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Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
LEVY COURT COMMITTEES

Levy Court committees for the year
were on Tuesday appointed by Presi-
dent Elliott, as follows:
/ Finance-Stetser. Buckson.
l Public Buildings Strahorn. Burns,
Stetser.
, Printing-McCoy, Stetses. Shaw.
Coroner and Physicians Stetser.
Burns. Buckson.
| Ovsraid Tax-Buckson. Burns.
Shaw.
Attorney, Clerk aed Sheriff = Burns,
Bucks0n, Stetser.
Magistrates and Constables-Shaw
Stetser, Buekson.
Assessors and Inspectors-McCoy,
| Burns, Strahorn.
Approval of Bonds-Shaw, Buckson,
! Stetser.'
County Workhouse-Strahorn, Stet-
ser, Shaw.
Wilmington Hundred Bridges-Stet-
ser, Burns, Shaw.
Ferris Industrial School-Burns,
Shaw, Strahorn.
Girls Industrial School-Shaw, Nc
| Coy, Buckson.
County Hospital-Shaw. Baekson,
| Burns.
Hope Farm Strahorn, Mccoy, Shaw.
City Hospstals-Burns, Stetser, Shaw.
Legislature-Shaw. Stetser, Buckson.
District Assessment Committees
First, Burns aud Stetser; Second, Stet-
ser and Burns; Third, Elliott and Stra-
| horn; Fourth. Strahorn and Elliott;
Fifth, Shaw and Strahorn; Sixth. Nc
Gov and Buckson; Seventh. Buckson
| and Mccoy.
| The First district covers Wards 2. 4,
4. 8 and 9, in Wilmington; the Second.
| Wards 1, 3, S, 7, 10. IL and IL: the
Third, Brandywine handred and Chris
tiana hundred, lying north OF and
bounded by the center line Of Lancaster
, turnpike; the Fourth. Mill Creek hum
elred and that part Of Christiana hun
cred south of center line of Lancaster
| turnpike; Fifth, White Clay Creek,
New Castle and Bed Lion hundreds;
/, Sixth district, Pencader and st. Georges
hundreds; Seventh, Appoquinimink and
Blackbird hundreds.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
TO BUY Pure BREDS
Farmers Realizing the Advantage
of Keeping Good Stock
MILK IS NOW PAYING WELL

Farmers throughout the county are
beginning to realize as never before,
the Importance Of keeping in their herds
only animals that give a good flow of
milk the whole year around. The ca
pacity to rrocuce milk is character
istic that is limited by inheritance. No
amount of feed can make high pro-
ducing cow out of one that has not in
herited this capacity. Within the last
few months several carloads of pure
bred cattle have been imported into the
county. Many of these animals have
freshened and are proving for their
owners, that breeding tells. The time
will soon be at hand to breed these
animals again, but in doing so, remember
that If an inferior sire is used you can
not expect the progeny to show an
increased milk or butterfat yield over
their dams
With milk ct nine and ten cents per
quart, a man that has herd of good
producing cows can make substantial
profit. Many farmers in the county
have some good cows in their herds and
woul1 like to have more, but as we'll
bred COW costs from 5000 to $3.50 up.
the average farmer could not afford to
tuy many at this price. The solution
for the upbuilding of our herds is the
use of better sires bred to our best pro-
ducing cows. To be systematic, cows
thet are worth 5000 to $3.50 should be
bred to a $500 or 5000 bull. As the
average farmer is not in the position to
invest this amount in one bull the only
practical solution is buying one CO.
operatively-thus county Bull Associ-
alton.
The New Castle County Bull Associ
alton will be made up of several blocks
or units at different POINTS over the
county. Each block will be composed
of two or more farmers. depending on
the size of their herds. The maximum
number Of cows in each block will be
eighty head. The members of each
block will reside within community so
that each farmer will not be more than
q mile from the center Of the block
where the bull is kept. There will be
probably.five blocks in the county, with
a bull in each block worth approximately
$500. This will mean a cost of about
$500 or $3.50 per farmer. depending upon
the size of his herd. Although the
association is to be organized especially
for those farmers who have some pure
bred stock, yet there is no more practical
way to build up grade herd than by
becoming q member of Bull Associ-
alton.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
AUTO STROP SAFETY RAZOR ]

