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Ten-Minute Studies
of New York City
Government
Bu WiLLis Brooks Hapkins.

~ WtEtS BROOKS HdUkIHS.
This is the twenty third article Of
series defining the duties of the adj
ministratlve and legislative officers
and boards OF the New York City
Government.
TAXATION.
Department Of Taxes and Assess
nents.
This department is administered by
a Board of Taxes and Assessments
consisting of seven commissioners APP
pointed by the Mayor. The charter
requires that one member of the
board shall be designated President
in his appointment. and that at least
one member shall be learned In the
law" Not more than five Of the
Commissioners may be Of the same
political party. The President must
be a resident of Manhattan, and not
more than one Commissioner belong
ing to the same political party may
he appointed from one borough, eX-
cept the Borough Of Manhattan. The
Presidents salary is $4,000; that OF
the other Commissioners, $1,000 each.
This board assesses for purposes Of
taxation all real and personal prop
erty within the city. Real property
consists Of ~ Ordinary real estate"
so divided as to show separately the
value of land. and (2) real estate of
corporations" consisting mainly of
private rights OF way and terminals
OF public service corporations. Per-
sCnal property consists OF % tangible
~property, such as household goods,
merchandise, machinery. tools, Sc.
and (2) intangible property, such as
mercantile credits, chRttel mortgages,
promssory notes, cash. &c.
The method Of making these as
sessments will be described in a sep-
arate article.
The present aboard Of Taxes and
Assessments consists of Jacob A. Can.
tor Of No. 2345 Broadway, Manhattan,
President; Joseph f. O'Grady Of No.
1888 Richmond Terrace. st. George, 8.
l.; James p. Sinnott of No. 11S Airing
ton Avenue, Brooklyn; Richard H.
williams Of No. 65S Eighth Avenue,
College Point, L, l.; Arthur II. MUIR
ply of No. 1900, Arthur Avenue,
Bronx, and Lewis NJ. Swasey OF No. AZ
Herkimer Street, Brooklyn. The main
office OF the board Is on the ninth
floor OF the Municipal Building The
offices for the other boroughs are:
Bronx, at Arthur and fremont Ave-
nues; Brooklyn, No. 500 Fulton
Street: Queens Court Square, Long
Island Citv: Richmond, Borough Hall,
New Brighton.
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IT WOULD SURPRISE THE DC.

A N UNMUZZLETo dog in the corridor of an
a apartment building is "at large" according
TO The decision Of a City Magistrate yesterday The
owner Of the offending dog was fined.
If dogs could speak, canine annex to the jail
might become necessary. Every dog in the city
would be in contempt Of court.
Perhaps the owner of the dog deserved a fine.
Perhaps his human intelligence should have warned
him that the dog was "at large" But no dog could
be expected 10 realize the fact. Anybody would
interpret Sudi a decision as another evidence of The
lack of intelligence in humans.
II is an open question whether every owner of a
dog in the congested district does not deserve a
fine-for cruelty to animals. In most districts of
the greater city is physical mpossbility for a
dog to be "at large" in the way which the Creator
intended them to be-
t0gless New York would be hardship to
lovers of animals II would be a godsend to the
dogs themselves.
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whatever may be happening to other mortals
Il is not happening TO them.
I'VE cannot go to the relief even Of Poland
provided the view prevails in this country that
we have no concern with anything beyond our
national borders"
Among the six questions The Evening World sub
mitted recently to ex-Presdent William H. Taft
was the following:
v Does not any party or party faction hdttur its
back on tie existing LeOsre Of Nations run Tie risk
Of identifying itself Dh class Of Americans whO
are secretly ready for digntfcd wdy 10 climb doun
from protes,cd national purpose Which has come 10
seem loo stiff for hemp
To which Mr.. Taft replied
"This question inUotUes an Interpretation Of
motives tohich do not deem u i0iSe at present
TO enter upon"
In the interest of national openness and honesty
of purpose, can the Interpretation be long post
poned2
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CAN 1T BE PUT OFF2

