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Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
FATAL ACCIDENT AT EASTON
One Killed and Two Hurt When Auto
COllides With a Wagon Loaded
With Phosphate on Trappe Road

One young woman met death by
having her brains dashed ut,and two
others were injured, one painfully,
when the automobile in which they
were riding crashed with great force
into a wagon proceeding along Trappe
road, two miles north of Easton, Md,
late Monday afternoon. The woman
killed was Miss Maud Warner, 22
years old, of near Easton, and nurse
in training at the Emergency Hos
pital of Easton, Md. The injured are
Mrs. Philip Bryan, of st. Michaels,
Md, severe bruises about body, face
and head; Mrs. R. N. Michaels, also
of st. Michaels, Nd, decorations and
abrasions of face an dhead. All that
remains of the machine is huge
heap of scrap metal that was tossed,
shortly after the accident, into field
along the side of the road. When the
car struck violently against the We
hicle in its path, Miss Warner, it is
said, was hurled headlong into the
road and one or both of the wheels
passed over her head. She was rush
ed to the Emergency Hospital where
she was pronounced dead. Mrs. R.N.
Michaels had her wounds dressed at
the hospital and discharged, but the
! third woman, who is her daughter,
was detained for further treatment.
Miss Warner left the hospital in the
afternoon on a visit to her mother
who lives two and a half miles north
of Easton, Md. She had not gone fan
when she was offered Gift by Mrs
Bryan, who was driving. The young
woman had sat in the car bare few
minutes when the tragedy occurred
The wagon, which was one of two
loaded with fertilizer, was proceeding
to a farm owned by Charles Schan
niger, on Trappe road. The driver o.
the wagon, whose name could not b.
i. learned, escaped injury, although tn
rear of the vehicle was badly dam
aged. 1t is believed that the heav.
weight of the fertilizer kept the wag
on from being completely demolished
Besides her mother, Mrs. A. 7. Wan
ner, the young woman is survived b.
three brothers, Theodore Warner, c
Wilmington; James A. and AT. Wan
+. ner of near Easton; also three sister
+, Helen Warner, of near EastOn; Mrs,
B. Battles, of South Carolina, an
J, Mrs. John w. Kerr of Crossburg Nj
e Funeral services were held this (WeC
1 nesday) afternoon from the home {
+ Mrs. Warner. Interment was in Sp
), ing Hill Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
ASBURY VI. E. CHURCH NOTES
EeV. J. ]. Bunting, Pastor, Announces
Rally Day and Other Services

Next Sunday will be Rally Day at
A'Oury NJ. E. Church. The program
Eepared by the Board of Sunday
NhoOls will be used. This program
VII prove attractive and uplifting.
lhe special service will follow the
sgular Sunday School service and
VII be rendered in the auditorium and
ae classes will sit together with their
&a'hers. Teachers are urged to get
al 'nelr members out, and find as
lSnv new ones as possible. To get
anAe On this phase of the work there
Sl De meeting of the local Sunday
ny SelO0l following the prayer meeting
"unesday night. At the evening SER
NY NJ mere will be a special speaker
w. I.s speaker will be supplied by the
"'uOnal Association of Local Preach.
= ~" IN session at Dover, Del. The
FtaAer will be man of great ability
~ national reputation. Everybody
nSold hear him. At 7 o'clock, one
isi nOur before prayer meeting ,ther,
special call meeting of the ladie
IS church. A matter of vital i'm
"iee Will be presented to them
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
"BUCK WHARTON AT NEWARK
Tests University of Delaware Football
Squad Before Opening of Season

