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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
PLAN SWEET POTATO CAMPAIGN
Meeting Held in SeafOrd Saturday
Has Much of State Interest

The committee for Sussex county on
sweet potato publicity, John H. Ell
lott, of Laurel, chairman, held a meet
ing in Grange Hall, in Seaford, Sat
urday, with the following members
present: V. r. Allen, B. L. Ross, 7. N.
Rawlins, Seaford; NJ. C. Vaughn,
county agent, Georgetown. The fol-
lowing visitors, who are also interest
ed in the sweet potato publicity cam
paign to be waged in the state, were
present: Dean c. A. McCue, Univer-
sity of Delaware, Newark; R. E. Will
son, county agent of Kent county, Do
yer; Hon. r. G. Houston, Georgetown;
William Dickerson, Dover. 7. n.
Rawlins was elected secretary and
treasurer of the committee, and John
Killen, of Kent county, was added to
the finance committee. The commit
tee decided to hold general meeting
at Laurel Friday evening, August a,
at McCabe Hall, and also one at Sea-
ford to present their position to the
sweet potato growers of the county.
The finance committee was instructed
to get in touch with the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company, State Farm Bur-
eau Federation, State Board of Agri-
culture and State Grange as soon as
possible, relating to raising funds to
carry on the sweet potato publicity
campaign. The publicity committee
was requested to get together as soon
as possible and get material together
for pamphlet that will be issued or
sweet potatoes and their food value.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

Performance of contract shall commence
within ten Q0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed during 1922.
Monthly payments will be made for 80 per
cent of the construction completed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon forms
provided by the Department.
Each proposal must be accompanied by a
surety bond, certified check. or money to the
amount of at least ten (10) per centum of
the total amount of the proposal.
The envelope containing the proposal must
be marked Proposal for the Construction of
State State Aid Highways.
The Contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Detailed plans of CHS and CN-9 may be
seen at Dover.
General plan with stress sheet for Contract
Ala. index plans for Contracts CHS and
CN-9 and specifications for each may be OBJ
tanned upon deposit of $40. which amount will
be refunded upon return of plans and speci-
fcation in good condition at the office of
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT.
Dover. Delaware.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
MEETING OF KENT LEVY COURT
List of Delinquent Tax Payers Has
Been Greatly Reduced-S15OO More

The Levy Court of Kent county at
its Tuesday meeting took up the mat
ter of settlement with Mr.. Harring-
ton, Receiver of Taxes for collection
of 1921, but did not complete the
work, carrying it over to the meeting
of August first. The report of Mr..
Harrington disclosed the fact that the
total for delinquents will not exceed
$500 and this for all the ten dis
tricts. Under the old ten collectors
system often a delinquent list for a
single district would be not much be-
low this amount and for all districts
from $4,000 to $4,000 and some years
even more. The taxpayers can well
congratulate themselves on the effici-
ency of the County Tax Office and of
Sheriff Graham, who assisted in the
final wind-up of the collection. The
Court received a request from the
town of Hartly for part payment on
their town appropriation, which was
granted and an order of 500 was
draw for that purpose. The request
of I. c. Frame, Jr., attorney for John
G. Hurd, of near FELTON,, for reim-
bursement for damages to himself
and horse injured on a public road
near his home, which had been re-
ferred to the Courts attorney, Rich
ard R. Kenney. Mr.. Kenney reported
that there was no law empowering the
Court to reimburse Hurd.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

IAN ACT proposing an Amendment to Sec
ton of Article of the Constitution of the
State of Delaware. in relation to Capitation
Tax.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE IN GENERAL AS
SEMBLY MET (TWO-THIRDS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE
AGREEING THERETO).
SECTION l. That Section of Article of
the Constitution of the State of Delaware be
amended by striking out all of said Section
of Article 8. and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
SECTION S. The General Assembly shall
provide for levying and collecting a capitatiOn
tax from every citizen of the State of the age
of Twenty-one years upwards but such tax
to be collected in any County shall be uniform
throughout that County. and such capitation
tax shall be used exclusively in the County in
which it is collected.
Wallace S. Handy,
President Pro TEN of the Senate
Walter ]. Paskey,
Speaker of the House.
Approved April 2. A. D.. 1921.
VIM. d Denney.
Governor
l. A. R. Benson. Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware. do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is true and correct copy
of Senate Bin No. 90 entitled IAN Act propos-
ing an amendment to Section of Article 8 of
the Constitution of the State of Delaware, in
relation to Capitation Tax as the same APP
pears on the enrolled bill filed in the Office of
the Secretary of State and approved by the
Governor. April ?. A. d. 1921. which said Bill
proposing such Amendment to the Constitution
of this State is published in accordance with
| the requirements of the Constitution of the
State.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
| have hereunto set my hand anc
| official seal at Dover. this twenty.
| (SEAL) first day of July. in the year OF
| Lord one thousand nine hun,
dred and twenty-five.
A. R. Benson,
| Secretary of State
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
STATE GUARD IN CAMP SOON
Two Weeks Field Training Began on
Monday at Rifle Range


