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Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
UP-TO-DATE STEAMER LINE
IS ASSURED FOR SMYRNA
PHILADELPHIA PARTIES LEASE
OLD WHARF AT LANDING
Passenger Freight Boat of Light
Draft To Be Run on Schedule Time
Without Respect to Tides

Smyrna is to have steamboat line.
This announcement coming at time
when Dover is talking of having a
waterway system opened up by the
deepening and shortening of St.
Jones' River, is good news to the
farmers of this vicinity and Flem-
ings Landing, as well as the mer-
chants and business men of Smyrna.
Messrs. A. McGavey and H. R. Kel-
Ter, of Philadelphia, representatives,
as well as being interested in the
ownership of the new Philadelphia &
Smyrna Steamboat Line, were in
Smyrna yesterday, and closed deal
with Hoffecker Brothers & Hall, for
the old wharf at Smyrna Landing,
and announced their intention of put
ting on a boat to meet the demands
of this community. The boat which
will be called the Steamer Smyrna"
comes here from the coast of Maine,
sturdy and seaworthy passenger
and freight boat in every particular,
100 feet long and "a feet beam. She
has a capacity of about 100 tons and
will be able to carry hundred or
more passengers. The boat is provid-
ed with all conveniences. Being of
light draft, she will be able to leave
Smyrna Landing on regular sched-
ule time without respect to tides and
will make the trip from Smyrna to
Philadelphia in five hours and less.
Her speed is IA knots an hour. The
new concern, which has secured a
landing place at Arch street wharf,
Philadelphia, will open headquarters
at Smyrna Landing. Fully capital
lied, they do not come to Smyrna to
sell stock like steamboat companies
of the past, but to do business and
give the people of Smyrna and vicin-
ity service. All they ask is a share
of the freight and produce from the
community. Besides freight, they will
carry passengers and this will mean
the opening up of cheaper fares to
and from Philadelphia, and a delight
full five hours river ride. The "Steam-
er Smyrna" will be down Monday
next on her maiden voyage and the
new concern will make known more
! definite plans at that time.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
LEwEs AND REHOBOTH CANAL.
Two Bays to be Connected by Using
Lewes River and Gordon Lake.

LeWGS hlNeI anu UOTQOH LIKE
Bids were opened at the office of
Colonel J. P. Jervey, engineer in
charge of the Delaware district, Mon
day for dredging the waterway be-
tween Rehoboth and Delaware bays.
The work when completed is to be
known as the Lewes canal and will
connect the two bays by linking the
Lewes river and Gordon lake. But
two bids were submitted some what to
the surprise and disappointment of
the Engineer department, which had
expected more. These were: Della
ware Dredging Company, Philadel-
phia, thirty-six and one-half cents a
cubic yard; Dorsey Miller Company,
Baltimore, Nd, forty-five cents a Gu
bic yard. Among the reasons of the
Engineer Department for expecting
more bids was the simplicity of the
terms, which were the shortest on rec
ord. Awards will have to be ap-
proved by Washington, after which
they will be announced. The govern
ment's idea has been to dredge, so
far as available funds that would
permit, a channel six feet deep at
mean low water, fifty feet wide,
through the town of Lewes to the
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
railroad bridge, a distance of about
5000 feet. Thence it was proposed
to dig a chanel of forty feet in width
from a point 1000 feet north of the
railroad bridge near Rehoboth south
ward to Rehoobth Bay, a distance of
about three miles. The entire opera
tion entails the dredging of only
about 100000 cubic yards of earth,
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
AIRPLANE TO LAND AT SMYRNA
Coming Here Friday Morning In the
Interest of the Fifth Victory Lib
erty LOan.-Land at "WOOdlawn'

