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NEWARK POST VOLUME X NEWARK POST, NEWARK, DEL., AUGUST 13, 1919 NUMBER 24 < itizens.to Confer with School Board I on Building Site I Meeting To Be Held Saturday I toutine business, the purchase ; supplies and equipment er details of maintenance were cussed at a meeting of the hool Board held on Saturday. p he matter of a site for the pro ped new building was discussed some length and it was finally! bided that in a matter so import-; I the wishes of the citizens j Buid be consulted. It was decid-ja I therefore that Major E. B. | »zer be asked to appoint a c ! t-! pis' committee to confer with the fcrd on this matter on next Sat ! dually Satisfactory Co-operative Plan Arranged with College lay afternoon at 3 o'clock in the pnei! Chamber. lr. Frazer in response to this uest yesterday appointed this j imittee which consists of the j owing citizens: Frank Collins, | irge W. Griffin, A. L. Beals, S. j Wright, Norris Worrail, C. A [ Cue, G. I. Durnall, Robert J. ; bert, and D. C. Rose. At the i uest of the Board, Mr. Frazer j I also be a member of the com- ' .n agreement was reached with Education Department of Wo t's College, whereby the College give 82,000 in cash to be ex- 1 ded in teachers' salaries and ; l put $400 into equipment nec-i try for demonstration and prac- I Work in return for the privilege observation and practice work [he first grade, in grades 4 to 8 j i in the Home Economics de- j 1 j my Seeks Recruits Here \ , , ! mg and established headquar -1 at the Armory. tee. ment. recruiting detail for the U. S. A tent was ed on the Academy grounds banners, posters and other any young men visited the tent heard the arguments set forth uiting propaganda was put on lay. he soldiers. A few were at ;ed by the accounts of army but not to the extent of en tig. As far as could be learn »ere were no enlistments here, remained in town until Tues [morning when they left for [ington. [e detail was in command of i. L. J. Meyers, Sergeants I. Moore, John M. House and f Cartwright and Private W. Icks were the other members.!. ley belonged to the Artillery fch of the service. , Bell Blessed On Sunday e new bell for St. Thomas' ïopal Church was blessed on ay. A large congregation as led to witness the ceremony h included tolling three times e name of the Trinity during [ervice. It was given its first bg after the service when it polled for nearly ten minutes, lone is especially pleasing and |>e heard to better advantage I some minor changes are I to the belfry. c , - . School Closes Friday, h no ceremony and with little or confusion the Summer 1 came to a close on Friday bn and the 240 teachers de I for their homes. [as been hoped to secure a 9 train to Porter for the LV he f^ n ' State gr " up but vas found impracticable. [left in the morning but the |ty went in the afternoon. 1er >aggage was handled ex '«sly. much of it going out ursdav. instructors left late Friday )r on Saturday. i Mary E. Rich wil lremain !ew days to close up all busi [Miss Agnes SnyCer, princi I the Demonstration School, [ Monday for her home in ore. SALE OF FOOD BY PARCEL POST TO BEGIN MONDAY Substantial Reductions From Market Price For Staple Goods Beginning next Monday surplus I I through°°the'parc^el post ; The War Department issued rec andently a schedule of prices for the food stuffs. This shows material reductions compared with prevail- ! ing market prices. On some of" the; seventy - two commodities the prices are as follows: Baked beans, five cents for can of one and n quarter pounds. j Salted corn, ten cents a two and i quarter pound can. | Dry beans, $6.49 a 100 pound. Crackers, five and six cents a pound. Army flour, $ß a 100 pounds. Macaroni, seven cents for one ! and a half pounds. Rolled oats, twelve cents for two j pounds, j Seeded | pound, j [ ; pound can. i raisins, ten cents a 1 Rice, $6.74 a 100 pounds. Tomatoes, nine cents for two-: White cornmeal, $3.50 for 100 j pounds. ' Bacon, $4.15 a can of seventeen pounds. Corned beef, fifty-five cents for can of 1.36 pounds, 1 government, the department said, ; had been disregarded entirely in fixing the prices, I 'board cars and from storage points in -each of the thirteen districts j into which the country is divided j for War Department subsistence purposes. The department now is 1 redistributing the food supplies in j the thirteen areas so that each \ may have its proportion per popu lation, of the articles offered for ! public sale. -1 The price tab]es include the Costs of the commodities to the The prices quoted are free on ; price a can or individual units in [ each case and also the price a case I or l ar g er container. It also shows! i the gross weight a can and a case j so that the public may arrive at ! the price it will have to pay by ad ; ding parcel post rates from the nearest distributing point to the home of the consumer