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Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Hot Lunches Rural Schools

The improvement in some rural
schools in Delaware has been remark
able in the last three years. In almost
every section, better schools are being
built and equipped with modern con-
veniences. Sanitary heating and ven
tilation systems have been installed in
twenty or thirty schools in Kent and
Sussex counties during the last two
years, and it will only be question of
a very short time when the old fashioned
rounded wood stove will be a thing of
the past in the country districts. Vesti-
bules have been built in almost all of
the schools, and the school grounds have
been kept in good shape and repair.
The latest plan for improvement has
been the introduction of hot lunches at
the country schools for those who have
to 60 soma distance to their homes.
The pupils are being taught to cook the
lunches which are then sold at cost to
the pupils.
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Bethesda Church Notes

Feb. 9Th. The revival services closed
on Monday night after three weeks
aggressive campaign. The spiritual life
of the membership was quickened and
ten persons professed conversion. The
Pastor and Miss Minnie F. Shay labored
faithfully and while we had hoped that
there might be larger visible results we
praise the Lord of the harvest for the
help and blessing received. The cottage
prayer meetings were an outstanding
feature of the campaign, and did vast
amount of good. iss Shay is a conse-
Grated toiler, whose work God honors.
She left town Wednesday for evange-
listic service in New York state. Our
prayers and best wishes will follow her.
Preaching on Sunday at 1870 A. M.
and 7.3O P. M.
Sunday School at 2 P. NJ. Let Us
have a full attendance.
Brotherhood Devotional meeting at
$50 A. NJ.
Jr. League Saturday at P. M.
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Y. W. c. A. PROGRESS

Throughout the United States Tues
day the Young Women's Christian
Associations celebrated a golden
jubilee. Coincidert with this national
recognition of the progress made by
that organization during the last fifty
years comes the appearance of history
of it, "Fifty Years of Association Work
Arong Young Women" a book written
by Miss Elizabeth Wilson, executive of
the secretarial department of the ma
tional board of that organization. Its
four hundred pages, written in narra-
tive style gives the condition of young
women, the rise of Associations, and
distinctive efforts to meet their needs,
together with study of the educa-
tional, religious, economic and other
contemporaneous movements.
The object of the secretarial depart
ment of the National Board of the
Young Women's Christian Associations,
of which Miss Wilson is executive, Is to
make provision for proper leadership
which shall secure the real objective of
the association. The training centers
conducted by the field committee ac-
cording to place and with the help of
the national secretarial department
mean that no young woman need go to
even her first position as a girls secre-
tary, membership secretary, industrial
worker, ETC., without some technical
preparation.
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Entertained Card Club

Miss Clara L. Willis entertained the
members of the Wednesday card club,
at her home near town on Wednesday
afternoon. In spite of the very inclem-
ent weather, the guests enjoyed them
selves immensely and the delicious 'set-
out" was good ending for pleasant
afternoon. Miss Alberta Cochran won
the first prize, Mrs. Warren S. P.
Combs, the second, and Mrs. J. Gaylord
Bragdon, the guests prize. Those pres
ent were; Mrs. G. Malcolm Cochran,
Mrs. John G. u..Gn, Mrs. w. S. Combs,
Mrs. Harry S. Brady, Mrs. G. Lindsey
Cochran, Mrs F. P. Williams, Mrs. ].
G. Bragdon, Mrs. C. E. Pool, Mrs.
Dorsey W. Lewis, Miss Alberta Coch-
ran, Miss Helen Shallcross, Miss Laura
Willis and Miss Clara Willis,
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NEW CENTURY CLUB

The monthly business meeting of the
New Century Club was held on Tuesday
afternoon, but little business was
brought before the members but few of
whom were present. In the absenc of
the president, Mrs. Pool, the first vice
president, Miss Green occupied the
chair. A letter was read by the Secre-
tary asking the consideration of the
Club for the ''Loan Fund" for the girls
of the Women's College at Newark.
The fund which the women hope to
start will loan money to girls who are
un BILE to pay their way through college
without help. 1t will be loaned without
interest until the girl is through college
after which two per cent. will be asked
Mrs. Hoffecker read a paper on Cali
fornia Mission" written of the time
prior to 1749, when the Jesuit priests
did such good work with the Indians
The paper was written for the Philo
musian Club of West Philadelphia.
Miss Hutchin read Letters from a
soldier in the Trenches" with names
and places omitted.
Next week will be the time for the
birthday party of the club, but the
members were informed that the party
will be unique in that the real "party"
part Of the party will be omitted, but
the members are asked to be present to
hear the unique" program. The Club
members hope to have a grand house
warming in May in their new Club home.
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Other Scraps Of Paper.

