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Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
NEWSPAPER MAN MARRIED
Frederick L. MCGEE of Georgetown
Weds Mrs. Julia Snyder, MillsbOrO

Frederick L. MCGEE of George
town, who for many years has been
business manager of the Union Re
publican of Georgetown, and Mrs.
Julia D. Snyder, West Pine Street,
weer married last Saturday night
at Millsboro, the ceremony being
performed in st. Marks P. F..
Church by the Rev. NJ. Paul S.
Huntington. The bride is a daugh-
ter of the late Colonel John w.
Johnson, who for more than half a
century was one of the most widely
known printers of lower Delaware.
She was widow of William Russell
Snyder, and many years ago resid-
ed in Philadelphia. They eluded
their friends and announcement of
the marriage was not made public
until Monday. There were no at
tendants.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
MANY WILL MARCH IN LEGION
PARADE IN WILMINGTON
DRUM CORPS OF NEW JERSEY
PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND
Carnival of Delaware Post, No. ]
at Lancaster and Union Streets

One of the features of the sec
ond annual carnival which will be
held under the auspices of Della
ware Post No. I, American Legion,
Bugle and Drum Corps of that
post will be the parade and compe-
tition of the American Legion
bugle and drum corps from New
Jersey, Pennsylvania and Mary
land. The carnival will open on
the grounds at the southwest cor
ner of Lancaster Avenue and
Union Street, Friday and will con
tinue until August 3. Four posts
from New Jersey are entered and
two posts from New Jersey will al
so be represented Pennsylvania
sends IL corps of buglers and
drummers and the noted Frank
ford Post No. 211 Bugle Corps,
champions of the Department of
Pennsylvania, will compete. This
corps, in competition with so Of
the best corps in the country at
San Antonio, Texas, last October
won third honors. The Whining
ton Legionnaires Bugle and Drum
Corps is not entered in the compe-
titiOn as the members are hosts to
the visitors. The first prize will be
$3.50; the second, $1OO; third, SIS;
fourth, $40 and fifth, 500 There
will be a cash award of $50 to the
corps travelling the greatest mum
Der of man-miles. The John Prob
er Trophy will go to the best drum
major and a silver loving cup will
be awarded the most attractively
uniformed corps cOnsidering
uniqueness, originality tailoring
and general effect 1t is probable
that other cups will be available
for award, as second prizes to the
last three above mentioned first
prizes. The parade will be held
Saturday night while on the open
ing night the Searchlight Battery
of Wilmington and the Machine
Gun Battery of New Castle will
give demonstrations The former
battery will be under the command
of Cautain Edward Walsen while
the latter group will be in com
mand of Cautain John Leach. Bal
loon ascensions and parachute
drops will also be added attrac-
tions and will occur daily begin
ming Monday. On the closing night
of the carnival sedan will be
awarded and a radio will also be
given away. Colonel j. Warner
Reed will be the marshal of the
parade which will form at 18th
and King streets, and which will
move at 6.45. There will be two
reviewing stands erected, one on
Pennsylvania Avenue, between
Harrison and Franklin Streets, and
the main stand will be built on
Lancaster Avenue, west of Union
Street. Governor c. Douglass
Buck, U. S. Senators Daniel o.
Hastings and John C. Townsend
Congressman Robert G.. Houston
State and city officials and other
prominent dignitaries will occupy
the latter stand.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
SEMEsAN BEL Instantaneous n
Disinfectant gives Larger Cn

HERE is proof that potato yields
can be increased and improved by
the right seed treatment.
c. E. Randolph Of Aroostook
County, Maine, discarded the old
fashioned, time-consuming soak
method of seed treatment in favor
of Semesan Bel instantaneous dip.
He not only saved time and labor
in disinfecting his seed but he
obtained an increase in Weld over
untreated seed of 2I barrels per
acre, as pictured above
Even the best seed often carries
some disease. Writing about certi-
fed seed in the american Produce
Grocer, DR.. Wm. II. Martin Of
the New Jersey Experiment Sta
ton warns: There is
no state that does not ~II|
permit at least 1917 Of NV
ccah and RbizOctor1i2
Smyrna times., 1929-07-31

an application from an old lady in
Wilmington stating, My minister
gave me your name and urged me
to write you and apply for a PEN
sion. Mrs. Walls said the applica-
tion must be given to the minister
and not sent direct to her.
Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
Replica of Edison's First Lamp.