Every now and then amid the maze
of inventions appears some epochal
i device contributing to the safety OF
health, pleasure or convenience of man.
kind. Howe's sewing machine, Edison
telephone and phonagraph, and Watts
, steam engine etc. are examples.
Another instance of an invention that
marks a new and blessed epoch for the
bearded half of humanity, certainly fol
one half of Americas shaving millions,
is the Auto Strop Safety Razor which
stands for the very latest word in the
art of making easy and pleasant the
sometimes hard and unpleasant task of
shaving oneself, and keeping ones razor
always turned up to concert pitch.
! To save time, cuticle and profanity,
the safety razor was devised, and
many and varied are the types on the
market-good and bad-but ell strug-
Cling with the big problem How to re-
sharpen the tiny blad. $. ;" Each Safety
has some sort of separate contrivance to
resharpen the blades, often Ineffective
and always troublesome, and all taking
time to remove the blade from the
shaving holder and fix it in the stropper.
1t remained for the Auto Strop Safety
Razor Co. to hit upon the brilliant plan
of saving time. and insuring keen edge
by combining perfectly accurate
stropper automatically operating in the
razor holder itself, requiring no removal
of the blade and only about seconds to
insert the ho-sehide leather, only half
minute to renew the hair.fine edge on
the used blade. and 10. it is all ready
for use Moreover, this exquisitely
keen edge can be restored to the
Damascene b ades of the Auto Strop
Co., from>2O to 800 times! No safety"
razor on the market can even approach
the Auto Strop in the big number of
velvet shaves each blade Of theirs yiel Is.
Again. The Auto Strop is the tough
bearded mans delight, for It reaps
quickly and smoothly the harshest
growths on lip or chin, even old boards
more like porcine brlstles than human
hairs. One reason some men have a
prejudice against the Safety" razor
is that a certain widely advertised
"safety" absolutely fails to remove
these harsh boards. 1t is great success
with the soft pussy -whiskered young
fellows whose downy lips and j,wls are
about as easy to shave as so many
cobwebs.
Now. the Scribe has a grisly beard Of
the true barb j. wire order, but the
Auto Strop S,fety Razor gives him
many delightful velvet shaves from
single blade. He has used one Auto
Strop sharpened blade 81 times and
knows of clergyman who used one
blade 300 times. Of cour,e the same
keen Auto S.r,p blades that delight the
chaps with barbed-wire boards, will also
garner the silken down on the face of
young manhood.
Try the Auto Strop" once, and you
will bless the Scribe for telling you of
its wonders, for it shaves swiftly, safely
and smoothly saving time and money,
and is in every way dependable razor
that is perennial jo;.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
JURORS IMPANELED

Jurors to sit at the Court of Genera
Sessions and Superior Court commencing
January 81, were impaneled by Jury
Commissioners Robert D. Kemp and
John Nivin Tuesday afternoon, as
follows:
First Representative district-Charles
Lockman. William Page, John B. Money
and James G. Foulke.
Secund-John F. Lyons, Herbert H.
White, George Palmer and William A.
Mckinney.
Third-W Walter G. Tatnall. John P.
Riley, Harry v. Eason and John j.
Donovan.
Fourth-William T. Clymer, William
L. keenan,, Martin Malone and Charles
j. Weldin.
F.fth-Ezekiel Boulden. William J.
Lank, James j. Mccormick and George
M. Dougherty.
Sixth alter Keene and Elwood
Evans.
Seventh-William M. Dilworth and
Samuel j. Klair.
ighth--Alexander ID. Short and
James H. Little
Ninth-Samuei T. Young and Frank
M. Smith.
Tenth Oscar Krause and Weldin
Vlning.
Eleventh-George Kielkoph and James
Sartin.
Twelfth-Thomas j. Armstrong and
George T. Collins.
Thirteenth l.. Byron and Frank
J. Pennington.
Fourteenth-John D. Lyman and
George M. Wiggins.
Fifteenth-Harvey u. FARRELL and
Henry u. Hartman.
The following additional jurors were
drawn:
First Representative Distrct-Charles
M. Windish.
Second-Samuel H. Tucker.
Third-Samuel A. Mcdaniel.
Fourth-Elmer E: Hare.
Fifth-James H. Dickinson.
Sixth-Albert Willing.
Seventh-John Phillips.
Eighth-W lillian L. Welch.
Ninth-Leslie E. Hill.
Tenth-Ozro Lunt.
Eleventh-Stephen ORourke.
Twelfth-Samuel T. Walker.
Thirteensh-I Janvier Wood.
Fourteenth-Charles Dukes.
Fifteenth-Eugene Deakyne.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
"JACK" HOFFECKER
ACTION JULY 49, 1918, WITH u S. FIGHTING NINTH
BY "AL" BERKMAN.

