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The Penn's Grove record., 1920-04-16
Trenton Letter

Trenton-The senate defeated the
daylight saving bill of Senator Maekay
of Bergen county, designed to bring
New Jersey time into conformity with
that of New York. The vote was IL
against to 9 for. This marks the end
Isof an attempt to pass a daylight meas
4 ure Il. this session. The house adopt
ed the Eldridge bill legalizing the new
time system. but it was smothered IN
a senate committee. Senator MackayS
bill had been S%lumbering in committee
until he called it up.
Senator Maekay made a strong last
minute appeal for the measure, stat
ing that commuters of northern New
Jersey were greatly inJonvenienced by
tie change of time in New York. The
opposition was led by the majority
leader, Mr.. Allen, Republican, of Sa-
lem. who declared daylight saving
meant a great financial loss to the
farmers. He declared that farm pro-
! ducfion under daylight saving in Penn
s|ylvania already has suffered heavily.
Senator AIackay could muster only
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or nor+s of the stata which nave odopt-
ed daylight saving viii not close until
10 o'clock on the night Of the presiden-
tial primaries. April -. aS the result
of the defeat of the daylight saving
bill. Under the law the polls must he
kept open until . o'clock standard
time AS the advanced time is one
hour ahead of the legal standard time,
the polls will open and close n hour
later by daylight saving time.
Without a dissenting vote the senate
passed the WaIIworth assembly bill
providing for a bonus to every New
Jersey man who served during the
world war. Under the measure vet
Grams will receive $40 per month for
each month served during The war. BAT
not more than a total of 500.
There will be a bond issue of ST..
0OO.00O hoated to nav the bonus. Mon
ev to redeem the bonds will be raised
by direct state tax. There will be a
referendum in November. If the act is
approved it viii take effect immed!
ately thereafter.
Port Committee Bill Passed.
The senate passed Senator Allen
bill authorizing the governor to an
point three nersons TO act as q com
mission created by an agreement be
tween New Jersey and New York for
the DEVELOPMENT of the port of Nev
York
The hoase passed the bill Of Assem-,
blyman Guthrie of Mercer making i'll
Illegal to refuse to rent houses to fam
lilies with children under fourteen
years old.
The house passed a bin If Senator
Pilgrim making it a high m~isdemeauorI
to hostilities against he,
The Penn's Grove record., 1920-04-16

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Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27

ESTATE of John Downs, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that Letters of
Administration upon the Estate of John
Downs, late of Blackbird Hundred, de-
ceased were duly granted unto Martin
B. Burris on the sixth day OF ss January ~
the said deceased are requested to make
payment to the Administrator without
delay, and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required to ex-
hibit and present the same duly pro-
bated to the said Administrator on or
before the sixth day of January A. D.
1921, or abide by the law in this behalf.
MARTIN 3. BURRIs,
Administrator.
Address
Middletown, Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
INDIANS tribute TO Mother
Red.Skinned Fighter In World war
Proves Worthy Descendant OF
Race Of Chiefo.

Wounded With Many-Arrows Is an
Indian living in South Dakota.
According to an Indian custom. the
first thing an Indian mother sees or
says after her child is born may be
chosen as the infants name. The
night Of his birth. In April, 1891. the
mother saw q warrior who had been
wounded by many arrows; hence the
name given to the newborn child.
Entering the world war In the
armies of the great white father at
Washington. the first thought o. this
copper-skinned descendant Of a. ace
of chiefs was of his mother, whodh he
named as the beneficiary in his $1O,-
600 government war risk insurance
policy.
The mothers name Is Susan-L0ves-
the-War and she lives at Wakpola. s.
D. She was proud that her son was
among the first to respond to the call
of the United States for soldiers to
fight for their country; she was glad
when he came back, unharmed, full OF
wonderful stories of the adventure
through which he had passed. And
she realized that he had, by allotment
of pay and by his insurance policy,
demonstrated that all he had was hers.
as everything he was he owed to her.
Wounded With -Many-Arrows might
be called Indian Good-tO Mother.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
Not Many Of Uncle Sans Fighters
Have Succumbed to the Lure
Of the City.