"boaster" were freely applied to
him. There were some, however,
who had faith in Mr.. EdisOn's
ideas. Such financiers as ]. p. Nor
gan and Henry Willard were inter-
ested in the Edison Electric Light
company, capitalized at 100000 to
develop incandescent lighting.
Worked Ni-ht and Day.
In his Menlo Park IN. J.) labora-
tories, Mr.. Edison gathered a group
of talented. earnest young men to
assist in his search for a practical
incandescent lamp. They worked
tirelessly. Sleep was doled out in
minimum allotments. Mr.. Edison
himself at this time was on the job
day and night. His laboratory notes
during this period filled more than
200 notebooks. In discussing this
long campaign in later years, Mr..
Edison said that the electric light
caused him the greatest amount of
study and required the most elabo-
rate experiments.
although | was never discour-
aged" he said, 81 cannot say the
same for all my associates. And
yet through all those years of ex-
perimenting and research, | never
once made a discovery. All my
work was deductive and the results
| achieved were those of invention
pure and simple. | would construct
a theory and work on its lines until
| found it untenable, then it would
be discarded at once and another
theory evolved. This was the only
possible way for me to work out
the problem"
In his first lamp Mr. Edison used
a piece of carboniZed sewing thread
as the incandescent filament. That
lamp is today known as the sew
ing-thread lamp" Next, loOped fill
aments of carbOniZed paper were
used with comparative success.
Still seeking a more serviceable fill
ament, Mr.. Edison Glanced 10 try a
bit of fiber from a palm-leaf fan.
This chance experiment started
one of the most romantic adyen-
lures in the history of the incandes-
cent Tampa worldwide fiber hunt.
Such promising results were OBJ
tanned from the bit of fiber from
the palm-leaf fan, that before long,
scouts were sent to many far-off
lands to find the species of bamboo
/ best suited to carry Mr.. Edison's
new lamp to success. More than
6,00O specimens were shipped back
70 the Menlo Park laboratory. OF
these a Japanese bamboo was Sc
lected and for nine years it was
grown by a japanese farmer for
Mr.. Edison and used in all the in
candescent lamps. The Edison
electric light system was intro
dnced and the incandescent lamp
won its laurels with the filaments
of this japanese fiber.
Later other materials were used
-celluose, then tantalum and
finally tungsten which is in use to-
day.
Not Perfect, Says Inventor.
Some years ago, in commenting
on his invention, Mr.. Edison said,
mo invention is perfect, and the
incandescent lamp of today is not
an exception. Light without heat
is the ideal, and that is still far off.
The electric incandescent lamp of
today is the cheapest form of IL
luminant that has ever been pro-
duced, but some day it will be
cheaper and colder than 1t is. There
is good deal OF, truth in the say
ing that the FREELY is the ideal. II
Smyrna times., 1929-07-31

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surface-borna I}5izoe.,.... :. cll
leg and caJ I IT, "a, q
and black r0r a Jill: ''-s,
stain OF swee. a-oa.
whole Or cut ,l,1.. Y
sprouted Seed uIfirb o,5a. ~
ments 50 often .r4 = q
the seed piee a;n.t s, '
disease organisms
,0elliesail PSI N a1tartlr.
bushels Of l HI 4.
soaking Or co.tf ea,-i...... .
needed A pound treat, i,.,,- i-,..
bushels 81 whol or Iarg. T. !.
to 10 bu9hels 0f small +.
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Smyrna times., 1929-07-31
AGED PENSION SURVEY Of
aSTATE TO Be FINISHED SOON
NOT SATISFIED WITH AID
SOME MINISTER'S ARE GIVING
Request All Ministers to Make a
Survey in Their Parishes and Re
port Cases-Fail to Follow Rules

