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Americus times-recorder., 1923-08-04
first flicker.

In addition to this feature the
Rylander's program for Saturday
viii include the fifth chapter Of
'@The Oregon Trail. and a novelty
comedy entitled "Peg o. the
Movies"
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14

date is set. The chief purpose of a
grape growers association would be
to establish an organized and sys-
tematic method of selling the crop,
and special emphasis would be placed
on the growers to demand top price.
Such an organization, when properly
operated, could cooperate with the
Federated Fruit and Vegetable Grow
ers' Association, which would be an
influential factor in the proper mar
keting of the crop each year.
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
conceited Deity.

The young minister went walking
with his small daughter one afternoon.
AS he turned toward a gypsy encamp-
ment his small daughter resOIutely re-
fused to go that way. why don't
you conner asked her father. 81
don't like the black women. I'm
'fraid Of them." she declared as
swarthy faced woman appeared. But"
insisted the young minister as he took
his daughters hand and walked along.
you mustn't say things like that. God
loves the black woman just as much
as He loves you" Small daughter was
silent as. grasping her fathers hand
tightly, she passed the gypsies. Then
she stopped and said: well. daddy
IL God loves the black woman 1t must
be Just cause He made them Him
self"
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
CHANGES ALREADY MENTIONED
FOR COMING ME-. CONFERENCE
REV. ]. w. COLONA, OF DOVER,
SLATED FOR SUPERINTENDENT

DIR. MOwbray May Succeed Mr.. CO.
Iona at DOver-Dr. Vaughn S. Col
Inns May be Sent to Wilmington
Methodists are preparing for the
annual session of the Wilmington NJ.
E. Conference, which will be held this
year at Chincoteague, Va, beginning
April 4th. 1t is a little early yet to
predict changes that are likely to be
made, but now that DR.. Robert Watt
has signifed his intention of retiring
as District Superintendent, many are
of the opinion that there may be a
general upheaval, and that the Dis
trict Superintendents will all be
changed. 1t has been suggested that
Rev. Vaughn S. Collins, now of the
Salisbury District, may be sent to the
Wilmington District, and a new man
sent to the Salisbury District. Super
intendent William A. Mowbray, OF
Dover District, who announced a year
ago that he wished to retire from the
district work, is spoken of for Wesley
Church, Dover. Rev. J. w. COlona
of that church, has been mentioned ir
connection with the district superin
tendency for one of the districts
Some others named in that connection
are: Rev. George w. Dawson, of AS
bury Church; Rev. E. w. Gunby, o
Cambridge, Md, and Rev. w. o
Johnson, of Crisfeld, Md. Rev WA
Wise, of the Middletown District, i
likely to remain on the district for an
other year, as Bishop William H. Nc
Dowell is known to be adverse t
naming all new men at the same ses
sion of conference. AS to the pastor
ates little is yet known officially a
comparatively few of the churches ar
inviting new pastors. The changes i
the district officialism, however, ma
be the cause of the transferring 0
many of the pastors at this session O
the conference.
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
MAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY
Juniors Offer Not Altogether Bribery,
but Certainly Not the Best
of Ethics.

Jessie was more than a year older
than Junior and of course felt much sG-
periOr on account o. her advanced age.
Mamma had gone to town shopping for
a few hours and TIE two children had
been left at home together. Jessie felt
that all the responsibilities were upon
her shoulders and she was very much
put out when she found Junior stand
ing on D chair. reaching up to a shelf in
mammals closet.
"Junior!" Jessie excIaimed sharply.
"What ever in the word are you do
lng?"
Nothing" Junior informed ner.
you are, too" Jessie insisted.
Il ZEE your jaws moving Junior
what are you eating?"
Candy" Ju; iOr confessed.
Junior Tyd.ngs! I'm ashamed Of
you! Climbing up there and getting
into mamma's cahGy- What Will she
say to you when she finds it Out?"
Il don't know"
"Well. you'll find out. for I'm going
to tell her just as soon as she comes
horne. There -
Junior thought over the situation for
a minute. Then:
Jessie. wouldn't you rather have
some candyT he as&ed.-Exchange
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
Not Looklnn for RattIern.

