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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
Too Many Crimes Unpunished.

The suspicion that William Henry
Butler, whose body was found in
the Delaware river, was murder
| ed. must be cleared up. if we are to make
! any pretense of being other than a safe
place for criminals to operate in. Several
| crimes committed here recently have gone
unavenged by the law and been almost
| entirely forgotten. One of these was the
murder of taxi chauffeur which occurred
several months ago. the slayer making n
clear and clean getaway, leaving no clue
that the police were able to pick up. There
also have been almost innumerable rob-
berries and similar crimes that have gone
unpunished, far too many to indicate that
| our police force, or our special officers
are able to capably cope with the willy
criminals who are operating here.
In a community such as this it should be
less difficult to apprehend the guilty than
in larger city, and now that all the va
cancies on the police force are filed We may
and do expect far more efficient service
than in the yar days, when the men were
overtaxed by long hours and extra duties.
The apprehension of men accused of the
graver crimes is often a difficult matter,
requiring operators of wide experience and
the cooperation of every friend of law
and order in the community, especially of
the police force We do not know to what
extent this unity of effort is manifested,
but often there is such an element of
jealousy in the direction of these two de-
partments that both are much hampered.
Perhaps such conditions do not exist here.
We hope not.
Our officials. however, may be open TO
the criticism of inexperience in the run
ming down of criminals The failure of
the police and county officers to appre-
hend Lem Price, the condemned murderer.
after his escape from the workhouse was
an illustration of almost inexcusable in
competency. II is recalled that he made
his get away in the afternoon, was dressed
in prison garb and almost from the mo-
ment of his exit no clue was obtained
even as to which direction he took, ex-
Cept buat suppostu 70 nave peeH suPpiieu
by the trailing hound.
The murderer of the taxi-driver also
got away and the officers we're never able
TO find the slightest hint as to the identity
of the miscreant. If we are going to make
Wilmington safe to live in we shall have to
police and guard the city 50 effectively
that few criminals will escape detection
and arrest.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
Thrilling With q Grave Issue.

''If this letter writing by Chairman
Isaacs continues, big dent will be made
in Chancellor Ford's exchequer by the ex-
pense account for stationery" says the
Morning News.
The 'letter-writing by Chairman
Isaacs" to which our contemporary thus
so fippantly alludes deals with a gravely
important subject-the purity of our
elections, their freedom from the horrid
debauehery of corruption through pur-
chased votes. Chairman lsaacs is en-
deavoring to secure assurance that the
coming election will be protected. by
mutual agreement between the authorities
of the two political parties, from this de-
basing evil.
But our contemporary sees nothing in
this incident, one involving the integrity
of the ballot and the fair name of our
State. save an opportunity to make it the
text for a bit of cheap witticism. There
are some public questions too serious in
their Importance to be trifed with, and
most persons regard this as one Of them.
But not so this apostle Of Delaware Re-
publicanism. Does it desire election de-
bauchery continued in Delaware?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
Cousin Grundy Up-to-Date.

Katherine Fullerton Gerould. writing
in the Atlantic under the title "Refiec-
tions of a Grundy Cousin" says a number
of straightforward things about the
youngsters of 1920 with which all middle
aged folk will be prone to agree-though
few of them have the hardihood to say so.
She has observed that fathers and moth
ers hold their daughters with looser
rein than of old; that girls of doubtful
morals are sometimes present on the same
dance floor with maidens of undoubted
virtue; that girls no longer object strenu-
ously to the use of intoxicants by the men
with whom they associate, nor to late
hours unchaperoned;, that girls are going
to dances uncorseted because men like
them better so.
She believes that kiss is no longer re-
garded as an affront and followed in
evitably by the stinging slap it merited in
her youth. She finds it impossible to
judge the dancing of these days because
she cannot tell what is considered in good
taste from what is bad form, what is mild
and what is extreme 1t all looks alike to
her She who has not danced since the
good old waltz and two-step days" finds
herself a stranger to the modern conven-
tions.
And she refuses toSb blame the war for
more than a small portion of the change.
The trouble, in her estimation. is the lack
of religion, of the "Thou shalt not of our
fathers.
But Mrs Gerould herself confesses to
having danced the waltz, and. from what
she says, found no harm in it. Has she for
gotten that the waltz itself came into
vogue a century ago against the protests
of people much like herself?
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
PRESS COMMENTS.
vALoR AND MEDALS.

