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Evening journal., 1915-06-18
Smyrna AGAIN LOOKS
TO ITS COUNTY FAIR

SMYRNA, Del, June 49, Smyrna
is to have its country fair this year
on July 2, and 5. This delightful
institution, which was jaaugurated
several years ago by the women of
Smyrna Twentieth Century Club and
which has been given TO large crowds
and with great success on every
Fourth of July occasion since, prom
ises to be given, with just as delight
full program and with talent that
is bound TO merit attention and en-
thusiasm. The public school campus
has been again chosen for the site.
Mr. and Mrs. H. p. Hall and Mr.
and Mrs. F. F. Evans constitute the
committee of the whole and have
named the following chairmen Of sub
committees:
Supper, Mrs. S. ]. Reynolds; sup
per tables, Mrs. +. G. Walls; ice
cream. Mrs Thomas Wilson; candy,
Mrs Vernon Lay Phillips and Miss
Emily Middletown; soft drinks, Mrs.
Theodore Cavender; cake table, Mrs.
w. w. Tgchudy; side show. Mrs.
Alice Read cage of black birds, Mrs.
Theodore Ferguson; hit the baby TO
be supplied; shooting gallery, Andrew
, Collision; automobile rices, Mrs. w.
F. Jacobs. A novelty this year will
I be the trained animal show in charge
OF Mr. Herbert, of Camden. This
show was one of the most attractive
features at the recent street carnival
. in Dover. The street parade on July
( is 70 be in charge of Mrs. McCaus-
| land and Warner Price. Owners
of cars are asked to be interested es-
pecially in this feature which draws
so many out Of town visitors and
makes the day a gala one for the
town. A baby show will be held on
the fifth. under the management OF
Misses Edith Collins and Edith Beck
Evening journal., 1915-06-18
FRECKLES
Don't Hide Them With n Veil; Remove
Them With the Othlne Prescription

This prescription for the removal Of
freckles was written by a prominent
physician and Is usually so succ cessful
in removing freckles and giving a
clear. beautiful complexion that Il is
sold by druggists under guarantee 20
refund the money II II fails.
Don't hide your freckles under a
veil; get an ounce Of othine and re-
move them. Even the first few appli-
cations should show a wonderful i'm
provement, some of the lighter
froclkles vanishing entirely.
BE sure 10 ask the druggist for the
double strength othine: it is this that
is sold on the money-back guarantee
Evening journal., 1915-06-18

cent guests Of Mr. and Mrs. James
Buckson of Blackhird.
Miss Edith Colt was a recent guest
OF Miss Florence Walhman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Millard Neville were
the recent guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
William Neville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Randolph Boulden Of
Marcus Hook, were recent guests Of
Mrs. Rebecca Boulden.
William Nickel was recent guest
of his mother Mrs B. Michael.
Evening journal., 1915-06-18
STANTON PERSONALS.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
STANTON. Del. June 1S.-Eriend-
ship Lodge. will hold a strawberry
festival on the evening Of June 26.
Children's day exercises will be held
in the NJ. E. Church on Sunday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs John Taylor were
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel
II. Taylor on Sunday.
Miss Vera J. Cullinder was a re-
cent guest of Philadelphia friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Robinson we're
recent Newark visitors.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Banks we're
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. T j..
Whiteman.
Miss Nellie Parvis and Harvey War
rem we're weekend guests Of Miss
Laura Calhoun of Lincoln City.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. ]. Ellison were re-
Evening journal., 1915-06-18
Just A Moment
DAILY STRENGTH AND GREER.
Compiled by John G. 0uiniua
(The Sunshine Mani

There is one word full Of meaning,
from which we collect the truth OF
sympathy. II is that little word OF
appropriation, my" .Redeemer. Power
S shown by Gods attention TO the
vast: sympathy by his condescension
% the small. 1t is not the thought of
heavens sympathy by which we are
impressed, when we gaze through the
telescope on the mighty world of
space. and gain an idea of what is
meant by infinite. Majesty and power
are there, but the very vastness eX-
ciudes the thought of sympathy. II
Is when we look into the world Of
lnsignificance which the microscope
reveals. and fnd that God has gorge
ously painted the atoms of creation.
and exquisitely furnished forth all
that belongs to minutest life, that we
feel that God sympathizes and indi-
yidualizes.
The 121st Psalm Mr. Crockett
places this psalm second only to the
23rd. It was one of the two psalms
the 135th being the other-that David
Livingstone read on the morning of
the day when he first quilted Scot
land for the African mission field. II
was known as the Travellers Psalm
from the days OF Bishop Hooper. who
used il before setting forth on a
journey.
l to the hills will lift mine eyes,
from whence doth come mine aid.
My safety cometh from the Lord,
who heav'n and earth hath made.
Thy foot he'll not slide, nor will
he slumber that thee keeps.
Behold. he that keeps Israel,
He slumbers not, nor sleeps.
The Lord thee keeps. the Lord thy
shade on thy right hand doth stay
The moon by night thee shall not
smite not yet the sun by day.
The Lord shall keep thy soul; he shall
preserve thee from all i'll.
Henceforth thy going out and in
God keep for ever will.
Solomon" from Handel.
Dayton, Ohio.
Evening journal., 1915-06-18

