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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28
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World E Transva al

II will he again observed that year by
year the Transyaal has improved its po-
sition.
The output of gold from the mines Of
the Transvaal during October amounted
70 65S.i41 ounces OF fine gold, valued al
GoT145a0 which compares with 5i6.Seo
ounces having a value Of E2.1tI.s53 for
the month OF September. IL Is interest
ing 70 note that the Oct5her output for
the last FIVE wears has been az follows:
1sn6. $40 500 ounces. giving daily aver
age OF Eti07s: IaoT. 552.553 ounces,
daily average OF f75.s4S. 1908 6li.1.4
ounces. daily average Of GS4.stS: 1909
so24 41s ounces. daily average Of Es2.5I5.
and 1910, s5sit7 ounces. daily average
value OF ESQ, ,4a5, From these figures II
will be seen that there has been. with
the exception of fNiast year. q progressive
advance from S4o.sos ounces. valued at
ounces valued at Ee.I74.39o for last
month or an Increase over the five wears
of 1888 ounces Of value OF s47s .osa.
In spite Of the fact that tho output for
last month Was heavier than that for
September, the average daily production
was less. after making allowance for the
fact that there was one working day
more in October. The average for Octc-
Der WAS 81 c6a ounces and for September
81 5S2 ounces Generally speaking gold
mining conditions on the Rand are IA :
vorable. but the native labor supply is
getting scarcer again. owing 10 season
able efflux OF kaffirs from the mines 10
their farms for certain amount Of sum :
u1er work on the latter. The total de-
crease of native workers or the Rand
during October WAS 2a45.. OF which the
loss from the gold mines was 2oe1. the
rest being from the diamond and coal
mines. The fact. however thar the totai
number OF natives employed on the gold
mines at the present time is 1so1o3
against i5i.o7I at the beginning OF tho
year. is reatsuring
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28

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ACCOUNTS SOLICITED. y
National Bank of the Repu

A thoroughly modern sayinss sst
rnent conducted in connection MN
brnK. Safe deposit boxes Tor rent
Eront Knox. president: James A.
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28

The following shows the gold output
of the Trsnsvaal. compared Win the gold
output Of the world, from which II VIII
be seen how important the Transraal Is
as gold producer and that satisfactory
progress has bcen made:
Year ended December II:
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cs1.oi4.75s 100. %

Total ............,...E E51 ,VIa,foa IUUUV
It.vir be seen that the estimated cost
of recovering the god-namely. ls.5oo-
000--amounts To nearly so per cent OF lis
total value. the application Of this sum
being approximately as follows
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28
.TRANSVAAL GOLD
OUTPUT CROWS
Last Year This Region Gave
Thirty-Three Per Cent
Of World Total.
MACHINE DRILLS
BEING UTILIZED
Labor Shortage Raised the Cost
of Operating in Past
Season.

The reports OF the joint managers Of
the gold mining companies operating in
the Transvaal. now at hand. give an in
Icrestins- review of The affairs OF the
gold mining industry in fhat district for
the past year, says Financial America
The managers. after recalling that in
their previous report they foreshadope ed
that the operations OF the mines might
he hampered by labor shortage. state tina I
their forecast has been borne out by re-
suits. although the supply OF labor in
creased far more rapidly than was gen
orally antIcipa ted. The Increase in The
labor compliments. however, has only
been attained by means OF very heavy
expenditures. competition having forced
up the premiums payable to recruiters.
while In most cases The rate of payment
of the natives has been raised and the
mines have generally to he content with
less efficiency on the part OF the laborers
tnan could reasonably be expected and
obtained If the supply were more plen-
tiful. Greater use has necessarily been
made Of machine drills which IN most
cases resulted IN raising the cost or min
ing while In some cases ii has proved
difficult 10 keep the tonnage mil1ed al
the figure Of the preceding year
The following table shows the result
obtained under these conditions by the
Transvaal gold mining industry in gem
eral, for the year ended August 81. Lass;
1870. Changes.
Total gold out
put. fine or. I.36i,Si2 Inc. t,t57
Value at G1.24T E31 .262. 120 Inc. e19l2
Tons of ore
cr:shed 80. 2l,s377sS Inc, sos 9a6
Est mining pro-
ats from gold s1t,6io,o5S Dec. eos2,t55
IL months end
ing June 50;
Value OF Trans
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28

