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Middletown transcript., 1920-06-19
Rockwell Plant Sold

Dismantling of the Marlin Rockwell
shell loading plant near Port Penn, will
begin in the very near future, accord
ing to announcement made this week
by j. P. Newell, of Chicago, who pur-
chased it from the government for
$l25, 900. The sale was made through
the office of the Philadelphia District
Salvage Board, ITO Market street,
Philadelphia.
The various buildings, including the
eight dormitories, hospital and admins
tration buildings, as we'll as the many
shacks will be razed. The railroad
tracks, about 8! miles in length, will
also be torn up, it is understood.
The site includes about 800 acres of
land, about half of which is marsh land.
The upland will be sold by the buyers.
Active work on the dismantling will
not be started until the titles to the
land are secured. Three or four
months work is expected to be required
to tear down the various buildings and
to take up the track. Not over fifty
men are expected to be needed in this
work.
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DR.. Mitchell's Successor

DR.. Walter Hullien, dean of the Uni
versity of the South, Sewanee, Tenn,
has been decided on by a special COM
mittee of the Board of Trustees Of
Delaware College, to succeed DR.. Sam
uel e. Mitchell as president. DR.. Mitchell
after serving six years as president, re-
Gently resigned to accept It the 1;ehed chair Of
College.
DIR. Hullien will assume the presi-
dency September l.. He is As years old
and Southerner by birth. He gradu-
ated from the University of Virginia in
1896 and took postgraduate courses
there and at Johns Hopkins. He taught
in Johns Hopkins University 1899 and
1900, and since then has been connected
with a number of Southern colleges.
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Dr.. Louis Levinson, veterinarian.
Graduate Of University Of Penn
sylvania. Middletown, Del. Bell
Phone 119. North Broad Street.
Binder Twine Cheaper

The wheat grower need have no ap.
prehensions as to the supply Of binder
twine-this season. Reports coming
from the Bureau of Plant Industry. Of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture, indicate that there will be
plentiful supply of this commodity
available for the American farmer. Not
only will it be plentiful, but it is likely
to be cheaper this year than for some
years past.
Yucatan-the chief and cheapest
source of henequen, from which the
twine is made-produced large crop
this year; which. coupled with the ter
minat1on Of control Of prices by the
Commission Reguladora, was RESPONSE
BILE for drop in the price of fiber from
Is to 10 cents pound in March. The
price is now reported to be cents a
pound. This reduction should be re-
flected in the price Of twine this season.
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Fourth Annual Reunion

The Pencader Cemetery Association
and their friends may anticipate an un-
usually pleasant program at the Fourth
Annual Reunion to be held in the Pen
cader Presbyterian Church, Glasgow,
Delaware, June 9th, 1920.
Rev. H. G. G. Vincent, of Pbiladel-
phia, former pastor, will preach the
morning sermon at IL o'clock.
Rev. W. S. Holt, D. d., Secretary of
the Board of Ministerial Relief and
Sustentation, and lately connected with
the New Era Movement of New York
City, will be the speaker of the after.
noon. DR.: Holt has had interesting ex-
periences in China and the Pacific Coast
of the United States among the
Chinese.
Rev. Walter Clyde, of Newark, Del, !,
pastor of the Church, will preside. A
large attendance is much desired.
Services II A. M. and e. 80 P. NJ.
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Severe Electrical Storms

Several severe electrical storms have
passed over this section during the last
week, doing great damage to the wheat
crop, buildings and uprooting trees.
Telephone service has also suffered to
some extent, and the farmers have been
unable to work their growing crops.
The most severe storm of the seven
which has visited this section occurred
late Thursday afternoon, when for near
ly two hours. heavy wind accompanied
by a tremendous down-pour of rain,
caused the wheat fields to look like a
steam roller passed over them and since
the heads are we'll filled with the grow
ing grains it is question whether or
not the wheat stalks will rise again.
On the farm of John c. Green, q
large new silo was blown down. and the
old oak tree standing in his pasture
field was twisted off at its trunk.
Many other trees were uprooted and
some buildings damaged.
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wheat IS PROMISING
Crops in This Vicinity Will Soon
be Harvested
VEXED BY LABOR PROBLEM

