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CECIL COUNTY NOTES.

Elkton. Md, July 13--Associat .
Judge Wicks. of tho Circuit Court for
Cecil county. has set Tuesday. July
IL. as the date Ia resume the divorce
proceedings of Jack Montgomery
against Peggy CDen.
Miss Grace Rawlings. Cecil
teacher, has accepted a position with
the Swarthmore Chautauuua AssO-
citation as platform lecturer.
quite IL number Of Elkton flremon
motUred to Dover yesterday tu wit
ness the flremous parade.
Fire Tuesday destroyed the dwell
ing and store of John Morris. four
miles north of Rising sun. together
with it's contents The home of r.. l..
Kirk. adjoining. was also badly da TN
aged, The Rising sun and oxford
Pa, fire companies responded.
The Chesapeake city framon'p car.
nival closed last evening after hold.
ina forth for the past ten nights. The
affair was not Ms great n financial sue
cess as tho one held last yesr.
Work has been started on the State
road at Rowlandvilic. About 1000
cubic feet of dirt and stone Will b,
taken of the top OF the hill TO got =
grade and reduce a sharp turn IN tn,
road at that point.
Mrs. Sarah Barber, aged 90 years
widow of James Barber, died yester
day at her home I'm Elkton.
A change has been made In the de
! livery Of rural mail at Blake section
from the oxford. Pa. postotiiCe to IN,
| Childs. Md. postOfiice.
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MANY BOOKS INITIATED.
Librarian Bailey Deplores Careless.
ness Of Library Patrons.

Arthur l.. Bailey. librarian at the
Wilmington Free Library. stated yes
terday that the mutilation and care
lessness I'm regards TO returning Dor
rowed books has almost doubled I'm the
past two years. This Is not only true
of Wilmington. however. according to
Mr.. Bailey. but has been found to be
true In almost every city.
Tearing the leaves from books
belonging to tho library, IL selfish
mesa" said MIR. Bailey. and steal
ing" Recently we discovered that
six pages Of the article OF GLASS, y
In the New International Encylco-
pcdia had been torn out.
The person who does such a thing
by his laziness deprivcs other persons
Of using the book, which belongs AS
much to them rs TO him.
we arc constantly finding such
mutilstion of reference books"
The books taken out 10y the chill
dren. although often mere dirty ant
marked up. were not moro mutilatet
than those taken out by adults.
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under William Penn which they have
since enjoyed sold their estates in Eng
land and transported themselves and
their substance from their native coun-
try to these remote parts and have since
cultivated and improved mot legible)
~ that in now 81 years quiet possession
they have built 3 handsome towns,
many churches socalled and other places
OF religious worship in every convenient
place all over the oountys and at vast
expense and labour made great numbers
of beautiful plantations which they
esteemed themselves ~ safe in tho pos
session of az Naboth thought he was OF
his vineyard.
The number of inhabitants in the 3
lower countys il at least 100000 souls,
great part of them consists Of the people
called Quakers, the rest composed OF
other Professionals.
They have sold and mortgaged their
lands, made marriage settlements OF
them, pledged them to the publick for
about $4,000 paper currency Ito supply
the want of CASH and contracted great
debts for European goods had from
Great Britain.
But should the Lord Baltimore sue
coed in his unreasonable demands it,
presumed the inhabitants would be MI
stript of their rights and all property
would be confounded, and the poor
settlers brought under the government
Of Maryland, whose established LAW
and Constitution are greivous anC
heavy yonk upon the properties ant
consclcnces of mankind.
The difference of the frame of govern
mcnt in PENNSYLVANIA and in Maryland i
very great ,.Since the zeal of the Mary
landcrs may be said to have eaten then
up, by continual and heavy burthens lay'
10y the Assemblys for the building ant
endowment of churches, 80 called, AM
the maintenance of ministers, the Hrea
quit rents or duties there paid TO TIN
proprietor, the obligation upon al
people there to serve in the militia, TIN
people called Quakers are excluded fror
all places of trust and profit and a
; share in the Legislature, not TO mentio
the very disagrecable company of gres
, numbers of Roman Catholicks wbic
they would not chuse to live amongst
much less under, and many other hare
shifts which might cnsuc.
Whereas liberty and freedom from q
those species .of slavery have for abou
50 years past been experienced and Ell
loved by the sober inhabitants in the
lower counties, under William Penn an
his descendants.
II il therefore prayed that our Goo
: King will not deprive 80 many thousanC
of his loyal and faithful people of a
their civil q religious rights at on,
! mcerlv to grant a.favour, at the expen'
i of their rum. to the Lord Baltimore VII
, hath already most beneficial grant an
who so lately for ending all diiferenc,
! released all his obligations to the thr,
lower counties.
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10 the ChcmioAl Foundation.
The suGssstton has also been mshe
that Mr. Brown was counsel for tho
German Embassy, but he RAID that 40
could not 40 regard himself. although
he had represented the Embassy ct
various times.
This f,rm has had German clients
IN certain matters. just ~ " has nsd
American clients In proceedings against
the Alien Property Custodian" nr,
Brown explained. We are in a legal
business 20 take czses of Legitimate
merit. We may have other German
lclients at other times. J wish 10 say,
however, that we have no general re-
tanners from any group Ut Germans.
AS far a~ the statements attributed
| 10 me are concerned. they are ridicu-
lous and absurd. ] do not know their
origin, and the only possible inference
I can draw from their being laid at my
door is in an attepmt 70 discrodit any
statement that might later come from
this firm"
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NEW DOG LAW YIELDS S3I7 900
Shows More Than 290 900 of the
Canine Fla mily in Pc n nsylv "a mia.

