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Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
ROLLS OF HONOR

The following pupils Of the Middletown
Public Schools have obtained 80
per cent. or better for the month Of
May
HIGH SCHOOL. Grade AIDA Scott,
Lydia Dockety, Edith shallcross, Reece
Darlington. Grade B. Blanche Deakyne.
Grade C.-Helen Biggs, Elsie Boulden,
Leanora Davis, Arthur Price, Anna Shall
cross.
DEPARTMENT No. g. Glass A.-Martha
Voshell, George Hukill, Lena Weber,
Roy Jolls, Bertha Whitlock, Estelle Beas-
ten, Irving Roberts. Glass B.-Rnby
Whitlock, John Hoffecker, Lola Carroll,
Irving Brockson, Benny Denny, Emma
Deakyne, Wilhelmina K ing, Leah Berk
man.
DEPARTMENT No. 8. Glass A.-Viola
Weber, Helen Mcdowell, Maude Taylor.
Glass Elizabeth Gibbs, Laura Con-
nellee, Burton Hall.
DEPARTMENT No. 4. Glass A.-Alice
Boulden, Myrtle Whitlock. Tim Hukill,
Frank Tyson. Glass B-Sarah Hates,
Anita Kitchens, Jessie Shepherd, Mildred
Redgrave.
DEPARTMENT No. 5. Glass A.-Beuiah
Whit.ock, Leila Pearce, Martha Pearce,
Esther Williams, Lucy Ford. John Knm-
pei, Clarence Weber, Albert JolIs, Fred
Baker, Elmer Vinyard, Harry Segelken,
Percy Price, Clifford Pyle, Paul Devices.
Glass B-Alma Whitlock, Odell Gallagher
Frank Walker, Frank McWhorter, Allen
Johnson.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
PERso oF0Al l.ITlEs

Miss Elizabeth LockHo Hood was in Phi
lladelphia this week.
Miss Edith Conrad, Of Wilmington
spent last Sunday with friends here.
Mrs. w. P. Cullen and daughter. Har.
riett, are visiting relatives IN Schenectady,
NY.
Mrs. Mary Sanbcrn. Of Wilmington,
has been visiting her sister, Mrs. J. NJ.
Rothwell.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Sterling Evans, Of
Elkton. Nd, spent last Sunday with her
father, Mr.. ]. B. Foard.
Mrs. A. G. Cox attended Missionary
Meeting in Mt. Pleasant Church, near
Wilmington on Thursday.
Misses Susie Foard and Helen Cochran
spent part of last week in Elkton, Nd,
guests of Mrs. W. D. Evans.
Miss A. Louise Reynolds, of New York
spent last Sunday with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Reynolds.
Mr.. George Allen and son John, of
Philadelphia, spent several days Of this
week at the Middletown Hotel.
Mrs. Horace Mcdonnell and daughter
Margaret, of Wilmington, spent several
days this week with her father, J. w.
Gary.
Mrs. BERTHE Parvis and Mrs. Clarence
Pool, Of Wilmington, were guests Of Mr..
and Mrs.E G. S. Hopkins. Thursday and
Friday of this week.
DR.. D. W. Lewis is spending this week
at the American Medical Association
which is holding its annual meeting in
Atlantic City, N. ].
Mrs. M. A. Hall has been in Philadel-
phia, staying with her sisters, the Misses
Murphey. Miss Elizabeth Murptey, well
known here, has been very i'll for the
past week.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
cEcILToN