Wheat in this vicinity is now in head,
and within the next three weeks harvest
will be on in full blast. The general
condition of the crop is promising and
barring a calamity such as came on
just at harvest time last year there
should be bumper crop. The heads
seem to be unusually large and the
straw is heavy, both of which conditions
would indicate good crop.
The farmers have been most appre-
hensive of the crop as much of it SEEM
ed to be killed by the hard freezing
weather to which it was subjected by
the past winter. Large ponds covered
areas in many fields, and when exam
ined after the weather had become
moderate it showed many of the roots
to have been killed. This will of course
affect the yield to some extent, but
from present indications there will be
crop far above the average, provided it
natures as it should.
The heavy wind and rain storms of
last week blew hundreds of acres fiat
to the ground, but with the advent of
the sun and gentle winds it all came up
again. The rains have proved great
benefit to the wheat. Last year the
conditions here were as good or better
than at present, but the crop was ruin
ed in day by ripening overnight and
''stubble falling" the next day. Farm
ers are hoping for better conditions
this year.
The labor question is worrying the
farmers more sand more, and it is
doubtful if there can be enough help
secured to harvest the wheat crop prop
erly. Two large road contracts are
under way in this vicinity, one at Mt.
Pleasant, and one at Townsend, and
contractors are offering wages far
above what the farmers can afford to
pay. As result the contractors are
getting all the labor and will continue
to do so to the great disadvantage to
the farmers.
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Bethesda Church Notes
Sunday. June 10th. 1920.

Sunday, June goth, 1920:
$50 A. NJ. The Brotherhood meeting
will be in charge Of Brother Frank
Lewis.
1890 A. NJ. Morning worship with
sermon by the Pastor.
11.45 A. M. Sunday School. The
Pastor has not been able to meet his
Bible Glass for several weeks. He de.
sires to extend an urgent invitation to
every member of the class to be pres
ent next Sunday.
7.3O P. M. Evening worship with
sermon by the Pastor. An opportunity
will be given at both morning and even
ing services for joining the church.
iayer meeting each Wednesday
evening at 8 o'clock.
A very cordial invitation is extended
to all, to attend any and all of these
services. -,
The Junior League will not hold
further meetings till IN September.
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OBITUARY
Lewis Fennimore

Lewis Fennimore one of the most
highly respected retired farmers Of
this community died at his home in
Townsend last Saturday in his 83d year.
He had been a resident of this COM
munity for thirty-two years, having
son near Townsend. for thirty years,
retiring at that time and making his
home in Townsend. He moved to this
neighborhood from Christiana Hundred.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning in Townsend M. +. Church,
and interment was made in Forest
Cemetery.
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OUR WORTHY MAGISTRATE

The Transcript thinks it due our
worthy Magistrate and town Clerk,
Daniel w. Stevens, Esq.,, to speak q
few words of we'll deserved praise and
merlted appreciation of himself and his
work.
To begin with, Mr.. Stevens has en-
tirely changed and enlarged the old
narrow quarters of the Justices Court,
adding new shelving, drawers, desks
and many modern appliances for ex-
lic's-all at his own expense-the whole
forming handsome, commodious suite
of three large rooms, where trials may
be had, taxes paid, Town Board meet
ings held. etc.
As trial and committing magistrate,
MIR. Stevens holds far more response
bic position than is commonly supposed,
one, wherein the opportunities of doing
good or evil are very great. Only those
who have held such an Office, or an ex-
perienced lawyer can fully realize the
force of these words.
1t is right here that character, tact,
good judgment, and above all, absolute
integrity, count for everything. There
fore, our community is to be congratu-
lated that all this power for usefulness.
or Ill doing, is lodged in such excellent
hands.
The Scribe might instance cases
where Magistrate Stevens, through his
judgment, tact and kindness mingled
with filmness, has brought angry, dis
united couples together; composed ugly
family quarrels whose airing in his
court would have been at once private
and a public scandal. But he will con-
tent himself with citing three typical
cases to show how just and courageous
is our young J. P.
No. l. He fined heavily that notori-
Gus saloonkeeper at the Buck Bridge
for driving his car when intoxicated.
The fellow had been doing about as he
pleased, and had run over and killed at
least one man.
No. He refused to hold for Court
colored man charged before him, be-
cause he thought the evidence INSULT
cient. Certain officious railroad de-
tectives busted themselves to have him
re- ARRESTED and indicted, whereupon the
jury promptly acquitted him-a COM
plete vindication 10Th of Magistrate
Stevens judgment and his fairness.
No. 3. A certain well.to-do indi-
vidual was fined $4,000 by him for
driving his auto when under the in
f1uence of drink. The Scribe knows of
more than one rich offender who passed
scathless through our magisterial court
for like or even greater offense. Not
so with Esquire Stevens, before him.
rich and poor, white and black, stand
on the same level of the Law and get
every time justice impartially meted
out to them.
Mr.. Stevens is polite and attentive to
business, and knows his job. He has
also gotten fine fire insurance custom,
having the agency for number of
strong, LIBERAL companies.
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CHILDREN'S DAY EXERCISES