ITO delegates representing American citizens o.
Polish descent who urge American aid fo
Poland, Secretary of State Colby endeavors to poin
out the true source of power in the United States
'ln the final analysis" he declares "it is pulli
opinion.
Il am recalling to you nothing with which
YOU not entirely familiar when / mention
tie fact that there many many people in
dis country who are surveying the conditions
chat now exist in Central Europe with salts
action that they make attempt to conceal
Whey are outsDokenly opposed to any form or
degree, of Intervention, no matter how des-
perate the conditions or circumstances may be
that call upon us for active effort. They have
fouted and rejected the enlightened machinery
that was devised in conjunction with the
Treaty Of Versailles to cope with such condi-
uonsiAs now unhappily exist in the world. and
are content 10 voice their feeling OF relief that
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HOmeseelker.
To the Editor OF Ne Evening World;
Your editorial, "The Healthier
Way" in last nights paper, il, very
unjust to hundreds of people right
here in this city, and feel that it
should be brought to your attention
| and three friends, all situated the
same financially, have been earnestly
trying for the past two years to buy
or build a home, and we haven't yet
succeeded. IL l in my small circle
know four such couples, then in this
large city there must be hundreds
like us. We want small, plain
house; can pay down $500 and $50
per month, but it seems impossible
TO get anything on these terms. We
have travelled all over the suburbs,
but it can't be done. If your editorial
referred to people who can afford a
house costing $500 up, then it may
be true, but 1t certainly. Is not true
in respect TO the white collar man
of small means who cannot afford
much, but who is compelled to live
In respectable noighborhood. Let
some builder or real estate man take
care OF this class on reasonable
terms and there will be a beaten
path to his door, though he live in
forest A HOMESEENEN'
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"That'SGFact''.
By Albert p. SOuthUick
Copyright. 1920, BY The PyYs.s P9blishinS Co.

Meersohaum means "froth of the
sea-" 1t is white and soft when
dug from the seas depths, but
soon hardens.
The Military Academy at West
Point, N. Y, was founded March
l6, 1902. The United States Naval
Academy Annapolis, Md, was
opened in 1845.
Including the recent World War,
the United States has been engaged
in eighteen wars since April 10,
1775.
The Pacific Railway was pro-
iected by Asa Whitney in 1886, the
plan of the railroad was first pro-
posed in Congress in 1919, and in
1869 1t was opened.
The American flag was first used
at Cambridge, Mass, by Washing
ton, ON Jan. 1, 1776; legally estab-
lished by Congress on June IA, 1777.
A curious flag floated over the
Morris House Jumel Mansion)
during most of Washington's occu-
pancy of II. II showed on the folds
the British Union Jack and thirteen
red and white stripes. In London 1t
was called THE Rebellious Stripes"
AT the beginning of the Revolu-
tion the thirteen stripes replaced
the red of the old British flag, but
strangely enough, the Union Jack
was retained. This, however, was
displaced by the original thirteen
stars on what We now call Flag
Day"
Six months before the Revolution
the Philade'phts First Troop OF
Cavalry had Nas I'D its flag, having
thirteen strips, 4Sue and white, in
tie corner y tfa banner. This.
;foop escorted Washington from
the Quaker cry to Boston, in June,
177e. tho flag at. the head OF the
cnluHan,
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Education of Children
i'm Time of Cathe-
rine the Great.