Harrisburg, July 13.-The dog license
fund of the Agriculture Department,
which, under the 1921 act has charge of
enforcement contains S3l7 900. More
than $4,000 has been paid ont for
damages in the first five months Of the
years and some money has been ex-
pended for enforcement.
Under the old law the County Com
missioners enforced the law and the
money went 10 the counties Now all of
the money except that collected in Phila-
delphia and Allegheny goes into the
special fund. Secretary Rasmussen an
nounces that POS, 253 dogs have been IL
censed this year as compared TO 294, 459
asst wear
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COMMUNITY DANCE IN
NEWARK THIS EVENING
II Plans Completed for Unique
Program Of Festivities
Tonight.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Newark. July 13.---Unless rain inter
feres the etrect dance and bazaar 10
he held by the ound OF st. Thomas
Episcopal Church tonight for the bene-
ut OF the Sunday school picnic fund
promises TO be an Interesting affair. In
case OF rain tho dance and bazaar will
he held tomorrow night. Delaware
avenue from Elkton Road up To the
end of the church property is in ex-
ccllent condition for the dance The
committee on decorations is Mt work
this afternoon identifying tho church
| lawn for the bazaar and decorating the
tables where many articles will be
offered for sale.
| The dispute between town officials
and Walter II. Powell over con
| crete pavement I'm front of Mr. Pow
| ellis restaurant on Main street which
| Il was alleged, was laid without the
approval OF council and I'm violation
of certain rules. has been adjusted
Mr.. Powell haze agreed TO have the
pavement torn up and relaid 20 meet
objections made.
At a recent congrega tional meetinl
of the Newark Presbyterian Church 4
was decided TO spend about $4,000 OF
proposed improvements to the churc n
A new heating system and also nov
electric lighting system win be In
stalled In addition 10 other genera
improve ments.
Grand chief II V. Lyman and atai
recently installed the following officer
of Ivy Castle. No rs. Knights OF IN
Golden Eagle W Newark: william
Taylor. past chief, Sherman Orr, nobl
chief; John Bolden. vice-chlcf vii
liam AskeH. high priest; Frederic
Davis. veteran hermit, George Rob
erts. FIRST sergeant: William Messruei
second guardian. T. T. Anderson
worthy chamberlain; James FraZe
worthy bard.
Contractor r W. Lovctt will stai
work Of paving Cleveland avenue with
In few days. Council has notifie
property owners along this street this
any aewer connections or water tar
desired must be done within 10 day
? Rev. Walter u. Clyde, former pa n {
I Of Head of Christiana Church. VIII
: has been visiting In this locality, IN
accepted a call to become pastor {
} Grace Presbyterian Church. Camdei
y. T.. and took lp his new chars
this month Since leaving Head
Christiann Church Mr.. clyde wa
. pastor of the First Presbytcrla
Church Mt Hospers, Iowa. for tw
years.
The annual Sunday school picnic Z
the First Presbvterian Church sun
day school is being held ~ Wells
Tract today
Robert T. Jones and Johnny Mile
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NO BERLIN INFLUENCE,
DYE LAWYER ASSERTS
Washington Firm Merely Ad-
vised Germans Here Of Their
Rights, Attorney Says.

