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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1917-04-25

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Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
SOLDIERS GETTING BOOZE
Federal and State Officials Begin
Sweeping Inquiry

Federal and State Officials Begin
Sweeping Inquiry
A sweeping investigation of the
sale of intoxicating liquors to Della
ware militiamen and purchases for
the guardsmen by civilians is to be
made either by the State or Federal
authorities as the result of the case
of private Bowers in Common Pleas
Court Wilmington Thursday. Bowers
pleaded guilty to driving off a team
but was paroled. He claimed he was
drunk, and that a man he did not know
had furnished him with the liquor.
Captain Parks told the Court soldiers
are being furnished with liquor, snc
he, Judge Rice and Deputy Attorney
General Green had a conference tt
discuss the problem. The matter wa;
also taken up with United States Dis
trict Attorney Curley.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
POULTRY MEN TO MEET At
GRIER EGG FARM, MILFORD
JAMES E. RICE OF ITHACA, N. Y.
A PRACTICAL POULTRY MAN
Meeting to be Held Tomorrow Under
the Auspices of State Board of Ag-
riculture-Basket Luncheon

Several from Smyrna and vicinity
are expected to motor to Milford to-
morrow to hear James E. Rice, of
Ithaca. New York, one of the most prac-
tical and most enthusiastic poultry
man in the United States. Mr.. Rice
has been engaged by the State Board
of Agriculture to deliver two lectures
at field poultry meeting at the Del
aware Egg Farm, Milford, tomorrow
Thursday forenoon and afternoon, July
26. Every poultry man in the State,
and every poultry woman as we'll will
find it worth while to attend this
meeting. The lectures will be in
tensely practical and intensely in
teresting, There will be plenty of
time for discussion. Professor Rice
will be glad to answer and the people
should come prepared to ask them.
1t is suggested that the visitors
bring a basket lunch as there is fine
shade in the grove along Milford
Lake, so that the occasion can be made
a very pleasant one socially. The
Griers will furnish coffee in abund-
ance for all who attend.
The Delaware Egg Farm in itself
is worth visit at any time. 1t has
mammoth incubators and laying
houses and up-to-date colony houses
and appliances; and the Tom Barron
Leghorns and Wyandottes are worthy
of careful study. Everybody is in
Vited.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25

where her parents resided for years.
The Colonel was an expert watch
maker.
Miss Elizabeth Tucker, Dover. Bride
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Elizabeth Tucker
to MIR. James Stone. of Lynn, Massa-
chnsettes, on June the second, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stone will reside at
Lynn. The bride is the daughter Of
Mrs. Ada Tucker. of Dover.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
WEDDINGS OF KENT INTEREST
Miss LiIeas Bostic and Frank 7. Collins
of DoVer-Miss Elizabeth Tucker
Dover and James Stone


A very pretty marriage was solem
nized at the home of Mr.. Leonard
Clark, 700 West 26th ST., Whining
ton, on Saturday evening, July Ia, at
6 O'Clock, when Miss Liless Fay
Bostic, daughter of W. S. Bostic, and
Mr.. Frank F. Collins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs Frank P Collins, all of Dover,
were united in the holy bonds of ma
trimony, Rev. w. E. Needham, former
pastor of the First Baptist Church, of
Dover, officiating. The couple we're
attended by MIR. and Mrs. Earl
Slaughter. Mrs. George Milbourne,
sister of the bride. was also in at
tendance. The happy couple left i'm
mediately for trip to Philadelphia,
returning to Dover Sunday, when they
were entertained at wedding break
fast at the home of MIR. and Mrs. W.
S. Bostic, on New street. Mr.. and
Mrs. Collins, accompanied by Mrs.
Bostic, returned to their new home in
Wilmington on Monday, where they
are at home at No. sos West 9th
street. Roth Mr.. and Mrs. Collins
have host of friends in and about
Dover, who extend their heartiest con-
gratulations and wishes for long and
happy welded life. Mrs. Collins has
for some time been the pianist of the
First Baptist Sunday School and also
an active member of the church. where
she will be greatly missed. Mr..
Collins has for some time been con-
nected with the Crew-Levick Oil Com.
pany and only recently vas trans
ferred to the Wilmington field.
Wedding of Former Dover Girl
Colonel and Mrs. A. R. Boyle an
nounce the marriage of their daugh
ter, Miss Elizabeth Boyle, to L. H
Mstzgar, assistant superintendent a
the Great Treadwell Gold Mines, o.
June IL, 1917. They were Marie
in the Juneau Catholic Church, Bro
Father Bocatti, officiating. Mr.. an
Mrs Metzgar have left for Californi
on a wedding trip. They will max
their future home in Treadwell
Alaska. The bride was born in Dover
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
Delaware Farms Heavier Output