Final arrangements for the annual
encampment of the 198th Artillery
Anti-Aircraft, Delaware National
Guards at Camp George w. Sparks,
the State Rifle Range, near New Cas-
tie, July 31-August IA, have been per-
fected by Colonel H. w. Stark, U.S.A.,
and Adjutant General ]. Austin Eli
son, National Guard. The contract for
provisions for the camp has been
awarded by the Quartermaster's De-
partment U. S. A.
While the names of the contractors
who will furnish supplies to the sold
iers has not been announced, it was
said that 5000 pounds of beef have
been ordered for the mess tents.
Friday, August IL, will be "Gover-
nor's Day."
Colonel w. E. Slower, quartermas-
ter of the 18th Artillery Anti-Air-
craft Delaware National Guard, will
go to the site of the camp on Saturday
with twenty enlisted men and non
commissioned officers to erect the reg
mental and mess tents. The COM
pany streets also will be marked out
at that time and other details ar
ranged. The Wilmington companies
of the National Guard will report at
the State Armory, 18th and Orange
streets, at 8 o'clock, on Monday morn
ing and board special trolley cars at
18th and Orange streets for the camp
The Adjutant Generals Office an
nounced that Samuel P. Maroney, OF
1918 Washington street, second lieu
tenant of infantry, o. R. c., had beer
commissioned second lieutenant, C
A. c., and assigned to Battery "B,
19Sth Artillery.
Lieutenant Maroney is a graduate
of the University of Delaware, class
of 1922, and was recently appointed
an instructor in the Wilmington High
School.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
CONTRACT No. ALA

SuperstructuTe (SteeD laurel Bridge
Structural Steel
1l1.000 lbs. Moving parts.
10000 lbs. Fixed parts.
1000 lbs. Cast steel track plates.
Machinery
6400 lbs. Racks, gears. bearings, misc.
1920 lbs. Forged steel.
800 lbs Cold rolled shafting.
so lbs. Bronze.
1900 lbs. Reinforcing steel.
S. Gu. yds. Counter weight.
(Plain concrete)
II NJ. b. NJ. Flooring.
so lin. #. Pipe railing.
Selected Motor and Housing
The Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co., Chic
ago. ILL.,. are the designers of the steel super
structure.
The contract will be for a lump sum.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
FARMERS TO MEET AT NEWARK
Tomorrow, Thursday, August Bird,
Will Be Annual State Farmers Day

N1u De Annual state L drmerS Ddy
Farmers Day at the University of
Delaware will be held tomorrow,
Thursday, August 3. The principal
address of the day will be made by
DR.. Jacob G. Lipman, director of the
New Jersey Agricultural Experiment
Station. DR.. Lipman is one of the
foremost Scientists of the United
States and is an international author
ity on problems concerning the soil.
DR.. Lipman has just returned from
Europe where he represented the
United States at the Bi-annual of
Agriculture at Rome, and at a Soil
conference held at Prague. Other
features of the day will be inspection
of the fertility work with grain and
fruit. The Clubs boys of New Castle
County will hold a cattle judging con-
test. The poultry plant has been
greatly enlarged since the last Farm
ers' Day and poultrymen will find
much to interest them. The poltry
plant is being operated by rehabilita-
ton students. The variety display of
grapes will be of interest to grape
growers because there is full crop.
Dairymen will be interested in the
herd.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

