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Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
SMYRNA RIVER JETTY CASE
Builders Seek to Recover S6,299 From
U. S. Government on Contract

Builders Seek to Recover S6,299 From
U. S. Government on Contract
Seeking to collect S6,299 with in
terest from January %, 1924, for SER
vices in the building for the United
States Government at the mouth Of
the Smyrna river, the S. p. Bowers
Company, a Delaware corporation,
has filed suit in the United States
District Court against Lewis Boyer
and N. P. Rasmussen, Of Philadelphia
trading as the Central Ship Repair
Company, and the National Surety
Company, of New York. John R.
Nicholson, Of Wilmington, represents
the Bowers Company. The Bowers
Company was sub-contractors on the
work and the suit if brought in the
name of the United States of Ameri-
ca under the act of Congress for the
protection of persons furnishing ma
terials and labor for the construction
of public works. The National Surety
Company went on the bond of the
general contractors, the bond being in
the sum of $20,000 The contract has
been completed to the satisfaction of
the government and the money paid
to the General Ship Repair Company,
but the money due the Bowers Com
pany as sub-cOntractors under the
general contractors has never been
paid, it is claimed.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
THEFT OF ? AUTOS IN SMYRNA
Sedans of Ralph BOyles and Clarence
BOyles, Stolen By Breaking Garages


Smyrna has been stirred by two
automobile robberies the past week,
Friday night, between midnight and
morning, the garage of Ralph Boyles,
the painter, in the rear of his resi-
dence on West Commerce Street, was
broken into by tearing away the lock
and his Ford Sedan stolen. No clue
has developed despite the united eff
forts of local and State police auth
critics. Sunday night, or Monday
morning the garage of Clarence
BOyleS, the express man, situated in
the rear of his residence, corner of
Commerce and High Streets, was
broken into and entered and his Ford
Sedan stolen. The thief or thieves
cut the lock and finding the Ford Sc
dan locked with chain lock, they cut
the chain. Mr.. Boyles, up to this
writing despite his efforts, has been
unable to get any clue leading to the
recovery of his car. Smyrna up un-
til the theft last year of the Samuel
j. Cole, Jr., car in the same neighbor-
had, had been but little annoyed over
auto thefts. and now the community
is up in arms over the two recent af-
fairs. 1t is hoped the officers will run
the cases down and apprehend the
guilty parties.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
~ CONING TO SMYRNA
|s. o'nerS Wild Animal Circus,
De unusual, Here Ann Dc

''nsfS Wild Animal Circus,
y" BE Unusual, Here Aug. 26
l,sa q n, mere about circus that
i \ |. 'leod 10 Of a healthy person 4?
e,,1 Hla1 makes you restless
n bO On Your tiptoes when YOU
u 4. galll coming up the street.
se M o1l,' music with a swing and
! ssyS eaiy heard in circus bsnSg ?
M u, elrcuses are all alike. and
d sSI ne one you have seen them
~. sall you walk fast-or '1,e,,, o,,a,l
sS r. a. I! !ne heat of the day in
a MN N miss one bit Of the street
o. N.Y.. ns DO you do it? Think
gs't ,a y you will 20 to the
" II, no 70 take the children ',,r or
n sase go's some dear one in
gssssss ss'Ig and you did not want
loc,..itA s Aer. It's all right ""t,o to
/, s',s,l, 'sr.. almost 4 everybody lsi,' has ~
n ! in 1sl1' thing time and TCp' tiroS iros
sa RI. M ! oe human when @GoId. old
a.. iVar Ring Trained WILL
lg,1't' ae'' is, ! in Smyrna D on Tua1l %l.u
Sss' 4 soth' and have a GOOD
ID t5sv sleuses do not come eCJH Of
d S.,3le are not expensive. sHll'' 81 81
lsas5' ''as1 9S.1, Bros Big Four
\ IA N W @ild Animal Circus1 OjD II
ID n S.. throw trouble to tba ~
\ n pri.s' peanuts to the elenb,rto d She
\ ID I. are the order for ol,ati's, tSis
lsas,p Program entertaiOins iO5 Silio Is
s Is assured. ''''''ig 70
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
FIND SKELETON NEAR BOWERS
Road Contractors, Building Road Over
Marsh, Make a GruesOme Find


