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Middletown transcript., 1922-08-12
NOTICE TO TAXPAYERS
OF
Pencader Hundred

The Taxpayers of this Hundred are
hereby notified that will be at the fol-
lowing places to receive County, Poor,
Road, Capitation. School and Dog Tax
for the Year 1922.
NEWARK DEPOT, BRYAN's STORE
August 2Sth, September 25th, Novem.
ber goth.
From 9 to II A. M.
CoOCH S BRIDGE, DAYETr'S MILL
August 2Sth, September 25th, Novem-
be, Goth
From | to 3 p. NJ.
GLASGOW, w. c. BROOKS STORE
July 3lst, August 29th, September 26th
October Both, November 2lst, Decem-
ber 9th.
9 to il A. M.
PORTER, CRoMPToN' s STORE
August 29th, September 26th, Novem.
ber 2lst.
l to p. NJ.
SUMMIT BRIDGE, SALMoN'S STORE
August 30th, september 27, to ii A. Nj.
October 30th, | to p. Nj. Novem-
ber 22 9 tc II A. NJ.
KIRKwooD, NICHOLS STORE
August 30th, September 9th, Novem-
Der 22d.
l to 7. NJ.
Extract from the Laws of Delaware,
governing the collection of Taxes of
New Castle County, Section 3, Chapter
80. Volume 21, Laws of Delaware, as
amended
SEC 3-That on all taxes paid
before the first day of October there
shall be an abatement of five per cent
um. On all taxes paid before the first
day of December there shall be an abate-
ment of three per centum. On all taxes
paid during the month of December
there shall be no abatement what
ever. And on all taxes unpaid on the
first day of January there shall be added
one half of one per centum per month
until the same shall be paid.
EDWARD o. WALTON
Collector of Taxes for Pencader Hundred
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AT REST ON BARREN ISLAND
Land Where Sir Ernest Shackleton
Sleeps Was Discovered by the
Famous Captain Cook.

South Georgia island where Sir
Ernest ShackIeton will sleep on the
fringe of the wild and frozen soil.
tudes against which he opposed the
might of Il hero's Will is in about the
same latitude aS Cape Horn, which lies
1,200 miles westward of it.
When Captain Cook was making one
of his historic voyages around the
world in the Eighteenth century he
happened On South Georgia island, 1t
is recorded. At first he thought it
might he the 'terro incognia Australis'
he was in search of, SO he went ashore
and as he recorded in his diary, took
possession of the country in his maj
esty's name, under discharge of
small arms
When the great circumnavigator eX-
amined his discovery little more
closely and found it to be mere
bunch of icy mountains, he concluded
that it was mot worth the discovery"
Nevertheless he called this land the
esty." His majesty, by the way, was
n6ne other than George III.
A hundred years later the seafar-
ing men of New England came to the
conclusion that South Georgia island
was not as worthless as Captain Cook
had supposed. 1t was "A great place
for fur seals. They slaughtered more
than 100000, virtually eXterlninating
them in that part of the Antarctic.
Then came a harvest of elephant oil"
extracted from the blubber OF the
sea elephant, the giant Of the seal
family
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HUGHES TO BRAZIL

DRESIDkNT HARDING has acted
= wisely in selecting the ranking
member of his Cabinet to represent the
United States at the Brazil centennial
celebration. 1t is of paramount i'm
portance in our international policies
that we cultivate the closest relations
with the other republics of the Western
Hemisphere. Much progress in that
direction was made when Chile and
Peru were persuaded to send delegates
to Washington to discuss their differ
ences. Secretary Hughes had lead
ing part in arranging for that confer
ence and in making it a success; in fact
had it not been for his consummate
diplomacy it might we'll have ended in
failure that would have meant further
blood shed between the two countries !!
Not only Chile and Peru, but every
South American country fully appreci-
ates the par. played by the United
States in bringing about that settle
ment, and are prepared to voice their
good will when the American represen-
tative arrives at the centennial. By
his tact and facility of expression, Mr..
Hughes will contribute. materially to
the cordial feeling that now exists with
our neighbors to the south.
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HIS FIRST DUTY

THE governor of North Carolina
l thinks it is not the part of state
or the national government to interfere
in labor controversy. But he over
looks the fact that it is the first duty
of government to preserve order and
it is the first duty of the national gov
ernment to see that interstate COM
merce and the transportation of the
mails is not interfered with. When
labor disputes interfere with those ac-
tivites or contribute to disorder, it is
time for the government to take hand.
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SteriIizinu instruments,

