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Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
GEO. W. CULVER, LAUREL, DEAD
Body of Alfred Jefferson, a Retired
Sailor, Brought Home For Burial

The death of George w. Culver oc-
CURED at his home on Tuesday of last
week as a result of an attack of pneu-
monia. The deceased was 68 years
of age and had lived his entire life
around the Laurel community He is
survived by his wife, Ella, two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Herman Smith and Mrs.
Cook O'Neal, both of Laurel, and two
sons, Albert, Of Wilmington, and Har-
ley, of Laurel. The funeral was held
Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the home with Rev. A. w. Ewell, pas
tor of the Methodist Protestant
Church officiating The burial took
place in l. o. o. F. Cemetery.
The remains of Alfred jefferson, a
former resident of Sussex will be
taken to Laurel Friday from Staten
Island, New York, where he died at
the age of 70 years. He was a re-
tired sailor. The funeral and burial
took place at Concord, Friday after
noon, with Rev. E. H. Marshall, pas
tor of the NJ. E. Circuit of Seaford
officiating. He is survived by two
children, Mrs. Annie Armstrong and
Frank Jefferson Of Laurel.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
FARMERS DAY. AT UNIVERSITY
Agrarians of State to Hear Reviews
of Latest Agricultural Methods

The annual Farmers Day" at the
University of Delaware Farm, at
Newark, will be held on Tuesday,
August 5. AS usual the gathering
will be a basket picnic. Dean McCue
has secured for speakers C. r. Titlow,
president of the Federal Farm Loan
Bank, at Baltimore, and George Far
rell, of the U. S. Department of Ag-
riculture. Mr.. Titlow spoke at the
Farmer-Bank Conference held in
Newark in June and created a very
favorable impression. Mr.. Farrell
was for some years national leader
of Boys and Girls Club work in the
United States, and is at present Fed
eral agent in charge of Agricultural
Extension work for a group of States
in the Central West. The annual
junior short course for the annual
junior short course for boys and girls
also begins on Tuesday and the date
selected for Farmers Day will per-
nit many parents to bring with them
the children who are to attend the
I junior short course. An added fea-
ture is that the day will be the Of
ficially recognized trip for high schoo,
boys taking vocational agriculture il
the high schools of the State. Direc-
tor Helm is working out a program
for these boys at the University Farm
during Farmers Day." OrcharC
men will be interested in some of tht
fruit spraying tests, the peach nitro
gen fertilizer blocks, and the variet!
archards. Grape growers should b.
interested in the variety vineyard
while the fertility rotation plots viii
be of interest to general farmers
Fifteen years results on these plot
have just been completed and pub
lished, and the results will be explain
ed by the Agronomy Department
Stock raisers and others will be inter
ested in the swine and cattle herds
The swine plant has been replanne
since last year, and the system o
management should appeal to no
raisers. The poultry plant will b
open to inspection and the Superin
tendent, Mr. MumfOrd, will be on han
to answer questions. The speakin
program will begin at 1.30 p. m. an
the general inspection of the farr
will take place from 10 a. m. unit
lunch time. The University author
tiles are hoping for a large attenC
| ance.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
First Diuorce Court

The first divorce court In England
was instituted in 1853. The court con-
sisted Of three judges. At the first
sitting five marriages were dissolved,
and in the first year Of the courts op-
GRAFTON 3s divorces were granted out
of 28S petitions. From the time OF the
Reformation up to 1858 there had
been but 317 divorces in England,
granted by acts Of parliament. Until
the passing Of the divorce act In 1858
the theory in English law regarding
divorce was the same as that of the
Roman Catholic church, although in
practice this rule was not strictly adj
hered to, and wealthy and influential
persons, through parliament, secured
freedom from CALLING ties. The divorae
act provided that the wronged hus-
band could be released from his obli-
CATION to an unfaithful wife, but gave
no such recourse to an injured wife
unless the husbands offense in this
direction was aggravated by other Of
fanneA
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23
estimate 11s.64s Yoters in state