Mr.. T. D. Beltz spent Saturday in Will
mington.
Mr.. William A. Brown spent Saturday
in Wilmington.
Mr.. George BiddIe, Of Elkton, was in
town on Thursday.
Miss Edith Anderson was the guest Of
Miss Clara Manlove on Sunday.
John Freeman, Of Philadelphia, visit
ing his grandparents H. W. Black and
wife.
Robert Anderson, Jr., Of st. Johns
College. Annapolis, is visiting his parents
this week.
Mrs. Albert Watts and con Edgar spent
several days last week with relatives in
Townsend.
Messrs. Thomas Hall and Thomas
Pearce, Of Elk Neck, spent Saturday and
Sunday here.
Miss Iona Benson, Of Earleville, was
entertained Thursday by Misses Blanche
and Emma Brown.
Mrs. W. Gary and daughter, Of Chester
vile, spent Thursday with her parents,
Mr.. James Smith and wife.
Miss Eddie Ferguson, of Chesapeake
City, spent Wednesday and Thursday
with her mother Mrs. NJ. E. Ferguson.
Mrs. Harry G. Ellison and daughter
Annie, of Summit Bridge, spent one day
last week with Mr.. Thomas P. Jones, Sr.,
and wife.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson, of Galena,
and Miss Mary Anderson, Of Still Pond,
spent Saturday and Sunday with their
parents here.
children's Day Services have been
postponed on account of the weather. II
will be held at Johntown, Sunday even
ing, June 9th, and will be observed here
on the following Sunday, June 10th.
g
Quite party Of young people went on
a strawride from here to attend the festi-
val at Still Pond, Thursday evening
Those present were: Mrs. Edna Smith,
Misses Lizzie Anderson, Lille Short, Iona
Benson, Blanche Padley, Blanche and
Emma Brown, Mary Blackway, Messrs.
Oscar Page, Louis freeman, William An
derson, William Brown and Harvard
Padley.
Cecilton High School Commencement
was held in the NJ. E. Church on Monday
evening, June Sd. The two graduates
we're: Miss Annie E. W. Price and Will
liam P. Anderson. Music was furnished
by Wilmington Orchestra and the pro-
gram was as follows: Prayer by Rev.
William F. Dawson; Salutatory-Essay
s.Courage that Conyicts,'' by Miss Annie
E. w. Price; Address by Rev Louis E.
Barrett, d. D.; Presentation Of Diplomas,
BY Mr.. George BiddIe; Essay. sPolicY Of
Reconstruction" yaledictory by William
r. Anderson; Singing, abide With Me-"
William P. Anderson was awarded the
gold medal for leading isclass during the
year; Miss George Walmsley for
Latin. Benediction by Rev. William A..
Coale. Quite large crowd attended the
service, which we're very much enjoyed
BY all.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
DEsPHRAboEs Captured
Sheriff Kirk and Posse Rounds Up

armed Negroes
Saturday morning Sheriff kirk RECEIVE
ed z message from Baltimore to arrest q
gang OF armed negroes on the arrival at
Elkton of freight train on which they
we're riding, and at the same time receive
Q telephone message from Perryyille
statiAs that the negroes had robbed two
Italians who boarded the train while
taking waFter at Perryville, shooting one
of the men through the thigh. The
rifsummcned and deputized num-
Der of ditizens, and when the train stop
ped JUS below the Elkton tower was ON
hand to make the arrest. The negroes
rose up out Of q gondola car as the train
slakened up, four of them with drawn
reyolvers, but seeing themselves out mum.
bered and faced by revolvers and shot
guns, jumped from the car and attempts
ed to escape among the cars standing on
the sidings. They we're all captured after
a number Of shots had been fred to scare
them, although a number of the deputies
had to face cleaning revolyers. One Of
the desperadoes was shot in the leg with
a shotgun and received serious wound.
There is no doubt that being outnumber-
ed was all That prevented the negroes
from trying to shoot their way to escape.
The four desperadoes gave the names
Of Sammy Bradshaw, (the man who was
shot,) George Brown. George johnson,
alis Sammy Mitchell. and Harry Barrett.
A negro named Bridge, who had boarded
the train at Perryyille, gave himself up
when the tain stopped. He was
unarmed, but the other four all carried
heavy reyolyeTs
Sheriff Kirk on Tuesday received let
ter from the Baltimore police that three
negroes known Al sammy Mitchell, Sam
my Bradshaw and Mikey Gibson are
wanted in that city for assault with intent
to kill. They are undoubtedly three
members Of the gang arrested who are all
young and decidedly desperate looking
lot of negroes. .n-csci1 County News
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
THE TROLLEY PROJECT
Private Right of Way Being Acquired
Throngll New Castle County