II il estimated that the white men en-
ployed on all Transvaal gold mines re-
celved in salaries during the year ended
Iurs 80 1910 Tie sum Of GI.5t1 4s3.
while the natives and Chinese earned
E41a23 35i and G6i.s16 respectively; thus
the estimated total sum paid hy Trans
vaal gold mines IN salaries and wages for
the period mentioned amounted to some
g12.Se5.4a0 or. II coal and diamond mines
and chenlical works and kindred indus
tries are included. f13.Ti4,h33. Gold 10
the value OF E3i.oA4753 was declared
during the same period, which amount.
IL ia estimated. was distributed as fol-
lone. PC
To uork,nr rosts e1s.5so. ono 5a.5
To dividends ........... s.Sso,eon 20 |?
To profits tax -........-, '5e.ooV OIL
To reserve fund. deo.
redemption. interest.
etc. -'l'"'''' "''"
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e1s.756.36s 1nc, sS.7l1.sl5
SS.sa2.se5 Inc. 4so,ll7
ss.6Io 600 Inc. 1.i59.lia
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
CHOICE DALLAS

All the sweet flowers and beautiful, are
not on Broad Street. THE TRANSCRIPT
scribe had the pleasure of being shown
the exceptionally fine collection Of dahlias
adjoining thepremises of Mrs. w. P. Biggs
on Cas- street. Among them are many
choice varieties of rare size and beauty as
for example: The Twentieth Century, q
single white staminate dahlia; Lady Gay,
white centered, pink edged; Grand Duke
Alexis, large variety with yellow center;
Jack Rose, a dark specimen; Dreer's
White, mammoth sized dahlia as large
as saucer with peculiar double quilted
petals of snowy whitenessI The Black
Diamond, sable in hue as its name beto.
kens; The Purple Duke; Mrs Jollivs, buff
colored; Mrs. Rooseyeit, pink; The Prince,
variegated; The Lemon Giant big and
like its name in tint; The VIM. Agnew
and others of the cactus style of dahlias;
Madame Runner, with yellow and other
hued understanding altogether q
superb aggregation Of these stately flowers
which in their lovely prime made the
yard about Mrs. Biggs residence "s thing
Of beauty" indeey, if not alas because Of
the withering-"a joy forever"
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
ROBBERS DARING ACT

4MafTs. Howard p WILLIAMS, Of near Irnn
Hill, Nd, while returning home from
Ekton Monday afternoon with her two
little children, was held up by g negro
near Cow run. The miscreant seized the
side Of the buggy and pointing revolver
10 her face, demanded money. Mrs.
Williams pluckily fought the negro with
q hatpin and at the same time started up
her horse, thus foiling the robber'seffor
to climb into the vehicle. Finding him.
self baff1ed he snatched her watch from
her shirtwaist and in doing 90 dropped
his hat in the buggy and then lost bis
footing, falling in the road and allowing
Mrs. Williams-tO escape without further
loss.
Mrs. Williams soon met party of auto.
mobilists, by whom she sent word of the
robbery to EIkton, and then stopped at
the home of Frank Il. Moody and tele-
phoned q more complete account oft and
description Of the negro. Deputy
Sheriff Stewart and Bailiff Rudolph i'm.
mediateIy started on the trail of the high.
wayman, who had been seen to cross the
railroad into the woods, and traced him
to the house Of q negro near Glasgow,
where be had secured q hat, saying be
had lost his while riding on q freight
train. NightGhen overlook the pursuers
and they we're unable to successfully push
the search further, but every effort has
been made since by Delaware and Mary.
land authorities, without success.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Begin MondayFresh Air, Flies
and DuSt Problems


