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Smyrna times., 1928-03-14
RSA HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

Fnent to Have Teachers Mingle
n SOeially for Good Of Schools
4 regular bi-monthly meeting Of
cllty Of Smyrna Public Schools
ad On Wednesday, March z. A
NH delightful feature of the pro-
\ vas a tea served in the Home
nlcs laboratory before the meet
l was a result Of an expression
HI teachers of a need for more
n unlty to mingle socially as
III 10 serve the same purpose
e mas been planned to take
Il Y Wednesday, March IA. at the
Inn. These social get-to-
4 ]. 4 tne faculty are expected to
I NJ Ilclal to the teachers as a bro
= Group, and TO them as indi-
4 Il Il1e Senior Class of the
a',Gol A. Is bringing to Smyrna on
march IS, al entertainment
II ]. aal interest. It il of unusual
L /. . n y tie first place, because of
II i'self. Captain Applejack"
\ /, MY ny q a man who Is bored
n I, nle of ease. Accordingly he
NJ NJ Z 60 Tar and near seeking ro-
u y. @.u adventure. He finds ali
n sI g, q it, and that right at
n, among y other things" savs
4, i. iUfk 4 World, "he has bis eye
M ir.,i ~ nash Of love at first sight.
.J.' JJagl1es he sees It in the gor,
n ny =. VINO rushes into his quiet
h .sjs5,l4e II n thrilling tale that sbe
n s,naS ,s'ea : Russion dancer VIA
n '';a ;.....T from Moscow Nth Ijle tbe
!. ~ ives Of an awfully grand
BoIsba.,;Oein Oeing pursued by a
gentIem.r' VIII not the
hi5in,au hi5,ula1 save her and show
sl K place for the jewels
Of a Ia. minute! Thus She
sans,s seefet cabinet in which i
"a iii 4, giving the details of ! I
h L i+lsa ". treasure, and tbis u
Vay, ,l,sr-. w So the story ,',y gets Il
: N y a1d ,s,i,. il continues to he be
N. NJ "a thrilling to the verv last Sf
hi itssIiy sly Will the play itself
" the ~. 2 a Smyrna audi
IL Es..!of Ts.I q characters, repre-
ID !. .'ashes ( for its success gl q
cal 'ns play and help the
Smyrna times., 1928-03-14
ST. PETERS CHURCH BULLETIN

Rev. E. A. LemOine, Rector, AnnOunc-
es Lenten Services for the Week
Rev. E. A. Lemoine, rector, an
nounces these services for next Sun
day: Holy Communion, a. m; Morn
ing prayer and sermon, II a. M; ev-
ening service, 7.30 p. m. Subject of
the morning sermon, Jesus Christ
and Society" and of the evening ser
mon, Subjective Immortality"
Smyrna times., 1928-03-14
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NOTES

Rev. G. Gordon Mahy Will Occupy the
Pulpit Sunday Morning and Evening
Mr.. G. Gordon Mahy announces the
following services for Sunday-Morn-
ing worship, 1890, subject, Hands;
evening worship, 7.SO, subject, "Life's
Great Demand; Sunday School 11.45;
Christian Endeavor, 6.45.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-14
h / TOWNSEND DESTROYS
IA ( ,GI1I WORTH PROPERTY
| y n BLOCK OVER The
EARlS +, I pTrRNING GARAGES
riller. Negro, Was Filling
Ihfsra ,ri. WITH WITH Gasoline When II z
p Au'G Flames Spread to Building

