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Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
FOR DU PONT ROAD.
New Kent and Sussex Roads to be
Made Attractive to Visitors.

New Kent and Sussex Roads to be
Made Attractive to Visitors.
With the announcement that T.
Coleman dupont favors the route of
his boulevard thru Smyrna and offers
$500 to Town Council to this end,
cones the additional offer to restore
Lake Como and beautify the approach
70 Smyrna with flowers. A wide con-
efete bridge and tumble-dam and
flower beds to add to the beauty of
the southern entrance to Smyrna,
strikes popular approval. In order
70 make the concrete highways now
under construction in Delaware at
tfsctlve to tourists, ]. H. Lancaster,
Of Portland, Ore. landscape artist,
mas made an inspection of the i'm
proved roads already been completed
In tne western section of Sussex
county Within a short time, it is
stated, he will submit for the ap.
prOval Of the State Highway Com
mission plans whereby they may be
Deautlhed with shrubbery and flow
es. With the course of the mex
Jew months, when the northern par
u Delaware will be linked with thu
southern section, by a concrete roac
second to none in the United States
enc lateral roads are connected witt
leading to all of the principa
""ns' the Diamond State will hav
net work of concrete roadways un
surpassed by any other state. Wit
SuCh system, it is stated that tn
nisnway Commission has struck upo
1F plan to make them more attract
" y 'y setting out shrubbery and flow
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
BIG LOSS FROM HOG CHOLERA
Estimated That Lower New Castle
County Has Been Hit $4,000

Townsend, Sept. ia disease
which several veterinarians have pro-
nounced as being the cholera, has
killed over one hundred hogs in lower
New Castle county during the past
two weeks, while many others are
now down with the malady. 1t is es-
timated that over $3,7OO worth of
Porkers is lost to the owners already
as a result of the outbreak of the dis
ease, which started among several
largehogs belonging to Daniel Naylor
about three weeks ago, but strange to
saw all of these swine are still living.
About a week ago over 100 hogs were
inoculated by several veterinarians
who had been hurriedly called to that
locality from Middletown and Smyr-
ma and the disease is now confined to
the ones that were not inoculated, ano
making heavy inroads among them.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
81. PETERS CHURCH NOTES.

NJ lhOmas Getz Hill, Rector, An
''u0ees Services for Week and Sunday
fnday will be one of the Septem-
- Days, in which the Church asks
:, prayers Of her people on behalf
'lOse who are to be Ordained. The
~, s,'iees on Friday evening at 7.9O
= ,',,i consist of Evensong, Litany and
pe''al lntercessions. Choir Re
s~isai will follow the service. Sun
s' besides being the 18th after
lry' larlinlty' will be the Feast of st.
! ".'new the Evangelist. There will
n, sunday School at 1O.15 a. M;
communion and Sermon at II
and Evensong with Sermon
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
IN MEMORIAM

In loving remembrance Of our dear dauRh-
ter EIJNITY GRACE VIRDIN. who died
September 7, 1916. September 10. we laid
her to rest in odd Fellows Cemetery Cam
den. Del.
Three years have gone but,
Still we miss her. Friends may
Think the wound has healed.
But they little know the sorrow,
That lies within our hearts concealed.
She Is not dead but only sleeping;
S,veetly sleeping in Gods love.
For Christ has called our loved one.
Called her to that hong above
Sadly missed by c...
Father. Mother. Sisters. Brothers and Grandmi
h@'"o.' ADV
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17

c,or,ss P.Thornley has begun NOV
O .Io old Register property, he re-
'ns -. - purchased, back several feet to
/ % r,.de an addition to a fine new
y :. If modern style Architecture.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
Wood for Cotton.

Wood is now being converted by
new process into a substitute Ior aD-
sorbent cotton-a product which is be-
ing supplied to the government by one
mill at the rate of several tons DAY.
This absorbent wood is of great value
n covering and stanching open
wounds.
The wood is ground up and then
snun or rolled out into pure white
sheets resembling cotton batting, and
IS SO light and bulky that only about
1000 pounds Of it can be packed In
a. ord,narv box car. This substance
costs 28 cents pound.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
M SMYRNA TIMES
sMYRNA, DELAWARE
AND VICINITY

% ,.r,s of General Interest Gath
s"'' cred During the Week
i Tires-3Ox9 12-guaranteed
Dlan' Da"o ,,iles-Iron Front Hardware
~s.-Adv'
new line of silks, messaline
S'c csorgette % crepe. Variety of col
pna O " mality. Miss NJ. R. Conaway,
Smyrna, T. Del.-Adv'
bova the exclusive agency for
RuttsricE tie Patterns and Publications.
! nDd foe StOre.-Adv.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17

