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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Flag Presented To Church

Mr.. D. c. Rose visited Mount
Zion A. U. M. E. church last Sum
day evening, and presented the
congregation with a flag, which he
requested be displayed until the
declaration of peace. Rev. w. H.
Forward in accepting the flag said,
though his head was white from
the frost of many winters, if he
hsould be called to the front he
would aim to do the soldiers part
that should be assigned to him.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
COLLEGE ADDS
DRILL HOURS
Students Await Call Of Gov
ernment

At meeting of the faculty of
Delaware College held on Monday.
it was decided to add six hours a
week to the regular drill periods,
in order to prepare the students
for examination in the Federal Of
ficer's Reserve Corps. Although
the college pledges the heartiest
cooperation to the government, an
effort is being made to preserve the
student body intact, until a definite
call shall come. Stuednts assisting
the county agents, or engaged in
any other urgent State or Federal
work will be released from class
room work; none, however, will be
permitted to leave, without a loss
of class rating, for other than SER
vice for the public good.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
OUR ATTITUDE
TOWARD THE WAR
Rev. w. ]. Rowan Discusses
The Topic At The Sun
day Service

Members of the Junior Order
American Mechanics attended the
morning church service at the
Presbyterian Church last Sunday.
The pastor, Rev. w. J. Rowan,
delivered a strong address to the
Order, emphasizing our country's
claims on it's citizens in the pres
ent War for Humanity. DR.. Row.
an announced as his text | Kings
xx-2S, "And there came a man of
God, and spoke unto the King of
Israel, and said, Thus saith the
Lord, because the Syrians have
said, The Lord is God Of the hills,
but he is not the God of the val
leys, therefore will | deliver all
this great multitude into thine
hand, and ye shall know that l am
the Lord"
He said in part: 81 will not take
your time in reviewing the history
of the present war in Europe, and
the steps by which we have been
drawn into the struggle. We as
sumo, as we have a right to do,
that you and all who bear the
name of your order are true pa
triots. We have no doubt about
this, for while you jealousy guard
the secrets of your order, yet you
have never hesitated to let the out
side world understand that you
place your country second only to
God in your estimation. You are
distinctively an American institu-
tion, indeed one of the very few
that will not receive into member
ship any man who was born of
foreign parents in another land.
Because you are Jealous for your
country you began in 1897 the
agitation for a restricted immigra-
ton, and you never let up until
you accomplished your purpose.
Three presidents vetoed the bill
after it had been passed by
both houses of Congress. The
new bill goes into effect the
coming May first. Therefore at
this crucial time, it may be
the most crucial time in our
history. we cannot conceive
that you will fail to measure up
to expectations We have been
forced into war to defend our pres-
ent civilization which we have
helped to build up at such a sacri-
flee Of body, and mind, and soul,
We have no apologies to offer for
our course. There was nothing
else for US to do. We did not seek
quarrel with either of the bel
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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
School Children
as Gardeners
Thirty Gardens ,DiU be Planted
this Week

School garden work which has
been carried on enthusiasticall
by pupils of the Newark schools
for the last two years, has receiv-
ed an impetus this season by the
national emergency. The children
are planning their gradens with
all the zest of the Red Cross work.
er who volunteers to add his mite
of service for the general good.
The lot adjoining the public school
grounds, loaned for the purpose by
the trustees of Delaware College,
has been plowed and narrowed
within the last fortnight, and the
children are busy numbering and
stalking out their gardens. Thirty
plots have been measured off, the
older boys taking gardens 4Ox5O
feet, the younger ones, 40x30, and
eight girls each volunteering to
look after plot 30x25. The young
gardeners were calculating on Mon
day to make their first paintings
today. Each garden will include
two rows of onions, one of lettuce,
one of radishes, two Of peas, two
of string beans, thirty tomato
plants, and twenty-four hills of
lima beans. Their second plant
ings will include potatoes and
corn. In addition to the school
gardens five young people have
volunteered to do home garden
work.
The work this year is under the
direction of Miss Agnes Medill,
who is employed through the Della
ware College Experiment Station
by the Federal government. The
children have earned the funds
necessary for the preparatory
working of the soil, the purchase
of seed, tools, etc. Several loads
of street cleanings have been haul
ed by the Street Committee of
Council, to the lot, to be used as
fertilizer, during the past week.
Prizes will be offered this year,
as last year, for the best garden
work. The children enrolled in the
class are from 8 to 16 years of age.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Boy Scouts Active

