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El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-22

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Ell 20 en- New York con destino a la
isla tuvo uno de sus mejores amos es-
ia Ultima temporada ganando SO jue-
gos y perdiendo solamente % en- su
liga, aparte de varios triunfos en- de-
safios Independence, entire los cua-
les esta Ell juego ganado al New York
Yankees en- septiembre g..
FL personal del club esta tornado
por magnfRcos jugadores, siendo estre-
la el pitcher George Papsin que fu5
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-22

Ell JUGADoR MAS PoPULAR:-
Gacho, Cayey 1888.
Caratini, Ponce 5947.
R. Carreras, s16; Guilfuchi, 17s; Mon
chile, III; Tasio, 1O6; Daviu, 80; Bel
tia, s5; Santana, '7e; Cobas, 70; siqui,
"a; Bonilla, 54.
Ell JUGADoR MAS NEcEsARIo:-
Gacho, Cayey, 1852.
Caratini, Ponce, 5436.
Guilfuchi, Cayey, 376.
Trompiti, 159; Cobas, 3Os; Montaner,
119; Santana, 1856; siqui, SO; Frank,
SO Beitia, SO; Thompson, so Bonilla,
81.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
HIGHWAY GETS BRIDGE BIDS

Lowest Estimate on Structure Over
NanticOke at SeafOrd is S69,447
Seven contractors presented bids on
the erection of the new bridge over
the NanticOke river at SeafOrd to the
State Highway Commission at a
meeting at Dover, Wednesday after
noon. The lowest bidder was Imback,
WOzny, Mccoy, Inc, of Baltimore
and their price was $69,447. The
other bidders and their prices were:
A. l.. Altemus, Philadelphia, S73,982;
f. ]. Monaghan, Baltimore, $74,747.35;
Mclean Contracting Co., Baltimore,
$76,O16.4O; Frissell- Claeys Co., Inc,
Port Jervis, N. Y, $77,226; Filed,
Barker and Underwood, Philadelphia,
$98, ,7S8; and S. S. Jones Contracting
Corp, S1OO,6O3.5O. The matter of
making the award was left to Chief
Engineer C. D. Buck. Imback, Wozny,
Mccoy, Inc, the low bidders were
represented at the meeting by Henry
G. Tyrell, who is an accepted author
ity on bridge building and is also the
author several books on same subject.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
CHRISTMAS AT CENTURY CLUB
Fine Program Arranged for Next
Meeting in Club House Friday Evening

Fine Program Arranged for Next
Meeting in Club House Friday Evening
There will be an unusually inter
esting program at the annual Xmas
entertainment of the Twentieth Cen
tury Club of Smyrna to be held Fri
day evening, December 2S, at p. m.
Mrs. Thomas COverdale is preparing
various entertaining things-"A Skit"
demonstration of the Old English
celebration of Christmas and the mod
ern cOmedy-the "Yule Log FrOlic,"
with its very interesting parts, all
well taken. There will be some fine
music-solos and quartette-bearing
on Christmas. You will miss an ev-
ening of pleasure if you do not at
tend.-The Christmas Party on the
21st was much enjoyed. Rev. T. G.
Hill sang 20 Little Town of Bethle-
hem." At the roll call the members
responded with verses about Christ
mas. Mrs. Ferguson took charge
and introduced her program. Mrs. L.
NJ. Price told a beautiful christmas
Story" Mrs. PostleS read "Christ-
mas in Other Lands" Mrs. J. w.
Clifton, as There a Santa Claus;
Mrs. Griffith, Miss Elizabeth Hill,
and Miss Carolyn Stats read
short papers about Christmas.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
SEVERAL AUTO ACCIDENTS
TAKE PLACE DURING THICK FOG
SEAFORD CAR HITS A CAR FROM
DENTON, Md, NEAR FARNHURST
Occupants of L. F. Thomas Car of
SeafOrd Badly Injured and Rushed
to HOspital-Other Accidents

