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SUSSEX COUNTY NOTES


Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Georgetown, Feb. lS.--In commemo.
ration of Washington's Birthday members
of the o. U, A. NJ. Of this city will attend
divine service ut First M. p Church
Market street, where they will listen to q
special sermon by the Rev John r
Bailey.
Having successfully undergone an
operation for appendicitis in st. Joseph Is
Hospital, Philadelphia, Mrs. Rattle Jester,
wife of County Constable Charles L.
Jester, Georgetown, has returned home.
Her physical condition is greatly weakened
but she is expected to be able to 20 out
in few days.
Lumber mills located on streams in
lower Delaware, upon which they have
depended for material instead of by rail-
road transportation, have been greatly
handicapped for the past three or four
weeks because of the large volume of ice.
Some of them have been forced TO suspend
operations until the streams are cleared
of the ice.
Middleford bridge, recently constructed
by the county authorities at n cost of
more than $4,000, soon will be thrown
open to the public. The bridge spans
Gravelly Fork creek, between Georgetown
and Scaford, and is one of the most inn
portant routes in the county.
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DELAW ARE CITY.

Special Correspondence Of Ever, Evening
Delaware City. Feb ls.-A. c. Lutz.
principal of the public school who has
been confined TO the house with grip the
past 10 DAYS. Is able 10 be out.
Miss blanche l.ayfield is visiting her
cousin, Levin Lay-field. and family in
Wilmington. Miss Laytield has been i'll
with grip during her visit.
Mr. and Mrs G. r. Snedker Of st
Georges are receiving congratulations on
the birth Of baby boy.
The first meeting OF the \ Dung Peoples
Orchestra of : Z. Georges was held Monday
night. Bandmaster Shoiton Of Fort
du Pont being the instructor The orches-
ira now includes II pieces.
Miss Lucas. who has acted as com
Danion and nurse for Mrs Caldwell, at
the home of Mrs Frank Belville for the
past FIVE years, has been compelled 10
leave owing to Ill health.
The valentine social gwen by the
Women $ Christian Temperance Union IN
the Soldiers Recreation Rooms. Monday
night, was largely attended Mrs. Harry
Webb recited Vocal and instrumental
music was feature OF the evening. 4
piano duet was rendered by Miss Frances
and John Webb 4 collation. was served
and souvenirs given to the enlisted men
present.
Mrs Thomas j. WhiteInan is improving
after two weeks illness.
Miss Elizabeth Netsch entertained
friends. Monday evening. at her home on
Washington street in honor Of her six
teenth birthday anniversary Those
present were Misses Evalina Culllson,
Gertrude Baker, Ida Derrickson, Rose
Jamison. Marion Wells, Mildred Netsch,
Katherine Netscb Mary Givison. Messrs
Harry Heal Harry Patterson, Davis
Coale, Merritt Padley James P;tdley
John Netsch Dancing and games were
he features Of the evening 4 collation.
VAS served
A. r. Spaid State commissioner of .
,ducation. and Wilmer Jump. secretary /
# county Board of Education, were in I
owr this week for the purpose of selecting
site for new school building.
Miss Marie Padley entertained the fol-
owing friends at her home, near town,
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WATER TRAFFIC REOPENED.

>p,.,ial Correspondence Of Every Evening
Laurel, Feb. 1s.-BusInesS men OF this
town were notified Yesterday. that the
B, &. a A Railway Co would resume
winter schedule and that boat would
arrive from Baltimorr TO-DAY All boat
connection between this port and Balti-
more and other ports on the Chesapeake
bay and It's tributaries has been severed
for more than a month on account of the
rivers and the bay shores being IN the
grip of an ice sheet.
This town especially has suffered severe
~, As in addition TO holding up freight
which should have arrived by boat. the
ice also prevented two barges belonging
70 the Marvil Package Co. gettingup the
river with much needed timber, and in
consequence the plants of the Marvil
Package Co. and the Laurel Lumber Co,
the two most Important industrial or
carnations in the town, were compelled
to close. throwing more than two hundred
persons out of employment in the midst of
sev,re winter weather. The two bargcs
nave arrived and both companies have re-
-umed operations.
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You Must Drive it Out of the
Blood to Get Rid Of il Per-
manently.