to the prices quoted. Committee Plars Early j Construction Of Sidewalk ! Ex-Governor Charles R. Miller, [chairman of the committee under! whose jurisdiction comes the mat- 1 j ter of planning for the new side-! j walk on Depot Road, met on Satur ; day afternoon with Countv En- 1 i gineer G rubb, Town Engineer Wil- I ! bur Wllson - A - G - Wfikinson, busi- | ne^s administrator for Delaware , [College! Mayor Eben B. Frazer and j representatives of Council to con ; sider plans and specifications for j the walk, it ! The heavy traffic on Saturday j afternoon fully convinced the com mittee of the danger to pedestrains and of the necessity of hastening j the work. A part of the plans have ! been completed and actual opera tions will be begun in a short time. Fine Wheat Crop l At Red Men's Home j Threshers this morning turned ollt a fine lot of wheat for G. W. [ Russell, framer at the Red Men's [Home. The crop was one of the ! few in this neighborhood under 1 cover during the recent disastrous a ( bushels to the acre. I - Are Touring ** ! Misses Edna Chalmers and ! wet spell. The yield averaged 28 Canadian Frontier Laura Colmery left on Friday morning for an extended tour ! through northern Pennsylvania, i New York and various points of interest on the Canadian frontier, j They èxpect to be gone for 10 days, j a part of which will be spent with ! relatives at Tonawanda, New York, ; Messages received by friends in-1 in [dicate that they are enjoying the [ I trip. EXPLAINS HIGH SCHOOL TAX RATE FOR THIS DISTRICT I ASSISTANT STATE COMMISSIONER CLARIFIES LOCAL SITUATION SHOWS THAT CODE COMPELS LEVY COURT TO' COLLECT POLL TAX FROM EVERY MALE RESIDENT TWENTY-ONE YEARS APF' ANJH fTA/TPI? AINU DVLK In reply to numerous inquiries from property holders as to the reason for the high tax rate fixed for this school district the following statement was received last week from Mr. John Shill ing, Assistant State Commissioner of Education, who assisted the local School Board in making up the budget for the year. This statement is embodied in the following letter received last week too late for publication: j j I J J ; 1 have been asked to make a statement as to the tax rate in the Newark Special School District. j According to the Budget as it was made up by the Board of Education of the Newark Special School District there would be j requited by taxation $24,/90.05. The Board estimated that there j would be at least 725 polls in the district and set the rate, as it is required to do by the new School Code. This rate it set at $5.00 and expected by poll tax to raise at least $3,625, leaving $21,165 ! io bs raised by a property tax. Its estimate of the assessed value of the property in the School District was $3,000,000; this would make the rate Me on the dollar, slightly above the rate of last ; jear. but probably not more of an increase than would have been l needed, without any change in the school laws, to meet the in creased teachers salaries. The Newark Board was very' much sur prised to find that the Levy Court had set the rate at 89c and investigation showed: First, that the Levy Court said that it had no record of more than 250 people from whom poll tax is collect- [ ible; and second, that the assessed value of the property, according I to the Levy Court's first estimate, was about $2,720,000; and third, that the Levy Court had allowed a rebate of 8 per cent. The first of these circumstances would take $2,375 from the poll tax and ; add it to the property tax, making the amount necessary' to be raised by property tax $23,540. and the second would make the rate 95c. Upon investigation it was found that the Levy Court had few names of people liable to poll tax, because it has not been ! customary to collect poll tax, from any except property holders, in New Castle County. Under the new School Code, Section 131, the Levy Court is required to collect— "a capitation tax, the amount of which shall be fixed an nually r by the Board of Education, and stated in its Annual ! School Budget, but which shall not be less than $3.00 or more ■ than $6,00 annually, and shall be levied ON THE PERSON , OF ALL MALE RESIDENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE SPEC IAL DISTRICTS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OVER." Dover, Del., August 4, 1919. Newark Post Newark, Delaware Gentlemen: This gives the Levy Court no jurisdiction as to the levying or non-levying of poll tax upon all the persons mentioned and if Newark could produce one thousand such persons it would be incumbent upon the Levy Court to collect poll tax from each one of them. Further investigation showed that the number of polls, as tabulated by Mr. Ferguson, is 1034. It is altogether probable that the first estimate of the Board of Education of $3,000,000 assessed value is nearly correct, but the assessment has been made up and the Board of Assessors