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Smyrna times., 1917-03-28
CHESWOLD

High School Literary Program-Local
Happenings and Personals
Cheswold, March 27.-The Liter
ary Society of Cheswold High School
held its weekly meeting Friday after
noon, March %. The meeting was
called to order by the president
First in order was reading of the min
utes by the secretary. A committee
was appointed, Margaret Learned,
Leroy Pearson and Gilbert Scar
borough, to arrange a program for
the next meeting which will be the
9Th fo April, then the following pro-
gram was rendered: School Paper,
Margaret Learned; Reading, Leroy
Pearson; Recitation, Kathryn Thomp.
son; Reading, Paul Unruh. Signed
by the Secretary, Kathryn Thompson.
The Ewporth League services will
be in charge of Mr.. Eward Turner
next Sunday evening, April 1, topic:
"Are We Fooling Ourselves?"
Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Kenney left
Monday to attend conference at Sea-
ford.
Mrs. Claud Pearson who has been
seriously i'll, is reported slowly i'm
proving.
Mr.. Andrew H. Moore is able to
be out again after an illness of sew
eral weeks.
Mr.. James R. Glass and family
will move to Massey Md, where Mr..
Glass will take the management of a
factory there.
The young Ladies' Art Club met
with Miss Elizabeth Scarborough last
Thursday evening.
Personals. Mrs. Charles Vaughn
was the guest of Mrs. W. S. Scar
borough Monday afternoon. Mr..
Walter Smith spent Sunday W ith Mr.
and Mrs. James R. Glass. Rev. and
Mrs. W c. Buckson, of Hooper's s
Island, are visiting their daughter,
Mrs. Mamie Anderson. MIR. and
Mrs. ]. w. Tigner, of Dover, were
guests of their daughter, Mrss C. R.
Sampson last week. Mrs. Alexander
Newton and daughter. Miss Halle
were Smyrna visitors last week. Mr..
John Walalce and sister Miss Mary,
spent Sunday with their brother, Mr..
Benjamin Wallace. Mrs. Annie Jew
ell is visiting her son Frank Jewell OF
near Kenton. Mrs. d. d. Boggs Wis
tied her son, Mr.. Herman Boggs and
family. Of Wilmington, last week. =
Mrs. Daniel Turner and daughters,
Misses Alice and Helen, were Will
mington visit Jrs Thursday and Fri
day. Mrs. Martha Thompson is spend
ing a few days with friends il
Dover. Leon Moore spent the week.
end with friends in Wilmington. -
Miss Mary Cooper. of Smyrna, spent
Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs. B. H.
Emory. Miss Mary Jane Moore en-
tertained Miss Edna Savin over the
week Mrs. John Slaughter, oi
Wilmington, was the guest of Mrs
Suma Boyce last week. Carlton Savir
is spending some time with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William Savin. :
Mrs. Joseph Wickes, of near Pear
sons Corner, spent Sunday with Mr.
snd Mrs. Louis Anderson.
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Personals. Mr.. M. A. Jones spent
Sunday in Wilmington. Mr.. William
Hollett and family have moved from
Wilmington to Clayton. Mrs. Ethel
Simpler and daughter Edith, of Will
mington, is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Graham. Mrs. 4.
Kennan, of Wilmington, spent Satur-
day with Mrs. Edith Davis. Miss
Elva Pratt, of Kenton, is spending
some time with Mrs. Houston. Mr..
and Mrs. E. Ssxton and daughter
Lena spent the weekend with friends
in Conshocken. Miss Lila Carey, of
Georgetown. spent Friday with Miss
Edith Martin. Miss Beulah Jones
spent the weekend n Harrington.
Mrs. Victoria VanDyke and grand
daughter, Ruth Coslett, of Whining
ton, spent Monday with Mrs. H. G..
Johnson. Mr.. John Houston, of Will
mington, spent the weekend with his
parents. Mrs. Rachel Warren, of
Delaware City, is spending some time
with her sister, Mrs. Addie Book. =
Miss Helen Pyle, of Wilmington,
spent the weekend with friends in
town. THE Parent Teachers Associa-
tion held the monthly March meeting
Tuesday evening.
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Wilson Fenuemore and family. Miss
Maude Bramble is visiting her uncle,
Frank Lattomus and family, at Mont
chanin.
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Wilmington to be voted upon at a
special election which is to be held
under specially appointed election
officers next November.
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Miss Virgil Reese is spending sew
eral days as the guest of Miss Nellie
Nicholson, of 209 North Franklin
street, Wilmington. Miss Nicholson
entertained at card party Monday
night in honor of Miss Reese.
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Prayer Meeting at St. Paul M. E.
Church Thursday. 7.30 D. m. MIR.
w. T. Dayett will have charge of the
services.
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Preaching at Ewell M. P. Church
Sunday, 10. 80 a. m. Sunday School.
2 p. m. f; Evening Service, 7.30p. m
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There will be no services at St.
Paul M. E. Church on account of Con-
ference, except Sunday School.
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CLAYTON.