The very best cooks are to be found
in the Want Columns Of the news
paper, and there are lots OF them
every day appealing for Positions
Adv.
Evening journal., 1915-06-18

BAGS Cow
h d e. sewed
corners, ,leath
er lin ed
blacks and
browns. three
sizes, regular
5000. at $500.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

We have in our new repository the
finest line of Top Buggies to be
found in the West. Our 1916 Auto
Seat Buggy at $75 beats anything on
the market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
SERIES OF MEETINGS
Pastor and Son Conduct Services at
Central Park Church.

Special evangelical services will be-
gin tomorrow at the Central Park
Christian church with the minister as
evangelist and his son, j. Willis Nc
Pherson, as chorus leader and soloist.
T. Willis Mcpherson is pastor Of the
Christian church at LIE Roy, Kan. A
meeting will be held every night ex-
cepting Saturday, and the series will
last indefinitely.
Attractive circular programs for the
evengelistic meetings were printed by
a 16-year-old member of the church.
The list of subjects to be considered
IS as follows:
Sunday-"Jesus Christ and Him
Crucified." Sunday night-''The Sew
en- Steps into Heaven
Monday-''The Hand That Will Re-
ceive U.s.
Tuesday-"Symbo1s of Christian
Faith Gllustrated).
Wednesday-.The Seven Changes in
Heart (illustrated).
Thursday-'Doub1em Gil
lustrated).
Friday-"The Heavenly Compass"
Sunday a. M, 24-"Christian Union"
'illustrated). Sunday night, "a
'The Four Stages of Life (illustrat-
ed).
Monday, 25-'AThe Immutability of
Christ
Tuesday, 26-"Christ's Seven HUI
initiating Steps,
Wednesday. 27-''The Best Place to
Know Man. (iIlustrated).
Thursday, 2s-"The Safest Rail-
way (illustrated).
Friday, 29-''The Chain That Holds
tillustrated).
Sunday a. m, s1-"Christian Con-
stancy" Sunday night, 31-''What
Church Did Paul Join ?"
Monday, Nov. 1-'Smiling in Sight
of the Elders"
Tuesday, simplicity, or Want of
Understanding, (il1ustrated).
Wednesday, 3-"How to Become a
Christian (illUstrated).
Thursday, "A Borrowed Light"
Friday, 5-'Moral Insanity"
Sunday a. n, 1.-THE Church of
the Future" Sunday night, THE
Great Commission (iIlustrated).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

