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Middletown transcript., 1917-08-11
Saturday, Aug. Is, IL
At 2 O'clock, z. NJ,

Inc following Real Estate:
No. l. Farm or tract Of land in Ken
ton Hundred Kent County Delaware,
about one and one-half miles from Clay
ton, on both sides of Middle Alley Road,
adjoining lands of Benjamin A. Hazel,
lands of Isaac Luther Lapham, lands
formerly of Robert H. Cummins, lands
formerly Of Cyrus P. Gears, lands Of
Ernest Davis, lands Of James Leland
Frazier and lands of others, and con-
tanning.
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An increase in the cost of cigarettes
is threatened. Science may yet be en-
couraged to devise still further substi-
tutes for tobacco.
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They say that eggs are 20 cents
each in Germany and can be had only
surreptitiously even at that price. It
must be that men doff their hats to
hens in Europe.
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One Hundred And Seventy Acres
OF Land

more or less. Improvements are large,
two and one-half story dwelling house,
nearly new; two granaries, horse stable,
large wagon shed and other outbuild-
ings, small apple orchard Entire farm
is high land no waste land, or bitches
No. 2. Lot, piece or parcel of land in
Smyrna, Delaware, on south side of
Commerce Street, adjoining lands of
Caroline J. Raymond on the East, Null
berry Street on the South, lands of ] ohm
P. Garrison on the West and Commerce
Street on the North, and containing
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One reason why the world improves
so slowly in morals is that people dis.
regard your good advice and pay heed
to your execrable example.
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Following the alarm clock, the alarm
watch Is the latest. It ought to be adj
mirable for those gentlemen who walk
around half asleep.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
Red Lion Hundred

The taxable residents of Red Lior
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1917 are
now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be at
Parlor of Robinson House, Del. City
August 18th, 25th; September 18th, 29
October 18th, 9th; November 10th,
oath; December 9th and 29th. From
9 A. M. to IL M.
Pennsylvania R. R. Station. Kirkwood
September 10th, oath, November 10
oath.
From 9 A. M. to IL M.
AT HOME ALL THE TIME
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector, or
by sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
Extract from the Laws of Delaware,
Governing the Collection of Taxes of
New Castle County, Section 8, Chapter
80, Volume 81, Laws of Delaware, as
Amended:
SECTION 3-That on all taxes paid
before the first day of October there
shall be an abatement of five per
centum. On all taxes paid before the
first day of December there shall be an
abatement of three per centum. On
all taxes paid during the month of
December there shall be no abatement
whatever. And on all taxes unpaid on
the first day of January there shall be
added one-half per centum per month
until the same shall be paid.
j.. C.. STUCkERT
Collector for Red T ion HI1ndrod
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Pity a man who has such a guilty
conscience that he Is afraid to have
BIZ teeth X-rayed.
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PUBLIC SALE
OF
Real Estate

David r. Rees, Attorney in fact for
the heirs of David Rees, will sell at the
Front Door of the Colonial Inn Colds
borough's HoteD in Smyrna, Delaware,
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1867 Square Feet Of Land

more or less. Improvements are large
two story frame dwelling in good re-
pair, hot water heating plant, water
and bath room, with good cellar This
is large lot with stable, nearly new.
No. 8. Tract of land in Black bird
Hundred, New Castle County, Delaware,
on public road leading from Alley Mills
to Blackbird Mills, about two and one
half miles from Clayton, adjoining lands
of John w. Roberts and lands of others,
and containing about
20 Acres Of Land
more or less. This is woodland-no
improvements.
TERMS OF SALE
Five per cent Is per cent? of pur-
chase money as to No. I, and ten per
cent 40 per cent? of purchase money
as to Nos. and must be paid to the
undersigned on day of sale and balance
to be paid at Office of Reynolds Clough,
ESQ.,, Dover, Delaware, on or before
Saturday, September %, 1917, at which
time Deeds will be delivered to pur-
chasers. Percentage paid on day of
sale will be treated as part of purchase
money if other terms are complied with,
otherwise will be forfeited for nom
compliance.
DAVID R. REEFS,
Administrator.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
MAY AFFECT BOND MARKET

