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Smyrna times., 1911-03-29
NEW DEPARTMENT HEADS
NAMED At TOWN COUNCIL
JOHN p. HUDSON IN CHARGE OF
STREET AID SEWER WORK
n. B. Grieves Continued Head of Light
and Water Departmental NJ. Lloyd
Elected For First District


At meeting of Smyrna Town
Council last Friday evening, the |
second meeting under the new ad
ministration, James Newell Lloyd |
was elected a councilman to fill the |
vacancy in the First District caused |
by the resignation of John c.
Stockly. Councilman Wright was
delegated to notify Mr.. Lloyd, who
appeared shortly and was sworn in.
The Council having its full quota of
membership, President Samuel
Reynolds named his standing COM
mittees for the ensuing year. John
P. Hudson was placed at the head of
the Street and Sewer Department,
position of much sponsibility.
Harry B. Grieves was continued
as head of the Light and Water De-
partment, Joseph H. Wright the
Opera House, and James Newell
Lloyd was placed at the head of the
Finance Committee. The standing
committees are as follows: Light
and Water-H. B. Grieves, Chair
man, j. P. Hudson and ]. N. Lloyd !;
Street and Sewer-John p. Hudson,
chairman, James H. Roberts and
William R. Smith; Opera House
Joseph H. Wright chairman, Will
liam R. Smith and John P. Hudson !;
Auditing Committee-James H.
Roberts, chairman, j. Newell Lloyd,
Joseph H. Wright; Finance Com
mittee j. Newell Lloyd, chairman,
James H. Roberts, Harry B.
Grieves; Hose Room and Fire De-
partment-William R. Smith, chair
man, Joseph H. Wright and Harry
B. Grieves.
Authority to Enforce Dog Ordinance
Joseph R. Cummins appeared be.
fore Council and asked that a
! change be made in the matter Of
enforcing the dog ordinance oil
abandon the matter. He objected
f | to section one of the ordinance
/ which gave Policeman Turner the
e right to report and accept the fee in
: the matter of fining owners of dogs,
3 when he got all the blame. He also
{ asked to rent the town lot at the
t extreme western limits of NORTH
street and use it for burying the
8 dogs he shot. Council after he re
e tired, considered the matter anC
n inasmuch as Cummins was killing
v the strays to the satisfaction of tht
s Board, they saw no reason why h
4 should not have the whole thing, es
d pecially since he assured the mem
e bers that he would enforce section
n one to the letter of the law as wei
# as section two- He Was, therefore
I. unanimously made Special Dog Off
N Ger to carry out the provisions o
J. the ordinance, and was granted tn
IN use of the North street lot unde
is whatever terms agreed upon by hir
,e and the Street Committee.
- Pays $1,000 on Street improvement
s. Upon the recommendation of Sec
tSIoiy OiiSFSo, VIM iSpOAbeu pH, ~
in the treasury, Council on his me
5 tion allowed an order for $4,000 {
apply to the payment of the Stree
st Improvement work. In this matte
Council has done exceedingly well
u considering its low tax rate an
20 limited resources. The paving {
, ! Main street and the macadam wor
:. on the other streets cost the tow
% $27, 900 and with the payment abov
stated, the debt has been cut dow
- to $18. 900. The amount of bills a
~ lowed, including the street ordei
10 amounted to So, 534.
Smyrna times., 1911-03-29
NEW OFFICE FOR UNDERTAKEN
w. A. FAIRIES & Son Making Much
Needed Improvement to The Place

Needed Improvement to The Place
w. A. FAIRIES & Son, Smyrna's
well-known undertakers, began tear
ing out yesterday for newly renova-
ted and enlarged Office quarters.
The big bulk window on the south
side of the building and which opened
into the old office has been torn out
and thrown into the office room CIV
ing double the Office capacity with
more light and better conveniences.
The office will be thoroughly reno
waited, the private desk being separ-
ated from the main office by neat
railing, and up-to-date Office furni-
ture added Ii will make fine busi-
ness quarters fer this old and estab-
lished firm.
Smyrna times., 1911-03-29
WITHDRAWS HIS APPLICATION
Joshua Armstrong Was After License
For The Townsend Hotel

Contested liquor cases occupied
the attention of the judges in the
Court of General Sessions on Sat-
urday, and several of those making
applications for a license were re-
fused. The application of Joshua
Armstrong for place at Townsend
was withdrawn by his attorney,
Leonard E. Wales. Armstrong had
applied the week previous and so
overwhelming was the sentiment
against it that the Court reserved
its decision. The announcement
that the application is withdrawn is
no great surprise.
Smyrna times., 1911-03-29

Cheswold Holds Town Election
Cheswold, March 28.-At town
election held on Saturday, March
25th, the following town board was
elected: j. M. Ford, jefferson
Cooper, D. H. Boyce, ]. H. Ander-
son, P. L. Barcus, Jr.
Smyrna times., 1911-03-29
Many Cases of Measles About Town

Many cases of measles are about
town, mostly with the children and
is bordering somewhat on an epi-
demic. 1t is affecting the atten-
dance of some of the rooms of the
Smyrna Public Schools.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
TIGERISH TUNAS.
Wild Carnage When They Meet Their
Natural Prey, Flying Fish.

