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Fonstration PLATS ALONG the BOULEVARD Li ~Ie ~gon on ~ after_ ~ a few rt. ~ , tMENT li .T,~I anal , UlIltlO'S ,"'''-y " of the POST == of the NUMBER-:l jointed a " 1,1JME VIII NEWARK POST, NEWARK, DEL. , FEBRUARY 21,1917 ~al field to years . ILent,At Thomas' Church 1STATE COUNCIL MEETS TOMATO GROWERS To Discuss Taxation Question .. the Y Appreciation From S~ . Senator Wolcott ~n's I Col~ Wah' I OWll1g to Improvements in pro- I IN NEWARK DISCUSS PRICES A public meeting under the Vr'SI'ts Newar l... gress the St. Thoma ' Church --- auspices of the Taxation Revis io ll f( of mis­ sing on Mary J. ,--- building wi ll not ~e availa,ble for lone Hundred Thirty-five Dele· Over One Hundred, Acres Committee will be he ld in the --- If IJr Department Acknowledges the week day services dUl'lng th ~; gates From State Contracted At Ritter Newark Opera House on Monday Chairman Griffin Dwells Upon ::i ervice or Guardsmen sWeasJonHof Ltent. The recttohl"t Rev. Lodg es Atte nd Meeting evening, F ebruary 26th, at ei g ht 'J . aup, announces a er- o'clock. Dr. Ca leb R. Layton, J . Purpcse 0/ Communtty rile following letter from the vi ces wi'll be held ill the Pari., h l one hundred t hirty-fi ve dele- Tomato Growing is a quest ion of Hall Anderson and others will Meetings \ ';.1' I epartment has been received H ouse every Wednesday and Fri- gates f rom forty-two council s of more than u ual interest just now. speak. A cordial invitat io n i ex- A crowd, thoroughly repre enta- th week by Captain L. B. J a cob l'l , day at 4.30, the first be)] to rin!; :'t the Junior Order Unit ed American Pr!ce at this time are uncertain. tended to everyone. t iv e of ewark, filled t he M. E. ill t he ab sence of Majol' La nk, 4 ..00. There will be no night gel \ Mecha.nics, c o~pri s ing the St~t e Storie ' of fabulous prices down I Church last Wednesday evening, (' wlI llla nding Officer of the Second vices this year. Councl,l, met 111 twenty-fifth an- State a re being circulated here OFFERS LAND FOR the occa sion of the second com- BaUalion. nual session, in the Red Men' ::; wd'hich have. noI doubtd infl uenced U·.e DEMONSTRATION munity meeting under the a uspices \\';11' Department, Washington, GARDENING CLASS I' ~~~~ ' :we:~tL~l~r~~~: ~i~~ ;l g J;t~~~ a~~cl:~~~ol~~ati~noro;r t~~atq;I~ : t f~~~ --- of the general community comm it- January 24, 1917. ORGANIZED ICouncillor presided. In his ad- m ight be considered The Post has --Iewark Men Attend Maryland tee. Organ music by Prof. Raw- ___ dres!! to the members Mr. Brown made inquires from growers and Club Dinner lins, of Delaware College, a nd a Tht' Co mmanding Officer, l'k S solo, by Miss Ritz, opened the ~lI d Battalion Infantry, Children Plan To Raise Money referred to the principles upon canners a I e at myrna, Dover, About two hundred guests at- evening's program. G. W. Griffin. Delaware National Guard. F or Seed And Runnl'ng . ~hic.h th~ o~der is fou nded: .t? as- Cheswold, Georgetown, Bridgc- t d d th I d' f th h d SISt In bUlld1l1g up a better cltlzen- vi1lle, Ellendale, Lewes and Selby- en e e annua 1I1ner 0 e presided. The guest of ~nol' an Sir : E xpenses )') Th ·t. t' t th Maryland Club, composed of Dela- speaker of the evening wa H on- I wi., h to thank you and the of- ship, and to teach the glones of a v I e. e .Sl ua IOn a ~s e I ware citizens whose native state orable Josiah O. Wolcott, Senator- fi eer a nd men of your organiza- A gardening class, under the di- free self-govel'l1ing and independ- pla'ces IS thiS. Contract price is Maryland, held at the Hotel du- elect f rom Delaware. Mr. Wolcott tion who went to the border in re- recti 011 of the Department of Ag- 'ent manhood. Reports from the $12.00 per ton. A farmer of Sus- Pont last Thursday evening. Dan- talked in an informal way in keep­ spo nse to the ca\1 of the President, ricuture, represented by the loeal ,various officers of the State coun- \ sex growing 100 acre.s refused to iel O. Hastings acted as toast- ing with the inimate, home-likd for the valuable service whieh yon experiment station, at Delaware ci l occupied the greater part of the contract at that price but has master. Speeches were made by atmos phere the committee is seek­ hal'e rendered to the country. Co\1ege, is being organized. The day. agreed to sell