Marsh, Make a GruesOme Find
Kent County Engineer Gooden and
a force of wOrkmen, who are building
a road over the marsh near Bowers
Beach, ran into an unexpected object
last week when about three feet down
a perfectly formed skeleton which in
an excellent state of preservation, was
found, the teeth especially being solid
and in position. The body when dug
into, showed no signs of a box or
coffin and the feet seemed g elevated
considerable from the other part of
the body. A physician who was close
by, was called to examine the skele-
ton, but he could not detect whether
it was that of a man or woman, white
or black.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
FF1 GRAPE VINEYARDS
'EGIIgDN TO GROWERS
=, oF VARIOUS METHODS
] ~ ~ SPRAYING STUDIED
,tRB. Chase Near Dover
y. ~ y , Plot of 25 Acres De-
l1II ps,t. Yield Will be Big

~ y Plot of 25 Acres De-
ri Rest: Yield Will be Big
n br Dean c. A. McCue, DR..
n T,rr; and Prof. L. R. Detgen,
sg-i Agricultural Department of :. IL the
.,ir Of Delaware, about fifty
,r ,,rsrs Friday made a tour of
IN Of vineyards in Kent cOun-
\. pupose was to observe the
Il tbe various methods en-
spraying and Of the pre-
,Ib black rot and any other di-
,-sralent throughout the vine
Tho first vineyard inspected
/. nm was that of Ed Willin
rs Of the largest vineyards in
univ i, located. The entire
=, found to be in a very good
IN. with very little evidence of
d The vineyard Of S. J. Hall
VT visited, where spraying
-tstions for black-rot control
sn conducted by the Agricul-
r,rariment Station for several
Conditions were found to be
,n. with Indications of a very
MI, J. H. Hipwell was the next
III be visited. Mr.. Hipwell
n using an oil spray this sea-
Fh very gratifying results,
slowed the spray to be effec-
he vineyard of John NJ. Roe
led a new aspect to the culture
lss for Mr.. Roe has the entire
Ind set with concrete posts, the
asye grower in the state to use
Method.
lion With Instructive Addresses
y forenoon completed, the party
tna to Dover, where luncheon
lsTed and several speeches were
.gN at the dinner. Among those
,s;lg the group were Dean Nc
Tho spoke on the necessity of
.ll.ng the future of the grape
E1Y and Of being ready to take,
\ early stages, any disease that
he harmful to grape growing.
Eeaker further outlined certain
-d essential to the full develop
ii the industry within the state.
COsden, president of the Kent
I! Farm Bureau, outlined the
Cooperative Grape Growers As
an, stating what it expected to
-lhsh and mentioned activities
II Undertaken. DR.. Manns con-
rs address almost entirely to
inject Of black rot and its con-
'aelg out the entire history of
lease from its inception in Del
sni Of the various methods en-
/ Il checking its spread. Dur
2 afternoon the vineyards of
Asserting and DR.. Alfred
we're visited, to observe the re-
'4ned where dust sprays had
isd on the grapevines during
-'ie season. Many worthwhile
! Fe'e found. The Agricultural
mental Station and County
{ Russell Wilson have been con
Z series Of fertilization and
y demonstrations in the vine
Y y ". Taylor. Here the in
= iound the results obtained
'.9sC' to black rot had been the
inclusive Of those secured in
lHious year.
''l'lsd Vineyard Given B.Chase
y. rs handled vineyard found on
|. ...s y, Iour was that of B. B.
& I all the crop showed every in
\ y y oelng the largest per acre
I I, ID 'ae state. Not only will
y ] / yield of some four or five
\ .le acre, and there are some
n. s...'e acres in the vineyard. but
y, ! y Is entirely free from disease
! ae finest quality.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20
Smyrna Schools Omen september 8

To give more of an opportunity to
enjoy Labor Day and not hurry teach
ers and pupils back, Supt. Schantz
and the local Board Of Education have
fixed the opening day for schools for
Wednesday, September 8.
Smyrna times., 1924-08-20

Continued on Fifth Page
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Woman Yields Razor,
Killing Four Children
And Ending Own Life

