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Middletown transcript., 1918-09-14
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing an Amendment to
Section of Article Nv of the Cohstitu-
ton of the State of Delaware in rela-
ton to the time for the Payment of the
Salaries of the Judiciary.
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE SENATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESEN IA
TIVES or THE STATE or DELLA
WARE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MET 1.-TWO THIRDS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
HOUSE CONCURRING THEREIN)
Section l. That Section of Articla
w, of Constitution of the State Of Del.
aware be amended by striking out all
of Section Of said Article w. and in
sorting in lieu thereof the following:
:'TRe Chancellor. Chief Justice and
Associate Judges shall respectively re-
ceive from the State for their services,
a compensation which shall be fixed
by law, and paid monthly. and shall not
be less than the annual sum of Three
THOUSAND Dollars, and they shall not re-
ceive any fees or perquisites in addition
to their salaries, for business done by
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them, except as provided by law. They
shall hold no other Office of profit.
HERYEY 2 HALL

shall hold no other office OF prOht.
HERvEY P. HALL,
Speaker of the House.
JOHN A. BARNARD.
President Pro Tenn of the Senate.
Approved Narch %, 1917,
JOHN G. TOWNSEND. Jr..
Governor.
|, Everett C. johnson. Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware, do here
by certify that the above and foregoing
is true and correct copy of House Bill
No. Ill, entitled IAN Act Proposing an
Amendment to Section of Article Nv
of the Constitution of the State of Della
ware in relation to the time for the
Payment of the Salaries of the Judici-
ary" as the same appears on the en-
rolled Bill filed in the Office of the Sec
rotary of State approved by the Cover
nor March Twenty-second, A. D. 1917,
which said Bill proposing such Amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
is published in accordance with the re-
uuirements of the Constitution of the
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. l have
hereunth set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this thirtieth
[sEAL] day of July, in the
year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen.
EvERErT C. JOHNSON,
Secretary of State.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
B|aCkbird Hundred /!

The taxable residents OF Blackbird
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax i'll said Hundred. are herebv notified
that the Taxes for the year 1918 ere now
due. and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred. will be
AT FLEMING'S LANDING.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2Sth, 1918
From l to d P. N.
At BtACKBTRD.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3Oth. 1918
From to P. NJ
RESIDENCE OF JOHN WALTONn
FRIDAY, SEPTE uBER 9th, 1918
From to 4 P NJ.
Tax bills can be obtained bv making
personal application to the Collector, or
nv sending written communication en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE COUNTY:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid be-
fore the first dav of October there shall
be an abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day OF Decem.
Der there shall be an abatement Of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during
the mouth of December there shall be no
abaterpent whatever. And Oh all taxes
unpaid on the irst day nf January there
shall be added on. hall Of OneDer centnm
DER month until the same shall he paic.
JOHN BETH,
ColIo,tor nj Tov,. FIR Rlack hi ri HIND red
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The city of Cleveland, Ohio. has adopt
ed novel plan for honoring its soldier
dead. For each Cleveland soldier who
loses his life in this war Victory oak
will Re planted along one Of the bou'e-
wards, and each of the oaks will be
named for a soldier.
According to the calendar for the Sep
TENDER term of the Superior Court.
which convenes in Wilmington next
week. 81 suits for divorce are to be
heard and al are on the list for final de-
crees. The cases will be heard before
Judges Conrad and Helsel.
Thousands of baskets of tomatoes
around Laurel are rottiag in the fields
around there because there are so many
that Gamers cannot handle them This
time last year tomatoes were in great
demand and sold as high as SLOT bas-
ket, the highest price reached this sea-
son was 60 cents but this soon dropped.
It is rumored that somewhere on the
Kent side Of the Mispillion, not far from
Milford, large plant for the manu-
facture of powder will be located, which
will give employment to many pc ople. 1t
Is said that there has been recently some
one in the lower part of Milford Neck
looking over the land, but no offers have
been made yet with view of purchase.
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NOTICE TAXPAYERS
OF
Red Lion Hundred