Adam never had a handkerchief
is another way Of saying that
Catarrh is an ailment that We our
to civilization and the effects o1
modern life. Catarrh IS not a dis
ease like pneumonia or typhoid
fever. Catarrh is caused by i'm
pure blood, laden with irritating
and poisonous matter acting upon
cells lining the nasal passages and
throat, that have already been in-
famed, irritated and caused II
overwork, by exposure TO dust,
dirt. sudden changes Of tenpera-
ture, abnormal dryness Of the air,
and germs. Catarrh cannot be
cured by spraying or douching the
nose and throat. The unhealthy
condition Of the blood must be
overcome. purified and restored TO
a healthy condition.
You must realize that the dis
ease Itself, and not its symptoms,
is what you have 70 cure. Of
course, you know that when you
are cured Of any disease its symp-
toms will disappear.
Catarrh manIfests Itself by in
flanmation Of the delicate mem
branes Of the nose and air pas
sages which choke Up and make
breathing difficult. To get rid
Of these distressing effects you
must remove their cause.
The blood IS laden with the
Catarrh germs, which direct their
attack against the tender and deli
cate membranes of the nose and
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The Horrible
Handicap Of Catarrh

throat. These germs cannot ne
reached by sprays or douchcs,
which, Of course, have no effect
whatever upon the blood.
s. s. S. IS a purely vege'sblc
blood remedy, made from roots
and herbs direct from the forest
which combat promptly any dis
ease germs or impurities in the
blood.
Once you get your blood free
from impurities clesnsed q the
catarrhal poisons which II is nov
q prey 10 because of IFS unhealthy
state then you will be relieved q
Catarrh the dripping in the
throat, hawking and splitting, ra"
sores in the nostrils. ard the dis-
agreeable bad breath. II was
caused, in the first place, because
your impoverished blood was ess-
lily infected. Possibly slight cold
or contact with someone who had
q cold. But the point iS--don't
suffer WITH C.atarr1--it IS not neces-
s3ry. The remedy, S. 5. S.. DIS
covered over fifty years ago, tested.
true and tried, is obtaInsble A.
any drug store. II has proven
IFS value in thousands of cases. II
will do 50 in your case. Get s. s. 5.
at once and begin treatment. II
yours is a long standing case. be
sure 10 write for free expert nedi-
cal advice. We will tell YOU how
this purely vegetable blood tonic
cleanses the impurities from the
blood by literally washing IL clean.
We will prove 70 YOU that thou-
sands of sufferers from Catarrh.
after consistent treatment Yifh
). ). s., have been freed from the
trouble and all It's disagreesbte
features and restored 70 perfecf
health and vigor. Don't deIsv the
treatment. For free medical advice
address Swift Medical Director
fo7 Swift Laboratory, Atlanta. O.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-18
NEWS OF A DAY
DOWN THE STATE
Culprit in Kent Court Gets a Year
for Forging Check and a Year
for Non-Support.
TWO ENTIRE FAMILIES ILL
laurel Enthusiastically Opens a
Campaign for Fund to Build
and Equip Hospital.

speciaL Correspondence OF Every Evening
Laurel Feb. lS-The campaign for
securing funds for the erection of modern
hospital building and equipments for tins
section OF the country was started at y
o'clock yesterday morning by the ringing
uf the church bells, thc-,lowing of the mill
and factory whistles, and the alternate
moaning and shrieking of the electric
fire siren. This was the signal for all the
solicitors 10 get 20 work and for every per-
son in the community to subscribe and
boost, and then, If possible, subscribe
again.
The hospital campaign was given an
auspicous beginning by the donation of
four acres of valuable land in what at some
future time may be the heart of the town.
by Mrs Miranda Dashiells. This land is
situated on Central avenue, on the new
stone State road, and is said TO be worth
about 5000. IL is just across the road
from the land upon which the local school
commissioners are planning TO erect a new
school building which will be about 22O
'eet long and will cost from 500, 600 to
100000.
The committee having charge of the
project think the hospital can be built and
equipped for $4,000 but, regardless of
the cost, IL is the intention of those back
ing IL 10 press 1t 10 completion.
The erection and equpping of a hospital
,cre has been agitated at different times
or several years, and il has been said that
only the untimely death of the late J.
Dallas Marvil prevented the community
having hospital before the breaking
out Of the Great War. The physicians
snd others in position To know have real
zcd for many years that great many need
hess deaths have occurred because of in
= bility Of getting the patients toa hospital
or securing a competent nurse. This was
especially noticeable during the great
epidemic of flu, a year ago last October
and November, when countless deaths
occurred which could have been prevented
hv capable nursing
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COURT IN KENT COUNTY.
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special Correspondence of Every Evening
Dover Feb. Is. In General Sessions
Court. Yesterday, in the case of David ;.
Mcknatt indicted for an assault and
battery on Mark NJ. p Scout in Duck
Creek hundred, several weeks ago. Me
knatt pleaded guilty and was sentenced
10 pay finc Of $1,000 with costs, and to
be imprisoned in Kent county jail for
three months
In the ease of LOUIS Mchr, against whom
there were two indictments. one for
false pretenses and the other for issuing
worthless check. he pleaded guilty 70
issuing the worthless check and was
sentenced TO pay fine of $500 and be
imprisoned for ono year in the New Castle
County Workhouse He also pleaded
guilty TO non support OF his wife, and on
this charge also was sentenced TO one
wears Imprisonment IN the workhouse,
the sentence to run concurrcntlv with the
first sentence
Mehr is the man who passed several
worthless checks on Louis Gross Dover
Junk dealer.
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CARE or THE BABIES.
special Correspondence Of Every Event,