Prayer Meeting at Ewell M. P.
Church Wednesday evening at 7.30
o'clock.
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WANTED.

Female Nurse Attendants for q
Sanitarium for nervous and mental
diseases. Salary. $22. 90 month
and maintenance. Address,
S. LORD.
Stamford, Conn.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

C7T1 HIS letter is to show how thou
 sands of boys and girls in the
 S United States can each do his or her "bit" for our country in this great war with Germany. The crying need is for more food, both for ourselves and our allies, and every boy who raises an acre of corn or brings up a fat pig is helping in our fight with the enemy. Every girl who cultivates a patch of veg etables and puts them in cans, or who has a few chickens and adds their eggs 10 our food supply, is helping the nation in this mighty struggle. If we should all join together and each do his share there would be no scarcity of food here at home. and we should have vast sup plies tc ship to our allies in Europe.
 Here is what 5000 little girls in Texas have done within the past year. They are taken from only S2 counties. and they represent only a small part of the state Their work was done to help themselves, for no one knew until now that we should have this gerat war, Nevertheless, those 5000 girls put up about 5000 cans and glass jars of veg etables and fruits, They had little farms of only one-tenth of an acre. But. there were more than a third of a mil lion such farms, and the tomatoes raised upon them weighed tens of thousands of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

arship at the Agricultural- Mechanical college. This made his corn famous and he sold the crop of no bushels for $2 per bushel, or more than $500.
 Another boy made enough to buy an au- tomobie through his work in the corn club His first crop gave him enough profit for a bicycle. and the next, with the prizes, amounted to more than $10O In 1915 he raised 94 bushels of corn on his acre and in addition rented a peanut patch with the money he had saved. His total profits at the end were something like $500, and with that he bought his automobile.
 Even the Indian boys are excelling in corn raising There are number of corn clubs in Oklahoma and understand that some of their Indian members have been among the prizeS winners Ted Col bert of Johnston county, a Choctaw, grew 101 bushels of Boone county white corn on his acre in 1915. This exceeded the yield of the S5 white boys of the corn club of that county It was the third highest yield produced in the state dur ing that year.
 Over in Caddo county there is another boy of IA who has Indian blood in his viens. His name is J oe Inlinish, and he is member of the Caddo tribe. During the summer of 1915 Joe grew 95 bushels
 of corn on one acre of ground, whicf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17
w. c. T. U. ACTIVITIES
"FoR GOD. HOME AND NATIVE LA
By MRS. MABEL F. LEAKE