The taxable residents Of Red Lion
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred are hereby notified
that the Taxes for the year 1918 are
now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be at
Parlor of Robinson House. Del. City
September l4th, 70 October 18th, 26,h;
November 9th,
3Oth: December 28th.
From 9 A. M. to IL M.
Pennsylvania R. R. Station. Kirkwood
September 9th, November 18th.
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, 40
Amended.
SECTION 3-That on all taxes paid
before the first day of October there
F.! 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
co,,o.+o j. &C G. > s "; !:52,1a
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION II,
ARTICLE Nv, OF THE CONSTITU.
TION OF THE STATE OF DELLA
WARE IN RELATION TO THE
ORPHANS COUNT.
BE II ENACTED by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of Delaware in General Assembly met
1.-TWO. thirds of all the members elected
to each House agreeing thereto).
Section l. That section II, of Article
w, of the Constitution of the State OF
Delaware be and the same is hereby
amended by striking out all of said Sec
ton and inserting in lieu thereof new
Section to be styled Section ii as fol-
lows:
"Section II. The Orphans Court in
each county shall consist of the Chan
cellor and either the resident Judge OF
the County, or the Associate Judge
who may reside in any part of the
State The Chancellor when present
shall preside. One of them shall con-
stitute quorum"
HERvEY P HALL,
Speaker of the house.
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro Tenn of the Senate
Approved April 10, 1917.
JOHN G. TOWNSEND. Jr.
Governor.
l. Everett C. johnson, Secretary of
State of the State. of Delaware, do
hereby certify that the above and fore
gong is a true aud correct copy OF
House Bill No. 297 entitled IAN Act to.
amend Section IL, Article ~, of the
Constitution of the State of Delaware
in relation to the Orphans Court" as
the same appears on the enrolled bill
filed in the Office of the Secretary of
State and approved by the Governor
April nineteenth, A. D. 1917, which
said bill proposing such amendment to.
the Constitution of this State is publish
ed in accordance with the requirements
of the Constitution of the State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this thirtieth
[sEAL] day of July, in the
year of our Lord, one
thousand nine hum
dred and eighteen.
EVERETT G. JOHNSON,
Secretary of State.
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Collector Of Taxes for st. Georges Hnndre
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stitutiOn Of the State of Delaware,
Relating to the Compensation of the
Members and Presiding Officers of the
General Assembly.
BE 1T ENACTED by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State of
Delaware, in General Assembly met,
(two-thirds of all members elected to
each House concurriDg therein):
Section l. That Section Is Of Article IL
of the Constitution of the State of Del
aware be amended by striking out all Of
the first paragraph of the said Section
Is of Article II, and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
1.-The Members of the General Assem-
bly,, except the presiding officers of the
pensation for their services per diem
ing officers a per diem allowance of
twelve dollars for each day of the SEES
sion, not exceeding sixty days; and
should they remain longer in sa1eion
they sha.; serve without compensa( On.
In case special or extra session of the
General Assembly be called, the MEM
hers and presiding officers shall receive
like compensation for a period not ex-
ceeding thirty days."
JOHN A. BARNARD,
President Pro Tenn of the State,
HERTEY P. HALL,
Speaker Of the House.
Approved April 9. 1917,
JOHN G. TOWNSEND, Jr.,
Governor.
(, Everett c. Johnson. Secretary Of
the State of Delaware, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing is true
and correct copy of Senate Bill No. 13,
ntit!ed IAN Act Proposing an Amend
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ment to Section Is, of Article II, of the
Constitution of the State of Delaware,
relating to the Compensation of the
Members and Presiding officers of the
General Assembly, 'as the same appears
on the enrolled Bill filed in the office of
the Secretary of State and approved by
the Governor April ninth. A. D. 1917,
which said Bill proposing such Amend
ment to the Constitution of this State
is published in accordance with the re-
quirements of the Constitution of the
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, have
hereunto set my hand
and official seal at
Dover, this tbirtieth
tsEAL day of July, in the
year of our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen.
EVERETT c. JOHNSON
Secretary of State.
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NoTIcETo TAXPAYERS
.OF-
PenCaderhundred

