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THE NEWARK POST I Newark, Delaware Published F.vory Wednesday by Everett C. Joh Ailtlrtwti all eoimniiiiH'atioim to Thk New ark Post. Mako all chocks to Thk Newark Post. TnlnpbouMi, 1). & A., 02 and 03. ] - l S/<) ; _ nson We want nml invite communications, but they must be signed by tbe writer's name—not for publication, but for our information and protection. Rntersd rh second-class matter at Nownrk, Del., under act of March 3, The subscription price of this paper is $1.50 per year in advance. Hinglo copies 4 cents. APRIL 16, 1919 CENTURY CLUB ENTERTAINS STATE EXECUTIVE BOARD (Continued from Tage 11 Pearce Gann and Miss Mary E. Rich; Mrs. ('. O. Houghton and Mrs. A. T. Neale; Mrs. Harry Hay-j ward and Mrs. K. S. Armstrong: j Mrs. John Pilling and Mrs. S. .1. j Wright, acted as hostesses at the j Elsie Wright, Eleanor Duffy; Mrs. Geo. I L. Townsend. Jr., Mrs. C. A. Mc- 1 Cue, Mrs. E. !>. Wright, Mrs. J. A. MeKelvey, Mrs. II. L. Bonham and assisted Mrs. j ' ! respective tables. M isses Elinor Harter, 11. Blake Mrs. C. Dayett with the serving. : At the afternoon session Mrs. | Warner spoke interestingly of the morning report on motion pictures,, their influence toward the growth | of criminal tendencies in children,! ! , , , , ,, and urged the acceptance of Mrs. _ , ' ■ ^ t i Miss Emily Lissell ot W ihmng ton, gave a concise report on the; work ot the l hildren s Bureau "f j Delaware, which has to deal with delinquent ami defective children.t All of the children's institutions j in the state are represented on the; Bureau, jn an endeavor to look after the thousands of children! placed out in Delaware, from other! states. Miss Grace Reeder, who is an expert in Child Welfare Work, « sent out by the Bureau to the wn clubs of Delaware. Miss Bissell gave valuable in formation concerning the Minimum Wage bill. State Board of Charities bill and Mothers' Pension hill, which were before the Legislature for action. The State Board of Charities bill provides the board must have two women members. This bill passed much to the satis faction of Delaware club women. The Minimum Wage bill was killed, although Wilmington was solid for it. sei. She spoke of the Community Recreation Service Association. which will supperinteml the out lay of $10,000 in Wilmington in re creation work. Miss Bissoll told of tin* sanitarv She gave interesting statistics of the Red Cross clothing drive in Delaware, as compared with other states. Baltimore gave nine tons of clothing. Delaware gave '20 tons. New York had only 10 tens. Dover sent a ton, one school alone giving a half ton. The Wilmington Americanization work was commended by Mi Hi survey made in Wilmington by the Philadelphia Housing Survey Com mittee. Public Health Service work was spoken of by Miss Bis sell. The Delaware clubs expect to undertake an educational cam paign for women and children on the subject of social diseases. Mrs. Walter Powelb gave a re port on subscriptions to the Fed ' ,, . eraturn Magazine. Mrs. W arner outlined plans tor the State Federation to be haldin M llmtngton early in June, She suggested a return to the custom ot receiving personal messages from each ot the clubs tho read ,ng. however, to be distributed throughout the sessions. Las: year. each county, through the vice president, gave a resume of the work done by its clubs. A motor drive is scheduled for Thursday afternoon w ith a stop at Mrs. T. C. DuPont's gardens. On Friday morning the Federation by invitation of Principal Berlin will Jeanette it Wi'.nv.ngton High School. On Friday afternoon a sympo sium featuring "Delaware Awake" v with addresses by M Kekmav.. Secretary of State Everett C. Johnsv'u and others, will depict Educational and Child Welfare ad vancement n the State. In the evening a big Community Sing w-.il be staged at Washington Heights together with a pageant in which Americanization. Child Welfare. and other features of Reconstrue f or worst :r. De. aware w.ll be pre sented. These plans were enthus hast to ally endorsed by those pre sent. ! M R oh : hi the r'..,-'. tor a Y W. C. A. drive in Delaware dur •tg May for raising the fund J W C A mHl t 8 . 