That the farmers and produce men
of Delaware are "doing their bit" is
evident by the amount of produce
which is being shipped from the lower
part Of this State. According to the
figures compiled by Pennsylvania Rail-
road officials, 1892 barrels of white
potatoes were shipped from down.
State points Wednesday, as compared
with 5178 barrels on the same day
last year. The total number of bar
rels shipped to date this year is 80, .
097, as compared with II, 012 barrels
for the same period last year. Ap.
Piles, peaches and berries also show
heavy increases.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
NEW TOMATO PEST APPEARS
Devastating Many Fields in Various
Sections-SpraYing is Necessary

Devastating Many Fields in Various
Sections-SpraYing is Necessary
All tomato growers should watch
their plants very carefully. Growers
in neighbOring counties say that the
most serious pest of tomato plants
that has ever appeared in the state is
devastating entire fields in some Sec
tions. The insect is a small green
or pink plant louise that first clusters
on the under side of the leaves, even
tually covering the leaf and blossoms,
buds and the tender stalks, sucking
out the plant juices, causing the plant
to wither and die. The insects when
full grown are about one-eighth of an
inch long, and many possess wings,
though the greatest number are with
out wings and considerably smaller.
Control can be affected by spraying
the plants with black leaf 40 or other
40 per cent. solutions of nicotine,
used at the rate of one-half pint to
| so gallons of water in which two
pounds of soap has been dissolved.
Use as forceful and fine a spray as
can be obtained, spraying upward un-
der the leaves as we'll as downward.
Spray rods should be equipped with
an "L" and a nipple, with the nozzle
screwed on the latter, to facilitate
spraying upward. Weather conditions
have been especially favorable for the
multiplication of the pest and county
growers should watch their fields with
especial care.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25

Congressman Albert F. Polk has
suggested that the fortification to be
constructed near the mouth of the
Mispillion river in Sussex county be
named Fort Haslet, in homer of Col
onel John Haslet. who recruited the
first regiment in the Revolutionary
war and was killed in the battle of
Princeton on January 3, 1777. Col
onel Haslet was born within three
miles of the proposed location of the
fort, and spent bis entire life there.
His son. Joseph HasIet, afterward be-
came governor OF Delaware for two
terms-from 1912 to 1920.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
ENLARGED PLANS FOR KENT
COUNTY OEFICE BUILDING
REMODELING OLD COURT HOUSE
TO COST ABOUT $4,000
New Addition Will be Made to Provide
for an Up-to-Oate Court House
to be a Credit to County

