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Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

There is little prospect of popular
ity, foresters say, for !he valley oak Of
California, which was decided To he
the largest nut-bearing tree in the
United States, the contest unearthina
Il specimen in San Rcnito county which
is 81 feet 6 inches in circumference
ana 125 feet high. The valley oak is
4 very beautiful tree, but it attainS lis
maturity only after three or four hun
.!rrd years. The tree grows too slow.
iy 10 lc planted for shade or decora'
tivr purposes, and, being found only in
California. it would nave small field
If usefulness. The valley oak is not
pupuiarIy considered a nut-bearin&
lrrc; for its acorns are not generally
used for food, although, of course, they
are edible. Foresters say that the
chestnut and the black walnut are the
largest nut-bcaring trees in this coun
try and the contest did, in fact, un
earth IL chestnut near CrestmOnt, n. &.
which is SO feet inches in circum
ference and about 10 feet tall.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Townsend

Mrs. Ralph Staats, of Paola, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Harry Stats.
Eddie Boyd, who underwent an opera
ton for appendicitis, is improving.
Mrs. William A. Scott, and Mrs. L. L.
Maloney spent Wednesday in Philadel-
phia.
Harry Hart, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with his mother, Mrs. G. M.
D. Hart.
D. B. Jones was entertained Saturday
and Sunday at his sons, Joseph Jones
and family.
George W. VanDyke visited his sister,
Mrs. Sallie E. Watts, in Wilmington,
on Tuesday.
Garrett Othoson and wife, OF st.
Georges, were Sunday visitors with
John Townsend.
George Denney, wife and son, OF neal
ST. Georges, spent Sunday with his
sister, Mrs. Sallie Denney.
Mrs. Hannah Reynolds, who has beer
very i'll for the past five weeks witt
pneumonia, is improving slowly.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Fogel & Burstan's
Store News
Handsome Gingham Dresses

Just of high grade pretty Gingham House D
either hoh or low necked and long These Dre
in sne the fact that the 100 per cent
and everv item including labor also grea
increased are selling at the OLD PRICE only CSC!
Now you do charge with 'blowlng our own no'
insist that something clean out OF the ordinary! " ~
that you will exclaim when see then no" Ill ~
times can YOU do We're surprised asonishment o
all putting aside is wonderful
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
FARMING iMPLEFjE::v..>, :, IC.

Two AspriI farm wagon, ldeaI
manure gpreader. nlcCoenf.e'1 in drI,
low truck; Mccormick na:, roller,
Clark double disc harroN tii5, harro",
62 teeth; Oliver spriaE-tootn harrow
23 teeth; Penn grain drill, " rake,
Hosier corn planter. fay rz%ing,
Oliver gang pillow, thrce-lo-sr Diver
plow. ono-horse Wander p'e", Oliver
sulkey cultivator, wa&on j4c.<, 4ree-
hand cultiva;ors, grind st"ae, Van
heckie grain FAM platform g +. :, clover
seeder, good as new; forge, i.on drl'i.
emory wheel barn shove. /, :, ) and 4
horse trees; feed box, forte @hoveis
and spades. 70 grain "a~s 2 SrMHg
seats, peach bed and sPr-9@s dearborn
pole, Aspril dearborn, handy .a..'; wag-
on, rubber tire buggy, yorc ."r.'ages'
one as good as new; sets <cn har-
ness. set of chain harness. : collars,
set Of horse clippers, hrilles, : sets
carriage harness. fly net, niiE cans.
buckets, 3 barrels, Z tubs, 100 cart, z
gallon lard press, ssnsa- gril.' ~, . sets
ploW harness, lot OF household goods.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
suRMoUNTlNe OBSTACLES.


We have it sounded in our ears coz
stantly that poverty is great help
for a boy; that it is constant force
back of him to make him hump him
self. We are told of thousands and
thousands of men who have won fame
and wealth because they had the PROD
Of poverty behind them to keep them
going. There is truth in this, and q
lesson, too, which eXcites the ques-
tion, why all this endeavor to kill on
a boys poverty and give him life OF
ease and plenty? It is going on all
the time. For instance, in the older
days, when poverty was the lot of all,
a boy could skin cat anywhere, and
now it has to be done on glossy
bar in costly gymnasium. We are
despoiling the boy of all the stimuli OF
poverty and surrounding him with the
easy ways of living. Education has
duty here that is not properly recog-
nized, says the Ohio State Journal!
We are all the time bent on making
life easy-to loll and float along on
smooth stream past grassy shores ana
budding bowers. This is what we are
taught in these materialistic days. 1t
is all for the physical enjoyment ana
the vacation of the soul. We are COZ
stantly applauding poverty as an l.:
f1uence to build up the boy, and yer
are always tempting him with eNlrhv-
agance and short cuts to success. 1t
is time to get back to where the boy
is. where obstacles and difficulties are
and let him fight his way through
them.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
On Saturday
February 18th, 1917