KILLED In 18, 1918, o. s..
"AL" BERKMAN.
rowing spirit, fettered by human frame,
Scornu of reward glory cared only for the
Soldier Freedom" seeking Kutue destroy,
glorious followed freedom Sder Boy
sounded first the advance
fled DANGER sailed bravey
Arctic Blasts where the desert sands annoy
many tongues speaking exploits Soe Boy
you you left your old friends
held darestthey all the world
while their naught
jov,
they praying you-just Soder Boy
amid the trenches somewhere in the heat
blood
flowing and shrapnel shells destroy,
made dreaming awakened Soldier
the great adventure, and in leaving
AS left behind reflections your dreams,
Some reflections bright and brilliant that will fill souls with joy
bravel road Of travel treadng, "Solder Boy
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
HERBERT T. PYLE

several each week:
HERBERT T. PYLE
Mr.. Pyle has recently bought the
meat store of the1ate Joseph Heldmyer,
ESQ.,. and is conducting that business
from the same stand on the corner of
Broad and Anderson streets.
Mr.. Pyle deals in meats and fish of all
kinds, always of the best quality. He
is an expert butcher having been for
many years associated with Mr.. George
i Echenhofer a we'll known master of
that business. Mr.. Echenhofer says
Mr.. Pyle is as fine a butcher as he ever
knew. Mr.. Pyle is fine. honorable
young man. sober, indu strious and very
attentive to the wants of his customers.
He also buys poultry. calves and hogs,
and manufactures his own toothsome
sausage, scrapple. etc. That he will
make big success in his new venture,
his many friends all assert.
THE BURRIS GARAGE
Middletown is fortunate in having two
first-class auto garages. In his place
on South Broad, Mr.. Harry A. Burris
sells, stores and repairs autos. His
specially is the Ford, of which make he
sold 76 in 1917 He also sells the
Overland car He keeps fine selection
of tires and other auto supplies of every
kind besides furnishing. gasoline at
market prices and water and air free to
all comers. MIR. S. u. King has for
two years past ably acted as road
salesman for MIR. Burris.
In the repair rooms of the Burris
Garage are to be found five skilled and
obliging mechanics, quick to diagnose
and remedy all known auto diseases,
(and they are many):- Messrs. Stackley.
Spicer, Baker, Foraker and Bingnear.
1t is saying nothing in dispralse of his
able associates to assert that Mr..
.Staekley is very superior auto mecha-
nician, probably the best in the state,
and not surpassed by any elsewhere.
Some one who knew him as lad says
he gave proof in his 18th year that he
was "born mechanic" A complicated
piece of mechanism left with his father
for older workmen to assemble, was to
their amazement. correctly put together
by the youthful mechanic
HENRY D. HOWELL
MiddIetown enjoys the distinction of
having the very first bicycle expert in
the state, in the person of Henry u
Howell: who sells high grade bicycles,
and all kinds of bike goods as well as
auto tires etc., at his store on West
N ain street..
An agent of the famous Columbia
bicycle told Mr.. Howell he was one of a
half dozen mechanics who could take
Columbia Chainless apart and put it
together again! He also repairs wheels
and covers autos and carriages, putting
in windows etc. His workmanship is
so superior that auto and carriage own
ners come to him for Is and 20 miles
around, some even from Wilmington
Mr.. Howell is an ingenious all-around
saechanic. He is left handed, true
Benjaminite like one of the 700 the
Bible tells about who ''could sling stones
at an lair breadth and not MISS" Have
yonnot noticed that left. handed me-
chanics are unusually skilfuI, and
ambidextrous That is his case
Mr.. Howell says his business in
bicycles, auto tires etc. has increased
several times since he enlarged his place
of business, and he expects to increase
it yet further by advertising in THE
TRANSCRIPT.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
MRS. VIRGINIA L. CULBERTsON

