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Middletown transcript., 1897-09-04
rha clover Mite.

This mite first came into prominence
as an invader of houses, but it had been
known earlier as an enemy of fruit and
shade trees and forage plants, its occur
renee on clover, particularly in the mid
die states, being indicated in its name
of clover mite. From the United States
department Of agriculture come some
hints as to preventiyes, etc: The pro
lection of fruit trees is comparatively
easy where the winter is chiefly passed
in the egg state, as in Colorado or other
elevated or cold districts. The eggs may
be destroyed in winter by applying kero-
sene emulsion to the trees at about twice
the ordinary strength-viz, diluted with
five parts Of water. Such an application
also in the warmer latitudes will be Of
almost equal value as protection to
fruit trees, since it will reach what eggs
there may be and also many Of the
mites secreted in the cracks Of the bark.
1t is much more difficult matter to
protect clover and other grasses from
the mites, except as 1t may be possible
to spray in winter the trees, fences,
etc., ON or in which the mites may be
alternating in the vicinity of lawns.
Their entrance into houses in fall
may be prevented by spraying the lower
portion of the building, walls, etc.,
with pure kerosene as often as need be
and also spraying the lawns immedi-
ately about the building with kerosene
emulsion nine times diluted. The mites
may be destroyed after they have gained
entrance to the house by the free use Of
buhach or pyrethrum powder or burn
ing birthstone.
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PARTIAL solLINo.
Advantages of This System Enumerate,
by Successful Ohio Farmer.

Advantages of This System Enumerated
by Successful Ohio Farmer.
Perhaps the greatest advantage in
partial soiling, when viewed from the
dollar standpoint. is the great saving Of
land. Many farmers who have never
given this subject any thought are slow
to believe this, but it is well known to
every one that an acre Of good clover
and timothy well cured into hay will
furnish rouah feed for horse or cow
for the five or six months Of winter ;
that it requires more feed to keep an
animal In cold than in warm weather;
that it requires two or three acres to
furnish good pasture for the animal all
summer, and then the supply is precari-
ous should the weather be very dry.
Every authority to which have had ac-
cess agrees that an acre Of soiling crops
is equal to about three of pasture. Ny
own experience Of about seven years
leads me to believe that this is quite
correct. Thus writes an Ohio CORE.
spondent of Country Gentleman. Fol-
lowing are additional extracts from his
communication:
This saving of land alone will pay
for cutting and feeding the crops. If it
is true that one acre of soiling crops is
worth three Of pasture-the question of
pay hinges on this-wiu the rent Of two
acres of fertile, high priced land pay
for cutting and feeding out the soiling
crops grown on one acre? Certainly no
man who thinks he has not land enough
should hesitate for moment to practice
soiling, partial soiling at least, instead
of trying to rent or buy more land.
There are many other reascis III IA
vor Of this method of feeding live stock,
only one Of which 1 shall mtation in
this article. It is a we'll known lAct
that the comfort of any animal has
great influence on its general health
and thrift. The animal that has no
other supply of food than that obtained
from a short pasture, that must hunt
almost night and day for scanty sup
ply Of food, that is exposed to the burn
ing sun and tormented by flies, cannot
pay its owner much dividend either in
milk or growth. How different with
the one that has an abundance of sue
culent food placed before it and still
has the liberties of pasture fieldl
This system of partial soiling is one
Of the main things that helped the
writer to get out of debt, to make a
good farm out of piece of worthless
swamp, to make some improvements
each year and TO live better and enjoy
more of life
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Tenancy In Maine.

According to statistics furnished in
The New England Homestead, "more
than 90 out of every 100 farms in the
state Of Maine are worked by their own
owners and only 1859 per cent are occu-
pied by tenants. This is better exhi-
bition than is made by any other state
in New England If not in the country.
More than half (52.98 per cent? Of the
families occupying other homes (not on
farms) are tenants.
s'Maine also makes a splendid show
ing regarding mortgages ON her farms.
The average amount of the mortgages
made during the last decade was only
$647 per farm, which is less than al
most any other state and only half as
much as the average for the whole
United States, while less than one In
four Of all the farms in the state is
mortgaged."
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News and Notes.

