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THURSDAY SEPT. 4. 1913.
THE CAN AL AND THE WATEFERO> I.
ITH the Chamber of Commerce, the Waterfront
Association and the Mercantile Association, all
of this city, co-operating with the Atlantic Deeper
Waterways Association tn support of the movement to
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have the Federal Government purchase, improve, and
free waterway the Chesapeake and
throw open as a
Delaware canal across this Peninsula, nlghl
All W'tlralng
results should be obtained,
particularly those who
commercial future of our city, should attend the mass
factory
believe In the
tonlans, and
meeting to he held in Eden Hall in this city on Sep
tember 10 to crystallze public sentiment in favor of
the canal purchase.
There has been a steady growth nf sentiment in this
and other Slates that no time should he lost In pur
chasing the canal and making it an important link In
the great chain of Inland waterway, extending from
Boston to North Carolina. The purchase has been re
commended by the Chief Engineer of the War De
partment and also by the Secretary of War, ..ml the
only thing needed is affirmative action by Congress and
the President. It seems to he taken for granted that,
sooner or later, such favorable action will bo taken.
The sooner it comes and the sooner our city has a
munlclpally-owned and munlclpally-''onlrol1cd water
front on the Delaware, the sooner the people nf thi »
community will feel the beneficial effect ot Increased
water-borne commerce.
No time should he lost In purchasing the canal and
establishing the walerlront Our city is losing good
-business every day because of the lack of suitable
facilities for handling commerce that liasses up and
down the Delaware -and that will not be diverted into
the Christlcna river. With the deep-sea and coastwise
traffic already passing our doors without stopping;
with the boats that pass through the canal, as it la
owned and operated today, passing us hy and touching
at Chester and Philadelphia; with the inland water
way partly completed and the Panama canal soon tn be
opened to the commerce of the world, it is necessary
that Wilmington do something to obtain its share of all
that commerce. While there is no question that the
public ownership and -ontrol of the Chesapeake and
Delaware canal will he a good thing for the public,
it will do little good to Wilmington unless it he met
by our city with terminal facilities on the Delaware.
The experience of the past and of today shows that
vessels which ply on the Delaware will not come in to
us. Common-sense dictates that our city go out to
them. We have plenty of water and plenty of water
front, but we are woefully larking in piers and ships.
So far as Wllmlngtonlans are concerned, they should
look upon the Chesapeake and Delaware canal acquisi
tion and the Delaware river water-front acquisition as
being linked inseparably. Unless they he linked and
unless we have piers and terminal facilities on tha
Delaware, the public ownership of that canal will do
little or nothing for our city, although It will be of
benefit to those sections of our Peninsula through
■which it passes. At the same time, we think it is the
duty of Wilmington and Wllmlngtonlans to assist in
forwarding the canal purchase movement, even though
It will do our city little good unless it be accompanied
by a frontage for this city on the Delaware to take
care of traffic that never has and never will use tho
Christiana to any appreciable extent.
Through a
Short-sighted, moss-back and selfish policy we have
been, so far as big commerce is concerned, an Inland
city -Although our municipal boundaries run out Into
tVe waters of one ot the most important rivers in the
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'orld.
Deep-sea traffic passes us every day and never stops.
Coastwise traffic passes us every day and seldom
stops.
Chesapeake and Delaware canal traffic is passing up
gr.d down the Delaware daily and w-e got none of it.
It will be seen, therefore, that with the mouth of the
Christiana river wide opem and with ships of all sorts
pas ling up and down the Delaw-are and never putting
their noses into the Christiana, how foolish it is to
Indulge in hot air oratory about the great, benefit that
Is to be derived from the canal purchase unless that
hot air oratory be backed by a firm determination to
go out on the shore of the Delaware river and intercept
8nd capture that traffic that Philadelphia, Chester,
Trenton and other places now are geling.
