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Smyrna times., 1926-09-29
OXFORD BANKER AND WIFE N
AUTO HIT BY R. R. EXPRESS
MR.. AND MRS. S. r. DICKEY HIT
BY TRAIN, GROUND TO DEATH
Mr.. .Dickey Was President of the First
National Bank of Oxford, Pa, and
Well-Known in Delaware

Samuel R. Dickey, 78 years old, and
his wife, Mrs. Anna Rutherford Dick
ey, so years old, were instantly killed
about 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon
when their automobile was struck by
the Grace Track Special" on the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad at the AK
en- avenue crossing in Aiken, Md, a
short distance from Perryville on the
road to Port Deposit. The train was
running from Philadelphia to the race
track at Havre-de-Grace and is said
to have been going at a rate of so
miles an hour. Mr.. Dickey was one
of the most prominent residents of
Oxford where he was president of the
First National Bank. He was widely
interested in other affairs throughout
Chester County. With his wife he
was on his way to Principle Furnace,
Nd, where they planned to attend a
sale of antique furniture at the old
Whitaker Homestead.
As they approached the railroad
crossing with Mr.. Dickey driving, the
automatic signal showed the "stop"
sign and Mr.. Dickey brought his ma
chine to stop. A freight train was
shifting at the time and he waited
until it had gotten away from the
crossing and then started over the
tracks. He had gotten just midway
over the track when the special train
struck the automobile with crushing
force hurling it to the side and brok-
en- into small bits. 1t was a complete
wreck. Mr.. and Mrs. Dickey were
ground to pieces and parts of their
remains were scattered for some dis
tance along the right of way. The
train was stopped and the train crew
and witnesses of the crash assisted in
gathering the remains which were
taken in charge by Station Master
Burrowes who later turned them over
to Coroner Howard Green, Of Elkton,
who later conducted an inquest. The
train was in charge of Conductor E.
w. Chalhee and Engineer Carroll B.
Ayers, both of Philadelphia Mr..
Dickey was married twice and is sur
vived by two children by his first
wife, Professor George Dickey, Of
Pennsylvania State College, and Mrs.
James Conner, of Trenton, n. J.
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You cannot afford to
be without an advertisement
in the telephone directory.
1t brings buyers.
DAGSBORO-PINE NECK
SECTION DEVELOPING
Telephone Company SPEND
ing 81, 900 for Telephone
Plant Here

Approximately $1,000 is being spent
by the Diamond State Telephone Com
pany for building telephone lines
along the Dagsboro- -Clarksville Road
between Dagsboro and Pine Neck and
for making telephone extensions to
Sandy Landing.
Since the recent completion of the
Dagsboro Clarksville Road through
this fine farming region, the entire
section has been developing, with a
consequent need for telephone service
Although the situation at Sandy
Landing is pointing toward the de.
veiopment of a summer colony there
rather than an all-the-year develop
ment such as is growing in the former
section, nevertheless the need for tele-
phone service during the summer
months is already being felt. The
Delaware Y. w. c. A. has already
established a summer camp along the
beautiful Indian River, and the de
STABILITY of the section for vacation
bungalows means that telephone serv
ice will be required. The Telephone
Company is planning to have lines
connecting with this section before
next summer.
Enough wire viii be placed in both
sections to take care of anticipated
future growth. Groome Marcus, Con
struction Foreman for the Telephone
Company, is already at work on the
job along the Dagsboro Clarksville
Highway. About $50 poles viii be
placed in both these operations tC
carry the telephone lines that are tC
be installed.
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COMMUNICATED

If you want drink of Skinny"
Or a bottle of home brew,
Or nice gin cocktail,
Why all you have to do,
Is to hunt you up Skinny joint;
You can find them any where,
From New York to San Francisco,
From Maine to Delaware.
The boys who run the Skinny joints"
Are not to blame so much,
They make their money easy,
For work they cannot touch.
Then the ladies patronize them,
For it seems to be the hunch,
To take their little cocktails
Sos to sand in with the bunch.
The government have got their boats
All up and down the beach,
Watching out for contraband,
AS far as they can reach;
But still the schooners dodge them
And land their loads of stuff,
And light out for another load,
For they never have enough.
Of course they notify the boys
When they want to make a raid,
1t gives them time to hide their stuff
And then they're not afraid,
But if they're caught, it's not SO bad,
Their fines are always light,
And then they open up again
And sell it day and night.
| guess the chasers know their stuff
When sailing to the West,
While loaded schooners from the East
Discharge their loads at rest.
And when they weigh their anchors
And light out for some more,
The chasers all come slipping in
And line up on the shore.
Subscriber
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gineer in charge, will be closed to all
navigation January 81, 1927, to per-
init the lowering from lock level to
sea level. At the end of the first two
weeks in February navigation may be
resumed, subject to such further in
terruptions' as may be required from
time to time, in order to put the chan
mel in final shape and subject to the
limitation of a draft of about 10 feet
only
On March 1, 1927, the canal will be
regularly opened to traffic as sea
level canal, with a channel IL feet
deep at mean low water and 80 feet
bottom width.
Following is the text of Col.
Browns official order:
Referring to notices issued by
this office under dates of March
% and 26, 1926, relative to a pro-
posed closure of the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal to navigation
in order to complete the work of
reconstructing it as a sea level
canal, all interested parties are
informed that the date of Janu :
ary 81, 1927, has now been set as
the date of such closure.
"On that date all navigation
through the canal will be sus-
pended and the work of lowering
the lock to sea level begun.
"The canal will remain entirely
closed to navigation for the per-
iod of the first two weeks in Feb
ruary to allow for the lowering
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TO KEEP MODERN TIRED
DIR. Holloway Addresses First Meet
ing of Teachers

DR.. H. V. Holloway, State Superin-
tendent of Public Instruction, deliver
ed an address on "The Significance of
Constitution Week in Delaware" at
the first meeting Of the fall term of
the New Castle Teachers Association
in the Bancroft School, Saturday.
About rs eachers were present and
in addition to the address heard the
work for the term outlined.
DR.. Holloway told the teachers to
keep in touch with modern things so
that they would be ready to teach
their pupils new things and bring new
ideas to them. He added that because
the drafters of the Constitution were
men Of wide knowledge, both national
and international, the Constitution
would survive. He urged the teach
ers to tell the pupils what the instru-
ment means and its purpose.
H. B. King, assistant supereintend-
ent Of the elementary schools, spoke
on organization work for the coming
year and of the studies outlined as Of
the most advantage to the pupils.
Miss Rena Weider, reading spec
ialist spoke of silent reading, giving
a practical demonstration of her work
with a group Of fifth grade pupils.
Miss Martha /. Barnes, visiting
teacher of New Castle county gave a
report on the attendance for last
year.
The colored teachers of New Castle
county met at the Thomas Garrett
Settlement House and the program
was repeated.
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Work has been in progress for some
time. Telephone service will not be
interrupted during the process. Ap-
proximately 1900 poles are involved in
the "moves."
Up to the present time about 700
poles have been transferred from old
locations to new ones farther back
from the State Highways, and about
100 new poles have been placed.
The State Highway program covers
the entire State. Some of the recently
completed roads include the Middle
wn-to- Townsend Road, the Dover to-
Littlecreek Road, Milford Crossroads
to Limestone Road, Sharptown-to.
Laurel Road and the Bethany Beach.
to-Shelbyville Road. Work is now in
progress on the Milford-to- Cedar Neck
Road.
The Middletown-to-T Townsend Road
work cost in the neighborhood of
$4,000 alone. Some of the poles had
to be moved ten feet and others as
much as thirty-five feet.
In some places, individual poles
had to be lifted over a gulch or a
creek. A hole-digging and pole.plac-
ing machine was used in digging the
holes and setting the poles. This con.
siderably reduced the time and labor
element involved in the work. Foreman
w. E. Curtin, with crew of telephone
construction men, was in charge.
When finally completed, the program
should give Delaware a network OF
State roads that is not surpassed any
where. Banked roads at turns, smooth
macadam highways and the absence
of steep grades should create a sys
tenn of boulevards that will give Della,
ware high place among the States
! that make good roads, a feature.
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heroine IN AT
lantic City recently when she rescued
two men from the surf between Ohio
and Kentucky Avenues.
Miss Dyer, who was temporarily
transferred to Atlantic City as an
operator during the summer, was on
the beach when two youths, caught in
the undertow, were carried out beyond
their depth. A ifeboat containing six
men went to the rescue, but when
close to the drowning youths, cap
sized.
Without hesitation, Miss Dyer en-
tered the water and swan to their
aid. She reached the overturned boat
and held up one of the struggling
youths until the arrival of a second
hfebOat.
On her way back to shore, the
young woman came upon another man
who had gone to the rescue and be-
come exhausted. She aided him back
to the shore.
Miss Dyer is well known in Will
mington. In addition to her duties as
an operator at the Wilmington switch
board Of the Telephone Company, she
is also an instructress in the Whining
ton Chapter of the Y. W. C. A.
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SHRs TO MEET IN DOVER
|S S ! Of Education Association
"eiu November Hip

