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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
S CHAMPION TOMATO
GROWER Of DELAWARE
Arthur w. Rounds OF Newark
Community Makes Production
of Over Ten Tons Per Acre.

Arthur w. Rounds, marketing COM
mitteeman Of the Newark community,
may he the champion tomato grower of
lielaware-and possibly the Peninsula.
lis weld ON , acres of tomatoes IN
1919 WAS | Az baskets or a little over
l0i, tons per acre Mr.. Rounds insists
that aS much ralp fell on lus field rs on
hls ncighhors and that his storm damage
was rs great aS theirs Mr.. Rounds claims
20 have never grown fewer than 40 tons
per acre and he has been IN the game
several wears
When asked What is your secret of
sucocss2' Mr. Rounds replied that It WAS
dine 30 seven years seed selcctiof'l careful
soil and seed bed preparation and l'hcral
application OF plant food " hon asked
What hc did for tho blight be rrphcd that
he bad found no rc,nCdy except = liberal
application Of msnGrc ard fertilizer.
Here IL has story OF the 1919 crop. iiis
plants vere grown III the open from
especially selected Bonnie Best Variety
secd Mr.. Rounds saws that anyone buy
ing the average Bonnie Best seed on the
market will be disappointed. lie insists
on rlgld seed selection as tn" foundation
stone m building for blg tomato weld.
Ills plants were fcid ret Man -, IN rows
. feet 10 inches apart Nlr. Rounds has q
heavy SOIL ~ he Is situated near tir hase
OF Iron TIill
He could not oct the KIND IF fertilizer
which he wanted IN 1910. 50 he used .
: per cent nitrogen and per cent Phos-
phcric acid goods, and hc applied or the
~ acres >, 500 his OF fertilizer. Half Of
the fertilizer Is hroad-castod and tho To-
ms ainder placed IN tho drlll row Mr.
Rounds Is opposed 50 the general plan Of
tbro,,inc 4 handful of fertilizer around
eacl h.il
In the winter Mr.. Rounds spread seven
t1as q. stable manure 10 the acre, which
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
BOUGHT PRECIOUS CHINA.
President Of France Gave London Dinner
on Nations Priceless Treasures.

London. Dec. 3.-The wonderful
service of plat and china belonging to the
Republic Of I rance was brought to Lon
don secretly and under heavy guard for
use n the inner which President Poin-
care gave W bile visiting England. There
were 5 3 heavy packages, and it required
seven vans to transport them from the
railway station 10 the Embassy.
TIE collection comprised historic gold
and silver plate. and priceless Sevres
china lined with solid gold leaf, the whole
surprising IN value the ransom of king
Throughout the journey from Paris
the packages were under the eyes of de-
tcctives and railwaymen. Every pre-
caution was taken against robbery and
damage. Th e packages were taken from
the station her after midnight and the
vans proceeded through the comparatively
deserted streets closely glarjsd
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
WAS thoroughly disked into the surface

was thoroughly disked into the surface
soil in the spring before it was plowed
under. Mr.. Rounds insists on deep piow-
ing, but he has gone about this gradually
so as not to turn up large amount OF
fresh subsoil at once.
If anyone can beat this record IN
Delaware we want To know about 1T and
how II was done We believe this story
offers a gold mine of useful information
because il is a record of achievement and
success gained through pa'nstak'ng
work and careful study. Who said 1t did
not take any brains in farming? Does any
reader believe Mr.. Rounds success WAS
duo 10 luck alOneY
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
HOTTEST DAY ON RECORD.
Works Of Watch Melted and Ran Down
Owners Leg.

head years ago about fellow who
had been down to Yucatan building =
telegraph line. He said it was hot down
there-quite hot.
He said the way they ran their tcle-
graph line after the poles and the in
sulators were up, was TO carry the wire
up pole, take hitch around an in
sulator, point the end of the strand in
the direction Of the next pole, shin down
and hasten-egularly hasten---to that
next pole and climb it as quickly as pos
yibIe
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19

Dissatisfied Householder you mean
TO say that this meter measures the
amount of gas we burn7
Chs Collector Il will enter into no
controversy, sir; but may say that
the meter measures the amount Of
gas you will have to pay for.--London
Tid bits
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19