Washington, July ID Statements
attributed 20 James Wilson Brown'
Sd, Washington attorney, that
President Harding's letter ordering me
seizure of German patents from the
Chemical Foundation was actually
drawn up here. approved In Germany
and then pnlmed off on the White
House as 100 per cent Americsnisn
that would win at the polls In N0Vem-
Der and also temper Senate opposition
20 Attorney General Daugherty. were
denied here yesterday by Mr.. Brown
He said the suggestion that he had
made such a statement was ridiculous
Mr.. Brown liz member OF the firm
Of Nipper Il Brown which represents
German clients interested In the suip
lgalnst tho Chemical Foundation. Mr.
Brown denied that his firm had con
suited any public official with regar'
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MRS. HEWITT REJECTED
SHAH, WEEDS A BARON
Wealthy New York Widow Said
May" to Persian Ruler
Seventeen Times.

New York, July l3-It was only a
few DAYS ago that dispatches from
Paris bore rumor that Mrs. Peter
Cooper Hewitt had turned down Il pro-
posals of the Shah of Persia that she
share his throne, so dispatches, tell
ing of her quiet marriage in Paris yester-
day to Baron Robert d Erlsnger, gave a
little thrill to New York society, IN which
the widow of the electrical inventor is
we'll known.
The Paris gossips had il that the
Shah's recent return TO his home fol-
lowed his l. proposals to the wealthy
American widow Mrs Hewitt was
quoted as saying regal life had no allure
ments for her, and that she had decided
never 10 marry again.
Before her first marriage. she was
Marion Andrews Brugiere, In 1918 she
became the second wife of Peter Cooper
! Hewitt, inventor of the mercury arc
/ lamp and many other electrical devices
who had been divorced from his firs
wife, former Alice Work, sister of tn,
former Mrs. Burke-Roche. The inventor
died in Paris last August following al
intestinal operation.
4 few days later, counsel for Mrs
Hewitt caused the arrest of nurse VIII
had attended MIR. Hewitt in his last i'll
ness, alleging she had stolen some G
Mrs Hewitt's jewelry. The case wa
dropped. however, and the nurse coun
tered with suit for defamation of char
acter This suit was dismissed when tn
nurse left France for America.
Upon her arrival here, she was al
rested on a charge of stealing iewelr
in the home of David ID. Lamont, bank
er, where she had been employed as
nurse.
The nurse, Miss Elizabeth Kelly, VIII
has been in the tombs since her arres
was placed on trial In General Session
Court yesterday.
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spent Yesterday afternoon hshins on
the Bohemia river. They got about
three dozen white perch.
Walter Ritz. well-known local
catcher, who broke his ankle while
playing baseball on Frazer Field some
weeks ago, In able 10 be about on
crutches. but II will be some weeks
before his ankle Will be strong enough
for him to return to the game.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris n. Wright and
daughter are visiting Mr.. and Mrs
Benjamin Proud at their camp In
Vermont.
Mrs. Clarence Reyes OF Pennington
IL visiting her mother, Mrs. Jennie
Campbell. Mrs. Reyes has recovered
from a severe electric shock received
when her home near Pennington was
struck by lightning during recent
storm.
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RHEUMATISM
LEAVES YOU FOREVER
Deep Seated Uric Acid Deposits Are
Dissolved and the Rheu matte
Poison Starts to Leave the Syste m
Within Twenty Hours.

Every Druggist in this county is author
iled 20 say 20 every rheumatic sufferer
that II a full pint bottle OF Allenrhu the
sure conqueror of rheumatism, does not
show tho way to stop the agony, reduce
swollen joints and do away with even the
slightest twinge OF rheumatic pain. no will
gladly return your money without com
mput.
Alenrbu has been tried and tested for
years and really marvellous results have
been accomplished In the most severe cases
where the suffering and agony wore intense
and pitcous and whore the patient wns
helpless
Mr. James " Allen. Of Rochester, Y. Y.
the discovrrer Of Allcnrhu. who for many
years suffered tho tormcuts Of acute rheu-
ma'ism. desires all sufferers 20 know tina,
he does not want a cent OF anyone :
money unless hllenrhu decisively conqlrrs
this worst Of all diseases and no has in
structed druggists 10 guarantee ~ rs above
In every instance. y. " Danforih can
supply YOU
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EARLY COLONIAL
DOCUMENT FOUND
Presented to Library by Mayor
Harvey and Added to colIsc-
ton Of Historical Data.

