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Middletown transcript., 1918-08-31
A CURIOUS INSCRIPTION

Taken from an old church in England
in the fourteenth century, and copied
by the Rev. 2. L. Donaghay, during his
vacation from an old parish in the Dio-
cese of Pennsylvania:
''When to the HOUSE OF GOD ye
/ come prayer in secret say:
On bended knee His grace implore for
thus tits meet to pray.
Leave at the door YOUR weekly cares
God loves the pure in heart;
To those who wholly look to HIN, He
will true grace impart.
Aloud. but humbly answer make, as
COMMON PRAYER directs;
He who sits silent or asleep, the way of
life neglects.
In standing posture give your aims,
and standing sing Gods praise;
Be not afraid to lift your voice, the
gladstone hymns to raise.
Bow at the HOLY NAME which God
in our poor nature bore,
And silently HIS blessing ask, ere that
ye seek the door.
Talk not to neighbor or to friend-step
softly, bare thy head
For holy is the very ground on which
thy footsteps tread.
Thus yer use the HOUSE OF GOD in
prayer and joyful praise:
He best will pass the coming week who
80 these few rules obeys.
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING

The Democrats of St. Georges Hur-
dred held meeting in Odessa, We'd
ne day evening. The meeting vas
called for the purpose of naming the
delegates to the state convention in
Dover on September 10. There was a
large attendance. The meeting was
called to order by County Committee
man Shallcross.
On taking the chair Chairman Lewis
appointed committee for the purpose
of selecting five delegates, and five al
ternates to attend the state conven-
ton. The committee retired and sell
ected as the delegates DR.. Dorsey W.
Lewis, William F. Shallcross James E.
Daniel Keegan and Joseph Yearsley; al
ternates, Henry Kronemier. Winner
Bender, Nathaniel J. Williams, Frank
]. Pennington and John R. Carpenter.
Charles T. Deakyne was unanimously
nominated as the candidate for the
General Assembly.
T. Roseby McMullen of Pencader
hundred was endorsed as candidate for
the Levy Court. and Edward Zachies
was the choice of the meeting for as
SCISSOR.
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Mrs. LILLIAN B. LORE

One of the saddest deaths to occur in
this community for many years was
that of Mrs. Lillian B. Lore, wife of
William D. Lore, who died at her home
near Mt. Pleasant, Sunday evening,
leaving a devoted husband and four
small children.
Mrs. Lore's death resulted from her
taking bicholride tablets in mistake for
headache tablets about two weeks pre-
vious to her death. The deceased was
aged q years.
The funeral services were held at her
late home Tuesday afternoon, at 2.3O
O'Clock and interment was made in
Bethel Cemetery.
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Fine Peaches

Mr.. w. Morris Collins who is farming
for Mr.. Daniel w. Corb:t. near Union
Church, left at our office on Monday
afternoon, four large peaches of the
Elberta variety which are the finest
specimen we have seen this year.
Mr.. Collins sold some of this fruit in
Wilmington market the past Saturday
at 81. Is per basket. He is strong ad-
vocate of spraying, and attributes his
success in producing fine fruit to sys-
tematic spraying.
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Peach Harvest at its Height

The peach harvest at the College
Farm is now at its height. The peaches
maintain their usual excellence and
meet with ready sale to homemakers
who are eager to lay in supply of
preserves for the coming year. No
difficulty is experienced apparently, in
securing sugar as is evidenced by the
wide territory from which automobiles
come to the orchard for their annual
peach supply.
In spite of the restricted labor supply
a sufficient number of pickers to take
care of the crop has been obtained
without difficulty.
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Bethesda Church Notes

Sunday, September 1st, 1918.
$50 A. M. Brotherhood devotional
meeting. -
1890 A. NJ. Morning worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
11.45 A. NJ. Sunday School session.
7.3O P. NJ. Evening worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock.
DIR. Northrup has returned from his
vacation and would like to meet all his
people at the church services on Sum
day. p.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Official Board will be held on Friday
evening, September 9Th. "' -
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Praises Our Red Cross
August q, 1918.

