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Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
PROHiBS TO HOLD CONVENTION

Call Meeting in Dover for To-mor-
row September 5 to Select Candidates
By direction Of the State Com
mittee of the Prohibition Party, a
State Convention of the Prohibition
lists of Delaware is called to meet
in the Court Eouse at Dover, tomor-
row Thursday, September 18th, at
10. 80 a. M, for the purpose of NOM
mating candidates to be voted for
at the coming State election; to
elect new state committee; and to
transact such other business as may
come before it. R. M. Cooper of
Cheswold is Chairman of the commit
tee and Lewis w. Brosus of Will
mington, Secretary.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
DEMOCRATS PUT TICKET
UP AT STATE CONVENTION
NAME ROBERT c. WHITE, GEORGE
TOWN, FOR REPRESENTATIVE
MiIlard F. Davis, Wilmington, for
Treasurer andy H. Walker, Dover
For Salisbury Defeated


"Wet' forces of New Castle
county rallying to the support of the
Sussex county delegates the Demo
cratic State Convention yesterday
afternoon nominated Robert c.
White, of Georgetown, for Congress
after fight on the floor of the con-
vention, during which two ballots
were taken. On the second ballot
Mr.. White received SO votes, while
William Salisbury of Dover, the
choice of the Kent cunty delegation,
received 83 votes. The convention
nominated this state ticket: For
Robert c. White, of
Georgetown, Sussex County; for
state treasurer, Millard F Davis,
of Wilmington, New Castle county
for state auditor, William H. Walker,
Of Dover, Kent county. Josiah Mar
vel was temporary chairman and
John Biggs permanent chairman of
the convention. The nominations
for state treasurer and state auditor
were made by acclamation, and while
two ballots were taken to decide the
congressional nominee, it afterwards
was made unanimous. The result OF
the first ballot was: Robert c. White,
81; William Salisbury, So; John R.
Nicholson, of Dover, l.; William H.
Stayton, of Smyrna, 5. AS SO votes
were necessary to nominate another
ballot was taken which resulted in
the nomination of Mr.. White, it be-
ing as follows: Robert White, SO
William Salisbury, SO: William H.
Stayton,2; L. Irving Handy, l. II
Kent caucus B. A. Hazel, of Smyrna,
received several votes. This new
State Central Committee was Sc
lected: New Castle-John Biggs
Henry T. Graham, L. Irving Handy
Charles H. Salmon, William A
Scott; Kent-Richard R. Kenney
L. L. Sapp, Franklin Brockson, DR.
W. F. Hoey, Charles H. LeFevre
Sussex, DR.. Frances E Sansone
William H. Stevens, William Jos
ephs, Rufus D. Lingo, Sr., Elias c
Dukes. The committee will NEE
later and it will likely re-eleC
Thomas F. Bayard chairman. Th
platform adopted by the conventio
reaffirms the last national platforl
of the Democratic party agaips
special privileges, urges cooperate
of all white voters to rescue Dell
ware from the present corrupt COZ
troll of the Republican part.
charges the Republican party wi
being esp3nsible for the muddl'
conditions of Wilmington's COVER
ment, commends the administrati
of Attorney-General Gray, advOcat
lower freight rates, praises the R
publican Insurgents and welcom
them as allies, pledges support
the Chesapeake and Delaware car
and a canal from Rehoboth bay
Delaware bay, favors a revision a
gradual reduction of the tariff anc
lot OF other things.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
EUGENE MABREY REACHES 81
Given a Party Friday Evening Which
Was Largely Attended.

