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Secretary Wilbur Returns
To City From Trip East

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go the first Of the week to New York to
meet their daughter, Miss Louise Harri-
SON Gwynn, who will arrive Wednesday
evening aboard the Bremen. Miss
Gwynn and Miss Louise Brooks, accom-
panied by Mrs. James II. Turner, have
passed eight months travelling abroad
and are coming from England, where
they made an extended stay. Lord and
Lady Aston entertained at q luncheon
in honor Of Miss Gwynn, during her
stay In their country, and among other
q pGrty given for Miss Gwynn by Lieut..
Comdr. and Mrs. George D. Murray.
Mrs. Murray Is q close friend Of Mrs.
GWynn and formerly lived IN Washing
ton. Lieut.. Comdr. Murray II the as
ststant naval Attache Of the United
States embassy in London.
DR.. and Mrs. Gwynn viii be the
guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lionel Atwiii in
New York, and expect to return to
Washington Thursday. accompanied by
Miss Gwynn. Miss Brooks u the daugh-
ter Of Mrs. Anvil.
Miss Frances Rainey. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. c. Rainey Of Cape Cod
and Washington, will leave Washington
tomorrow and will sail Saturday for
Labrador with the DR.. Grenfell party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rainey viii accompany
their daughter TO New York, and after
she sails Mrs. Rainey and their other
daughter, Miss Frederick Rainey, will
go TO their Summer home on Cape Cod.
Miss Rainey was . page at the d. A. r.
Congress.
Mrs Louis A. MacMahon and her
daughter, Miss Elizabeth Stanley WI
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WatsOn-McDaniel Wedding
Is SOlemnized at Home
Miss Lydia Hunter Becomes Bride of Mr.. E. A.
Kins-Miss Sue Elizabeth
Reynolds Marries.

Miss Frances Watson, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. s. @. Watson Of Canton,
MO, and Mr.. Samuel Mcdaniel of Ros-
well, N. Mex, were married yesterday
afternoon at 8 o'clock, at the home of
Mr.. Frank Jones, 125 B street southeast,
the Rev. w. s. Abernethy off1ciating.
The house was decorated with Sum-
rner flowers and fern and Miss Mary
Male, pianist, played the wedding
march.
The bride wore gown of egg she'll
color chiffon and lace and carried
cream-color roses. Miss Louise Price
was maid Of honor In a gown Of pink
chiffon and carrying red roses.
Mr.. Thaddeus Jones was the best man.
Mr. and Mrs. