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MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARJi, SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 26, 3 907.
PRICE THREE CENTS
YOL. XL. NO. 48
LICENSE COMMITTEE
VOTERS OF DELAWARE
To
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Here is How It Affects You and It
. Will Pay You to Read It. this
is Not Campaign Talk, But
Positive Proven Facts.
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Are You Going to Vote Five and A
a Quarter Millions of Dollars (■
Annually From Delaware ?
T
DIGEST !
READ !
ACT !
What No-License Will Cost
Mathematical Facts
To the Citizens of the Delaware
Commonwealth
This is of Importance
. Read Carefully.
3,382 Business Men and a Large Number of
Employees in all Occupations Affected
$5,217,388.30 Dispensed Annually
$124,057.45 In Taxes and License Fees
$534,299.31 In Wages Annually
$321,656.50 For Farm Produce
DOES THIS INTEREST YOU
Then Investigate
What No-License Means to the Tax=Payer
Total taxes for the State of Delaware paid by licensed dealers,
with assessed valuation of properties used by licensed dealers and
manufacturers :
County and Poor.
City and School,
Road Tax.
Total
Assessment.
$3,606,375.00
364,861.00
City of Wilmington
Rural New Castle County. 4,336.49
$39,878.09
New Castle County Totals.$44,214.58
Kent County Totals
Sussex County Totals.... 1,399.99
$47,747.54
'The Amount paid for State License is as follows :
City of Wilmington .
iRural New Castle County
'New Castle County Totals
Kent County Totals.
Sussex County Totals ...
Totals for State.
$3,971,236.00
192,632.00
88,860.00
2,135.97
Totals for the State
$4,252,728 00
$59,785 00
7,350.00
$67,135.00
. 5,350.00
3,825.00
$76,310.00
The total amount paid toward the various expenses of govern
ment is $131,267.54, including $10,210.00 paid to the National
Government.
The amount paid into the County, City and State Treasury is
$124,057.54, which equals one-fourth of the total revenue of the
State, although $47,747.56 is paid into the local treasuries.
Upon whom will this burden of taxation fall if the revenue is
lost by a No : License victory on the fifth of November.
Are the tax-payers ready to pay the bills F »
What No-License Means
to the Business Man
It is undoubtedly a fact that business men of any community
Tail to analyze tbe sources of patronage that contribute to their
prosperity.
Very often the interdependence of their relations with their
patrons is ignored.
But the purchasing power of their patrons is their only
ance of prosperity.
Will the business men of Wilmington and the counties of Dela
ware TAKE NOTICE ?
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The general disbursements for all purposes by men engaged in
this industry, are as follows :
City of Wilmington...
Rural New Castle County.
.$4,045,936.69
.. 448,702.00
New Castle County Totals
Kent County Totals.
Sussex County Totals_
.$4,494,638.69
. 409,057.61
. 313,692.00
Totals for the State
$5,217,388.30
That is the annual payment by the men engaged in this
amounts to the vast total of five and one quarter millions of dollars.
Distributed, as will be shown in the tabulated statement here
with incorporated, among practically every line of business
sented in the State.
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The total number of dealers among whom this vast sum is
distributed is 3,382.
Gentlemen of the retail trade in Delaware, who will fill the gap
in your receipts if you force these patrons of yours out of business
by your vote on the fifth of November F
By what act of legerdemain will the prohibitionists fill
«tores with customers and your boxes with cash ?
Do you think by some "presto change'' magic you can destroy
and destore in a day F
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Do you owe nothing to the customers who pay into your
coffers this vast sum every year?
Are the business relations and obligations of years to be obliter
ated by a fad, a discredited theory ?
What No=License Means to the Farmer
The expenditure by licensed dealers for products of tbe farua
bought indirectly through dealers, is $321,656.50.
In addition many thousands of dollars are expended in small
sums of which there is no regular account, so that we are within the
limit when we say that the farmer receives thousands of dollars in
excess of the above figures annually from men who do business
under the license system.
Can the farmer easily dispense with this market ?
The farmer is also benefited by the patronage of men employed
in the various occupations associated with the manufacture and sale
under license who as stated receive in annual wages $544,298.51.
•The farmer, as a taxpayer, also receives his share of benefit
from the $124,000 paid into the public treasury.
Will the farmers in Delaware vote themselves a loss in trade
and an increase in taxes ?