DR.. Charles NJ. (Buck) Wharton,
former state senator from the Smyr-
na-Dover district and for many years
line coach at the University of Penn
sylvania visited Newark several days
ago and put the University of Della
ware football squad through a new
experimental test, what is known as
the Standardization of mental and
physical fitness of a football candidate
The idea of this test is to find out the
capacity of each player for football
work so that the coach can be guided
accordingly. Delaware is the second
college football squad to ever under
go this test, it having been previous
ly made by DR.. Wharton with the U.
of P. squad. DR.. Wharton who is a
son of Mrs. Amanda Ashcraft, of
Smyrna, is now associate professor of
physical Education at the University
of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Della
| ware will open its season on Saturday
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
FIRST HARD COAL SINCE THE
STRIKE ARRIVES IN SMYRNA
WARNER PRICE RECEIVES TWO
CARS AND ESLEY RUST, ONE
These Cars Arrived Yesterday With
More To Follow Right Along
Dealing Out in Small Quantities

With the cool weather of the past
few days, more or less apprehension
has been had over the coal situation
in Smyrna. The first anthracite coal
to have been received here since the
strike, arrived yesterday. Warner w.
Price received two car loads and Esley
NJ. Rust received one car load. Both
of these dealers expect to receive car
load shipments right along from now
on. Mr.. Price who has built four coal
silos and run a railroad siding in his
yard, is installing the conveyers and
other machinery this week, and will
have one of the most modern and up
to-date coal yards below Wilmington.
The coal will be automatically screen
ed and loaded on the wagons and
every preventative against theft such
as has been experienced in the past,
will be had. Mr.. Price along with his
other Improvements will have modern
and up-to-date coal wagons to de-
liver coal. Esley NJ. Rust has also
made some necessary improvements
to his yard. He has just finished
building concrete bins which will be
housed from the weather, insuring
dry clean coal for his trade. Neither
one of the coal dealers are able to fix
a standard price. The wholesale
price of coal runs anywhere from
$3.50 a ton to $12.75 a ton at the
mines and to this must be added
freight and handling besides living
profit for the dealers. Both Mr.. Price
and Mr.. Rust are anxious to keep tht
prices down to a reasonable figure bu
of course the retail price in Smyrn;
must be based on the wholesale pric'
which vary considerably. Whel
: the wholesale price is fixed they vii
know better what to dispense it for il
,. Smyrna. Right now coal is beinI
l shipped regardless of price and bile
for to our dealers al the pleasure o
; the big coal concerns thru which the
buy For the present or until coz
arrives in more considerable quaint
L ties, both Mr.. Price and Mr.. Rust wi
deal coal out in half ton or ton lot
to enable all their customers to &c
a little to keep them going. When
supply begins to accumulate, they wi
deal out in larger quantities. Neitht
of the dealers, nor anybody looks fl
a coal famine. There will be plent
4 of coal, slow to arrive at first to |
sure, but in the end a normal supply
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
WARBURTON ESTATE RULING
ElktOn Court Gives Opinion on War
burton Holdings in Light Plants

burton HOldfngS IN Llgnt HlantS
The Circuit Court for Cecil county
has handed down its opinion in the
case of the Second National Bank of
Elkton VS.. Henry A. Warburton and
J. Wesley McAllister, trustees of the
Gilpin Falls Electric Light Company
and the Elkton Electric Light Com
pany, which were owned by the late
William T. Warburton, president of
the wrecked Second National Bank.
The courts ruling is that the two cas-
es be consolidated and that the court
assume jurisdiction of the trust es-
tate, which was created by Warburton
for the benefit of his two sons and his
grandchildren. The trustees are re-
quired to give bond in $4,000, with a
corporate of $4,000 with private Sc
curity for the faithful performance of
the duties and discharge of the trust,
on or before September 80. That they
be required to make a statement of
each and every item of the real and
personal property, equipment facili-
ties and franchises constituting the
surplus of the estate, and that they
make monthly report of its receipts
and disbursements are among the
provisions. The Second National
Bank is restrained from seizing any
portion of the property claimed as a
creditor. The court refused to appoint
a receiver for the trust estate.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
WHOLE NO. 354S
ELKTON PRESBYTERIANS VOTE
Followers of DIR. McElmOyle at Con-
gregatiOnal Meeting Carry Vote
Seeking Transfer to Baltimore