MANGUM, Okla, Sept. 29.-ThS
bodies Of Mrs. j. A. Melton and her
four children, their threats cut.
were found lying close together in
one room by j. A. Melton, a farmer,
when he retired to his home five
miles southeast of here late Satur-
day night. All were dead.
Officers who investigated the
deaths said the razor was found
clasped in one hand OF the dead
woman. 1t is their theory that Mrs.
Melton slew the children and then
took her own life. She is said to
have been mentally deranged for
some time.
Melton left his home about
o'clock Saturday afternoon, remains
ing in Mangum until late that eve-
ming. he told officers.
A finger print expert from the
state reformatory at Granite, called
to the scene, examined the razor and
the room, stating .afterward that the
finger prints on furniture and the
razor were those OF the dead woman.-
Mrs. Melton repeatedly had de-
clared to her husband that some.
body was coming to murder u.s." ha
told officers. He said he had gone
to Mangum to take his shotgun and.
leave 1t with friend, fearing his
wife might attempt to take her life.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
OUR HOUSEHOLD
CONDUCTED BY LIZZIE o. THOMAS

inch pot for one bulb. The good
Dutch sort. and a six-inch pot for
three bulbs. l don't advise more
than three in a pot, one Looks a
little lonely, unless there is a proba-
bility of more than one bloom.
If you have never tried freesias
DO so this time, they are such a sat
isfactory bloomer, and the fragrance
can not be compared with any other
flower Half a dozen small bulbs
can be placed in the four-incL pots.
Use good garden soil, and before
you put any in the pot be sure to
invert a piece of broken china, or
anything that will keep the drain
open, then plant whatever you have
decided on and set them in a dark
place. The pots do best buried in
soil that can be kept damp, with the
entire pot buried at least three
inches deep. A shed will be fine
to bury them in if you have one
that is convenient. Then, with the
pots at that depth in the ground
you can get as many out as you
need and have succession of
blooms all winter. The earlier flow
ering bulbs should be left in storage
from five to six weeks, then they
must be brought gradually to the
light. the tops at first will be
blanched, and the gradual bringing
to the light gives them the right
green. When they get green put
them in the window, and be sure
to turn every day, they grow lop-
sided, and the blooms are not up
right unless they are turned. Daffo-
dis Will also bear crowding, and
are a beautiful addition to the ia
BILE in the living room. Once I saw
some lovely, hyacinths in ordinary
caro- buckets. The girl said that she
had no pots, so she painted che cans.
\ dime paid for the pot OF paint. and
l thought that she showed her sense,
for some people would have said
that If they could not get the pots
they would do without the flowers
The little grandson that is with
us often brings in flowers of the
commonest weeds. and he has never
suspected that they were not eX-
actly the ones for the table. Gull
tivate a, sense Of beauty in the chill
dren about you No matter what
Il child brings YOU be sure to show
aDDreCia ton
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02

from Times Square was asked how
much it cost a young man to enter
tain her for an evening.
The cheapest would be-" she said
after contemplation, ''$3 for a table
de hote dinner; 81 for a movie; so
cents for ice cream and probably
$3.50 taxi fare"
That totals $3.50.
But" she quickly added, 81
wouldn't tolerate him long if that
was the procedure every time he
sees me. 1 want to go to a road
house, the theater, Or supper club
at least once a, week"
A Broadway Beau Brummel Of yes
terday recalled for prices Of rs years
ago.
well" he stroked his wrinkled
chin, Il used to feel like real
spender when I started out with SO
in my pocket. There were no autos
in those days and the horse cars
were good enough for anybody.
THAT cost 20 cents. A dinner at
SO was the best there was and if
you tipped anybody more than %
cents you ran the risk of being pub
licly kissed. Theater tickets al S so
apiece were top prices. Let's see.
that totals $685.. One evening of
this a week was considered a treat
for an girl.
you weren't chased from her door
step if you provided it only once a
month. And she would wait for
you too, Those were the days when
you could go it in the parlor and
take a dollars worth of candy with
you and interest each other with
conversation. But there are no par
lors in the apartments they build
today"
A wild night midst the bright
lights. that cost 500 today could be
had for SIS in those days.
IF YOU wanted to put on a big
splurge," old timer explained, you
hired horse drawn coach for 81;
your dinner cost you So more; the
theater was SO and an after theater
party with wine and all was high
at So"
Miss Allison explains from the
girls viewpoint that although a man
with bullying pocketboOks is not
scOrned, as soon as a girl becomes
properly interested in a man she i'm
mediately becomes miserly and in
sists on helping him save money.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Boys Taught Thievery
By a Modem "Fagin, .
Augusta Police Say

