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Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
TOWNSEND NEWS BUDGET.

Miss Mary Stevens, of Bridgeville, vis-
tied here on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Ivory visited
friends in Wilmington on Tuesday.
Messrs. Merritt and Martin Richards,
of Middletown, visited here on Sunday.
Miss Maude Smith, OF Middletown, is
spending a few days as the guest Of rela-
tives and friends here.
Mr.. Charles Jones. of MiddletoWn,
spent few days in town this week as
the guest of his daughter, Mrs. George
Pinder.
The new home of Mr.. James Lovegrove
was finished few days ago and it pre-
sents quite a neat and attractive appear
ance. 1t is located on the East side of
Taylor street.
Miss Asa LYMAN has come home to
remain with her father for quite awhile
she having been living at Sassafras, Md,
for a time We are glad to welcome hel
to Townsend as she has ever SO many
friends here.
Mr.. and Mrs. David P. Hutchinson ano
son Frank, of Wilmington, visited here
on Sunday and their many friends greeted
them most heartily. They were enter
tanned by their relatives during the greater
part OF the day, owing to illness in the
family.
Mr.. James Lovegrove and Mrs. Georg
ianna Beltz were quietly married at the
parsonage at 8 o'clock on Monday even
ing, the Rev. George P. Jones officiating
They will reside in Townsend, becoming
domiciled at once in their new home
which was finished and furnished ready
for occupancy only day or SO previously
The funeral of Mrs. Warren, whose
death occurred at New Castle on Satur
dav, took place at IL O'Clock Monday
morning, the remains being conveyed t
this place on the train due at about TO- Il
o'clock, and Immediately conveyed t
the church. The Rev. George T. Jone
delivering an impressive discourseaa In
terment was made in Emanuel Cemetery
Several of our well-known young mel
are assisting the carpenters at bridge No
l3. which is just north Of Townsend
They are Messrs. Fred Schwatka, William
Naylor. William Sprv, Daniel Naylor ant
John Maslen. The bridge is to be en-
tirely changed, the trestle work beinj
| replaced BY most modern constructet
arch bridge it being chiefly built OF stone
The wedding of Miss Julia Zelephr'
Stats. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Juliu
2. Stats, and Mr.. Harry Allen Hart, sol
of the well known citizen, Mr.. Georg
M. D. Hart, will take place in Emanue
Church on next Thursday at two O'Clock
The ceremony will be performed by tn
Rev. George P. Jones, the pastor OF tn
church. Miss Stats is among Town
sends most beautiful and attractive sc
ciety women, while Mr.. Hart is also yer
popular in the local society realm.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
PORT PENN WAVES

A clean stock of groceries at Kumpel's.
Robert S. Carpenter spent Saturday in
Wilmington.
Kumpel will serve you with fresh or
salted shad.
Mr.. G. w. Duncan, Jr., was in st.
Georges Sunday.
Ollie Voshell lost very valuable calf
Thursday night.
Mr.. Thompson Eaton was in Odessa
one day this week.
Miss Alice Laverick, Of New Castle, is
visiting Miss Martie Zachies
Calvin Stidham, of Philadelphia, was
the guest of his parents Sunday.
Mr.. Cove Voshell was in New Castle
on business the first Of the week.
Kumpel has the best for Sc, sc. and
1Oc. cigars in town. ''Try EN-"
Mrs. Smith, of New Castle, visited Mr..
W. R. Heavelow and family on Tuesday.
Squire Abram Vandegrift has been
suffering with severe cold for several
days.
Miss Nellie Yearsley and friend, of
Middletown, spent Sunday at her home
| here
Miss Flora Hall was entertained by
Miss Lucy Biddle in Wilmington on
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lockerman, of
Camden, N. j., visited relatives her
Sunday.
Mr.. Charles McMunn, of the Quaran-
tine Station, was in Philadelphia on
Monday.
Mr.. Mark Stats, of Townsend, spent
Sunday with. the family Of James F.
Moore.
Mrs. Joseph Webb, of 1essa, is spend
ing this week with her sister, Mrs George
H. Webb.
Ars. L. M. Brooks, of Philadelphia,
vitited here sister at the Hotel Stidham
this week.
Mrs. George w. Giberson has returned
home after serious illness at her
mothers home, near Townsend.
Mr.. Fred Kumpel, Of st. Georges, ami
Mr.. Stanley Stevens, of Delaware CITY,
were i'll town on Wednesday evening.
Albert Hall, of the Prudential Life
Insurance Company, attended the Easter
dance at Delaware City on Monday
evening.
Myrtle, infant daughter of Rev. Daniel
Given, of Pennington, was buried at
Hickory Cemetery on Thursday of last
week.
DIR. Philip R. Cleaver, of Jefferson
Medical Hospital, Philadelphia, spent
the first of the week with his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cleaver.
The officials of the Port Penn Cream.
cry Company held their first meeting on
Wednesday evening. No definite time
was set when they would begin operation
The Easter entertainment held at the
nj. Z. Church was a very creditable
affair and well attended. Everybody was
pleased with the fine speaking anc
singing.
: A petition has been sent to Lieutenant
? Colonel Charles w. Raymond to have
{ the dredging machine and water gauge
removed from the drift below jetty buoy
, Almost,all the fishermen have signed tht
Z petition as well as a number of prominen
: sitizens.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
THE HOME GOLD CURE
An Ingenious Treatment by which Drunk
ards are Being Cured Daily in
Spite of Themselves

