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The Monitor-register., 1897-04-02
WOODSTOWN. N. ],
Executor's Notice.

DICHMAN COLES, Executor OF Anna A
IL Scott, dece ised, by direction of the
surrogate of the county of Salem, hereby
gives notice to the creditors of the said
Anna A. Scott, deceased, to bring in their
debts, demands Ind claims against the estate
of the said dece lent, under oath or affirma.
ton, within niue months from the date
hereof. or they will be forever barred OF any
action thereof against the said executor.
RlCHMAN COLES,
Dated Jan. 26, 1897. Executor.
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Humors, pimples, boils, are very
annoying. They quickly disappear when
the blood is purified by Hoods Sarsa.
parilla.
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One trouble 10 this country is that
there are too many men with cigarette
incomes smoking Havana cigars.
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Our own faces seen suddenly will
sometimes tell US things concerning our,
selves that we did not suspect before.
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Thonsands sufar from Catarrh or 40

l would sooner be a cat on hot bricks
or a toad under a harrow than let my
own children be my masters.
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Do moi wait for extraordinary circum-
stances to do good actions; try to use
ordinary situations.
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HOOPS PILLS aet tremendously with
Hoods Ssrsapariila. 25c.
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Never despise humble service; when
large ships run aground, little ia may
pull them off,
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No one dies of Pulmonary diseasre-the
result of cold, who takes '77'' in time is
for sale by all druggists, 20 cents.
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Get our prices for Job Work. Neat
work and low prices.
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SHERIFF'S SALE
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

IN CHANCERY OF NEW JERSEY.
Between
David Wiley, Executor of
Josiah Morris, decd, Fl. Fa.
Compl INFANT, for sale of
and Mortgaged
Emma ]. Newell and hus- Premises.
Defendants,
Writ dated February "a, 1897. Returnable
May term, 1897.
b me directed and delivered, viii be ex,
posed to public sale, on
SATURDAY, APRIL 8, A. D.. 1897
In front of the Court House, in the city of
Salem, N. j., between the hours of 70 and 5
O'Clock in the afternoon of said day, to-wit,
at 3 O'Clock, P. NJ.
All that certain farm and premises de-
scribed in several tracts of land and prem
Uses situate in the township OF Pilesgrove,
in the county of Salem and state of New
Jersey, and n and described as fol
lows, viz:
MOI. Contains 70 acres and was known as
the Bilderback farm and is the same prop
erty described as No. l in a certain deed
made by John II. Morris and wife and others
to Emma j. Newell, dated the second day of
February, eighteen hundred and s1xty-th'ee,
and recorded in Salem County Clerks
where a more particular description of The
same may be found.
No 2 being No; in said mortgage and in
said bill of complainant mentioned) con-
sists of 81 acres, more or less, bounded by
other lands of said Emma j. Newell and
others, and is the same premises which
Isaac v. Dickinson and Joseph K. Riley.
assignee, &C.. of Smith Ridgway conveyed
to said Emma j. Newell by deed dated
March "a. 1869. recorded in said Clerks Office
in Book No. 80 of Deeds, pages 8 and 10, by
smith Ridgway and wife by deed of record
in the last nBmed book, page, &C., as by ref
erence to all of said records will more fully
BENZ. B. wEsTCoTT, Sheriff.
C. H. SINNICKsoN, Solicitor.
Dated Salem, N. j., Feb. 26. 1891. 35
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VTANTED-Several faithful men or wo-
w men to travel for responsible estab-
lished house in New Jersey. Salary $3.50,
payable $I5 weekly and expenses. Position
permanent. Reference. Enclose self-ad.
dressed stamped envelope. The National,
Star Ruildinp. Chicago. 1913
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The First National Bank
OF ~WOODSTOWN.
CAPITAL $75. 900.
Surplus and Undivided Profits, $l73,OOO
RECEIVES in ANY SUMS

RECEIVES DEPOSITS IN ANY SUMS
Discounts Notes, Makes Loans, Collects
Notes, Coupons, Interest, &c, Executes
Orders for the Purchase and Sale of Secur-
titles, Issues Drafts on Foreign Countries,
Furnishes Circular Credits, &C., for Travellers,
Receipts tor and Safely Keeps Wills without
Charge, Rents Safety Deposit Boxes Pro-
tected by Best Fire and Burglar-Proot Work,
Automatics and Watchman.
JAMES BENEZET, President.
l+s9 VIM. 2. FLITCRAFT, Cashier.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
NEWS ITEMS.

