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Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Announces
Services for Week and Sunday

Rev. Thomas Getz Hill, Announces
Services for Week and Sunday
Services this evening will be in the
Church. Choir rehearsal will follow,
and will be very important. Saturday
of this week, February End, will be
the Feast of the Publication of the
Blessed Virgin Mary. There will be
no service on that day, but the Festi-
val will be observed on Sunday-the
day following. On that day there will
be Church School and Adult Class at
10 a. M; Holy Communion and SER
mon at IL a. M; and Evensong at 7.3O
p. m. At the close of Evensong, which
will be short, there will be held the
Sybolic Feast of Lights. Each men,
Der of the. congregation is requested
to bring short candle. All persons
interested in the teaching power of
symbol are cordially invited to bring
their candles and come.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
KENTON ROAD DOWNS CHAPEL
Would Connect up With Maryland
Highways Thru Sudlersville-PrOp-
artv Ou,nar. oe Kor4o.. Dooz4

Highways Thru Standardization
erty Owners of KentOn Boosters
Downs Chapel, Jan. 29.-Mr. Pub
lisher: Most every community has one
or more roads that they would like to
have cemented. 1t is impossible to
build all of the roads that Delaware
tax payers would like to see built at
once. The reasonable thing to do is
to build the roads that will serve the
greatest number of people to the best
advantage, first. We believe this
method has very admirably been fol-
lowed by our Highway Commission in
the past. The tax payers in the north
ern part Of Kent County are interest
ed in seeing a road built in 1924 that
will connect our improved roads with
the Maryland system of roads, there
by giving US access to the nearby
summer resorts and pleasuring places
Of Maryland. Then, too, such a con-
Meeting road would open an avenue
for the large amount of travel and
trade from Maryland to our Delaware
towns and cities, Smyrna Dover, Will
mingtOn, etc. The writer is informed
that the Maryland Highway authori-
ties are willing to make only one Del
aware connection in this section of
the county. This being the case the
question comes to US where should
this connection be made. At the pres
ent time We have a cement road from
Smyrna to KentOn. In the near fu-
ture the one from Dover to KentOn
via Cheswold will be completed. 1t is
approximately five miles from KentOn
to the Maryland line, (the very short
est connection) thru Downs Chapel
on the road to Sudelrsville. Would it
not be altogether unreasonable to
spend the enormous amount of money
it cost the State of Delaware to build
two roads to Kenton and let them end
there. Would it not be the proper
thing to complete our system to the
Maryland line at this point Let's
not consent to see the vast sum of
money required to build them, spent
on road that are purely of local in
| tereSt and value and that do not really
take us anywhere. Roads that go out
into the country and stop. Let's build
the interstate and principal roads
first. We are informed that there has
been authoritative Maryland assurance
given the Delaware Highway Commits
sion that should this particular Della
ware road be built that the Maryland
Commission will continue it to Sud-
lersville and thereby connect the two
great systems Of roads.-Tax Payer.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
INCOME TAX MAN is COMING
w. Morris Black, Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue Here February So

w. Morris Black, Deputy Collector of
Internal Revenue Here February So
Word has been received in Smyrna
that Deputy Collector, w. Morris
Black of the Government Income Tax
service will be in town on February
9TH and 9Th, for two days to assist To-
cal residents who are required to file
income tax returns for 1928. United
States Collector of Internal Revenue,
John w. Herring, has urged all per-
sons liable for the tax to consult Mr..
Black and file return with him at that
time in order to avoid the incOnven-
ience of a trip to the Wilmington Of
flee. Every single man must file if
his income is $1,000 or more. A mar
ried man must file if his income is
$4,000 or more, provided he is living
with his wife on the last day of the
taxable period. A man who supports
a family but is not living with his
wife must file a return if his income
equals $1,000 With regard to the
proper form to be used, it was stated
that the small form, 1040A, for 1928
provides for reporting salary only. If
you have other income to report in
addition to salary such as rents, in
come from business, profit from sale
of Real Estate and the like, the large
form must be used. In reporting the
income from farm, a special schedule
has been made by the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau for this purpose known
as Form 1040F which should be filed
together with form 1040 as a supple
ment. Employers are liable for re-
turns Of information on form 1899
and 1896, when they have paid sal
aries and wages or the line in excess
of $1,000 during the past year. Re
turns are due on or before March 10,
1924, and failure to file within that
time will result in the assertion Of
severe penalties. Deputy Collector
Blacks visit to this town will be the
last opportunity before that date tc
secure his aid in making your return
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
PARENT TEACHERS MEETING
First of a Series of Demonstrations in
Kent County to be Shown at Caesar

First of a Series of Demonstrations in
Kent County to be Shown at Caesar
Saturday, February End, will be a
day of great interest for all the
teachers and parents of Kent County,
when the first of a series of demon
stration meetings, organized by the
State Parent-Teacher AssOciation,will
be held at the Caesar Rodney School
at Wyoming. The purpose of these
meetings is to help the local officers
to provide worthwhile programs for
their monthly meetings; to inform the
parents of the most modern methods
which the teachers are attempting to
adopt in the schools throughout the
state; to encourage a whole-hearted
cooperation between parent and
teacher; and to exhibit some of the
results of the years work by the pu-
pills. See adv.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Mid-Year Examinations Last Week
Pupils Give Program in Assembly

Mid-Year Examinations Last Week
Pupils Give Program in Assembly
Last week proved to be a very try
ing week at Smyrna High School on
both teachers and pupils, owing to the
fact that mid-year examinations were
given on Tuesday and Wednesday,
The program given at Assembly on
Friday afternoon was very interest
ing. A reading giving Mary Anne's
views of life Back in Squashville"
was given by Henrietta ROthwell. The
next number on the program was an
"impromptu speech"by Minerva Brad
ley. She talked on the subject of a
Great Woman Known in History"
Following this was a reading, "The
Quarrel" by Louise Spruance; but
perhaps the most interesting number
of all came at the conclusion of the
program when a playlet, 'The Pro-
pOsap was presented, the two main
characters being Margaret Carter
"Miss Catch-him," and David Lloyd
"Mr. Wilson"
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
SEEK $75O,OOO FOR SHORE ROAD
Maryland Legislators Join in Project
to Help the Whole Peninsula


Plans for a proposed Baltimore
Eastern Shore boulevard, to link Bal
timore with the land across the Ches-
apeake Bay, were started on their
way Wednesday. Senator Towers of
Caroline; Senator Roe, of Queen
Anne's, and Senator Mcdaniel, of Tai
bot, introduced a bill authorizing a
bond issue of $75O,QOO for the pur-
pose. The proposed road is to run
from Love Point by way of Queens
town, Wye Mills, Queen Anne and
Hillsboro to Denton. At this point it
will connect with improved roads run
ming to all points on the Eastern
Shore and in Delaware. The distance
will be SO miles. Senator Towers
said the recently chartered Baltimore
and Eastern Railroad Company pro-
poses to run a ferry between Love
Point and Baltimore. A double-deck,
.twin-screw boat will be built, he said,
which will carry 100 automobiles. 1t
will make three trips a day, the run
ming time between Baltimore and
Love Point being from IL to IA
hours. This will be the only ferry
line, Mr.. Towers pointed out, running
directly into Baltimore, as it will
have. its city terminal at Light street
wharf. He declared it will open a
large part of the best section of the
Eastern Shore and that it will mean
much trade to Baltimore. If the bill be
passed the bonds will be issued in in
stallments of $250,OOO in each of the
years 1924, 1925 and 1926. The bonds
are to bear a rate of interest to be
fixed by the financial officers of the
State, not to exceed Az per cent.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES
Congregational Meeting to Be Held
This Evening to Discuss Matters

