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Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
DUPONT ROAD WORK STOPPED

Held up for Material in Sussex County
Owing to Serious Shortage of Cars
With 2, GIG feet more of the du
Pont road to be finished before the
complete stretch from Selbyville to
the Appenzellar farm. near Glendale,
can be thrown open to the public, E.
C. Humphrey & Co., of Hackensack.
N. j., the contractors, are handi-
capped because of lack of material,
and now all operations have been sus-
pended. Shipments of stone cannot
be obtained from the quarries in box
cars. Had the contractors been able
to obtain material, the stretch would
have been completed sometime ago
and have been thrown open to the
public, thus giving them a stone road
from Selbyville to Ellendale, distance
of about 30 miles.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
DR.. A. r. Spaid, the New Commission
err of Education, to Address Parent
Teachers Association Dec. 3

There will be big rally meeting
of the Parent Teachers Association
Monday night, December 3rd, at the
high school. DR.. A. R. Spaid, our
new State Commissioner of Education,
will deliver the address. The associa-
tion hopes that the building will be
so crowded thpt it will be necessary
to use the opera house in order to ac-
commodate the parents and friends of
the school. Every parent has a per-
sonal invitation. Already there is
encouragement because of the way
the association has been received in
the community and a number have
promised to attend the meeting.
Every person who has child in school
is urged to come. People who do not
have children in school will be cor
daily welcomed. Friday night
the Smyrna High School Basket Ball
Team lost hard fought game on the
Dover Academy court after having
had the lead from the start. While
there is no disposition to judge any
one unwiseIy. the Smyrna quintette
feel that they should have been treated
a little more justly by the referee.
Score 1917 "A Thanksgiving Vaca-
tion from November 28th to Decem-
ber 3rd will be enjoyed by all. "A fine
literary program is being prepared fol
December 7tb. Do not miss it.-MOn
day night the Dover town team de-
feated the locals in a thrilling game
1926. Line up:
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
GLAD DAYS FOR CONSUMER
Drive for Cheaper Food in Delaware
to be Extended to Canned Goods

Drive for Cheaper Food in Delaware
to be Extended to Canned Goods
Wilmington consumers are to bene-
fit by another campaign of selling
foodstuffs at wholesale prices. In
terested in the success of H. Ridgely
Harrington in selling several car
loads of potatoes and turkeys at
prices far below local commission
mems prices, Asa Bennett, the "Can-
merry King" of Frankford, Sussex
county, of the firm of Bennett &
Carey Company. has decided to sell
cases oe canned goods at wholesale
prices to residents of Wilmington. He
expects to pack one dozen quart cans
of tomatoes and one dozen quart cans
of pears in one case and sell them to
the public from freight car at $4
case, or 81. 10 a case delivered to the
home. This is price far below the
present retail price of such goods in
Wilmington. Mr.. Bennett says he
will offer 5000 cases at this price in
Wilmington,
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
PORT PENN BOY BADLY SHOT
9-Year-OId Lionel Lamp in Critical
Condition From Pistol Wound in Face

9-Year-OId Lionel Lamp in Critical
Condition From Pistol Wound in Face
Lionel Lampp, aged 8 years, of
Port Penn, was admitted to the Della
ware Hospital, Wilmington, Saturday
afternoon, suffering from a gunshot
wound in the left side of the face,
inflicted by an other boy living at
Port Penn. According to the story
told to the hospital attendants the
boys were bunting for rabbits in a
haystack, one of the hoys having a
pistol. While the Lampp boy was
kneeling down at one side of the stack
looking for a rabbit, the pistol, which
was in the hands of the other boy,
whose name was not learned, was ac-
cidentally discharged, the bullet strik-
ing the Lampp boy in the face. The
injured boy was taken to his home
and later was taken to Wilmington in
an automobile. At the hospital it
was stated that although the boy s
condition was critical there were
chances of his recovery.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
80 AT BIG TURKEY DINNER

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurd Entertained
Jolly Company at Country Home
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurd, near town
entertained u company of 80 at big
Turkey Dinner" on Sunday and a
delightful time was had. The party
got away with two big turkeys, two
ducks, lot of chicken salad and all the
"fixins' that go with a regular old
fashioned country dinner that simply
ladened the long extended table.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. John Hurd and
children there gathered about the fes-
tive board; T. Howard Barwick and
family, George Davis and family,
Frank Armstrong and family, Clar-
ence Armstrong and family, Miss
Nellie Anderson, Miss Margaret Reihm,
Messrs. William Garner, Clifford Hud-
son, Joe Ennis and Henry Ennis.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
FARMERS SUCCESS TRUCKING
A. 3. Elliott of Near DeImar Had Most
Successful Results From His Patch
Consisting of Two Building Lots