 , strong, who spoke on The Court of Last Appeal" and complimented most high ly the excellent effort of Mr. A. H. Levy, Who spoke on Young Americas War 1 Cry"
 Mrs. J. P. Moore, superintendent of the medal contest department, announces | the next contest will be given by the North Highland union, when the little 1 boys and girls desiring will try for the 1 silver medal.
 To the inquiries, why don't we get the Alabama White Ribon? the state president announces on account or rne high price of paper the White Ribbon will not be issued again until Septem- Der l, when the convention number will l be published. During the summer months the president will take pleasure in an swering all inquiries concerning the work, and those desiring information are requested to communicate with her. She suggests that all temperance workers may keep in close touch with the work that they subscribe for the Union Signal, .. the official organ, during the summer months, and especially requests they read the campaign edition, which reflects great credit on the editor and his staff The National Womans Christian Tenn perance union is planning to send full ly equipped ambulance to France, which I. bulance." The different unions are urged to send a contribution for this purpose to the state treasurer. Will they nor respond literally to this noble call of the national president? They will. Just as the brave and strong w. c. T. U.
 women today are sending their sons and brothers to the front, with these wom- en sacrifice and real work count as lit tie when noble ends are to be attained. Ia desiring patterns of the sailors and sol diers comfort bags can secure them at the local headquarters, 113h North TWen- ty-first street, and invites every one in terested in this work, whether identified with the Woman's Christian Temperance union or not, desiring the patterns to call for them.
 Tuesday afternoon at o'clock the Gen. tral union will meet in the auditorium. The meeting will be in the nature of department quiz, after the report from the secretary of the county convention Mrs. F. M. Jackson, president, will come in from her country place at Cal sis, to preside A cordial invitation is
 extended to all the members to be pres
 ent, and if possible bring new mem Der.
 On account of the absence of Mrs. Donahoe, who was called to the bedside of her sister, the Frances Willard union will postpone their regular meeting Thursday afternoon. The date of the ! next meeting will be announced later. Mrs. Myatt secretary at headquar- ters, reports she has had several re- quests for comfort bags for the soldiers,
 the requests coming from the ladies in neighboring towns
 Mrs. Myatt adds that she will be glsd to furnish literature from the headquar- ters library to those interested in tem-
 perance and it's growth, if they will kind ly call for it.
 Letters are being sent out by the state president urging the presidents and mem bers of the Alabama unions to write and wire Senator Bankhead and their congressman in behalf of national prohi- bition.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

pounds. One little girl raised $500 pounds or tomatoes on her tenth of an acre, and the girls of one club raised 44,0O0 pounds Iii some places the girls have gone in for fowl raising, and in one county last year. there were nine egg circles which marketed about a half million eggs.
 The boys of Texas who belong to corn clubs, cotton clubs. pig clubs and baby beef clubs now number more than 5000, and nearly eve-s one of them is culti- vating an acre of land after the methods advised by our agricultural department a Washington. There are more than 5000 of them in the corn clubs, and the average yield of the corn raised by them last year was 10 bushels more than the average raised by their fathers and neighbors. If as good farming were done all over the country, our corn crop would be a billion bushels larger than it now is, and at current prices it would be worth more than a billion dollars addi- tiCnal.
 One thousand Texas boys belong to pig clubs and last year they sold their hogs at a profit of $7 or SS head Several of them have started in rais- ing fine cattle and they have what are known as baby beef clubs. They are making more than S26 head in that line of their work.
 I got these figures from Prof. Clar- ence Ousley, who is the director for Texas of the farm demonstration work
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

was the fifth highest yield in the state The boy says that he was beaten by his paleface competitors because they used more fertilizer than he did, and that he expects to lead Oklahoma in the contests to come
 Tn addition to the clubs mentioned above. the children of the south are now starting peanut clubs, potato clubs, cot ton clubs and other clubs devoted to the raising of food and clothes for the na- ion They are all working under the rules Set down by the agricultural de- partments of the states or of the gov ernment at Washington, and their little farms are object lessons to all the coun- trv about. Heretofore this work has heen done by the children only for the money to be made out of it. From now or thev will have the added stimulus of patriotism, and every boy and every girl who joins the club will be little soldier fighting side by side with the army for the good of the world and the coun- try.
 '' Houston, Tex.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

The gold medal temperance contest. goven by Rev. Carl Gregory's Young Mems Christian association class in ora tory last Sunday evening at the South side Baptist church, was largely attend ed and was voted the most interesting and entertaining contest held in the dis trict during the year. The contestants names follow: MT Hunter Armstrong, West End: George F. Randall, H. B. Harrell and A. H. Levy. The Judges awarded the medal to MT. Hunter Arm
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

Guadeloupe, the largest island of the French West Indies, has population Of about 1S3,000 and a total area of 122 square miles, 32 per cent of which IS under cultivation The important crops are sugar cane, coffee, cocoa, vanilla and also lime trees The soil is fertile, and the rainfall is usually sufficient for the needs of the crops.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

Every batt1eship of the United states navy is entitled to 25o Ameri- can flags every three years, although there are many renewals during that period. The cost of the flags for each ship is s3O00.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

