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Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
Elevators Of Ancient paXa.

The earliest mention Of a device in
any way resembling the modern eIe-
yator or ''lift" may be read in Vitru-
vtus, who describes holsting machine
which was invented By Archimedes.
This elevator of the second century B.
O. was worked by ropes which were
coiled upon a winding drum by a cap
stan and levers. The same writer re-
fers to another similar machine which
was made to rotate by a man who
walked inside the capstan. Such a
primitive elevator is still in use to lift
passengers and freight from &ffe first
to the second story OF convnnt on
Mount Sinai.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
FLEMING'S LANDING
Lightning Strikes Barn on the Collins
Farm-Local Happenings and
Personal Mention

Fleming's Landing, August 7th-
Personals. Mrs. Adelbert johnson
and son Stanley, are visiting in Jenk
intown, Pa Mrs. Eugene Deakyne
and children. have been visiting her
parents in Wilmington. Mrs. Gilmore
johnson has been visiting in Philadel-
phia. Miss Elizabeth Stats, of New
ark, Del, is at home i'll. Miss Ethel
Fennemore, of Blackbird, is visiting
Miss Edith Gibbons. Mr.. and Mrs.
William Abbott and daughter Miss
Mabel. Of Wilmington, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter David, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Stats, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Maree and children
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. John
Francis. Mrs. George Boyer is visit
ing in Milford. Miss Ethel David is
visiting her grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Benz. David. near Smyrna. =
Mrs. Lewis Mccall, of Wilmington,
has been visiting her brother, John
Severson. Miss Catherine Johnson, is
visiting Miss Mary Johnson.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
CHAs. sCHAFFER wrTH MARINES
Former BIackblrd Boy Brother of Miss
M. Schaffer Goes to France

Former BlackbIrd Boy Brother of Miss
M. Schaffer Goes to France
Among the First to Fight
Marines who have gone to France is
Clarence Schaffer, a Private of the
45th Company, according to advices
just made public. Private Schaffer,
who is a brother of Miss M. Schaffar,
of Smyrna, enlisted in the United
States Marine Corps at its Cleveland,
o. recruiting station on April Ia,
1917. He has displayed such marked
military ability and daring that he
was among the first to be chosen to
''do his bit" overseas. The Marines
who have been selected to represent
their country first in the war for de-
mocracY are proud of the recognition
bestowed upon them and they go with
the best wishes of the entire nation.
Our readers may we'll be proud of the
local boy and wish him the best OF
success as a U. S. Marine--one who
is willing to die, if necessary, to up.
hold the honor of his home anC
country.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15

James m. Satterfied Named for Kent
County and George L. Townsend,
DR., for Rural New Castle Co.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
TOWNSEND.
Miss Hill Takes the Place of Miss Davis
in the Public Schools


Townsend, Aug. miss Hill who
has been teaching at Matthews Corner,
near Odessa, has been appointed
teacher in the primary department of
our Public School in place of Miss
Lenora Davis who resigned. The
principals room is till vacant.
Chicken thieves have again made
their appearance in the neighborhood.
Joseph H. Manlove having lost As
chickens recently.
Grace and Gladys Money, LeiIlah
Money. Gladys Pillottand Mabel Har.
mon are camping at the bungalow at
Noxontown this week chaperoned by
Mr.. and Mrs. William C. Money.
Personals. Rev. Warren Burr has
been visiting his son in New York -
Mrs. Josephine Webster is visiting
relatives in Milton. Miss Laura
Stats, of Wilmington, has been visit.
ing Mrs. Wilmer Fenemore. Miss
Mary Aspril, of Odessa, has been
visiting DR.. J. D. Miles and family.
Miss Elsie Wright. of Newark, is
the guest of Miss Ethelwyn Maloney.
Miss Rebecca Bramhle is visiting
her aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Latto-
mus in Wilmington. Mrs. Jennie
Stats is spending the summer months
with her daughter Mrs. Joseph Pritch-
ard.-Miss Elizabeth norman, of Bal
timore, has returned home after spend
ing some time with her cousin Mrs.
Walter Morgan. Carleton MacSorley,
Jr., of Wilmington, is spending some.
time with his grandparents RicharC
Hodgson and family.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
COW NETS MIDOLETOWN
FARMER S34,42 IN MONTH
PAUL B. MESSICK LUCKY OWNER
OF PROFITABLE YOUNG COW