Middleton Branch,
American Red Cross.
1t is with the deepest pleasure that l
write to congratulate you upon the
beautiful work your Surgical Depart
ment is sending to Headquarters.
The hundred pads and the 5-yard
rolls received this morning are pro-
nounced by the Inspectors to De "PER-
Feet" This is very high praise, for
as you know the standards of the Della
ware Chapter are high.
Let me know if there is any way in
which we can be of assistance. We
surely appreciate the care, time. and
patience you are devoting to your
work. 1t is a real pleasure to congrat-
ulate you upon your splendid output.
Yours truly,
HANNAH E. PORTER,
Director of the Woman's Bureau.
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WILL BE WAR HOSPITAL

An important and patriotic announce
ment. of especial entelest to the people
of Delaware, has just been made in
New FORK City by Alfred l. DUPONT,
Thestext of that announcement is that
Mr.. duPont's Grand Central Palace,
the greatest exhibition building in the
world, which for several months has
been Under the control of Mr.. DUPONT
is to be. turned over by him to the
United States Government for their
use as war hospital. 1t is said that
the Grand Central Palace will become
the largest and finest war hospital in
existence. - - 80
/, One must imagine the enormity of
the building, by realizing that its
twelve floors contain more than 5000.
900 square feet of floor space and all
Twill be refitted for hospital purposes.
1T is understood that Mr.. DUPONT IS
leasing the building to the government
at less than it cost him to obtain it.
!. Furthermore, Mr.. DUPONT said, that
the building, after the war, will come
right back to him, and that by 1920 the
the Grand Central Palace, with the war
at an end, will be the headquarters of
what he calls, the Commercial Union
of Nations -, and that great exhibit
will be held by the Allied Industries
Corporation, of which he is the head.
This fair will be somewhat on the
Leipsic Expositions, and will be world.
wide and attract big number of for
eign buyers to New York.
Of courses Mr.. duPont's patriotic
move in turning over the Grand Central
Palace to the Government now, puts a
stop to the plans for this big CONNER
ciai exposition, but at the end of the
war, the arrangement will at once be
put into effect, and make Of the Grand
Central Palace world mart, and a
big boost for the United States trade.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-31
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
MANY Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

In l1lO ANU NEANOl EO1IN y
Crop yield per acre, last year. was
| about 2 per cent. above average.
Don't be afraid to buy War Savings
Stamps it will all come back and more
too.
The total acreage in cultivated crops
this year is 81 per cent. greater than
it was last year.
Next Monday, September 2, being
Labor Day and a legal holiday, the
banks and public officel will be closed.
The Delaware State Fair at Elsmere,
DEL, next week, promises to be un-
usually attractive. Day and night.
Monday to Friday inclusive.
Figures just revealed show that up
wards of 10000 British and Indian
prisoners taken by the Turks have been
starved to death or killed by Turkish
brutality.
Democrats will hold the State Con-
vention at Dover. September 10. There
will be 1856 delegates, 65 from New
Castle county, and 60 each from Kent
and Sussex counties.
Both canneries are now running on
full time without the aid of foreign
help. The large acreage Of tomatoes
would indicate long busy season if
the crop is good one.
List of letters remaining unclaimed
in the Post Office for week ending Aug
ust 22d, 1918: Miss Carrie Hardon, Miss
Mary Harris, Mrs. Howard Harris.
Mrs. Harriet Jones, Miss Ruth C.
Lynch; John H. Parvis, (3).
Broom buyers will welcome the news
that the broom-corn crop of ''brush"
this year will amount to 70, 500 tons, in
contrast with 81, ,S3S tons in 1917 and
80, 726 tons in l9l6-that is, if the
greatly increased production is reflected
in lower broom prices at retail.
1t will not 1e long before school
again opens The Fall term is usually
entered into with zest by the pupils
after their long rest-but the majority
Of our boys and girls have beer very
industrious this summer. Few if any
did not fail to help Uncle Sam in some
capacity or other.
Casualties in the United States over
seas forces announced by the war and
navy departments during the past week
numbered !, 1856 compared with 1916 for
the previous week. Total casualties
announced to date number q, ,467.
Total army's casualties number l8, 707;
the marine corps lists total 2,76O.
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OBITUARY
GEORGE N. DICKINSON

