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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-01-16
J. KARL BOLTON
SLAIN BIZ SNIPER
Marine Corps Lieutenant Killed In
Santo Domingo-Native of Green
wood.

The State.
Greenwood, Jan. u.-Second Lieut.
]. Karl Bolton of the United States
marine corps. native of Greenwood.
met his death at San Pedro Macoris,
Santo Domingo. Lieut.. Bolton landed
with a detachment of marines and
was fired upon by a crowd on dock.
This information was officially tele-
graphed the navy department by
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
BUYS Down-State Bank

The Delaware Trust Company direc-
tors Of Wilmington Thursday purchased
the business and assets of the Laurel
Savings Bank and Trust Company, of
Laurel. The money consideration was
not made public. Curtis E. Davis,
heretofore president of the Laurel
bank, was elected a director and vice
president of the company and was
given control of the Laurel branch.
The other officers of the Laurel branch
will be: William H. Cook, manager;
Minus E. Culver, John w. King and
ROLAND e. Quiilin, assistant managers;
Curtis E. Davis, Hermus E. Hastings,
Perry NJ. Culver, A. Paul Robinson,
Daniel j. Layton, John W. King, Minus
E. Culver, Thomas H. Riggin, }. Ros-
coe Elliott, Albert j. White and Ed
mund Kitchens, directors.
The Laurel bank will be continued in
its present building, which recently was
constructed. Alfred l. DUPONT only re-
Gently obtained control of the Delaware
Trust Company, and now is the presi-
dent of that concern. The acquisition
of the Laurel bank gives him control
of one of the most influential and sub
stantia banking houses in lower Della
ware.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
DELAWARE COLLEGE FEATURES

At meeting of the Athenean Liter
ary Society, Of Delaware College, the
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Elwood Hoffecker, presi-
dent; Bond Gassaway Brown, vice-presi-
dent; Broadwater, secretary and treas
ury; Albert Wallace, sergeant at arms.
Howard B. Luther lectured this week
to the Senior Engineers on hydraulic
measurements, and to the Juniors on
the determination of shears at specific
joints under concentrated loads.
The Freshmen class of 1920 held
their annual dinner in the Rose Room
of the dupont Hotel Friday evening
Professor Claude Spiker, of the
modern language department, gave a
lecture in New Castle W ednesday His
subject was ''The City of Paris
The English Department Of Delaware
College will present two plays on the
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
TOWNSEND

Mrs. Sallie Denney has returned
home, after spending several days with
relatives in Earleville, Md.
Mrs. George M. D. Hart and four at
tendants entertained the Ladies Aid
Society at her home Tuesday night.
Mrs. W. H. Reynolds and children
spent Saturday and Sunday with her
parents, Rev. John Beauchamp and
family, in New Castle.
Mrs. Edward Graves, who underwent
a surgical operation at the Medicho-Ch
Hospital, Philadelphia, Monday, is doing
as well as can be expected.
Mr.. Leroy Lockerman and family
have recently moved from Cape Charles,
Va, to Delmar, and are now guests Of
her parents, R. Beardsley and family
near town.
Much praise has been given Miss Edna
May Reynolds, pupil of Miss Kate
Ratledge's 9th grade, who was selected
to recite at the contest held in Dupont
School Friday night last. She received
many congratulations on her recitation.
At the 4th quarterly conference Of
the M. E. Church here, Rev. Warren
Burr was invited to return as pastor for
the fifth year. During the past four
years Townsend has become one of the
most desirable appointments in the con-
ference. At the same conference Earl
M. Shockley, Of this town, was licensed
to preach and will take work under the
superintendent with view to entering
the conference.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
ODESSA

Miss Alice Brown spent Tuesday in
Wilmington.
Miss Jeanette Watkins is visiting in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Frank Davis was a visitor in
Philadelphia one day last week.
Mrs. William Mccoy, Of Wilmington.
visited friends in town last week.
MIR. Carroll Stats, of near Town
send, visited friends in town on Sunday.
Miss Ina Stats, of near Townsend,
was the guest of Miss Emily Webb over
Sunday
Miss Clara Ewell left on Wednesday
for an extended visit to Northumber-
land, Pa.
Mrs. Joseph Heller and daughter have
been visiting her parents, near Mt.
Pleasant.
Messrs. Walter West and Raynor
Carrow, of Wilmington, have been at
their homes on the sick list.
Mrs Charles K. Gibson, of North
cumberland, Pa, visited her uncle, Mr..
Thomas Middleton, this week.
The annual missionary anniversary
will be held in St. Paul's NJ. E. Church
on Sunday evening, March 18th. Every
body is welcome.
Epworth League on Sunday evening
at 6.45 o'clock. Topic, "Cultivating
the Grace Of Sympathy" Leader,
Mrs. l. G. Webb. All are welcome.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
WORLD ALMANAC

