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Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
DRAGGED ORGAN FROM FIRE
Wood Girls at RidgIeY Leave Jewellery
And Save The Organ

Marydel, April 14:-When the home
of Ray E. Wood two miles west of
Ridgley caught fire from sparks
falling on the kitchen shed Friday
afternoon, the girls of the household
were aroused and fell into line at
saving the goods, seeing that the
high wind had doomed the house. 1t
was supposed that the girls would
save the jwelery and silverware, but
instead of that they tugged at the
parlor organ until they succeeded in
getting it out. This was the only
thing saved with the exception of a
lew chairs. There was only $500
worth Of insurance on the house.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
HORSE FLESH COSTS MONEY
Prices For Good Road Horses Are
High Despite The Hard Times

High Despite The Hard Times
The price of horses throughout the
Delaware-Peninsula, even to the
ordinary road horse which develops a
steady speed, is surprising the horse
fanciers in the midst of the so called
hard times. H. H. Griffith of Temple
vile, Md, has refused S4OO for his
road mare, offered to him by Bal
timore drivers. A. A. Heathers sold
his bay horse to W. T. Carter of
Camden for $175; H. Daily sold "Jim
H." to Mr.. Marvel of Wilmington
for $3.50. w. w. Burrris sold
Ready B' to Charles w. Walls for
$12O. These horses are only young
farm horses and have no speed
records.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
LECTURE TO CLUB WOMEN.

Rev. Arthur Richards Tells of 1.-The Re-
Iigion of Egypt" to Century Club.
The program at the Twentieth
Century Club on Friday, April 10th,
was as follows: Piano solo, Mrs. l..
M. Price; very interesting lecture
by Rev. Arthur Richards on "The
Religion of Egypt Vocal solo, Miss
Susan Arthurs.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
Want Ban Against Dancing Lifted

The New York East Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church,
which concluded it's session in Brook
lyn Tuesday night, adopted a mem
orial requesting the General Confer
ence to strike out that section of the
church discipline forbidding card
paying, attendance at the theatres and
dancing, by vote of 1872 to %.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
Wilson Farm Near Dover Sold

Samuel Martin of Michigan has
purchased the well-known "Wilson
Farm" near Dover a fine country
place of 238 acres, celebrated as a
stock and fruit farm. Mr.. Martin
paid $4,000 cash for his bargain.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
"A GIRL ~ A THOUSAND
Century Club Play to be Given Nert
Monday Evening Promises TO be a
Notable some Talent Event

Notable -ore Talent Event
A Girl il 4 Thousand. now in
preparation for Easter Monday nigh,
is going to he enjoyable. The fol-
lowing synopsis gives YOU a foretaste
Of good things to follow Charac-
ters: " Granny Morris " an old fash
Toned body. Mrs Alice Read
Flora, poor bat proud. Mrs. Har-
Vey FAIRIES :" Sylvia, little peace
maker, Mrs. Thos Coyerdale: Char
lotte, CCharHcJ Miss Lillian SNEAK
man; Kathleen. )Kiu Miss Agnes
Carrow; Helena Glcndon de-
Hghtful person, Mrs. VIM. Jacobs
Vivian Glaudou. her adopteJ
daughter, Miss Mary Roberts Mrs
Preston. housekeeper. Mrs. j. II
Speakman; 'Phoebe Preston. who
reads the Home Journal. Miss Leatb-
ers; Nora, a believer in charms. -
with none Of her own, Miss Josephs:
Miss Thalmer, the witch of the
Hollow, Mrs. NcCausland: Mrs.
Wentworth, a wealthy widow. Mrs.
Josephs; " MISS Guilford = her com
panion, Mrs. S. j. Reynolds: Miss
Prim, school teacher somewhat ike
her name, Miss Bessie Middleton
Synopsis: Act Granny Morris cot
tage. Sever wishes. One comes
true. The wit,h's prophecy. Act
II Schoolroom at Miss Prim S: some
tableauX; cake walk and proph-
ecy fulfilled. Act III Sitting room
at the Hall; Granny forgot her skirts;
the witch again a face at the win
dow; Act ~ Witch hollow: a
picnic; Nora tries a charm; unravcl-
ling of the skein Tickets for sale
at WeIdon's drug store. Chart now
ready. Popular prices.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15

