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The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
SUGAR PILES UP

n The Dessrst News Recently sent oat
. despatch 90 the Chicago grOeers, say.
ing that there, were l,O00, geo bags Of
spgsT in twenty sugar factories sufi,
cieat to keep. q, train Of forty cars u
dkE moving, Tor one mouth. This cOuld
b. seat forward providing the govern,
iaaRt sent cars giving sugar trains tbs
Right of way The people in the West
think the Eastern people ought to know
this and that something should be done
TO move the sugar.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
COLDS CAUSE HEADACHES

LAXATIVE BRoMo 0UININE re-
moves the cause. Used the world owe
to cure a cold in one day. The sigma
ture Of +. ". GROVE is on each box
Manufactured iy the PARIS AiEDI-
CINE CO., s.. Louis, U, S \.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
INSTANCES ,,>0F RUSSIAN .
DURlICITY ARE CITED

90 n. Rerliedy, who hbs beeu the
AIIlwleaa Representative IN RaIssia Of
I'Ic Allik-Ghalnsrs GuanVany, was a
1ntAlEtr at tile Rotary Clnb Yesterday.
Ils toIa OF many instances Of dedtle,
ne HnyE that Hunania WAS betrayed
nftef being c0axed into the war by
Russia He said that chaos and anarchy
wore prevailing features throughout
Russia under Bolsheyist rule.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
FACTORY Is SOUGHT

h The Hinekley people Of Utah Want "a
sugar factory. The UtahIdahO people
say, they win consider the matter of
quitting a factory In that locality pro,
yiding the farmers guarautee 1000
acres Of beols. The acreage AROUND
that region was delivered to the Delta
factory.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
K0HALA SUGAR CROP
Estimate Is Only 1Two-thirds Of
Last Years Harvest-Next
Crop To Be Better

Kohala Sugar Company was one Of
those to suffer severely from the
drought on Hawaii last year. The report
Of George G. Watt, the manager .esti.
inates crop for 1918 more than a third
snniler than the Inst year = yield. That
was 6427 and his estimate for this
years crop Is 1000 TONS The 1919 cane
was also seriously hit by the drought,
Y but has made a remarkable recovery.
In part the report which was pre-.
scented to the stockholders at the meet.
ing this week saysi
The crop has suffered very much
from the long andA severe drought Of
last year. The unirrigated cane es'
pecially was seriously damaged by the
long eontin ued dry spell Since the
rains came, in November, it has Of
course improved very much Tin appear,
anee but the weight of the cane Is not
there and the yield of sugar will be
short, The irrigated cane win give
fair returns. | estimate the crop At
1000 tons of sugar.
Crop 1919
- Thisserop will consist of the follow.
ing areasl -
PLANT cane, irrigated E. 1850 acres
Plant cane, unirrigatsd. 2za00 laeres
Ratoon cane, irrigated. E. 1895 acres
- Ratoon cane, unirrigated SI9.4S acres
l,T5l.93 acres
This crop also suffered from the.
dry weather but has made a wonderfully
fccovcry since the, rains came and al.
though not as far advanced as one
womb like TO see it at this time Of the
year, il, Is on the whole in good cOndi
ton and with fair weather should give
satisfactory returns.
Crop 1920
tsThea area to be planted for this
crop win be over 400 acres.
General Conditions
{" Aside from the damage eaased by
last year 5 drought, the general condi.
tions ON the plantation are good.
=. The aathorizelE improvements in
our NH have been very mneh delayed
and at time Of writing, February 9Th,
only aBout half Of the necessary mate
rial has arrived. We have installed
i've new furnace feeders, four new
mud-pfesses and a new, vacuum pan.
There are yet due to arrive four Boyer
condenseTs, one central vacuum pump
tN.4't ETV-HOhSOpV"Of u0taCI.
sThe above constitutes all that is
planned along the line of permanent
iihTF0vemehts for the coming year
aside from the ordinary repairs and
replacements.
= during the time Of drought when
the. ditch deliveries fell short we found
at necessary to run our pumping plant
This plant has been used very little
and for the four years prior to 1917
Ind not been used at all, but we havei
alNays kept IL IN good ruhning condi-
i ion In ease Of emergency. We have,
never made practise Of keeping very
nnneh fuel on hand and had to buy
coal rather disadvantageously during
The past season. The furnaces at the
pampfDg1 station have been converted
into oil burners and when oil deliveries
can be assured it would be wen to ar
range to keep a mOderare' supply of fuel
oil on hand.
The'inet' profits for the year were
A231 ,574.l0' and dividends at the rate
Of. six IReFeent, $2S, 800 were paid.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
cone NE:AR.RECOR!D!
Preliminary Estimate Mas Been
Exceeded In Only Three Years
In Corlpany's History -"

