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Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
FIRST DRAFT FROM TRENCHES
Demands For Sugar From Abroad
Made More Saving Necessary.


Made More Saving Necessary.
The first draft ON the sugar bank
comes from the trenches and he
fighting lines Not only the American
troops in the field, but those of the
Allied nations as well must be main
ments are very high-far above any
level Of normal consumption. Sugar
is fuel for the body. From it can
be ObtaiTed the quickest reactions in
heat and energy. Therefore, when
the weather is severe in the trenches
the consumption Of sugar by the
troops necessarily becomes very high.
Sugar has somewhat the immediate
cumulative effect Of alcohol, without
the Injurious consequences.
Supplies of candy being manufac-
tured for the troops will not suffer
depletion. This ration will be main
tanned to the, fullest extent. The Y.
NJ. c. A.. Red Cross, Knights Of Co.
lumbus and Salvation Army units in
France will be fully provided with
sweets 1t is only fair that the peO-
ple at home should conserve for the
men is the field.
The people of America have had
hut little opportunity t" get on a
share-and-share-alik basis with those
of the Allied nations If we had as
many men under arms prOpOrtionately
AZ Great Britain our fighting forces
would number about 14,OOO,OOO. The
nearest to equality we can reach just
now il in the matter of food; and
limited shipping precludes sending
enough Of our plenty to the Allies to
reach level basis at once.
But sugar is one article on which
we can get somewhere near fair
level. Two pounds per person per
month for household purposes will
give us the ration that England is
seeking to maintain, but which She
cannot guarantee absolutely to her
people. In France the amount sought
to he maintained is one and one-half
pounds per person per month, though
for some time past the quantity act'l-
ally consumed has been but trif1e
over one pound per month-thirteen
pounds per year. Italy is trying to
maintain the maximum Of one pound
per month, but has been falling below
even this allowance. Even if we are
able to maintain the Allies at their
maximum and still keep our popula-
ton to two pounds, the balance will
no in orr favor because Of the more
rigid limitations placed on manu1ae'
turing abroad.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10

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
Gere 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 thirtieth
[SEAL day of July, in the
year OF our Lord, One
Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eighteen.
EVERETT C. JOHNSON
Secretary of State.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
"PULPiNG" FRUITS
Methods Of Filling Pantry Without
UsinQ Sugar.