port CaSeS-fall TO FOLLOW Rules
Mrs. Laura c. Walls, of Lincoln
City, who has charge of the work
of making a survey of the state to
find the needy poor 65 years of age
or over who are to be aided finan-
cially by Alfred I.duPont, until the
next Legislature meets, is not sat
isfied with the assistance she is re-
ceiving in this work from some
ministers of the state. Mrs. Walls
says that while most of the min
listers seem to Understand what is
required of them in regard to in
vestigating cases in their districts,
others are apparently not follow
ing instructions. At the start of
her survey she requested all min
listers in the state to aid her by
making survey in their parishes
and investigating themselves or
have some other responsible person
investigate any cases reported to
them. In discussing the work to
date Mrs. Walls said that she had
reason to believe it was not the
worthy ones that were making ap-
plication, in most instances. She
said the ones she wished to reach
were those who live in the back
ground, unnoticed, uncared for,
many who can neither read nor
write and know nothing of the
financial assistance that is offered
them. Such cases." she said, are
the ones we are very anxious to re
ceive and such cases are the ones
we must go after as they viii not
make application themselves. +"
During a personal investigation
Mrs. Walls said she had found a
worthy case that would fit the sit
uation. She said this person is an
invalid who has sat in rocking
chair for three years, limbs swollen
severely and she can neither walk
or lie down" The invalid told her,
II rock a little continuously to
keep my blood in circulation SO I
can live" Mrs. Walls said this
woman was suffering for the real
comforts of life, but was patient
and cheerful. She did not know
that she was eligible for the pen
sion as she could not read and had
not heard of it. THE citizens of
the whole state, as well as the min
listers, are responsible for such cas-
es," he said. If you are indiffer-
ent in this matter you are not only
responsible, but you have come
very short of your duty as a Chris
tian." Continuing Mrs. Walls said
IF any minister hasn't any worthy
cases to report please notify me to
that effect as there will be check
ing up on the various ministers
who are not reporting and I shall
ask for a reason why they are not
responding to the worthy cause. I
have to have all the reports in by
August 18th so as to give some
time for the final investigation be-
fore the closing of the books on
September 1st Please take great
precaution not to send in any name
of applicants who have relatives or
friends who are providing them
with the necessities of life and are
financially able to do So" Mrs.
Walls said, 'T have just received
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
BOULEVARD LAW VIOLATORS
TO BE ARRESTED

An effort to enforce rigidly in the
counties the provision in the traffic law
making it mandatory for motorist to
stop before entering or crossing the de-
signated through traffic roads began on
Wednesday. E. Austin Baughman, Com
missioner of Motor Vehicles, announced.
The boulevard law and the accom-
panying provision, Mr.. Baughman said,
have been in effect for more than a
month and the State Roads Commission
has erected signs to warn motorists al
all points where stops at approaches to
boulevards must be made.
Despite the law and the signs, how
ever, the commissioner asserted, some
motorists have been disobeying the law.
He said he wanted everyone to have
ample opportunity to become acquainted
with the law before arrests for violation
were made.
Every member of the police force
has now been notified to arrest all vic
lators of the law. .
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
AUTO UPsETs

Enroute from Baltimore to Rising
Sun, on Monday, Mrs. Clara Biles1
little daughter Ruth, and Ross Gam
eron, had marrow escape fl1
very serisasS aeeid ants Qsax
Corner. The driver OF So
backed his machine out into the 49,
directly in front of them, at the emit
rance to a lane. In attempting to
avoid a collision Ross Cameron
swerved the machine he was driving
sharply to the left. up steep bank
by the roadside. The car toppled
over ON it's side, and while all three
occupants received severe bruises
and some cuts, they escaped serious
injury.
The driver of the truck, who was
che cause of the accident, showed
the yellow streak in him by stepping
on the gas and beating it, without
stopping to offer aid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
GRANITE COMPANY In HANDS
OF RECEIVER
Bin Filed In Circuit Court Asking
Company Be Dissolved

Edward D. E. Rollins, Esq, al
solicitor for the Port Deposit Gran
ite Company, has filed bill in the
Circuit Court for Cecil County ask.
ing that the Port Deposit Granite
Company be dissolved and a receiv-
er appointed. II.
Tke bill alleges that the Port De
posit Company is the owner OF all
the stock of the Port Deposit Gran
ite Company; that the latter concern
owes the Port Deposit Co. about
$10,500; and that the assets of the
granite company are approximately
$4,000, while its liabilities total
$4,000. The bill also states that
Robert T. Norment, treasurer of the
granite company, has left the state
and will lend no aid toward straigE-
tening out the affairs of the COM
pany
The Circuit Court has appoited
Mr.. Rollins receiver for the company
and it is in his management at the
present time. Considerable stock
was recently sold in the Port Depos-
it Company, the holding company.
Several large contracts to supply
stone for construction work in Phil
adelphia were secured by the granite
company.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
CARNIVAL IN PROGRESS
Crowds lin Attendance To Enjoy the
Various Features