OOnBfeBduOndl meeliNS W Dc hCiu
This Evening to Discuss Matters
The annual Congregational Meeting
of the Presbyterian Church will be
held this, Wednesday evening, aJnu-
ary Both, at 7.3O o'clock. The Sunday
School annual meeting will be held
directly after the Congregational
Meeting. The meeting of the Sum
shine Chapter of the Westminster
Guild will be held at the home of Mrs.
Leroy Johnson Thursday evening,
Jenuary 31st, at 7.3O o'clock. On
Thursday afternoon, February 18th, at
2.30 o'clock, Mrs. Wallace Radcliff of
Washington, will address a woman's
meeting. All of the women are invit-
ed and urged to be present. She will
speak of the great missionary work
the women are doing. Thursday night
at 8 o'clock, Mrs. Radcliff will be the
speaker at a popular meeting. Her
subject will be "The Light" Mrs.
Radcliff is a notably brilliant woman
and best of all she has the beckoning
vision Of the great work Of the
church. =
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
MORE DELAWARE BOYS TRAIN

Quota for Military Camps Next Sum-
mer Is Increased for Delaware
Four thousand vacancies in the 1924
citizens military training camps have
been allotted the states of New York,
New Jersey and Delaware, it was an
nounced last week. This number ex-
ceeds the 1928 quota by 500. Two
camps will be held at Plattsburg, N.
Y, this year, one beginning July
and the other August 1. The regular
season will begin August 1, when
training in infantry will be given at
Plattsburg; coast artillery at Fort
Hancock, N. j., engineer course at
Fort DUPONT, Del; calvary and signal
corps at Camp Vail, N. j., and the
field artillery at Madison Barracks,
New Jersey.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
Mrs. GeOrgianna FAIRIES, Widow of
William A. FAIRIES, Dies at Home of
Her Daughter, Mrs. Laura Reynolds

Mrs. GeOrgianna FAIRIES, Widow of |
William A. FAIRIES, Dies at Home of
Her Daughter, Mrs, Laura Reynolds !
Mrs. Georgianna D. FAIRIES, aged 76, !
widow of William A. FAIRIES, Smyrna's |
prominent undertaken, died at the
Marion Apartments, Wilmington, the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Frank L.
Reynolds, at noon yesterday, Tues
day, after a lingering illness. She
had been in failing health for several
years, ever since the death of her hus-
band in October, 1920. AS had been
her custom since her husbands death,
she rented her home during the winter
months and spent her time visiting
among her children. The announce
ment of her death, however, was no
surprise to her family and friends,
who knew of her weakened condition.
Her health had been declining rapidly
of late. Mrs. FAIRIES was a daughter
of the late John and Margaret (Ser-
geant) Maree, and outlived all the
members of her family. In early life
she become the wife of William A.
FAIRIES, the undertaken and lived close
to home where she was a good wife
and mother and inferred in all the good
movements and influences of the COM
munity. She was a member of As
bury Methodist Episcopal Church, and
its auxiliary societies and was greatly
interested in Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union work of which she was
long an active member. Three chill
dren survive her as follows: Mrs.
Frank L. Reynolds and Mrs Harry V.
Pyle, of Wilmington, and Harvey w.
FAIRIES, the well-known undertaken of
Smyrna. Funeral services will take
place from the residence of Harvey
w. FAIRIES Friday afternoon at 1.30
o'clock and interment will be at Odd
Fellows Cemetery. The Rev. John j.
Bunting of Asbury NJ. E. Church will
have charge.
Prof. Ritchie, Leader of Old Orchestra
Prof. John B. Ritchie, known to
many Smyrnians and down state peO-
pie as leader of celebrated Ritchie's
Orchestra that thrived years ago at so
many dances, died in Wilmington,
last week at the advanced age of 81
years. For many years he was the
leader of the old Wilmington Opera
House orchestra and was the organic
er of the old Wilmington City Conet
Band. Mr.. Ritchie was a veteran of
the Civil War, having been a member
Of the First Delaware Regiment. He
was a member of Hope Lodge, l. o.
] o. F., for sixty years. The deceased
was never seriously i'll until a week
ago, when he was stricken with heart
disease, which caused his death. His
wife, who is Sc years old, has been an
invalid for six years. Mr.. Ritchie is
survived by two daughters, one son
and his wife, who were all at his bed
side before his death. The children
are Mrs. Charles S. Horn of RehobOtl
Mrs. Levi X. Bullen, and John L
Ritchie of Pittsburg, Pa. Funeral
services were held on Monday.
Miss Miriam Huggins Passes Away
Miss Miriam Huggins, aged 25, Of
Philadelphia, whose parents kept {
store in Smyrna some years ago, anC
who was related to the Stinson family
died in Philadelphia, Saturday. Hel
remains We're brought to Smyrna yes
terday and inferred in Odd Fellow
Cemetery.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
START DRIVE IN SMYRNA FOR
NEW AND MODERN FIRE HOUSE
HOSE COMPANY HAVE BUILDING
PLAN FOR THEIR NEW HOME
Considerable Funds Will be Needed to
Convert Building to Use-J.E. Hof-
fecker, Chairman of Committee