This now famous work, the World
Almanac & Cyclopedia, has the unique
distinction of being in all probability
the most useful and cheapest single
book printed in this country, if not in
deed in the whole world Think of it,
9O8 pages of pretty nearly the cream of
all knowledge, an assemblage in con-
venient, indexed form of everything,
anybody wants to know, compact cy-
clopedia in one volume-for 35 cents !!
1t has quite distanced all rivals and may
truly style itself the worlds almanac.
1t is an Indispensable handy library
of reference, right up to date, for its
tens Of thousands of yearly readers,
who preserve its successive volumes in
their libraries. 1t comes nearer being
a whole library in itself than any book
the writer knows. Its presence in a
home is source of endless satisfaction
and profit for every member of it.
To give fair idea Of its contents even
in a general way would take columns of
The transcripts space, so the writer
will content himself with brief history
of the notable work and its remarkable
growth under the skilful supervision Of
its present able editor, Mr.. Frank H.
Kenney, who for II years has wisely
shaped its growing fortunes.
Under his skiful hand it has increased
five-fold and in size from 432 pages Of
text to 9OS pages of reading matter
alone. Years of use warrant the high
praise that it is in every sense an eX-
ceptionally fine piece of book work, the
discriminating choice of its hundreds of
themes, the writing, briefing, condens-
ing of its multitude of matters all, the
the labor of a master hand.
The World Almanac was first issued
1866, and has grown to be work Of
unequalled, al-around usefulness to
every class, to every person in city,
town, or country, to bankers, farmers,
mechanics, housewives, school children
to erybody- wishing to keep in close
and accurate touch with the moving
world about him or her. The 1917 edi-
ton of 230, 900 weighs about 185, 900
pounds and each copy contains about
1900, 900 words.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10

evening of May ii. One play, "Honor,"
was written by Professor Phoe and
Irving Reynolds, member of the
Junior Glass of 1918 The characters
are: Williams, Fletcher, Plumby, Craig,
Lang, Stewart, Middleton, Ewing,
Lauritsen, Campsll and Qlcott. The
other play, "The Rising of the Moon,
by Lady Gregory. The characters are:
Blair, Davis, Weiger and MARTENS.
At meeting of the Delaware College
Engineering Society Tuesday. Michael
]. Fidame, Thomas s. Caswell and d.
Thompson Swing spoke on practical en-
gineering subjects.
Fidame spoke on reservoirs. He is
making a study Of the Rodney street
reservoir in Wilmington for his gradua-
tion thesis. He told how the work
was started and how, step by step. it
had been carried through by the con-
tractors.
Caswell, who has worked several sum.
mers at Bancroft's Mills, spoke on the
finishing of cotton textiles from the
point of view Of the chemical engineer.
Swing spoke on Canning Corn, "
having worked in a corn factory for
four summers. He spoke from expert
ence
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
SHERIFF,S SALES

SHERIFF'S SALE-BY VIRTUE OF
writ of Vend Exp, to me directed.
will be exposed to Pubic sale at the
County Building, Southeast Corner Of
Eleventh and King streets. city of
Wilmington, New Castle county, Del
aware,
ON THURSDAY,
THE 22d DAY OF MARCH, 1917,
At 10 O'clock, A. M,
the following described Real Estate, VIZ:
All those three certain lots, parcels,
or pieces of land known as Nos. 1856,
157 and 158 on a revised plan of the
"Buttonwoods, situat in the city and
county of New Castle and State of
Delaware, bounded and described as
one lot as follows, to-wit:
BEGINNING at point on the north
easterly side of Buttonwood avenue at
the distance Of fifty feet northwesterly
from the northwesterly side of Mehan
avenue; thence continuing northwest
erly along said side of Buttonwood ave-
nue., one hundred and fifty feet to a
corner; thence northeasterly and parallel
with Mehan avenue, one hundred and
fifty feet to another corner; thence
southeasterly and parallel with Button
wood avenue, one hundred and fifty feet
to another corner, and thence sou h.
westerly and parallel with Mehan ave
nue., one hundred and fifty feet to the
place of beginning Be the contents
thereof what they may.
Seized and taken in execution as the
property of Justis j. Evans, and to be
sold by
THEODORE W. FRANCIS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Wilmington, Del,
March 7th, 1917.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
MILLER'S LAST BILL