II they hurried they would get there
Just in time TO grab the end OF the wire
as it arrived, having been extended to
that point by expansion.
The hottest day they had, he said. the
works of his watch melted and ran down
his leg and felt cool because il was
liquid. New London Day.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-12-19
Sectional Book Cases

IN mahogany. golden and
fnned oak. Three sections:
top and base. SGT 80 up.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
Wages to Continue High,
Says Secretary WILSON

The prediction that neither pres
ent wages or prices for raw ma
terials are likely to slump once the
nations business resumes it's nor
NAL after-the-War proportions, and
an appeal for a revival of conStruc-
tive projects by private and pub
lie interests through which indus
trial and military manpoWer may
De usefoIlY absorbed during the
period OF rehabilitation, are fea-
lures OF a statement issued by Sec
fetary OF Labor Wilson.
Thls Summary Of the depart
ments views on present conditions
has beer sent through its educa-
tional diviEion to civic bodies
througPout the country with the re-
quest THAT the facts be given the
Wldest possible publicity. The text
/ Oh the statelNnt, received Monday
10y the Atlanta chamber of COM
zTerce, follows:
No Lo IF Wages
II am of the opinion that from the
time we restore ourselves to our MOI :
NAL postwar activities, the demand
for peace-time production will be SO
great that there will not be the re-
hottest possibility of securing any
reduction in the wage rates from
their present basis. L feel further,
that the manufacturer who falls to
take into consideration the prospects
of the future and who, in a hope of
securing a cheaper labor or chcarer
raw material. does not build up his
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
The Sen11-W eekly J0urm0Cs
Own Short StOyu
TOM REEBE,s CLOCK

W Liza and Hope Beebe were Civ
- ing up the old homestead. one
cad of furniture had gone,
Iney sat in a cold room NUT
..-,. i'll wraps. Ella was thinking
o. many things. She was older
imam Hope ana darker and thin
ner.
Well" Hope sighed, we're 60
ing at last. L wonder ii it VIII
ever seem natural to live anywhere
else but here"
Il don't know" Ella replied. But
much longer. The mortgage would
have driven us out"
Ella sought to reassure her sis
ter. OF course, We'll feel like cats
in strange garnet for a spell. We
must expect that. But as soon as
get to work we shall be all right"
That's what l dread-the work, "
Hope said. 1.-The getting up in the
dark and cold and going clear
across the town to the factory, the
standing and being among strange,
rough people. L don't know wheth-
er .1o, can ~ bring IN m ny T73a smoke
almost sharply. "And I'm going to.
We've no relations or friends to
take US and L wouldn't let them
if we had. I've got my pride. l
want TO De independent ever IL 1t
means a lot of discomfort. Besides,
we haven't money enough to live
on if we do not work. Isn't Jake
in sight yet?" she demanded. "He's
been gone long enough to make two
trips" Ella rose and walked about
resolutely. 81 suppose it wasn't
necessary for him to take this last
load. There int anything to go
except a lot of truck that we'd
probably be better off without"
"Oh, Ella! You forget. There's
the clock"
Well" Ella turned and both sis
ters looked toward the corner where
up for kindling long ago 1t isn't
piece of furniture, taller than Hope
herself, and adorned with rudely-
carved scrolls and birds. "By good
rights we ought to have split it
the clock stood. 1t was a massive
worth being called a clock. Why,
it hasn't been running for twenty
years. And when it did it never
kept good time"
But all the same I don't feel I
can give it up. We've lived with
it so long, Ella" Hope appealed
plaintiveIy. Besides. you know
mother had a real fondness for it
because Tom made it,
They thoughtfully contemplated
the silent clock. Years before,
when the sisters were little girls, a
distant cousin of their fathers had
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
LUXENBURGERS ARE
DIVIDED SIX WAYS