The National League of Women
Voters is planning an active cam
paign to get out voters in the Novem-
Der election. In a booklet given out
recently various plans We're suggest
ed to arouse interest in the campaign
and to bring out the voters. Various
states are quoted, many of which
adopted songs. Practically all of the
Atlantic seaboard states are referred
to as to slogans, except Delaware.
The league is stressing the number
of absent voters in the last national
campaign and estimates the total
possible vote in Delaware this No
vember is 118,648. The league points
out that according to the 1920 census
the total population in the State over
q years of age was 136,521 and that
there were 1928 not naturalized and
otherwise disqualified. The total vote
at the November election of 1920 was
94,91O in the State and according to
the estimates made, contemplate an
increase of 23,729 voters more than
at the 1920 election in the State. 1t
is also estimated that 1884 stay-at-
homes and other absentees failed to
vote in Delaware in 1920.
Smyrna times., 1924-07-23

subserved. l may say that if the
Democratic State convention should
nominate me for United States Sen
ator unsOught, would accept the
nomination"
Evening star., 1924-04-27

Ferns Indoors brighten things up
when growing in an attractive Fern
erie like this. OF fiber reed, In baronial
brown finish, fitted with galvanized
pan. 81 inches wide. AS sketched.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Selecting the Hat

Men are just as vain when buying
hats as women, according to the OBJ
servations of several leading haber-
dashers of Boston. One mirror never
satisfies the man customers, but they
walk around to every mirror in the
establishment to get different views.
The average man tries on at least
ten hats before he makes a choice,
and some have been known to try
twenty-five. Unlike women, the men
generally do buy, once they have en-
tered a store.
And men are just as anxious for the
new styles as women. They are al
ways on the lookout for the latest
color and like to wear what the other
man Is wearing.
"Seventy-five per cent Of our Gus
toners buy gray hats while the re-
naming % per cent buy brown" said
a Boston haberdasher. MANY men
bring their friends with them when
buying to help them in a choice All
men would make better choices II
they took the salesman's advice about
what is becoming. Good statesmen
can usually guess mans hat size at
first glance and they always know
what is most ming."-Clothier
and Furnisher.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
IndomitabIe DouRhboy

John II. Quinn. head Of the Ameri-
can Legion, was recalling war mem
cries at bonus luncheon in San Fran
cisco.
"A captain one winter day." he said,
was inspecting the trenches. The
trenches were in dreadful state. The
doughboys waded round up to their
knees in mud and icy water.
''rhe wading captain stopped beside
a cheerful, red-faced doughboy who
was shaving himself.
Shaving, chr the captain said in
a voice fun of admiration and respect.
Eyes, sir chuekled the doughboy,
'and-if you don't mind, captain
you're standing in my shaving water
indianapolis News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
New Refrigeration Idea

Freezing with carbon dioxide Is a
new method of fish refrigeration being
tested at the Atlantic biological sta
ton In Canada. according to reports
received by the American Chemical
society. The use Of solid carbon d.
oxide. 1t is asserted, has several ad-
vantages. The lowering Of tempera-
ture by this means retards spelling,
and the cooling can be controlled with
in wide limits. The carbon dioxide
also excludes the air while the pene-
tration of the juices Of the fish by car
bon dioxide gas has an additional pre-
servative effect. Weight for weight
solid carbon dioxide has twice the
cooling power of artificial ice, and 1t
is believed that the cost Of production
can be kept down to about the same
figure.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Important for Radio

Most people, when they buy radio
sets, put up the best aerials they can.
Few, though. bother much about their
ground connection. Now the ground"
is almost as important an aid to
good reception as the aerial, says
Popular Science Monthly, and for this
reason you should spare neither pains
nor trouble in supplying it.
If possible, 1t should be a special
iron pipe, or plate, buried in the
ground few feet from the house, and
IL should be as close to your receiver
as you can get 1t. In other words, the
lower floor Of the house is the best To-
cation for radio set and the ground
connection should he made direct. moi
through = c"lnpleHity Of water pipes
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
SCHOLAR NOTED FOR
HIS ECCENTRICITIES
Many Amusing Stories Are
Told of Doctor Spooner.