After trying many plans, believe
that the best way to sterilize delicate
cutting instruments Is to lay them in
pure carbOlic acid for ten minutes, then
rinse them off in sterile water place
them in 90 per cent alcohol for Is
minutes, and finally lay them in tray
of sterile water, writes DR. Edwin B.
Miller. assistant professor of opthal-
mology in the University of Pennsyl-
yania in an article in the New York
Medical Journal. In the bottom of each
tray there should be sterile gauze
pad. They are then laid out on a
table covered with sterile sheet in
the order in which they are to be used
in the operation. This saves confusion
and aids the assistant to pick up quick
" the needed instrument. They are
,hen covered with sterile towel until
the surgeon is ready to use them.
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Country's National Parks.

There are nineteen national parks,
with a total area of 10,SJ9 square
miles, under the supervision of the
secretary of the interior and seven
national military and other parks
under the supervision of the secretary
of war, and u number Of other ma
tional monuments, such as the petri-
fed forests of Arizona, ETC., under the
jurisdiction of the secretaries of the
interior, agriculture and war. For
many years the Hot Springs reserva-
tion of Arkansas was the only national
park. In 1882 an area of IA square
miles on which are 46 hot springs pos
sessing curative properties was set
aside as national park. 1t was not
until forty years later that another
national park was created, the Yel-
lowstone, in Wyoming The other
IL have been created within fOrty-twO
years, and seven Of these within the
last decade, the interest in conserva-
tion probably accounting for the larger
number. The only one in New Eng
land Is Lafayette park in Maine, on
Mount Desert.
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Immortal Poets.

The palm for exquisite poetry should
go to Keats. In lofty ideas of death,
Wordsworth and Bryant march hand
In hand. Shelly, compared with the
other three, seems immature. AS to
these four poets, it Is curious to note
that Bryant died at the age of "a, his
death being caused by sunstroke
when he WAS giving an address in
Central park. New York, on the un-
yelling of statue; Keats died of con
sumption in Rome at the age %, and
was buried there, In the old Protestant
cemetery-the following epitaph
(Which he had desired placed there)
being put Oh his tomb: Here lies one
whose name was writ In water" Shelly
was drowned when he was sailing on
the Bay of Spezia. before he was quite
80, and was cremated (although his
heart would not burn), and the ashes
buried near the grave of Keats, and
Wordsworth died at the age of So
at Rydal Mount, Westmoreland.
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Color Blindness.

1t is declared that people suffering
from olorblindness often have better,
clearer vision than people with normal
sight. While 4 per cent of our male
population suffer from color-blindness.
only One-half of one per cent of the fe.
male population IS affected. This imper-
fection of the sight is very pronounced
among Jews and Quakers. The origin
of cOlor-blindness is as completely un-
known to scientists as Is the reason
for thus attacking only certain sec
tions of people but women may be free
from it. probably because their eyes
have been trained to color for gener-
ations while Quakers are peculiarly
susceptible, owing to the monotonous
color of their garments. ColOr-blind-
ness runs in a family for generations
and. although it is alwaystn the males,
1t descends through the females The
daughters of color-blind men invari-
ably have color-blind sons.-The Sun
day at Home.
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Batteries techarged 75c. Service
slneisn fsr Titan and Gould Batter
~ SHALL CT ROSS' GARAGE.
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Process Of Absorption.

Miss Christina Merriman, head Of
the disarmament division of the
League of Women Voters, said at II
dinner party in Washington:
disarmament, when 1t comes, will
DO away with the absorption of one
country by another.
These absorbing, or boa constructor.
countries remind me Of the elderly man
In the smoker who bent over an old
gentleman seated In front of him and
said:
Beg pardon, but do you mind
lending me your spectacles a moment 2
Not at ALL said the kindly old gen.
tleman, mot at ALL
'The elderly chap fixed the specta-
cles firmly on his nose.
"Thank you,' he said. And now,
sir, since youAcan no longer read your
newspaper, win you kindly pass it over
to meT "-Washingto Star.
New shantuns Coal Field.
A newly discovered coal field Is re-
ported In Shantung province, which Is
said to contain an immense quantity of
smokeless coal, according to the Com
pressed Air magazine. Chinese and
foreign engineers are engaged In the
exploration Of the coal field, and the
mine Is to be developed under Chinese
auspices vt an expenditure of $5OQ000.
& II - -
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Killed the Cat.