Heavy frOsts prevailed in Michigan
during last Friday night.
General Azcarraga, the new Spanish
premier, announces that he is in accord
with Captain-General Weyler as tC
Cuba.
The high price of bread in France il
causing much distress among thepoor
and the government is urged to afford
relief by abolishing duties.
The phosphate works of l. p.
Thomas Sons & Co. ,at Paulsboro, N. j.
was destroyed by fire Sunday, entail
ing loss of $295,0OO
The eighth annual baby parade al
Asbury Park on Saturday was one Of
the great event of theseason. Not one
of the participants cried.
The police of Constantinople have
arrested two Armenians, at whose resi-
dents they found two bombs. The
prisoners confessed that they intended
to commit outrages by the use of these
bombs at the Russian and German en-
bassies.
Because his best girl Tilted him,
VIM. Rooney, in Philadelphia, Monday,
shot her and Alphonozo Picard, with
whom she was promenading. He de-
clared he intended to kill both of them,
as lie was tired of being made guy of
by the girl. He will be likely to have
his wish gratifed, by stretching
hemp for his misdeeds.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

For some weeks the daily papers
have contained long accounts of the
strike among the coal miners-One day
about to succeed, the next fail, etc.
the miners who had struck trying by
every means possible to force the
workers of other mines to do the same.
They had grievances to be remedied,
but just what we do not know. The
companies thinking their demands un-
reasonable, resisted, the chief claim
being that they had a right to employ
whOmsoever they pleased. What
looked like a success, has virtually,
through injunctiOns obtained by the
mine owners against the strikers,
turned into a defeat, and the strike
lost. This has brought new feature
in politics-the section embracing
western Pennsylvania, southern Vir-
ginia, Ohio and West Virginia. The
defeat is blamed on the injunctions is
sued by the courts against the inter
ference of the strikers with the work
ing miners.
An officer of the Ohio Valley Trades
and Labor Assembly stated that the
meeting of national labor leaders when
in session here, while the strike was
young, foresaw that this was the most
important feature of the present strug-
gle, except in SO far as it applied to the
miners directly, and that steps were
then taken to disseminate among or
ganized labor all over the country in
formation as to the necessity OF imme-
diate political action.
He declared that free silver, the tar
iff, and even immigration would be
dropped in the next congressional cam
paign so far as the labor organizations
are concerned, and that their full power
will be devoted to securing from Con
gress by constitutional amendment, OF
otherwise, as neceseitF |etates, a cur
tailment of the power of law courts and
the enactment of laws that will place
the labOrer before all courts without
prejudice. The question will be press
ed forward in the coming campaign,
and, if not brought to a successful
issue, will be presented again in the
year 1900.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

THE fancy was INDUCED, in getting
q new constitution, that the old poll
tax Chat of 70 being SO well remem-
bered) was abrogated as far as voting
was concerned, the Registration tax
taking its place, The Dover L'ader
takes a different view, and says "all
statutes and laws existing at the date
Of its promulgation, shall be continued
in full force and virtue unless in con-
fiict with its provisions" holds the
poll tax law is still in existence and
will subject the voter to imprisonment
if not paid, no matter if the Registra-
tion is paid. We quote:
The question now arises, however,
whether the language and intent of the
article in question totally extinguish
the poll tax, or whether it is affected
only so far as it bears on elective fran
chise. In other words, is not the poll
tax still a legally existing tax, as bind
ing as ell others, even though it is no
longer a necessary antecedent to the
ballot?
The meaning of the term 'spoll tax
signifies nothing more than a capita
ton tax-one levied upon the head OF
each individual or citizen, in contra
distinction to one levied according to
property or income. The new charter
expressly and specifically confers upon
the General Assembly the right to
create such q tax, and it is further de-
clared in the same instrument that all
statutes and laws existing at the date
of its promulgation shall be continued
in full force and virtue unless in con
flict with its provisions.
It must be noted that the poll tar
has not been looked upon by former
legistures as a tax to be paid or with
held according as the citizen was de
eirous to exercise, or was willing tC
yield up, the right of suffrage. II
short, it was not considered as merely
3 tax upon those who desired to vote
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
Dance and Card Party.