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
Smyrna, Feb. 17.-Spcaking before the
evening session Of the farmers institute at
Smyrna Mrs Ina J. N. Perkins, director Of
child welfare for the State Reconstruction
Commission, said: "About 900 babies die
every year in Delaware and 200 are still
born. These figures can be cut To ncgli-
gible number if such work as Is carried on
now by the nurses If the child welfare
centers, operated by the State Recon
struction Commission, can be taken over
and made part Of the work Of the county,
local community, or proper State de-
partments.
Last year New Jersey appropriated
$4,000 for its child health center work
The New Jersey children's health ccntcrs
do work similar to that done by the child
health centers, operated by the Delaware
Reconstruction Commission. Iowa APP
propriated 5000 for child welfare re-
search station in connection with it's
State university A number Of other
States, AS well rs Delaware, have made
large appropriations for intensive child
welfare work this year"
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CHESTERTOWN AND VICINITY.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Chestertown, Md, Feb. Is.-Formel
County Commissioner John N. Bennett
was notified yesterday Of the death of his
aunt. in Wilmington. Mr.. Bennett ,
mother died last Friday.
Miss Cora Bowers, youngest daughter
of J. Raymond Bowers of Kent county
died on Sunday in Baltimore, following
a short illness of pneumonia. The remains
were brought to Chestertown by train
Monday night, and taken to the home o!
her father, near kennedyvilIe, wher
funeral services were held Yesterday morn.
ing.
John Blackiston brought 90 muskrat
hides to Chestertown, Saturday, and sold
them to local fur buver for s4.05 apiece.
Mr.. Blaekiston has caught nearly 4Oo
rats during the season.
The Annapolis-C Claiborne ferry began
yesterday morning on q one-trip schedule,
and rs soon AZ ice conditions permit,
two trips a day viii be made, carrying
the mails both ways.
The debris at the big Peerless fertilizer
plant is still burning, but an investigation
Of the fertilizer materials stored in the
warehouses leads the owner To believe the
fertilizer Is not seriously hurt,
Young ladies of Chestertown high
school gave a play, Monday night, in
Lyceum Theatre, for the benefit of the
Domestic Science department. A large
audience was present and good sum was
realized
Yesterday was Pancake day in
Chestertown. and every home IN the town
enjoyed lasses and pancake" for fear
of bad luck If thev failed 20 have them
Edward Maslin is visiting his sister,
Mrs Penn. IN Roanoke, Va.
Miss Louise Russell, daughter of State
Senator and Mrs. William +. Russell
has been appointed instructor in music AZ
Washington College
Mrs. William Burris, Of near Milling
ton, spent last week with relatives and
friends in Wilmington and Chester, Pa
Mrs. Paul Perkins and John Allen of
Chester have been visiting here during
the past week
Harry C. Willis IS critically i'll in Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore. Last week
Mr.. Willis underwent a serious operation,
having one Of his kidneys removed.
Desirable homes are at q great premium
IN Chestertown. There have been six
applicants for apartments IN one home
within the past several weeks, and there
are a number of families who have been
notified TO move because OF the sale Of the
homes they now occupy, and they have no
place in view And still the recent census
shows a decrease in the population of the
town
Chestertown Gas Co. has posted notices
of an increase In rates to users, to become
effective April /. The new rate will be
81 80 instead of 81, as at present. The in
crease will be taken up with the Public
Service Commission, with q view to pre-
venting il from becoming effective
Washington Camp, Patriotic Order
Sons Of America, is preparing an elab-
crate program for celebrating Washing
toms Birthday in Fraternal Hall, next
evening
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CECIL COUNTY NOTES.

Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
EIkton, Md, Feb IS Miss Carrie
Lewis of Elkton, while returning from
supper To her store, last evening, fell on
the ice, breaking an arm.
Fire early yesterday morning broke out
IN the home of Winter Isaac at North
East. Neighbors quickly formed bucket
brigade and extinguished the flames, but
the home was damaged
The annual election for seven town
commissioners will be held in Port De-
post Monday next
Cards have been issued for the marriage
Of William NJ. Camerson. son Of County
Commissioner and Mrs. w. K, Cameron
of Pennington, and Miss Adeline Smith.
formerly of Rising Sun, Saturday next,
IN Walbrook Methodist Episcopal Church,
Baltimore
The Oxford Truck Co, which has been
doing considerable work for the residents
IN the upper section of Cecil county, has
gone into hands OF receivers. The liabiti-
ties OF the concern amount to about
$35, 600
4 Washington's Birthday social will be
held in the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Rising Sun, Saturday evening. William
II. Berry of Chester Pa, viii deliver an
address and musical program viii be
rendered
The directors Of Perryville National
Bank have reelected Joseph Couden,
president; W H. Cole and J. r. C. Hop
kins vice-prcsidents George Couburu
cashier
Mrs. Mary V Duff, aged 20 years. died
at the home OF her son at Providence
yesterday Her body was taken to Como
Vingo, today, for interment
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ENTIRE FAMILIES ILL.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Laurel. Feb. 1s.-Mrs. and Mrs Victor
q. Kitchens and daughter, Catherine.
who have been i'll with grip for the past
two weeks are improving Mr. and Mrs
Walter I. Smith and daughter, Eleanor,
who have also been III for the past ten days
with the same aIlment. are improving
Every member Of both families was Ill
AZ the same time and for q while neither
IN dire straits but for the help Of friends
and rclatires
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INVITATIONS IN VERSE.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Claymont. Feb Is.-The Ladies Aid
Of Claymont NJ +. Church viii hold a
Cinderella Social tomorrow evening in
the church auditorium An excellent
program IS being arranged and a good
time is promised all who come These
invitations have been issued:
The Ladies Aid, old and young.
Who in the village live.
4 Cinderella Sociablc
On February 10th will give
The Ladies Aid will do the work
As part Of their donation.
To earn some money for the Aid
And help its situation.
Within the tiny shoe enclosed
They want to have from you
-Four times as many pennies
As the number of your shoe
And If the shoe is less than one
Or more than six in size,
Just multiply the number
By the number Of your eyes.
Be sure and come, because you'll have
A jovial time, and funny,
And if you don't just send the shoe,
And don't forget the money
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NO NEED OF POLICE CHIEF.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Seaford. Feb. 1S.-For the first time
since the town became incorporated,
Sesford is without a chief of police,
Clarence Coulbourn, for the past several
months the town bailitf having resigned
and his resignation accepted by Town
Council. Chief Coulbourn has been the
towns only bailiff for some time. The
Town Council will not appoint a success
sor TO HIM so rarely have arrests been
necessary Of late. especially since the
death of John Barleycorn.
In the days of the bootlegger Seaford
was rendezvous for the Negro road
ster' who piled bis trade AT will without
much molestation, although at one time
2S OF the "roadsters' were captured in
one night here \ drunk now is a
rare sight here Council will engage a
bailiff on special occasions and when
big davs demand
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PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE.

aI-,.ial Correspondence OF Every Evening
Frederick. Feb. Is The boys enrolled
~ the department Of Vocational Agri-
culture IN FREDERICK high school are
receiving valuable training IN the way
Of agriculture a. we'll as in the sciences
underlying this important study Theory
and practice 70 hand in hand in the agri-
cultural work and wherever possible, the
boys actually put into practice the theories
advanced ID the class room.
The class az Frederica recently pre-
pared fattening ration in the class room
and later in the same period fed portion
Of the feed, prepared to number Of
birds. which were kept in the adjoining
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-18
AFTER "FLU," GRIP
Fevers and Other Frustrating Diseases
that Exhaust the Blood.