The thick fog which enveloped the
country last week was accountable in
a more or less degree to several auto
mobile accidents on the State High
way over the weekend. Saturday
night and Sunday seven auto smash
ups, in which eight persons were in
jured two autotos badly damaged and
five others slightly damaged, took
place. The injured persons are: L. F.
Thomas, 46, Seaford, fractured ribs
and fracture of the left hand; Bea-
trice c. Thomas, %, his daughter,
badly bruised about the body and suf-
fering from shock; Arthur ReinhOld,
30, of Denton, Md, decorations of the
face and head; Mrs. George w. Slack,
Red Lion, cuts about the face and
laceration of the scalp; Thomas and
his daughter, Beatrice, were taken to
the Physicians and Surgeons Hos
pital, in Wilmington, by HOke Smith,
of Holly Oak, where they are being
kept for observation. Mrs. Slack and
ReinhOld were taken to the Delaware
State Hospital at Farnhurst where
their injuries were treated after which
they continued on their way. The
first accident occurred shortly after 8
o'clock Sunday morning in front of a
gasoline station at Tybouts Corner.
George w. Slack of Red Lion, had
stopped at the station to secure gaso-
line and had turned his machine
in the direction Of Wilmington when
it collided with a machine owned and
operated by Harry c. King, 827 West
Fifth street. The cars met with such
force that Mrs. Slack was thrown
through the windshield, receiving sew
eral cuts about the face and a lacera-
tion of the head. Both cars were
only Slightly damaged The other ac-
cident occurred shortly before noon
along the State road, one mile below
Farnhurst, when a machine driven by
L. F. Thomas, a garage owner of Sea
ford, in which his two daughters,
Beatrice, p, and Alma, 20 years old
were riding, collided head-on with a
machine owned and operated by Ar
/ thur Reinhold,of Denton, Md. Thomas
was thrown from the machine and re-
! ceived several fractured ribs and haG
his left hand fractured; his daughter
Beatrice, who was riding in the rear
was thrown forward in the car anC
received a number of bruises about
the body; she is also suffering from
shock. Reinhold, the driver of the
other machine, was badly shaken uE
and received laceration of the head
Thomas, who was driving in the real
of another machine, was forced t
pull to the left, when the forward
machine stopped suddenly. In doing
so he failed to notice the approach Of
the machine driven by Reinhold.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
FARMERS WIFE BADLY BURNED
Mrs. Eta Morris, Wife of A. B. Nor
ris, in Critical Condition at Milford

Mrs. Eta Morris, Wife of A. B. Nor
ris, in Critical Condition at Milford
Mrs. Eta Morris, wife of A. B.
Morris, of near Milford, was badly
burned Tuesday while rendering lard
and is now in the Marshall Hospital,
at Milford, in a critical condition.
That morning Mr.. Morris had killed
hogs and Mrs. Morris was boiling the
fat in a large iron pot on an open fire,
in the yard of her home. While stir
ring the greese a quantity splashed
over the rim of the iron pot and fell
on the fire, causing a sudden squirt of
flames. The bottom of her skirt
caught fire and in an instant all her
clothes were ablaze. Mrs. Elizabeth
Russell, a neighbor, threw a bucket Of
water on her putting out the fire. The
injured woman was taken to the Mar
shall Hospital where it was found her
entire body was burned. Her recov-
cry is doubtful.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
XMAS USHERED IN SMYRNA
WITH SINGING OF CAROLS
CHURCH SERVICES AND STREET
SERENADE ARE FEATURES
Otherwise Day Was Quietly Spent in
Family ReuniOns-Sylvester's Con-
cert Band, Smyrna, Give Serenade

