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Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
/, New CASTLE County, IS.
The STATE OF DELAWARE,
10 THE SHERIFF OF New CASTLE County,

AHE OTATE OF DELAWARE,
10 THE SHERIFF. OF New CASTLE County,
GREETING
Whereas, Mary f. Pearson by
her Petition to the Judges of our
Superior Court, filed in the Office
OF the Prothonotary of said
Court in and for New Castle
lSeal) County, for the cause of COM
plalnt therein alleged, has made
application to our said Judges
that decree may be pronounced
dissolving the marriage existing
between the Petitioner and
Hiram E. Pearson.
We, therefore command you, as YOU
were heretofore commanded, that YOU
summon Hiram E. Pearson that he be
ana appear before the Judges of our said
Court at the next term thereof to be held
at wilmington, on Monday, the Twenty.
third day of May next to answer the al
legations OF the said petitioner, Mary E.
fearson according to the Act Of Assem-
Dly IN such case made and provided and
also to do and receive what the Court shall
then and there consider concerning him
IN tins behalf as to the Court shall seem
meet and consistent with the provisions
OF the said Act of Assembly.
Ana have >ou then there this writ.
witness the honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at wilmington, the First day of Febru-
ary A. d., nineteen hundred and four.
FRANK L. SPEAKMAN,
Issued Feb. l1th, 1904. Prothonotary.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
New CASTLE COUNTY, IS.
Tim Cm.mr On nrI AuAnr

To THE SHERIFF OF New CASTLE COUNTY,
GREETING -
Whereas, William S. Clark by
his Petition to the Judges of our
Superior Court, filed in the office
of the Prothonotary of said
Court in and for New Castle
(SeaD County, for the cause of COM
plant therein alleged, has made
application to our said Judges
that decree may be pronounced
dissolving the marriage existing
between the Petitioner and
Amanda E. Clark.
We, therefore, command you, as you
we're heretofore commanded, that you
summon Amanda +. Clark that she be
and appear tefore the Judges of our said
Court at the next term thereof to be held
at Wilmington, on Monday, the Twenty
third day Of May next to answer the
allegations of the said petitioner, William
S. Clark according to the Act of Assem-
bly, in such case made and provided, aid
also to do and receive what the Court
shall then and there consider concerning
her in this behalf as to the Court shall
seem meet and consistent with the pro-
visions of the said Act of Assembly:
And have You then there this writ.
Witness the Honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at Wilmington, the Fourteenth day oil
March, A. D., nineteen hundred and
four.
FRANK L. SPEAKMAN,
Issued Mc,. 2lst. 1904. Prothonotary.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
cEcILToN

George Milligan is visiting relatives in
Wilmington.
Miss Mollie Richards has returned from
business trip to Philadelphia.
Miss Daisy Hoover has been spending
the past week with Miss Name Pierce.
DR.. William A. Pierce, of Germantown,
spent a few days of the past week with
his sister, Mrs. James A. Pierce.
Albert Pierce, wife and daughter, of
Philadelphia, spent few days with his
nephew, ]. A. Pierce, near town.
Services will be held at St. Stephens
Church on Sunday at IL o'clock, and in
the Chapel at o'clock. All are invited.
Misses Mary and Laura Clark, Of West
minister, are spending the Easter Holi-
days with their parents, VIM. Clark and
wife.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
New CASTLE COUNTY. SIS.

New CASTLE COUNTY, IS.
THE STATE OF DELAWARE,
To THE SHERIFF OF New CASTLE COUNTY,
GREETING =
Whereas, Charles Clampitt by
his Petition to the Judges OF our
Superior Court, filed in the office
OF the Prothonotary of said Court
in and for New Castle County,
(Seal) for the cause of complaint there
in alleged, has made application
to our said Judges that decree
may be pronounced dissolving
the marriage existing between
the Petitioner and Lizzie j.
Clampitt.
We, therefore, command you, as you
were heretofore commanded, that you
summon Lizzie ]. Clampitt that she be
and appear before the Judges of our said
Court at the next term thereof to be
held at Wilmington, on Monday, the
Twenty-third day of May next to answer
the allegations of the said petitioner,
Charles Clampitt according to the Act OF
Assembly in such case made and pro-
vided, and also to do and receive what
the Court shall then and there consider
concerning her in this behalf as to the
Court shall seem meet and consistent
with the provisions of the said Act OF
Assembly.
And have you then there this writ.
Witness the Honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at Wilmington, the Fourteenth day OF
March, A. D., nineteen hundred and
four
T. A TrT rVr0 A
Issued Mch. 2lst, 1904. Prothonotary.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
New CASTLE COUNTY, SIS.

