
Gently in this city. The four-reel
Kalem, Broadway Favorites" feature
"The transformers" with Myrtle
Tannehill, the popular star of the le-
gitimate stage, in the principal role,
is a photoplay that will be thoroughly
enjoyed by every one. There win be
also a NINA" comedy, "How Wife
Won Out" .-
As an extra added attraction, Col
Chisn, the champion sharpshooter of
the world, will give an exhibition of
fancy shooting, such as shooting a
match out of mans mouth, etc. He
will also lecture on 72 beautiful slides
from his horseback rides through
South America. Col. Chism will ap-
pear in two shows, at o'clock p. M.
and $50 p. m. There will be no adj
vance in prices of admission.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-18
DAVIS PACKAGE LAW
BEING TESTED OUT
in SUPREME COURT
NUMBER OF INTERESTING CON-
TENTIONS HAVE BEEN SET
UP IN CASE WHICH HAS BEEN
PURPOSELY MADE.
SPECIAL no THE JoURNAI.

Tallahassee, Oct. 17.-Before a
gathering of interested lawyers, min
listers, ladies and newspaper men,
Julian Hartridge Friday opened argu-
ments before the supreme court here
on the validity of the Davis package
law. J. E. Hartridge also represents
the defendant in the arranged test
case from Jacksonville. Attorney
General Thomas F. West alone repre-
sents the state.
Beginning at 10 o'clock, Julian
Hartridge was still speaking late in
the afternoon and had apparently
deeply interested the justices. The
attorneys from Jacksonville were al
lowed the opening and closing. Argu-
ments were finished late Satur-
day when the case was taken under
advisement.
Sections one and seven, relating re-
spectively to size of packages and
drinking elsewhere than on premises
are the portions of the Davis law at
tackled. Mr.. Hartridge claimed the
size of the package prohibits all of a
certain portion Of the liquor traffic
that the laws regulating retail and
wholesale business and recognizing
tipping houses and barrooms which
were on statute books before, and al
time constitution adopted by people
guaranteed article nineteen of the
constitution provided for local option
1t contends that section one disap-
points the intent of constitution to
provide for local option and prohibits
the retail sale. He cited that the
title of the bill uses the word, "regu-
late" and that regulate and prohibit
are not synonymous. He also con-
tends the title says sale and furnish.
ing and not the manner Of drinking
Therefore, the section relating t
drinking on the premises is unconsti.
tutional because it regulates con
sumption and takes away right b
drink as given by constitution. He
said the right to make certain sales
had been taken away from the Ii
censed dealer and left with no one
else. Therefore certain sales are pro
hibited and not regulated.
Justice; Taylor suggested that if thu
legislature could prohibit sales in les
than half pint, it could also prohibi
sales of less than forty gallons, ant
asked if that would not constitute
practical prohibition.
The case in point is that of Adolpi
Pricha, arrested in Jacksonville whel
in the presence of invited deputies
he purposely sold a drink over tn
bar to a deputy and allowed it to b.
drunk on the premises.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-18
HARRIS.

Harris, Oct. 1T.-Our entire com
munity was greatly shocked Satur-
day when news was received here of
the death of one of our oldest and
most highly respected citizens, Mr..
Wilson Allen Watson. He had
reached the ripe old age of 73 years,
and up until four or five months ago
was very active. He was born in
Columbus, Ga, in 1912, and then
quite young man, came to Florida,
and was a carpenter and boat builder
for years at Freeport, Fla, from
there he moved to what is now our
little village, Harris, Fla, where he
built a pair of ways and built and
repaired boats, also run a truck
garden at his old home here, which
has always been thought beautiful
spot. Two years ago Mr.. Watson
exchanged his place here for one in
Pensacola, where he has since re-
sided with his daughter, Mrs. Henry
Thomas. He is survived by two sons,
Albert and Jesse Watson, both of
Pensacola, and three daughters, Mrs.
Henry Thomas, of Pensacola; Mrs. J.
7. Jones, of Harris, and Mrs. jim
Burlison, of Melville. He died at his
home in Pensacola, and his remains
kere brought here Saturday and
placed at rest Sunday evening at
o'clock in the Mary Esther cemetery.
The family have the sympathy of this
entire community.
Miss Myrtice Reddick returned
home from Pensacola Saturday and
entered school Monday to the delight
of her many friends.
School is progressing nicely here
with Miss Maggie Etheridge as
teacher.
Mr.. w. T. Hart arrived on the
launch Willie R, today, after a bust
ness call to Smith & Suttons' still al
Town Point.
Mr.. Jeff Spottswood returned t,
his place as chef at the county Jail il
Pensacola, Fla, Saturday, after
having spent the past six weeks here
fishing and recuperatirg. He reports
plenty fish every day.
Mr.. P. L. Hand of Carriers, was {
business caller here Tuesday.
Misses Alva Myrtice and Claudio
Reddick were pleasant callers of Mrs
Belle Wright Monday.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-10-18
SAL VATION ARMY
TO RAISE FUNDS
WILL HAVE A RUMMAGE SALE
COMMENCING WEDNESDAY
AND CONTINUING THROUGH
WEEK.

In order TO meet a debt which is
now past due the Salvation Army will
conduct a rummage sale commencing
Wednesday morning and continuing
through the remainder of the week.
Ensign Aughenbaugh is endeavoring
by this method to raise funds. The
Army for several weeks has been
caring for a number of very poor
people and with the debt coming due
it has been necessary to adopt some
method Of raising funds.
Charitably inclined persons wish
ing to aid and who have secondhand
clothing, cooking stoves, iron beds or
any articles of this character are re-
quested to call phone 1241, and they
will be called for.