The lamp of experience shows that If ours is to be In
any important sense a maritime city it never can
through a policy that is founded upon the Christiana
and the Brandywine and that loses sight entirely of
the advantages of tho Delaware. Under the Christiana
and Brandywine policy we should get no
raercc with the Delaware and Chesapeake canal owned
ty the government than we get now with it owned by
come
more com
private interests. The thing needed is a waterf-ont
tbs Delaware.
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NO FAKE EQUALIZATION WHERE.
E think the withdrawal by the Manufactures'
Appraisal Company of its offer to install in this
city the Somers' system of equalizing assessments will
be received with satisfaction by Wilmington tax payers.
They were averse to $15.000 being paid to that company
or any other for the installation, of an equalizing
«ystem
IA« tenor of the letter of withdrawal sent by the
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Manufacturera' Appraisal Company shows that it re
sents keenly Its failure to work up an enthusiasm, of
ficial or unofficial, here In favor of the Somers' system
and the payment of substantially $15,000 for its in
stallation. WHmlngtonlans can afford, however, to
overlook the distempered nature of the letter of with
drawal. The milk in the coceanut Is that 'hey have
saved much of the $15,000 the company expected to get.
The company says the failure of the people to rise
up and take Its system was due to Ignorance in part
and also to a desire In certain quarters to prevent a
proper equalization, of city assessments. We take it
that the people of this city are as intelligent, on
the average, as are those of other American communi
ties, and we think they displayed their intelligence
when they objected to a $15,000 expenditure of their
funds for the Somers' system.
We might add that if certain men are endeavoring
to work cut a system of assessment that will not
remedy existing conditions, the Wilmington public will
know how to take care of them when the time cornea
for doing it. Mayor Howell's administration Is com
mitted to an equalization of assessments that wdll
equalize and w-e feel confident that neither he nor hla
associates will stand for any fake equalization system
that may be proposed by anyone.
LOCAL SECTRITIKS AND SUCKER»
\E man bought six'eoti t;f the $1,000 four and one
half per cent, county bonds that are being sold
by the Farmers Bank in this city. We commend the
action of that man and know that with $17,noil
of his money thus invested he can go to bed and sleep
with every assurance in the world that when he
awakes next morning his Investment will be worth
Just as much as It was the night before.
That Is more than may be said truthfully of man/
other Delawareans who, to their sorrow, have fought
shy of local securities of acknowledged value, and in
vested their money in get-rlch-qulck schemes, that
have brought riches to their consctonless promoters
and ruin to thousands of their gullible and greedy vic
tims. In all three counties there are wrecks of private
fortunes caused by such gullibility and greed. The
crooked bond and stock sharks from outside our State
have found Delaware to be an exceedingly profitable
fishing ground for suckers, A few of those disreputable
financial anglers have been sent to jail, bu
majority of them is still at large and the suckers in
New Castle, Kent and Sussex continue to nlbblj and
bite and be landed.
o
t vast
With the Farmers Bank and the Security Trust and
Safe Deposit Company leading the way in a campaign
to educate local investors to put their money | n local"
securities, the anglers for suck-rs should find in Del
ware a much leas profitable field for operation.
..... . . ,
eratlon it has carried autos from twenty-five different
a
OI K IMPORTANT FERRY LINE.
J HE fast and
frequenf ferry line that Captain
Horace Wilson established between this city and
Pennsgrove, N. J„ has become a thing of nation-wide
Interest and utility, particularly in the matter of taking
automobiles and their passengers across the Delaware
river. In the short time the ferryboat has been in
op
Statei, and the license tags, of which
a record has been
kept, showed that those State« were distributed over
the country from Maine to California, inclusive.
Auto
mobilist« have discovered that the ferry supplies n
short cut to and from Atlantic City, Cape May and other
shore resorts.
The only drawback to the use of that route is that
there is a bad piece of road between Pennsgrove and
Malaga, where the route intercepts the handsomely
constructed boulevard from Philadelphia to Atlantic
City.
It goes without saying, however, that tn a little
while public sentiment will compel New Jersey to Im
prove that comparatively short piece of road and there
by establish an all-good road mute between Wil
mington and Atlantic City and intermediate points.