Friday evening, September 9, was
the occasion of a great gathering at
the home of Mr.. H. E. Mabrey, in
honor of the twenty. first birthday of
his son, Eugene. He was the re-
cipient of many beautiful and useful
presents. The evening was spent in
games on the lawn and music. About
a hundred guests were present
among whom were Miss Elizabeth
Mabrey, of Washington; Miss Ger
trude Mabrey, of Philadelphia, and
Rev. and Mrs. E. C. Prettyman,
of Royal Oak, Md.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
FORMER SMYRNA GIRL TO WE'D

Miss Helen Prettyman, Daughter of
Clarence Prettyman to Harry E. Fraser
Miss Helen c. Prettyman, daugh-
ter of MIR. and Mrs. Clarence Pretty
man, of Wilmington, will be mar
ried at the home of her parents
to Mr.. Harry E. Fraser. of Saska-
toon. Province of Saskatchewan,
Canada, this wednesday, evening
the 14th, at p m. The ceremony
will be performed by the Rev. Adam
Stengle after which the welded
couple will start for Saskatoon, 4317
miles distant, where they will reside.
/ The bride is a former Smyrna girl
and has many friends in Smyrna and
vicinity who wish her happy mar
ried life.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14

Festival to be Held at Jerman Chapel
There will be a festival held by
the people of Jerman Chapel, Sep
tember 16 and II in the rear of the
church in a tent. All welcome.
Come one. come all and help the
cause for benefit of church.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14

Samuel N. Lober, Little Creek, Dead.
Samuel N. Lober, aged Sd of Lit
tie Creek, died suddenly yesterday
while in the act of getting his boat
ready to take run down the creek.
He had just made fast his boat to
another one at the drawbridge when
he fell over dead without struggle
or speaking word.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
BEST RACES OF THE SEASON
EXCITE MUCH ENTHUSIASM
CLAYTON DRIVING PARK SPEC
TATORS GIVEN FINE PROGRAM
Horses From Smyrna, Dover. Middle
town and Clayton Lead the Day.
Two More Races Planned

The races drew a large crowd at
the Gentlemen's Driving Park, Clay
ton, last Thursday afternoon and the
consensus of opinion among horse
men is that it was the best .rogram
that mas yet been given by the AS
sociation. Long before the races
started which was at 80 the
grandstand and enclosures were
crowded with spectators and the
weather being ideal, the sport was
enthusiastic from irst to last. B.
Frank Gootee was starter and the
Judges were Nathaniel Williams of
Middletown; DR.. j. R. Kuhns of
Dover and David Rees of Smyrna.
John E. Wilson was the marshal for
the day. Glasses A, B and C afford
ed the most spirited contests and
much excitement was manifested
over the evenly matched horses.
Glass A was won byS' Daisy M, .
owned by Nat Moore of Dover; Glass
/ B, by Delbrook," owned by Henry
Rutledge of MiddletOwn. and Glass
C, by "Loos, owned by DR.. Frank
Gardner, Smyrna. Norris Truax, Of
Smyrna, with his "Mack" won the
Glass n Race and l. L. Lapham, Of
Clayton, with his 'Miss Evelyn
won the Glass E Race The Asso
citation contemplates holding tive
more races before the close of tn,
season, one of which will probabl,
be of a more elaborate nature thai
any vet given. The Directors ar,
pleased with the manner in whicl
the people are supporting them an
attribute much of the success to tn,
good order maintained and to tn
fairness and justice which is accorde
to all sportsmen. 1t has been clea
sport from beginning to end and wit
such a record, the local driving par
promises to grow more and more j
favor under the able directio
which is fostering it. The followin
is the official summary of Thursday
races:
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
FOURTH SUNDAY IN SMYRNA
Rev. Father Comisky Will Officiate ir
ST. PoIycarps Last Sundays in Month

ST. PolYcarps Last Sundays in Month
The Rev. James G. Comisky, who
was transferred from st. Paul's R.
C. Church at Wilmington, to become
pastor of the Church of the Holy
Cross, Dover, to succeed the Rev.
Father Waldron, promoted, has ap-
pointed the second Sunday for SER
vices at Milford and the fourth SUM-
day of each month for services al
Smyrna. On each of these days he
will sing early mass at Holy Cros.
before his departure.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14
PREDICT SHORT TOMATO CROP
General Opinion Among Farmers That
Crop Will End Up Quickly.

