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Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
LAND BOOST FOR FARMERS
FROM PORT PENN TO CANAL
MANY CHANGES WHEN GOVERN.
MENT IMPROVES WATERWAY
asst Land To Be Made, Flooded Acres
Reclaimed and Factory and Drv
Dock Sites To Be Opened

residents of the vicinity of Della
ware City and Port Penn are expect
ing 70 see an increase in the value of
iand IN that section due to the inn
proVements to the mouth of the Cbes-
apeake and Delaware Canal. which is
planned to be about 40 feet below the
Fort DUPONT Reservation.
The Government is planning to my
chase strip of land 1000 feet in
width from the new mouth to the ca
nal at the "Wide Waters" This tract
OF land will total about 25O acres and
Will be purchased from the farmers of
that section.
According to the plans that will
likely be adopted, the Port Penn road
VIII be done away with. At the pres
ent time this road is covered with wa
ter and traffic over it has been inn
possible for over year. The Dutch
Neck road from Delaware City, which
is partially covered with water. will
be raised, and it is this road that will
commune over the steel bridge that is
to be built. This road will branch off
on the west side of the canal and then
go toward Port Penn, as well as con-
tlnulng the Dutch Neck road.
To Establish Harbor and Build Piers
Piers are to be erected at the en-
trance to the waterway. These piers
Will be built at the direction of the
government, which will grant permits
Tor the piers. These piers and the
TACT that harbor is to be established
at the entrance are the principal rea-
sons that many people expect to see a
big increase in the value of real es-
tate.
The bridge that is planned will be
one-fourth mile northwest of the pres
ent Port Penn road. The reason that
no bridge will be made connecting the
Port Penn road is that the bridge
would be too long and would REQUIRE
The expenditure of a large amount of
money for its construction.
The fact that the canal will have its
at the proposed point is in
'eresting the farmers of that section,
'he greater portion of whom have had
heir farmlands flooded ever since the
liver bank broke above Port Penn. As
he canal will have to be dredged. the
plan is to deposit this material on the
farmland.
Flooded Farm Land To Be Reclaimed
This will make a considerable DOR
ion of land very valuable, even as
arming land, for at the present time
here are several thousand acres that
re flooded with water and which can
lot be used for agricultural purposes. J
his land will be made high and solid
asst land and should greatly increase
value, for there is a possibility that
large amount of this land will be
ought by industries for manufactur- :
lg sites.
1t has also been reported that one 6
ry dock concern has already made an
fort to secure some of the land for
urpose of building a dry dock when
ne entrance is completed. This in
'rmation has been learned from re-
able authority, and the developments :
re being watched with especial inter- q
st. Il
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
MINISTER'S s5TH BIRTHDAY
Rev. P. H. RawIin, Of Seaford. Old
And Blind, Remembered By Friends

Rev. p. H. Rawlin, Of SeafOrd. Old
And Blind, Remembered By Friends
Rev. Phillips H. Rawlins, of Sea-
ford, retired Methodist Episcopal
minister, celebrated few DAYS ago
his eighty-ffth birthday. Rev. Mr..
Rawlins is well known in Smyrna. He
was born in Sussex county. He was
born September 1S, 1884, and Joined
the Wilmington Conference at its first
session in 1869, and has attended all
its sessions except two, and is the
only surviving member of the Confer
ence who has reached the age of S5
years. Revs. William w. Redman.
George c. Conway, James Esgate and
Cornelius w. Prettyman, who are
younger, also joined the Conference
in 1869, but they were ordained elders
earlier. Mr.. Rawlins was a local
preacher for number of years be-
fore he joined the Conference. For 26
years he was a member of the Confer
ence Board of Stewards and for "a
years was its president. Though to-
tally blind, Mr.. Rawlins has fair
health and retains a keen interest in
current events. He goes to church
regularly. For many years before her
death it was the custom of his wife to
recognize her husbands birthday an
niversaries by giving him a party.
Since her death this custom has con-
tinued to be observed by his friends.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
STATE GETS ROAD EQUIPMENT
Federal Government Turns Over Sur
plus Machinery to State Highway

AS chairman of the State Highway
Commission, Governor Townsend has
received from the United States De-
partment of Agriculture, Bureau of
Public Roads, announcement of the
shipping to Delaware of surplus war
equipment for road construction in the
State, as follows: One Warren port
able asphalt plant complete, one pack
age of 16O chains and wheels and one
package of two spare kettle bottoms
and rivets. All the above will be used
by the State Department on road con-
struction work now in progress.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
INDIAN RELIC AT BLACKBIRD
Also Brass Bullet Found In A Tree In
The Woods OF William FOrtner

