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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-01

The electoral votes are canvassed IN
Wash .ngton in the presence OF both
houses of Congress-. The result is
published in the newspapers, and
that, so far as airy law is concerned,
is all the notice that the President
and e-President,elect receive OF
the result. However, they always
ha around on the succeed ,ig 4th
OF March, have their swear and the
business goes on without 4 hitch.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-01

A petition has len received in
Ogden for the employees of the S. P.
to sign, in line with the new insur-
ance plan promulgated by the COM
pany. 1t is apparently only peti.
zion to ascertain the feelings of the
men in the matter, to De adopted il
the men consent.-Sait Lake Tribune
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-01
NOTICE

---'>' NOTICE.
III The District Court nf- the State of
Nevada, in and for the County Of
Orins by.
In the matter at the estate OF Joel
kasper. siec..,,~esi. Notice for pnblica-
tion OF time ap! .i,ltad for proving will :.
etc.
Pursuant 70 s.H order of said Court.
made on he 18th day Of November, A..
D. 1900. notice is hereby given that Satur-
day, the Gath day of November, A. d.
1900, at 10 O'Clock A. n of said day, at the
Courtroom Of said Courthouse, in the
City Of Carson. County of O. -nsby,
have been appointed as the tim. and
place for proving the Will Of said Joel
Kasper, deceased, and for hearing the
application OF Bartholome Kasper for
the issuance to him OF Letters Tesla
mentary, when and where any person
interested may appear and contest the
said Will, and may dle objections in
writing to the granting Of Letters Tesla
mentary to said petitioner.
Dated 18th November 1900.
GEo. w. COWING, Clerk.
J. PoUyApH, Attorney for Petitioner.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-01

Large crowds are daily attending the
F. w Days Creditors Sale. A big
orce of salespeople is busy engaged in
waiting on customers. Polite atten-
uion given to every body.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1901-01-01

We wish each ard all of readers q
b py and prosperous New Year. and
al he same time it will be necessary
t. tate that the force" will enjoy
IT, birth of the new century to such
az extent that no paper will be issue!
o. ne morrow
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

On Tuesday morning of last week,
fire totally destroyed the large barn
on the old Jump farm near Rising Sun,
now owned by George Gildersleeve
and in the tenure of Cornelius Saxton.
The fire had gained considerable head
way when destroyed and it was with
much difficulty the live stock was
saved. Emerson Saxton, a son of
Cornelius, was severely burned while
endeavoring to save some of the cat
tie. The loss which will fall upon Mr..
Saxton, includes about 500 sheaves of
blade fodder, eight tons of hay, 100
bushels of wheat and lot of harness
and farming utensils footing up
about $500. The building was partly
insured. The origin of the fire is IA
mystery.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

Conference. All express their high
appreciation of the excellent dis
course.
Downs Chapel Public School, not
heretofore very large one, is rapidly
filling up this year. Miss Ebbie Grif-
fifth is in charge and the enrolment
has now reached thirty eight.
Mr.. Frank Greenwell has opened up
a meat market in town and as we see
him with his white apron and bran
new butcher wagon we take it that he
means business. We wish him sue
cess.
PERSONAL Miss Bertha Bedwell has
been sick for the past ten days. Mes
srs. James Satterfeld and Will Lewis,
of Dover, were visitors in town on
Sunday last.-Mr. w. S. Arthurs was
i'll the city in the early part of this
week buying in his winter stock of
goods. Prof. Thomas Baxter, of the
Newark Public School, was in town
last week. Mr.. Harry Pratt and wife,
of Clayton, visited the latter's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. N. H. Griffin on Sun
day.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
KENTON.
Farmers Busy Wheat Seeding-Sunday an
Interesting Day With the M. E. Church.
Downs Chapel News-Local and
Personal Mention.

ChoOhdA AFAcnlOns
Special Correspondence for the TIMES.
KENToN, Oct. Wheat seeding is
now claiming the attention of our far
mers. Mr.. Eben Wright, on the DIR.
Cooper farm. near town, is the first in
our community to finish.
Our cannery finished its work in the
early part of this week and now the
city help has gone to look for their
winter quarters.
The second Quarterly Conference for
this charge was held in the Kenton
church last Friday morning. Th e
churches were all three represented
and everyone seemed delighted to
have our Presiding Elder with us once
more.
Last Sunday was a helpful day in
church circles at this place Besides
the regular Sunday School and preach
ing services, Pastor Ellis received
eleven persons into the church, seven
by letter and four from probation.
The first revival on the Circuit will be
held at Central. 1t will begin next
Sunday evening.
Quite number of our citizens went
to Downs Chapel on last Sunday after
noon to bear sermon by Rev. A. d.
Melvin, President of the Maryland
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

