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NOTES AND COMMENTS.


Mr.. w. G. Clendenin writes from
Haw River that among other money
taoken from him during the recent raid
of pickpockets, was one fifty cent piece
dated 1791 with the letters "R. b."
stamped upon it. he thinks this may
lead to the Identification of one OF the
thieves.
while half of General Buckner's au-
d;ence at Richmond Wednesday night
was Kissing his vicious ana Vililanous
comparison of VIM. J Bryan with Bene-
dict Arnold, $4,000 people were surging
around the Academy or MUSIC ~
Brooklyn, while the Academy was
packed with 5000, and the shouts went
up as the sound of many waters. Not
a rifle shot away 5000 laborers were
gathered in Clermont Rink, and they
called themselves together by singing
as one man "You shall not press upon
the brow of labor this crown of
thorns.' This is Buckner's Benedict
Arnold.
Although Editor III. A. London, OF
the Chatham Record, was robbed of his
snoney. the pocketlbook, with valuable
memoranda, was returned to him
bv mail. In his pocl1et-book was his
card as editor. Three psychological
questions arise here. Does pickpock-
Ell pity a newspaper man enough to
return even pocket-book? Did he DO
it through fear of the press? Or did
he do it because Henry A. London is
too good human being for anybody to
wrong? We have our distinct and de-
cided theory. And we are going on
the theory that no newspaper man can
have suffered any wrong, if only his
pcclet-book has been returned. AS one
newspaper man on the Bryan train
said to a piclSpoclSet whom ne appre-
hended at night speaking on the
Bryan trip: Don't work so much to
get ait my money; strike a match and
I'm help you look for II,
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Some years ago Rev. Thomas Dixon,
Jr., made himself some notoriety by
declaring that he could mot be poll
tician and a christian" He must have
abandoned any effort to be the latter,
or else discovered some process by
which he can be both at the same time.
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
NATIONAL:
For President.
WILLIAM j. BRY AN,
OF Nebraska.
For Vice-PresideRt,
ARTHUR SEWAIA,
Of Maine.
STATE:
For Governor,
CYRUS 3. WATSON,
OF Forsyth.
For Lieutenant-GoyerRo
: THOMAS w. MASON.
4 Of Northampton.
! For Secretary of State.
CHARLES NJ. COOKE.
!! OF Franklin.
For State Treasurer,
/ BENJAMIN f.. AYCOCK,
! OF Wayne.
" For State Auditor,
= ROBERT M. FURMAN.
: OF Buncombe.
J For Sup't Public Instruction,
JOHN C. SCARBOROUGH,
! OF Johnston.
For Attorney General,
FRANK /. OSBORNE.
OF Mecklenburg.
For Asso. Justices of Supreme Court,
A.. C. AVERY. OF Burke,
GEORGE H. BROWN. Of Beaufort.
Tor Judge of the Superior Court of the
Fifth District,
! JAMES s. MANNING,
Z OF Durham.
z For Electors at Large,
LOCKE CRAIG, Of Buncombe,
j. w. C. DOUGLASS, OF Moore.
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A BADLY MIS1EANAGED BANK.

New Orleans, La, Sept. 24.-Nessrs.
Keynes and Bush, iquidators of the
Bank of Commerce, have filed a report
''The affairs of the bank have been
mismanaged, some Of the accounts
have not been kept properly and grave
irregularities have been committed.
The overdrafts amount to more than
100000. The names of the persons
who have thus drawn out the funds
of the bank and the sums received
by them respectively will be set forth
in the inventory of the banks assets
which is now being taken"
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Having qualified as administrator of the
estate offs. r. GIN, deceased, / hereby notify
all persons ineeDtsd to sid $. II. Gill, de
al persons holding claims against said 8.
r. Gill are requested to present them be.
fore September 18th, 1897 or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
ID. d. GILL. Admir-.
Wyats, N. O.
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herself to be domineered by the other
powers" (Cheers).
Mr.. Gladstone also said: ''We have a
just title to threaten Turkey with CO.
ercion, but that does not in itself mean
war. And I think that the first step
should be the recall Of our Ambassa-
dor. (Cheers). And it should be fol-
lowed by the dismissal of the Turkish
Ambassador from London. Such a
course is frequent and would not give
the right of complaint to ANYBODY.
When diplomatic relations are sus-
pended, England should inform the
Sultan that she would consider the
means Of enforcing her just and hui
name demands. l do not believe that
Europe will make war to insure the
continuance of massacres more terri
BILE than ever recorded in the dismal.
deplorable history of human crime"
Cloud cheering).
Mr.. Gladstone, who spoke for about
twenty minutes, was in good voice, and
did not seem faltigued when he finish
ed"
pAnTV NTTCNF A MA CTeTN u A NJ
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gestion. Partyism, the purpose to put
in operation in our country the policies
Of our party, stands aghast at the idea
of reiinquishing victory and counting
defeat, and establishing the evil poll
cies Of our unpatriotic opponents,
merely because some who would aid
us differ with us in regard to other
matters! Without doubt the National
Executive committee of the Democratic
party looks to electoral fusion in many
States as the only hope of Democratic
victory; and without doubt electoral
fusion in North Carolina secures the
votes of this State to our candidate be-
yond peradventure. Without doubt,
also, by common consent of the party
within this State, this action has been
taken; and under all the circum-
stances, there should be a general ac-
quiescence in it.
Let us not look always behind us,
but rather to the future. Our party has
fallen from it's high position as the ma
iority party in North Carolina. Let
| us take care somewhat for it's future.
We can regain our former commanding
position only by winning to us voters
who are now in opposition. In this
yiew-in the light of mere party expe-
diency, fusion is right-and may be
justified. But we would defend it on
higher and loftier grounds of patriot
Middletown transcript., 1896-07-04
STATE CONVENTION
Or THE
Republican Party