OF Americas mighty war forces Of
more than 4.5OO.OOO men, 100000. it
Is estimated. came from farms. Rec
ords in the bureau of war-risk insur-
ance in Washington indicate that these
farm-bred or farm-raised boys carried
government life insurance amounting
to over $1OOOO.OOO,OOO.
During the earlier demobilization 1t
was so difficult to keep track Of the
discharged service men that it seemed
as though a very large proportion Of
them did not return to their former
addresses or homes. So many Of the
service men who had come from the
farms seemed to be listening to the
call Of the city that 1t was feared more
than one-half Of them were not going
back to the farms. Later the tide of
migration set in toward the country,
and now it is believed that the loss in
man power to the farms, as the result
Of former service men settling else
where. may not be more than 100000.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
MUCH LIKE WESTERN CITY
Tifiis, Capital Of New Georgian Re.
public, by No Means Typical
Of the East.

Mr.. Melville Chatter, recording i'm
pressions in the National Geographic
Magazine. admits that he was sur
prised when he arrived In Tif1is. cap
ital of the new Georgian republic. He
had expected city more suggestive
of the East, as the Western mind pic
lures it; but the Golovinsky prOspekt.
the main thoroughfare through the
heart of the city. stretched before him.
'as handsome a tit of modern metro
politanism as can be found anywhere"
and its restaurants. shops, opera. ana
what used to be the viceregal palace
but which now flies the standard Of
the new nation. suggested at once the
French adjective "chic." More than
that. this new capital was brilliant
with uniforms. Russian. Georgian. Ar
menian, British. and most picturesque
Of all, the Caucasian costume. with its
broad-shouldered, wash-waisted coat.
high. heelless boots. and astrakhan
cap. One marveled at the load of
weapons that completed It.; sword
rattling and clanking with the wear
er's martial stride. brace Of pistols,
q pair of daggers, and collection of
what looked like enormous fountain
pens hung across the Caucasian
bosom, but which turned out to be
hollow tubes intended to be loaded
with powder and shot. One must add
stiff mustaches and a close-shaven
skull to picture this Georgian in all
his glory on the Golovinsky prospekt
of his national capital. Clothing for
civilians is scarce and expensive in
Tifis. but the cast-off uniforms Of
military officers are for sale, and many
q citizen in need of q new suit had
bought himself an old uniform.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
Bio Money for Perfect Potatoes.

The perfect potato, which resists
blight and other "spud" diseases, has
been developed. according to Samuel
Ryder, head Of q well-known English
seed firm.
He refused to give the name Of the
hybridist, but said he paid him $4,000
for seed potatoes which wouldn't fill
a peck measure.
1--WE have bought up all the hy-
bridized seed Of this expert" said
Ryder. "The average potato yield In
1918 was four tons per acre in Eng
land. With the new seed, six pounds
per root, or SO tons per acre, can be
produced. The full results Of the per-
feet potato may not be reaped for two
or three years."
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
New Matrimonial Idea.

Connecticut has a married couple
living apart in two towns. the bride,
who has advanced ideas, In one town,
and the bridegroom, who has a good
job and big salary. in another. They
decided to live in separate establish
ments and to visit each other over
week-ends or run away together, as
one of them explains it, for several
days whenever the mood seizes them.
They have rented q third apartment
in New York city, which they will
share "in their play time" The bride
retains her maiden name and title Of
Miss. It is her idea that man and
wife should not live in the same house,
and so get a surfeit Of each other
Boston Globe.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
MALTA IN HISTORY
Had Part in Each Step Of West.
ern Civilization.
leland Made Famous Forever When e
Beat Back the Turkish Hordes In
1565-Deserving Of Prom.
ised Home Rule.