Successful TayIor's Bridge Trapper
Taylor's Bridge, April 14-Harry
Palmer of this place, a well-known
trapper, has caught, it is said, $40
muskrats during the trapping season
which has just closed.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
FARM WORK FOR BAD BOYS
CoIored Boy Sentenced to Eight
Months of Hard Farm Labor.

'O' ." 0OY OFHIehCtu TO Eight
Months of Hard Farm Labor.
Marydel, April "A A young negro
boy accused and convicted of larceny
was peculiarly sentc led at Deton
on Friday. Instead of sending him
to the House of Correction, the
judges selected study farmer of
Tuckahoe Neck and sentenced the boy
in the presence Of the farmer to eight
months at hard labor, under the
direction of the farmer. The court
then fixed a nominal wage for
the farme to pay and ordered these
turned over to the defendants
father.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
EASTER SUNDAY AT AsRuRv
Special Music by The Choir And Ser
mon Appropriate to Easter to be
Delivered by Rev. Robert Watt


All the services of the dav at
Asbury M. E. Church will be annro-
pirate to Easter next Sunday The
morning service, the special exercises
OF the afternoon by the Sabbath
school, the EpwOrth League service at
seven' and the evening service
at seven thirty will all have rof-
erence to the one thought of the
resurrection. The choir under the
direction of Hon. Walter O.
Hotfecker has prepared an elaborate
musical program which will he
rendered morning and evening. Two
anthems will be sung in the morn
ing; Christ Our Passover, and
the second: "Rejoice the Lord is
King. " Miss Mary Roberts will
sing a solo. In the evening there
will be two anthems: "AIleIuia
He IS Risen, - "Rejoice the Lord
IS King. " The subject of the
morning sermon will be: "A
New Message From Easter Dav. !"
In the evening: "Is it True,
There was an unusual large audience
on Palm Sunday. The church was
decorated appropriately. The decora-
tons next Sunday will be elaborate
and appropriate to Easter. The
public is cordially invited. The
subject of the Junior League on
Saturday is "The Easter Message. +"
Easter cards will be distributed.
Ushers Blanche Robinson and Annie
Ford. The bible questions are
What happened to Joseph in Egypt,
how did he escape from prison and
what befel his brothers.. Z" 'Who
wrote Bracebridge HaII?'' "Who
was the first real American author.
A full attendance is hoped for that
all may receive their Easter cards.
Leader, Katherine Hudson.
Easter at s.. Peters Church
Tomorrow, MaundyThursday, the dav
on which our Lord instituted the Holy
Eucharist, there will be an earlv
celebration at St. Peters Church
at 7.3O; evening prayer 4.3O. On
Good Friday there will be the usual
three hour service from 12 to ;.
Easter even, evening prayer and
holy baptism at 4.3O On Easter dav
there will be only one celebration
of the Holy Bucharest at eight
O'Clock a. M, as the rector must 20
for an earlier service at Trinity
Church, Clayton. The memorial
pulpit given by the friends of the
late Bishop of this Diocese, will be
blessed and used for the first time at
the TO- 80 service. The rector Rev
&. V. Gilreath, will preach upon the
subject of "The Apostolic Office. .
There will be special Easter anthems
by the vested choir. The childrens
service will be held in the afternoon
at 3 O'Clock At this service the
music will be rendered bv the
vested choir, assisted by an orches
ira OF three pieces: George Boehmler,
cornet; Harry Grieves and Sherman I
Gilreath, violins. There will also
be the usual gifts of potted plants
to each child of the Sunday School
and the offering will be for general
The evening service
will be at 7.3O.
Easter at the Presbyterian Church.
At the Presbyterian Church, there
will be special anthems by the choir.
special decorations, and a sermon bv
the pastor, Rev. Arthur Richards, on
The Living Christ In the even
ing the services will be in harmony
with the Easter thought and Pastor
Richards will deliver a sermon on
"The Question of an Old Time
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
DANCING GLASS CLOSING EVENT
Orchestra of SIX Pieces Will Play at
The Last Dance, Thursday

