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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 10, 1871.
FxTRAyAGANCE AND FuBLiC
CREDIT.

According TO the financial statement
o-,.,.ad bv ex-Governor John q.
Townsend. Jr.. and presented 10 'iio
Iog,slat,re at this session. the ex-
,o,d,tures for state administration in
creased from s1.O91 .641.97 during the
year 1917. 10 s4,lls.29S.Os during the
vear 1920. This is really tremendous
increase. both in bulk and proportion
and the total of expenditures during
Tho wear 1920 is manifestly much 100
Iarre for a state so small in territory
and resources as Delaware.
During the same period the receipts
If The state government increased from
yt.5o7 .s90.S7 in 1917 to $5.7e4.17c.o9 IN
iaeo This shows that We arc not run
ming behind financially. but what
tremendous amount Of revenue We are
raising from the various sources. And
xvbilc much OF last years large total
came from outside sources. there IS no
dc,,bt the amount cxacted from the
people of Delaware i much greater
than thev should be compelled to CON
tribute. and forms an onerous burden
The greater portion of the large in
crease in expenditures was for road
construction. and the money thus ex-
pended was mostly provided by bond
,ssuas The reason for the increase
was the large amount o. ROAD WoEF
performed-good work that viii be q
nerrnanent value to the state. But
there were material increases in Other
departments.
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Now let us look into another element
of our financial condition--the financial
credit OF our State.
Last week, at Dover. Governor Dem
ney and State Treasurer Fisher opened
bids for an issue of State Highway
bonds. TO the amount OF sS75,O0o, bear
ing interest at the rate of AZ per cent.
per annum. Heretofore, Delaware
state bonds have been included among
what are called "gilt-cdge" investments
and have commanded "a premium In the
financial markets, as n rule.
But the lowest bid for this issue, at
which the loan was awarded. was
S91, ,401.
This Is a decided discount. 1t means
that for every 500 of the total of the
loan. the State will get only fraction
more than s9l 40. In all the State will
receive. in round numbers. s342.755
but II will pay interest on $S75.O00. al
AZ per cent. for the life of the loan
The extra expenditure in interest. as
| estimated on the sum the State will re.
ceivc and what it viii have 10 pay in
terest on is a little more than S1.400 {
wear. This will not be burden. but j
will be an annual expenditure very
much akin TO throwing SO much money
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15

Eastern Shore fertilizer nanufac-
tnr4,s are reaching an understanding
Win the farmers looking 20 the reduc-
tion in tie cost of their produce through
which cooperation the latter expect TO
be able 70 raise and market their pro-
ducts at less cost than they have been
able to do in the last three or four
wears. With fertilizing materials at
their present high prices farmers de-
clare II would have been impossible to
crop their farms al a profit, unless the
price Of food was maintained at almost
the present rate.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

Any reader can get the answer q any
question by writing Every Evening infor-
nation Bureau. Frederic J. Haskln. DIrec-
strictly 10 iflfornation. The bureau can
not give advice on legal ne dical ana
setiia ornestic sil troubiea. nor - andertsEs
exhaustive research On any s1bjset
Write your questions plainly and hrlshy
Give full name and address ana eucipa9
two cents in STAMPS for return postage,
All replies nre sent direct to'the inquirer
q. What Il the inscription on the
Post Office in Washington. y. CIR
s. This Inscription IS f2fesssnErr II
Sympathy ard Tove--Servant of Parted
F'riends--ConRoler RI the lonely Bond
of the Scattered Family Enlarger %
tho Common Life--C-arrier of News I'd
Know wledge--Tnstrlnent 0f Trade and
industry-pr Promoter ~ Mutual Ac-
quairtance--of Peace and Good will
Among Men and Nations" This ls not
punctuated. and We have inserted q
dash 70 Indicate the end of each line
q. There are three brothers IN our
family We All contribute equally IN
supporting our widowed mother Car
We Claim any exemption IN making out
our income tax returns2 W. X. 2.
a. Since you and your two broth err
contribute 20 your mothers support
none say claim a - 600 exemption AZ
none may cleau1 Sc 000 exemption a,
he head of a family. The amcu.-
~ you contribute % her support san
not be deducted
Q. note frequently when bills ars
being voted on. Senator or Repre-.
sentative will say that he ts paired
with another, and consequently anro'
vote The pair, observe ie usually
with a man of the opposite party. VII
you explain this procedure =. J =.
A. II Is the duty of a member u ths
Senate or House of Representative z,
attend as many Of the sessions o
Congress az possible and vote ~
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To conclude Is there not an inti-
,rnto connection between the low stand
sar 81 our state roads today as nrovoe
hy tha fntc az this very recent issue
and the alarming and radical increase
in our State expenditures. as above set
forth clearly indicating reign # Pm
iuatihablc exuavaeanCc?
w thnk there is-th.t il il 2 clear
case of cause ana effect Il IS fun tilnl
for change. radical reform. And
il IS w to the LEGISLATURE now Sitting
N Dover to inaugurate the reform. 4
tax burdcncd ana tax irritatod people
demand relief
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15