The American fighting man is exhibit
Ing very human side OF his nature in re-
f,ising to rush into line to obtain the
Victory medal which a proud country
wishes to pin on his breast for a souvenir
Of his service overseas with tho cxpedi-
tionary force. Once the shouting and the
bands cease and the Captains and the
kings depart" tho bits Of ribbon to be
| sewn upon tunic seem TO lose their value
and significance to the man who finished
the work
He knows what he did; no one can take
that knowledge from him. II he earned
distinction there is left in his breast the
self-respect which came with the proof TO
himself that he WAS altogether n man, and
without that feeling there is but hollow
satisfaction in wearing medals, whether
made Of tin and hung from strip Of cot
ton or from platinum studded with rare
gems and suspended from the costlicst OF
silken fabrics, Perhaps, too, there is
feeling Of resentment that some distinc-
tion has been made between soldiers OF
various cassihcations, besides disin-
clination to wear a medal without bars,
when some other soldier, whom duty
alone took into more pcrilous paths, has
written upon his bars the name OF an en-
gagernent or battle which will forever be
remembered in history.
There is sometimes, as well, the knowl-
edge that special decoration has been
awarded carelcssly, or by the casting of
lots, and has found itself upon man who
was not entitled to it, whereby all dis
tinctions become less valuable in the
minds of the soldier man who once coveted
such things. The discussion about the
awarding of naval decorations, which
Admiral Sims initiated by his refusal to
accept one, did not help the pride with
which the service men had formerly re-
garded the badges Of honor and in this the
American services are not alone, Canadian,
Australian, British soldiers and sailors
have manifested the same concern about
medals to which they were entitled hy
reason Of their service. Non-combatant
relatives value such things highly. Often
mother derives rare comfort from mere
communication and handling OF bit OF
metal which her son will never wear; but
tho men who did the job have different
perspective after year or two OF freedom
from the service which war demands. And
most of our own men are so thankful to bc
rid of the disagrceable shacklee of military
life that they attach more Importance TO
the freedom Of peace than To the glorics of
war or to its Observation-Disclosures Post
Express.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

q. What States have only one repre-
sentative in Congress- II. r.. o.
a. Arizona, Delaware, New Mexico
and Wyoming are the four States in the
Union which have one representative
each in the House Of Reprcsc
a. In straight poker must the opener
always place bis discards under the chips
IN the pot when splitting openersg T..
r. II.
A. Ac cording to Hoyle, opener must
always place his discards under the chips
in the pot, whether splitting openers or
not. This permits the person opening 10
split his openers if he desires without fur
nishing information to the other players
and saves discussion after the band is
played.
@. Are roses peculiar TO any ono region
Of country r. X. B.
A. Wild roses Of many varieties are
found IN abundance in practically all
the TEN perate regions Of the earth.
q. IL there any foundation for the
theory of lost continent" A. NJ. T..
A. DR.. William AIanaon Bryan, pro-
fessor Of zoology and geology in the Col
lege of Hawaii, claims to have discovered
traces Of 6,00O-miIe prehistoric bridge
Of land between South America and Ha-
waii. DR. Bryan left Honolulu on an ex-
ploration trip last June.
Q. What arc the seven senses7" ID.
V. II.
A. According 10 Ecclesi asticus XVII5:
Man is endowed with the senses OF seeing,
hearing, tasting, feeling, smelling, under
standing and speech. The last two are
not, OF course, senses" in the scientific
meaning of the term.
q. What is the value Of the peanut
a., tIs. NJ
q. The Bureau Of Crop Estimates
placed the total value Of the peanut crop
for 1919 at ss0,OOO,0o0.
q. Where are the lines mot drum
was heard, not funeral note, as his corpse
to the rampant We hurried TO be found,
and who was the author? NJ. L. G.
A. The lines are from ''rhe Burial
of Sir John Moore" by Charles Wolfe.
q. What is the real name Of the Little
Church around the Corner" and where il
it? G.. 4. T.
A. This name is given 10 tho Church Of
the Transfiguration which is in New
York City on Twenty-ninth street, a
short distance east Of Fifth avenue.
@. How many accredited herds Of cattle
are there in the United States? N. /. VI.
A. The Bureau Of Animal Industry
reports that during the month Of March
there were 2, 1913 accredited herds Of cattle
in the United States.
O. How did the term "bluestocking"
come into use? @. G. G.
A. About the year 1850, it was fashion
able in London TO attend literary sssern-
blies held at the house Of Mrs Montague
and other ladies. Among the frequenters
was Mrs. Benjamin StilliDgfeet, who
always wore bhue stockings. The term thus
came to be used To designate women Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
EVENING SMILE.
ROUGH ON NELSON.