"Perhaps no other by-product of the
world war save the recovery Of Je-
rusalem stirs the Imagination so pro-
foundly as the British announcement
Of home rule for Malta" says bull
1etin Of the National Geographic so
ciety, which explains:
"The Malta island group is shrine
Of mythology, and Of sacred and pro-
fame history. Calypso. vampire Of
Homer's word motion pictures. res
cued the shipwrecked Ulysses, and
employed her charms to make him
stay on the island. St. Paul swan
ashore there after his vessel ran
aground. Publius. the island gov
ernor. according to Acts, %. received
and lodged him, and the apostle found
ed a Christian community before he
departed.
1.-THE date Of Christ's birth is but
the halfway point in Maltese chro-
. n0logy. Since its recorded history be-
gan ten nations have held sway over
the coveted islands, beginning with
the Phoenicians of Paul's time, and
running a scale of Greeks. Cartha-
ginians, Romans, Goths. Arabs. Ger
mans, Spaniards and French, until the
present sovereignty of the British.
1T has been said that Malta's chr0n-
icle holds, in microcosm, the history
Of Europe, and that its archaeological
remains mark each step In western
civilization.
"But Malta was an actor, as we'll as
q librarian Of historic drama. Liter
ally she became the savior of the
western world when the Knights Of
Malta beat back the Turkish hOrdes
during the famous siege of 1865. The
alien knights, along with native NAL
tese, kept the blighted head of Nos
lem from crushing the lands which
fostered those infant ideals Of free
dom which now are erected in Eng
lands concession.
"The thrlll~ If that siege and the
heroism displayels are unsurpassed.
OF the 5000 Malsese who fought with
the knights, practically all were killed.
Characteristic of the knights valor
was that of the defenders Of Fort
St. Elmo. Wounded and desperate, the
few survivors of months Of fighting
went to a small chapel within the fort,
embraced each other. received the
eucharist, and prepared to die. The
little company was cut off from all
assistance, but fought on. Many fell
with sword in hand.
Fearing they would be exterminat-
ed before the assailants were beaten
back. a Maltese was sent to swim
across the harbor by night to inform
the grand master of the danger. The
messenger delivered his message to
Garcia by diving and swimming
mostly under water. Hold the fort, or
die fighting was the command he
brought back. Every man Obeyed-
and died. But the CONSERVATION
wrought by their frenzied resistance
worked such havoc among the assail-
ants that the news Of it spread to
other divisions Of the Turkish forces.
and turned the tide toward Maltese
victory.
I'm command Of the Turkish sea
forces was Dragut, who rose from
cabin boy and galley slave to be ad-
miral Of the Turkish navy. and was
mortally wounded before Malta"
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
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AGE-0LD BUILDING MATERIAL
"Pise,s In Use for Many centuries, Is
Merely 4 Simple Form Of
Concrete.

What is pise? The word, which In
its complete form is written pise de
terre, betrays a French origin and,
from its general appearance, might
well suggest some affinity with the
world Of art. These preliminary i'm
pressions, however. will be found mis-
leading. There is nothing peculiarly
French in pise dwellings, though they
are common enough in some parts OF
France, and reference to them abounds
in French literature Of the eighteen0
century.
The word itself. traced to its Latin
origin, apparently means nothing more
artistic than ''battered." Perhaps the
simplest definition Of pise Is provided
by Pliny the Elder. who calls 1t
"earth battered between boards"
meaning by boards form such as may
be used for concrete in construction
work.
The Roman sage adds that It was an
old and well-tried system Of building
and remarks. that Hannibal used this
material for watch towers on the tops
Of hills in Spain during his campaign.
Who knows whether 1t was not also
in use when Cheops built his Great
Pyramid; for there are prehistoric
pise buildings in New Mexico and Ari-
zona which, some say, date back al
most to that period?
Certainly history cannot trace the
system to its origin, and the pise
dwellings now visible in France, Spain.
America, the British colonies and
elsewhere may give no complete indi-
cation of the extent to which this ma
terial was employed in other centuries.
Exchange.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
Deadly Snake in Bananas.

Patrons Of prosaic grocery store
In a sedate Iowa community had an
exciting taste Of tropical adventure
few days ago. A bunch of bananas
which had been ripening in the store
for q week suddenly gave up strange
and brilliant snake. about three feet
long and unpleasantly active. Taken
in a glass-covered box to local school.
the reptile was identified as a bush
master, most deadly Of South Amer
fcan snakes. Its slender body Is pink
ish-yellow in color. with a row OF
large, diamond-shaped patches from
head to tail. the latter being black.
with stripes Of pinkish-yellow. 1t Is
related to the better known fer-de-
lance, but grows even larger than that
six-foot carrier Of swift poison. Be-
cause of local prejudice against the
visitor, it was Observation-Disclosures
Mechanics Magazine.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-27
Many o'Briens.

A soldier named John ]. O'Brien,
writing to the war risk bureau about
his insurance, failed to give his serial
number or policy number, but said the
papers would be easy to identify as
his wife's name was Mary A. O'Brien.
A search through the bureau files dis
closed the names of 175 John j.
O'Briens, and each Of an even so Of
them had a wife named Mary A.
0'Brien.
ARE RETURNING TO FARMS
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
Commodity Prices