the entire situation suggests two things;
Undue taxation imposed upon the
people.
Alarming extravaganza In State ad-
ministration.
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departments

During this period the expenditures
OF the executive department increased
from $95.76s.9s 10 $157.e7o.17. The
amount estimated as required for this
year is sI56 796: but why? Is there
NOT room for a material reduction--to
a point somewhat nearer to the
amount required a few years ago?
why should this department need so
much more money?
The expenses Of the Legislative de-
partment increased froan $54.229o7 IN
1917 to $74.46lo6 N 1919 Amount
estimated for 1921. ss2e9o. The cost
of the 1919 Legislature was augmented
by several special sessions. bat what
reason is there for looking TO larger
expenditure Oh behalf nf the present
body? surely the people. in the lack of
definite explanation. viii look for a
reduction rather than an increase.
The expenses Of the department OF
justice increased from s4s.6l6.22 to
S11.99024 i is somewhat discourag-
ing TO note this large increase. as it
means an increase in crime. SO i is
only possible to hope that conditions
viii SO improve as 10 result in q de-
crease in the expenditures hereafter,
But that will depend altogether upon
the character Of the future The or
dinary rules Of economy viii not apply
to this situation
The expenditures for charity and
eleemosynary institutions increased
from $1s3.e307O TO $343.o2l Frankly,
this IS not only an increase that seems
unwarranted. but total expenditure
for charitable and uplift purposes that
should allow Of liberal curtailrnent
Here is situation that tie Legislature
may deal with inteI1gently and prac-
tically.
The expenditures for public educa-
ton increased from s3731s2.01 L
a17.lO5e7 Here is a tremendous ad
vance. and the estimate for the cuEren'
year is sI.05e.2e2.S7. No interested
citizen Will underestimate the import
anoe of q thorough and effective sys
TEN Of public education. but these fg
ures indicate that either we were Voc
fully deficient in proper measures ant
facilities up TO 1917. or have been goml
ahead at 8 too rapid pace since tina
year. Here again may tie an import
ant opportunity for practical and care
fuI consideration 10y the General As
sernbly
The appropriations for agricultur
increased from $24. .956.54 to S103.1G2Ji
We all recognize the Importance OF thi
Industry and the necessity for the fos
tering care Of the state. But we ma
well ask if we are not going too far i
this direction.
So much for the total increase Of til
expenses Of State administration fror
s1,O91 ,641.97 in 1917 to $4.113.298.OS i
1920. We have more than met ther
by the current receipts, as there is
cash balance IN bank 10 the credit {
the state today Of nearly 100000. Bl
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EVENING SMILE.
THE RULING PASSION.

Enhu Isoot said 1t dinner Il View
4fn the distant days when vas IN
general practice / often noticed how
railway accident brought out every
body's greed.
u pieaied once for chap who had
been dfeadfuIlv injured in rear end
collision This poor fellow. unrecog-
,iza blv ,nangled, vas rushed 70 The
nearest hospital and there al kinds Of
terrible operations had 70 be performed
on him.
When the operations were over ana
he came TO. he looked around the white,
bare room and whispered, Where am
u
You are in hospital. my poor
fellow the surgeon said. You have
been badly injured in railway acc.-
dent. but you're COINS 70 recover
a hard CLINT came into the victims
eye.
Going TO recover how much doc
he gasped. ana tainted away
Rell,-"And did you say Harry was
down at the seashore while yoa were
there2" BeuIah-"Oh. yes Belle
Aud did he fall IN love. as usual?'
Beuiuh-" Why. say. be dived. San
Francisco Chronicle.
First Undergrad What shall we
do" Second Undergrad-"In spin a
| coin. II it's heads wen so 70 the
movies, tails Nc so to the dance. aad if
! it stands on edge Wen study. - London
| opinion.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-02-15
For Colds. Grip or Influenza

aud as a Preventive, take Groves Lax
ative Bromo Quinine Tablets. The
genuine hears the signature OF Z. W.
Grove. (Be sure you set Bromo.l-
3Oc-AdV
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-05-29

Western and southern senators have
formed a combine to push farm legis-
lation. o, Agriculture How many
crimes will be committed in thy name.
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ADVENTURES OF
THE TWINS
BY OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON
Mr.. SPRINKLE-BLoW.