gregatiOnal Meeting Carry Vote
Seeking Transfer to Baltimore
1t was decided by the congregation
of the Elkton Presbyterian Church at
a meeting held following the morning
service Sunday to renew the fight to
ge transferred from the Presbytery
of New Castle to the Presbytery of
Baltimore. The congregation in ac-
cordance with the decision reached at
the meeting Scnday will present
petition to the Presbytery of New
Castle at its feeting to be held next
Tuesday at Frankford, asking that
body to give its consent for the with
drawal of the Elkton Church to en-
ter the Presbytery of Baltimore.
While no delegates have been elected
by the Elkton Church to the session
of the Presbytery of New Castle, it is
likely that DR.. H. Arthur Mitchell, one
of the new elders of the church who
is a son-in-law of DR.. John McEl-
moyle, former pastor will attend the
session and present the petition. The
congregational meeting Sunday was
presided over by DR.. Joshua Witworth
and no objection was voiced against
the proposed move of trying to get
7 transferred to the Baltimore body.
DR.. McElmoyle preached at both the
morning and evening services on in
vitation of the congregation. The
Elkton Church controversy which
started about two years ago when OBJ
lection was made to DR.. McElmoyle
marrying so many couples that came
to the Cecil County Gretna Green
from other sections of the country
has been heard on various points in
volved in both the Synod of Baltimore
and the General Assembly of the
church. The Elkton church has been
without a pastor since DR.. Nc Ell
moyle was ousted by the Presbytery
of New Castle as pastor. A large
majority of the congregation who have
stood back of DIR. McElmoyle are
anxious for the transfer to take place
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN
SMYRNA VERY TAME AFFAIR
JACKSON SNOW FOR STATE SEN
ATOR;. S.C.RANSOM, LEVY COURT
John w. Vane Withdraws, Leaving
George w. Cunning for Representa-
tive OppOsed-COunty Contest


The Kent County Republican prim-
aries held on Saturday we're unusually
tame except in a few districts where
there were contests. In the three
Senatorial districts, the candidates
had no opposition and were nOminat-
ed as follows: First Senatorial district
Thomas jackson Snow, near Smyrna;
Third, Charles DUPONT Ridgely, Cam
den; Fifth James Hill Stanton, Mil
ford. In some of the representative
districts the contests were lively. In
the First district, including Smyrna,
two men filed but the withdrawal of
John w. Vane gave the nomination to
George w. Cunning. Ralph c. Will
son, of Dover, was unopposed in the
Second district; Daniel Turner, of
Cheswold, unopposed in the Third dis
trict, and Alva NJ. Snyder of West
Dover, unopposed in the Fourth dis
trict. In the First Representative dis
trict, Caldwell w. Johnson, of Dover,
was defeated by D. C. Alice brother
of former United States Senator j.
Frank Alice by ITO majority. In the
Sixth district, John V. Rolph was un-
opposed. In the Seventh district
there was originally four candidates
who filed, Edward G. P. Jones, one Of
the candidates, withdrawing before
the voting which left a three-cornereC
fight between John H. Hinsley, Dan
iel B. Murray and Timothy E. Town
sesd, Hinsley won out over his op
ponents by 81 plurality. John F.Ric'
of the Eighth district,was upopposed
In the Ninth district John A. Butle
; was nominated over James w. Thorn
: as. Nutter Marvel was nominated il
the Tenth district.
: S. Clint Ransom for Levy Court
The three Levy Court Commission
, ers were unopposed as follows: Sam
uel C. Ransom, First district, Georg
C. Herring, of FELTON,; Second district
Benjamin l. Shaw, of Harrington
Third district. For Sheriff there wa
! but one candidate Gilbert j. Saunder!
of Bowers Beach. For Clerk of Peac
q one candidate, Edward H. Tubbs, {
:, Camden, and also one candidate fC
!. Recorder of Deeds Webster Phillip
q of West Dover. For Register
r Chancery and Clerk of the Orphan
/ Court there were two contestant
,. Merrill w. Thistlewood, winning OF
.e according to unofficial figures ov,
/ Elias Simpson. For Cornoner, the
r. were four candidates, Elmer l. Abbot
l. Walter H. Peterson, of Dover; Wi
ell liam H. Conard near Dover, and WI
s. liam C. Schwartz, of near Woodsid
y Peterson was nominated.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
X. X. X. CHARTERED AT DOVER
National Organization Incorporated
by Georgia Men Under Laws eff Della.


