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Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-24
MANS HEAD BLOWN OFF
BY EXPLOSION OF TIRE

Peter Roe was instantly killed Mon
day at San Juan, when a motor truck
tire exploded while he was initiating
it with air. The top of his head was
blown off and nearby brick wall
blown in by the explosion.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-24

whom Pierce is alleged to have CON-
mitted the offenss, was placed in Jail
Immediately following the killing on
a formal charge of murder.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-24
||o3IINTY court
HASADJOURllED
.,>, 10 TIE ELECTION CON.
Wv" rr.r II THE DISTRICT
,,,Er COUNTY COURT
u>S ADJOURNED

r,. :. nber term Of the County
~, M ~. cry brief. Monday some
.v.'' ,s ,,., vcrc heard and the court
CIV. +, ....- until Thursday when
~VS h,r. a. ,,n was held and the court
aai;nprr,a mtil the December term
aI ~tirb So open the first Monday in
W. 4. liz Thursday session of the
~, M crrv .ac case was called, that Of
v".,,l ,y ll,.,hcws. who was charged
.i,b @ (aias to support his family.
"" u pl,a .giilty and was fined $500
md COST
There are five other criminal cases
- ,he .,ut calendar which will 60
AZ rrer to the December term.
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-24
Wool Dresses as shOlDn BY
PERKINS BROS. COMPANY

Again SERGES and WOOL TRYCO-
TINES are the favored materials in WOOL
DRESSES-and justly do these materials
Deserve the favor they have been accorded.
But the styles for the new season present
many new and clever ideas produced by the
artistic arrangement of trimmings, in which
FLAT BRAIDS, SILKEN EMBROIDERY,
JET BEADS and MILITARY BRA1DS
p'ay very important parts. We show var
.,e'y Of models that will prove interesting
/" The woman demanding exclusiveness and
Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1920-09-24

thus with PERKINS Ready-to-wear-but
the fact this season we have 80 much to
show you that so wildly portrays the pre-
dominating features in PERKINS Ready
to-Wear-so many wonderful things that
10 clearly reveal that rare combination
of STYLE, QUALITY and VALUE-it is
that our enthusiasm is at it's very height.
And we know you will find these things in
teresting-just as we have and just as every
woman who has viewed the great displays
as now featured by the PERKINS Store.
This ad is prepared that you might have
a faint idea of what to expect upon your
visit to our popular Ready-to-Wear Section
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
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 County and School Taxes for
the year 1919 are now due, and the
undersigned Tax Collector for said
Hundred, will be at
AT HOME AT ST. GEORGES
Every Week Day
DURING MARCH, 1920
NOTICE TO SCHOOL TAXPAYERS
A rebate Of per cent. will be allow
ed on all school taxes paid not later
than August 10th, 1919. After that
date there will be no rebate whatever.
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 21, Laws of Delaware, as
Amended.
SEC 3-That on all county taxes paid
~efore the first day of October there
>nail be an abatement of five per
-ntum. 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
J. c. STUCkERT
Collector for Red Lion Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Bats for U-Boats.

Captain Campbell and his associ-
ates Of the British mystery ship Dun
raven paid as much attention to de-
tails in their ships as in their personal
appearance. The ships wash did not
expose the fahnels that are affected
by naval men, but the dungarees that
are popular with merchant sailors.
Sometimes a side Of beef would be
hung out in plain view. I. this not only
kept up the fiction thai the ship was
an innocent tramp, but it served as
tempting bait to the not too we'll fed
crew of the submarines Particularly
tempting cargoes were occasionally put
on deck. One Of the ships carried sew
eral papier-mache freight cars Of the
small European type, covered with
legends which Indicated that they were
loaded with ammunition and bound for
Mescpotamia. It Is easy to imagine
how eagerly the HUI would wish to
sink that cargO.-Aimiral Sims In the
Worlds Work.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
NOTICE TO ooEA TAXPAYERS
Pencader Hundred

The taxable residents of Pencader
Hundred. and all persons liable to pay
tax in said hundred, are hereby notified
that the County and School taxes for
the year 1919 are now due, and the
undersigned Tax Collector for said
Hundred will be
AT HOME AT IRON HILL, MD.
Every Week Day
DURING MARCH, 1920
NOTICE 70 SCHOOL TAXPAYERS
A rebate of per cent. will be allow
ed on all school taxes paid not later
than August 10th, 1919. After that
date there will be no rebate whatever.
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
30. Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, as
amended.
SEC 3-That on all county 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., 1920-03-13
mix,na| Yarns.