fecker, Chairman of Committee
1t will interest the public to know
the Citizens Hose Company, under
the direction of ]. E. Hoffecker, has
the campaign under way to raise
funds to establish an up-to-date fire
house in Smyrna. Generous response
to the appeals sent out, are being re-
ceived each day, and by the time op-
erations begin in remodeling the prop
erty the Hose Company recently ac-
quired, it is hoped sufficient funds will
be subscribed to aid very materially
in meeting all obligations. Mr.. Hof-
fecker has assisting him, Hervey P.
Hall and Clarence B. Raymond in the
town of Smyrna, and in the rural dis
tricts which the Hose Company will
serve just as faithfully, the following
solicitors have been appointed: Ed
ward H. Donovan, Brenford District!
H. Wallace Hilyard, Kenton, District;
Clement V. Scout, dupont Boulevard
South; A. Jefferson Stats, dupont
Boulevard North; Harry S.Woodkeep-
en- Taylol's Bridge District; Walter
Donovan, Deakyneville District; Clin-
ton Ransom, Smyrna Landing Dis
trict; Harry Cole, Bay View District;
Jackson Snow, Leipsic District; Harry
Ford, Severson's District. When these
solicitors call, it is the desire of the
/ Hose Company that your subscription
] be as liberal as you can make it.
Sign the subscription blanks and de-
/ signate thereon the amount of your
contribution, and pay at your conven-
ience within a reasonable time.
/ Electric Alarm and Signals in Plan
/ 1t is the purpose of our firemen to
establish such a frehOuse as will not
only be a credit to our town, but will
result in a more efficient service in
fighting fires, because of the con-
slant presence in the fre-house of a
caretaker, who will promptly sounC
the electric alarm which will be in
stalled, and thus save valuable time
in getting prompt response from the
firemen. The town is to be dlstricted
and the fre-bell tapped in numbers t
indicate the district from whence
comes the alarm. Country fires vii
likewise have a special alarm sound
ed on the fire-bell to indicate the fir,
is in the country. Let our peOpl,
thoroughly realize what a few min
utes means in the case of fire, ant
they will appreciate all the more tn,
importance of encouraging our fire
men in this laudable enterprise of ;
new fire-house and increased efficienc!
in fighting fires in Smyrna and vicin
ity.
w. G. Tatnall to Secure Fire Alarm
4. w. G. Tatnall, an honorary member
of the Citizens Hose Company, hai
promised, if possible, to procure the
fire alarm bell now in the tower o
the Phoenix fire house in Wilmington
for installation in the tower of th'
proposed fire house in Smyrna. H,
having donated the bell to the Phoenil
fire company, feels he should hav,
the privilege of obtaining same nov
that the Phoenix Company is no long
er in existence. Let our people d,
all they can to help the Hose Com
pany make good.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
FLEETWOOD PAYS FILING FEE
Sussex Farmer Who Fought Tax Has
Had Change of Heart