The retirement of Rev. DR.. w. A.
SpoOner, the distinguished English his
torian, who has been successfully fel-
low, tutor and warden Of New college,
Oxford, has caused an outburst Of
anecdotes in the British press, for Doc
tor Spooner's habit Of interchanging
letters or syllables, with results that
were sometimes very amusing, is ia
nous wherever oxford men are found.
Indeed, the fame of "Spoonerisms"
eclipsed his very considerable fame as
a scholar, much to the ironic amuse-
ment OF the victim himself.
There is a good deal Of doubt as to
the authenticity Of many anecdotes
told about Doctor Spooner, but at least
the noun "Spoonerism" is enshrined
officially in the New English dictionary:
"Spoonerism Il. the name Of Rev.
W. A. Spooner-1s44). An accidental
transposition of the initial sounds or
other parts of two or more words"
and Oxford slang has known the word
joyfully for 50 years.
One of the most famous Spooner-
tsrls is said to have been uttered In
sermon which Doctor Spooner preached
at Oxford. "Ah, brethren" he said,
"are you never conscious Of a half
warmed fish within the breastf" Who
would recognize in that extraordinary
sentence a "half-formed wishT 1t was
Doctor Spooner who, at the conclusion
of the Oxford celebration Of Queen
victOria's jubilees, called for three
cheers for "our queer old dean"-an
honor which that functionary might
well have appreciated in spite OF the
adjective. but which did little honor to
the dear old queen" for whom the
celebration was held. 1t was Doctor
Spooner also who IN bicycling days Is
supposed to have dismounted to boil
his icicle"
One student of New college insisted
to his dying day that the warden had
rebuked him for lighting liars" in the
quadrangle, and there is a story that
he took his history class severely to
task for "hlssing all my mystery lee
fortunate graduate whose waste OF
time led to the accusation that he had
tasted two whole worms" Doctor
SpoOner Is said on one occasion to have
read out the first line Of the hymn,
"Conquering kings their titles take"
as "Kinkering kongs their titles take"
and to have proposed the royal toast
Gentlemen, the king" as "Kingle-
men, the gent" TO the mild dismay OF
the assemblage
Being kind-hearted and philosophic
person, the ex-warden Of New college
finds a quiet diversion in the gradual
multiplication of anecdotes about him.
nine tenths of which, needless to say,
are apOcryphal, though none the less
amusing for that trifling fact.-From
the Living Age.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Feats of Endurance
by Beasts of Burden

A well-bred Shetland pony is no
more than 40 inches in height, yet Is
capable of carrying on its back a full
grown man. Which is a proof that it
is not only size which counts in the
matter of strength.
Two animals that are much strong
er than is usually supposed are the
pig and the sheep. Bears have often
been broken to harness and have
been used for blowing, and on GER
tain Bedfordshire estate a large hog
has been trained as a saddle animal.
At the same place sheep have been
used for riding and were found quite
equal to bearing the weight Of full
grown man, says London Tit-Bits.
1t is not many years since oxen
were used for blowing in this country.
The present writer saw one Of the
last Jokes of oxen at work in an Ok
fordshire field within the last 20
years. Again, the little Indian or, the
zebu, is a capital draft animal and
can trOt at a merry pace.
Horses are plentiful on the eastern
plains of South America, but do not
do well in the Andes, where their
place as beasts of burden is taken by
mules and by the llama, large sheep
like creature with very long coat
Llamas will carry go to 80 pounds
apiece over the most appalling noun
tain passes on very little food
There is, however, one point to be
remembered about them. They are
dreadfully nervous creatures and they
will not stand being beaten or ILL.,
treated In the Andes they will work
for their owners and for nobody else.
The Lapps still use the reindeer as
a draft animal and a good reindeer
will pull a sleigh so miles a day. The
elk has been similarly used and was
found able to do journey Of 80 miles
in one day. This compares we'll with
the horse, for which the one-day rec
ord is little over a hundred miles
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Notice to Creditors

NOTICE is hereby given that the sub
scriber has obtained from the Orphans
Court Of Montgomery county. Md, letters
testamentary on the personal estate of
WILLIAM 7. BROWN
late of said Montgomery county. deceased,
All persons having claims against said de-
ceased are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with the vouchers thereof, TO the
subscriber. on or before the 9th day of
March. 1925; otherwise they may. by law.
be excluded from all benefit of said estate.
All persons indebted to said estate are
requested to make immediate payment.
Given under my hand this 9th day Of
September, 1924.
MARY CoNLEY BROWN.
sep l2-6t Executrix
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
ResOurcefuI Employee

