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Middletown transcript., 1912-12-14
HTppIEToWN. DEL. DEO. a, l0la
DEATH TRAPS

Since the coroner's Jury has
deemed it necessary to centure
the Railroad Company for the
horrible accident which resulted
in the death of Samuel W. Megill
we feel it our duty to have some'
thing to say on this important
matter.
THE TRANSCRIPT has devoted
many columns of space during
the past two years in calling the
attention of the public to differ
ent matters pertaining to the
short comings of the Delaware
Railroad; especially in this i'm
mediate section, and some Of our
readers thought our criticism
too severe at times.
Now what do they think of the
terrible slaughter of human be-
ings during the last few months!
Is the Railroad Company show
ing any disposition to prevent a
repetition of this wholesale
butchering?
Do they realize that they are
permitting these same death
traps to exist; Notwithstanding
the fact that this entire commu
nifty and coroner's jury has
criticised and condemned them2
Do they realize that safety
gates at the two crossings north
and south of our town would
have possibly prevented the ac-
cidents which resulted in the
dea tbs of two of our good citizens
only a few months back?
Do they know that a fagman
at the crossingin this town dur.
ing the nighttime might have
saved the life Of Samuel W. Me
gill, who was killed instantly at
this dangerous crossing?
Does not this same Company
realize that at the Armstrong;
Corner crossing is another death
trap which is likely to crush out
one or more lives at any mo
mentY'
Does the Railroad Company
fealize his entire commu,.
nity, is aroused over the whole
sale killing Of three of our citi-
zen in a few short months?
Now just how long the people
eft Lhis-eommunity will stand for
its people being slaughtered is
more than we can say, but if we
are to judge from the manner
they are criticising the Compa-
ny, we may expect the legisla-
ture to adjust the whole matter,
by passing a bill compelling the
Railroad company to place flag
men every railroad crossing
thre bout the State.
w ay you to this sugges-
tion legislatureman?
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ESTATE OF EDWARD J. STEELE

ESTATE OF EDWARD J. STEELE
deceased Notice is hereby given that
Letters of Administration upon the
Estate of Edward J. Steele late of ST..
Georges Hundred, deceased, we're duly
granted unto Ernest Richmond Steele
on the 10th day of September A. D. 1912
and all persons indebted to the said de-
ceased are requested to make payment to
the Administrat without delay, end all
persons having demands against the
deceased are required to exhibit and
present the came duly probated to the
said Administrator on or before the 10th
day of September A. D. 1918, or abide by
the law 10 this behalf.
Address E. Richmond Steele, M. ID.
Dover, Delaware.
Ernest Richmond Steele,
Administrator.
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CURRENT PRICES
MIDDLET0WN GRAIN MARKET

IHDlDLETOWN h PRODUCE MARKET
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NOTTCE-ELECTTON! /!
W CASTLE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF

New CASTLE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK OF
ODESSA, DEL, Dec 10th, 1912.
The annual meeting of the Stockholders
for the election of Ten Directors to serve
for the ensuing year, will be held at the
Banking House on Wednesday, January
LIST, 1918. between the hours of IL o'clock
A. NJ, and p NJ.
JOS. G. BROWN, Cashier.
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Alice H Mnnre

Alice FL Moore, daughter of Mrs AZ
media Moore, died Sunday morning at the
home of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
James Holden in Warwick, of typhoid
fever, aged eight years.
The funeral was heldWednesday after
noon with intsrment at Warwick Gene
terV,
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NOTICE-ELECTIONl /
CITIzEN's NATIONAL BANK OF
MIDDLETowN.

Middletown, Del, Dec. 10th, 1912.
The Annual Election fur Directors of
this Bank will be held at the Banking
House, on Tuesday, January l4th, 1913,
between the hours Of 10 A. NJ. and u M.
JNO. S. CROUCH, Cashier
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NoTlcE--ELEcTIoNl
The PEOPLES NATIONAL BANK,
OF MIDDLETowN,

WlddIetOWn, Del, Dec. bsh, I5IZ.
THE ANNUAL ELECTION for Ten
Directors 20 serve for the ensuing year
viii be held at the Banking House on
SATURDAY, January llth, 1913, be-
tweel the hours Of 10 o'clock, A. M, aud
II O'clock, noon.
JAMES D. DAVIS. Jr., Cashier.
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1eeekeeeeEeEeeeEE 7ssSSSSSSSSSSSSS3A
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ChriStm as GOOdS$
Xmas Goods Sale Until Xmas. Open Evenings. ID
Your Xmas Money Will go Far
at Our Store

