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Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
HEAD BLOWN OFF IN SHOOTING
ACCIDENT At TAYLORS BRIDGE
MISS ANNA W.WARNER, AGED II
VICTIM OF A PLAYFUL PRANK
She and Miss Nellie Lambdin Were at
Table When Mildred Lambdin, Aged
II. ApprOached With Shot Gun


Miss Anna w. Warner, aged II,
daughter of William D. and Elsie
(Staats) Warner of Thoroughfare
Neck, was shot and instantly killed
Friday evening between 8 and 8
o'clock at Taylors' Bridge, by breach
loading shot gun in the hands of little
Mildred Lambdin, aged IL years,
daughter of is. Lambdin, who ten
ants Mr.. Warmers farm. The accident,
one of the most unfortunate that has
occurred in Thoroughfare Neck for
years, has caused more than usual
sorrow and regret. 1t appears that
Mr.. Warner drove over to Lambdins
early Friday evening and left his
daughter to spend the evening with
Miss Nellie Lambdin, aged 16, while
he and Mr.. Lambdin drove to Smyrna
to attend to some business matters.
Mrs. Lambdin was sick on the couch
and the children were playing around
the table. Mildred spied the gun
leaning in the corner of the room and
picking it up approached the table
and innocently exclaimed in child-like
fashion "I'm going to shoot you"
She had no sooner leaned the gun on
the side of the table than it exploded
and being in close range Utterly blew
the head off of the Warner girl. Mrs
Lambdin arose frantic with what had
happened and finally, by telephone
reached her husband and Mr.. Warner
who drove quickly home. DR.. J. w
Clifton also hastened to the Lambdir
1 farm, but of course his services were
not needed. Death was instantane.
Gus. Both families and the whole
community are grief-stricken over the
calamity. Mr.. Lambdin declares in al
his years of cunning he never before
left loaded gun in the room where
his family sit and really did not real
! iZe that he had left it in this instance
Miss Anna Warner, the victim of the
/ gruesOme accident was a bright young
lady and held in highest esteem by al
who knew her. She and Nellie Lamb
i din were close friends and that tht
accident should have happened is mos
regrettable. Funeral services, large
ly attended, took place yesterday af
ternoon from the residence of Mr.. anC
Mrs. w. D. Warner, the girls parents
on the Thomas Jones farm near Deak
yneville, in charge of Rev. R. S. Hodg
son, pastor of Friendship ME. Churcl
and interment was in Odd Fellow!
cemetery, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
NNAWAY BOYS IN SMYRNA
Lewis Finds Two From Wood
~enched With Rain on Main st,

Lewis Finds Two From Wood
Nenched With Rain on Main St.
aef Scott, aged 10, and Samuel
= aged II, both of Woodside.
"a away from home and "hoofed
smyrna on their way to Chester
Te picked up by Chief of Police
a'e Thursday night, wet and
.u wlth rain and given warm
~ y at the lookup. The BOYS at
y not want 20 tell their names
a5aoouts, but on pressure thew
sa they were running away
!. ",le. u Chief Lewis had them
neir clothes and after some
n ya'' wrapped them up for the
n :. 'ug :. next morning he tele-
NO. Y "OOdside but it was not un-
I,na'e eIgnlng e when he, by chance,
hi .s 3. H. Scott motoring thru
u II ana. ana told him he had his son
!, assplng. Mr.. Scott identified
l.ssal a1d ! Samuel Dultka as the son
w.. W. D1ltka, an Italian farmer.
ts,t sotaslde. ..: He took them both
4. n a. evening, where, in all prob
ID d 1is 4, OSys t; received a severe rep
i. H. H. their conduct. Mr.. Scott
slsriS, appreciation . of the care
'@v in Smyrna. 's 'ieii
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
KENT FARM BUREAU MEETING
Annual Reports Heard Thursday Show
Much Work Accomplished