The new bond issues contemplated
BY the administration will without
doubt have their effect upon the value
of United States securities in the mar
ket. That Is the view taken by prom
inent financiers. The last bonds au-
thorlzed by Congress were voted in
1902 in anticipation Of the cost OF
building the Panama canal. The sum
authorized totalled S375,0OO,OOO in Is
sues Of two and three per cent bonds
A statement made by the Treasury
Department shows that of the two per
cents about SS4,o00.0U0 were sold, and
about $5o,000,OO worth Of threes were
disposed Of. The threes are now
quoted at around 10l, so If the remain
ing $24l.O00, QUO are issued it is evil
dent that they cannot be put out at
oar, no matter what the law may say,
II the market is TO be free and natural
in It's operations. The powers OF the
Federal Reserve Board may be in
voked, however, to hasten the assiml'
lation OF the new bonds: but even then
the market price OF United States
bonds is likely to be affected.
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country where the sin of orer-eatins
is far more common than the sin or
overwhelming Gluttony. always
fault is all the more glaring in land
where a plentiful food supply permits
it to be more general. The sallow, fat
cheeks, the aching joints and irascible
temper Of the prosperous over-fed are
far too common.
Diet, however, is really serious
matter and many people suffer rs
much from dietary cccentricities and
food fads as from actual disease. The
average individual can ear good, plain
wholesome food in moderation all ms
life without ever being aware that he
has digestive apparatus. Starva'
ton to cure a fancied ailment or Ia
reduce an expansive waist line has
shortened many lives. just as lndis'
erection in the opposite direction. Ger
tain diseases do require a particular
diet, but this should be chosen by
musician of skill and not self-preScrib'
ed The selr-prescriber often has
fool for a patient.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
Tuesday, February 13, 1917.
THE SHADOW LENGTHENS

The annorhcement Of Secretary. Of
State Lansing that under no circum-
stances can the United States now en-
ter into any conference with Germany
on the submarine blockade until the
Berlin government renews the pledges
it made In the Sussex case, IS not sur
prisipg. To have given ear to a sug-
gestion Of the nature Germany has
made would have placed the United
States In a rather dubious position
with regard to her own definite declar-
ations.
The answer OF the American govern
ment unqualifedly means that Ger
many must reliquish her unrestricted
sea warfare policy. No hope can be
held out that she will accede TO these
terms, which leaves the situation in
the same critical condition it has been
for some days past, with the overt
act" standing as a threatening shadow
over all prospects of arerting the sub
stance Of war.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
TO RELIEVE GAS SHORTAGE