Also Brass Bullet Found In A Tree In
The Woods OF William FOrtner
Blackbird, Oct. 1.-While George
w. Burris, employed in the sawmill of
William Former, was saving a white
oak log four feet in diameter, the saw
struck brass bullet in the heart of
the log. 1t was in good condition and
as no hole was found in the wood it
is supposed the bullet, entered the
tree when it was sapling, many
years ago.
The tree was cut in the Deakyne
farm, in Blackibrd hundred, and some
of the old residents say they have
found many old Indian relics near
where the old tree was sawed.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
Near End OF High Tomato Market

Near Emo vi HIgh tomato Market
Tomatoes are still being shipped by
rail and boat from this vicinity, but
fewer loads are seen; indicating the
crop is coming to an end. The mar
ket today is 95 cents.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
Muskrat Trappers Expect Big Season

r . II FNNI AIHE JNuDUU
Muskrat trappers along the Della
ware river marsh are already looking
forward to the opening of the sea-
son, which takes place soon. Due to
the scarcity of muskrats, high prices
are expected.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
Day Current By First OF DecembeI

All the equipment for Smyrna's re-
modelled and standardized electric
light plant has arrived except the tur-
bine engine-dynamos. One unit>will be
ready in November and the other unit
with day current by December 1.
Smyrna times., 1919-10-01
Surveyors For duPont Boulevard Hero

Surveyors of the State Highway
Commission have been here all week
running lines both to the east and
west of Smyrna to submit to the
Commission. One line is near East
street and the other at High street.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08
PRICE OF PEACE
REVEALS SECRETS
Treasury Presents Film OF
Events in Great Conflict
Showing What Victory Lib
erty Loan Bonds Pay For.

Secrets of the war recorded by ths
motion picture camera and only now
released by the censors are revealed
in "The Price OF Pace" an official film
issued in behalf of the Victory Liberty
Loan, and being shown all over the
country.
"The Price of Peace" is the only
official picture ever assembled which
purports to cover the war from the
day it was declared down to date.
The purpose OF the picture as an
|nounced by the Department OF the
Treasury through Frank r. Wilson.
director Of publicity, is to put before
the public a graphic accounting and to
make clear why there is now Vic
tory Liberty Loan.
The picture opens with scene in
President Wilson'S office and a refer
snce to that momentous April 6, when
war was declared. It concludes with
q remarkable view Of the Statue OF
Liberty, in New York harbor, and the
Homecoming Of our army.
But there is vast deal between,
Including the embarkation OF troops,
their landing in France, final training
over there, then the desperate reali.
ties of the front line trnchs, gas at.
lacks, army railroading under fire, the
greet attack from SCISSORS to Chateau
Theirry, infantry and artillery under
heavy bembardment, a battle between
aeroplanes, and the downing OF an
enemy airman, the observation bal.
ICONS under fire, then the battle dead,
the prisoners, captured guns, our
troops marching over the Rhine into
Germany. General Pershing and his
men in Prussia. Christmas with the
Army of Occupation in Germany, and
he Homecoming.
Probably the greatest thrill OF the
picture is in the scenss where our
troops are seen going "over the top
and into the wheatfelds at A:35 o'clock
On that famous July IS, 1915. There
lis a dim, misty light, that gives these
scenes a peculiar intensity Other
scenes Of desperate fighting show an
American battery under heavy fre
from enemy guns in the Argonne. In
yet other scenes American soldiers
are shown bravely advancing under
.shrapnel fire across an open glade.
rwo are shot down near the camera,
/ The activities OF the American navy
furnish another important chapter OF
the picture. A number OF impressive
ycenes show the German fleet steam
Ing to surrnSer. u
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08
HOW WAR BONDS
60 UP IN VALUE
History of ALI Loans for a Cen
tury Shows That Advance
Has Always Come with
Peace.