To THE SHERIFF OF New CASTLE County.
GREETING =
Whereas, Lydia C. Downes by
her Petition to the Judges of our
Superior Court, filed in the Office
OF the Prothonotary of said Court
In and for New Castle County,
(Seal) tor the cause of complaint therein
alleged, has made application to
our said Judges that a decree
may be pronounced dissolving
the marriage existing between
the Petitioner and Roubon J.
Downes.
We. therefore, command you, as you
were heretofore commanded, that you
summon Roubon ]. Downes that he be
and appear before the Judges of our said
Court at the next term thereof to be held
at Wilmington, on Monday, the Twenty
third day of May next to answer the al
legations of the said petitioner, Lydia G.
Downes according to the Act of Assembly
in such case made and provided, and also
to do and receive what the Court shall
then and there consider concerning him
in this behalf as to the Court shall seem
meet and consistent with the provisions
of the said Act of Assembly.
And have you then and there this writ.
Witness the Honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at Wilmington, the First day of Febru-
arV A. D., nineteen hundred and four.
FRANK L. SPEAKMAN,
Issued Feb. 18th, 1904 Prothonotary.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
New CASTLE COUNTY, IS.
THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

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To THE SHERIFF OF New CASTLE COUNTY
GREETING -
Whereas, Robert Henry Cub.
berly his Petition to the Judges
Of our Superior Court, filed in
the Office of the Prothonotarv OF
said Court in and for New Castle
(SeaD County, for the cause of com.
plant therein alleged, has made
application to our said Judges
that decree may be pronounced
dissolving the marriage existing
between the Petitioner and
Maude Cubberly.
We, therefore, command you, as you
were heretofore commanded, that you
summon Maude Cubberly that she be and
appear before the Judges of our said Court
at the next term thereof to be held at
Wilmington, on Monday, the twenty
third day of May next to answer the al
legations of the said petitioner, Robert
Henry Cubberly according to the Act Of
Assembly in such case made and pro-
vided, and also to do and receive what
the Court shall then and there consider
concerning her in this behalf as to the
Court shall seem meet and consistent
with the provisions of the said Act Of
Assembly.
And have you then and there this writ.
Witness the Honorable Chas. B. Lore,
at Wilmington, the First day of Feb
ruarv A. D. nineteen hundred and four.
FRANK L. SPEAKMAN,
Issued March 4th, 1904. Prothonotary.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
WHY rs IT

"Not all the negroes of the
South are shiftless if we may be-
lieve the reports that come to us
from time 10 time. The spirit of
Tuskegee is spreading through
Alabama and Georgia. For the
work of that institution is not
confined to teaching the various
branches to the students, but ex-
tends to the farmers and their
wives. There are periodical con-
ferences at which there are earn
est discussions of all that per-
tains to the moral and material
interests of the colored people.
At one of these meetings re-
Gently an old colored man related
his experiences, showing that,
even without education, thrift
and industry will tell. His speech
is worth a hundred political ex-
hortations. Read it; for it is
worth reading I am uneducated
but I know how to farm and
make a living. I bought a yoke
Of oxen and a mule, but in March
the mule died. Then I got a yoke
of calves, and that year I made
nine bales of cotton. For a year
I ate bread and water. My wife
said she was going to leave me
if I didn't get some meat. She
went to her fathers, and he would
give her a piece of meat, and she
would come back home. I sold
my nine bales of cotton, and peo-
pie were willing to help me. I
generally raise now from $50 to
200 bales of cotton a year. 1
have 1900 acres of land. Some
of it cost me $50 an acre, some
of it less than $16. I bought the
place where now live for SILL
600; I owe $4,000 on it. charge
from 12t to Is per cent. for NOM
ey that lend. I pay S115 taxes.
I want Tuskegee in my COM
munity. I say where there is a
will there is a way. I have a
store of my own and do my own
business. l have two boys in Sell
ma University. I can't write my
name to savemy life."
"Now we don't know why tits,
but here in Delaware there are
no duplicates of that old colored
man experience. In the old days
throughout the State were re-
spectacle colored men who own
ed their farms, but their de-
scendants, almost without excep-
ton have lost the property left
them. In material things the
colored man of Delaware is not
progressing. Why is it ?"
The above from the EUening
Journal does injustice to the col
ored people of this State. Every
community in the State has men
of the class mentioned and some
with even better records. This
community has more than one of
the older men who have worked
hard and saved their earnings.
We have the honor of knowing
one who has raised a large family
of children, educated them all,
owns at least one farm, is a stock
holder in two banks, has lived on
one farm more than quarter of
a century and is as highly re-
spected by his white friends as
by those of his own color. Nor
are such cases confined to the
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02