New Addition Will be Made to Provide
for an Up-to-Oate Court House
to be a Credit to County
"Perhaps the people of Kent co=nty
have overlooked the fact that the
County Building has been sold to the
State and that before July 1, of next
year, accommodations must be pro-
vided for the county Offices" say the
Dover Index. ''The Levy Court has
a committee that has had plans drawn
by an architect for remodeling the
Court House and this committee has,
as we understand, been given power
to act. We understand that the carry
ing out of those plans would cost the
county probably from $50, 900 to
$40, 900 in addition to the $25, 900
to be received from the State for the
County Building. Those plans pro-
pose building an addition to the Court
House, lowering the roof so as to do
away with the third story, formerly
used as Town Hall, to change all
the windows and door and cover the
outside of the present wall with brick
to correspond with the present State
House. The plans are very attractive
and such building would be a credit
to Kent county. The question nat
urally arises, however, whether for
$85, 900 or 100000, without being
hampered by the old building, a new
one more conveniently arranged and
better built might not be had. While
the county is at the job we believe in
doing it right. The county can afford
to have a proper Court House with
ample accommodations for its courts
and county offices.
ga mistake was made when the
present Court House was built anC
there is no excuse for repeating it.
Since we are to spend the money We
should build for the future as we'll a.
the present and the new or remodeleC
building should be ample in ever!
way for all county purposes for q
least fifty years. We are calling at
tention to the matter not in criticism
or approval of the proposed plans bu
that the people of the county be in
cited to take an interest and see tina
the right thing be done. Many will
no doubt be disturbed at the sugges
ton that the present Court House b
torn down and replaced with a neV
one. The present building is to
modern to hold any sentiment or mem
ories that make US feel like preserv
ing it and it strikes US as a simpl
matter of what is hest and the cost
If the present building needs have it
doors and windows changed, many c
its inside walls taken out and the out
side walls renewed with a layer {
expensive brick, which may not holC
it may be cheaper and better to bull
a new building. At least we thin
the Levy Court or its committt
should investigate and consider tn
before accepting the proposed plar
and entering upon the work.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25

Mrs. Helen Hughes and Mrs. C. C..
Shorb, Of Dover. are chaperoning a
house party of Junior Camp Fire Girls
at Rehoboth Beach. The party is
composed of: Misses Emily Cole,
Helen Horsey. Helen Shorb, Emily
Walker. Katherine Pennewill, Anna
Raughley, Pauline Steel, Helen Starl-
ing, Louise Hughes, Elizabeth Howell
and Katherine Howell. Mrs. dupont
Walker also Joined the party.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
J.L. sCOTTON A LIEUTENANT

Supervising Principal Smyrna Schools
Promoted to Second Lieutenant by
Governor Townsend-Others
Prof. ]. Lester Scotton, supervising |
principal of the Smyrna Public Schools
was honored Friday afternoon by Gov
ernor Townsend by being appointed
one of the new second Lieutenants in |
the full State Regiment Delaware is
to mobolize. The promotion is pleas
ing to Prof. Sections many Smyrna
and Hartley friends. Prof. Section
was Sergeant while serving along
the Mexican Border at Deming, New
Mexico, last winter and made a good
record. Governor Townsend has also
made other appointments. Major j.
Warner Reed. of Wilmington. who
had charge of the Delaware Battal-
lions at Deming, N. M, last year was
appointed Colonel of the new Regi-
ment and Captain ]. Austin Ellison,
of Company A, was appointed Lieu
tenant Colonel.
Former Congressman Thomas W.
Miller, who underwent q course of
military training at Plattsburg was
appointed first lieutenant from civil
life.
While twelve first lieutensnts have
been appointed it was stated that
there were four vacancies yet to be
filled and in the ranks of the second
lieutenants there are seven vacancies
as well as that of chaplain which will
be filled later. DR.. William Mar
shall, Jr., of Milford, who was Ma
jor of the general staff becomes major
and surgeon of the Regiment and his
lieutenants are Drs. Mark B. HOlz-
man, Abram Halpin and L. B. Yerger.
the latter appointed from civil life.
DR.. Yerger is associated with DIR.
Harrison w. Howell of Wilmington,
and is a son of Hiram Yerger.
The appointments follow:
Colonel ]. Warner Reed.
1t. Col. J. Austin Ellison.
Major, William E. Lank.
Major, E. C. Parks.
Major, L. B. Jacobs.
Captain j. P. LeFevre.
Captain J. A. Mckay.
Captain ]. w. Cannon.
Captain A. S. Hirzel.
Captain H. M. Jones.
Captain J. D. McKeon.
: Captain H. B. Smith.
Captain VIM. Berl, Jr.
Captain R. B. Kelton.
Captain D. M. Salter.
l Captain C. r. Jefferies, Jr.
, Captain J. w. Ramsey.
Captain L. J. Ellison.
Captain H. B Van Solver.
Captain j. d. Bush.
First 1t. H. f. Schuler.
> First 1t. ]. A. Davis.
First 1t. L. D. Townsend.
First 1t. w. F. Cam.
T First 1t. E. J. Wells.
First 1t. Irwin Duncan.
c First l t. f. L. Manion.
First 1t. H. P. Layton.
First 1t. H. N. Wilkinson.
First Lit. VIM. Turner.
l. First 1t. Robert D. Simmons.
d First 1t. Thomas w. Miller.
: Second 1t. B. r. Foster.
1t Second 1t. Clifford J. Sawdon.
y Second Lit. A. F. Amodio.
10 Second 1t. Jos. C.. Berger.
10 Second 1t. James L. Scotton.
r' Second It. Edwin S. Valiant.
d Second 1t. Thomas M. Small.
er Second 1t. Charles D. Northup.
o1 Medical Officers Wlllial
'e Marshall, Jr.. First 1t. Mark T
n Holman, First Lit. Abram Halprir
e. First 1t. L. B. Yerger.
t. Chaplain (vscsnt.)
n Captain LeFevre will command
a. battalion until the return of Maj
ey Lank, who is now at Fort Sill, Okl
X homa.
Smyrna times., 1917-07-25
POTATO CROP MENACED