By force of Industrial circumstances
an odd and interesting kind Of inter
nationalism appears in the report that
Hongkong factories are knitting with
a mixture Of Japanese and American
yarns. An estimate for the current
year is that American yarns to the
value Of about one million gold dol
lars will come isbe Ecnskong and 60
out again all over thu far East in
knitted articles, the bulk of them
made Of American yarns but consid-
erable part of American and Japanese
warns mixed. People in North China,
the Dutch East Indies, the Philippines,
and in smaller number in South
America and Europe Will thus be 60
about in what might be called
"American-Japanese hosiery made in
China"
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Running No Risks.

According to the testimony Of the
witnesses, you were caught just as
you were getting out Of the window
with the contents Of the till in your
pocket. Now, what excuse have you
got?" said the Judge, fiercely, to the
prisoner, who stood, with jaunty air,
in the dock.
Il know 1t, your honor. l shall al
ways be grateful to the man who
caught me- When I have these SON.
nambulistic fits ain in danger of fall
ing out of windows and hurting my
SELF"
'That never occurred to me-" re-
marked the Judge, pensively. "That
being the case, I will direct the off,
Gals"
ITO turn me loose?
mo; but to have an extra bar put
across the window OF your cell so that
there may be no danger Of your fall.
ing out"
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
THE SPECIAL SESSION

THE Legislature meets IN specl
/ session, March 22-by call OF til
governor to consider three subjects, 1s
the ratification of the Federal suffrag'
amendment; I'd, the granting Of stat
aid for schools in order to relieve TIN
heavy burden on real estate; Sd, the in
crease of the amount that may be bcr
rowed under last years act for tn
building of the new Washington stree
bridge in Wilmington.
The governor hopes the members vii
confine themselves to those three sub
jects, although he lacks power to com
pei them to do so. 1t is feared that ,nt
re-actionary Bourbon foes of Del
wares admirable New School Cod
which has already blazoned the state.
name high on the roll Of Education
will seek to return to the beggar:y ele
ments of the fathers whose curriculum
for the common schools chiefly com
prised the "three r's," ''readin'
'ritin' and 'rithmetic."
AS for Woman Suffrage, that is in
evitable, and only mole-eycd sentimen
talists can hold any other view. The
largest and most int .lligent states, fal
superior in numbers as we'll as ir
wealth and knowledge, have pronounced
in its favor with overwhelming unan
unity, and only few of the poorer ant
less advanced states are opposing it
and those chiefly in the south on colo
grounds.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
cHIvALRY NATURAL TO HIM
Bravo Act Of vIroInIan Soldier In
France Had lts Counterpart In
Deed Of General Lee.

It was not often that the soldier
boy would talk at all Of those days
in France, but one evening he had
been telling his uncle and some OF
the lads who had dropped in Of the
rescue of Parade Rest.
Parade Rest was the company's
mascot, q rather nondescript dog, OF
no marked intelligence but devoted to
and beloved by the boys. who had
given him this sobriquet because of
the position in which he always stood,
with one foot turned out. One day
at Chateau Thierry he had been left
behind in dugout, but had followed
the boys, and at moment when there
was a lull in the advance, there,
tempting target for *he enemy, silhou-
cited against the glare, stood Parade
Rest.
1T doesn't seem much to tell nOw,"
the soldier said, looking over the quiet
little group on the home porch, thou
sands Of miles away from that battle
6eld, 'but 1t was some stunt. My
buddie dashed out among the falling
<hrapnel and bursting shells and
seized Parade Rest SO quickly we
couldn't tell how it was DONE"
"Where was your buddie from?"
inquired one of the boys in the group.
At the answer "Fsom Virginia" the
soldier boys uncle smiled. remfnis-
cent, comprehending smile.
"He was only repeating an act Of
one Of the greatest Of Virginians, my
lads," the old man began, and then the
little group remembered that here III
their midst was veteran OF that war
of the Blue and the Gray.
''For one day, during the long siege
of Petersburg, General Lee, in his
effort to encourage his men, took up a
most dangerous position on the front
lines. But having been cautioned and
later besought, he retired to the rear
Only a few minutis later, however
seeing some fledglirgs fall from theil
nest to the battlefield, he rode out
Jumped from his horse. and restored
them to safety. 1t was done very
quickly but not so quickly but that
the general, on his well-known gray
horse, was visible to the enemy. But
the enemy did not fire upon him ir
| that act."-Christian Science Monitor
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Orator Not Dependent.