on the premises. Green Street, East OF
Broad Street, Middletown, Delaware,
the following described Real Estate,
late of Alfred G. Cox, deceased, to-Wlt;
ALI that certain lot or parcel OF land
situate on the north side Of Green
Street. East of Broad Street, in Middle.
town, New Castle County and State OF
Delaware. -,
Bounded on the west by land of vii,
liam J. Wilson, on the north by land OF
Joseph l.. Parsons and land Of Mary 5
McWhorter, on the east by land OF Jno;
F. McWhorter, having front on SAID
Green Street Of sixty feet and extending
back one hundred and ninety-one feet
and ten inches, with back width OF
sixtv-nine feet, containing twelve thou
sand, three hundred and seventy-three
square feet Of land, more or less.
Having thereon erected two story
frame dwelling and other improvements.
Attendance will be given and terms
made known by
ANNA H. COX,
Executrix of Alfred G. Cox, deceased.
Or by Martin 3 Burris, Esquire,
Her Attorney.
Attest:- P Crouch, Clerk 0. e.
Wilmington, Delaware, January "a, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
ESTATE OF MARY 2. STEVENS

ESTATE OF MARY P. STEVENS
Deceased. Notice is hereby given that
Letters of Administration upon the
Estate of Mary P Stevens, 4te of St.
Georges Hundred, deceased, wer' duly
granted unto Harvey l.. Cooper and
Joseph G. Brown on the Gwentv-ffth
day Of January A D. 1917, ana all per-
sons Indebted to the said deceased are
requested to make paymen. to the
Administrators without delay, and all
persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly probatrd to the
said Administrators on or before the
twenty fifth day Of January, A. ..
1918, or abide by the law in this behalf.
ADDRESS: CHAs. ". RUsH, ESQ, AT
ToRNEY- -AT-LAw, WILMINGTON, DEL.
HARVEY l. COOPER.
JOSEPH G. ,:ROWN.
ADMINISTRATORS.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
q. 7.
-, ..s ~ ss9ss
SE S 9Es @.,f!, ,ss-ssg
EEG ~ - ~ q 80 * 5,rss--s&

Consisting of 13 head E i.aa f;l'eha
cows 5 heifers, coming 2 ye end; 5
heifers, coming ! year oi.i; H.
years old. ;l..-.
Two brood sows, 7 sAon'a, ."iGh. -
about 100 pounds api.r2, rtoa'-'
weighing abnut 81 pound q. e.
POULTRY: One hunt Il ."Een~'
sell by the found. half l - H%eN
and White Wyandorte; ; dcoNs' drake
Lot of good Hay by tie TN. Haif
interest in 60 acres of wheat il geoGnd'
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

A California professor is telling his
students that spoonns is Il waste OF
time and that men should seek beauty
of the soul rather than CT the skin.
Next ne will be telling them that
Sfhcre is nothing sweet in loves
Sr-,.ng dream and his finish rs a pop
uIar and impressive instructor Of youth
will become distinctly visible to the
naked eye.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

..There Is no difference in charm
between the perfect thirty-siX and the
forty-six. if the woman of generous
proportions knows how to dress be-
comingly,'~ declares fashion expert.
What graceful phrase "the woman
of generous proportions" is
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Executrix's Sale.
Real Estate

By virtue of an order of the Orphans,
Court, made the twenty-fourth day OF
January, A. D. 1917, will be exposed to
sale at Public Auction or Vendue,
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