Christmas passed off quietly in
Smyrna. With the mucky, foggy
weather of last week, so annoying to
many shoppers, the clear weather of
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day
gave zest to the great festival spirit
which was manifest by the usual
crowd of shoppers and in the full
celebration of the day of days.
Christmas was ushered in by the ring
ing of bells, blowing of trumpets, fir
ing of guns and other explosives as
is usually the case. st. Peters Church
congregation which held a midnight
service Christmas Eve, ushered in the
day with special program. Rev.
Thomas Getz Hill, the rector, was in
charge and a goodly congregation
turned out. The following Christmas
program was rendered: Hymn 50,
Willis; Kyrie, Brown; Anthem, peace
and Good WILL" Wilson; Gloria Tibi,
Brown; Gratia Tibi, Brown; Hymn 54,
Tansur; Anthem, Break Forth Into
Singing" Wheaton; Presentation, "All
Things Come of Thee Etc" Chaub;
Sureum Corde, Brown; Sanctus, Brown
Benedicuts Qui VENT, Brown; Com
munion Hymn, 227, Brown; Gloria in
EXcelsia, Brown; Hymn, 81, Mendels-
sohn; Soloists, Miss Elizabeth Hill,
Miss Margaret Hill, Miss Ethel Bart
lett, Miss Kathryn Bartlett, Mrs. H.
c. Webb. Following the church ser
vice a number of the choir with adj
ditions Of other singers about town,
went about on a street serenade sing
ing Christmas Carols. 1t was a
beautiful moonlight night, clear and
cold and their singing of "Holy
Night" and other Christmas Hymns
was greatly appreciated by old and
young. Along about day break there
was another outburst of explosives of
various sorts followed at six o'clock
by the early morning service of As
bury NJ. E. Church, the Rev. John J
Bunting pastor. By this time many
families were up to see their Lighted
Christmas trees and gifts. The rest
of the day was quietly spent mostly
in family reunions and family din
ners. Before noon Sylvesters Concert
Band of twenty or more pieces came
out at the -Four Corners" and gave
a serenade. "The Strand THEATRE
in the evening drew large crowd tc
witness Pauline Starke and Castor
Glass in the photoplay, "The Kingdom
/ Within"
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
NEW CASTLE FARM BUREAU
F. F. Yearsley Named President For
Another Term-Other Officers

Both the New Castle County Corn
and Farm Products Show and the an
nual meeting of the New Castle Coun-
ty Farm Bureau completed their work
Thursday afternoon. The corn show
was visited by a large number of
farmers during the day and there was
also a fairly large attendance at the
Farm Bureau meeting. After ad-
dresses by John E. link of the East
ern States Farm Exchange, and D. G.
Remsburg, of the Maryland Farm
Bureau, officers of the County Farm
Bureau were elected. ]. d. Reynolds
of Middletown, chairman of the mem
bership committee that is planning a
membership drive for early in the
year asked for the cooperation of all
members in the campaign. Frank F.
Yearsley of HOckessin was reelected
president of the County Farm Bureau.
Other officers were elected as follows:
Vice-president, Charles P. Dickey;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Charles
P. Dickey; farm management secre-
tary, J. c. Milliken; assistants, War
ren Buckingham and Wilson Pierson;
Boys Club secretary, Nellie C. Sny-
der; dairy and live stock secretary,
Lee c. Hoffecker; assistant dairy and
live stock secretaries, C. +. Pleasan-
ton and Lester L. LevinsOn; commit
tee-man at large, George C. Burge.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS CORN SHOW
Aggie Class Under TutOrage of Prof.
J. H. Mendenhall Makes Showing


On Wednesday, December 19, the
agriculture class of the Smyrna High
School held their annual corn show.
The show was held in the class room,
each boy exhibiting the ten ears. The
exhibits were placed and numbered
so that they could be impartially
judged. The students judged the corn
and handed in their score cards. The
teacher then compared these with the
score card he had made and explained
why the exhibits had been cut on GER
tain points. While the corn as a
whole was not as good as it has been
in previous years, the competition was
very close, there being only one point
difference between first and second
and two points between second and
third. Neil Bolanger won first prize;
Allan MOffett, second; Fletcher Truax
third; Alvin Stilwell, fourth. The
judging work gives the boys practice
in selecting good corn and also for
comparative work in judging at the
State Show if they are so fortunate
as to get there this year. 1t has been
found that for yield and show pur-
poses that pure strains of corn pro-
duce best. Extensive experiments
prove the superior feeding value of
yellow corn. Since it takes such a
small amount of seed for an acre, it
might pay very we'll to buy some
really good seed corn this spring.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
4 STILLS RAIDED NEAR DOVER
State Detectives Visit Hengst Farms
and Find Over Ten Gallons Of HOOch

