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San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

SO, and sprawling full length upon
the ground.
BY the time he had gathered him
self IN, the cart was already trund.
ling on agaiu, and the peals of hoarsc
/ obscene laughter from the carriers
were ringing hideously through the
silent street.
Mechanically he trudged. on and
on, aimlessly now, man walking in
nightmare.
At last he paused. without knowl-
| edge or care of where he was; utter
ly bereft of strength, he sank pres
| emily into the shelter of the doorway
Of a deserted house and there fell
asleep.
When next he awakened, he was
lying in the full glare of sun that
was already high in the heavens. He
looked about him and found himself
in surroundings that were utterly
strange to him, so that he could form
no notion of wither he had strayed.
In mid-street stood man in a
steeple hat dressed in black, leaning
upon a red wand and regarding him
attentively.
What ails your" the man asked
him, seeing him awake and con-
scious.
Disgruntled. HOLES glared at him.
"The sight of you," he snapped. and
struggled stiffly UP. "Naught else"
Yet, even as he gained his feet. a
giddines assailed him. He steadisd
himself moment against the door
post; then reeled and sank down
again upon the step that had been his
couch. For some few seconds he sat
there bemused, marveling at his cou-
dition. Then. acting on sudden
thought. he tore open the breast of
his shirt.
II lied :" he shouted wildly. When
next he looked IN, he was laughing.
a ringing. exultant laugh. Il lied
There is something else. Look!" And
he pulled his shirt wider apart, so
that the man might see what he had
found. And that was the last thing
that he remembered.
On his breast the flower of the
plague had blossomed while he slept.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
STARVED

Into New York City by thousands
come the runaway girls" Some of
them are not running away in the actual
sense of concealing their whereabouts
but they are running away from condi-
tons that have proved unyielding and
are seeking others that seem to promise
wider scope. They are full OF aspiration,
these girls. They wish to sing. They
wish to paint They wish to write.
They wish to go to college. They wish
TO dance. They are talented. debonair.
The world is to give them this glitter
ing satisfying, elusive something they
crave.
There are some, of course, who sue
coed. Put the story of the majority is
the story of disillusionment and no one
knows this more thoroughly than Mrs.
Mary Hamilton, assistant to Police
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
JOY DIVINE.

To live-to know you
This-is joy divine
To see you smile-to feel your hand
Clasped tight in mine.
To see the light that fingers
Deep-within your eyes.
Wonderful One-a radiant Paradise.
Whisper not words of careless grace
10 me
Sing not of love
That bids fair to be mockery
But let me always feel
That friendships glow
Lies in your heart
As true as steel-sublime
And let me know
The end of time-shall never change
Your heart and mine
Dear One-believe me,
This-is joy divinel
DALE MARTIN.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
Poets Corner
MY SWEETHEART.

My sweetheart is like a flower
Growing in the garden of love;
Bathed by every shower
Coming from Heaven above.
Her lips are rosebud petals,
Sweet as the morning dew;
Her eyes, like glinting metals,
Are jewels of lovely hue.
Her smile of radiant splendor
Reveals teeth as white as snow;
Her voice, so sweet and tender,
Is like music soft and low.
Her form of sylphlike grace,
Is beautiful beyond compare,
While round .le glory of her face,
Is glowing wealth of hair.
As the sun is to the flower;
As the flower is to the bee;
Every day, yes, every hour,
So is my love to me.
And my love shall never die
-. Till the pale moon fades away;
Till the stars fall from the sky,
And eternity is holding sway.
I'll love her till the mountains fall;
Till the desert sands grow cold;
Till Gabriel sends out the call
And we are summoned to the Fold.
Joe Nicola.
San Marcos, Tex.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
A Puzzle a Day

With seven straight lines, circle
may be divided into twenty-nine Sec
tions, of varying sizes. Can you ac-
complish the feat?
Yesterdays answer:
A maiden to her lover cried:
Propose to NELL be your bride !:
Remember, you have never tried. :"
81 like your nerve" was his retort !:
Leap year is here-the time is
short;
"Forget yourself, and make your
COURT" - gsa.1 ., ~ 3
"Oh, marry me-" she cried in glee.
"On this day only, I'll agree,
LEST / be caught at last" said he
The first letters - the capitalism
every line, when read from top to
bottom, spell april FOOL" the
two words with which the young
man broke his PROMISE
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
LA FoLLETrE'S CANDIDACY