Miss Lottie Saith, who has been
conducting dancing school in the
Twentieth Century Club throughout
the winter, will have the closing
dance for the class on Thursday even
ing of next week, April %. 1t is
expected that about fifty couples will
participate and music will be fur
nished by Norris orchestra of six
pieces. The children's class will
have their dance in the Century Club
on Saturday evening Of the same
week.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
DELAWARE DEMOCRATS ARE
FOR JUDGE GEORGE GRAY
WILL PRESENT HIS NAME FOR
PRESIDENT AT DENVER

Despite the Honored Delawareans
Wishes Not to Have His Name En-
dorsed-E Exciting Kent Caucus.
Despite the fact that Judge George
Gray sent letter to the Democratic
State convention yesterday, request
ing emphatically that the convention
refrain from indorsing him for the
Democratic nomination for President.
the platform as originally formed
was adopted. This instructs the
delegates to vote as a unit on all
matters at Denver, and means that
the delegates will support, advo-
cate and vote" for the nomination of
Gray The delegates and alternates
selected to represent Delaware at the
Denver convention are all staunch
Gray men, with the exception of
William Salisbury, of Dover, who is
Bryan adherent. They are New
Castle County, Peter J. Ford; alter
nate, Matthew D. Murphy; Levin
Irving Handy; alternate, Charles H.
Salmon. Kent County, William
Salisbury; alternate, Francis M.
Soper, Caleb S. Pennewill; alternate.
William F. Hoey. Sussex County.
Landreth L. Layton; alternate,
Lewis W. Mustard; Colonel William
I. Records, alternate, General Will
lam H. Stevens.
County Caucuses Take Much Time
Considerable time was taken up bv
the caucuses of the three county dele
cations over the selection of the dele
gates. New Castle county, controlled
absolutely by the Gray men, carried
its program through by acclamation.
while the Kent and Sussex delega-
tiOns had to take three ballots before
a selection was made. In the Kent
county caucus there was more or less
sparring, when the names of the can
dldates were placed in nomination.
Long speeches were made in which
the Inference toward Gray and BRYAN
figured prominently. Former Senator
Kenney spoke strongly for a Gray de-
legation and declining nomination
himself, placed the name of Hon. c.
S. Pennewill of Dover, as the head
OF the Delaware delegation before
the caucus.
B. A. Hazel of Smyrna Nominated.
Alexander M. DAILY nominated Will
liam Salisbury of Dover, Bryan
Democrat. Hervey P. Hall placed
the name of Benjamin A. HAZEL. of
Smyrna, in nomination. Other nomi-
nations were: Wallace Reynolds, J.
E. WalcOtt, and William Pennewil.
The vote on the first ballot resulted
as follows: HAZEL Is, C. S. Penne-
will 25, Salisbury SO, Reynolds 3,
WalcOtt Is, William Pennewill 25, J.
B. Hutton 4. Mr.. Salisbury was de-
clared one of the national delegates
wsEereupOn Mr.. Kenney made a mo-
tion that, without taking another bal
lot c. S. Pennewill be declared the
other nominee. On the second bal
lot c. S. Pennewill was nominated
for delegate. 1t was one O'Clock
before the convention was called to
order by Thomas F. Bayard, chair
man of the State Committee. After
selecting T. Bayard Heisel as chair
man and Harry Graham, Hervey Hall
and Robert R. NAPLES as secretaries,
and naming the various committees.
the body took a recess to three
O'Clock. L. Irving Handy one of
the New Castle County delegates,
nominated Judge Gray in the last ma
tional convention, and he may again
be selected for that duty.
Smyrna times., 1908-04-15
QUIET WEDD NC ONMAIN STREET
Gilbert S. Fares and Miss Bertha
James Price Married at Two O'clock