We hear much and see too often evil
dences of the wrecking of parental
control. Fathers and mothers do not
hold and direct their children as they
once did The old home is not the
center of the old influence. Why? Par
ents do not cultivate and communicate
the spirit of the home. The impatit NJ
and irritable mother who is always tell
ing little daughter to be quiet ought
to go into dark room and listen to
herself, and the domineering father
who strives to repress the boyishness
of his offspring should say it into a
phonograph and then have the machine
talk back to him. Advice, preaching,
praying, all the aids, offerings and sup
plicating are scraps of paper unless
stamped with the spirit-the beautiful
something that comes from the depths
and brings with it its unpurchasable
treasures.
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ST. ANNES' CHURCH
Faithful Sunday School Work
Merits Recognition
BISHOP KINSMAN WILL VISIT

February 9th. The Fifth Sunday
after The Epiphany. Divine service:
Holy Communion and sermon, 1870.
Sunday School session, 11.45.
Evening Prayer and address, 7.3O.
Service on Wednesday evening, 7.30.
Meetings:- he Parish Guild on
Thursday afternoon. at o'clock, at st.
Anne's Rectory. The Junior Auxiliary
on Friday afternoon at O. clock, in the
Parish house.
Service in st Mary's Chapel, Town
send, Del, at $50 P. NJ.
The Rt. Rev. F. J. Kinsman, D. D.,
Bishop of the Diocese will visit st.
Anness' Parish, on Sunday, April the
second, at the morning service. The
Fourth Sunday in Lent.
Bishop Kinsman will be out of Will
mington all of F brualy and March. In
addition to appointments in Kent and
Sussex counties for six weeks he will
make a trip west, spending two weeks
in Grand Rapids, Nich.; Chicago and
Milwaukee. He is to hold a mission
during the early part of Advent in
Wilmington.
The 'Clericus' of the Diocese will
meet in Wilmington, at the Hotel u
Pont, on Tuesday, February 8th The
topic at this meeting will be Social
Hour. The Clergy will be the guests
of the Rev. Mess. William H. Laird
and R. NJ. Trapnell, of Wilmington,
Del.
The work of our faithful Sunday
School staff merits recognition. But
we note the absence of a number of the
children. The one thing we desire
most at present in connection with this
part of the Church work is, that not a
few parents might more fully awake to
the Importance of the Sunday School
work, and might impress upon their
children the virtue of greater regularity.
If parents are Indifferent their own
children will oe the losers.
God does not wish US to think too
much of ourselves Individually. Conceit
hinders moral and spiritual growth. We
are not any single one Of US indispen-
sable. When we have done all, we can
say to Him, eve are improbable ser
wants." But our Father in Heaven
wants US to think enough Of ourselves,
enough to realize that every bit of good
we do is some help. If we say 81 can
not do much in the Kingdom of God, in
the world, in tle Church, and therefore,
/ will do nothing we make ourselves
nobodies in the Kingdom of Heaven on
earth, in the Church But if we say,
Gwen if can do little in the Church, I
am going to do that" we make our
selves somebodies, in the Church, and
to be Somebody in the Church in the
Kingdom of God, on earth, is to be
better than to be nothing in the Church
and Everybody in the world.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
THE GET-TOCETHER SPIRIT

Every town that is a town has the
get-tOgether spirit. Merchants and
farmers and the people in general, work
together for better town, better liv-
ing conditions, better amusement and
more personal freedom. Here are some
rules for the get-togethers.
The town and the farming community
cannot succeed without cooperation
and mutual assistance.
Farmers should forget the wild
charges of the drmagogues and consider
their own interests in relation to the rail-
roads and better railroad facilities.
Help the people of the adjacent towns
to maze the towns "alive.' Dom t
have the nearest town to you ''dead"
one.
Rural prosperity depends upon the
ease with which shipments are made.
No one likes a dead town.
Farmers should buy from home deal
ers. Keep your money in the commun-
ity where it adds to the commercial life
of everyone in town.
Every dollar the farmer pays into his
adjacent town helps him; it adds to the
value of his own holdings.
The town merchants should make the
farmer welcome. Keep the things he
wants to buy and sell them at a price
which he can pay.
Make your town so live that people
will want to come there to spend the
weekend. People avoid the dead town.
Don't let people tell you that a live
town is doomed for prediction.
Prosperity to great extent depends
on the attractiveness of the town.
Let the farmer know that you are
trying to help him as we'll as help your
self.
The town merchant should advertise
so that the farmer may know where he
can buy his goods and come for them.
The farmer says to the local mer-
chant. "Show me-" Show him by ad-
vertising what you have to sell.
Get together.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAI CONE AND cd

