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Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25
Republican State Convention!

A State Convention of the Republican
Party of the State of Delaware will be held at
Dover, on Tuesday, May the 18th, A, D., 1898,
At u o'clock A. M, for the purpose Of selecting
Republican National Convention to convene
at the city of st. Louis, in the State of Mis-
souri, on Tuesday, the a6th gay of ~ June nsatl
and Weep President of the United States; and
also for transacting such other business as
may properly come before the convention.
The convention at Dover win consist Of one
among the several districts Of the state as
follows: Forty l4O) delegates to be chosen
from the First district; thirty eight l3s) de-
forty t4G delegates to be chosen from the
Third district; forty-two t42l delegates to be
chosen from the Fourth district. The said
delegates shall be appointed among the
several b-divisions Of each district as here
tofore.
And further, it is ordered that the modes
of the election of ofdelegates shall be as follows:
The Republican voters shall assemble at the
sions on Saturday, the 9th day of May next,
= and shall organize by electing three (3l
judges to conduct the election, who shall
lots. The election shall shall BEL Be held f between @
the hours of p. m. and 8 p. M, the polls to be
open continuously in each sub division for a
that the committees OF the several districts
may name the places and hours for holding
such election.
Printed notice of this call, and of the details
for carrying it into effect, shall be duly made.
Upon closing the polls the judges shall
publicly count the votes and make out certi-
fcates Of election in duplicate; one whereof
shall be delivered to the delegates elected and
the other shall be mailed forthwith to the
secretary of the State Central Committee.
At the said election voters without regard
TO past political Affiliations, who believe in
Republican principles and endorse the Re
pu5lican policy and pledge themselves to
vote the Republican ticket only, shall be
allowed to vote.
JAMES II. WILSON, Chairman
II. c. BROWNE, Secretary.
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at 10 o'clock a. M.

The following described real estate, viz:
All that certain tract or parcel of land, to.
gether with twO-story frame dwelling house
frame granary with shed attached, frame
stable @.-wfth shed attached, frame
chicken-house, and frame shed thereon
erected, situate in Pencader hundred, county
Of New Castle and State of Delaware, boun-
ded and described as follows towit;
Beginning at a corner white oak, which is
also corner of land late of Matthew Aiken,
deceased, and running thence by the same
north, ~ degrees west, 147 perches to a col ner
white oak, standing in the line of land late
of Robert Middleton; thence with the same
cornerstone, and north ~ degrees west So
perches toa stone set on the south OF the
road leading from Aikenton to Elkton. which
is also corner OF tract of land late Of John
underwood; thence by the same south. 85L
degrees west, Il perches to a cornerstone of
land late Of Ann Dawson; thence by the said
Dawson,s land south 81 degrees east, 200
or late OF James TRAVIS; thence by the same
and landtnoM Or late Grif1ith Griffith. north
S51a degrees, I55a perches to the place of be-
ginning, containing $50 acres, more or less
excepting out of the aforesaid tract such part
thereof as was sold to the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal Company for the feeder and
main canal, including perches of the sides
lnereoi, "a ana the land which would have been,
In the event OF making the said canal covered
with water; also excepting thereout a
corner lot conveyed by one William Thonp-
son and wife to David Chambers, containinp
about three acres, be the same more or less
Seized and taken in execution as the
property OF Thomas Lindell and to be sold by
PAUL GILLIS, Sheriff.
sherifrs Office, Wilmington, Delaware.
April 22d, 1896. "-,s7' -
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HR WANTS Ir.