M Noxious Doses. No Weakening of the
Nerves. A Pleasant and Positive Cure
for the Liquor Habit
# is now generally known and under
stood that Drunkenness is a disease and
not weakness. A body filled with poison,
and nerves completely shattered by per-
iodical or constant use OF intoxicating
LIQUORS, requires an antidote capable OF
neutralizing and eradicating this poison,
and destroying the craving for lntoXl7
cants. Sufferers may now cure them
selves at home without publicity or loss,
of time from business by this wonderful
| HOME GOID CURE which has Deen
perfected after many years OF close study
and treatment of inebnates. The talth-
| full use according TO directions OF this
wonderful discovery is positively guaran-
teed to cure the most obstinate case, no
matter how hard drinker. Our records
show the marvellous transformation OF
thousands of Drunkards into sober, in
dustrious and upright men.
! WIVES CURE YOUR HUSBANDS!l
| CHILDREN CURE YOUR FAFHERS!!
This remedy is in no sense a nostrum but
is a specific for this disease only, and is
SO skillfully devised and prepared that it
is thoroughly soluble and pleasant to the
taste, so that it can be given in cup Of
tea or coffee without the knowledge OF
the person taking it. Thousands of
Drunkards have cured themselves with
this priceless remedy, and as many more
have been cured and made temperate
men by having the 'CURE' administered
by loving friends and relatives without
their knowl dge in coffee or tea, and be-
lieye today that they discontinued drink
ing of their own free will. DO NOT
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out the disease at once and for all time.
The ''HOME GOLD CURE" is sold at
Tire extremely tfefffeelyt lleH price price f Ore HUiiiiaF,
thus placing within reach Of everybody
a treatment more effectual than Others
costing s25 to $50 Full directions accom-
pany each package. Special advice by
J skilled physicians when requested with
, out extra charge.
Sent prepaid to any part of the world
on receipt of One Dollar. Address
EDWIN b. GILES & COMPANY, 1880
. and 1882 Market Street, Philadelphia.
All correspondence strictly confidential.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
INVESTIGATION

Attorney General II. Fl. Ward
sprung a surprise early this week
when he issued summons for the
members of the Levy Court and
all its officers and the County
financial officers to appear before
him on Tuesday, April 10Th, and
to bring their books; taking care
that no changes be made in the
books as they appeared at the
close of Mondays business.
While Mr.. Ward has not taken yet
the public into his confidence,
there is no doubt that this action
comes as a result of the high
handed manner in which the
County's finances have been
handled in the past, and the fear
that the same influence were to
continue. AS the TRANSCRIPT
pointed out during the campaign,
men have gotten rich on sal
ary of $500 per year, and have
also enriched their relatives and
friends. We have no fears but
that the Attorney-General will
be perfectly fair and non-partisar
in his investigation, and that nc
honest man need fear the result
But we also believe that the ex
animation will be thorough, and
if any dishonesty be found, the
guilty will be brought to the bal
of justice. For the Attorney
General has all the power which
the State can confer to compe.
the attendance of witnesses and
secure all the testimony. There
can be no hiding from him. He
will not have to conclude his re
port as the auditors who exam
ined the books last year were
forced to close their, in the
following words.
Sin examining the disburse
ments of the Levy Court com
missioners, we found all bills
approved by the president of the
Levy Court and the county
comptroller. For the disburse
ments, such as pay-rolls allow
ances to assessors ETC., authority
was found in the minutes of the
Levy Court, which we had ac
cepted as correct, although sale
minutes are, by an established
custom, not signed.
"There being no receiptee
bills, as the warrants are take1
as vouchers, we have accepted
quite a number Of the warrants
as correct vouchers, which arr
drawn in the name of the party
to whom the account was owing
'or bearer, and not endorsed b!
said party, although we ar
unable to state positively tina
the said party has received th'
money"
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13