Remarkable Showing Made by Animal
in His Fine Herd on His Farm Near
Middetown for Month of July
Out of more than 400 cows tested
in the month of July. in the Middle
town Cow Testing Association, Paul
B. Messick, a young farmer residing
three miles south of Mi6dletown, has
the prize COW. and probably the best
paying cow in the state for the same
month. MIR. Messick has kept an ac-
curate account of the doings of his
herd ever since he entered the dairy
business.
Annabell, five year grade Hol-
stein, was the particular cow tested.
She had just come fresh with her third
calf, ana the food given her was care
fully weighed and the prices computed
at the present market prices and the
pasturage charged at $1.50 for the
month. The following are the figures {:
Amount of milk for the month.
1. 776 pounds.
Daily average, 56.7 pounds.
Butterfat for the month, Sc. 8
pounds.
Value of product, $41.91.
Cost of all commercial feed, $5. 90.
Cost of pasture for the month,
$1.5O.
Profit above cost of production,
$34.4
Mr.. Messick has within the past
year built one of the most moderr
cow barns in the state, and two hol
low tile silos. The silos are filleC
with silage of sugar corn fodder
which is cut after the crop of sugar
corn is marketed. With the view o
bettering his herd he has recent.
. made a contract with the Winterhu
Farms, for ten thoroughbred heife
calves, which will be delivered as fas
as other contracts of the farms ar
, filled. The first of the consignment
: arrived week before last, and other
f are expected weekly until the contraC
y is filled. John Anderson is herdsma
\ for the Messick farm.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15

Remarkable Showing Made by Animal
in His Fine Herd on His Farm Near
Middletown for Month of July
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
FARMER ON ALLIGATOR HUNT
Finds Tropical Beast in the Fresh Wa
ter of Silver Lake Dover Last Week

Finds Tropical Beast in the Fresh Wa
ter of Silver Lake Dover Last Week
W. G. Williams, a farmer residing
on the outskirts of Dover, whose farm
borders on Silver Lake, enjoys the
distinction of being the first Della
warean to indulge in a real, Old-fash-
ioned alligator hunt in a fresh water
pond in this state, so far as is known.
Incidentally, Mr.. Williams has solved
the problem of the mysterious disap-
pearance of his chickens. and has re-
moved from Silver Lake a source of
dread to the young bOv swimmers of
Dover. Several weeks ago, Glider
D. Jackson, a prominent farmer of
near Dover, and a neighbor of Mr..
Williams, received young alligator,
measuring about two and one-half feet
in length from his son, Lieutenant
Glider D. Jackson. Jr., who is sta
toned at Port Royal, S. c. Mr..
Jackson intended to keep the gator
as a pet, but short time after it ar
rived the reptile escaped from the pen
in which it was imprisoned and has
since eluded all attempts to capture
it. About that time MIR. Williams
began missing some of his chickens,
and the boys who have been in the
habit of frequenting the Swimming
Hole" spread tales about the town tC
the effect that they had seen a "tur'
rible sea-sarpent" crawling about ir
the shallow water at the edge of the
shore Mr.. Williams set a number
of traps and kept constant watch ovel
his poultry yard, but the fowls con
tinned to disappear despite the fac
that there were no signs of intruders
A few days ago Mr.. Williams wa
strolling along the edge of the pond
where it bordered his farm, when hi
attention was attracted to what wa
apparently a short log floating on tn
water. He noted that while there
no tide in the lake the log seemed
be drifting along at rapid rate an
] he was unable to account for tn
phenomenon. While he was puzzlin
over the curious action Of the log b
J was amazed to see it make a sudde
j dive for the shore, crawl rapidly OF
upon the land and grab one of hi
5 prime chickens by the leg, draggir
{ the squawking fowl back into tt
: water and after a few moments {
splashing about both disappeared fro
view. Then Mr.. Williams awoke
a a realization that the clog" was
{ reality an alligator, and a pretty a
tive one despite the fact that it WI
: many miles from it's native haunt
/ He hastened to the house and secur,
n a gun and stationed himself at poi
IS near the shore to await Mr.. Gator
i temperance. His patience W
Il finally rewarded and a load of sh
'e ended the career of the South Carolil
J. chicken thief and "sea-serpent. :"
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
LAWYERS ARE NAMED TO
RESIST EXEMPTIONS
WILL REPRESENT GOVERNMENT
IN CASES THAT COME UP