About as good a way to study hu-
man nature is when you are driving
on the public road. If man is will
ing to observe the laws and the cour-
tesies Of the road, he will duly give
his share of it when meeting another,
and shows he is willing to do the g':I.-
tIemanly thing about it. But wheI4
you meet one who takes every adyan-
tage of thOsehe meets, and holds the
road for his own selfish self, often to
the great discomfort of those he
meets or will not allow them to pass,
we are almost sure to think of the
hog in connection with such drivers of
teams.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
For Sale

Well built house. on West Commerce street
in Smvrna. Eight rooms and bath; easily re-
modelled to Colonial Style water and gas. Lot
,oo,.es foot having rear outlet on Peterson
street. Terms reasonable.
Apply to
MISS S. d. PRATT,
214 West Commerce Street.
p,o re Smyrna, Del.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17
Attractions at Smyrna Opera House

Attractions at Smyrna Opera House.
Fresh from the success OF that
wonderful picture of Mary Pickford
in "Daddy-Long-Legs," Manager Nc
Manus makes another announcement
of the coming of the great actress
Nazimova in "The Red Lantern" 1t
is a play of mysterious China with
weird lgting effects in the glow OF
which Nazimova reveals the tremen-
dous power of her acting. You will
miss it if you don't see this wonder
full picture that for weeks has been
drawing big. crowds at the Stanley
Theatre in Philadelphia. On Monday
next, Sept. % there will be an Art
craft Special with Catherine Calvert
in "The Career of Katherine Bush
a picurization of the celebrated novel
by Elinor Glyn. See the extent
beautiful woman will go to sway the
hearts of men.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17

SrArp OF DELAWARE, COUNTY OF KENT. IS:
/. Chas. J. Sudler Cashier OF the aDove-naIne1
hank do sOlemnly swear that the above statement
is frne "A the best of my knowledge and 0ellet.
" CHAS. J. SUDLER, Cashier.
subscribed and sworn to before me TINS .'h
day of September 1919; ,,,,r, ,,o,.., t,,,blic
CoRREcT-Attest:
W. F. KEITH. D.-s%.o..
JAMES H. ROBERTS. ureelorS
EUGENE DAVIS,
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17

The largest crowd ever seen in
nover at one time attended the Fir
mems Carnival Saturday night.
Every street was lined with automo-
biles and carriages. A conservative
estimate of the number of automobiles
was 1000 and the crowd 10000. The
orening Of the State Highway from
Smv,na to Dover Saturday, a day
earlier than anticipated brought many
persons. Because of the two rainy
nights during the past week, the Car
uival Company has decided to remain
this week.
Smyrna times., 1919-09-17

strawberries at 50 cents a quart
.,nrJ a ready sale in Wilmington,
S'tnrdav. <s They were grown by
1 a a,ris ]. Rambo, of State Road. The
|t.rr;es are of the variety known as
|Urogressive, and while out of season,
.o INST as fine favored as those
1,, aunear earlier in the year.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
EIGHTH GRADE NEWS

We are glad to have John Cow
ington as a new member of our
class. He was in the eighth grade
last year, but stopped school before
the end of the session.
Thanksgiving Day in the United
States is an annual festival of
Thanksgiving for the mercies of the
closing year. Practically it is a ma
tional harvest festival, fixed by
proclamation of the president and
the governors of the States and
ranks as a legal holiday.
The earliest harvest thanksgiving
in America was kept by the Pill
grim Fathers at Plymouth in 1921
and it was repeated often during
that and the ensuing century. Con.
gress recommended days of thanks
giving annually during the Revolu
ton and in 1884 for the return Of
peace. Since 1863 every president
has issued each year proclamation
appointing the last Thursday of No
vember as Thanksgiving Day.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26