The National Ku Klux Klan, Inc,
an organization purposing, according
to it's charter, "to engage in a work
of a patriotic, secret, social and bene-
violent charter" in Delaware, Georgia
and elsewhere in the United States,
was incorporated at Dover Monday af-
ternoon, under the laws of Delaware,
through the branch Office of the
United States Corporation Co., firm
having its main Office in New York
City. William S. Cobourn, an at
torney, of Atlanta, Georgia, made the
application for the charter. The other
incorporators are NJ. B. Owen j. P.
Owen and A. E. Wilson all of Atlanta,
Ga. The organization will have no
capital stock. The membership is to
consist of 'the incorporators and all
such other persons as shall contribute
to or cooperate in the work of the
corporation upon the terms and con-
ditions provided by the constitution u
One of the objects of the National Ku
Klux Klan, Inc, according to the
charter, is "to receive gifts donations
and bequests of property and to pur-
chase and hold properties of all
kinds" 1t will have zone or more of
fees and conduct its business and
promote its objects in Atlanta, Ga.
as we'll as within the state of Della
ware and elsewhere in the United
States" 1t can hold, own, purchase
and convey real estate, etc. The new
ly chartered organization will exercise
the general direction of the affairs
and provide funds for the mainten'
ance of, the National Ku Klux Klan
"an Institution organized and operat
ed in the State of Georgia as a pa
triotic,secret, social benevolent order,
and will assess and acquire dues, in
itiation fees etc., according to it.
charter.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
STATE HAS BIG APPLE CROP
Bumper Output in Delaware Totals
$4,000 Barrels, Statistics Show

Bumper Output in Delaware Totals
$4,000 Barrels, Statistics Show
In a report issued last week, the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture estimates that the apple crop in
the State of Delaware up to Septem-
Der l, totalled $4,000 barrels. One
barrel is the equivalent of three boxes
The department estimates that the
total apple crop of the United States
up to that date was approximately
2O7 100000 bushels, as compared with
98, 100000 bushels for the correspond
ing period in 1921. The commercial
crop of the United States is expected
to amount to 92,600,000 barrels
against the 1921 crop of 21,200,O0O
barrels, and 33,905,0O0 barrels in 1920
The condition of apples in Maryland
on September l was reported as go.
At the same time last year the condi-
ton was reported as Is. This would
indicate that the total crop this year
is four times as large as that of last
year. AS the ten-year average of con-
dition on September l is given as 6Si
the crop of 1922 would appear to be
about per cent smaller that the av-
erage Maryland crop of the past ten
years. In Delaware condition was re-
ported as SO. Ten-year average OF
condition on September is 62, SC
the crop this year appears to be about
AZ per cent larger than the average
Delaware apple crop of the past ter
| wears
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
COMING w. C. T. u. IN SMYRNA
State Convention of White Ribboners
To Meet Here October IL, II and 13

Mrs. Georgia Pierce, of Milford,
state president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance Union, through the
secretary, Mrs. L. v. Garves, of Mil
ford, has issued a call for the forty
third annual meeting of the Union to
be held in Smyrna, October II, IL and
1S, in Asbury M. E. Church. Among
those who will address the gathering
are: DR.. James A. Yeager, from the
office of the National Prohibition Com
mittee, Washington, d. c., and Mrs
Ella A. Boole, of New York, state
president, and Mrs. Maud B. Perkins
national secretary, Y. P. B.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
WINS NEW JERSEY PRIMARIES
U. S. Senator Freylinghuysen Sweeps
All Counties for denomination