James Price Married at Two O'Clock
A quiet wedding was solmenized at
the home Of Mrs. Annie Price at two
o clock today when her only daughter.
Miss Bertha James Price. was united
in marriage to Mr.. Gilbert Su5bs
FAIRIES, son OF Mr.. and Mrs. William
FAIRIES, Of this town. The bride IS
the granddaughter Of the late Moss:
Price. The wedding was attended
only by members Of the Immediate
families and was performed bv the
Rev. Robert Watt. D. D., pastor of
Asbury M. f. Church. The bride
was attired in a travelling suit of
blue. After a wedding breakfast
they left on the ,. AZ tain for their
home near West Chester. Pa. the
pretty country place which Mr.. FAIRIES
recently purchased. Mr.. and Mrs.
FAIRIES have the best wishes Of a
large circle of friends.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-02-06

AN OF the shafts of the obstruction
lists and the desire TO cruelty the ann
hifion Of Senator Bilups of Cordell
On account OF his being the champion
OF fhe original booze bill. are going 90
mitigate IN his favor
Senator Billups Is good loser.
When the public WAS demonstrating
aisa3nst the drastic measures OF the
bin. and the legislators We're afraid 20
rush the measure In the haste before
holldey adiournment. Mr. B,.ups CON
trolied bis temper. and az no time -
he aroused to the point of attempung
10 force the bill
since the unGsked-ior allies have
been ditched and the yonng senator
from COFdell was given the oppor
tuuity 20 advance his own ideas un
hampcred BY men who know that
other opinions have rights, he has
Won every point, and seems 20 be
working With practically a solid sen
ate behind him. and With the co-nrdi
nate branch in perfect harmony
Those who predicted the death ol
ar BlnuDs politically, are Invited ID
Na,ch The man Who can sustain dc
feast aud retain hts noise. aecepflne
fbo sl|ngs with the cheer. Is not 60
ine 10 oh early political grave, espo
ciaIly when neither friend Or foe Ques
iloes MS iutcrgrIty
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CA TOR r a.
R..,.h. >,lhe Kind You Have kwaYS Bought
Signature e I~HAzzZI
LOWER FREIGHT RATE
BRINGS CHEAPER LUMBER

Editor Loader The railroad Off
GERS argued before the corporation
commission IN the grain and lumber
rate case that the consumer would
never get any benefit OF the pro
posed rates wish you would state
in your paper that rates established
were published yesterday and that we.
The p. r. Walton Lumber company
have today notified all our yards in
Oklahoma to reduce their prices on
yellow pine lumber from two TO four
dollars per thousand feet which gives
the consumer full benefit Of the re-
duction OF the new freight rate on
lumber at least And there is no
doubt but what they will get the same
gain on the grain aud coal rate
p. r. WALTON.
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oKLAHoMA-DAME pIHoNNgUR

Roy 4. Cloud, in Pleasant Hin, Mo.
Times
kentucky is cklahomas grand-ma'
Ever think of that
Il Is this way;
kentucky was largely settled by
Virginlans. It indeed being once a part
OF that state Kentucklans, in their
turn, blazed a way through the wilder
ness and settled what is now the inn
perial state OF Missouri, and fifteen or
twenty years ago began the grand eN-
odus OF native Missourians into Okla.
homa. the Land of the Fair God, Mis-
souris witching. only daughter.
Thus we have a line on Oklahoma s
kiniolks and see that she indeed
comes honestly BY her democracy
Virginia is her greatgrand-motner
Kentucky her grandma. and Missouri
her loving ma.
Hail TO Oklahoma, thcyoungest OF
an illustrious line!
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smamanaMsnnnsuamanaasM9n.
MUCH IN
. LITTLE