"An Act proposing an Amendment to Article
10 of the Constitution of the State of Della
ware. and providing that no citizen of the
State of Delaware shall be disqualified to hold
and enjoy any Office. or public trust. under the
laws of this State, by reason of SEX
BE 1T ENACTED BY THE SENATE AND
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE
STATE OF DELAWARE IN GENERAL AS
SEMBLY MET (TWO-THIRDS OF ALL THE
MEMBERS ELECTED TO EACH HOUSE
CONCURRING THEREIN:
Section /. That Article Is of the Constitu-
ton of the State of Delaware be and the same
is hereby amended by adding Immediately after
Section thereof the following new Section to
be known as Section 10:
Section TO- No citizen of the State of Della
ware shall be disqualified to hold and enjoy
any Office. or public trust, under the laws Of
this State. by reason of sex.
Wallace s. Handy.
President Pro Tenn of the Senate.
Walter ]. Paskey,
Speaker of the House.
Approved April 4. A. D. 1921.
VIM. ID. Denney.
Governor.
l. A. r. Benson, Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware, do hereby certify that the
above and foregoing is a true and correct copy
of Senate Bill No. Sc entitled IAN Act propos-
ing an Amendment TO Article Is of the Con-
stituton of the State of Delaware and provid-
ing that citizen of the State of Delaware
shall be disqualified TO hold and enjoy any Of
hce. or public trust, under the laws of this
State. by reason of SEX" as the same appears
on the enrolled bill filed in the Office Of the
Secretary of State and approved by the Gov
ernor. April 4, A. d. 1921. which said Bill pro-
posing such Amendment to the Constitution OF
this State is published in accordance with the
requirements of the Constitution of the State
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF.
have hereunto set my hand AND
official seal at Dover. this twenty.
(SEAL) first day Of July. in the year oil
our Lord one thousand nine hun
dred and twenty-five.
A. r. Benson
Secretary of State
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed proposals will be received by the
State Highway Department, at it's Office.
Dover, Delaware. until o'clock, .. m,
August %. 1922, and at that place and time
publicly opened, for the construction of
State Highways, involving the following ap-
proXimate quantities:
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

A vast area of Bay Side, of Wor-
cester county, Nd, has been under
water from recent eight-inch de-
ulge that fell in a severe gale.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

Efforts are being made to locate the
fire bug who set fire to both the large
barn and residence of Harry Coul-
bourne near Crisfeld, Md, recently.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
CONTRACT M CNa

Thru St. Georges. O.2O Miles.
900 Gu. yds. Excavation.
43O Gu yds. Cement Concrete Pavement.
100 lbs. Reinforcement.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
CONTRACT No. CHS

Thru Townsend. O.427 Miles.
1850 Gu. yds. Excavation
$40 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pavement.
200 lbs. Reinforcement
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

Large quantities of cantaloupes but
ter beans and early peaches are being
shipped from the Seaford postoffice by
parcel post.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

Professor Otis Jefferson, A. B., of
Hopkins University, Baltimore, spent
the weekend with Mr.. Clarence Dono-
van and mother.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

Margaret Ross, alleged to have stol-
en- money and clothing from Mrs. Car
ME Vierick, of Milford, and who is also
said to have forged the endorsement
of a check, has skipped" her parole
and the county and Federal authorities
are now looking for her. Mrs. Vier-
lex, who keeps a boarding house, miss
ed numerous articles and suspicioned
Miss Ross, who has been helping her.
Miss Ross was arrested, and is said
to have confessed. AS her father,
Enos Ross, reimbursed Mrs. Vierick
for the amount taken, she was paroled
in his care. 1t was charged later that
the Ross girl forged the endorsement
on a check that came through the
mails to party in Lincoln. Com
plant was made through the pOstoffice
and Federal agents began to look up
the case. 1t was then ascertained that
the girl had run away from her father
and so far the authorities have been
unable to locate her.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

The animal Homecoming" cele-
bratiOn will be held at Ocean View,
on August 9th, in the grove of Capt.
John I. West. Well known speakers
will be present and deliver addresses.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

James c. Phillips, members of the
Sussex county Democratic Executive
Committee from the Eighth Represen-
tative District, has announced his can
didacy for the nomination for sheriff.
As the result of a free-for-all fight
that occurred at Slaughter Beach
Thursday during a Sunday School pic
mic, Peter Thorne, negro, of Milford,
is in the Marshall Hospital, Milford,
suffering from a fractured jaw bone,
and c. Ingram, negro, from Milton, is
also in the hospital from a bullet
wound, but which is not serious.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