N ! Of Education Association
Oe Held November Hip
Il u melting e Of the Board of Di-
! i,,,.;e. ~ ne Delaware State Educa-
] ss'''iatiOn y at the Office of the
I II, ''1 =, Of Education in Dover
NJ III thursday and Friday, No
! /. r,sa Nh, and 18th, were selected
] s..tis. 4isetIng dates for this wear.
i T19g T19g was attended by Prof,
H.. UNISON "a Of the University Of
In '.S "no IS president of the as
4 seS y Sa1 4, by vice president, W
= y y 4 wyoming; Miss Ethel p
/ Il y c,..Ite brentwood; H. E. Snavelv. v,
'Is; q D. A. Petry, Of Mills,
Snd I , Staal, treasurer, Claw
r.. u !. ! :. Shilling, secretary. Ti8Sf Sf
ssF,To.l y whom are directors of
~ 4. .'n' An effort was made Ga
"a j II ma annual gathering of
Soon,.tll ull0rd :. this year, but af-
ss0pSt sa l. discussion the direc-
scausa a. ssuvlsable y, to meet in
sarsaisntV u !. tne fact that it is
ssn Re-. r. . reach by teachers
Ss ' and New Castle
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TELEPHONE CO. MOVES
POLES ALONG ROADS
About $4,000 Being Spent for
Broader Highway Program

The "better road construction pro-
gram" inaugurated by the Delaware
State Highway Department is being
anticipated by the Diamond State
Telephone Company, according to J.
II. Baldwin, District Engineer here for
the Telephone Company.
About $4,000 is being spent by the
Company, according to his estimate, for
moving pole lines back from the present
highways in different portions of the
State and for replacing old poles in
preparation for the wider State roads.
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Telephone Traffic Heavier

Local and toll telephone calls in Della.
ware have increased since Labor Day,
according to ]. H. Christensen, District
Superintendent of Traffic for the Dia-
mond State Telephone Company. They
are now approximately Is per cent
greater than the August figures, he said.
The opening Of the schools and the
return Of people from their summer
vacations are the chief factors that
caused the increase, explained Mr..
Christensen.
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all cofferdams.
"At the end of these two weeks
navigation may be resumed, sub
ject to such further interruptions
as may be required from time to
time, in order to put the channel
in final shape, and subject to the
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limitation of draft of about ten
feet only.
"On March 1, 1927, the canal
will be regularly opened to traffic
as sea level canal, with chan
mel II feet deep at mean low mat
er, and 80 feet bottom width.
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CANAL WILL CLOSE TWO WEEKS

Closing to Take Place January 81 to
Permit the Removal of DISTINCTIONS
The Chesapeake & Delaware Canal,
according to an announcement made
by Col. Earl /. Brown, U. S. a., en-
operation, and for the removal Of
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SAFETY FIRST

w. p. Fisher,
k n 0 wn to hi s
friends as "Bud, y
drivesia Bell Tele-
ph 0 n g tru c k.
Fisher is an EN-
ploye Of the Dia-
mond State Tele-
phone Company,
and his motor
truck for several
years back has
annexed one of
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the coveted insignia that means a
year free from accidents. "Bud" is
going strong this year and has high
hopes of acquiring another safety tag
for 1926.
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I'M If DELAWARE .BY-. By
|fII|III1 iIIGISTERS I OPPOSED
| .,,,s ARE PLANNING ROAD
s,pEEr ATT ASSOCIATION
Vo,dside Association Will
=, s.iIsr spi@''Tih TO Those New JeEs Jersey
sTllnl T,lIlannl.arbusetts u 1t is Said