On Friday evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel p. Truax gave an enjoyable
dance and card party in honor of their
son, S. Gilbert Truax of Wilmington,
at their home near Brenford. Among
those present were: Miss Ada Mitchell,
Misses Sallie and Elsie Wheatley, of
Philadelphia; Mrs. Lydia A. Colt, Mrs
John NJ. Truax and son, Master Earle
Colt Truax, of Wilmington; Miss Lot
tie Flowers, of Dover; Miss Ethel
Riggs, May Ford, Sadie and Edith
Severson, Lille Lower, Ida Collins,
Sue Cooper, Ethel Emerson, MAZE
Truax, Mr.. George R. Lofand and
family, Manfred Lower, Lee Springs,
James Truax, Marion Hearn, Will
Garrison, Arthur Cooper, Abel and
Lewis Green, George Jarvis, Davis
Collins, George Devices, Harry Truax,
Fletcher Truax and Fred Williams.
About twelve o'clock bountiful re-
past was served, after which dancing
was indulged in. 1t was one of the
most delightful affairs of the season.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
THE IMMENSE RAIN MONDAY.

We have had some heavy rains since
the middle of July, but they were all
eclipsed by that of Monday afternoon.
The cloud presented as it approached
that peculiar aspect that has character
lied 30 many of the rains of the sum-
mer-boiling, twisting, and streamers
OF mist moving in all directions of the
compass-and that too after they had
passed over our heads, but before the
descent of rain. Fortunately these
warning elements are out of reach, but
when they do drop down to the earth,
there is a miniature cyclone, as is shown
IN broken trees and twisted crops.
Whatever was going on in the upper
strata, beyond clever blow, the wind
In most places was not what the clouds
portended, but oh! the rain. It broke
on us at ten minutes of three O'Clock
and from that time until twenty min
utes after, without cessation, it came
down like pouring water from bucket,
so thick that an object could not be
discerned down the street. It was of
the same order of tbs cloud bursts that
we read of. 1t was kept up a
longer time than designated, but the
immense dOwnpour was in the first
half hour.
The streets looked like rivers, the
water in many places rising above the
curbs. The consequence was many
flooded cellars ON Commerce and Main
streets. In some cases these were
Hooded from the rear, the water stand
ing eight or ten inches in the back
yards and finding vent wherever it
could. 1t certainly gave us more
water than we have had in the streets
at one time for years, and our oldest
people say it was the heaviest rain they
ever saw.
1t was in one sense a local rain, viz:
it was from belt and not moving,
finishing cloud. 1t however had a
clever extent from east to west-frOm
the bay to MillingtOn and perhaps be-
yOnd. While the eastern end was of
longer duration, the western was of
the greater intensity. In the Galley
and beyond, bridges were floated away
and the low grounds looked like i'm
mense lakes. At Clayton the fury was
as great or greater than at Smyrna, and
in the Necks on either side of our creek
or river, the waterfall was immense.
As before said, the warning elements
above only dropped down occasionally
One of these instances was down the
State road three miles, at B. H. Ross
Something like whirlwind, twenty OF
thirty feet wide, plowed through his
orchard, right across his tomato patch
tearing and twisting his vines, and ther
the corn, pulling it up by the roots
then lifting from the earth.
Messrs. B. A. and H. P. HAZEL, who
were out to their farm near the Mary
land line, had thrilling experience il
getting home, because of washed away
bridges and flooded roads.
Farmers who had been to the can
neries tell us they got to their homes
through one to two feet of water
From Blackbird to Odessa, we are tol,
there was hardly any water fell. 1
was pronounced by all out in it, tn
worst rain they ever saw. Hail fel
near Clayton in considerable quaint
tias
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

and whose payment might be refused
with impunity by those who were will
ing to give up that right. So far is
this from being true, that the power is,
and has been for some time past, ex-
pressly given to collectors to enforce
the payment of the poll tax by taking
and imprisoning the body of the de-
linquent taxable.
1t is true that, so far as we are aware,
this heroic power has not been exer-
cised to any extent hitherto, but this
was probably owing to the fact that
the dependence of the right to vote
upon the payment of that tax formed
of itself an all sufficient inducement
for a voluntary compliance with its OBJ
legations. Now, however, that this in
ducement no longer exists, the old
right of Imprisonment, if it still exists,
may be used to coerce the delinquent.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
The following is the time table of
the steamer G. F. Brady for Septem-
bar.

