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The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
suffragette League Organized

A Salem County Suffrage Conference
was held at the Court House on Thursday
May 9th. The Speakers were Mrs. E.
F. Feickert, State President OF the suffrage
League, Mrs. F. II. Colon, vice President
and Mrs. Laura q. Cannon, OF the Women
Voters Alliance.
Snffragists were present from all over
the County, ami the meeting was one full
of interest and demonstrated the fact that
Equal Suffrage was simply a matter OF
~togetherness in Government just the same
AS the mans point OF view and the
woman's point of view are both needed
in the right kind Of a home. That it is
only common justice and common sense,
to let the share in e~lecting the
men, who make the laws, under which
she must live.
A League was form ed in Salem with
| the following officers
President. Mrs. Berry; Vice President,
Mrs. Truman CLAYTON; Treasurer, Mrs.
Perot; Secretary, MIS-. Wesley Sinnick-
| SON.
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Shad Fishing A Failure

The catch of shad last Monday was
from | to a half dozen to a net. Less thar
80 were caught in all the nets. A few
have taken a few drifts Since but the
catch has been small.
The wholesale price was 65c each. The
retail price for roe shad was from 81 to
$l.25.
The season this year is a financial fail
ure. From sou to 400 have been caught
by the best fishermen to a net and the
wholesale price has averaged about $500
for 100 shad. The catch is the smallest
ever known on the Delaware river and
bay, the wholesale price the highest ever
known.
Capt. Samuel M. Denny who has run
the boat line which carries shad from
Hope Creek to Philadelphia for forty-nint
wears, SAYS he did not get enough shad to
carry to pay expenses.
In wears past the catch of shad has
varied in different rivers, but this year
the catch is small in all tributaries along
the Atlantic coast. Several causes are de-
clared to lie reasons, for the decrease OF
shad. The contamination of the rivers
by refuse from cities and factories; theii
hinirance to reach the pure water at the
heads of rivers for spawning; the whole
sale catching of shad with other fish in
large pound nets along the ocean coast,
and the advent of motor boats with noises
which frighten them, all have been assign
ed as reasons.
Capt. Denny hopes tor larger rum OF
| shad in future years. but believes tina
they will never be as plentiful as in form
| er years.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
Borough Council Finds An Assessor.

An adjourned meeting of the Mayor and
Council was held Tuesday evening and
two hours consultation David A. English
became the choice of the Council, was
appointed and confirmed as assessor.
The salary has been $3.50, but because of
increased work the committee was author
lied to change the ordinance to 1925.
S. Rushing Leap appeared before the
Council and spoke in behalf of better pro-
lection against fire. He had examined
the assessments in the Borough at the
Office of the County Board of Taxation
and had found many inequalities of val
uations in adjoining and adjacent roper
ties. The law requires map to be made
| of all properties in towns for the benefit
of assessors. By equalizing of valuations
especially of farm lands held at exhorbi-
tant building lot prices he thought that
not only would the tax rate be lowered.
but more revenue be raised sufi Gent to
buy some kind of fire engine. II ethouglt
it needed because be expected a fire soon.
The Council decided to advertise for
bids for fire apparatus.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
Plant No. ? In Operation

Last Tuesday smoke began hying in
great volumes, from the three stacks l50
leet high above the ten boilers at Plant
No 2 along the road to Peunsyille three
miles below, Some OF the processes of
making powder were began and tile diff
erent processes will be extended as soon
as the machinery is ready and materials
at hand Tor manufacturing smokeless now
der OH a larger scale than ever before
made at any other powder plant in the
world. Plant No. 2 has been constructed
within tile past five months. Where were
farm fields are now hundreds of buildings
OF different sizes, in which are hund
thousands dollars worth of machinery.
While cotton is purified OH Carney Point
yet hundreds OF carloads of nitrated cot
ton are being brought from the new plant
called Hopewell, near CITY Point Va.
While much sulphuric acid is made ve,
more has to be brought from Penanno
Chemical works at Gibbstown.
Construction continues at Plant No .
aud nearly all the buildings will be DIM
lcated excepting the power house. Con-
ItructIon also continues on Plant No I
sn Carney Point. Where were meadow
GRASS lots last fall are now serpentine lines
gt railways. About 10 miles of railroad
cracks have been laid in the nast s;~
months at an extra expense of S75 O00
Where were tilIable fields and grazing and
grain helds is now a maize of buildings
i'll which powder is made in different nro.
cesses.
II increase at No. 1 with the add
ton OF No. 2 will make the daily capacit,
from about 30 tons to 200 tons Of powds,
daily. ~
How fast it is being used may be sur
missed by a news despatch from Paris nub
llsh last Wednesday which stated thar tn,
French were exploding 25O, 900 shells
day against the Germans.
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Real Estate Sales.