Troop 2 of Newark held it's
weekly meeting at the Armory on
Friday evening.
Scoutmaster Chillas suggested
that the scouts cultivate gardens
as means of assisting in the
campaign, being conducted by the
Federal Government to increase
the food supply.
The Hospital Corp of Troop
has been fully equipped.
The scouts for exercise took a
short hike after the meeting.
Robert O. Hayes, Scribe.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
SCHOOLMEN
MAKE REPORTS
Conditions In The State
Schools

State Commissioner of Educa-
tion, Wagner, represented the State
Board of Education at the Confer
ence on Rural Life and Education
held by the United States Bureau
of Education at the University of
Pennsylvania from April 9 to II;
also as delegate from the Board
to the Schoolmen's Week, held at
the same place, April 1914. DR..
Wagner was speaker before both
conventions.
The reports of the three county
superintendent of Delaware, sub
mitted to the State Board of Ed
ucation for March revealed no
schools in New Castle County with
less than fifteen pupils enrolled.
five, however, in Kent, and one in
Sussex; five schools in New Castle
County having over as enrolled.
not any too large in Kent, and six
in Sussex. Three schools in New
Castle, three in Kent, and five in
Sussex were reported unsatis-
factory.
The State Board of Education
has decided that rural schools
shall be required to be taught a
full seven months GAO days., less
institute attendance of the teach
ers, regardless of time lost by
quarantines during the term.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
7oUn Council
Re-organizes
No Change in Committees

Newark Council met for re-or-
ganization in Council Chamber
last evening. Mr.. Hossinger was
unable to be present, and in his
absence all of the old officers and
committees were held over for the
present. E. c. Wilson remains
chairman of the Light and Water
Committee; E. B. Frazer, of the
Street; and w. H. Barton of the
Town and House Committee.
Main Street is to be resurfaced
this spring, the work to begin in
the near future.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Married Men To Be Dismissed

According to a ruling received
at the office of the Adjutant Cen
eral on Saturday, all men in the
National Guard who are married
or have any dependents, are to be
dismissed from the service. The
order also states that all men en-
listing since the declaration of war
shall be discharged Immediately
upon the declaration of peace.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Carnival Date Announced

Members of Aetna Hose, Hook
and Ladder company have fixed
the date for the annual street car
nival-evenings from July % to
August inclusive. The fremen
are planning to make the carnival
this year even more elaborate than
those held for the past several
years
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Women Work For
Music Fund

A bake to make up the deficit in
the music fund, pledged by wo-
men of the town last fall, upon the
introduction of musical instruction
IN the schools, will be held this
coming Saturday in the Newark
Opera House store building, from
one to five. Orders may be 'phon-
ed in advance to 208-M.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Society Meets With
Mrs. Tiffany

The Women's Missionary Society
of the Presbyterian Church will
meet on Thursday afternoon, April
10Th, at two-thirty, at the home Of
Mrs. Harold Tiffany. All members
are urged to be present.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
OBITUARY
Henry BOyles

Henry Boyles, aged 81 years, the
oldest man in the colored section
Of town, died last Tuesday, April
18th, of pneumonia. The deceased
bad been a member Of St. Johns
church for seventy-fve years. A
large family, including grand
children and great grandchildren,
survive.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Bean Kitchen
Nearing Completion