By advertisement elsewhere it will be
seen Proprietor Campbell, of Wood
land Beach, will give Masquerade Ball
on Thursday evening, Sept. End. The
last ball of this kind proving such a
success, at the request of a num-
ber of his patrons Mr.. Campbell pro-
poses to give this one and make it
larger and better one in every way,
and would be pleased to see all of his
friends present. Everybody is invited.
Saturday was day of the most ex-
citement among the farmers of our
community for years, about the wheat
market. The local market rated at 81
in the morning, but in the afternoon
Mr.. Jardine, from a rise in the city
market, offered $1O5, but people will
not sell on a rapidly rising market.
There was a break in the excitement
on Monday, and drop, and to-day the
market price is only 95 cents. The
Brady and Transportation Companies
are our active purchasers. The city
markets were panicky yesterday.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

BRADsTREET reports a continuation
of encouraging conditions in the bust
ness world and says: Especial tele-
grams from trade centres throughout
the country emphasize the growing
prosperity of the farmer, due to higher
prices for almost all agricultural pro-
duce still in lis hands, and point to a
continuation of the demand which has
been conspicuous within the past few
weeks. The volume of trade continues
and prices are hardening. No such
volume of business, largely in antici-
patton of requirements, has been re-
ported since 1892.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
The SMYRNA TIMES.
Smyrna, DeI.,
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUG. 18th. 1897

THE SMYRNA TIMES is published at Smyrna
Del, every Wednesday afternoon, at 2 O'Clock
The TINES is an independent paper devoted to
the welfare Of the. town it represents and the
State Of which 1t is q part. II also gives the
items Of importance of the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER,
Editor and Proprietor.
ROBT. D. HOFFECKER, JR.,
Associate Editor.
TERMs-suB per annum. II
paid. strictly in advance slOO. No paper Is
discontinued until all arrears are paid up
except at the option of the publishers.
ADVERTISEMENTS-TH SMYRNA TINES is the
business medium not only for the town 1t rep
rcsents, but for the outlying district Of which 1t
is the centre, embracing the towns of Clayton,
Kenton, Cheswold, Leipsic, &c. A rate OF so
cents an inch per month will be charged for
transient advertising. A special reduction on
all semi.annual and yearly advertisements.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

Harmony" between the two wings
of the Republican party seems to be
something more than a kite flying
phrase. The Boilers State Commit
tee voted unanimously to receive the
proposition of the Union Republicans
for a meeting to harmOnize their diff
ferences and come together as one
party under the old name. This is
recognized as the delicate feature to
be arranged, but the fact that this
much has been done, presages the re-
suit. Chairman Browne of the one
committee has not selected his COM
mittee of eight, and Chairman Alice is
naturally awaiting this appointment
before he announces the other commit
tee of conference.
In the meantime ''their friends, the
enemy" seem to be greatly concerned
lest there should be looming together
of incompatibles."
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

THE wheat market is the exciting
topic in business. 1t especially inter
ests farmers, but touches all other
classes of business. Saturday in New
York city wheatreached the remarkable
price of S1.13 bushel for cash wheat,
while September touched SO cents and
December 90 cents per bushel. In the
grain exchange in Minneapolis, as the
market was drawing to close for the
day, c. A. Pillsbury marched into the
Chamber of Commerce at the head OF
a brass band, celebrating the advent OF
dollar wheat. In Philadelphia the
wheat market was the most exciting
ever experienced in the exchange
There were sales of No. 2 red wheat a
S1.O6 and No. 2 Pennsylvania. red al
81. .OS per bushel.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
The Southern RailVvny--the Quickest and
Best Route TO all Points IN the


If you are going to any point in tn,
South, Southwest, Mexico or on the
Pacific Coast, be sure to call for {
ticket via the Southern Railway
Double daily trains from Broad Stree
Station, Philadelphia, enable you t.
reach almost every place of impOrtanc,
south of the Potomac and east of the
Mississippi rivers without change Of
cars, and if you are destined to points
in the extreme West or Southwest
you will find the connections at Mem
phis or New Orleans close. Further
information will be cheerfully fur
nished by JnO. NJ. Beall, District Pas
senger Agent, 828 Chestnut street
Philadelphia, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
A Great surprise is in Store

for those who will 60 to-day and get pack
age OF GRAIN-O. 1t takes the place of
coffee at about 4 the cost. 1t is a food
drink, full of health, and can be given to
the children as well as the adult with great
benefit. 1t is made of pure grains and
looks and tastes like the finest grades of
Mocha or Java coffee. 1t satisfies every
one. A cup of Grain-O is better for the
system than "A tonic. because its benefit is
permanent. What coffee breaks down
Cirain-O builds up. Ask your grocer for
Grain-O. 15c and 25c.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