After lingering illness George N.
Dickinson died at his home on Crawford
street, at l.3O O'Clock last Saturday
morning, aged 81 years. Brights dis
ease was the cause of his death.
He leaves a wife, father and two
brothers to mourn his untime!y death.
Funeral services were held at his late
home Monday afternoon, at 2 O'Clock
and interment was made in Forest
cemetery.
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Through the columns of The Tran
script we wish to express our thanks
tc the neighbors and friends also the
members of the Knights of Pythias
Lodge who were so kind to US during
the illness and death Of my husband
George N. Dickinson. =
WIFE AND FAMILY,
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Temperance Meeting

Pleasant Summit w. C. T. u. will
hold the next social and business meet
ing at the home of Mrs. Lizzie Bender
on Thursday afternoon, September 5th.
A full attendance is desired for the
yearly election of officers.
Middletown transcript., 1918-08-31
Card of Thanks

Through the columns of the Tran
script we wish to thank all our friends
and neighbors who were 80 kind to us
during the death and burial of our hus-
band and father, the late John P.
Carey.
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
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JURORS DRAWN

Jurors for the September term of tn
Court Of General Sessions, have beer
empaneled by Jury Commissioners Davit
c. Rose and Robert D. Kemp, a:
follows:
First district-Edwin w. Barlow
Harry Eisenman, William T. Hodges
and Charles M. Windish.
Second-Martin H. Ceoney. William
Hayman Harry e. Mcclure and William
Winthrop.
Thlrd--James Downs, George b
Kelly, John W. Scott and Thomas B.
Truman.
Fourth-Ernest Greenwell, Charlie:
J. Lynch, George C. Stradley and Will
liam H. Vlrdin.
Fifth-John w. Anderson, James
Dougherty, Lewis Price and John w.
Talley.
Sixth-Thomas j. Lloyd and Edward
Ryan.
Seventh Henery NJ. Candy and
Lewis L. Dillworth.
Eighth-Alexander Guthrie and Leon.
ard Kelly.
Ninth-John Chambers and James
Remington.
Tenth-Lewis Bullen and Edward
D. Platt.
Eleventh Isaac Johnson and Viii
liam Leal.
Twelfth Edward Nieff and James
C. Sadler.
Thirteenth-Horatio w. Pharo and
James L Warren.
Fourteenth-C Charles Lippincott and
John B. Price.
Fifteenth-Thomas J. Hodson and
Frank Wheeler.
The following additional jurors were
also orawn for Court R oom No. 2:
First dstrict-John J. Clark.
Second-Lewis Sasse.
Third Ohm J. Cassidy
Fourth-John L. Malone.
Fifth-Willam H. Hill.
Sixth Arthur Smedley.
Seventh-Joseph Slack.
Eighth Henry Nelson.
Ninth Benjamin Eubank.
Tenth Walter Young.
Eleventh-Frank Comfy.
Twelfth-Benjamin Moore.
Thirteenth-George F. Buckson.
Fourteenth-OthoM Marvil.
Fifteenth Charles l.. Christopher.
For the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
the following men have been drawn:
First district-James =. Coyle and
William H. Daniels.
Second William Stainer and william
Ward.
Third William P. Jorde and Alfred
II. " arner
Fourth-Leonard Crawford and
Frank Saylor
Fifth Alfred B. Crossgrove and JOS
eph A. Brogan.
Sixth-Thomas H. Bird and Martin
Miller.
Seventh--Harry Kaufman and Clar-
ence Norris.
Eighth-JOhn johnson and Frank
Klair.
Ninth-James C. Mote and James
Hickey.
Tenth-Albert McCallister.
Eleventh Charles S. Bigger.
Twelfth-Harry C.. Clark.
Thirteenth james Money.
Fourteenth-J. Wilmer Fennimore.
Fifteenth Charles Shreffler.
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ENGAGEMENT Announced

Mrs. Richard r. Cochran announces
the engagement of her daughter, Edith
Patton. to Mr.. Thomas Pollard. Of Phil
delphia. ~;
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LOST-A gold watch chain and cross.
ssSe;s ,s,;s s,s3' sjf']f| 1s,If' 1,''a a' IT 7''e
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Fogel & Burstan's Economy
Sale" School Supple. and Clothing
very low prices! !
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01

ceive ourselves in regard to coodi-
tons that win exist after this war
is over.
If anyone Of ~ BELIEVES dAt y
soon IS peace comes we can resume
extravagant and waHeful v7ys, he
is making = grave mistake.
OF course, certain acute pressure
will be removed With the Withdrawal
of cur troops from the trenchEs n
Europe. Thoe via not be the 50
we're strain that now exists 10 h1p
our soldiers and e1ors end the
fighting men and civilians ef eur
allies supplied With food.
(: Bot the mcalcniahls los dat hs
been sustained by The war in tie
dcstr,esion OF property. the diima.u-
ton Of psodncing power and the dis
organisation of business routine vii
have to be paid. And it Will only be
thsosgh the oootined Draetie Of
thrift that mese s28esing losses
can be reD~eredHthat the eqnadki-
Inn can be rcslued.
{! It is true that we shalt, no doubt,
face an era Of great commercial
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
BUY THRIFT STAMPS
CFrOm TUESDAYS Daily