aa0 Onange OF Heart
Because he has persisted in openly
defying the State Tax Department, in
the payment of his SO filing fee, re-
quired of every man and woman in
Delaware, Cyrus Fleetwood, a Nanti-
coke District farmer is out more than
twenty dollars that he otherwise could
have saved if he had paid his taxes
for the years of 1921 and 1922 when
due. Fleetwood, despite all efforts of
the Tax Department to collect the two
years taxes by sending out notices,
stated he would not pay and intimated
that he would carry the matter to
court. On Tuesday, however, he had
a change of heart and turned over to
Constable Abraham L. Adams, of Sea-
ford, S26.50, which represented his
filing fee for two years, the penalty,
interest at the rate of six per cent.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30
CONCRETE ROAD TO REHOBOTH
Seems Now Assured for the First to
be Constructed Next Year

One of the roads in Sussex County
in addition to the 51s mile stretch
from Westcoat's Corner to RehOboth,
connecting this recort with the du-
Pont Boulevard, is a road from Wal
nut street, Milford, to the Brick Gran
airy, Az miles. This road, if built,
will be the first link of the road which
will finally connect Milford with Five
Points, thence to Lewes and Rehoboth.
When the whole project is completed
the distance from Milford to Rehoboth
will be shortened twelve miles.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30

son. Roberta Collins, Charles Swain. Billy
Roe.
Chorus Eva Stanley. Florence Arts. Rebecca
Williams, Caroline Stats, Elizabeth HILL
Margaret Hill Francis Alexander, Henrietta
Rothwell, Pauline Thornley,, Elizabeth Thorn
ley Ruth Collins. Evelyn Harris, Mildred
Sherwood. Gladys Truax, Louise Spruanee
Hilda Robinson.
Smyrna times., 1924-01-30

On HitA Psr.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
Seeing by Wireless Il
Near, Says a Scientist

Edmund Edward Fournier-dAlbe, in
ventOr of the optophone, which ell
ables the blind to read through their
ears, and the tonoscope. which makes
speech lntelligible to the deaf, has
added his prophecy to those Of other
scientists who recently have forecast
the early achievement Of television-
seeing by wireless. DR.. Fournier-d'Albe
consented to be quoted as saying:
II believe televislon will be accom-
plished this year. I'll stake my whole
scientific reputation on tim certain
of it."
He envisages time few years
hence, says the New York World,
when explorers equipped with tele-
vision cameras will make possible the
projection on moving-picture screens
in European and American cities the
scenes attending their climbs, say Of
Mount Everest, or their polar explor-
ations. or even the examination Of the
oceans floor by means Of submarines.
Doctor Fournier-d' Abe Is credited with
sending the first photograph by radio.
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
sAckAoHz = yAaarnra
alsnwood springs Folks Are Learning
How to Heed II


Are you miserable with an aching
backi Do you get up lame and stiff;
drag through the day feeling tired,
weak and depressedf Then you should
help your kidneys. Backache is often
the first sign of failing kidneys. Uri-
nary troubles quickly follow. Neglect
ed there's danger Of gravel, dropsy or
fatal Bright's disease. Don t wait for
serious kidney sicknessl Use Doan IS
Pills, stimulant diuretn to the kid
neys, before it is too late. This Glen
wood resident tells an experience:
Philip Fitzpatrick, III Blake Ave,
says: "My back was SO painful I
could hardly bend to pull on my shoes.
At times could hardly pass the kid
ney secretions. 1 used several differ
ent remedies in an effort to get relief
was advised by friend to use Doan .
Pills and the relief they brought was
beneficial use Doan's when an oc-
casion arises and every time they give
prompt relief" & u & a4
Price 6oc. at all dealers. Dom t
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan g Pills the same that Mr.. Fitz-
patrick had. Foster-Milburn Co., Mfrs,
Buffalo, N. Y. Oh
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
Bach Showed the Way
to Pure Modern Music