DR.. J. I. Terry, of Trimble, Tenn,
in sreaking of Chamberlain Collie
Cholera and Diarrhga Remedy, says
''It has almost become a necessity il
this vicinity" This is the best remedy
in the world for collie, cholera mOrbus
dysentery and diarrhea, and is recog
nized as necessity wherever its grear
worth and merit become known. Nc
other remedy is so prompt or effectual
or so pleasant to take. Sold by Cliff
ton & Raymond, Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

1t is given out that Mexico intends
to meet the crisis caused by the con-
tinuOus depreciation of silver with the
offer of every possible inducement to
gold seekers to conduct their oper-
atiOns in the rich regions south of the
Rio Grande. The gold to be thus
mined is to be kept in the country by
heavy export tax.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
EverYbodY Saws So.

Cascarets Candy Cathartic, the most won.
derful medical discovery of the age, pleas,
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing the entire system, dispel colds
cure headache, fever, habituai constipation
and biliousness. Please buy and try box
of e. G. G. to-day; 10, %, 50 cents. Sold and
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

A week or two ago one of our bust
ness men wrote an important letter to
a city firm and as he thought, mailed
it, When the boat came by which he
ordered the article, and there was no
article and not even an explanation
from the firm, said merchant was some
what irate and so expressed himself at
the city merchants Indifference to bus
mess or disrespect. Just then he had
occasion to go into his pocket for some
thing, and to his surprise pulled out
the identical letter that he thought he
had mailed to the city. Then some
body felt cheap.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

IJohn Griffin, of GAINESVILLE, O., says: II
never lived a day for thirty years without
suffering agony, until box of De Wits
Witch Hazel Salve cured my piles" For
piles and rectal troubles, cuts, bruises,
sprains, eczema and all skin troubles De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve is unequalled.
Clifton a. RAYMOND, Smvrna. Del.
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

The crossing over the Bombay Hook
Railroad has received much needed
repair.
The farmers delivering corn at the
depot canning factory, carry the husks
home for feed.
Rev. A, Stengle will preach at the
Tent meeting at Blackbird Sunday
afternoon, at 3.15 o'clock.
COsgriff and Beck are having brisk
sales in drain tile with promising pros
poets of good future trade.
Edward Seemans has purchased the
Haldeman farm, near Thomas Corner,
containing 175 acres, for $2,O25.
John Armstrong, on the Steamer G..
F. Brady, advertises for 500 or 600
bushels of potatoes, and other produce
IS cents to Washington Park and re-
turn, Sept. 2, by the Steamer G.. F.
Brady which has been charted for the
trip. T
Main Street leading down to the mill
pond is badly washed, and will require
considerable work to make its surface
what it was.
One of Col. Robert Hills. corn fields
in the Galley, was badly cut by hail
on Monday, and the leaves of the can
taloupe vines demolished.
While the Methodist Protestant
Church, of Leipsic, is undergoing re-
pairs, the congregation is holding SER
vices in the school house.
The regular Monthly Conservation
Meeting of the NJ. E. Christian En-
deavOr Society will be held on Sunday
night, Aug. Goth, at $50 o'clock.
The CAL returns to Charles Potts
again and gives him half a column in
connection with the Smyrna Post
Office. 1t seems to be favorite and
savOry subject with our contemporary,
but then there is no accounting for
taste.
The Steamer G.. F. Brady carried
four of our favOrite trotters and men
trainers, of the Belmont Stables, to
Wilmington Monday, where they will
be entered in race there. In adj
ditiOns to the above they carried s
horses from r. H. Cummins stock
farm.
On Monday the Steamer Elizabeth
Van Solver carried over 80 head of
young cattle, twenty head being fOl
parties in New Jersey and were bought
from b. H. & H. p. HAZEL. The
Transportation Company will put NJ
at Smyrna Landing, on Friday, new
set of Fairbanks & Cos improved five
ton scales.
The following is the time table O
the steamer G. F. Brady for Septem.
Der:
Smyrna times., 1897-08-25
To Atlanta and New Orleans.

THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY IS THE SHORT
EST AND. BEST ROUTE.
Be sure to call for a ticket via the
Southern Railway Two trains leave
Broad Street Station, daily, carrying
through sleeping cars. For further
information write to JnO. NJ. Beall,
District Passenger Agent, 1923 Chest
nut street, Philadelphia, Pa.