GEMS OF THOUGHT
!
otxvccc
Hell is full o' good meanings and wlshlngs.—Herbert'.
Renounce the Devil and all his works.
Prayer Book.
In the great right of an excessive wrong.—Browning.
Spreading himself like a green baytree.—Psalms.
There is another and a better world.—Katzebue.
Nothing can come out of nothing, any more than a
thing can go back to nothing.—Marcus Aurelius.
Subject to a kind of disease, which at that time they
called lack of money.—Rabelais.
There Is In the worst of fortune the best chances
for a happy change.—Euripides
How many worthy men have we seen survive their
own reputation!—Montaigne.
History is little else than a picture of human crimes
and misfortunes.—Voltaire.
The tree of liberty only grows when watered by the
blood of t y rani's.— Barere,
Every age liar its pleasures, it's style of wit, and
its own ways.— Boileau.
Nature is a mutable cloud which Is always and never
the same.—Emerson.
It may lie taid that his wit shines at the expense of
hi» memory.— Le Sage.
There are men that will make you bonks, and turn
them loose ln i'he world with as much dispatch as they
would do a dish of fritters.—Cervantes.
Me are nil clever enough at envying a famous roan
■while he is yet alive, and af praising him when he
is dead.—Mimnermus.
All sects are different because they come from
men;
morality is everywhere the same because it comes from
God.—Voltaire.
Trlde is one ot the seven deadly slna; hut it cannot
he the pride of a mother in her children, for tha» is a
compound of two cardinal virtues—faith and hope,_
Dickens.
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It is apparent to all that a change in the currrency
system is demanded. But i'he system cannot be changed
over night. To place the hanking business of the
country upon a sound basis must be a mati'er of
development. The currency bill before congress has
been improved by amendments and those who are
working for a better system hope rhe foundation event
ually will be laid for a banking scheme which mav be
shaped Into a sound and permanent plan.—York Dis
patch.
• • •
A dispatch from Washington says that Mr. Bryan
spent the night ln i'he State Department "curled up"
on a couch." Now. a focus on Mr. Bryan "curled up"
on a couch would be worth the time of any camera.—
Indianapolis News.
What' la a hot wave to a man' thrown upon a cold
world, like Henry Lane Wilson?—Columbia State.
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
When Character Proved to
Be a Valuable Asset
... 1 _• L r, .
I he late Richard Rushmore, who died
about ten years ago, was for many years
looked upon as one of the great commis
By Holland.
sinn merchants of the United States. He
was a brother-in-law of George I. Seney,
who gained national reputation as the
founder of the great Seney Hospital in
Brooklyn, and who was also known to
the world of nrt as one of the great
American art collectors.
A few years before Mr. Rushmore's
death he spoke fo me of the great asset
which character is sure to give a man
engaged in business. He said that he
and hi» brother-in-law, Mr. Senev, had
both been greatly interested in the un
dertaking of n young mau who went
from a New England town to New York
citv just before the outbreak of the
Civil War intending to start a small
retail dry good« store. In some way, the
details of which I do not now recall, Mr.
Seney became interested in this young
man and as hi« acquaintance with him
grew, frequently referred to him as an
admirable type of the young man who
conducts business in accordance with all
the rules of honor and the moral law.
"I frequently heard Mr. Seney speak
of this young man
Macy—and I was very glad to moke hi
acqnaintancc in the course of u year or
two," «ail Mr. Rushmore.
"At that time my business was that
of a wholesaler in pretty much every
hose name was
thing that is sold in a letail dry poods
store, and after a whilo I began selling
certain line» of goods to the young retail
storekeeper named Mary.
"1 learned of two or three incidents
which occurred while young Macy was
undertaking to build up his business. He
gave up opportunities for two or three
profable transactions which were per
fectly legal, but nevertheless were char
In tel bed by a pertain kind of 'smart
BC»s'— lack of good faith.
"I spoke to the young man about
these incident- and asked him why he
did not take advantage of these oppor
tnnities. I did that because I wanted
to test him.