Those who were disappointed in not
seeing the two airplanes land during
their recent maneuvers over Smyrna,
will be pleased to learn that another
airplane will visit Smyrna Friday, ami
will actually land so that citizens can
see what it looks like and how it
drops down and makes its ascent.
Chairman Clarence B. Raymond, of the
Victory Loan Committee, who has
been untiring in his efforts to put
Smyrna over the top, got in touch
with government officials at Aberdeen,
Nd, the other day, with the result
that he has succeeded in getting one
of the planes to come to Smyrna and
help boost the drive. The plane is
due to land in front of "Woodlawn,"
the farm of Frank Slaughter, at $50
o'clock Friday morning. 1t will make
four ascents, carrying one passenger
at each flight. Victory Loan bonds
will be auctioned off and the highest
bidder on each of the four sales, will
be entitled to a ride. Smyrna this
morning was within $4,000 of meet
ing its quota of $238,OOO and Mr..
Raymond and Mrs. Read and their
committees will leave no stone un-
turned to put this district over the
top. There are only three more days
left to accomplish this and those who
intend to subscribe are urged to get
their subscriptions in at once. The
last of the week an "Honor Roll' of
subscribers to the Fifth Victory Loan
will be displayed in front of the Vic
tory Loan headquarters. Be sure to
be listed among the patriotic citizens
and have your name on the roll.
Band Here Again Monday Evening
Monday evening the Fort Dupont
Band of twenty pieces was here again
and rousing big meeting was ar
ranged, but the electric storm which
passed over between six and seven
o'clock, kept the country people away,
and the record-breaking crowd of the
week previous was not to be had. The
meeting went on, however, as soon
as the rain stopped, and the few hun
dred present divided their time be-
tween the Opera House, where the
"Price of Peace" was exhibited, and
the bandstand in front of Harvey w.
FAIRIES. Chairman Raymond took
charge of the Opera House crowd,
and Mr.. Eugene Davis presided over
the first part of the public meeting
at the bandstand, or until Chairman
Raymond could relieve him. Ad-
dresses were made by Lieut.. Donald
Horsey, of Dover; Lieut.. D. S. Pruitt.
of Milford; Lieut.. Horace E. SpIuance,
U. S. N, and Private deAngelo, of
Hartly, all returned soldiers from
France, and ]. Hall Anderson, ESQ.,,
of Dover. At this meeting Chairman
Raymond secured pledges for $4,000.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
DEBATE AT PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Seventh and Eighth Grade Pupils
Afford Lively Interest Friday.

A spirited debate, in which the af-
firmative side won, was held between
the seventh and eighth grades of the
Smyrna Schools, last Friday. The
subject was Resolved, That more can
be learned from books than from
travel" The debaters were: Robert
Hill, David Lloyd, Linden Doughten,
Everett Moore, Mary Carey and Es-
ther Ford, all of whom did good work.
Before the debate, a little play, "Joan
of Arc" was presented. The char
acters were well taken by Audrey
Truax, Charles Chatten and Hazel
Scout. May festivities will be OBJ
served by the pupils of the Smyrna
Public Schools, on the school campus,
next Friday afternoon, May 9th.
Everybody welcome.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
AVIATOR HURT AT MIDDLETOwN
Lieut.. SchOfeld Falls From Plane
With Occupant-BOth Injured

Lieut.. SchOneld rails FROM Plane
With Occupant-BOth Injured
Lieutenant Schofield, government
aviator, was badly injured in making
a landing at Middletown, on Satur-
day. Edward Brinhurst, 5th, of Will
mington, who went to Middletown
with a supply of asoline for the avi-
ator, was in the plane at the time of
the accident, and he received a frac-
tured skull, had one arm broken and
sustained several decorations. The
injuries received by Lieutenant Scho-
field were not so bad as those receiv-
ed by Mr.. Bringhurst, and are not
considered serious, He suffered
mostly from decorations. Both men
were taken to the Delaware Hospital
at Wilmington, where they are re-
ceiving' treatment for their injuries.
An operation was performed upon
Mr.. Brinhurst on Sunday night,
which, at that time, was believed to
be successful.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
WIND AND HAIL UP COUNTRY
Newport and Stanton Visited By
Small CycIOnes-Farms Suffer.

Newport and Stanton Visited By
Small CycIOnes-Farms Suffer.
The electric storm that passed over
Monday evening and broke an opres-
sive warm spell of 85 degrees, devel-
oped into a small cyclone between
Newport and Stanton. Considerable
damage was done at the farms of G..
w. Maclary, Harvey Craig and the
Ball farm. At the Maclary farm a
silver maple tree, said to have been
more than 100 years old, was up
rooted and thrown across the lawn.
A member of the family had just
stepped from under the tree, and es-
capped injury. A number of fruit
trees were destroyed on the Maclary
farm. At the Craig and Ball farms
small outbuildings were overturned
and demolished. Hail also fell at
those farms and the glass in the hot
beds were destroyed.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
.SMYRNA-DOvER ROAD BEING
PUSHED WITH ALL SPEED
PROSPECTS GOOD FOR COMPILE
TION BY JULY FOR DOVER END
State Highway Commission Lets Out
Three Contracts For Harrington
Greenwood Bridgeville Roads.