The building being erected by
the P. J. Ritter Conserve Company,
to be used as bean packing fac
tory, will be ready for occupancy
by May first. This department
will be operated except during the
tomato season, throughout the
year.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Grand Lodge Visits Newark

Officers of the Grand Lodge, l..
0. 0. F., will visit Newark on
Thursday evening, April 10Th, to
install the recently elected officers
of Oriental Lodge. All members
of the order are cordially invited
to be present.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
PEOPLE EX-
TEND SCHOOL TERM
State Educators Present At
Meeting

An educational rally, planned
with the purpose of arousing en-
thusiasm and collecting funds for
the extension of the school term,
was held in Colored School, dis
trict 40, last Sunday afternoon.
A large audience attended the
meeting. DR.. S. C. Mitchell, pres
ident of Delaware College, DR.. C.
A. Wagner, state commissioner of
education, and E. l.. Cross, sup
erintendent of schools of New
Castle County, were present and
addressed the colored people. The
Newark school is the only one, it
was stated at the meeting, which
by the personal efforts of the
teachers and patrons extends the
school term beyound the 14O days
required by the state law, in order
to receive the state appropriation.
An itemized statement of the fin
ances of the school was displayed
on the blackboard and explained
by one of the speakers. The report
as submitted by C. Wilson, clerk,
follows:
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
w. e. 7. u. Meeting

The w. c. T. U. will meet at the
home Of Mrs. S. NJ. Donnell this
Friday afternoon at two o'clock.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1917-04-18
Receipts

Appropriation g terms)
$4,000, minus S27.7O
deducted for Book Bill S342. 80
Taxes Collected ........ 10000
From Rent of School
house 101.57
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20
Not a suffragette,
But a New Woman
And a Dollar Bottle of Dreco
Accomplished This Won
der Almost Overnight.

Why should women want the ballot
when good health is so much better to
possess, says Mrs. Ethel Hally. Of
Huntington, w. Va?
She has struck the popular chord in
the harp OF good health which now,
more than ever occupies the minds of
provident people. Without health what
Is life worth? A mere bagatelle. n
shimmertng fantasy, and thing 10 no
looked forward to with great loneinps
is the answer.
The Dreco people have prenared :,
composite medicine that aids and as.
sists Nature to restore worn and weary
systems to the normal, God Given con.
dition which Nature intended men and
women to possess. II we were to Law
bare the only secret that we possess
the formula Of Dreco, and you were 10
submit 1t to your family physician
he could not, as an honest practitioner,
but tell you that 1t possesses wonder.
full curative powers. Where nerves
are frayed to the ragged edges, where
the stomach fails to perform its i'm.
portant function, and the liver and kid.
neys fail their duty, Dreco steps IN
and accelerated the functions until the
suffering abates. All one has to hope
for is the return Of proper functionar.
les and the person will again feel like
fighting cock, in trim with steel
spurs.
Dreco can be obtained in this city
at Cranes Drug Store, and Is recon.
mended by these druggists as being
Just as represented. or your money
will be returned. That's fair enough,
isn't it2
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2o.-The cap
ture of the island of oesel by the
German navy does not Immediately
threaten Petrograd, in the opinion Of
Russian military authorities as sum-
med up for me today by Lieut.. Smir.
noff of the Russian Mission.
Control Of 0esel gives Germany for
the first time a sea route by which
its army can be supplied with food
and munitions but the result is not
in any sense critical or decisive.
1.-The Island of Oesel," says Lieut..
Smirnoff, "is OF Importance because
since the beginning of the war its
shore batteries have protected the
mine fields at the mouth of the Gulf
Of Riga and have made it possible
for very weak force of Russian war
ships to sand Off the strongest fleet
Germany could send. When the Ger.
man navy attacked in force in May,
1915, the Russian had only one first.
class ship, cruiser, in the gulf, bu,
with the aid of the shore batteries
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20
School Benefit
ss Draws 275 People