At the same time and place the fol
lowing described Real Estate will be
exposed to sale at Public AEctlon or
Vendue,
No. |. All that certain Let or piece
of land III the town Of NllddletoWn, SIT
uatt on the North side Of Main Street,
East Of Broad Street, bounded on the
West by lat:d- Of the Peoples National
Bank, ard on the East hy lands formally
of Scowdli,k, now Of Francis Dugan,
having a front on Main Street of forty
four feet and running back two hundred
and forty-three feet to Anderson Street
| with a frontage on Anderson Street,
of fifty-two and a half feet, and having
| thereon erected two story double
store and dwelling, and other improve
ments.
No. 2. All that certain lot or piece
Of land in the said town Of MiddetoWn,
situate on the South side Of Lake
Street, West Of Broad Street, having
front on Lake Street, of forty feet and
extending back between parallel lines
one hundred ard twenty five feet, ad
Joining lands of Isabella F. McWhorter,
the heirs Of Mary Gary and the Middle
town Academy, with two story frame
double dwelling and other improvements
| thereon erected.
No 3. All that certain lot or piece
of land in the said town of MiddletoWn
at the Northwest corner of Cass and
Lake Streets, having frontage on Cass
Street of ffty-seven feet and a depth
between parallel lines Of two hundred
and siXty-seven feet to Scott Street,
and having thereon erected two story
double frame dwelling and other i'm
provements.
| No. a. All that certain lot or piece of
land in the said town of Middletown,
situate on the East side of Wood street.
adjoining lands of Samuel B. Foard and
lot No. hereinafter described, having
frontage on Wood Street, of sixty
two feet and running back between
parallel lines one hundred and fifty feet,
with two story frame dwelling house
thereon erected.
| No. 5. All that certain lot or piece
of land in the said town Of Middletown,
situate on the East side of Wood Street,
adjoining No 4 above described, and
lands of Samuel +. Foard and Letitia
L. Green, having front on Wood
Street Of fifty feet and running back to
Scott Street two hundred and twenty
feet, with frontage on Scott Street of
one hundred feet and having thereon
erected large frame stable and other
improvements.
Attendance will be given and terms
made known by
JOSEPH C. JOLLS,
Owner of part and Agent for the others.
Middletown, Del. Jan Oath, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
New Spring Skirts

Also Spring Skirts shepherds plaid and g'
srpe after the Spring fashions IN sks'
They also are priced LOW FIGURES You should see he
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
TERMS OF SALE

All sums of $40 or under cash, al over
that amount a credit OF months Kill be
given by purchaser giving q 2 riable
note with approved el2dprsef. interes
added from day Of sale. in goods to De
removed until these tArr:s ~ complied
with.
B. II. & E. H PLE,,S5 TON.
EUGENE RACINE, Auct.
R. L. PRICE, Inside Clerk.
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03
Estate of Carolina Clintonia Browne

Estate of Carolina Clintonia Browne
deceased Notice is hereby given that
tiers Testamentary upon the Estate
Of Carolina Clintonla Browne, late OF
s.. Georges Hundred, deceased, were
d1iy granted unto Martin B. Burris on
the eighteenth day of December A. D.
IS 6, and all persons indebted to the
sad deceased are requested to make
payment to the Executor without delay,
and all persons having demands against
the deceased are required to exhibit and
present the same duly probated! to the
said Executor on or before the elgh-
tenth dav of December A. D. 1917, or
abde by The law in this behalf
Address
Martin B. Burris
Middletown
Delaware Martin B. Burris
Executor
Middletown transcript., 1917-02-03

In Paris it is proposed to tax res
taurant bills 8 per cent on the dollar
mn TO So and 5 per cent on the
dollar above So Of course, in addi-
,s,or , = the 1c,,,ss: sent or more that the
S|SI,.e .l,,aw II GlnHsr Its.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

the study of the Washington food
authorities for some weeks. At no
time has there been a disposition TO
adopt an arbitrary position with re
gard to the State Food Commission. &C
cording to advices TO Washington. On
the contrary, the desire Of the Federal
food organization has been to reconcile
the operations Of the txo food admin.
istrations so that there would neither
be conflict Of authority nor dupiica-
ton OF work.
Meantime President Wilson had ap.
pointed Arthur Williams Federal food
agent in New York City. and his work.
as commented uron by officials OF the
Hoover organization at Washington,
had been highly satisfactory. X there
fore became essential TO clIdc him
in any reorganization effected. All
difficulties have now been ironed out
through the proposed commission Of
1--WE" plan.
Commissioner Moskowitz. it is said,
will devote his time to the study Of
market conditions in the city, reporting
on available supplies and prices, and
running the community kitchens and
restaurants.
Mr.. Williams will be afforded more
time 70 the educational work he has
launched. He will be left freer 70 or
ganize and direct his advisory councils
that have already enlisted the aid Of
the housewives, Of the city in the food
pledge card campaign.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
New Draf' Rules
Extend Selection