Lime is used not to add to the soil,
but to. improve its condition.
It has been decided at the Massachu-
setts station that II per cent of the
toad's food is composed of insects and
spiders beneficial or indirectly helpful
to man, 1S per cent of insects and other
animals directly injurious to cultivated
crops or In other ways obnoxious to man.
American Agriculturist says that for
late forage a mixture Of barley and peas
is superior to oats and peas. as the bar
ley attains much greater height than
the oats and remains in good condition
until killed by freezing weather.
The secretary of agriculture has is
sued a notice that the contagious scab
exists among sheep in the United States,
and that it is a violation of law to
transport any stock affected with said
disease from one state or territory to
another.
American plows are used now pretty
much all over the world.
Crimson clover is strongly advocated
as catch crop to be sowed in all culti-
waited crops at last cultivation.
The advantage Of crimson clover az q
winter clover Is recognized.
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IN THE APlARY.
Rhe Distance Bees Go For Forage Frcm
Choice,

Rhe Distance Bees Co For Forage FROM
Choice.
Suppose pasturage is unlimited In
all directions, about what distance will
bees go for foragel In other words, how
far will bees go from ohoice?" These
queries was answered as follows in The
American Bee Journal:
A. r. Brown-From one to two miles.
G. M. Doolittle - From one to six
miles.
Rev. M. Mahin-From one to two
miles, + think.
Mrs. L. Harrison-I should think
about two miles.
Eugene Secor-Not more than half q
mile. (This is theory
DR.. @. @. Miller don't know; may
be half mile to mile.
Professor A. J. Cook-I think they
will go very little distance nnless re-
quired to do SO.
e. France-Very few go over one
mile. If pasturage is scarce, they will
60 six miles
DR.. J. P. 81. Brown-They will 60
three and four miles, but two miles is
as far as they usually go.
J. A. Green-At a guess should say
that not many would go over a mile u
they could find an abundance nearer
home.
G. W. Demaree-Not further than
one mile by natural inclination, but
they will follow up bee pasture for sew
eral miles sometimes.
Charles Dadant & Son-Not to ex-
ceed 1 II miles. They prefer level trip
and will go farther where the land Is
unbroken and even.
James A. Stone Bees will. go no
farther than they are compelled to- I
think they only go to a distance because
they find the nearer territory over
worked.
DR.. A. B. Mason-I don't know
'thow far bees will 60 from choice"
but / know they will go three miles
profitably, but where ''pasturage is un
limited" their ''choice" might be to stay
near home.
Emerson 7. Abbott do not know.
They generally go "from choice" let
the distance be long or short. If you
do not believe it, you just try once to
make them go where they do not choose
to 60.
P. II. Elwood-I don't know, but I
do not believe they fly a distance sim
ply for the sake of exercise. With album
dant nectar Of suitable consistency be-
lieve they would mostly alight within
half mile from the hive.
r. L. Taylor-It depends upon the
lay of the land, and whether the bloom
opens successively SO as to lead the bees
on. Ordinarily they go only far enough
to find good pasturage-i. g., flowers
not much visited by other bees.
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Forage Crops.

1t has been decided at the Cornell
station that the most valuable crop for
the production of late forage is corn,
and corn planted in hills is more valu-
able for feeding purposes than when
drilled or sown broadcast.
Oats and peas are second in value to
corn for the production Of forage. For
late forage barley and peas are recom-
mended.
Millets are valuable, and when fed
properly may be used without danger.
Crimson clover proved valuable for
late fall pasture and as a cover crop.
It's greatest value with us was from the
fact of Its storing up nitrogen so abun-
dantly,
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JQiddleIOWl BaIdWaIe House!
5 LARGEST STOCK (! LOWEST PRICES ! 5