John Bright's notes for a speech
were written on a visiting card. Lord
;Asquith is the authority for this state
.ment. but It does not appear quite to
.harmonize with Bright's recorded prac-
-tice Of using several hal'-sheets in the
case Of important speeches. He GER
tainly was not dependent on his notes,
however. being always tble to repeat
verbatim any Of the sentences which,
owing to the applause which greeted
them, had been inaudiblk to the press.
On one occasion the winf played havoc
with his half-sheets, whieh he had laid
on top Of his hat. But he picked them
went on.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Shortage Of Medicine Bottles.

American manufacturers of medicine
bottles are offered an excellent op-
portunity for the sale Of their prod
ucts in the English market today.
Supplies are practically exhausted, re-
ports Vice Consul Leroy Webber at
Nottingham, and the retail druggists
are looking to American makers to re-
lieve the situation. The shortage ap-
pears to be particularly in bottles
ranging in size from one dram to 20
ounces, in the white flint and Quinine
tint colors. The eight-ounce bottle,
Guinine tint, Is considered the recog-
nized size of the trade, and the selling
price at present is $3O8 a gross, de-
livered free, as compared with $1.92 a
gross paid in 1914. The panel bottles
are made in all sizes and in both flint
and quinine tint, while poison bottles
are always dark blue, in conformity
with the British Pharmacy act.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
II MILK COWS %

with strain of Guernsey. Holstein and
durham. One 2-year old Heifer and
one 2-year old Bull.
Two farm wagons, dearborn. york
carriages, buggy and l road cart, z
Oliver plows, No. SO; 1.korse Oliver
pow, single cultivators, sulky culti-
vators, L Bickford & Huffman grain
drill, grain fan, Hamilton corn
planter, 1 Mccormick self binder, l Os-
borne mower, hay rake. l land roller,
| spring. tooth harrow, Randall bar
rows, / spike tooth harrow, hay rig
eings, I grindstone. farm bell and fix
lures, plow and wagon harness, 3 sets
of carriage harness, shovels. hoes,
forks and other farm implements too
numerous to mention.
Peerless grain separator, 36-inch
tors, 33-inch cylinders.
One 21-horse-power VI Peerless en-
CINE, l 2O-horse-power U. U. Peerless
engine, and 18-horse-powe IT, Peer
less engine. Two of these engines and
separators are in good working order.
Terms of Sale
All purchases up to and including
Thirty Dollars, cash, All purchases
aggregating more than Thirty Dollars,
credit of seven months will be given
by purchaser giving bankable note
with an approved endorsers interest
| added from date of sale. a.
SARAH E. BURCAARD,
Admir- tistratrix.
DAVID P. HUTCH1soN, Aut44ea5neer.
MARTIN B. 3URR1s, Attorney.
At the same time and place will be
sold at public vendue, the farm late oc-
cupied by Frank Burchard, deceased,
situate near Taylor's Bridge, containing
220 acres, more or less; about 100 acres
Of which is one of the finest fur-pro-
ducing marshes in musk-rat pelts to be
found in New Castle County. The up
land is excellent natura! soil for general
farming and grazing, and is sufficiently
timbered for farm use and fuel. The
farm is on a macadam road in process
of construction and within about mile
from post-office and cannery.
Attendance will be given and terms
made known on day of sale by
SARAH E. BURCHARD.
Or MARTIN B. BURR1s,
her attorney.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
FOOD c0NSPlRAClES