unteer TO enter the National Army
ahead Of their turn, if they and their
dependents waive claims for deferred
classification.
Men who married since May 10,
1917, the date the selective service
set passed in Congress. can receive
temporary discharges on the ground
Of having dependent wives if they
can prove that the marriage was not
entered into with a primary pur-
pose OF evading military service" In
such cases the burden of proof
Will be on the registrants, and it il
estimated that not more than per
cent OF those who apply will be sue
cessful.
Added protection for dependents is
secured by the requirement, in cases
where the registrant seeks TO waive
ms deferred classification status, that
waivers must also be obtained from
those dependent upon him.
IN considering case on appeal
from local board the district board
shat! not receive or consider any evil
dence which was not considered by
the local board.
Except in cases of wives and chill
dren, no registrant Is to receive de-
terred classification on account of
having dependent relatives where
there are other members of the fam
lily who can be expected to support
the dependent, unless il can be spe-
cifically shown that the removal Of
the registrant will remit the claimed
dependent to public charity in part,
or IN whole, for support"
Should Consider National Need
Throughout the $50 closely printed
RACES of the new regulations for draft
officials there runs the suggestion that
hose who administer the conscription
Jaw should give more consideration to
the national need and justice in indi-
yidusl cases than TO a rigid adherence
10 the rules. This attitude is empha-
sized in the instructions to examining
which read, in part:
Examining physicians Of local boards
should consider the regulations as a
guide to their discretion rather than a
set Of arbitrary rules destroying their
discretion. The object is TO procure
men who are physically ht for the
rgors Of field service. and the determi-
nation of this question is left to the
guided and learned discretion of medi-
cal men, and not wholly to chart OF
arbitrary rules"
After enumersting diseases in the
heart, chest and lungs, mental disorders
serious defects in vision and hear.
ing, severe skin diseases, pronounced
goitre, webbed fingers if disabling. and
fewer than eight masticating teeth as
grounds for rejection. the regulations
state: "Any Of the regulations men
toned above must be taken in such de-
gree as clearly and Enthusiastically 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Merchant Cleared
Of Sugar Extortion
Books Failed to SHOW That
He Charged Sixteen Cents
Pound

The wholesale merchant charged
with extorting Is cents per pound for
sugar was acquitted yesterday by an
expert accountant sent to check up his
books. Federal Food Administrator
Williams, who had received the COM
plants and had sent an accountant to
investigate, refused to divulge the
merchants name.
Mr.. Williams said he received letters
yesterday from two chain stores and
several grocers, promising not TO COM
pei customers to buy other commodities
in order 70 get sugar. M. Williams
ordered that practice stopped on Fri
day. The Federal Food Administrator
said that large department store had
decided TO put in a sugar counter. The
names and addresses of all buyers will
be taken and filed, and records kept Of
the amounts bought
District Attorney Swami said that he
was investigating a report Of large
quantity Of sugar boarded in the vicin-
ity of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

place him in Glass I, thus denying
him the opportunity Of getting a tenn
porary discharge. The rules state that
man whose class has not vet been
determined. because his case is pend
ing before the Appeals Board or for
any other reason, is not at that time
subject TO call 70 the colors.
As an indication Of the method by
which men who have attained the age
OF twenty-one since May IS and before
December Is next will be registered. II
Congress decides to have them do so,
as has been forecast, the rule for reg
istered persons between twenty ole and
th:rty-one who are returning from
abroad ard military men who aIs leav-
ing the service j pertinent. The local
boards will place the name Ct such
new registrants who were twenty-one
on May is but did not register at the
bottom of the classification list After
these persons have returned their an
swered questionnaires, it i: understood
that they will be classified by the local
boards the same as other registrsnt..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Physically Unfit Are Sub
;sct to Call for Special
Service
More Protection
For Dependents
Local Boards Receive Lat
est Instructions Affecting
100000 Men