Headquarters of the Republican State Cen
1896 ..
A State Convention of the Republican
party of the state of Delaware will be held AT
Georgetown, on Thursday, July 10, A. ID, 1896
at IL O'Clock m, for the purpose of Selecting
three electors to vote for President and Vice
President of the United States nominating q
candidate for governor and candidate for
representative in Congress and eIectinp
twelve members of the State, Central Com.
mittee.
The convention will consist of one hundred
and sixty (l60) delegates, apportioned among
the several districts of the State as follows:
40 to be chosen from the FIRST District
3S to be chosen from the Second District.
~ TO be chosen from the Third District,
AZ to be chosen from the Fourth District.
Sald deiegates;;shail.be apportioned among
cording to the .apportionment for the State
convention held at Dover on May IL, last,
The election of Delegates shalfbe as fol lows:
On saturday, the eleventh day of July next
theRepublican voters ofthe several subdivis,
ions shall assemble at the usual voting places
therein. and shall organize by electing three
forewith open the polls and receive the hal
l0ts; provided, however, that in case il shall
be found impracticable to hold such election
at the usual voting place, the voters there
the neignborhood for the purpose Of eIecting
judges and holding such election.
=, The polls Shall be open continually in the
First and Secon districts from d. m, TOT D.
m. and in the Third and Fourth districts
from p. m. to p. m.
Upon closing the polls the judges shall pub
licly count the votes and make a certificate
of election in duplicate, one of which shall
De delivered to the delegates elected and the
other shall be mailed forthwith to the Secre-
tary of the Republican State Central Com
mittee at Wilmington.
AT the election of delegates to the said con-
to vote. ~
No one shall be eligible as q delegate to
said convention who is under political alleg-
lance to any one who is in sympathy with
tne treachery which caused for the past year
70 pe without her full representation In the
United States Senate. 49,
JAMES Fl. WILSON.
Chairman,
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The Peach Is King.

The special reports of Mr.. I. N. Mills ia
the Delaware railroad OH the pc ach crops
are always interesting. He estimates the
crop this year at ,000, 900 baskets the larg.
est since 1875. There are those who believe
that Mr.. Mills is too high. OF course Mid
dletown is mot in it' As it once was but
the orchards are not all TAX en- out here and
many of those still standing are heavy
with peaches. Mr.. Mills estimates are:
The heaviest shipping points on the Pen
insul la this season will be as follows: Mil
lington, Sudlersville and Price, on the
Queen Anne and Kent railroad; kidgely
and Queen Anne. ON the Delaware & Chesa-
peake railroad; East New Market, on the
Cambridge & Seaford railroad Milford
Georgetown and Millsboro, on the Delaware
Maryland and Virginia railroad; Wyoming
LAUREL Seaford, FELTON, and Bridgeville,
on the Delaware Division, and Salisbury
on theNew York, Philadelphia and Norfolk
The estimate is as follows: Delaware
Railroad, 2,25o,Oo0 baskets; Queen Anne &
Kent Railroad. $50 900; Delaware & Chesa-
peake Railroad, 1000 ,O0o Cambridge g.
Seaford Railroad, 300 1000; Baltimore and
Delaware Bay Railroad, 100000; Delaware,
Maryland & Virginia Railroad, 100000;
New York, Philadelphia G. Norfolk Rail-
road, 100000. Total, 100000.
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acts of the WiseSt financiers at every
stage in our history, the steadfast faith
and splendid achievements of The
great rafty 10 which we belong, and
the genius and integrity Of our people
have always demanded this, and will
ever maintain it. The dollar paid 10
the farmer, the Mage-sarter, and the
pensioner must continue forever EQUAL
in purchasing and deb -payiig power
TO The dollar paid t., any government
creditor.
The contest this Year will noi be
waged upon lines IF heory and spec,l-
lalion, but in the light of severe prac-
lical experience and new and dearly ac-
quired knowledge. Tne great body of
our citizens know what they want,
and that they intend TO have. They
know for what the Republican Party
stands and what its return 70 puwer
means to them. They realize that the
Republican party believes that our
work should be done at home aud not
abroad, and they everywhere proclaim
their devotion to the principles of a
protective tariff, which, while supply
ing adequate revenues for the govern
ment, will restore American produc-
tion and serve the best interests of
American. labor and development. Our
appeal, therefore, is not false philos-
Ophy of vain theol lists, but the masses
OF the American people, the plain.
practical people, whom Lincoln loved
and trusted, and whom the Republican
Party hts always faithfully striven to
serve.
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Feel Poor?