Waialua 5 estimate for the Ibis crop
as presented 10 the stock heldeFs5 &C the
annual meeting held this Beek indi.
Gates one Of the largest oattnrns the
company has known, being placed by
Manager Goodale az 32,053 tons as
against a crop Of 30,1S0 laets season.
; The report says in paEt:s
The average extraction of sue rose
in cane by the min was e7.5S. or 81
percent better than in 1915, and i64
percent better thar in 1915. The only
change in the equipment since 1915
has been the addition Of a set Of Met
neckc knives. A new juice heater cell
was added to the Deming elaiiRer, and
n grasshopped cenyey0f for sugar was
submitted for the scroll conyeyor, put
in when the min was built. No other
changes of import anceq, were made in
eithrr mill or boilihg, house.
The crop Of 1918 wonld have been
the largest crop produced by this plan.
'tati"n IL II had NOT beer for, low wa
ter ia the bitches during the hot, dry
months Of the summer OF 1917, when
me zane for both the, 1918 and 1919
crops was bong irrigated nnd requ'r"d
more water than was available from
all sources Of supply. The effset Of dry
weather on the, Koolai nountaihs, the
watershed Of all our upper bitches. is
plainly shown by the Following table:
Croa Of 1919 -. .5,,r
The total area to be harvested in
1910 viii be about $500 acres The
fields. with the exception Of $3.50
Rcres of new land below the. Helemano :,
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
.NEEDPER Acre OF
EVA is IMPRgy|NG
Long Series Of Experiments Fin
ally Wins Battle ASplen-N =
90. did Year Enjoyed; y Y

Ewa's last year crop ran far above
estimates and the prospects for the
present crop are good, despite weather
conditions of December and January.
Manager ReRtOp g report toithe Eva
stockholders tells Of 1917 crop tof a.
7S4 tons, which was 3I3S tons above
the preliminary estimate, His estimate
for this year y crop Is 81, 1877.
In part the report says:
Sugar Storage
" In addition to Warehouse No. % Of
100000 bags capacity, built for sugar
storage q number of years ago.. there
were erected during the fiscal year two
more warehouses, Nos. 9 and'7, respect-
lively, $50 IL. X 40 IT. for this purpose.
1t is estimated that there iSnow in the
mill and these three warehouses sIffi.
cieut capacity to store 10000 tons. of
sugar. Furthermore, there IL ON hsn nd
suficientl building material corrugated
iron, cement, and lumber, to build an
additional building capable Of contain
ing al least 5000 tons SHOULD, there
fore, our marine transportation DE in
terrupted, VIC should be able to keep
the mill busy for considerable length
Of, time by utihEiag our own storage
facilities.
Permanent Improvensnts &c Sc
"The total expenditure Of this &C
count has been $l92, $4,000. The larger
items are represented by the following:
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
NEW YORK CURB STOCKS

:, .ouOtatteas -enI the following, New. York
tiser by Stoneham q Co., aren -
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW 4 YORK March 1--(Associated
IafesR)- -Follo wing are the opening anJi
closing quotations Of stocks In the New
YORK market yesterday.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01
Yield improves

Referring to the gain in yield per
acre the report says:
! "There is every reason to be graft
fled with these results. They show
gradual increase from those years when
this estate was suffering from the'Ro,
called = Lahaina disease, and therman-
agement was casting about for u suit
able variety to be grown I'M place of
the 'Lahaina.' This increase in yield
is shown in the average returns for the
past nine wears given beloW:. .M.RhI
The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-01

r As delays in shipping our sugar seem
unavoidable. il is necessary to provide
more storage room for sugar. The
warehouses; we have and another now
heiRV built will take care of about
half onrJ crop. A10, 7O0.S5 of the amount
charged to buildings was expended for
this purpose during 1917; $l.926.5O for
a reinforced. concrete store house for
lubri~atihg oil: and 1856. 20 for about
'20!000 feet If REDWOOD stAVe pipe, 5000
feet Of gsl$anized iron pine aud a
small gasoline PUNE. to- supply theCla.
bOrers' camps on Helen no with wat or,
taken from above the cultitated lands
Net profits Of Inst year We're ~ INA. (
$1,000 from which dividends OF '$of5.,
900 were paid and during the wear the
rapital stock was increased bv 1900 moo.
The balance carried forward $3,3T1, :
26S.57,
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
MILLION BOYS FOR FARMS