Away up in the sky. lives Mr.. Sprin-
klelow, the fairy weather man. His
house is on a star as are all. of his
warehouses, where he keeps barrels of
winds, showers sunrays, moon rays,
frost, snow flurries and what not stor-
ed away for use.
Stars are queer things as well as
beautiful. Queer in this way, they
lead you guessing and wondering.
Some are whole worlds like ours,
some are houses where fairy-folk
live and some are just bright little
fairies themselves winking down at
you and wanting to be friends. But
Mr.. Sprinkle Blow lives on the most
unusual star of all, for it is the Nine
Hundred and Ninety-Nillth Kingdom
of fairyland, and contains all sorts of
contraptions for making weather as
we'll as storehouses for keeping it after
it is made.
Also and here's a thing you never
did know until this time, the houses
of the Nuisance Fairies are there.
They have to stay there whether they
like it or not, Jack Frost, Mr. Storm
and Old Man Flood, Sicily Dry
Weather and the others.
1t keeps Mr.. SprinkleBlow busy as
drummer tending to these trouble
some creatures and his weather, too.
He has to watch 'em like anything for
if they all had their way, earth people
would have 40 kinds of weather at
once. OF course, Mr.. Sun helps a lot
for Mr.. Storm and Jack Frost are as
good as pie when he is around, but
Mr.. Sprinkle-Blow is pretty busy.
And it was to help Mr.. Sprinkle
Blow that Nancy and Nick, twins, with
magic green wishing shoes, wished SO
you see they were going to be pretty
busy.
(To be continued)
Copyright 1921, n. E. Al
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HOW WILL THE WORLD END?

This mysterious earth on which you
live, ultimately will become complete
ly covered with thick ice.
That's the prediction, not of Pen
sacola ice man. but of a competent
scientist, Joseph McCabe, in a recent
book. It's one of many theories. 9th
ers include predictions that the earth
may end by colliding with star-or
explode from internal heat.
McCabe's theory is OF unusual inter-
est, by reason of it's bearing on the no.
ton you probably have, that "the eli
mates changing"
The world, says McCabe, already has
five Ice Ages-during which glacial
caps of ice moved down from the
North Pole like advancing flatirons,
melting before they reached the equa-
tor.
The interior OF the earth, under the
50-mile deep crust on which you live,
is supposed to be a molten mass. But
it's cooling steadily.
Finally, McCabe predicts, will come
an Tee Age that will be permanent.
From the astronomical point of
view, our globe is already dead, or
has, at the most, a feeble pulse Of vi
tally. The heart of our world (tfe
SUM is 100000 miles away. As long
as the sun maintains its vitalizing
stream above a certain level, we live.
VIII the heart fail? VIII the cold rigor
of death one day rob earth Of its color
and movement? The question is not if,
but when"
Time was, says McCabe. when the
whole world was tropical.
Successive Ice Ages brought winter
as a permanent Neutrality-suspicious. s.
100000 years ago. The last Ice Age
left permanent ice sheets at the Poles.
100000 years ago, and brought a
broad temperate latitude and changing
seasons.
The date at which McCabe expects
the earth to become permanently COW
cred with fee is about 100000 years
hence.
No immediate cause for worry.
But the earth, in terms OF those
enormous periods by which science
measures time. grows steadily colder.
How would you like to be the last
man alive on earth. retreating before
the advancing ice?
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FACTORY eooo YEARS OLD.