Pests Known as Aphids Threaten
Famine Days
State Zooiogist Saunders of Penn
sylvania Thursday issued a warning
that the State potato crop was threat
ened by attacks of pests known as
aphids, which have been favored by
the wet weather. The pest is reported
as assuming proportions in Ohio,
Maryland. Virginia and New Jersey.
1t is suggested that owners of all
war gardens having potatoes spray
them on the under side of the leaf.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22
STATE WANTS
MONEY BACK
Of Iowa Does Not
Want to Pay for Three Pris-
oners Who
Escaped.

Fl. Madison Gem City: Claiming
that the state officials have made an
overpayment of S262.25 in the matter
Of settlement Of costs and fees, etc,
in the cases of the State versus Glea-
son. the State versus Bird, the State
versus McCloud and the State vs..
Davenport, Special Council G. A. Rob
bins, of Attorney General Havner's
office has written to Auditor c. T,
Hull asking that the matter be placed
before the Lee county board Of super
visors and that refund be imme-
diately made Thus far the local
hoard has not taken action.
The claims date back to April 80,
1915. when in the settlement of court
costs and fees for the above named
cases, all handled by the state, in an
effort to try the defendants for at
fecting an escape from the state
penitentiary here and receive con
| tinuance of their unexpired terms of
sentence. The clerk Of the court
made out the entire costs and pre-
scented them to the state. The state
evidently RENTED the designated
amounts.
According to the communication re-
ceived this morning, however. the au.
thorities at Des Moines have discov-
cred that Of the total amount of
s447.2O. already paid by them, that
lonly s1S4.95 was their just share and
that the balance must be forthcoming
from the Golfers of the county. The
board will take action on the matter
lat a coming session.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22