A national enrolment week, to enlist
1000, 600 boys for work on the farms
during the coming season, will be in
augursted March 49, The; United
S ates Boys Working Reserve will
conduct the campaign. Federal state
directors are at work in forty States
snd the District of Columbia laying the
groundwork Of the coming "drive.
Too much impor tance cannot be attached
to farm labor, says officials in charge
of this work. The world needs food
and the food must be grown on the
farm. Already plans have been pre-
pared for giving farmers every facility
for obtaining labor this season. In
some communities, however, there will
be scarcity which cannot BE- filled
easily. In these sections boys, and even
women, must step in. To what extent
women will be needed has not been de-
termined. The need of boys labor is
forseen, however. State Councils of
National Defense and other agencies
will aid the drive. The eight States
which so far are without ditectors are
Florida, Louisiana, Nevada, New Hamp-
shire, South Carolina, Tennes see,
Virginia and Washington. The director
Of Delaware is j. NJ. Armstrong of Will
mington.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
Celebrated Ninth Birthday

MIR. and Mrs. Joseph C. Jolls enter
tained number of children at their
home on North Broad street last Sat-
urday afternoon from 2 to 5 O'Clock,
in honor of their daughter Alice's ninth
birthday. A royal good time was spent
by all the ''kiddies" and just before
leaving, they were served with refresh
ments consisting of ice cream, cake and
mints.
Those present were: Catherine Car
penter, Bertha Chance, Helen Crouch.
Helen Stevens, Virginia johnson, Bet
ty johnson, Mabel Fouracre, Alice Jolls,
Catherine Beasten Virginia Brady.
Virginia Hopkins, Catherine Hopkins,
Fannie Bradley, Arrie Bradley, Kath
crime Conley, Blanche Messick, Lura
Reed. Margaret Denny, Cassie Denny,
Helen Bryan; Frances LIE Fevre and
Catherine Armstrong, of Wilmington;
Gladys Carey, Alice Carey, John Carey.
of Mt. Pleasant; William Fitzgerald,
Paul Crouch, Joseph Beasten, Henry
Vaughan. Henry Chamberlain, Julian
KiLg, Lewis Stewart.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16

The Fire Company have given Mr..
Elias Shallcross an order for that
Chevrolet-truck, to cost $lO25. This is
$l24O truck, Mr.. Shallcross donating
his commission, and furthermore is to
give 1t storage room and attention in
his garage at a further cost of $175 a
year-a commendable piece of public
spirit upon his part.
The high speed of this auto-truck-
1t can be geared up to 45 miles an hour
will not only insure its immediate
presence at any town fire, but will give
farmers and others for six miles around
Middletown the great hoon of a prompt
and highly effective chemical in case of
need. The extreme Importance of hav-
ing fire-fighter early at the fire is too
obvious to I'd comment. This swift
6O gallon chemical fire apparatus will
soon pay for itself many times over.
The criticism that this is too large a
duty for our town to assume, is narrow
and unwise. What finer advertisement
can the town have, and what warmer
hold on the gratitude of our outlying
neighbors than this enterprising move
which places Middletown in the van with
other wide awake towns about us.
Even did not these outsiders contri-
butte towards the cost of it-which thew
Wilt is first rate business act, one
that assures our neighbors that our
town is awake, progressive, liberal.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
TowNsE nd

Mrs. George M. Hart is visiting Mrs.
George Atwell in Still Pond.
Mrs.. W. H. Reynolds entertained the
Ladies Aid Society Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Mary Ellis Records, of Whining
ton, was entertained Tuesday by Mrs.
L. L.Maloney.
Mrs. Jennie Wilson is visiting her
son-in-law Edgar Spackman and family
in Philadelphia.
MIR. Hart Scott returned to Hampton.
Va, Monday after a weeks furlough
at the home of his parents William A.
Scott and wife.
Miss Murriel Beauchamp and Rodney
Price. of Wilmington, spent Saturday
and Sunday with Mr.. w. Harman Rey-
nolds and family.
David P. Hutchison and daughter
Margaret spent from Friday to Sunday
with his niece Mrs. Mortimer Gibson
and family near Centreville.
There is but little change in the con-
dition of Miss Ethelwyn Maloney who
the past two weeks has been i'll with
typhoid fever. DR.. J. D. Niles and Mrs.
Daley trained nurse from Philadelphia
are in attendance.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
A Shakespearean Recitation