II was his first trip TO London, al
though he was no longer young. But he
thoroughly enjoyed the sights and sound.
Of the busy London streets. In fact, since
he came from the other side of the border
he enjoyed these more than the cinemas
and theatres, where You have to pay to
60 in.
One afternoon he fingered TO listen 20
small but hardworking band of alleged
musicians who were performing in small
side street
When the selection was ended the
visitor 20 London approached the leader
Of the orchestra and asked blmtly:
'sWhit's the name o that tune we've
jis' played?"
THE Death of Nelson SIR" replied
the musician promptly, with visions of
large tips and requests for encores.
"Well, mon,' replied the other, as
he shook his head and moved of, "a can
say is, we gave him an awfu' death! p
London Answers.
II must say" remarked the derisive
person, that a man looks ludicrous IN
the clothes his wife goes out and buys
for him" Maybe, replied Mr.. Growch-
er. but not any more l,idicrous, in my
she goes out and buys for herself. -
Washington Star.
"If YOU run across any friends Of
mine on your auto trip, give them my re-
CARDS Don't you think it would be bet
ter to take them to hospital? l?"-Norfolk
VirgiDian Pilot.
Mrs. d. tiust returned from months
travel, visits her dear friend, Mrs. B. -
Now, my dear, you must certainly
tell me about all the scandals that have
happened since | went away Mrs.
B.-"Since you went away? Why, there
hasn't been single scandal. Boston
Globe.
Willie-'Pa." "Yes" wiIlie-"Teach-
er says we're here to help others" Pa
"Of course, We are" Well, what
are the others here for?"-The New Ma
jority.
Cape Allsop was a pleasant social Wis
itor in the Bear Ford neighborhood
Sunday afternoon. He let his mule 20
slow all the way for fear that his new
derby hat, which is just bit too small,
would jar off Hogville News Column in
the Sikeston (kans.) Standard.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
Just Folks
By Edgar A. Guest.
WHEN MA WANTS

SOMETHING NEW
Lest night Ma said TO Pa: "My dear,
The Williamsons are coming here
To visit for a week or two
An j must have talk with you.
We need some things which we must get
You promised me dinner set, :
An | should like it while they're here"
An Pa looked up an said: "My dear,
A dinner set2 Well, guess not.
What's happened to the one we've got9''
We need parlor rug says Ma.
Eve got parlor rug" says Pa.
we ought to have another chair,
YOU'RE sittin' in good one there" !"
"The parlor curtains are fright
when these are washed they look all
right"
'eThe old stuff's pitiful to see,
ut still looks mighty good to me"
"The sofas worn beyond repair
ut doesn't look so bad, ! swear"
Gee whiz. YOU make me tired, /" says Ma.
"Why, what's the matter now7" says Pa.
you come an go an never see
How old our stuff has grown TO be;
1t still looks just the same to you
As what it did when it was new,
An every time you think it strange
That should like to have a change"
'1'm gettin' old, says Pa. Maybe
You'd like younger man than mep
"If this old rug was worn an thin
At night you'd still come walkin' in
An throw your hat upon chair
An never see q single tear;
So long as any chair could stand
An bear your weight you'd think it grand.
II home depeYied all on you,
It never wouh get something new"
"All right" says Pa. "Go buy the stuff
"But say, am still good enough?"
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
pretcnsiops or s,,sinn.o,s

intellectual pretcnsiops or s'ninreuss
O. What ia anthrscnose7 II. NJ. ID.
A. Anthracnoe IL disease which
attacks watermsIons, Appearing a. blscl,
spots on the lcavea and as J,ockmnras and
pimpIes on the fruit. spraying Tho plants
with Bordeaux mixture y said 90 stop The
spread Of tho disease, which - easiiv
transmitted
q. What IL the best means Of arranyirg
for The payment Of tares on property owr-
cd in Mexic o by an American citizen A.
NJ. &.
A. IL ~ best to put such matters BE-
fore the attention of the American consul
general at Mexico City.
q. IL IL true that Henry Lincoln
Jul.bnson, the national Republiran CON.
mitteeman Of Georgia, is Negro, and
by whom was he appointed T.. I.
A. Henry Lincoln johnson ~ Neyyo
and was elected st the Republican Con-
vention at Chicago.
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question by Whiting Every Evening n
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director, Washington, ID. G. This oT.r
applies strictly 90 information. T1e
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10 undertake exhaustive research On arr
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
ONES HOMELAND.