IIQnftA
'nenl i,r and Clayton fire equip
/ nyEna ,nars 'sd called to Townsend Mon
& 70iDg TSIy to a fire which fer 2
,Ssalas ,.slsatsned the business section 7
4 Il.o ..Tn, 50 menacing vas II
3 e. s1Sr' frg companies were in action ion
h's tin,e Ne The flames were finally
. ,nJor .r control. It seems from
!. ltst, +sat Hartford Tiller, negro
i 4 slrinr III his automobile tank with
l.D sliiHs The fluid exploded, throw
.sa 5a'i 5Iazing liquid in all directions.
U U IL g FIRE was extinguished q
] ! y .sven hogs, 100 chickens and
5sr II secondhand cars were
l-nTs5 1,j by the flames. The loss
Wi g,,I more than $4,000. Firemen
i, 'cai odessa. Middletown, Clayton
4 Snrrna aided the Townsend fire
4, | checking i,s, the blaze after sev-
q t,rrr, 7 hard work. The general
L. wbich was damaged belong to
49, Schwatka. The garage be-
I 4 Thomas Lattomus and the
e srrped belonged to w. Harman
N, N automobile dealer there,
Ts,er Daniels, local undertaken.
,tEa managed to save the goods
a IL general store, but the build
~ damaged and his hogs and
l.rs IN the outbuildings belonging
9 \ we're burned and the out-build-
4 ,l,o DESTROYED. The loss on the
Il w of Schwatka and Lattomus
NJ $1,000 and il partly insured,
he loss on the automobiles IS
& nOyn. but will probably reach
The car of Tiller was also de-
d. It is not known how the
rgnated. Tiller had moved to
q location and had gone to a
% get his car which he kept stor-
4 NE. He was filling the tank
b an explosion occurred and in a
II lt The car was in flames which
70 the building. Nearby were
ls5r Of barrels Of tar which be-
10 the State Highway Depart
and we're in care of Schwatka
s a supervisor for that depart
These caught fire and added to
anger. Townsend has no fire
zus but has a water system and
Emen did good work with this
ipmen were arriving from OH
Hs. The Clayton fremen mis-
stood the call and one Of their
vent to Camden before going
nsend. While fighting the fire
ane Hart, a well known resi-
d townsend, was overcome by
but soon recovered and con-
with the other men fighting the
/ took the iremen from 7.45
when the fire started until az
o'clock before they were able ~
The scene. Hundreds Of people
al the surrounding sections
attracted by the fire and watched
nes until the iremen had them
& control.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-14

Mrs. Hazel Graham Smith, aged 23,
years, wife of Edgar L. Smith, a Do
yer, barber, died Wednesday after an
illness of ten days Of pneumonia.
She was the daughter Of former
Sheriff Charles w. Graham who now
resides at Kenton. Mrs. Smith was a
member of the clerical force of the
Delaware Trust Company at Dover
and was popular with all who knew
her. Funeral services were held from
her late home in the Elheurah Apart
ments Sunday afternoon at 1.3O
o'clock and interment was made in
cdd Fellows Cemetery, Smyrna.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-14

Tomato Growers Meeting Postponed
The tomato growers meeting which
was to have been held last night at
the Century Club House, was postpon-
ed on account of the fog and incle-
ment weather until next Monday.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28

states vas nearly three times that received by Coclids,
in 1924.
The fact that these are the two states in the south
that have more negroes than whites in their population
undoubtedly was . factor in argument over the racs
issue in the campaign and influenced the final vote.
Also q strict party regularity rule in South Carolina,
coupled with the fact that in both states the republi-
can organization had amounted to little. must be taken
into account in explaining the comparatively small
Hoover votes.
But in other states that remained in the democratic
list the detection was impressive. Alabama gave Hoo
YER li3.525 votes, or within less than $4,000 Of the vote
for Smith and compared with $4,000 for Coolige and
5000 for LaFollette four years ago. The gain in this
state. as in others. is not explained simply bf heavier
voting for Alabama gave Davis nearly $4,000 votes in
1924. only about $4,000 less than the Smith total this
year. Again. Hoover obtained es. So votes in Georgia,
as opposed to Smiths l27.462 and compared with .
Coolidge vote Of only 303oOO and n LaFcllette vote Of
1881. The Hoover vote Of more than $500 in Louis
lana also was double the Coolidge vote in 1924, while
Arkansas. the home Of the democratic vice presidential
nominee this year. gave Hoover more than $4,000. COM
pared with iO.5ei for Coolidge and 1919 for LsFol-
lette in tn elast national election.
The republicans no doubt would be more han
pleastd TO have the aid Of the revolving democrats per-
manently. But the regulars Of the latter party hardly
would consent to that arrangement. In fact the bolt
ers, instead Of remaining the objects OF real or pretend
ed scorn and contempt from the regulars, are likely -
be courted and cajoled by that element in an effort to
rebuild party ranks. Yet il is likely that. with use If
wise tactics by the republicans. party fines in the sec
tion never again will assume the status retained for
more than half a century.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Washington Letter
ny CHARLES q. STEWART

So evenly have senate republicans
and democrats been balanced since
1923 that the members of this bloc
have cast the deciding votes be-
tween them during all that>time.
Such republican gains were ride
over the democrats in the last cleo
tion as TO threaten the progressIveS'
control. Still. the regulars foresap
that they would be a nuisance. and
Eroaned accordingly. II il mighty
painful for the administration 20
lack n clear senate majority.
All, but the regulars had failed
to note-or, at any rate. 10 take
into accountable circumstances that
the progressive bloc had done tha
amsbs act whils the campaign was
on.
Senators Norris and Blaine bottled
Candidate Hoover. Senator LsFol-
lette bolted at least the G.. q. r
platform. It looks as il they alone
were left of the original bloc.
Senator'S B%rookhart. Frazier ard
Nye "regularized" themselves BY
supporting the republican ticket
Now, in the name Of consistency
they must make good by supporting
the administration on the senate
floor. And they will. You can hear
them today, in their quarters at ths
senate office building. proclsiminr
President-elect Hoover as a "goot
liberal Of just their kind.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
A Tribute to Garner