Much work Accomplished
The annual meeting of the Kent
County Farm Bureau was held in
Dover, Thursday, at the Dover Cen
tury Club. Reports from Miss Woods
State Demonstration agent, M. o.
Pence, county club leader, couny agent
Russell E. Wilson and county agent
Miss Helen L. Comstock, were pre-
sented showing work accomplished
during the year. Isaac o. Taylor, of
Hurlock, Md. d.,representing the Eastern
States Farmers Exchange, explained
the work of that organization. DIR.
Evan Roberts, of Milford, Secretary
of the Delaware Poultry Producers
Association, gave an interesting talk
on the raising Of poultry for profit.
Officers elected for the year were:
President w. V. Cosden; vice-presi-
dent, Arthur F. Dawes; secretary and
treasurer r. H. Wilson, chairmen of
committee: Dairy, Harry B. Clark;
Soils and crops, ]. Frank Rice; Mark
eting, Herbert Richardson; Grange,
John Heyd; Paul E. j. Hooper; Horti-
culture F. w. Richardson; Club Work,
Mrs. Thomas Murry; Farm Manage
ment, John M. Roe; Food and Health,
Mrs. John Heyd; Clothing, Mrs. Harry
Smith; Home Economies, Mrs. r. II.
Wilson. Executive Committee Ed.
Willim, w. H. Marvin, William Haas
and E. H. Donovan.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
MAROONED ON BOMBAY HOOK
GUNNERS SUFFER HARDSHIP
MARSH NEAR WOODLAND HOLDS
THREE DOCTORS ALL NIGHT
DIR. Cahall Sipple, of Dover, DIR. Sam
uel, of Wilmington and DIR. BOtt,
of Philadelphia Have Experience

DR.. Meredith l. Samuel, of Whining
ton, DR.. William j. Bott, head of the
Philadelphia office of the Veterans
Bureau and DR.. Cahall Sipple, of Do
yer, who were marooned in a cabin
20 miles from habitation, below Wood
and Beach, since Saturday were taken
to Dover Monday night by friends
from Leipsic. 1t required three hours
for the rescuers to reach the stranded
men because of strong tides. DR..
Samuel and DR.. BOtt arrived at the
formers home at Greenbank late Mon
day night by automobile, in a rather
exhausted condition. They said that
Saturday about $50 p. m., after gum
ming for duck all day, they prepared
to leave their hunting grounds for
their cabin when the motor of their
boat refused to work. After struggl-
ing in vain with the engine the men
waited for the tide to rise and ripped
up boards from the flooring of the
boat and tried to paddle to Duck
Creek to their destination. Winds
were too strong, however, for this
crude method, and after being tossed
around for two hours in the creek the
men finally succeeded in landing the
boat and set out through the marsh
in the direction of DR.. Sipple's cabin,
whose guest they were.
Build Fire To Keep From Freezing
After travelling until midnight wet,
from falling into muskrat holes in the
marsh, Drs. Sipple and Samuel, de-
clared that they were too exhausted
to travel any further and laid down
in the marsh. 1t then began to snow
and DR.. BOtt fearing that the Smen
would freeze to death in their exhaust
ed condition, managed to build a fire
and get the men awake. They then
started again and after travelling
through the marsh until early hours
of the morning in a half frozen con-
ditiOn, came to a small but deep creek
DR.. Bott was about to swim the mar
row strip of water, and reach the cab
in where the cook could lend aid,wher
he stumbled upon half rotten plank
that was found to be sufficiently long
enough to reach across the stream
The men crossed the plank in safety
and reached their cabin in an exhaust.
ed condition at o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. Here they were revived by DR.
Sipple's cook who gave them hot
drinks and put them to bed
Reach Lonely Cabin Almost Exhausted
The cabin is situated on the south
bank of Duck creek, which is in the
center of a 10000 acre marsh, anC
20 miles from Leipsic. There is nc
habitation of any kind within this
radius and the section is known only
to hunters and trappers.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
MRS. SYPHERD DIES AT DOVER
Widow of Rev. ]. o. Sypherd anj
Mother of Three Successful Sons