Mrs. Kezia Layton has sold her double
house Oil Pitman Street to Canuto and
Giovanni Clemente and intends to have a
!. new house erected on the lot on Beach
Avenue which she recently bought of
Frank Lawrence. Z2A&9&9
Capt. Samuel M. Denny has sold a lot
corner of Elm Avenue and New Street, on
the former Sheble tract to Newton B
Richardson.
Miss Blanche F. Marion, OF Atlantic
City, has sold her lot on Beach Avenue
to Samuel M. Layman, Jr.
The development and land sale of Nor
gan Park on East Main Street by the Mil
Ter Realty Company, of Trenton, has
proved a success. The public sales last
Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Monday
drew persons interested in buying land
either for building purposes OF Tor invest
ments. More than fifty lots of the 8S in
III the tract were sold for from SIPS to
$3.50 a lot.
There are "Acres of Diamonds all over
Penns Grove, but it seems necessary for
Others to come here and find them.
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Memorial Day Beautifully Observed.

Nav 30th, designated as Memorial Day
falling on Sunday, was generally observed
on Monday by the suspension OF business
in Penhs Grove and by exercises under
the auspices OF the few veterans of the
Grand Army OF the Republic and the
Sons of Veterans.
There were a dozen veterans in line.
Samuel NJ. Layman was captain; David
Bowen officer of the day anu Samuel NJ.
Denny, chaplain.
The Moose Band of Wilmington fur
nished lively music. The launching of a
small boat beautifully decorated with
flowers drew a crowu on the end of the
wharf, After the firing of three volleys
and prayer by Rev. w. l.. Morton.
Edmund j. Philips, of Altoona, Pa,
who had served three years in the Phil
pines, spoke briefly on principals the flag
represents, liberty, purity and loyalty to
the whole human race.
After the ceremonies in Riverview
Cemetery Rev. w. L. Morton made a
short address wherein he told of the ORR
gin oil Memorial Day, the great sacrifices
made in the Civil War. The cost in lives
u money was amazing and great tribute
wss due to those who offered their lives
for a united country. Great tribute is
now due to our President who is using
all the firm powers of his mind and heart
to keep this country from being led into
the great world war. While we honor
those who fought and died for their
country let us aid those in our prayers
who are now acting to save our country
from the carnage of war so that our sons
may live for their country and not die for
it.
After the ceremony in Emmanuel Gem
etary Rev. W. A. Boyd spoke Oh the
Pride and Loyalty of Citizenship; how
course OF nations was changed by Column
bus, Martin Luther and the Pilgrims,
whose sacrifices for liberty of thought and
conscience lead up to the Declaration Of
Independence. We are proud of our flag
and honor the Veterans who fought tc
make this and Undesirable Union of in
destructable states. There's was the
real essence of sacrifice.
Flags and flowers were put Upon 13s
graves by the Sons Of Veterans.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04

John L. Corson has the finest field OF
alfalfa in this region. He cut some last
Monday.
Strawberries are fine because of the
wet weather. They are selling for 10
cents a quart.
The strawberry crop in this region is
not as large as in former years. They are
not so extensively grown as in former
years.
The steamer Queen Anne, made her
first trip last Saturday. About 1900 per-
SONS were taken from Philadelphia to
Pennsville.
The Executive Committee OF the Inter-
State Milk Producers ASSN has fixed the
wholesale price OF milk for June 1915 at
Al cents per quart until further notice.
The cold rain on Wednesday and Thurs
day made fires and overcoats necessary
Tor comfort. About Il inches of water
fell. The temperature was down to so,
Workmen who 60 to and from Carney
Point have been accustomed to ride on
the freight train wnen convenient. The
Railroad Company has put a stop to the
free rides.
Because OF the cold rain on Wednesday
Wrights Sunday School has adjourned
their strawberry festival until next We'd
nesday night, the 9th. II it be rainy the
festival will be held the next clear day.
White potatoes have been low, only so
cents a buslel wholesale. They are now
90 cents. One Pilesgrove farmer has been
holding 500 bushels for higher prices.
New potatoes are worth 81 a basket.
w. B. Chamberlain, OF Wilmington
has neen made department engineer over
Plant No. l on Carney Point. Alfred F.
Porter continues to be general superin-
tendment over both plants No. l and
No. 2.
Several former soldiers are employed
as guardsmen on Carney Point. They are
superior in knowledge because they have
learned military regulations which every
citizen should know.
James Anderson, of PhiIadeldhia, who
was burned all over his body by the ex-
plosion Of a powder press on Carneys
Point on Nav 25th, died in the Homeo-
pathic hospital, Wilmington on Thursday.
<AtIe was unmarried.
The damp cool weather has been favor
able for early white potatoes James
Whitsell at Courses Landing has a fine
field of twenty-five acres, but Josiah
Batten's at Auburn is reported to surpass
all. They were in full bloom more than a
week 400.
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Thirty-Six For Is Cent.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills are now sup
piled in well-corked glass bottles, contain
ing 36 sugar coated white pills, for 25c.
One pill with a glass of water before re-
firing is an average dose. Easy and
pleasant to take. Effective and positive in
results. Cheap and economical to use.
Get q bottle to-day, take a dose tonight
your Constipation will be relieved in the
morning. SO for 25c., at all Druggist. adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
Married
IloPKINS-BARNART