Girls and boys, and men and women.
too, have literally golden opportun-
lily now to learn thrift and serve their
country at the same time. The thrift
stamp campaign is under way, and
the novelty will wear of soon. But
the necessity for saving will remain
and the purchasers Of stamps and war
savings certificates will find it easier,
from month to month, to make the
little sacrifices which enable them to
lend money to the government while
saving it for their own use in the
future.
America will cease to be nation Of
spendthrifts after the war Indeed.
the change has come already, but it
is only beginning to make itself felt.
The thrift that has enabled France
and England to undergo so many diff
cpl,ies with such unexampled courage
will be duplicated In America. 1t will
be one of the good legacies OF the war
period which will leave SO many bitter
memories.
All this year the economies which
mean the purchase Of thrift stamps
and savings certificates will continue.
And by next year the custom will
have become SO firmly fixed that 1t
will mark a permanent change in the
character of the American public.
Saving will become a habit.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01

be given to the press bulletin of the
United States geological survey which
came to hand today. 1t is published
by the department of interior and the
February issue contains articles on
such interesting topics as these
Some Anticlines in Northeast
ern Wyoming.
Aluminium in 1917,
Placer Platinum in California
and Oregon,
Gold on Creeks in the Copper
River Basin, Alaska.
Attitudes of Places in Illinois,
Attitudes in Kansas.
No doubt there is someone in the
country to whom each of these topics
would be of particular interest and OF
sufficient importance to warrant
careful reading. Just who that some
one is we are not prepared to say. 1t
is a safe estimate, however, that II
this circular went into each news
paper in the United States this month
as it doubtless did, not more than half
a dozen will reproduce its articles and
very few more than that number will
trouble to open the envelope.
The government could realize a saw
ing of hundreds of thousands OF dol
lars annually on paper and on the
carrying Of franked mail il a ma1os
share of the printed matter sent out
from Washington should be discontin.
ued. To be sure, several government
Job holders would find themselves
without occupation, but the treasury
would feel the benefcent effects.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
RIVER TRANSPORTATION

The following editorial from th
It. Paul Dispatch applies with equ
orce to all the territory tributary I
he upper Mississippi river, anG th
acts it sets forth deserve pa1ticula
attention at the hands of Iowans:
Government control of the rail-
roads and the imperative necessi-
ty for utilizing every available
means OF transportation bring out
new possibilities for Americas
greatest funnel Of supply, the in
verted horn Of plenty Of the Mis-
sissippi valley. With the devel-
opment Of river navigation and
the revival. of water trade on the
upper reaches Of the stream,
New Orleans dream of years is
about to be realized.
Moreover, millions have been
invested in the great warehouses
of the city near the delta. Side
tributaries have been or are now
being developed. The intercoast-
al canal from New Orleans to the
southwestern tip of Texas is be-
ing prepared to bring an inter-
change Of southern supplies for
the cargoes Of river barges and
steamers from the north.
Trade commissions and delega-
tons already have tentative
schedules arranged with Latin
American countries for the COM
merce so badly needed from
Columbia to the Argentine. The
needs of these countries have
been studied. Efforts have been
made to stir manufacturers to
appreciate the now wide open de-
mand markets of the Latins.
Latin America wants the prod
ucts Of the United States, finished
and raw. The mines, forests and
fields, the factories and the mills
of the northwest are turning out
hundreds Of products essential to
the national prosperity Of the
I.atins II is market where the
demand must grow rather than
diminish.
Cooperation with the southern
city and the development of the
river trade from st. Paul are sub
jects that the wide-awake pro-
Queer and manufacturer can hard
" afford to neglect. It is a sub
ject and opportunity that should
be dwelt on and expanded during
the period of the war for re-
Spouse to immediate demands GER
tain to be brought home at the
conclusion OF the conflict.
For years the Iowa legislature hs
1e elected its opportunity to encouraf
cities along the Mississippi river
provide docks and terminals whic
would be Of great benefit not only
hem but to every shipping point
iowa. The 1919 session Of the legi
allure will fall short Of its duty If
remains blind to the possibilities
liver traffic.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
BE CAREFUL