The road was rising from the foot
hills into the Tennessee mountains.
The motorist had borrowed a bucket
of water for his radiator and stood
talking with the old resident. "NIce
country you have around here" he
began.
Pretty fair pretty fair, stranger"
returned the old farmer, looking into
the distance.
MANY snakes2" was the next In
quiry.
"Well. my wife killed twenty-four
rattlesnakes down In the pasture" /"
said the old man.
why, that was a fearful expert.
ence," gasped the motorlst.
'Yes, It was kind of annoying" re
piled the farmer. "You see, she
wasn't out after rattlesnakes, she was
after persimmOns."
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
GRAPE GROWING IN DELAWARE
Rapidly Becoming Leading Agricul-
tural Industry in Kent County

Rapidly Becoming a Leading Agricul-
tural Industry in Kent County
Grape growing is rapidly becoming
one of Kent county's leading agricul- |
tural industries. More farmers each
year are setting out new vineyards,
and greater care is being given to the
older vineyards now in bearing. A
survey of the grape industry in Kent
county was made last spring by COun-
ty Agent Russell E. Wilson, and it
was estimated that there are approx
imately five hundred acres of produc-
ing vineyards. Disease and insect
control measures have given the grow
ers no little trouble during the past
few years, and these factors are con-
stantly affecting the maximum yields
which the growers should receive
from their vineyards each year. The
Executive Committee of the Kent
County Farm Bureau, in an effort to
help these grape men solve some, of
their problems, arranged for a joint
meeting of the members and the
grape growers last Monday afternoon
in the County Agents office. DR.. 7.
f. Manns, Pathologist from the Agri-
cultural Experiment Station of the
University of Delaware, was present
to address the meeting regarding in
sect and disease control, and general
cultural methods. There were about
thirty-five grape growers present, anC
everyone was very well satisfied with
the results of the meeting. At the
close of the meeting a general dis
cussiOn took place relative to the pos
sibilities of forming a grape growers
association in Kent county. A com
mittee composed of DIR. Alfred Smith
DIR. H. w. Marvin and B. B. Chase
was appointed by Mr.. Cosden, Presi
dent of the Kent County Farm Bur
eau, to secure information from simi
lar associations in operation in othe
sections of the country. After thi
committee meets and outlines som
: plans for the organization of an as
I sociation in Kent county, anothe
meeting Of all the grape growers i
the county will be held to discuss thi
question in detail. All growers al
asked TO please bear this in mind an
l. to attend the next meeting when th
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
eovsrnment Lumber in Alaska.

Eighty-six per cent Of the lumber
used in Alaska is cut from the govern
ment forests. and Sitka spruce from
the TOngass national forest is finding
an outlet in the markets Of the world
The sawmill at Wrangell during the
past summer made shipment Of AS
600 feet. board measure. of Sltka
spruce for the London market, and an
other lot of 100000 feet. board meas
ure, was shipped from Wrangeli
through Prince Rupert to eastern
points.
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
BEGIN DREDGING WORK TO
DEEPEN MISPILLION RIVER
AFTER MANY DELAYS GOVERN
MENT HAS STARTED THE WORK
To Eliminate Certain Bends to Short
en- River COurse-TO Complete Pro-
ject in 1923-MilfOrd Men Happy