IhUSE lhAI CUME ANU OU
Mrs. H. A. Pool was a Philadelphia
visitor this week.
Miss Nellie Otwell has returned from
visit in Wilmington.
Miss Anna Denny spent last Saturday
with friends in Wilmington.
Mr.. and YRS. w. E. Lee are visiting
his sister, al Atlantic City.
Nr Emory w. Hukill, of Wilmington,
spent Saturday and Sunday here.
Miss Edith Eliason, of Wilmington,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
Mrs. Purnell, of Snow Hill, Md, is a
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Messick.
Miss Leila Herbener, of Newark, was
Sunday guest of Miss Hannah Kirk.
Miss Alice Clark, nesr town, is the
guest of Miss Mabel Cosden this week.
George 1. Lockwood, of Philadelphia,
spent last Sunday with his mother here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. .Fogel and daughter
Laura, spent this week in New York
City.
Bayard Vinyard and Jonathan Hukill
have gone to Florida to spend several
months.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merritt N Willis are
spending the week at Atlantic City,
New Jersey.
Miss Emily Alice visited her aunt Mrs.
Wilhemina Collins. in Wilmington, dur
ing the past week.
Mrs. George H. johnson has returned
home after spending week with
friends in Virginia.
Mrs. ]. B. Messick has returned home
from a visit with her son, DR.. w. V.
Messick, of Smyrna.
Mr.. John English, of Philadelphia,
spent the weekend with his son, Mr..
John English and family.
Miss Narie Waltz, of Philadelphia,
spent several days last week with
Misses Lena and Viola Weber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd Bragdon and little
daughter, all of Wilmington, spent last
Sunday with their relatives here.
Mrs. Curtis Millman and daughter,
Dorothy, of Woodside, spent Wednesday
with her mother, Mrs. Rosa Weber
Mrs. T. S. Fouracre and Mrs Frank
Hetzel have returned home after a visit
with relatives in Milford and Frederick.
Mrs. John C. Sites, of Philadelphia,
has been spending several days at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Warren S. P.
Combs.
Mrs. Alexander Metten has been
spending several days in Wilmington,
the guest of her son, William F. Metten
and family.
MIR. w. c. Jones, Jr., has accepted a
position with the Remington Arms Co.,
at Eddystone, Pa, and expects to move
his family to Chester in the near future.
The Transcript regrets to announce
the serious illness Of Nr. Alfred Green
who is confined tc his bed at the home
of his daughter Mrs. w. W. Vansant.
in Wilmington
Mr. Harry Burris, manager of the
Burris Garage here, has for the past
two weeks been very ill at his home at
Bear, but at this writing we are glad to
state is imprnving.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Frank Eliason, of
Mt. Pl asant, have gone to Georgetown,
South Carolina, for a visit with their
daughter, Mrs. John Boyt and family.
Mr.. Eliason will return home next week
but Mrs. Eliason will remain South
until March.
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Entertained Sewing Circle

Misses Lena and Viola Weber very
pleasantly entertained the members of
the Sewing Circle on Wednesday even
ing at their home on Main street. After
spending the evening with their fancy
work and music, delicious supper of
fried oysters and other good things was
served. Misses Weber's guests were:
Mrs. Albert Hopkins, Mrs. D. W.
Stevens, Mrs. T. S. Fouracre and her
guest, Mrs. Frank Hertzel, of Wiscon-
sin, Mrs. J. z. Grassland, Miss Elsie
Jones, Miss Ada Scott, Miss Prudence
Lewis, Miss Frances Simmons and Miss
Marion Vinyard.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Republican State Committee Meets

At meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee, held at the Young
Mems Republican Club, Monday after
noon, Tuesday, April II, was fixed as
the date for holding the state conven-
ton to elect six delegates ID six alter
mates to the Republican Convention.
The state convention will be held in
Dover.
The primaries for the election of dele
gates to the state convention will be
held Saturday, April 8, and IN conjunc-
tion with them new city and county
committees will be named.
There was only ons member of the
state central committee absent from
the meeting, and while the coming am
paign was discussed, it was said that
no business was transacted in addition
to fixing the dates for the state conven-
ton and primaries.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
A Pleasant Dance

A very pleasant dance was given by
a few of the young people of town, in
the old Red Mems room, in the Opera
House, on Wednesday evening. Victrola
music was furnished, and at 11.3O re-
freshments were served at Mrs.
Weber's restaurant.
Those present were: Mrs. T. E.
LindIey, Mrs. Duval Gibbs, Misses Lulu
Ratledge, Nellie JanvIer, Mary and
Lucy Griffith, Madeline Pennington,
Mary Cochran, Elizabeth Lindley,
Messrs. Ira Savage, Taylor Barnett,
Richard Cam, Harry and Carson Segel-
ken, MerEitt Lock wood, Benjamin
Gibbs, Prof. Scotten, of Smyrna.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Trustees Of the Poor Meet

The monthly meeting of the Trustees
of the Poor was held at Farnhurst last
Wednesday. The report of the superin-
tendent showed a population of 254 di-
vided as follows: white men, l49;
women. Al: children, a; colored men, 46;
women, Ia; children 1. Among the
deaths at the Institution during the
month was that of Mary Guanan, aged
"a years, of Newark.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Wilmington Chamber OF Commerce

The Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce directors last week reelected
John J. Satterthwaite as President,
Joseph Bancroft and Frederick Brady
wers chosen Vice Presidents and Frank
l.. Connable Treasurer. A resolution
was adopted urging Congress to exempt
from compulsive pilotage barges while
in tow of steam vessels navigated by
Government pilots. W. D. Mullen,
Josiah Marvel, w. H. Speakman, A. R.
Moore and w. S. Brown were appointed
a committee to consider the erection on
securing a Chamber of Commerce build
ing.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Sick Folks Are Recovering

B. Frank Gallagher is able to sit up,
after suffering for weeks from a very
severe attack of typhoid fever. DR.. E.
G. Clark is i'll with bad attack of grip
at his home on Cochran treet Isaac
Davis has been sick at his home on Main
street. Miss Nellie Rothwell is i'll with
pneumonia, but is somewhat better.
Miss Laura Connellee is recovering
from a severe attack of erysipelss. iss
Eliza Hurn is i'll at her home on Cass
street.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Real Estate Sales

Mr.. f. H. Beck, Real Estate Broker,
has sold the farm belonging to Ralph E,
Stats, of Smyrna, now tenanted by
John Tarbutton, containing 100 acres to
Henry L. Neff, for $1O,55O. Also the
farm of 40 acres belonging to Clayton
Appleby, near State Road Station, to
John L. Kirk, of Pennsylvania, for
81, 300.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Forest Church Notes

Sunday, February sixth, 1916.
1870 A. M. Public Worship and
Sermon.
11.45 A. M. Sunday School session.
6.45 P. NJ. Christian Endeavor ser
wee. Topic, Christian Endeavor Fl
deity and Force. Matt 25:31-46.
7.3O P. NJ. Evening Service with
Sermon.
Wednesday, 7.3O P. NJ. Prayer Meet
ing.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
Good Government League

A meeting of the Good Government
League was held in the Assembly room
at the High School, on last Saturday
afternoon. with the president, Miss
Marie T. Lockwood in the chair The
object of the meeting was to read the
Constitution and Bylaws which had
been drafted since the last meeting by
a committee of men.
Opportunity was given to join the
Society, twenty persons giving their
names as members.
The annual meeting will be held each
January, four regular meetings held
during the year, and an extra meeting
at the call of the secretary of five
members.
The League will be affiliated with the
Law and Order Society of Wilmington.
Read FOgeI & Burstan's "Cut
Price" Rubber Sale in this issue.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
DELAWARE COLLEGE
There viii Be Many Extension
Lectures During February
EXPERIMENT STATION NEWS