There is often that extreme tired feel
ing. loss of appetite, tendency to anemia
nerve exhaustion. inactive bowels, con-
stipation and great danger of still further
prostration and serious illness
Hoods Sarsaparilla first works upon
the blood. II is remarkable how promptly
its purifying vitalizing effects are noticed.
IL makes food taste good, promotes
assimilation so as TO help secure the great
est nourishment possible, promotes d.
aestion. Nerve strength and CHEEKY health
inevitably follow, further danger is avoided
and the glad-to-bc-alive feeling again
prevails To read this il well. to realize it
Yourself Is better
Get Hoods carsaparilla today. and
for . cathartic. nothing better than Hoods
Pills n small doses gcntic laxative
arser. al ectivc cathartic.
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room in the school. The object of the
work was 10 show that the fattening
ration, properly prepared, would fattcn
birds more economically than one which
was not.
The boys are very enthusiastic over
their work and each day are given
practical instruction, either at school or
at home, under the supervision of the
agricultural instructor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-18
BELLEFONTE C1vICS CUBL.

A meeting of the Bellefonte Gives Club
was held yesterday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. G. Fl. Triggs, 2013 Market
street. The greater part of the time was
spent IN eulouzing the lives of Washing
ton and Lincoln BY reading extracts from
books and newspapers.
Mrs. Fullerton read paper on George
Washington and Mrs. Moles gave a read
ing on Lincoln 4 musical sketch entitled,
a Visit from Country Cosisin" was
given by Mrs Jack Schofeld and Mrs.
George Plummer, accompanied on the
piano BY Mrs. r : Looms. 4 duet was
gwen by Mrs. r. : Loomis and Mrs.
e. H. Tnggs. Mrs. Schoheid sang Love :
Lullaby
The finingroom in which thetrefresh-
rnents we're served was decors Cd with
American flags.
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WANT TO KEEP MINISTER.
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Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Georgetown. Feb. IS.-The annual
membership meeting of First Methodist
Protestant Church. 10 elect officers for
the year and a delegate to attend the
session of the Maryland Annual Con-
ferencr of the NJ. p. Church, which CON
venes in Washington, ID. C., on April z,
will be held Tuesday night, March @
At this meeting the delegate will be
instructed whether or not pastoral
change is desired by the congregation.
Rev. John 7. Bailey, who for the past
two wears has so faithfully served the
charge. is expected to receive the unani-
nous vote of the congregation TO return
for the next conference year.
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SALT WATER INJURIES LAND.
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Milton, Feb Is Farmers who have
gone over their lands have found that
many acres Of growing wheat, clover, rye
and vetch have been ruined. Large
sections will not produce crops for the
next wear or 50.
Recent floods have sent several inches
OF salt water over the growing green crops
and then, instead of naturally reccding.
the freezing weather has made ice over
the land. leaving the salt 10 sink in and
deadcu the crops Thus the land will
bc worthless for year or two, until il
out of the ground by the addition Of
acid phosphate rock The loss 70 grow
trs viii be heavy while the land Is lying
Idir
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PLEASING CHURCH SOCIAL.

special Correspondcucc of Every Evening
Newark. Feb. Is-The guild Of 81.
Thomas T.. +. Church gave sock social
IN the parish house. last night. which WIS
"a great success. soclellv and financially.
There were refreshments followed by
dancing One Of the features of the even
ing WAS the dancing of Mrs. Matte
Dobson. Although - yearS OF age, Mrs
Dobson dances the square dances as well
rs any Of the younger people and sppsr-
emily gets as much pleasure out OF it.
Mrs. Dobson and Representative Willism
u. Dean danced the square dances to-
gether and were the life OF the party
At the close OF the social, Mr.. Dean
auctioned what supplies were left over
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URGE NEW ROAD.
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Special Correspondence OF Every Evening
Delmar, Feb. lS.--A large and rep
rcsentativc delegation of citizen, of
Delmar, Nelson's and .Whitesville ap-
peared before the commissioners of
Wicomico county, Md, yesterday, re-
questing the cooperation of that body
and the State road officials of Maryland
with the Delaware authorities in the
construction of stone road extending
from Dclmar to Selbyvillc.
The matter will be pushed and a meet
ing of the road officials of the two States
to consider the proposition was planned.