Last Tuesday afternoon the Scribe
gave recitation from the Merchant Of
Venice in the Academy Assembly room
before the High School students. The
recitation illustrated three phases in the
character of Shylock: 1st. The Bar
gaining, Act Scene 3; I'd, Shylock s
Hates and Rages, Act III, Scene |; Sd,
The Trial Scene, Act w Scene l. The
Scribe regrets that appearing, before
sIch appreciative young Shakespearean
students, he. could not have been in con-
dition to give them better impersona-
ton; but an injured hand bad cost him
two nights loss of sleep, and he was too
ragged" to do his theme full justice.
To tell the truth, before he was done,
he felt like saying with the broken Shy
lock, Il pray you let me 60 hence, L
am not WELL.
Miss Ida Howell, the principal, and
Miss Ratledge, honored the reading with
their presence.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
PURE,BREO CATTLE

The Farmers Trust Co., of Newark.
and the New Castle County National
Bank, of Odessa, have each agreed 10
purchase and put out to the farmers of
their respective communities at cost. a
carload Of pure bred Holstein cows. The
banks have instructed J. S Moore and
?. B. Nessick of this town; Palmer
Dlckey, of Stanton and County Agent
X. .. Bausman to select and buy these
COWS. These men left last week
for Livingstone County, Michigan,
where they expect to purchas. these
cows. The banks expect to pay about
$3.50 each for these cows. These cows
will not only be pedigreed, but will
have official milk and butter fat rec
ords. This type of cattle will be suit.
able for starting pure bred herd.
The cattle will arrive in Newark and in
Allddletown about the middle of March,
and will be placed in one of the town
stables for three days for inspection.
The arrival of this cattle will be an
nounced and it is hoped that every
farmer of the County will drop in and
see them. If the farmers are pleased
with them there is no doubt but what
the banks will consider bringing in other
car loads. TIE banks are financing this
project purely from the stand point of
developing the dairy business of New
Castle County. The cows in these first
carloads have been spoken for by some
Of our county farmers.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
OBITUARY
MRS. COLEN FERGUSON

Mrs. Cordelia Lord Ferguson, aged
79. widow of Colen Ferguson a prom
inent farmer and politician of Black
bird, former Lieut. Governor of the
state, died at 73O O'Clock Wednesday
morning at the residence of her daugh-
ter Mrs. Vernon Lay Phillips on Mt.
Vernon Street Smyrna. Shortly after
the death of her husband, Aug. 6 1917,
Mrs. Ferguson moved to Smyrna and
has been making her home with her
daughter. She is survived by four
children as follows: Miss Ella Ferguson
and Theodore Ferguson of Blackblrd;
Bassett Ferguson, Ridley Park, Pa, and
Mrs. Vernon Lay Phillips of Smyrna.
Funeral services took place at the resi-
dence Of V. Lay Phillips at 2 O'Clock
Friday afternoon in charge of Rev. G..
c. Williams and interment was made in
the family lot at Old Drawers Cemetery
near Odessa.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
Hog Cholera Around Middletown

Hog cholera Of a virulent type is now
prevalent in the Mi ldletown District
which will spend rapidly with the ad-
vent Of warm weather. Under exist
ing circumstances the U. S. Bureau of
Animal Industry advices vaccination of
all hogs and pigs within ten miles Of
Middletown as the soft .st and surest
method of protection against the raw
ages Of Hog Cholera. The diligent ap-
plicatiCn of sanitary measures snd dis
infectants will 60 long way toward
warding off disc ase Of your live stock
but when an epidemic Of catching
disease occurs in locality the use of
protective vaccination is Of prime i'm
portance.
Years of experience has taught US
the need for early knowledge Of any
epidemic in order to successfully combat
it. Therefore, everyone is urged to
report promptly any live stock disease
of a catching nature. Watch closely
for sick hogs or cattle and report to
any of the state agencys or the U. S.
Bureau of Animal Industry in Dover.
This Bureau will send a veterinarian
to investigate any infection live stock
disease
(SignedD
= M. l.. ZURKOW,
U. S. Veterinary Inspector,
Dover, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
Jack And The Beanstalk

Everybody, his wife and his "kid''
should 60 to the Town Hall Monday
night next, and see that wonderful spec
tacular movie. Jack and the Bean
stalk" that has been running for six
months at the Globe Theatre, in New
York City at high prices. 1t cost $500, .
600, t. make this big film, and the vast
forest preservers, he mountains and
valleys Of California, Of old Mexico,
New Mexico and Hawaii, were visited
for that purpose.
The Giant Is 8 feet 6 inches. weighs
4SO pounds, and wears a No. 26 shoe
and a 80 collar This splendid spec
tacle can be seen here for the trifle of
10 and Is cents. All children should see
the beautiful wonder!
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
Red Cross Work