Wholesale prices for the principal CONS
modities continue to seek higher leveh
there being sixty-five advances this week
in the quotations received by Dun's Rec
view, as against eleven recessions. Dairy
products displayed more irregularity, the
best reflecting somewhat more liberal
supply, but an increased demand, coupled
with moderate receipts sent eggs sharply
upward. Considerably stronger conditions
developed in the grain markets. largely as
result of reports of export inquiries ana
unfavorable weather for shipping, ana
higher quotations were established on corn,
oats and rye. There has been no particu-
lar change in beef but price movements
in hogs were erratic. Most kinds of pros
visions were steady in tone, but the gem.
eraI tendency was toward higher level.9
Iron and steel products of all descriptions
remain conspicuous for their strength, the
pressure of requirements causing proffels
of large contracts by buyers. Business in
the minor metals appears to be improving,
and, in consequence, prices of lead speltef,
copper, and tin are gradually advancina.a
The high wages of labor and the extreme
costs of the raw material sustain the
strong tone of the cotton goods markets,
while the downward trend of hides appears
to have been checked. s.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
ATLANTA TAKES
LEAD AS SOUTH'S
SHOE MARKET

! Atlanta seems destined to become
the great shoe headquarters of the
south.
With several large factories in Att
| lanta devoted to making shoes, with
one of the biggest manufacturers in
the north about to open an Atlanta
branch and with the White Oak Saoe
company. the biggest exclusively
mail O der shoe handlers in the
south all going full swing Atlanta
shoes VIII soon be making footprints
everywhere.
The White Oak Shoe company, Of
which W. NJ. Jackson and II. G.
Brown are the active heads, has res
Gently doubled it's capacity in orGera
! to take care of the rapidly=increas-
ing business. Large quarters have
been secured in the Forsyth build
ing and sales of a quarter of
million are looked for this year.
"By our system" said Mr. jack
son, 'alI postage and fees are paid
ny us so that the customer gets
cur shoes at exactly the advertised
price. ,.Aa
1--WE believe in giving big values
for little profits and our offered bar4e
gains have met with a tremendous
| response.
ATLANTA will now be the biggest
shoe market within a five-hundred-
mile radius and by our mail order
system people in the most remote
districts can select their shoes from
mammoth stock and get them
promptly by mail at great saving
! in cost. q.
"Our business now fills orders from
Washington to Cuba and with our
| increased capacity we look for q
much greater expansion of our ter
ritory.
Ordering by mail involves no risk
whatever as every pair of shoes we
send out is sent to meet the abso-
lutte approval of the purchaser or
| +baN1 NAV bh rnt1,ruadr
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13

Romes closed at 1925. Consuming markets
ranged slightly weaker for extra fancy
mort hwestern Winesaps at 50 .75@3 20, with
various auction sales at $2.20O 800. Wash
ingt0ns extra fancy boxes JOnathanS were
about steady at $2.7503.26. Shipments OF
GoXed apples $50 cars, a gain of 81 over last
week. Barrel stock filled 200 cars, a gain
of "a.
Sweet Potatoes Strengthen
New Jersey yellow stock advanced fully
CSC, ranging $2.25M275 per hamper Mt the
close. Tennessee Nancy Halls strengthened
to $1.50G2.OO. Shipments 1926 cars, com
pared with 215 last week. Movement was
chiefly from Delaware, Maryland, New Jer-
sey, Illinois and Tennessee.
Exports of apples September 1 to Novem-
Der 80 were 1863, G04 barrels, of which nearly
two-thirds were shipped during November.
British apple market slow and weak. Best
Maine Baldwins quoted at $500 per barrel
at Liverpool December %. Toronto, Canada,
quoted No. 1 Baldwins at $7.00WS.00 per
barrel.
Peanut Markets Higher
Virginlas, farmers grade, strengthened in
southeastern producing sections, closing
about Il cent higher at 9@10Hc per pound
to growers; and Spanish strengthened to
S3.20M3.S0 per bushel. Virginia Jumbos,
stock, both ranging 15W151ac per pound.
Southwestern producing sections quoted
farmers grade slightly higher at $4,000
$50 per bushel to growers, and shelled
Stunning markets quoted No. 1 Yirginias,
shelleG. at a stronger range of 15@17c, and
Virginia Jumbos, cleaned, strengthened to
13Gl1G1ac. No. 1 shelled Spanish ranged
17hM1S1Gc. Asiatic peanuts, 30145c to
the ounce, were quoted 12@14c per pound
f. o. b. Pacific coast shipping points.
Carrot Situation Strong
One of the notable features during the
past week at western New York shipping
points was the sharp advance in carrots
During December almost uD to the Christmas
holidays the market had been quiet with
very light trading at $1.65m1.75 per cwt.,
sacked, and $2S.O0M32.O0 per ton bulk, A
few sales were made at 81 0OM425 per bar
the past week a pronounced change in con-
ditions occurred. On Monday the market
opened quiet a few sales being made at
So 106I215 per cwt., sacked, with some bar
re1s at 3.60M4 90, and bulk at $500 per
ton. Later in the day, chiefly on account Of
New York City sales, conditions strength
ened, many dealers quoting 40.00@4S.00 per
ton bulk and $2.25@2.50 per cwt sacked
Tuesday and Wednesday the demand con-
timed moderate, with good inquiry, sales
being made at 1925 per cwt. sacked and n
few as high as $3.50. Friday the demand
increased some early sales being made at
81 20G1235, sacked, and barrels ut $4,000
40 Later in the day dealers quoted $4,000
$4,000 per ton bulk, $2.50@3.00 per cwt
sacked and asked as high as $5.00@6.00 per
barrel for GnGy market %
the heavy inquiry and advice that some best
stock had brought high prices in New9ork
City Sales were made at $2.500260, with
n few as high as $500 per cwt. sacked, "a
dealers quoted $2.5013.0O per cwt. sacked,
$45. OO6 900 per ton bulk, mostly S30.O0M
5000, and asked as high as Sc per barrel for
Condition Of carrots in Norfolk section.
Virginia, Is per cent, according to the
bureau of crop estimates.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
wheat Pit Warned
Of Price Hazards