Mr.. David Hopkins, Of Hazelton, Pa,
and Miss Martha Barnart, Of Pennst5rove,
daughter OF MIR. and Mrs. Harry Barnart
we've married May q, 1915, in the Epis-
copal lectory, at fiazelton, by Rev. Mr..
Shaw. MIR. Hopkins has been iii Penns
Grove Tor several months, being employ
ed at the Powder Works. They will make
their home in Wilmington.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
Most Children Have Worms

And neither Parent or Child know II.
yet ii explains why your child is nervous
pale, feverlsh, Backward. Often children
have thousands OF Worms. Think of how
dangerous this IS to your child. Don't
take any risk. Set an original Csc box of
Kickapoo Worm Killer, a candy lozenge.
Kickapoo Worm Killer will positively Kill
and remove the Worms. Relieves Constl-
patton, regulates Stomach and Bowels.
Your child will grow and learn SO much
better. Get a box to-day. At all
Druggists. adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
A Mistake rlade By rlanx.

When your suffer pains and aches by
Gay and sleep disturbing bladder weakness
by night, feel tired, nervous and run down
the kidneys and bladder should be restor-
ed to healthy, strong and regular action.
1t is a mistake to postpone treatment.
Foley Kidney Pills put the kidneys in
sound, healthy condition and keep them
active and strong Sold every where. adv.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
A New Tract Of Building Land

on the Morgan Property will be offered
for sale on Easy Terms just as soon as it
6hcan be developed. 1t is all high and dry
hound and adjoins the David Danser
sRSty at the end OF East Main street.
~ Water are piped to the
e will make fine building
kkpation apply to j.. w.
~ st. OF R. Clifford
hrty. adv.
needed, will
DIS and the
lung ALL
the risk
hand SIM
discovery
will be
kained.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04

HUME BUSINESS NEWS
Chestnut posts for sale. H. s. Barber.
adv. 3-27-tf
Linoleume, oil cloths, oil-cloth patterns
and q new line of cheap wall paper at the
Juion Corner Store. L. w. Cook. ad.
BIGGEST and BEST exclusive stock of
Latest Style HATS in Wilmington at DU-
BELLS. No. 2 East Third Street. Chill
dren's Hats a Specially. AZ
J. Ford Thompson will be in Whining
ton market to sell straw berries aud other
produce this year.. ct.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
NOTICE.!

The undersigned notifies all
persons who may be interested
hat he is the holder of an
agreement of lease from Will
helmina Lawrence and Joseph
Lawrence covering so feet
front of their land facing du
Points at the new town River
view.
GEO. w. SCHWARTZ Go.
1906 ". TIN ST., WILL, DEL.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04

Building Lots For Sale.
On Delaware AVG. and Penn Street. All
these lots are high and water good. Can be
had at reasonable urices. For particulars.
Apply 70 EMMA TURNER
ALICE MAY BARBER
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04

John L. Corson has the finest field of
alfalfa in this region. He cut some last
Monday.
The Penn's Grove record., 1915-06-04
There are 40 special conveniences
in the NEW HOOSIER-17
are entirely NEW.

