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Smyrna times., 1922-06-21

Personals.-Mr. Paul Cats, of
Chicago, is visiting his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. Elmer Catts.-Mrs. Leroy
Fleming, of Harrington, has been the
guest of Mrs. Jacob Swain.-Master
Frank B. Cole has accompanied his
cousin, Miss Mildred Boyer on visit
to their aunt, Mrs. William H. Cham
bers in Philadelphia.-Mrs. Camilla
Rose has returned to her home in
Townsend, after spending several days
with Mrs. John Maloney.-Mrs. Clark
Jones has as her guests, Rev. George
Conner, of West Grove, Mrs. Welsh
and son, Franklin, Mrs. Mary Eppher,
of Phiiadelphia.-Mr. and Mrs. A. C.
r. Seemans have been sojourning at
Rehoboth.-Mrs. Nan Irwin, of Oxford,
Pa, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Eliza
beth Graham.-Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Lewis spent Thursday in Philadelphia
shOpping.-Mr. John Anderson of
Wilmington, spent last week with his
aunt, Mrs. Harry Collins.-Mrs. Will
liam Hollett and her daughter, Flo,
have been visiting her mother in Will
mingtOn.-Mrs. NJ. E. Diehl, who has
been spending several weeks with her
sister, Mrs Joseph A. Miller, has re-
turned to her home in Wilmington
Miss Virginia Cobb is the guest of her
aunt, Miss V. Brown, down at Wash
ington.-Miss Mary |. Johnson is Wis
iting relatives at Rochester, n. Y
Master Thayer Swain has returned
from visiting relatives at Harrington.
Miss Carrie Snyder, of Holmesburg,
was a week end visitor with Mrs.
Charles Hanratty.-Mrs. Frank Bald
win has returned from a trip to At
lantic City.-Mrs. Luther Lapham has
been the guest of friends in Baltimore
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Farrow OF
Philadelphia, have been the guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. T. w. S. Downing.-Mr
and Mrs NJ. Smith, of Wilmington
were recent visitors with their cousin
Mr.. and Mrs. James Clayville.-Mrs
J. w. Houston and daughter, Elizabeth
spent several days last week with Mr.
and Mrs. John Houston, in Whining
ton.-Miss Helen C. Cobb has return
ed home from St. Mary's Academy al
Washington.-Mrs. w. H. Thompson
has returned home after spending two
weeks with relatives in Wilmington
Newark and Stanton.-Lieutenant anC
Mrs. Lotion Cobb and sons Lotion L
and James B., of Columbus, Georgia
are visiting their parents, brand Mrs
James S. Cobb.-Miss Agnes McCaf-
frey of the Plains, is visiting her sis.
ter, Mrs. ]. L. Shortall.-Miss Mary
Ross was a week end guest at Colds
boro.-Master Howard Simpler, oi
Wilmington, spent the weekend with
his grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. Johr
L. Graham.-Mrs. John Chapman
Mrs. NJ. Miller and son, and Miss Sara
Williamson, were motor guests last
week with friends in Cheswold.
Smyrna times., 1922-06-21

1t. Col. T. G. Russell, of Stanton,
Va, and Cadet Charles A. Sinex, of
Clayton, are camping at Terra, Alta,
on Lake Terra, Alta, West Virginia,
and will be gone until August "a.
Cadet Sinex has attended the Stann-
ton Military Academy this year.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
Aggie Fresh Here
Saturday Night

The Alma collegians will entertain
the Michigan Aggie Frosh basketball
team on the high school floor Fri
day evening and good game is being
expected as the All Fresh outfit is
an exceptionally strong one this year,
having big bunch of former high
school stars who are working into the
court game in fine shape.
The Maroon and Cream team, while
much stronger than a year ago, will
not find the going easy against the
Frosh and is expected to have her
hands full in trimming the Yearlings
The team is showing the results of the
early season workouts and is improv-
ing rapidly, but no less can be said
for the Aggie Frosh.
One thing that makes the Yearlings
appear dangerous team is the fact
that they defeated Albion Saturday
26 to 16.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