SHERIFF'S SALE.
- By virtue of writ of Vendition Exponas
to me directed will be exposed to public sale st
the front door of the Delaware House, in the
town of SMYRNA Duck Creek Hundred, Kent
County and State of Delaware,
ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER THE 26TH 1901
At 80 O'Clock P. NJ, the following described
Real Estate to wit
All that farm or tract of land situated in Ken
ton Hundred, Kent County and State of Della
ware, on the Middle Alley Road" adjoining
lands late of Henrietta Q. Underwood, lands late Oh
franklin w. Griffith, and containing One Hun
dred and Sixty-ive Acres of Land, more or less
being the same lot. piece or parcel of land when
was conveyed to the said James Francis WIGS
by David ). Wids and wife. The improvement
upon which are a two.stOry frame DWELLING
house, barn, stable carriage house, wagon she9
and other outbuildings: also peach, pear anu
other small fruits.
Seized and taken in. execution as the property
of JAMES FRANCIS WILDS, and will be solo oy
FRANK REEDY, Sheriff
sherif's Office, Dover Del, Oct. s, 1901.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
CLAYTON DEPART TMENT.

Mr. I. l.. Mason is our authorized agent
at Clayton, Del, and will receive new sub
criptions and receives monies on old. AL
news items left with him will receive proper
attention. Subscribe now; only $1.OO
year in advance.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

A bible class has been organized un-
der the auspices of the Daughters of
the King, of Trinity Church and will
meet Wednesday evenings at the diff
ferent homes of the members. The sub
ject of study will be the gospel accord
ing to st. Mark. The class is open to
all and everybody will be welcome.
The meeting tonight will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Minnie Rey-
nolds.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

Henry Bachman, a printer at st.
Joseph's Home, resigned his position
last week and returned to his home in
Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The Ladies' Aid of st. Paul NJ. E.
church will meet at the home of Angus
tus Dickerson. An election of officers
will be held.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The railroad company continues to
improve Dover station and it is said
that when the repairs are completed 1t
will be one of the finest stations on
the division. The waiting rooms will
have hard wood floors and be heated
by steam. The woodwork of the en-
tire building is to be scraped and it
will be repainted.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The Official board of st. Paul M.
E. Church, has granted the pastor,
Rev. J. A. Arters, a vacation of ten
days.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The Eastern Shore Telephone Com
pany has purchased controlling inter
est in the Worcester Telephone Com
pany, of Snow Hill, Md. Mr.. Harry
A. Richardson, of Dover, is president
of the Eastern Shore Company and is
working to control the telephone bus
mess south of Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
Ia and About Town:

T. L. Mason and A. Sevil are i'm
proving their places of business by put
ting in steam heat.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

DIR. J. Konrad Uhlig, who has been
managing the drug store for T. l..
Mason, has severed his connections
and accepted a position in Baltimore.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

Keep your eyes open for bargains.
James Meharg, corner of 9th and King
streets, Wilmington will keep you
posted with his advertisement else
where.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
Dividen d Notice.
The National Rank of Smvr

. The National Bank of Smyrna.
Smyrna, Del, Oct. 4, 1901.
The Directors of this Bank to-day de-
clared a semi-annual Dividend of three and
one-half go per cent. on the Capital
Stock, payable on demand.
EUGENE DAVIS, Cashier.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The ?. W. & B. Railroad Company
is building a new iron bridge over
Christiana creek, just north of New
ark. The old bridge was washed away
several weeks ago during heavy rain
storm.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

A handsome square piano, costin g
$4,000, has been placed in the High
School at Milford.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The official board of st. Paul's NJ.
E. Church will hold a meeting next
Friday night. At the close of the
Quarterly Conference on last Wednes-
day eveningthe official board was sur
prised by a treat of ice cream and
cake. 1t so happened that two of the
members W. T. Dyatt and H. G..
johnson and they had concluded that
this was fitting way to celebrate the
occasion
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

Willard A. Fleming, recently ap-
pointed Assistant Train Master moved
his family from Smyrna on Monday,
taking the house recently vacated by
W. H. Tunis.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

A rummage sale under the auspices
of the Ladies' Guild, of Trinity church
will be held in the Clements Build
ing" beginning this afternoon and will
continue every afternoon and evening
for a week. Several donations have
already been made, of which are ten
new ladies' hats of the latest style,
new sewing machine and etc
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
FOR SALE.
Eclipse Seed Wheat,