(2\ The Hoosier Metal Flour Bin holds
w fifty pounds. 1t is low and easy to
fill. The sliding glass front enables you
to clean the entire bin easily. The in
side is entirely of metal, with no corners
to hold -four. First -four in is always
out first.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
A WORLD PEACE.

The greatest folly is tc talk about
world peace. Peace at the present
time would be mistake. 1t would
leave every old wound ready to break
out again. We agree with the Sioux
City Tribune, which says, 1.-THE hope
of world peace is the characterization
Of the world There are millions of
people in Germany and Russia long
ing for a different form of govern
ment, Germany and Russia represent
two different types of tyranny. Both
of these must end. Russio is the
worlds greatest opportunity for service
to humanity. Germany has carried
on everything successfully up to the
present time, but at the beginning of
the war was the end of the trail.
Further progress would have been i'm
possible for the reason that the mass
es were about ready to revolt against
the rule of the aristocracy of birth
and the aristocracy of wealth. There
is no more freedom in Germany than
there is in Russia.
1t is possible that after the war is
over the masses of the people in these
two countries may decide to con-
troll their own affairs. Germany
might go backward for awhile. but
would again go forward. Russia
would suffer from the greatest dis
cord for a time and then would adj
vance on intelligent lines.
There is nothing more inconsistent
than for kings to assert that they have
divine right to rule. No men or
women have any such right. Dem
ocracy may be inefficient, but it is
what the people are entitled to have.
We prefer some measure Of ineffi-
cheney with liberty rather than more
efficiency with tyranny.-Des Moines
Capital.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
AUSTRIAN
AMBASSADOR IN
DANGER OF REGAL


United Press.
WASHINGTON. D. c., Dec. H.
Acting Austrian Ambassador Zwied-
mex is in grave danger Of recall.
The most startling evidence that
has been presented against any Aus
trian yet is contained in photographs
and letters given to Secretary Lans-
ing by newspapers.
The letters are alleged to have been
written in 1914 to Won Neuber.
One of them said: Perhaps it
would be possible to procure suitable
passports of neutral countries at a
slight expense"
If it is shown that the Austrians
planned to use fraudulent passports,
the offense is graver than the one
that caused the recall of DR.. Dunn
ba.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
THE TOTAL GERMAN
RESOURCES IN MEN

Commenting on characteristic
German propaganda article in neu-
trail country, Belloc criticises the state
ment that "the German Empire alone
was prepared to put into the field
a total of 100000 men," 1t is gen.
orally agreed that nation is able to
mobilize about one-tenth of its popula-
ton, but Belize admits that when the
efforts extended to a second year and
when a supreme effort is made and
a few elements not quite desirable
are introduced, you may just reach
IL per cent. Twelve million of men
for Germany. however. means over
II per cent, and It would include child
rem, elderly men, invalids, lunatics
cripples. blind and paralytics. The
French general staff has calculated as
a maximum for the Germans some
what over 100000, this calculation
being based upon the knowledge Of
what they can themselves do with q
population at least as healthy.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
LOSSES OF THE
BRITISH MERCHANT MARINE

Last month the British admiralty
gave out valuable statistics regarding
the loss of merchant ships during ths
war. The number of British merchant
ships sunk by submarines was 1873,
Of which SO were destroyed by tor.
pedoes. In addition to these IT'S
British fishing vessels were sunk.
At the outbreak of the war, Great
Britain possessed 11,028 ships-about
40 per cent of the worlds shipping.
Because the 2,845 merchant ships of
the German and Austrian fleets had
been destroyed or driven into port.
the proportionate strength of the
British merchant navy had been con-
siderably larger than 40 per cent. Due
to the activity in ship building the
losses Of the British merchant marine
have been more than offset by its
growth, the fleet being larger by 8s
ships and 343,616 tons than it was
when the war commenced.
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back" he demurred.
"Paylit back when you make your
first speech in congress- she sug-
gested. Dill, being a terribly earn
est young man, had made no secret
of the fact that he was going to con-
gress some day. Tbs farm lad accept
ed the money and drew Up the note
He had good time at the social
untroubled by his new financial bur-
den. Five or six years later he fell
into the camp of Tom Johnson and
became one of his secretaries during
his gubcrnational campaign. After
the campaign, Johnson asked him
what he was going to do.
"Pm going to congress-" said Dill
"All right" said Johnson: "You
go west and pick out some good
growing town and stay there till they
send you"
Dill went to Spokane. Washington,
and here he is.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
ALLIED VESSEL FORCED
TO RUSH BACK TO PORT