$66.75 Round Trip From Wilmington to
the Pacific Coast
For the Methodist Episcopal Church
Conference at Los Angeles. CAL, and the
Meeting Of the National Association OF
Retail Grocers of the United States, at
San Francisco, CAL, the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad will sell Excursion Tickets
from April 22d to Both, inclusive, at the
above very low rate, good returning until
June 30th.
Call on Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Ticket Agents for full information as to
Routes, Side Trips, Stop.overs, etc.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02

EoTICE-Eotice Is hereby given that Letters
Testamentary were in ue form of law
granted unto the undersigned on the four
teenth day of March, "A. d. 1904. and that all per-
sons having claims against the estate of the
deceased must present the same duly attested
to the said Executor on or before the four.
teenth day of March 1875, or abide the Act
of Assembly In such case mac and provided,
JOSHUA CLAYTON, JR.
Executor.
Address, Mlddletown, Delaware.
Address Martin B. Burris, Esq, Attorney-at-
law, Middletown, Delaware.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
LAND LIN !

Farmers, place your orders for
Spring shipment now, before the
rush of orders.conNs on. No Ger
tainty for having late orders
promptly filled. We have Agency
for these high grade Lines: Kerr's
(Wrightsville.) Mccoy (Schuyl-
kill,) and "High c." (Western
Maryland.) All at the lowest
prices.
O. e HuLsI1
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
Jim Crow" Laws Signed

Governor Warfeld last week signed
both the Kerbin "Jim Grow" laws, one
applying to railway trains and the other
to steamboats, within the limits OF the
entire State of Maryland. Delegate Will
liams on Friday introduced another bill
requiring electric lines to furnish separate
cars for white and colored passengers also
applicable to the entire State.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
G.. e. Hukill.
ID EGIsTER's ORDER.
REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE,

REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE,
New Castle County, DEL, March l4th, 10 4,
Upon the application of Joshua Clayton,
Jr., Executor OF Lavinia f. Clayton, late OF
st. Georges Hundred, in said county deceased,
it is ordered and directed by the Register of
Wills that the Executor aforesaid give
notice of granting of Letters Testament
tary upon the estate of the deceased, with the
date of granting thereof, by causing advertise
ments to be posted within forty days from the
date of such Letters in six of the most public
places OF the County of New Castle, requiring
all persons having demands against the estate
TO present the same, or abide by an act of AS
sembly In such case made and provided; and
also cause the same 10 be inserted within the
same period in the Middletown Transcript,
a newspaper published in Middletown, Del,
and to be continued therein two months
@-, Given under the hand and seal of
SEAL office of the Register of Wills afore-
t--~1 said, at Wilmington, in New Castle
County aforesaid, the day and ear above writ
ten
FRED E. BACH, Register of Wills
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
ID EGIsTER'S ORDER.
REGISTER OF WILLS OFFICE.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DEL, Mch. Is, 1901
Upon the application of Emma Foard
Administrix OF Eli b. Foard, late of Pen.
csIder Hundred, in said county, deceased
it Is ordered and directed by the Register Of
Wills that the Administrative aforesaid give
notice OF granting of Letters Testamentary
upon the estate of the deceased, with the date
of granting thereof, by causing advertise
ments to be posted within forty days from the
date OF such ettPrs in six of the most public
place of the County of New Castle, requiring
all persons having demands against the estate
to present the same or abide by an act OF
Assembly in such case made and royided !:
and also cause the same to be inserted within
the same period in THE MIDDLETowN TRAN
sCRIPT, a newspaper published in MiddIetown.
Del, and to be continued therein two mouths
~, Given under the hand and seal Of
}sEAL office Of the Register of Wills afore-
toC' sad. at Wilmington, In New Castle
Comfy aforesaid, the day and year above
written.
FRED E. BACH, Register Of Wills.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02
GROVER!
WEIGHT a5o LBS.