San Francisco, Cal.-Dominieo Grepo
was patient man. He stood by in
silence while the neighborhood cat
secretly killed his rabbits. He con-
tinued to be patient until the cat had
killed seventy-five of them. Then he
got shotgun and killed the cat. The
cats owner had him hailed into court.
The cats owner said the cat was worth
$3.50. Judge Lazarus decided that
Grepo had right to kill the cat.
but fined him IS for firing the shot
gun In the city limitA
Middletown transcript., 1922-08-12

When we eat protein we consume In
reality 18 or 20 substances, known as
amino acids, each one of which may
have quite special functions In nutri-
ton. Some proteins are deficient in
certain Of these acids which are lack
Ing in the proteins Of corn and grain,
and for that reason peanuts are an
excellent supplement to cereal diet.
whether In the form Of a meal or
press cake fed with corn and cereal
feeds to animals or as supplement
to wheat protein when used with
wheat nour n bread making,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
EGYPT is FREE.

There is great rejoicing in Egypt.
Sultan Ahmed Fuad Pasha has an
nounced with due pomp and ceremony
that Egypt has become an indepen-
dent and sovereign state and that he,
the Sultan, has assumed the title of
the King Of Egypt. The British High
Commissioner, Field Marshal Lord
Allenby, called at the Royal palace
after the ceremonies at Cairo and con-
graduated King Fuad, whom he adj
dressed as ''Your Majesty" How has
this been accomplished? By Bringing
and saying eve don't want this and
we don't want that and we don't want
the other"? No. The Egyptians de-
fled Great Britain and refused to ac-
cept anything except absolute free
dom. They fought for it, they died
for it and they got it! =.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
MASS. CITIZENS TO
PETITION LODGE FOR
ACTION ON DYER BILL
ON GRAND CENTENARY NIGHT
ASK REPUBLICAN LEADER
OF SENATE TO MAKE A PAR
TYMEASURE OF BILL PROM
lSED IN REPUBLICAN PLAT
FORM. IN, .,.- 49, r..

Boston, Mass, April %, 1922
From the rostrum Of historic. Charles
Street A. M. E. church on the CEN
tennary night of, the birth. of Ulysses
S. Grant,, Union commander and
president, friend of the colored race
and executor of the constitution,
April 81, 1922, the Greater Boston
Branch Of the National Equal Rights
League launched movement to pro-
mote a signed petition to u S. Sen
ator H. C. Lodge of Massachusetts,,
in his capacity as Republican leader
OF the Senate to have the Republican
party espouse the Dyer anti-lynching
bill, and thus secure action and get
the bill out of committee.
Congressman Dyer in recent
speech to the Boston N. A.. A. C. p.
had declared the colored people could
90 more for passage of the bill than
those of any other state, because the
Senate leader is from Massachusetts
and comes up for reelection this
year. He repeated this to the ma
tional secretary of the league and
Mr.. Trotter framed the petition
which is being circulated for sigma
lures all over the state.
The leagues resolve for the DYER
bill in the Massachusetts legislature
brought a strong editorial for the bill
IN the Boston American and all the
Hearst newspapers. This resolve is
up for final action on Wednesday and
Will also spur Lodge to action.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

transferred to Minneapolis were re-
ceived about ten days ago, and the
work of consolidating and putting the
last Of them into shape for full func-
tioning in Minneapolis has been fin
ished.
Another shipment of twenty thous-
and disallowed claims soon will be
forwarded to the Minneapolis Office.
which, although Temporarily inactive
can be reopened by the men at any
time upon his representing that cause
Off compensation or training has
arisen since the case was disallowed.
The changes effected make possible:
Settling back claims for compensa-
ton without reference to Washing
ton. and immediate payment Of
Increasing or decreasing Of com
pensation paid because the service
mans condition is found to have been
changed.
Saving of nine DAYS on cases sent
to Washington, and multiples Of that
NUMBER IN case papers have to be
Immediate transfer from compen-
satlen to training or vice versa, and
discharge from either by the Mime
apolis District Office.
The status now reached is that con-
templated by the Sweet Bill.
Since the passage of the Bill, new
applications from former service
men resident in the states of Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota and
NJ ontana have been handled direct
from Minneapolis, but the accunu-
lated old cases will henceforth be adj
Indicated in the District office.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
GET BUSY WITH THE U. S. SENA-
TORS,