1t Is unofficially announced that Sena-
Tor Robert M. La Toilette is willing to be
the candidate of third party for Presi-
dent OF the United States. 1t seems as
though man Of La Follette's war record
would be willing, if not even anxious, to
keep in the background, but lack of self
assertion has never been a fault of La
Toilette.
Of course, La Toilette knows there is
no possible chance Of his election. He
is cut to attempt the defeat OF President
Coolidge by drawing as much strength
as possible from the regular Republican
organization. That simply means that
La Toilette is not candidate in good
faith. He goes before the public simply
in the griise of destructionist. Such a
man making such a political campaign
deserves the respect Of nobody. How
ever, such tactics are entirely in keeping
with the political and personal career OF
La Toilette.
If there was ever time in the his
tory of the United States that called for
upbuilding and not for down pulling for
construction and not for destruction
that time is now. 1t is one of the curses
of humanity however, that in such times
there are always to be found men who
would rather interfere and impede thar
promote or advance. Incapable them
selves of constructive action, they seeE
to prevent any other person from accom-
plishing anything. Probably there is nc
more detestable character in any com
munity than an individual of this type
always seeking to tear down and never
to upbuild.
Ii La Follette's own state of Wiscon
sin, taxes have been increased four-folC
by the various commissions, boards anC
con mittees that he has fastened upon The
people and it is through these that he i:
able to keep his seat in the Senate. Ir
plain words, he has provided large feec
trough and keeps himself in Washing
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BLUE.

When the world seems dull and dreary
And the sky has a somber hue;
When the days are long and weary
1t just means-you're feeling blue.
When the trees seem stark and gray,
And the leaves are all too few;
When the birds have flown away.
1t just means-you're feeling blue.
When friends seem to wear a lrown
And don't want to speak to you:
When they seem to have thrown you
down,
1t just means-you're feeling blue.
When you think you've failed in life,
And you don't know what TO do,
When you're afraid TO buck the strife
Brace up-you're feeling blue.
-,.;-.ss.gs sgasxzzs.s.s --JeesNicol
San Marcos, Tex. @-ss.a.s.l1 .",ls
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

The attorney general, Mr.. Daugherty
seems to be accused of participating in
nearly every kind of graft from oil to
dope. We have always realized the YER
satile ability of Mr.. Daugherty, but we
hardly credit him will all these activities.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

A Russian prince is now working as
a janitor in New York for the princely
sum of $23 week. This should be an
eye-opener to royalty worshipers be-
cause that is about all the average prince
is really fitted for.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
TO A WATERFOWL.

Whittier, midst falling dew,
While glow the heavens with the last steps of day,
Far. through their rosy depths dost thou pursue
Thy solitary way?
Vainly the fowler's eye w.
Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong,
As. darkly painted the crimson sky,
Thy figure floats along. :
Seekst thou the plashy brink
Of weedy lake, marge of FLYER wide.
Or where the rocking pillows rise and sink
On the chafed side?
There is a Power whose care
Teaches thy way along that painless coast
The desert and illimitable air
Lone wandering, but not lost.
All day thy wings have famed.
At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere,
Yet stoop not, weary. to the welcome land,
Though the dark night is near.
And soon that toll shall end:
Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest
And scream smcng thy fellows reeds shall bend
Soon. DER thy sheltered nest
Thou 'rt gone! the abyss Of heaven
Hath swallowed up thy form yet on my heart
Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given,
| And shall not soon depart
He, who. from zone to zone. SECS
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain
flight,
! In the long way that l must tread alone
| VIII lead my steps Alright.
/ William Cullen Bryant.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28
Where to Go