lay it ur against Mr. BoWSer.
Was there a joke here? Of course
there was, and a big one, too. It was
joke enough for Mr. Bowser to leave
his wallet home but to run off and
leave it on the counter of a grocery
was worth chuckling, giggling and
smiling over. Why had he not gone
back to the grocery when he missed
it? He must have believed that he
had had his pocket picked on the car.
The dear old wallet and it's contents
were laid away with careful hand, and
Mrs. Bowser felt so good over what
would happen when the loser reached
home for dinner that the cook said
to her:
did you get a letter this morning.
ma'anl, saying that your dear mother
would soon arrive here on visit %
"No-why?"
why. you are smiling all over"
"Oh, I was thinking about some
thing funny"
ST wish I could think Of something
funny" sighed the cook. "Since my
brother Tom died from a broken
head by a policeman's hand because
he was engaged in a little row, / have
seen nothing to make me smile. I
think OF nothing but graveyards and
ghosts and tonbstones, and how poor
Tom, had he lived on, would probably
have been the champion lightweight
of the world"
Bowser smiled at intervals, and looked
at the clock. at other intervals. She
expected that when Mr.. Bowser did
come he would come with a rush and
lay the loss of the wallet TIC her as soon
as he entered the door. She was at
the front window looking out when
Mr. Bowser dropped off the car. He
was not in haste. He was not fur
ried AS he came down the walk he
had a look of supreme contentment.
who had lost a wallet with 1886 in it
could be SO satisfied over it.
Was that Mr.. Bowser-Samuel
Bowser? The man who had turned
the roof off the house when On an oc-
casion he had lost 10 cents some
where? Mrs. Bowser felt a chill go
over her, but she drove it away. Of
course it was Mr.. Bowser, and he had
lost an old wallet invented soon after
Columbus discovered America. 1t was
damned with wealth. Hadn't Mr..
Bowser discovered his loss yet? At
the dinner table Mrs. Bowser recov-
cred her smiles and gently led up to
the great tragedy which was coming
by saying that she must have the
gloves and handkerchiefs by Saturday
at the latest. She would also need
money to buy hosiery and few other
make Mr.. Bowser feel for his wallet.
He didn't make the usual gesture
when money was talked of. Instead
of that he said:
.All in good time, honey. l shall
have quite lump of cash on Friday
and I can spare you what you want
No this was not Bowser-Samuel
Bowser-but some other Bowser.
When they went up to the sitting
room after dinner Mrs. Bowser made
a more aggressive attack by saying:
81 see YOU stopped and ordered that
2''
yes. I always try and remember
those things"
Not a word about his wallet and
she tried again:
did you forget your wallet when
you went away this morning? You
were in such a hurry that 1 thought
you might have forgotten it. / have
been somewhat worried all day"
mo, I did not forget it, he replied
in a careless way.
you did not leave it at the grocery
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

| another OF Air. Lowser old fash
Toned notions is, that if a burglar
should get into the house one of the
first things he would swipe would be
that leather wallet, reposing in his
coat pocket. Still another is, that
should Mrs. Bowser by chance get
that old wallet in her hands she would
divide the money-perhaps take all.
Therefore, every night of his life, be-
fore going to bed he hides that wal
let. Sometimes it is under the bureau
in his shoe-in the clothes closet
under the aboratory-under the mat
treSS-behind picture-anyWhe a
burglar would not think of looking,
or it would be safe from Mrs. Bowser
All this has been a source of amuse
ment to Mrs. Bowser.
The other morning, while sweeping
and busting her bedroom, she thought
she saw one end of the old wallet I'M
der the bureau. As she knew that 1t
was one of Mr.. Bowser's hiding places,
she reasoned that he had forgotten it
in his haste to get to the office. She
sat down and smiled. 1t had been an
wonder that he had not come rushing
back to recover his lost property He
might be expected at any moment,
however, and his ears would be red
and his face pale with apprehension.
She smiled again as she reached Tor
the wallet, but the smile faded! 1t
was one of Mr.. Bowser's old tan shoes,
which had somehow escaped observa-
IlOn unllI UI1lS nOuT- Inc Joke Was
not on Mr.. BOwser, but rather on her
self Providence was kind to her,
however. An hour before noon she
answer the upstairs door bell to find
a grocer's boy on the steps. He had
wallet in his hand. 1t was Mr.. Bow
ser's wallet She recognized it in
stantly.
Mrs. Bowser,'' said the boy. "Mr.
Bowser stopped at our grocery when
he was going down town this morning
and bought, a quarters worth of
sugar"
Eyes, I told him to-" was the reply.
HE was in such a hurry to get The
car that he left his wallet behind.
Here it is We found it ten minutes
after he went away, but expected linn
back
Mrs. Bowser hunted up a quarter
and gave it to the boy as his reward
and took the old wallet. The other
smile she smile now must prove a
success for here was the wallet, sure
enough. On the evening previous she
had asked Mr.. Bowser for a couple of
dollars to buy gloves and handker-
chiefs He had softly and gently re-
piled:
ct am sorry I can't do it, my dear
not for a day or two. have less than
a dollar in my pocket
AS she held the wallet in her hand
it bulged suspfciously for poor mans
wallet. She carefully opened it and
gave a gasp of establishment. 1t was
crowded with greenbacks. She sat
down on the floor and counted the
sum. There was 1886. Mr.. Bowser
had fibbed to her. Here was enough
to buy the gloves and handkerchiefs
she would require fer the rest of her
life. But she knew that all husbands
fibbed about money and she did not
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