Will history repeat itself? That
question is in the minds of many bond
buyers these days. Records show that
the prices Of. bonds were way down
during war times Of the past but soon
after peace was declared advanced
rapidly.
During Napoleonic wars prices OF
English per cent. consols ranged
from SIX, the high and SAY. the low
IN 1914 to 96M the high and SAN the
low, in 1924. puring the same period
French 5 per cent. rentes rose from
%. the high, in 1914 to 104.s in 1924
They also went as low as IS in 1914.
French per cent rentes during the
Franco-Prussian war ranged in price
from ISL to S73 and 5e.S to S11.
United States bonds during the Con-
tederate war sold for 95&4, the high,
and SO. the low. in 1861, but from then
on they had practically steady riss
until 1878. at which time the high was
1231k and the low l11k. The ten
forty-year bonds. put out in 1854 ad-
yanced from 1O3k to 11GB in ten
years.
Four series Of Liberty Bonds have
been issued and the ffth-to be
known as the Victory Liberty Loan
viii soon be offered. These securities
have behind them the mightiest pro
lection ever devised-the. resources
and the pledge and the faith Of one
Of the great nations of the world,
The investment value of the bonds
can never decrease, for the interest
uiIl ,l~Ays be paid and thu binds
sill be redeemed at full face value
At maturity:
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08
FARMERS ASKED
TO TAKE BONDS
Special Appeal en- Behalf OF
Liberty Loan Issue is Sent
Out by Washington! Repre-
sentative of National Grange.

Evarv farmer in America is ex-
~ x,;o,orr I.;herty
po''sa - suppOi' INC
Loan, says Ihomas Z. AtAesoh' INV
washington representative OF the Ma
tional Grange Patrons Of Husbandry
Tho has sent the following letter to
80. :, o,,o,v ,arn, ,ranya in
u0 oni'eis - e 4
me unlted states. :.
Victory Liberty is the slogan foi
the new loan. The drive is to begin
~. y 80, ., FOR tho sale of six billion
y;.. I;,.rtv pond.
As ~ :.
THESE TWO words visua'i1e al 'na' %
best in American spirit, American
farmers must respond to this appeal
..what the farmers of .AmeriGa did
:, .sor;sce and in accomplishment. in
,,.d rroanctinn and in bond buyine
5,,r;ns tbs war Is 4 mart Of the record
n i war record OF which any class
nav \, nroud II must be made good
nov Inv meeting the obligations which
r.su,t from the ontpourins OF Amer,
,.,n ssrangtb which conquered the
.,.n,;es ~ liberty and civilization.
rlme 70 Get Ready.
.,. ., .,,,. - 90, into mi. Victory
Yshsrtv pord camna,rn No appeal Of
tba war has gone unanswered to the
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08
AIR SERVICE HELPS VIC
TORY LoAN-LET's HELP
AIR SERVICE.

When the appeal was sent to
the air service by the Liberty
Loan Organization for using the
airplanes in helping the drive,
the response was immediate,
and Liberty Loan committees
all over the country are now co
operating with the air service to
encourage enlistments.
The air service needs men
and offers a number Of attract
i've inducements to those who
enlist. Those who have had eI-
perience and re-enlist are offer
ed the following privileges:
One months vacation at once.
Bonus OF $50.
Furlough fare certificate en-
titling you to ride to your home
at one cent a mile, with an addi-
tional five cents mile for tray
cling expenses.
Months pay and ration money
ON return from furlough.
Free clothing, medical -atten-
tion and quarters and board. Z
No loss OF pay while sick.
Furloughs with pay.
Insurance at low rates.
Pay ranging from $50 to
$121.50 a month.
Langley Field, Hampton, Var
is a recruiting center and Lieu
tenant Joseph MacLean Is in
charge.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-05-08
Professional Cards.

OTIS NJ. PAGE,
(Formerly Major Of Engr's U. s. Al
Surveyor and Engineer.
Drafting, Blue Printing,
Drainage, subdivisions, Etc.
Office Over Dillon Pharmacy.
Dillon, S. @.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
DO You Know

What IL costs you TO produce a
pound of beans, bushel of milo, u
ton OF alfalfa. ton Of ensilage, or a
bushel OF corn? Or to produce a 200
pound pig. pound Of butter or a
dozen eggs?
III You DO Not
How can you determine what is n
fair selling price for these products,
and whether you are getting a fair re-
turn for your labor and investment?
II You Would Like This Information
Insist that your Community Com
mlttee Of the Farm Bureau makes this
part OF the Farm Bureau program
for 1920. The Luxor Community on
November Z, included 1t with other
important matters as its program for
the coming year.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18

careful investigation. Others do not
merit consideration.
"We believe. from the fact that the
money, which we feel sure the people
of New Mexico will contribute to our
fund this year, Is 10 be spent In the
state for the benefit of the state In
well directed efforts to stop the loss
of life as well as the incidel4tal great
economic loss due 10 the ravages OF
preventable diseases. that the Red
Cross Christmas Seal and Health
Bond drive is one Of the drives which
should he and win be supported.
Every Citizen Interested
I'VE want the people to know Of
the good which may be accomplished
II present plans are carried out To
know further of the value of the
movement to the state and to every
citizen Of the state. We court the
most searching investigation. We be-
lieve that we can show that the sal
wage of human life and the increase
of human efficiency win Ice worth
many times the cost and that the dol
lars invested by the people of New
Mexico in Red Cross Christmas
Seals and Health Bonds will he
sound investment"
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
Fractions Demonstrate Value of
Purebred Bulls

