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Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
CLEAR CONSCIENCE HIS DESIRE

Owing to the desire of Charles II. At
kins, who is preparing for the Methodist
Episcopal ministry at the Wilmington
Conference Academy, at Dover, for clear
conscience and peace OF mind, he has cans
ed this advertisement to appear in a pa.
per OF his home town, Milton:
ITO whom it may concern. want any
person or persons, man or woman, who
thinks have wronged them in any way
by lying, cheating, stealing or talking
about them in any way that would hurt
their reputation, to write aud tell me so,
go that may right this wrong. ! want
to be honest and square withaIl mankind.
Yours very truly, Charles H. Atkins,
Wilmington Conference Academy, Dover,
Delaware"
Mr.. Atkins, who is about 25 years old
and OF an attractive personality, has
been q christian for several years, but
says that he got an entirely new impress
zion of religion at a recent revival service
at Dover, go as he knew Of some slight
wrongs he had done to others, he decided
TO make reparation. He says he has re-
ceived a number of nice letters as result,
and that his conscience is clear.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
elrrriff'a saIta
SHERrFF's sALE-BY VIRTUE OF

SHER1FF's sALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Levafi Facias; to me directed
will be exposed to public sale, at the
Court House, on Market street, between
Tenth and Eleventh streets, in the
city OF Wilmington, New Castle county,
Delaware,
ON SATURDAY.
THE 18TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1910,
at 10 o'clock, A. M,
the following described real estate, viz:
All that certain lot. piece or parcel of
land with the brick dwelling house there.
on erected, and known as No. 2ll6 Wash
ington street, situate in the city of Will
mington, aforesaid, bounded and described
as follows, to-wit:
Beginning at a point on the soutberly
side of Washington street, at the distance
of forty-six feet westerly from the. west
erly side OF Twenty-second street; thence
southerly, parallel with said Twenty-sec-
Ond street, one hundred feet to a corner
thence westerly, parallel with said Wash
ington street, twenty-five feet to corner;
thence northerly to said TWenty-second
street and passing through the centre of
the division wall between the house on
this lot and the house on the lot adjoin-
ing on the west, one hundred feet to the
said soutberly side Of Washington street,
and thence thereby easterly twenty two
feet to the place of beginning. be the con-
tents thereof what they may.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Clarence H. Morris and Emily
G. Morris, bis wife, mortgagor, and to be
sold by
CHARLES H. LIPPINCOTT, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, DEL, Jan.
uary 22d, 1910.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
LOoTINd THE PUBLIC Treasury

The following is from the Bal
timore, Md, Sun of last Thurs.
day:
"After all the talk of economy
at Annapolis, it is discouraging
and disgusting to behold the
House of Delegates raiding the
public treasury in the old-fash-
ioned manner. There are now no
fewer than 83 employees on the
House payroll, or, according to
Mr.. Marriott's calculation, lis;
but the end, apparently, is not
yet. Sundry and divers patriots
remain jobless; there is still some
money to be passed around; time
il fleeting and many debts and
bets must be paid before the end
of the session. In consequence,
it is probable that room will be
found for a few more clerks,
pages, scriveners, watchmen,
messengers, guards, sentinels,
runners. Perhaps the total will
equal or surpass that of the last
session, when a small army of
functionaries were fed-a few
dozen for more or less valuable
services and the rest for no ser.
vice at all.
This biennial able for Jobs
has the dignity Of antiquity, but
nothing else, to recommend it.
It is, at bottom, fight for graft
and nothing else. Men are ap
pointed to Offices not because the
State needs them, but because
they need the money. Political
debts, large and small, are paid
boldly and openly with the funds
Of the people. The work of the
Legislature would be better done
without this horde of train, bear
ers, funkies and hangers-ou.
With the exception of a minority |
Of honest and capable men, upon |
whom heavy burdens fall, most
of these appointments constitute
an offense to public decency."
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
NoTIcEl