iods that we Ninth Graders enjoy
is taught by Miss Finley, our Eng
fish teacher. She always has fund
of current events and interesting
things to tell us that she has seen
and read about.
She held our strict attention on
Thursday morning when she told
us a story of one of our North Caro-
lima boys, James Mcconnell, of Car
thage, who was a student at the
University of Virginia.
When France declared war
against Germany, he joined with
the Flyers of France and like all
of our boys exhibited bravery. But
he was killed. He did not wait for
America to join the fray but with a
spirit of adventure and right over
might" he gave his life to the coun-
try that was fighting for the right.
Before dying he wrote a book en-
titled: Flying for France" Anyone
wishing to read this can get it from
the Public Library.
In memory of this North Carolina
hero the University of Virginia
erected a magnificent monument to
him. When Miss Finley and Miss
Turner were in Virginia studying
this summer they saw this monu-
ment. They read the following in
scription on the monument: James
McConnell's name, date of his birth
and that he was a student of this
university. But Miss Finley and
Miss Turner did not see the name
of his birthplace. Miss Turner had
an idea that he was from North
Carolina, so they decided to inquire
which they did, with the result that
their curiosity was satisfied and
that he was a Tarheel. Our two
teachers being Tarheels, got lots o
pleasure in making the Virginian:
confess that Mr.. Mcconnell was {
~
Tarheel.
Frances Dunn, 9th Grade.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26

love-"J'oime" pronounced, JIM
Teacher on Latin class to pupil
reading about one of Caesars bat
tles:-"Hurry up; he is in mighty
hard place in battle here"
Student:-"I in as hard a place
as he is.
Talking about that great 18th
grade: | went in there one morn
ing and found some books entitled:
Teaching Children to Read Free
& Treadwell's First Reader, and al
so Free g. Treadwell's Primer, etc.
The 10th Grade will soon be writ
ing poems, and we will let H. w.
Steele, who is usually putting music
to words, sing few of them.
We are getting up new interest in
Scouting. Thursday evening we
had a meeting and about one-half
of the Scouts were there. There
were twelve there and each one was
given one Scout law as a nickname.
&C. C.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER
MORTGAGE.

By virtue of power contained IN
a certain mortgage deed executed on
the 9th day of November, 1909, by
jeff Wall and wife, as appears from
Book 60, page Ill, of the Registers
Office of Richmond County, default
having been made thereon, the under
signed will sell to the highest bidder
for cash at the Court House door in
Rockingham, N. c., on Monday, the
22nd day of December, 1919, that
certain piece of land in Rockingham
township, described as follows, viz:
Beginning at Datus Wallis corner
in the original line and runs as the
original line S. So E. 1880 chains to
the Big branch then up said branch
to Mason's corner, then as Mason's
line N. 16h w. 1.80 chains to the
original line, then as said line s.. 50
w. IA chains to Datus Wallis corner,
then as his line to the beginning
containing IL acres more or less.
This November 22nd, 1919.
BANK OF PEE DEE,
w. L. Parsons, President.
!
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26

Miss Turner is getting uD the
play: Cinderella" in which several
of the Eleventh Grade pupils are
going to take part.
All of the High School is glad to
learn that Miss Mary Louise Everett
of St. Marys', Raleigh, is home. But
the Eleventh Grade is especially
glad as Miss Everett used to be their
class-mate.
Miss Turner, to 18th grade girls
taking teachers course:-"Now, lit
tie folks, show me your ears
Girls:-."Oh !----
Miss Turner:-"Excuse me; you
don't seem to have any,"
The many friends of LeGrand
Everett, who is a student OF the
University, will be glad to learn
that he has been made member OF
"The Carolina Glee Club The
High School is indeed proud of Lee
Grand. Houston Everett from this
school, has been made manager OF
the track team.
Miss Mary Louise Everett, of st.
Marys' School, at Raleigh, formerly
of the Rockingham High School,
has made" the Dramatic Club. She
has won the distinction of being
one of four girls selected from thirty
two girls to play an important role
in the plays THAT will be given
there this year.
Miss Finley, the school principle;
Miss Workman, of the Grammar
Department, and Superintendent
Bell, will attend the Teachers AS
sembly at Raleigh, Thanksgiving,
Day, Nov. %. From there they will
probably 90 and attend the foot
ball game at Chapel Hill,
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
SENIORS AT CHAPEL HILL

The Senior Glass of the Rocking
ham High School will be represent
ed at Chapel Hill Thursday by sew
eral boys who will attend the game.
Those going are Robert Shepard
Merritt Head, Jack Ellerbe, VIM.
Head, Charles McCoasm and c. Y.
Coley.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
DR.. ]. M. LEDBETTER

sin New York during the months
of November and E; ,;ember TAX
ing his usual yearly special study
in the treatment Of the eye, ear.
nose and throat at the New York
Postgraduate Hospital. He will
resume his practice in Rocking
ham immediately after Christ
mas.
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
TENTH GRADE