'"Why,' »nid he. 'Mr. Rushmore, I
could not go home to my little family
and link my wife and children in the
eyes if I tricked a customer of mine, I
have beard it said sometime« that no
nine can make n living, especially in the
retail business, unless he has bi» eye
and unies« he is capable of
getting the better of his customers. Well
teeth eut
if I thought it was necessary to do these
tbio-r« in order to succeed in business 1
would go to farming.'
, " Then von think you can succeed if
relation» are always
square with your moral conviction»?'
'"I certain that in the long run
Ifhe man who conducts a business on the |
sfrictc-t principles of honor is more
likely to succeed than the man who is
tn.kv Of course n man must 1m<e
irnnrl hiibiiv"* r|Uf»ln'«tn»TiH >
He must be industrious, energetic, pa j
tient, often tong suffering.
T .aid to myself, when the ?' n "ng
m,.n went away, that the greatest asset
he had »as hi» eharcter. He had vn*
little mqnev opital. I remember think
mg tun* He time «a* likely to r ome
„lien 1,1» character would stand him >»
..Ä.« i* . „f nr ont
buriner» demoralization* and .Wn^on
thi. vnung man met nitb rev.-rce. for
which he Va» not responsible. He was
in serious difficulties. He came to me
and asked me if 1 would fru-f him fm
Inisini
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a considerable time for certain line» of
dvv good» saving that hi» capital bad
been absorbed bv these leverse-. that he
hid no negotiable credit at the bank,
but that be felt confident thaï if be |
could he able to stock bi» good-- he ;
would be able to pull mit all right. T
said to him; 'My dear »ir. you have got
the greatest n»-et upon which to bn»«
credit that a man can possibly posse»». |
»eruritv I will tot \ ou
whatever you want and nil you want '
"I am liappv to »ay that m> assist
anre brought him through all right. He
became in the course of time one of tho
greatest and most successful of Ameri
can merchants, and, a» I said, hi- great
est asset from the beginning «as hia
character."
(Copyright. 1913.'by E. J. Edwards.
rigSts reserved I.
All
Mr. Edwards will tell of
Tomorrow _ , ,
"The Locomotive Named After Daniel
Webster."
MARRIED IN PHILADELPHIA.
Special 'o THE EVENING JOURNAL
MIDDLETOWN, Sept. 4.—Harry C.
Hill of No. 4211 Chestnut street Phila
delphia and Mis» Clarsbel Wilson of
No. 3150 North Camae street of the
»«me citv. former residents here, were
at the
Tuesday
married at
home of the bride's sister. Mrs. l-annie
Vsscv in Philadelphia Mrs. Hill i» a
sister of William J. Wilson and made
her home with him for a number of
years. After a trip to the seashore
Mr and Mr». Hill will -visit her rela
tives here and hi» sister, Mrs. Fannie
j Hill Hudson in Smyrna. The newly
ed» will make their home in Phila
■ here Mr. Hill is in the employ
noon on
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dolphin, w
of Straw-bridge and Clothier.
RESINOL STOPS
SKIN TORMENTS
How This Wonderful Treatment Ends
Itching and Heals Skin Eruption.
Brooklyn. N- Y.—"At first little red
spots w ere seen on my arms and body,
which I noticed were getting larger
every day.
that 1 scratched myself until 1 bled,
There were times when I stood up all
night and scratched. I was troubled
about three weeks, during which time
1 u8e d -, w hich seemed to do me
no good whatever. Then, finally, I
thought of trying Resinol Soap and
Reslnol Ointment. As soon as I ap
plied Resinol Ointment I felt much
relief. After using it a few times, I
noticed the sore spots slowly fading
away, and in about a month 1 was
cured completely." (Signed) Adolph
Schoen, 742 Shepherd Ave„ Nov. 1,1
1912.
Resinol is not an experiment. It is
a doctor's prescription which was so
unusually successful for skin troubles
that It has been used by other physl
dens all over the country for eigh
They itched me so much
teen years. No other treatment for
the skin now before the public can
show such a record of professional
approval Every druggist sells Resi
nol Ointment and Resinol Soap. For
free trial write to Dept. 11-R, Resinol,
Baltimore. Md.