Mrs. Josephine Draper Sypherd,
aged sc years, widow of Rev. ]. o.
Sypherd, a minister of the Wilmington
Nj. Z. Conference, died Sunday at the
home of her son, C. D. Sypherd, Dow
er. Three sons survive her. They are:
Dr.W. Owen Sypherd of the faculty of
the University of Delaware; Herman
Sypherd a successful banker of At
lantic City, N. j., and Clarence D.
Sypherd of Dover Funeral took place
Wednesday afternoon at Dover.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
[nlN AND SMYRNA DISCUSS
|H'fIiRC CURRENT CONTRACT
Dp1CE OF COAL MAKES 1T
~rcSARY TO RAISE RATES
j.. COuncilmen Protest At First
\, I!I'T finally Agree to Sign Up For
=, Months Instead of Year

Sk Months lnsteau vi ie"i
..,. - Town Council in regular
y Friday evening received a dele
\. w f,om the Clayton Town Council
NJ ID over the renewal of their
:, = current contract which has
.ypired. Owing to the advance
III labor and other commodities,
Srvna Council was obliged to
/. an advance in their charges for
-.,t and instead of a three year
-.,t TO make future contracts a
~ a time. Messrs. A. c. R. See
CA. Neugebaur and F. Charles
.IrrDte of the Clayton COuncA
!. before the Smyrna Board Fri
n protest against the increase,
ap reason they did not feel they
4 nav Smyrna's new whole sale
!, and retail it to their customers
1UtOn for less than tic per XIV.
-,tp sufficient income to keep up
vOe line, buy meters and pay
xar running expenses. They
now charging 19c per X. w. while
Ena is selling its current for 12c
EW. Smyrna Council went into
natter carefully with the three
ran Councilmen and frankly told
the conditions; that SmyIna's
at present was almost loaded to
apacity and if business in both
rs continued to grow, Smyrna
ID be obliged to install a larger
bin unit which would mean the eX-
.falre of several more thousand
K added to Smyrna's bonded in
sdness. This brought up the sub
Of charging enough for electric
bent to create a sinking fund to take
Of the bonds when they fall due
Clayton COuncilmen heard Smyr-
side of the case and finally agreed
i'm up for six months and see how
new scale of rates worked. How
b they will advance their rates to
Clayton patrons was not decided
It seemed understood they would
rtheir minimum to atleast S1.5C
honth instead of $1.3O. Clayton
ndlman, it is understood d,are hope
pne day they will have plant
.dr own Or in combination with
Clayton industry. Already
Is Of such have gained headway
Nhing definite has been the out.
In the meantime it was deem
z to accept the new terms offer.
Smyrna. The new schedule i:
hl0vS.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
RURAL GRANGE OF CHESWOLD
W. c. Savin Heads Organization in
Election of Officers Held Saturday,

Cheswold, Dec. 11.-At the election
of Rural Grange Saturday afternoon
the following officers were elected:
Worthy Master, w. C. Savin; Over
seer, Mrs. Lille E. Wright; Steward,
j. A. Legar; Assistant Steward, Ed
ward A. Evans; Lady Assistant, Mrs.
Anna B. Evans; Secretary and Treas
urer, Jefferson Cooper; Lecturer, Mrs.
Hattie Philips; Chaplain, Rev. Chas.
E. Davis. Regulars meetings are held
every Saturday afternoon at o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
Stores Open Evenings Until Xmas

Smyrna stores are taking on the
Christmas spirit and beginning to-
night and continuing to Christmas will
be open every evening. Read the
Christmas ads in the Times, a direc-
tory for Christmas buying.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
ess Of 10000 K w Hn,,

as Of 10000 K. W. Hours per
. 4 cents, minimum charge
y a on first 1000 K. w. hours) ,
W per month. The new contract
rom December 19, 1922 for six
rH.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Rector, An
nOunces Services For Week.