vv7HEN Lee surrendered at Appo-
w mattox in April, 1865, the prices
Of the necessities of life fell 70 per
cent. Nearly one year and half has
elapsed since the armistice which closed
the Great War, and instead OF gong
down everything has been going higher
this. too, in face of the fact that IN
our own land, the ten or fifteen millions
If workers directly or indirectly en-
gagged in that war have long since been
returned to trade, commerce ana agr'
culture (! =.
This highly abnormal food, etc. sit
uation. which has become intolerso'e
and cannot much longer endure, is due
in part to a multitude OF causes ou
chiefly to two things-a wide spread e&
travaeance of living, amounting often
to sheer madness, and wide spreac
greed of profiteering amounting oi'e'
to sheer theft.
And now that an angry public oplnlo'
has nrodded the government into ac-
ton. proofs of this rascally prohteerlne
are being brought to light
A single days news on Wednesday
last has furnished few illustrations
Thus: the u. S. Dist. Atty. in Chicago
is planning to throw onto the reta'
market the huge amount OF 1862 39s
mounds of butter and $780, 600 pounds
Of cheese held in cold storage there b!
a single profiteering firm to enable it tt
force high prices still higher.
Again, the same days news tells how
the authorities in Syracuse, N. T..
seized $4,000 pounds of sugar stored D!
candy maker there, and that TN
week before $4,000 pounds of suga
were taken and sold to grocers. Thl
is the record of but two cities. I'M
enormous sum total of foodstuffs thu
cornered by profteers all over the coun
try can be imagined!
These wicked food conspiracies hav'
been cruelty expressing the people be
cause this trust land d-graft-lovlng Ad
ministration has been unwilling during
all these suffering years to enforce tn
laws against profteenng, Atty. Gen
Palmer himself being threatened witt
investigation as profteer !!
But that angry public opinion. and tn
coming of the next presidential election
with every promise of relief by the he
publican party from these intolerabI
expressions, is stirring this Administra
ton into action at last.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
HELP THE JEWISH WAR RELIEF

IRON the 10th to the 9th. the Jew
i ish relief drive will be on to raise
funds to send to the starving peoples,
Jews and Gentiles alike, in the Near
East, and all pitiful hearts touched by
those awful sufferings will give all they
can to help save those perishing ones.
In an editorial Wednesday the Even
ing Journal under the caption Of ''Pu'
1t Over" says:
''There is one special reason why
the people Of our state should do
this. 1t is that the Jews have been
among the most active and generous
supporters of all Embarrassing drives
we have had since the World War
They have given hundreds of
thousands of dollars during the last
five wears, and at no time have they
drawn the line. The Red Cross,
Knights of Columbus, 7. NJ. c. A.
Salvation Army and all other war
relief agencies have found splendid
support in local Jewish circles
All CentilAs should help, and their
slogan should be- Past fav0r' n1f
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
NOTlCETO TAXPAYERS
OF
Appoquinimink Hundred

The taxable residents of Appoquini
mink Hundred, and all persons liable to
pay tax in said Hundred, are hereby
notified that the county and school Taxes
for the year 1919 are now due. and
the undersigned Tax Collector for said
Hundred, will be
IN TOWNSEND. Dell,
EVERY SATURDAY,
During MARCH 1920.
From 2 P. M. until evening
NOTICE TO SCHOOL TAXPAYERS
A rebate of 8 per cent. will be allow
ed on all school taxes paid not later
than August 10th, 1919. After that
date there will be no rebate whatever.
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-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 Decem-
Der there shall be All abatement OF three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month of December there shall he no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first da, of January there
shall be added onehalf of one per centnm
per month until the saue stall he paid
JOSEPH C.. HUTCHINSON,
Collector of Taxes for App oquinimin n
Hundred
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Deer Hunting From Wheel Chair.