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
BY FLANEUR.
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, should hate married
Queen Victoria found the jour
ney to Norfolk more than she cared to
Queen Alexandra is said to be anxious
that the forthcoming royal wedding
shall take place at Sandringham. Solar,
Sandringham has 'not witnessed a func
tion thi» charm ter, though the late
King Edward would greatly have pre
jferred that his daughter, the present
Queen of Norway, shou
tliere.^Hf
undertake at her age, and the Trince-s
Mand became a bride within the pre- |
einet» of Buckingham Palace, as did her '
elder sister, the princess royal, before
hor, when fihe was married to the tote
Duke of Fife.
Tin marriage of the Queen of Norway
m Buckingham Palace enabled a former
member of the House of Commons to
gain some notonetv by gravelv mq.nr
ing in the House whether or not the pri
Ulte chapel was duly licensed for the
solemnization of marriages? Th.» caused
perturbation among the King » hou.e
Uld offleinl. until the authorities had ,
Oîieen" Alexandra intends to entertain
a pood deal at her villa in Denmark this
autumn, and a number of distinguished !
guests have accepted her invitation to
the Villa Hvi.lore, The Empress Dow
ager Marie of Russia, who shaves the :
villa with her sister, is remaining
England until Queen Alexandra goes to
ajstprs
The Czarnnd
Denmark, the two widowed
going there together.
Czarina will be among the first fo pay a
long-promised visit there to Queen Alex
nndra and later the King and Queen of
Norway and the Duke and Diiehes» of
Cumberland, whose son married the
Kaiser's daughter, also are expected.
The v illa is n rharming residenee, on a
headland which juts well out into the
sound that connects the Kattegat with
the Baltic Sen. The interior L ns de
lightful as it i» beautiful. The Empress
Marie has her own wing of the mansion,
which is connected with that of Queen
Alexandra by a corridor,
throughout in Russian style.
Queen Alexandra adhères more closely
to the English fashion of furnishing.
It is fitted
bile
Great precautions are taken in
enarding the jewels belonging tn the
ladies nf the noyai family. When
Queen Mary is at Buckingham Palace
her ornaments are kept In specially
built strong rooms, and only two of
the officials of the household are per-|had
mltted to gain access to these. When
traveling the Queen's jewelry Is tn
charge of a iady-in-vvalting. The Hon.
Charlotte Knoilys Is responsible for
the jewels of Queen Alexandra. The
safes in which ihey are kept, both at
Marlborough House and at Sandring
'ham. are so constructed that any
attempt' at burglar', would set elee
trie bells ringing all over the build
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Thp Dukp of At i,olI occupies the
unique position of being the only one
of lllR Kln g of England's subjects
who 1T , a j nta ( nE an armv n f his ow n.
j bp j afp q, IPPn Victoria shortly af
, pr shp ascpn( j Pd the throne, present
pf , fhp Atho „ Highlanders with regl
mental colors whereby thev were'
du , v conat ituted an "army." The Duke
himself U colonel ef the "reg'.m'lC."
whl)p h , R p)dppt son tbp M arques8
Qf Tulllbardin< , and hia two brothers.
Ij0rd IatnPS and ljf)rd Gpor - p st ew
ar t. Murray ar e officers Many of the
gentlemen tn Perthshire, also
h o, d D r 8 an V Th P men! numbering
about 250, are drawn from the vasi'
estates of Atholi. They are stal
"art Highlanders, many of them
standing more than six feet in height,
Their regimental attire Is the old
fashioned blue coat with white S por
ran and Atholl taptan. plaid and kilt.
Formerly thev were armed with axes.