Evensong this Wednesday at 7.S0 p.
m., followed by choir rehearsal. Ser
vices Sunday, Dec. 17-third Sunday
in Advent:-7.S0 a. M; Hily Commun-
ion; 10 a. M, Church School; IL a.
M, Morning Prayer ond sermon; 7.S0
p. M, Evening Prayer and sermon.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
Holly and Mistletoe Are Plentiful

Holly and mistletoe more plentiful
than usual is coming into market and
this with Xmas trees, is a reminder
the day of days is approaching near.
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
coUPLE SURPRISED

) ~ ms Charles H. Jones Hon.
1 =, inslF % Daughters Near Town
~ daIir3 Mrs. Charles H. Jones were
a tSaige tSSsightful surprise at the
sans s'slr daughter, Mrs. Clarencs u,s
Iii ,,, near town, on Thursday
IL ,iEal e5i1aath they were greeted bv
h. s',ularen, ~ who had gathered ed
Nh tSa y a surprise birthday din
Snbdssan b%sn' It being Mr.. Jones, r,a
ia5p iaply Si,'1 on Thursday and IGlIrs MRS.
.s.EE s% birthday coming i'm in |Is, the
4 ssi.s after the dinner was serv' ,ve
@dt5Sdll.o'u fourteen were present.
lasa aaay ~a, cake was cut. f,fn|I Mr,and
Nrs were ss Presented with a. > ,T,re' nico
Smyrna times., 1922-12-13
Reach Lonely Cabin Almost Exhausted

The cabin is situated on the south
bank of Duck creek, which is in the
center of a 10000 acre marsh, and
20 miles from Leipsic. There is no
habtation of any kind within this
radius and the section is known only
to hunters and trappers.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Vetch and Oats Make A Valu-
able Feed Crop.

The whole face Of the earth should
be covered with green crops next
winter, principally oats and hairy
Where the ground remains
frozen most of the winter, the nee
essity for green cover crops is not
so great where there are
constant freezes and thaws and
many heavy rains during the winter
months.
Green crops keep the land from
washing and teaching during our
long, mild, wet winters, and these
causes do five times as much to wear
out lands as all the crops ever re-
-~rod from them. Nearly all of our
:eptible of washing, and
Try to- have green crops
every foot of it at al
specially during the win.
we'll as oats should oc-
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Woman Vote Largely Respon.
Sible.

An analysis of the vote cast in
Tuesdays primary shows that the
women vote was largely responsible
for the Mcleod vote at the Green
wood city boxes. This is based on
the comparative enrolment figures
and the large number of women vo-
tiers who cast their ballots all day
Tuesday. Some estimate the per
centage of the women vote as high
as 40 per cent. Many of the ladies
did not take much stock in suffrage
when the 10th. amendment was pas
sed, but once a law, and being law
abiding citizens, they saw their duty
and did it. The analysis of the en-
rollment books shows further that
very few country women enrolled.
This may have been due more to the
inaccessibility of the books than a
lack of interest. The vote at some of
the country boxes was nc larger, and
in some cases smaller, than two years
ago.
The woman vote is going to play
a big part in the second primary
also. They voted in the first primary
they are going to vote in the second.
Greenwood Index Journal.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Pluralities Have No Special
Significance.

