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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
ACORN CLUB OFFICERS

Seaford May The last regular
meeting of the Acorn Club, was held in
the club room. yesterday, when officers
for the ensuing year were elected. as
follows:
Mrs Harrison VI. Manning, president
Mrs samuel ! Stein and Mrs. Edwin
Dutton. vice presidents; Mrs. Robert
Elliott, recording secretary. Mrs Victor
Moore. assistant recording secretary
Mrs. Charles Huston. corresponding
secretary. and Mrs William II Miller
treasurer The club adjourned 20 meet tEc
first week IN October
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07

to the scene, but owing TO the extreme
dryness of the buildings, all of which
were of frame construction, were unable
10 save anything but the large sweet
potatohouse and chicken house, The
dwelling, barn, stables and all other
outbuildings were burned in n short time.
Joseph Neal and family, who resided
there, saved but little of the clothing and
furniture and had no insurance. The
burned buildings were worth about
81, 600 TO $500 and their loss is partly
covered bv insurance.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
HOPE FOR BERRIES.

Georgetown, Nav II Lower Delaware
ras visited bv another frost "Wednesday
sight and further damage has hccn
wrought 10 the berry crops. which il i
believed have been cut p per cent Grow
,rs. however. are hopeful that favorable
Weather conditions from now On will bring
good crop of berries notwithstanding the
amagc that has been done.
Ii is believed that the apple crop and
,each crops have not suffered rs much as
oInc or the growers at first believed.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.

Laurel. May a dwelling on a farm
owned 10y Mayor Harry Is Iooks about
mile southwest Of town. Wa totally
destroyed By fire yesterday afternoon
The blaze started from potato bed
where they were running Il fire 70 force the
sprouting Of seed sweet potatoes for
planting. and reached the barn nearby
and from there the flames leaped to the
dwelling
4 call was sent the local fire department
here and the company made d quick run
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
FUNERAL OF MRS. W. VI. MOORE.

Mnddlctown. MAY : Funeral scr
vices ot Mrs. William II Moore who died
III the home ot her daughter Mrs Ernest
Windle i'll West Chester Pa were held
in Bethesda NJ. j., Church. this town.
Wednesday afternoon. III charge ot Rev
George T. .IorcS Of Townsend and Rev.
+. W. Caswel of Middlctown, both former
pastors Of Mrs Moore
The pall-bcarcrs were Edward :.
Jones. John W Rcdgravc Richard Moore.
Martin b. Burris, Elwcod ] Banning
and :. Emlcn Massey.
Intermcnt was made in Bethesda
cemetery
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
AFOUNDER OF LINCOLN CITY.

Georgetown, May The viii Of
alphonsia ". Small. one Of the founders
OF Lincoln City. village thirteen miles
north of Georgetown, has been filed for
probate with Register of Wills William
J. Mustard Of this county, and shows that
be left personal property valued at
$4,000.
During his lifetime, Mr.. Small worked
for the advancement Of the village with
tho hope some day that il might become
ono Of the thriving towns Of Delaware.
Originally it was laid out for a city. being
divided into blocks with. wide avenues
Mr.. Small died few days since
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
STRIKE SENDS THEM HOME

Scaford May On account Of The
strike Of the ship carpenters in Chester,
Philadelphia and Camden, n H. a large
plumber Of ship carpenters Of Scaford,
employed in these cities, are home with
out work
They expect settlement made with
in !, few DAYS when they will return -
work
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07

Institute students in Memorial Hall
Port Deposit, Sunday morning next.
Mrs. Marshall Taylor, who for several
years spent her summers at ber cottage a.
Randaiia, died at her home 10 German
town. Pa. this week
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-07
Distinction.

knicker Docs Jones want bonus for
the time he saw service
Bocker-No he wants % bonus for the
time he was kept out OF peace
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24
Sale and Want

For R~ent-Furnished heated apartment
207 E. Maple avenue.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24
Baker Appeals