Yes. Perez; that is ane idea.
while ahe statesmen are finishing the
corrency bills you settle your own
BILLS
Those who bank on Their frienda
have no guarantee for their deposits.
No Wonder the man tied to his
wifes apron strings gets sat upon so
often
Some girls think young man who
saves money to pay his poll tax is a
tight wad
Fallen idols are often worth more
as junk than before.
A woman will forgive anything in
she man she loves and everything in
the man who loves her.
There are entirely too many reform
ers going ahead without being sure
they are right
The anti-green bug warchest con
tains 10000
II takes lot of rat royal drones to
make the working bees hum,
But the burnt child does not al
ways know how TO swim
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oocuPATIoN TAWEs.

Perhaps no one thing Is hlore easily
misunderstood than the h'vying OF
municipal taxes. Tt has SO hong been
the custom OF levying certain kinds OF
taxes any deviation causes con fusion
and sometimes serious misunderstand
ing.
In an municipalities are TO be found
those who seek to pay as low q tax
as pGssible, and any means OF secnr
ing revenue where there Is the besl
opportunity for evasion suits them,
he proposed occupation tax sys-
tenn for this state. on paper. looks
about half fair In reality it is akin
To conhscaticn and. once elect q venal
set of officers. Il would do more to
ruin city in two years, than a great
building organization could accom-
plish good in as many decades,
Some seventeen years ago the city
of Birmingham Alabama, became the
great manufacturing city OF the South.
The proximity of coal and iron made
the city grow so fast that good old
Southern customs were forgotten, and
Birmingham started toward the me-
tropolis of the South.
In an evil hour the desire for cash
Elevonue caused the levying of an oc-
cupation tax. They charged q man a
dollar for unloading his household
goods from a car: charged him for
renting house, and a clerk in store
was also made to pay this accursed
duty.
The result was disastrous. Birming.
ham. the center OF the far South in
manufacturing, in enterprises and all
that tends toward making a great
commercial metropolis, became a Sc
ries Of shattered villages. and did not
have as many people under the census
OF 1900 as did the sleepy old town OF
Mobile, a city that had slept peace
fully since the hour the federal gun
boats thundered the downfall of its
hopes In the days OF civil war.
Stand at the city building in Bir
mingham aud draw a radius line OF
seven miles, and you will find over
an hundred thousand people. and less
than half Of them are within the City
limits.
The thousands crowded around tho
city refuse to become part of H.
All because they were taxed out IN
the first place The average man 1.
q fair taxpayer. Given a chance, anC
he will probably contribute his por
ton for the wellbeing OF society, an,
will provide literally OF his incom,
for schools and churches. But aftel
paying all the law allows. and tha
at a pretty high rate. he will not love
and worship the idea of being taxes
for the privilege OF stopping in th'
same climate, or municipality Will
the tax assessor.
To add that a poll tax Is OF the same
nature does not signify anything mor'
than that a poll tax Is wrong
To make the defense OF the pol
tax il was said Il was small an,
therefore 10 one fought t. IN occu
patton charges on the individual purse
the limit is drawn only wher the sui
fering public refuses to be furthe
gouged and the persons bringing i
10 Oklahoma. II they but knew tn
evil likely to result, would not b
sponsor for the act
AS a dream. It Is only fair-as
ireality, a shining example of wha
should not be-
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Those democratic newspapers pro
Teasing AstoDishment because William
Randolph Hearst Is still acting presi,
dent OF the democratic clubs, and a.
the same time pushing his indepen.
dent league 10 supplant the democ-
racy. surely did not know the kind Of
q leader Mr. Hearst was, lie went to
New York 10 win international re-
4lown. and be has accomplished his
purpose. That he was never demo,
clat was known by a very large ma-
jofity of the party workers east of tho
Mississippi And he did more 20
weaken the cause OF Bryan than amy
other one thing Mr. Hearst is a
mononianiao on self glorihcation, and
his ambition rs 20 be spoken Of. get
ting q rather super0mty OF that lat
ter ambition when Golfers Weekly
cartooncd him out Of the gNberRa-
tuiial field
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9sHsM@HeuzHSHensHansAanams
4 WISE AND Z
= OTHERWISE Z