Wild CARNAGE When They Meet Their
Natural Prey, Flying Fish.
One time at st. Clements we sighted
q feeding school of tuna, an exhliarat-
ing sight. A flying fish weighing a
mound and a half or more would start
from the water and soar an extraor
dinary distance, nearly out of sight,
but every inch Of that fight / knew
was covered by big tuna keeping
his place just beneath the "h1er' ana
ready to seize it the moment 1t Eel
into the water. This rarely failed
The moment the fish began to drop the
tuna would spring at it like a tiger
turning and tossing the spume into
the air with a splendid and electrlfy-
ing rush, a maneuver that was re
heated all over the blue channel.
The sensational charge meant that q
school Of tunas had discovered schoo
of its natural prey, flying fishes. Al
once the lust for blood and food was
on. and the carnage was the result.
I have observed some curious scenes
at sea. but never have seen fear 81
forcibly expressed as by a school O.
f1ying fishes exhausted and at TIT
mercy of the voracious tunas. l hav'
had them gather about my boat ant
cling to its keel as closely as the.
could, while the air was full OF leap
ing tunas and soaring flying fish. A
such times when a school of sardine
is rounded up the fishes are so terrifle
that men have rowed up to them an
scooped them in by the pailful.-C. L
! Holder in Outing.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Delhi and It's History.

Shah Jehan in 1851 built the present
city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi
and made it the royal residence. The
Mohammedans still call it Shahjehana-
bad, the "city Of the king OF the
world" Nadir Shah, the Persian usurp-
er, captured it in 1879, massacred
thousands Of the inhabitants and bore
away plumber to the value of nearly
$1OOOOO,OOO, including the famous pea
cock throne and the great Kohinoo'
diamond. The British first came into
control in 1903, when the Mahrattas
were defeated near Delhi by LORD
Lake. When the sepoy mutiny broke
out in 1857 Shah Mohammed BAHIA
dour, then ninety years old, took com
mand Of the city and until the Engllst
again triumphed enjoyed the imperla
state to which he had long been i
stranger.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Meou;<uda of n Million,

In some public schools where large
halls are available an effort has been
made to realize the meaning of mil
lion. They secure 100 large sheets OF
paper. each about four feet six inches
square, ruled in quarter inch squares.
In each alternate square a ROUND
black wafer or circle is placed, little
overlapping the square. thus leaving
an equal amount of white space be-
tween the black spots. At each tenth
spot a double width is left so as to
separate each hundred spots, ten by
ten. Each sheet then holds 10000
spots, each horizontal or vertical row
containing 1000. One hundred such
sheets contain, of course, a million
spots, and they would occupy a space
$50 feet long in one row or ninety
feet long in five rows. so that they
would entirely cover the walls Of
room about thirty feet square ano
tucnty-five feet high from floor to
| celiing, allowing space for doors, bu
not for windows. The Bible from
Genesis to Revelation is supposed tt
contain 3,5OO,OOO letters. If every let
! ter in the Bible were a dollar 1t woul'
about half build battleship.-Lou1s
vile Courier Journal
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
An Oyster Commander.

'When should oysters be eatenF
Our question would have received a
ready answer from a certain seven
tenth century worthy. Henry Has
tings. second son of the Earl of Hun
tingdon, was the man. An invitation
to his parlor and the guest would have
met an oyster table where his host ate
oysters twice day-wet or fne-from
Jan. l onward to Dec 81. In other
respects he might be called "eccen-
tric." His great ball. for instance,
was strewn with marowbones and
full of hawks perches, hounds, span
tels and terriers" and all his old hats
and here is /. use for the old hat-were
stuffed with pheasant eggs. When ne
died in 1850 he had missed his century
by one year. Oysters three times a
day and he might have achieved the
distinction. He was a sportsman
London Chronicle.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Died From Bad Writing.