The public schools open next Monday.
Under the exceptionally efficient leader.
ship Of Miss Ida v. Howell as Principal,
aided by an excellent corps of teachers,
the Middletown Academy offers to the
town and vicinity very fine educational
facilities.
Miss Anna R. Lawson, late principal of
the Townsend Schools has been elected
yice.principal. Miss Lawson is repute1 a
teacher of superior ability whose skill
and intelligence brought the school
system Of Townsend up to a pitch Of
success never before attained. Her COM
ing to Middletown will be an event upon
which the patrons of the Middletown
Schools are to be congratulated.
The purchase by the School Board of
q vacuum cleaner iii be good machine
and there are good ones and bad ones on
the markets. q wise move; this,
together with the screening of the win.
doWs to exclude flies, will greatly add to
the sanitary conditions under which the
scholars work. The sweeping evil,
which distributes harmful germs from the
floors to every part of the building and
furniture, to be thence transferred to the
garments, hands, and lungs 81 the stu.
dents, is at last being recognized for the
peril it truly is. The same may be said
of the filthy fly whose role in the spread
of the most deadly diseases-typhoid and
tuberculosis, and etc.-is also now we'll
understood.
But there rbnains still another matter
of yet greater importsnce-better ventila-
ton of the study rooms. Ii would be
we'll, if it could be arranged without
making direct drsughts, to increase
largely the amount of fresh air supplied
to the students. In the light OF the now
demonstrated fact that scholars in the
clear open 10 Winter time finished in
three months school work that under the
old indoor conditions required eight and
did that work better-fresh air in
abundance becomes the factor of the very
highest Importance in all school work.
The TRANSCRIPT hopes this matter of g
ventilation that the nearest possible
out door conditions, will
receive tine attention ItS EXTRAORDINARY
Importance demands.
These things, especially the fresh air
in excess, will make school life, more
healthful--a thing more to be desired
than even increased educational efficiency
in other ways-indeed, these do bring in
the very best manner increased educa.
tional efficiency, for pure air fed scholar
can do more and better study with less
brain flag and body tire, in one hour,
than the half sti6ed, bad air doped
scholar could do under the old regime in
four hours. During September owing to
the heat single session will be held.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
TOWNSEND

Mis-. Alma Finley spent Tuesday in
Wilmington. =
Mrs. Edward Reynolds spent Tuesday
in Philadelphia.
James Cochran and wife spent Sunday
with Galena relatives.
Mr.. John Townsend visited SudIers.
vile, Md, on Tuesday.
Mrs. Viola Reed left Wednesday for
Dover, her future home.
Lelah Money is spending a week with
her aunt, Mrs. Scott Naylor.
Miss May Wells spent Sunday with
Miss Ethel Lee, near Smyrna.
Mrs. Edward Reynolds is the guest of
relatives in Baltimore, Nd, this week.
Daniel Daniels and daughter, of Phile.
delphia, are visiting G. NJ. D. Hart and
family.
Mr.. Goldsmith Naylor, of Wilmington,
ePent Sunday with his sister, Mrs. Mary
E. Money.
Mr.. Ssrick Wilson, of Westminster,
Nd, is spending sometime with his
mother here.
Miss Lillian West has returned to West
Chester, Pa where she attends the State
Normal School,
Mrs, Cox and Mrs. Anna Wiltbank, of
Wilmington, spent Sunday with Sherman
Collins and wife.
Miss Mary E. Money is spending ten
days as the guest of Mrs. Ida Hammond
in Baltimore, Md.
Mr.. Archie Finley returned to PhiladeI.
phia Tuesday, after spending Labor Day
at his home here.
Mrs. ]. @. Crowding, of Still Pond, Nd,
spent Friday and Saturday at the home
of George VanDyks.
John Campbell, ''of PHILADELPHIA, spent
Sunday and Monday with Mr.. Albert
Lyman and family.
Mrs. Redmile, Of Kennedyville, Nd,
was an over Sunday visitor at the home
Of d. P. Hutchinson.
Mrs. Mcintyre and Mrs. Richardson,
OF Wilmington, were Sunday and Monday
visitors at w, A. Scott's.
Master Charles Hutchinson, of Deimar,
has been spending sometime with his
cousin, Master John Lyman.
Mrs. Lon Whitehouse, of Wilmington,
was an over Sunday visitor with William
Naylor and family, near Odessa.
Mr.. Liston Townsend and family, of
Philadelphia, have been visiting Mr.,
George CHM and family on the ''Levels."
Harry Hollis, wife and Mr., Chandler,
OF Lebanon, Pa, has returned home, after
spending week at the home of J. Austin
Hart,
Florence Merritt, infant daughter of
Andrew G. P. and Bessie Reynolds was
buried in Emmanuel NJ. E. Cemetery ON
Tuesday.
Mr.. Perry 0thoson and wife, of Sassa.
fras, Nd, and Mrs, Charles Hutchinson,
OF DelmaF. spent Sunday with Mr.. Albert
Lyman and family.
Mrs Kee, of New Castle, Mrs. Macy, of
Reading, Abram Ingram, Charles Burge
and wife, Of New Castle, and Miss Ingram
and Miss Mary Burge have recently Wis
tied William Burgs and wife.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
BLACKBIRD