State Detectives Visit Hengst Farms
and Find Over Ten Gallons Of HOOch
More liquor raids were made by To-
cal officers Sunday in West Dover
Hundred. Ten gallons of alleged
liquor and four stills were seized. The
raids were made on the farms of two
brothers, Max and Emil Hengst, by
State Detective Wharton, Sheriff
Bullock, Chief of Police Lane, and
Night Watchman Dickenson. The
warrants were issued from the Office
Of Deputy Attorney-General Earl Will
ley, West Dover. The officials first
visited Emil's farm where they found
three stills, six gallons of alleged
liquor, and three barrels of mash.
They Immediately swOped down upon
Max's farm, adjoining that of his
brother and found four gallons of alv
legged liquor, one still, and three and
half barrels of mash. Max and
Emil we're taken to the Dover Jail,
from which they were later released,
pending trial, upon their own recog-
nizance. Their farms are valued at
$4,000. The wives of the brothers
signed their husbands bonds.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
''lViRlC STORM NEAR XMAS
ts' j. p weather Conditions For Win
T' breaks Up the Thick Fog

!, n !. electrical disturbance in Decon,-
/. i a rare occurrence in - tbis Is'e1,i- eon-
n. =. uie country, but a storm of q
D,d.a VI less intensity a veritable q
|ndarl 1ia9lT storm burst over Smyrna
h. .Iv5l Lsnt about 5 o'clock and con-
n ~ soSut te half an hour. Rain fell
'sd and ,aunder .s and lightning was
it5s ana q sharp during the storm. Nof N"f
sa, 0a.. NJ. memory of several gener.
ta ,tos. srs., has there been an eIec-
IN '.otn .o9 50 late in the W winter 1eS
d j,v, '-,p extremely green Christ
er.v.ss. 1's, have occurred in the e''r mast asst
n Tss, 11,e years, but the weatSs'. faer
ds Dso.s@l1s sss@s more like Nav than
sio5, DsoenOer. oel Grass in vardn ,Ids
i ii f. streets l, is just as green en'as as
., a iovs..' We summer. Trees Sresb are bnds ds
boz reDs,s, Ts,s are blooming and the
Ptas.' ''TIlal T5s appearance was that of Of
sad Ne To,saorm storm broke up It the cl't, tSicE o.
1a coolos il.onaay' Xmas Eve II was We :
lsrst"ra' sa1rs' a and clear with norma1 Nc wai
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
FORMER sMYRNIANs WELCOME

Rev. and Mrs. ]. NJ. L. Eckard Given
a Reception and an Xmas Gift of $50
On the evening of December goth,
Rev. and Mrs. ]. M. L. Eckard of
Beemerville, N. j., were rendered
reception at the manse, by the MEM
bers of the congregation of the First
Presbyterian Church. The affair was
a most delightful one and at its con-
clusion one of the Elders presented a
purse of $4,000 to Mr.. and Mrs. Eek
ard. The Session of the church grant
ed a ten-days leave-of-absence to the
pastor, thus permitting him to spend
the Christmas Holidays at Atlantic
City.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
.IIIIII DEPARTMENT TALKS
'T1PIIIS jTI FOR COMING YEAR
:, KENT WANT ROAD FROM
fIpp ,n-oy, TO MARYLAND LINE
c..Dleted to RehObOth; Road
BOD : uoVsr, So,as Beach and Other Road
d' D' Are on 1924 Program