Consisting of Two Building Lots
A. B. Elliott of near Delmar,
challenges any trucker of the State
of Delaware to beat his record in
trucking this year On two building
lots, a plot of ground 120x150 feet,
which he purchased for $50 of the
Bank of Delmar, last spring, in what
is known as Woodlawn, Mr.. Elliott
gives the following as a correct state
ment OF his crops: He put out %
rows of sweet potatoes OF the yellow
variety and eight rows of the white
variety He used two rows of the
yellow variety for family use during
the summer, kept six hampers at
digging time and sold the remainder
for 500. 20. Of the white variety he
kept four hampers and sold % hamp-
ers. He also planted 10 rows of Irish
potatoes which yielded 76 baskets at
digging time; and from two rows of
peas planted on the same plot of
ground, he has one-half bushel of dry
peas, after supplying the family table
with green peas during the season.
Mr.. Elliott's profits, clear of all labor
amounted to double what the land cost
him, and gives very clear idea of
what can be done in the way of truck
ing on limited areas of land.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
SMYRNA RED CROSS NOTES

Sewing Committee Prepares and Sends
a Lot More Articles-Home Service
The chairman of the Sewing Com
mittee has sent the following articles
to the Wilmington Red Cross head
quarters: % pajamas. 81 pillow
cases, 20 hot-water- bottle covers, d
shoulder wraps and hospital shirts.
Mrs. James P. Hoffecker has been
appointed chairman of Home Service
of the Smyrna Red Cross and will at
tend the meetings held in Whining
ton in the interest of that part of the
Red Cross work. The chairman of
Surgical Dressings requests all per-
SONS having Public Ledgers, to save
the clean papers and send to the Red
Cross room at the Club House for use
in making some of the dressings.
Chairmal, for Publicity.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev, Thomas Getz Hill. Rector. An
nounces Thanksgiving Services

Rev, Thomas Getz Hill Rector. An
nounces Thanksgiving Services
Tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day,
there will be Morning Prayer and
Holy Communion at g. 80 a. m, the
offering as usual being for the Day
Nursery and Baby Hospital, Whining
ton. On Friday, St. Andrews Day,
there will be service at $50 a. m.
and at &c p m. On Sunday, the
First in Advent, at 10. 80 a. M,
I.itany, Sermon, and Holy Communion;
IL noon, Sunday School and Bible
Glasses; 7.30 p. m, Evensnng. The
Synod of the Province of Washington,
in session at Philadelphia last week,
has urged that Friday (St. Andrews 8
Day. be kept as a day of lowly peni-
tence. as a real day of fasting. We
expect of our soldiers and sailors
concentration of thought and action,
Self Discipline, courage and serenity
under stress, and they are gladly and
willingly responding with all that is
required of them. Shall we be found
slackers? 1t is after all little thing
that we can do-give up this one day
to deep penitence, real fasting, and
continued, earnest prayer. St. Peters
Church will be open all day, and a
general invitation is extended to all
to take part with US in the observance
of this day.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
THANKSGIVING DAY TOMORROW

An Opportunity for People of Smyrna
10 Attend Union Services of Churches
In accordance with the custom es-
taDllshed some years ago, the Minis
tefs OF Smyrna will Join in a Union
thanksgiving Day Service on Thurs
usy' The place will be Asbury Meth
Uulst Church, and the preacher will
"e ReV. J. M. L. Eckard. But there
y larger part to Thanksgiving than
.ne sermon, and plea is to be made
aOf the starving millions of Asia.
Inere are over two millions of helpless
sno destitute women ard children in
Syria and Persia. and the people of
smyrna are asked to provide as their
snare Of the work of saving these
people from starvation. $3.50. 90. The
Oierlng at the Union Service will be
ueVoted to this cause. You are urged
" come out and give thanks in this
way.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
E0w. G. WALLS A DELEGATE

Governor Townsend Appoints Him and
Others to Waterway Convention
Governor Townsend Thursday, an
nounced the appointment of. the fol-
lowing delegates from Delaware to
attend the tenth annual meeting of
the Atlantic Deeper Waterways As
sociation, which met in Miami,
Florida, yesterday and to-day: Charles
Warner, Harold S. Schutt, Clarence
C. Killen, Willard A Speakmsn,
William T. Budd, all of Wilmington,
and Edward G. Walls, Smyrna; DIR.
Hiram R. Burton, Lewes. Mr.. Walls
was prevented from attending BY
business.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
KENTON YOUNG FOLKS PARTY
David Spruance wilds Enjoys Evening
With His Young Friends Saturday