James M. SatterfeId Named for Kent
County and George L. Townsend,
Jr., for Rural New Castle Co.
In compliance with instructions re-
ceived from Provost Marshall General
Crowder, Governor Townsend has ap-
pointed a lawyer for each district in
the State to represent the government
in resisting exemption claims that
may be unjust, before the local boards,
as we'll as the district (State) board.
The appointments follow:
Division No. l, Wilmington-Danie
o. Hastings.
Division No. 2, Wilmington
Thomas F. Bayard.
Division No. 3, Wilmington-Percy
w. Green.
Division ID, Wilmington-Herbert
H. Ward. John F. Neary was ap-
pointed for this district, but had to
decline. and Mr.. Ward was named in
his place.
Rural New Castle county-George
L. Townsend.
Kent county-James M. Satterfeld.
Sussex County Frank M. Jones.
The District or State Exemption
Board which met and organized ir
Dover Wednesday, decided to secure
a chief clerk and additional clerks il
the other two counties to assist the
board in getting the work of the boarC
in shape and check up on exemption
claims which will come before them
After this is done corps of stem
ographers will be secured to dispatcl
the work as it further develops.
At Wednesdays meeting of the dis
trict board. Governor Townsend an
Secretary of State johnson were pres
ent and gave valuable aid as to tn
duties and powers of the board Man
who are denied exemption by the locs
boards it is expected will appeal t
the State board, and in view of thi
the members of the State board ar
preparing for long and arduous work
In order to facilitate matters, branc
offices will be opened in Georgetow
and in Wilmington in order to have
headquarters in each one of the thre
counties of the State.
No appeals in person will be a
lowed by the district hoard, it was al
nounced by Charles Warner, chairma
of the board, Wednesday night. TIL
ruling. it is said, has been made in
perative by the abnormal number {
appeals expected to be made from IL
rulings of the local boards. All al
peals must be made in the form
affidavits and each appeal will have
be considered separately. Clerks. il
vestigators and stenographers al
needed to assist in the work ind the!
will be located at Dover, GeergetoW
and Wilmington. The district bosl
will sit whenever there, has been
sufficiently large docket of cas-
worked up by the Investigators te wa
rant the action.
Smyrna times., 1917-08-15
Just So.

You are constantly surrounded by
testers, SIR
"Yes, always got my wits about me-"
responded the king. who was some
tAing Of the sort hiUlself.
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-30
SCHOOL SUPPLIES

This will remind you that school begins next Mon
day, and the children will need supply of pencils,
tablets, etc. about that time.
We are prepared to supply them with just what
they need in the line of tablets composition books
pens and pencils, colored crayons, pencil boxes
ETC. Also lunch pals and folding lunch boxes
The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1917-08-30

Isn't it feeling of intense satisfaction to have your
ment you on the smartness of your coat? Certainly!
The Washington times., 1917-11-20

Bart. 1t was the study Of. young
woman who lived only for the
great world" and clung passion
ately to its fringes. And yet when
there fell into her hands the COM
promising letters written by the
woman who had ruined her "House
Of Mirth" she knew that she had
only to show them to a few friends
and she herself would be rein
stated, her reputation unsmirched.
But she could not do it. Some fas-
tidiousness of nature, some fine
ness Of spiritual grain made it
easier for her to take chloral and
die rather than stoop to a lower
ing revenge.
Every woman who has lived
much in the world knows certain
very damaging facts about others.
Some have been whispered to her
in confidence, some have come to
her through strange channels; it
is in her power to mar some life
irretrievably. And yet how rarely,
how very rarely that power is
used. What is it that withholds
US, if we are, as you say, "all van
ity, all frivolity, all mendacity?"
You deny to women sense OF
honor, and claim that it is the ex-
elusive property of men. l main
tain that if you choose your women
of the same mental type as the
men of whom you speak, you Will
find that their code Of honor IN
regard to the sacredness Of conf
dence and their adherence to it Is
quite as strict.
You prefer men to women as
your intimate friends and conf
dants. So do many women. So
do l. But let US not blink facts
or becloud statements. We do so
because there is more interest,
more color, more charm in asso-
citation with the other sex than
with our own.
And by the same token, most
men prefer to make women the
confidants of their business, pro
fessional and personal secrets"
But that merely proves that a
friendship with a man, no matter
how platonic, has an indetnabie
quality that is lacking in friHnd-
ship with a woman. 1t does not
prove that women are unworthy
of the deepest, truest. most disin-
terested friendships for their own
sex.
There come moments in every
woman's life when she turns to
her own. Only a woman can un-
derstand and speak her LANGUAGE
then. The cry of her heart is; u
want my mother" And, Miss
Garden, the woman who has not
known the sustaining solace, the
heavenly kindness that women
can show to women Is indeed poor.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20

