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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
WEAKENING INDIVIDUAL .Ss RESPONSIBILITY.

One of the direct results of the centralization of government R.the United States the standardiza ton processes that seem be under way in the country is the weakening of individual responsibility Instead of permitting communities and States to work out their own problems of government instead Of appealing to individuals exercise self control and live according to right standards it to be the fashion for people try to their ideas what is;' right in government and living standards written int0 the Constitution. They are trying tc make one government of standardized parts, far selves and sin by Federal statute and Constitutional amendment
 The American people able to organize and win freedom and liberty for the generations that have followed the Revolutionary War push theii civilization over the Allegheny Mountains across tho Mississippi River and beyond the plains to the Pa cifc because they had self and lived under conditions that had developed strong individuals Great peoples developed through the individual. where individual responsibility society family ant God are recognized. The Colonial Fathers were not made great by statute, They were not made good bl Constitutional Rmendnent, They did not take in terest ip ther government because of action CT masse. They became great because. each individual answering to God and society for himself had mad himself strong, &
 This country today needs more strong individual among the masses who will appeal to their neghbor 10 act through their local governments and fewe organizations of national scope to urge the Fedora enforcement of their fads
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
World Production.
New York Post. ]

u Is nearly quarter century since Sir Will jam Crookes predicted a distant wheat shortage Tor the world year ago men were declaring that the worlds increasing appetite for sweets developed so rapidly in a few generations, would yet make sugar shortages a familiar occurrence Such nro- phecles are tll-founded. But the did show that the earth margin between plenty and need in some lood staples IS marrow It also showed that the best informed governments deficient in oI lhelr food production, it's distributing processes and its consumption. And as food SO of raw mater ias' and notably of mineral resources It is unfor- tuhate that neither we the rest of the world hno" our exact situation with regard to: o the llStance-ouf quantity of natural wealth or rate of eApoltatlon One evidence of appreciation of these facts appears in the Announcement by the Carnegie corporation that it has set asde $7OO OOO at Seere ttly Hoovers suggestion, to found Food Institute at Leland stanford Another evidence is the issue oy the Geological Survey of World Atlas of Com mercia Geography, showing the basic facts as to the known mineral wealth of the whole globe
 An ignorant, dangling world will wtnese famine ana malnutrition stalking from part to part as hav nave Stalked in Asia and Europe Even the abolition 9 war Will leave 1t no simple matter to provide e~neap' ~ "ouhdaht lood Tor fast-ncreasing world population. But it can be done Crookes was rnis taken because he did foresee the openno Inf nav wheat lands the expansion of old areas such as inc oiu-FeSiSthg Marquis wheat made possible in Can au' or the recent improvements in seed and cultura 9.pe'I" ana canada have enormous untouched lands and an invention like the tractor feeds millions Ou Pie IarlherS are surprised to learn that maize is heavily exported from Rhodesia Ii is heIiayod, Tho world can easily quadruple it's rice crop by scien uhc conquest Of the tropics J. Russell smith statos 'hat tne Congos production doubled in one recent year The sugar beet is limited but sugar cane gusul to keep pace with any conceivable demand The world will grow acquainted with new foods o Americans in the last half century grew acouaintod "lth the grape fruit, banana. celery and soy bear U VIII gro" familiar with new feats in transporta- uon as the delivery of New Zealand lamb in New, lork and kamchatka fish 10 the Allied armies Rut IL must use more exact knowledge and foresicbt
 The Geological Survey reminds us that "tba no,
 tOd
 likely to possess independent means tomorrov w., will not be spendthrft if we realize exactly where he bottom of our pocket is We ought also In kno,, what other nations have in their wallets
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
Seattle Can Make the Railroad Pay.
(Se9ttla Times 1


 The biggest problem President Harding will con front in Alaska will be that making the Govern ment railroad pay
 After millions have been spent after the iron trail has been hewed from Coast to the Interior but a part of the nations task will have been completed.
 When the engineer leaves, the traffic expert must step in. He must find the freight and the revenues Seattle now has opportunity to prove to the President not only it's keen interest in Territorial affairs but also the practical nature of it's plans for the upbuilding of the Northand
 No other community on the Coast is so we'll ouali- fed to cooperate in making the system pay
 Now is the time do the biggest thing for Alaska that Seattle ever has done .. The trade of the Territory centers here It will remain, despite the effort of competing ices to Northern points.
 These lines will be successful Distance and time both favor Seattle.
 But, Tn planning to make the Alaska Railroad a financial success, this city will benefting itself al the same time that it assists the Government and promotes the best interests of the Nofthland
 The Chamber of Commerce and other commercial bodies can cooperate in this effort
 Between them, they can devise practical scheme Tor submission to the Chief Executive
 Ihe time to carry out this project is before tho government itself undertakes extensive inouirv Whlch because of political other pressure mi ght go Tar aheld and create conditions that would hinder not help the Territory's development. C a@e seattle can solve this problem. It achievement Will rank as the biggest thing it has done for Alaska ana TOT the Alaskan trade of Seattle in many day
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