" would bs impossible to conceive Of . greater
'''outs than that rendered Congrcs smsn John n. Gar
"r tuesday by Congressman C~hindbIom Of Illinois
republican = member Of the investigating committee
now in the Valley.
l am = member Of The ways and means committee 90
MI c~hinablom sad. II sit en- the republican side IN
'La' committee rnd Mr.. Garner sits on the democratic
s"s ! wish 10 state here that il this investigating
committee should find the slightest evidence reflect
- IN n. Garner, the entire house Of representatives
would Re the most aatonished body in the world"
shortly after the Hardin charges we're taken %
~ The committee. Chairman Lehlbach, in commenting
On the fact that ~ evidence presented was purely
hearsay' said; Every member Of congress has tn.
highest regard for John Garner"
tuesday night, after the Associated Press had car
RED throughout tho United states the statement Of
John Garner that he would resign in the event any
evidence could be submitted that he was in any way
connected with alleged irregularities or "intimids-
ton in the courts, the veteran congressman vas
deluged with kilograms from congressman. senators and
leaders in all parts Of the country affirming their
faith in his integrity. These kilograms came from re-
publiesns and democrats alike, many pointing out his
long years Of service in the house, and the enviable
record he has made.
The investigation has served to impress upon the
people Of the Fifteenth district the fact that they are
represented in the lower house Of congress BY a man
TN -
republicans and democrats. His loyalty to his district,
his wide influence among his colleagues, and the high
regard in which he is held throughout the country as
well as in Washington is a distinct asset to the dis
trict.
The thousands Of personal friends of Congressman
Garner in South Texas will appreciate the tributes
rendered by Chairman Lehlbach and Congressman
Chindblom. and the fact that these tributes came from
the republican side Of the house makes them more int
pressive. They prove that integrity, ability and lead
ership are recognized, despite the fact that on the floor
Of congress these men are generally expressing oPpo-
site views on legislation snd public questions
Such evidence ar was presented against Mr.. 1arner
indicated that II was merely the common grist Of ru-
mors which follow every campaigs in which there =
more or less acrimony. II was purely OF . hesrssy
character. CONGRESSMAN Garner, N rebutfsi. showed
how the American Taxpayers League. which = sllegea
10 have been the influence back Of the hight against
had endeavored 10 use the contest and charges lot
propaganda, evidently designed 70 impair his influence
in the house. The committee indicated that the
propaxanda feature Of the charges viii be Thoroughly
investigated, and il may prove q boomerang 10 n ~
SANITATION which disseminated It.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
The World and All
STAGE STUFF

II Is difficult for one who has never been in New
York TO realize what an important institution is the
thester in the big city. I have lived in cities and towns
Of almost ell sizes in this country. and in each Of them
the thester was a negligible institution. less important
than the lodge or the annual fell or winter or spring
festival. Many towns of from 100000 to 100000 inhab-
itsnts. have one legitimate theater, and it is used part
Of the time by stock companies.
When q show comes to the average American city
for = stand Of from one night to three weeks, the the
alter is talked about in certain circles. and there are
pieces in the newspapers. But no great oyerturning
Of traffic or decorum.
Every night. during the theatrical season in New
York, hundreds Of acres Of crowding humanity move
along the streets and sidewalks to the theaters that
cluster around the Times Square district. Every night
except Sunday. The metropolis still holds to the rule
of no Sunday theatricals, although there arc many con-
certs on the night of the first day of the week.
and under the head of concerts some pretty good the
atrical work is put over.
But six nights a week Times Square is so crowded
with show-goers that movement, awheel or afoot. rs
difficult and slow. The total population of the legiti-
mate thesters on any night Except Sunday Of IN. sea-
son Is great enough 70 make > Eccd-sired city.
From Burns Nantes THE Best PLAYS of 1877
1925" recently published By Dodd. Mead. ! CLEAN these
interesting facts;
Tventy-four plays have run more than 500 per
formances on Broadway. Abie's Irish Rose ran 2,532,
Lightnin' 1901. Walter Hampton gave 1877 perform
ancss Of lbsen's An Enemy Of the People. The Tanning
Of the Shrew. in modern dress, ran for % weeks. Two
hundred and seventy shows we're put on the boards m
Broadway during the last season. including forty re-
vivals of old days. There were % ~box-office successes
among the new plays. The average is about three fail
ures to each success.
From this interesting book | also learn that Ethel
Barrymore was born is Philadelphia in 1879. that
George Arliss was born in London in 1865. Mrs. Leslie
Carter in Lexington, KY in 1862, David Selasco in San
Francisco in the same year. William a. Brady in San
Francisco in 1868. George NJ. Cohan in Providence n
les. Isadors Duncan in San Francisco in 1850. aud Mary
lin Miller IN Findlay, Ohio. in 1898.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Gas Tax Yields $l4O,635,39S