~ another day we were taken. to
place where foundhngs were
nurtured. 1t occupied a great
building in Petersburg, with a pas
sageway running through 1t from
street to street This latter was open
during the daytime but closed at
night, when no one was allowed TO
enter. The house had a window
facing the street. People who wanted
to abandon a child would knock at
the window, then a kind OF drawer
would be pushed out from the inside,
and when they had placed the child
In 1t, 1t was pulled back again. "A
tablet with the date of the birth OF
the child was put into the drawer
with it. This tablet was then hung
at the entrance of the child's room.
If the parents wished to see how their
child was progressing, they could
pass along the corridor, and looking
at the tablets on each side, Identify
their child and observe its progress.
II they wanted the child back. they
had TO go TO the house and write q
petition, giving the date of its birth.
Thereupon the child would be de
livered to them. AS a rule such para
ents we're given money, and the child
rated as having been brought up at
Government expense. 1t was cared
for by nurses and teachers in various
arts until 1t grew up, and then It was
allowed to select a trade in accord
ance with it's preference, and was at
last employed in public work. II is
said that as a result of this instltu-
ton there are no castaways in Russia.
From sightseeing in Petersburg a
Century Ago" edited by Stewart
Culin, in Asia for August
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THE 10TH AMENDMENT.

YESTERDAYS vote of 49 to AZ in the House Of
Assembly of the Tennessee Legislature I'M
doubedly means that the thrty,sixth State has
ratified the Federal Suffrage Amendment and that
Nationwide suffrage for women will presently be
declared a part of the Constitution of the United
States
Speaker Walkers motion to reconsider, which
will have the right of way when the Lower House
of the Tennessee Legislature meets again to-day,
is unlikely to change the result
To Tennessee will go the honor of having capped
the victory in the long, brave fight to win full suf-
frage for the women of the worlds greatest
Republic.
It is fitting that it should be called the Susan B.
Anthony Amendment for it was Susan B. Anthony
who drafted the first Suffrage Amendment intro
duced in Congress forty-two years ago,
The later and more powerful political campaign
1913, when the Headquarters of the Congressional
Union for Woman Suffrage were established in
Washington
During the year 1912 the National Suffrage AS
ISOLATION and its Congressional Committee spent
only $40 on work for the Federal Amendment. In
1913 the Suffragists raised and expended $4,000
to advance the national cause the next year the
figure rose above $4,000, and since then hundreds
of thousands of dollars and the. best brains and
energies of gifted and intelligent women from all
fight that is now won.
II is estimated that from 100000 to 2S-
100000 women will be able to vote in the Presi-
dental election this fall, following the formal
proclamation of this brief Nineteenth Amendment,
which reads:
Sec. /. The right of citizens of the United
States to vote shall not be denied abridged
by the United States or by any State ac-
count of sex
Sec. 2. Congress shall have power. by APP
proprate legislation, to enforce the provi-
sions Of this article.
Here is a long step in national progress since
1869, when the State of Wyoming daringly led off
by granting Statewide Woman Suffrage.
1t is national progress with which names like
Susan B. Anthony Elizabeth Cady Stanton Carrie
Chapman Gait, Anna Howard Shaw lnez Millhol-
land BoSsevain, Alice Paul and many other earnest
and ndefatigable women workers will be forever
associated
The women of the United States are to be con.
graduated upon the certainty Of speedy entrance
into complete possession of right the responsible
ties of which many of them have already demon
strated their ability to measure.
This fall will offer admirable opportunities fol
women voters to prove ana improve their politica
intelligence.
With full faith and confidence in the result, thu
country is ready for the Nineteenth Amendment
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old New York.

To tho Editor Of The Evening World:
Your articles Telative to old sec
tions OF New York are very interest
ing and are much appreciated by the
writer. So much of the descriptive
material OF the day bearing upon real
estate and kindred subjects has to do
with the newer parts of the city that
| imagine a large portion of the
population is not aware OF the his
tory and romance associated with
other parts of the city, and IN the
growth OF the more modern districts
they overlook the former Importance
OF districts now neglected. -.
OBSERVER.
New York, Aug, rs, 1920.
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Why He Hates Wilson.