WASHINGTON, MARCH 6.-During the
last three minutes of the term of Con-
gresham Thomas W. Miller, Sunday at
noon, he had the honor of securing the
passage of the last item of legislation
of the Sixty-fourth Congress, the life
of which expired at IL o'clock. This
was the resolution providing for the re-
tention of all of the II capitol telephone
exchange operators, proposed by the
committee on accounts, of which he was
the ranking Republican member.
Mr.. Miller secured the recognition OF
the Speaker three minutes before IL
O'Clock, in order that he might speak on
the resolution. 1t was passed after he
had pointed out the conditions, which
he considered warranted, taking the ac-
ton proposed. The retention, he said,
would enable the members of the force
to arrange satisfactory vacation periods
and would obviate the necessity for en-
ploying inexperienced help when the
work became heavy again.
Mr.. Miller had a strenuous time the
last few days of his term, when Con-
gress was in session day and night. He
figured in a spirited debate early Satur-
day morning, when he advocated the
passage of House resolution continU-
ing an investigation of the fiscal affairs
of the District of Columbia. The claim
had been made that funds had been
going into the District treasury which
should have gone into the treasury of
the United States. 1t was claimed tlrat
$2,208,20 had been restored to the
United States treasury from the District
treasury. Mr.. Miller and Representa-
tive Ben. johnson, of Kentucky, chair
man Of the District committee, and
Representative Lloyd of Montana, chair
man of the committee on accounts,
spoke for the resolution, and Represen-
tatives Sanford and Fitzgerald of New
York against it. 1t was lost by small
margin.
Congressman Albert F. Polk, the new
Representative from Delaware, has been
here several days and he has had sew
eral interesting chats with Mr.. Miller,
whom he succeeds. Senator Wolcott
and Representative Polk formally as
sumed their duties yesterday, Senator
Wolcott succeeding Senator Henry A.
dupont. The entire Delaware delega-
ton in Congress is now Democratic.
Congressman Polk and retiring Con-
gresham MILLER visited the Legislators,
as we'll as the governor and his party,
at their respective hotels.
On the Inauguration stand, yesterday,
with retiring Congressman Miller, were
Mrs. Miller and Mr.. and Mrs. F. G.
Tallman, of Wilmington.
Ex-Congressman Hiram R. Burton of
Delaware visited Representative Hall
during the closing hours of the Sixty
fourth Congress.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
PAID LOCAL ADS.

Apple Trees, Peach Trees.
C. R. CLAYTON, -
MiddletoWn, Del.
FOR sALE-Large Stable on Cass
street. near N ain street. Apply to
MRS. ]. R. HOFFECKER.
Clover, Alsyke and Timo.hy Seed.
Seed Oats and fertilizer stored in ware
house for immediate delivery.
Phone 5. JESSE l.. ohEPHERD.
If YOUR victrola needs attention, call
on me and | will. render services at
reasonable prices.
CHAS. :. ROBERTS,
Middletown, Del.
FARMS and property wanted any
where's. If you want 10 sell, rent, ex-
change, or buy. try me. One per cent
after Sold Hundreds of Buyers want
nv next Catalogue out.
Hairs Farm Agency,
800 Broad Street,
Newark, N. j.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
MUTUAL LOAN ASSOCIATION

The forty fourth Annual meeting of
The Mutual Loan Association of Mid
dletown. Delaware, will be held on
March goth. 1917, at 8 O'Clock, in the
evening. in the office of the Secretary,
for the purpose of electing a President,
Secretary and Treasurer to serve e. % one
year, also three Directors 70 serve
three years and one Director to serve
one year.
DANIEL w. STEVENS, Secretary.
Middletown transcript., 1917-03-10
Our Furniture

is guaranteed to stand up with the com
ing years. 1t is not to be thrust asi"e
when the journey of life is half over.
Our furn ture will see you through to the
end. All the prevailing woods fashioned
in exquisite taste into dainty and sub
stantiai works of art. Sets for every
room and individual pieces ss Weil.
Spring Mating, Rugs, Linoieum.
W. J. WILSON Middietown, Del.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-09-20
Buy Paragon Writing Tablets.
Belleview News.