3 . .Y0. A flying squadron will eoTer the state in the interest of th s drive. ! Dr. Rabe of the l\ S. Public Health Serv.ce Commission spoke _ . war, I ics uie nt Wilson ti ans lei red *this j commission from the War Depart- j j nient to the Health Depai tment, in j Washington. The speaker gr«Vo j concerning the wide in behalf of the government's cam-1 paign against the social diseases, j At the conclusion of the statistics prevalence of these evils, which cause 80 per cent of the insanity and teehlemindedness in this coun try, and nearly all the cases of blindness in newborn children. Dr. Rube stated that films will be s bown over the State in behalf of Ibis campaign. "Fit to Win" is the *ble of one. "At the End of the ! R° a d" the other. | The necessity for clinics for this evil was urged. One is already es- j tablished at Delaware Hospital, j Another will soon be opened. The meeting closed with a reso- j 1 lution of thanks to the Newark ; hostess presented by Mrs. Harry „ , . ' 1 Raby of Wilmington. At the close ot the session the p 0{m j was conveyed in automobiles t() Women's College where they I wero entertained at tea by Dean! Winifred J. Robinson, who was as-1 sisted by Mrs. S. J. Wright, Mrs. i j ( > S. Armstrong and other mem- ! j Have Returned From Florida Mr. and Mrs. David C. Rose who i hers of the New Century Club. have been spending the winter at West Palm Beach, Fla., returned home on Sunday. Mr. Rose has purchased two ad ditional furnished houses at West Palm Beach ''In order," he says, "to have one for ourselves, and two for our friends." Methodists Plan To Bring .... . .... » , . , , Manless Job And Jobless Man" Together The minute men are to have places on church programs May l, by the than 18,000 ages Methodists, in not !e places of worship, and their me pointing out the peril of unemploy ment and the methods by which it can be avoided, are to be followed by an ici ive canvass for the purpose of list ing jobs that may be vacant or jobs that may be made available for men .vho have been discharged from the mb'tary or naval service, or other classes of unemployed. 'ibis is the first attempt to make a i. • sus of this kind since the dangers of unemployment began to loom up as real menace, The Methodist campaign has wannest endorsement of Director : the General John B. Densmore, of the United States Employment S and City employment agencies. • .... , . ... With the prospect that the next tew months will witne w a hftlf million raore men from £ miHtarv sorvl , 0 . tho Centenary mjnut0 mon Wlll prominent lay nwn who are larpi , employers of labor r0{ on - v t0 or màkt places for sMier# / but . pive un ifrmed men pref erence in filling jobs as business ex u>n warr:l ....; •vice. The church speakers, cooperating with tho pastors and other officials, v ill make a careful tabulation of fig ures and facts relating to business opportunities and this information will be transmitted to Federal. State the release of Another feature of the plan is to • have Uval churches take the initiative \ in the establishment of local employ- ; in cities and towns of • inert agencies small sise where emplyoyment offices are not in operation under Federal or State Government auspices. I. \Y. Sprague, a visitor in Bahi mere, studying the economic and em ploymer.t situation, asserted that the program of Centenary officials of the most definite enterprises ye; undertaken outside of Government was agencies. U* aid unmeployment eondi ore Mr SprasJue warmly com ded the idea and declared that i: YoU ng Men ni c* , rv Plan Big Elaster Dance Under the management of H. Wil ! son Price, Dewey Patterson. Joseph Walker 0 .' ihhyh Rh.ey ar. Vaster '?-ve will be given in the New Cen forjtury Club or. Monday. April 21. j Draines' orchestra will furnish tteLjj | musk. The** yoaag Ma hav* aoe- j ! cessfully managed a series of dances er and plan to make this the would help materially ir. working out the Government's plan. ! this wi 1 crew ting functicr. of the season. LOCAL YOUTH'S ACHIEVEMENT IN GOV ERNMENT PUBLICATION Wallace Cook's Record Feat ured in Food and Farm ing Weekly The following record of achieve- ment appeared in this week's issue of Food and Farming Weekly, a publica lion issued by the Department of Ag riculture. Under the heading "Sweep stakes Honors for Three Years" ap pears this statement: "For the third time Wallace Cook, of Newark, New Castle county, Del., has won State club championship hon I °,. a . Last year he was the grand j <*hu.mpioii club member of Delaware. j j n dk;, as e i u i, champioit, at 15 j years of age, he won a free trip to £he j International Dairy Exposition at Springfield, Mass. The following year he cleared $183.21 from his corn-club j acre, and at the State corn show, in competition with the best corn grow ers of Delaware, won the sweepstakes prise for the best 10-ear and 50-ear corn exhibits. Last year he applied his club earnings of the previous year to purchase a pure-bred Holstein hei ! fer and a pure-bred Holstein calf, and | at the State fair last fall he was awarded a Holstein-Friesian cham j pionship prize for the best club calf j on exhibition and was declared State j judging contest. 