'S O~S
Every housekeeper is anxious to
build up safe reserves of fruit and
vegetables for winter, and a good pro
WIDER takes justitiable pride in we'll
filled shelves. TO such women the
twenty-five pound allotment Of sugar.
or even a more generous allowance
for canning. will not provide a safe
margin unless there is careful allO-
cation-sO much sugar for cherries.
and so much for ppaches-and this
program backed up with generous
supplies canned without sugar
England has adopted a method of
preserving fruit without sugar, known
as "pulping." that is employed both
commercially and in the homes. This
method is economical Of jars. as no
water is used in canning the fruit.
The method. according to the bulletin
Of the Royal Horticultural Society. il
as follows: Pack steriliZed Jars full
of fruit. add no water. place riibher>
and caps in position. and fill pan with
water up to the shoulders Of the bot
ties. Place pan on. fire and bring
wafer to the simmering point and keep
IT at this point half an hour. Remove
bottles and fill them one FROM The
other replace rubbers and caps. and
put the bottles back in the pan and
bring them up to the simmering point
again for another five minutes Take
them out one at time and screw
down the tops. Invert to cool and
test the joints. Wrap in paper to pre-
vent bleaching and store in a dry.
cool place.
Cooking the fruit before bOttling is
a simple method Of pulping, but the
fruit will be darker than if the above
method is followed. This method is
as follows: Place fruit over gentle
heat until enough moisture comes out
to prevent burning, then increase the
heat until the fruit hollis. Boil an
hour, stirring all the time, and can,
following usual methods Of steriliZ-
ing. In putting up apples little
water will have to be added to the
fruit to prevent burning.
Pulned fruit can be used for Jam,
stewed fruit buildings and pies. The
English housewife who has to he very
careful Of sugar makes up pulp into
Jam one jar at. time, allowing halt
pint Of sugar to a pint of fruit
This does not make SO sweet a jam
as the usual quantity Of sugar. but as
this English woman writes. ut is quite
good enough and in these days jams
Of any kind is almost luxury"
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
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 1913 are
now due, and the undersigned Tax
Collector for said Hundred, will be at
Parlor of Robinson House. Del. City
August 10Th, 18th; September 18th, 70
October 18th, 26;h; November 9th,
3Oth; December 2Sth.
From 8 4. M. to l2 NJ.
Pennsylvania Il. r. Station. kirkwood
September 9th, November 18th.
From 9 A. Nj. to IL N
AT HOME ALL THE TINE
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
C, STUCkERT
Collector for Red Lion Hundred.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
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 COURT.
BE 1T 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 IL. of Article
Nv, 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 heu thereof new
Section to be styled Section IL as fol-
lows:
"Section IL. 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 tart 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 true and correct copy of
House Bill No. 297 entitled IAN Act to
amend Section II. Article w, 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, l 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
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing an Amendment to
Section of Article w of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Delaware in reIa-
ton to the time for the Payment of the
Salaries of the Judiciary.
Re IT ENACTED BY THE SEN ATE
AND HOUSE OF REPRESEN IA
TIVES or THE STATE OF DELLA
WARE IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
MET 1.-TWO THIRDS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH
HOUSE CONCURRING THEREIN ::
Section l. That Section of Article
Nv, of Constitution of the State of Del
aware be amended by striking out all
of Section,4 Of said Article w, and in
sorting in lieu thereof the following:
"The Chancellor. Chief Justice and
Associate Judges shall respectively re-
ceive from the State for their services,
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
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
NorlcETo TAXPAYERS
or
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, BRYAN'S STORE
| AUG. 26, SEPT. "a, NOV. IL
FROM TO II A. NJ.
DAYETT's MILL
AUG. 26, SEPT. "a, NOV. Is. FROM l
to 3 P. M. DEC. 80 FROM 9 to II A. NJ.
GLASGOW, BROOKS STORE
JULY 81, AUG. e. SEPT. rs, OCT.
70, NOV. 10, DEC. 81. FROM 9 to IL A..
M.
PORTER, BRADLEY'S STORE
AUG. q, SEPT. Is, NOV. 10, DEC. 81.
FROM to 3P. M.
SUMMIT BRIDGE, SALMON'S STORE
JULY 81, FROM to P. M, AUG. %,
SEPT. so, FROM 9 to IL A. N. OCT. %,
FROM l to 3P M, NOV. 20, FROM 9 to
IL A. M, DEC. 80, FROM l to 3P. M
KIRKwooD, KINGS STORE
AUG. %, SEPT 30, NOV. 20, FROM l
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 Il, 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,
Collector Of Taxes for Pencader Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
new S0GAR RULES.
! FOR STATE CROCERS
Each Food Dealer Held Respon.
sIb|e For All Sales to:
Customers.
TO ALL RETAILERS OF SUGAR

We are sending you some new sugar
certificates for canning and preserv-
ing, which are to take the place Of
the old ones you now have.
You will note by the certificates
that we are putting the responsibility
for the proper sale of sug.e. upon you
absolutely, and you must sell no sugar
for canning or preserving without
having one OF these certificates sign
ed.
The amount of sugar to be sold to
one person at any one time for pre-
serving purposes must not exceed %
pounds; but this does not mean that
they shall purchase p pounds if they
do not have immediate use for it..
They should purchase at the time only
what they have immediate need for,
and then purchase again as they need
it, and sign a certificate each time for
the amount purchased.
We are also sending you some coun-
ter registers to enable you to register
sales of sugar for household purposes.
You are to keep record of every
pound of sugar sold, the name, adj
dress, the number of persons in the
family, the date of the purchase and
the amount. This register is to be
mailed to this Office every two weeks
You are not to sell sugar in excess
of two pounds at any one time to per-
sons living in town, or five pounds to
farmer, and then only at the rate
of two pounds for each member of
the household for one month, or two
pounds per person for ninety meals.
We are expecting you to do this.
not because the Food Administration
commands it, but because the Country
needs it. and We believe you are
loyal American citizen and will follow
the instructions as laid down.
EDMUND MITCHELL,
Federal Food Administrator
for Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
Farms for Sale

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 tillahle APP
pie orchard and other fruits. Locat-
ed on state road one mile rom 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. J cash,
balance can remain at per cent.
Farm of $50 acres mostly tillable. Good
buildings and good land. Handy to
school and station.
JAY G. DAVIS,
hone 168. Middletown, I)el.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
Courtesies Of the Match.