AUGUSTA. Ga, Sept. Sol. I.
Glaze, held al police headquarters
on a charge of attempted burglary,
is alleged by city detectives to be
a modern "Fasin," who trained boys
in thievery for his own profits.
Two small boys. caught in the
act of trying to break a lock at a
downtown place of business, are
said TO have told juvenile court Of
ficials that Glaze offered them fifty
cents each to break the lock so that
he could enter the place and steal
some tools. 1t is said that the boys
were seen TO confer with Glaze
when their first attempt proved
futile.
Further questioning is said by
officers to have revealed that Glaze
has two boys of his own. and that
he has been training them to steal.
Glaze offered as an aibi for his
boys that he had sent them home
from a theater on the night of the
alleged attempted burglary. but the
two boys caught with him said
Glaze's boys We're sent home mere
ly 10 keep them out of the affair
At hand say the officers.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
AMERICA BENEFITS
BY WORLD FLIGHT.
HUGHES DECLARES

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20.-The
round the-worId flight of the army
aviators has accomplished results of
IN international aspect, in the opin-
ion of Secretary Hughes.
"The establishment Of friendly
contacts in the various countries Wis
ited," he said in letter to Secre-
tary Weeks, 'the strength and eff
ficiency of the air service which the
flight evidenced, and the new pres
tiGe which the filters have brought to
sur flag will have a far-reaching eff
feet on the international relations of
this country, the benefit Of which
cannot be overestimated."
Mr.. Hughes extended the congrat-
uiatiOns of the state department and
expressed deep admiration for the
courage perseverance and eXtraor-
binary skill of the fliers."
Replying to the secretary Of state,
Assistant Secretary Davis said:
''The war department felt that the
flight is a scientific achievement of
a high order, made by a little band
of Well-trained. energetic army men,
who are carrying on in our time the
pioneer work done by their predeces-
sors of former generations Our mil
itary personnel is thereby rendering
the same service to the world at
large as was performed bs our from
tier troops when they opened up the
west, and. established the overland
trails and assisted in the develop
ment of the transcontinental rail
way systems. Lieutenant Smith and
his |collea CUES are fitting successors
to Lewis and Clark"
Secretary Weeks sent the follow
ing telegram to Lieutenant Lowell H.
Smith, commander of the flight:
CONGRATULATIONS to you and your
comrades on being the first to fly
around the world. Our people re-
jOice that you are Americans. The
war department and the army of the
United States are proud that you
are American soldiers"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
DOROTHY DIX DISCUSSES LIFE
TALKS ON HEART AND HOME

as he is, and realize that he is one
of the men who say it with cash, in
stead of words, and that a man who
tolls like a slave to keep his wife
soft and comfortable gives about the
best proof of devotion there is. Also
she might reflect that fine houses
and Paris clothes and cars and
travel compensate for the lack of a
lot of flowery love-making'
And, in like manner, the woman
who is married to the man who is
tender and considerate and compane
ionable, but who has no gift OF
money-making, has no need to envy
her sister who is welded to money
bag There are mighty few mar
riages that do not offer a consola-
ton prize to those who are willing
to accept their husbands and wives
as they are, instead of demanding
perfection of them.
Age, which is woman's bitterest
foe, can also be robbed Of its terror
by the woman who accepts it. 1t is
the effort to deceive people into
thinking she is thirty-f1ve instead of
fifty-five; it is the strain of trying
to appear young and gay instead of
settled and middle-aged; it is the
semi starvation Of trying to attain a
Willowy figure; it is the hair dye
and the paint, and the eXhausting
effort of keeping up a perpetual
camouflage that makes growing old
an agonizing process to women.
But, when they welcome age as a
friend, instead of fighting with it as
a foe, it loses all Of its horrors. No
woman ever knows the. peace that
passes understanding until she gives
up the struggle to appear young, and
let's out her corset strings and puts
on low-heeled shoes that are big
enough for her feet and eats what
she likes and wears what she pleas
es, because she knows that no man
is going to look at her twice, and
she doesn't care whether he does
or not.
You can take the sting out of pow
erty by simply accepting it, There
is lot Of fun and comfort and free
dom in being frankly poor. The
simple life is the easy life. Plain
food is better than made dishes. A
little house is easier to keep than a
big house.
Fine furniture, fine clothes involve
endless work and worry When you
go into society you cannot choose
your company, nor avoid being
bored. The man and woman who
have tiny house, few belongings,
who do not bother about the fash
ions, and who can pick their friends,
nave much to be thankful for.
The poverty that gals is the gem
teel poverty that pretends to be
riches. 1t is the poverty that tries
to keep up with people with ten
times it's income that starves itself
to giveS an occasional dinner, that
pubs down the blinds to hide the
worn place in the carpet, that is tor
mented by the bill collector, and that
eats its heart out in envy of the
better Off
What a pity that we have not
sense enough to quit kicking against
the pricks. There is such peace and
comfort when we surrender to the
inevitable.
DOROTHY DIX.
Copyright, 1920
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
Get Your Winter Bulbs