A manuscript recently presented to
She FRYE Library by Mayor lie Roy
Harvey relates 10 the early history Of
Delaware and the efforts to retain its
Independence.
There are occasional illcgiblc words,
but the transcription, practically COM
plctc, is rs follows:
CASE OF THE PEOPLE CALLED
OVAkERS AND OTHER SETTLERS
IN THE THREE LOWER COUNTiS
UPON DELAW ARE Jany 1874
The Lord Baltimore Proprietor of
MARYLAND hath pctl,ioned the King for a
grant of land IN America; rs within the
limits uf his Charter granted IN 1852,
and before the Board of Trade hath
cxplaincd HIS intention To hc To obtain
"A grant of the three lower counties called
Newcastle, Kent and Sussex upon Della
ware.
Those counties 10y order of Council IN
1855 confirmed in l70s and 1909, were
determined after full hearings not TO bc
included within his Charter but to have
been inhabited and planted by Christians
M and before the date of his Charter
and to have continued rs n distinct
colony from Maryland.
In May, 1892, the proprletors OF
MARYLAND and of Pennsylvania concluded
4 soiciun agreement in which the Lord
Raltimorr for ending all differences
solrmnly released these three countyS
10 John Penn, Thomas Penn and Richard
Penn aud their heirs and covenanted loI
further assurance of the same, and tc
use all means and offices To the utmost
of his power to assist and support that
agreement and the rights, interests ant
prctensions of the Pcnns Ivy virtue
thereof. And tins, IN consideration %
many concessions made by the sam,
agreement 10 the Lord Baltimore.
Thomas Penn went 10 America rs sooI
as that agreement concluded.
In July, 1894, John Penn wen
thther.
Presently after which in August 49,
Tin the absence of the two elder brothers
and unknown TO them the Lord Baltl
ore presented this petition for an immc
date determination, without any hear
ing of the Pcnns or the people settled
on the land asked for.
On behalf of the people it is hope,
they may have nm opportunity to b,
heard and that the prayer of the Lor,
Baltimore petition may not bc granted
The lower counties were IN 1904 (afte
conquest of the same from the Dutch
granted 10y King Charles, the Second, Il
the Duke of York as an appurtenance t.
New York and were 10y him held and pos
sesscd as an appurtenanoe several wears
In 1852 the Duke granted them &
William Penn.
Great numbers of the people Gale,
Quakers and of other sober Protestant
of different denominations, expecting
that freedom and liberty Of conscienc,
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TEST NEW INCINERATOR.

The preliminary test Of the Davis
garbage incinerator. just completed
viii begin Monday morning and will
cover 30 days.
The street and Sewer Department
mas been requested by the Board Of
Health 70 deliver all rubbish in its
collections which is burnable 20 the
Davis plant, to economic on coal.
The Nye plant Will remain idle
while the Davis test is on.
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MILLS TO LEAVE NEXT MONTH
Dry Counsel Post May lie Vacant
Until 1929.

Baltimore. Md. July IA. Bib
Mills. who resigned as attorney for the
Maryland branch of the Anti-Saloon
League. says he WIN leave Baltimore
about the middle of next month.
II In not probable that n successor
Will he chosen until some time after
Mr.. Mills leaves. George w. Crabhe
superintendent of tho league. said yea
terday. II is possible, no added, tina,
n new counsel VIII not be appointed
until next year. AS Mr.. Crabbe In q
lawyer he will be able to handle ths
legal end Of the work should occasion
arise.
Mr.. Mills Is 10 become State super
intendont of the Antl-Saloon League II
some Southern state.
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Fat That Shows
Soon Disappears

Prominent fat that comes and stays
whore IL IL not needed Is a burden. a hin
drance To activity, a curb upon pleasure
YOU can take Off tho fat where g. shows by
taking after each meal and Mt bed time one
Marmola Prescription Tablet. These little
tablets arc as effective and harmless ms the
famous prescription from which they take
their name. Buy and try case today. All
druggists the world over sell them al one
dollar for case or you can order them III
rect from the MarmOla Co. 46t2 Wood
ward avenue Detroit. Mich. You can THIS
say goodbye 10 dieting. exercise and IA
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DEATHS,