The annual Children's Day services
We're held in st. Paul's N. p. Church,
Odessa, last Sunday evening, in spite
Of the inclement weather. The SER
vice entitled ''The Awakening of Sum-
mer," was a very pretty one. The
programsunder the direction of Mr.. j.
G. Brown was as follows: Song by
school; Responsive Reading; Invocation
by pastor, Rev. E. H. Derrickson; Song
by school, ''Neath the Azure WingIng;
Welcome. exercise by class of boys;
Lost" recitation, Ruth Plummer;
"Happy Welcome" Frank Thornton;
"Advice to Fathers" Robert Craig;
"Have Ye Not Heard Song, School;
"A Summer Legend" exercise, class
of girls; "What the Sun Saw" Nor
man Morgan; "Only," recitation, Mar
garet Baker; "June Roses" Ruth Raw
ley; "A Child Like You." Primary
Song; "Changing Hands," Bea rice
Heller; ''In the Garden" song. school;
Roses" recitation. Henrietta Wilson;
:Chirp," solo, Elizabeth Heller;
''Shake, Hands," recitation. Albert
Mcgee; Recitation, Norman Reynolds;
''Don't You Believe It," recitation,
Donald Quigley; Lift Thine Eyes to
the Hills." song, school; Summer
Glory" song, Miss Enos' class; ''Bee
and Cricket" Agnes Ennis and Eliza
beth Phillips; "Be Glad" recitation,
Anna Duhamel; "HeIping in Summer
Land" Edna Thornton; Little Flow
ers," recitation, Elizabeth Heller;
"Polly, Polly, Primro," Agnes Ennis;
"Tokens of His Love-" School song;
''Sing, Little Birdie, Sing" solo, Anna
Duhamel; 1.-The Friend Of the Chill
dren," Alice Reynolds; "Summer
Flowers" school song; Collection taken
by four young ladies; "Call, " recitation.
Myrtle Morgan; Taps; "He Calleth to
Victory" school song.
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ROBBED and GAGGED
Frank R. Pool, Jr., Attacked by
Four Escaping Soldiers
HELD AT POINT OF REVOLVER

Frank R. Pool, Jr., the eldest son of
State Senator Frank R. Pool, of Nc
Donough, was attacked on the road
leading from Middletown to Odessa, by
four escaped soldiers from Fort DUPONT,
on Tuesday afternoon, about four
o'clock. At the point of a revolver,
Pool was ordered to drive his car
through the side streets of Middletown
and out North Broad street, and con-
tinued until they, reached Summit
Bridge, where they stripped him of his
clothing, watch and small amount of
change, and after binding and gagging
him securely left him in wheat field
and departed in POOLS Overland car in
a northern direction. One Of the cul-
prits wanted to xii! the young man, but
was prevented from committing murder
by the other three.
The men who attacked Mr.. Pool left
the fort early Tuesday afternoon.
Three of them were military prisoners
while the fourth man was a private
who had been assigned to guard them
at the work on the government reserva-
ton.
The men who escaped were Homer
Davis, of Wilmington, held as a de-
serter; William Regan, of Philadelphia,
another deserter and e man named
Moulder- from the West who had been
charged with. larceny; Herbert Bis
mark, the soldier guard, is also said to
have come from the West.
According to the military authorities
at the fort the absence of the men was
first noticed by Lieutenant Mccormick
about o'clock. 1t was thought they
had taken refuge somewhere from the
rain storm but at o'clock when they
did not report, the alarm was given.
The Wilmington police were advised of
the mems escape and lookout was
kept OH all roads leading into that city.
After the hold-up and robbery Mr..
Pool struggled and finally freed himself
and walked the public highway where
he found an automobile, which brought
him to Middletown.
According to authorities at Fort Du-
pont Davis and Regan are looked upon
as bad men. Just why Bismark, who
was the guard, should have gone with
the prisoners, however, is mystery.
It was said that he had enlisted in the
Coast Artillery year ago.
Word was quickly telephoned to Will
mington, and all nearby points to be on
the lookout for the fleeing men. but
they illuded the police and detectives
and made their escape.
When the news of Mr.. POOLS hold-up
was spread the entire community was
greatly incensed over the aft air, and
had the men been captured they would
likely have been roughly dealt with.
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Time to Retire. Buy Fisk Tires.
SHALLCROSS GARAGE.
Einam-Watkins Wedding