1 champion of the boys' and girls' club Last fall, also, his ; corn was given grand-championship prizes at the county fair." 1 ' Derivation Of 1 he I only among the Englis hand German i speaking peoples, is undoubtedly de Name Easter The name, Easter, which is in use ! rived from that of the heathen Sax on's goddess, Ostara, Osterr or Eas tre. She was the personification of the Kast ' the s P rin f f nd of the morning, the month of April being dedicated to her and called "Easter monath" by the Saxons and Angles. it is still called in Germany Oster monat. Yet Easter sometimes falls in March, as the church calendar pre scribes that it shall fall upon the first Sunday after the fourteenth day of the moon that happens to reign at the \ernal equinox, which is March 21. One writer says: "Non-Teutonie nations cling to the Semitic word derived from the Ara t jjj •j* Î J i What Is Your Income Tax? : T i It Would be Less if You Held More Liberty Bonds, Because They Give Advantageous Exemptions from Income Tax Ï ASK ANY BANK : 4* •L 4* JL 4 EXEMPTIONS ! T Ï X Interest on any amount of First Liberty Loan bonds is exempt from all taxes (.except estate and inheritance taxes . Interest on all Liberty Loan issues is exempt from NORMAL income tax until maturity. •** J. T t i X Î t •• PREVIOUS TAX EXEMPTIONS' Individual, corporations, as: tions. partnerships, etc., may secure exemption from SURTAXES, exces: war profits taxes on interest from bonds of the various I.ibertv Loans, amount not exceeding $160,000, par value as follows: :SOCia s and to au i. $5,000 —The interest on aggregate of $5,000 o; 4G: is exempt until maturity. $30,000 — Interest on not exceeding $30,000 of I : < H' RTH Liberty Loan IF >nds. original issue, is exempt for the period of the war and for TWO years thereafter. $45,000 —Interest on bonds of the SECOND and THIRD Loans. issued or converted, up to one and one-bait" times the Fourth Loan Bonds (not exceeding $30,000) originally subscribed to and held at the time of filing tax return—is exempt for the period of the war and for two Years thereafter. 4 4 y Liberty Bonds i + T t I originally amount of JL i. ? i $30,000 —Interest on not exceeding $30,000 FIRST Liberty Loan Lecond Converted 4' 4 'c Bonds, due 1°47 .issued upon conversion of Lib erty First 3* s <* Bonds is exempt for the period of the war and for TWO years thereafter. i ± • \ ; • 4 ADDITIONAL TAX EXEMPTIONS $30,000— Interest on not exceeding $30,000 of any 4 7 "v4 1 4 C c Libeny Bonds is exempt for the ;vriod of the war ar.d for FIVE T i years thereafter. $20,000— Interest on not exceeding $20,000 of any 4 1 \: r 4 1 4 e l Liberty Bonds is exempt until the maturity date of the Victory Liberty Loan notes' This exemption is conditional upon original subscription to and continued holding at the date of the tax return of one-third as manv notes of the Victory Libertv Loan. •• .. + .. •* J $160,000— Maximum amount of Liberty Loans, interest on which may be ex empt. Bonds of the Third and Fourth Loans, either originally issued or converted, will be receivable at 100 and interest in payment of anv estate or inheritance taxes which may be imposed bv the United States Government, provided, however, that the bonds have been owned by the decedent continuously for at least six months prior to the date of death. The interest paid on loans to purchase or carry all above $160.000 par value of Liberty Loan come subject to taxation. X •• J .. h '* •• \ ! ! " X ■ or any part of the ues may be deducted from in These exemptions are as of March 3rd, 1919 VICTORY LIBERTY LOAN COMMITTEE Ï NEWARK TRUST AND SAFE DEPOSIT COMPANY T mum mu iiiihiiiiidhi ■i l -i m 11 1 1 ni i m i 1111 11 11 1 1 1 + ++i min ■ h m 1 1 maic word pesach, 'to pass by,' which has been translated into English as Passover. In England the Semitic form survives in many terms appli cable to the season, as pass flower, paschal lamb and pasch, pace or pase eggs. 'Diese terms remind us that our Christian festival is the successor to the Jewish Passover, while the word Easter carries us back through the Saxor.s to the more ancient celebra tiohs which from the earliest ages of man have expressed the universal out burst of rejoicing over the reawaken ing of nature after the long sleep of winter." The young men of Elkton will hold an Easter dance at the Armory on Monday evening, April 91. Music will be furnished by Gaul's orchestra, of Baltimore. Their other dances have 'een vcr y successful functions and thev plan to make this one even bet ter. Dancing will begin at 9 o'clock. Dance At Elkton Easter Monday Art 16 Aviator Talks At White Clay Creek Church The closing