+ HARVESTING GOODS.-Hay Forks, Lutr'cat:-r Oils,
Rope for Hay Forks, Moving Scythes and Swath ms,
&c, &c.
HOUSEHOLD GOODS.-Tubs. Buckets, Clothes Bas.
kets Ironing Boards Sad Irons Mrs Potts and the old stye
Brooms, Brushes Mops, &c.
SEASONABLE GOODS.-Lawn Mowers, Hedge Knives
Ice Cream Freezes Hammocks Croquet Sets Rubber Hose
and Reels Milk Pans Cream Kettes-Ths best and lowest
price and gallon Mak Cans and Strainey Pals ever
here Preserving Kettles Mason Fruit Jars, Fruit
Cans Wire Cloth Window Screens and Screen Doors Oil and
Gasoline StoOes in great variety from so to So
The Famous Missouri Steam Washer" recommended by
best housekeeper and washerwoman afford to be
without it. Gasoline and Coal OIL Agate Ware and Tin Ware
in large assortments.
Ranges and Cook Stoves, for coal Wood large
variety Lowest prices known here Ready Mixed
Paints of the best manufactures White Lead Lnseed OIL
Varnshes and Colors.
See No. T. fve-hole Range, at $12.OO
And our "New Flag Range, No. g. at $l6. %
We have the and will exchange the Goods for Dollars
at prices that will surprise you.
EDo DISCOUNT of TEN PER CENT. for
SPOT on a III RANGES COOK STOVES.
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It Pays to
ADVERTISE,

When there is something to
tell and back of it some
thing to sell.
as that Gard engraved
or printed :" asked a good
judge of stationery sometime
since. The questioner did
not know the work was done
in the TRANSCRIPT office and
was printed from some of our
new job type-the
Five Fonts Of New Script.
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Orchard Grass.

Whenever land is once seeded with
orchard grass. it is likely never after
to be entirely free from 1t. Orchard
grass Is an abundant seeder, and some
of its seeds will grow in the most I'M
likely places. Yet it is very far from
being weed and is very easily killed,
one plowing entirely destroying il. So
its persistency in growing wherever It
has been s0wn must be reckoned one OF
its good traits, as this valuable grass
probably takes the place that were it's
seeds not there TO grow would have been
occupied by some noxious weed. There
Is another fact about orchard grass chat
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Spring and
SunanerC Clothing

Is the largest in the city and is comprised
Of the products of the best mills in the
United States and abroad and in order to
move things lively we have put the knife
into our goods and have madea a deep cut.
As our special offering for the next 30
days we propose to furnish you with better
clothing than ever, and this, too, In the
face of very decided advances in the cost
of material and labor. Just look at our
prices
500 Mems Suits. at $500. sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
500 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
at $500.
800 Mems Suits at $1,000, sold elsewhere
at $1,000.
500 Mems Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
ct 5000.
800 Boys Suits at $3.50, sold elsewhere
at 5000.
300 Boys Suits at $500, sold elsewhere
ct $500.
$50 Children's Suits at $3.50 to $500, sold
elsewhere at double prices.
1000 Pair of Pants at $1.00 to $500.
Samples sent on application and esti-
mates cheerfully given.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

Middletown Council, No. 2, Jr. o. U. A. NJ.
Meets every Monday night in McWhorter's
Hall at O'Clock. 80
first Tuesday OF each month In Town HAL.
Meets every Thursday night In McWhorter's
M Damon Lodge, No. Il, x. OF r. Meets every
Wednesday night in McWhor9ers daii AZ
s o'clock.
Major John Jones Post, No. "a Y. a. T.
Meets every Friday night in Reynolds Build
Welcome Conclave Heptasophs. Meets
eyery second and fourth Friday night In ~
Union Lodge, No. q, A. o. U. w, meets every
I'd and 4th Tuesday night In McW norVcEs
Hall.
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News and Notes.
II all we hear is true, honey will be
abundant and bees plenty.