I JOHN B, CARROLL, tenant and 90.
AS cupier of the house known as the
National Hotel, situated at MiddIetown,
in School Districts, No. 60, 6O& and "a,
county of New Castle and State OF Della.
ware, in compliance with the require.
ments OF the General Assembly in such
cases made and provided, do hereby give
notice that shall apply in writing TO the
Court of General Sessions OF the State of
Delaware, iii aud for New Castle County.
on Mondav, the 7th day of March, A. b.
1910, being the next term of said Court.
for license for said house 40 an inn or
tavern for the sale therein OF Intoxicating
liquors inquantities less than one quart.
to be drunk on the premises, and the fol.
lowing respectable citizens OF said School
District, at least-siX of whom are sub.
stantial freehOlders Of said School District.
recommend she said application, viz:
Geo. W. Price, Geo. W. McCrone.
Harry W. Richards, his
@. P. Cochran, Patrick x O'Neal.
Willard B. Biggs, mark
John T. Mcintyre, witness to 0'Neal,
Joshua Clayton, Jr., II. W. Richards)
o. y. Cann,. Joseph Gary,
y. L. Parsons, Freeman Morgan,
Harry M. Black, Alex, Maxwell,
Cyrus Tatman, Geo. 1Echenho fer,
Theo Whitlock, George w. Peterson,
John P. Cochran, ,Jr., s. E. Lewis,
". A. Oomeeys, Julian Cochran,
W. s. LstheFbury.
JOHN C. CARROLL.
Middletown, DEL, Jan. 29th, 1910.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
BEEF TRUST BOYCOTT

Our correspondent like many others
who have sought to diagnose the cause
Of this disease of high prices for food
stuffs that is grievously affecting the
whole country has his own pet theory
corn One theorist blames the tariff;
another increased consumption and both
are no doubt partially true; Archbishop
Ireland declares poor wasteful cooks
our Wives-is the cause; that wiseacTe
Mayor Reyburn, of Philadelphia, Gays it
is the improyident use OF small fry fish!
And so the wild aud irrelevant guesses
are numberless, each seeking to explain
by some simple single triae condition
chiefly due to larger fundamental fact,
viz the artificial interference with the
self.adjnsting Law of supply and demand.
This interference is principally an Illegal
combination Of the large dealers in the
great staples Of life by means of which
they manipulate prices to suit themselves.
Chief amorg these offenders is the Beef
Trust, which by depressing prices robs the
rancher and farmer at the one end and
by boosting the high prices, robs the
consumer at the other.
Cold Storage is she big club with which
these greedy Food Trusts are knocking
out the brains OF producers and consum.
ers alike, by buying of the producer at
the lowest market price when he is forced
to sell and later, out of season, exScting
their own terms from the helpless con-
sumers forced to buy when and where
they can.
The producer-the farmer-is neither
causing, not yet greatly profting by these
arti6cially boosted prices, certainly not
by the extortionate figures to which the
Beef Trust have forced their exactiUns.
This is the main cause OF the food boy
colt sweeping the country over. Against
this arch conspirator, the Beef Truet, the
Press and the People Of ths whole land,
are with unanimous voice protesting;
and does Business Man" think The
TRANSCRIPT should stand as the lonely
protagonist Of that infamous gang OF
greedy millionaires hourly augmenting
their huge fortunes by levying a pirat-
ical tribute on every mouthful of meat
that enters the throat Of an American citi-
zen The job is too big!
This meat gouge really little affects the
Eastern farmer, since he raises but a
trifipg amount of the total beef supply,
which comes from the Western .,cattle
ranges. So the meat boycott will do
Delaware farmers no harm, indeed, by
arousing the government to action against
these food conspirators, it will prevent
that forced and excessive rise in food
products which, in the end, by restricting
would work to the detri-
ment of the producer-the farmer.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
REMIT HIS FINE