German handwriting attains &c
gree Of ELIGIBILITY unknown in Latlh
script. A tragic instance of this fact
was afforded by the death OF Johann
Bacher, an Austrian musician OF the
last century. Bacher spent most OF
his leisure for fifteen years in compll-
ing q history Of the Viennese opera.
When the manuscript was completed
he submitted it to the Imperial acad-
emy. which had promised to publish 1t.
In three months it was returned with
a statement that no member OF the
academy could decipher it. Bacher
then sought to have it copied. but no
copyist capable of deciphering 1t was
to be found AS last resource he de-
termined to dictate his work to an
amanuensis only to discover that the
greater part of the manuscript was
illegible even to himself. The though
of his wasted years Of labor unhingee
his brain, and in fit of depression n
committed suicide.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
THE NAME STUCK.
And Yet the Man Who Owned 1t Didn't
Feel Flattered.

And Yet the Man Who Owned It Didn't
Feel Flattered.
They had been speaking OF name
sakes, and one Of the group had NEIL
toned with pride that not only were
four nephews and two grandsons his
namesakes, but that business BLOCK
lately built in his native town nad
taken Its name from him.
"And l like it," he said heartily. Il
consider it an honor. You know now
l feel" he added, turning to one OF his
friends. 81. hadn't beSn in your little
town more than an hour before saw
your name at the turn OF a road'
'Howard's Corner You must admit
it's gratifying"
"May be to you" said the other man
dryly, "but, as it happens, the reason
that's~called Towards Corner Is be-
cause, when l was about twenty ana
knew more than l ever have since,
took the girl that was counting out IN
a new top buggy with livery stable
horse and tried to show off how sharI
| q turn l could make.
Il tipped her git just as a party o.
summer boarders came along. INT
! buggy was smashed up some, and thu
girl rode off with the boarders, mad al
a hornet. There was a young mai
among them whom she afterward mar
ried.
81 don't begrudge her to him, for
got finer girl later on, but when tn
name the boarders gave that place Il
the road stuck and by and by was pu
I'D on the signboard while l was on
west l can't say that it ever struc
me as any special cause for pride"
Youths Companion
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
PREVENTED T00TKACHE.
The Old Romans Did 1t by Devourins
Two Rats Month.

The Old Romans DID IL by OeVour'nS
Two Rats Month.
If it be true that ancient remedies
are always the best it may be OF In
terest to those afflicted with dental
troubles to know how the ancient
Romans dealt with such ills. The Qu1-
rites recognized two types OF treat
ment the magical and the medical.
The following are some Of the prescrip-
lions advised by the magicians:
Take the head of dog that has
died of rabies, mix the ash with oil OF
cyprus and inject the product into the
ear of the affected side.
A water snakes vertebra will serve
to scarify the gum provided that 1t be
obtained from a white skinned snake,
or for the same purpose may be USED
lizards frontal bone obtained when
the moon is full, or. if that fail, a
chicken bone will do, provided that II
be dried in hole in wall and thrown
away Immediately after used.
It is good treatment to inject Into
an aching ear oil of lemon in which
have been macerated mallow bugs, even
should this last give rise to itching
A worm fed on a particular herb o.
a cabbage caterpillar can conveniently
be placed in hollow tooth. but it II
equally simple to chew an adder's
heart.
Prevention being better than cure,
sovereign preventive will be found II
the eating of two rats a month.-Lon
don Hospital.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Human Pack Horses.

"a Chinese coolie," said mission
ary, will carry 1O7 pounds forty miles
a day over difficult and mountainous
roads. His pay will be threepence per
day. and on this he will live well
enough, eggs. for example. costing only
q penny a dozen in inland China.
There is no porter on earth equal
to the Chinese coolie. The coolies who
carry Szecbuen tea into Tibet travel
over snow choked mountain passes
1000 feet above the sea with loads OF
432 pounds of compressed tea on their
patient backs.
"Salt. coal, calico. copper and tea
are carried by coolies thousands OF
miles. The express coolie. with his
light load of 1O7 pounds, swings along
at the rate Of forty miles a day. The
accommodation coolie. with 100 pounds
does thirty miles The various freight
coolies, loaded respectively with 2U
pounds, 300 pounds and 400 pounds dc
twenty, fifteen and ten miles.-Pear
sons Weekly.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
NEW BOARD MEMBER

W. III. East has been m AIDE mem
Der of the county electoral board TO
succeed r. r. Thoma, retired. Inc
appointment was made yesterday by
Judge Letcher who is now sitting IN
the circuit court.
Agnes Waller has been appointed
administrators of George w. Walker
deceased.
Rev. J. S. Thornburg, of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church. North, has
been authorized to perform the rites
of marriage.
The last will and testament OF +.
T. Williams was admitted to probate.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Z, a Wal Trained Monkey.