City Solicitor Hand received word
this morning that service will be made
upon the City Commissioners in the
suit of G. H. Baker VS.. the City of
Wildwood, challenging the legality Of
the $50, 1000 boardwalk ordinance. Mr..
Blaker has appealed from the decision
of the Supreme Court recently handed
down sustaining the validity of the
ordinance, and has carried the case be-
fore the Court of Errors and Appeals.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

feasibility of constructing a reduction
plant to be owned and operated by the
city. He said that waste matter such
as garbage contained too many valuable
products to be burned, buried or towed
out to sea-. He estimated the cost OF
the machinery for such a plant at
S35, 900. A set of blueprints made for
Fred Maginnis, who had contemplated
the erection of such a reduction plant,
was offered to the commissioners for
SI25. This communication was ordered
"received and filed"
William Wagner, secretary of the
American Utilities Bureau, with offices
at It's Fifth avenue, New York, wrote
q letter Offering the services Of said
bureau in appraising our "local gas
plant y tin anticipation of municipal
ownership" Mr.. Wagner stated that
he chad read an announcement to the
effect that q petition is being circulated
by residents of Wildwood, J" for presen-
tation to the commissioners, requesting
the appointment by them of "a board
of arbitration to appraise the local gas
plant, in anticipation of municipal
ownership, because OF the deplorable
service being rendered by the gas COM
pany. If this announcement be based
on fact and the city commissioners ac-
tually intend to go through with the
programme suggested, we can be OF
material assistance to you"
Attorney William Z. Zeller wrote
the commissioners i'll reference to the
size of corner lots in blocks 1872, 14O and
l47, in Second ward, On Susquehanna
avenue He stated that on Baker
Bros 1904 syndicate map, filed in the
county clerks Office at Cape May Court
House, the said corner lots are shown
to be 40 feet in width, whereas on the
official city map, prepared by Lynn ii.
Boyer, those corner lots are marked 30
feet. On Hudson avenue the syndicate
map gives corner lots a width OF Az
feet, but the city map only 81 feet.
''This Is a matter of such serious con
sequence that L am already fearful that
it has complicated a number of titles
by reason of the people referring to
official maps, On which the lines are
incorrect in the three blocks specified"
This subject having the appearance
Of some gravity, lawyer Zeller's letter
was not pigeon-holed, but was turned
over to the city solicitor for immediate
investigation and action.
Adjourned.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

OI sOme gravity, lawyer LellerS letler
was not pigeon-holed, but was turned
over to the city solicitor for immediate
investigation and action.
Adjourned.
The Grand Jury presented a number
of indictments on Tuesday in which
several Wildwood men figure. Ken
meth Kirby, Richard Coney, Rufus
Collins, Robert Lipkins, VIM. Harris,
Rail phi Wright and Mike Kane are
charged with receiving stolen auto
mobiles, or in some way violating the
automobile laws of the state; Alonzo
Willets, Louis Bishop and David
Ostreicher, for selling liquor without a
license. Theodore Schott and John
Wilson are charged with keeping a
gambling house. These cases will be
tried in court later on. The members
of the Grand Jury from Wildwood
were T. s. Goslin, r. w. Ryan, E.
Yenney, Webster Bright and Charley
Sanders.
The Wild wood Embroidery Shop az
30O8 Board walk, invites you to see its
display of Knitting and Art Needle
work. A good supply of Sweater
Yarns is in stock.-adv
Miss Mildred Barr and William
Wood were married in Philadelphia
on Wednesday, September 22d, 1920,
and arrived in Wildwood the same
afternoon to visit the BRIDES aunt,
Mrs. Thomas Higgins, on Garfield
emu From Wildwood the couple
expect to go to Florida on a honey
moon trip.
Go to James Day for a shave and
haircut. Moved from under Sheldon
hotel to my own house, the Venezia,
120 west Schellenger avenue. Will be
glad to see my old customers.-adv
George Grant, F. e. Cole, B. A.
Tones, Walter Long and Mr.. Markle
went to the bay shore fishing on Tues
day and had a fine days sport. The
party caught l95 weak fish. Mr.. Long
took the party over in his car. Archie
Henrick, Carl Siebert, Walter Wren
and Alfred Thornley, we're also fishing
In the bay the same day and got a
couple of drum.
Building Association funds to loan
on fret UnnrfnoUn IN g. s.:A
Robert j. Kay, secretary, Wildwood,
N. J.-adv.
Chief q. L. Nickerson, George Grant,
Warren Holmes and Warren Kalbach
were at Atlantic City as delegates from
Wildwood last Saturday at the State
Firemen's convention.
For Sale-Two lots, 25 by 100 each,
on Oak avenue, rs it. west of board
walk. Ideal location for summer home.
O. w. Quickmire, III Wall street.
New York.-adv.
Rev. |. H. Fisher went fishing over
in the Delaware Bay on Tuesday with
Samuel Roland, of Schuylkill Haven,
Pa, a boyhood friend. Mr.. Roland is
a Crest cottager, having bought a sum-
mer home sometime ago at the upper
end of the Crest. He will remain as
long as the fall fishing continues.
Breyer's ice cream for sale daily all
winter at Mrs. Nipples West Side
Store, 1l5 west Maple ayenue.-adv
Automobile and motor boat repairs,
storage batteries, starting and lighting
troubles skilfully repaired. Work
called for and delivered anywhere,
Singley's repair shop, North Wild
xmond n.d A--A IL
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