David Spruance wilds Enjoys Evening
With His Young Friends Saturday
Kenton, Nov. 27.-Master David
Spruance Wilcs gave a party to his
little friends on Saturday last from
two to four-thirty o'clock at Meadon
Wilds Farm the home of his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur D. Wilds. The
invited quests were Katharine Smith,
Hilda Clark, Anna Wilds, Esther
Wright. Margaret Cooper, Nancy
Wright Arthurs, Ernest Smith, Will
liam H. Cooper. 3rd, Frank Wilds,
Roland Cooper and James H. Wilds.
The guests were delightfully."- enter
tanned with games and music. At
four o. clock refreshments were served
in the dinning room, the table being
decorated with flowers, candles and
Thanksgiving decorations.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
DELAWARE BOYS RECEIVE
THEIR ARMY COMMISSIONS
LAWRENCE L. COBB OF CLAYTON
A FIRST LIEUTENANT, INFANTRY
Paul J. Rutan First Lieutenant in Cav
alrY-Other Delaware Boys Who
Have Received Their Awards

Have Received Their Awards
Lawrence l.. Cobb, former Princi-
pal of the Clayton Schools, son of DR..
j. S. Cobb of Clayton, and Paul j.
Rutan, of Wilmington, we'll and faU-
orably known to so many Smyrnians,
were among those of the officers train
ing camp at Fort Myer, Va, who re-
ceiVed their commissions from the
hand Of Secretary of War Baker on
Saturday. L. L. Cobb becomes a
First Lieutenant of Infantry and P.
]. Rutan First Lieutenant of Cavalry,
Field Artillery. The ceremonies in
cident to the handing of commissions
to the Delaware boys were very
elaborate. The graduation exercises
were more elaborate than any so far
held to signalize the close of any
training camp. The awarding of
diplomas by Secretary Baker in the
presence of official Washington and
military representatives of the Allies
was notable event. 1t is generally
conceded that the proportion of Della
ware boys who received commissions
far exceeds that of other States rep
resented.
Furlough Granted Before Reporting
1t is supposed that the men training
for infantry service will be sent to
one of three cmaps-Camp Lee, which
is located at Petersburg, Va. 43th
Infantry, at Newport News, Va, OF
Leon Springs, Texas The men given
commissions in the Signal Corps will
have stations at different parts of the
country not known at the present
time. A furlough will be granted tC
the officers to extend to December Is,
the time for reporting to their differ
ent commands. Delawareans who
won commissions were as follows
To be captain Of Infsntry-Lewi
Emory Lamborn, of Wilmington. T.
he first lieutenants-H E Can
non, Arthur G. Ketcham, William H
Brennan, James H. Hughes, Jr.
George G. Tuthill, of Wilmington
, Paris T. Carlisle of Milford; Louis H
: Coke, Harry T. Crawford, Edwin P
Rutan, of Wilmington; Lawrence L
: Cobb, of Clayton.
Second Lieutenants of infantry
To be second lieutenants, Infantr
! John P. Gum, Frankford; Richar
!. T. Cam, Kirkwood; Harry v. Taylor
Dover; E. S. Booth, Charles Fl
Brown. of Wilmington; Charles "
Lowden, Delmar; William L. Torbert
: Jr., Laurel; Edward ]. Curren, Jr
> Maurice W. Thompson, Wilmington
u First lieutenant, Signal Corps Henr
: w. Lyndall, Marshallton; james r
:, Davis, Wilbur F.. Lind, Wilmington
Second lieutenants, ordnance depar
u ment-Wilmington D. Stafford, Wi
u mington. Second lieutenants, ravalr.
II field artillery-Schee Nj. LOCKWOOD
Jr., Middletown. First lieutenan
cavalry, field artillery Thomas
Beatty, Jr., and Paul J. Rutan,
:. Wilmington. Second lieutenant, fie
- artillery-Hugh F. Porter, DOna
Satterthwsit, John II. Beaucham
Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28

Ralph {. Stats Buys the briggs Farm
Ralph E. Staats. the shirt mannfac-
turer of this town, has purchased of
Samuel J. Reynolds, realestate broker,
the briggs farm of rs acres, two
miles below Smyrna, on the State
road, for 81, 500.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
OPPOSE SUFFRAGE PIcKETlNG