II all we hear is true, honey will be
abundant and bees plenty.
Celery grown by the new mode Of
close planting in beds, to render It self
blanching, requires very rich soil and
plenty Of water. Pour the latter on the
soil, not ON the plants.
There is a big wheat crop, with a
comparatively new market developed
for the surplus Of our country. Nearly
30 per cent of the wheat crop raised in
the Pacific coast states last year was ex-
ported 10 China and Japan. It is pre-
dicted that this trade will soon absorb
the entire wheat surplus Of the coast
states. All the foreign advices agree
that there is less wheat afioat for Eng
land at the present time than at any
previous time in the past ten years.
A shortage Of hops is indicated, not
ably In England.
It appears that there Ia slight de-
crease in the acreage Of rye this year In
comparison with last.
Corn oil, or maize oil, probably the
most important addition to the series Of
vegetable oils, Is essentially a product
Of American origin.
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Daily. Daily except Sunday.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Whining
ton and points north, or take passengers for
points south of Delmar.
s'f' Stops only ON notice to conductor or agent
or on signal.
.'p" Stops to leave passengers from points
ming and points north.
ZIP Stops to leave passengers from Middle
town and points south.
1T" Stops to let of passengers from points
south.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAIKs.-Leave
Wilmington l2.l0 q. m. and 9.6l M, daily,
8.l3, Ills, q. m 25l, $50 6I5, SIS, p. m, week
days. Leave New Castle $50 q. m. and 10 isp
M, daily. s.sl, 9.46, n.O2 q. m, LIS. 5 S6, 7.A
p. m, weekdays.
Express trains leaving Harrington 500 a. m,
and arriving at 6.26 p. M, Weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, xia. Porter
and Newark.
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makes it valuable-no other grass seed
ing makes an earlier bite for cows in
the spring and none grows 30 quickly
to the size that renders it suitable for
soiling purposes. But II not then cut
the orchard grass becomes dry and
woody and is very poor hay. -Ameri-
can Aariculturiat
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AWARE AVE STATION FOR
New YORK. Sesk.dsys e (. e .s1S $40, no m
days. 1913, +9.4O *ll25. a. m.*3.29, *5.22. " A.
Philadelphia, weekdays, 1918. SIS. $40.
ti22i, 10 tsas, fsSS, $50, t5@, 6so, T4s, s. 9i5
tll.OO p. m. Sundays, 1913, 7.S5, $50, ts4O
Il;25 tllS a. M, ts.2s, $50. t5.2z, $40, t7.48.
'dS Chester, Weekdays, 1918, 6.55, $40, r.i5,
s2s % 1929 e ts4S q ts2S S,l Liz 10 am 70
days. s sI o A o g. t ts4s III lib II Is m a. 5 sun
tS 29,S.5O, s q, 6 80, 7lS. els, tII.OO, D. m.
Atlantic City, weekdays, ills, a. M, t12.2l.
Cape May, weekdays, m, r.i5 am, tS:Ss,
m, Sundays, z .S5. a. m.
Baltimore and Washington, weekdays, f4.13
IA ls49 II g g. m tl2Ss la se4 t4 5a
a m, 112.56, 1907, t,04, t4.57, 1917 1858 p m
Baltimore and way stations. daily. no. a. m
N Newark, Del, weekdays, t41s, 7.lo, is.4s
t11 Z: M, tla5s sO4 t4 O8, t457, fsiS, 1856 tsi7.
Sundays, ta.ls: 7:IO. 1s.4s a. m. 1850 s.O4.
Pittsburg, weekdays t6.l6 p. M, Sundays
Chicago, daily, *t.n m.
Chicago via cucinnatl and indianapolis
tS.49 m daily.
Cincinnati and st. Louis. daily tl2.5s, and
Toledo and Detroit ss17 m daily to
Toledo and daley except Sunday to Detroit
New Orleans and Memphis via Bristol and
Chattanooga, 1917 pm. daily. Through Sleep
ers to Memphis and New Orleans.
Sfngerly accommodation, daily 7.l0. q. M,
3.04. 7.S5, l0.46 p. m: Sundays, 7.10 m 8.04,
7.35 p m.
Landenburg accommodation, weekdays.
7l0 1000, .. M, S04 4.57, p. m. Sundays. lO'
q. m, At, p. m.
Leave Market Street Station for
Philadelphia, weekdays, 3 80 IA
Baltimore. weekdays, ais 2 m ass p. m.
Landenburg and way stationH, week DAYS
6.45, 9.55, q. M, IS, 6.S5, p. m. srndays, G.55
O. m, 6.35 p. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Chestnut street
Station for Wilmington, weekdays, t3.s0, 6,l0
710, ISIS, 800, 10 26, u.30 a. IA, fls2a
.S6, 20o, $50 t42o. 49, IS. 16, t6.l, SEQ, $50
sundays. tSS0 fs,lS, 200, n.so, am,
t12ao. tl;S6. ZOO. t4.0, 1915, $50, t7,40
Telephone, l9S.
other line.
D. B. MARTIN Manager Of Passenger Tmfic
W M. GREENE. General Manager.
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Qettinr IA of Tree stumpa.