Long Island wives cooked their
meals with thanks TO the ingenuity OF
an employee of a lighting company.
who, when two big boilers showed
leaks that would make necessary
curtailment of service, conceived the
idea of substituting train locomotives
for them while they were being re-
paired. Two engines. rented from
railroad at reported rate of $500 a
day pumped away for three days and
then went back TO hauling commuters
TO and from New York.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
WorId'. Loryest Librnries

The m">t inI'"ritnj library in the
unrs j. the national library In Paris
with its 3.SEtOp b""kS after which
comes the United States library of con
gresS at Washington. with 2.9lS $50
books. the New York public library
with 2.G37 sos: the British museum H.
brary. with 2.5O0.0OO books. the Har-
ward university M Cambridge, with
2.101 900 hooks; Gravenhagc. in Hol.
land. with 2,OO0.OOO the Prussia state
library in Berlin. with l.Tj0OOO, and
the Bavaria library with 1.7JO,OO0 vol
umes. says Detroit News.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
American Foods in China

II the American appetite seems to
lean more heavily each year TO chop
suey and other Chinese foods, as is in
Dictated by the Increasing number OF
Chinese restaurants II has a counter
part in China where American dried
fruits, breakfast cereals and cigarettes
are growing more IN demand from the
native Chinese. The Increase in the
demand for American food products
there is so noticeable that the con
su'ar representatives have made OH.
cial report ON il.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Measured

News had reached the village Of
louisville that a notorious plying be-
tween the two neighboring towns Of
Bumpton and Gush Hollow had gone
over the side of a elm with all on
board. II was also known in Forks
Vile that the wife Of the much hen
pecked Bud Blodgett was en- route to
Gush Hollow via the bus line. An in
terested villager Immediately called
on Bud
Amt We worried bout yer wife,
Budf" he asked
We'll replied Bud, 81 was fer
while, but her cousin in Bumpton Jest
called up an said she saw Sal git on
the bus with her own eyes."-Amerl-
can Legion Weekly.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
NOTICE

Ordered this day by the Board Of County
commissioners Of Montgomery county tina,
the road leading from the Westminster
Road to Triadelphia be closed TO public
travel until further notice. The object OF
closing this road Is to repair a stone Gull
vert on same. and all persons are hereby
warned that they travel over this road al
their own risk.
BY order Of the Board. May 81, 1924,
BENJAMIN. C. PERRY, Prss't
BERRY E. CLARK. Clerk.
may soft
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Had Much Free Riding

@. Quarve's car stood all day long
for week, after he had reported it
stolen, in front of his home at Los
Angeles, but he did not recognize 1t,
thinking ii was just another one Of
the 100000. Quarve was not alto
gether wrong, for one Johnson was ar
rested for stealing it, 1t appeared
that johnson took the car for a 10y
ride every night for eight nights and
returned il In the morning.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
NOTICE

Office Board of County Commissioners.
Rockville. Md. July %. 1924.
Ordered this day that the road leading
from the Bank Of Damascus. at Damascus
through said town. toward Laytonsville, be
closed to public travel until further notice.
The purpose Of closing this road is to make
repairs on same, and all persons are here.
by warned that they travel this road at
their own risk.
BENJAMIN C. PERRY, Pres't
BERRY f. CLARK. Clerk.
aug Its
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
FOR SALE
FAMOUS STAND OF CARSON WARD.

The storeroom and warehouse. corner
Of Frederick and Brookes Avenues. Gath
ersburg. Md. main room 26x90 feet. with
storeroom above warehouse. two stories.
SOx40 feet, the second finished for cloth
ing, shoes, etc. This is the best stand in
the county. II is now under rent.
CARSON WARD.
apr lS-lm Gaithenbure, Nd.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
NOTICE.

