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Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
MILFORD MAN HURT IN AUTO
S. NJ. Truitt of Milford, BrOther-in-
Law of Rodney Sharp, Fractures Hip

Law of Rodney Sharp, Fractures Hip
Saunders NJ. Truitt, of Milfordwho
was injured in an automobile accident
the latter part of last week, and who
since has been in the Beebe Hospital
at Lewes, is still serious. 1t is stat
ed that Mr.. Truitt sustained a frac-
ture of the hip and the joint of the
hip was driven inward. He also sus-
tained decorations of the head. Mr..
Truitt is a we'll known salesman and
a brother-in-law of Rodney Sharp, of
Wilmington. Mr.. Truitt had been
spending some time at the "Marvil"
cottage at Rehoboth, and phoned to
Lewes for a "jitney" driver. A Mr..
Hopkins of Lewes answered the call
and started from Rehoboth for Lewes
with Mr.. Truitt as passenger about 8
o'clock that evening. When nearing
the latter town the new concrete road
takes a sudden drop, down an incline,
just before it reaches the end of con-
structiOn work, and there is a curve
where it energies into the old road.
1t was down this incline that the
Hopkins car skidded and slid into
telephone pole. Mr.. Truitt was forced
against the pole, the impact breaking
his hip. His head was cut by the
glass in the wind shield. The car was
damaged but the driver escaped SER
ious injury.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
POSSES HUNT FOR LAUREL MAN

Jack Cooper Feared Lost in Eastern
Sussex Swamps While Coon Hunting
Jack Cooper, an overseas veteran
and a very popular business man of
Laurel, has been missing since early
Sunday night, when, with his dogs.
he went coon hunting. When he fail
ed to return Monday morning his
wife notified friends and since then
scouting parties have been looking
for him without avail. 1t is feared
that he was either lost in one of the
swamps of eastern Sussex, probably
into quagmire, or was taken for a
Federal prohibition officer and killed.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
DEMOCRATS OUT FOR OFFICE
Planning For Convention to Nominate
Candidates and Adopt Platform
Lively Interest for U. S. Senafnr

Lively Interest for u. S. Senator
With the National Convention
matter of history, the Democrats Of
Delaware are now turning their at
tentiOn towards the State Convention
at which time the candidates for the
various National and State Offices will
be selected and the platform of the
party for the campaign in this State
adopted. While there has been very
few announcements of candidates for
the various offices up to the present
time, indications point towards an
ample supply of candidates being in
the field by the time the Convention
day arrives. The State Committee.
who will have charge of naming the
date for the Convention, have taken
no action in this matter yet but it is
presumed that the Convention will be
held during the latter part of August.
Candidates for the nomination for
United States Senator have been
quite active for sometime with the
result that each will have a following
in the Convention. Kent County has
a nominee in the person of Major
Richard R. Kenney and it is quite
probable that he will enter the Con-
ventiOn with the support of a large
portion of the Kent County delega-
ton. Sussex County has two candi-
dates for the nomination. Andrew ].
Lynch, who was the candidate for
Governor four years ago and James
NJ. Tunnel. According to the reports
that are coming from the lower Coun-
ty it would appear that Mr.. Tunnel
will have the larger following in the
Convention of the delegates from that
County. As far as could be learned
New Castle County will have no can
didates for this nomination. It is
also probable that Congressman w.
H. Boyce, Of Dover, will be unopposed
for the nomination for Representa-
tive in Congress should he desire to
be re-nOminated. The Congressman
is just completing his first term in
that Office and it has been customary
to return that official for a second
term. Of the State offices to be filled
the only one for which there has been
any candidates mentioned for the
nomination is that of Governor. Thus
far there has been two candidates
spoken of and they are both from
New Castle County. The many
friends of Joseph Bancroft of VIII
mingtOn, and Josiah Marvel, of rural
New Castle County are strongly urg-
ing that they be given the nomina-
ton. If both men toss their hats
into the ring it looks as though
there will be a lively contest in sight
for the nomination with the two lower
counties holding the balance of power.
Thus far there have been no candi-
dates brought forth for the nomina-
tions for Lieutenant Governor, Attor-
ney General, State Treasurer, and
State Auditor. The latter offices have
terms of two years, while the terms
of the Governor, Lieutenant Cover
nor and Attorney General are four
years.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
FLAMES TERRIFY PAIR HORSES