Delaware Association Goes on Record
and Elects Officers for Year
Members of the Delaware Equal
Suffrage As ociation, in twenty-frst
annual session at Newport last week,
elected the following officers: Miss
Agnes Y. Downey, president; Mrs.
Albert Robin, first vice president ;
Mrs. ]. Frank Ball, second vice pres
ident; Mrs. A. d. Warner, third vice
president; Miss Elizabeth S. Cav
throp, corresponding secretary; Mrs.
Annie E. Bach, recording secretary
Miss Ella w. Johnson, treasurer.
Smyrna times., 1917-11-28

oNrInuEp ON FIFTH PAGE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
The Prettiest Location Southeast
Don't"

Attempt decide if these homes will satisfy you by the
information you get from this announcement.
We will simply mention they have six rooms and bath
with every modern convenience and depend the home
itself satisfying your desires. They located nth
and SITS. Sc Only 5, and already Sold don't delay
seeing them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-05
The Price, $6,250

To tell you that the terms easy and that the houses
the standard for excellence Of location, perfection OF
construction and thoughulness OF convenience pro-
visions--should be sufficient to lead you-TODA4-to
board Mou pleasant and to go outgetting off at
Kbourne s-to see this wonderful home value and get
ready ito cash in your dreams OF the years.
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DIR. cAPPs, oPToMETRIsT

Formerly Young Bldg, is now located
at the Standard Optical CO., 1116 Fort
Street. Telephone 1915. Adv
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COAST BUILDER
HERE TO Plan:
$4,000 MANSION

l.. c. Mullgard +, architect and artist
we'll known on the Pacific coast be,
cause of his designs for the exposition
buildings at San Francisco, was a
passenger aboard the Matsonia this
morning. He comes to Honolulu on
business, presumably in connection
with the plan to erect numerous bust.
ness structures in the down town sec
ton on which improvement he has
been called into consultation by thu
local business men back of the move
ment He will be here probably a
month at the Young Hotel.
One interesting announcement Mr..
Mullgardt made was Of the construc,
ton in the near iuture-at Black Point
next to the ex-Gov. Carter premises
of a magnificent, rambling country
place for Mrs. Selma M Smith of II.
linois, to cost about $4,000.
Mr.. Mullgardt started to prepare the
plans when he was here before and
recently sent them to Illinois for
approval. Construction Of the place
will probably start during a future
visit here by Mr.. Mullbardt.
Mrs. Smith visited in Honolulu last
September and later, hearing that the
architect was here, asked him to pre-
pare plans. The country place will
be entirely of stone taken from the
premises which have been purchased
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Miss Ella Sewers Connection
With U. S. Corps After
Service in Berlin

Glad to be back in Honolulu after
eight years absence, Mrs. Laura
Wilder Wight and her daughter, Miss
Ella Wight, returned this morning
from Berlin on the Matsonia. They
recently visited Washington, d. C.
The returned travellers are in the
best of health and have "reminiscences
galore on Europe and the war. but
they are not telling many Of them
for publication.
Miss Wight was connected with the
American embassy in the kaiser cap
ital but is not inclined TO talk about
matters of a diplomatic nature. She
recently resigned and does not intend
to return to the service.
When Mrs. Wight stepped off the
gangplank this morning she had COM
pleted her second trip around the
world The Honolulans left here in
1909 and have been travelling ever
since When asked how long she in,
tended to remain in Honolulu this
time Mrs Wight said Until | die,
! hope" She noted many changes in
her eight years absence, even along
the waterfront.
Miss Wight came out of Germany
with Ambassador Gerards party
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DAILY REMINDERS

Some of today's classified ads will
prove to be practical helps for home
hunters"
Wanted-Two more passengers for
motor party around island, 81 each.
Lewis Garage, phone 2141-Adv.
For Distilled Water, Hires Root
Beer and all other Popular Drinks
try the Con. Soda Water Works Co.
ADV
When the RIGHT help wanted" ad
appears, it will be the one important
item Of news in that days paper for
you. But, if you're a little bit care,
less, you'll miss it-and go on hunt
ing for work."
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Captain of Japanese Cruiser
Says Countrymen Enjoy
Prosperity Here