feels that no change can be made m that. This is entirely within the jurisdiction of the Board of As sessors and not that o_f the Newark Board of Education. Using his assessment of $2,<20,000 and a poll tax of $5 00. a property tax rate of /2c, not allowing for rebates, would produce the amount of money asked for by the Board of Education. , Bu t? e ' <h , 1 ; Nt Tf k 1 ? <>a r d , of 1 Education shows an item of $6,009,,which the Board has included, anticipating the issuing of bonds to pay for a new building, feeling that the offer of Mr. duPont to pay a part of the cost of a new building was too good to leave unaccepted. If this had not been included the rate would have been considerably less; in other words, if the building had not been provided for in the Budget and the number of polls had been estimated at 1034 and the assessment had been $3,000,000, which the Board thinks is approximately correct, the tax rate would have been, not allowing for rebates, 46c, and with an as sessment of $2,720,000 it would have been 50c. To sum up: The reason the rate is higher than was at first anticipated is that the assessment in the matter of property valu ation and number of taxable polls seems to have been defective and that the Newark Board of Education has anticipated a build ing program which has been too long delayed, and that except for these conditions, the prediction of the friends of the Code that the rate would not be raised, was well founded. j ! Hoping this explanation will cover the points of your ques tions, I am. Yours very truly, JOHN SHILLING, Assistant Commissioner. A Harvest Home Festival The annual Harvest Home festi val held at Whiteman's Grove lasti. Thursday drew a considerable crowd and netted $431 to the treas- j ury. The ladies of Ebenezer M. E. Church under whose auspices it 1 was given are very well pleased with the result. Mr. C. T. Williamson of Balti more, a representative of the Anti- ! Saloon League and Mr. Frank Baldwin of Washington, who re presents the War Risk Insurance interests were the speakers. Mrs. Benton Mackaye was expected but was unable to be present. The children's playground prov ed an interesting feature and was in charge of Mrs. Sadie Wirt. The fancy table and novelties were in »charge of Mrs. Maria Whiteman;' Mrs. Elva Burns presided over the i lemonade stand; and a committee n charge of Mrs. James II. Willis ' j served dinner and supper. !_ 1 Fishing Good Sport At Highland Lake ! Mrs. camping for several Messages received from Mr. and I Ernest Sanborn who are|. veek'~ a L"l Highland Lake, Bridgeton, Maine, indicate that they are having a very enjoyable time. Mr. Sanborn is an enthusiastic angler and is enjoying the sport there. PROMINENT SPEAKERS SECURED FOR PICNIC TOMORROW Judging Demonstration to be I Given for Boys' and Girls' Club Members Grange members throughout the 1 ; county are looking forward with a great deal of interest to the pic me to be held tomorrow at the Experimental Farm. They will I bung lunch and after enjoying a social time will witness a unique feature in the judging demonstra tion arranged by R. O. Bailsman, | County Agent. -F 1 - A. Hays, j j head of the Animal Husbandry j j Department will conduct this de- 1 I monstration for the benefit of the ; J Boys and Girls Dairy Calf Club j a and I ig Club members. The points J that go to make up a good dairy ; cow and the points that make a ; d« e breeding or fattening pig will j be explained and pointed out on 'rood tj pes o( animals which will j be selected for the purpose. j This will not only help prepare |^ e c ^ u b members for the judging e [contest at the State Fair but will ! als ? Prepare them for the contest ' l '"hich will decide who will ccn stitute the team of members to ; obtain a ftee tiip to Springfield as! l a result of good work at the Fair, 1 he meeting which will convene ,l " " 0 clock will be presided over bWorthy Master Jacob Rosa of Milford. Prominent speakers will [ b ê present including Worthy Na I tional Master W. C. Wilson of Illinios > who will discuss the re sponsibilities of the granges in the ; resent national crisis. Dean Harry Hayward who will tell [something of French agriculture which he had an opportunity to ! study during his recent service overseas; Dr. L. Heisler Bail, [United States Senator from Dela ware; and Mr. Baldwin who [recently assigned to this district ! b - v the government in the interest ■ ^ ar Risk Insurance. About i0j , per cent of soldiers holding this type of insurance are dropping it. I Mr - Baldwin's mission is to en I courage these young men to con-. j vert it into other forms of insur- 1 1 ance. He will present this subject j at the meeting tomorrow. ! There is every indication that i [ was the attendance will be unusually , Dr . A L> Latham . pastor of the Third i Choker Pa will 'St-each in tv,P p^byterian Church next Sunday morning> and