MRS. VIRGINIA L. CULBERTSON
After an illness of only few days
Mrs. Virginia Lake Culbertson died at
her home 1907 Washington St., Will
mington, last Monday, aged 78 years.
Mrs. Culbertson Was the widow of the
late James Culbertson, who died some
years ago, one of the pioneer business
men of Middletown in the mercantile
b lsiness under the firm name of William
H. Moore & Co., who carried on an
extensive trade in the large brick build
ing now occupied by W. S. Letherbury.
on Vest Main street. She was q
woman of much influence for good, a
hard worker in church affairs, and
leaves many friends here to mourn her
death. Funeral services were held at
her late residence in Wilmington We'd
nesday afternoon. at one o'clock. the re-
mains being brought hereb automobile
and inferred in Forest cemetery.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18

Upon request Fogel & Burstan
have extended their ';Diss0lution
Bargain Sale" ONE WEEK ending
Jan. 18th. Former prices then be
resumed.
FOCEL 4 BURSTAN.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
Ensasement Announced

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert N. Brynes an
nounce the engagement Of their daugh-
ter, iss Edna NJ. Brynes to Mr.. Harry
L. Daniels. son of MIR. and Mrs. Sd.
Daniels, of near Mt. Pleasant :
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

THOSE THAT COME AND GO
Miss Ada Scott was recent Will
mington visitor.
Mrs. Emma Schrietz is the guest OF
relatives at Kennedyville. Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roger A. Davis were
ek-end visitors at Norfolk, Va.
Mrs. George Allen, of Phi'adelphia,
visited friends in town Wednesday.
Miss Edith Eliason,, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with relatives here.
Miss Clara Vaughn, Of Milton, is the
guest of her brother Dr. E. M. Vaughn
and family.
Mrs. l.. R. MaLlove and daughter
Miss Helen were Wilmington visitors
on Wednesday.
Mrs, E. K. Marker and son Grandon,
of Mt. Pleasant, visited friends in Bal
timore recently.
Mrs. Edward Williams. of Boston,
Mass, has been visiting her brother
Rev. C. A. Crowley.
Mrs. H. B. Mcdowell entertained
Mrs. Boyd Mccoy. of near Summit
Bridge, on Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cooke, of Sharon
Hill, Pa. were entertained over Sunday
by Mrs. Josephine Dickson.
Mrs. Mae Moore, of Wilmington, was
the guest of her parents MIR. and Mrs.
John w. Buehm over Sunday.
Mrs. George S. Richards has returned
home after a visit with her daughter
Mrs. John Grassland at Claymont.
MIR. and Mrs. William Dugan and
family spent Sunday with her mother
Mrs. John ". Burris at New Castle.
Mrs. G. Lindsey Cochran left this
week for Palm Beach, Flo., where she
will spend the remainder of the winter.
Mrs. L. v. Davidson and little daugh-
ter Ruth of Atlantic City, N. j.. were
guests of Miss Eugenia Beasten this
week.
Misses Mae and Mabel Marker, of
Mt. Pleasant. spent last week with
their aunt, Mrs. j. B. Montgomery in
New Castle.
Mrs. J. C. Aston attended the an
nual meeting of the Diamond State
Telephone operators which was held at
Dover on Wednesday.
Miss Margaret Evans spent the week
end with her sisters Mrs. William
Ellison at Newark and Mrs. Norman
Hicks at Carneys Point. N. j.
DR.. W. S. p. Combs last Wednesday
and Thursday attended in Wilmington
the meeting of the BOARD Of Dental
Exarsiners for the State of Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. MeCrone
and daughter Miss Adelaide. Of near
McDonough, left on Wednesday Cor
Florida where they will spend sometime.
Private Frank G. Lesser who has been
stationed at Camp Dix, N. j., for the
past five months has received his honor
able discharge ard returned to his home
here on Wednesday.
Private H. Elmer Kirk is : the first
Middletown boy to return from France.
Mr. Kirk arrived home Thursday n,otn-
ing and is receiving the glad hand OF
his numerous friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. T. Cochran, of East
Orange, N. j.. spent Wednesday with
their mother Mrs. M. H. Cochran. Mr..
and Mrs. Cochran left the same day
for Cuba where they will m AXE short
visit and then will go to Florida where
they will spend the remainder of the
winter,
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS
SIush.
Splash +! Splash !
Mud and more mud.
Do we need better streets?