order. They gravely distrust
the capacity Of any government
of Cubansto give a like assurance.
In fact they foresee certain tl-
multi and disorder. This class OF
the people of Cuba has abstained
from political activities, but their
influence is felt and their doubt
and distrust put some restraint
upon the extreme radicals,
The other and morepowerful in
fuence that deprives them of the
courage of their inclinations and
unnerves the heads is the admir-
able administration of General
Wood and the visible progress OF
the island and prosperity, civil
ization and sanitation during the
American occupation. The hun,
dreds of schools established, the
public work undertaken, thelabor-
ers employed at good wages, the
practically complete Suppression
of yellow fever during a great
part of the year and the clear
cities and the remarkable free
dom of the island from crime and
beggary stand as an Illuminating
example Of the fruits of Amerl
can administration. In urging
their weak conjecture against
this solid certainly they feel thell
disadvantage and their hearts
fail them at every step. They
may have some misgivings as tt
the support they would have iron
the people. They do not want tc
take any action that might pro
woke at Washington any greater
distrust of their wisdom ant
capacity than is now felt.
The desire to maintain gooc
relations prompts the suggestion
now under discussion to send
commission to Washington. Al
attempt has been made by liberia
daily quotations from the anti
imperialistic press in the United
States to persuade them that thu
Platt amendment will be aban
doned by Congress as soon as i
"hears from the people 7 Very
few of them are so foolish as t.
believe this. They want more
time to make up their minds. 4
commission to Washington would
give them time.-M Y Times.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
THE SITUATION IN CUBA

MY own impression is that IN
the end all objections will be
waived and the Platt amendment
accepted. No one can pretend
that the United States has not
the right and the duty to impose
upon the Cubans the conditions
essential to it's own peace and
security. The possible range
lies between permanent military
occupation and dependency, at
the one extreme, and an inde-
pendence as untrammeled as that
, of the Great Britain or Germany
at the other. 1t is very plain
that these delegates feel in their
hearts that we have imposed con-
ditions very much nearer the
latter extreme than the former;
in fact, that we have been easy
with them, very much easier than
Sir Alfred Miner with his ''irre-
duciable minimum" demanded by
the Beers.
Their argument against the
third section, even, are trans
parently faint-hearted. They
seem to feel that they are unable
to make out a good case either
from the point of view of our
rights or their interest. They
say frankly that they want no
army. no navy. They know per-
fectly well that their powerful
neighbor will attend to their
defence against foreign aggres-
sion. They recognize the CORE
iaatiive iiaattiive necessity Of i foregoing the
right to make war as one that VIC
cannot accord to them. Admit
ting all these things, they must
and do see that the concessions
demanded by Congress arf
moderate and do not TRANSCEND
the limits of reasonable prepara
tions for the duties we ASSUME
and must put ourselves in
position to perform. Unques
tionably, too, they feel mis-
givings about the stability ant
successful operating of civi
governmentby and for thenselye
without external safeguards. Tn
real substance of their opposition
is that it hurts their pride t
write themselves down children
This divided state of thei
minds manifests itself in thei
conversation as well as in thei
acts. And all the time they al
under silent, but, as judge
increasing, pressure from tW
diraotinns Ever4ho3A' earns g
visiting Cnba that tie .propert
owners and cons ervative clas
are frankly Cor annexation to tn
United States. They want peac
and civil order, a chaLee To d
bushes and re-create the falle
industries of the island. II
far and the authority OF th
United States assure peace an
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
STATEMENT
-oF THE
Road Commissioners
OF
ST. GEORGES HUNDRED
FOR THE
Year Ending March 9th, 1901.