We all knew that Miss Arrowood
was in love with Latin and French,
but we did not know, until this
morning on French period, when she
confessed that she loved Jim. /
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
SCHOOL NEWS"
Rockingham School
Department

c. Y. Coley, editor-in-chief
Florence Covington, 18th grade
Frank Copeland, 10th grade
Margaret McAulay, 9th grade
Robert Covington, 9Th grade
Sara Everett, 9TH grade
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
NINTH GRADE

The ninth grade had their chapel
program Friday, November 21st.
Song by school my Country 'Tis
of Thee"
Life of John Charles McNeil----
James Hamer
Life of Avery VIM. Ed. Harrison
A Reading from Avery----
-----------M Monte Patterson
Way Down Home Johnsie Henry
A Reading from Avery-------
----------------- Myrtle Haywood
Holding Off the Calf-recitation
Charles Terry
Naming the Animals -------
Johnsie Benoist
observation-disclosures" Esther Riddle
Song "Oh, What a Pal Was
Mary dell Gibson, Mary Polk
ACCOMPLISHMENTS McAulay
The program was presided over
by Theodore Thomas.
We are studying the History Of
the Ancient Sculptors in connection
with our History.
One of the most interesting per
Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1919-11-26
Eggs Wanted

E. B. Lies wants y0ur eggA
He will pay Soc cash for good
fresh country eggs
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
CIGARETTE SMOKING
AND TUBERCULOSIS

Webb has shown that Of the young
men examined for military service
only 27 per cent Of non-smokers have
ronchi in the lungs (evidcnce Of con-
gestion or bronchial irritation) while
ronchi are nearly always present in
smokers, which is what would natur-
ally be expected from the irritating
elects of tobacco smoke.
krause, in bulletin Of the John
Hopkins Hospital, calls attention to
the fact that such condition Of the
lungs would be likely to excite to ac-
tivity latent tubercles which might be
present in the lungs. Since practi-
cally every adult person has either
latent or active tubercular infection
Of the lungs, the Importance of this
question becomes at once apparent.
These observations agree with the
statistical fact that while tuberculosis
is more frequent in girls than in boys,
a preponderance in males appears af-
ter adolescence, and becomes rapidly
gi cater until in men of middle age
The death rate from tuberculosis is
double that of women Of the same
age period.
tuberculosis is increasing in men
throughout the United States, but is
diminishing in women. The increas-
ed death-rate among men runs paral-
lei with the increasing consumption
of tobacco.-Dr. J. II. Kellogg, in
Good Health Magazine.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
OUR RETURNING BOYS

Following are the names Of some of
our boys recently discharged from the
army:
James NJ. White, Chesterfield; Ar
thur Nicholson, Mt. Croghan; Bertha
min Pig, Jr., Pageland; Frank Moore.
Chcstcrticld; James Throwcr, Che
raw; William Owens, Cheraw; Evan
Vaughn, Chesterfield; Cooper Bracy,
Jefferson; Ben Douglass, McBee;
Henry Lowery,, Pagcland; John Han
cock, Ruby; Leroy King, Chester
field; James A. Mills, Chesterfield
Whtford Paddock, Chesterfield :
Thomas Jordan, Patrick
John Mcmillan, jefferson; Frank
Brock, Pagcland; Daniel Gcddings,
Chesterfield; Maxey Johnson, hidden
dorf; Andrew Huntley, Mt. Croghan
Lee Horne, Ruby; Allie Caulder, Che
raw; Parrot Bell, Chcraw; James
Braisington, Cheraw; Jesse Boone,
Angelus; Lawson Mungo, jefferson
Frank Vaughn, Chesterfield; Law
renee Hopkins, Chesterfield; James
Clark, Patrick; Eslic Campbell, Nc
Bee; Henry Davidson, Ruby; James
Monroe, Chesterfield.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
NOTICE

Notice is herewith gwen that thcr,
will be meeting of the Stockhoid
RS of the Rich!and Lumber Comp,., ,
1t the Office Of Hanna Il lIunlcy, at
-orncys, Chesterfield. S. G. Tuesday
Iunc 10, 1919, for the purpose o.
considering Il resolution that -ai,
;ichland Lumber Company liquida;,
Is affairs and dissolve.
Chesterfield, S. c., May II, 1919
|. c. lRlPLETT, Pres,
t RchIand Lumber Co
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
TWO BIG TRUCKS FOR
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY
SpCCiaI tO The AdYertiscr:

Special to The Advertiser:
Columbia, May 24.-The State
Highway Commission has been noti-
fed by the Federal Bureau Of Roads
that 70 of the 296 motor trucks which
were to be turned over TO the Com
mission are ready for shipment. The
State Highway Commission has in
structed the Bureau of Public Roads
to have two 3-ton Gramm- Bernstein
trucks shipped from Atlanta to Ches-
terfield. The trucks will be turned
over to the road authorities of Ches-
terfield county for use in maintaing
or constructing roads built in whole
or in part with Federal Aid.
Counties which have made no pro-
vision to use Federal Aid in con-
structing roads or bridges. cannot un-
der the Federal law share in the dis
tribution Of trucks from the Federal
Bureau of Public Roads. These
trucks are part of the surplus war
equipment built by Uncle Sam for
use in whipping the Huns. An act
Of the last Congress instructed the
secretary of War to turn over to the
Secretary of Agriculture for distri-
oution to the State Highway Commits
sions, through the Federal Bureau of
Public Roads, all surplus war equip
mcnt, inluding trucks. 1t is expect
ed that South Carolina will get a
good deal more road building equip.
.nent and supplies besides the 29G
trucks which have been given to it.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
A SUCCESS TALK FOR PARENTS

From time to time we publish "Suc-
cess Talks for FarmBoys." Just now
we should like to offer a little Sue
cess Talk for Farm Parents"
Every farm mother or father
should seriously ask himself or her
self: What is really to determine
the value of my life on this earth?
What is the proper test or guage to
determine whether or not am really
making a success Of life?"
1t does not matter so much how
much land you die possessed of; nor
now many cattle or horses or build
lngs. Your best contribution to the
world will consist of properly trained,
properly encouraged, properly inspir-
ed, properly taught, boys and girls.
You may make all the money in the
world and yet be worse than failure
If the children to whom you leave
money are of sort to use it unwor-
lhlly. On the other hand, you may
leave no property at all, and yet die
having made your life a great success
If you give the world one or more
boys and girls of high character, good
sense, and determination to make
the most of all their powers of body,
mind and soul.
The farms best crop is the crop
of boys and girls" is a true saying
let no thought Of land or livestoch
cause you to neglect this greatest of
dil crops. Give your boys and girls not
only the best schooling you can pro-
vide, but look constantly after their
development in other ways. Provide
as far as your means will permit plen-
ty of good books and papers and good
musical instruments. Enlist both
boys and girls in agricultural club
work. Teach them habits of indus
try both physical and mental, and yet
give them time for recreation and
amusement and for wholesome COM
radcship with other boys and girls.
Take pains to train out any unworthy
trait or habit just as soon as it ap-
pears. Govern as far as possible by
love rather than force, and by ex-
ample more largely than by precept.
Town fathers, usually compelled
to be away from their children all
day long, have no such opportunity
for training the children as farm faith
ers have; but mere opportunities
! amount to nothing unless they are
utilized, and far too many farm par
ents make no use of these superior
opportunities for child-training which
| country life offers.
And thus endeth our first Success
Talk for Parents. THE Progressive
Farmer.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
GIRLSi. LEMON JUICE
is SKIN WHITENER
How to Make Creamy Beauty Lotion
For q Few Cents.

For q Few Cents.
The juice of two fresh lemons
strained into bottle containing three
ounces of orchard white makes
whole quarter pint of the most re-
markable lemon skin beautifier at
about the cost one must pay for a
small jar of the ordinary cold creams.
Care should be taken to strain the
lemon juice through fine cloth so
no lemon pulp gets in, then this To-
ton will keep fresh for months. Eve
ry woman knows that lemon Juice is
used to bleach and remove such BILE
mishes as freckles, sallowness and tan
and is the ideal skin softener, white
ner and beautifer.
Just try it. Get three ounces Of
orchard white at any drug store and
two lemons from the grocer and make
up a quarter pint of this sweetly fra
grant lemon lotion and massage it
daily into the face, neck, arms and
hands. Adv. 1.
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
TOWN LICENSE MUST BE
PAID BY JUNE. FIRST

Notice is hereby given that if town
license is not paid by June lst, those
subject to license tax and so failing
TO pay, will be required to show cause
why they are doing business without
a license. l.. II. TROTTI,
Mayor
The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1919-05-29
TWO CLEMSON COLLEGE
SCHOLARSHIPS VACANT

Two four-year scholarships to
Clemson College will be vacant this
summer for Chesterfield county boys,
besides the scholarship in the One
Year Agricultural course.
Examinations will be held on July
11th, beginning at 0 Am.
A scholarship student may also re-