The Smyrna-Dover Road is being
hastened with all speed. Frank Co.
hen, the contractor, has his road laid
nearly as far as the "Big Oak" and
with good weather will accomplish
much in the next few weeks. The
Cheswold-Dover section, in charge of
another contractor, will be finished in
about month. All over the State,
road work is progressing. McNichol
& Sons Paving Company, of Phiadel-
phia, were the lowest of seventeen
bidders on three contracts put out by
the State Highway Commission at
Dover, last week, and were given the
job. This included the roads
known as the Bridgeville-G Greenwood
Road As miles; the Greenwood Farm
ingon Road, A miles, and the Farm
ington-Harrington road, 5.97 miles.
McNichol & Sons Paving Company
bids were: No. 10, $148,54O.32; No.
IL, $125,092.48; No. IL, $191, 1,039.19;
total, $464,671.99. Chief Engineer
Upham stated that with the compile
tion of the roads above contracted
for, there will be a complete road in
Sussex county and in Kent county up
as far as Harrington.
Dover Milford Road Next in Order.
The Dover Milford road was gone
over by the members of the depart
ment, the route being by way of
Dover, Rising Sun, Magnolia, Frederi-
and Dover. The contracts will be
awarded June 1. Chief Engineer Up
ham also stated, that by June 10, it
is estimated that thruout the State
one-half mile of road construction will
be completed each day. Preliminary
plans are completed for the causeway
leading into Wilmington. Definite ac-
ton will be taken on this matter at
the next meeting of the commission.
! The contracts between Dover and
Smyrna are being pushed with all
speed possible and it is hoped to have
the road from Dover to Cheswold
completed within one month. The
contract work between Delmar and
Laurel is exceptionally fine and Fed
eral Representative LOsh states that
it is the best work he has ever seen.
Contractors are about ready to be-
gin work on Penny Hill, in New Cas-
tie county.
Recent Legislature Provided Road Aid
The recent State aid aid law passed
at the last General Assembly will pro-
vide State aid for the several coun-
ties, and this assistance will be given
on roads running generally, east and
west. This is an incentive for the
counties to carry on permanent road
construction and due to the fact that
the cost will be divided between the
counties and the State, it brings the
counties in close cooperation with
the State Highway Department in the
construction of permanent roads
Two Of the counties are already
commencing the construction of per-
manent roads from bond issues. This
will add considerable mileage to the
Delaware road system, and it can bt
truly said that Delaware, within
three years, instead of having the
reputation of supporting the worst
roads of any State in the union, viii
have the best roads of any State il
the union.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES

The Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector,
Announces Meetings For Week.
The Annual Parish meeting for the
election of vestry and reports, will be
held in the Parish House tomorrow,
Thursday, evening, at 8 o'clock. Let
every one be on hand. Evensong and
meditation Friday, at 7.3O p. m.
Services for May 18th, third Sunday
after Easter-7.3- a. M, Holy Com
muion; 1870 a. M, Morning prayer
and sermon. IL noon, Sunday School
and Bible Glass; 7.SO p. M, Evening
prayer and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
CROP PROFITABLE
Warm Weather Helped and Good
Prices for Early Shipments Prevail

Warm Weather Helped and GOOD
Prices for Early Shipments Prevail
The warm weather of the past TWO
days has brought on the asparagus
crop, and for the next six weeks the
growers will be busy. The prospects
are for a good crop, and the early
shipments have realized prices higher
than usual for the early cuttings.
Returns show it to have sold in the
New York markets as high as 81 a
dozen for the best quality. The as
paragus crop brings thousands OF dol
lars annually to the growers OF TINS
section. The bulk Of that grown mere
is sold in New York; but an effort IS
being made by the Parcels Post De-
partment of the Government man
service to divert at least part OF II
to Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
KENT COUNTY COURT CASES
KnOtty Problem Involving Value of an
Automobile Ditched Below Dover.

AutOmODlle DlCcne0 BELOW lower.
In the Kent county Superior Court,
at Dover, Monday, in an appeal case
of Thomas Kennedy and Hattie Ken
nedy, d. b. a., VS.. George w. Collins,
p, b. T., to recover $1O0 on judgment
note, Judgment was given in favor of
Collinsh, for $111.O8. Another case
heard was that of the Morgan Mill
worq Company, of Maryland, VS..
the Dover Garage Co. The case is one
in which an automobile was taken
from or allowed to be taken from the
Dover garage, of which D. M. Wilson
& Sons are the owners, on the night
of September %, 1915, said machine
early next morning being found dOw'
an embankment, where it had run
into and fallen over an iron bridge
Just below Dover, with the bodyf the
supposed occupant of the car buried
underneath, dead. The value of the
machine had been placed at $1,000.
Witnesses variously estimated the
value from $500 to $500. The case
was given to the jury about A o'clock.
After remaining out until $50 and
being unable to agree, the jury was
was discharged. 1t was ascertained
that ten of the jurors were willing to
a settlement of $4OO, while two of the
Jurors held out for no damages at all.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
SMYRNA BASEBALL TEAM WINS