Load of Unthreshed Wheat Catches
Fire Near StiIlpOnd and Havoc Reins
Howard Toulson sent his team of
horses, hitched to a farm wagon, to
help his neighbor, Wallace Ford, near
Still Pond, Md, thresh wheat Satur-
day. While wheat was being pitched
to the thresher a spark from the en-
gine ignited the loaded wagon. The
horses became frightened and dashed
off, throwing the driver to the ground
They ran around in a circle until the
fire began to burn them, when they
dashed into a big rick of straw. The
straw was soon in a blaze. The horses
finally We're stopped and given aid
and it is thought their lives may be
saved.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
FIND DROWNED MAN ATLEIPsIC

Body Washed Ashore Sunday Night
But No Clue To Identity Discovered
The body Of a drowned man, ap-
parently middle-aged, was discovered
late Sunday night at the mouth of
Leipsic River, where it evidently had
been washed ashore after being in the
water for a week or more. Coroner
Jester was notified, as was also De-
putty Attorney General Wiley, as to
the disposition Of the body, which was
in badly decompOsed state. No clue
about the body could be found which
would indicate who he was.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
MAKE EFFORT TO GET MORE
WOMEN TURN OUT AND VOTE
HIGHWAY TRIP CONTEMPLATED
BY STATE WOMEN'S LEAGUE
Will Visit All the More Important
Towns in the State With the Hope
OF Stimulating More Interest


The Delaware League of Women
Voters, in order to stimulate voting
IN this State at the coming general
election, is planning a Get Out the
Vote highway tour starting Octo-
Der and continuing three davs. All
national organizations of women
throughout the country are being ask
ed to cooperate in this nationwide
movement. A caravan of automo-
biles, representing as far as possible
every civic and political organiza-
ton, will tour the State from Will
mngton to Lewes. The tour will
start with a mass meeting at Rodney
Square with prominent speakers re-
presenting the major political parties
and varied progressive business and
civic interests, and special features
will be used to direct attention to the
Importance of the individual vote. The
caravan will then proceed to the next
town, where arrangements will have
been made for a meeting. At the
county line delegation from Kent
County will meet the tourists and
conduct the speakers through Kent.
stopping at various towns, and the
same procedure will be followed at
the Sussex County line. Certain
speakers will make the entire trip.
but it is expected that each county
also will provide speakers. Candi-
dates who are running for Office will
be asked to speak in all parts of the
State. A committee headed by Miss
Matilda Seipp, Miss Frances Wilson.
Miss Clara Southwick and a commit
tee from Kent and Sussex counties
composed of Mrs. Georgia Pierce, Mil
ford; Mrs. l. w. Belts, Frederica. and
Miss Martha Good, Middletown, are
already at work on plans. Mrs. A.
d. Warner, president of the league,
has just received a copy of the resolu-
ton adopted by the. executive COM
mittee of the National League of Wo-
men Voters, which decries increased
military preparedness and the pro-
posed mobilization day, September 12,
which IS as follows: "Whereas. peace
by increased military preparedness is
being advocated in many quarters,
and Whereas, the executive COM
mittee Of the National League of
Women Voters believes that in other
countries this policy has proved un-
sound and, in reality, has been one of
the causes of war, and "Whereas,
mobilization of all of the citizens of
the country on a specified date has
been proposed; therefore be it Gre
solved, that the executive committee
OF the National League of Women
Voters, in meeting assembled, July
10, 1924, expresses the belief in ac-
cordance with the historical American
spirit of moderation that excessive
military and naval preparedness is
unwise and not in keeping with tradi-
tional American policies. The COM
mittee further reafirms its support of
the policy of international cO-opera-
ton for the peaceful settlement of
difficulties and emphasizes its belief
in the World Court, participation in
conferences and committees for the
elimination of the causes of war and
for the gradual reduction of arma-
ments by international agreement"
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
Miss EIva Griffin Buys a Home