Paris Is a favorite center for the
thief who uses animals as accomplices.
About a year ago foreign looking
man. rather flashily dressed, entered
a jewelers. shop in the Rue de la PAX
and asked to be shown some rings. A
tray was placed before him, but he
asked for another The shop attend
ant turned to get them. The man did
not move; but, as it happened. there
was a mirror in the opposite wall be-
hind the counter. put there for the
special purpose of detecting thieves.
In this the attendant saw tiny brown
head poked out of the customers peck
ct; then long, thin, spidery arm fash
ed out, seized two rings and vanished
The attendant touched an electric bell
which summoned help. and the man
and monkey were both arrested The
man turned out to be Mexican. He
had been travelling with a menagerle
had stolen the monkey and taught the
little animal to pick up any article
which its owner had previously touch
ed with his finger. His lodgings Wer'
full of stolen lace and jewelry.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Advertised Letter List

Ladies-Miss NJ. M. Bell, Ollie NJ.
Brown, Miss Elmora Brown, Mrs. Ger
tie Campbell, Miss Mary Clark, Miss
Mary Cooke, Mrs. Martha Cooke, Mrs
Ida Cox, Miss Bessie Dacese, Mrs
Mildred Dixon, Miss Bessie click, Mrs
Flora Esmond, Miss Emma Gatewood,
Miss Lille Gibson, Miss Mary Jones,
Miss Mary S. Jones, Miss Annie Lg-
gins, Miss NJ. M. Lyons, Mrs. Louise
McCay, Mrs. J. w. Pierce, Miss Edna
Short, Miss A. B. Smith, Miss Lena
Terrell, Mrs. w. Weller, Mrs. R. Cart
er Williams.
Men-Carol Allins worth, w. G. But
Ter, John Wesley Church, Geo. Clarke
DR.. G. Cox, Frank Z. Dixon, Rev. T.
B. Donable, (2) VIM. Drake, Gen
Johnston Egan, Rogers Ellis. VIM
+! Hard, Will Lindsay. Hiram Opie Lind
say, Geo. Malone, Chas. Meyer, Phil
lip Panneli, w. F. Rohres, G. III
| Robinson, G. r. Sheets, H. V. Smiley
Southern Feather Co., Watson Stewart
V. E. Thompson, William Wayne
Milton Wells, Eliza Williams, DR.. ant
Mrs. Wiley, Jno. A. While.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02

It is generally supposed that the
first use of armor for battleships was
during the Crimean war. AS a matter
of fact, the Dutch claim to have been
the pioneers of ironclad building more
than 800 years ago. During the IA
nous siege of Antwerp by the Span
iards in 1885, says ]. r. Hale In ia
nous Sea Fights" the people OF tn
city built huge fat bottomed war
ship, armed with heavy iron plates
which they named the FINS Bell, q
boastful expression of the hope that
she would end the war. An old print
of the Finis Belli shows four masteo
ship with a high poop. But the yes
sci steered badly and eventually rar
aground under the Spanish batteries
and fell into the hands Of their com
mander, the Duke of Parma. He KEEP
the Finis Bell as curiosity till tn
end of the siege.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Plans Complete for Scout Masters
Training School

The courses of inStr1c.l m for the
Scout Masters Training School at Sill
yer Bay, Lake George, in . ugust next,
have been approved by the National
Council of the Boy Scouts Of America.
The faculty has been selected, and al
ready many applications for admission
to the. school have been received. The
faculty is as follows: Dean, John l..
Alexander, expert in boys work, who
has been connected with the Boy
Scout movement since its inception in
this country; Preston G. Orwig, Field
Secretary of the Boy Scouts of Amer
lea; Ernest Thompson Seton, Chief
Scout; and | aniel Garter Beard, Ma
tionaI Scout Com missioner OF the Boy
Scouts of America, Arthur A. Carey,
of Cam bridge, Mass; and q. M. Con-
nelly, of Troy.
Alexander will teach the prospective
Scout Masters the fundamentals OF the
Boy Scout Movement, Principles Oh
| BOYS w OIk. anu w LII oouiliAS GAAN A'~
t1onal organization. Orwig will leac
field work in the various Scout re-
qulrements and activities. Seton ane
Beard will give instruction in wood
craft and camping, spending the day
in woods Knot tying, first aid to thu
injured, signalling, lighting fire with
out matches, cooking, tracking, Indiar
signs and language, games, science o.
the stars, woodlore, and various othe
phases of the Boy Scout work Will b
taught. The men, in training to be
come Scout Masters, of course, will b
taught the psychological importanc
of the work.
Mr.. Carey will discuss Citizenshi
and Chivalry. Mr.. Connolly will des
with Patrol and Troop form alton.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Gun Artist Fined $3.50