l will stand my Jack at Mr.. Jas. L.
Dickinson's, Townsend, Del, where l
will be pleased to have my friends, and
patrons that wish to use him this Spring,
bring their mares, to the above stables,
last week in March, and thereafter as
business requires him. His colts are
large and smooth.
Terms to insure $500. No single
service.
JACOB r. SHALLCROSS,
Sassafras, Md.
Middletown transcript., 1904-04-02

NoTfcE-Notice is hereby given, that Letters
OF Administration were in due form OF law
granted unto the undersigned, on the 18th day
of March, A. D 1905, and that ali persons
having claims against the estate of the de-
ceased must present the same, duly attested,
70 the said Administratrix, on or before the
18th day of March, 1905, or abide the Act of
Assembly in such case made and provided,
EMMA FOARD,
Administrators.
Address, Edward g. Cook, ESQ. Attorney-at.
law, Wilmington, Delaware.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
AMERICAN DESIGNS ARE BEST.

''In the production of electro plated goods for table use, such as spoons, knives and forks and tea sets. the United States is ahead of all other countries" said Arthur Bradshaw of Meriden, Conn.
 'The chief factor in the American superiority Is the beauty of the de- signs. There is no style about the wares Of the old countries, while over here the plated stuff so nearly resem- bles the solid silver goods in looks and fineness of workmanship that the av- craze buyer can scarcely tell one from the other. The best grades of the plated product will last twenty-five to thirty years, which is about as long as one wants to keep an article of house hold use.
 '"The silver used in their manufac- ture is not large element in the cost. The coating of silver goes over a metallic composition in which tin zinc. antimony and copper are the chief ingredients. s.'-Washington Post.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31

and of a new start in domestic life were at last abandoned.
 Neither of the deserted pair had at that time any thought of divorce They grieved together, or tried to comfort one another, and at first hoped to build one new home on the ruins of the two destroyed. Tn this they were not successful. Frying. unkind neigh bors, the sense of disappointment in the old scenes of their happiness, the irresistible hope that in new scenes and new environment they could fori get their sorrows and live in peace and mutual pride prompted them to come to Chicago.
 Here for more than a year they have been happy and prosperous, but both their business and social achievements since coming to Chicago have con- spired to put 8 new meaning and add unforeseen dif1culties to their condi- ton. They began to see that if they were to begin freely as at the begin ming they must be absolved from en- tanglements or from any claims that the sad past and it's legal conse- quences might entail. And to this end they discussed every phase and angle of their mutual predicament, and at length determined to bring action simultaneously and to fight side by side for what they believe their rights, even as they had endured together what they believe to have been their wrongs.
 The sons complaint against his wife goes no farther than the charge of de- sertion and absolute refusal to return. The burden of tle mothers charges against her husband, includes habitual drunkenness, brutality, and an at tempt upon her life in April, 1901, a year before he deserted her.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
Watch for Friday Nighf'S AdE
'PURlTANs AND ExToRTIoN
How the First Settlers Dealt with the Question of Oppression in
 Starving Time"

The fields lay parched under the pitt. less sun. Game had failed and the main reliance of the colonists was supply of fish, which hitherto had been plentiful, was running short, and often the crew of the single boat would pass days upon the water so slender was the return Daily, almost hourly, was fresh victim claimed from the small band. At one time there were but six able bodied men in the entire colony
 1t was while affairs were at their worst, in the summer of 1923. that the ship Plantation arrived in the harbor and the hopes of the colonists arose at the prospect of speedy deliverance. But the voyage had been a long one, and though there was a sufficient supply of provisions for the crew, but two hogs heads of dried peas could be spared to the people of Plymouth. Learning of the desperate need of the settlers, the master of the ship. demanded the extor. tionate price of G per hogshead. It was not question of money which made the Puritans decline to pay the exorbitant price, for actual coined gold was not lacking. Indeed. the master agreed to take beaver skins, although at reduced rate. Considering their urgent need, no amount could hardly have been deemed to great to pay. It was not consonant with Puritan prin- ciples, however, to submit to extortion, and it is duly noted in the journal of Gov. William Bradford that they told him they had lived too long without and would doe still rather than give so unreasonably." So the Plantation sailed southward to Virginia with the peas still in the hold.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31