Help Wanted, Male-Salesmen for Wild
wood and vicinity. Extra good proposition
for a hustler. Grand Union Tea Co., 912 At
lantic avenue, Atlantic City.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

Lost-Black fox neck piece Monday on Pa
cific avenue. Reward if returned to Surtside
Hotel, 25th ave. and beach.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

Sawmil, complete with engine and boiler,
for sale. Apply j. S. Hibbs, 1908 Columbia
avenue, Phila.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

Unfurnished apartment or small house
wanted for year. Apply at 246 e. Schellenger
avenue.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

L~ost-Sunday, Sept. 10, gold bar pin, having
three diamonds and four pearls. Reward If
returned to Mrs. Dunlap, l19 E. Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

Wanted-Stenographer. G. NJ. Dare, 1906
Pacific.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

For Rent-First-class first floor apartment
three bedrooms. 233 E.. Juniper avenue.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

For ~Sale-Large Cabinet gas range tor hotel
or boarding house. Kings Storage House,
ITO w. Schellenger avenue.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

For Rent-Furnished rooms for light house
keeping for the winter months. The PORT
land, Glenwood avenue. near beach.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1920-09-24

For Sale-Boardwalk property at Wildwood,
N. j. Exceptional bargain. Three very de-
sirable lots, corner Boardwalk and Garfield
avenue. No reasonable offer refused. Adj
dress b. M. Taylor, North Adams, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Crop Value Tripled

. The value of crops produced in the United States this year is nearly three times greater than the average annual value during the five years preceding Ii dr. soutbreak of the European war, accord ing to the report of the Secretary of Az riculture ..On the basis of prices that have recently prevailed says the secre- tary. .'the total value of all crops pro ouced in 1919 is $15,s73, ,ooo0oo, compared with s14 222 coo 900 for 191S $1 f7s, ,0oo 900 for ia17 000 900 for 1916; s6, IF, ,0o0 900 for 1e14. and $, ,S29 COG, ,000 for the five-year av- craze, 1919-1sl4 These values represent gross production and not net returns to the producer The value of live stock or farms in 1919 was $S,S30, ,0o0, 600, com : pared with sS2S4, 900 in 1918: $e,736, ,oW, : 0oo in 1917: $6,021, 900, GOO in 1916; 5,S9o. : coo .oOo in 1914, and s5,31S, 900 for the fiye-year average, 1s10-1s14
 "This increased financial showing, it is again necessary to emphasize, does not IT. can that the nation is better off to that extent or that it's real wealth has ad- yanced in that proportion. Considering merely the domestic. relations, the true state is indicated rather in terms or req commodities. comparative statements or which are given in foregoing tables. The increa sed values however, do reveal; thai the monetary returns to the farmers nave increased proportionately with those or other groups of producers in the nation, and that their purchasing power nas Kept mace in the rising scaie of prices.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Poultry and Pet Stock
 Show From Jan. 12-17