For the first six months Of 1925. forty-siN states
and the District az Columbia, report a total sale Of
4s52S 9s. 555 gallons n gasoline which y ? gam ~
sso.q7o22t gallons over the same period Il 1927. az
cording ~ information On gasoline taxation collected
hv the bureau IL public roads Of the United States ds-
partment ~ agriculture.
No tax was levied IN Massachusetts and New York
and a tax was in force for only one month N Illinois
The revenue collected amounted TO sli0'6S5.S9s,
~hich * s~sa.3st.55 more then collected on the 3.s7i,-
a2331t gallons sold in the first six months Of 1927.
Nearly every state showed a gain Of over ~3s.ooo,OOo
Gallons and AT an increase If one cent a gallon IN thu
the tax. Texas is second. with a gain Of 3s.90o.o0o gal
Ions. Ohio is third with a gain Of over $6oooOoo
gallons and At an increase ofone cent = gallon in the
tax. PENNSYLVANIA is fourth. with q gain Of over 81
600 600 gallons and Al ar increase in tax q ono cent 2
gallon. Kansas ranks fifth with 2 gain ~ over Is
100000 gallons. Montana. with 29.sTs,sos gallons, more
than doubled her 1897 sales n l~i,27s.756 gallons.
The average gasoline tax per gallon for the I'M
month period of 1923 vas 500 cents -s compared to the
average Of 2.55 cents for the same period Of last year.
or the total revenue collected, s?5.s4e111S will Re used
b. the state highway departments in construction and
maintenance Of state roads: s~2e-5S7,il6 will he used
in construction and maintenance Of local roads. and
:. $3.50. SOS will be applied 10 the interest and premium
PAYMENTS OF state and county road bonds.
gasoline consumption arc those which have improved
a large mileage Of highways during the last three or
four years.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Other Papers
HE SOUTHERN REVOLT
(Kansss City Starr.

hdUNHN NNN TTNVF
A glance at election returns from the southern
states will explain why the democrats Of that region
already have shown their willingness to forget threats
10 read their revolving brethren out Of the party, and
10 withdraw charges Of treason and disloyslty" APP
Piled TO the boilers. For the democratic split assumed
such proportions that an execution Of the threats would
mean losses that would leave the party permanently
crippled in a section which hitherto has been its chief
stronghold.
publicans. piled up msjOrities. Of course. in the four
states Of the cid solid south carried BY Hoover-yir-
rinia Fiorids. North Carolina and Texas. But aside
from the border states Of Tennessee. Kentucky and
Oklahcms, all Of which dropped into the Hoover column
there were considerable ~defections from the democratic
ranks. Apparently the slightest losses were in South
Carolina, where Hoover got Blu. s,1ss votes and Smith
vas given 1854 and in Mississippi where the vote was
ss.2s2 ana s1,sS2, Yet the Hoover vote in both these
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
New York Letter

Rack. Three hours later he returned
with a column and a half Of dictated
interview, signed by the old boy
himself.
The further irony Of il (to quote
ourself AGAIN. was that the Tribune
was so nervous over this swell scoop
tit was Immediately after the war.
when J. P.'s dictum on the future of
prosperity meant nationwide atten-
tom il tremblingly showed il back in
the financial section, whereas the
syndicate department sold it to a
Chicago paper. whence IL was wired
hack 70 New York and smeared over
the front page Of every morning
raper save the one that had got the
beat. Write that into a short story
and try to sell u,
Peggy's Diary
You've probably heard that Peggy
Joyce u preparing her slightly edited
diary ~ her interesting career for p
magazine, which will publish II in
January. " is 10 be syndicated also.
and the returns will enrich her al
ready filled Golfers. She was telling
INTERESTING angle Of il is that photo
stat copies will be made Of z IF
The diary Just as penned by her. She
has been making notes in It since
she was this high. and readers will
observe the change Of handwriting.
grammar and impressions when she
was a tot-when she Joined Ziegfeld-
when she became a bride for the
first time-when she started cloggina
up the divorce court calendars and
81 forth. And there arc n he many
anEagirg notes about possibly You.
You. You. You and Youi Boo,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28