The sun may shine in other skies.
With radiance more bright.
The consultations guardian eyes
Watch through the tropic night.
In other lands by other seas,
The wanderers feet may roam
But midst strange songs and melodies
His heart will sing of home.
Though silver streams like threads of light
Haste purling TO the sea
And mountain peaks in pride and might,
Stand like eternity,
Though weary feet by stranger fires
Find transient peace and rest,
Yet memory fond the heart inspires,
The dear homeland is best.
~Eugenie du Maurier.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
MEETINGS TONIGHT.
City Council.

City Council.
Grant Post, G.. A. r.
Iron Moulders' Union.
Cyrus Temple, l., G. E.
du Pont Post, G.. A. r.
Delaware Saengerbund.
Eden Lodge, /. Q. o. T.
Clayton Lodge, X. of z.
Asylum Lodge, |. o. Q. I.
Camp No. 2, P. o. S. of A. I
Volunteer Firemen.s Relief.
Crusaders Temple, L. G. +.
Windsor Lodge, o. S. of 5. G.
Voters Non-Partisan League.
keokuk Tribe, Imp'd .. II. Nj.
Kadosh Commandery, X. of NJ.
Wilmington Lodge, A. 0. L. W.
Hiawatha Tribe, Imp'd Q. r. NJ.
Palestine Castle, o. A. X. Nj. G.
Brandywine Conclave, 5. W. NJ.
Delaware Conclave, |. O. Q. +.
Winona Council, Jr. O. Y, A. NJ.
Wilmington Lodge of Machinists.
Delaware Commandery. h. G.. L.
Mixpah Conclavc, I'll. or 5. W. Nj.
Delmarvia Lodge, l.. A. TO b. K. T.
Master Horseshoers Nat. Pro. Asso.
Wilmington Lodge of Moose, No. Is.
Washington Camp, No. 21, p. Q. 5. A.
Lady Washington Home Communion.
Court Brandywine, Foresters of Americ
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26

The actors have rallied 10 the front
porch candidate and have assured the
Marion wobbler Of their support in No
vember. 1t would be interesting to know
what these visiting players thought of
Harding, seeing, as they did, that he,
too, is one of them, insofar as he has to COM
NIT to memory his part as Presidential
candidate and be letter-perfect in the
lines written out for him by Penrcse and
Lodge.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
RIPPLING RHYMES.
By Walt Nison.
OLD AND NEW.

The millionaire of other days
thought he was cutting ice, behind
his team of trotting bays, that cost
beastly price. well recall the shin
ing rigs in which they rode in state,
the surreys, phatons and gigs,
nags of trotting gait. used to see
them whizzing by, and envy turned
me sour; and thunder how they used
to flyl Some seven miles an haurl
wonder what Jime Fisk would say
if he could shake his shroud. and for
three quarters of day mix with
the modern crowd. He was dead
game sport, was Jim, before he
cashed his string, and nothing was
too good for him-he sampled every
thing. And when he in his carriage
rode, behind his dappled team, he
thought his outfit was an ode, and
) he, himself, a scream. But if he saw
an auto hum, all quivering with
power. from Yuha Dam to Kingdom
Come at sixty miles an hour-well,
we can only wildly guess what
Jimuei would say; but he would
think, with Keen distress, of his
old two-hoss shay. The poor man
with his henry car that up the high
way climbs, has luxury that we'll
might jar the plutes of olden times.
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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26
BLOODHOUNDS OF THE AIR.

Pursuit of tbievs who steal airpl nes
will not be highly spectacular until some
body produces an aerial bloodhound
Seattle Post-lntelligencc.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-08-26

Willie-''Pa." 1" Eyes" wiIlie-"Teac
er saws we're here to help others" Pa
''Of course, we are" Willie-"Well, wh
are the others here for?''-The New VI
iority.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
TWO BIG EVENTS
FOR NEXT WEEK