Strictly pure Eclipse Seed Wheat. Will ex-
change for off grade wheat at market diff
ferences. W. G.. HILL, Clayton,
or r. H. HILL, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

The w. G. 7. U. held their opening
meeting, after the heated summer
weather, at the home of Mrs. E. Mere
dith last Wednesday. Mrs. H. @.
Mearns, of Wilmington, a former
member and resident of Clayton, was
present and presided. Mrs. Kate E.
Smithers, of Smyrna, Kent county
president, was present and gave an
interesting talk. The following mem
bers were elected for the ensuing year /:
President, Mrs. Anna E. Woolfred !;
yice-presidents, Mrs. J. A. Arters,
Mrs. H. l.. Schlincke; secretary, Mrs.
M. E. Best; treasurer, Mrs. E. Mere
dith. Superintendents- and
Narcotics, Mrs. M. E. Best; Sunday
School, Mrs. E. Meredith; Flower
Mission and Literature, Mrs. Anna E..
Woolfred. Delegates to Convention
at Dover, Mrs. Best and Mrs. Wolfred.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

Yesterday being the birthday of the
Rev. c. Dexter Weeden, of Trinity
church, his parishioners gave him
pleasant surprise in the evening by
gathering at his home and making the
occasion happy one for him. The
party numbered over fifty and the pas
time consisted of music, games, &c.
BE was presented with a purse as a
token of the good will and esteem in
which he was held.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
LddPaSOnS I0HlQ OUI UCenSen Kent COuIIN

And the Amount of Same, for the Year Beginning Octo-
ber l. 1900, and Ending October !, 1901
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

George Hopkins, of Coolspring,
Sussex county, whose neck was broken
in a runaway near Lewes recently, has
been removed to Philadelphia hos
pital, and the surgeons there believe
that the man will get we'll.
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09

attention. Subscribe now; only Sl.OO
year in advance.
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
In and About Town:
T. L. Masou and A. Sevil are i'm
proving their places of business by put
ting in steam heat.
The official board of st. Paul M.
E. Church, has granted the pastor,
Rev. j. A. Arters, a vacation of ten
days.
The Ladies' Aid of st. Paul NJ. E.
church will meet at the home of Angus
tus Dickerson. An election of officers
will be held.
Henry Bachman, a printer at st.
Joseph's Home, resigned his position
last week and returned to his home in
Baltimore.
DIR. J. Konrad Uhlig, who has been
managing the drug store for T. l..
Mason, has severed his connections
and accepted position in Baltimore.
Keep your eyes open for bargains.
James Meharg, corner of 9th and King
streets, Wilmington will keep you
posted with his advertisement else
where.
Willard A. Fleming, recently ap-
pointed Assistant Train Master moved
his family from Smyrna on Monday,
taking the house recently vacated by
W. H. Tunis.
The ?. W. & B. Railroad Company
is building a new iron bridge over
Christiana creek, just north of New
ark. The old bridge was washed away
several weeks ago during a heavy rain
storm.
The Eastern Shore Telephone Com
pany has purchased a controlling inter
est in the Worcester Telephone Com
pany, of Snow Hill, Md. Mr.. Harry
A. Richardson, of Dover, is president
of the Eastern Shore Company and is
working to control the telephone bus
mess south of Wilmington.
The railroad company continues to
improve Dover station and it is said
that when the repairs are completed 1t
will be one of the finest stations on
the division. The waiting rooms will
have hard wood floors and be heated
by steam. The woodwork of the en-
tire building is to be scraped and it
will be repainted.
A bible class has been organized un-
der the auspices of the Daughters of
the King, of Trinity Church and will
meet Wednesday evenings at the diff
ferent homes of the members. The sub
ject of study will be the gospel accord
ing to st. Mark. The class is open to
all and everybody will be welcome
The meeting tonight will be held at
the residence of Mrs. Minnie Rey-
nolds.
A rummage sale under the auspices
of the Ladies' Guild, of Trinity church
will be held in the Clements Build
ing" beginning this afternoon and will
continue every afternoon and evening
for a week. Several donations have
already been made, of which are ten
new ladies' hats of the latest style,
new sewing machine and etc.
The official board of ST. Pauls M.
E. Church will hold a meeting next
Friday night. At the close of the
Quarterly Conference on last Wednes-
day eveningthe official board was sur
prised by treat of ice cream and
cake. 1t so happened that two of the
members w. T. Dyatt and H. G.
Johnson and they had concluded that
this was a fitting way to celebrate the
occasion
Yesterday being the birthday of the
Rev. c. Dexter Weeden, of Trinity
church, his parishioners gave him a
pleasant surprise in the evening by
gathering at his home and making the
occasion happy one for him. The
party numbered over fifty and the pas
time consisted of muRic Oames 60
Smyrna times., 1901-10-09
FULL LINE OF NOTIONS, &c.
No. 1896.
r EP0RT v1lE,I OF THE oCT;0SNrTDTTION OF