A few calculations In fractions In.
dicate clearly the early rewards TO the
stockraisers from breeding with pure
bred sires instead OF grade sires. The
Bureau OF Animal Industry of the u
:. Department OF Agriculture, which Is
sponsoring the Nation Wide Better
Sires-Better Stock" campaign, calls
attention to a series Of diagrams Is.
sued in Wisconsin which show the
progress OF breeding native cows for
five generations with purebred bulls,
compared with five generation Of
breeding with grade three-fourths full
blood bulls.
After five, or In face any number of
generations such breeding. the calves
are still less than three-quarters full
blood. while IL only purebred bulls
are used. three-quarter bloods are pro-
duced In the second generation. and
the calves OF the fifth generation are
thirty-one thirty-seconds full blood.
The characteristics of breed rapidly
becomes fixed In stock In which only
purebred sires are used, while after
any number of generations OF breed
ing OF three-quarter blood sires the
Of still frequently ap-
pear.-Weekly News Letter.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
LOCAL BRIEFS

Mrs. +. ID. yickers entertained the
social club of he Christian church at
her home on Granite avenue last
Thursday afternoon.
Forrest Mckinley. former Deming
resident, was In the city last wednes-
day en- route from his home in Cali
fornia 10 Tyrone.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Hough arrived
In Deming Thursday from Nashville,
Mich, TO visit with DIR. and Mrs G. II.
Young. They are the parents OF Mrs.
Young.
Arthur Glaesman, formerly Of the
military police at Camp Cody, now liv-
ing at Sutton. NJ d.. expects 10 be In
Deming soon 10 make his home.
NJ. +. Delaney, Sr.. left the city
last Tuesday for his home I'm San
Jose, Calf. Mr.. DeIauney was long
a resident of Demlng.
Mrs. Sam Watkins who has been Wis
iting her mother, Mrs. Martha II.
Ament returned to her home In III
Paso last week.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
GIRLD SELLS SELF TO
SAVE HER FRIENDS

"The Price of Innocence" with Stel-
In Talbot in the role OF Mary Aldron.
squatter girl. will be presented at
the Majectic theatre. November 30 AMI
23. The story of the production pic
lures squatter life ON Goose Issnd."
and visualizes their tragic attempts TO
preserve the only abodes they know
from the efforts Of wealthy young
land owner 10 drive them from their
homes. Miss Talbot, as Mary Aldron.
enacts a strong emotional part in pre-
venting the plan 10 dispossess her
people, but at the cost of their con-
fidence and belief in her.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
Whom Shall We Send to Help Orrsn-
ize q State Farm Bureau?


/ chat there will be a State Farm Bu-
reau organized during annual confer.
ence and homemakers week at tbs
state College, January to 10 Is a
fact. And the question that the Luna
County Farm and Livestock Bureau
must decide on is, "Whom can we send
that viii best serve our needs and the
needs OF the State In this larger organ.
ization that will federate or coordinate
the activities Of the various County
Fnrm Bureausrr The following letter
from Mr.. ]. w. Knorr, County Agent
Leader to the County Agent speaks Of
the Importance OF this matter and we
wish that our farmers would give this
some thought so thnt at our Annual
Meeting on December IL, we may make
the very best choice possible.
Dear Mr.. Heyman:
. As mentioned In the summer con.
ferences II Is our plan to invite the
Farm Bureau presidents into the an.
nual conference and Homemakers
week at the College January 5-10th.
There In no doubt but what these men
when they get together from all parts
OF the state will develop state Farm
Bureau.
A state farm bureau will have to be
organized along the same lines as the
County Farm Bureau. Their meetings
at the college can be likened to a
County wide meeting, while the county
program OF work with reference to a
state organization can be likened TO
programs OF work as part
Of the county organization.
A state program OF work will have
10 be based upon county programs
Of work.. A state executive committee
will have TO be chosen In terms of this
program OF work and men thus chos-
IN for the executive committee must
be experienced and have ability TO
lead, just as we decide upon members
u the county executive committee. At
the time at your county wide meeting
when the new Officers and executive
are chosen for 1920 I'm terms
Df the new program OF work we would
like TO have you take up with this
First. Which problem or problems
FOR the program OF work for 1920
would they consider OF sufficient i'm
portance that 1t might be extended
beyond the scope of county program
and be embodied in state program of
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
COUNTY AGRICULTURAL NEWS
uepalmsnt Edited BY G. Hyman County Agricultural AGENT
tor the Farmers and sockmsn Of Luna County,
Phone No. 46e