Through New Castle County
notwithstanding the action of the.Lev.
Court Commissioners Of New Castl,
County in holding up for further consid
sration the franchise asked for by Mr.. ]
w. Endean, Chief Engineer Of thu
Smyrna, Kent County and Delaware Bay
Traction Co., that gentleman is not II
the least daunted, and after communicst
ing with Mr.. Macmillan Kahn, the New
York representative Of the British capi.
talists who will construct and equip the
entire system, it has been decided, in or
der to obyiate any possible delay with
construction, to acquire private right Of
way through New Castle County, and q
start has been made in this direction.
The first two miles from Duck Creek has
already been acquired and 1t is the in
tention of Mr.. Endean to actively take
up the work of acquiring the remaining
distance to Delaware City without delay,
so that there may be no obstacle in the
way of an early commencement on con-
struction work. Word has been received
from the construction engineer that their
work On the lines under construction at
"Mineral Wells" Texas, will be COM
pleted in the very near future and it is
desired TO move the entire construction
outfit to Delaware to commence opera
tions on the through state line. The
New York Office is negotioting with the
receivers Of the Wilmington, New Castle
and Southern Railway for the early ac-
QUESTION of that line which runs from
Wilmington to Delaware City, and it 10
hoped by the time these negotiations are
closed the right Of way will be in such
shape as to Immediately commence the
extension of the line through the State to
Milford. Later the route from Milford
through Georgetown to Rehoboth will in
all probability taken up.
Negotiating For Branch Lines
Mr.. Endean has opened negotiations
for the acquiring Of the rights and charter
of the MiddletoWn and Cecilton Railway
so that the construction Of the line from
Middletown 10 Fredericktown, Md, may
be taken. in hand simultaneously with the
through State line after it is constructed
south to Odessa. During the trip to
Odessa Mr.. Endean will endeavor to To-
cate site fort the shops and depot for this
Division Alternative sites for the South
ern Division shops and depot have been
acquired at Milford and Frederick and
and another site is being looked Cor at
Camden. II has been decided that Mr..
F. A. Price Of Wilmington will be the Of
fetal surveyor for the entire system and
be is making all preparations for an early
start in the field. There is q very fine
park proposition which presents itself at
Milford, where in the event of the COM
pany locating their shops and depot there
they will endeayor to acquire it for an
amusement resort for its Southern Divi.
sion.-Smyrna Times
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
NOTICE TO THE TAXPAYERS
--oF THE
Town Of MiddletOHn !!

I beg to call the attention of the Tax
Payers of the Town of Middletown that
the taxes for the year of 1905 are now
due. All taxes not paid within 20 days
will be placed in the hands of my attor-
ney for collection. Please pay up and
save yourself the extra cost.
L. G. ScoTT, Collector.
MIDDLETowN, DEL, May 10th, 1907.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
mNOTICE!

Middletown, Delaware, March 9th, 1906
Having rented the business stand Of the
late John W. Jolls, in connection with
the Grain business, am now prepared
to furnish my customers and the public
with the best grades OF Coal, Wood, Lime,
Feed, &c. l respectfully solicit a con-
tinuanee of your patronage at the stand
of the late John w. Jolls, Railroad Ave.
s. B. FoARD.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
M. BANNING,
DEALER IN FINE
GROCERIES !!

You will find with US a large
supply of fruits and vegetables
coming in fresh every day. Also
a large line of choice cakes and
crackers. Here are some of the
cereals which are very appetizing
and delicious for breakfast when
one does not feel like eating
much: X.cel-o, with this larga
package you receive two pI
miums: then the jumbo packa
of Sanitas Toasted Corn-fake
also the Quaker Wheat Berrie
Puffed Rice and Oatmeal and
many others.
We have a large assortment of
pickles, preserves, peanut-butter
and etc.
Satisfaction of goods guaran.
teed.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
The MiddIetewn Transcript
Matls tllose - Follows.

Going Nortb-7.2o a. M, 1905 a. M, s.50 PM,
SIS p. m. and 9 p. m.
Going South--S 90 ann. 4.l5 p. M, and p M
For 0dessa-750 q. M. 30 q. m. IL. .S0 a. Ee'
F For r warwick. oecilton and Earlyille go a,
nj. and As pm.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
Ladies Who
Come Here Will
Reap a Harvest !!

We have got values to-day
that will save ladies a great
deal of money, and give her
merchandise of the highest
grade. We have just received
a large stock of samples in
skirts, shirtwaists, shirtwaist
suits. Also a large stock of
Pattern Hats ready trimmed,
which you can buy at half
price.
Middletown transcript., 1907-06-08
cuRRENr pR1CEs

MIDDLET0WN GRAIN MARKET.
ooRRrcrEp WEEKLY By s. B. FoARD.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-20

Let us
Have your
Name
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1907-02-20
DETERIORATION
OF RAILROADS

We have had long series OF years
of vast prosperity. The general
business of the country has been
able and willing to pay for the max
ing of good railroads. for ample.
modern equipment, and for prompt,
rapid service. Furthermore, the ship
ping public and the investing public
together certainly have paid over to
the men in railroad control an
amount of money quite sufficient to
have given us a series of trunk lines
like those OF England and Germany,
with well-graded roadbeds heavy
double tracks, permanent bridges,
decent stations, ample terminal ia
cilities, and good rolling stock and
general equipment For all these
things our prosperous American
public has not only been willing and
able to pay, but as actually plank
ed down the money. What is the
result? Ws.have a small and select
population OF plutocrats who control
our railroads and have somehow
managed to put into their private
pockets some hundreds or thousands
of millions of dollars though their
ability to skim the cream OF the
country's prosperity, while at least
a hundred thousand miles OF our
railroad system has become unfit for
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A SILVER PLATE
SPINE

