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Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
TO COMPLETE GAPS IN HIGHWAY
Letting of Contracts Will be Hurried
So as to Complete Road This Year

So as to Complete Road This Year
At the coming meeting of the State
Highway Commission which will be
held this week, the matter of hurrying
the letting of all contracts needed to
finish broken links in the road north
and south will be urged so that the
work may be completed this year. The
missing links are between Wilmington
and Smyrna and Dover and Woodside
and the open places at Bridgeville,
Seaford and Laurel. The cost of the
work is estimated at about $1,000,000
including the additional expense on
the DUPONT road. Governor Denney
will probably retire as a member of
the board when it meets and will be
succeeded by Secretary of State Alden
R. Benson, as an ex-oficio member of
the board. Governor Denney has re-
quested that he be omitted from the
board. AS the governor served as
president of the commission since it
was organized several years ago, the
withdrawal of Governor Denney will
require the election of a new chairman
This will likely be attended to at the
coming meeting. The change from
Dover to Wilmington for the meeting
is due to the illness of General 7. Cole
man DUPONT, member of the COM
mission, it being thought he would
more likely be able to attend the ses-
sion in Wilmington than Dover.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
BIG CATTLE SALE DREW CROWD
Consignment Sale From Federal Ac-
credited Herds at MiddIetOWn

dl
Thirty-one head of Holstein stock
were disposed of at public auction at
Middletown last Friday for $4075, an
average of about $13O a head. This
is considered remarkable when it is
considered that more than two-thirds
of the consignment was under l year
old and one-half of it under 6 months
old, and also because money is scarce
among the farmers and cattle breed
ers. The top price of the sale was
$3.50 for a COW with 3-day-old calf
by her side. The highest price for a
young bull was $2.45, at which figure
a 14-month-old bull consigned by Paul
B. Messick was knocked down. Sew
eral young bull calves from to 6
months old brought from $140 to $165
while the lowest-priced animal in the
sale was bid off at $50. This was a
bull calf 2 months old, bought by Ar
chic Crawford, a boy aged 13 years
declared by the auctioneer to be the
Youngest bidder he ever dealt with II
his experience of 80 years. The sale
was novel in its way, as it was one Of
the first consignment sales known II
the United States in which all stool
was from federal accredited herds
The consigners were Paul B. Messick
James S. Moore, B. Vance Armstrong
and Alvin Shrader who are the frs
four men in Delaware to have fedora
accredited herds of Holstein cattle.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
COUNCIL VOTES TO RAISE
THE ELECTRIC LIGHT RATES
AFTER MAY 1ST THE RATE WILL
BE 15C PER K. W. INSTEAD OF 12
Action Taken on Recommendation of
Finance Committee Who Report a
Budget for Coming Year-Notes

At meeting of Smyrna Town
Council Friday evening with President
L. M. Price and all members present
it was voted to raise the electric light
rates from II cents per K. w. to Is |
cents per K. w. The action was taken |
on the report that the finance COM
mittee in figuring the budget for the
fiscal year just begun would fall some
three thousand dollars short from
coming out at the end of the year
without a deficit. The feeling was
that the tax on real estate and the
water and sewer rents were about as
high as they could get them for the
present and there seemed no other
place to get the revenue other than
electric lights. Dover is charging a
Is cent per K. w. rate and Middle
town has a "a cent rate. The new
rate goes into effect May 1.
Chief Cochran to End Services May 1
On motion of Councilman Keith,
Council unanimously voted to accept
the resignation of Chief of Police Lee
R. Cochran, his services to terminate
on May instead of June the first. On
the first the dog tax law goes into ef-
feet and members of Council felt il
expedient to have a new officer whose
duty it will be to enforce this and al
other town ordinances, take hold al
that time. Several applications wert
, presented but no choice was made
: Messrs. Price, Keith and Davis wer'
= appointed a special committee to loOl
4 into the applications, determine upol
a choice and report at the next meet
ing of Council.
2 Opening Thru Market Street Revive
President l.. NJ. Price in talking @
, the need for Council to resurface Nj
Vernon and South streets, said h
would like to see Market street oper
+ ed thru from Commerce to Sout
: street. Messrs. Keith and FOrtner in
l. mediately voiced the same sentiment
'e declaring it had been their desire
II see this accomplished ever since the
p have been members of the Board. II
p meeting was at a close when this W;
v brought up and President Price sa.
ot he hoped members would think ov
v the proposition and decide on som
n thing at an early date. The prospe
+ of new school building makes
a more apparent than ever that Mark
w street srould be opened through.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
COAL DEALERS SEE GOVERNOR
Oppose Bill Which Passed Legislature
Making Ton Weight 224O lbs.