AS a result Of last Tuesdays pri-
mary Ex-Governor Cole l.. Bleaase
is leading Thomas G. Mcleod by g.
$50 votes, with SO out of a total of
1910 boxes throughout the State to
be heard from. This does not signi-
fly that Mr.. Blease will be elected in
the second primary, which will be
held on Tuesday, September II.
History has a knack of repeating it.
self. It will be recalled that in the
first Democratic primary of 1916
Blease received a plurality Of 22,s4S
votes over Richard 1. Manning, and
it seemed probable that he would be
elected, but Manning beat him in the
second primary by a little less than
5000 votes.
In commenting on the 1916 cleo
ton the News and Courier says:
"The records of the 1916 CAM
paign will be of interest to many at
this time. There were four candi-
dates and the vote stood:
"Blease 64,3S4; Cooper 31,305;
DesChamps 269; Manning 41,536.
cit will be seen that in a total of
137,S01 Mr.. Blease lacked only A.
SIT votes of having a clean majority
in the first primary. AS stated, his
plurality over Governor Manning,
his nearest opponent, was 22,84S.
""There were a great many people
in that race who felt that Mr.. Man
ning's reelection was hopeless. They
were mistaken, as the event proved.
In the second primary on September
12, 1916, Blease received 66,791, a
majority of 4,672. Blease gained on
ly 2,4O7 votes on his total in the
first primary while Manning gained
2s,s27.
with a full turnout of the cleo
torate September ~, 1922, will re-
peat the record of September IL,
1921."-Spartanburg Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Myth the sending out this season
wv of fifty new missionaries by the

rr1ITH the sending out this season
w of fifty new missionaries by the
W Foreign Mission Board OF the
Southern Baptist Convention, ESQ new
workers have been sent to foreign
fields during the Is Million Campaign,
or one-half the goal that was set in
the number of workers to be provided
during that movement. 1t is antici-
pated the remaining $50 will go out
during the remainder Of the Campaign
period that will expire in December,
1924. The workers going out this sea-
son will enter the fields of China, ia
pan, Africa, Pale-tine, Brazil, Argen-
tina, Uruguay, Chile and Mexico.
Inasmuch as the largest missionary
effort of the denomination is centered
in the Orient, the larger portion Of the
workers sailed from Seattle Saturday,
September 2, on the Admiral Liner
President Jackson for stations in
China and Japan. The missionaries
for fields on other continents sail
from New York on various lines and
some of them will not depart until
September so.
Varied Types Workers Sent
Included in the list of missionaries
are preachers and evangelists, teach
ers, doctors, nurses, n architect, one
expert In domestic science, and spe-
cial workers among women and chill
dren. William Earle Hines of Spartan
burg, S. c., who goes to Shanghai to
stparvise the construction Of all mis-.
saQhary buildings in China, enjoys the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Twelve Health Rules.

The country is supposed to have
been observing "Chiropractic Week."
That fact may have passed unno-
ticed by many people, owing to the
rather monotonous way in which one
"week" leads to another, The public,
too, has smaller interest in this new
system than it has in some other
subjects of celebration. Nevertheless
it is worth while to note the twelve
rules set forth by chiropractors.
They are:
keep all your nerves free from
pressure.
LEARN how to breath.
3.-Eat lightly.
4.-Learn how to use water, inward
" and outwardly.
5.-Learn how to exercise.
6.-Study preventive science.
Learn the science of rigat think
ing.
s.-Smile and be optomistic.
9.-Conserve your nervous energy.
1O.-Sleep at least eight hours out
of every twenty-four.
11.-Take no drugs into your body.
12.-Do not trust your health to
your feelings.
Nearly all these --'es instantly
commend themselves to intelligent
people, although ordinary medical
practitioners and most laymen will
object that the first and eleventh
are unduly emphasized.-Sunlter l.
tenn.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06