Birmingham is to have one of the best roultry, pigeon, rabbit and pet stock shows ever staged in the south. The dates are January F to IT, and will be held at 2l21-2S Second avenue.
 As secretary of the organization George E. McYay, IT,, the well-known scotsman has been chosen, and entry blanks can be secured by writing to him, Box 299, Birmingham, Ala.
 It will be an opportunity for fanciers all over the state to display their thor oughbreds and see what close competition will put on their score cards.
 Besides poultry in general the pigeon, rabbit ands pet stock end of the organ ization will be pushed
 This show offers the chance for pigeon fanciers to show the public just what is bSfng done about Birmingham and in the slate of Alabama. There are many fine lofts full of the best bred birds in the country in Jefferson county
 A number of specials are being donated by the Southern Poultry. Pigeon and Pet Stock association and it's members competing.
 For judge of the show Mir. Rolf of New Orleans has been secured He is noted for his square deals in anything per taining to the fancy. And every ex- hibitsr will stand fair chance. and the best birds only win win.
 The prizes and specials are very liberal, and it will pay every poultry fancier III the state, and also those from without, tc send for entry blanks at once to the above address.
 Remember the date. January 12-17. So you'n have to hurry.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Endless Chain Purebred

The production of purebred hogs was inaugurated last week in Colbert county through the importation by the Sheffield national hank of 15 bred duroc jersey gilts of highest breeding. for distribution to {, carefully selected list of farmers in this county. Under the plan adopted the hog becomes the personal property of each farmer, under his delivering to the bank from the first litter of pigs, two ten months old gilts. with an agreement to continue the breeding of the SOW in future only tc a boar of similarly high standard of breeding. These two gilts will then be assigned by the bank to two other farm CTS under a similar arrangement, until through this endless chain of fine brecd- ing stock is guaranteed drove of pure bred iogs. every farm in the country
 The bank was assisted in the plan adort ed by I.- S., Deal. farm demonstration agent at Tuscumbia, who will have gene ral oversight in behalf of the bank of the care and feeding of the hogs This special lot of hogs was. bought from the eastern Arkansas demonstration farm, Ark, and cost on an average. of s20o piece or ss, GOO for the herd. They are all of the Joe Orion Cherry families, and were bred to American Tcp Col, Top Orion Cherry King and Cherry Bob-boars with a national reputation and valued at from S, ,000 % s5,00o apiece.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
20 ER FA MIN G WE'D ADW AY s
Girls Can Figs

Many opportunities for making money come 10 girls uho belong to the clubs organized by the United Stases department of agriculture and the state agriculture colleges. Home in- dustries. which are unique to their locality or particularly adapted to it. are especially encouraged. In some sections of the south where long pine needles and grapefruit abound the girls make attractive baskets from the pine needles and fill them with can died grapefruit peel. jars of grape fruit marmalade. or some other na- tive sweet, and sell them in the winter to tourists.
 Harris county, Texas, produces figs A club girl who lives there learned. through her club. how to make de licious fig preserves. Last November a New York business man, desiring to secure superior preserve to put on the market, went to the demonstra : ton agent of Harris county and asked if she had in her clubs some one com potent and willing to do such work The extension worker knew of several. but the girl who excelled the rest in the art was young-too young. she feared. to carry on so large an .un- dertaking. She was so we'll qualiticd. however. in every other way, that the man decided to have an interview with her. The sight and taste of her delicious preserves decided the ques- tion and the girl was engaged.
 < A market for these fig preserves is now being built up in New York on the strength of the samples that could be put up at so late a date Next year the-club girl expects to be very busy all during the fig season over seeing the various operations that go into the making of a perfect fig pre- serve
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Use of Chicken Fat