Every one does. You feel as if Every dollar ought to
buy about twice as much 1t did couple years ago.
Bring your dollars here, field like this Store for
planting dollars you expect to get Big Crops Of values
in return.
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ELECTIONS are a necessity in our
government. The bitter feelings with
which many of the campaigns are con-
Quoted are not necessary. Much of il
is due to ignorance. But the animosity
between members of the same party,
between factionist, ike family qaar-
rels, is stronger than between those of
the opposite party. This bitter feeling
should not exist. Of course the truth
must be told. and it is the truth that
hurts. but even the truth can be told
in gentlemanly language. Men who
always lose their tempers iu talking
politics should not talk it. II is said
that the differences between Repnbli-
cans down the State have reached the
point Of breaking the personal friendly
relations of years. This should not be.
Nor should those Of different parties
let politics enter into their social and
relations. Keep cool. The
weather is hot aud the summer is not
far advanced. Keep c.,al.
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LET the Republicans. wi,

LET the Republicans. wi) .r, op-
posed to the Add cks or nobody'' POI
icy of the .sAddicks Party get to-
gether in every hundred and vot ing
precinct Of the State next Saturday
and under The call issued by Gen.
James II. Wilson, Chairman of the
State Committee and member Of the
National Republican Committee, se-
lect delegates to the Georgetown Con-
ventioff ~ BE- held on Thursday, July
IA. The preaence Of u Committeeman
is not necessary. Chose chairman
and secretary, and name the delegates,
giving them credentials. In Kent and
Sussex counties the voters will probab-
ly select members Of new County
Communicable present committees In
those counties having refused to act in
harmony with the action .uf the Ma
lional Convention II st. Louis.
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OLD SUSSEX.

Six growers having orchards near Mil
ford expect to have together, 100 600 bas
kets of peaches this summer. The
growers are George H. Draper. Fred A.
Whitehead, Charles Barker, George H
Hall, William l. Simpson and John J. Rosa
There are number of others who will
have from 5000 to 10000 baskets each.
John Donovan an employe of one of the
Lewes fish oil factories, is believed to have
been fatally burned on Saturday morning
by falling into tank of boiling fish.
The Salary of the Milford post office has
been increased from $500 to $1,000.
Edward H. James, of Laurel. was over
come with the heat ON Thursday from the
effects of which he died in few hours.
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What Does It Mennf

We have It on the very best authority,
in fact from the lips Of a delegate to the
General Conference held at Cleveland, Ohio,
and a Republican at that. that the sessions
sometimes ware most disgusting to him,
appearing nothing more or less than q
huge scheme to Boom McKinley's nomi-
nation. To what depths would some men
not descend to gain their selfish ends?"
The above appears in the Nes0 Era this
week as an editorial. What does it mean?
If it means what it says, it is an insult to
every Methodist who reads that paper. It
demands an explanation. That it is a
falsehood from beginning to end is not a
satisfactory, explanations falsehood or q
total failure to understand the Englis h
Language.
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Kelley,s $50 For s.. 80.

