Middletown transcript., 1908-08-01
MiDDLETowN, DEL, AUG. l 1908.
Local News

All the latest styles IN wall paper at j
E. GINN's. Long distance phone No. 100
High-grade dental service. Examina
ton and estimate, free. DR.. ]. Al!er
johnson, Middletown. Phone Is.
DR.. NJ. B. Rurstan, Eye Specialist ant
Optician. Eyes examined. All worl
guaranteed. East Main St., Middletowr
High.grade dental service. Examina
ton and estimate, free. DR.. j. AlleL
johnson, Middletown. Phone IS.
FOR SALE.-Partition suitable for of
fee with frosted glass windows anc
double doors. Apply to
Or. P. r. SMITH.
After June lst, the Library hours viii
be as follows: Tuesday, to $50 P. NJ.
Saturday, 3 to and Z to $50 P. NJ.
All paperhanging done by me guaran
teed to be satisfactory. Long distance
'phone No. 100. J. E. GINN.
DR.. J. C. Sites has removed his denta
office to the building recently vacated by
the Western Union Telegraph Co., next
door to J. L. Shepherds office.
Let us estimate on your paperhangin
before placing your order. Long distance
phone No. 100. J. E. GINN.
NOTICE TO FARMERs.-We contract in
Delaware and Maryland for the best Wire
Fence made. See us before buying and
be convinced.
ALGIRE & WILSON.
The picnic season is now upon US with
the usual accompaniments-feas, mos
quitoes, grass chiggers and gnats. But
there is bushels of fun in days outing
anyhow.
The Cochran & Jones Lumber Co.,
have full assortment of Lumber at theil
yard in Georgetown, Md, and are recefv'
ing larger quantities of lu mber daily fol
their yard in Middletown. A trial order
is solicited.
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
of letters remain unclaimed in the post
Office for the week ending July 23d
Miss Lillian Alexander, Miss Gorge
Bratcher, Mr.. Ira S. Gardnee.
Does your subscription fall due in
August? Watch the label on THE TRAN,
SCRIPT coming to you and send your
remittance. Remember the postal law
only allows US to give you one years
credit. We will appreciate your attend
ing to this matter promptly.
The new pay car on the Delaware Di-
vision is scheduled to reach Middletown
on August s. The car contains a small
bank and all employees will be paid in
money instead of by check as heretofore.
The crew will all be sworn in as officers,
and two extra special officers will accom-
pany the car.
There are two ways of spending a dol
lar. You can spend it at home, gain an
easy conscience, make another friend and
perhaps get the dollar back tomorrow, or
you send it away, feel that you have
sinned, offend the home merchant and
forever lose the dollar and the blessed in
fluence for good to yourself and neigh
bor.
People take newspapers nowadays,
read them and then throw them away.
They never think what a source of plea
sure and proft-or reminiscence and
thought, file or even few numbers of
such paper would be to them twenty or
thirty years afterwards.
The Sunday School of st. Anne's Epis-
copal Church held its annual picnic at
"Lorewood" Grove on Wednesday, and
most enjoyable time was spent. They
returned home early in the evening, and
the days outing was voted grand sue
cess. POOLS Orchestra furnished delight
ful music for the occasion.
Thousands of city people are now
counting the hours when they can leave
for some lake or river for an outing,
where they can fight mosquitoes and
bugs for few days, and perhaps get
drowned. 1t is great thing and many
of our ancestors lived and died not know
ing what vacation or outing meant.
The good book says, "Give to everyone
that asketh thee, but that doesn't mean
to give drunkard money to buy whis-
key; it doesn't mean to give the baby a
hammer and looking glass because he
asks for it, and it doesn't mean that we
should give to professional beggars who
travel from town to town. The Bible
doesn't always mean what it says, but it
always means what it means.
George Musgrove, the Lewes railroad
man who has made the clean record OF
forty years on duty at Lewes, station has
been transferred to Middletown and as.
sumed his duties as custodian of the
pumping and water machinery. Mus.
grove, who is ali able veteran of the
Army of the Potomac, started in forty
years ago with the old junction and
Breakwater railroad, at the same time as
did Engineer Joseph Lane, now one ol
the oldest active locomotive engineers in
the United States.
The dates for the county Sunday
School conventions in this State have
been named with the probable places Of
meeting and as follows: October 10th,
Sussex county at Selbyville. October 2lst,
Kent county at Greenwood. October
22d, New Castle county in the Methodist
Episcopal Church at New Castle Much
interest is centered in these conventions
and the members of She convention look
forward to the meetings with pleasure.
1t is not generally known. but neyar-