Adrices from Clarksburg state that
the manufacturers OF central West
Virginia have drafted a bill which
would be presented to the legislature,
requiring the natural gas companies
doing business in the State to supply
the requirements to West Virginia
consumers before sending any Of the
product out Of the State. There can
be no question but what the gas short
age is becoming serious problem
with the manufacturers, involving not
only intermittent operation Of their
establishments with loss, but throwing
thousands Of workmen out Of employ
ment with q consequent wage loss. In
many localities the domestic consumer
is inconvenience and the public health
EEenaced.
It Is presumed that the promoters
OF the measure were advised as to It's
constitutionality, and that the condi-
tons named In the bill can legally be
imposed upon the distributors of the
fuel. The State certainly has 1uris-
diction over the disposition Of It's re-
sources so long as there is no conflict
with interstate commerce. In this
instance it would seem to refer dis
tinctly to interstate operation. which
it is competent to conserve. 1t is to be
hoped hat no obstacles may lie in the
way of q prompt passage of the meas
ure, provided, of course, it will effec-
lively relieve the annoying shortage
Of the gas supply.
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BY various underground channels.
leading through several European
countries, and through the American
capital. a considerable amount Of
news is received from behind the veil
OF secrecy which envelopes myStcr'
iOus Turkey. Refugees escape across
the border; neutral residents outWit
The censor; government dlSratchcS
leak: prisoners manage 10 Gei WoTd
home 10 friends, for II a land where,
political corruption is the lmmemurlal
usage. ''backsheesh" may accomplish
anything. Thus il comes about that IN
trreStcd persons possess themselves
Of 4 general knowled@e nt the drift
OF things within the Ottoman Empire.
So an. able 10 PUBLISH for The first
time, | believe. somewhat concerning
the fate OF he British troops 'und":
General Townsend. who surrendered
last Spring to he TurCo-TriWnnic
force al Kul-oi-Amara. on the~T.gris
River. The toial size OF iAls army
vas given al :he .!me a. ten 'Aou-
sand men.
After the surrender nothing IurtItr
was heard OF The British troops. There
has been profound concern IN Great
britain over their fate. The Turkish
Government announced that General
Townsend himself would Be held on
an island IL the Sea OF MarMora,
ard treated IN accordance with his
rank. Mrs. tTowNsend was permitted To
juiu him. The hlher Officers have also
been interned near COnStanoplc. on
Principio Island. These meM made Il
reasonably comfortable and cXpCdit-
ious journey from Bagdad 10 Cnnstan.
tinople.
Private soldiers. however. have for
ed differently. They have been driven
from: lower Nesopotamia 10 Anatolia.
distance OF nearly 4 thousand miles,
in struggling idctachmentS::- y large
batch OF ITEM arrived in konla late
in 1916, in a terrible plight. Typhus
and other diseases have ravagcd them
and they have died by the roadside.
like the Armenian rxiles. Hunger
and destilution have taught them 10
what a low level life Vay sink in Iur,,
key. Their guards have been cruel
and they have suffered countless hui
'''i At few Spots along their route
they have come into contact Win
American coRsuls and Missionaries,
who have served them TO the UNIT.
Often This friendly ministry has been
no more thaa> the giving Of Il christ
ian burial TO the dead. In many cases
ii has been the nursing Of The SICK
and the feeding of the hungry. | know
enc American man who is himself IN
a hospital in Asia Minor. as IA result
of his day and night labnrs for the
British prisoners wh" were passing
through.
according to the latest word. The
greatest concentration OF these I'M
ha j..
Konia, in the center Of Anatolia. for
merly the capital Of the Scljuklan
Turks. and the place where the Otto:
man Government plans 10 retire II
Corstantinople falls. This is the an
Gent city of lconium, where the ApoS-
tie Paul suffered severe prosecutions.
His hardships. however were slight
in comparison with what the British
prisoners have undergone. Hungry,
insufficiently clad or sheltered. ravas-
ed BY plague. they have suffered un'
speakably.
Worst Of all. the Turko-German Of
ficials have refused 10 allow the three
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which show increases in number OF
illiterates during the past 20 years.
While all of this may be discredit-
able showing, it is not as menacing as
it would seem, for We must distinguish
clearly between illiteracy and ignor-
ance, terms by no means the same, yet
often used as though synonymous
Many man VINO makes an Y for his
signature knows more, Is better equip
ped for citizenship, and Is more fully
prepared to battle with life than some
who have been graduated from high
school or college. The trainers of the
new immigration bill which Congress
passed over the Presidents veto on
the literacy test. should have given
some. consideration &c this fact-but
they didn't.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
SCARCITY Of
FOOD GREATER
HAVE CHANGED FOR
THE WORSE IN
GERMANY.
Government Controlled Prices tor
Potatoes and Bread Con-
tinue LOW.
(Stan Correspondent Of tho Associated
Press.)

COTTSSponuout VI tAAo 1A1oOS~e-O~N>
Press.)
STOCKHOLM. Jan. 20.-Good con-
ditions in Germany have changed
greatly for the worse in the last five
months. The correspondent OF the
Associated Press, who had been away
from Germany since the first week IN
August, has just returned from stay
Of three weeks in Berlin. he found
that many staples of food had alto
eether disappeared from the markets.
others had grown so dear that they
pre- beyond the reach of any but the
wei;-to.do, the daily allowance or po'
tatoes had been reduced to ten ounces.
and that either a shortage or -four III
a disnrdered distribution OF II among
the bakers had resulted in long lines
Of buyers standing for hours In front
Of The bakeries.
Minimum Prices
Of the tnodstuffs controlled by the
government are still very low for po'
tatoes and bread and comparatively
low for meats. Potatoes cost only -
cents the standard bushel OF 60
pounds. and bread a little less than
~ cents a pound. But the potato
allowance. is insufficient for persons
who have little but bread and potatoes
TO eat and has TO be eked out with
turnips.
1t had been hoped 10 allow one egg
a person each TWO weeks in Great or
Berlin, but the last one-egg allowance
was made some five weeks ago and
another is not promised until Fehru.
ary. When the correspondent lett
Berlin in August, ii was still possible
10 buy cheese Since the end or An
gust there has been no cheese on The
market. 1t is said lhat considerable
quantities are being imported from
Holland, but it goes apparently 10 the
front except for small quantities al
lowed the restaurants and hotels.
Another Serious Reduction
Of available foodstuffs has been tie
'expropriation for control by the GOV
ernment OF all canned vegetables
-Four or five weeks ago the dealers
were permitted TO sell q fractional part
of their stock. but only two. cans ON
each bread card. Permission to sell a
further part is expected to be granted
again soon, but the dealers are To he
compelled to open each can before
selling il so as 10 force the buyers to
consume it at once and not hoard it.
The weekly allowance Of meat OF all
kinds in the greater Berlin muMclpali'
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DIR. WILSON VISITS
DAVIS AND ELKINS
s,...,, mu,,cn To- tho lnie!l!tence..