Vaudeville.
Majestic: Big Time Vaudeville.
Motion Pictures.
Palace: Corinne Griffith in "Lilie'
of the Field"
Empire: Florence Vidor in MAR.
riage Circle"
Princess: Lon CLANCY in "Th;
Next Corner"
Rialto: Colleen Moore in Through
the Dark"
Royal: "The Man Life Passed By
Luncheon Clubs.
friday
Kiwanis Club at the Gunter.
Conopus Club at the Menger.
Rotary Club at the st. Anthony.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

Daily only average. .2S611
Sunday only average .32,01s
The above totals and averages for paid cir
eristion exclusive Of sill spoiled copies and any free
We hereby swear that the foregoing statement Of
pale circulation 10 correct.
Circulation Manager
@. L. BUCHANAN.
Business Manager.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this list day
q March. A. D.. 1924.
(sssD FRED J. BONNER JR,
Notary Public.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

4, Commissioner Enright of New York City
| through whose understanding hands
thousands of these girls pass each year
In a recent interview Mrs. Hamilton
gave personal histories and example:
of the kind of girl with whom she deals
largely. OF course, there are some, "fool
sh young things OUT for thrill. mad
to do something different, cause SEN
saticn. make UP for the colorlessness
and rninterestingness Of their lives, even
though it lands them in jail for their
pains But the mass are well edu-
Gated and of fair social standing in
their home towns, who are simply down
and out and too proud to write home
and admit it.
"None of them is vicious" she goes
on. They Just want to live. They
come here with about five hundred dol
lars and fair showing of clothes. &C
ccrding to hometown standards. They
are going to enter college. work their
way through. Or they are going into
the movies. Or they are going to dance
on the stage. Or they are going to make
their mark in grand opera. Fine! Until
they see New York styles Their ward
robe seems somehow inadequate. Just
i few new things are needed to freshen
it up. Before they know it. between
books and tuition at the colleges, or
tramping about from one agency to an
other for the coveted front row position
in the newest musical comedy, or the
lunches in the long waits for a voice
trial before Gatti-Casazza, the small
hoard is gone. They are absolutely
broke. There is no one to turn to- No
way of hoping for better things ahead.
And write home, admitting defeat, they
will not. They are just plain up against
it. That's where we come in"
But the Illuminating thing appears
when she tells what she does. To feed
them and set going what machinery she
can to get them freshly ORIGINATED, is
the social aspect of her job, but she
sees beneath this, and in taking them
into her own home, which is beautiful
and artistic, she puts her finger on their
deeper reed.
- Some OF them are simply starved,
she says, I''for beauty as well as food
They just feast on this place. It's pitt
jul"
How many people there are who are
starving with food and clothing and al
place to sleep; in bare homes or living
places and with little to satisfy crav-l
ing that they are the last ones to I'M
1erstandl Maybe this longing expresses
itself, as with many women, in a desire
for beautiful clothes, come by at any
cost Maybe it takes form in all sorts
Of desires for creative activity. Per-
haps Love will answer, or religion; the
,reation of a beautiful home life, or help
i,tlness towards others. But it is easy
to conceive that there would be less
blind restlessness of the kind If more
energy were devoted to making life and
the surroundings of life as beautiful as
t is possible for them to be.
Knut Hamsun wrote book called
Hunger" 1t is a grisly account OF
actual physical hunger, but what makes
he book more terrible. more poignant,
md in its expression more beautiful, is |
he hunger of the central character for
owe, for beauty, for understanding, for
hat healing and unifying quality that
ner have made into horrible deities and
smothered in dogma and theologies and
called God.
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

Excavators found skull in Los An
geles said by an archaelogist. to be $780,
600 years old. Probably tourist, too
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nae FOR qualification all dispatches credlea 20
-. othervr1se credited In this paper and also thar
ior.l news published herein All rights OF repuouea-
to1 OF special dispatches herein are also reservoir
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FEBRUARY CIRCULATION

rn. raid circulation Of The san Antonio Lisn.
,,,nE the month of February. day by day. was as
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-03-28