Splash Spiasn
Mud and more mud.
Do we need better streets?
l,r. w. S. P. Combs has been unani-
mou sly chosen a Trustee of the Academy
to fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Mr.. John S. Crouch. The Transcript
is certain that no finer appointment
could possibly have been made.
Locomotives on the Delaware Division
are being equipped with the new electric
headlights, which are three times as
powerful as the ordinary headlights A
small turbine dynamo, placed just be-
hind the stack and operated by steam,
makes the light
At the recent annual meeting of the
Appoqu,nimink Fox Hunting Club these
officers were elected: S. Tinley Scott,
president; James Reynolds, secretary;
George W. Daniels, treasurer; S. Tinley
Scott, John B. Timmons, George w.
Daniels. Wilson T Money and Robert
H. Wilson, directors.
John Heldmyer, Jr.. Real Estate
Broker, North Broad Street, has pur-
chased the Frank D. Reynolds farm.
containing lO1 acres located between
Middletown and Odessa. Also sold to
G. W. DeValinger, 280 acre farm.
known as the Salmon's farm, located
above the Canal Bridge.
Sweeping reductions in long distance
and toll telephone rates by the adoption
of a basic charge of 6 Ia mills mile,
airline mileage, and half the day rate
for night service up to midnight and
IA the day rate after that hour has
been announced by Postmaster-General
Burleson. They become effective Jan.
81.
Muskrat trappers of Blackbird hun
dred report very poor catches for two
weeks owing to the marshes being
frozen Old trappers say that the
marshes froze while many muskrats
were out in the reeds; the heavy tide
came in and flooded the traps and froze
above them, with the result that many
rats died between the two layers of ice
1t is thought this will cause a great
shortage of rats next season.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
OBITUARY
MRS. MARTHA R. STATS

Mrs. Martha H., widow of the late
John F. Stats, departed this life on
Sunday last, at her home in Townsend,
at the advanced age Of 81 years. She
had been an invalid for some years. and
leaves one son. Mark Stats, of Allan
tic City, N. j., and many friends to
mourn her death. Her remains were
inferred in the NJ. E. cemetery, Odessa,
Wednesday afternoon, after services
were held in the NJ. E. Church, Town
send. DR.. Chas. A. Hill, of Smyrna,
having charge.
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18

We pay the HIGHEST CASH PRICE
for WHEAT and CORN on order, loaded
on rail and water at ANY POINT.
Phone s and Al. -.
JESSE L. SHEPHERD. /,
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18
OUR ADVERTISERS

Upon the threshold of the New Year
The Transcript purposes to give busi-
ness notice to each Of its advertisers
several each week:
Middletown transcript., 1919-01-18

EPISCOPAL
Sunday, January 10Th, 1919. The Sec
ond Sunday after Epiphany.
Services: 1920, Morning Prayer.
Titanv and Sermon.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
Bubbles" MOUie Star,
Dies, But He Is We'll
Presented" Bg Camera