AS a war measure, fire preventlo
has taken on new importance, but
Is vital to the welfare of the countr
and of business at any time. Statistic
show that Iowa's loss per fire In 19l
amounted to $411.11. considerably ur
der the average Of $5S3.56 for the en-
tire United States, but in excess
the low mark Of $311.40, shown b.
Colorado.
The National Board of Fire Under
writer's has issued an interestin'
bulletin full of warnings to propert:
owners against the carelessness wh1cl
is the cause of the great majority o
fires. The bulletin says, in part:
The tables and diagrams herein
presented are so full Of signifi-
cant details that it is impossible
to do more than merely suggest a
few lines of thought in such
q brief resume. A study of the
economics of fire destruction
leads more and more inevitably
to the conclusion that American
carelessness is the chief fire
cause. There never has been
year when this fact was so con-
gagged in the mightiest struggle OF
all history, when national eff
cheney is called upon to an I'M
precedented degree, the folly of
maintaining our traditional rate
of unnecessary fire destruction
becomes almost tragic. Not to
speak of the several thousand IA
tilities which are usually caused
by fire each year, there is very
real sense in which our fire losses
il continued in 1918, may lead in
directly to thousands of other
deaths. A great army OF our own
young men is preparing to enter
the battle line in France, the huge
forces of our allies are becoming
more and more dependent upon
our resources, and the very popu-
lations of European countries are
threatened with starvation unless
we can send them food.
American fires destroy our sup
plies, imperil our resources, and
weaken our energies to an appall-
ing degree, while back Of Ameri-
can fire losses always stands
that greatest contributing factor
American carefessncss. The
subject, then. is no longer one OF
mere economics-it concerns the
future of humanity itself.
The fire insurance companies, no
entirely from selfish motives. are dc
ing their utmost to bring about a ma
tion-wide watchfulness which will
minimize fire damage. Since Americ'
entered the war they have redouble'
their energies in this direction. no
without good results. There still re
mains room for improvement. how
ever, and an opportunity for ever
householder and every factory worke
to exercise caution and care to pre-
vent CONGREGATIONS.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-03-01
AMERICAS DUTY

Belief that the war will END SCOT
crows stronger each day." says the
weekly letter of the venerable Henry
Clews, whose views Of the market ant
Of world events are regarded will
more or less respect all over America
Just now. as far as The Courier !;
concerned, Mr.. Clews and his letter
suffer a slump, for the paragraphs
which follow the sentence just quoted
indicate that their writer was basine
his statements on desire rather thar
logic. This is what he says:
Dolief that the war will soon
end grows stronger each day.
This belief is not entirely in
tuitive. and is largely based upon
the break-away in Austria-Hun-
gary and the growing dissensions
in Germany, particularly the
great protests by labor in Berlin,
Hamburg and elsewhere, which
may or may not be exaggerated
for effect here. The allies, no
matter how weary. are certainly
in better condition to continue
the war than Germany. which is
slowly but inevitably drifting
towards some sort Of collapse. 1t
IL we'll to remember, however,
that Germany is pre-eminently a
military power and being such
the only final argument that
counts is a blow. Militarism can
only triumph through force, and
can only be defeated by the same
means. 1t is hardly likely that
Germany's military dynasty will
surrender until a knockout blow
has been administered. No such
argument has yet been delivered,
and probably will not be until
American armies have reached
France in sufficient force to deliv-
er it. Moreover. military dy-
nasty, facing inevitable ruin, is
quite likely to sell its life as
dearly as possible; and the fact
that the great majority Of Ger
manys strong men are in the
army. comparatively ignorant OF
the state of affairs at home.
makes it reasonable to expect
that the military power will be
exerted to the very utmost. The
most encouraging event of the
week, therefore. was the arrival
of a number Of American trans
ports in France with consider
able body of men. Our govern
ment has been undoubtedly
spufrsd ON by recent criticisms,