To the Editor o. The Evening World
In The Evening World of Aug. II
appeared slogan signed Rudolph
Hattendorf which reads, Wilson
sent us to war, Harding win keep
US out OF It."
His slogan expresses the hatred for
Wilson that is felt by many thou
sands of German blood in this coun-
try.
Wilson, or any other man in his
place, could not have kept US out OF
the war so long as Germany per-
sisted In numbering our citizens on
the high seas.
CHARLES STEEL,
Late Of the Army OF Occupation.
No. 2OS East 5sth St., Aug. II.
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4 Touch of the Heat.
70 the Editor Of The Evening World
You might be moved to call this a
touch OF the heat:
The city lies in its sweltering heat
For binding days on days.
I'm thinking of the country sweet,
And the cool, green pasture ways.
What care for the madding crowd?
| would trade my gown Of silk
For overalls and a milking stool
And Old Jersey here to milk.
turn the tap and the water flows
In sickly, lukewarm tide.
long for the chilly forest pool
To cool my bllstered hide.
! loathe my bed. where l lie awake
All night In the deadly heat,
! want to sleep in the new mown hay
And dream that life is sweet.
! hate the clty's loathsome stings
That rankle In my breast.
/ want to be stung by the honey bees
while I rob their toothsome nest.
The fruitstands are piled with luscious
fruits.
Enough for the whole worlds needs
crave an apple with half a worm
And glistening, pearl white seeds.
In the gay cafes the lights are bright
And the fools are prancing jigs.
My soul Is sick for the country night
And the fragrance OF the pigs.
DOCK HENDERSON
West 22d street, city.
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men only work nine hours and receive
the same wages, We have no union
and are compelled 20 make the best
OF II.
We are as rule men unfit for
manual labor by reason OF age or
disability. Hoping you will give us
a helping hand through your columnSs
I remain, NIGHT WATERMAN.
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League Of Nations Republicans who are dis
satisfied with Senator Harding's statements on
the issue tell us the candidate should be judged
by his actions rather than by his words
This seems to be the unkindest cut OF all when
II is recalled that Senator Harding was one of
those who voted for the Knox Separated Peace
Germany resolution.
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The immoral Plays.


To alo niitor Of Tue Evening Worbi;
"A Theatre Goers' Association" Is
the Ideal thing for us. We pay high
prices TO see play on Broadway. All
we see is a bunch of undressed
Young CD girls and humans who call
themselves men.
The producers hide these immoral
plays under pretty names as "A Piece
Of Art" Romantic" sc.
Where is the little innocent girl Of
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FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

What Kind Of reddd6lei Isn't 1t the
that hundredi
There and trying
TO much fetD Take time to be brief
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Lang Hours OF Watchmen.

To the Editor Of The Byenins World
Will you kindly call the attention OF
the building contractors to the long
hours and small wages their night
watchmen are receiving?
We work fourteen hours daily, sun
DAYS aud holidays included. The day
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Perhaps Gov. Clement Of Connecticut will be
gratified with the vote in Tennessee. His con
science can now rest without constant prodding.
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Some one speaks and the storm
breaks All rise and roughly pass the
sinner from one end Of the car to the
other. He is beaten and buffeted
about ("lnitiated," one called it,. The
moving train adds impetus to his
Keeling and he falls into the midst OF
u beYy Of
But enough! You have seen enough
and am sure you are delighted with
this portrait of our future citizens
as was then. may here say that
removed to an adjoining car from
whence l watched the fun"
ENEMAY.
Ellenville, n. Y, Aug. IS.
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IN another day we were taken. to
place where foundhngs were
nurtured II Occupied n great
Middletown transcript., 1920-03-13