What No-License Means to the
Workingmen and Women
The various departments of tbe licensed trade in Delaware
expend in wages annually $544,299.31.
This vast sum is paid directly to employes in the service of men
-in the trade. ,
But to care for the patronage represented in the expenditures
among the various merchants, tradesmen, &c., hundreds of clerks
are employed, whose services would not be required if it were not
for these customers.
Thus the sum mentioned is only a part of the wage benefit
received by those who work for daily wages or weekly salary.
Can the workingmen of Delaware 'readily dispense with this
large employing ability and the sum it pays to labor ?
The Property Owner's Interest
Over 800 different buildings are occupied by the licensed trade
in this State ; of these over 200 are in the city of Wilmington.
What will the rental value be if no-license is successful ?
On the present valuation it is as follows : '
Rental Value.
$513,916.00
23,042.00
City of Wilmington
Rural New Castle County
Total for New Castle County.$536,956.00
21.323.00
20.845.00
Kent County..
Sussex County
Will this help the prosperity of Wilmington and the State of j
Delaware ?
.$579,126 00
Grand Total.
The vacating of these buildings will depress the value of all real
estate and decrease the rental value of all business property.
YEARLY
BENEVOLENCE
The total amount given to churches and charity annually is
$35,772.00.
; AS A FINAL WORD
For AH This Loss What Will You Receive ?
What will take the place of license ?
The speak easy and the bootlegger.
Where will the workingmen go after pay day ?
To Philadelphia and Chester.
Railroad traffic will increase.
Trolley lines will prosper at the expense of Wilmington and
Delaware merchants.
Do you want Philadelphia to get more of Delaware money ?
If you do. vote for no-license, and a million a year, in addition to
the home trade you have destroyed, and will not cover the loss.
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Count Well the Cost !
Think It Over!
It Seriously Affects You!
Vote Law and License !
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VOTE FOR THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE
BY KBV. D. J. GIVAN.
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The time is now approach
When Delaware will vote.
Our motto is "NO LICENSE"—hear !
For that we'll pray and work ;
Our God and home and Di'mond State
With VOTES we must protect,
We'll vote for the Temperance cause.
CHORUS.
Glory ! glory ! Hallelujah !
Glory ! glory ! Hallelujah !
Glory ! glory ! Hallelujah !
We'll vote for the Temperance cause.
Since "right is right" and "God is God,
The day we'll surely win ;
"To doubt would be disloyalty,
To falter would be sin."
King Alcohol must
ember the
We'll vote for the Temperance cause.
The better days are coming now
I hear the mother pray,
The light is breaking over HOME,
The gloom we'll chase away ;
The father and the children there
And mother, too, will shout—
When the temperance cause has won.
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The New
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Captain E. E. TRUAX,
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WILL LEAVE
Odessa for Philadelphia
AND RETURN FROM
Arch Street WHARF,
PHILADELPHIA,
AS FOLLOWS:
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OCTOBER
PHILA
Tuesday 1 11.30 pm
Friday 4 1.30 pm
Tuesday 8 5.80pm
Friday 11 1-00 pm
Tuesday 15 11.00 am
Friday 18 IJOpm
Tuesday It 5.00 pm
Friday 15 7.SO pm
Tuesday 19 11.00 am
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Monday S 5.00 pm
Thursday 7 8.00 pm
Monday 1011.00 am
Thur'tVy 14 IJSOpm
17 I JO pm
11 7 JO pm
if,
onday
Thursday
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Thur'd'y 18 It JO pm
Monday SI 8.80 pm
Comfortable accommodations for Passen
gers. Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Saloon and Private State
rooms.
50 CENTS.
FARE,
Grain, Frait and Stock Freighted at
Reasonable Rates.
•^Attention given to the Careful Hand
ling and Prompt Delivery of ail
consignments.
For information in regard to Freights
apply to
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P. B. WATKINS. Manager,
Odessa, Delaware
William W. Rose, Clerk.
A Word
to the Wise
Tiie
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this
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this
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on
all
lias
is sufficient. Come to Fogel'a
and save money. Do you want
a Ladies outfit, one for tbe little
girl or the baby. You will find
many styles to choose from. Tbe
most fastidious can be suited
here in quality, price and style.