speSalI Disp1tcn ~ tho lnie!l!Sened =
ON I"w,n wilson Of Wheeling, was the
guest Of Davis und Elkins last week, as
the representative of the Board OF Eo u
{ A. Dr. Wilson made morning ad-
dresses in chapel to the faculty and stu-
dents. and held special conferences VILE Ihe
tho students of the dormitory IN tae
evening. His addresses were strong sps
pcals to the young college man anu
young college woman, The evening c snd
fercnces were entirely informal anu
these were supplemented by conferences
with the boys In their own rooms
Yesterday morning, and evening .Sd &. Dr. ~;
Wilson filled the pulpit OF Ine 49,
Memorial church. and left MONDAY morn.
INK for his home In Wheeling. Whlie a.
the college no was the house guest OF
President and Mrs. Alien.
r,r, Wilson is the Superintendent OK
rIn,ra Missions of the Synod OF west
Virgi,ia, u. S. A. He is also member
Of the Board OF Trustees or tho coitese'
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T,.-a,hcr we'll laugh at the dawn Of the
Together we'll smile iii the evening Is
done
Together. together. the day and the
Are cvsrmore fair when VIC two are to-
scthcr.
y,'u sing at the clouds and wen cheer
at the rain.
md thunder mast roar III Touicklns
As together NC tramp through the wild
wood and heather,
For tho whole world rejoice5 when we
arc together.
The sad wind uplcans In f.olicsone
glcc; ,i,,,
And from wocrul willows bright
melody
Sounds through our revel when light as
feather
Our hearts face the highways of beauty
together.
Together, together we'l laugh In the sun
And smile till our evening OF sladness
TosmSsr. !qEothet THE days and the
,.1ll always be merry Hhen wa are to-
chiher. -,>.,
st. LoDis Post dispatch.
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Ripping Rhymes
BY WALT MASON.
THE SLUGGARD.

heard the sluggard say, when be
was young and fair, This is too fine
a day. for labor, declare. Beside a
habbling brook in comfort I'll rccllne.
and read helpful book. and make lis
message mine The reapers reap
their grain, the farmers bale their
hay; and work NO doubt seems sane
to people built that way. But better
is a dream than any kind of toll; 80
by the babbing stream |" read up
Whist on hoyle." ! heard the slug
gard say, when age had made him
blue "All through the weary day
wander fro and to: some little job |
ask, however small the wage; most
any kind of task, TO help me in old
age. llut for my plea and groan no
sympathy is felt the hearts Of men
arc stone, and granite will uot melt"
Whene'er | see youth who wastes
his golden years, I'd like to push some
truth into his foolish ears. Age is
the time TO rest beside a babbling
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
DIR OWN ILLITERACY

The illiteracy of the United States
Isl not so astounding as the fact that
the last census showed that 1t Is In
creasing In the North and West and
decreasing in the South. This would
be unbelievable were 1t not that Of
fetal figures substantiate it. Five and
a half million people over 10 years or
age were in 1910 classed as iliterates,
or nearly eight out Of every hundred.
There were more illiterates at the
time the last census was taken than
comprised the total population OF the
country In 1900, over a century ago.
The foreign born illiterates outnum-
bered the native white illiterates only
$4,000. The number Of negro Hitter
ates was 2,227,731. 1t has long been
q matter for critical comment that
nearly one-fourth Of the population OF
the Southern States Is illiterate. 1t
give q different aspect to the situation,
however, to know that each Southern
State cut its illiteracy more than %
per cent In the decade. between 1900
and 1910; that there were nearly q
million less uliterates In the group or
Southern States In 1910 than there
were ten years previous. which Is
making some progress.
The number Of illlterates is steadily
increasing, not in the South, but IN
the Northern and Western commun-
tiles. Illiteracy' may be perple1ltE'
blu. is not a peril in States which are
so active through public school en-
deayor and otherwise that they are
steadily effecting wholesale reductions
each decade not only in percentage
but in number Of illiterates. Hitter
acy Is chiefly a menace in those manu-
featuring States Of the Middle Atlantic
division which fo7 10 years-eyen 20
wears in the State Of New York-have
, failed to reduce their percentage OF
illiteracy and have increased enor'
mously their numbers Of illiterates, or.
az in the case OF Connecticut. have
actually refrigerated and increased not
only in numbers Of illiterates, but in
percentage Of illiteracy as well. The
New England, Middle Atlantic. Noun
Tain and Pacific are the divisions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-02-13
THE TRUEST PATRIOTISM