EDITOR TRANSCRIPT After the last
deep snow fell it lay in sush on about
two thirds Of the pavements in town until
it froze and finally melted. Only a few
persons obeyed the snow ordinance and
the rest were not fiued for disregarding
il
Tie Christmas snow lay for weeks on
100 feet of pavement on principal street
of this town fronting land of one of the
Town Commissioners and scores of people
daily waded through it or slipped over it
till it fually melted. But Mr.. Town
Commissioner was not fned either.
Iu view, then, of the fact that ma
jority Of the citizens, the including a
Town Commissioner, have violated the
snow law and only Mr.. Lundy been fined,
it would seem that the only decent thing
the Town Commissioners can now do, is
to remit Lundy's fue and do it quickly.
FAIR PLAY.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
M1DDLETOwH. DEL, Jan. 90, 1910
TAFT TO DUMP CANNON

Tired with Juggling the incubus
of Cannonism, the President,
alarmed by the hourly augment
ing angry chorus swelling up
from the popular throat the whole
nation over, has at last concluded
to dump the load.
To meet an emergency caused
by Democratic obstructionists,
who were forbidding all action by
the House of Representatives,
Speaker, Reed actuated solely by
motives Of the highest patriotism,
exercised unusual powers as
Speaker; but this mountebank
politician Cannon, usurping that
great man s mantle-''a world too
wide for his puny shoulders
las too long "played such fan
tastic tricks before high heaven
as make the angelsweep!"
Nothing better illustrates the
power of the Predatory Trusts
in National legislation, than the
spectacle of this vulgar atheistic
hireling of theirs, year after
year, entrenched in his autocratic
role.of Boss of the House, arbi-
trarily defeating good and pro-
noting evil legislation at his sole
sweet will as Speaker! A few
days since this Trust paid Gear,
drunk with long misused power,
imperiously ordered tread out"
of the Republican party a num-
Der of its truest and ablest ex
ponents in Congress, buthis edict
recoils on his own head and he is
to be "read OUT, or better said
kicked out-by order of the real
Czar-the American People!
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
INSPECTION OF CANNED GOODS
Urged by Tri-State Packers at Meeting
Held Thursday

Resolutions urging Federal inspection
OF canning factories and Federal standard
ization Of canned goods were discussed ct
the annual meeting Of the Tri State Pack.
ers' Association in the Clayton House,
in Wilmington, Thursday. This COM
mittee comprises Senator R. c. Barnard,
of Camden, Del; Frederick Owens, of
Denton, Md; G. S. Stevens, Of CedarviIle,
N. j., and Charles S. Torsch, of Baltimore.
The idea is to eliminate competition
with the irresponsible packer. whose pro-
ducts are placed upon the same plane as
the responsible packer. Federal inepec-
ton and Standardization will, the packers
believe, take the canning industry from
the disfavor occasioned by reports of un-
sanitary factories and of canning of poor
qualities.
Both resolutions were offered by Mr..
Owens, and will be submitted to the meet
ing Of the National Association at Atlantic
City on February 7th.
They we're given preliminary discussion
at an informal conference OF about twenty
Of the packers at the Clayton House Wed.
nesday night. Thirty or more attended
Thursday mornings session. w. 0. Hof-
fecker, president, of Smyrna, presided.
A resolution requesting the express
companies to restore special rates for
canning goods sent out as samples was
adopted and copies ordered forwarded to
the companies.
Regarding the condition Of the canned
goods trade reports were submitted to the
effect that tomatoes are now being sold
at a loss Of five to seven cents q dozen to
the. packers. This is because Of the IN.
usually heavy pack of tomatoes during
the season Of 1907, 1908 aud 1909. The
average consumption of canned tomatoes
in the country is abont one million cases,
or two million dozen cans, q month.
There are now held by the packers about
two million cases, and it is believed there
are enough cases held by wholesale and
i1bbers to last until September, when the
1910 pack will be put on the market.
At the best there will not bs much
more than the demand, it was reported,
and this may canse raise in the prices
of canned tomatoes within a few mouths.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
POpr DRposlr BADLY DAMAGED
Worst Ice Jam in Towns History
Causes Great Loss