po.dside Association " III
nt' .. - Those New Jersey
STIla, TSIlaaa,.schusetts I, 1t is Said
..i,r Of Delaware highways
iI.a,, ilsas,DT who are not farmers but
liSlsis s,,its and vegetables they
Sa a,a ,a convenient place along
tY,ot ,oi'i boulevard, Sl where they
for. : IL and offer it for sale on
., ! v md Sundays, thus prevent
s ' farmers and roadside
gum a.,,, obtaining all the sales
4 md rlST vegetables they could,
IN ~ mis- fall in the formation
lsI, .I.ide marketing association
\ % y tse organizations Of this
y. N effect in New Jersey
'Sa Sa.,.sebusetts. q These roadside
=, sre not always Delaware
~ |. ,tated. It is reported that
, .ssr come from Pennsyl-
N Delaware, bringing Penn
|, :" r,ovn fruit and vegetables
|. .,sy ofer to Delaware motor
|. NJ nslaware goods. But this is
i. / worst Of their Offenses, ac-
J, IA complaints made in the
h weeks from lower Delaware
snrts and dealers.
\. Irckyters pay no license fees
N \ sny character for the privi-
4 sIling the goods they offer
M. N addition to fruit and
s,Ts i is said that some of the
m tobacco and confectionery
INA groceries for which they
| |, Sste license fee. In this con-
\, tbey run in opposition to es-
N stores, the proprietors of
! MEET their tax obligations hon
nd who are entitled to all the
visible. It is to prevent just
! hrr and eliminate them that
I r,lids market association of
lwy and Massachusetts, were
I'D and are functioning,
/ lev Jersey and Massachusetts,
r.nber Of the roadside market
iun displays a sign in front
i tand announcing his member
! b this way motorists have
3 ndress because Of the stuff is
rnft they can report the same
4 b Roadside Market Association
4 and make il decidedly unpleas-
4 h the unscrupulous dealers. In
Aates the thrifty buyer will not
s from anyone who is not reg
4 Is a member Of this associa-
4 trough this summer there have
more Or less complaints from
4s VINO have bought fruit and
4bles which we're topped off and
we're not worth the price charg-
u them. In discussing this sit
fnVT. Derickson, director Of
Dral Of Markets of Delaware,
FG h:t fall was elected presid-
d tie Eastern States Marketing
IL, said:
salade markets and their regu-
!; one Of the important details
ad at every meeting Of the
2 States Marketing Association
Egess made in Massachusetts,
Anew Jersey, where these road
afkst associations are organiz-
sunhes, is proving their value
public each year. More were
thiS year in both states and
klsye It would be a splendid
\ 'fganize such an association
siEare. The matter, however,
nat the roadside market pro
z Of Delaware must decide for
NTes. There are several who
nat eventually such an or
-aa Will have to be formed in
Y protect legitimate farmers
ass transient merchants. Re
/ 'ae failure Of the itinerants
any tax" said Mr.. Derickson,
tnsr is called upon to pay any
ne privilege Of selling his
vegetables. He NAV aleo of-
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Operator Married

Miss Thelma
Langford of the
Holly Oak central
Office Of the Dia-
mond State Tele-
phone Company
was recently mar
rie d to Louis
Dougherty of Will
mington.
Smyrna times., 1926-09-29
Naisd e..
W. !, ''sA Jail Physician

Y !ohn H. E,u
q he Dola hammond, former
\! !S'sber Of f'iI%are ware Legislature,
II Cunt sen 2 appointed bv ~
N q a. : Levy Court Cor,nai. ~
\ \. past few va. Y jan physician.
Ii saag phvsi,.s;sa.rls ,sars ne has been
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New Ennploye

Miss Mildred E.
Brackin was re
Gently employed
by the Diamond
State Telephone
Company. She is
taking care of
work c onne ected
with the cashiers
duties in the Will
mington Business
Office at 9th and
Shipley SITS.
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TELEPHONE OPERATOR
SAVES DROWNING MEN
Mary Dyer of Wilmington Is
Heroine at Atlantic City
{ q >

Mary B. Dyer,
209 North Connel
Street, Whining
ton, member Of
the Am erican
Red Cross and a
telephone oper-
ator for the Dia-
mond State Tele-
phone Company
at Wilmington,
played the role of
a heroine in At
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C Thousands consult

the telephone directory daily.
Join the advertisers in its col
umns and keep your business
in the swim. Rates are surpris-
ingly low.
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Join the ranks of ad-
vertisers in the telephone
directory. Rates are amaz-
ingly cheap.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22
COMMERCIAL HARMONY