ID
The program opened with Camp
Fire scene with the participants at
tired in their ceremonial robes, beads
and so on (mostly beads). Then
came an Indian dance and several
rather clever take-offs on the various
classes. Gladys Bentley, attired as
an old darkey, told Uncle Remus'
Tar Baby story. The stage was
then cleared for action and the next
act was either a dance or wrest-
ling match between a Partisan doll
and a most ferocious bear
A miniature minstrel show kept
the audience in a good humor for its
allotted time and then to climax the
production, the girls presented IA
little playet, "The Wrong Baby
The festival was a success in every
way.
At noon on Tuesday they tried out
several choice bits on the inmates Of
the auditorium.
The Senior play, "Stop Thief" will
be presented about the middle of the
coming month The training of the
cast, under Miss Wells, is being rush
ed and from present indications the
play will be one of the best amateur
productions ever sponsored by a high
school class. The play itself has
met with wide success both on the
amateur and professional stage and
the cast is excellent.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

The Alma High school basket ball
team will play It's first away from
home game Of the season Friday
evening, meeting the Mt Pleasant
Normal second team on the Normal
floor at Mt. Pleasant
The Normal second team is report
cd to be unusually strong this year,
the presence of six veterans for the
first team having given Coach Park
er fine bunch Of mon for his second
team, which is composed Of substi-
tutos Of. former first teams and Of
new men who entered the Normal
this year. The team is reported as
being far stronger than the average
high school basket ball quintet
Tho local outfit realizes that it
will have q stiff battle on its hands
and has been working with a vim
this week TO get in the best possible
shape for the fray and be able to give
the Teacher a hot run for the long
end Of tho score. More time has been
spent this week in ironing out the
little difficulties with the of'ense
than with the defense, which has been
Showing up in fine style, allowing
only six field baskets in two games.
The local fans are satisfied that
the defense will hold down the Nor
mai score, the big question being en-
tireiv on how much Improvement
will be shown in the offensive work
when the team takes the floor to
face the Normal five Friday.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
Alma High
School Notes

The attendance AT the debate on
Friday evening was remarkable Tor
its sparseness. A group Of people
about rs large as a minute and a half
gathered to witness the clash of wits
OF the two contesting schools.
IL seems to be as Mr.. Barnes, one
of the Judges, remarked, at takes
brains TO listen TO debate and the
majority CT people refuse to think
after supper"
The people of the city should be
glad Of the opportunity to hear an
industrial problem of such great i'm
portance as that of the closed shop
given thorough airing. 1t should
be to their advantage and possibly
their edifcation to hear the pros and
cons of the labor unions brought to
light. At any rate, they should sup
port and encourage debating, just as
they do basketball or any other ath-
letic contest.
But no rebuke should be administer
cd TO the townspeople when even the
school itself did not support con-
test in which, fully speaking, their
interests were at stake. Although
the faculty was in attendance almost
without exception (Which isswitness
TO the fact that most of them are
willing to use their brains after sup
PERI the students were few and far
between. A certain class was forced
to attend and it may be safely stated
that at least half of the class were
on hand with their pencils and note
books. OF the rest about six shame
facodly admitted that they had come
&C their own free will. What can be
the matter, anyway? There is some
thing wrong somewhere.
1t may be that the lack of interest
shown at the debate can rightfully
attributed to the excess Of pep Chat
is, Tor Alma High turned loose at
the basketball game on the preceding
evening. For once it may be truth
fully stated that the school and the
town were behind the team. The
team appreciated it, too. and they
feel now that they are fighting for
. school and town rather than for
personal praise and gain. They put
up an excellent fight and were well
repa;d-for Mt Pleasant, who used
10 be Alma's hoodoo, went under the
yoke again The Normal town is
probably Alma's keenest - and by
tie way cleanest - rival, and the
victory over her squad Thursday
night marks a victory in football,
basketball and debating.
The commercial law class has COM
plctcd the work in their texts and
have taken up work in practical law.
This work is intensely interesting,
since il includes the actual trial of
various imaginary cases. In most of
the other classes review work has
been started for the examinations
which come next week.
On Tuesday evening the Camp
Fire groups presented what they
termed 4 Song and Pep Fest which
was, in reality, an amateur vaude-
vile production.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
MRS. BOWEN TELLS HOW RATS
ALMOST BURNED HER
HOIfSE DOWN