There were the usual cOurtesies as
to precedence in the use Of the match.
ITS very English" said the man in
the corner. "In Scandinavia you can
tell the nationality Of man by the
way he lights his cigarette. A Swede
strikes match. uses it and throws it
away. A Dane uses the match first
and then offers 1t to you. The Norwe-
CLAN strikes match, offers it to his
companion and uses the fag-end him
self."-London Chronicle.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
cnifzberuen Gets News.

The miners of Spitzbergen are now
N daily touch with the remainder OF
the world by wireless. Heretofore
they received their news by mail, some
times at eight-mOntb Intervals.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
lIncle Ehen.

"De actual producer" said Uncle
Ehen. "don' maze de mos noise. Oar
,,ever vet was hen dat cackled as
loud as a rooster kin crow"
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10

Ni4ro-starch Possibilities.
N,tro-starch, more compact than the
allied nitro-cellulose or guh-cotton'
seems to promise great efficiency as
blasting explosive.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
Shade and Vegetation.

II has been noticed that the ash tree
e very Injurious to vegetation under
- shade. while scarcely any plant Will
grow under yew.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
cure for AiccoUChs.

Cure for Hiccoughs.
To stop lriccoughs, give the patient
. teaspoonfL Of granulated sugar ana
,,;,ocor IF this does not afford relief
at once, repeat the dose.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

An Act Proposing An Amendment To
Section Is, of Article II. of The Con-
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10
CORN SYRUP FOR SUGAR
Can Be Used Advantageousiy in Pre-
pairing Many Dainties.

pairing Many Dainties.
Corn syrup or other syrup can be
used to Sweeten cakes, ices, desserts
Of all kinds. to make pudding sauces
and for canning and preserving In
canning and preserving fruits one
third by weight of the original amount
Of sugar used can be replaced by
syrup. Here is recipe suggest
ed by the United States Food Ad-
ministration.
spjced Cake With Part Of the Sugar
Replaced by Corn Syrup.
Y cup fat.
% cup sugar.
3eggS.
1 cup syrup.
y cup milk.
teaspoon vanilla.
" teaspoon ginger.
4teaspoons baking powder
u teaspoon salt.
~ teaspoon allspice.
81 cups barley flour.
cup rais1ns.
Cream the fat, sugar and egg yOlks
Add the syrup. milk and vanilla and
mix well. Add alternately the liquid
and the dry ingredients sifted tOgeth'
err. Add the f1avOring and fold in the
well-beaten egg whites. Lastly add
the RI SinS Fake for one hour In q
moderate oven. s1rs
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-10

Optimistic Thought.
No revenge is more heroic thSn tna'
which torrents envy by doing good
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
Our MESSAGE
Words by Eleanor Gregsten Thompson.
Music by Nellie Glythe Chase.
Published by the Gamble Hinged Music Co.
"a f. Van Buran St. Chicago Ill


Nellie Gythe Chase.
by he Music
SO st., Chicago ILL.,
stirring written O..
Of
dedicated to the rank and
authors wish that
in making it known)
Somewhere fighting =
Youth of our land fair;
Of their glorious courage H. r:.' -: =
air. F.
They know gives
hearts in their -
We bow their remembering the hour,
gave them loving hand clasp,
=, In silence thought let spare,
me night +,
Few moments Of prayr for the boys who bear .
given right
moments Of I'm honor.
OF fighting eight,
with cheer. meeting death without fear,
fulfilling message Of right s=.> -.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1918-08-31
UNITED STATES WANTS
WOMEN ELECTRICIANS

Among the jobs that have been
opened to women by the war are posi-
lions as electricians. The Chicago
employment office was among the
first to seek women for this work.
Girls and women with knowledge
of electrical work were called for in
Chicago to undertake important work
in the east Floor women, inspectors,
girls with q Knowledge Of telephone
wiring, assenblers, and in short Ill
women who are familiar with electri-
cal appliances are needed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