'Use chicken fat, the most delicious of all cooking fats
 Beneath this rlacard at a recent food exhibit was roasted chicken, delicicus looking and hrswned to tempting turn and glass fun of clarified fat, the ex- cess fat of the chicken.
 ',But.' said one practical woman as she stopped in front of the booth, l wot;ld not knew how to use it if I did take it out before l made the gravy. IT it can be used satisfactorily, d like to know how
 The uniformed woman in the booth came forward smilingly. I am sleu you are interested in knowing how, for learning to use all our available fats is one of the primary lessons in thrift these days l am here for the purpose of tell ing the value of chicken fat and how 10 use it. to all who will stop and listen. 50 many reople do not seem to know that chicken fat ca be used as substitute for anv fat your recipes call for.
 lust then another woman came up ''wen, had anominahie luck Nabstittu.tsllInlg Some one told lne just what you are say ing now. but my cake fell and my pie crust was slght.R
 1T an sorry about those cakes anu pies" said the home demonstration agent in charge of ths booth, but i am afraiu tbis s5une one with whom you talked Gld not. finish her 1iscussion. The fact snat vollr cake fell would lead you to believe thai the mixture was too rich, wouide itg'
 .iBut why would that be?" broke m the first woman.
 sv1'hink of the butter you used to make which had some water in it. and 10 which VOL usually added salt Now chicken fat has no water in it's coheens, if is a 100 per cent fat. Butter contains E practically s per cent fat. Chicken la. also lacks the salt and the small amount rf f.eurd present in fresh butter. Ihe u-i- ference between chicken fat and potler f,rs shortening. YOU see, is the difference in water content rather than fat, ana that is why ycE should use less or the forrner.''
 4I'hen your directions would be Vo use less when YOU are using chicken Tat in place of butter in cooking?>
 aYes. use aeout four-fifths as muen fat as the recipe with butter calls TOT ana add extra salt
 "Thank you, l will try that" said one,
 q am not ready to give 1t vet salu U The other. "Chicken fat has different flavor than butter and l would hesitate befare I'd put it in my choicest white cake recipe for fear it would flavor ,s-
 .frhickenf fat does have different fla vor. When it ie unclarfied I would sus rest using it only in cakes and cookies which have quite definite flavors or then ourn IJoweyer | wish you would try II VI vour cake recipe after rendering " carefully in the way noted on thls sup I think you will find nothing opJestloH- able in the flavor then
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08
Art of Judging Stock


 The art of judging is the foundation of ali beef cattle shows and is also largely the means of determining the value of cattle offered in public sales, says Farm CTS Bulletin No. 10ss, Judging Beef Cat tie, recently issued bv the United States Department of Agriculture at Washing ton. Each breeder. therefore to attain success in his line, must be good Judge, so that he can select and mate individuals to get the best possible off spring. X thorough knowledge of iuSg-
 ing feeders, for example is important since profit in cattle feeding unusiy de- bends upon buying animals of the right type.
 |. Without definite standards, stock judg- ing cannot be successful The ideal beef type in the fat animal to cite another example, consists in a low-set body which
 is broad deep and smooth, with straight lines and with a thick even covering or firm flesh{ Tn addition to this general beef form good quality indicated by the hair. hide and bone, together with general character and style. are important, be- cause they are an index to the quality of the meat.
 The bulletin mentioned takes up in de- tail various phases of Judging, together W ith an easily understood discussion of the various types of animals and the srethod of scoring them. It may be had free ons application
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-01-08

Do you know how to milk?
 The questiop is neither irrelevant nor ithpertinent. In sober fact, a great many persons sswho milk cows twice day really know little about the true art of it, and a great many more could add to their present knowledge.
 The writer of this article met one of the men in the dairy fyision of the United States departmeT of agriculture who knew how to milk He was a tall, quiet gentleman.
 1I'll just drive the COW in the office here" he said And he did. She was a pasteboard COW, to be sure. but she served very nicely to Illustrate several things about milking. And following are 8 few of the essential things that this man who knows how to milk said abo milking.
 The first essentials are clean, healthy cows and clean. healthy milker.
 The next, perhaps, is clean and sterilized pail with narrow or partially covered top.
 The COW should he curried before milk ing to remove loose hairs, dirt and dand- ruff This should be done if possible, an hour before milking to allow all dust to settle before milking is begun.
 The next thing in order is sort of sponge bath for the bow It is a very simple matter, though, for all that is re- quired is q pail or clean water and cloth Wash off and wipe the udder, the Hanks, the thighs and the switch
 That done, everything is ready for the actual milking which process, by the way. should be approached with hands that are not only clean, but dry
 The milker sits down on a stool placed Ion the right-hand side of the cow II is not very clear just why the right side is universally the milking side. Perhaps lit is partially due to the fact that the great majority of persons are right handed. The milker on the right side of the COW, if she starts to kick or to move. is in a better position to yanlS the pail out of harm way before she can upset it. The milker then grasps a teat in the palm of each hand He squeezes the teat by. closing the fingers around it and at the same time pulling the teat slightly downward Then the fingers are loosened around the teat and the >hand raised slightly to allow the teat to assume it's original form and position, while the other hand squeezes and pulls slightly downward on the other teat. Thus each hand alternately gives a downward squeeze, in rythmic order.
 It is wise to milk about two sauirts out of each teat before allowing any milk to go into the pail Bacteria appear to accumulate around the end of the teat and to be got rid of largely in this way. Then elasp the small-top milk pail be-