Mr.. William Fenemors spent Wed.
nesday in Wilmington.
Mr.. W. A. Watson spent Monday and
Tuesday in Wilmington.
Mr.. J. Norman Taylor, of Washington,
D. O., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Theodore
Ferguson.
Mrs. Victoria Vandyks, of Wilmington,
spent Friday and Saturday with her
aunt, Mrs. Fannie Guessford.
Mrs. Herbert Hall and son, Mortimer,
of Ocean Grove, N. J., are visiting her
brother, Mr.. Edward Recorde,
A jolly crowd of strawriders from
Townsend, we're entertained at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles W. Jones on
Tuesday evening.
Our Ep%OFth League services will be
lead tomorrow Sunday evening by Mra.
George G. HeniOld, the topic being.
MERCY TO the Fallen"
Miss Edith Heniold, ot Blackbir dStation
spent from Saturday until Tuesday With
her cousin, Miss Leila Hutchison, near
Walkers School.house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Levy s. Reese have re.
turned to their home in ColIingswood,
N. Y, after spending two weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Ferguson.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
CECILT0N

Mr., 7. Il. Hall was q Wilmington visi.
tor last Thursday.
Mrs. E. M. BlOxton was 3 Baltimore
visitor last week.
Miss Myrs Dawson, of Camden, DEL,
Is visitiDg Miss Emma Brown.
Mrs. Deyanger, of Wilmington, is the
guest OF Mrs. CaulE, near town.
Miss Blanche Brown is spending some,
time with friends in Baltimore.
Quite a number from here went on the
Colchester excursion last Thursday.
Rev. William F. Dawson, of Camden,
DEL, was Cecilton visitor last Wsdnes.
day.
Mr., John Taylor, of Baltimore, has
been visiting bis parents, Mr.. aud Mrs,
]. w, Taylor.
Mr., and Mrs. William McMullin, of
Port Penn, we're guests of Mrs. Arrie Nc.
Coy on Sunday.
Miss Ethel jackson, Of Greensboro,
and Miss Bertha Jackson, OF Ridgely, have
been the guests of Mics Lille Short.
Master Truston Davis, of Philadelphia,
who has been spending q month with his
ktAoOPaAo0Scl " = aOON6A au0 WlASa las
returned to his home on Monday,
Rev. !. r. Watkins. vile and daughters,
Missea Helen aud Grace, have returned
TO their home in New York, alter spend
ing sometime with DR.. R. NJ. Black and
wife.
Mrs. RIM. Black and daughter, Miss
Margaret, Mrs. G. w. Padley, Mira. Harry
DuHamell, Mrs. ]. H. Smith and Miss N.
L, Richards are spending this week at
Rehohoth.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
CUPID STEALS A MARCH
On The Transcript and Wings
Our Foreman

That sly little winged god with the bow
and culver and no clothes to speak Of,
that like pesky blue-bottle fly is forever
buzzing about the ears of folks, young,
old and older, tangling up heart strings
and playing the deuce generally, has in
some manner unknown to the editor OF
TIE TRANsCR1PT stolen into our Office and
suddenly robbed Us Of an able-bodied
young printer. We never dreamed that
the impudent elf would futter his busy
wings around among printers ink, brush
the Office towel always kept ct Officinal
strength, and otherwise endauger bis inn
maculate pinions, to go potting ct our
boys-but it seems he has and what's
more bis archery has bagged no less i'm.
portant game than our foreman, Mr..
Warner L. Taylor, henceforth galley"
slave in the sweet thralls of matrimony.
Young Dan Cupid never pulled OH .
slier match TO our knowledge. The little
hymensal event came as big surprise to
all the friends of both parties.
Well, so it is; we have just learned that
on August 10th, the Rev, J. A. Arters tied
the knot connubial for our estimable
young foreman, Mr.. Warner L. Taylor,
and Miss Addie May Davis, one of our
finest young ladies, q daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred H. Davis of this town.
THE TRANSCRIPT wishes the young
people 9 long, happy aud prosperous
voyage over the matrimonial sea.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10