divorced wife is on the jury that is going to try him.
 When you marry her she may be so slender that you may be afraid she might slip down the drain pipe of the bathtub. But 10 years later the chances are that she will be too big to get into the bathtub.
 It has just about gotten so these days that people want their Religion sugar-coated like their liver pills.
 The reason why we have Courts and Judges is because if you could place yourself on trial you would always secure an acquittal.
 The most effective men in every community are those who make the least noise
 The trouble with the man who is always blowing his own horn is that he never knows but the one tune.
 Somehow Or other, the fellow who talks through his Hat thinks it is up to him to laugh at the fellow whc talks through his Nose.
 Our idea of an Unselfish Husband is one who would let his Wife read the paper first. And there ain't nc sich animile.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE ACTIVE

The New York Evening Post recently called ap- proving attention warning given by Elihu Root decades.or 50 ago when, after declaring that only through Sthe State governments can the people actually run their affairs, he said if the States failed make nse of their powers for efficiency and the public veal they must be prepared to see those powers slip Away to- the central Government for the American people, lie said, want results 'f74.
 In other words, the people will insist upon making progress and if they cannot do with democracy, such as this country designed to be, they will permit strong National leaders to make autocracy of it.
 This is doctrine The Empire has been preach ing for many years. The salvation of democracy in this country, the government of the country by the people, depends upon their of their State and other local governments Therefore, what the country needs most is the placing of strong men in the State Governorships, State Legislatures, municipal and other local government service. t t y |"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

glory from the throes of civil war, and hurled it's smiling and undauted face against the grim engines of tyranny upon the fields of France, is far greater work.
 In characteristic manner MT. Marshall took leay f those with whom he had been so closely asst lated for eight momcntous years. years full to tt cry brim with events affecting the very course he Nations life and it's relations with all the wor ,oncludng his short address he declared:
 Il go but you remain. l leave with the same narticuate cry in my soul with which I came to you: My Country! It is no new or unusual cry for the American, but it has, I fear myriad concepts. To it Smeans broad acres and fertile fields; to many opportunity for personal preferment; to thoughless few the right to utter every vagrant word which finds Judgment in a mind diseased; to the half educated, that democracy should be governed as by the infants cry as by the prophets warn ing But to it is the composite voice of all the good and wise and self-sacrifcng souls who trod or tread it's soil, calling for that liberty which is law-encrowned preach ing that doctrine which seeks it's own but the common good and, above all, warn ing by the memory of the dead and the hope of the unborn close our ears to the mouthings of every peripatetic reformer who tells us that the way to sanctify the Re- public is to remove every landmark which has hitherto marked the boundaries of na- tional and individual life.
 Tt is no new creed need. Our creed should be: One Lord one faith, baptism
 the Lord of Justice, who was with Wash ington at Valley Forge, Grant and Lee at Appomattox, Pershing on the Fields of France; the faith that under republican form of government alone, democracy per- manently can endure; the baptism of that spirit which will not be content until no man is above the penalties and TO man ,,. beyond the protection of laws"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
Luke Mcluke Says

Every small boy believes that when he grows up and has children of his own he will never cut a pie in less than four pieces.
 It doesn't take long to discover that the people who cast reflections world
 Never try to prove to man that he is wrong about anything. You won't succeed in proving anything and you'll make an enemy out of him.
 We imagine it must be pretty tough for man to discover that his
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
NO NEW4CREED NEEDED.

jn the days since March 4th, much has beel written about the masterly inaugural utterance 0 President Harding. The humanity displayed therein the humility of spirit in which he entered on tn, duties of his high office well the dignity ant soIemnity Of his address make it a state paper o worth
 But few minutes before President Harding tool his place at the helm of state the man who sat fo eight years as presiding officer the Senate Vice President Marshall in a farewell address to tha body voiced certain thoughts that might well b. cherished by every American
 "i have never doubted" said MT Mar shall. that so far the principles of civil government are concerned the pillars of Hercules rest upon the Declaration of Inde- pendence and the Constitution of the United States To my mind there no beyond The form under which the principles of the Re puDnc are administered may need changes to meet changing conditions but the underlying idea does not, for truth is unchanging and eternal What was when the morning stars sang together will be so when the Angel of the Apocalypse appears
 A government dedicated to the 1palenable rights of to life to liberty and 10 the pursuit of happiness can find its perfect accomplishment only in representa- tives brave and strong enough 10 rise above the ambitions, passions and prejudces of individuals and groups Religions die because their priests humble their creeds but have no faith in their gods. Govern ments go to wreck because their statesmen shout aloud their shibboleths but let a friendly enemy pass the ford.
 
 "* The economic rehabilitation of America is of vast moment but the rehab- iitation of the ancient faith which upheld thesfagged Continentals emerged in pristine
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

It takes a big man to see another draw down lon Post) S
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

Geographers say that Tap really ought to be it.-( Detroit Free Press
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

Paw Knows Everything
 Willie-Paw, what is forensic ora tory? Paw-That is what a colored man us s when he is shooting his last tNo bits and is talking to the dic9, my son.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

Signs Is Signs Sign on general merchandise store in China Grove, \. C.: For Sale
 Ice and Fertilizer
 All Good Things To Eat
 No Jokel What is the love that passeth understanding? asked the Old Fogy. "The love of self replied the Crouch.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
Notice!

Any time you need any small change you can find a U. s. Penny at BPS Redwood Avenue, Dayton 0.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
The Patient Angler

C. H. Peck of Middletown, Ohio, at the Second River Bridge. He had little frog for bait and was using rather large cork for a iloater. He threw in his line and sat and smoked for two hours with- out getting a bite Then a stranger came along and called his attention to the fact that the frog was sitting on the cork and had been there from the start
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
BITS OF BY.PLAY By Luke McLuke Copyright by Cincinnati
 E.sn;rer
The Wise Fool

Money talks observed the Sage. "Yes," added the Fool and it stops talk"
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23
Forgive Us, George, Forgive Us!

Forgive Us, George, Forgive Us!
 Houston, Tex, Post)
 Luke McLuke pays beautiful tribute to the old fashioned red flan nel petticoat, but, alas, there's no red flannel petticoats in existence to receive it. Flowers for the liv ing, say we.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

How'd You Like To Be a Grocer?
 Mother is trying to watch three small children and keep them out of trouble while she is telephoning an order to the grocer:
 Send me a dozen fresh-children. and be sure they are-bab - don't send me any more-stop it! - they were not good-I'll slap you if you do that again!-and you might get off that table!-let me have a pound of-Johnny! a pound of -Tommy,and get them here by lunch time or-Il give you a good licking in a minute!'
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

The economic rehabilitation of America is of vast moment but the rehab- ilita5ion of the ancient faith which upheld thesfagged Continentals, emerged in pristine
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-03-23

glory from the throes of civil war, and hurled it's smiling and undauted face against the grim engines of tyranny upon the fields nfE Ern,c ir far tar y,nrk ,,
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
FOR SALE

Ford truck, one ton, in best of con-
dition. Apply to
BENZ. F. GREEN,
Earl Grants Garage
4.f Smyrs~. DsaewtSs
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
ASBURY NJ. E. CHURCH NOTES
First of Series of Special Sunday Ev-
ening Meetings Held Sunday Night

Asbury NJ. E. Church, Rev. Ransom
P. Nichols, pastor, held the first OF
what gives promise of being a most
attractive and interesting series Of
Sunday evening services last Sunday
night. The services will continue dur
ing July and August. The services
consist largely in the singing by the
congregation of familiar and we'll
loved hymns, led by Walter o. Hof-
fecker, with Mrs. Marion Coverdale at
the organ and the Sunday School or
chestra playing. On Sunday night,
July "a, request hymns will be sung
Bring your favorite hymn to the no
tice of the leader next Sunday nigdt
This will give chance for the orchestra
to practice it and it will be sung in
the evening service July "a. The Other
services of Sunday are as usual
There are two representatives of this
church at the Epworth League Insti
tute in session this week at Dover
They are: Miss Doris A. Nichols anC
Leslie Moore.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13