The warm rain and thaw of the latter
part OF last week caused the greatest food
in the suequehanna ever known, and
while much damage was done ali along
the river, the town of Port Deposit, Md,
suffered most severely.
The water began rising Friday even
ing and on Saturday reached height.
never before attained. The break and
consequent ice jam occurred about six
O'Clock Sunday morning, completely de-
molishing scores Of buildings aud running
many otkels, while not residence or
pace Of business on the river eide of the
main street escaped damages.
At this time it is impossible to accur.
alely slate the amount OF damage, but
$4,000 seems very conservative es-
innate. The worst feature of the dis
aster is that go many poor families were
rendered homeless, and many suffered
for ibe necessities of life. This has now
been remedied by the orgsn'z4tion of a
relief committee, composed Of Mayor
David K. Armstrong, Thomas G. Bond,
William Ii. Carson. John McClenahan
and r. II. Sny der. Their appeal for aid
Is meeting with hearty response.
Apart from the scene OF desc alton,
which is awful and could scarcely be ex-
aggerated, what most impresses a visitor
to the town is the energetic spirit that pre-.
vails in clearing the streets and removing
the ravages of the flood. Hundreds of
men are at work digging a passageway
through the ice covered streets, and
probably thousand men are clearing the
tracks Of the Columbia and Port Deposit
Railroad, which are covered with ice
twenty or thirty feet high for a long dis
tance.
The citizens OF Port Deposit blame the
Baltimore and OHIO Railroad bridge for
much Of the damage. claiming that the
extra piers erected and the piling left
in the river when the bridge was opened
recently caused a blockade that backed
the water up on the town. This phase
OF the matter il being Investigated BY
Lieutenant Colonel W. E. CraighilI, U.
8. EugineeHjn charge Of the district, who
nov has two members of his staff inves
tiRaIing conditions along the river in
order TO determine just where the re-
sponsibility liea.
At Havre de Grace and at Lapidum,
on the Hartford county side, there. was
also much damage, but Pprrllille escaped
with little harm.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
Iohn 4. IolIa Rs-Appointaa

John A. Jolls was on Tuesday reap.
pointed postmaster Of Middletown for q
term Of four years. Mr.. Jolls who auc.
ceeded his father. the late John W. JolIs,
as postmaster here, 10 the present incum.
bent Of the Office, and like his father has
made an efficient postmaster, and had no
opposition when his term expired. The
10 gratifying TO Mr.. Jolls'
numerous friends, as we'll ss to the pa
irons of the Office.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
aoYcorrrna roops

MTDDLEToWN, DEL, Jan. q, 1910.
THE MtDDLErowN TRANSCRIPT, Middle
town, Delaware.
DEAR EIRs:-I noticed that last week
Won had an aFticle regarding the boycott
Of high-priced foods and suggested that
perhaps the people OF MiddIetown would
aid in this boycott. It seems to me that
this would be a rather unwise step as
every one Of "a in this locality have our
bread aud butter absolutely dependant
upon the products of the farms surround
ing US. Anything that tends TO lower
prices OF farm products, only gives the
farmer less money to spend and conse-
uuently every merchant in the commnn-
ity will doa little lesa business as a re-
suit. You don't find those who work in
the Iron Industries or those who have
any other business dependant upon the
Iron Industries fussinR when the prices
OF Iron are high. They fuss when those
prices are low, while here il seems that
lots Of those who, as l said before, are
dependans upon 9 farming community
are raising a howl because the farmers
are getting good price for what they
raise.
The price practically oil all staple 1000
products is governed BY the price of,grain
especially corn. When the price of corn
is high, the price of the hog or steer eat
ing that corn must be high also. When
the price of corn is high the price OF
other mill feeds is likewise high. This
means that the price of milk products
must also be high, or the farmer can't
affDyd TO feed these products to his COWS.
The whole trouble therefore comes
right down to the question of CT m, and
if our farmers had not gotten good prices
for what corn they raised this last year,
am afraid there would have been con.
siderably less business done in this COM
munity along other lines. :.
Think this over carefully and zee il
my position is not the right one.
Yours very truly,
BUSINESS MAN.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
STATUES 1OR DEsAwAzEAxs