To Eliminate Certain Bends to Short |
en- River COurse-TO Complete Pro-
ject in 192S-MilfOrd Men Happy
After years of agitation, and months !
of waiting following the securing of
an appropriation for the work, dred-
geS last week started to make the sew
eral cuts in the Mispillion River which
will greatly shorten the stream from
Milford to the bay. For years past an
effort has been made at almost every
! session of Congress to have this work
provided for; but each time it has
been unsuccessful. Following the war
the local shipbuilders and boat own
ers again took the matter up with the
government engineer in charge of this
district, and their efforts were sue
cessful. The contract was let several
weeks ago. On Monday of last week
the first dredge arrived in the river
and work was started. A second
dredge arrived during the week. Since
starting operations these dredges
have cut shallow streams through and
they will be followed up by blowing
machines, which will place the dirt on
the adjoining marshland The Della
ware Dredging Company, of Whining
ton and Philadelphia, have the con-
tract for the work. The Mispillion
river is sixteen miles in length and
empties into the Delaware bay at
MispilliOn light, near Fort Salisbury.
1t is seven miles in a direct route
from Milford to the mouth, the six
teen miles of its course being very
circuitous. The route of the canals as
surveyed will cut off the long bends
and sharp curves allowing a boat
more freedom in travel, besides short
ening the distance to the bay by five
miles.
The first canal starts near Milford
at Valliant's factory wharf and ex-
tends to the High Hill, distance of
about 400 yards. This will cut off
one mile. The second canal is from
the lower end of Mush Pot to Reeds
landing, cutting through the marsh on
the Bowen and Charles Watson farms
This will replace one mile and half
of bad curves. The third is from the
lower end of Potter's High Hill to
May Shoals. The fourth, from May
/ Shoals to the Willows. The fifth,
! from Potter's landing to the Gravel.
The sixth canal will be cut from Up
per Mile to Sisters Reach.
The completion of these canals will
not only affect Milford but all the
southeastern section of Delaware a;
it will make possible the shipping OF
truck and produce from the lower
section of the State to Wilmington
and Philadelphia by water.
According to agreement with thost
across whose farms the cuts will b,
made, dirt excavated from the rive
2 will be blown on a level over tn
marshlands making much of tn
waste land tillable and increase tn
: value of land along the river. Thi
agreement was necessary before tn
right of way could be obtained.
The government has taken a specia
interest in the Mispillion River fror
the fact that Fort Salisbury is erect
ed near one of its tributaries, and tn
government is desirous of having tn
stream as navigable as possible.
Smyrna times., 1923-02-14
A Rat in Time Saves Nine

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many rats from destroying valuable
things and endangering health later
on. Kill rats with the sure rat killer
thousands of people are talking
about the wonderful results they have
had in wiping out rats with Royal
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CLIFTON & JONES, Smyrna, Del
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
WISCONSIN A. A. p, A.
ENTERS POLITICAL ARENA

According to the Christian Science
Monitor the Wisconsin division of the
Association Against the Prohibition
Amendment is not simply a head
quarters; il is political machine. The
Monitor says the Association is organ
izing the state by counties, setting up
committee with { secretary in each,
and that it has formed county nuclei
in most of the industrial centers on
the lake front of the state, and is
now beginning to work back into the
farming sections to the west.
The Association has been busy all
through the dull summer months build
ing the organization. DR.. Seaman,
president of the Wisconsin division,
says that if the word goes out for the
VETS to capture the Democratic con-
vention the Wisconsin division will
help elect wet delegates from the state
He boasts that now all of Wisconsin's
Congressman are wet but two, and he
promises to go into the district Of
these two with petitions to help them
"see the light.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
(The Ladies Home Journal,
September, 1929
RIVERS OF RUM FROM THE
NORTH
By A. B. Macdonald

If there is anything in history that
makes Uncle Sam look more irnpotent
and helpless, more like a whipped
spaniel than this account of the way
he is fouted by Canadian border rum
runners, now is the time to unearth it..
Every one of the eight pages devoted
to specific details of the way this great
country is being dehed by gangs OF
pirates, murderers, thieves and every
kind of crook" engaged in rum-smug-
Cling is an appeal to red-blooded
Americans to leave their plows and
take hand in rounding UP this :egre
CATION of toughs. Perhaps the most
humiliating account is the provision
made to combat liquor smuggling on
the Detroit river, the paradise of rum
runners"
THE one boat on duty, the P 10l,
was old and rickety, too; her engine
was about worn out. | made trip
on her with Everett c. Robinson and
Phil de Block, federal prohibition
agents assigned to duty on the river.
When the engine ran she would make
thirty-hve miles an hour; but in the
forenoon | was in her the engine
coughed and wiggled and died five
different times. That often happens
when she is chasing smuggler. Just
a few days before, they were chasing
a smuggler, when the engine died and
they drifted helplessly while the snug
gler scooted on in home with his load
and after a while another smuggler
came out in his boat and towed the
prohibition navy" ashore. .
THE smugglers laugh at the one
boat and call it the prohibition navy"
All they have to do is to watch that
one boat all the time and shoot their
loads across when she is out of sight.
"On a high point the smugglers keep
lookout day and night, who gets
word from shore and signals when the
coast is clear or when there is danger.
He knows every move of the "prohi-
bition navy; he watches it with pow
erful glasses when it is in sight; and
when it is not he gets word OF where
it is.
''If his signals show danger, the
smugglers coming from the Canadian
shore pull in and moor to an old dock
at the head of the island and wait for
the signal to go, when the whole fleet
shoots across to Ecorse and Wyan-
dotte."
In justification of the federal agents
it should be added that in spite of their
one old shaky boat they have cap
tured IS booze motor boats, and they
believe that with six good patrol boats,
they could clean up the river snug
Cling.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
They WANT beer