Cheswold, Sept. 13.-The tomato
receipts on our siding and at the can
merry the early days of this week ex-
cluded by several hundred baskets
the receipts of the early days of last
week. The general opinion, how
ever, of growers here is that the
crop will end up quickly and be
greatly short of last year. The
loading of Keiffer pears commenced
Monday at IL 1-2 cents the basket.
Smyrna times., 1910-09-14

Century Clubhouse the Scene of a
Merry Gathering on Friday Evening
Norris Orchestra Furnished Music
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
OLD FoRGERIEs uNEARTHED
How a London Printer Three Centuries
 Ago Used Fake Edition Dates

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 The university thinking machine has perfected another plan for detecting criminals. Ii is the forger of antique editions, historic volumes of famous auth ors and rare Sheakespearean quar- tos who this time has fallen into his net. Just to prove the efficiency of his method, the originator, William j.. Neidig, O research student at the Uni- versity of Chicago, has demonstrated that William Jaggard, who owned a printing shop in London a little less than three centuries ago, forged the printing dates on many of the Shake spearean plays which he published, and that many of these until recently al most universally credited to the year 1900 were in reality printed at a much later date.
 A ruler, considerable knowledge of type and printers methods, and as pret- ty piece of reasoning as any with which Sherlock Holmes ever astounded pr. Watson was used in detecting the forgery, which took place in William Jaggard's shop in the course of the seventeenth century MT Neidig says it is merely the Bertillon system ap- piled to the printed page, and it was Jaggard's carelessness in failing to kill" an entire title page from play which bore the correct date line before resetting 1t with the forged date that led to his detection. The evidence was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
MAN GETTING EFFEMINATE
Hut Women Are Growing, Mrs. Finch
 Says, Pointing to Their Shoes

From the New York Times.
 In an address before the Woman Suf- frage association of Yonkers Mrs. Jes- sica c. Finch of this city declared tha' woman's age is at hand, and that whil women are developing mentally and physically, men as a rule, are becoming
 more effeminate.
 Mrs. Finch was introduced by Mrs. Arthur L. Livermore, president of the
 She said in part:
 This Is rapidly becoming a woman's age Women are attaining the highest
 measure of success in all spheres of en- deavor. They have shown that when the door of opportunity is open to them they can make good Women are develop ing mentally and physically, while the men are becoming effeminate.
 Mrs Finch told of a visit she had made ito a girls gymnasium, the head instruc- tor of which informed her that the sizes Ior the shoes worn by the girls were Tn most cases Nos and 6. As it was the duty of the instructor to order the shoes for the girls she knew whereof she spoke. Years ago. Mrs. Finch added the average size of the shoes worn by girls of a similar age was Nos. or 4 The speaker related other facts tending ito show how young women have devel- oped physically in recent years. She said that the interest in outdoor sports which most girls have been taking in the bast decade has had much to do with their physical improvement.
 J Mrs. Finch stated that as a result of years close observation she is convinced that the lower class of women are more intelligent than the lower class of men, and would, she was sure, cast their bal
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
SO minute that it took three centuries

so minute that it took three centuries to find it out.
 The paper thin spacings put between type letters to make them tight enough so that the whole structure will not collapse makes it practically impossible to reset an exact duplicate of a printed page, MT. Neidig has found. There will inevitably be differences in spacing which, even though they escape the eye, can be detected by the microscope and other delicate instruments.
 In the eases in question exact dupll- cations In some lines of type, which, if dates were to be trusted, were printed a generations interval apart with the differences naturally to be expected in other lines, which 1t would have been necessary to reset, proved the conten- ton that the play of the later date had been printed previous to that of the earlier date. The form was un- locked, the necessary changes made and the press again put in operation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
lots with greater wisdom than the men,

lots with greater wisdom than the men,
 if allowed to vote.
 On the other hand, she continued, she found. as a rule, that in the great mid dle class the men are Intellectually su- perior to the women. As for the upper classes, she found that tho men and wo- men were about equal mentally. In con- cluding Mrs. Finch combatted the idea that women. on receiving the ballot would use it as a toy or a novelty and discard it after having voted at one or two elections. She was sure she said that women who had worked in factories. especially, will continue to vote at every election, and that in spite of the fact that they may leave the factories to be- come married.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