"for two months | never went i'm
our cellar, fearing a rat. Oae night
in bed ! smelled fire. Sure enough
the rat had been nibbling a. the
matches. If l hadn't acted promptly
my house would have been burned.
Later we found the dead rat RAT
SNAP killed it. It's great stuff"
Three sizes, Soc, Csc, $1.25. Sold
and guaranteed by c. Il. Murphy and
Winsiow Bros. Drug Stores.-adger-
tisement
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
WEEK IN NJ. a. A.
BASKET BALL

Some good games are listed this
week for the teams of the Michi-
gan Intercollegiate, and with kala-
mazoo meeting both Olivet and
Adrian, who have already met de
feat, there is every expectation
that these two teams will be forced
out Of the running with their sec
ond beatings.
Games for the week follow:
Wednesday-Olivet VS.. Kalama-
zoo College at Kalamazoo.
Friday-Kalamazoo College VS..
Adrian at Adrian. Aggic Frosh VS..
Alma at Alma.
Saturday-Kalamazoo VS.. Mich
igan Aggies at East Lansing. Oil
vet VS.. Albion at Albion. Mt.
Pleasant Normal VS.. Ypsilanti
Normal at Ypsilanti.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
ELY DISTRICT
LIovd Brown is on the sick list.

LLOYD Brown is on the sick list.
Mrs. Nina Campbell slipped on the
Zee Friday and fell in such way
that 10 eat her head severely. She is
i'm a serious condition.
A. i. Nestle is very low at this
writing.
Clifford and Harry Tinklepaugh
who have been having whooping
cough are able to be back in school
again.
Frank Nestle Of Lansing, came Sat
mday To spend few days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. a. +. Nestle.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
Washington School

The Army Intelligence test was
given recently to the members Of the
Sth grade. Their classificatons in the
high school will be based in part on
their records in this test.
Parent Teachers club this week Fri
day at Washington school.
Lester Parks, grade Ia, who has
been i'll with pneumonia for several
weeks is reported greatly improved.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
CAMPBELL HAS A
SPEEDY QUINTET
ALMA OUTCLASSES HILLSDALE
IN EVERY DEPARTMENT.
OF GAME.

The Alma collegiars opened their
Michigan Intercollegiate season Sat
urday night by administering a sound
beating to the Hillsdale colegians,
the score of 81 to 49, failing to show
how completely Alma had the Blue
and White at its mercy.
The Hillsdale college aggregation
had not lost a game until this past
Friday when they started two day
trip and they were expecting to take
Campbel's aggregation into camp by
close score.
The wonderful guarding of the
Alma team was such, during the first
half, that Hillsdalc was able to
penetrate the defense for JUST one
field basket. In the second half with
substitutions at one Of the guards the
defense was slightly weaker for a
short tie, when Gettings got through
for three field baskets. Kirk also
rang up field basket in this half, as
did Phelps. The work of "Bearcat"
Crittenden at guard was revelation
to the newer students at the college,
who had never seen the big boy in
action. He was ably backed up first
by Carly and then by Californian.
When the fray opened Hillsdale
was the first to count, getting a single
point on a foul. Kirker Immediately
sent Alma to the front with field
basket and from that time on il was
just question as to how big the
Alma score would be. Once more
during the half Kirker located the
basket from the floor. Soderstrom
so located the melted circle twice.
Carly dropped one in for good mea-
sure and these baskets with the six
foul points nailed by Kirker during
the half gave Alma the large end Of
16 to 6 score.
Hillsdale started rally in the sec
ond half which was brought up short
by the showing of Californian into the
fray, the Pennington lad taking the
ball off the blackboard several times
and slammng passes down the floor
which were turned into Alma scores
Alma continued during the half to
score at about the same speed that
she did during the first half, while
the visitors counted much more fire.
quently. Even with the Hilsdale
rally the visitors failed to count the
points in the second half that Alma
made.
Soderstrom, Kirker, Shaver and
Carly played a nice floor game
throughout the battle, the first two
also featuring in the scoring Of the
Alma machine. For the visitors
Gettings and Kirk were the big
noises. Kirker also featured in foul
shooting getting just slightly below
his average in Detroit Of - out Of
%, in the games there.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