Governor Denney was called on Sat
urday afternoon by delegation Of
Wilmington citizens opposing the bill
recently passed by the Legislature
concerning the weight of coal. They
argued that when coal is bought by
the pound, as in many instances it is
in the cities, the 2,240-ton proposition
would be hardship. The governor
Is holding the matter under advise
ment.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
New Ladies Department at fuckers

John w. Tucker is fitting up the sec
ond floor of his building, long used by
the Americus Club for an up-to-date
ladies clothing department. The I'M
provement is in line with the progress
sive spirit of this wide awake estab-
lishment.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
REV MILTON McCANN HAS FALL

His Recent Accident at His Home Fol-
lowed by Fall Attending Conference
The Rev. Milton McCann, field Sec
retary of the Board of Sunday-schools,
had the misfortune to fall at his home
in Smyrna just prior to his departure
for the M. E. Conference at Crisfeld,
Md, straining the ligaments of his
right hip. Thursday night, the weak
ened member gave way as Mr.. Nc
Cam was standing near the head of
the stairway in the house of Paul
Lawson, on Locust street, Crisfeld,
Md, and he was thrown the full length
of the stairway, greatly aggravating
his trouble. He was treated by ply
sician and, while given temporary re-
hospital and have an x-ray taken, to
ascertain the extent of the injury.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
Pastor Called by Dover Presbyterians

At congregational meeting held
at the Dover Presbyterian Church,
Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, of Smyrna, mod
orator, the Rev. George A. Burslem,
of Plainsboro, N. j., was entended a
call to succeed Rev. Floris Ferwerda.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
MIDDLETGWN MADDOG SCARE
Mrs. John B. Spicer Bitten and is TAX
ing the Pasteur Treatment

An examination of the head of the
dog which bit Mrs. John B. Spicer
several days ago, at Middletown, was
made on Saturday at Newark and it
was reported that the animal had rab-
les. Mrs. Spicer Immediately began
the Pasteur treatment under DR.. d.
w. Lewis, a specialist from Newark,
administering the first treatment on
Saturday afternoon. War has been
declared on all dogs in Middletown
running at large unmuzzled, and on
Friday seven were caught and six of
them were killed on Saturday. The
Middletown authorities have decided
to clean out the ownerless dogs with
which the town has been infested for
several years. 20
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
Smyrna Red Cross Aids Near East

At the last executive meeting of the
Smyrna branch of the Red Cross, 1T
was decided to give one hundred and
twenty dollars to the Near East Re
lief. This amount will support two
children for one year.-Chairman OF
publicity.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
The Revd. Thomas Getz Hill, An
nnnnces Services for the Week

nounces Services for the Week
Immediately following the Evening
service on Friday night at 7.30 o'clock
there will be held the annual parish
meeting. 1t is important that every
member of the Parish attend this
meeting. Reports will be received
from all the organizations, plans made
and budgets adopted for this year, be-
sides the election of the Vestry. Ser
vices for Sunday, April 10th will be
as follows 7.30 a. m. Holy Communion
10 a. m. church school; IL a. m. morn
ing prayer and sermon; 7.30 p. m.
evening prayer and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Rev. ]. M. L. Eckard, Pastor, An
nounces Meetings and Services

The meeting of the Mite Society will
be held at the home of Mrs. j. 7. Hud-
son Thursday evening, April 7th, at
73O o'clock. Rev. j. M. L. Eckard
pastor, announces these services for
next Sunday. At the morning service
the Sacrament of the Lords Supper
will be observed. In the evening the
pastor will give the fifth in his series
of lectures, subject, "Gleams From
the Centuries of Twilight"
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
SOME BIG BASS BEING CAUGHT
Game Warden John p. LeFevre Secur-
ing Them-Ponds Washed Out

ing Them-Ponds Washed Out
Chief Game Warden, John P. Le-
Fevre, of this town, has had some ex-
perienced watermen at work during
the past week and will continue them
this week, to secure from fresh water
streams some of the game fish which
were forced into the ponds by the
breaking Of numerous dams two years
ago. The fish have been secured by
.seines and among the many caught in
this way have been found some ex-
ira large bass which are most valu-
able.
Smyrna times., 1921-04-06
New Road SUPERVISORS Up-Country