BANK at Smyrna, in the State of Delaware
at the close of business, September 3Oth 1901
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-08

more union flags, to wave in order to
prevent further mistakes. Lieut..
Shurtleff carried flag in one hand
| for his party.
They journeyed past the New Mar
ket bridge and saw in the distance the
confederate pickets. Near the bridge
John NJ. Sandidge, member of the
Charles City (Va.) troop, with his son
dette Terrett and a guide, saw the
union party and hid in the woods.
Sandidge was the leader of the con-
federate party. He afterward rose to
the rank of colonel in the confederate
army. He decided that he would wait
! until the union party had returned
from their scouting and attack it from
| ambush. Sandidge believed that the
federals might capture some confed-
crates, and that his party would be
able to rescue them.
The union party returned in the
morning by the New Market Bridge
road and came to the point where the
confederates lay in ambush. Col. San
didge gave this description of the af-
fair:
eve were each to pick out man and
thus make the best use Of our ammuni
ton. At about seven o'clock they ap-
peared, the three officers abreast,
| whose names, as afterward ascer-
tanned, were Maj. Rowlins. Capt. Jen-
kins and Lieut.. Shurtleff. When they
| were some 20 PAGES distant We fired.
Rowlins fell, shot through the head.
'Shurtleff was wounded in the arm
and side by Terrett. Capt. jenkins,
who was third in the rank, was un-
| touched, my son George had not
| fred"
Col Sandidge then related how Capt.
t jenkins had continued fighting until
he was badly wounded in the breast.
Capt. Jenkins was not captured, how
ever, until after Lieut.. Shurtleff.
''Having reloaded my gum" con-
tinued Col. Sandidge, Il returned to
Shurtleff. Aiming the weapon at him,
| I demanded the number of his party
and their whereabouts. He said they
! had taken to the woods. 1 ordered him
! to get up and call on his companions
| to surrender. This he did, but they did
| not appear.
''Shurtleff was badly shot. At the
time he was wounded he was carrying
a smau-sized union flag. This was used
| to ,stanch the blood that flowed from
| his wound.
1.-The union flag captured on this oc-
casion was the first taken in the war
and was carefully preserved. After
| having been displayed in Richmond it
| was restored to me.
'The sight of it naturally recalled
| recollections of the union soldier who
| had borne it so bravely, and / often
| wondered whether he had survived the
/ events of the war. It was my desire
to ascertain his fate, and if he were
still living t. send back the bloody
| trophy Of civil strife
This description of the ambush was
| given by Col. Sandidge in 1885 in New
i Orleans. He had been trying to locate
Mr. Shurtleff for several years, and
finally did succeed in learning in the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-08
DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Eminent Astronomers Who Arc at
Odds About the Temperature
of Mars.

Astronomer Brooks, of Geneva.
thinks Mars is Inhabited. Astronomer
Holden, of New York, thinks not. DR..
Holden thinks men would freeze In
Mars. Brooks thinks that DR.. Hold
ems assumptions are not warranted
by the facts. But the two astronO-
mers seem to disagree about the facts,
for DIR. Brooks, who has seen the Mar
tian canals, says that DIR. Holden dis
believes in them, says Harper's
Weekly.
But supposing DIR. Holden to be
right about the frostiness of Mars,
why should not unfreezable creatures
live there? DIR. S. D. Mcconnell, in the
Evolution of Immortality" "speculates
hopefully about the ability of active
and progressive human souls to build
up for themselves during earthly life
a physical fabric, made of indestruc-
tible ether, which shall survive the
body of flesh, and flourish comfortably
in frost, flames or water. These in
destructible bodies would be material
and fit to express the physical life Of
rational souls. They seem to be very
much such bodies as ghosts and spir-
its have always been understood and
expected to have, but DR.. Mcconnell
makes them seem likelier and more
comprehensive by suggesting that
they be made of a real substance, and
that the substance is the luminous
ether. He writes tn the light of such
recent additions to our knowledge of
this ether as have come through
the experiments of Struve, Helmholtz,
Lord Kelvin, Dolbear, Tesla, Ront-
gen and others, and through the work
ings of the TX ray and wireless tel
egraph apparatus.
It don't really bear on Mr.. Holden's
views about Mars being inhabitable
to say that ghosts could live there,
for he has not been speculating about
ghosts, but creatures like ourselves.
But Mars as a place of residence for
souls with bodies made of indestruc-
tible ether, is more interesting than
Mars with no one on it at all. More
over, if rational beings with indestruc-
tible bodies which can pervade matter,
are scientifically conceivable, modi-
fed bodies, not necessarily indestruc-
tible, but adapted to Mars, are con-
ceivable also.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-08