address the open air j meeting on the college steps in the ! evening. Dr. Latham needs no in Deduction to the people of New j ark Last winter he conducted a ser j es of evangelistic services in the Presbyterian Church and night j after night prea ched to crowded houses. He is a veritable Elijah in his presentation of the truth fear i ess , pointed, striking at evil'wher- 1 ever it exists, and yet in all tender- ! npi . s teiiino- the r™«nel «tnrv He "'a remarkablv^ fine SdeÄ tfie Bible, j Open Air Meeting Noted Evangelist To Address Presbyterian Church of For the past twenty-five years he has made it his daily task to commit Scripture to memory with the result that he is able to repeat verbatim over a hundred chapers of the old book. His per-! I sonal preaching carries because he [ falls back on the Bible for hi? authority. He has proved the truth : of the saying that the most inter esting sermons are those that are strictly biblical. i ! Aged Woman Seriously 111 in j Mrs - Hester A. Widdoes is ser the i * the honie of her son - O. W. Widdoes. Mrs. Widdoes is 81 years old and was until the time of her recent ; illness unusually active for a wo man of her age, both mentally and physically. ; Y. M. C. A. Worker Returns Myss Alice Evans who has been ! I are|. ,, - T n , . ... in the X. M. C. A, service in the a L"l eave ar eas" overseas arrived hcme on the Mongolia Saturday [ a and reached Newark Monday even j ng . She has many interesting ex- j periences to relate and is happy [ to be at home again. \ Carnival Proceeds Well Over $10,000 Firemen Well Pleased With the Result Largest Crowd Ever Seen in New ar k Here Closing Night According to conservative es timates made by the committee i charge of the carnival fully 30,000 persons visited the grounds during the week and from all appearances n and all accounts everybody had a good time. On Saturday night which mark ed the close of this successful af fair fully ten thousand attendance. The unusual quality of the weather and the aid lent by a kindly moon, brought visitors from all of the towns and from all the countryside within a radius of forty miles. r' * ber of young people from the sur rounding country was the series of dances held in the Armory, for which Draine's orchestra furnish e d tended rnents did a big business and thousands stayed until 11.30 Sat urdav night when the automobile, sewing table, kitchen cabinet and [other articles were awarded, The colored centerpiece, to Miss Elizabeth Heath of Elkton. The j ce t ea glasses, Margaret Anderson of Newark. The rug, to Mrs. H. J. Laws of Newark. The chocolate set, to Anna P. 1 Miller Newark. i were in One feature which drew a num music. About 75 couples at on Wednesday night and ever 100 couples on Saturday night. All of the booths and amuse The automobile went to Vaughn Coale of Washington, D. C., a granson of James Smith who lives on the Booker farm near Cooch's Bridge. The kitchen cabinet was award ed to George Potts of this town. The sewing table went to Clark M. Knotts of Smyrna. The sweater to Howard Brown of Providence, Md. The white table cover to Mrs. Norman Collins of Newark. The firemen's cake to William Hilton. Newark. The half-barrel of flour to Max well Davis of Deandale. 1 ! While the receipts are not all j in yet, they have already passed the $10.000 mark. Previous car nivals have never netted more than $7000. Several contributions in cash have been received, a full ac count of which will be given to gether with the names of the donors in a detailed report soon to he published. Faithful, earnest work on the part of Fire Chief F. C. Wilson and his committees is largely re sponsible for the success of the carnival. Enthusiastic support was given by the community every night of the week, regardless of the weather and loyal support was also given by brother firemen from Elkton, Smyrna, Middletown. Ox ford, Dover, West Grove, Avon dale, Wilmington and other nearby communities. J r , O. U. A. M. To Have Special Meeting Monday A special get-together meeting 'll lie held by American Flag Council, Jr. O. U. A. M. on next members are requested to be pre sent - A special program has been i arranged for that evening and sev eral very important matters are to ! be discussed. Members Monday evening, August 18th. All are asked j to make a special effort to.attend this meeting at. 8 o'clock on the above flate ' ; OBITUARY Ralph T. Little Ralph T. Little, aged 6 months, ; son of Harold and Emily, Little, died at their home on Sunday, August 10, of bowel obstruction. Funeral services were held at the home of his grandfather, Wil Ram Little, on Tuesday afterno'on at 2 o'clock. Interment was made ! at Ebenezer cemetery. [ Thomas Johnson Thomas, infant son of Thomas and Elizabeth Johnson, died on [Friday, August 8, and was burisd j | n the Newark cemetery on Satur [ day, August 9. The child lived only a few hours.