Seek'st thou the plashy brink
Of weedy lake. or marge of FLYER wide,
Or where the rocking pillows rise and sink
On the chafed ocean side?
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

grade, because the high winds
accompanied by rain, blew the
standing corn into a tangle
which makes it hard to save.
The work Of clearing the fields
progresses rapidly when the
corn is cut off at the ground and
carried to the shock. This is
practiced where wheat is to be
sOwn to follow the corn crop for
another year. Most of the acre
age planted in corn, is sown with
wheat after the corn is cut in
the fall, and plowing for wheat
is going forward as the fodder
and corn is removed. Wheat
sowing in this part of Delaware
generally starts in the early
part of October and ends with
the middle Of November.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

Our esteemed contemporary,
The Milford Chronicle, says:
mo man living today knows for
a certainty that he is not break
ing some law when he goes
about his daily tasks. New laws
are enacted at the request of
every reformer who comes along
with the notion that he was put
on earth as his brothers keeper.
The day will come when we will
elect men to the legislature and
to Congress not to make new
laws, but to clean out the rub
bish that has accumulated in the
statutes"
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
DUTCH NECK

Dutch Neck, Oct. 28-Teacher and
scholars of White Hall School are
planning for a Halloween party on
Friday.
PersOnals.-Mr. and Mrs. Millard
Tigner and daughter Milicent, of near
Dover, spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Faucet and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Shuster of Will
mington; Mr.. John Slaughter, Lee
Gooden and George Thompson, of
Smyrna; Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Reyn-
olds and son James, visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Aaron Reynolds and family on
Sunday. - Thomas Tribbitt visited
Clarence Burris on Sunday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Howard Buck and son Henry,
spent Sunday in Wilmington.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times is
the business medium not only for the town it
represents. but for the outlying district of
which it is the centre, embracing the towns
of Clayton, KentOn. Cheswold. Townsend.
Leipsic. &C. A rate of so cents per inch
an insertion will be charged for transient
advertising. Display advertising rates
quoted on application. For Sale, For
Rent. Lost and Found advertisements occu-
pying one inch space or less. a minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch first
insertion and so cents per inch for each sub
sequent insertion. Locals and Reading No
tices. Is cents per line per issue.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

The corn crop of Delaware is
at the harvesting stage at the
present time and with very few
exceptions the corn is well form
ed and gives promise of fair
yield per acre. The fodder in
many fields in Kent and Sussex
counties will not be Of high
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

Grape growers in Kent coun-
ty, Delaware profted this
year by the late crops in Wis
cOnsin and New York. This
condition is in keeping with the
law of supply and demand which
affects the fruit grower and the
agricuItuIist. According to a
dispatch from Dover, says the
Wilmington Every Evening,
profits in the Delaware grape
crop were higher than for
many years. Last year, it is
said, grapes sold for S72 a ton;
while this year they are going
as high as $1OO. Another in
teresting feature of this years
crop is that Delaware's grapes
are being sold in Pittsburgh,
New York, Providence and Bos-
ton, whereas last year practi-
cally the entire crop went to
Philadelphia. This years wider
market no doubt is due to the
late Wisconsin and New York
crops, which are beginning to
reach the markets this week.
The Kent County Grape Grow
ers' Association estimates the
Delaware crop this year at about
80 carloads on 700 acres of vine
yards. This is an unusually
good showing.
The increase this year brings
up some pertinent questiOns-Or
should they be termed impertin-
ent questions? Are these grapes
used in the manufacture of
brandies, wines, and raisins
Are they converted into infer
mented Juice? Or are they
simply eaten as fruit? The
growers, Of course, have no way
of answering these questions, 81
they must remain questions
along with the speculatiOns on
has a right to form in his owl
mind. The cultivation of tn
grape is such anancient art tina
one is apt to become suspicion;
We learn of the art in the Scrip
ture history of Noah and frOr
many passages of ancient writ
ers. Virgil and Columeha bot
are on record as giving instru,
tions in the cultivation of tn
vine; and Horace-but we sha
not count him for his notiOr
about the grape were a bit ia,
ical!
"Time was when New Yorke
and Bostonians recognized Del
ware in terms of her excellet
peaches. This year our neig
bors are destined to relish o.
fine grapes-and we have
doubt that as far as the grove
in Kent are concerned. they m;
consume them in any form tn
wish"
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independents
paper devoted to the welfare of the town it
represents and the State of which it is a
part. 1t also gives the items of Importance
Of the Eastern Shore of Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