Two hundred an dseventy-five per-
sons attended the entertainment at
lshe Riyesville graded school on Thurs
May evening. The chief address OF the
¥ing was delivered by Prof. Howard
b. McGinnis, science teacher, of the
fFairmont Normal school, who spoke
IN "Food Conservation"
Orc of the g lief features Of the en-
vas the rendition Of mu-
| steal program by the Barrackville
High school orchestra, The Harmony
IQuartette, of Fslrmont, under the lead.
I5rship of John II. Watson, sang num-
5er OF vocal selections in very cred
|itai1e manner.
Thirty dollars was raised for the
benefit of the schccl supply fund. ".
e.. Michael Is the principal OF the
grhuol at R!vesville.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

ios men whom aermGpy cannot nov
afford to spare. n
The. only military objective a TAR,
Ing Petrogrsd would DO the destrrc,
ton Of the munitions factories there,
But II must be remembered there are
at Petrpgrad only seven mpnition
plants, which produce only small
part Of the Russian armys supplies.
The greater portion comes from
abroad through Archangei and viadi.
stock, from which the lines Of com.
munication are not threatened.
Before the Gemans reached Petro.
grad every machine in these plants
would be transported to the interior,
just as in the case OF Riga. They
would capture only the wrecks OF
empty buildings.
With winter impending, the Ger.
man capture Of Petrograd would al.
most sertainly be as disastrous to the
kaie as the capture Of Moscow was
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

and light vessels it put the Germans
to flight and sunk several of their
most important ships"
Now Germany will be able to send
her trawlers in and clear the chan.
mel to Riga of mines and sunken YES.
sells. Thus she will be able to sup.
ply her northern army by water to
the relief of her overworked trans.
portation system, and it must be ad.
mitted greatly increase the menace
to the right flank of the Russian army.
"The Germans will not find any
Russian ships bottled up in the Gulf
OF Riga. Even If they had not al.
ready escaped to the Gulf of Finland
to protect Petrograd, they still had
ample opportunity to get away thru
the channel between the Island OF
Dago and the mainland, deepened
since the beginning of the war with
this very contingency in mind.
II do not believe the Germans will
attempt to take Petrograd. 1t would
be barren victory which could be
accomplished only by great sacrifice
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20
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The readers Of this paper win b
PLEASED to learn that thero q at least
ono dreaded dIsssse that science has
been able to cure IN al tts stages and
that Il catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
inhueneed By constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
faces Of the System thereby destroying
patient strength BY building up the con.
stitution and assisting. nature IN doing its
; w9ss. t., The propristor5 have g mT 'ssa
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that It fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

Early frosts in September nipped
about 100000 bushels off the 1917
potato crop but little thing like that
wasn't able to make much of dent
in the total harvest, which, according
to the expert estimators of the De.
partment of Agriculture will be one
whale Of crop. They say it will be
16S,0O0,000 bushels over 1916, which
measured 2S5,O00,OOO. That is to saw,
it will be 4S3,OOO,OOO bushels. Corn
comes comes second in increase with
a 1917 crop of S,2OO,OOO,OOO bushei.
as compared to 1916 production o.
2,600,000,000, while wheat was a dis
appointment, showing less Of an in
crease than was hoped for. Wheat
is 672,0O0,000 this year as against
66S,000,00O last. These figures are
subject to revisions, because returns
are incomplete, but Charles D. Brand,
the Departments skilled and expert
enced estimator doesn't often miss
the final figures very much in his
October guesses.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

the present defense of the worlds
liberty against the world domination
Of the Hohenzollern and the Hun
hods. The success of the que under
taking is assured, for it has the back.
ing of the government. 1t will be a
hot time in the big white town that
night.
The first service flag to be flung
to the gentle autumnal breezes hangs
from the Evening Star building. A
service flag is a banner that any
household or business concern may
hoist as proud emblem that it has
the number of men in service equal
to the number of blue stars set in a
white center, with red border.
There are q stars upon this partic.
ular banner, each star standing for
man "in the Star family" who has
entered the military service. Service
flags will be a very common, but a
very inspiring sight ere long in ev.
cry inhabitated square mile in the
United States.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