ESTATE of Enoch G. Alice, Deceased
Notice is hereby given that Letters Of
Administration upon the Estate OF
Enoch G. Alice late of St; Georges
Hundred, deceased, were duly granted
unto George ". Alice, on the ,dc% Twenty;
first day Of January A; d. i9zO. ana
are requested to make payment to the
Administrator without delay, and all
persons having demands against the de-
ceased are required to exhibit and pre-:
sent the same duly probated to the said
Administrator on or before the Twenty
first day of January A. u: l92l. or
>'>)'> GEORGE W. ALLEE,
Administrator
Address
MARTIN B. BURRIS,
Attorney-at-Law,
Middletown, Delaware.
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ODESSA

Mr.. o. C. Stevens has gone to Beau
fort, S. c.
Mrs. O. C. Stevens was visitor to
Wilmington last week.
Mrs. Elizabeth Brothers has been WIS.,
iting friends in Smyrna.
Mr.. w. R. Rose. of Wilmington, has
been spending several days here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Wallace visited
friends in Wilmington last week.
Mr.. F. D. Reynolds who has been
home sick has returned to Wilmington.
Mrs. Jacob Muhlberger and Mr.. and
Mrs. John Bingnear were visitors to
Philadelphia last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Evans and Miss
Margaret Evans, of Noxontown, visited
Miss Mollie Rose last week.
Word was received here last week Of
the death of Mrs. Ballard Lodge at
Cleveland, Ohio. Mrs Lodge was form
erlv Miss Martha Townsend. OF this
| town.
Services as usual at St. Paul's NJ: E
| Church on Sunday next. Preaching
service at 1890 A. NJ, Sunday schoo
at 2 P. NJ Everybody come out ant
hear the Easter. Music. Usual services
in the evening. Everybody welcome t
all the services.
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TOWNSEND

Winfield Lattomus is spending some-
time in Atlantic City.
Miss Gladys Money has accepted a
position in New Castle.
Thomas Enos, of Chester, is visiting
his aunt, Mrs. Mayme Stats.
Mrs. William Hadley is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. William Joiner.
MIR. and Mrs. Clayton Johnson, OF
near Galena, spent Tuesday at Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Reynolds.
Rev. Earl Shockley and wife have re.
turned home after spending several
days with relatives here
Mrs. Levi Lattomus and sons are
spending sometime with her parents
James Howell and family near New
Castle.
The town public school has beer
closed and number of homes quaran
tined on account of measles which ar.
raging here.
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NOT CHARCEABLE TO FARMERS

The high cost Of living is, of course.
related to agriculture, but no more than
to many other lines of activity.
Useless employees must be given an
opportunity to become producers upon
the farm or in the factory.
l am tempted to believe that tfe So
luton Of the problem lies more in the
hands of those interested in distribution
and non productive enterprises than in
the hands Of the farmers of the country.
1t is not a satisfactory condition for
the farmer to receive reduced prices for
his pork, wheat, hides, while the prices
of his machinery. lumber, and shoes are
raised.
The farmer asks that the laborers in
the mines, the factory, and the mills.
who are also real producers along with
the farmers, make an effort comparable
to his to see there is just as little labor
expense as possible IN each article turn
ed out by their hands, thereby helping
the farmers of America, who in turn
will help the laLorer.
Attention must be given by public
spirited citizens to the methods which
tend to quicken and cheaper distribution
of farm products, such as better termi.
nal facilities, easier transfers, inlano
water transportation, back-hauling
| and round-abo routes eliminated.
Every person, no matter in what walk
of life he may be engaged, should have
a sympathetic, helpful interest in agri
ulture.-Secretary MEREDITH.
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WARWICK

Miss Margaret Manlove is visiting
her aunt, Mrs. Maxey Bland.
MIR. Charles Cole, Of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Uric CHM and son Mar
tin, spent Monday with her mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P. Wilson, of Cecil
ton, were callers in town Wednesday.
Miss Eula Vinyard, Of Delaware City,
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. Verena Vinyard.
Sunday School, Sunday $50; Preach.
ing, 1890; Christian Endeavor, 7.3O.
Everybody welcome.
MIR. and Mrs. H. M. Eaton spent
Wednesday with their daughter, Mrs.
Bayard Jorden, of Bethel.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Pearce spent
the weekend with her parents, Mr.. ant
Mrs. Husfelt, of Earleville.
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New Petit Jurors