Milk is now being served daily to
all pupils who are under weight.
Eighty half pints day are being
served at present.
Miss Hazel Huffman, one Of last
years teachers. now teaching In East
Lansing, visited school last week.
Lincoln pupils are maintaining their
leadership in the number and amount
of deposits made in the school bank
ing system.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

The famous healing odors of
the long-leaf pine are to be had,
even If you can't 80 South. For
people susjcct to colds, a North
Carolina druggist some years
ago worked out a vaporizing
salve, containing the very es-
ecnce If pine sap, together with
other healing penetrating vapors.
This wonderful preparation,
Eicks NapoRub, has been the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

Forty nine eighth grade people
hope to be freshmen in the high
school next semester.
Soup days, at the Washington
school began Jan. 10, since that time
approximately 500 meals have been
served The school would appreciate
any donations Of vegetables which the
patrons might make.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

Special for Friday, Jan. 20, lemon
and chocolate pies, l5c each. Come
early, or phone your orders. Model
Bakery. advertisement
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

The Record can 30 your job Print
ing-Call or telephone.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

standby for years in Southern
homes. Year by year and State
by State its reputation has
grown until today Vicks is the
favorite treatment throughout
the country for all cold troubles.
Group, catarrh-neuralgic pains.
skin hurts and itching skin
troubles. Druggists are stocked
now. Get a good supply at once.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19

SnoWaitcr :. Kelly.
Fouls-Elias q ont OF o, Showalter
out OF II.
Substitutioug-Bayee for Haight,
Haight for S'sco, Sartor for Garner,
Garncr for Sartor Saftor for Andcr-
son. Wyant fer Holmes, Holmes for
Sar,or, Anderson for Holmes.
Refereo-Beddow, Mt. Pleasant
Normal.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1922-01-19
Hillsdale 10

Il lelu DdShClS- DOiulSlIuHl >, hllh-
er 3, Carly 2, Shaver. Hillsdale-
Gettings a, Kirk, Phelps.
Fouls-Kirker out of IL, Kirk 6
out Of II.
Substitutions-Cat for Car
ty, Carly for Californian, Beam for
Carly, Californian for Beam; Gray
for Stoll, Krugman for Gray, Smart
for Phelps.
Referee - Parker, Mt. Pleasant
Normal.
In preliminary contest the Alma
College reserves defeated the Alma
High School reserves by score of
s to 0. The first half ended with the
collegians leading 2 to 0. Not foul
was made during the contest. Ref
cree Erickson called three fouls on
the colegians and two on the high
schoolers. Niles was the star for the
college reserves.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-03

