Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-09-09

| School Shoes that will hold that tDoy,
, or good neat shoe for the girls. at Mrs.
G. w. PETERSON.
The Glasgow, Summit Bridge, Red
Lion AMI St. Georges Women's Christian
Temperance Unions, will hold combined
harvest home, on September 10Th, i'll
Reynolds Grove. Prof. Scanlon and
Mrs. ]. K. Barney will be among the
speakers who will make addresses. On
next Tuesday evening, Rev. I. Chal-
| mers Potter, will deliver lecture on Bee
Keeping For Pleasure and Profit"
newspaper may boom town through
its editorial and news columns, but
critical investor looks to the advertising
columns for substantial evidence of push
and life 70 him they are Thermometers
measuring the intensity OF public warmth;
they are the pulse which indicates the
healthy condition of the collective body
of the people they tell him whether or
not the community is up to the times in
business matters.
The Executive Committee of the St.
Georges Hundred Sunday School Associa-
ton, met at Odessa on Thursday and de-
cided to hold the Hundred Convention
on Tuesday, the 26th day of September,
1905, in Bethesda M. E. Church, this
town. All the Sunday Schools in the
Hundred will be entitled to send two
delegates in addition to the pastor and
superintendent. All Sunday School
workers are invited to be present and
participate in the proceedings. An alter
noon and evening session will be held.
The full programme will be announced
later.
When the trustees Of a school employ
teacher the law requires that they shall
notify the superintendent, giving the
name, postoffice address and the salary
paid. We are informed by MIR. Spaid
that not over twenty boards have given
him any information about the schools
for the year that is just beginning. Divi-
| dends were withheld from schools in Sus-
sex county last year who failed to comply
with this requirement. The same thing
will be done in New Castle unless the law
is obeyed. Each reader is interested in
this matter and should ask the clerk or
secretary of the school board if he has
sent the necessary notice to the superin-
| tendent.
Don't forget the tournament at Dewey
Park on the 10th inst. The managers are
making arrangements for a real gala day
or rather afternoon and evening-of
enjoyment. The afternoon, at 2 o'clock
sharp, will commence the riding and
fitting contests by Knights Of experience
from the different counties of Maryland.
Able orators will be present to urge the
gallant Knights in their fights for the
honors for browning the ladies as "Queen
of love and beauty" The fish-fry and
supper to follow the tournament and the
winding-up of the day and evening with
with dance will, no doubt, draw large
crowd. The next dance will be Saturday,
September 10th.
Isaac Miller, one Of the best known and
most highly respected colored men in
this community, died suddenly at the
residence of MIR. 5. @. Biggs, where he
had been employ ed for the past IS years,
Friday. morning. At 4.30 O'Clock yester-
day morning lie called Mr. Abram Biggs,
and informed him OF his serious condi-
ton, and although physician was sum-
moned Immediately the man was dead
when he arrived. In the ZOOS he was
| slave, and lived on the Eastern Shore
Of Maryland. During the IL years he
had been employed by Mr.. Biggs he had
proven himself to be honest and indus
trious, and will be greatly missed by Mr..
Biggs' family. The funeral services will
be held in Dales M. E. Church, Sunday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Rev. W. E.
Waters officiating.