''You must be economical in every
thing. Eat less, save all you can and
hand over all you save to your Liberty
Loans and Red Cross. If you can buy
freedom with money, it will be very
cheap, no matter how much it may cost.
No matter how much money we may
have, it will be of little value to US if
we fail in this war;"
We have good start on our March
drive for surgical dressing but it is a
large order and we would like as m any
people as possible to help US. The Club
House is open for work Monday, We'd
nesday, Thursday. Friday from l.3O to
6, Tuesday from 7.3O to 10.
HELEN F. BRADY,
Chairman of Surgical Dressings.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
ODESSA

Mr. Andrew Miller, Of Philadelphia,
visited relatives in town last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nhittock have
been visiting relatives in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Frank Lyman. of near Whining
ton. visited his sister Mrs. William
Craig this week.
Miss Georgia Enos. of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with her parents MIR. and
Mrs. Joseph Enos.
Miss Blanche West, of near Silver
side, spent Sunday At her home accom-.
panied by Mrs. John Stidham, of VII
mington.
Messrs. Charles and Elwood Riley,
Of Philadelphia and Mrs. John Buehm
and grandson, of Middetown, spent
Sunday with Mr.. Allen Sparks and
family.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
New Century Club Notes

In the absence of the president. Mrs.
Clara Brady Green occupied the chair at
the meeting of the New Century Club
on Tuesday afternoon. MIR. George
McIntire, 4. A., was to have given a
lecture, but becau e Of his inability to
be present, Prof. Henry Handy Hay.
of New Castle, gave the program. Prof.
Hay dramatically presented to small
number of members, Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet. Mrs. Hugh Browne
closed the program with a vocal solo,
accompanied by Miss Nary Hutchin.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
HeIp The Old Ladies Home

The good friends of the Old Ladies'
Home in Wilmington are not responding
in their donations to that worthy insti-
tuition as generously as heretofore.
Will not these kind benefactors spare
some of their canned goods. ETC.. to
help supply the needs Of these aged
ladies' left with no other protectors than
the general public!.
This is an especial duty OF TINS co o.
munity because it has received IN the
past a very generous share OF this kind
" bounty, and has there at this time
three REPRESENTATIVES. number out of
nronortion to the towns quota. Dora-
tions may be left at the resld ence OF
Mrs M. B. Burris, North Broad street.
Middletown transcript., 1918-03-16
VN, DELAWARE, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1918
SEND BOOKS AND MAGAZINES

the Government has sent q circula
to the Corbit Library, of Odessa, appeal
ing to it to send books and recent maya
zines to our soldiers in the war camps
Send only good books and in good con
dition.
These young men are making great
sacrifices for our benefit, and deprivine
themselves of many comforts, and sure.
! y we will be glad in this bookish way
to show our appreciation. It's request
ed that these offerings be promptly
made. We give the following sugges-
tions of the Government:
Poorly printed. uninteresting, obvious
ly out-of-date books are not worth ship
ping to the men. Type should be good
and clear and the books in fair condition.
Books of good stories will be wanted
most, books of adventures, sea stories,
detective stories, historical novels and
collections of short stories. especially
humorous ones. Such authors as KIP
ling. Doyle, McCutcheon. O'Henry,
Stockton, Brindloss. Harrington, Hop
kinson Smith, Oppenheim, etc., have
been, found popular authors with men.
Good poetry and drama can be utilized.
All the men must be helped by these
libraries. Some of them have not es-
tablished reading habits. Some of the
books must therefore be light and easily
read.
Foreign language study books, espec-
tally French grammars and dictionaries,
are much needed-possibly more than
any other non-iction books. In one
camp nearly one fifth of the men are
studying French. They should have
easy readers and stories besides their
text books.
Books of travel, biography and his
tory, especially lives of heroes and
travels in the countries at war.
Technical books on aviation, wireless
telegraphy. submarines, automobiles,
first aid and hygiene, draw i
ng and lettering.
Ethical books on patriotism, courage,
good citizenship, with simple non-sec-
tartan devotional books. :
These books may be left either at the
town public library when open, or at
fhe Transcript office, or may be left at
Jorbit Library in Odessa. They will be
'ent to the various camps. i