Maintaining the lead he got when
the early returns were counted short
ly after the polls closed in the New
Jersey primaries, United States Sena-
tor Joseph S. Freylinghuysen, close
friend of President Harding,was more
than $4,000 votes ahead of his Repub-
lican opponent George L. Record, for
the Senatorial nomination, early this
morning. Senator Freylinghuysen
placed a big gap between himself and
Mr.. Record in Is out of 19 counties,
which had reported. Only in Mercer
county was he behind, and there the
lead see-sawed all the evening. Re-
turns from S03 out of 2464 districts
in the State or the Republican nomi-
nation for United States Senator,give
Preylinghuysen, 50,1S7; Record, %, ,647
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
uI|IIS NEW S1G5,OOO HIGH
y SCHOOL BUILDING ASSURED
.,,Opn BIDS OPENED WEDNES-
n,i Nv left AL. HUDSON LOWEST
-, Auxiliary and Smyrna Board
SnVCi Tinration Award Him Contract
Du Iob COmplete for $139.375

-, Auxiliary and Smyrna Board
S1TTi . TdueatiOn Award Him Contract
d 4 bJo' ~ Job Complete for $1Ss.S75
~ Uo. 20 announced Thursday at the
~ ! ' If the Delaware School Auxll-
ar't y, that at contract for erection of the
y! giUb School at Smyrna will be
y ,iad to A. L. Hudson, Smyrna, at
y Ed of s1S9,375. Decision was re-
= rsJ at a conference in Smyrna
Snrsdav afternoon between the MEM
~: ,a-' Of the Board Of Education OF the
Una Special District, and A. J.
S.rlor, 1ri consulting engineer, James o.
p+sIIe 5. consulting architect, and Ger
n Nontaigne, auditor, of the School
,s,irav. Mr.. Hudson is expected to
.,Tin work Immediately. He will have
.slve months in which to complete
A. milding, which will be of two
+.,;ss containing IA rooms and an
.'j.orium. The building which will
ss an Frazier Street, Immediately
Iyk on present campus, will be 15O
" 50 feet in dimensions, constructed
i brck walls, with timber and rein
,ved concrete floor and roof. In
,lpr TO obtain lower bids for erection
dtbe building the plans were slightly
r6fed by Mr.. Betelle, the architect
/ vas said by Mr.. Taylor, no changes
hi been made in the dimensions and
Nal a better grade brick had been
,greed on. Reductions in cost were
made in the electric lighting, reinforc-
4 concrete work and plumbing. Bids
M equipment will be asked later. Fol
,rchase of the site, erection of the
hiding and its equipment the Smyr-
"a Special District bonded itself fol
@OOO. To this sum 100000 ha!
hen pledged by the School Auxiliar!
Nm the P. S. DUPONT Educationa
fmd. The Revised bids, based Oh
rdifcations of the original plan
vue as follows: A. L. Hudson, Smyr
"a, who was the lowest bidder for con
tuctiOn of the school complete, wa
lgain the low bidder Wednesday
Ealing down his original price fror
ElISO0 to S139,375. Other bids fo
WtiOns of the work received Wednes
N were. General construction only
North Eastern Construction Company
Rl,4l5; Plumbing and gas fitting
BlnOn L. Marker, Chester, S23,575
1T. Weldin and Son, Wilmington
ts75O; Heating and ventilation
Gesapeake Coppersmith Compan!
atimOre, S2O,993; Electrical worl
Electrical Company of Delaware, Wi
HingtOn, $4,000; E. F. Higgins & CO
Wilmington, $4,000; By combining II
DDS Of the North Eastern Constru'
ton Co., for general construction, wit
he lowest bids for other portions (
tie work, a total figure of S143,8t
vas obtained. This left the HudsC
ID from Smyrna lowest of the entit
ID.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
ON FISHING TRIP TO LEWES