80 DAYS SpEcIAL.-For 80 days only, we
offor you the following bargain lot OF
strictly pure and standard goods; quart
bottles pure California wines (sherry port,
catawba, blackberry and Rhine), one quart
bottle pure rye whiskey, five years old)
and ore bottle extra quality champagne.
and the whole lot Z bottles, goes for $3.50,
the honest market value of which is $3.50.
No other house can give you SO much
value for your money, as the one and only
reliable, Family Liquor Store of James A.
Kelley. S. w. Cor Tenth and shipley sts.,
Wilmington, Del.
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VIM. B. Sharp ( Co.
FOURTH and MARKET Sis.
Wilmington, D.!
Closed every evening at 6
O'Clock until September.

Dainty, beautiful, elegant
a most superb selection of
Scotch Dimitles, Sheer fine
and especially adapted for hot
weather wear-the very choic-
est Of choice things, 300
yards at 8 cents, worth nearly
twice.
1t was stated by probably
the largest dry goods house in
the country, that 10000 yards
Of Lawn were sold in one day
as showing the modern ideas OF
retailing. This condition was
obtained with clientage of
perhaps 100000 people.
These same modern ideas of
retailing prevail in Whining
ton, our sales on tlfis material
reaching 10000 yards in- one
day, with only one-twenty. fifth
the people to sell to.
Commencing at s O'Clock
Wednesday morning we shall
sell one hundred. pieces of
beautiful Scotch Lawn at 8 cts
per. yard, comprising many
new patterns not before shown
in these sales.
Fne bleached German Table
Damask, 81 inches wide, fine
as satin, strong as iron, os
cents per yard.
Utsca Sheets, 2 inch hem on
top, | inch on bottom.
2 yards wide, p long. 45 cents each.
q yards wide. q long, 4S cents each
2ayards wide, 2l long. so cents each.
Hemstitched Pillow Cases.
IA, Is and l6 cents.
Our black goods department.
pliers special inducements to
bargain hunters. We have one
OF of silk-and. wool Nuns
Yelling Dress Goods in stripes
md polka dots, all black and
very desirable thin wear-they
re regular 50 cents per yard
tufts and are in I and s yard
'atterns, and the price will be
Q cents per yard-incIuded in
ne iastare two pieces fine quail
y Mohair Crepcn.
All our remnants of Dress
foods in plain serges and hem
letta, all colors, are reduced
ne-half-l2H to SO cents.
Middletown transcript., 1896-07-04
KENT COUNTY.

Rev. Joseph B. Turner, Maurice A. Hart
nett and Robert III. Harrison were on
Saturday elected members of the Dover
School Board after one of the hardest
fought contests ever held in that town.
Middletown transcript., 1896-07-04
MORE TRoUBLE.

-
1t would seem that the Republican
cup of tribulatinn is full to over flow-
ing but Mr.. Addicks has adied to it
this week in Sussex C unity. He gave
orders il is said lie gave orders that
DR.. G. r. Lay must be made chair
man of the County Committee though
a majority Of the committee as elected
preferred 10 retain Chairman John H.
johnson. TO accomplish this the del
ega.es opposed to Mr.. Addicks in Lii
tie Creek lLaureD, elected by vote of
GA TO 13, were ons.ed aud their de-
feated opponents were seated. The
feeling which this act cf harmony"
an "olive branch of pfare" held out by
Mr.. Addicks, has stirred up, can be
besi judged by the following letter re-
ceived yes. erday from prominent Sus
sex Republican:
GEORGETOWN, DEL, July /, &c.
"MR. EDIroR.-Is man eligible for the
chairmanship of the Republican County
Committee who went to Dover and did
everything in his power to prevent eau
Gus for the purpose of depriving the State
OF "a Q. S. Senator; a man who publicly
boasted IF being glad of Governor Maryil's
death? Is such man Republican and fit
TO be trusted with the care and responsible
ity of the party? Can any decent man who
has the good and welfare of his party at
heart respect and work under such leader?
l don't think he can. Such is the man
elected by the Sussex Republican COM
mittee Tuesday. l have heard numbers of
Republicans. men who are good workers
and have large influence say since his cleo
ton, Never will Ibe led by that man."
REPUBLICAN,.
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TAxEs, rAxFs, 3