evil William 7. Watson be satis-
| Hed to go out OF political life with the
title of acting Gousrnor?. has been
asked by manya Democrat since May
9th last. Many of bis friends have
said that be would. but his appoint
ments have said that he would not,
they having every Indication of being
made with the view Of a nomination
that shall omit the "acting" from his
title, a title SO persistently fastened
upon him by the Democratic press.
The TRANSCRIPT can answer the
question and set at rest, or disturb
the more as the hopes and wishes may
incline, the Democratic mind on this
point.
Every Delinquent Tax Receiver id
New Castle County was re-appointed
by the Levy Court this, spring except
Mr.. j. Frank McWhorter, of ST.
Georges hundred. Why was thisp No
one doubts Mr.. McWhortel's democ-
racy for it is of the purest type; it is
the kind that commands the respect of
the whole people, Republicans as veil
as Democrats. and does not call for
apologies. Mr.. McWhorter belongs to
the class of Democrats who will not
stoop to dishonorable things even to
win vic ory, but i: is not the special
Office of the TRANSCRIPT to explain
thewherefore of Mr.. McWhorter's be-
ing turned down for Mr.. Cleaver, the
present Receiver of Delinquent Taxes
and the Registrar of 1894 and for 1896.
Yet hereby hangsa tale. There was.
resentment in the hundred over the
treatment of Mr.. McWhorter, though
personally we have not heard of his
saying anything about it. But there is
opposition to the Cleaver methods and
It showed itself in strong protest
against his re-appointment as Regis
trar with petition for another man, a
1CLuOCAoU ANPiCoCntluS duObuCt CiC.
ment. That petition and protest had
weight with Governor Watson, acting
Governor as the Democratic press call
him, and there was every indication
that Mr.. CIeaver would be turned
down for Registrar. Mr.. Cleaver was
SO informed and to secure the appoint
ment he pledged a solid delegation
for William T. Watson to the DEM
ocratic State Conventions. The prom
ise fixed the appointment, and the ap-
pointment puts Mr.. Watson openly in |
the gubernaiorial race. How the Dem
ocrats in St. Georges hundred like the |
dickering in their votes is a question
they will answer at the primaries. It
is not an affair Of the TRANSCRIPT 81
except to give the public the news. We
give tie facts.
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THE COURTS DENY TT.

"The defeat (of the Wilmington city
ticket) was due largely to the super
iority of the Democratic ticket and to
the fact that the Republican ticket was
nominated by fraudulent means''-
EUery EUening.
But the courts deny it. and the
Esery EUening knows it. That paper
dare not name the charges that were
made-in court we mean-knowing
they will show its assertion false. But
even the charges brought were thrown
out of Democratic court, before Dem
ocratic judges. by Democratic officials.
Were these men false to their oaths to
uphold the law? The Eoery Evening
says SO indirectly; it is too cowardly to
make direct charge.
We know but little personally Of the
two tickets, but that little proves to
us that the defeat was not due to the
ticket, the nominees were all right; it
was due to false charges, persistently
made and not refuted with the same
persistency. Tha is the cause of the
defeat.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25
KENT COUNTY.

The artificial ice plant at Dover has beer
repaired and was put in operation thi,
| week.
Charles Blackston, colored. aged 2l, wa.
killed some time Saturday:.nigh at the Full:
ton Street crossing of the Delaware Railroad
In Dover.
The poles for the tel eplIone line between
Georgetown, Milford and Dover have been
erected, and the line will be in working
order in a few days.
The trouble is ended between the Milford
Neck and Tub Mill charges on Houseton Cir
cult and. Rev. w. E. Tompkinson. These
two charges objected to the return of the
pastor and refused to receive him. Presid-
ing Elder Adams has therefore pla ced these
two churches on the Frederick charge un-
der Rev. ia. H. O'Brian, and the injunc-
ton case will doubtless be abandoned.
Frank Brockson and Reynolds Cook
of FELTON,, own tremendous hog. An
exchange says the animal of the Berkshire
breed; is little more than years old, is
far from fat, and yet is estimated to weigh
HOO pounds. He is very active on his feet,
and his big frame could stand at least three
hundred pounds Of fat. He is named in
honor OF. the Claymont millionaire gas king,
y. Edward Addicks." and measures as
Length ef hodr 22 inches. o;rtb
of body. "A inches; height at shoulder, 40,
inches. E
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MY MAnYLA xD.

Ii
Mr.. Thomas Malialieu is critically i'll /
his home in Millington.
The outlook for big peach crop in KEN
county is most encouraging at this time.
Gov. Lowndes has signed the death war.
rent of James, Henry Truss Eho will be
hanged in Ekton on Friday, June 26.
A workman employed on the P. w. & B
R. R. near Elkton received sunstroke on
Saturday and died from it in few hours.
He was native of Denmark, aged 90.
The annual report of the Kent county
treasurer shows larger amount of taxes
in default this year than eyer before since
the inauguration of the treasurer system
In 1890. The amount in default is nearly
s., 1000.
The new prohibition law of Kent county,
is most stringent. 1t not only prob hibits, un-
der heavy penalties, any one from selling
liquor, but prohibits the sfeeping Of it BY
any one to be used by others. The exhi5-
ition of government license is made
proof of violation of the law. Druggists
are permitted to sell upon physicians pre-
scriptions, but under rigid regulations.
A small house in Concord, eight miles
south of Denton, was struck by Tightening
Sunday night and burned. The house
was occupied by Mrs. Joanna Vallient, the
teacher Of Concord public school. Most
Of the furniture was saved, but all the
clothing and books belonging to Mrs.
Yalient, and her daughter were destroyed.
Judge " icks says, in the Kent Court
that the cost trivial Of prosecutions is an
imposition on the tax payers. A man wa
This week tried at Cheste rtown for stealing
. shirt valued at .25 cents, the costs of the
case were probably $3.50. A number of such
Eases having appeared ccasioned the
Judges rebuke because they were allowed |
% be brought into court.
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VIM. B. Sharp ( Co
FOURTH and MARKET SITS.
Wilmington, Del.