Revs. Gardner and lLindalesof Chesa.
peake City, Bethel and Summit charges,
respectively, win exchange pulpits next
Sunday.
We have few mofs wash suits left.
$500 suits 1t $500. Don't wait until
they are sold and then come and ask for
them. A. FoGEL.
There is Bake, (this Saturday, at the
store formerly occupied by Misses Spur
geon now in progress. Don't fail to go
and secure homemade Cake, Pies, Rolls,
and etc.
The Middletown Schools will open
Monday morning, September IL, 1910,
and during September, school will open
at $50 A. NJ, and close for the day ut II
O'Clock noon.
The New Castle County Fair ended
Saturday, with big loss to the associa-
ton. Rain played havoc with the ex.
hibition and it is estimated that the loss
may reach $4,000.
Mothersl School opens next week.
How about dresses for the little or big
grip Come here and you can find them
many styles to select from.
A. FoaEL.
Local option candidates, who are max.
ing hard fght.again to keepCecil county
Md, dry for four years more opened
their campaign at Northeast, Md, on
Friday at mass meeting.
Daughters of the American Rev.
olution, Saturday afternoon, at CoOch's
Bridge, celebrated with appropriate ex.
ercises the unfurling Of the Stars snd
Stripes in battle, in the Revolutionary
War.
District Superintendent Hoffecker will
hold the I'd quarterly Conference for
Bethel and Summit, at Summit Bridge,
Saturday, Sept. 18th at 2.3O P. NJ, and
will preach at the same place and hour,
Sunday, Sept. 18th.
The Warwick baseball team will play
the fremont club of Wilmington, to-day
on the Middletown grounds. The game
will be called at 8. 80 o'clock. The Ire.
mont clnh won the championship in the
Wilmington semi-professional league
this season, and a good game is expected.
Unclaimed Letters-The following list
Of letters remains unclaimed in the post
Office for the week ending September 1st:
Mrs. Florence Cook, Mrs. 1. L. Wilkins,
Mr.. Gorg Cooper, Mr.. Aliz Zee, A. Lundy,
Mr.. Luther A. Voshell, Mr.. Jerrimiah
Watts.
Woodsmen report that hickory nuts,
chestnuts and acorns are more plentiful
this year than for years. This is said to
be an indication that the coming winter
will be long and severe. and that nature
has provided bounteous supply Of nuts
to be stored away by squirrels and other
rodents as their subsistence when the
ground is covered with snow.
Boys and girls are you ready for school
opening? The time is drawing nigh
when you will resume your school duties.
After the long and pleasantly spent vaca-
ton, during which you have had such
jolly and health inspiring times, you
have become refreshed and strong and
sufficiently strengthened to undertake
your scholastic work. Start 10, and
with renewed vigor and vim, endeavor
to make q successful record during the
coming terms.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
BANKS SHOW INCREASE

Insurance commissioner Charles H.
Maull has compiled the facts of most
interest to the people as made by che
last showing of the banks doing bust.
ness in Delaware on June 9Oth, 1910.
The increase in capital, surplus. profits,
deposits and total assets by National
Banks in the State of Delaware, from
April 18th, 1909, to June Both, 1910,
was as follows: In capital $25, 900, sur
plus $79,4OO, profits $2.443, deposits
$500, $3.50, total assets 81, OO9, 28O.
National and State banking institu-
tons in this State as shown by the re-.
Gently compiled report Of the Banking
Commissioner, have invested in their
capital stock $4,629, Ol5; have aggregate
surplus funds of 5000, ls7; have IN.
divided profits of 81, 4SS, 76l; deposits Of
$29,8l5, 1858 aud total assets Of $43, $40.
$50. This shows that the peninsula is
not suffering from a lack of ready money,
and that the prosperity of the people is
steadily proceeding.
Middletown transcript., 1910-09-10
HAAG SHOWS

Flaming posters in oil colOrs Of the
rainbow, throughout this section give mo-
tiee to the fact that the Mighty Haag
shows are to be seen September goth, in
Middletown. Already the email boy and
his elders are happy In anticipating tie
coming OF this tented amusement and
its countless wonders.
This season the Haag shows has been
enlarged in every department and their
greatly augmented Iist Of performers,
feature acts and menagerie exhibits made
Il necessary TO add several more railway
cars. To-day special trains are required
to transport the huge tents, pondeEous
wagons, cages, dens, charioGs,- tahlesu
cars, elephants, osmsls, horses, ponies,
man and women.
In the triple sociological gardens, com.
bined under one vast spread Of canvas,
are 10 b found the finest living speci.
mems of rare, strange and curious ami.
mails from every quarter OF the globe.
Prominent in thie collection is q full
grown gnns, positively the only one alive
in captivity to-day, captured north oil
Great Bear Lake, at latitude 81.