Miss Elva Griffin, manager of the
Smyrna Exchange of The Diamond
State Telephone Company, has pur-
chased of Mrs. J. Newell LLOYD. the
property she and her parents have
been occupying on South Main street.
Miss Griffin is improving the property
with new porch and a bath.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
PARROTT ATTACKS MRS. CURRY
Mother of Mrs. w. G. Roe Has a Sim
gular Experience With NeighbOrs Bird

Mrs. Curry, mother of Mrs. Will
liam G. Roe, had singular accident
at her home, on South Main street,
Sunday. Mrs. Curry, who is an elder
ly woman, was in her yard when she
was attacked by the parrot of her
next door neighbor. Mrs Curry tried
to kick the parrot and drive it out
when it flew at her face, throwing her
down and biting her fingers and face.
She was rescued by her family before
she was seriously injured and the
vicious bird was taken home. Mrs.
Curry is in bed suffering from shock
and painful wounds.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
BATHING BEAUTIES HIT SNAG
st. Georges Residents Object to Alb
breviated Suits Worn on Street

breviated Suits Worn on Street
Since the cottages along the canal
above St.Georges have opened for the
summer, some of the more critical
tOwnfolk are complaining of the bath
ing 5fauties appearing in abbreviated
costumes in the business section of
the town. Several citizens entered
complaint to Magistrate Vinton, re-
questing that he take the situation in
hand, in consequence of which one Of
the bathing beauties was requested 10
APP Car before the magistrate in her
bathing suit. The magistrate after
due deliberation fined the fair damsel
s. As this trouo!e is a repetition of
last summer it Is hoped that the I'M
posing of fines viii cause the bathers
to be more careful of their attire,
particularly in St. Georges.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
FLEMINGS LANDING BRIDGE
Kent Levy Court Talks Over Repairs
and Orders Report Made

INVHI LtNy NOuTI inks Over Repairs
and Orders Report Made
AT the weekly session of Kent
County Levy Court, Engineer Gooden
was instructed to take up the matter
of the Fleming Bridge repairs with
the Levy Court of New Castle county
and report back to the court. En-
gineer Gooden was also instructed to
make an estimate and careful survey
Of the Muddy Branch and Green's
Creek Bridge and report back to the
court. Instructions were also given
the engineer to lay out and construct
a road to South Bowers Beach, the
cost not to exceed $1,000.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23

a, s,as' '5ss Gst. Si5Ti'.s si5 IS; Sunday
! .T,sa s'la @i,I ,RIeho6oth on iaalliy satur.
Peters ~ cSg,asl Ss held next sun
dolly Communion d. an5 nd
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
University S Birthday

The University will celebrate
its 131st birthady Saturday. In
the morning there will be eX-
ercises in Memorial Hall, and
in the afternoon a football game
with Trinity on Emerson Field,
Classroom work will be sus-
pended at half past ten o'clock,
and the whole University COM
munitY will assemble at the
Alumni building for a process
sion. The student band will lead
the way, and after them will
come trustees, alumni, the facul-
ty, and the student body arrang-
ed by classes.
President Chase and Secre-
tary Of State w. N. Everett will
deliver the speeches in Memorial
Hall. Patriotic songs will be
sung, and the band will play,
Alumni associations all over
the country will hold meetings
on this day. Secretary Grant of
the central association has re-
ceived reports Of fifty gather
ings to be held in North Caro-
lima and about twenty-five in
other states.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
Carriages AstOunded Knox

Edward NJ. Knox, the town
manager, went to Montreal re-
Gently to the convention of the
international Association of
City Managers. One of the
things that impressed him was
the statute ~forbidding automo-
biles in the city's big park. The
park is on a hill in the middle
Of the city. The Montreal peo-
pie gave the delegates a luncheon
there, and the visitors rode up
the hill in about 200 old-fash-
i0ned horse-draWn carriages.
Mr.. Knox, being one of the
youngest municipal managers
in the world, can hardly remem-
Der the time when horse-drawn
passenger vehicles were not
curiosities, and so this sight
astounded him. At one of the
sessions of the convention he
read paper on the upkeep of
asphalt pavement, drawn from
his experience of three years
of work with asphalt in the city
Of Norfolk before he came here
TO the University One Of the
documents Mr.. Knox brought
back with him was a booklet,
issued by the Montreal NUM-
cipality, containing information
about the city. Two or three
pages of this volume are given
over to the advertisements of
wine, beer and whiskey sold at
the Canadian government dis
pensaries. The government does
the selling, at prices fixed by
itself, and the manufacturers
advertise their various brands
without mentioning prices. The
dispensaries are kept open at
stated hours, but are closed on
Sundays and holidays.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
Mrs. Koch In Tornado
House Where She Lived in Path
of a Furious Storm