The best place to buy your Christmas
presents is at the store where they have
a large assortment and where you can be
sure that the price is right. We have lots
and lots of goods to pick from. Fancy
things for the younger or es, sensible ones
for others, and plenty for all. Our store
has become the Christmas Store" of this
city, because we do not believe in making
long. profits on short-ived Christmas
goods. We sell them at low prices and
sell lots of them.
SHOP EARLY-COME TO-DAY
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS enVsIcIANS AND SURGEoNs

OR. E (. HILL. office hours 1 10 and to & Phone Main 26
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OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

1 Some years ago it was quite n.
 fasfion in America. 1T a family hal [ the money. to ignore the public schoo' We thought the private schoc, was better: but within ten years the idel has gained ground that If chili is 1 :ai en from the public school and pu under private tutorship there is som :. thing the matter with the child ani nc. the school Poor boy. he can't
 ,et along"
 Just take this matter home to 70 self. You are banker. S merchant CT railroad manager; you need [, young man 10 help you in your bus, ness two boys apply seemingly of equal intelligence. One boy has bee1 educated In the public schools the oiEe, Is fresh from a boarding aca- 7enY. Now. which boy do you chnose.
 'Iii tell you You take the pubic scl.tol boy. and without q second thought. for the reason that you c,n siotr he probably knows the world fl "ork. business and things better than 'ne other You want a helper mho car go after things and bring them. and you assume that the boy from the private school has been cared for and | protected. while the other boy has had | to care for himself.
 The public school Is life; the private ] school Is a preparation for life
 In America our first schools were free schools. supportedf by gene'r- al tax. The private school came later; when some of us began to accumulate fortunes and initiate foreign ways.
 England began with private schools and free schools came as matter of charity So to this day they are spoken of as parish schools" or ragged schools" and 1t Is the prayer of every fond parent that he may earn enough so that he will not be subjected to the humiliation of send ing his children to the parish school
 To do this would to degree be upon the parish" He would as lief send them to 6 souphouse for their dinner or to a free bsthhouse to be made clean.
 look for q day when the oppor- tunities for education will be like the landscape. free for all. Beauty and truth should be free to evssy oas who
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MEAT SHORTAGE.

ras SIX weeks of the season. will no cause any great amount of suffering in the camp. The cold storage pro- duct al that season of the year Is getting old and We in our imagination believe it Is ten times worse than it is. for frozen food products are sup posed to keep for years in a perfect state of preservation. so long as the temperature Is maintained al sufficient degree of cold to avoid thawing. or even the suspicion Of e thaw
 The people during the month oi May and June are not large meat eaters. game and fresh fish appear in the market and such appeals 10 the sour doughs with greater relish than the bes, prepared meat the market af- lords
 It would not hurt the people of Nome 10 do without meat dle, for several weeks in the spring. in fact such would prove beneficial After the spring solstice. the people in AL aska commence 10 feel the effects of the direct rays on old Sol. the orb of day having by that time mounted high Into the heavns turning night into day. and meat is not required :
 In the spring time the sourdoughs blood is thick. owing 10 the extra heat units stored up during the win- ter. 10 combat with the new tempera- lures experienced in Alaska The ac- lions of all are semi sluggish In exe- cution. people move about as If over burdened. or carrying heavy packs much the same as the principal char acter in John Bunyan'e Pilgrim Prog ress
 fish diet with plenty of vegeta- bles Is fit and proper for the last six weeks so In the knowledge that there | is liable to be a shortage of beef. 1t | will prove beneficial and the people | will feel all the better for having | refrained from a meat diet for a num- | Der of days. allowing the blood to thin down and adjust itself 10 the summer conditions, with less friction than 1t could under a normal supply of meat,
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DEFECTIVE BURNS