The list of College Extension lectures
for the month of Februaryis as follows:
-Conover. E., Private Life of the Ko-
mans, Appleton, Nd, February 4; Dut-
ton, G. E., The Poetry of the Civil
War, Tuesday Club, Odessa, February
Fl; Pohl, F. j., King Lear, Avon Club,
FELTON,, February II; Sypherd, W. O.,
Literature and Life, Washington
Heights Club. Wilmington, February 8;
Dickens and the Modern Reader, Tues
day Club, Odessa, February 7; Vaughn,
E. R., The Schoolhouse as a Community
Center, Seaford, January %. An hour
with Tennyson, Laurel, February 10;
Whittier, A. c., The Chemistry of
Everyday Life. Washington Heights
Club, Wilmington, February Z.
EXPERIMENT STATION NEWS
Director H. Hayward gave an address
before an Independent Farmers Insti-
tute in West Grove, Pennsylvania, on
Saturday, January 29. On Friday,
February 4, he went to Mount Her
mon, Massachusetts, and from there,
probably, to Maine.
The Horticultural School, conducted
at Camden during the week, January
24-29, under the direction of Professor
c. A. McCue and County Agent Pence,
was very successful and largely attend
ed. The average attendance at all the
meetings was AZ. There were as many
as 65 in attendance at some meetings
and never less than p at any of them.
Those in attendance were the most sue
cessful fruit growers in Delaware.
The benefit of this getting together
will be very great.
On February 8, Professor McCue
spoke before a Farmers Institute in
Seaford and on February 4, in Bridge
vile.
Professor A. E. Grantham delivered
a lecture in the College Extension Lee
ture in the College Extension Lecture
Course at Appleton on February 4. On
February l, he addressed the Farmers
Institute at Laurel
ST. JOHNS DEBATE
A committee representing the two
literary societies and the faculty is con-
arrangements for a second de-
bate with St. Johns to be held at New
ark. This time Delaware will choose
the question and st. Johns will choose
the side. Our team lost in the first de-
bate, but it was our first attempt for
number of years. This time we will
go after them with renewed confidence
and will take nothing less than victory.
SURVEYORS AT WORK
Surveyors from the office of Day and
Klauder, Philadelphia, have been work
ing this week, in cooperation with W.
7. Wilson, of Newark, making a topo-
graphical map of the property of Della
ware College, and the Women's College
of Delaware. This is the first step in
the series of Improvements that are to
be started with the coming of spring.
Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05

The TRANscRIpr sl.OO per year
Evening star., 1916-01-06
DyESTUFF SITUATION
TO COME UP AT HEARING
Discussion of Hill Bill Before House
Committee to Begin in Few Days.
Protective Tariff Desired.

One of the most serious of the eco
nomic problems confronting Congress
will be tackled within few days, when
hearings begin on the Hill bill before
the ways and means committee. This
measure, introduced by Representative
Hill of Connecticut, provides a pro-
posed remedy for the serious situation
in dyestuffs, under which many manu-
facturers are approaching the verge of
ruin. Because of the fact that the nee
essary material for many dyes cannot
be obtained from Europe at present it
is proposed under the Hill bill to es-
taolish a protective tariff on the ma
terials hitherto imported from abroad,
simply to encourage American manu-
facturers to invest in e-making
plants in this country.
Under the present almost free tariff
on manufacturers chemicals, dyestuffs,
etc, it is argued that no American
capitalist or manufacturer will invest
a dollar in dye-making p,"nts, because
after the war it is to be assumed that
European firms will "go the limit on
dumping huge quantities of dyes in
this country at prices which Americans
cannot meet. The situation at present
is that the price of dyes is soaring be-
cause little is coming in and none Is
being manufactured here. Manufactur-
ers have told leading members of Con-
gress that If protective tariff is
thrown around them they would readily
invest in a new dye industry to take
the place of the imported materials
used before the war, but that they
will not risk their infant industry" to
the mercial of European commercial in
terests after the war is over. !.
Evening star., 1916-01-06
STUDY FIRE PREVENTION.
Bryn Mawr Alumnae Take Up Work
in Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG. Pa. January Coo
operating with the state department Of
labor and industry, group of Bryn
Mawr College alumnae will make a six
month study of fire prevention in fac
tories and industrial establishments
where girls and women are employed.
according to an announcement made
here today. Funds for the investiga-
tion have been provided by members
Of the class of 1889 of the college,
which voted to celebrate its twenty
fifth anniversary by this undertaking.
The executive committee in charge
of the work includes as chairman Mrs
George Haven of New York. Mrs. Ar
thur N. Scribner. New York: Mrs. Ed
ward Cameron Xfrke, Lansdowne, Pa.
and Miss Mary. Miles Blanchard, Belle
Ffonte, Pa, treasurer.