J. A. Townsend was a business Wis.
itor in ST. Louis a few days Of last
week.
Miss Annie Campbell was q guest in
the home Of her uncle, G. W. Camp
bell, III Middlebrook last week.
Mrs. II, d. Bo!linger returned Wed.
nesdav from Piedmont where she at
tended the Wayne County Associa-
tion.
Mrs. q. l.. Roop of Tronton spent a
few days Of last week visiting Old
friends and neighh0rs in our valley.
Howard Edmonds returned to his
home in Festus, having spent several
daya in the homo Of his aunt, Mrs.
Virginia McColl.
Howard Weekly Of Frederick: s. D.,
ia visiting his grandmother, Mrs.
Caroline Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Stuart and
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Bond motored to
Irondale Saturday to visit Steve Bond
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs, T. r.. Bell were in st.
Louis the first of the week.
s. f. Buford received Il telegram
last Wednesday telling Of the death of
Mrs. Alfred Hale in Coleman. Texas.
The entire community is in sympathy
with the breaved one
Mrs, Lucy Bell spent Saturday and
Sunday in the home of Mr.. and II. l..
Bell in Ironton.
The County Convention of the W.
g. T. L. will be held IN the Methc.
dist Church next Saturday, beginning
at 9.o'clock. The program will be in
terspersed at noontide with an Old
fashioned basket dinner on the church
lawn. Everybody invited to come
and bringa basket. Don't fail to hear
Miss Shaner's lecture in the evening,
She IS a talented speaker with Nation
al reputation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Coleman Richardso,
and children Of Flat River were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. W. Wood Saturda!
and Sunday. ALPHA.
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Our teachers have arrived and the
scnool will open Monday morning.
We hope this years work will be the
best our school has had for years.
Prof. ". l.. Mckee, with his assist
ants, Misses Lora folieson and Jessie
HUI, are planning for a good years
work and the patrons and school
board should stand by them. We
hone 10 seq every child in school. Our
streets should not be filed with loaf
ing boys WHEN they should he in
scnooi. We hope that the parents
will see that every Child IS found in
iIs place in the school room Monday
morning.
alrs. l}uelah Paste and sister, Miss
Doris Cooper, have returned to their
homei in St. Louis, after a visit to Their
parents here.
Mrs. Paul Taylor and children have
returned to their home In Kansas.
Miss lima keathley has returned tc
st. Louis alter spending her vacation
here with her parents.
Grover lfinkle, our barber, hai
| zone to Piedmont to work in 8 barbeI
| shop. \ young barber from Cap.
Gjrardeau viii take his place here.
| Rev. \. l.. Barter will preach hi
farewell sermon here next Surda!
night before leaving Tor Conference
He will not return here next year
having been transferred to Mort
Missouri. ISAAC.
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have no differences in this matter. T.
X. MARI, J. II. Hawkins, Arthur Eni,
u. 7. B~urnhsm, A. Is. Loyelaee. Eu-
gene NhitwoTih, and Earl Ratiey
were elected stewards. G. ~. Han
son was elected Sunday School Sapsr-
intsndent Of Union S. s., and A. /.
Willard Of Fort Hill. I. y. MARI was
elected District Steward, and Eugene
Whitworth Recording Steward. }. al.
Keith WIS elected lay Leader. and
Mrs. q. W. Hanson, DR.. WI. smith,
Mrs. Maple Tual were elected Ad'is-
ory Sunday School Committee.
The topic for Epworth devotonai
il, .My Favorite iiymn-Why?" This
will be q musical conservation meet
ing. Scripture, Psalms 33:i-22. Lead
er, Miss Alma MCKINNEY.
Do not fai! To come to Prayer Meet
ing tonight.
Preaching at Union Sunday morn
ing, aud at Fort iiiil ut night. THESE
services will close the conference year
The pastor would be glad to see all the
members at them.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1917-09-20