We are making a special
offer in special priced stock
ings.
Ladies Black one scanned
stockings, spliced sole and toe,
regular 25c per pair; special
sale price, 8 pairs for Soc.
Children's Seamless Ribbed
Stockings, spliced knee, heel
and toe; special sale price, 12ac
per pair-fast black.
Ladies' Lisle Thread Stock
.ings, plain and drop stitch,
Onyx black; special sale price,
25c per pair.
Gentlemen's Eisie Thread T
Stockings, Onyx black and
extra fine cotton, with white
soles; special sale price, 25c.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25

The attention of tea cheers, and Of
their older pupils. is invited to the Ex-
animation Forms now appearing in the
TRANSCRIPT. Last week the one given
was used in Kent county in January
last; the one this week comes from
Sussex. The forms are interesting by
way of comparison and may be given
to advanced pupils. especially certain
of tine questions and problems. Cut
them out and preserve for future use.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25
NJ EN, WOMEN and BOYS
= believe ins our clothing.
The number of such believers
|inereasss SO The Business
!gro#s.

&c. ll.;ss.. g aA' ss'iaE.'
We are determined to hold
and increase their. present
trade II BY, enlarging the number
of confding clients.
Garments as they should be.
prices better than you could
expect--thus the Spring Cloth
ing trade opens.
Mems Suits range from
i IS all-wool-to $500.
Forty styles of Mems Suits
at $1,000; black clays, serges,
worsted, cheviots, eassimerest
and others.
Fifty styles of Mems Suits
at $12 90, in all the newest
fabrics.
Fifteen styles of Mems Suits
at $500.
All-wool Black Clay dag
onal Suits, $3.50.
All-wool Black Cheviot Suits
$500
Mems Trousers, Is cents to
$500.
An absolutely fresh stock
throughout.
Boys Clothing.
Ideal conditions = perfect
light a perfect stock and fair
price make the atmosphere of
our Boys Clothing Store.
Would you know the re-
source-read the following
Boys Suits, ages S to Is.
More than a hundred styles
from l.50 to $3.50, and every
one Of them all wool.
Refer Suits, ages 8 to s.
Twenty styles, all have deep
sailor collars, handsomely
braided. $3.50 to $500.
Junior Suits, 8 to8.
Twenty-Five styles, some
with sailor collar, some without
all nicely braided and trim
med, $l.5O to $500.
Sailor Suits, 8 to 10.
Twenty styles in fannels,
serges; che viots and cloths, all I
nicely trimmed, some with long
pants, $l.50 to $500.
The high standard of our !,
Boys Clothing are features
hat you cannot properly ig-
lore.
We have a great line Of :
Bicycle Suits, too, $500 to :
900.
Store open evenings.
Strictly one price, and if
dissatisfied with your purchase e
ze will return your money. s.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25

The following described Real Estate, viz:
All that certain farm or tract of land. sjtu
ate in st. Georges hundred, New Castle
County and State of Delaware, bounded on
from McDonough to Port Penn; on the east
by land Of David Higgins; on the northwest
BY marsh Of Isaac Woods and Isaac n. Van
y andegrfft, of William Bennett and Others.
on the east by meadow land of Leonard a.
vandegrift and Of William Diehl, formerly
OF Adam Diehl and by upland of Wilson y.
Vandegrift and of Leonard G. vandocrift.
containing l50 acres ofland more or less,
Seized and taken in execution as the pro-
Richard Eaton, deceased, mortgagor. and the
said Alpheus Eaton, Joseph Shippers and
sarah I: Simpers, his wife, and the said
Joseph Slmpers guardian of Anna Rebecca
Eaton, It's. To be sold by .
PAUL GILLIS, Sheriff.
,sherif7s Office Wilmington, Delaware. April
14th, 1888. " = AfAA1
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ADDICKs, nrsoLUrIoNs.