Charged with shooting within the
,itv limits, Emmett Euting was hneo
81 so in police court esterday morn
ing. On Tuesday night while passing
through Plunket sville, Eutlng very
unwiseley chose place near the resi-
,,,nce of Officer Forsythe 10 fire OIL a
r.volver Without either hat or coat
the officer lett a comfortable seat on
me front porch at his home and
chased Euting all the way to Butter
milk Springs, where he arrested hlfli'
Another case before Justice Glasgow
yesterday, was that OF RAYMOND
Staples, colored, who was charged
with riding a bicycle on the side
walks. He was fined $3.50.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
BATHTuBs IN MEXICO.
Made of Cement, They Are Real Lux
ury In a Hot Climate.

MADE OF N6menI, luSy HIC q seSN' -
ury In Hot Climate.
"Unless you have been in tie trop-
les" remarked the man who had just
returned from trip to Mexico, you
can't possibly realize how great lux
ury a cold bath can be. It's not that
the climate is necessarily warmer than
a New York summer, but the natives
have worked out the problem of bath
ing to it's ultimate conclusions. They
have invented the ideal tub.
'On the great private estates IN
Mexico baths are in use today winch
were hewn out Of the solid rock cen
turtles ago by slave labor. They are
located for the most part in the v1cln'
ity of running water and are fed by
bamboo pipes, but in many cases they
have to be filed by the old fashioned
method of carrying a bucket to ano
from the spring.
"In the cities the so called stone
baths are made of cement. The resi-
dences of all well to do people are
provided with them, and they are
feature of the native hotels They ar
usually about ten feet long by lou
deep-baby swimming tanks, in fact.
''The tropical custom is to NIL IN
baths late at night. By the following
morning the water will have acquires
limpid GOODNESS that acts like toni
upon the body. When one remember
that near the equator it is almost a
warm in the morning as it Is at moo
| and that water taken direct from III
civ mains is always tepid the advaI
tage of the stone or cement bath
eyident."-New York Sun.
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
s Underwood Slams Bryan -

Washington, May 81 Oscar w.
Underwood, chairman of the ways
and means committee, and, leader
of the Democrats on the floor
of the House, made the charge In
formal statement issued last night,
that William Jennings Bryan is try
ing to wreck the Democratic party.
In an editorial soon to appear IN
the Commoner, a.parer owned by MI.
Bryan, the assertion will be made
that the Democrats who do not want
to put wool on the free list are "Dem-
ocratic Aldnches and hypocrites, "and
they are urged to admit that they are
betraying their party.
| Underwood has taken up the gauge
of battle thus thrown down. Consld
cred one of the conservative men II
the House, Mr.. Underwood allowed
his speech to become radical as he de
nounced Mr.. Bryan, who, he said, wa
trying to break up the party and take
away the fruits of the national victor
sfor which Mr.. Bryan was in no wa.
responsible
Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-06-02
Sons OF Veterans

1t is desired on the part of the pro :
moters of the Waynesboro Reunion OF
Veterans, who were M. l.. Leonard
and J. A. Patterson, to preserve a rec
ord of all Sons of Veterans who were
at tie 5Oth Anniversary Reunion,
Waynesboro, April 10, 1911.
The following are kno wn to nave
been in attendance: Charles Patrick,
w. Lee Hanger, George e. Layman,
Frank McCue, Hugh Fl. Kerr, Wal
Ter L, Kerr, Samuel R. Kerr, Wilbur
MEG Kerr, Bonney Kerr, f. G. Gllke
son. George Irvine, F. B. Kennedy
Harner, Frank Meade,
Meade, Charles McClung, Preston A
Coyner, Charles Hiner, r. II. Burton
Guy Miller, Ed Miller, Homer Tanner
Edward Borden, Harry Burnet, James
F. TempIeton, James R. Kemper, I'm
Jus Pratt, Sam McCue, A. S. Morton
W. A. McComb.
Please send me your name or III
names of other sons who were there
or correct your name as given above
No names will be counted twice ever
if it reaches us in several ways, as tn
list will be gone over carefully. u
not delay to send name or names IN
| Drop me postal at once, giving you
address and fathers division of th
| army. This record will be hande
down to posterity and should be col
rect in every detail.
Respectfully,
w. l.. Kerr,
Laurel Hill, Va.