u. S. Senator McCumber Joins Sena-
tor Ball on Outing to Break Water
United States Senator Heisler Ball,
of Wilmington, and United States SEN
ator McCumber, of North Dakota,
have been on a fishing trip to Lewes.
They went down last week but it was
so rough they were unable to go to
the Breakwater fishing. They took
trip down to the mouth of the Lew
es canal, near jetties, to try to fish
there. Captain Harry V. Lyons ar
ranged for them a trip out on the
pilot boat, Philadelphia, Monday even
ing. Last autumn Senator Ball made
a similar trip to Lewes wren he went
fishing with several other United
States Senators.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
fatally HURT AT HOUSTON
Talls From Smoke Stack Sixty.
rive Feet To the Sidewalk

r. FROM Smoke Stack Sixty
vn rive Feet To the Sidewalk
iss. 'llng ~ from height of sixty-five
,' \, y %1en len the smokestack of the Stet-
ES.S N ! Ellison Company, at Houston,
Cso,n.n 'u ne was painting, broke in half,
FrdsS Fise Blunt, aged % years, early
r,lI MY morning crashed to the side
r. ~. OelOw, sustaining fatal injuries.
M Vas % rushed by fellow-workmen to
h aas aasrShall s Hospital Milford, where
kuI su Friday evening of fractured
lr - ana "a, internal injuries. Accord
Asd y ~. all available reports the man
ss NV NV gone far with his work when
n t.~S.I t'%.S' Which had been apparently
u ~ ti'less condition, suddenly bent
msv ' ..,el centre and almost simultane-
nan a,ti, spnt IN half. 1t is said that the
| as b"llie %nie falling grazed the edge Of
| abaIS aIS'dlng, n but was unable to secure
nssO 1 Blunt has lived in Dover 70,
Asgs' mon months, but his home is said tc
'Ssn IN cartersburg, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1922-09-27
ELECTRIC DEVICE ON FIRE BELL
Will Be Tried Out Saturday Noon
Siren Whistle Idea Abandoned

The Smyrna fire bell will be sound
ed at noon on Saturday in testing out
a new arrangement that Citizens
Hose Company are having installed.
The siren as is known, did not serve
satisfactory. The citizens of Smyrna
will please bear this in mind and not
mistake the try-out for an alarm of
fire at this hour. The present bell it
is hoped, can be retained, and new
clapper operated electrically, similar
to what Dover uses can be made a
success without buying an entire new
outfit.
Evening journal., 1922-08-02
Hot Shots
From Brack-Ex
BY BUGS L.

Score Brack-Ex, s; Newark, s.
Pretty good start for the second
half.
Hearsine and W. Jones sure did
make both OF the Newark pitchers
think they were facing a Ty Cobb.
Baccino's pegs to the second sack
were like shots from a AS. Ask Bill
Jones.
Loury. on first sack. had an on
day. He took his pet pup along for
luck. Better leave the pup home
next game. Tom.
Minner. on short. and Marple. on
third. is some combination. No hits
through that section.
Hearslne stepped on his own foot
In the first inning and hollered to
Magew 'I got IT," Ralph don't al
ways tell the truth in such cases.
Our able rooters. Jack Hannlgan
and Shorty Fryer refused TO ride on
the truck. as they had more inter
esting companions in a Ford sedan.
Mrs. Ed. Hannagab occupied the
seat Of honor and did justice to her
handsome husband Ed.
Manager Laury was all smiles be-
fore and after the game. Jack told
him they were going to Riverview.
WONDER what's at Riverview?
Our old friend and team mate. G.
Jones. former captain OF Whining
ton High. was out OF the game on
account Of a bad leg. Hope 10 see
you in the lineup Saturday. Charles
Our old friend Ed. Hanningan. Is
great little truck driver. and be-
lieve me. he has something there TO
drive.
Fifty-two royal rooters at the
game Saturday. Good turn out.
Thanks 10 Ed.
Paul threw low to first. Wonder
II his thoughts were on p. NJ. @.
Regards 10 all our rooters. Hop
ing to see you all Wednesday and