Highland claymores, swords, etc., but
these weapon* have been replaced bv
a more modern equipment although
the ''skeandhu." a short dagger.
which played a prominent part in
'early Scottish warfarer 1« still worn
( n the hose. The army, which Is prob
8 b| y the oqly survival of the feudal
was gurround^d by a !»odyguard of
rP t af ner8. drills at stated Intervals In
front of B Ulr Castle. Every man can
the Gaelic tongue fluent
and they have a rharacterl-ille
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We have secured by special
purchase a large lot of Boys'
Extra Sturdy School Shoes
which are now on sale at about
Little Boys' Shoes, Sizes9 to 15 1-2
One-Third Less Than
Regular Price
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>1.65, >1.95, >2.25
There are Gun Metal and Rus
set Calf, button and blucher,
all solid sewed on Goodyear
welted soles.
Big Boys' Shoes, Sizes 1 fo 6
»1.95, >2.25, >2.75
KORSTer shoe
728 Market St.
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THE large number of Boys'
and Girls' being fitted daily
in our Children's Depart
ment is evidence of our
success in designing and
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ENTIRE
SECOND
FLOOR.
School Companions FREE to Every Boy and Girl During This Sale.
OVER
PLAZA _
restaurant, making satisfactory child
ren Shoes
wild dance of their own, known as
the "Ram's Reel," Many of the
Atholl Highlanders have long rec
ords of service.
Castle Ashby, the beautiful seat of
the Marquis of Northampton, has been
] P „ ( 0 Baron Alfred de Rothchild. The
estate with Its spacious exterior and
beautiful gardens, is pre-eminent
satlonal action against the present
holder of the title in which he agreed
couples^bas^earned for^the house the
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haps the most unique collection of
signatures of present-day notabilities
—statesmen, politicians, soldiers, sail
ors. literateurs. actors, &c.—all are
represented.
been a great deal in attendance upon
Queen Mary, recently.
gardens, is pre-eminent
among the great domains of the Rng
)lph midlands. It has been frequently
rP f PrrP d jo recently, after the death of
thP )atp marqu | K an d during the sen
J 0 pay 5 ô,00(Ü pounds to an actress for
brpacb nf promtRP
Xhp hnusP waB bu , u , n 1572 . whPn
En glish noblemen vied with one ail
L th )n , hp splPndor of thPir „ornes
d ,„ p va8tnP88 of thpir acrP8 .
dutlngu ,„ hin fPaMire ls thp text
wWch fornl8 par1 of fhP architecture
arouna , hp parapp ,. „'ritten In
" icans
kee P th * house in vain Is the labor
nf that bui deth «»• The mansion
[Contains furniture panelling and
staircases of rare beauty,
Many congratulations are being
in-showered upon Lady Deshorough. who
jin* 8 J UBt r °u l * *ttto a large fortune
under the will of the Countess Cow
:P er - Lady Desborough's pleasant
fancy for lending her delightful resi
dence, Taplow Court, to honeymoop
Its
name of "Honeymoon Hall."
Tn the visitors' bonk at Taplow
Court are to be found what Is per
H
Lady Deshorough has
mi in attendance unon
The debate on the naval estimates in
the Reichstag serves tn recall the
(fact that centuries before Germany
Jw as being considered a sea power,
Switzerland possessed a fleet equip
iped for warfare. Eight hundred years
]ago on all the larger Swiss lakes
(armed galleys were maintained by the
rival eanfons. Skilled shipwrights
to be Imported from Italy for
Spécial to THE EVENING JOURNAL,
MARSHALLTON, Del., Sept. 4—Mill
town Public School will open September
„ f
Mlsi ' ' ir F"'' a Townsend Warren of
Wilmington will teach,
Misse» Louise Baldwin, Delia Seeds,
Caleb Wilson and la'vvis Pennock were
Sunday evening guests at the home of
Harry G. Little,
Fairview School District No. 90 has
not vet opened as the teacher. Miss
Lora'll. Little, hag not returned
an extensive visit at the home of her
aunt. Mr». George Kirkpatrick of far
tbage, lllinoi».
Mis» Della A. Seed» of Wilmington
»pent the week end as the guest of
Mi» Mary T. Little - Miss Anna fJ
W'ecr was entertained over the week
end by Mia.es Mabel and Florence King
Philadelphia.—Miss Ivy Berry has
returned to her home in Wilmington
»'tc spending several weeks at the
home of Mr, and Mrs Arthur Ma
M*sses Margaret E. Steele and |
Un,' V «-iirrmder entered aa students at
Gobley o lege W dm,.-gton Tuesday.