N 7 DEAR MISS GARDEN
W Il have just read an ar
~ tiele over your name
which stirred me to a great sur
prise. I never dreamed that to
you, lowered with the divine gifts
of beauty and art, md genius and
song, I could offer anything but
my unstinted admiration.
But now cannot fail to express
to you my sympathy and, may l
add, my pity.
In one Of your opening para
graphs you say: 81 am one of the
few women in the world who can
lay claim to bling genuinely mod
ern, and yet opposed to all the
various invasive tendencies which
have come upon women in recent
years."
That is a very well-rounded
statement; but just what does it
mean? To paraphrase Kipling,
"It's pretty, but is it sense ?"
What is it to be genuinely mod
ern, and yet opposed to the inva-
sive tendencies"
To be modern is to be in tune
with the thoughts and feelings Of
your time, and these are naturally
invasive, or the world would come
to a standstill.
What you say is on par with
being "recklessly discreet" or
"honorably dishonest" or "sanely
insane" 1t is a paradox.
/ note, too, that you have re-
affirmed all of the stock argu-
ments against the enfranchisement
of women, which, summed up,
amount to this: That the suffrage
should be denied women because
they are not fitted for it.
If this is an expression OF your
preiudices or your emotional be-
iiefs-you are too clever for them
to be your intellectual convictions
you have a perfect right to hold
and to voice them. But If you are
advancing them as logical argu-
ments, you will have to bolster
them up somehow, for they haven't
a leg to stand on.
In a democracy the franchise is
not a privilege bestowed for merit
upon the few; it is a dutv, an obli-
CATION which devolves upon all the
citizens of that democracy, male
and female-else, we have not
democracy. .,u
quote you again. There is
only one true reason for the mod
ern tendency in women, and that
is restlessness. Men have treated
them too well. Thew are too well
fed and well dressed and cared for,
SO they have begun yelling for the
moon"
Isn't There Something Of
Unrest in Your Soul!
You, Miss Garden, have proved
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Once Overs
Giving Your Kid
A Nickel.
Copyright, 1917. International News Service.

Copyright International News Service.
Parents what doing teach kddes the value
money?
Has that boy girl of yours any
earning ffty-cent piece?
When youngser you willing work hard
hour for ten give child nickel for going
he grocery store, a couple Of blocks away
Perhaps think merely giving that kid spending
you would do anyway
But how mpessn of the value of the
make dollars and how long from standpoint
the chlds efort-yes yours even
Naturally if child is given cents for such little duty
running five ten minutes it will seem
that child easily that there will be no heSanc in spending
it.
Kind?-not bit Of it.
Doing him IN injustice?-sure as preaching
Compelled t ID rsaI service graduated degree of effort
remuneration perhaps life he Will thank you 10r THIS valuable
lesson
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Feeding Soldiers From Aeroplanes
Continued from First Column


nvadersand they fighting accordingly, they fought
against the same barbarians centuries ago.
Let be remembered that Italy forced in 1855 accept
boundaries dangerous and almost impossible to defend has
been since at the mercy of Austria and Germany and
that that is the explanation Of the triple alliance
Let it be remembered that the Italians whose courage
has been stupidity questioned holding the Austrian and
German armies by sheer courage and determination. Italy
knows that it is victory death and she is not prepared
to die as nation Now, at Piave, little later at the
Adge the Germans will be stopped and held permanently
then gradually swept back and out.
Italy has done her part heroicay in the war holding
mmoble the force of Austria that Germany could not
enabling France to withdraw her and her guns from
the entire French Italian front for against Germany in
the critical battle of the Marne.
But for the Italian declaration that reached Paris at
the critical moment and made it possible to strip the italian
frontier of guns and there might be great victory
of the Marne and the Germans might be in Paris today
Italy in this has rendered services that cannot be
exaggerated This should be remembered by America now
and later when peace Then must be righed the
wrong against Italy perpetrated when Garbaldis ia
mons ''I obey' followed the nrr that checked him
the road to victory and safe frontier
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
An Open Letter to Mary Garden By Mrs. WsonW Woodrow