Il IS dry, Cool nights and warm
days.
\. Reese IL in IroHton to-day.
Gus. Funk went TO st. Louis this
morning 10 buy goods.
Hartford Collins has bought a car OF
coal ,or this winters use; says ii is
cheaper than wood.
lie, lumber and prop business good.
Cash paid as soon as unloaded from
the wagon.
Wade Hampton, an old resident OF
Annapolis, who moved from here last
February 10 Reynolds comfy, and
thence to Shannon county, has ra*
turned to Iron county and will e
main hero for some time.
Pete Young, who has been farming
on the Crowley farm, near Vulcan,
| for G, i. Bolch, HAS sold out his in
| terost and will soon TO Iron
| Mountain or Fiat River.
C.. M. Stevenson IL having many
calls for lands here and is making
| some good sales with prospects for
| better ones o He has an inquiry
from some parties that wait 10000
acres for a Greek colony. A coIsred
man from South St. Leafs was here
looking for a home,
j. s. Bollinger, old resident near
Sabula, is dying from cancer,
The old man Stith is again among
us making molasses; at present near
Sabula. He furnishes the mill and
botls the juice down to molasses for
hall and insures good syrup.
Mrs. Afford OF st. L0uia. who owns
seventy acres of fine farming land ii
the edge Of town, was il Annapolis
the past week looking after her prop
ertY.
James A.. Ruble, cur county judge
gave Annapolis a cali last week.
Th0s. Haefner, OF Festus, W'as visit
! ing his father-in-law, Prof. Reed, il
Annapolis Sunday. On returnin,
, Monday morning he was aecompani
ed ny his daughter who has spent til
past eight years with her grandpar
t ents. She was taken to Eestus tina
she might have the advantages Of tn
schools there.
:. Noah 8, Harris, who has been o
the county farm for some time, wasi
a Annapolis the past three days lookin
up his children. he returned to til
. farm to-day.
Our school in Annapolis, in chare
OF two ladies', is progressing nicely.
n Ed and John Moss made a trip I
Festus hunting employment, bnt can
a back here and went to tie~makin
again. BULLETIN.
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Redmondyille Items.

W. have been having some very
cool weather.
Mrs. Volner and Mrs. Carleton are
visiting relatives at Oates.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles White return
ed from Wisconsin Sunday. They
made the trip in their Dodge car.
Mr.. and Mrs Love were guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Black Sunday.
Nelson Stricklin and wife were call
ers at j. Il. Mnler's Sunday.
Uncle John and Aunt Mag Adams
called on Mira. Kate Schrum Sunday.
Rev. L. X. Hutchings preached
here Sunday. There were three bap-
tised. Rev. Geo. Farley 5aptised three
last Sunday, also. May the good
work continue.
Claud Tinker, who has been sick for
some time with typhoid fever, we are
glad to say, ID slowly improving.
Bill Bchrtm will leave this morning
for Fort Riley, Kansss, whore no VIAL
GnHY EYES.
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Des Arc Items.

We are needing rain for fall plow-
ing. Farmers are busy cutting corn
and making sorghum. 1t sets ut 10
cents q gallon and is line.
p. Paullus and son of ColdWater
shipped more than ll00 lbs. Of wool
Saturday. 1t will bring a pile of mon
ey. =,
I WAS at Reynolds last week. The
Ruble boys are farming quite extern
siyeiy. They will put in more than
fifty acres in wheat; they also are
raising sheep; they want TO buy loo
head Tor which they will pay $40 each,
Too much money for sheep.
Cattle on the range are fine. Ihey
are shipping them out every day on
account OF high prices.
Ben Keathley has a handle factory
at Brunot and is doing q fine business.
met several Of my old friends at
Brunot Saturday. Among them: Jas.
Jones, Henry White, Peter Is. Hinkle,
and Manuel Lovelace. Age is begin
ming to tell IN them.
Tbog. p. Fitz and wife left Des Arc
Sunday. Mrs. Fi.z stopped at Iron
ton to visit her sister, Mrs. 9. Collins
From there they will drive in the lat
ter's CIR to visit their childhood home
in Potosi. Their father, the late Sam.
uel Weast, lived there many years
and has Ave children at rest In the
Potosi cemetery. The old homestead
still stands and 60 does the schoo
house where they attended school
They expect TO visit many old scenes
though there will be few familiar fac
es or old friends to greet them, altel
all these years.
, My son-in-law, Geo. w. Morris, me
mo at Bismarck with his new car ant
drove me TO Pennington. ] called OF
my dear old friend, j. M. Morris, VIII
has been quite sick, but 10 better now
Sunday night I attended . reviva
meeting going on at the Baptis
church In Pennington and heard
good sermon. The music was fine
!. Ejiss Virginia Morris being the orga
!. mist, left Monday for Charleston
/ Sikeston and other points south.
Quite q delegation went to Ironto
. last week on road matters. under
stand that Jas. Falkenberry, the yer,
: efficient surveyor Of Reynolds count,
I will do the surveying. WIZ.
. Mrs. R.H stevenson and two child
b rem are visiting her son, Frank, VII
10 employed ct Upper Alton, lille.
Mr.. Sam Miller, son VI Fayett0 NIL
Ter Of Brnnot, and Miss Myrtle Bur
chem, daughter OF Mr.. snd Mra
Green Hurchen1, were married ID y,
! Louis Friday night. Sam has bee
working 81, Upper Alton, lille. Thel
: irionds Wieh tieNi ! LONG ana prosper
ous Journey through NE.
. III. Stsvsnson ~ - 81. kouie %
] husineee ~ wevk. (