Luxemburg's future is as difficult
to forecast as the state of weather
the little grand duchy since peace
Just six parties have formed IN
thine little grand duchy since peace
negotiations 0egan. They stand as
For UNQUALIFIED independence and
the abdication of Marie Adelaide, the
23-year-old grand duchess.
For independence with the grano
For a Belgian protectorate with
out the duchess. 80.
For a Belgian protectorate with
For a French protectorate with
out the duchess. i4,,
the duchess.
The strength of the grand duchess
lies in the support of the cderlcal
party, for $50, 900 of the 256.O0O peo-
pie in the grand dlchy are Cathol1cs'
Her weakness lies in the uncon-
eeaIed sympathy with Germany.
Concerning the German invasion OF
- s-a1 4, poster seen throughout llt..- the
.sThe government then in :, power 1Sr
violation Of our territory whereas
the people wanted to break all re-
lations with the invaders"
Tanning the flame Of resentment
Marie received the kaiser at her
palace in Luxembourg in the autumn
In the winter Of 1915, she sent a
telegram to the kaiser, it is alleged
praying God" for the triumph Of
Germany.
In the immediate encourage of the
grand duchess all are German.
IN view of all these facts, and the
fact that the, clerical party COM
1nands hrt 81 out of 40 votes in the
house of deputies. there is every
prospect of revolutionary proceedings
in Luxemb burg.
Whatever its outcome, It seems I'M
likely that Marie Adelaide will re-
tain her power.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
Mother Offers $500
Reward for Daughter
Lost Since September

Mrs. S. NJ. Shrewsbury, of Nash
Vile, offers a reward of 500 for in
formation as to the whereabouts of
her fourteen-year-old married daugh-
ter, Mrs. Birdie SPORTS. The girl has
not been heard of since she left
Chandler. Ariz, in September.
The Shrewsbury girl left Nash,
vile last June, following her mar
riage to a Greek restaurant employee
named Gust SPORTS. They went
first to Little Rock, Ark, and later
to Chandler, from which place the
girl wrote that she was unhappy and
would gladly return home Mrs.
Shrewsbury sent her S135, which
she is believed to have received.
Mrs. SPORTS left Chandler early
last September and supposedly start
ed home. Nothing has been heard
from her since the time of her de-
parture from that place. Her hus-
band, it has been ascertained re-
NAMED in Arizona.
The fact that the missing Nash
Vile girl left Chandler with valuable
jewels in her possession gives weight
to the theory of foul play.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
Not Opposed to Plon For
"LeGgWe of PeGce," Says
HOke Smith, 1m AtJUntd

Indicating his support of the
league of nations idea as a moral
force to prevent wars, but not as an
institution to be invested with power
to dictate governmental policies, Sem
ator Hoke Smith, who is spending
few days in Atlanta during the hol-
! iday recess of congress. on WedneS-
day stated his position on several vi
tai questions now confronting the
nation. The. senior senator from
Georgia declared that press dispatch
es from Washington stating that he
opposed in toto the presidents plan
for a league of nations, had miSQuot-
ed him on the subject and that he
did not believe the president enter
tanned any extreme views on the
proposition.
In discussing various phases of
the reconstruction program, he in
dicated that his information was to
tina effect that men in the service
overseas would he brought back
home at the rate of 100000 a month
within sixty days.
AS for the cotton situation, Senator
Smith stated that the obstacles
t%sawn around the marketing of cot
ION by the government have now been
removed and that in all probability
the blockade against the central pow
ers will be removed within the next
ten weeks, allowing free movement
of cotton to Germany and Austria,
with the prospect that the staple Will
sell at a price between 80 and 40
He also expressed the belief that
the preponderance of public senti-
ment throughout the country is
AGAINST retention of control of rail
roads by the government, but that
the people favor the passage of re-
strictive legislation to facilitate
transportation handled by private in
terests.
tgrhere seems to be two lines of
thought about a league Of nations"
said Senator Smith.
zone extreme advocates a league
with a constitutional form OF gov
eminent enforcing it's determinations
Tnon the nation members OF the
league. just as our national govern
ment acts towards the states OF the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