Jury Commissioner Robert D. Kemp
and Jury Commissioner Pro Tempore
John Niven have drawn the following
petit jury for the Court of General Ses-
sions and Superior Court period begin
ming next Monday:
First Representative district-Abner
Buker, Neal duffy, John Il. Ford,
George Hallman.
Second William E. Donovan, James
T. Powers, John Sporrel, Emil Ulrich.
Third-Aaron F. Berg, Frank Brown,
Walter Page, Julian B. Robinson.
Fourth Martin Maloney, William A.
Rossell, Sherwood Thompson, Clarence
B. Young.
Fifth-James w. Denning, John Il:
Hickey, Jacob s. Larson, William d.
Pearson.
Sixth-Oliver T. Mousley, Stewart
Ra sey.
William G. Wood, Durbin
D. Young.
Welch. !,
Ninth-George H. Krauss, Frank
Tenth-Lewis j. Rambo, William
Truitt.
Eleventh-W Walter Dickinson, Della
ware S. Laws.
Twelfth-Arthur W. Hope. Frank
Jester.
Thirteenth-Thomas Edgar Clayton,
William L. Pennington.
Fourteenth-Edward e. Naylor,
Howard S. Townsend.
Fifteenth-Arthur Bennett, Herman
Stats.
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TRUSTEES SALE
Real Estate /!

By virtue of an order of the Orphans
Court, will be exposed to sale at Public
Auction or Vendue,
ON TUESDAY
MARCH 10th, 1920
at $50 A. M.
at the Court House, Wilmington, Della,
ware, the following described Real
Estate, late of Rathmell Wilson. de-
ceased, t0-wit:
ALL that certain farm, tract. piece
or parcel of land, with the mansion
house, farm house, tenant houses, barns
and other buildings thereon erected,
known as .'Oaklands', in White Clay
Creek Hundred. New Castle County and
State of Delaware, containing about
ninety -four acres of land.
For terms of sale and full description
see large bills posted or address the
undersigned.
CHARLES B. EVANS.
Attest Norman P. Crouch, Clerk 0. c.
Wilmington, DEL, March 30, 1920.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that the shares
and interests of Elizabeth E. Wilson,
Martha R. Wilson. Alice Wilson and
Girard Trust Company. Trustee under
the last will and testament of Annie NJ.
Wilson, deceased, in the above de-
scribed premises will be sold as above
set forth, and all persons having or
claiming any lien or encumbrance
against or effecting the share or inter-
est of either or any of said parties in
said lands and premises are hereby
notified to appear and file in the Office
of the Clerk of the Orphans Court. in
and for New Castle County, on or after
the TWEEN y-second day of March, A. d.
1920, a petition setting forth and maxi
ing proof of said lien or encumbrance
and the amount due thereon.
CHARLES B. EVANS,
| Tr0a<a>
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REGISTERS oa0El N9

ESTATE OF MERRITT N. WI LIFTS
Deceased. Notice is hereby given tnat
Letters Of Administration upon the
Estate of Merritt N. Willis late OF
St. Georges Hundred. deceased, :, were r.
duly granted unto H. N. and n: n; y;
Willis, Jr.. on the Twenty-flrst ;e,sstt- ady 2!
December, 1913. and all persons .ated ,1adI to
saaEe ~ to n.vment NO, mem to the Executors without
de1sy. %isy psSd ali persons having demands Dc
apainst the deceased are required 70
exhibit and present the same duly pro- pro,
bated to the said Executors on:or oeIoae
the Twenty-first day of December q.
D., 1919, or abide by the law n TINS pe-
half.
n. N. AND NJ. N. WILLlTs. JR.
Executors.
Address
Corn EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK.
Philadelphia. Pa.