The Dyer anti-lynching bill has
been passed by the house of repre-
sentatives and is now in the senate
in the hands of the judiciary commit
tee.
If the judiciary committee reports
the Dyer bill, it's enactment by the
senate is almost certain. The sena-
tors on that committee are:
Knute Nelson, Minnesota; William
P. Dillingham;, Vermont; Frank B.
Brandegee, Connecticut; William E.
Borah, Idaho; Albert B. Cummins,
Iowa; LeBaron B. Colt, Rhode Island;
Thomas Sterling, South Dakota; Geo.
w. Norris, Nebraska; Richard P.
Ernst, Kentucky; Samuel M. Short
ridge, California;; Charles A. Culber-
son, Texas; Lee S. Overman, North
Carolina; James A. Reed, Missouri;
Henry F. Ashurst, Arizona; John K
Shields, Tennessee; Thomas j. Walsh
Montana. 3D.. Z
Now is the time to write or tele-
graph the members Of the judiciary
committee and ask them to support
the bill. It is especially important
that the people Of Minnesota flood
Senator Nelson with letters and tel
egrams asking him to vote for fav-
orable report on the bill. The out
look is favorable but work must be
done to make assurance doubly sure
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
IT MUST NOT BE

The proposition to establish play
ground for COLORED children in St.
Paul is un-American and THE APP
PEAL is opposed to it.
One Of the strange phases of jim
crowism in these days in the fact that
nine-tenths Of the plans to degrade
the colored people into pariah class
are conceived in the brains of people
who call themselves Christians. In
the majority Of cases when the col
ored man is kicked down it is done
"for his benefit" and Gin the name of
The Lord
No doubt some of the promoters
believe that they are doing great
ohlng for the colored people Of Saint
Paul but they are mistaken.
No greater evil could come to Saint
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
MMET'S EPlTAPH

Having been convicted by a Dublin
court Of taking part in the Irish Re-
bellion Of 1898, Robert Emmett, the
greatest Irish patriot, was duly exc
cuted by the British authorities.
He closed his last speech with these
words: ~ have but one request to
make on my departure from this
world. Let no man write my epitaph;
for, as no man who knows my motives,
dare now vindicate them, let not pre-
JUDGE >asperse them. Let my tomb
remain inscribed, until other times
and other men can do justice to my
character. When my country shall
take her place among the nations of
the earth, then, and not until then, let
my epitaph be- written"
More than one hundred years have
passed, during which time thousands
of brave Irishmen have laid down
their lives to free their beloved coun-
try from the horrors of British op-
preston. The Irish have fought Brit
ain to the death, Britain was whip
ped, and just the other day the birth
of the new Irish Free State was cele-
brated.
No doubt Emmett's martyrdom did
much to keep burning the fires of ma
tionalism which have at last made
Ireland nation. To Robert Emmett
more than to any other one man may
the successful ending of the fight for
freedom be credited. Now let his cpl
taph be written.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

Paul, to the white people as well as
the colored people, than the attempt
to segregate one group of citizens.
It is thing which will serve to in
fame the fires of race prejudice.
It is inconceivable that any col
ored people could so belittle them
selves as to be parties to SO infam-
Gus a scheme and it is Infamous
whether it is so intended or not. We
are glad to know that the superin-
tendent of Fairgrounds opposes the
plan.
The decent self-respecting people
Of Saint Paul must fight the nefari-
GUS scheme to finish. If you are a
good American you should oppose it.
1T MUST NOT BE! "
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
POSTAL IMPROVEMENT
WEEK IS OBSERVED
May ! Sees Inaugurated First
General Campaign of
Kind in Service.

Without the Postal Service, business
would languish in day, and be at
standstill in a week. Public opinion
would die Of dry rot. Sectional hatred
or prejudice only would flourish, and
narrow indedness thrive.
1t is the biggest distinctive business
In the world and it comes nearer to the
1nnermost interests of greater num-
Der Of men and women than any other
institution on earth. No private bust
ness, however widespread, touches so
many lives so often or sharply; no
church reaches into so many souls,
f1utters so many pulses, has so, many
human beings dependent on it's min
istrations.
"Postal Improvement Week" has
been set for May 1, by the Postmaster
General. This is the first general cam
paign of it's kind in the Postal Service
for several decades. Business men
and their organizations, large users of
the mail, newspapers, motion pictures,
advertisers, and the entire organiza-
ton Of 100000 posta workers are to be
enlisted in this countrywide campaign
of interest in postal improvements.
Your help is vital. Address your let
ters plainly with pen or typewriter.
Give street address. Spell out name
OF State, don't abbreviate. Put your
return address in the upper left hand
corner If envAIonA fno% An $h> h,rL\
and always look at your letter before
dropping in the mail to see If it is
properly addressed. This care in the
use Of the mails is for your benefit and
speeds up the dispatch and delivery
Of mail matter. ~
1t you have any complaints Of poor
service make them to your postmaster.
He has instructions to investigate them
and report to the department.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
THANK YOU
WITHOUT STREET ADDRESS
YOUR MAIL IS DELAYED
At OFFICE OF DELIVERY