service of the Evangelistic meetings held at White Clay Creek Presbyterian Church* was particularly impres sive and especially well attended. Much interest was aroused by the informal talk given by Lieutenant Ellis Middleton of Washington, D. C., who has been in the air serv ice. He has passed over this sec tion in several of his fights. He told of thrilling experiences in the service particularly of an encoun ter with three successive storms in a 60-mile flight and his mira culous escape from death through God's care of him. +r> form the "flvimr | a PP* lcants *orm the njing c ' rclls ' 'to be used in floating the Lieutenant Middleton was chos en one of 33 aviators out of 8000 ! Vivtory Liberty Loan. Because of conditions which arose after the selection was made Lt. Middleton j asked to be excused from this serv | * ce - Middleton preached both afternoon and evening. Lt. Middleton's father, Frank Mr. and Mrs. Wilson of Wilming ton, furnished special music. I This series of services was made possible by contributions from prominent citizens and by exceed ingly generous offerings during the meetings. The net proceeds are ap plied to the New Era fund. COME EARLY before tbe last of the week rush. Make your selections now and have them all ready. Hickey and Freeman Suits. Kuppenkeimer Suits. Schloss Bros. Suits. Kirschbaum Suits. Spring Coats and Top Coats. All the new and best models for men and young man. Boys' and Little Bays' New Spring Suits. New York Styles, and makes because they are the best. New Stetson Hats and more of them: than you ever saw in Wilmington. Shirts and Ties Gloves and Sox All Furnishings for men and boys, MULLIN'S HOME STORE 6 th and Market, Wilmington SO'./e, PUBLIC SALE or PERSONAL PROPERTY Saturday, April 19th at 1 o'clock Household Goods, consisting of kitchen, dining room, parlor and bed room furniture and one good cook stove. j MRS. JOHN BURNITE. W. S. Armstrong, Auct. :t Will Engage In The Ice Business Wilmer E. Renshaw will in the ice business this and will begin deliveries next Mon day. engage summer He has added a Pierce-Arrow truck to his equipment for heavy PUBLIC SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY at Glasgow, Del., Friday, April 18 at 1 o'clock Two cows. All kinds of farming implements and carpenter's tools. All new as good as new. Everything to be sold for the high dollar. or PAUL SCHULZ W. S. Armstrong, Auct. W. C. Jester, Clerk. 4-9-2t Estate of HOWARD T. PYLE, de ceased : Notice is hereby given that Let ters Testamentary upon the Es tate of Howard T. Pyle, late of Wil mington, deceased, were duly granted unto Edward W. Cooch on the Twenty-fifth day of March A. D. 1919 and all persons indebted to the said deceased are required to make payment to the Executor without delay, and all persons having demands against the de ceased are required to exhibit and present the same duly probated to the said Executor on or before the Tewnty-fifth day of March A. D. 1920, or abide by the law in this behalf. EDWARD W. COOCH, Executor. Address Edward W. Cooch, Esq. Attorney-at-law, Equitable Building Wilmington, Del. FOR SALE TWO MODERN DWELLINGS on Delaware Ave., Newark. No. 1—Seven rooms with bath, steam heated, slate roof, by 200. Lot 50 This house is better j built than the average. No. 2—Six rooms and bath, hot air furnace. Lot 45 by 200, also lot in rear 50 bv 200. These properties should not be ov a c> iTi er looked by any person looking for fortable home. Farmers' Trust Company Newark, Del. Have YouOld Tires? A matter how < practical render s nr! les for iinterM. »ectalired on a process , e can make ly like new hat ci\i ervice to vou. * than half the specialize in vulcaaizin? . , EMPIRE DOUBLE tread CO.. S23Shi M., Wilmington, Delaware. :ere' y no uarantcfg price of a ; P'O ] — f GarrickTheatre X ! T WILMINGTON The Home of High-Class .1 i T îî VAUDEVILLE i T»ict Daily. *t 2.15 md 8.15 Alway, the,Best Show in Town ï v -i - H-i-i -i Want Advertisements F.W Sw«, Fw la;, Lw F«n WANTED —Farm Team Horticultural Departme ware CoCege Farm. Apple C. A. McCUE Wolf Hah ter tor De'.a FOR SALE—Two Berk two years old. ready to ?~5 each. Two heifer well bred. 815 each. ■hi. •e sows, farrow. ea * Phone W. FOR SALE-Lester Upright Grand Piano in good condit; two hundred dollars. W. H. EVANS P. B. i W. R. R. S Newark. Del. on : price Apply t ton 4-9-2* RENT—3-room apartment : - ■ Stht housekeeping. April 1. Apply to 3-26-tf. or P.sses VICTOR WILLIS NOTICE — Gunning. Hunting. Trapping Trespassing forms positively forbidden. JOHN J. CHAMBERS 1 on 10-23-lyr.-pd. FOR RENT—A six t> re- tn house on Pike Creek. Address MRS. ELIZA CURRINDER. 2223 Carter Street Wilmington. Del.