finder the new QUESTIONABLE system
-. government officials hope to make
.ss ooeration o. the eonscription law
~. scientific. President Wilson says
=. aim Of the new draft method is to
AIRY the seleetive principle further.
prorost Marshal General Crowder de-
.,.res the QUESTIONABLE system is an
,,t.mpt TO profit by the mistakes in
ne first draft.
Exactly how the new system will
Sect the 100000 men between the
,,s Of twcnty-one and thirty-One who
=, subject 20 the draft is infinitely
.rnlained in the latest selective service
-egulations, which reached the mem
,srs Of the local boards Of this city
yesterday.
Among the striking changes in rules
IA, the draft officials the following
stand out:
Men physically unfit for general
military service are subject to. call
ior special service.
Registrants can appeal from the
decision OF the examining physician
Of the local board regarding physi-
al atucss 70 medical advisory
boards. which are 70 be established.
n cases OF fat feet, discharges
all be granted only in instances
where the arch is so far gone that
the entire border rests upon the
ground, with the inner ankle lowered
and very prominent and the foot ap-
oarently pushed outward"
Registrants May Volunteer
Rerstrsnts far down in the list Of
availability will be permitted TO vol
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

cisqualify the man for military ser
wee before he can be Sound 20 be
physically deficient, and not physically
The underlying philosophy Of the
new draft procedure is interpreted N
terms OF administration as follows:
THE military needs OF the nation re-
quire that there be provided in every
community list Of names of men who
shall he ready to be called into SER
wee at any time. The economic needs
OF the nation, while deferring 70 the
paramount military necessity, require
That men whose removal would inter-
fere with the civic, family, industrial
and agricultural institutions Of the ma
ton shall be taken in the order IN
which they can best BE- spared. For
this reason the names of all men liable
TO selection shall be arranged in i've
classes IN the inverse order Of their
Importance TO the economic interests
OF the nation, which include the main
tenance of necessary industry and sgri-
culture and the support Of dependents"
In cases Of applications for deferred
classification on industrial and agri-
cultural grounds. the local boards will
take part in the forthcoming drafts.
In the first call all such claims were
presented exclusively to the district
board, which had original jurisdiction
over industrial and agricultural appli-
cations. When the appeals board first
began TO consider cases of tlIs kind 10
took the position that only men who
are indispensable" to industry be dis
charged. 1t later modified its attitude
when concerns which had government
contracts for war orders asserted they
would not be able TO meet their obli-
cations unless their employees were pro-
tected from the draft.
The new regulations provide specih-
cally for temporary discharges for
necessary" enmployes in necessary
industries, thus taking a more liberal
view. In comforting authority on the
local boards TO investigate industrial
claims, the new orders provide that "lf
claim is made for deferred classified
tons on the ground Of engagement IN
industry or agriculture, the local
board shall in all cases indorse on the
QUESTIONABLE its recommendation as
to the merits Of such claim, and its
findings as to any fact bearing on such
claim as 1t desired TO have considered
in support of such recommendation"
The penalty which is imposed on a
registrant for failing to answer the
QUESTIONABLE which will be sent 70
him before December 10 will be to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Hylan Says He'll
Be His Own Boss
Will Be Subject to Dictation
of No Individual; Aims
to Serve People
Especial Correspondenee1

ATLANTIC CITY. Nov. l7.-Mayer-
elect John F. Hylsn Of New York, who
is spending the weekend with his
wife and daughter at tie Hotel Tray
more here, made statement to-day de-
claring his absolute freedom from all
political membranes and expressing
his determination to give TO New YORK
an administration that will be for the
benefit of the whole people.
my policy as Mayor Of the City OF
New York will be that which Is con-
sistent with the interests Of the people
Of the City of New York." he said. 81
shall serve no special interest, nor
shall be under the control or subject
70 the d;ctation Of any individuals. My
aim is 20 serve the interests Of the
whole people Of the City OF New York,
and | feel confident that my admins
tration will merit their approval.
81 shall 90 into the Office Of Mayor
free from obligations other than those
consistent Win the ihIercsts VI VI"
people. Wherever see an opportunity
TO do something for the public ] shall
DO IL without fear or favor. For exam
pie, have already protested against
the proposition 10 allow the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company 20 operate its
cars without being required TO heas
them 20 a proper temperature during
the winter months. The health OF The
travelling public is OF the utmost i'm
portance and should be preserved.
During the recent campaign MANY
groundless charges were made. and q
very large sum of money was expended
in an effort TO prevent my election; bat
the public refused to be fooled. ! shall
show that their confidence in me was
not misplaced"
Judge Hylan and his family arrived
here last night. The judge said he and
his family need TO recuperate after the
strenuous days Of the campaign.