their decisions will undoubtedly have practical weight with the rank and file.
 There are certain small offenses that may be dealt with by the boys them selves. Craps shooting and little thefts. Vioiaton or license terms and other trifiing misdemeanors that need not or cannot reach the regular juvenile court will furnish the material for the young sters' law terms. We may rest assured that justice will reign to some purpose
 The new Institution will foster self reliance. respect for law and a broader and better outlook on life Working on rewsboys at the impressonable age. it will surely help develop them into good citizens, though the vast majority turn out we'll anyway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Death From Misprint

From the London Globe.
 A book of anecdotes of famous physl- clans by Gustav Hochstetter and George zehden has been issued in Berlin pr. Marcus Herz is credited with saying to a patient who read medical books dili- gently in order to prescribe for himself: Be careful, my friend Some fine day you'll die of misprint."
 Professor Langenbeck in speaking of the increase in surgical practice said
 The human family may be divided into two parts-one operates and the other is operated upon"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

That is why Parisian Sage now has such an enormous sale in America. It puts the radiance of sunshine into women's hair, and women who use it regularly are sure to have fascina ting hair. 1t makes hair grow profusely. yet silky and lovely.
 Dull, faded and 1ifeless hair exists because the hair root is not properly supplied with nourishment. Parisian Sage penetrates into the hair roots and supply the exact stimulating nourishment that they need, but lack.
 This lack of nourishment 10 in nearly every case due dandruff germs which To.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Boston Newsboys, Court

These wonderfully alert and Intelligent young citizens, the newsboys of Boston, have just given another example of their progressive ideas and innate hon. esty of purpose bys the establishing of a court in which they propose to try such petty offenses as may be committed by members of their calling They have a chief justice and two associates. and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
December Roses

From Judges Library.
 Gladys-''A girl begins % hang up her mistletoe as soon as she gets too old to hang up her stocking"
 De Garry-"Iye noticed, though, that some girls never get too old to hang - the mistletoe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

'He had got about half way across the river, trumpetng savagely at every step when a raft hove in sight around the bend at the bridge. It was bearing directly down with it's unsuspecting crew toward Tippoo Sahib and his escort.
 .'The ugly old brute saw the raft and stopped and gazed at it In angry sur prize He was In fighting mood. Waving his trunk and giving a blast that woke the echoes in the surrounding hills, he turned his big front up stream and await ed the charge of the raft. All the ef- forts of his keeper and others in the escort to turn him out of the channel SC eemed only to increase his determine ton to have a bout with that thing
 coming down upon him.
 s.Before the men on the raft understood fhe situation the raft had made more tban half the distance between the bridge and the ford. AS soon as the nature of this unusual obstruction in the channel became apparent to them they were one and all panic stricken, and every one of Ethem, pilot and all, leaped from the raft and struck out for the New York side.
 sThe deserted raft rushed helplessly on. Old Tip never moved out of his tracks.
 His fury was sight to see
 'The raft was made of hemlock logs and was at least 100 feet long and 40 wide.
 
 Tip stood that 1t reached above his belly. Every one expected of course to see the elephant, big as he was. carried away and done for by the ponderous raft, the wrecking of a s10000 elephant by $500 worth of hemlock logs.
 "But when the shock came the raft trembled and it's speed was greatly di- minished If old Tip could have had a secure footing in the stones there Is no te,line what he wouldn't have done to that raft then and there, but the stones on the river bottom were slippery, and the elephant moved down, not as if he had to, but as if he were merely seek ing more stable footing.
 ,'He got foothold now and then. and every time he did so lessened the speed Of the raft until it's momentum was so much overcome that the hind end of the raft began to swing with the current. This soon turned the hind end around SO that 1t became the front end, and 1t ran away from Tip diagonally across the river toward the New York shore.
 .Thrown thus out of the rafting chan nel, 1t ran 100 yards or so. where 1t was cast upon a reef, and the logs flew in ali directions making the raft wreck. At sight of that Old Tip gave 2 roar that deaf man might have heard mile away
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Stops Itching Scalp and GiVeSWOmen GlOriOuSTfaiY

greedily devour the natural nourish ment intended for the hair.
 Dandruff and itching scaln ara ale, caused by this same destruct tive germ Parisian Sage remedies all hair all. ments because it has the power to do. stroy the dandruff germ.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