Realizing the need OF family Eairont
Flag to display patriotic hiday nuded
number OF readers dcuous spite that the
price OF flags doubled need do
clip the consecuve
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cents extua for mailing
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-10-20

The local bond.selling canvass will
end on Liberty Day. the Gath inst,
and on the night before there will be
an immense bonfire on the White
lot, which will usher in the final drive
with blaze of patriotic glory. Kind.
ling for the Liberty Beacon will be
supplied by every State in the I'm
ion, and the torch will be applied by
the wife Of the Secretary of the Navy,
surrounded by representative women
Of the Capital. There will be music
aplenty. fancy drills by boy scouts
and soldiers, booths of eevry descrip-
ton at which subscriptions for bonds
will be taken, and hundreds Of peo-
pie, young and old, in appropriate
fancy costumes suggestive of Ameri.
can history and this nations part in
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WASHINGTON NEWS =
GOSSIP ~ azzzzEs 5z99zs SMITH:

WASHINGTON, D. c. Oct. 2O.-If
every city, town and village will do
as the Nations Capital is doing.
there will be no good news for with.
ered-arm Wilhelm when the complete
returns from the second liberty loan
are all in and tabulated. For, Wash.
ington is going about buying its quo.
ia of $20,000.000 of bonds without re.
Taxing its energies or taking its
mind Off the most important business
now before the good folk OF these
United States. Not only will the
Capital take its full quota, but it will
subscribe 10 more than it's quota
How much more is yet to be deter.
mined. But it will be considerable
The quota this time is twice as much
as on the first loan. In the latter
loan, there were more bond buyers
in Washington than in any other city
on the basis of population, and 1t is
more than probable that the Capital
will continue to retain that honor
when the figures of the present huge
loan are all in and announced.
The present campaign is more in.
teresting than the first one, and more
vigorously pushed locally. There are
meetings held in various sections OF
the city day and night. addressed by
the most prominent officials and lead.
ing local bankers. The most spec
tacular feature of it thus far was
the visit of the big $50 piece marine
band from the Great Lakes Training
Station, which. gave four concerts
during its days visit under the d.
rection of Lieut.. John Philip Sousa,
and enabled speakers to reach audi
ences totally 100000 people. There
never was such big band as this
one, and to hear 1t play under the
worlds greatest bandmaster the pat
riotic war pieces of former and pres
ent war. times is to experience thrills
which cannot be described. And each
and every one of those $50 young
marines is bond buyer.
The Capital Of the Nation is set
ting a good example and fast pace
for the patriotic Americans out in
the hinterland.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-12-06
SMALL RECEIPTS SEND
CORN PRICES UPWARD
Advancement Comes After an
Early Tendency Toward
Lower Quotations.

CHICAGO. Dec. 5.-Corn advanced
In price today owing more or less to
persistent smallness of receipts de-
spite announcements of better supply
OF railway cars. The market closed
firm b-S to cent net higher with jan
uary S121 SIS and May $1.19 IL TO
$1.19 5-s oats gained is to "a
cents and pro, isions 80 cents to 81.
slight tendency to sag was notice
able at the outset in corn. Cnfilfiil-
ment of hopes that arrivals would ma
terially increase and that rural offer
ings would broaden out led soon TO Il
hardening of values and there was
bullish sentiment after rise in oats
20 fresh high price records. The scare
ity OF corn available for immediate de-
livery was emphasized by an advance
of to 10 cents being quoted fer new
crop supplies
Bulges in the price OF oats resulted
chiefly from the fact that stocks here
were meager. Buying attributed TO
packers hoisted provisions TO the max
imum of the days limit.