or lose it at the hands of pick
pocket?"
why, no, Mrs. Bowser. You know
am careful man"
"But-but-'' she was stammering
when the door bell rang and she an
swered it to find the grocer's boy
there again.
MRS. Bowser," he said, ''you are
| to be arrested
ttWhy-what!"
1--WE found wallet after Mr.. Bow
ser left the store this morning, and
thought it was his. I brought it up
to the house and gave it to you. 1t
was not Mr.. Bowser's. 1t belongs to a
man named Snider. You took it in
and kept it. If you don't hand 1t over
at once, Mr.. Snider is going to have
you sent to prison.''
| Mrs. Bowser ran and got the wallet
and handed it over and as she re-
| turned to the sitting room Mr.. Bowser
| demanded:
What is this about a wallet and a
man named Snider?"
TT thought 1t was your wallet"
she gasped.
let and it has been with me every
minute of the day! There seems to
be a mystery here
Mrs. Bowser remained silent. A
great light suddenly came to Mr.. Bow
SER He chuckled like a red squirrel
like contortionist. All of a sudden
like a boiler explosion, he went into
the air. He 1aughed-he =houted-
he whooped and he pounded his Les
and bent backward and forward. Mrs
Bowser and the cat fled upstairs il
terror and after Mr.. Bowser had con
tinued his riot for five minutes he
was obliged to &C to the door to an
swer a ring OF the bell. 1t was a po-
liceman who stood there and de-
manded:
rs there a maniac running loose in
this house?"
''I was only laughing" replied Mr..
Bowser.
But what a laugh! I heard you
half block away
But, YOU see, my wife has the jocks
on me about forty-nine times out of
fifty. This happens to be the fiftieth
time. She thought had lost my wal
let and I hadn't and she took-took in
she took
And Mr.. Bowser broke loose agair
as he shut the door and the officer
paused at the gate to say to himself:
Il think I ought to have arrested
him. That's just such laughter as my
brother Bill laughed two days before
we took him to a lunatic asylum and
he is there yetl"-(Copyright 1915.
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndi-
cate)
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
MRS. BOWSER SMILES
But Mr.. Bovser Laughs Uproari-
ously.

Although living in this modern date,
Mr.. Bowser still clings to two or three
old fashioned notions. One of them is
to carry an old fashioned leather
wallet with a strap around it such as
you might possibly see a farmer of to-
day Juggling around
Mr.. Bowser's grcat-grandfather had
such a wallet; also his grandfather and
it helped him to fight the battle of
Bunker Hill; his father had one and
lived to be 80 years old. AS soon as
Mr.. Bowser got any money to carry
around he bought him a leather wal
let This wallet has had many vari-
Gus adventures, one of which is to be
here related.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16
Mayor Faces Possible Recall.

Munising, Mich, Oct ia recall
election to determine Mayor Sullivan S
fitness or unfitness to retain his office,
was scheduled to be held here today.
L is charged that he let the town run
wide OPEN" Sullivan says Cleveland
against him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-10-16

Piano and stringed music lessons of
forty-five minutes 35c at pupils home.
Mrs. c. M. Smiley. Phone mornings
1858 Black.-Adv.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
THRESH|NG MACHINES TO
REPLACE THE BINDER
GREATEST CROP IN HISTORY OF
COUNTY ON FAIR WAY
TO SAFETY

Bright, sparkling sunshiny weather
and the weather man promising g
continuation of the brand for a week
insures an unprecedented " b anc
oats crop to began county ~ rs.
The wheat has all been nd
the hum of the binder in B Z. ., |
fields will cease this week.
The threshing machine has 2
placed the binder and within the ne :
two weeks the entire wheat Gro,
will have been threshed Saturday
there We're several loads of new
wheat brought to town. The price is
at fair figure and the quality OF the
grain is good. n-
The harvest hands are now be-
ginning to drift back to we n7rtr
and east With the end ol lAe lar-
vost in southwest there is not auch
ready employment for farm workers.
as the cotton crop will not be ripe
for about two months.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
PEACH PLUM AND
MELLON CROP IS BIG
OKLAHOMA WILL MARKET MORE
THAN 5000 CAR LOADS
THIS YEAR

Next week the Elberta peach will
have its day. Thousands of bushels
are now ripening. Hundreds of car
loads will be picked from the orchards
Of Logan county and shipped to east
ern markets.
That the Elberta crop of 1915 will
be the heaviest in the history of the
state there is no longer doubt One
buyer for Chicago house, who has
given the matter careful study says
the Oklahoma crop will exceed three
thousand car loads. More than two
thirds of this number will be shipped
from the state.
Cantaloupes and watermelons now
arriving on the market from local
gardens are of the best quality in
years. The crop is bountiful and the
price within few days will be within
the reach of all.
Plums, as large as small peaches,
and very luscious, are on the market
Orchards surrounding the city are
heavily laden with fruit.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
GERMAN AMBASSADOR
SHOWS ANXIETY
SECRETARY OF STATE SOON
TO GIVE HIM INTIMATION
OF AMERICAS ATTITUDE
(By Associated Press. }