Subscription price. sl.5O per year. strictly in
advance.
Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna. Della
ware as Second Glass matter
OFFICE-Next Door to the Fruit Growers
National Bank.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
THE SMYRNA Times
SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
ROBERT D. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker. July 8. 1854
Editor and Proprietor until Feb. 10. 1907
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

To Whom II May COncern-The Motor We
hcle Department will issue 1925 Automobile
Registrations beginning November first. Civ
ing the privilege to those desiring the same
numbers for 1925 used in Beginning
December first all tags will be issued con-
secutively. No reservations made. All per-
sons registering motor vehicles and operating
same are requested to make applications early
in December in order to help the Department
make delivery before the expiration Of 1924
licenses at end Of year.-A. r. BENSON, Sec
retarv Of State
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
SCHOOL TAX

The Smyrna Special School Tax for
1924 are now due. A discount of $50
if paid before Nov. 1st, 1924.
9-10 st H. D. BOYER, Collector
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
RUBBER REDUCING
CORSETS

NUW MADE TO MEASURE
Will call by appointment and take
your measurements for a Nu-Bone
made to measure, silk covered rubber
reducing corset, boned with the fam
GUS Nu-Bone Woven Wire Stay and
having features found only in Nu-
Bone products.
Mrs. NETTIE VANNOY TUNIS
Nu-BOne COrsetiere
CLAYTON DELAWARE
10-22-4t
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
DIR. PAUL A. FITZGERALD
OsteODathic Physician

Will be in Smyrna at the office of
the late DR.. L. L. Arts, Commerce
and Delaware St., Tuesday and Sat
urday evenings for the practice of
Osteopathy. Hours to 8.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29

PIANO TUNING AND REPAIRING
Finest work guaranteed. Prices
right. Leave orders with Mrs. Marion
COverdale, Smyrna, Del. or write L.C.
Dunn. Box 306. Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1924-10-29
FOR RENT

Furnished House, rooms and bath.
Private garage. Possession immedi-
ate. Apply to
w. w. PRICE,
10-1 If Smyrna, Del.
The broad ax., 1924-11-01

age and sstraight-thinlsing which has
made Mr.. Coolidge generally popular
He has complete charge of Negro af-
fairs in connection with the Repub-
lican party's present campaign.
AT the right Of Mr.. Matthews is
Miss Halle Q. Brown. former presi-
dent Of the National Association Of
Colored Women. Miss Browns posi-
ton among the colored women voters
is similar to that Of Mr.. Matthews,
she having complete charge Of politi-
cal activities touching the colored Re
publican women of the nation.
Mrs. M. c. Lawton, president Of the
Empire State Federation of Colored
Women, is the organizer among east
ern women, with headquarters in New
The broad ax., 1924-11-01

Hon. Charles Ringer, Republican
candidates for reelection for member
Of the Board of Assessors Of Cook
County, whose past and present pub
lie career shines forth all the time like
the bright MONDAY sun, and can be
easily read like unto an open book,
for more than forty years has made
his home in this city and keenly
watched its growth until it has now
become one Of the greatest cities in
the world.
twenty-five years Of that time, Mr..
Ringer has been successfully engaged
in the real estate and insurance busi-
ness and by dealing honestly and fair
ly with his army Of friends and clients
he has succeeded in building up one Of
the best known institutions Of its kind
in Chicago.
Although his time is always well
taken by this business, he has always
been leader in activities in the pub
lie behalf.
He led successful effort on the
part of business men to establish a
The broad ax., 1924-11-01

Hon. George Packard, democratic
candidate for Judge Of the Municipal
Court Of Chicago, has long since
proven himself TO be one Of the best
and truest friends Of the colored race
in this city.
This fact IS well known among his
white friends and colored friends as
well a. 4 real friend Of Negro free
dom.
He is one Of the most eminent law
yers in this city and in every way he
has the great legal ability and train
ing for a high class Judge Of any
court in this city and state.
Through his prominent position III
the Chicago Bar Association he has
from time to time been able to defend
the Negroes as a group from various
pieces of propaganda work started
with tie intent 81 retarding the prog