Office Board County Commissioners.
Rockville. Nd. June II. 1924.
Ordered this day that the Seneca Mill
Jacksonville road be closed to public travel
until further notice. The purpose Of clos
ing this road is to construct bridge over
Seneca Race. and all persons are hereby
notified that they travel over this road at
their own risk.
BENJAMIN c. PERRY. Prest
BERRY Z. CLARK. CleAk.
june 27-tf
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
Dor SALE,

Farm Of the late McKendree
Riley Fulks Of about 1853 acres. Seven
teen acres in good timber and the balance
in cultivation. This farm is situated about
8 miles north of Gaithersburg, on the road
leading from the Goshen road to the Fred
erck pike. Possession can be given the
LIST Of January. 1924.
Apply TO owner. on the farm.
MRS. W. S. CROSS.
nov S-lm Gaithersburg. Md
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24

want your livestock sales. Pedierees
a speciality. Sell anything. at any time, 20
anywhere. ! give the best Of service 10
small sales as well az large ones.
For tssms and daiss. write or telephone
me. loot 27-y
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1924-10-24
TOR SALE

l. A farm of so acres. on the
Seven Locks Road, rs acres cleared and the
balance in timber Groom dwelling house
ana outbulldlnes. and fine young orchard
DANIEL P. GREENFIELD.
R. F. D..
aug i5-lm Rockville. Nd.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-02-01

cess Of the daily paper. Nevertheless.
Il is irne that the daily paper Is as
successful as II Is today because OF
advertising.
THE banking business has been ben
Gifted largely by advertising within
the last dozen or fifteen years Bank
ing institutions have done more adj
vertising than ever before. They have
installed advertising departments
which acquaint their communities
with facts formerly regarded IN thu
light Of institutional secrets The
banker publishes facts which build up
confidence in his institution
"rhe result has been that millions
Of people who formerly wonld not
place their money In the care Of bank
ers. bat who boarded 1t at home, en-
trusted II to friends. or invested 1t In
wildcat specuIations. now regard the
bank as the safest place In the world.
Hundreds OF millions OF dollars have
been brought from their hiding places
and placed In circulation, much to the
advance OF America and American IN.
stitutions. as well as American busi
ness. Newspaper advertising has
done more for American banks in the
last dozen years than any other single
agency"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-02-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice of Proof Application OF Water to
Beneficial Use.

Notice is hereby given that at 900 a. m. on
the 1st day OF March, 1924. at Rathdrum
County OF kootenai. State of Idaho. before
J. K. M Culp. Justice .of the Peace. Rath.
drum, Ida. proof will be submitted OF the
application to beneficial use of one-t tenth
second cubic feet per second OF the waters of
an unnamed spring, In accordance with the
terms and conditions OF Permit No. 1926
heretofore issued by the Commissioner of
Reclamation OF tho State OF Idaho,
The name and postoflce address of the
person or corporation holding said permit
are Harry EsShirk. Rxthdrum. Idaho.
The use to which said water has been
applied is domestic use.
The amount applied TO beneficial use rs
one-tenth second cubic feet.
The place where said water is used II for
Irrigation, give full and accurate description
OF the lands Irrigated at the home of Harry
Il. Shirk, In northwest corner of N. W.
qusrter:of the N. w. quarter OF Section ono,
q. 81 n. RS w. b. M in the County OF Koote-
nal, State Of Idaho.
The name OF the canal or ditch or other
works by which said water is conducted to
such place OF use Is privately owned water
pipe,
The right to take water from such works is
based upon Permit No. 1895.
The source of supply from which such
water 1Adfvcrted Is In the south west Quarter
OF the Southeast quarter OF Section 81. T. 50
n. Il. 3 W. b. NJ, in KOotenai county, Idaho.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1924-02-01
WHAT ADVERTISING DOES

America has the best life on this
earth because 1t has the best adyer-
Used lie. says Colonel W. @. Edena
OF the Public Relations Commission.
American Bankers Association. He
goes on: American health Is the best
In the world because American peo-
pie are best informed in the WAYS ana
habits OF health, largely through ad.
vertisinS. American business Is the
largest and most successful in the
world because 1t uses advertising the
most. American business men enlarge
their business institutions in proper.
ton as they advertise them. Amerf
can buyers become more shrewd in
spending their money in proportion
~ they read advertisements.
The press OF the United States "a
REGARDED by many as the most power.
ful OF our institutions. It must bo
numbered with the schools and the |
churches az one OF the trinity OF most
powerful creators OF knowledge and
patriotism.
Advertising is what It Is today
largely because OF the power and sue. |