likelihood of fixity in an army as elab-
orately established in its site as those
Of nowadays
If Pershing starts in east of the Mouse
river this fact POUNDS a prospect that he
will continue to operate in that area.
As yet, our troops have made no more
than trial appearance, it is true, and
the prospect is not yet entitled to be
called a probability. For all that it must
crafty all good Americans to see the flag
in Lorraine. They will hope that il may
stay there, and they will feel profound
~ the implication which the post bears
of tasks in store. The logical extension
of the line from ST. Mihiel would be
southwark. The time may come when
the United States troops will cover
large part of the frontier of Alsace- Lor-
raine.
These territories are TO be regained.
Mr.. Wilson has spoken the national pur-
pose in this matter and the country has
caught the fervor of the idea, at least its
splendor, even if the cold. hard pru-
dence of restoring the French pro-
yinces and frontier as a safeguard has
not vet been realized. BY consigning
to Americans share in this vital mat
ter the French WILL we believe. trust
wisely; the cost will be paid and the
work done.-New York Evening Sun.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
Planting Field Corn.

Editor, Barre Times; This is talk
by one who has been a farmer for 40
years on the question, why Plough the
Farm All Up and Plant TO Beans?" |
know a farmer that planted 20 acres to
beans last year and raised 80 bushels. |
contend this was poor farming. The
same farmer says he will repeat again
this year.
Ny idea would be to sow and seed
down two or three acres with wheat and
sow early in April as possible and then
prepare four or five acres and plant to
field corn, planting between May Is and
May %. and from May % TO June
plant two acres of beans and two acres
Of potatoes The balance of the 20 acres
can be sowed 20 barley and India wheat.
If every farmer in Vermont will fol-
low, along these lines, corn barns that
have not had even q cob in them for
rs years will be full and legislating on
food products will not be necessary. As
to commercial fertilizers, use as little
as possible. Use little. c. II. Taft.
Royalton, VT, Feb. 0, 1918.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

The report that the passengers on the
Tuscanid received warning, two hours
before the vessel was struck by tor.
pedo, that they should prepare them
selves for attack needs little clarified
ton. Was it simply the usual warning
issued as liner is approaching land
Or was there intimation that German
submarines were seen or reported lying
in wait for the approaching transports :
There is at the present time good deal
of mystiiication among the people of the
United States, at least as to the correct
OF the warning given to
the more than 1000 American soldiers
aboard the ship. II perhaps will not be
vital for them to know what the warning
meant but it would be valuable side.
light on the occurrence.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11

The sinking of the Tuscana comes
home closely to Barre people with the
official announcement that Lieut.. Max
c. Fisher of Barre was one of those saved
from the torpedoed liner Until the ar
rival of that telegram from Washington
it was not known that any Barre men
were on board the Inflated ship; and it
is to be hoped that if there were others
from Barre on board they were equally
as fortunate in being rescued Lieut.
Fisher, who is one OF the recent Platts.
burg graduates, has received a rather
harsh introduction to the horrors of war,
an introduction which will prepare him
for the work ahead
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-11
CURRENT COMMENT
Our Battle Front.

The American expeditionary force
holds position northwest of Toul, in
Lorraine, according to a duly censored
and therefore necessarily authorized dis
patch This would put them in the
neighborhood of st. Mihiel, on the east
bank of the upper Mouse river, some
twenty miles south of Nerdm. Here,
reports Berlin. the recent firing and raid
ing has been more active than normal
". The entrance of a new force in the
trenches. the desire on one side to dis
cover its front and numbers and on the
other to withhold the information, would
account for the development.
What our troops do can hardly count
for much yet. 1t may not count for
some time Instead of expressing ideas
about what they may do, Marshal Won
Hindenburg has Just announced that he
expects to enter Paris by April |. He is
probably wrong about Paris, but he IS
right enough, perhaps, in neglecting the
possibility OF immediate trouble from
the Americans Where our troops are
placed. on the other hand. profoundly
concerns us. II fffords the chief indica-
tion thus far furnished as to what part
they may play in the war to come
Let us recolleet IN approaching this
consideration that. except for the stand
before Paris and the sequel. in Septem
Der. 1914. no British major units have
ever operated cast Of the River Oise
during the present war. This river Joins
the Seine below Paris Il descends from
the Belgian frontier in a fairly straight
course. running southwestward. parallel
10 and on the average eight miles from
she French coast. The British in France
continue to operate a. they began. 10
the enclosed strip Never did the peril
q Neriun or the hope q, gain On the
eastern frontier draw a British army
sest 81 the Disc river. 20 strong T. the