They will lake the stenographic course.
-Afr. and Mre. Frank Pennock and |
Mr » J"""» pennock of I nmn were en
;♦'*«. ned on Sunday »t the home of
Mu »"/' '«rs, Alpheus Peunock.-W .1
j''«m ( ros-an Sr., « ho has been sen
0,,s '. v 1,1 " lth typhoid lever is slowly
_ -
Jentv». buyers builders are quickly
*"* thoroughly satisfied with the in
'.r' , J? R,, rvice rendered them by the
Want ( olumns. Adv.
the construction of these vessels,
some of which carried crews of 600
M1LLTOVVN PUPILS
IN SCHOOL SOON
men. The largest of the flotillas was
mantained on the Lake of Geneva,
when the inhabitants of that city were
at war with Savoy. Since the neu
trality of Switzerland has been guar
anteed by the powers there has been
no need for the war vessels on the
lakes. The Swiss, however, possess
a mercantile lake navy, which carries
on a considerable mount of trade over
342 miles of navigable waterways in
the little Alpine republic.
The French Chamber has passed ths
bill to extend the term of military ser
vice from two to three years. This will
enable the, French war office to in
crease the size of the army so as to
keep pace with that of Germany. Un
der the present system France had only
567.000 soldiers available for use in Eu
rope. The Kaiser succeeded in having
the Reichstag make provision for 876,
000 men. Such disparity worried the
statesmen of the Quai d'Orsay, hence
the three years' system by which the
army is brought up to a total of 737,
000 men.
It must be a bitter reflection to every
Frenchman that even under the three
year service France will be unable to
keep up with Germany under only a
two-year system, and this means the
adoption of more stringent measures to
have the French army in numbers some
where near that of the national 'arch
enemy." It is certain that a country
with a small and stationary population
cannot keep up with one having a much
larger and rapidly growing populace
without continually resorting to extra
ordinary means. The cardinal fault in
j.- ranrP j 8 «hat Col. Roosevelt so em
| phatioallv
1 '
]
warned against, her low
birthrate. Unless this is remedied by
the co.operation of patriotic men and
, wompn j, v m ore and more fruitful mar
I rjHJ?pg by g p , ospr attPntion to the
'duties they owe their "chere patrie," a
further ex*cnsion of the military ser
vice may soon be needed, and such a
process repeated until agriculture, in
dustry and commerce shall have been
drained of their virile, energetic men in
order to keep the barracks well gar
risoned. But what if exhaustion sets
a limit? A few more such "victories"
of the ministry of war will spell the
undoing to poor France!
(Copyright, 1913, by A. D. Jacobson.)
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GEORGETOWN, Del., Sept. 4.—The
new electrical system, which Is being
from'Installed by the railroad company in
»he local yards. Is said to he the latest
-safety device, and when completed,
"HI cost about $7,000. The system
extends on both branches of the road,
smith, for a distance of about a mile,
H I» expected to be in operation some
Hum this week or the first of next
I-
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obnoxious hair or fuzz
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rpqu "ed Vo obtain fhe desi?ed results
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and water and a^>nii P d i n , o
, , ( tb hatrv surface then ruh
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MILFORD HAS WEDDING.
GEORGETOWN. Del-. Sept. 4—John
Edward Mayhew, of Milford, and Miss
Wilberta Emily Norris, of Philadel
phia. were married at Milford on
Sunday night by the Rev. W. R. Mow
bray.
Blades, daughter of Mrs. John Jack
son, and Thomas C. Prendevllle. of
Bethel, son of the late John Prende
vllle. were also married Sunday night,
by the Rev. Disston W. Jacobs, pastor
of Gregg M. E. Church, Blades.
Miss Hattie M. Byrd, of
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Disappointment
averted if you buy the delatone in an
original package.
will be