C+,te Highway Commission met
y Ts3nesday 5ra.s and began the definite
...inr "'a Of highways for the coming
II " While a tentative program Of
s-,rs has been mapped out and
.~,,ed. s the routes have not been
s.i,sT -ssir decided upon. Between now
MAJ March /, of the new year, the
..Tsy Commission will hold many
...ircs at which time requests for
I. Sigbways will be received and
u.rits of the application discussed
mssed upon. Some time in March
m Of them before April 1, bids
m b sought for the road building
.s.t me- contracts may all be
.,lsJ before the end of April. Two
NJ first stretches of highway on
's,B work will be begun as soon as
4, weather will permit will be the
e., Of about six miles branching
Aom the road leading to Lewes
4 which has as its destination Re-
I,r-b Beach. Another section is
|s,t If about three and one-half miles
...Frr from the dupont boulevard to
ErsS Beach. Upper Kent County
strong for a concrete road from
srrna to Clayton and from Clayton
BIackistOn's to the Maryland line
Villington. Another road from the
.rIeyard to Woodland Beach to open
his one time famous resort is be-
advocated. During the winter
knts the preliminary work on the
b bridge at SeafOrd will be done.
b will expedite the work so that in
spring the foundations will be
sdv for the steel work. The bridge
to cost about 100000. That Della
he highways of concrete construc-
N have been built in the past year
reasonably, if not at less overhead
Epense, than the highways of the
ne material anywhere in the United
ates, is proved by the expense in
bred by the engineering depart
Int Of the State Highway Commits
ion Of which c. Douglas Buck is the
bad, When the state first began to
pa its highways, intended for per-
nent use, the cost Of. the overhead
ia! is the engineering and other
sls-anged from ten to fifteen
cent Later this expense was cut
less than six per cent and a year
to aa per cent. During the year
closed, the overhead or engineer
expense Of the Highway Commits
% was reduced to 212 per cent.
I'd building in one western state
u per cent last year and in the
lade west in Iowa it was cut to
i cent, but so far as known with
ngures at hand, no state has sur
l4a Delaware in the economy,
aoned with durable, frst-class
u Of road building in the past
ae months. This is due to the
sllid organization which the en-
4. 'nng department has gradually
up. The engineers, working
N Onlef Buck, render him loyal.
Hl'e service and this morale can
\ V Z Oeaten anywhere in any high
Impairment, it is asserted. It is
cooperation between chief and
4 @una'e that has brought about
hgays. ''O'' u 're
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
Firemen Called Out Sunday Night

Fire broke out in the Dan Ford
stable, adjoining the stables of DR.. ".
7. Ryan and Joseph G. Broadway
Sunday night about nine o'clock and
but for its timely discovery by Mrs.
Broadway, might have wiped out the
whole line of stables on Fisher street
as well as endangering Main street
dwellings. 1t was soon extinguished.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
c. E. speakman Succeeds P. ]. Rutan

Cummins E. Speakman, who has
been in the financial brokerage busi-
ness, has resigned to accept a position
with the Charles Warner Company.
he succeeds to the territory held by
Paul ]. Rutan, who has taken a posi-
tion at Miami, Florida.
Smyrna times., 1923-12-26
MAILER TAKES BRIDE

Dove, ~'a Az Teds Miss Mary Sells.
Ms Mar, ,ad ol1 Surprise Friends
n /, : c,a ci1ss s'59s sei1. Sells, daughter of
\, .tse Of h. bsSlls' S. and employed in
s,ls a,lrisd On M TS.s3 Secretary Of State, e,
i',,' ssa n, NsiI.rr tuesday Is q evening 't1, TO-
~ g took Dla.o u ! Townsend. The
ago Mis- s'iSe Ss.li IN Maryland. Two 1Io
sesd il tbs oli.s %attie hopkins, also EO
VI Il s,s married sni and nd is is'S1ssafy no% ~
, 1923-05-30

Judge A. J. Walsh Of Meeteetse
was IN Cody last Thursday.
, 1923-05-30
SPEAKING OF CHIvALRY, Mr.. GREEVER-
.~.rts
Cody, Wyoming,
May Goth, 1928.