you see I want to be alone? That
I could not endure sympathy just
yet? Ny grief Is my own! Ny own!'
FAY drew back in pitiful. shocked
amazement but the doctor nodded to
her reassuringly and himself es-
corted the sorrow-stricken woman to
her own apartment.
Fay was scarcely dressed when
voices sounded from below. among
which the nasal accents of Coroner
Shaw mingled with deeper. more re-
sonant tones which made Fay catch
her breath sharply. How had Ken
meth Clayton learned OF their
tragedy? What had brought him
here?
CHAPTER vi
Fay shrank instinctively from a
meeting with Kenneth Clayton now,
but as a privileged family friend his
prs sence was not amiss at this time
Of tragedy.
AS she descended the stairs she
realized all at once that her head
did not feel quite right In spite of
what she had toli Sergeant Barry,
and in n sudden fit of dizziness she
clutched at the bailustrade.,
Kenneth Clayton met her at the
foot of the stairs and. his hand
closed warmly about hers. is 1t
rue that poCr Laurel"
"She is dead, Mr.. Clayton"
II suppose Clara is FRUSTRATED"
"Os course, but she-she takes 1t
so strangely! She could not believe
the truth a. first when l told her"
THAT would re only natural. dear.
l won't ask you now II you have
given n thought to our little talk
last night, but i have come TO ofer
my services to both you and your
auut in any possible capacity
'Oh!" Fay cried In genuine DIS
tress. II an sure hat Aunt cara
will be deeply grateful, but you VIII
NJ. think me unkind If / feel that L
want to Do alone? This has all
come so sudder.3 that 1 don't fee I
can discuss 1t even with $3.50 gooo
a friend as you"
The coroner's nasal tones sounded
fr IN the stairway
at isn't whether It's likely or not,
doctor: IFS what the evidence proves.
I don't care If the other girl got
off without being harmed. or not,
IL there isn't q sign of gas in
;he room. This here's a case OF
asphyxiation."
There followed an indistinguish-
able mdrmu' ir Doctor Green's de-
pr, cato.y tones, and then the coro-
stubborn Iejo;nder:
THE blood test will tell. 1T / ina
he in iications that I suspect from
tho OF the skin this Is
gong to- be or the biggest cases
the county ever knew"
The front dco. slammed. AS the
QUO. measured steps descended from
the veranda Fay turned in horror TO
het companion.
"You heard? :" she asked. "They
.h.nk that It Was murder. But how
,ould II have been? The DON was
lighted by electricity, like all the rest
the house, there is not ever a gas
ange in the kitchen, and we had no
Ire in the crate. Besides, how is
conceivable that Laurel could
ave smothered to death and l Eot
ven been awakened?"
"Don't try 10 think about it, my
ear" Clayton patted her arm
emily. "YoI know what an alarm
Coroner Shaw is, and as for the
h srlff. he is always making mystery
IL of nothing. Just because a few
ushions and a steamer rug were
tolen from Pearsall's launch, n
uantries OF II or two of the
ummer residences were broken into
v some enterprlsing tramp, u ]
ri"nd here was cooking up a n
t ie mystery until this mornings al
air came a.ong to drive 1t out OF
Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-03-03

/ so graciously received by her moth
err"
None whatever. Laurel was
desperately in love as was Harry,
II it were not heart disease what
can have caused my cousins death? q
Until the prone performs an
autopsy we cannot be sure. Miss
Tudor are you a light sleeper ?
Would you know il any n entered
the room during the night?"
II cannot be sure. 1 returned
from France in a highly nervous con
dition. you know, and that would
predispose my awakening at the
slightest sound, but I was overstimu-
lated last night by the excitement
of the dance and I remained awake
until long after Laurel herself had
dropped of to sleep"
How do you feel now, Miss
Tudor? Does your head feel heavy
or congested? Are you in the habit
of taking any narcotic or sleeping
potion"
"Oh. never. My head feels quite
you ask? Your questions just now
made me think of suicide. even
though l knew how manifestly i'm
possible such a thing could be in
connection with my gloriously hap
py little cousin. Are you suggesting
now that there may have been some
thing far worst that some hideous,
unspeakable crime was united
in that room last night? Do you
mean-murder?"
She broke OFF as the door at the
farther end of the hall opened sud-
denly and Mrs. Tudor appeared. lean
Ing upon the doctors arm.
az must see her. You shall let me
in, ! do not believe you. any OF
you. It cannot be that my baby Is
deadi'
she is, ma'am. though I am
mighty sorry to say il" The sheri1
produced a key and unlocked the
door.
she seemed not to have heard but
made her way with the slow. mea-
sured step of a ~somambulist to the
bedside. where she fell upon her
knees and took the small rigid hand
in hers. The sheriff had remained
respectfully outside the door. put
like a shadow the young police ser
seant had passed him and stood mo
tionless now behind the kneeiihs
figure. w., are
MY DdDs. Cptdh w ihS
onlv sleeping, you will awaken!",
But the parted blue white lips
gave no response and the fixed stare
oe the glazed half-open eyes con
vinced the~ well-nigh crazed mother
hat her plea had fallen upon ears
torever<deas, and with the first out
,urst of tears she bent her head up
On the coverlet of the bed.
Fay came swiftly forward
With Sergeant Barry attempted to
lift her aunt to her feet. ~
Don't touch mel" Mrs. TUDOR
.urned Historically upon the girl
then her face quivered mi she
appealingly: "Oh. Fay. can't