The taxable residents of Pencader
Hundred. and all persons liable to pay
tax in said hundred, are hereby notified
that the taxes for the year 1918 are now
due. and the undersigned Tax Collector
for said Hundred will be at the
NEWARK DEPOT, BRYAz s STORE
SEPTEMBER "a, NOV. IL
FROM 9 to II A. NJ.
DAYETT'S MILL
SEPT. "a, NOV. Is. FROM l to T. M.
DEC. 80. FROM 9 to IL A. NJ.
GLASGOW, BROOKS STORE
SEPT. q, OCT. %, NOV. 10, DEC.
81. FROM 9 to II A. M.
PORTER, BRADLEY's STORE
AUG. q, SEPT. rs, NOV. 10, DEC. 81.
FROM to 8 P. M.
SUMMIT BRIDGE, sALMON's STORE
JULY 81, FROM to P. M, AUG. ~,
SEPT. 20, FROM 9 to II A. NJ. OCT. %,
FROM l to 8 P M, NOV. 20, FROM 9 to
II A. M, DEC: 80, FROM l to 8 P. M.
K1RKwooD, KINGS STORE
AUG, %, SEPT. 80, NOV. 20. FROM
to 3 P. NJ.
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 3. Chapter
80, Volume q, 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 cent
um. On all taxes paid before the first
day of December there shall be an abate-
ment of three per centum. On all taxes
paid during the month of December
there shall be no abatement what
ever. And on all taxes unpaid on the
first day of January there shall be added
one half of one per centum per month
until the same shall be paid.
EDWARD o. WALTON,
ColIoo4or &c IT, for ponoador uunIroI
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Farms for Salel

Farm of 80 acres, 6 acres in wood.
Balance tillable, located on stone
road near town, all crops and pos
session at once. Price right.
Farm Of 96 acres IS acres tilIable. APP
pie orchard and other fruits. Locat.
ed on state road one mile from R.
r. Station. church and school.
Farm of lis acres 60 acres tillable.
Near canneries and R. r. station.
Good buildings, fruit trees, nice
truck land, Of crops 60 with farm.
Reasonable price. Part can remain
at per cent.
Farm of 12O acres. ITO acres tillable.
Well fenced, new buildings. Well
located for an ideal home. ] cash,
balance can remain at per cent.
Farm of $50 acres mostly tillable. Good
buildings and good land. Handy to
school and station.
JAY C. DAVIS,
hone 163. Nliddletown, bel.
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GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER

has been household remedy all over
the civilized world fon more than half
a century for constipation, intestinal
troubles; torpid liver and the generally
depressed feeling that accompanies
such disorders. 1t is most valuable
remedy for indigestion or nervous dys-
pepsia and liver trouble, bringing on
headache, coming UP Of food. palpitation
Of heart, and many other symptoms.
few doses of August Flower will re-
lieve you. 1t is gentle laxative. Sold
by.
MIDDLETOWN DRUG Co. Inc.
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HOTEL CHANNELL
Illinois and PACIFIC Ayes.
Atlantic City. n. j

is situated in the heart of the most
fashionable part of Atlantic City. 1t is
centrally located and is midway be-
tween all stations and within stones
throw of the largest concrete II story
resort hotel in the world.
Reasonable Rates. Open surround
ings. Rates 200 up.
Hotel CHANNEL has a Beach Front
View, with capacity of $50. Steam
heat, running water, and private baths.
The hotel has undergone extensive
repairs and renovation during the past
winter with more private baths and
running water. 1t is one Of the hest
modern PRICE Family Hotels in the
City noted for its excellent table and
best of service. American and Euro
pean.
Doors and windows screened in sum-
mer. Bathing allowed from the hotel.
Write for booklet to get terms for
this season. Yours Respectfully,
A. G. CHANNELL,
Owner and Prop.
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NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
st. Georges Hundred