NEW YORK, J&@. L. Warning u)
price ha2&Ids which may confront
wheat and flour handlers after the
withdrawal of government control
when the activities of the grain cor
poration are brought to an end mex
June is contained today in an Of
fetal bulletin issued by Julius Fl
Barnes to 42,0Oo licenses of the
wheat director N all parts of the
United States. Emphasis is placed
on the fact that "the reduction Of
commitments to the minimum re-
Quired for the conduct OF necessary
current business" will be a wise COM
mcrcial policy for the grain trade
UPON the termination of two years of
official sterilization and in view OF
the present world situation.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
Read the Rules~Look at the Prize List-Start Today
HOW TO PLAY
THE FIGURE
PUZZLE CAME

We publish herewith the Figure
Puzzle Game chart. This chart
has $40 squares in it. Each square
contains number of from one
to three figures.
Nine of these squares, three
verticle and three horizontal, are
termed block.
To play the Figure Puzzle
Game you are to arrange your
blocks so that the figures en-
closed in them will total the
greatest amount.
The blocks are to be arranged
on the large figure puzzle chart
similar to those in the Sample
chart shown herewith. Study.
the sample chart carefully so you
will be sure to make the proper
arrangement of your blocks.
The blocks may be placed any
where on the large chart except
that they must not touch each
other at the tops or bottoms or
at either side. They may how
ever, touch at the corners as
shown in the sample chart.
When you have your blocks
arranged so that when the fig
ures in the blocks are added, YOU
viii have the greatest total it
is possible for YOU to obtain.
II out the coupon, giving the
sotal of your figures, the number
of blocks you have used, the
date Or dates OH which you sent
in subscriptions and your name
"ud address. Be sure you use
the coupons, as answers sent in
any other way may get lost.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
Wheat and Flour Exports

Wheat including flour, exports from the
United States and Canada for the week
ending January s, reported to Bradstreet,,s,
aggregate $500, 200 bushels, against 5,391,-
PSI bushels last week and 10,416,1S6 BUSH
els in this week last year For the TWEEN
ty-eight weeks ending January s exports
bushels last year. Corn exports for the
week are 70, 500 bushels against S.675 BUSH
els last week and 1853, Os3 bushels in the
like. week of 1919. For the twenty-eight
], 305, 5T4 bushels, against IL, 03S bush
ola for the snma nnrind Inst year.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-13
Failures Durinu Week

Commercial failures last week in the
United States, as reported by r. G. Dun &
Co., are 125 against 124 last week, 80 in
the preceding week and IT'S the correspond
ing week last year. Failures in Canada
number eleven against eighteen last week,
five the preceding week and thirteen last
year. Of failures this week in the Unit
ed States, ffty-two were in the east.
twenty-five, south; thirty-one, west, and
twenty in the Pacific states and fifty-fve
reported liabilities of $1,000 or more,
against forty-eight last week.
American shoes are in high IA
vor among all classes of Chinese.
The sting of a bee is useful for
certain forms of rheumatism.
Kittens are selling for 81 each in
cat1ess Belgium.