And now let me give you the records of some of these boys who have pro- duced such large crops of corn. They are little fellows and they come from all parts of the south. Jerry Moore of South Carolina has grown 228 bushels on one acre, Fiber Kimbrough of Ala bama more than PA bushels and Ben Leath of Georgia more than 214 bush els Bennie Beeson of Mississippi grew 227 bushels of corn on his acre and Walker Lee Dunson of Alabama has grown 232.7 bushels at cost of 19 cents a bushel. The cheapest corn in point of production was that of Junius Hill of Alabama, who grew PIP bushels on his acre at a cost of S.6 cents per bushel. Corn is now more than $1 a bushel and at that rate the acre of Ju- nius would bring in something like $200.
 From a money standpoint many of the boys have done even better than this. Their corn has been so good that they have been able to sell it for seed and some of them have gotten $3 per bushel and upward. A demon- stration agent tells me of a boy in Oklahoma who won first prize, which was a weeks free schooling at the State Fair school in Oklahoma City He also won gold watch for the corn he sent to the international wheat show in 1915, and later $160 schol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-17

not allow his little girl one-tenth of an acre rent free for such a purpose II she was ready to use it. The gov ernment also gives directions for can nlng and preparing the vegetables for the market
 Since the war declara tion home canning campaign has been inaugu- rated here in Texas The girls will can not only for family use, but for sale, and that as a patriotic effort to increase the food supply Banking. commercial and civic organizations are aiding in the movement and in Dallas they have adopted plans to buy ,000,- coo glass jars and 800 steam pressure canning outfits to be distributed throughout the county and sold at cost price. Many new canning clubs have been formed, and if it is possible to obtain jars or cans there will be up- ward of 100,0 000 quarts of vegs- tables and fruits put up in Texas alone.
 The greatest increase in our food supply, however can be made by the corn clubs and by the boys who will each put out an acre of corn and cul- tivate it after the methods which the boys clubs have proved to be good. There are 60,000 boys cuItivating corn after the rules of the government ex- perts in the southern states this year, and there might be a half million or so more here and in the other corn raising sections of the country
 Ii is only a few years ago that the south was looked upon as a one crop region, The people raised almost noth- ing but cotton, and they bought the most of their corn from the north Since then they have at times pro- duced one-third of the corn crop of the United States. In some years they have grown a billion bushels and up- ward, and if the methods of culture used by the boys were common in all the southern cornfields this section could raise far more than our total crop, which is sometimes as much as 5000 900, ,000 bushels
 Taking the whole of the United States into account, the average yield of corn for the past IS years has ranged between g and 30 bushels per acre, and the acreage has been be- tween 90,000,000 and 10S 100000. Since the boys corn clubs have been started 1751 boys each raised more than 100 bushels of corn on one acre and of that number 26 have produced more than 200 bushers per acre. and that at an aver age expense of from cents to 42 cents per bushel. Estimating the average for the United States at the highest it hds ever peeH, WHich IS oV puoAoiS eo the acre, had all of our farmers done as well as these 1871 boys our corn crop would be three times what it is or the enormous amount of 5000, 000,- 900 or 9,000,0 ,000,0 900 bushels. It's value would almost equal the billions of dollars worth of bonds we have issued to carry on the war
 And now let me give you the records of some of these boys who have pro- duced such large crops of corn. They
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-03
Laws of the Koran.

The koran was given to his follow
ers hot from the brain of Mohammed
as the law revealed to him through the
angel Gabriel. No other man contrib
uted to its form or substance. The linn
tied range of the knowledge and ex-
perience of and suggestions TO its au-
thor necessarily limited its scope to
rules adapted to the relatively simple
conditions of the people with whom he
was familiar. 1t failed to anticipate
all the needs of the rich and cultured
cities of Damascus, Bagdad, Cairo, Cor
dOva and Seville and the millions of
people inhabiting the great empire he
founded. His purpose was intensely
religious and conferred in the overthrow
of all idolatry and the establishment
of the worship of the one true and liy-
ing God.-Case and Comment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-03
FORMER ST. Adams BOY.
E. F. Brown Now President United Shoe
Machinery Company.