There is movement on foot to have
statues Of two of Delaware's best known
cons placed in the Hall OF Fame at Wash
ington, each state being entitled to two
places for such statues.
The men whose menmory il is proposed
perpetuate are James Latimer, who
was president OF the convention in Della.
ware that ratified the Constitution, and
Caesar Rodney, one Of the signers Of
she Declaration Of Independence, who
made the famous ride to Philadelphia to
sign the document Mr.. Latimer was tile
great grandfather Of President Of Council
James r. Banning, and his aon was Rev
olutionSry War. hero, being known Is the
ssEiahBinR Doctor"
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
SHERIFF's SALE.-BY VIRTUE OF
Levari Facias to me directed, will be ex
posed to Public Sale at the hotel ia the
Town ofTownsend, APPOINTMENTS Hun
dred, New Castle County. Delaware,
ON TlTTRCnAV


the 18th day of FEBRUARY, 1910,
At 10 O'Clock, A. NJ,
The following described Real Estate viz:
All that certain lot or parcel of lsnd sis
uated in the town of Townsend, New
Castle County and State of Delaware,
bounded and described "a follows to.wit:
Beginning at stone on the West eide
Of the newly made road or street leading
from Townsend TO Barlows Bridge; thence
South tweDty-eight and three quarter de
grees east fifty feet to stone corner for
this lot and land of the heirs of Margaret
]. Lewis, deceased; thence south fifty
eight degrees and forty minutes west one
hundred and eighty-six and One-haIf feet
10 q stone corner for this lot and land If
the heirs of Margaret j. Lewis, deceased,
on the rear; thence North nineteen de-
Rrees west fifty.oue feet to a stone corner
tor this lot and land of Mrs Francis
Naylor on the rear; thence north fifty
light degrees forty minutes east one hun
dred and seventy-seven feet to stone and
place OF beginning, containing with these
netes and bounds nine Thousand, one
hundred and eighty square feet of land
ba the same more or less. This being lot
No. 43 on Townsend plot of town lots.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of James W. Lee and Katie ].
Lee, his wife, mortgagors, and to be sold
bv
CHARLES H. LIPPINCOTT, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, DEL, JAM
uary Goth, 1910
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
FOR SALEg

Scarlet Clover Hay, baled $500 ton
Cotton Seed Meal $35. 90 ton
Bran $3.50 ton
o d fashioned Buckwheat Flour S 500 baQ
JOSEPH E. HOLLAND,
Milford, Del.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29

From II to 2 P. M.
AT HENRY cLEAvER's STORE, IN PORT PENN,
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 18th, 1910
From IL to P. M.
and at my residence, Crawford street,
Middletown, Del, every Saturday, after
noon from P. M, to 4P M.
Tax bills can be obtained by making
personal application to the Collector or
by sending written communication, en-
closing stamps.
EXTRACT FROM THE LAWS OF DELAWARE,
GOVERNING THE COLLECTION OF TAXES OF
NEW CASTLE coCNFY, SECTION 8, CHAPTER
SO, VOLUME 81, LAWS OF DELAWARE, sAs
AMENDED:
Section S-That on all taxes paid before
the fret day of October there shhlI be an
abatement of five per centum. On all
taxes paid before the first day of Decem-
ber there shall be an abatement of three
per centum. On all taxes paid during the
month Of December there shall be no
abatement whatever. And on all taxes
unpaid on the first day of January five
per centum thereof shall be. added
thereto.
JOHN E. DENNY,
Administrator for Jonn W. Denny, de.
ceased, Collector Of Taxes for st.
Georges Hundred.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
IMPLEMENTS