organization and maintain 1t during
the possibly Drler period OF read
JuStment, Will be handicapped III Sc
curing his share OF the business
afterwards; because he viii be hand
lcapped through lack OF WORKING
forces in his factory.
lit therefore seems to me that the
situation resolves itself into taking
care OF the possible problems in the
interim between our ceaSlng war &C
tiVitieS and the time when we nave
assumed our natural postwar actlVl-
ties.
With the attitude of mind that /
have expressed as existing on the
part of some manufacturers relatlVe
TO waiting for u lowering in the
prices of raw material and the price
of labor, it may be that the restora-
ton of industry will not take place
as rapidly as the demobiliZatlon takes
place. We are not sure OF that.
There ought to be provision made
for a reservoir that would absorb
the demobilized workers and the de-
modified soldiers, not in doing the
things which there is no need to
have done, but in doing the Things
that ought to be dOne-that are val
liable for peace-tlme purposes res
ervoir that will take care of them
for the brief period between their
dismissal from the army or the dis
missal from the war industries until
they can be reabsorbed into the nat
uraI postwar Industrial activities
The department OF agriculture
is taking steps to accom- lish part
Of that purpose in the matter of
road Improvement, highway i'm
provements, on the theory congress
has acted on in the past, that for
military purposes and for postal
routes, roads are necessary all over
the country. Where men are en-
ployed in road building, they do not
have to be taken from their own
home communities to engage in the
work. The department of agricul-
ture, therefore, has asked or is
about to ask for an increased ap-
preparation which will enable it, in
cooperation with the respective
states, to engage in NATIONWIDE
project of road building that will
absorb, if need be, some of these
workers temporarily, until indus
try resumes it's natural course.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

And here comes Jake Wilson"
Presently Jake entered. We'll" he
said, whats neXt?'
The The clock XII, first" answered Ella.
amt going to take that?" he said.
"Where'll you put it in that house
you're going to? Amt no room as
far as [ can see"
lake, 1ouY El,a said b5a ep s2g9dx gge5s
wants the clock to go, and it's go
ing"
So Jake, with the help of his sis
tiers, hoisted the cumbersome thing
into his wagon and piled the rest of
the household gear about it.
The house they had taken in the
village was a cheap one-story attic
building. When the sisters entered
and saw their furniture lying in the
empty rooms their first feeling was
one Of despair. Then they braced
themselves to assist Jake, who had
been reduced to a hopeless scratch
ing of the head as he viewed the
tall clock and the ceilings.
"Well, what are you going to 10
with it?" he demanded. af5A
Hope felt like setting down to cry,
but Ella set her lips firmly.
you can't set it up here" jake
we will lay it in the attic" Ella
said quickly. Come. Jake, stop your
fooling and take hold"
AS soon as the sisters were set
tied they proceeded to take up their
work in the factory. AS Hope had
feared, it was serious business get
ting UP early, walking through the
cold of early winter to the distant
factory and standing nearly all day
over the pieceworl which at first
brought in small returns. From the
never would make a good Garner,
still the little she did make helped
Ella did better. She was stronger,
quicker, and cleverer.
condition seemed to be against the
comfort and well being Of the two
women They suffered for the many
little things that they had only con-
sidered as necessities back in their
old home.
At last Hope fell i'll and was
obliged to give up work entirely. The
doctor forbade all unnecessary eXer-
ton. He did not add that she needed
more of everything than she had.
But Ella understood. She worked
harder than ever trying to get some
her back to health. She worked so
hard that toward spring she, too
came SO near breaking down that she
had to leave the factory.
bed shivering while a blizzard ragged
round the house. They could not
sleep, for they realized that each
moment they were being buried
erish and restless. ut does seem
as if this was the capsheaf," she
moaned.
Ella said nothing. She, practical
one, was thinking Of the morrow
and many coming tomorroWs, OF
the low supply of wood of the even
lower supply of groceries. And the
money was as low as either. II
must get back to work some way"
she thought.
At that moment a strange sound
thrilled the silence of the house,
succeeded by another and another
sound. Hope sat up in bed. ell
la" she gasped, the old clock
it's striking"
"HushH said Ella. She was count
ing. The old clock continued to
strike until it had reached the sew
enth time, then it lost it's voice as
suddenly as it had found it.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