distinction Of being the first architect
ever sent out by the Foreign Mission
Board, and his appointment indicates
the vast extent of the Southern Bap-
fist work in that country. More than
half of the total number Of mission
aries in the employ Of this board are
located in China, where the results Of
their labors are very gratifying to the
officers Of the Board.
Large interest centers, also, in the
launching of an intensive missionary
work in Palestine, to which country
there go Rev. and Mrs Fred Bunyan
Pearson of Moulton, Ala, and Rev. and
Mrs. ]. Wash Watts, of Laurens, S. c.
Some native missionaries are already
at work in Palestine, and the outlook
there is considered very encouraging,
despite the present complicated politi.
cal and racial controversies.
Campaign Brings Enlargement
In addition to the sending out Of ESQ
new workers to foreign fields the rs
Million Campaign has made 1t possible
to increase the number Of native
workers from TIL to 1172, to practical
ly double the missionary equipment In
the older fields o. China, Japan, At
RIGA, Italy, Brazil, Argentine, Chile,
Uruguay and Mexico, and to enter the
new fields of Spain, Jugo-Slavia, Hun
gary, Roumania, Southern Russia, Pal
estine and Siberia. Southern Baptists
now have a practically unbroken
string Of mission fields %encircling the
globe, and a possible mission audience
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06

Nile
Wheat is we'll known -
for late fall and winter grazing on
fairly fertile land that is well drain
ed. The value of fall beardless bar
ley needs to be more generally test
ed. On rich soils it makes a rapid
growth, is relished by the livestock
and stands the winter freezes well. 1t
should have a more extended use.
The time of seeding these small
grains will to some extent depend on
whether they are to be harvested for
the grain or seed the next summer.
If they are then the time of seeding
should be that best suited to that
purpose in the section where sowed,
but if sowed for fall and winter
grazing the earliest seeding practical
BILE will enable them to furnish more
grazing. The dates will vary from
September 1 to October 1 to Novem-
Der Is farther South.
The amount of seed should be lar
ger when sowed for grazing than
when sowed to produce seed or
grain. Not less than one bushel and
a half each, of rye or wheat and not
less than two and one half bushels
of oats and two bushels of barley
should be used. Even slightly heav-
Ter seeding will probably produce a
better cover crop and more grazing.
Progressive Farmer.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-09-06
Small Grains for Winter
Grazing.

Because most certain to produce
some sort of a crop, rye is probably
the best crop to sow for winter COW
er and grazing on the average lands
of the South-barley, wheat, and
oats, in the order named, make more
growth during the fall and are better
relished by the livestock, but rye
stands winter freezing better, is bet
ter adapted to poor lands and makes
more growth in cool weather and j n
the early spring. While rye stands
cold better it does not stand the hot,
dry weather better and may fail II
sowed too early in the fall. 1t will
stand later seeding than the others,
but not earlier, but of course, none
will furnish much fall or winter
grazing unless sowed early enough
TO make considerable growth before
severe winter freezes come.
Next to rye, oats are probably
best adapted to the soils of the
South. Oats are not as particular as
to the type of the soil or as to a rich
soil as either wheat or barley. OF
course oats and rye both do best on
richsoils, but they will probably do
better on sandy soils and soils low
in fertility than either wheat or
barley. Wheat and barley demand a
w~ell-drained rich loan soil. They will
withstand the severe freezing wealth
er of the northern part of the Cotton
Belt better than oats, unless the WIN
ter turf or grazing oat is used. AS
to the variety of rye to use the Alb
ruzzi is beyond doubt the best where
it does well, but it is not so certain
in all sections and under all .condi-
tions as the common southern rye.
Much of the rye seed sold is grown
farther north and is not as satisfac-
tory for grazing as the southern
grown seed. The Northern varieties
hug the ground closely and are not
as satisfactory for grazing. The only
objections to Abruzzi rye are that
it has not seemed to do well in SOM
sections toward the northern limits
of the Cotton Belt, and the high cost
of seed. Perhaps the first objection
is not real, or is exceptional, while
the high cost of seed may be over
come by the farmer growing his own
seed. That is always a protection
which the farmer has against too
high prices for seeds he can
grow them himself.
For the greater part of the Cotton
Belt, all except the northern por-
tions, the red rust proof varieties
of fall oats are best for fall seeding
-r+er grazing. For the