Mrs. Frederick Fl. Koch took
her baby and went down to Beau.
fort for rest and quiet, and a
tornado came and blew off the
roof and porches of the house
where she was living.
The windows of her room
were shattered, and the broken
glass fell all over the baby's
/ bed. But a nurse girl snatched
up the boy in time and got it
out Of the room to safety.
This happened in the furious
storm that swept the North
Carolina coast last week.
"All the night before, it blew
a terrific gale" Mrs. Koch
writes her husband" and when
| went down to breakfast this
morning Mr.. Mebane, the editor,
said; Go out and look at the
water-it's a great sight l
stood out on the porch a few
minutes and then went to the
breakfast table. | had left the
nurse sitting by the baby up
stairs.
Half way through breakfast
a tornado so feet wide hit the
house and, believe me, we all
called on God for protection.
The roof was lifted off the whole
upper front veranda, and part
ofsthe lower was demolished and
the windows broken.
When | jumped up from the
table to run upstairs a travelling
man in the next seat tried to
stop me, but | showed him aside
and went on. Glass went all
over the bed where the baby lay,
but the nurse had got him out
Of danger.
: THE little summer house
nearby, where we We're last year,
blew into a million pieces. The
old cedar tree was splintered
into kindling wood. Two auto
mobiles standing in front of the
house were partly wrecked. |
am at the Manson house, and
all is calm now"
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
Dock Sparrow Looks Well

Dock Sparaow, who went off
to a sanatorium 8 months ago,
is back again at his home three
or four miles south of Chapel
Hill. He has put on much flesh
and his friends are congratulat-
ing him on his improved health.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
Old House Comes Down

The wreckers have got to
work on the old house next to
the Episcopal church-the form
er Alexander, Balm, and Bullitt
homeland are preparing the
site for the women's building
of the University. Great piles of
crushed stone, for the concrete
foundations of the new struc-
ture, are lying on the lot, and
construction. will begin soon.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
Chapel Hill Chaf

On the campus I chanced !tc
meet Rev. B. J. Howard with
books under his arm. He was
smoking a pipe and his face and
bearing were as youthful as
those of many of the students
round about. He told me he was
taking two courses in the Uni
versity: Greek and philosophy.
The Chapel Hill post-office
seems to be a breeding ground
for lawyers. c. H. Dearman, who
worked there while he was an
undergraduate student, has en-
tered the University law school.
Paul Thompson, who used to
be a member of the force, be-
came a law student. And now
there is a report, say the postal
workers, that E. C. Wilkie, who
recently. resigned as assistant
postmaster and started fruit,
Wiene and fish business, is think
ing of entering the legal profess
sion.
An editor has certain pet
worries, and one of mine is the
name of the University's pro-
fessor of music. l am always in
fear of getting it wrong, and
sometimes do. The correct name
is Paul John Weaver. Ii in a
hurry I am apt to write it John
Paul. The famous sea-dog, John
Paul Jones, is responsible for
his. II try to say the name of
The Admiral and then to rem
ember that yours is the op-
posite," l told Mr.. Weaver re-
Gently. "Oh, don't mind, IS far
as | am concerned" he answer
ed. I'm so accustomed to hav-
ing my name garbled that |
hardly recognize myself when it
appears in proper form. The
Admiral messed things up for
=. Continued on page -
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
BransOn to Speak on Ports

Under the auspices of the
Community Club, E. c. Bran
son, head of the University's
department of rural social econ
omics, will speak about Ports
and Terminals tomorrow (Fri-
day. evening in the Sunday
school room of the Presbyterian
church. He will explain the
measure, providing for bond
issue, that is to be voted on
next month.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
rabbit" Bonner Wins Prize