stage. Boys enacted all female
roles. And you know the social
consideration accorded to "mum-
mers," as they were called.
And women writers were objects
of derision. They wrote by stealth.
Discovery amounted to social os-
tracism. They inspired no end of
merry jests because of their al
legged blu stockings and their
ridiculous pretensions to such an
unfeminine possession as brains.
That professional women enjoy
their present agreeable status is
due solely to their sister of an
older time, who, through sheer
brilliant achievement, force Of
character and unalterable purpose
compelled recognition and respect
from a seornful public. Dare the
women of todau forget their men
tai struggles, their spiritual isola-
ton?
Women, you aver, cannot keep
secrets. "To trust women with
the contents of your heart is like
throwing gold upon the street and
expecting to find 1t there invio-
late"
Every Woman Eventually
Turns to Her Own Sex.
Not only history but life refutes
that. You remember when Mrs.
Wharton, a great realist and a con-
summate artist, portrayed Lily
The Washington times., 1917-11-20

yourself a woman Of great poetic
imagination. That is demonstrat-
ed by the various roles which you
have vitalized with the power and
magnC --sm Of your artistic soul.
Isn't there something in the fact
Of the divine unrest Of women
which appeals to that wonderful
Imagination? Well-dressed, we'll
fed, cared for, and yet not content
to be entirely enervated, not will
ing to sink to the level of the
house cat browsing on its silken
pillow, or the toy dog with its en-
broidered blanket and its jeweled
collar, but still canable Of a vision,
still fired by dim dream Of serv-
ice.
And your statement that "wom-
en- Lave no steadfastness of pur-
pose, no adherence to a principle"
What about the women who have
fought for the suffrage steadfastly,
unweariedly, in the face of continu-
GUS defeat for the last sixty years
and more?
Again you say: women who are
not free under our lenient rules of
life are not wisly made free"
What made it nossible for you to
follow your chosen profession, or
me to follow mine without con-
tumely, criticism, or breaking the
ties that bound US to family and
friends? 1t would not always
have been SO. Turn back the pages
of history. 1t was long before
women were permitted on the
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Play Fair With the Public
By EARL GOODWIN.
II the Cars Cannot Garry the Passengers, Do Not
The Brookland Example.
DiscOurags Jitneys.

When Congress created Public Utilities Commission
for the District of Columbia many of believed the civic
millennium at hand All the street troubles had
been suffering up that fatal moment showed behind
and we faced life with better feeling We believed the
street cars were going to run for the public.
Instead of that the Public Utilities Commission seems
to be running for the street cars.
The most vivid example is to be found in the horrible
Commission allows to exist by not encouraging 10cent
jtneys.
The street companies admit they have fallen down
their service They cannot get Materials they
cam and the square foot rule for passengers has been
more or less OF joke since it promulgated No
wishes to cricse the companies for condition
which is felt by nearly every industry but there is serious
complaint to be made against condition which has arisen
a collateral matter.
The jitney routes of the city were changed and q
straight Scent fare ordered At that time the writer pointed
out that the business Of the Utilities Commission to to
it that the public gets the greatest possible service the
street have fallen down. then the neys should be
encouraged as temporary measure at least
The writer knows full wen that anyone who rides In
ney takes chance Jtney drivers not financially able
to meet claims for heavy damages Street companies
are responsible
Street car officials complained that the tney drivers
should not be allowed to parallel the lines and collect
10cent fare while the companies limited to six
for-aquarter fare.
conditions were different there would be some Justice
in this complaint But when the Washington Railway and
like Brookand Heaven knows doesn't give adequate
ice anywhere) and then elbows the gtney driver of the
street its position becomes indescribably piggish
Let any kind of vehicle carry passengers the pas
sengers want ride in it until have real service
again Brookand and several other communities would
rather pay 10 cents for ney ride than not be able to ride
at all.
SUGGESTION: JTTNEY DRIVERS, APPLY FOR
A 1O-CENT RATE TO BR0OKLAND. THERE is
CHANCE YOU WILL GET 1T.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Here's a good thing.

Everybody who can AFFORD to
spend a dime can go to the Wilson
Normal School tonight to hear the
opening lecture Of a series Of twenty
five talks on real economies In house,
keeping. Short cuts, food thrift
ideas. The Wilson Normal School
Community Association is going to
run this course Of lectures. the idea
being fathered by DR. KEBLER, Of
the Department Of Agriculture.
The ten cents admission goes to-
ward the expense Of a motion pic
ture machine and operator.
The Washington times., 1917-11-20
Feeding Soldiers From Aero
planes

Wonderful Courage and RESPONSIBILITIES Shown by the
Italians in Their Fight Against Desperate Odds.