When the new state road from Rock
Hall to Chestertown was opened to
the public recently there was much re-
jOicing. Bells were rung, whistles
blown and horns sounded.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1922-08-02

Edward H. Gilbert, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William N. Gilbert, Seaford, and
Miss Mary Lloyd, of Ridgley, Md,
were married in Ridgley Wednesday
evening. They will reside in Seaford.
Sheriff William Dean and a posse
of men have unsuccessfully dragged a
large tract of the Southern Limestone
Company at Crisfeld, Md, for the
body of Charles Watson, of Martins
burg.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
TWO BILLION DEBT
CUT, G. 0, ?. CLAIM
Senator Curtis Cites Savings
In Appeal for Kansas Repub-
Iican Congressional Votes.

Rigid governmental economies en-.
forced ~ the Republican admins.
tration have saved the people hun.
dreds Of millions OF dollars. re,
duced taxes and restored confidence
as shown by the advance of Gov.
ernment bonds to more than par
value, Senator Curtis (RepJ OF
kansss. declared last night In an
appeal to Kansas voters to return
Republican Congressman in the
approaching elections.
Curtis gave credit for the re.
duction- in the public debt to the
Administration, declaring that while
on Nav 81. 1919. the debt amounted
to $25,9f6,s74. .096. on June 80 OF
this year It had dropped to t22..
963.381.7Os.
1.-TWO years ago We predicted II
the Republicans were restored to
power. Government bonds would
soon be at par" said Curtis. They
were then selling from sS4.64 to
1852. Thcy are now above par.
The showing made entities Re.
publican nominees to support Of
Republicans"
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
SWISS FARMERS TO
CONE TO AMERICA
Cheese and Butter to Be Mads
on Farms to Be Taken
= Up In, Colorado.
ny ,IniernatIenaI 7N.ws seryIcs.

DENVER, Oct 2I--From the
peaceful, valleys and slopes Of the
Swiss Alps to-. tho rugged hiiIst "a
the Colorado Rockies win be the
transition ,of severai hundred
Swiss farmers. II plans under way
here mature, X ~ .,s.g
Negotiations for securing thou
sands Of acres of farm land In
Moffat and Routt counties, Colo.
iado, are being conducted by rep
resentatives OF young Swiss farm
ers who desire to emigrate TO the
United States and take up the man.
ufacture Of cheese and butter In
the Western mountain country.
The plan is expected TO result In
the, colonization VI much land not
only In Colorado, but a 30 In the
valleys and mountain sides OF Utah
and Wyoming. y 10.
With the opening Of the Moffat
Tunnel, which will afford transpor.
tation facilities to thousands OF
square miles of rich farm land on
Colorado's western slope, IL II eS-
pected the colonization movement
Of the Swiss farmers will result In
rapid and intensive cultivation "f
great areas Of farm land.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
'VAMP IS APPEARING
ON AFRICAN SHORE
Wine. Women land Song Tell
of Civilizations Progress.
Protest by Drys. H..

ACCRA. South Africa, Oct. 2l.-
The merciless vampire has made
her debut along the Gold Coast.
Wine. women and song are men,
acing evils on the Gold Coast.
Native city men have beer
making considerable money in this
last few years, and they have taken
to champagne. gsudy socks and
week k-ends spent In company with
attractive, II not demure. ladies oi
color. ... 81.
Some Of the natives are worrying
about the threatened moral decline
and a recent issue OF the Voice OF
the People takes the native men to
task for the shocking custom OF
spending week-ends at som. out.
station, with a merciIess vampire
who can smile like an angel. while
neglecting their lawful spouses,
whether married by European or
native rites"
The journal goes further and
warns the native girls against
"men for whom the color of their
socks is more important than your
purity" "
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
CIRCUS De LUKE IN
. cAVEL CLUBS PLAN
Three-Ring Affair Promised for
Whole Week Of Feb. rs
at Convention Hall.