SUBJECT 10 erTOTS anu COm-
missions .................S 1882 10
LIABILITIES.
Bonded and floating indebted
ness S.........''s''''..'''''.' JJOUO ~
DIR.
Amount in Citizens Bank Mar.
9, 19OO ....,...................."...S liz 90
Amount of Taxes from HI. G.
Rettew, 19OO.................... 1874 So
Amount of Taxes from H. G.
Rettew, 1899. 243 90
Amount of Taxes from H. G.
Rettew, 1885,. 1872 O4
Amount of Taxes from H. G.
Rettew, 1897..................... SO "a
Nfs Bsnf..........,..........,.......... 1000 90
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
Az vou us;np Allen's Foot- Ease /

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, powder. 1t cures Corns, Bunions,
Painful Smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. At
all Druggists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sam
pie FREE Address, Allen S. Olmsted,
Leroy, n. Y.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13

GHERlFF,S SALE-By virtue of writ of
LeVarl Facias to me directed, will be eX-
POseo 70 Public Hale at the Court House, on
market street between Tenth and Eleventh
sIfeets, In the city of Wilmington. New
Castie county, State of Delaware,
ON SATURDAY,
THE 27TH DAY OF APRIL, 1901,
at 10 o'clock, A. NJ,
the Following described real estate. viz:
a., All knat certain lot or piece of ground with
Sne tnIee-story messuage or tenement thereon
SStteee.ea, situate In the city of Wilmington,
dSsssS dssS; ol delaware, aforesaid, bounded and
ueIseIloeo as follows, to wit:
c.ris uning on the southWeaterlv side of
S1Su sIreet at the distance OF fifty-tWo feet six
stsaas from the westerly side of Jefferson
iCLSet, tneppe southerly parallel with said
SStSneFson street sevenIy-five feet to a stake
knence westerly parallel with IA Slx4h za.e4ss
= yym7en mOSen Ieet 10 q stake, thence northerly
NHsaIalleL with said Jefferson street nassine
IniLSOugn Inc middle Of a two feet four finches
n Mtoe alley leading into Sixth street seventv.
HrS teet 70 the said side of Sixth street ana
SneHee easierly seventeen feel to the nIsce of
may. 'nereoi Wnat Lney
seized and taken In execution as the nron-
SSssy SySI SI mary l.. Wright, formerIy Mafv 4,
Srossny executrix Of the last will and tssta.
.,ea n,enG oi darriet A. Richards deceased mori.
kagor' ana TO be sold by IA VI v
SAMUEL A. MCDANIEL. sharie
rsI,n nrsi a,h ,ooI o0Ihice, WILMINGTON, Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1901-04-13
Notice to Farmers

If you are going to need American or
Page Fence this Spring you Will make
big mistake unless you put your order in
without further delay. This is the great
est year the country has ever known for
Wire Fence, and the factorys are now far
behind with there orders and if you put
off buying you will surely get left. 1t is
also the opinion of Wire people that the
prices are going to advance. Measure off
about what you will want and call at our
office and we will give you the very
lowest price possible. We have in stock
for you to see all the different sizes of
Hog and Fence Wire, also Barb Wire.
Leave your order and We will put the
Fence up when ever you say. We ask
no settlement until after the Fence is
up. We buy in car load lots and have
now orders booked for over 5000 rods.
Respectfully yours.
J. F. McWHORTER & SON,
MIDDLETowN, DELAWARE.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29
POISONED BY BAKING POWDER
Members of Family Taken Sud-
 denly III.

Scatt sboro. May 8.-0Speciai.)-The family of R. E. Jones. at Flat Rock. East Tennessee. while at dinner one day last week were poisoned by food. The cause of the poisoning was a new brand of baking powder. Mrs. Jones and child and Miss Alma Smith, who lived five miles west of Scottsboro, were all anect- ed and Mrs. Jones is in very critical condition.
 An unknown man was killed yesterday by a train between Bolivar and Bridge port. An inquest was held by Esquire Fennemore and verdict of accidental killing by a train was rendered When discovered the man was lying beside the track with his skull crushed. He had been in the neigfborhood several dapI
 Joe the little son of MT. and Ms. J. H. Ashmore died here yesterday and win be buried today.
 4 man by the name of McCiendon was taken suddenly Ill and died on the place of William Hess. near town. yesterday.
 Wawick H. Payne has been appointed Chairman of a Committee for Jackson County to secure funds for the purpose of purchasing a silver service for the bat tleship Alabama.
 At recent meeting of the officers of the Jackson County Farmers United In- was elected president.
 The waters of the Tennessee River have overfiown all the low lands at this point and have done thousands of dol lars worth of damage.
 The Southern Railway run section after section of passenger trains over this di- vision with old Confeds. en route to the reunion at Memphis yesterday and last night.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29
HEAVY LOSS BY FLOOD.
The Tennessee Overflow Has Done
 Great Damage,