| Ruins of a large ammunition fac
| tory in which workers made stone
axes for warfare 5000 years ago, have
been dug up in Wales.
"The factory covered hundreds of
acres" reports S. Hazzledine Warren
in a lecture before the Royal Anthrop-
illogical Society, London. 1--WE found
big scrap pile-stone axes finished
but broken by a last blow"
This is one Of the earliest known in
stances of men banding together to
work
What caused primitive men to pool
their labor? The same thing that
causes wolves to run in packs-war.
Quite likely the slaves went to war
while the profiteer of that day stayed
at home bossing the ak factory.
The extent Of mans progress can be
measured by comparing motives be-
hind that Welsh stone munitions fac
| tory of 1000 B. @. with those behind
] the munitions factories of recent
years.
That progress isn't much to brag
about.
/ History ENTHUSIASTICALLY, it never
, changes. We merely do the old things
with new devices.
War seems to be as firmly implanted
in man of today as it was 5000 years
ago.
Civilization is savagery-plus intel
lect.
Nor do the causes Of wars change.
Take that primitive stone-ax factory
in Wales. What were it's workers arm
ing for? Possibly two chiefs had a
row over woman. Or one chief said
his rival resembled a cross-eyed dino
saur. But it's a pretty sure gamble
| that most primitive wars We're for pos
session Of the best hunting ground.
| Trade wars, we call such things to-
day
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turned upon the professor, and cried:
us that the English idea Of Hope!-
Why wouldn't give two cents for that
lady," He smiled in his pedantic way,
and quick as scat" he retarted; then
tell us how you would paint Hope.
He rather floored me; for I had not
thought particularly about that vir-
tous lady. Only I knew that most Of
the courage of life would have to ooze
out of my spirit Of Hope before she
would ever submit to being blind
folded. She would never rest one
minute with that bandage on! She
should be drawn with one hand pulling
at that hated bandage. And she would
not sit supremacy on the top of the
world. Neither would she twang on
the last string of a badly broken mu-
steal instrument. My Hope never
makes music out of tune. Her melo-
dies may have no tone; but they reach
the ears of Fancy and they strike at
the roots Of souls courage.
what should she do then?" He
urged. And why must Hope be a
She?" I returned. Hope is not pri-
marily, feminine quality. And l feel
today as did them. My Hope is Virile
My Hope may be blind. Fortune may
have decreed that she struggle on
with sightless eyes; but she would be
standing on the top Of the world. And
don't know what she would be about,
but she must be doing something. Is
she not Hope!
So would love to paint her stand
ing on the threshold of life, blind but
confident, with her hands extended
ready to help whoever and wherever
she, can. Her dress is soiled with the
labor of her finished task. Her face is
sad, but 1t is inspired with an infinite
courage; for nothing in this life here,
nor in the unknown future she is about
to enter daunts her. She sings with
Pippa Gods in his Heaven. Ais right
with the world"
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MNEMOSYNES
PICTURES
HOPE.
BY George +. Watt, r. A.

Have You ever really personified
Hope? Have you ever said to your
self: What is Hope to me? If were
to describe this second Of the Three
Graces, what are the qualities that I
would give to herr" Few of us have
ever pictured any of the Graces. Most
of US have a hazy recollection of three
pretty girls. draped in wells, tableaux-
ing these three. I had; but it was the
coming, once on time. face to face
with G. F. Watts wonderful painting,
entitled, Hope; and being both at
tracted and repealed by its singular
beauty, that made me ask myself these
very questions
In Watts painting, a magnificent
woman Of statuesQue proportions and
blind-folded eyes, sits on the top of
the world Her gauzy gown only
serves to emphasize the perfect mould
ing of her crouching figure. She sits
there utterly alone. But in spite of
her blind-folded eyes, she sounds with
her right hand upon the last string Of
a broken viol. which she supports with
her left hand. couldn't help 1t. I
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Editor The Journal:
Will you kindly give the inclosed let
ter space in your paper. AS you have
published SO much for the other side
I hope you will not refuse to do this.
Very truly
SIDNEY j. CATS,
Apalachicola, Fla.
May 23rd, 1921.
Hon. S. J. Cats, DeFuniak Springs.
. My Dear Mr.. Cats: Your political
enemies have disgraced the state Of
Florida in having you indicted for
peonage, and have held the whole
South up to national and International
shame. Their charge that ANY reput-
able white man in the South in hon
orable position is capable of holding
a negro in slavery is false. AS an in
suit to the South the calumny beg
CARS contempt to use the language of
the Georgia jurist in repudiating a
similar SANDER from the lips Of Gov
ernor Dorsey uttered against Geor-
gians.
No Anglo Saxon jury of the type Of
noble manhood which distinguishes
Florida citizenship will ever convict
you on the perjured testimony OF a
batch Of ex-convicts.
Your action in voting for the pardon
of these criminals as governor pro-
voked my most extreme dissent as a
measure injurious to the public well
fare, but the action Of your political
enemies in slandering the South in or
der to GET you is beyond defense.
They have played into the hands of
our Northern calumniators. and sowed
more Of the seed of race hatred whose
harvest will one day be reaped in
blood and tears.
Call on me unreservedly if may
serve you in any way.
Very truly yours,
(Signed, C. w. MATHISON.
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REVELATIONS
OF A WIFE
BY ADELE GARRISON.
What Happened When DR.. Petit Es-
corted Madge to the Train.