The taxable residents Of St. George:
Hundred, and ali persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby nottiec
chat the Taxes for the year l4i 8 are now
due. and tie undersigned Tax Collector
or said Hundred. will be
r. S. Carpenters Store, Port Penn
MONDAY, SEPT. 23d, 1918
From 8 to II A. ~.
TOWN OFFICE. MIDD1 ErowN
EVERY SATURDAY,
DURING SEPTE DER 1918
From 9 t. 5 O'clock Z. NJ.
Office of Lee Sparks, Odessa. Del.
THURS. and FRI. SEPT. &c and q
From 2 to 4P.M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
persona BILE application to the Collector
or by sending written communication
enclosing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
q ,vERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXE> OF
INV CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 5, CHAPTER
80, VOLUME q, Avs OF DELAWARE, At
AMENDED:
Section 3-That on all taxes paid hefore
the first day Of October there shall be Al.
abatement of five per cen;unl. On ali
taxes paiC before the first day of Decem-
Der there snail be AL abatement OF three
Der cqntulA. On ali taxes paid during the
north of December there shall lie no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first DIV ot January there
.hallbe added one half of one per centnm
per month until the fame shall! be paid.
T. EDGAR CLAYTON,
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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing An Amendment To
ii on Is, of Article Ikof The Cen
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
THIS MAN WAS
CURIOUS TO KNOW
And the County rood Administrator
Figured It Out for Him in
in Hundreds Of
Millions.

One of those people who like to find
out things by simply asking questions
that take weeks work to answer,
propounded some interrogatories TO
]. F.. Elder, Lee county food admins
traitor, who worked out the answers
for him and furnishes them to me
Gate City also. Here they are:
How many cups of coffee and tea
are used daily in the United States!
170,000,000
What proportion of the household
sugar supply goes into tea and coffee
One-third to one-half.
If we saved half teaspoonfui for
each cup, what would it amount to?
1,7OO,OO0 pounds a day.
How much sugar did we use In
year, formerly?
100000, 900 pounds day.
How much is sugar?
From eight and one-half to ten
cents a pound In civil war times 1t
was thirty-five cents pound, and
what it would be now if unregulated
by the government is probably sixty
or seventy cents pound.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
KeokukElectric Company

breed Of dog. or. at the best, but three
or four. And yet, although few know
it, there are three hundred and fifty
odd distinct breeds Of CANNES, in the
world.
Originally scientists tell us, there
was but one variety of dog, but the
different climatic conditions with
which he was subjected, and the ease
or difficulty with which food was pro
cured, soon changed the shape OF this
original member until his own next
of kin would not recognize him-or he
them. Then, too. crossing with other
families of animals has had something
to 90 with the great difference which
exists between the present living mem
bers Of the original family, and now
one has often to be told just before
where dog ends and something else
begins.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
Some Dog.

Very few animals are worth their
weight in gold, and it is very rare
animal indeed who is worth more than
the gold equivalent, and yet there is
one animal. dog at that. who fetched
at a recent sale in London, not only
more than his weight in the precious
metal, but several times it. He weigh
ed twenty ounces to fraction, and
was sold for one thouss nd pounds, or
nearly five thousand dollars.
When it is taken into account that
gold brings somewhere around twenty
dollars an ounce, or three hundred
and twenty dollars per pound it is seen
that the dog meat is far more precious
commodity, as it is worth more than
ten times that amount, ounce for
ounce. And the poorest of Indians
once thought dog meat common del
iicacy and ate it several times day,
in ignorance of the value of food they
were consuming.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
Some Stories About the Dog
How Dogs Developed.

Environment has had much to do
with the changing of the shape, color,
and characteristics Of the various
members of the canine family.
In the warm countries, or in locali-
tiles where dogs have little or no use
for much protective covering the fur is
oftentimes entirely lacking, or at
best showing as merely light hairy
growth These dogs are those distin-
guished as the various hairless breeds.
In the cold countries, on the con-
trary, the hair is often very long, and
frequently quite woody, and is in real
ity. fur. This fur serves the double pur-
pose of protecting the animal from
the icy plasts of winter winds, and the
savage bites of savage dogs, or other
animal foes.
This savagery of the northern dogs
! is also accounted for by climate, for,
as the weaker mammals easily sue.
| cumb to the rigors of winter, and as
vegetation Is so sparse that starvation
would ensue if existence depended
entirely upon it. the dog must, in his
natural state turn to the larger ami
mails and larger game for his living,
and he matches his cunning and his
siren 9Th against cunning and strength
of his prospective food
The greyhounds, and other running
dogs, living in miider climates, but on
open ground where only the smallest
game can hope to live with any de-
gree af safety, have developed just into
a race of runners. as their prey has
largely been swfft-footed smaller deer
racbit Or mouse and speed the only
means of capturing it.
All other distinct types of dogs
have developed in their especial ways
in a like manner.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
SWAT ALIEN
ENEMY HARD
$500
sanitarians Say the Most Dangerous
One is the Common Variety Of
Fly and 1t Should be.
Killed.
1T rs A PERIL TO LIFE
He Who Maintains a Fly Breeding
Place Is Criminal According
to Principles Of the Com
mon Law.