New KOau oupeTVsUIs UV-OUUHtFy
]. Corbett Reynolds for Appoquini-
mink and ]. ]. Hill for Blackbird, have
been named road supervisors by the
New Castle County Levy Court.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

mountain rose into the blue, but the
light that changes all life lay over
them for Peter.
He said to himself that it was awk-
ward-he did not Know how he could
enter that door and talk to Cherry.
And yet he knew that that meeting
of Cherry, that the common exchange
Of words and %glanceS, that the daily
trifing encounters with Cherry were
all poignantly significant now.
He felt no impulse toward hurry.
He might sit on his porch another
hour, might saunter off toward the
creek. 1t mattered nothing; the hour
was steadily approaching when she
must reappear.
Alix drove in, full of animated apol-
ogies. She managed the car far bet
ter than he, and no thought of an &C.
cident had troubled him.
The evening was warm, one of the
two or three warm evenings that
marked the height of summer ever
in the high valley. There was not
a breath of air in the garden; roses
and wallfowers stood erect in a sort
Of luminous enchantment. Moonlight
sank through the low twisted branches
of the nearby oaks and fell tangled
with black and lacy shade through
the porch rose vine.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

Alix was so aghast at the idea.
Peter. who was closing DR.. Stu &
lands estate, was so careful to DER
early in the mornings and returlN y
late at night, that the little alarm
it was that. died away.
The next time that Cherry in
to town, Alix did not go. am eter,
sitting on the deck of the ea boat
with her, asked her again. have
luncheon with him. hmm ~ o
cloud fell on her face and hd4 her
breast rise quickly.
Peter she asked him eli ydishly,
looking straight into his eyl "why
didn't we tell Alix about thu
Peter tried to laugh and III himself
begin to tremble again.
about what?" he stamnSEr ed.
about u having been 1hree hours
at lunch last week."
"Why-I don't know I" HPeter said,
smiling nervousIy.
She was silent, and &they parted
without any further refefence to meet
ing for lunch.
That night, when Az had gone to
bed, he entered the ST Ring room sud
denly to find Cherry hunting for a
book. She had dropEe Jed on one knee.
the better to reach low shelf, and
was wholly absorbfi In the volume
she had CHANGED q open.
When she heardAthe door open she
turned, and imme& lately became very
pale. She did Not speak as Peter
came to stand inside her.
Cherry" Id said in a whisper,
his face close ii hers. Neither spoke
again for a whie. Cherry was breath
ing hard Pete& was conscious only OF
a wild whirlin& of brain and senses.
They rema4ed so. their eyes fixed,
their breath 4coming as if they had
been running for endless seconds.
you ren(ember the question you
asked me fhis morning?" Peter said.
do you rfmember? Do you remem-
ber?"
Cherry,h er cold fingers still holding
rss ~ ks IN hi 5iins iS'f to sa the f %aPeD Sssa
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29
p XII.

Again Peter reckOned without Cher
ry. 1t was only the next day, when
he was entering the Palace court for
his lunch, that he experienced a sud
den and violent emotion. His thoughts
were, at the moment, far from Cher
ry, and he fancied himself in a hurry.
But every other feeling but excite
ment was Obliterated at the sight OF
a slender. girlishly made woman, in
a pongee gown, and a limp brown hat
covered with peoples, waiting In the
lounge.
Peter went toward her, and the col
or rushed into Cherry's face. 1t was
the first time they had accidentally
encountered each other, and it had
a special place of Its own In the his
tory of their lives.
The surprise Of it kept them laugh
ing, hands clasped, for a minute then
Cherry said:
Il was to lunch here with Mary
Cameron. But she's full twenty min
utes late! You hate her, don't your"
she added, looking up from under he
peoples at Peter.
Il don't like her." he admitted, with
. boys grimaoA
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