Crowds In Attendance To Enjoy the
Various Features
Good weather has favored the
Community Fire Company Carnival
that opened at Rising Sun on Friday
evening last, and the attendance has
been large. The usual features are
to be found, and the holiday crowds
have patronized all of them in lib
eral spirit.
Brilliantly lighted with hundreds Of
different colored electric light bulbs
the carnival grounds present beauti-
full scene at night.
The band concerts each evening
by the Community Fire Company
Band, and visiting musical organiza-
tions, are proving very enjoyable.
Chesapeake City Band gave a con-
cert ON Tuesday evening, and Fort
Deposit Band on Wednesday evening.
The Aberdeen Band is expected to
be present one evening this week.
The Abingdon Fire Company. with
apparatus, was in attendance on
Monday evening, and Chesapeake
City Company, with band and appa-
ratus, on Tuesday evening.
The ground prize on Friday eve
ming, a set of dishes, went to Mrs.
w. E. Patten. On Monday evening
Mrs. Gerald Dunbar received an
electric waffle iron, and on tuesday
evening Vernon Garvin was awarded
similar prize.
The automobile booth is proving a
center of attraction. Two fully
equipped automobiles are to be given
away on the last night of the carnl-
val, Saturday, Chevrolet imperial
Landau, and a Chevrolet Coach.
Better secure your tickets.
While the receipts THUS far have
not been up to those of former car
nivals held by the Company, the tire
men feel gratified, as indications are
that a goodly sum will be netted.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
SPEAKERS FOR FARMERS DAY
Prominent Men Will Talk On SUBJ
jects of Vital Interest AT the
Annual Meeting Aug. II.

In addition to Charles /. Stengle
son of Rev. Adam Stengle, former
pastor of the Tome Memorial M. E
Church, at Port Deposit, w. F.
Schilling, member of the National
Farm Board, and H. w. Warner,
agronomist of the National Fertil-
izer Association, will speak at the
annual Farmers day exercises to be
held in Memorial Hall, of the Tome
School, Saturday, August II.
Because of the pressure of the
work confronting this new Federal
Farm Board, which was recently ap-
pointed by President Hoover, Mr..
Schilling has not yet been able to
state positively that he will be there.
This group is interested in the
farm relief which President Hoover
is sponsoring in accordance with his
campaign promises. In a letter to
Mr.. ]. H. Kimble, chairman of the
speakers committee, Mr.. Ssh1lling
stated that all the members of the
Board have cancelled their engage
ments to catch up with the tremend-
Gus amount of work that is before
them, but that he will be present if
his official duties permit
Upon the recommendation OF H.
r. Smalley, director of soil improve
ment work, Mr.. Warner will repre-
sent the National Fertilizer Associa-
ton at this gathering.
Mr.. Warner was formerly extern
sion specialist in soils in Iowa for
the association and is regarded as
speaker of ability by many.
AS has previously been announced
Mr.. Stengle is the Editor of the
National Farm News, and is at pres
ent being doomed for position on
the Board of Commissioners, the
governing body of the District OF
Columbia.
The son Of the former Cecil pas
tor, was chaplain of the Delaware
House of Representatives, as well as
a member of the 6Sth Congress, rep
resenting the Sixth New York elec-
tion district.
AS has been the custom of recent
Years, ladies of the Hopewell M. e.
lurch will serve cafeteria lunch
on the grounds at noon. follow
the morning sessions, which are
hednIed to get under way at ten
I 5ss
lsic will also be supplied for the
tertainment of those attending the
yfxteenth of these annual gatherings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
CHEMISTS FIND STRYCHNINE
POISON IN BODY

A chemical analysis revealed traces
of suychnine poison in the body Of
Edw. A. Stone, husband of Mrs. Hattie
Stone. Havre dc Grace, held in the Bel
Air Jail charged with the suychnine
death of her fifteen year old SON. George.
1t was also learned that the autopsy
performed on Edgar Stone, Mrs. Stone
eldest son, revealed symptoms that ne
had died an unnatural death, although
no traces OF poison were found In the
poay when chemical analysis was
maze.
Whether additional charges OF muf
der Will De placed against Mrs. Stone
as the result oI Inc analysis made bD
pennlman * Brown, Baltimore chem
lists, and the development in the cass
of Edgar Stone is not known.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
MRS. MILDRED COX ACCUSED
AS ACCESSORY IN MURDER
OF HER HUSBAND