A startling innovation in winte:
entertainment for Washington Is be.
Ing planned by. the Gavel Club OF
Master Masons.
II will be a regular three-ring cir
cus-six matinees and six evening
performances-tweiy shows in all
count 'en--provided by the owners
Of Hagenbeck- Wallace. Sells-F1oto.
Buffaio-Biil-John Robinson interests,
starting February 26. at Convention
Hall.
The club has already contracted
for the biggest aggregation Of bare
back riders, clowns, elephants, 81.
raffes. lions and tigers and bronco
busting riders ever assembled, and II
is expected that the demand for tick
cts for the twelve performances will
exceed all expectations. with the re-
suit that. unless you've got your
pasteboards In advance, you won't
be amorg those present.
Always alive and awake to enter
tainment possibilities. the Gavel Club
was offered this rare opportunity by
the $4,000 American Circus Cor
poration. The funds derived from
the sale OF tickets will be used to de.
fray the cost of building a new per-
manent home for the club. IN ac-
ceptins the CIRCUS corporations offer.
the club is'absOlved from any liabiIi.
ties.
Today the members of the club and
their families will make a pilgrimage
to West River. Nd. where the Shrine
Automobile Club will turn over to
them the use Of the beautiful club
house and grounds. The occasion
will be an old-time oyster roast and
dinner. with all the trimmings.
Next Wednesday the club will hold
a smoker and entertainment and on
October, 81 Halloween party and
dance. The Masonic Club Sunday
service will be held at Temple
Heights next Sunday at 4 o'clock.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
NEW PSYcH1-lEGAL
SOCIETY 70 ELECT
Judge Sellers and Sen. Moses
Among Those Proposed
for Directorate. *

The American Psycfo-Legal Soc.
iety, which recently completed inter.
sesting deception tests, with the
sphysmomanometer invented by Or.
william NJ! Marston. will hold Its
first, regular meeting at. American
University. 1910 r street northwest.
tomorrow night, for the pufpose OF
etecting officers and adopting a con
stitution and bylaws. -, ,.....
Among those who have Indicated
~ Willingness to serve as directors Of
the society are DIR. Robert NJ. Ycrkes,
formerly comrnaiiding officer Of the
psychological division of the army,
and now of the, National Research
Council; Senator George H. Moses
of New Hampshire. Mss katnEyn
Sellers. Judge Of the District Court
OF Juvenile, and DR.. Roy ID. Adams.
Membership will include those In.
terested In psychology and law and
who favor the adoption by the courts
Of advanced methods in securing evil
DIR. r. w Collier, dean OF the
School OF Arts and Sciences OF the
American University, accompanied
by Mrs. Collier. attended the inaug.
lration of DIR. s. p. Capen as chan
cellort OF the University sor Buffalo
on Friday. DIR. Capen. who Is widely
known as director OF the American
University, serving on the institu-
tons committee on educational
standards. : l..t
The introductory lecture In Prof.
Paul Kaufman's course in creative
writ tngs was given before "a large
audience Wednesday night by George
w. Wharton. formerly director Of
!nfornlstiOh S service Of the .is AsrieS,: tsSt:
ture will be given next "Wednesday
evening by. Donald Wilhelm. a maya.
zine writer. The Lectures are opea
to the public.3s : ID, - -.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Killed by Fall of Slate
In West Virginia Mine

ANDERSON. w. Va. Oct. 21!-Lee
Egnor. thirty. a resident Of Alder
son. was killed by a fall Of slate In a
mine at Lego. w. Va. The slate fall
occurred while Egnor was at work in
one OF the far entries Of the mine
and pinned him to the ground, crush.
ing the life out Of him
Egnor was a former resident Of
Sandstone. living there until last
July, when his father, James Egnor,
died. He is survived by four broth.
ers and three sisters and his step.
mother, Mrs. James Egnor.
The Washington times., 1922-10-22
Radio Bugs" to Hear
New BrOadcasting in CITY

Radio bugs" win hear from u
new proadcasting station in this city
beginning next Wednesday. In ad.
dition. to stations WAY. wEAS,
wMU, NOF and WITH. the fans will
have another choice to make. that
OF listening in on station WILL. OF
the Continental Eelctric, Supply Com
many, which will broaS least concerts
and news daily from 3 td6 p. m, and
every Monday. Wednesday and Sat.
,irday from to 10 p. m.