Portland. Ore, April 14--Once a
great star in the movies, he now oc-
cupies a lonely grave in the heart Of
an oregon wilderness. He was en-
ployed by engineers Of the United
states forestry service while they
were surveying the SuislaW forest
reserve when his long. useful and IA
nous career ended His name was
Bubbles.
Bubbles first came to renowned
fame when the movies caught him in
the act OF stealing notcakes off the
cooking table and they pictured him
doing IT all over creation
But thieving was not Bubbles's
natural disposition He was more dis
posed to the mischievous, seemingly
20 delight In playing jokes TO the dis
comfort OF his human c0llaboraterS.
History carefully relates a number
Of these Instances. among them be-
ing the following:
Once he visited a small town in the
SufslaW county, and when passing a
window before which a woman was
ironing q tahlecloth he thrust his
head through the window. seized the
tablecloth and ran with IL half way
down the street, where he dropped IL
with a loud hee-haw-
At another time when he visited
the metropolis OF that region. he. with
the surveyors and engineers. pro-
ceeded TO imbibe quite freely OF juice
that has a stagger IN it. followed
next day with bursting headache
The after effect on Bubbles was a VI
cious desire 70 bite everything and
everybody far and near
Bubbles was burro. and, although
he weighed not more than 500 pounds.
he often packed with ease over steeD
and narrow trails as much as 200
pounds OF flour into the forest camps.
He was . years old
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
Miners Of War
Minerals May
File Briefs
Washington Relief Com.
mission WillHear Argu-
ments On Claims.

Miners Of the southwest. who think
they have claims for relief against
losses sustained by trying to mine
what are called war minerals. are now
allowed by the war minerals relief
commission. with offices at room 21s1,
interior department building. Wash
ington. D. c.. to file a brief with
the QUESTIONABLE The commission It.
self will hear these cases for claims.
when good reason for such action Is
shown; also. when found iustifiable
hearings will be conducted at a point
easy Of access from the mining dis
trict concerned
Claims are said TO be coming into
the commission in considerable num-
bers and 80 have arrived in such shape
as 10 permit Of their being formally
filed The others have been returned
with suggested corrections and meth
DDS OF procedure pointed out. accord
ing to the reports from the office Of
the commission. A number Of addi-
tonal clauses have been added to the
QUESTIONABLE, among which are at
tach copies Of all contracts: ID for
the financing OF the enterprise: % by
which money was raised; CD for the
sales OF the minerals produced; 90
etc Full directions as to mode OF
procedure can be had by writing the
commission at the address given.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
WORKING SILVER-LEAD
PROPERTIES IN HACHITA

.. o. and Ernest Mattox Of FL
Pasos associated with Chas. L Auer,
also OF this city. are working a num-
Der Of promising silver-lead proper
ties in the old Hachits district in
Grant county. New Mexico. about six
miles westward from Hachita station
on the FL Paso and Southwestern
railroad
Some Of the properties are taken
under lease and bond from Tom
Wright and they have located others
Messrs. Mattox report that they are
getting some good shipping grade ore.
They have shipped one car load and
are getting out another.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-04-14
DICKINSON AND BUCHERT
TAKE MAJESTIC THEATER

George L Dickinson and C. r
Buchert, managers Of the Majestic
theater. are planning 70 reopen the
place shortly Mr.. Dickinson for the
past five years has been connected
with Crawford interests, and Mr..
Buchert is we'll known here as a
builder. having been here a years
Dickinson recently returned from
Omaha. Neb-. and says he has some
new ideas in the show business He
promises good clean musical com
edy- The MajeAtic has been fortu-
nate in booking feature films Of the
Triangle service, which start Sun
day. April 20. There viii then be con-
tinuous shows from 1 p. m to II D.
m, showing feature pictures 10 the
afternoons and feature pictures with
musical comedy from p. m.
''El PasO is a good show town, and
with good support we intend to put
VI a real theater in FL Paso with in
a year" said Mr.. Dickinson.