Mrs. Alexander FAIRIES. They came
here from Crumpton, Md, having
spent the Fourth with Mrs. Gearhart's
mother, Mrs. Albert Chandler.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Leland Harmonson
entertained three tables of bridge at |
their home on Main street Thursday
evening. Two electric fans kept the
air circulated and a pleasant evening
was spent.
Mrs. lie Carpenter, Miss Eleanor LIE
Carpenter and Miss Martha Boyd, of
Wilmington, motored to Smyrna and
spent the day yesterday with the fam
ilv of Mr.. John w. Tucker.
Mrs. Matte w. Campbell, of Ches-
ter. Pa, was a visitor to Smyrna and
Woodland Beach last week and receiv-
ed a cordial welcome from her oil
friends.
Mrs. Margaret P. Collins is spend
ing a few days at RehOboth at the
cottage of her brother, Senator L. NJ.
Price. The Price 'sopened their cot
tage before the Fourth and are spend
ing the summer there.
Miss Nellie Collins and sister, Mrs.
Cromwell Ironsides, of Haddon
Heights, N. j., arrived yesterday on a
I visit to Mrs. James P. Hoffecker.. :.
Mrs. Cummins E. Speakman and
children, of Belmont Hall" are spend
ing a week with Mrs. Katherine Stay
ton Shakespeare at Oxford, Pa. Mrs.
Olive Hirons Shallcross salso visiting
there.
Mrs. Walter w, Hynson is sojoun-
ing at Beach Haven, n. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter S. Nowland
are receiving congratulations or the
arrival Thursday of a fine baby girl.
II will be christened Ellen Marie Now
land.
Lieut.. Com. Horace Evans Spruance
and wife have arrived in Smyrna from
California where they have been three
months. They are visiting his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Spruance.
Rev. R. P. Nichols made a trip to
New York the first of the week. He
is attending today a meeting OF the
Wilmington Conference Board OF
Sunday schools in Dover.
Mr.. t. E. Brigham is visiting N
Northampton, Mass. He will also &c
to North Adams and Pittsfeld, Mass.
before returning to Smyrna.
Mrs. Homer Williams and Miss Hill
da Hutchison, of Wilmington, are or
a two weeks visit to their mother
Mrs. J. w. HutchisOn.
Miss Irene Lewis, of Philadelphia
is visiting the family of Capt. j. NJ
Lewis.
Mrs. C. C. Short, of Dover spent
: few days of last week with Mr.. anC
;. Mrs. James E. Coleman.
e Miss Marcella Thomas, of Centre
: vile, Md, is being entertained by Mr.
and Mrs. Warner W. Price.
r Miss Martha Tucker, of Dover, i
d visiting her father, Mr.. Roy R. Tuck
d er.
f Mrs. w. o. Hoffecker is spending
sojourn at Atlantic City, N. J.
Mrs. Charles A. Barnes, of Chester
: Pa, visited Smyrna yesterday.
u. Mrs. J. E. Carter is sojourning a
f Rehoboth.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
GOOD NEWS FOR MOTORISTS
Concrete Road From Frederica to Mil
ford Completed Except Causeway

The last remaining stretch
of concrete on the new State highway
between Milford and Frederick was
completed Saturday, and as soon a1
it dries, which will be about three
weeks, the road will ne opened to the
public. The stretch of road has been
the "fy in the ointment" for good
travelling between Milford and Dover
for many months, and its completion
is hailed by autoists with delight. The
concrete on the Frederick causeway
will not be spread for at least a year,
owing to the uncertainty of the bot
tom of the new roadbed. Autoists
will detour here, using the road
through Frederick.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
Personal and Social
IP7ope Who Come and Go
/ and Their Social Doings