Better late than never, says the
Illinois state board of health about
swatting the fly, the most dangerous
alien enemy in America.
A person who creates or maintains
a public nuisance is indictable under
the common law, it says, and now
that it is known that flies are i'm
portant agents in the spread of dis
ease, 1t must be recognized that a
breeding place for flies is public
nuisance.
1t has been decided by high court
that fly-breeding manure pile in a
town is such nuisance, and the
person maintaining or creating such
alike is criminal, and he may be
punished even in the absence of a
special prohibition in the law against
the manure pile.
A few flies live all winter in warm
houses, secluded cracks and corners.
but it is believed that the most of
them pass the winter in the pupa
stage. 1t is not probable that eggs
which fail to hatch in the fall re-
main alive all winter, but the pupas
or grub stage are well fitted to live
all winter and become flies in the
spring. Most of them hibernate in
the earth.
The Flies and Disease.
Typhoid fever, paratyphoid, diar-
rhoea, dysentery, cholera, tubercu-
losis, diphtheria, smallpox, anthrax.
Egyptian sore eyes, leprosy and 9TH
er diseases are spread by flies carry
ing the contaglon germs from sick
to well.
On some flies in England from
100000 to 500,O00000 bacteria were
found The disease germs have been
taken from both the inside and the
outside OF flies bodies.
They become infected by gorging
ON filth, of which they are natural
feeders, and gather germs from
sores, noses and mouths and cuspi-
doris.
They infect people by direct de-
post of germs on persons, or by
biting into the blood, but the more
common method Is by depositing dis
ease germs on food later eaten by
man.
Milk is a good culture medium for
bacteria, Is attractive to flies and is
consumed raw, so that it is perhaps
the most common medium between
the disease-bearing flies and hui
manity.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
TO PRESERVE
WITHOUT SUGAR
Add the Sugar When the Jar is Open
ed for Use in the Winter
When 1t Becomes More
Plentiful Here.

It is the policy of the food admins
tration to encourage canning without
the use of sugar whenever possible.
The largely increased foreign de-
mands which have just been made
upon. our sugar supply do not give
us the amount for canning that we
anticipated.
Skillful housewives will find little
difficulty in preserving fruit without
sugar and adding sugar. when 1t is
more plentiful
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
and has been domesticated by 10
South African tribes.
Just Like Kids.

Now. children said the teac
Il have been talking to you about
duty of cultivating kindly dist
ton, and l will tell you little s.
OF two dogs. Henry had a nice
gentle as lamb. He would not bar
the passers-by or at strange dogs,
would never bite.
williams dog, on the contrary,
always fighting other dogs or flynn
the hens and cats in the neigh
hood; and several times he seize
COW by the nostrils and threw her.
parked at strangers, and was alw
making trouble.
Now, boys, which dog would
like to own-Henry's or William
The answer came instantly, in
eager shout:
William
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-31
Such Ignorance,

The new pupil teacher had arrived
at the school, The first lesson was to
be one on natural history, and the
teacher had chosen the interesting,
but complex subject OF the dog.
Now children" she said. tell me
what sort Of clothes the puppy wears. "
Come, now" said the new teacher,
determined to extract the right an
swer by naming everything that a
dog didn't wear, docs he wear feath-
ers?''
No reply.
A panied expression crossed the
face of a little boy in the front row.
Please, ma'am." he said pityingly,
! amt YOU never seen dog?"