Rabbit Bonner, the varsity
football player, has won the
prize offered by W. P. Jordan
for nal ling the big new bus that
plies between Chapel Hill and
Durham. Carolina King" is the
name he suggested, and it will
be painted on the side Of the
bus. Mr.. BOnners reward is a
book of ten round-trip tickets.
The Chapel Hill weekly. [volume] (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972, 1924-10-09
TOWN MAY PAVE
BUSINESS BLOCK
Prospect of Improvement From
PoSt-Office Westward to
Andrews Corner
PETITION is NECESSARY

Franklin street from the post
office to Andrews corner-the
business section of Chapel Hills
main throughfare-may be paw
ed from curb to curb in the next
few months.
1t all depends upon whether
or not 81 per cent of the proper
ty owners are willing to stand
their share of the cost.
+ The practice relating to the
cost of such street improve
ments is the same here as it is
in many other towns: The NUM-
cipality as whole pays third,
the property on one side of the
street pays a third, and the
property on the other side pays
a third. But before the work
can be put under the aldermen
must receive petition signed
by 81 per cent Of the whole num-
Der of owners affected, and these
81 per cent must own at least
that proportion of the total
frontage.
The University, which owns
two plots on the south side of
Franklin street, is willing to pay
its share, and w. S. Robertson,
president of the Chapel Hill In
surance and Realty Company,
who controls a frontage of sew
eral hundred feet. favors the
paving plan, The directors of
the Bank of Chapel Hill have
voted their approval. How other
owners stand upon7t the question
is not yet determined.
Town Manager Knox has es-
timated that the cost of the two
strips of pavement, on both
sides of the central concrete
strip which the State Highway
Commission laid three years
ago, will cost about $4,000 Thus
the addition to the tax rate
would have to be sufficient only
to take care of a $4,000 bond is
sue. The assessment upon the
property owners would be spread
over a ten-year period. For ex-
ample, if an owners share came
to $500, the first year he would
have to pay a $50 installment
and interest on the remaining
balance Of $3.50, or a total of
%87. Each following year, with
the payment Of an installment
Of the principal the interest
oLor,ro ,,on11 1oarorq,o 60
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Ruth Draper

SNAAANAA1AA1 N0SU w nave q sung
the refrain of which ran: "Ain't
it funny what a difference just
a few hours make" | recall this
in connection with an episode in
, the life of Ruth Draper, the
gifted artist who appeared in
| Memorial Hall Tuesday night
in a series of her famous charac-
ter sketches.
One night a few years ago she
was sitting in her tiny room in
| a lodging house in London
lonely, somewhat discouraged,
wondering if she hadn't better
pack up and board a boat for
home. She had gained a little
measure of renown in America
by her impersonations, but in
the British capital she was un-
known. The life of the monster
city surged about her and buried
her as it buried millions of other
struggling human atoms. The
next night at the same hour she
was seated in a corner of the
reception room of Lord Curzon
in conversation with King
Alfonso of Spain while lords
and ladies of England-the
cream of the British aristo-
cracy-stood off and cast ad-
miring and envious eyes upon
her. Jewels enough to finance a
war glittered under the lights.
The girl who sat with the King
had no jewels, but she wore a
modish Partisan evening gown
the only evening gown in her
possession, as she informed her
friends afterward. Alfonso, the
guest of honor, turned his back
on the splendor and talked to
her for half an hour. 1t was her
night of triumph-the night
that she looks back to, now that
she has become celebrated over
two continents, as the greatest
of her career. No later honor
or reward ever brings the thrill
of the first dazzling success.
This was how it happened:
The Curzons had arranged the
party for the King, and almost
at the last minute they found
themselves in need of an enter
tainer. Perhaps an opera singer
they had engaged had developed
bad throat. Anyway, the noble
lord and his noble lady were,
as the classic phrase expresses
it, up tree. A friend who had
heard Miss Draper told them a.
bout her. So they sought her
out and invited her to the party.
Except for the royal functions
at Buckingham Palace, it was
such a resplendent gathering as
even London seldom sees. Dur
ing the dinner Miss Draper was
a guest like the others, but after
ward, when she had been in
troduced by the host, she took
The floor. And she made a COM
plete capture. In a few days the
news of the reception accorded
to her, and of the impression
her performance had made up
on the King, had spread abroad.
And then the London theatre
managers were at her feet. The
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