Defeated MiddletOwn Friday After
noon By a Score of 10 tO2.
Smyrna High School Baseball team
jouneyed to Middletown and defeat
ed the High School team of that
town, 10 to 2. The high score was
due to Cornelius Tilhman's excellent
pitching. The lineup for Smyrna
was as follows: Cove Thomas, c.;
Cornelius Tilghman, p; Gordon Tur-
ner, S.; James Patterson, h.; Will
liam Patterson, 2b; Jacob Sklut, rf.;
Eugene Porter, CT; Earl Pryor, If.
The boys will play Dover, Friday, and
Middletown, Decoration Day.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07

Former Smyrnian Receives Promotion
Mr.. Charles E. Moore, formerly of
this town, has been elected secretary
and treasurer of the Ziegler Brothers
Corporation, of Philadelphia, vice
Harry C. Tschuddy, resigned.
Smyrna times., 1919-05-07
Luther Hill Gives Up Job at Bank.

Luther Hill, son of Rev. Charles A.
Hill, who was bookkeeper at the Ma
tional Bank of Smyrna, has resigned
his job and will leave shortly for De-
troit, Mich, to study the automobile
industry. His place at the bank has
not been filed.
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cams may attend by defraying their

teams may attend by defraying their
own expenses
The gathering OF rifemen will be
known AS the national matches OF 1919,
and is the latest of a long series of
workmanship competitions instituted
in 1908 and held annually wherever
possible for the purpose of stimulating
rifle practice as a national sport; de-
veioping rifemen having the attain
uients required of instructors In rife
shooting during the war. and OF restor-
Ing the United States TO her rightful
and traditional place AZ the premier
ration of marksmen,
The big matches viii be held at Cald-
wen. n r., "forty-five minutes from
BROADWAY" According TO details now
beng arranged by Northumberland
William c. Harllee. L. S. NJ. c.. who is
executive officer Of the matches. rifles
will begin to crack in competition as
carly as July /, and the final cease
firing" will not sound much before
September t. During the first part OF
this period. practice matches and
minor competitions will be scheduled
These will be followed up by period
Of instruction In Workmanship for the
civilian teams who will participate In
the national matches.
After the school of instruction.
series Of Workmanship competitions
which include some of the oldest and
most historic OF rife contests. Will be
held by the National Rifle Association
at America. These events viii lead ur
to those American Workmanship elias
sizes which are called the nationa
patches The national matches, there
fore will probably he held toward the
middle or end of August.
They consist Of three competitions
Tie most important is the nationa
team match In this event teams o
twelve shooting members are pittef
against one another Each team, usins
the United States military rife, fire.
twenty shots rapid fire At target 2o'
wards away: twenty shots slow fire
= target 6ot yards away and twent'
OTIS slow fire at target 1000 yeard'
away To the victors in this compe
t.tIon are awarded four trophies which
are highly priced among marksmen
one, a prize to the service teams:
second to the national guardsmen.
third 10 the civilian clubs and a fourth
to schools and colleges.
Under the law controlling the gov
eminent competitions. a national guart
team and a civilian team from eacl
state are authorized to attend thu
matches These teams are named b,
the governor Of the state, who may Sc
icct the personnel of the teams through
competition or according TO geographi
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cal distribution, or arbitrarily. In ad-
dition to the two teams authorised. as
many additional teams as desired. may
enter the competitions at their own
expense.
The national matches, since their IN
ception and until 1918. have been held
either upon a United States army or
a state rife range. This year, how
ever, the championships will be decided
upon Z. s. n. range and the conduct
of the matches will fall to seamen rife
men.
For the past ten years the navy has
made every effort to develop its Blue
jackets into good rifiemen, on the
theory that proficiency with small
arms contributes in a large degree to
proficiency in handling huge naval
rifles, developing among the men ply
steal control and coordination Of mind
! and body--a principle which found en-
thusiastic supporters in Secretary
Daniels and Assistant Secretary Frank :
lin d. Roosevelt Therefore. when war
was declared against Germany, the
office of gunnery exercises of the navy
department lost no time in enlarging
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the scope Of its courses in markham
ship. 49,
The development Of this activity took
the form Of establishing chain ..of
rife ranses--the principal stations be-
ing at Caldwell. N. j.. the largest of
the chain; Wakefield, Mass, Cape May.
N. j.: Peekskill, N. Y. Great Lakes.
near Chicago, Glen Burnie. Ma. Ylr-
ginia Beach. Va, Mount Pleasant, $. C..
and San Diego. Cal. On these ranges
corps OF trained instructors not only
saw to 1t that the seamen from Tire
battieship fleets were trained In haEd-
ling OF arms. but took. on the work of
instructing any army recruits that
were sent to them. In addition to this
and In connection with the range chain.
Secretary Daniels threw open the ia.
cilities.
Caldwell is reached at a cost sof
twenty-seven cents by the Hudson tube
from New York city to Newark. and
thence twelve miles by trolley to Cafd.
well.
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MARKET BOOAts TO
new HIGH PRICES