We hear much nowadays of industrial har
~ the difficulty of accomplishing much IN
the fieIu of industrial production, unless employ
ers and employees work together in a harmon
ious and friendly way. Commercial harmony
is equally important the friendly cooperation
that should exist among the people who con-
stitute the commercial element in any town or
city.
The old idea was that these people were hostile
rivals, each engaged in kind of dog eat dos"
struggle, in which only part of them could win,
and that the winners must view the losers without
much sympathy or interest
While competition is just as essential to pro-
duce good service in business field, as to produce
good play in athletic sports, it is not the only ele-
ment in building up community.
For every thought which a business man gives
to establishing superiority over his competitors
he also ought to give thought to the results
which he and his various competitors and the
people in all lines of business in his community
can accomplish, if they forget their antagonisms
stop knocking, and get together to plan out var
ious measures and projects and policies that shall
build up a better community
When that is done for period of years, town
is certain to go ahead, with the result that all
forms of business and property grow more val
liable If all take hold to work harmoniously
for city's advance it will be found that Red
Lodge will be numbered among the most progress
sve towns of the state with all lines of business on
the road to success.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

keen interest, and there are hot debates as to the
fine points of the game, and the respective merits
of the various players.
Statesmen and orators often wonder if their
words get over to the ears of the common peo-
pie But the sporting reporter who trots down to
the ball park each afternoon to tell the story of
these Homeric encounters, need never question
the attention of his audience.
From the crowded metropolitan street car
where straphangerS have to read their paper as
the car lurches around corners, back to the cross
roads post-offce where the village worthless
gather to learn what the world did the day BEFORE
there the men are analyzing the results of these
conflicts through the revealing figures of the box
scores.
It takes quite exceptional poise of temper to
play major league baseball in crowded arena
The ordinary man would crumple up under the
nervous strain. Feeling the merciless scrutiny
Of the onlookers, seen and unseen, his arm would
go wild and his eye see crooked and he would soon
go back to the little old home town, without any
brass band to meet him.
1t is not surprising that the professional ball
player is much of a hero to the mass of men and
boys. Not merely has he perfected a kind of skill
to a marvellous degree, but in his calm mastery of
situations he has qualities denied to most of u.s.
In his heart there must be certain bright conf
dence in his star of fortunes as well as ability to
think and act in infinitesimal fractions of Sec
ond, that gives him the power to perform feats of
spectacular briliancy.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

The Sophomores and Juniors of the
local high school entertained at the
high school gym Saturday night in
honor Of the all-star basket ball team.
Faculty members, players on the team
and members, of the two classes en-
joyed dancing and refreshments dur
ing the evening. The party was given
under the direction of the class advis-
ors, e. Kelley and G. Drake.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

Seven hundred years ago, the
pigeons Of the Free City of Ragusa.
in Dalmatia. were postmen. They
went across all the seas in boats,
travelled with all the caravans. and
knew all the routes of the air which
brought them back to Ragusa.
Like the sailors Of Ragusa. they
were known in all the ports Of the
world; as a protection, they were
made citizens of the Free City Of
Ragusa. Any person molesting or
insulting a pigeon was therefore
guilty of offense against the state,
and was brought before the tri-
bunal.
Homes were built for these pig
cons in the city walls, and the
streets and roof tops were theirs.
Every man who entered at the city
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

gates was obliged to offer as trib-
ute from his native town two pig
cons. These lived in wooden cages
labeled with the names Of their
homes. and gossiped with the other
pigeons until their turn came to
carry out a letter. In this way.
Ragusa enlarged its postal system.
But the centuries rolled by.
Ragusa lost its freedom. Venice
usurped its powers on the seas.
Battleships steamed up and down
the Adriatic. With the other citi-
zens. the pigeons lost their rights
and were forced to associate with
the sea gulls from Lacroma. an
island to the north. sometimes suf-
fering the indignity of begging
grain from the birds with whom ir
! the days of their exclusive splen-
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

dour. they would not associate.
Today. the port Of Gravosa,
Ragusa's harbor. is crowded with
ships bearing the new flag Of Jugo-
Slavia. Passengers from the En-
press Of France. the Canadian Pa
lcific steamship which next year
will add Cattaro and Gravosa ports
on its annual Mediterranean
cruise. will have a chance to scat
ter crumbs to the thousands OF
cooling pigeons still crowding
Ragusa's streets and adding to its
beauty. The white city. "Bride Of
the Sea-" some poet has called her,
would be less beautiful If the irri-
descent necks of the pigeons did
mot make small splotches Of color
on the spotless smooth f1agstones
land the gray white buildings.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22

Although National Egg day should
be thoroughly celebrated, it is not adj
visable to observe it by throwing eggs
at unpopular orators.
The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-04-22
ADDITIONAL LOCALS

Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnson of
Laurel were callers in the city Sunday.
R. E. Reed, auditor of the Anaconda
Copper Mining company from Butte,
is in the city this week.
Miss Helen Nye of Kansas City has
been in the city during the week in be-
half of booking Chautauqua appear
ance in the city during the summer.