The Dead Letter Office has been in
existence ever since Ben Franklin
started our postal service. Even then
people addressed mail to Mr.. Ezekiel
Smithers, atlantic Coast" and ex.
pected Ben to know just where Zeke
lived.
- Perhaps they had Zeke's address in
letters up in the garnet, maybe chest
full of 'em, but then it was easier to
let Ben hunt Zeke. Today people are
addressing letters to John Smith, New
York, N. Y, or Chicago, ILL.,, thinking
Uncle Sam can locate him, which Is
just as incomplete as was Zeke's ad-
dress of yore. The Postoffiee Depart.
ment asks. you to put the number and
street in the address. It helps you.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
U. S. VETERANS, BUREAU
DISTRICT NO. 10

Transfer from Washington to the
District Office of the Veterans Bureau
in Minneapolis Of control over nine
thousand cases of service men re-
ceiving or seeking training or com
pensation, was announced by C. ID.
Hubbard, District Manager.
COMPLETION Of the case transfer
from Washington is characterized as
the biggest single step yet taken
toward carrying out the provisions Of
the Sweet bill, which. declared that
the functions centered in Washing
ton should be decentralized to the
District Offices with full power to act
on them. The nine thousand cases
over which complete control was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

: Protest always pays. For some
time the people of India have been
making "silent protest" against the
many iEjustices from which they suf-
fer and now it seems that results are
about. to be achieved. The govern
ment has introduced several bills for
the repeal of nearly all of the repres-
sive and restrictive laws now on the
statute books. 49,. - .- -
And because they have protested
England will give independence to
the Egyptians. Down South, Motion
ct al are lauding the brutal people
who have stolen the rights of the col:
ored people and restricted them to a
Jlmcrow place in the social scheme.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

Representative Fordney of Michi-
gan has introduced a bill in. the house
proposing a loan of $5,OOO,OOO to Lii
IBERIA. The Liberians seem to want
the money and the president was in
the U. S. last year making an appeal
for it; but. THE APPEAL believes it
to be a dangerous matter. If the
money is loaned and not promptly
PAID 1t will be an excuse for. the
United States to go in and take pos
session, and thus get a foothold in
Africa, and then Uncle Sam will pro-
coed to mistreat and murder the Ii
berians just as he did in Haiti. The
Llberians would do well to sidestep
that loan.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

The U. S. Senate is being told of
the horrible atrocities committed by
Gen. Gregorio Semenoff, ataman of
the Russian Cossack. It is a terrible
recital and the grave and reverend
senator's are Mortified, as the fearful
things were done 5000 miles away by
people who are considered not more
than half civilized. Worse atrocities
were committed according to the
testimony before the Senate investi-
eating committee), by U. S. marines
in Haiti, and the details scarcely
caused ripple of excitement. Haiti
is so much nearer, it has been COB
bled by the u. S. A. and the marines
are "our boys" It makes a big diff
ference whose OK is gored.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06
HERE COMES A STRANGER!

Let's make our post Office look neat,
Mr.. Postmaster. Straighten up the
rural letter box, Mr.. Farmer. Tidy
up some, Mr.. Rural Carrier. First
impressions are lasting. Maybe Mr..
Stranger, taking notice Of these Inn
provements, will come back, bringing
you benefits. Start these with "POS-
tai IMPROVEMENT WEEK" May
1-6.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1922-05-06

The papers tell us that the Presi-
dent is very much interested in and is
working hard for The passage Of the
ship subsidy bill which will cost the
American people many millions of
dollars and if beneficial will only pro-
duce s 1855. The same President
seems to be very Indifferent to the
passage Of the Dyed anti-lynching bill
which is necessary to safeguard civil
ization in the u. S.