4
ADDICKs, RESOLUTIONS.
John Edward. ddicks, of New Cas-
tie county, has been named by the Ex
ecntive Committee OF Kent as one Of /
committee Of three to prepare and sub
NIT resolutions to the Committee OF
Resolutions Of the State Convention
A fair presumption for such an I'M
usual course is that Mr.. Addicks ma.
wish to introduce matters in such 1
form that no resident of Kent woult
care to, or else submit planks that ar
| in especial harmony with his point o
| view and his canvass. Probably hi
resolutions will read somewhat as fol
lows:
WE, the Addicksites OF Delaware, II
State, Convention asse mbled, proud.
reafirm our adherence to those princi.
Piles of rule or ruin. Addicks or nobody,
bargain and sale by which the voter il
corrupted, party rule defed, and ths
free will of the people made subordi
nate to the pleasure Of the high lore
protector who furnishes the cash.
Resolved, that we point with pride te
the courage. unselfish devotion, high
patriotism and stainless public record
of our leader, John Edward Addicks
who with untiring energy and great
loss of cash has fought Democracy,
and having overcome it with its own
weapon, has since fallen upon Rspub-
licans.
Resolred, that the delegates chosen
by this convention to represent Della
ware at st. Louis have no preference
as to candidate TO be there chosen,
but are expressly instructed to act un-
der the direction of ]. Edward Addicks
to the end that his personal advance
ment may be secured by intrigue or
bargain with some more powerful poll
tician or delegation.
Resolved, that certain persons hav-
ing pledged their political support to J.
Edward Addicks, part should be con-
strued to mean the whole, and that
this great legal and moral principle
should be embodied in the fundamental
law of our State by the Constitutional
Convention.
Resolued, that the preservation of
free institutions depends upon the un-
disputed control Of the people by one
man, through money.
Resolued, that our thanks are espec-
tally due to Messrs. Handy, Moore,
Ball and Robbins for their patriotism
In their determined stand, in the hour
of peril, against the wishes of the great
majority Of the Republican party. Our
undying thanks are due to them and to
Governor Watson for their successful
conspiracy 10 defeat the will of the
people who elected them.
Resclred, that while we disagree
with Democrats as to the election OF
Mr.. Addicks to the u. s. Senate, we
do stand shoulder to shoulder with
them in their patriotic efforts to. pre-
vent the seating of Col. DUPONT, and
to the involved contention that Mr..
William T. Watson was and is both
Governor and Speaker of the Senate.
. Resolved, that in bi-metallism lies
The financial safety of the masses of
Delaware. Gas stock, convertible at |
the will of the holder, into either gold |
Dr. silver, is safe medium Of exchange |
between the briber and the bribed. |
Public sentiment converted into cash
s also recon mended.
On the foregoing principles we con-
identity expect great victory in Della
ware this fall.
N. B.-Resolved. Addicks or no.
,ody. ."-NeWs and Advertiser.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25

Frank Watts is still quitesick.
ASabbath school was organi ia atUn
ion church on Sunday.
Mr.. W. W. Salmon and wife. Of Chicag,
spent Sunday with his parents here
The attemptto drive we'll at the cream
cry was failure. An open we'll had tpb'
dug.
Mr. s L .TinIey is putting up new
fence in front of his property on Commerce
street.
Mr.. John Naylor has improved his dwell.
ing by PARTING and adding new from
fence.
Mr.. G. M. Outen. of FELTON,, formerly
principal ofour public school. was in town
on Saturday.
Miss Mary Wiswell. of Wilmington, has
been spending a--few days with friends in
this vicinity.
The Eradelphian Society will hold a
Strawberry Festival ON Wednesday eve
ming, May Goth.
Miss Burnett. of Ohio, one ofthe National
W. G. T. Q. workers gave two very inter-
esting addresses here on Sunday.
Mrs. Kate Atwell and Mrs.-L. j. Smith
were the delegates from this union to the
New Castle Co. Wet. u. convention
held at Mt. Salem ON Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. B. Maloney celebrated
their twentieth wedding annive rsary OH
Monday evening Apr. Goth. There were
one hundred and seyenty-fve friends
present. the majority of whom were from
Townsend and vicinity Those from other
towns were, Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Wiswell,
Miss Emily Finn. Mr. and Mrs. George
Collins, of Wilmington; Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Maloney and Miss Lizzie MaIo-
ney, of New Castle; Mrs. James Denning,
of Red Lion; Miss Lucy Lester. of St.
Georges; Mr.. and Mrs. James Collins, Mrs.
VIM. Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Barnett
and Mrs. Parvis, of Middletown; Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. L. Townsend, ofOdessa; Mrs.
Frank Jester. of Delaware City; Mrs NJ.
H. Roe, of Smyrna. All present seemed
to spend pleasant evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Maloney were the recipients ofmany
presents bothuseful and beautiful and also
of many kind wishes for the future.
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25
GLOVES