Huntsville, May 28.-(Special.)--n is conservatively estimated that the over- flow of the Tennessee River has caused a loss of not less than $1O00 900 to the farmers of the Tennessee Valley. In Madison and Marshall Counties alone the loss of crops in river bottom lands will not be less than n0O00. In many cases, the flooded crops had been rcplanted once this season and the necessity of replant- ing again with high prized seed corn and cotton will be heavy loss to the farmer
 At Whitesburg last night the river was
 more than a mile and a half wide and
 thousands of acres of cotton and corn
 were under water.
 Relatives in Huntsville have received information of the death of Mrs Mar cissa Hewlett in Birmingham, who was
 73 years old Mrs. Hewlett was well
 known here, having resided in Madison County many years and during the four years of the Civil War she was principal uf the Huntsville Female College.
 A report from Washington says that Rev. l., D. Bass. a Baptist minister, has been convicted of making fraudulent use of the malls and sentenced to three years in the penitentiary in Virginia town: Mir, Bass Is well known here. having been pastor of the First Baptist Church. He gained a reputation as d smooth citi- zen and was connected with the Alabama Military Academy. which made a grand failure. From here he went to Florence and became principal Of the Female Col lege, leaving there few months later under a cloud
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29
SHELBY COUNTY BANK
President and Cashier Make Sacrifice
 of Their Property.

of Their Property.
 Montevallo. May 2s-(Special)-A meet ing of the depositors and creditors Of the Shelby County Bank was held yesterday and a statement of the afnairs of the in- stitution was made by Mir. J. M. McMas- ter of Birmingham, who represented the officials of the hank. A committee com posed of c. l.. Meroney. w. B. Reynolds and J. H. McMath was appointed to rep resent the deVositors and make full m. vestigation and submit some plan TOT a basis of settlement. The president or the bank then deeded to this committee as trustees the bank building and other real estate and MT. Burgess Little made all to go to the creditors. MT. Gordon DuBose of Columbiana is here to make a bid on the assets of the bank and. if successful, will continue the business. The depositors will get at least 50 cents on the dollar and probably much more. The cause of the failure is attributable to the small capital and tae, large loan and discount account.
 The Presbyterians of Montevallo are making an herosc effort to build a church. The congregation is very small now, but during the school months the attendance is largely made up of the pupils of the school. They are appealing to churches in other portions of the State for help. The church at Uniontown took a special collection for this purpose last Sunday and handsome sum was realized. The building will be of brick and of & beau tful design, and it should be the pride 'of the Presbyterians of the State to see that a nice house of worship is provided for their daughters who attend the school here.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29

with him and said It wna Noah. They usiarreled and fought over it. the preach eY with q bench leg and the superiufen- damage done was that the preacher vas cut in the arm siightiy and the Sunday school was broken lip In q row. Tne su- pertntendent was the only person inoict- Crops were doing well up to the pres ent cool wave, which seems to have checked all growth. cotton especially.
 Hub Butler. who killed c. M. Hilton dsscharged on preliminary examination. was indicted by the grand tdry at the last term of court. But1sr moved to Tex as and last Saturday n6ght came back with Sheriff s. D. May. He is now ous on bond,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-29
TENNESSEE ON A BOOM,
Thousands of Acres Will Have to Be
 Replanted.

Decatur, May 2s.-Cspecial.)- )-The Ten nessee River is on a big boom at this point. the biggest rise recorded in two or three years. The gauge this morning showed a rise of 19 feet, with the water rising slowly and more water expected from rains up stream. Thousands of acres of low lands in corn and cotton will have to be replanted or laid out this crop. Scores of farmers are heavy losers in cattle. hogs and horses and mules, more than 200 head having passed this place. The drift flow on this rise has been immense, a pack 300 feet long and many yards wide having collected above the Southern bridge, keeping a gang of men and a steam barge busy day and night to clear the bridge
 There was a slight frost Monday night, fololwed by another one last night and both cotton and corn are severely dam aged thereby, as much of it was very young, having but recently been replant- ed. Fruits are not hurt to any great ex- tent,