Miss Jeanette J. Watkins, daughter
of Mr.. John w. Watkins, of Odessa,
and DR.. John Einam, of Philadelphia,
were quietly married at the home Of
the bride, last Saturday, at noon. Rev.
. cousin of the Watkins family, per-
formed the ceremony.
becominely attired in u navy blue tri-
lcolette dress and hat. She carried
bouquet of orchids and lily Of the valley.
After the ceremony DIR. and Mrs.
Einam left for q trip to Lake George,
N. Y, and after July 18th, will be at
home at 41st and Baltimore Ave-, Phil
adelphia, Pa.
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stocked.
CLASS OF 1920

SMYRNA Board of Health has ordered
rigid regulations on pig pens and will
either have them kept clean or discon-
tinued. Residents have been complain
ing of nuisance.
Sturgeon fishing in the Delaware
river has been revived with vigor dur
ing the last three weeks. During the
first week ten fish were caught, but the
second week fifteen were landed, two
of them being worth nearly $500.
Boy Scouts of Wilmington will hold
their camp this year on the Howard
Farm, situated at the junction of Back
Greek and the Elk River, about three
miles from Chesapeake City, Nd, be-
ginning July 8 and continuing for six
weeks.
Uniforms were ordered on Thursday
for the Continental Band, OF Newark.
Gray with black and gold trimmings,
was chosen. The band members hope
that these will be completed and de-
livered before July 8, at which time
they begin two-day engagement to
play at the races which will be held at
the Delaware State Fair Grounds.
A meeting was held in the M. E..
Church, Cecilton, on Monday evening to
plan for the annual community Fourth
of July celebration, which will be held
under the auspices of the Ladies' Aid
Society and Band. Plans were laid to
make this event the best yet and every
one is asked to cooperate, so that the
whole community may enjoy jolly
Fourth in Cecilton.
A ditching with explosive demonstra-
tions will be held on the farm of }: F.
Brackin, near Mermaid, at l O'Clock
Tuesday, June %. This demonstration
will be conducted by due ont special.
ist under the direction of the New Cas-
tie County Farm Bureau. The tract to
be drained is wet and brushy through
which it would practically be impossi-
BILE to make ditch with machinery OF
hand labor.
A forgotten mortgage taken out in
, 1876 by the trustees of st. Georges
Methodist Church was cleared from the
tltls this week by Superior Court
order. 1t Was keld by George Lisle.
Rev. Charles w. Townsend, testified
that he had never heard of the mort
gage, and trustee of the church for
about thirty years, made a similar
statement. Attorney Walter J. Willis
appeared in the case. The property is
now occupied by Mr.. Townsend.
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LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
IN THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

In lf1lS ANU NEAk61 ruin ID
The officers at Fort DUPONT are pub
fishing weekly paper, Coast defense
News.
Monday was Flag Day, but there
was little local observance of the
occasion.
Bids are out for improvements to the
Newark water plant of the town and
are returnable on June 30.
Summer will begin officially next
Monday, June 81, aud the days will
then be at their greatest length.
Seven Delaware boys are included on
the trip to be made to Cuba and through
the Panama Canal to California by the
Annapolis Naval Academy midshipmen.
Clayton Town Council is considering
tarvia streets for the principal streets
of town and residents generally hope
something can be done before another
winter.
The garment factory at Townsend,
which gave work to number of wo-
men, has closed down for an indefinite
period, owing to the market being over
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Base Ball To-day