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE British
freighter Tyinghame, shortly after
sailing from the port for Queenstown
sent wireless message that it was
returning because of IN. H." which
means that the ship is on fire and
leaking.
The Tyinghame rushed back to
this city with fire of mysterious
origin in its afterhold The crew was
fighting the flames. Smoke was pour
ing out in a great volume when it
arrived here.
Fire boats have been sent to aid
in putting the fire under control.
AS the ship had cargo of sugar
for the allies. it is believed the fire
was Of incendiary origin.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
SUBMARINE ACTIVITY
IN THE BALTIC SEA

1t will be interesting TO learn when
the war is over how the British sub
marines managed to break thru the
narrow straits leading from the North
sea into the Baltic. That they have
done SO, probably in considerable
numbers. is shown by their great ac-
tivity against the contraband trade
between scandinavia and the German
Baltic ports. Apparently the fleet has
recently been augmented by at least
two flotillas of submarines, for, &C.
cording to a dispatch from Copen-
hagen, flotilla Of destroyers, head
ed by a light cruiser of the "Un-
daunted" type, conveyed the subma-
rines to the entrance Of the Cattegat,
at the northern-most point of the
Jutland coast The light cruiser re-
manned here while the destroyers con-
voyed the submarines to the narrow
est part of the sound at Elsinore,
whence they made their way unaided
into the Baltic. Once they are in these
waters, they can be operated from
bases on the Russian coast; and in
their attacks on the German shipping
they are not handicapped by the vast
distances which had to be covered by
the German U-boats before they
reached the trade routes.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
COST DILL CSC AND IN
TEREST TO TAKE SEAT

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. H.
The day Congressman c. c. Dill from
Washington state rises up in congress
and makes his maiden speech it is
going to cost him rs cents. No, more
than that-25 cents plus compound in
terest thereon for Ia years. The con-
gresham, this sessions youngest,
has owed that quarter since he was
16 years old. His creditor is Mrs.
Fanny Berry Bell, Mr.. Gilead, Ohio.
and she has his not to prove it. 1t
reads:
"F'redricktown, O., Mar. 10. 1901.
s.25
For value received, promise to
pay to Fanny Berry Bell the sum Of
25 cents with compound interest at
6 per cent when l shall have made
my first speech in the state legis-
lature or the u. S. congress or shall
have won my first fight in either.
C. C. DILL"
That note may account for the fact
that Dill is n national lawmaker at
so early an age. He simply couldn't
wait any longer to get that debt off
his mind.
The circumstances are these:
Dill lived on rented farm near
Fredricktown, o. Mrs. Bell was the
wife Of the owner. On one corner Of
the farm was the Salem M. E. church
and one day a box social was an
nounced for Saturday night at the
church. Mr.. Bell asked young Dill
if he were going. Nope, didn't have
the necessary quarter, he explained
cheerfully.
T'll lend 1t to you" she said.
Don't know when ! esA ~ Il
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
BRYAN IS
CITED FOR
CONTENT

United Press.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-Justice
Giegerich has cited Bryan to show
cause why he should not be declared
in contempt of the New York supreme
court for failing to answer sub
poenae in case involving the sale
of obsolete American warships to
Greece.
Instead of remaining in New York
after the subpoena was served, Bry-
an returned to his home in Florida
and telegraphed the suggestion that
deposition be taken there.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
STORM BLOCKS TRAFFIC
IN CENTRA Estates
United Press.

CHICAGO, Dec. 11.-Interurban
traffic in Illinois, Indiana and Iowa
is tied. Central Illinois has been cut
OH from the surrounding territory
Tor hours by the seasons first sleet
storm
Later the storm has turned to snow.
Lake shipping has practically been
abandoned at nearby points.
A Wabash train was delayed for
10 hours while the passengers help
ed to remove telegraph poles from
the track.
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13
HENRY FORD is PROPOSED
FOR PRESIDENCY
United Press.

OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 11.-Local
Republicans today went to Lincoln
to file petition naming Henry Ford
as candidate for president upon the
preference ballot.
They said: HE has made good run
ming his own business, why not in
running ours? We hope he will per-
NIT his name to stand"
Semi-weekly herald. [volume] (Durango, Colo.) 1907-1917, 1915-12-13

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. IL
Suffrage workers in Washington, to
force the issue to the attention of
congress will hold mass meeting in
the Belasco theatre here tomorrow.
Senator George Sutherland and Rep
resentative Frank Mondell are to
tell of the progress of the amend
ment in congress.