to the Canner ill Governor Harrington of Maryland, ing to develop at these "get-togeth­ I': When the National Guard was call- new class will be under the s up- The report of W. J. Moreland, open market .. Canne~~, due to the Goverllor Townsend of Delaware, er" meetings. "Communtities have ed into the service of the Federal ervision of Miss Agnes Medill, and State Secretary, who has served in v~ry uncerta!n conditions fear to U. S. Senator-elect Josiah O. Wol- their own individualities, just as Gove rnment, the lives of men, wo- will be ~onducted similarly to the that capacity for the last twenty" rls.k more thiS e~rly. One of ~h 3 cott, and Judge Woolley. surely a s individuals," Senato!' men and children along the front- one which proved so successful \'five yeras, presented interesting lal,~est .canners In the. State said,: Enthusiasm was created during Wolcott said. "One has a certain ier were in grave danger, owing to last year. I'figures. The report shows 42 coun- I t~ln\ tomatoes ~Il~ be wort.1 the evening by the receipt of the tone, another a different atmos- the formidable bandit raids from , The class this year is practically cil s throu?,hout the State with a 1~ore . ~t • am not wdl1l1~ to run following telegram: ph ere. We a ll recognize this fact, the 'l exican side of the boundary. la new group, very few of those ,'membership of 6174. Four hun- I . ~ liS ~I mor~ than twelve dO.I- yet we find it difficult to analyze It is not too much to say that had (from last year having joined, ow- f' dred ten names had been dropped Iial s'ld <It nlorp than John G. Townsepd, Jr., just what makes up the tone of t s ~m;J e thl ~ these raids continued, there was Iing largely to an age limit. Those ;during ~h e year, owin~ to deaths, :~~ WOl~n t~UP~ t v slmall canner::; Governor of Delaware. any community. It seems to be as danger of international war. From who have already enrolled are Is us pens lOr, , etc., mak1l1g the ac- I " 0 ea .I' osses on the Learning that Delaware is con- nearly as we can express it the he t ime of the arrival of the units I'Marion Hopkins, Paul Maxwell, tual membership December 31, a~e onej f . sidering the establishment of Dem- composite product of many in- of National Guard on the border, \John Morrison, Irvin Cornog, John 11916, 5764, or a gain of 149 over d eve;: t a%m.e$~2a~~ co.~~r~ct1l1g onstration Farms, to show in a dividuals; perhaps of the dom­ the rai ds ceased, and t~e tension 'Cunningham, Herm~n Renshaw, last year. p~~vv~si o ~ s ~ *hese ' arew~he ;an~ ~ 'pr~cti~al ~vay, ~he .results of the 1 inant individuals !n a community. between the two countries began Edward Doell, Corbit Crompton, \ T'he financial statement showed as ti d th . th t. c " ~ SCientIfic lI1vesttgatlOns at the Ex· Some definite th1l1gs there al'e, . \ B d C h H Id G . we n em 111 e sec Ion " . S ' D I . to relax. It is the hope and belief ernar 0 en, oro . rant , ed $63,813.10. Of thiS amount na d v pel'lment tatlOn at e aware Col- \however, that every community of the Government that the pres- Otis Gregg, Clarence Poole, Ly- I $14,156.76 was paid for sick bene- me. lege, I wish, through you, to offer ought to have. First there is co- ence of the units of the Na~ional .na.m. Reed, William Vandergrift. that the recipts for the· year total- \ In response to invitations is ued Ifree, for suc~ use, for a term. of I operation. A small community if Gua rd t ogether with the Ul11ts of Wdllam Clancy, Jame.s Wabon, fit s, $16,347.!:l8 for death benefits. by the P. J. Ritter Company one ~years, the stl'lPS of land bordel'l~ g I it wants to succeed mu t pull to­ th e Regular Army, on the border John Clancy, Marv1l1 Walls, $256.24 for other relief, and $31,- ' of the largest meeting of fa;mers along the du Pont Roard contIn- gether. There must be an absen ce anc! in Mexico, and the prese~ce in Charles Hopkin~, Sydney Hoffman, ~62.97 for current ex~ense s, mak- ever seen in Newark met in uo~ s .alo!,g right .of way secured. of criticism of one part toward ~he mobilization camps of the um.ts of Cuthburt Clanngbold, J a ~ e s 11I1g an excess of l'ecelpts over ex- I Center Hall last Wednesday even- ThIS IS given, subJect t~ ~elease, of other; there .m.ust be a g~,null1e the ational Guard in readll1ess Thompson, Carroll Dow 1.
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