The fountain source of all WIS, OF
course, Bach. When Bach had shown
the way, there was surge and uprush
OF pure music In central Europe to
which nothing in the history Of other
arts can be compared, unless 1t be the
building of the French cathedrals. II
was as II vast gold mine had been
discovered, opening out to those
happy mOrtals who had first right OF
entry long galleries Of metal, precious
and pure; nor did they waste their
matchless opportunity, but tirelessly
worked on, minting in streams u beau
tiful clear coinage which was good In
all the markets of the world OF
almost all the great composers Of the
Nineteenth century fertility Is the
conspicuous trait; they were limited
only by the capacity of their hands
to write down what their invention die
tated. And what they dictated was
broadly speaking, all good. Haydn's
symphonies, Schuberts songs, remain.
Countless, they still have meaning
for us-more meaning than most OF
the music of the day. The world had
not changed, but the human mind had
suddenly found means to appreciate
1t newly, and the whole story OF ere
alton, all the sumptuous diversities OF
human life, all the accumulated ex-
perience Of the nges, was virgin soil,
a child's garden, Of richness and
freshness Observation-Disclosures De Sel'
Incourt, in 1.-THE English Secret"
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
Asks Scouts to Help in
Enforcing Radio Laws.

NEW YORK CITY:-Speaking
! ;oday before one of the largest
Boy Scout audiences gathered to-
gcther in New York Auditorium,
Pierre Boucheron, one of the first
radio amateurs in the United States,
whose entry into the ranks OF the
experimenter dates back to 1906,
and now with the Radio Corpora
ton of America, predicted that radio
broadcasting would lead the way to
the formation of an International
Boy Scout organization in which
-the scattered groups of young men
in the principal cities of sthe world
would enjoy relationships far more
intimate than any other agency has|
thus far been able to provide. Mr..
-Boucheron also pointed out that the
limited number OF available wave
lengths in the ether required the
strict observance of laws governing
radio and asked the Boy Scouts OF
America to pledge their support to
the work of the Department of
Commerce in enforcing these laws.
The affair was as"radio party. ar
ranged by the Boy Scout Founda-
ton of Greater New York for the
$4,000 Scouts under its jurisdiction.
"The call to rally has long been
sounded by means of the Boy Scout
Whistle" said Mr.. Boucheron. ats
shri1l blast has echoed throughout
hundreds of camps, and hiking
parties have been guided by its note.
Yet its feeble signal scarcely
reaches the extremities of camp.
Reinforced by the tremendous
simplifying ability of powerful
broadcasting station, however, the
same signal will call a nation
ot listening scouts to attention.
Thus, through the agency of radio
scouts in cities, villages, and ham
lets are welded together into single
group, and 100000 scouts may hear
simultaneously the voice of their
leader and Honorary President. the
The Glenwood post., 1924-06-26
Piles Can Be Cured
Without Surgery

An instructive book has hssn pub-
lshsd DIR. A. 8. HeCleary, the noted
rectal specialist of Kansas City. This
book tells how sufferer from Piles
can be quickly and easily epred with.
out the use Of knife, scissors, tthot I"
iron, electricity or>Any other cutting or
burning method, without confinement
to bed and NO hospital bills to pay.
The method has been q success for
twenty-four years and in, more than
,nine thousand cases. The book 10 sent
postpaid free TO persons afflicted with
piles or other rectal troubles who clip
this item and mail it with name and
address to DR.. McCleary, $50 Parkview
sanitarium, Kansas City. No. s