Then suppose we don't luncn mere!
Cherry suggested, innocently. Peter
laughed joyously. and tucking her lit
tie gloved hand under his arm. led
her away. They went to Solari's. and
had a window table, and nodded, as
they discussed their lunch. at half q
dozen friends who CHANGED to be
lunching there, too.
She had said that she wanted to tell
him "all about it," and Peter, with
quick knowledge that she meant the
u%nhapp.ness of her marriage, nodded
a grave permission.
i've made a failure of It'll" Cher
ry said, sadly. 81 know l ought to
struggle on, but / can't. l have no
individuality, Peter, l have no per-
sonalityl AS for my dignity-my priv
acy-"
Her face was scarlet. and for a mo-
ment she stopped speaking.
"Just tell me an alternative! /" she
said, after a while. at can't be that
there Is no other life for me than
going back. Peter, I'm only twenty
four !"
II know you are" he said, with a
brief nod.
why, every n has some alterna-
tive" Cherry pleaded. st can't be
that marriage is the only-the only
~irrevocable thing! If you had a part
ner that you couldn't 60 on with, you
could come to some agreement"
you don't love him !" Peter said.
II don't hate him." she answered
quickly. Indeed | don't. And it isn't
just the place and the life, Peterl l
could be happy in two rooms-some-
where-anywhere- But not-with
him. Oh, Peter, If I hadn't done it"
Her beauty, as she pushed her plate
aside and leaned toward him, was so
startling that Peter, a lighted match
half-raised to a fresh cigarette, put
the match down aimlessly and looked
thoughtfully at the cigarette, and laid
that down, too, without the f~aintest
consciousness of what he was doing.
The day was warm, and there was a
little damDness on her white forehead.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

where the gold hair chung to the brim
of the dropping hat. The soft curve
OF her chin, the babyish shortness of
her upper lip, and the crimson sweet
ness of the little earnest mouth had
never seemed more lovely than they
were today. She was youth i%ncarnate.
p%alpitating, flushed. unspoiled.
For a m she looked down at
the table and the color flooded her
face; then she looked him straight in
the eyes and smiled. "Well! Perhaps
it will all work out right, Peter" she
said with the childish. questioning look
that so wrung his heart. ,Shs imme-
diately gathered her possessions to-
gether to go, but when they stepped
into sunshiny Geary street 1t was three
o'clock, and Peter suggested that they
walk down 20 the boat.
They met Alix on the boat, but she
did not ask any embarrassing ques-
tons; she sat between them on the
upper deck, blinking contentedly at
the blue satin bay, her eyes following
the wheeling gulls or the passage of
ships, her mind evidently concerned
only with the idle p~leasantness of the
moment. And always, for Peter, there
was the same joyous sense of some
thing new-something significant
something ecstatic In life.
From that hour he was never quite
at ease in Cherry's company and
avoided being alone with her ever for
an instant, although her presence al
ways caused him the new and tingling
delight. He read her honest blue eyes
truly, and knew that although, like
himself. she was conscious of the new
sweetness and brightness Of life, she
had never entertained for an instant
the fitting thought that it was Peters
feeling for her that made it so. She
thought, perhaps, that 1t would be the
old childish happiness that she had
known in the valley, the freedom and
leisure and responsibility of the old
days.
The next day she talked In a trou-
bled, uncertain way of going back to
Red Creek. and he knew why. But
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

@yyhat?o she said, in the merest
breath. "What?"
"Because." Peter said, following her,
a sort Of heady madness making MIN
only conscious of that need TO near
from her own lips that she knew, pc
cause I didn't answer mat question:
honestly y
1t mattered not what he salo, OF
what he was trying to express, ~
vrora enveloped In the flame OF lheif
new relationship; surprise anu ~
were eclipsing even the stranse
of their discovery.
AZ must go home-I must 20
to Mar4 tomorrow" Cherry sa.u,
whispered undertone, as If half to her
self. 81 must go home to Mart to-
morrow let's not-let's not talkl"
she broke off In quick interruption, as
he would have spoken. "Let's-Pd
rather mott where Is my book7
What was I doing? Peter-Peter2'
"Just a minutel" Peter protested
thickly. "Cherry-I want to speak to
you-will you wait a minute|
She was halfway to the door; now
she paused, and looked back at him
with frightened eye Peter did not
speak at once; there was a moment
of absolute silence.
Continued Next Week.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29