WARSAW, Ill, Sept. 22.-D. G.
Barker who has been employed IN
Keokuk for some time, is In his OLD
Mace in Ernie Longenecker's barber
shop.
The Warsaw $500" club at it's last
meeting voted 16 to to resume the
serving of lunch at the meetings, ,
the custom has not been observed
for some little time; these lunches
promote sociability and there Is al
ways a smoker afterwards.
This week Colonel Yaegel of the
Tenth regiment l. N. B., sent an
urgent request to the band here 10
come to Springfield for two weeks, II
possible, as the strike was over and
the regiment was back in camp, re.
lieved from guard duty in town ana
wo,,ld like to have the band, as only
one company had had that privilege.
This was not"an order at all, only a
request asked as favor. The band
courteously replied, thanking the col
onel for the compliment, but saying
that it would be impossible for the
bows to leave their several employ
ments. To miss this added honor
was a great disappointment, but the
request proves that Warsaw made a
great hit with its band.
Ed Grimpe OF the Hill Dodge Bank
ing Co., and John NJ. Hungate Of the
Farmers National bank, attended the
illinois Bankers convention at Quin-
cy.
Rev. H. Brandt and wife arrived
from Nokomis, Ill.,. Thursday; Rev.
Brandt is the new pastor Of the Ger.
man NJ. r church, and Is well known
here and in Keokuk. His wife Is a
former Warsaw girl, daughter OF
Gottlieb H1lker, OF Warsaw They
will receive most hearty welcome
from the congregation, and also from
the public generally. They have
great influence with children and
young people and will soon make
themselves felt and appreciated. A
reception was rendered them in the
church parlors Friday evening. which
was very largely attended.
Miss Eva Mckee returned Thurs
day from several months visit in
Boulder, Colo. Her sister, Mrs. Geo
Ames, accompanied her.
Hon. ]. A. Califf is here in the in
terest of the county history, being
edited by Hon G.. ]. Scofield.
District Deputy McMullen of Mon
mouth, Ill, is here in the interest OF
the NJ. w. A, and hopes to recruit a
lbig class for Warsaw camp $40. The
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22
IOWA INVITES
CANADIANS
Formal Invitations to Cattle Congress
at Waterloo During First
Week in Month Of
October

WATERLOO, Iowa, Sept. 22-Form-
al invitations to eighteen prominent
officials of Canada to attend the dairy
cattle congress at WataSAbo, October
1t were sent today by a committee
composed Of Governor Harding, Dean
G. F. Curtiss, of Ames, Mayor W. r.
Law. F. L. Northey and. H. B. Lichty
of Waterloo,
The officials are among the most
prominent men in the dominion 1nclud-
ing the premiers and ministers of agri-
culture of the various provinces. In
formal invitations were extended to
them some time ago and several of
them signified their intention of COM
ing.
Those to whom invitations have
been extended are:
T. c. Morris, premier, of Manitoba:
A. L., Sifton, premier Of Alberta Dun
can Marshall minister of agriculture
province of Alberta; Val Winkler, min.
lister Of agriculture, province Of Mani
toba: T.. G.. Writ Wadena, Canada
w. N. West, president Edmonton ex.
bibition, Edmonton. Canada; T. B.
Patton, president Regina exposition
w. I. Smale, manager Brandon exhi
bition, Brandon, Canada; c. D. Fisher
manager Saskatoon fair; w. NJ. Mar
tin, premier of Saskatchewan; II. c.
Brewster, premier of British Column
bia: w. R. Motherwell, minister OF
agriculture, province of Saskatchewan
J. H. Haslam, commissioner of agri
culture: E. L. Richardson, manager
Calgary exposition: r. M. Matheson
director Brandon exhibition; D.. T
Elderkin, manager I,egina exposition
and s. W. Jahns, director Saskatoon
fair.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22
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d 6c:GATE;GII!!:::Y!