Washington, d. c., July 12.-Tht
situation between Germany and the
United States is taken to be of such q
serious character that the policy ol
the American government will require
lengthy and deliberate consideration
in order that it may have the firmness
which the circumstances require.
This statement was made today in
high official quarters.
Secretary of State Lansing, after
taking several days to examine the
German reply, may not go to Cornish,
after all, to confer with President
Wilson.
The plan now is for the President
and Secretary Lansing, working indie
pendently, to prepare memoranda on
the reply and confer after their re-
spective ideas are matured.
Ambassador Bernstorff is very anxi-
Gus to confer with. Secretary Lansing
to get the attitude of this government
and not unlikely some intimation may
be given the German ambassador of
the seriousness with which the United
States regards the crisis.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
OCCUPATION, HOWEVER,
WILL HAVE NO EFFECT ON
RECOGNITION BY WILSON
(By Associated Press. J

Washington, July 12-- Brief dis
patches reached the state department
today from Mexico City dated before
the occupation by the Carranza
forces describing the food conditions
in the. capital as intolerable, but of
ficials believe the situation will be
relieved by the change of authority.
The occupation of the city by Gen
eral Carranza may have but little ef-
feet on the attitude OF recognition Of
some faction by the United States.
Dispatches to the Carranza agency
from Vera Cruz Sunday night an
ncunced that Carranza was sending
officers of the various departments
of his government on special train
to Mexico City to set up a civil ad
ministration there at once.
General Lopez De Lara, newly an
pointed governor of the federal dis
trict, started from Vera Cruz several
days ago and is believed to have tax
en- charge in the capital Saturday
night, when, according to state de-
partment report, the zapata forces
evacuated after making a last stand
against the victorious attacking army
under General Gonzales.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
NEGRO BROTHERS FIGHT
WITH KNIVES OVER TR|FLE

quarrel Saturday between broth
ors over a is cent pipe stem came
near resulting in the death of ono
end did result in the arrest of one
on charge of assault with inten,
TO kill.
r.. p. and John Elliott. negro COT
ton farmers just south of the city
came to town Saturday John, the
Younger of the two Immediately be
gan to "liquor up" and was in a fight
ing mood about three o'clock in the
afternoon when his brother, r. p,
who was sober, happened along. Ii.
T. had new pipe in his mouth and
the drunken brother grabbed it. In the
tussel that ensued the pipe stem was
broken. Hot words were passed anu
both drew knives and the battle was
en-. John was slashed in three plac4
es, one cut reaching from his jeSt ear
clear across his throat but tust a
trjfle two shallow; little more pres
sure and the iuglar vein would have
been severed. r. p. was also cut,
On the back, shoulders and neck. A
second warrant was issued today
charging John with assault.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12

Washington, d, c., July 12.-Wash-
ington officials discussing the German
reply hold the chief obstacle to per-
mitting virtually status quo to con
tinue while further notes are ex.
changes is the treatment which Ger
many has given to the Lusitania case
The United States has asked for dis
avowal of intent to kill Americans and
for reparation, although the latter has
been subordinated to the greater con-
sideratlon of whether Germany legally
justified the action of the submarine
commander or would admit liability.
No direct answer on the questions OF
law involved were given in the last
note and the quick sinking of the ves-
sci was attributed to peculiar circum-
stances such as the presence of high
explosives. High officials regard this
as an evasion, pointing out that even
if there were explosives on the ship,
which Is not admitted, they never
would have been ignited but for the
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-12
WHEAT CROP BIC AND
FARMERS HOLDING GRAIN

Although grain buyers are doing
the unusual thing in this country of
soliciting the farmers to sell them
their wheat and are offering 95c for
No. 2 wheat and 90c for No. 3, full
ly 80 per cent of the crop will be
held for war prices, according to To-
cal grain men. Practically every
farm in the county is equipped with
granaries now, whereas less than a
third of them were prepared to store
grain year ago. Many expect
wheat will go to $1.50 by October
and several of the largest grain rails
ers are hopeful of So wheat.