Belief that the entrance Of the
United States into the war against
Germany as an ally of Japan will
cement closer the bonds between the
two nations was expressed forcefully
by Capt. T. Miro of the Japanese
cruiser Azuma, at the luncheon given
yesterday by the governor Capt.
Miro spoke as follows:
The Honorable Governor and Cen
tlemen: Our mission to the United
States, as you all know, was a sad one,
that of escorting the remains of the
late Honorable George w. Guthrie,
ambassador of the United States to
Japan. We are now returning, having
executed that mission and Of which
l am proud to have been designated
to carry out, as the lamented ambas-
sador was an honored friend Of the
Japanese people and regarded as a
peace-maker and thorough diplomat.
Now, that l have done this great duty
it will be my pleasure to make my
report to his majesty, the emperor
of Japan.
I'VE all fully realize the closeness
Of our relations, those of the United
States and Japan, cemented, as it
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-06-19
SEES CLOSER RELATIONS BETWEEN
Us, AND JAPAN AS RESULT Of WAR

were, by the entrance Of the United
States into the present war; we are
now fighting our mutual enemies arm
in arm and when, once again the God
dess of Peace reigns supreme and
powerful, it is our hope, and am sure
it will be realized, that this tie will
be even tighter than at present, for all
time, being drawn tighter, and the
tighter the knot, as in a piece of
Irvine, the less effort is made to I'm,
tie it,
u have only few words more, but
let me say that l have been interest
ed in observing tina: many of my fel-
low countrymen in Honolulu are en-.
joying prosperity during the term of
an illuStrious governor and all Off
Gals and this news also, l know will
be welcomed by our emperor, for Ha
wall at the present occupies a most
important place on the map, famous
for its wealth of beautiful scenery
and ideal climate and renowned as the
Cosmopolitan Isles.
In conclusion l tender the honor.
able governor our sincerest thanks
for the courtesies extended us during
our much enjoyed stay in Honolulu
and I now propose that all gentlemen
fill and drain their glasses for the
health. strength and prosperity OF
the president Of the United States,
Woodrow Wilson"
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WHY. Chinese in
new RESISTANCE
TODEPORTA1|ON

With the comparatively large num-
Der of petitions for writs of habeas
corpus that are filed in the local
United States court, and the newt
able appeal to the appellate court OF
the Ninth Circuit If the petitioner is
denied his request and remanded for
deportation, the following story from
the San Francisco Bulletin is of in
terest:
For three years Chin Fong, Chi,
nese merchant of San Francisco and
New York, has successfully resisted
efforts of the Department of Justice to
deport him to China. Recently, Just
after Assistant United States Attorney
Charles D. Mayer won a decision from
Judge NJ. T. Dooling denying Fong's
petition for a writ of habeas corpus,
the Chinese announced a second legal
years.
"Fong crossed into the United
States from Canada in 1890. In 1912
he took a trip to China, and when he
returned in 1914 he was denied ad-
mission. Fong asserted he was a
merchant. The government held that
he smuggled himself into this country
originally, and Fong was ordered de-
ported. Fong then carried his case to
the United States supreme court,
which recently denied the appeal.
Several days ago Fong upset the
plans of the government to deport
him for a second time by suing out
another writ of habeas corpus. This
was denied and Fong announced that
he would take an appeal to the
United States Circuit Court of APP
peals, and if unsuccessful. to the Su-
preme Court for a second time"
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Suffolk County, N. Y, for several
weeks has been advertising for $50
tons of coal. No bids has yet been re-
ceived.
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REPRESENTATION AR.7ORN
EUROPE after YEARS. ABSENCE

Prior to the war the Honolulans were
accustomed TO spending their summer
vacations in Switzerland or elsewhere
but from the time the world war
started until diplomatic relations were
severed by the United States she was
in Berlin.
Although Miss Wight would say
very little about life in Berlin except
that when she left II looked very
much like Paris or other European
cities aud showed few signs OF the
ravages or privations OF war. She
said she never dreamed Of wanting
for anything and had unrestricted
freedom.
1t is for Switzerland, the little
mountainous, naVyless country which
maintains strict neutrality despite its
proximity to the war zone that Miss
Wight is full Of endless praise.
switzerland is doing a wonderful
work in this war-far more wonderful
than most people realize" she says
1t has become the greatest center in
the world for the exchange Of wound
ed prisoners. There is where they go
when they are shot, the German, the
Frenchman, the English boy, the Ital-
ian, the Russian, it makes no differ
ence who they are. If they are per,
manently disabled they are sent d.
rectly home; II not so serious they
are cared for by the Red Cross and
exchanged. Then they are returned
to their respective countries"