This IS a great occasion for. loud anu
hysterical protestations Of patriotism.
Much Of it borders on the spectacular.
lit is an easy thing TO work on the
emotions OF the American people, but
it is another thing 10 get response
after the emotional period has passed.
This is not 10 say that we are diffe:-
.ent from other peoples. because human
nature is practically the same the
world over. Quite often the impulses
OF patriotism spring from vanity. We
are sometimes great on dress parade,
but poor in action. How easy it is 10
be worked up when the bands are
playing. the bugles calling and the old
flag is tlutlering. but it is the calm
facing of danger that tries the true
patriots heart.
Emergencies. like the present, often
sweep US off our feet, and it is mainly
because we have not had burning.
downright. outspoken patriotism in
times OF sloth and fairness that we
have not either men or guns when n
crisis approaches. Orgies OF emo
tionar bcmbast in the face OF peril will
not preserve nation. 4 people to en-
dure must have quiet, constant, level
headed devotion. no less in its years
of peace and serenity than when the
call goes forth for heroes.
No normal person wants war Tor
ightings sake, but many are fooling
themselves in the reasons they give
against war The higher motives we
hear so much about may often be sift-
ed down to selfish interests. War IN
its largest sense means sacrifice, and
most people are disiDclined to be dis.
turbed when they are dwelling in SNUG
security. But it looks like the SUI
preme test was coming, and il would
be we'll to be prepared for 1t. 1t is
ridiculous for US to be sobbing over
other peoples woes and turn to shiv-
ering because some Of the more serl-
GUS experiences are likely to come our
way. Patriotism means service, not
shifting: A minister in not very
distant city preached on our duty IN
the present stress and he limned the
situation bravely when be said:
This vision Of America a. war is not
the worst vision Nay, 1t is concelvaole
that this vision it not bad but good. y
cIoud is there, but 1t may have a tair
and noble lining. And without the cloud
where would the refreshing rain be, ana
without the rain where c. lid we loon
for the bounty of God? Safety and pros
nerity and the blessings of peace arc
isortEv of any nations desire and fer
vent PRAYER But may not America
barter away her birthriGht for mess or
pottaSe? May she not in this. her DAY
OF decision preserve peace At the pFlcs
not Of honor only, but also or her soul
For her soul was born in the travail or
war. without war we would yet DC u
provincial tributary. subordinate people.
win no national name, with no flag save
that across the sea. Without war we
wruld have become a dismembered
rcnplc, a broken reed, failing naN
smoking with the consuming tires or
slsv In the light of her hrief nut
wondrous history can America not look
death in the face, yea even dean upon
the cross of war, and cry aloud 10 hlSh
heaven: Not my WILL Out tniile W.
done?
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DO WE EAT TOO MUCH?

It we mercilessly analyze the condl-
tons Of the situation which contribute
to the increased cost Of living, we
shall be apt to find that in many cases
it Is q matter Of oyer-eat!ng. A cele-
brated physician was asked what Is
a cure for gout?' His answer was
wholly practical. Live on sixpence
day, and earn it," was his se1tentous
reply. 4 well known American med
ical authority refers TO this prescrlp'
ton as being particularly apt in this
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With the DISTRIBUTION Of ~" switch
and Signal company establishment by
ire 4 roll of $500 which n workman had
held out on his wife and Sccrctrd there.
was destroyed. Now. who IS the laugh
on:
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A three hundred per cont Increase in
price over last year is Il pretty goo" '"''-
ord for the humble potato.
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Two American ships arc on the ocean
bound for the danger zone with contra
band cargocs. IF they are destroF"'
without warning the jig NJ peace IL M