work, such MS legislative matters.
roads, etc.
Second. The matter OF choosing one
lof their own number to act as a pleni-
potentiary delegate TO the college 10
consider the organization Of state
mrm bureau, who will act as their
representative should Il be advisable
70 complete such an Organization dur
Ing the period Of their visit. This per-
son should be chosen because he has
special ability along the lines included
under number one. He may be presI-
dent or the farm bureau for 1920 or
he may be Some other officer or execu-
i've committee member. In other
words rather than to encourage the at.
tendance Of men because they are farm
bureau presidents II would be better
to chose delegate regardless Of his
office. 1t should be member OF the
executive committee, who should best
serve the county and Its needs In
state organization. Should this man
be the president II will be alright
should he not be the president, we of
the college, OF course, would still like
to extend an invitation to the pres.-
dents to be here and trust that each
organization might arrange 10 have
tEeir farm bureau presidents attend.
Following the county wide meeting
we would like TO hear from the county
agents as to who OF their executive
committee will be delegate TO the
college and what problem or problems,
they VIII propose as items In state
m AI Tnfslr
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
New Mexico Farm Bureau Federation

without the shadow Of a doubt the
county farm bureaus federated into
State Bureau and the State Bureaus
organized into National Farm Blu
reau win be one Of the greatest assets
that has ever come 10 the American
Farmer. The fact that he can through
this organization deal collectively with
eny great business organization or
make his influence felt for Just legis-
ladon viii put him on level with the
labor class or industrial combinations.
Cooperative effort II the great slogan
today. II, too, must he the slogan for
the farmer, and indeed Is very rapidly
becoming such.
The New Mexico farmer is abreast
Of the times. BY another year more
than 30 per cent win be members Of
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18

Graphic advertisers are reliable.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18

farm bureaus. And In January 1920
Stnte Farm and Livestock Bureau
will be organized at the State College.
This will be clearing house for the
County Farm Bureaus Of the State
An effort will be made to have
presidents Of all county farm bureaus
together with the county agents and
as many other farm bureau members
as possible present at the Farmers
Short Course in January when a pro-
gram Of work for the State will be
outlined and State officers elected.
Luna county ought TO be represented
with large delegation. 1t will be
represented with large delegation.
Deming graphic., 1919-11-18
Farmers Association Sells Ten Cars Of
Milo In One Bunch

One of the largest deals that the Far
mers Association with the aid OF the
Farm and Livestock Bureaou has ever
been pulled off has Just been consumat-
ed with Los Angeles firm for ten car
loads OF milo at $3.50 per cwt. The
milo Is TO be delivered by December 10.
The entire amount Of this grain will be
loaded at Silton and the following far
mers are supplying the grain: G. ID.
Hatfield, 10000 lbs; q. ii. Hon, 15O,-
900 lbs. Q. l.. Lehman, 10000 lbs. X.
A. Lewis, 10000 lbs. Fred Hassman.
10000 lbs and ]. Il. Hestend, 10000
lbs, making a total OF 100000 lbs.
which will bring the sum Of $13,24O. 90.
Had Is not been for the fact that
these farmers were afraid that they
could not get their milo threshed by
Dec. 10 they would have been able TO
supply between thirty and forty car
loads OF this grain. However, the Los
Angeles firm IL still eager TO get more
milo and Is anxious 10 know how much
more can be had from this county.
The results of this deal came about
through the efforts of Mr.. l.. l.. Gaskill,
secretary OF the Farmers Association
and the Farm Bureau office. The
Farm Bureau sometime ago sent out a
questionaire asking the farmers of the
county as to the kind and quantity OF
farm products they would like TO sell
through the Farmers Association and
about when they would be ready TO
make delivery. With this informant ton,
Mr.. Gaskill got busy TO find market
f..s III l..
finding this market has been very
pleasing to the farmers who are able
to sell this crop for such splendid
price. Mr.. Gaskill has had offers for
this grain from several other cities
but this price is 30 cents per hundred
more than the next best offer which
came from FL Paso. Denver was even
lower than III Paso.