Ladies' Tan and Black
Taffeta and Tan and Black
Lisle Thread at 25c per pair.
We have these popular gloves
in fine assortment. Having
sold them for years with per-
feet salts faction to our GUS
toners for many years ladies
can buy them with confidence
as to their wearing qualities.
Ladies' Black Silk, woven
tips-every pair accompanied
with a guarantee ticket 80,
75c and 81 per pair.
Ladies Silk Gloves in W hite,
tans, states, modes and light
gray with black stitching, SOC
per pair. /
White Chamois, elegant
quality, 75c per pair.
White Kid, fine quality, |
with black stitching, 81 per
pair.
Our assortment Of Kid
Gloves is most complete in the
new Spring shades.
They are in the best stan-
dard and tried makes of finestl
French production.
Puritan, hooks and but
toned, 81.
Bertholdi, hooks and
buttoned, $l.25.
Plymouth, hooks and
buttoned, $3.50.
Ask for any one. of these
shree makes and you are sure
o be suited.
A splendid opportunity to
'uy embroidered Piques at a
Eleven hundred yards in !,
he very handsomest styles
uch as we always sell for zoe {
'er yard. We shall offer in
engths Of from 2 to 20 yards
+ 10 cents per yard.
I'M. B, SHARP & ca. Il
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Atlctioneeri

am prepared to call sales Of Real Estafe
ana fersonaI Property--Be glad to give i3rieea
or reference TO any that are going to make 8
D. r. HUTcHIsoN
dec ~ Townse nd, nel
Middletown transcript., 1896-04-25
PARTISAN, BIPARTISAN OR NON
pA PITS NJ

PARTISAN, BIPARTISAN OR NON
PARTISAN. s
At a meeting of the Oranges of Sus.
sex county, April IA at Georgetown,
two-thirds of the Oranges having rep
resentatives present, the following pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted:
| "WHEREAs, The General Assembly
of the State of Delaware In. the act
providing for Constitutional Conven-
tion did recommend In said Act, that
the two leading political parties of the
State make such provisions and ar
rangements as tLat the members of
said Convention to be elected from
each county shall be equally divided
between the said two political PARTIES;
therefore, be it
Resolued, That we favor the recon-
mendations so made by the General
Assembly and do hereby pledge our
support and cooperation in securing
equal representation in said Conven-
tion from the two leading political par
ties in the State, and that some formal
and definite action may be taken by the
citizens of this county. Be it further
Resolved, That meeting of all citi-
zens throughout the county, having an
abiding interest in the welfare Of the
State, irrespective of party affiliations.
will be held at the Court House in
Georgetown, May 5th, at / O'Clock D.
m., for the purpose OF adopting meas
ures whereby the aforesaid recommen-
dation of the General Assembly may
be carried out"
Phineas Taylor Barnum said that
the American people like to be hum
bugged, and Barnum was wise in his
day and generation. That the farmer
is the victim of sharpers, is told daily,
and for fear that be may see this trick
and 4shun 1t before it is too late the
Pilot, the only paper in the STATE hav-
ing the gall to deplore the fact that at
last convention has been called, tries
to raise shield to protect the real in
tentions Of the men who have all the
tirrS opposed any changes in the con-
stitution. 1t said:
ssThere is no doubt but that the op-
ponents of bipartisan convention
will attempt to convey an impression
among the Oranges that the Democrats
are favoring the movement of an equal
political delegation for the purpose Of |
the intentions of The people.
We are warranted In stating that such
an insinuation is unjust and unfounded, |
The sentiment as expressed by many
leading members of the party has been
uniformly in advocacy of honestly |
carrying out the will of the people.n
The Pilot in pleading not guilty,
sven before the charge is made, shows
its guilt. In its eagerness to play sue
the three card monte trick it
gives away the game. The
Changers should take warning. The
deal convention is now partisan but a
bipartisan convention means that the
Democrats will not give the people any
II the reforms they seek. They have
lad the power for thirty years to call
convention; they nave not done SO, but
rave defcated every amendment of
cred to the constitution and defeated
very effort to call convention. Now
hat 2 convention Is called they are
eeking seats in the body that they |,
nay destroy I'll that has been done to-
Yards the reforms 20 much needed II
ibis is our conviction, . conviction
hat restsl upon thsir past conduct
Gnngeu, ponder ven before you aet !