NEW YORK. Nov. 2S.-One Of the
richest and t%oniest Of Fifth avenue
m~illionaires and his wife are listed in
the city records as %janitor and jani-
tress OF their big new store near the
Plaza. When this building went up
he had the top floor made into q
Knockout of an apartment. but dis
covered that the fire laws or building
laws prohibit any one living in q fac
tory building. Which IA what the
blunt city officials call any building.
no matter how swanky. that has any
manual labor going on in IL. just as
the Ritz Tower is Just a tenement TO
the same unimaginative officials.
As there il sewing going on " this
new building. II became = factory.
and u get around IL. the owner and
his wife got themselves down in the
city records as j%anitor and ianitress.
the only people allowed sleeping
quarters in such = building.
The irony II II al Is that when this
couple we're young aud poor and Just
starting. II WIS = mark If low class.
as il still Is among Jewish small shop
owners 70 live over the store. and
their earlier struggles were to make
enough money TO have = home sep
arate from the business. Just a cycle
Of Manhattan. as the very odd Nc
Intyre might say.
Newspaper Stuff
The story Of how Jay Racusin, the
Herald Tribune star ferret. got his
start in New York is too good for fic-
ton. IL was n gag in the old Tribune
office 10 send cubs out to get an in
terview with j.. r. Morgan-and not
even stars rs Boyden SparkeS ever
made much headwuy ~ that. As n
matter ~ routine. they showed IL nj
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
Houston {. Of {.
Directors Coming
To Valley Monday

Directors Of the Houston cham
Der of are leaving that
city Sunday night for a two-day
tour of the Lower Rio Grande Val
ley, according to a communication
received by the Brownsville cham
Der of m from Col. Ike Ash
burn. vice president and general
manager Of the organization.
Although the entire itinerary has
not yet been received. the Houston
ians will probably visit Browns
willie on their second day out. Tues
day. They are scheduled TO arrive
in Rsymondville Monday MORNING
and will probably make the upper
end of the Valley before coming
here.
Plans are now being made for
their entertainment here which will
include q banquet IN Matarcros.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28
pROCREsSIyES' SILT WONT
WORK

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s.-The
amcba is a primitive form of ami
NAL life which multiplies, paradoxi-
cally. by dividing.
That is TO say. when an amelia
wants a playmate. he simply sep
arates himself into two little anne
bas-and there he is-cr there they
are-deperdiuE on whether YOU re-
fer 70 him-or them-hefore cr aft
er he-or they has or have turned
the trick.
Two amehaS which have been one.
notwithstanding their common ORR
gin, are two as distinct amebas r.
two cats or two dogs or two people
or two Of anything else.
The above ia strictly scientific
dope and so accepted everywhere ex-
cept in Tennessee and Arkansas,
where science is prohibited by law.
The point | am trying to make
is that the senate progressive
bloc" appears to have swiped a leaf
out of the ameba's book. and split
in twain. II this surmise is cor
rect. whereas we have had one
adult progressive bloc in the sen
ate hitherto, henceforward We shall
have two baby "blocs.' each trying
to 70 II alone.
What | question is
Can the senate progressive bloc
make NJ much Of a success Of null
tiplication BY division rs the smeba
does7 n IL a queer kind Of arith-
mptir which the ameha ror,as nat
urally by. Do the senate progress
sives understand il we'll enough ia
make it work? ] have my doubts,
The essence of senate progress
siveism is hat IL is an independent
secession movement from regular
q. o. P.-ism.
There are also some democratic
progressives. but, from the regular
republican angle. they do not count
as a separate group because the
democrats are in opposition any
way. There Is also Senator Ship
stead. but. as a farmer-laborite. he
Is G.. q. r. outsider. too.
The senate's progressive %repuhli-
cans are a somewhat Uncertain num-
Der. in a. much as several republi-
can senators are defiant Of the reg
ulars only off and on. Those who.
up to date. have been dyed-in-the-
wool are Senators Blains and LaFcl-
lettc Of Wisconsin. Frazier ard Nye
Of North Dakota. Brookhart Of Iowa
and Norris Of Nebraska. the bloc's
leader.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-28

Who am - or what expedition
am I y member? From what or
ranizsticn was 7 selected for this
honor?
Who is governor general Of
Canada?
What city in Ecuador is situated
on the equator7
Who ~ secretary ~ President
Coolidge
watch and pray. that NJ enter
not into temptation: The spirit in
deed is willing. hut the flesh -
weak" Where II this passage found
~ the Bible