members should give him every en-
couragement.
Adam Buckert, wife and baby, ar
rived home Wednesday night after d
pleasant visit with relatives in st
| Louis.
Mrs. Frank I.eBron, ST., Of Keokuk
visited this week with her son, J. w
Kirkpatrick and family.
! The boys who were banqueted the
other night, left Friday afternoon
for Carthage, and today will leave
there for Camp Dodge, Des Moines'
| Gerald Brinkmann has returned tc
his studies at Northwestern univers
ity, Evanston.
| Mrs. w. l. Winnard OF Los An
seles, Cal, is here visiting friends.
Paul Plume is building handsome
concrete steps from the front OF the
Roesler library building to the inner
border of the sidewalk.
Hamilton high school football team
was defeated by Warsaw team by q
score of Is to 0 on Wednesday.
| About 100 persons Of both sexes
were, at the ABS p. m. trolley Friday
to bid farewell to the soldier boys
The Tenth regiment band left in
autos at 6 a. M. today for Carthage
to give the boys a good send Oft
! The trip was organized by Rev. Geo
Long and Hy Ferris and was enjoyed
by the band, and the soldier boys ap
! preciated the honor.
| Peter Schmidt was pleasantly sur
prised on Wednesday evening the
SEVENTEEN anniversary Of his birth
by about twenty-five Of his friends
They brought as gifts birthday cake
with seventy candles, and also a
handsome smoking Jacket. Social
! enjoyment ruled the evening.
! Should the weather be favorable
and roads good. the attendance al
the complimentary concert Saturday
evening by the Tenth regiment bant
will surpass our fondest dreams, 1t is
predicted. keokuk, come down anC
| see us that evening and see what {
brass band has done for little
| town, and don't be Jealous, If oul
/ band is better than yours.
| One hundred and twenty-five mel
! have been summoned to appear a
! Carthage September 25, for physica
examination for the selective arm!
| to make up Hancock county's de
| ficiency. About a column of names
appear in the Bulletin this week.
VIM A Ringold, Jr., who is :
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22
Dickens Relics In London.

Westminster Gazette: notice that
Grip, the raven immortalized by Dick
ems in "Barpaby Rudge," is to be sold
oy auction. 1t is more than thirty
years since 1t was previously sold I'M
aer the hammer. and in that period
Dckens relics have appreciated in
value so that the bird may fetch more
.han the 912o for which the late Alder
man Nottage obtained it. 1t is aston
lshing, to any one who is not a Dick
( enslan, to note the prices paid for me-
mentoes of the novelist. Here are a
rev: An old sundial and column
formed of one of the balusters Of old
nochester bridge, and used by Dick
ems In his garden, once fetched fifty
suiheas; "Boz's' writing slope, the IN
'rinsic value Of which was perhaps five
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your. own choosing. Terms
$3.50 cash and $500 a
month.
Duncan-ScheIl's Outfit
"E" $1,000.
This includes a beauu.
full Cabinet victrola, style
No. 10, mahogany or oak.
price SIS, and IA .seiee-
.tions az double-faced To-
inch records of your own
choosing). Terms, $40
cash and $3.50 a month
Duncan-scheIl's Outfit
"F" $3.50.
victrola, style No. II,
mahogany or oak finish,
price $4,000, with SO Sc
IectIons of your own
choosing eighteen 10-inch
double-faced Is cent rec !,
ords}. Terms, $500 cash
and $3.50 a month.
Duncan-SchelI's Outfit
&c" $165.0O
Mahogany or oak cab.
met victroIa, exceedingly
large and massive. New
style No. IA, price $3.50.
Including a fine library OF
40 selections, your own
choosing GO 10-inch dou-
ble-faced records). Terms,
$3.50 down and $1,000 a
month.
Duncan-scheIi's Outfit
al" $4,000.
victrola, style No. 16,
mahogany or oak finish,
5000 together with 30
popular and classical Sc
Iecttons Of your own
choosing, a splendid as
sortment ga double-faced
1O-inch records). Terms,
$4,000 down and $3.50 a
month. !.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22
Home Comforts All
the Way West

Home or hotel comforts are
not sacrificed when you go
West on the Burlington. Your
wants are anticipated and the
little things that go to make
your journey pleasant are
there.
When you join a Burlington
."Personally Conducted Elk
cursion you travel with an ex-
perienced guide who is thor
oughly acquainted with the
scentic attractions en- route.
This makes the trip doubly in
teresting. These specially
trained tourist conductors are
courteous and understand the
art of making people feel at
home on wheels. There is no
extra charge for this addition
al attention-it is just one of
the Burlington IS ways Of serv-
ing it's patrons.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-09-22

shillings, brought 100 guineas at q
sale; and at another auction the table,
chair and looking-glass used by him
while editing "All the Year Round"
brought GS5. No less than G95 was
once paid for the petty cash book
which he kept when he was a boy Of
sixteen in lawyers Office.