Union. If such q league had repre-
sentation at the common council in
proportion to population, then China,
India and Africa would easily control
the council to dictate action.
ITO such q league l am opposed.
No constitutional power is vested in
congress to enter such a league and
if there were such power the sur
render of our status as q country to
such a government would be simply
unthinlIable.
Upon the floor of TIL Sen->te - It
Thursday l called attel- ton to the
statement by the president in his
address before the University of
Paris, when the doctors degree was
conferred upon him. The president
said:
No Extreme Plan
MY conception of the league of
nations is just this: That it shall
operate as the organized moral force
throughout the world, and that what
ever or wherever wrong and agrees
sion are planned or contemplated,
this searching light of conscience
everywhere will ask, what are the
purposes you hold II your hearts
against the fortunes of the world"
after giving this quotation from
the presidents speech, 1 added:
""To that doctrine I think all OF
I
surely we may go that far, though
we may not he willing to surrender
any of the sovereignty of our coun-
try to new constitutional govern
!nent embracing the nations of the
world that would have the right to
dictate for us governmental policies.
I cannot believe for a moment that
the president has advocated or would
advocate any such extreme plan for
a league of nations
This about expresses my view OF
the subject.
president Wilson has never said
what he means by a league of ma
tions more distinctly than in the
language I have quoted. Even this
language is indefinite. I have no
fear that any league of nations with
power to force its views upon ma
lions members of the league, will
be agreed upon at the coming con-
ference"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
When War Laws Expire

Legislation passed to perfect
this country's war machine will
expire on the following rates:
Control of Railr oads-21 months
after the war proclamation of
peace).
Control of Telegraph and Tele-
phone Line-During the war.
Food and Fuel Control-End of
the war
Espionage Act-End of the war.
Housing Construction-End of
the war, except for shipbuilders.
Labor EmpIoyment-Du the
emergency.
Reorganization of Government
Bureaus Under the Overman Law
Six months after the war.
Government Operation of Ships
Five years after the war
Aircraft Board-Six months
after the war.
War Trade Board and Expert
Control-End of the war.
War Finance Corporation-Six
months after the war, with fur
ther time for liquidating.
Capital Issues Committees
months after the war
Alien Property Custodian-End
of the war, with extension of time
for certain duties.
Agricultural Stimulation-End
of present emergency.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

come wandering to their home. The
neighbors called him a tramp, and
perhaps he was. Alec Beebe would
have turned him away, but his
wife, whom Hope resembled, plead
ed for the forlorn, homeless
creature. Tom Beebe died a year
after he came. He spent the whole
year constructing the clock. Over
and over again he told Mary Beebe,
I'm going to leave you something
here" And he left the clock. AS a
timepiece it had been faulty; as an
ornament it was useless, but as a
monument to poor. rattle Drained
Tom Beebe's gratitude. it was
worth it's weight in gold.
"It wouldn't seem like home any
place the OLD clock wasn't" Hope OBJ
served, softly,
"Oh, of course, if you feel like that
about it. Wen take it" ELLA said
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

residences, the secretary Of labor al
so sought to promote 100 per cent
unrest inspired by anarchistic doc
trines, believing that there is no
patriot like the man who has his
own home to defend.
In addition to the private building
Mr.. Wilson believes the nation would
do well to expend $1,000,000,000 on
roads and highways and double that
amount on other public works which
make for the improvement of the liv-
ing standard Of the masses.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03
Tennessee Law Clerk Finally Wealthy
After ono Weary Years Of Hard Fiqht

Gently. Forthwith he abandoned his
practice of law. From now on he is
assured of an income of about $3.50
monthly from the estate, and this
total, together with what he earns
from his new profession, he be-
lieves, will keep the wolf from the
door.
Scranton's sister, who resides at
Gallon, inherited property worth ST.
100000 from the great-aunt's estate.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

but I've kept it untouched" he said.
need it. I've needed it many times,
Some day the old clock will fall
to pieces and then you, Mary and
are richer than you supposed"
Ella and Hope found that they
were indeed much richer than they
supposed, for the bag contained
gold coins to the value of more
than s1,400. This sum was to them
and more comfort and happiness
than they had ever known.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

W. W. Scranton, for thirty years
a resident of Knoxville, Tenn, who
struggled for years to feed and
c1othe his wife and two sons on his
m nlea1se salary as clerk in law
office in Fountain City, near Knox
Vile, has just inherited an estate
valued at 100000.
time from attorneys for his great
aunt, who died at Gallon, O., re-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-01-03

Hope hurried above. Kneeling,
place where the mouse had gnawed.
Suddenly Hope gave a cry. ELLA,
sec! There's a drawer fitted in
under the clock dial! What is it
for? We never found it before"
AS the little drawer was drawn
out the sisters saw first piece Of
paper and then a small leather bag
They opened the paper first. 1t had
been written by Tom Beebe.
81 am putting this money here be-
lieving that whoever finds it will