Our immense stock consists of
Ladies' Suits, Coats, Skirts,
Waists, Millinery, Corsets, Un
derwear, Misses' and Children's
Dresses, Coats and Hosiery, a
of j large line of Blankets and Com
forts. Space don't allow us to
mention prices. Come and see
for yourself and compare our
prices with others.
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A. FOGEL,
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Middletown, Delaware, Mardi 5th, 1906
Having rented the business stand of the
late John W. Jolla, in connection with
the Grain business, I am now prepared
to furnish my customers and the public
with tiie beet grades of Coal, Wood, Lime,
Feed, Ac. I respectfully solicit • con
tinuance of your patronage at tbe stand
of the late John W. Jolis, Railroad Ave.
S. B. Foaed.
DAVIDSON & MILLER,
Commission
Mèrchants
Dealers in Live Stock, Poultry
Butter and Eggs.
331 South Front Street,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Crete* supplied for shipping Live Poultry
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WASHINGTON LETTER
Washington, D. C., October 19th, 1907.
W H AT is regarded in Washington as tbe
finest liargain offered to New York
bankers in recent years will be brought
by Seuor Federico Velaéqnez, Minister
of Finance for Santo Domingo, who has
sailed for N'ew York to float the long
pending Domincan loan of 120,000,000,
which is to be secured by a bond issue
bearing five per cent, interest, practically
guaranteed by the United States govern
wtent, and, aside from the fact that they
will be subject to taxation and that they
ouiuot be deposited by uatioual banks as
security tor government deposit or for cir
culation, are pronounced by tiie few fi
nancera who have investigated the subject
as good as United States bonds. Officers
of the United States government will con
tinue to collect tiie Dominican customs
under tiie terms of the treaty ratified last
session, and will pay into tbe hands of
the trustees, who will pay the interest and
accumulate the sinking fund, $1,200,000,
a year; the remainder of tbe custom re
ceipts, after the cost of collection, shall
have been deducted, to be covered into
the Dominican treasury. Tiie bonds
must be sold at 96, will run for forty years
and bear interest at 5 per cent., and may
be redeemed at the end of ten years at
102}. $3,300.000 is already deposited to
ward the sinking fand, in the National
City Bank, of New York, dÆwiug inter
est at 2} per cent. The control of the
customs houses in Santo Domingo by the
United State* has prevented all révolu
tiona, as wss predicted by the late Sec
retary Hay, as the customs receipts con
stituted the only incentive to revolu
tion, and thus tbe permanent tranquility
of tbe Domiuican Government is insured.
The loan about to be floated will pay off
ail foreign creditors, obviating all danger
of interference from other governments.
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On tha completion of tiie new office
bnildiog for members of the Hoose of
Representatives, an electric railway will
be installed connecting the lobby of tbe
new building with the House and a simi
lar tramway will connect the new Senate
office building with tiie Senate. It is now
suggested that still further passenger ser
vice be established by the construction of
a line which will connect these two links
and thus facilitate passage between tbe
House and tbe Senate, and every one who
bas bad to walk tbe nearly seven hundred
feet between tbe two chambers, several
times in a day, will appreciate tbe desira
bility of such a line. It is claimed that
with au electric railway travelling contin
uons! y from the House to the Senate of
fice buildings and stopping under the re
spective chambers, tbe greatest saving oi
time and effort would be accomplished.
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Tiie agitation against tiie destruction of
the historic Crittenden oak and other
trees in tiie Botanic Gardens has been so
great that Gen. Oliver, Acting Secretary
of War, has cabled Secretary Taft in tbe
Phillippines for authority to act in the
matter. Gen. Oliver, who is a member
of the Grant Memorial Commission, tele
graphed to Gen. Dodge, chairman of the
commission, to come to Washington to
consider tiie matter, but Gen. Dodge re
plied that lie could not leave his home at
tins time; lienee the babie to Secretary
Taft, who is also a member of the com
mission and ex-office chairman. Gen.
Oliver believes that the commission is tbe
only body which lias authority to act in
the matter but does not care to assume tbe
sole responsibility by taking action with
out first bearing from some other member
of the commission.
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A very clever dispatch published re
cently in a New York paper, has been the
canse of no little excitement in adminis
tration oircles, where it,is felt that the
freedom of the press has transgressed all
patriotism and even decency in this case.