BOSTON, JulF 3.-Edwin p. Brown,
~fcerpresident and general manager of
the United Shoe Machinery company,
was elected president to succeed the
late Sidney w. Winslow at a special
meeting of the directors Yesterday
Sidney w. Winslow, a son of the late
president, was elected vice president,
and H. q. Donham, director and vice
president.
The new president is son Of George
w. Brown. first vice president of the
company and one of its organizers.
He was born in St Adams. VT. June
p, 1865, and is a graduate of the Eng
lish high school of this city. For a
time he was secretary to his uncle,
who was then president of the Atlantic
4 Pacific railroad
In 1898 he became Western sales
agent for the Colorado Fuel and Iron
company. He became interested in the
American Lead, Zinc and Smelling
company. of which he is now a director
and vice president. He was then head
of the metallic department for the
United Shoe Machinery company, and
in 1909 was elected assistant treasurer
land assistant general manager, later sue
cCeding the late Charles II. Wilson as
general manager.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-03
SCHOOL OF INSTRUCTION.
Commissioned officers to Meet at North
field July 5-14.

\ school of instruction for the commits
stoned officers OF the First Vermont Vol
umtcer Militia will be held at Mortified,
Ntl. July ) to. II, both dates inclusive.
Through the courtesy of the authorities of
Norwich university, the facilities of that
institution have been made available to the
officers during the school
First Lieut. Willard p Springer. Nation
al Guard reserve, will attend the school
as instructor in small arms practice.
Major h. j. Melville, medical depart.
ment National Guard, will attend the
school as surgeon and sanitary instructor
Officers attending the school will be al
lowed pay and transportation, for which
together with other necessary expenses 81
the school the quartermaster general vii
make provision.
Col Herbert IT Johnson, lst Vermont
Volunteer Militia, will be the command
ing officer and will prescribe the colrs,
of instruction to be followed.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-03
FAIRFAX WOMAN DROWNED.
Was Fishing with Her Husband
Lake When Boat Turned Over

ST. ALBANS, July 3. - Mrs Martin
j.. Hicks of Fairfax was drowned about
90 o clock yesterday afternoon while
hshing in Lake Champlain. Mr.. and
Mrs. Hicks had been at their cottage, a
mile below MELVILLE s landing on the
Georgia shore, and were out fishing to-
gether from a boat. Mr. Hicks dropped
his rod and in reaching for it upset the
boat, both of the occupants being
thrown into the water.
Mr.. Hicks could swim, but before
he could catch hold of his wife she
had gone down twice He finally grabbed
her and by keeping hold of the over
turned boat managed to support the
body until help arrived
Armand and Leger Rushlow, two
boys, Went to his assistance and tOwed
the body ashore. First aid measures
We're used and DR.. f. J. Melville of
this city was summoned. He rushed
to the scene, distance of seven and a
half miles, with a nurse and a pulmotor
working over the body for two hours
| without avail.
! The accident occurred in about l.
fleet of water and 100 feet from the
ashore. Mrs. Hicks was ~ years old
Her husband is the only near surviving
relative.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-07-03
DEATH OF CHEVALIER BAYARD
Gallant French Knight Met End Hero
icalIy While Leading Fight
Against Traitors Army.

It was on April 80, 1924, that the
Chevalier Bayard was killed in bat
tie His end was characteristic. En-
gagged in a campaign in northern Italy,
where the imperial army under the
traitor De Bourbon, was pressing hard
upon the retreating French troops,
Bayard was asked to take the COM
mand and save the army. 1T is too
late" he said, but my soul is Gods
and my life is my country's." Then
putting himself at the head of a body
of men at arms, he held the enemy at
bay until struck down by ball. He
was thrown from his horse, but re-
fused to retire, saying that he had
never shown his back to the enemy.
He was placed against a tree, fac
ing the advancing host. In the want
of a cross he kissed his sword, and
because of the absence of a priest he
confessed to his maitre d'hotel. When
De Bourbon came up and expressed
regret at seeing him in such condition,
he said: weep for yourself, sir. For
me, l have nothing to complain of; l
die in the course Of my duty to my
country. You triumph In betraying
yours; but your successes are horrible
and the end will be sad" Having
uttered these words the gallant knight
died and was buried by his enemy on
the field with military honors.