II you have a task to perform,
riunge in msdias res and finish It.
Human nature draws on the future
the third and forth generation.
The Kentucky Legislature is worse
than a hung jury.
A state may be rich In overs. albeit
It has no mineral in II to speak of.
The white feather is the curse of
the sort OF politics we now have.
The best is the cheapest; and this
Is true of railroads and railroad ser
vice, just as it is in other lines.
Ex-Secretary Shaw is the only can
didate whose announcement has led
the paragraphers to exclaim "Pshaw!"
Experience is a dear teacher, and
some sharp pupils make the public
pay their tuition for them.
Men who kill others because they
are crazy should never be turned out
upon the public without conspicu-
Gus Lookout" sign on them.
WOman's greatest happiness is in
little things-ribbons and flowers and
dollars and cents.
Some booze fighters begin 1t by bat
tling with the grip.
II seems that almost every college
president in the country Is now break.
ing out in a new place.
None of Gods creatures Is con.
temptible. Even the vicious and
noisy dog merely has screw loose.
Hercules hadn't much more than
struck his head into the shirt OF
Nessus before he began chewing the
rag.
Miss Vanderbilt. worth st200o.000,
got q feathsrweighti Miss Shonts,
worth S1000,oOO, gets a due.
We could an bear poverty with
more patience if It paid regular d.
vidends
The Ladies' Of the First Baptist
church will nave cooked food sale
on Saturday. Feb s, at the Longaker
store ON East Oklahoma.
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There seems to be no effort on the
part of the obstruction press TO give
wide publicity to the fact that a
court has decided Oklahoma has a
strong and tight prohibition law In
force aud effect The obstruction
editors were opposed to the Billupe
bill when Il seemed it -c"ld pass;
when It looked like defeat they were
strong for the measure; now. when
Mr. Billups has outgeneraled Dinwid
die and all contending forces. and is
going to get a real and strong prohi
bition measure through the legisla
tive mill, they are confident the bill
is wrong. from start to finish These
obstrnctionists are "ag.n all laws
and all governments. save those which
deal with postofiices and deputy
ships to the hungry.
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A negro publication Of this city
keeps asking why The Leader does
not offer the black man some position
The Leader Is honest with the black
race, and for that reason has never
made promises of that nature II the
negro were not so addicted To voting
the republican ticket come what may.
The Leader might ask why Mr.. Me.
Cabe, one Of the most Intelligent men
Ia the republican party of Oklahoma,
IS kept in the background these days.
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CALL FOR LOGAN COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

At a meeting Of the democratic
central committee OF Logan county.
held at Guthrie on January % it was
resolved that II was inexpedient to
hold county primaries for the purpose
of electing delegates TO the. county
convention; therefore pursuant to the
order of said county committee. dem
ocratic county convention IS hereby
called TO meet at the r.. o. H. hall
one half block west of lone hotel on
Oklahoma avenue. Guthrie. on Febru-
ary IS. 1908, at o'clock D. M for the
purpose of choosing twenty-five dele
gates to represent Logan county at
the democratic state convention which
is called to meet at the city OF Musko,
gee on thc 22nd day OF February, 1908.
Further pursuant TO the order OF
said central committee the several
townships and wards of the city Of
Guthrie are entitled to representation
In said county convention as follows.
one delegate to each 10 votes cast for
governor of the last election or major
fraction thereof as follows:
TOWnShfn