Monday will usher in the beginning
of the Spotted Poland China hog as a
realfactor in the development of the
hog industry in the county, when
Hon. Wright T. Paulk will offer
some of the best bred Spotted Po-
land Chinas at his sale on Red Viii
lage Farm east of the city Every
farmer in the county should attend
this sale, if not to buy at least to
learn of the value placed by others
on this breed of hogs.
A number of buyers from Indiana
and Missouri have already advised
Mr.. Paulk that they will be on hand,
as they are visiting several Georgia
towns next week, where Spotted Po>
land Chinas will be offered for sale.
Then TUESDAY, the opening day
of the Tobacco Market at the Lon
Dickey Tobacco Warehouse, the
critical period in the history of South
Georgia farming, The Importance of
tobacco growers bringing their to-
bacco to the Dickey Warehouse on
the opening and throughout the sea-
son cannot be too greatly stressed, as
buyers from the largest exporting
firms will be on hand and these men
will make the Market If the crop
is properly harvested and cured a
big price may be expected, as the
crop is under normal and but small
surplus of tobacco is being carried
over by the manufacturers.
We want to see Fitzgerald made
the center of this tobacco industry
and with the cooperation of the
growers in the nearby territory this
Will be made possible. Bring your
tobacco to the Fitzgerald market,
where the redrying plant is ready for
operation and the buyers feel encour-
aged to pay the highest prices.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
WANDERERS AGED
MOTHER HAD VISION
OF SONS EXECUTION

CHICAGO, July l5.-Six years
ago the mother of Carl Wanderer,
who murdered his wife and an TN
identified man because of his infatu-
atin for a 16-year4old girl, arose
fr&C her bed one night, screaming
in Ayrror.
c'hey are hanging my boy to a
tree!' She called out. CARL, Carl!'
The family treasured her but the
vision remained in the old woman's
brain. A few days later she COM
mitted suicide, declaring "she would
not live to see her boy hanged"
Today Carl Wanderer placed in a
cell while the States attorneys office
rushed preparations for his trial.
The story of his mothers dream
was told today by Wanderers sister,
Mrs Bernard G. Roth.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
WOMEN IN GEORGIA
MAY YET GET VOTE

ATLANTA, July 14.-There has
been introduced ia the Georgia SEN
ate two bills enabling women to vote
in state primaries and general cleo
tons in the event that the nineteenth
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton is ratified by the twenty-sixth
state.
These two enabling bills do not
seek to enfranchise women unless the
federal amendment is ratified by the
necessary number of states, but in
the event of ratification, women in
Georgia would be permitted to vote
in the state primaries this fall and
would keep in force the present legal
machinery governing voting qualih-
cations in Georgia.
The measures are patterned after
the Mississippi laws on the subject.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
STENOGRAPHER OF BAKED
BEAN KING" SUES WIFE

LOS ANGELES, Cal, July 49,
The SANDER suit brought by Miss
Ruth Cruzen against Mrs. Euphrasia
Van Camp, divorced wife of the for
mer "baked bean" king, went on trial
before mixed jury in superior court
today
Miss Cruzen, who was stenog-
rapher for Van Camp, was named as
correspondent in Mrs. Van Camps
divorce action. The SANDER suit
grew out of certain divorce suit al
legations which asserted intimacy be-
tween the girl and her employer.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
FOR PRESIDENT BOARD
OF EDUCATION

We hereby announce Mr.. U. J
Bennett as candidate for the of
fee of President of the Board OF
Education to fill the unexpired term
of Mr.. ]. C.. Brewer, resigned. Mr.
Bennett is an experienced educator
a man of high character and we are
fully convinced that he will give OUT
public schools conscientious super
vision.
Many Citizens.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
DORMINEY NEWS

Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Watson had as
their guest Sunday their nephew Mr..
]. D. Herndon of Quitman.
Mrs. w. T. Watson has as her
guest her father Mr.. ]. E. Herndon
of Tampa, Fla.
Miss Emigene Piper of Triton is
visiting friends in Fitzgerald.
The Singing class at Frank closed
Saturday with an all day singing.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
EUGENICS MEASURE KILLED
BY GEORGIA LAWMAKERS

ATLANTA, July 14.-The Georgia
senate has defeated a "eugenics' bill
by a tie vote. The measure sought
to require physical examination OF
all male applicants for marriage Ii
censes. 1t was advocated by the
state board of health.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
SPECIAL MEETING

Pine Level Lodge $50 will hold a
Special Communication Thursday ev-
ening, July 18th, at $50 for the pur-
pose of comforting the F. c. Degree.
Members invited to attend
w. S. WALKER, w. M.
!. w. PEARSON, Sec.
The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1920-07-14
FOR MEMBER OF BOARD OF
EDUCATION

On account of the vacancy caused
on the Board of Education by the
resignation of C. A. Fretwell of the
Second Ward, we offer Mr.. Scott
Walker as candidate for this posi-
ton subject to the decision of the
voters at the special election called
Many Citizens.