PRrNHAMNER-T this city. on suly
~. 1922 Annie wife OF Eugene Brun-
Rclativns and friends are invited to A.
tend the funeral from her late reSidence,
1907 Shancross avenue. on Saturday morn
Ing at y O'Clock. Requiem mass at At.
AIMS Church. intcrmcnt AT Cathedral
cemetery.
CoAl.E-rn thi. city. on July IL. 1922
sarah Turner wife Of Walter X. Coale.
Relatives and friends are invited 20 at
dencc 23n West Seventeenth STREET. on
Friday afternoon, July Ia, at O'Clock
ln,crrnent at Lawncroft cemetery
pENINE In this city, on July II, 1922
Elizabeth 4 wife Of Edward Devine
Relatives and friends are invited 20 at
tend the nlperal from her late residence
Ai3 East Eighth street. on Saturds Y
morning az y O'Clock Requiem mass al
~ Marys Church. lnterment al
Cathedral cemetery.
GAGNON In this city. on July IL
1922 Ellen NJ wife OF Napoleon Gag
Relatives. friends. Holy Rosary sod.iit,
and Ladies' Auxiliary. !. q. g. NJ. ar,
Invited Ia attend the funeral from he
late residence. 200 North Rodney street
onSaturdAy morning. July IL. at q clock
Church. lnterment al Cathedral GENE
tsrN
MORRIsoN-At Newark. Del on Jul,
n 1922. Robert J. Morrison. aged :
Funeral services az his late residence o
Main street Newark. Del, on saturday
afternoon July Is. at ? q clock. new tim,
Intermcnt at White Clay cemetery
McCABE In this city. on July II. 1921
John c McCahe.
Relatives friends and members O
Santa Maria Council, No 1875. h of G.
ere invited 10 attend the funeral from hi
late residence sos West Twenty -s.con
street on Friday morning at O'Clock
solemn requiem mass at The Cathedra
lntcrment at l-ombardy cemetery.
sTAlIlS-In this city. on July II, 1872.
Hannah Grace beloved wife OF Charlie
\ >tahl in her ed wear
Relatives and friends arc invited TO a
tend the funeral services az her late res
a3ncs lilS Lincoln street. on Friday aftel
noon. July Ia at = O'Clock. city time In
terment AT Riverview cemetery
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Noah's Ark Moonlight Ride.

The first annual moonlight OF Noah's
Ark. No. /. will he held Tuesday
evening. July Is. The steamer Bran
DIVINE originally had been chartered
for the outing but. due 10 the large
number who are expected to attend.
IL will be necessary to obtain ono of
the larger Wilson Line Boats. There
will be music and dancing on board.
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McKelvey Valves Hearing.

James A McKelvey of tho Deer
Park hotel. Newark, yesterday waived
a hearing before the u. s. Commission
or on charges of viola ton of the Vol
stead act and will appear at the next
term of the Federal District Court He
was arrested by Federal prohibition
agents ast month.
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PREFERS GUN TO GIBBET.
For mer Idaho Judge Does n Want
To Die By Hanging.

Salt Lake City, July 13.-Homer r.
Woods, former Idaho Probate Judge,
convicted Of having murdered his wife
and having burned her body upon an
oil-soaked bed in their home here last
January, chose TO face a firing squad
rather than hanging, and has been so
sentenced by Superior Judge Ephraim
johnson Woods will be shot at sunrise
September l at the Utah State Prison.
Moods killed his wife to obtain 81 SOC
life insurance His defense was that she
had been murdered by robbers.
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Friends School
Fourth and West SITS.
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Delaware's Leading Preparatory
School.

A faculty Of % trained teachers. Ex-
cellent equipment Thorough instruc-
ton. A school that takes boys and girls
NJ five years of age, and in cODgeuisl
atmosphere under the charge Of specially
trained men and women, without loss Of
time through change Of schools, fits
them for college or business. Junior
Primary, Primary, intermediate and
High School departments Auto bus pro-
vlded for the younger children To meet
growing demand, Junior Primary
class will be started for children between
five and six years Of age. Catalor or
request. Office open on and after Sep
tenber 8. Fall session begins Septcrn.
Der 10.
HERSCHEL A. NORRIS, A. M
Principal.
CHARLES w. BUSH, A. B.
Assistant Principal.
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Fortune To Salvation Army.

New York. July 1S.-Samuel Clark
Williams Of Brooklyn. left the bulk
of an estate estimated to he from
500. 900 to $1,000 900 TO the Salvation
Army for the relief of worthy aged
persons and the down and outs"
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SPECIAL EXCURSION.
To Baltimore and Washln gton-Sun
day. July 18th, Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad

$500 TO Washington: $3.50 To Balti-
more. Special train leaves Whining
ton SAT a. m. STANDARD ume). Re
turning. leaves Washington, 645 D
m; Baltimore. Camden station, IA
p. m: Mt. Royal Station, $50 D. m
STANDARD time ADV.
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FOR NERVOUS DISORDERS
Take Horsford's Acid Phosphate

For insomnia, mental exhaustion
and lassitude the best tonic for nerves
and stomach.-Adv.
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Medium Brown hair looks best of all
after 4 Golden Clint Shampoo.--Ady.
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Additional death notices received too
late for this column will be found on
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