It Is not dificult 10 get rid Of tree
stump by first chopping OF some Of the
long roots with an ax and then digging
q deep hole near and with lever roll
ing the stump into the hole, thus bury
ing 1t. Il is By no means costly way
cf getting rid Of m expensive trouble,
says Meehan's Monthly.
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BRANCH ROADS.

DELAWARE, MARYLAND & VIRGINIA r. R.
Leave Harrington for Franklin City and way
stations 1899 m. weekdays, 6.32 y m Returning
train leaves Franklin City 500 O. m.. l42 Tues
days, Thurs and Saturdays only.
Leave Franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) l.30 p. M, week days Returning,
leave Chincoteague 4.42 q. M. weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown and Leves
Rehoboth at 1888 q. m, 632 p. M, Week-d days
Returning. leave Lewes 6.46 q. MS IL D. m.
weekdays and RehOboth 62S a m and 254 p
m weekdays.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1888 q. M wee K
days and 6.32 p.m., Returning, leave. Berlin 6.57
a m week days.
QUEEN ANNE KENT r. R.-Leave Townsend
for Centreville and way stations q a. M, and
$50 p. M. week days Returning, leave Centre
vile -36 a. M. and "a p. M, weekdays.
DELAWARE & CHESAPEAKE r. R-Leave Clay.
ton for Oxford and way stations 938 a. M, and
6.47p. m, week days Returning, leave Oxford
6.45 q. m, and 40 p. M, week-days.
CAMBRIDGE & SEAFORD r. K.-Leave Seaford
for Cambridge and intermediate stations ii. II q.
weekdays, and on Tuesdays, Thursdays and
aturdays J. 10 p. m. Returning, leave Cambridge
620a. M weekdays and 237 p. m. Tuesdays.
Thursdays and Saturdays
CoNNECTIoN.-At Porter, with Newark and
Delaware City Railroad. At Townsend, with
Queen Anne's & Kent Railroad. At CLAYTON
with Delaware & Chesapeake Railroad and
Baltimore e. Delaware Bay railroad At Har-
rington, with Delaware. Maryland & Virginia
Railroad. At Seaford, with Cambridge Seaford
Railroad. At Delmar, with New York, PhiIa-
delphia q Norfolk, Wicomico q Pocomoke. and
Peninsula Railroads.
j. B. HUTCHINSON. General Manager
J. R. WOOD. General Passenger Agent
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BANKS.

Peoples National Bank.-President, G.. w,
w Naudain; Cashier, Geo. d. Kelley; Teller.
w. q. Lockwood. Bank Building on East
Main Street.
Citizens National Bank.-President, Joseph
Biges: Cashier, John s. Crouch; Teller, 4.
Darlington. Bank Building on South Broad
Street.
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We Still Have Left
$25o,ooo Worth
CLOTHING!

Now is your OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES it.
Clothing will never be cheaper than at
present, and we are offering to-day greater
bargains than any other house in the city.
Call and be convinced.
1ur Stock of
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The Barley Crop.