Tiie dispatch is so diabolically worded
tliat no statement is susceptible of fiat
denial, and in it the President is made to
appear to seek to menace Japan in order
ing tiie battleship fleet to the Pacific
coast. Tbe dispatch goes to tne length of
implying that President Roosevelt will
follow this step by precipitating hoetilitiea
between the two countries. It is super
fluous to say that tiie paper which carries
this tale is antagonistic to Mr. Roosevelt
and liia progressive policies and seeks in
this way to mislead its readers and to in
jure tiie President. Tiie fact that the
newspaper itself ie far too intelligent to
believe the nonsense it seeks to palm off
on its readers as fact, renders such an'act
all the more culpable in its audacity and
lias excited no little comment in official
circlee.
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A seheme which contemplates the re
Form of Official Ballot to be voted November 5th
Against License
For License
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la voting each qualified elector shall mark his ballot with a pencil or crayon provided for
the said election, by crossing two lines either on the side of the printed line on which the
words "Against License" are printed, or on the side of said line on which the words "For
License" are printed. Every ballot marked as aforesaid anywhere on the right hand side of
the printed line aforesaid, shall be counted as a vote against license, and every, ballot marked
as aforesaid on the left-hand side of the printed line aforesaid shall be counted as a vote for
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modeling of the. House of Representative*
is proposed by Representative Boatell of
Illinois, whereby all the desks from the
floor of the House will be removed and
chairs substituted, arranged in tbe form of
an amphitheatre and whereby the House
galleries eon Id be materially enlarged and
made to accommodate nearly doable the
number they now seat. An increase of
the space in the rear of the House is also
provided f«.r, so as to afford room for the
numerous callers who are now compelled
to crowd the narrow corridor outside the
main door while waiting to talk to mem
bers. Mr. Boutell is in Washington con
sulting with Architect Woods of tbe Cap
tol about this scheme.
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USEFUL THINGS TO KNOW
Cocoanot can be ground in a meat chop
per for piea.
A large megaphone placed over a plant
to keep in sulphur fumes will kill rose
pests.
Wash windows ou a cloudy day or when
the suu is on the opposite side. Use very
hot water and the windows will dry
much sooner and be more easily cleaned.
Ammouia and a little kerosene assist in
speedy work.
The long-handled whisk broom is handy
for cleaning oat a coal stove, especially
the soot box underneath.
Never varnish furniture during a damp
season and never in a rocm where there
is no beat. When varnish dries slowly
it has an opportunity for catching dust
which is plainly visible when the varn
ish is perfectly dry.
Blotting paper makes a good foundation
for poster pictures for Hallow'en decora
tions.
For the boy or girl ut school who will
not be at home for the nsnal Thanksgiving
dinner, prepare a Thanksgiving box of
borne goodies.
A rag dipped into oxalic acid will in
stantly clean copper. Protect tbe hands
with gloves while washing off the pieces.
A cocoanuf shell cut in half and filled
with a sponge will make a neat hanging
basket in which to grow bempseed, or
any of the green giants which can be
nourished on water alone. Small bulbe
can be inserted in tbe sponge and they
will flourish nicely. Keep the sponge
wet.
According to a cooking school theory
coca is never done until it has cooked
long enough to coat the spoon. It is
said tiie cocoa should boil from half an
hour to an hour. Persons who have
found cocoa indigestible often find it
harmless when it is thoroughly cooked.
Undercooking is said to be the tronble
when it proves indigestible.
When ironing, the best thing with
which to rub the irons is a fairly large
pad of folded brown paper. This will
also serve to test tbeir beat. Besides this
a cloth should be kept on band on which
to wipe off any flakes of soot or dirt. A
small piece of wax is excellent for pro
ducing a gloss when rnbbed on the iron
and paraffin lias tbe same effect also.
Mud spots may be removed from white
or washable material by laundering.
Black or dark cloth, however, may be
freshened by being robbed witli a raw
potato cut iu halves (another remedy that
is sure to be at band), first, however, re
moving as much of tbe mod as possible
with a brash; the potato is to remove tbe
stain left by the mud itself. Machine oil
marks on dainty white or colored goods
should be dipped in benzine.
A teaspoonful of pulverized alum mixed
witli tiie common stove polish will give a
wonderful polish.
In washing chamois gloves do not mb
the Boap on them. Make a strong lather
instead and go over them, squeeaing and
robbing as if washing the hands. Rinse
in the same way, always in cold water.
