Smyrna times., 1910-10-26
HUNDREDS OF SMYRNIANS
ATTEND DOVER CARNIVAL
PLEASED WITH THE SPLENDID
ENTERTAINMENT AFFORDED
Mrs. w. D. Hudson Wins a Prize w.
II. StaYton, ESQ.,, and Automobile
Load of Friends There

to get off the streets the litter
soaked bunting, muslin, ribbons,
cheese cloth, stands, tents, and debris
that had accumulated during the
closing hours of the carnival. As a
drawing card the carnival was a
tremendous success and despite the
rainy weather Dover never enter
tanned such crowds as were there
last week, even in the palmiest davs
of the State Fair, but the continu-
GUS roar and hustle and playing of
bands and shouting of loud-voiced
concesslonaries was so distracting
that the big rush of business expect
ed was somewhat disappointing. The
people came and saw and enioyed it
all, but did not add materially to
the bank deposits. AS an advertis
ing proposition for Dover it was an
immense success as the committee
delivered practically everything
promised, even the big things.
Hundreds of Smyrnians Attend
Senator Alvan B. Conner, who was
at the head of nearly 400 Feltsnians
from FELTON, complimented the COM
mlttee on the most remarkable iubi-
lee he had ever seen in lower or
central Delaware. Colonel Nicholas
johnson, of Pennington, was also a
prominent carnival visitor a. was
also Postmaster F. w. Davis and
Assistant George G. Russell, of Mil
ford. Former Assemblyman Wilson
I. Cavender was one of hundreds of
Smyrna visitors. while William H.
stayton, the generous capitalist liv-
ing in Smyrna, was there in time to
distribute many dollars worth of
carnival novelties and souvenirs
among the younger visitors.
Rose Over Dover in His Airship
Captain Jack Dallas, the aeronaut
engaged for the week, ended his en-
gagement Friday night and, early
saturday morning was paid off by
the committee, but he immediately
went back to his hangar and took out
his "ship of the clouds. +" In a rain
and wavy fog, Dallas ascended, and
at height of 600 feet he shouted
down to the watchers on Lockerman
street that there were air currents
and some of them were very wet up
there where he was living. The
throbbing of his Indian cycle motor
on his airship could be heard almost
as distinctly by the persons on the
ground, when he was at a height of
$50 feet, as it could have been heard
when he started off, the explosions
being so sharp and quick. During
the week it is estimated 20, 900 went
to Dover.
Some Bad Shows Sneaked In
Some of the shows and games of
chance on the carnival street, "went
oad' toward the close of the week
and the committee after having
tried to correct the evil and warning
on number of the offending con-
cessionaries, went down the line and
upset the gaming tables, drove off
nine different proprietors snd re-
moved their wares, and then closed
up two tent shows which were being
run on decidedly different lines than
the proprietors had pledged to run
them in the presence of witnesses
before they obtained their conces-
slons. One man who had contracted
TO bring a Ferris wheel and a clean
vaudeville show of songs and
straight dancing and sleight-of- hand,
TOOK 1t upon himself to run a show
mat caused much complaint. The
committee started to close up the
privileges during Friday morning,
out there was such a crowd in the
town that it was deemed best, in the
interests of order, to wait until the
O'Clock parade had drawn the peo-
pie out of the congested district.
meantime, five ministers had pre-
pared a protest to the authorities,
out the object of the protest having
oeen accomplished the authorities
took no action.
MRS. William D. Hudson Wins Prize
The carnival prize of a silver
plated coffee pot, offered by T. X.
Jones & Bro. Company. to che
woman visitor at the carnival who
would correctly guess or come the
nearest to an estimate of the exact
capacity of the mammoth pot made
ana used by them in their decor a
'ions. Mrs. William ID. Hudson,
OF Smyrna, guessed that the pot
would hold 3, 485 cups of coffee. This