In our local columns will be- found
the summary of the assessment for
New Castle county as made by the
| Levy Count, by hundreds. It is ex-
ceedingly interesting and may be
studied with profit. 1t divides the as
sessable property, the white from the
colnred. The total white ronerty and
poll is sos ,577, ,132; negro property and
poll 50, ,056, ,U7S. The lax rate was fixed
at GO cents on the hundred dollars, 42
cents for county purposes, and cents
for poor, making the county tax $242,-
059 6S, and tie poor tax S46, LOG. 30.
The rate is the same as last year, but
the assessed value is increased by
nearly million dollars.
.On the property Of colored people 30
cents extra ON the hundred dollars has
been assessed for school purposes, max
ing sc, ,168 for their schools. Under
the present laws as interpreted by the
tax collectors this sum is added to the
poll taxes aud must be paid before the
tax receipt is forth coming, and not
always then. The white man gets his
tax receipt free, very often-if he
.votes "right.''
1t would be more interesting to know
what per centage of this amount falls
by the wav side in cost of collecting,
actual and created, and that creeps into
the little channels which do not benefit
the general public. Politics aside. it
appears to US that our system of taxa
tion is most expensive, too many fin
gers in the pie and all getting slice.
This is the time to demand a change
through the new Constitution.
But this is not all the taxation, as
people coming here from other States
naturally suppose. There is the road
tax! the school taxi the State license
tax! the municipal tax. Putting these
taxes together they are heavy, and it is
a fair criticism that the people get very
little for the money they pay. In addi-
tion to this the business people pay fees
that the Court House officials may
draw annual salaries of $4,000, S., 900,
or $4,000, and for a period of five
years. This is wrong, but if the peo-
pie let the politician and the lawyers
manipulate their affairs as they have
done in tht past they will continue to
pay them, and to pay an increase.
If the State or the county had d
system OF assessment and taxation, and
of collecting, say semi-annnal payments
with rebates for early settlements, and
with fair salaries to sufficient cleri-
cal force to do the work we venture
the prediction that 25 per cent. of this
amount could and would be saved to
the people. To save one-quarter of a
million of dollars annually should at
tract the attention of the tax payers.
And we believe this is true. Not that
e-fourth of the taxes now actually
paid is squandered, but that the pres
ent losses in assessment, favored
.alues to favo.e people.and non-as ss,ed
polls, with extra cost of collection, etc.
with the fees that should bslong to
the county treasury, more than make
up the difference. This is no political
view, but a common sense look into |
the matter Of taxation. When dele
gates are nominated and elected to the |
Constitutional Convention No citizen
should lose sight Of these statements. |
Middletown transcript., 1896-07-04
; CLOTHING DEPARTMENT.

Boys apiece Suits age6 H. fine mixed Cheviot this
suit worth $500 at $3.50.
| md dBanF Free suit
Boys apiece Suits age to ID, made of fine Cassimeres
and mixed Cheviots, well worth 5000, at 1910.
|
Boys apiece Suits age to made of fine Blue Mixed
Csssimeres, we'll worth $500, at ST. 5o
400 pairs Boys Knee Pants, age4 to I 1oc $Ioo.
Young Mems Suits age IS to 49, al-woo Oxford Mixed
suits, Browns and Grays. $500
Young.Men's Suits. age IS to 49, awoo made of Blue
Brown and Gray Cheviots and Clays, at $3.50.
Mems Suits fine Neat Striped suit worth 81 5o at $48s
Woman's French Kid Patent Leather tips welt and
hand trimmed Solos, no better Shoes sold at 81 90 at
$500
Woman's Imperial Kid Button and Lace needle and
round toes Tans and Black, $3.50 this pair instead of
$3.50.
Woman's Imperial Kid button Shoe. has Patent Tips
ard plain toe, Needle and Round toes stitched edge
$500 instead of $3.50
Womans Dongola Kid Shoe, button patent leather tips
long narrow tips $3.50 instead of $500.
Womans Dongola Kid Shoe button patent leather tips
that still call cheap at so here at $L25.
Woman's Dongoa Kid Shoes patent leather tips Soc
instead of ST. CO.
The talk of the Town.
Have you $500 Oxford Shoes for Ladies?
made in Black and rich Brown Colored leather they
beauties, Compare them with any shoe at $500.
Oxford Ties for Ladies 5oc to $500. Misses soc to
$I25 IN tans aed blacks. Chidern's SOC to 75c, in
tans and blacks
Chldren's Patent Vamp Sandals:
to 85c
81 to II ooc
III to $Loo
1000 yards Unbleached Muslin Remnents
yards piece yard wide, worth g. cents
Chldrens White ribbed Vests good value at &C. here at
4c or for &c.
Ladies Ribbed Vests low neck sleeves good value
Sc here at Ioc or for a 25c.
Nq1ANNHHInlAANlANNNH|~
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MONEY GOOD As THE BEST.

The money of the United States and
every kind or form of it, whether Of
paper, silver or gold, must be as good
as the best in the world. It must not
only be current at its full face value at
home, but it must be counted at par in
any and every commercial center of
the globe. The sagacious and far-see-
ing policy Of the great men who founded
our government, the teachings and