Wipe with a soft linen cloth, getting as
much water out of them as poeeible while
still on the hands. Dry and push into
shape with a glove stretcher.
Do you know whiting at two cents a
pound is oue of tbe most effective and
easily obtained cleansers that exists ?
A email quantity on a damp cloth will
remove grime from paint instantly, with
out wear or injury to the finest enamel,
while bath tabs of porcelain, zinc, or
those with painted finish, are cleansed
as readily with whiting as with tbe more
expensive preparations ?
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Do you know that since kerosene will
not freeze it ie tiie finest thing for cleaning
windows in cold weather? Apply with
soft paper or old clothe, and polish with
newspaper made soft by robbing. Be
sure to burn all tbe papers and cloths
the work is finished. Spon
as Boon as
taneoua combustion from oil soaked doth
of
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or paper starts many a destructive fire.
Do you know that the same petroleum in
tbe form of"Capsicum Vaseline" will ease
pain, including tooth-ache, better than
any mustard plaster, and 'that it never
blisters as mustard does, while the vase»
line without the capsicum is oue of tbe
best hair tonics in existence ?
Do you know that a small quantity of
benzoin added to water used for bathing
the face,producing a milky liquid.is quite
harmless to the most delicate skin and
is an unexcelled beauty bath ? That
benzoin is tbe basis of most of tbe
expensive skin foods used or sold by
"beautv" specialists, and is a ifrild but
effective astringeut, stimulates thé circu
lation of the tiny blood vessels which sup
ply nourishment for the skiu, and that
tbe frequent use of this simple remedy
keeps tbe skin smooth and fresh looking
long alter wrinkle time ?
Do you know that work in some form
is the greatest creator and preserver of
happiness that exists; that half the ill
health and unhappiness in tbe world are
due to the fact that people have allowed '
themselves to become useless members of
society? That no true dignity is possible
to an individual who does not do some
thing worth while,and that no useful work
that any one does can be degrading if it
is performed intelligently and With a will?
Do you know that if people realized
the convenience of possessing a book of
Asbestos paper, which costs but a few
cents, no home would be without it? A
a non-conductor of heat it is useful in
many different ways. A sheet of it slip
ped between tbe folds of holder made
for ironing or for removing hot pots or
pans from the stove, renders these usefnl
articles less clumsy doing, away with
any other stuffing ?' For a tea cosy
this same paper makes a perfect interlin
ing and allows of their being made up
in much prettier shapes than were the
old time padded affairs. A sheet of the
asbestos paper covers cake or other articles
in the oven to prevent too quick brown
ing, and is more effective than ordinary
paper while it can be used over and over
again, as heat does not harm it.
Do you know that intelligent ubs of
many, simple, easily obtained conveni
ences that lighten labor in the home and
give busy women time for some of the rec
reations which are a necesssity for well
being are paying investments ? That
useless labor is as foolish as well directed
labor is healthful and dignified ?
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WILL KEEP OKLAHOMA DRV
Governor Will Enforce New Prohibition
Law
Gvthhib, 0*la., October 30th,—Tha
canvass of the vote on the constitution
and prohibition has just been completed.
The votes recorded show 130,584 cast in
favor of state prohibition to 112,224
against, a majority for prohibition of 18,
280.The vote cast for probibitiorup-L^^r
territory was 58,765 and 55,^ppagainst a
majority of 3100.
Oklahoma territory gave probibiton 71,
759 votes and 56,579 against, a majority
for prohibition of 15,180. In Oklahoma
pr.oper only two counties gave anti-probi
bition majorities—Logan and Oklahoma.
In IndiaB territory fifteen counties gave
anti-prohibition majorities.
It is stated that 625 saléona and ona
brewery are the earn total of liquor estab
lishments which will be forced oat of
business by the adoption A prohibition.
In an interview with (Ave rnor-elect Ç.
N. Haskell, tbe letter delared that there
was no reason why he slilutd nqt under:
take tbe enforcement ofltbe prohibition
law immediately npsn me inauguration.
In tills connection Gm-ernar Haskell
said? «
"Tbe constitutional provision relating
to proiiibition is ample authority for me
to act at ODce, without waiting for the
Legislature to enact laws in tbe subject.
"Oklahoma will be adpitted to the
union under more auspicious circum
stances than that which marked the ad
mission of any of the other-states.
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