The Nugget believes that in ninety who follows the profession of a de- tective. Is a first class fellow to let alone. and not to become familiar or too friendly with. Tt takes thief 10 catch a thief Is a true but trite saying. and people in general are ln- clined to believe only thieves engage in the detective business.
 In the case of William J Burns. we have member of the profession who Is the exception. He appears to be The exception of the general rule. in
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the class of men engaged tn the de- tective business. and he himself states the calling Is abused and justly criticised by the public on account of the low standard maintained by many who follow the profession.
 Burns is indeed one of the greatest sleuths the country has ever had. he Is constantly working to bring crim- inals to the bar of justice and his record proves u makes no difference to him who the man Is. rich or poor, he will nail him. provided he Is deem ed guilty of breaking the laws of the land
 The history of Detective Burns, in he oregon. California and McNamara cases gives one an insight of his field of action. In the oregon and California cases he was af.er the men "higher-up" the fellows who were members of our national legislature. also those who had to do with the running of the largest city on the Pa 
 cInc coast.
 That he landed his man Is ancient history. and oregon today has not gotten over the state of unrest he stirred up in it's timber frauds. Down in San Francisco. the turmoil is stil very much in evidence. for with Ruei doing time in san Quentin, his as' sociate. ex- Mayor Schmidt is abou To again defend himself from th' ! charges that the detective work oi the part of Burns made possible
 In his latest great coup de maitre the running to earth of the arch plot ters in the national dynamiiing cases ] wherein the McNamara brothers am Ortie McManigle. were travelling abou the country blowing up non-unio structures and plants. places him Il class by himself. and when tn federal judge complimented him fo his good work. stating he was ex pressing the voice of the people whe he informed Detective Burns that | landing these criminals behind tn bars he had performed a great serNic
 to his country he was indeed speak . Ing the truth
 The Nugget aS well as all goo
 thinking people will agree with th
 fudge fin Indianapolis. it is to be re gretted that here in this free coun
 of ours where liberty reigns suprem
 and the outcssts also down trodde
 of other nations can find refug
 necessity requires the existence of dt
 tecucv agencies all over the land B'
 such being needed one and all fe'
 grateful that men of such high stand , ard and ability for the calling
 William J Burns appears to b. er
 dowed with engages In the work an ., secures such grand results
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oa j. M SLOAN

erhce auurs 10 3 and to 70 D m Phone. Cfhce. Main is rest dtrcs Black 45.
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When people sitting round their heaters here in Nome. read Of hfty ha,ou, tr Ntn~.a-~ t.ii--~ -A- -- --.-----'-- temperature for he winter here is quite a few degrees above zero. the coal shortage does not appear near 90 great q calamity
 Nome has experienced an deal winter 10 date, hut We must not con- mence to blow our horn too much for there remains four more months to reckon with
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Locations .. the Nusss. Office.
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art te the poor people who have neither are better than the folks wn' foil to feed and clothe the folks W'' make the arguments.
 Education should be within the reach of every individual. not for the lucky few -Ex
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has the capacity of absorb. Tho pTi vate school. the private library, the private art gallery. the exclusive col lege have got to go. We want no eN- ceIlence that Is not for all My broth CT must have all that I have-for my brother is myself and I am he. There
 must he no educated class. no supe-
 rior class-every man must feel that he is superior to taking and enjoying thing from which others. by birth [ and ill fortune. are farred. \ good man in an exclusive heaven would be In hell.
 AS long as other men are kept in 1 prison I. too am in bonds. l But the world Is getting better. go
 and visit your village schOol-any
 school-and compare it with the
 school you attended twenty-five years ago. There Is beauty on the walls. cleanliness. order, fresh air. light and gentle consideration. Do not expect
 to find perfection-there Is yet much
 work to do. but we are looking out
 toward the East.
 Send your boy to college. and the remittance men will educate him.
 The typical educated person is full of the thought that the world must ! feed and clothe him. If he Is on half rations. as he often is. he has a sad { tale to tell of misrepresentation and in ? gratitude It the remittances con 1 tinue through life he Is all right. or
 fairly so. IT the remittances are ]. withdrawn he becomes public charge-resp pectable possibly. but he Is ]. a public charge just the same. for d A tax is no less tax because 1t Is | indirect
 n The biggest and best part of life n lies in supplying yourself the things e you need. and education. which Is de- T velopment. comes from doing without - things. making things and talking n about things you do not have, deal n more than using things rich men sup e ply you gratis.
 e If everything Is done for us We Will - rot do much for ourselves. If you
 knew of a school where you boy and c e'rl. of sixteen or eighteen could go e and earn living while getting an .- education. would you not send them y there? think that you would. or you e ouldnt as the case may be. n To be able to earn a living Is quite e. as necessary as to praise the Greek ' verb
 U The reason the industrial college el Las never been evolved Is because we l. ave not so far evolved men big IS enough to captain both education an l. industry
 Id We have plenty or men Dis enousn
 iUi college presiients-thousands of
 ,bem-but We haven't men who can lr direct the energies of the young men y and women Into useful channels and -- n.s rnnus This is where we reach our Is limit
 e here Is room Tor the man who "a a1 O ;; in motion curriculum that wIl
 C.nlrace earning a living and menta, J growth and have them move togeth land in hand
 n For the man who eau weld life ana , education the laurel waits. The chle:
 error of colleges lies in the fact t'i1t
 hey have separated the world of GU
 trre from the world cf work. Tl.r
 lave fostered the fallacy that one s.. , "g men should do all the hard work l snd another set should have the edu.
 cation-that one should be ornamental and the other useful
 Then to bolster up their position , they have manufactured speclous
 arguments trying to show that the
 professionals who supply truth and .
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FIRE ALARM SIGNALS.