OF sale.
FARMING IMPLEMENTS
Three farm wagons, mill dearborn,
two-seated carriage, york wagon, run
about, / spindle wagon, road cart,
four. wheel pony carriage, 2 carriage poles,
hay rigging, new; Buckeye suIky cul.
tivAtoFs, hand cuItivatoTs, l Syracuse
iron beam plow, 2 No. 20 Oliver plows, !
one-horse Oliver pIow, Disc harrow, /
OsboFne spring tooth harrow, fifty tooth
wood harrow, eixty.tooth wood harrow
| Chattanooga double disc ploW, | Nc.
CoFmick binder, seven foot cut; Nc
COFmick mower, steel rake, roller,
Scientific corn cutter, o. 8. corn planter,
in good order; Bickford & Hoffman grain
drill, eleven spouss; grain fan, grind
stone, farm bell, one, two, three and
four horse trees, Stewart horse clipper,
Townsend wire stitcheF, wagon jack,
2 cross cut saws, 2 ladders, sixteen feet;
garden seed. drill, briaE scythe, corn
knives, hedge knives, shovels, spades,
hoes, 25 grain Raoks, phosphate sacks,
milk cans, &c. HARNESS.-TWO eets
carriage harness, l sst double carriage
harness, ] Strap bells, 8 sets wagon haF.
ness, 10 sets plow gears, 10 collars, 10
brides.
100 Thoroughbred Plymouth Rock PuIIete
and Hens.
TERMS OF SALE
On all Gums of $1,000 and under, the
Cash will be required; on all sums over
that amount credit Of Nine (9) Months
will be given by purchaser giving bank.
able note with approved endorseF. In
serest added from day of sale. No goods
to be removed until above terms are com
piled with.
LEE SPARKS.
D. P. HUTCHIsoN, Auctloneer.
ALEX. P. CoRBIT, Inside Clerk.
Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29

Administrators Sale
OF THE
| Personal Property!
OF
MARTIN STAPLETON, deceased, will
be sold at his late residence, near Bear
station, ON the road leading from Bear
Station to Smalley's Mill, New Castle
| Hundred, on
Tuesday, FEB. 9Th, 10
At IL o'clock, A. NJ,
6 HEAD OF
I&Horses ) Mules
No. !. Prince, dun horse. seven years
old, good worker>and driver.
No. 2. Charlie, sorrel horse, seven
years old, good worker and driver.
No. 3. Belle, bay mare, three years
old, we'll broken.
No A. Kate, black mare.
No. g. Teddy, colt, year old.
No. 6 Jennie, black mule, eight years
old, excellent worker single or double.
9 HEAD OF
Cows and HeiferS
All home raised
HOGS AND IL PIGS
About s weeks old.
About 100 bushels of corn and 6 tons of
good timothy hay. % tons OF baled
straw 8 hives of bees
so acres OF wheat in the ground.
Farming Implements, &c.
One horse cart, 2 farm wagons, cult.
ystors, plows, Champion horse rake,
l Champion mower, corn planter,
grain drill, spring tooth harrow, spike
tooth harrow. single cultivaEors, grind.
stone, corn shelter, grain fan, roller,
wheel seed sower, ! Deering binder,
nearly new; wheat grinder, Buckeye
rake, feed cutter, hay fork, rope and |
blocks; block and fall, 2 feed chests, 5 |
ladders, lot of log chains, straw knives, |
forks, shovels. spades, tool chest and tools, |
scythe, lot of cider barrels, set of cart |
harness, set carriage harness, sets OF |
wagon harness. 3 sets chain harness, lot
Of collars and brides, market dearborn,
sulky.
Household Goods, Etc,
Two stoves, 2 iron bedsteads, 8 wooden |
bedsteads, 8 mattresses and springs, 4 |
feather beds, pillows and holsters, / crib,
trunk, Singer sewing machine. organ,
tables, bureaus, 8 washstands, writ |
ing desks, bookcase, hall rack, lot OF
brussels, ingram and rag carpet, a lot Of
chairs, cooking utensils. fruit jars, dishes
lamps and many other articles not herein
mentioned.
Terms of Sale
All sums OF $1,000 and less cash; over
that amount credit OF months will be
given the purchaser b, giving q bank
able note with approved endorseF.
EDWARD BURRIS,
Administrator of MARTIN STAPLEroN.
REUBEN SATTERTHwAITE, JR., Attorney.
GEO. E. DAVIS, Auctioneer.