l hope that a number of YOU who
| have never tried to have bulbs bloom
in the house will resolve right now
to try them this year. If you live
near 2 florist, you are fortunate, for
there is nobody more accommodate
ing, as a rule, than people who deal
with plants. They are glad to find
4 kindred soul, and will take all sorts
of trouble to show you the right
way. AS there are many of The
Journal readers who will not have
that pleasure, l am going to tell you
some of the things / have learned
about bulbs in winter.
First, l advise you to get your
bulbs early, and if YOU want them
for the holiday season, now is the
time. There are two methods, and
if YOU live where there is not any
steam heat. and Il probability of Il,
stiff freeze before they have doomed,
1t is safer to use pots. l always risk
some in Water-it is not expensive
and they are such a pleasure to have
in sight all the time. But last year
mine troze, right in the living room
and on the hearth. We thought the
oak Goals, banked as they were,
would keep the water at the right
temperature, but it did not | think
III set them in the incubator this
year. L like tulips in the yard. They
are too stiff for pots in the house,
unless YOU have a large box in the
window. Polyanthus narcisSus are
the hardest for all PURPOSES, and,
think, best for ones first trial Next
come hyacinth, and by all means
have some frizias. All of these grow
in water II YOU decide on the
water culture, get cheap glass dishes
that will hold a quart of water, not
TOO deep, and YOU may put five me-
dunn sized bulbs in one Pretty
stones, or if YOU cannot get the
stones, ask the florist from whom
You order The bulbs to include
enough moss or fibre for YOU TO put
in the dishes. That keeps the flow
erS from topping over. Fill with
water after YOU have placed the
bulbs and the moss. Set in a darlS
place for TWO or three weeks. when
the sprouts are two or three inches
Ions, and it Will test YOUR patience
TO wait for the first appearance. nut
1em in a sunny window. but it must
not be 4 warm room. Don't forget
TO keep the water around the bulbs,
and let il be tepid when You add it
for that viii not lessen the tempera-
ture nor check the root growth.
After u day or so put in the sun
shine.
When YOU have them potted and
right here is where the florist advises
caution. He says that freesias. snow
( drops and crocus can he put in four
/ inch pots. but hyacjnthS need five
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
CRIME COST IN i. s.
HAS REACHED PEAK.
IS BANKERS REPORT

CHICAGO, Sept. 29.-The cost of
crime in the United States has reach
ed its highest point, as much as the
annual budget of the nation, which
was more than three and a half bill
lions of dollars, according to a re-
| port which has been prepared by the
protective committee Of the Amen-
can Bankers association. Prelimi-
nary sessions of the fiftieth annual
convention Of the association were
being held today.
Elimination of politics from police
affairs will be urged by the commit
tee and speakers; and creation of
state police in those states without
them will be recommended.
FOreeries, according to insurance
estimates included in the report, may
reach 500, 900 for 1924, though
the net loss not covered by insur-
Iance probably will not be above $780,
900.
Holdups have nearly doubled, ac-
cOrding to the report, which con-
tains warning to banks not MEM
bers of the association showing that
since the protective department was
organized non-member banks have
been the victims of $500 burglaries.
with a loss of about $4,000 ,000 while
member banks have had $500 burgla-
ries with a cash loss of about ST.
100000.
The last few months have demon
strated that the prices of farm prod
ucts have been weighted down by
comparatively small surplus, ac-
cording to George f. Roberts, vice
president of the National City bank,
Of New York. With the restoration
of normal industrial conditions in
Europe, he believes, the increased
demand from that quarter, together
with the increasing demand from
our own growing population, will
maintain a higher level of prices
hn,.nn
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-10-02
100000 Fund
Left to Disabled Vets
By Lolita Crabtree

BOSTON, Sept. ga trust fund
d $2,0O0,000 for disabled veterans CT
the world war and for wives, moth
FRS and other dependents is created
by the will Of Lolita Crabtree, the
actress who died here last Thursday
which was filed for probate today.
Additional requests aggregating
close to two millions bring the tota!
estate left by the actress to charities
TO almost $4,000,000.
The trust fund for veterans and
their dependents will be admins
tered by three trustees, General
Clarence r. Edwards, Z. S. A., re-
tired, Judge William c. Waite of
the superior court, and William A
Morse, Of this city, attorney for
Miss Crahtree. She left detailed in
structions AS to her wishes for car
rying out the provisions Of the will