i2 Standard Oil Go. fs. Carstsns Cold Storage. l@. John j. sssnon Go. off,ee. 1s. Headquarters Saloon. 2l. Recorders office 24 Lawrence Hotel. 2s. Fire department. Si. Discovery Saloon. B. Yorkey's Cigar Store. 41. Pacific Cold Storage co.. ssndsp't. P Thira Ave and Lanes Way.
 Engine House Phone Main s7. Seven Whistles, Water. Three Fire out
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BARGAINS IN MEAT.

We hae purch ~.d the entire fr''''' Wales" herd of reindeer. tn ''' ,oruitlon of aale bo,r- that Nt f'- inn 20 per cen, of u,e total e.h .'"' opt ssO0) .. a rla~an;ee asainst infected deer.
 You are assured Ht eetting v" "' 1.-.1ti,f,,I nneafa nf OUT market.
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I sIndee- stew per |" q. --.... ..- Reindeer casts. per 10 ...... .2'c [, indeer chops per 10 ..... ..t'S Fresh white flsiA> per ID ......loe Hallbut. per 10 .....-. ...-.-... -"e na, ,, s,de ....... 23Isc Mutton by carcass .. --..... zd Y C ,,.,,,o, h,, eide .......... 25C Exxtra hind quarters beef .---.-2sc Veal by side ....... ...--.... .'''
 pACtFIC COLD STORAGE Co
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
FENTON BEACH

Contractor Frank Jones began work
yesterday on the new pier which is being
constructed at the New Jersey resort, a
recreation place for Wilmingtonians. He
has pile driver and a force Of men at
work and expects 70 have the pier and
wharf completed by July 4, when a mum.
Der OF visitors are expected at the re-
sort
Dr. James H. Morgan who has under.
taken the work OF promoting the beach,
is busy man and although but few
days on the job, is already as brown
as 4 berry.
"rhe Mansion also known as the
Pioneer Cottage, is beginning to take on
an inhabitable aspect since the new ten
ants, who are too modest 10 give names,
have moved in.
The Normalita, the beach company's
BIC launch, which makes daily trips to
the resort, will make three trips daily
from this city, leaving the foot of Orange
street on July 4. at 3 o'clock 10 o'clock
and o'clock, returning to this city at
the convenience OF the beach visitors.
The news that Horace S. Allen. a local
brick manufacturer, had been badly hurt
yesterday at his plant, came as a shock
TO the fenton Beach colony, of whom
Mr. ALEU- is one. Mrs. Allen had heard
only rumors concerning the affair and
,olld not compose herself for sometime,
even after she learned that the injuries
her husband received were not serious.
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
RIVER CHANNEL
GROWS DEEPER
Dredging Has Increased Depth
in Many Places to
IS Feet
LIEUT.. COLONEL KUHN
SUCCEEDS MAJOR DEAKYNE

The completion Of the 30-foot channel
from Philadelphia 10 the sea was ofii-
cially announced yesterday by Major
Deakfne. the engineering officer IN
charge of fhe river work, and came as
a farewell declaration, as his term Of
service in Philadelphia has expired and
he viii 60 TO Kansas City on August !.
According to report sent 20 Wash
mcton yesterday by Major Deakyne, the
channel has been completed from ALE
gheny avenue TO the deep water of the
Atlantic Ocean, and az no point, over any
OF the famous shoals, is there less than
80 feet of water at mean low tide. On
the contrary, the latest surveys show
that at many points the minimum water
is considerably over 30 feet, notably az
the upper horseshoe and Tinicum ranges,
where at mean low water the least
fepths are 9l feet inches.
when Major Deakyne took charge Of
she Government work on the Delaware
l1yer and bay in 1908 the greatest depth
cf water that could be carried at mean
lc-~ tide in the shoal part of the river
was % feet inches, and the work has
been pushed steadily until II is now pos
sible 10 announce the completion of the
much desired 30-foot channel.
Deakyne's Successor Named.
Following closely upon the official re-.
port on the completion of the important
work on the river came the announce
ment from Washington that Lieutenant
Colonel Joseph r. Kuhn, at present in
charge of the Army Service School at
Fort Leavenworth. had been appointed to
succeed Major Herbert Deakyne az
United States army engineer in charge
Of the Philadelphia district.
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
MARYLAND NEWS NOTES