It is not always safe to judge a
man by his clothes, but dress goes
long way in certain localities. If
anyone doubts our democracy, let
him spend a day in the gallery of the
United States senate, the least dig
nified upper house" of legislation in
the world. "Befo' de wah" all men,
bers were clean shaven, wore black
frocks and high stocks, beavers, peg
top trousers, and a solemn air of
public Importance privately ex-
pressed. They believed in their
hearts that they were statesmen, and
the world acknowledged them as
such. Dignity was the chief quail
ity, pride their most cherished pos
session. The old-timers, like Morgan,
Teller, Cockrell, Berry, Proctor and
Daniel, still wear their before-the-
war clothes, dignity and pride, but
the post-bellum regiment of politi-
clans is uniformed in the sack suit
or the cutaway-N. Y. Press.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-08
NO. 80.
WIT AND WISDOM.

At the Post Objects there any
nail for me?' "What's your name?"
You'll find it on the letter" Indian
,polis News.
1t is a mistake to tell ones troubles,
which is mistake often made greater
BY telling them to some one who talks
90 much.-Atchison Globe.
The early cucumber joke may be
iaughable, but when it comes to iou-
bling a man up it isn't in it with the
real thing.-Chicago Daily News.
Towne-'Henpeck tells me that his
wife actually pulls his hair when she
gets mad" Browne-"Why doesn't
ne keep his hair cut short?" Towne-
Il asked him that and he says his wife
won't let him. m."-Philadelphia Press.
Reporter No. 1-"I hear you were
6red?" Reporter No. 2-"Yes, but it
was my own fault. In writing up the
accident forgot to state what might
have happened had the disaster oc-
Cured an hour earner."-
World.
Housekeeper-"Why did you leave
yOuA AdoC PAdC0. OxcTNduC~- + dItu I,
the lady an her husband was always
luarrelin'" "What did they quarrel
aboutP" "Bekase I wouldn't lave till
me two weeks was up!"-Philadelph
Record.
Little James had been telling q Wis
ltor that his father had got a new set
of false teeth. Indeed" said the vis-
itor, land what will he do with the
old set?" "Oh, s'pose," replied lit
tie James, they'll cut 'em down and
make me wear them."-Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
Accommodating.-"Come back as
soon as possible" said her mistress to
Magic, who was going home in re-
sponse to telegram saying her moth
err was i'll. "Yes, num-" promised
Maggie. A day or two later a letter
came: Dear Mis- Smith: will be
back mex week pleas KEEP my place, for
me mother is dying as fast as she can
To oblidg Maggie. ."-Lippincott's Mag.
azine.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1901-08-08
HEARD IN PASSING,
n Word Dropped Between Two Dis.
sipated Young Men Showed They
Were Not Past Feeling.

They were walking with heads bent,
thoughtful frame of mind, and as l
drew near, l heard one say, in a rue
full tone:
ooh, if we could only forget, 1t woS1d
not be so unbearable; but sometimes,
when haunted by the memory of the
wasted years, it seems to me shall go
mad.'
|'My case exactly" said his compan-
ion, with half-suppressed oath. "My
memory is a curse to me, for it nags me
like a tiend.''
Glancing at the speakers, as they
passed, l noted that, although they
dragging at their feet. They were COM
paratively youthful; but the bloated
faces and bloodshot eyes, were in evil
fence of the why OF the nagging mem
Ories.
A moment later I was overtaken
by one who had from childhood
lived in our city, and to her / put the
query:
do you know anything of the men
you just passed?"
II know nothing good of them," was
the quick retort, adding: ''We were
once classmates, but it is years since
have SO much as given them nod in
passing. To tell the truth I often,
when not in too great hurry, as now,
go a block out of my way to avoid
meeting them, they have fallen so
low"
''Tell me something of their history,
as we walk on" urged I, ''for some