The result OF a remarkable
operation performed yesterday at
the Medico- Chirurgical Hospital by
DR.. Ernest La Place is expected to
be the complete restoration to health
and motion of a patient now ex-
tended helpless on a water mattress
with his back broken i'm two places
and the lower part OF his body com
pletely paralyzed. The case is the
more remarkable because the pa
tient is sixty years old and so weak
as the result of his injury that the
most heroic administrations Of saline
solutions and oxygen were necessary
to prevent him from sinking under
the operation.
The delicate operation consisted I'm
the removal Of about fifteen partic-
les of splintered bone which were
pressing against the spinal cord. The
patient having successfully with
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stood this ordeal II is proposed to
insert in the vertebral structure
number OF silver plates to take the
place of the fractured and splinter
ed vertebrae. DR.. La Place has
every confidence that the result will
be the complete recovery OF the aged
Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
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Board OF Trade Bldg
Norfolk, Va.
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VIII ply between Honolulu and San
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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

At Luna Park and Dreamland the bankers
voices have undergone strange changes.
The high clear notes which rang from
spire and portico, like the muezzira Of the
Faithful, where, oh, where are they? The
deep bass notes that formed a melodious
undercurrent 10 the n ise of the mechanical
Instruments, the inspiring barytones which
caught and held the attention OF millions OF
people, where are they too?
A wheesy note that lie entirely inarticulate
but seems to nave something TO do with the
canvas curtain against which the owner is
propped arrests the attention.
The barker smiles family and wheezes
forth a commentary on his work the day
before. He says that Monday Is Just repair
ing day.
Another has preserved a few notes, but
midway Of the scale his voice breaks sud-
denly and only a cluster Of whistling sound
energies.
Its no use. y he chuckles hoarsely, why,
with this voice l couldn't explain to my
wife why l had the smell of cloves on me
breath"
There Ia a strange air of lassitude about
the Oriental attractions which adds to their
reality. The understudies have been
obliged TO improvise costumes at a moments
notice as the owners. who are asleep, cannot
be separated from their clothes without
great inconvenience. Pink striped shirts
are worn full length over trousers OF Turkey
red,hastily bagged into a likeness of pictured
models, while burnooses are made of any
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

the corner OF an apple that an artistic look
ing young woman hands TO him. but the
effort is apparent and he has no Saturday
or Sunday Joy in the meal
Some Of the women who own booths and
who sell pink drink, chewing gum, Teddy
bears, postcards and shell spoons are yawn-
ing behind their capacious hands. They all
wear bargain counter calico wrappers tied
about generous waists with cotton strings.
One Of them looks across the intervening
alley to her neighbor and says
Always kind Of enjoy Monday. I got
all het up yesterday In that new suit Of
mine"
ME. too says the second Them EN-
pire gowns are just the thing for the sea-
shore. the waists look 30 cute rising over
the counters. but me for Monday mornin'
and me wrapper every timo. ] didn't
take my Empire of from Friday night till
3 o'clock this morning.
After this confession. she dusts a left
over popcorn ball with a dragged feather
buster and drops out of sight behind a
tower OF chocolate caramels. where IA fur
Their investigation reveals her taking her
forty winks. .
The other watches for her temperance
and soon hires a stray child with a souvenir
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-06-30

out n vacation or salaries for three Year,
are ready for passengers at the same old
stand, but only one small pink dressed girl
responds. She is strapped On and the horEes
slowly revolye while the manager speaks
his mind, giving a good large slice Of it
TO any and ell applicants
Il hate Mondays, pc announces, %just
a lot OF guys that aifPt got nj money and
cave their wiv6s at home at the wash tubs
while they bring the children down to SIT
on the sand. Whyr Because sands cheap.
II they could eat II they would.N' What
good are they?' Getting no answer. he,
answers himself. About as much good
as one of these wooden horses; in fact, ~
[ had 10 choose a running mate. I'D take
the horse"
The postcard artist furnishes a delightful
contrast TO this pessimism. He is glad OF
an opportunity for a little quiet gentle
manly talk. lie doesn't care whether
there's money in ii or not. He likes a chance
once 10 a while to find out what other people
are doing for fame. When you're busy
making history yourself you are too apt.
30 he thinks, TO overlook the fact that you
have rivals In that pleasing profession.
1.-TWO hundred settings a day AIM bad,
is III" he inquiries, that's what | had