Hundreds Of Cecil county walnut trees
are being felled and exported.
The Wicomico County Commissioners
have fixed the tax rate at als4 cents.
William r. Michael. of Aberdeen, will
celebrate his ninetieth birthday on sat
urdsy
While climbing q fence. Stuart Dren-
nen. of Havre de Grace, fell and broke
his right leg
The fourth anniversary Of the opening
Of ST. Patrick's Church, in Havre de
Grace, was celebrated Sunday.
A New York landscape architect has
been commissioned 10 improve the cam
pus Of Tome School. Port Deposit
B. r. Worth has resigned as vice prin-
cipsl Of Belair High School, 10 take a
course at Johns Hopkins University.
Miss laura McGonigal Of Havre de
Grace, has accepted a position as head
nurse in the Roanoke (Vs.) Hospital
A horse owned and driven by Edward
Williams. Of Woodlswn, fell dead near
North Feast, breaking its neck in the
fall
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
slandInr OF the rInhs.
RED MEN I'm SPORTS

The committee of the various tribes
of Red Men which is planning field day
exercises at Kirkwood Park on Friday
and Saturday, July Is and ie. viii meet
this evening. The committee has ar
ranged the following programs l00-yard
dash. first prize, cuff buttons, donated
by Lynn Thomas; second prize, pipe,
donated by Max Brer. Hop. step and
jump, FIRST prize, baseball and bat, do
noted by II. W. Vandever; second prize,
tie, donated by. D. Ross and Son. Three.
legged race, first prize to winners, straw
hat each, donated by G. z. Deering. Pea.
nut race, FIRST prize, shirt, donated by A.
Bacharach; second, cap by Springer
In addition TO these events there with
be a baseball contest between the River.
view and ParSside teams Of the k1T-Wil-
mington League for the championship OF
the east side Of the city.
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
GRoss PITcHEs No am GAME.

The Orange defeated King Street
Juniors on Saturday by the score Of II
10 ? The Orange Knocked four pitchers
out Of the box while Juniors could do
nothing with Gross delivery. King scored
heir two runs when Gross walked two
men in succession. Two erors gave them
their only runs. Gross. Meyers and To-
hin led in hitting Orange would like
70 get games from any II to - year old
team in the city. Address, William
Gross, Morning News Office
Score by innings: RH.E.
Orange .....l 2O05l ky 25 4
King .O2O 100000 % o 4
Batteries for Orange. Gross and Fein.
berg For King. Mccall, Sclut, Shapiro,
Nsnderbrack and Pace.
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SECONDHAND CLOTHING.
BEATTY PARLORs.
TYPEWRITERS.

T,YPEwRITERs REPAIRED. RENTED
sold. Easy payments. Bargains, slight
ly used Underwoods, Remingtons. Ribbons
Typewriter Supply Co., 915 Market Del.
marvia Phone. s2e.tf
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When six Hats First Came In.


silk hats were known in France SOM
years before John Hetherington fright
ened Londoners by wearing one. They
came in with the French revolution.
when all patriotic citizens abandoned
wigs and had their hair cut short. En-
cravings printed so early as 1870 de-
pict sans culotte dandies wearing top
hats. In a rare print Of the trial Of the
Girondists. which took place in 1913. all
the judges appear crowned with silk
hats Although the silk top hat is not
much more than a hundred years old
hats OF that shape were worn hundreds
OF years before. In Elizabethan times
cylindrical hat with brim rather
similar to that Of the tifties and With
the addition OF a plume was worn by
the nobility. According TO Raphael. IL
was worn very much earlier even THAI
that A red top hat appears in the car
tooD Paul Preaching at Athens"
Evening journal., 1912-07-02
RECEIVER MAKES REpoPT

Notices are being sent 10 the creditors
Of the New Amstel Magazine Company
that Receiver George l. Townsend has
filed his report IN the Court Of Chan
Gerry The report shows that 50 ,2O6.30
had been received during the three
months be has been operating the plant
and expenditures amounting TO 81 ,sl7.22
had been made. Mr. Townsend asked
for $3.50 for his services as receiver and
Sl50 for Christopher L. Ward. who acted
as his counsel.