My Dear Mr. Greever:
While recting your personal grievances before the Justice of the Peace
last week, you laid much stress upon the fact that it a only the chivary of
men whose names have appeared in the Enterprise which has kept them
from beating up" o n its editor, yourself included.
Now, Mr.. Greever, I cannot agree with you. Chvahy never kept any
of those to whom you refer from doing anything. Do you know what was
thinking while you were dwelling upon your chvary? I'll tell you. 1 was
thinking of the little, gray-haired woman-od enough to be your mother
whom you sheer at, ridiculed and insulted or the witness stand and in your
closing speech to the jury in the caseo of the State VS. Williams this winter.
You took the same advantage of this dffdent and innocent woman that
you say | take of these chivalrous lei in my newspaper This woman
could not reply to your insolence; she had to sit smarting under it, her
cheeks flaming, outraged and shocked by your unexpected and unwarranted
attack upon her.
I was thinking, too, Mr. Greever, of an affidavit have in my possession.
| have kept it safely for sometime for several reasons. Iii all signed and
sworn to before the proper authority. You figure in it rather extensively,
and it sheds some light upon the chfvalry which you emphasis so strongly
Nav / have you permission to print it in the next issue If paper, viii
your written assurance that you will not take advantage of the libel law if
il dispeases you?
Surely, you, who have always stood for law and order, for civic and per-
sonel virtue, will not hesitate to consent, Mr. Greever. While you have
been somewhat harsh and Incorporating in your attitude toward trans
our severity no doubt has been due to your inability to understand
the faults and Weaknesses of human nature.
May | have your permission to print this document?
Truly yours,
Caroline Lockhart
, 1923-05-30

trip in the country that could compare
with it.
Then too, there is that handsome
Victor Victrola, purchased from and
on exhibition at the post office store;
fthe iRadiola IL receiving outfit, pur
chased from Jack Evans and the de-
tails of which Jack will be glad to ex-
plain, besides the cash prizes to be
given.
Nor is that all; any candidate who
remains active throughout the entire
campaign, making a regular cash re-
port but fails to win n of the
awards offered, will be paid a cash
commission of twenty per cent Isl
out of every S. collected) of their
gross collections. This arrangement
insures compensation to all active
participants and means that there will
be no losers in this race.
Opportunity For Hustlers
The object of this campaign is, of
course, to secure new and renewal
subscriptions to the Cody Enterprise
and, in order to gain this end quickly
and advantageously, the handsomest
collection of prizes ever offered this
community has been made ready for
distribution.
Those who have been thinking of
entering" the race for these big
prizes but have not done so yet should
lose no further time for every day
lost is just that much time lost that
can't be replaced. They are %apportuni
ties, as can be seen by CHANGING at the
list of entries, for hustlers to enter
the race and, by a little special eff
fort, make themselves important fact
ors and probable winners of the big
gest awards.
Detailed information and valuable
pointers regarding this prize distri-
hrtion will be given by telephoning,
vr'ting or calling in person at The
Codv Enterprise office. Come in and
get lined up before it is too latel
, 1923-05-30
TAKES ODD FEE;
LEFT HOLE IN The FLOOR

There is no foundation for there
port that Attorney f. j.. Goppert is
intending to do n little plumbing on
the side or open n shop in connection
with the prosecuting attorneys office
The rumor started, as nearly as the
Enterprise has been able to trace its
origin, when Mr.. Goppert was observ-
ed coming out Of the Cody Hotel ten
derby clasping n bathroom fixture to
his bosom, and loading it carefully IN
to his jitney. It was not the bath-tub
nor yet the lavatory but an accessory
found in all well appointed bathrooms
The Prosecuting Attorney, 1t v
loped, was removing his fee from the
premises, and while he left nothing
but the hole in the floor. he was quite
within his rights in so doing. Acting
ms Attorney for the defendant in the
recent case Of Primm VS. Raines, for
damages, the attorney had his choice
OF $50 or the fixture. He p~rudently
chose the fixture.
This incident serves to show now
little II takes to start a story in a
small community.