At $3.50 O'Clock this Saturday. after
noon, the home team will have for its
oppenent the New Castle All=star ag-
gregation, and the locals will put an ex-
ceptionally strong team on the diamond.
The visitors are coming heavily padded
with such well-known players as:
Thayer. of U. of p; Baldt, of Buck
nell; Winter, of Lafayette; carp, of
Swarthmore; Duhann, of Harlans, and
Rothrock the Delaware College star
pitcher.
Middletown will have Birmingham
and Weber, az its battery, as we'll as
several other fast bsll players.
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Record Run Of Bicycle

Martin H. Dolbow, champion long
distance rider of the :Bfack Beauty
Cvcle Club" arrived in Middletown
Saturday. He made record trial run
from Philadelphia to Middletown in 4
hours and 18 minutes official time. The
wheel used was Traveller" and not
of the racing type. Middletown will
be the finishing terminal of many races
to be held this season
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Coming-Radcliffe Chautauqua
June 25th, 18th and 18th.
Truck Burned

While returning from Wilmington.
Wednesday evening, the 2-ton autocar
truck Of Leon J. Buckson, of Odessa,
caught fire at State Road and both the
truck and its contents consisting of
freight were totally destroyed. Mr..
Buckson has been very unfortunate
during the present season with his
trucks as this is the second one to be
destroyed by fire.
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FRIENDS & VISITORS
Personal Items About People, You
See and Know
THOSE THAT COME AND GO

THOSE THAT COME AND GO
Mr.. A. Fogel spent this week at At.
lantic City, N. J.
Mrs. w. W. Freeman spent Thurs
day in Wilmington.
Mrs. ]. z. Grassland was Whining
ton visitor Thursday.
Rev. F. H. Moore, of Wayne, Pa,
was visitor in town Wednesday,.
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Price are spend
ing the weekend with friends in Balti-
more.
Miss Eliza johnson, of Parksley, Va.
is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E..
Lewis.
Mrs. w. D. Bradford has Miss Flea
nor Wilkie, of New York City, for a
guest.
Mr.. Lemont Jones spent the week
end with Miss Pauline Wiley at Ridg-
ley, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gerstenberger
left on Monday for their home in Green
vile, Texas.
Miss Henrietta Schroeder, of Phila-
delphia, is visiting her grandmother,
Mrs. H. V. Parvis.
Miss Pauline Frazier, of Wilmington,
is visiting Mrs. John W. Redgrave,
near Mt. Pleasant.
Mrs. George W. Lockwood was enter
tanned over the weekend by her sister,
Mrs. Edward Mifflin.
Mrs. L. E. Cullen is spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. John D.
Gill, in Philadelphia.
Miss Alice Walters, of Philadelphia,
was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett
Othoson over the weekend. q
Miss EIva Freeman, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ". w. Freeman.
Misses Bertha Ratledge and Mildred
Holten leave to day for Pocano. Pa.
where they will spend the summer.
Mrs. A. Fogel and daughter, Miss
Laura, will leave today for a week s
stay with friends in Baltimore, Md.
Messrs. Harry Proud and Howard
Porter, of New Castle, spent Sunday
with Misses Addie and Helen Dugan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Segelken had
MIR. Charles Segelken and son Russell,
of Sparrows Point, for Sunday guests.
Mrs. Ephraim P. Jolls and little
daughter Doris, are spending sometime
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph C..
Jolls.
Mrs. Harry Dempsey and daughter,
Miss Pauline, of Wilmington, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. George Echenhofer, this
week.
Misses Pauline and Mary Bauer, of
Woodbury. Heights. N. Y, ha1e been
guests of their sister Mrs. George
Echenhofer this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stiles and
daughter, Mrs. Blanche Lake, of Phil
adelphia. were entertained over Sunday
by Mr.. and Mrs. samuel Price.
Mrs. George Lanborn, of Mt. Cuba,
and Miss Bessie Mitchell. of North
western General Hospital, Philadelphia,
are guests of Miss Florie Bloome.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Heldmyer, Jr.,
Mrs. John Heldmyer. Sr., of Odessa,
and Mrs. Joseph r. Heldmyer and
children have returned from visit with
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