Deer Hunting From Wheel Chair.
Determined that his i'll health should
not keep him from his annual hunt,
A. w. Kelly, cashier Of the National
bank in Barnegat, N. J., was taken by
automobile to his favorite spot, where
seated in chair, bundled up in robes
and heavy wraps, he hunted to his
hearts content. Even the zero wealth
er didn't chill his ardor and Mr.. Kelly
says he had a splendid time. To be
sure he didn't get his deer, but that
was because he was too well bundled
up, for q large stag ran out of the
bushes back of him, but before he
could free his arms to shoot the ami.
NAL bounded out of sight.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Save by Using Electric Power,

At the south side water works at
Pueblo, Colo, an electrically driven
direct connected pump, Of a capacity
of 100000 gallons daily was installed
during the year 1913. Tle city is now
preparing to install a SCI nd unit with
100000 gallons daily c, acity, and it
Is the intention Of the tn Btees to cleo
trify the entire pumping Hstem during
1919. The trustees estiH tie an annual
saving Of $4,000 when tie plant Is
lcomplstely equipped for ee4riol epar-
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
NOTICE TAXPAYERS
St. Georges Hundred

The taxable residents of st. Georges
Hundred, and all persons liable to pay
tax in said Hundred, are hereby notified
shat the county and school Taxes for the
year 1919 are now due, and the under
signed Tax Collector for said Hundred.
will be
At the Real Estate Office of
JOHN HELDMYER, JR.
Middletown, Delaware
SATURDAY,, MARCH 9th. 1920
from l p. m. to 4 p. m.
On all other days at my residence
near Mt. Pleasant.
NOTICE TO SCHOOL TAXPAYERS
A rebate of per cent. will be allow
ed on all school taxes paid not later
than August 10th, 1919. After that
date there will be no rebate whatever.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personable application to the Collector
or by sending written communication
enclosing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
Nhw CASTLE COUNTY, SECTION 8, CHAPTER
80, VOLUME 81, Avs OF DELAWARE, AS
AMENDED:
Sec 3-That on allcounty taxes paid before
the first day of October there snail be an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes pail before the first day OF Decem-
ber there snail 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
shal oe added one-half of one per centum
per month until the same shall be paid.
EUGENE E. PAXSON,
Co1loctor of TaYoa fOr St Gonruea HIND re- n
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13

CO-WlC. -
No. l. PRINCE, black gelding, 6
years old, and good driver.
No. 2 LINDA, a sorrel mare, 9
years old, and good driver
No. 3. JIM, bay gelding, 6 years
old and good driver.
No. 4. REYNOLDS, a brown geld
ing, years old and good driver.
No. S. BENNY, a brown gelding, 5
No. 6. MORGAN, roam gelding, 8
years old.
No. Z. PUDD, bay gelding, years
old.
No. 8. DEXTER, brown gelding, 9
years old.
No. 9. FANNIE, brown mare, .
years old.
No. 10. ROCK, bay gelding, years
old.
All of these horses are good for gen.
eral use.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
Remar<ablel

RemarI<ablel
An amorous young man met math-
ematical maid at the Christmas dance.
He was as keen on flirtations As she
was on problems. and he asked her, In
the conservatory, to tell him her age.
"How old am r. replied the girl.
'Well, when I ain a. old as my sister
was when she was as old as will be
when she ID twice as old as then war
I win be twice a. old a. now am"
The young man, eager to please,
licked 1t her Il polite astonishmsnt
and sxflaimedi
s11ay1er Il Il III
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF t$& F
Personal Property /!
The undersigned will sell at public
vendue,

vendue,
ON TUESDAY.
MARCH 10th, A. D. 1920,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
at the farm near Taylor's Bridge, late
occupied by Frank Burchard, deceased,
the following described personal prop
erty, late of said deceased, to-wit:
Household and Kitchen Furniture
10 Head of
& HO R S E S
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13

Women Own Barber Shops.
Women BARRIERS are numerous In tho
larger cities and towns Of Sweden,
and many Of them own the shops in
which they work.
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13

Collector of Taxes for st. Georges Hundrl
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1920-05-20
Calling New Jersey spain"

Referring to New Jersey as Spain"
came about in this way: Joseph
Bonaparte, the eldest brother of Ma
poleon. came to America and occupied
the place called Point Breeze, at BOr-
dentown, ~ J. He was ex-king Of
Spain. but, disclaimng his legal rank,
he lived there for several years under
the title of Comte de Survilierx. en-
dearing himself to his nelghbors by his
liberality and graciousness Of man
ners. He was chosen a member Of
many learned and philanthrOpic insti-
tutions, and in 1917. an act was passed
by the legislature enabling him as an
alien to hold real estate within the
state Ardent Republicans as well
as neighbors out of good-natured rail-
lery, for this reason called the state
his kingdom of Spain.