a. and Mrs. Walter G. Tatnall en-
aiailed at a lawn fete Friday even
/. a winch number of their friends
Y PRESENT. The occasion was IN
~ s1' o their guests, Mrs. w. D.
Ia & Wilmington, and Mrs. G. F.
,.n a.l' o. COllingswood, N. J. Incl
H. IIly T!. i was also the birthday of
!, y iS'iaIl' The lawn fete was pre-
s y a birthday dinner. When
1. s''s's arrived they found the lawn
shT. nj isaf Of the Tatnall home beau
l,,.... ~. decorated with colored lights.
| 49, - and Chineses lanterns and
| ,~;,.a .oilerS and seats and every
| s.,,. ,,, arranged for a delightful
| s.s,,.Ii y Eugene Davis, cashier of the
/ N Is NJ Bank Of Smyrna, who with
! !, !. "1a3 y has been on an extended
/ n ,,,a;i. baltimore, Nd, where he has
| hs lSaslvllg Sss g medical treatment. ar.
! gas3I IIIie ,I,. Wednesday evening and
ii M. aislr house. Mr.. Davis wbill
S' 5aI. improved is still very r. w,.,'s waaS
rres saa.a .nends hope, now that he ,,D ha,
slgme. ' treatments he has un.
nj + 4, d. ,. Boyer, who went our
d q Tsl,.e TlepIeaent Delaware Federa ga
4 q m "Unen's ,,l Clubs, has returned :
d. S,,is, was extended to ti the lSSeT1eu YeIIo%
laos TSo1al TsioG Park and a number Q o
@ bor ICn = gave her a sight-seein,
nd a % ".i be remembered. She here, re-
We ffeDd. '0ine greeting by he
| y Who aie,Sert 4 ,l3'l-. Sitter, Of philadel
| RscEss,,V Visiting her mother. Mr., :
adise t., entertained a compan b.
srg ii, '',. eevning and anotbl
much enjoyed. Both parti'
= = T. ere visiting e Mr.. Mr., an
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
IN MEMORIAM

In loving remembrance of my mother. Mrs
Mary f. Donovan.
She's gone from us. she's here no more,
She now dwells on the Heavenly Shore.
From earthly care. she is set free.
She's gone Dear Lord 10 live with Thee
When here on earth with us you lived.
We gave all in our power TO give,
To bring you comfort, love and cheer,
Oh! How we miss thee mother dear
One year without thee, mother dear,
Has seemed so long and sad and drear;
But when for us this life is DER.
Well meet thee on the other shore.
JAMES DONOVAN
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13

| otep Chippendale chairs SAID 70
lis~'h s1'jre5 and sixty years old, the
|',,.tT Ir-I d Cambridge, (Md:') Lodge @
| s.a Issns, are on exhibition in a store
IT, On High street, in Cambridge
|s,nl Of the chairs are very hand
- ''I and is said that the lOdg has
! I, Il ofsnd at $500 for seven Of them
\, and Mrs.. ]. Pilling Wright, Mr.
u Il Tn. Charles B. Evans, DR.. W.
f. Sruberd and Professor Van Gis-
\. < Snitb. ali Of Newark, will sal
| r Europe on the steamship Aqult'
la July 26, from New York CITY
H. will spend their time while
H. in England and France anC
rurn to this country the middle
/ Svtember.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13

Isman report that the huckleber-
| b aop in this section will be very
|8t, due to the cold weather of
|lul, and the continued dry weather
|dts past six weeks. This crop has
|Ssa netting the pickers good returns
|in several years and its failure this
|lw viii be felt keenly. The huckle-
|igq grows wild, mostly in woods,
|nl parties Of pickers go every day
L gather them. The prevailing price
|El0 l0to Is cents per quart, according
|tqaGg There are two kinds, what
hom as the high bush and low
Nsh The former always bringing the
stsf price.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
FARM FOR SALE

Farm of 226 acres, near Colts, Md.
Improved with 8 room residence and
out-buildings. Apply to
R. w. Slaughter, Clayton, or
Geo. M. Vansant, Colts, Md.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
ESTATE OF JAMES H. FRAZIER
DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that Letters of Ad-
ministration upon the Estate of James H.
Frazier late of Kenton Hundred. deceased
were duly granted unto Edgar w. Frazier ON
the sixteenth day~of May A. D.. 1921 All
persons indebted to the said deceased are re-
quested to make payment to the Administrator
without delay. and all persons having demands
against the deceased are required 10 exhibit
and present the same duly probated TO the
said Administrator on or before the sixteenth
day OF May, A. D., 1922, abide by the law
in this behalf.
EDGAR w. FRAZIER, Administrator
Address, Middletown. Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
FOR SALE

House on Duck Creek road, Clay
ton, opposite st. Joseph's Home. For
terms apply to
MRS. |. N. MILLS
Clayton, Delaware
Smyrna times., 1921-07-13
NAME CANNERY INSPECTOR
William +. Townsend, of Masten's
Corner to Succeed DIR. w. r. Messick

Corner to Succeed DIR. w. r. Messick
Governor Denney has announced
the appointment of William f. Town
send of Masten's Corner, son of James
Townsend, former Clerk of the Or
phans' Court and Register in Chan
Gerry for Kent County, to be State
Cannery Inspector to succeed DR.. Will
liam R. Messick, Of Lewes, whose tern
expired. DR.. Messick was recently
appointed Federal Inspector Of Drug!
and Chensicale.