pieces and with the bits about the length of towels tried to beat off their blood thirsty assailants. It was useless We killed hundreds of the tenacious pests, but as fast as we did so hundreds more swarmed up through the openings in the matches. The decks became so thick with the smashed bodies of the enemy that it was with difficulty we kept our footing.
 stThe fight was sorely unequal one. We soon saw that we could not conquer the bug and centipede horde, so or dered all sail to be clapped on and this, despite the fact that three-fourths gale was blowing and the topmasts on fore and mainmasts were bending like reeds. With the masts and yards covered with centipedes it was no easy work to han dle the sails. I felt that our only saliva tfon was to reach our destination as quickly as we could. There was time when l feared that the sailors would take to the boats and desert the bug cursed ship. But succeeded in per- suading them to stick to the bark
 Under the great spread of canvas that we carried we made the trip in seven days. beating all previous runs by three days. No matter how hard the wind blew we kept all sail on the ship Mean while the bugs and centipedes fought us. The faces and arms and hands of the crew were in frightful condition. Even the eyes of the sailors were affected
 You have seen me jolly, Capt. Ru- belli, concluded Skipper Ferrara. You ought to have seen me and the crew when St. John came in sight became devout. I prayed The anchor was no sooner let go in the harbor than, with shout, the crew lowered the boats and were soon pulling frantically shoreward. Poor fellows, it will be long time be- fore some of them recover from their bites. The most serious ordered to the hospital. very much fear blood poison ing for not few and I am little nerv- ous on the same score myself '''
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
BOTH SEEK FREEDOM.
MOTHER AND SON GET A DIVORCE
 ON SAME DAY.
An Unusual Occurrence Which Caused Surprise Even in the Crowded
 Divorce Court of the &=~ Windy City.

Mother and son appearing at the same time in the same court, and with the same attorney, one asking a divorce from her husband and the fa- ther of her son, and the son asking a like, Judgment against his wife, is an unusual occurrence, even in the crowd, ed divorce courts of Chicago.
 Mrs. Frances Elmina Day and her only child, Theron w. Day, had their petitions prepared and filed simulta' neously. Both charge desertion, and both ask for absolute divorce with the right to mary again. The mother, after nearly 20 years of welded life, accuses her husband, Herbert John son Day, of cruelty maltreating her for all of ten years preceding his final de- sertion. He beat and kicked her, ac- cording to the allegations, and tor mented her for hours by skipping pinching and choking her.
 According to the woman's story, as told by the Chicago Tribune, she en- dured all of@this uncomplainingly, and at last 1t was her husband, and not she, who abandoned their home, and refused thereafter to resume the un- happy life that had already lasted Ii years Meanwhile, at Herkimer, N. Y. her son, a boy of IS, welded girl ot about his own age. Married in haste they hardly took time to repent al leisure. The wedding occurred June 27, 1900, and, If the young husband speaks truly, the bride left his house two months later, never to return.
 After the desertion of his mother al . New Hartford, N. Y, the son made his home with her for time, and both the woman and her boy continued to plead with their absent partners to return Their efforts to reestablish the1i broken homes were not successful and, although the young man joined his mother in urging his father tc come home and the mother added her prayers to those which her boy sent to his absent bride, there was no re. ! gponse from either of the recreanl ones, and hopes of a happier reunion
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-08-31
,London's New Craze.

Fashionable London society has in vented new craze in the shape of "war dinners" served in the latest styles of Russian or Japanese cooking and cooked after the methods of those countries, From a astronomical point of view, the Russian dinner, with it's vodka is perhaps the most successful, as the Japanese cooks serve up some weird dishes which no self-respectine European would touch under ordinary circumstances, and the diners must sit on the floor. Fashion is, however, a taskmaster, not servant, and fashion decrees that whoever wishes to be smart must eat these dishes no matter how they taste.