Parisian Sage is guaran. teed by Norton's Drug Store to stop itching scalp at once to remove dandruff and ston falling hair, or money back Sold by druggists every where for 50 cents a large bottle. The girl with the Auburn hair is on every package. Mail orders filled, charges prepaid, by Ameri- can makers, Giroux Mfg. Co. Buffalo, N. Y.
 "Parisian Sage cleaned the scalp, stopped all irritation, made my hair fluffy. silky and left no trace of sticki- ness.'--Mrs. Sarah Sander hoff, 1403. N. Washington St., Owosso, Mich, June 22, 1909.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

and waded on toward the Pennsylvania shore. He had gone but a few steps, though, when he started with such a rush through the water that he almost drowned his keeper, who was in a row boat Old Tip had suddenly become mad all the way through.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

"He had barely landed on the bank on that side, though, when another raft came in sight, just below the bridge. Tho
 men on the raft had seen what had hap pened to the one that preceded them, and were pulling on their oars for dear life to land on the New York shore.
 'When the elephant went out of the river so meekly, though, they thought
 there was no cause for them to be alarmed, and they rested on their oars content to pass on. That was when Old Tip had caught sight of the raft.
 "Instantly his fury rose He broke away and made for the river, his big trunk raised and trumpeting loudly The men on the raft didn't wait for further proceedings, but jumped In the river and
 lost no time in getting to the New York
 side, leaving their raft to its fate.
 "The raft went dashing by, far out in
 the river, and Old Tip stopped, gazed at 1t
 as 1t fed, and apparently concluding
 that 1t was too big a coward for him to
 waste time on he gave a few blasts at it. walked leisurely up the bank and pro-
 ceeded with the procession down the Milford road, as calm as a May morning.
 Ut wasn't long after that that Old Tip attacked and nearly killed his third keep CT. Then, at Centreville. Ind, I think, they put the big elephant to death. His skeleton was given to the city of Rich nlond, Ind, and I suppose it is there yet"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18
Parisian Sage Makes Dull Lifeless Hair Re-
 Fascinating

The women of America are too clever to lose the opportunity to add to their attractiveness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

their places about him he was still trumpeting blasts of victory and seemed to be perfectly satisfied
 ''He had spent his fury on the raft and felt better He turned obediently at his keepers order and resumed his march to Pennsylvania as if nothing had oc- cured that morning to disturb his tenn per in the least
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-12-18

"Ali efforts to induce them to get abroad proving fruitless, it was decided 10 swim them across. Unfortunately, to do this 1t was thought necessary to chain them together. They entered the water willingly and cheerfully, and were swim ming along all right when Pizarro be- came chilled and struggled a moment and went down, dragging Virginius with him. Both animals were drowned
 This left Hannibal and Columbus alone as the elephant attractions of the show, and in the fall of 1851, the Van Amburgh show being on it's way to winter quarters, Columbus broke through bridge at North Adams, Mass, and was killed. In the meantime the show had acquired other elephants, among them the one that achieved the great fame as Tippoo Sahib, and Queen Anne and Bolivar Bolivar in after years became the star elephant of the Forepaugh show. He Is alive today. the property of the Philadelphia zoo.
 '"When old Hannibal died from eating poison laurel in the Pennsylvania noun tains his owner had his remains buried on the spot where he died, and a year or two after offered to disinter the skeleton of the famous old beast and present it co tic museum in Central Park, New York, if the city would pay the expenses of getting the huge frame there and would get 1t up in the museum. The offer was declined.