The old retail liquor dealers asso-
citation in Chicago and Illinois has
never been disbandcd. 1t has been
revamped and re-christened and is now
known as the Veterans of Liberty.
These are the men who owned and
operated saloons in the old days, and
the bartenders who waited on the
trade. In those days the organiza-
ton numbered $4,000 to 10000. 1t is
declared that large share Of them
are now aiding the wet fight in Chi
cago and throughout Illinois by pay
ing their So annual dues. An official
of the organization confdes that aside
from the money from the dues, there
is at least $4,000 in the defense fund"
collected in the old days as sort of
protection fund for those who fell
under the wrath of the law.
These Veterans of Liberty want
beer. They would like to see the
Eighteenth Amendment taken out of
the Constitution, they would like to see
a return to the old saloon days, but
now they are demanding the legaliz-
ing Of beer and are actively working
to that end.
It is interesting to know that these
old saloonkeepers and bartenders are
investing their money in breweries.
They have at least five of these con-
Germs at the present time. They are
owned and operated by old saloon
keepers of Chicago who are hoping
against hope for something to happen
and for beer to again be manufactured
and sold. They declare that if beer
comes back the saloonkecpers. of
America will produce it, rather than
the old brewers.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
BUREAUS POLICIES NOW
FORMED AND PROVED UP

Commissioner Haynes in explana
ton of stoppage of publicity coming
from prohibition headquarters, il
quoted as saying:
The federal prohibition bureau
has finished experimental work in
the field of prohibition enforce
ment and is now prepared to base
enforcement activities upon proved
policies and personnel.
The bureaus policies are formed
and i'll putting them into effect in
routine ways there will be no
news.
He explained that the three and ;
half years of the enforcement bureau
life have been devoted to perfectine
methods of dealing with both loca
enforcement and stoppagc at tn,
source of contraband liquor. Selec
ton of the 2,400' prohibition agent,
has been attended by a constant proc
ess OF wedding out
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05

and the Blue Laws" tried hard TO
make prohibition share some of the
derision which the liquor and sport
ing world have always heaped upon
our outstanding Puritan ancestors. Mr..
Parsons here shows us that those
good folks have been grossly libeled
and that many of the most derided OF
those blue laws" simply never existed.
This whole delusion of New Eng
land blue laws was created by Tory
preacher who was driven out of the
colonies to England. and who, in his
resentment, had published a long list
of absurd enactments, for the purpose
of slurrng the intelligence and char
acter of the American patriots. His
statement included such fabrications as
the following: No woman shall kiss
her child on the Sabbath Day. No
one shall run on the Sabbath, or walk
in his garden or elsewhere except rev.
crently to and from meetings. No one
shall travel, cook, make beds, sweep,
shave or cut hair on Sunday. No per-
son shall play any musical instrument
on that day except the drum trumpet
or jew's-harp.' And although even a
hasty investigation will prove to any
ones satisfaction that our colonial
acts were neither excessively intolerant
or bigoted, the Tory preachers libel
of early American customs continues
to perpetrate the fallacy of New Eng
land blue laws"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
MINNESOTA JUDGE MAKES
FAR REACHING DECISION
New Methods for Assessing PEN
alties Needed for Illegal
Booze Manufacturers
DRYS WILL MEET RULE
Ordinary Court Channels Afford
Way of Reaching Shiny
Wet Gang