New York. April Ie,--The United
S4atrx will have a great surplus or fooa
this year For the next two ~cehs
jssyHry man and woman with voice %
~ typewriter or pencil or pen wan DC
MdvertIsinG%the wealth OF the Souh'fs
Vh1fss one of tire reasons why TINS SSoe =, -
s.,srket went booming to new hiEh
ysrices in many issues today. The gov
krnnent is going to borrow money !
I &ss fair interest rate The appeal TINS
time 4. on a business basis. The roam
ussn 70 like an oil underwriting. OPP
sI,rnssm It's rampant some re" stoNn :
are depressed. but even the rat1 oA"o
show signs OF recovering and that y
saying n great deal
In ssen,iment even II IL did not make a
.rry large gain in actual hEures. frcN-
sa~nt wilson's desire to see the prlos
~ steel adjusted so the country eau
.spf DOWN 10 business helped the whois
,ysarket. Coprers will OF course to,'o"
fbc steel shares in their improNe''.e ~
far the conpcrs have been depressed 80
.9,,>b .bat they can dY nothing but Im
prove .,,
The stocks that made most 81 inc
aav were high grade specialtfes Cigar
STORES Hide and Leather. tnltfd NtHtes
s-noS. Harvester. steel fou1dr'es FiFtN :
oil and United Drug all Distinguish"
fNersefves. Cramps Was euaf an = -
sssd the American Ice shAfeH mace '''
tops.
'Tse advance in HIDE and Leather va
sa l;us with exnectauons The COMPANY
& ~ be reo-Eantzcd and the common
sfA.l,t,eiders arc not to he rohned'
wba short interest IN StudcoakHr y
ssrs-,s.sa 'tv large one ~ ire tea0'"N
,.5sy,r Il iQstpr, Hbu7ce has been acchr'u
44ftrr to stock fot insiders Tor sever"
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CHICAGO CRAM MARKET.

Chicago Apri1 l9.~-Rec"rd
,,yirss on the corn crop were registered
soaay. Change ia sentiment was mar Ne',
ans MANY old ftfno bears we're found
~, cat,r or the bulls shorts were
.sg.x{o,,s ia cover over sunday and on
~. Other hand there vas good s:iln2
4 s,v longs. especially tho smaller ONES,
~ secure proGts
Msy future showed gain Of TWO
sstmss. July ~ 10 IS and Sepiemeef
"a. 10 9i+ strong commission houses
t,pneht following the market or ad~
sgn@e4 Trc fret thRt corn is IA = heat
~ eufdjiiou ri e"uHtfE elevators
saved more attention than any pre-
Tous tinse.
w4thdrawal ef the food adminstrs-
ti0r ard The grain corporation as sell
srS Of wheat helped bulls ia corn a.
ell a. other grains, II was helleNca
& .sis action by the government VIII rut
steat and wheat -four or higher
aseei Bulls also were favored r. re-.
nnrts If heavy shipments of small
srnto for Cxport shippers IN he corn
iseit made Inquiries Tor cars and move
aprut 10 primary markets VIII prohahtN
show an increase. cargo OF Arcen-
fssae Corn is expected al Galveston ana
fair recetpta at Atlantic ports also were
rSpccted
oats vas strong AZ advanre ~ I
t,a a-Sr with shorts ana investors buy
su4 lihe saf{y Strengthening influence
stgs the fact that seeding Was reported
Aa4e Exporters we're reported ertef'
aaG the cash market strength n
grains was reflected N prov 'sl"nH
Sisorts bought pork lard and ribs Nd
N.nceg were Is to 20 cents Hogs
.losei 0Ye cents higher chan the aver
ae price YESTERDAY
Grains and provisions futures hers
fssdav ranged as follows