According to returns made TO The
american Agricultural. there is q ma
serial enlargement Of the acreage Of
barley this year. New York Is the only
state east Of the Mississippi river In
which the gain is Of importance. In
the last few years there has been a
marked increase in the barley acreage
In California. Il Is believed that the
sotal product will prove decidedly larg-
er than that Of last year. The acreage
IN the United States approximates
4. zoo. 600 acres.
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Envelopesi 1T.s. n.~., Envelopes !
EnyelopesI HIIn FHIipr Envelopes !
Envelopes HUtu uFuls Envelopes I
Every Farmer,
Every Mechanic,
Every Merchant,
Everybody and all

Should use printed Enye-
lopes and Letter Paper. In
case of misdirected address
the letter is returned and the
reason is given. The TRAM
SCRIPT furnishes them neatly
printed almost as cheap as
you can buy them imprinted
elsewhere.
Does the TRANSCRIPT
furnish printed stationery !?
was asked this week by a
business man here. Certainly
we do" we resolved then and
there to advertise the fact.
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LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS.
Volunteer Hose Company, meets drst FRI
day night Of each month in Hose House.
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3. & O. Railroad.

Schedule in effect M ay 10th. 1857
All trains Illuminated with Pintsch Light
sExpress trains.
TRAINS LEAVE WILMINGTON. DEL
AWARE AVE STATION FOR
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rIiddletown Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.

President-G. w. w. Naudain; Secretary,
w. 8. Letherbury; Charles H. Howell.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-11-20
COUNTY COURT LAND SALE
NOTICE.

Pursuant to a decree of the County Court
of Blount County, Tenn, rendered at the
November Term, 1897, will sell to the
highest bidder at the Court House door in
Maryville, Tenn, on the day of Decem-
Der 1897, the following lands, situated in
District No g, Blount County, Tenn, con.
tanning Io2, acres, more or less, adjoining
the lands Of Theo. Clark, P. H. Clark,
Jasper Mitchell and others-Being the
Cowan lands.
Said sale will be made on a credit of and
IL months, in bar Of the equity of redemp-
ton, in the case offs. F. Cowan, ct al, VS..
J. Houston Cowan, ct al, the purchaser to
give note with good security, interest from
date of sale, and lein retained on said
land for the payment of the purchase money.
This list day of November, 1897.
Ben Cunningham,
CLERK.
Gates & Cunningham. SOILS.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-11-20
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
F. y. MOORE Pastor.

Next Sabbath the sermon and the
music will have special reference to
the Thanksgiving theme.
The entire congregation are earn
estly urged to be present at the mass
Thanksgiving service in the M. E.
Church next Thursday morning.
The Session have granted the re-
quest of Bartlett Hall Building Asso-
ciatian and have excused the Pastor
for a months tour in Ohio and lndi-
ana to solicit funds for the new Y. M.
C. A. and Gymnasium Building.
Members of the Faculty and visiting
ministers will conduct all regular ser.
vices during the pastors absence. He
expects to leave Nov. 22nd and re-
turn Dec. 18th.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1897-11-20

No drama ever contained grander
sentiment so admirably set IN wit and
humor than "Arthur Eustace; or a
Mothers Love-" to be presented at
Columbian Hall, Dec. end.
Thanksgiving Cakes, Pies etc. at
City Bakery. Leave orders a few
days before and you can get both
mince and pumpkin pies. 1t will save
you both money and wor
An Irishman, a Dutchman and
a Chinaman will furnish "oodlans" OF
fun at the Drama Dec. end.
S. T. Angel of Knoxville Tenn,
is still in the Sewing Machine bust
ness, and will sell you for less cash
than any other Dealer. Supplies for
all machines old or Improved. Write
him.
The young people of The NJ. E.
Church will give Musical, next Mon.
day night, Nov. 22nd. at the Church,
assisted by Mrs. Bartlett, Miss Perine
and Miss Grace Canadian. Admiss-
ion 10 cents.