The Internal Revenue Bureau and
Prohibition Unit may be forced to
seek new methods of assessing penal
ties on illegally manufactured intoxi-
cants, is the opinion of officials as a
result of court proceedings instituted
at St Paul, Minnesota, on September
10 They have asked the internal rev.
enue collector at that place to make =
report concerning temporary re-
strainng order, issued by Federal
Judge Booth, enjoining the govern
ment from continuing the process of
levying the taxes after hearings be-
fore revenue officials.
The plan OF the government officials
was instituted last August in an effort
to comply with the Nolstead law as
interpreted by the Supreme Court in
the Lipke case. The court held that
while the internal revenue bureau
might take conviction on charges Of
illegal manufacture as evidence of tax
liability to the government, it could not
arbitrarily fix the amount without per-
hitting the defendant to be heard.
The prohibition unit accordingly is-
sued regulations providing for hear
ings in contested cases and prescribed
that they should be ordered by the
chief counsel of the prohibition unit.
Numerous cases have been handled by
revenue agents in various parts of the
country and all escaped challenge, il
was said, until a hearing was ordered
in St. Paul and the injunction was
sought by four men ordered to appear.
1t was explained that in event Judge
Booth makes the restraining order
permanent the internal revenue bureau
and the prohibition unit, unless they
can work out a new system, will be
compelled to take the slow course OF
proceeding through regular court
channels. With the dockets jammed
in nearly every federal court bureau
officials do not regard the latter proc
ess satisfactory. They said, however,
that inasmuch as collectors in various
parts OF the country had questioned
the legality of the bureaus construc.
ton Of its powers, the St. Paul contest
was welcomed as atfording a means
of obtaining decision.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
CINCINNATI ENQUIRER HAS
SCOOP" ON NEXT CONGRESS

According to a special Washington
dispatch in the Cincinnati Enquirer of
September rs, the drys are preparing
to make a driye on the coming Con-
gress for more drastic prohibition law
enforcement provisions. They will
demand the passage of bill separat.
ing the prohibition unit from the
treasury department, according to this
story. A bill modelled after tho
Wood Ernst measure would transfer
all the powers and duties incident to
the national prohibition act from the
secretary of the treasury and commits
sioner of internal revenue to the attor-
ney general with certain exceptions"
The vets are organized to resist the
effort to strengthen the Volstead act.
The Enquirer correspondent says the
of the dry program are
formidable enough to prevent a final
vote on any bill they would defeat,
adding that they have militant
minority and are eager for a contest
and count.
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
(The Christian Register, Aug %, 1929
NOT AN ISSUE
IN GREAT BRITAIN
By T. Rhondda Williams


Having been asked what the British
sentiment is regarding the seizure of
liquor on British ships in American
ports, Mrs. Williams says that she
does not believe there is any senti-
ment at all That what little is
seen in the newspapers is due to the
activities of the liquor men who have
finances at stake. :"
She continues:
prohibition is not live issue in
practical politics in Great Britain at
the present time. A prohibition act in
Britain would be so far ahead of pub
lie opinion that it would hopelessly
break down. Every party knows this
and would not attempt it. Local veto
is another matter and could perhaps
be carried, and there is no doubt an
attempt will be made in this direction
before many years have passed.
prohibition in America has many
well-wishers on this side, and these de-
plore any attempt at smuggling drink
into the United States from our shores.
They would rejoice in anything Ameri-
cans can do to stop it. AS to the ques-
ton of the seizure of liquor becoming
a critical one between the two gov
ernments, the thing is quite unthink-
able"
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1923-10-05
NASSAU DEFIES AMERICA
Packs Liquor for United States and
Merrily Plays Tune of God Save
the King"

H. de Winton Wigley who is writ
ing series of articles for the London
Daily News on. rum smuggling into
the United States, in one of his re-
cent stories describes the packing Of
liquor in Nassau where st is difficult
to get negress for domestic service
because OF the opportunities given
them to assist in packing whisky"
which he says few days later is ped
died from rum ships off the New Jer-
sey coast. Mr.. Wigley says the thing
that impressed him most is that Mas
sau has the air of innocence--the peo-
pie driving liquor wagons playing mer-
rily on mouth organs, God Save the
King" Mr.. Wigley admits that there
are offices in the city of London con-
trolling part OF the illicit rum trade.
And in the meantime the British
government is reported to look with
disfavor upon the proposition to ex-
tend Our dry zone to twelve miles sea-
ward as means to checking this ne
farious trade conducted for the most
part under the protection Of the Brit
ish flag. If the situation grows much
worse it is barely possible that the ad-
ministration may consider an emer-
gency has arisen which justihes the
calling into action of some OF our war
ships to protect our coast from enemy
craft intent upon assaulting our Con-
stitution and laws.