Queer looking dump, isn't it?"
DR.. Petit and l were seated oppo-
site each other at a small table in
the oldest chop and oyster house" in
New fork. I looked around me with
interesting eyes. The exhiliration of
the reckless mood in which I had ac-
companied DR.. Petit to the restau-
rant-a mood born of Dickys leaving
me in the terrible crush around Mad
ison Square Garden and his foolish
anger afterwards at finding that DR.
Petit had taken care OF me-was still
upon me.
isn't it?" I returned aninlatedly
but it's charming and the place did
have an early Victorian air that fas-
cinated me.
The tables and chairs and the long
serving counter at one side of the
room We're all of solid walnut while
the walters who were going back and
forth with orders did not have the
dancing quick step which marks the
south of Europe servitors. but moved
In leisurely fashion befitting the al
most semnolent air of the old place.
The tall, grizzled, gray-mustached
man who took our order bent with
much dignity over the menu as he
adjusted a pair of gold-bowed eye
glasses in order to better see tbs
prices that I felt as If a colonel Of
dragons or a field marshal in dis
guise was about to serve us.
How are the lobsters?" DIR. Petit
asked.
Very good, sorr," said the man
with just touch of delicious Nile
sian brogue.
Madge's Little Ruse.
why, he's Irish!" I exclaimed, after
we had given our order and the waiter
had left US.
"They all are" returned DIR. Petit.
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SPRING CLEANING.
Bv Berton BraIey.

Housecleaning time. housekeeping
time!
The housewives are busily chasing the
CRIME:
The pictures are taken down from the
walls,
The chair and the tables are out in the
halls,
And upstairs or downstairs, wherever
you fare,
The odor of suds and ammonia is
commingled with perfume OF chloride
OF lime;
Housecleaning time! Housecleaning
time.
Mother is wearing a calico gown,
A towel for headdress--and also a
And Willie is lingering out In the
street,
Appalled, at the prospect of rugs he
must beat.
And hoping his mother won't ask him
to scrub;
While father, dear father, stays down
For only a person with patience SUBJ
lime
Can stick around home when it's
housekeeping time!
oh, dustpans and buckets and brushes
galore;
And mops, brooms and scrubbing rags
clutter the floor.
You eat from the mantel or off OF a
shelf.
And all that you get you must rustic
yourself.
The clotheslines are sagging with
blankets and such,
And mattresses fill the whole yard,
pretty much.
The furniture's piled in a sort Of a
heap;
There's no place to sit and there's no
place to sleep.
And wise people flee to some far, for
eign CLINE.
And stay there till after It's house,
>l>~nina t,r>~t
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NOT A HooT.

mo, your honor, he didn't give
boot whether / saw him coming or
not"
How do you know he didn't give
hoot?''
well. he didn't blow his horn
Louisville Courier-JournaI
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Nature is bountiful in summer be-
cause man is so inclined to be idle.

Presbyterian men will ballot on the
question OF permitting women deacons
rhe only reason some men go to
church is to hold office.
Western and southern senators have
formed q combine to push farm legis-
lation. o, Agriculture How many
crimes will be committed in thy name.
O. t.
How many cattle will be dipped next
year with the appropriation for all the
work of the state livestock board only
$4,000? Florida has many things to
:hink about.
Perhaps the reason Senator Turn
bull voted against his own resolution
was because he didn't like the lineup
,avoring it.
Charlie Schwab is advising President
Harding concerning shipping problems
IN the meantime foreign ships are
carrying American cargoes.
o
This Is the season OF SILVER teas" for
foreign missions.
o
Tampa Tribune says present day
vamps are the result Of failure on the
part of parents to perform a painful
out necessary duty-painful for the
budding vamp.
Women who are watching Dempsey
train are probably trying to find out
now to become kitchen champions.
II seems that the state auditor may
retain his position and duties after ALL
The comptroller has enough work to
10 and enough responsibility under the
present law.
Have you noticed how much cooler
Il is in Pensacola than in many other
cities7
"Y" boys are going to camp at Per-
dido for 10 days and will, no doubt
be envied by many grown-ups.
The great war is over but troops OF
Ill the allies are getting ready to fight
IN Upper Silesia.
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How many cattle will be dipped next
year with the appropriation for all the
work of the state livestock board only
$50, 900? Florida has many things to
.hink about.