Mrs. Mildred Cox, widow OF Cal
win Cox, for whose murder with a
base ball bat early Sunday morning,
July 21, Lambert Hines, 25, is held
in Elkton jail, was arrested on
Thursday afternoon last, and is in
Jail at Elkton on the charge of being
an accessory before the fact in the
death of her husband.
Mrs. Cox was arrested at her
nome near Earlville, this county,
on a warrant issued through States
Attorey Henry L. Constable. Cox
and his wife had not been living to-
gether for some time previous to his
death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
WILLIAM REDMAN

Following a stroke of paralysis
William Redman, aged "a years, Of
Blake, Cecil county, died July -.
Interment was made in Oxford GEM
etery. The deceased was a veteran
of the Civil War. He is survived py
his wife, Sara (McCue) Redman,
five daughters: Mrs. Albert Burkins,
Delta; Mrs. Lucretia Ramsey, Mrs
Ralph Conoly, Oxford; Mrs. Robert
Wallace, Washington, D. c.; Mrs
Ida McCauley, Avondale, and one
son, Robert Hammond, Indiana.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
OBITUARY
MRS. NORA DALTON

The funeral of Mrs. Nora Dalton
was held July 19, with inetrment in
West Nottingham Presbyterian Gem
etery. The deceased was the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Fannie McPeat, and her
death occurred at her home near
New Bridge after lingering illness
from tuberculosis. She was 22 years
of age.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02

Upon tke charge of having set tire
to his home near Providence, Cecil
county, Chester Harlan has been ar
rested and lodged in Elkton JAIL
He had been missing for some time
and upon his return to the locality
was placed under arrest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
TOWN AND COUNTY
Short Paragraphs of Recent Events of
Interest to Our Readers
LOCAL HAPPENINGS BRIEFLY NOTED

The gross receipts of the recent
Firemen's carnival at Perryville
were $500.
The dwelling of Mrs. w. +. Pat
ten, on Cherry street, is being i'm
Lroved by painters.
The opening date of the eleven
day fall racing at Havre de Grace
track is September 20.
The annual picnic of Rosebank
Sunday school, Calvert, was held on
Wednesday at Charlestown Manor
The ladies of the Aid Society OF
Union M. E. church, Fremont, Pa,
realized $40 by the festival held on
July II.
All bridge tenders on the Chesa-
peake & Delaware Canal have been
uniformed in navy blue by the Gov
ernment.
The festival held on Wednesday
evening OF last week for the beneft
of EDenezer M. E. church netted
about $40.
Rawlingsville, Pa. Camp Meeting
will open on Saturday of this week
and continue over two Sundays. clos
ing on August IL.
The Sixth District Auxiliary OF
Inlon hospital, Elkton, met with
lars. George C. Reynolds on Wednes-
aay afternoon of this week.
The camp meeting grounds at
Leslie have Deen put in condition for
TINS years camp, which will be held
the first two weeks in August.
The Ancient Order OF Croaklng
Bull Frogs ned FESTIVAL at Quarry
,.ne, Pa, ON Saturday evening, the
gross receipts of which were $lS54.
The annual meeting OF stockholo-
ers. of the Mutual Fire insurance
Company of Cecil County VIII De
held in Elkton on Saturday AUG
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
KIRK'S BRIDGE HIGHWAY OPEN
TO TRAFFIC.

The new road from Little Britain,
Pa. to Kinks Bridge, via Oak Hill,
was opened to traffic on Saturday
The stretch, which is Is feet IN
width and constructed of oil bound
macadam, cost approximately $780,
900,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-08-02
LEGION AMBULANCE SERVICE

ALO1ON A1HbCHANON 'oH1HkE1OE
Week of July 22nd to 28th, Inclusive
The American Leagion Ambulance
driving crew for July enjoyed a much
needed rest during the week of July
22nd to 2Sth, only making four trips in
that period. Communities served in
cluded Salisbury, Port Deposit. North
East. and Elkton.
Number of trips for week 4; average
mileage per trip II; total mileage fol-
week 2S4; total trips to date S47; average
mileage per trip S2,4; total mileage to
date 27,49I.