Alix saI on the porch rail, every
line of crisp skirt and braided head
revealed as if by daylight, but Cher
RVS pale striped gown was only a
glimmer in the deepest shade of the
vine. Peter, smoking, sat where he
could not but see her; they had hard
ly looked at each other directly since
the long, strange look of this after
noon; they had exchanged hardly a
word.
'Town tomorrow, Peter" Alix said,
after a silence during which she had
locked her arms behind her head,
stared straight above her at the path
the moon was making through faint
stars, and yawned. Eve got to go in
to a meeting of the hospital board.
Good night, beloveds. I'm dead. Don't
sit out here incoming with Pete all
night, Cerise! !"
Peter said to himself that now Cher
ry would go, too, but as the screen
door banged lightly after Alix, and the
dull glimmer Of Cherry's striped gown
did not move in the soft shadow, q
sudden reluctance and distaste seized
him. He had been subcOnsciOusly
aware of her alF afternoon; he had
known a delicious warmth and stir
at his heart that he had not analysed,
If indeed it could be analysed. Now
suddenly he did not want the beauty
and gloom and charm OF that feeling
touched. His heart began to beat
heavily again, and he knew that he
must stop the unavailing game now.
But he had not reckoned on Cherry.
She twisted in her chair. and he heard
a child's long, happy sigh.
"Oh. so am | tired, tool" she
breathed, reluctantly. Il hate to
leave it-but I've been almost asleep
for half an hour, You can have all
the moonlight there is, Peter" Her
white figure huttered toward the door.
Good night" she said, dropping her
little head to choke a yawn. A mo-
ment later he heard her laughing with
Alix.
You fool-you fool-you fool !" Pc
ter said to himself. and he felt an
emotion like shame. a little zeal COM
junction that he could so utterly mis- (:
read her innocence. He felt it not :
only wrong in him, but somehow stain :
ing and hurtful to her. :
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29
They Auto Save.

There is really very little economic
difference between the man and
woman of today. A spends
her money for attire and a mar
spends his money for a tire.-Pierce
(Colo.) Leader.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29
Keen Well and Be Happy

If you would be happy you must
keep your bowels. regular. One or
two of Chamberlain's Tablets taken
Immediately after supper will cause
a gentle movement of the bowels on
the following morning. Try it.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1921-09-29
FREE LUNCH AT NOON
Household Goods

2 bedsteads
l sewing machine
| almost new range in very good condition
l oil stove
l heating stove
/ spinning wheel
/ washing machine
A tables and some chairs
l clock
2 touches
And many other articles too numerous to men
ton.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-11
BOARD OF TRADE
HOLDS MEETING

Barlow, March 9,-(SpeciaD-T
Board of Trade membership held its
regular semi monthly luncheon at the
Hotel Oaks today at noon. This Is
the second Of the luncheons, the large
membership at the first having voted
that the custom should be continued
semi-monthly, alternating between
the two main hotels here.
Much interest is shown in the lun-
ckeons, and the directors expect them
to result in greater activity than has
before been shown.
The trade body has been quietly op-
Grating all winter, and has centereo
its activities on the agitation Of the
park and white way propositions thai
have been considered here since sew
eral years before the war.
The board of directors met Tues
day to handle the regular business of
the organization and found the f1nan-
ces in comparatively prosperous cor
dition. Several matters brought. up
at the directors meeting were pre-
sented to the membership at the lun-
cheon today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1921-03-11
PAPER PROBLEMS
TALKED OVER BY
NATIONS EDITORS

/. u : =
st. Augustine. March H.--Paper
PROBLEMS were the principal subjects
discussed at today's session of the
annual convention of the National
Editorial Association.
Speakers on the program included
United States Senator. McNary. Of
Oregon. chairman of the senate paper
investigating committee Gilbert
Leach. Of the Leesburg Commercial
President w. j. Pape of the Pub.
lishers' Buying Corporation. of wa
terbury, Conn.,. Jason Rogers, pub
Usher of the New York Globe, and
former Governor Brough of Kansas
Miami Making Plans
Miami. March 1.-THE local com
mittee planning entertainment Tor
the National Editorial Association on
a visit here. are preparing shark
fishing trip for the visitors.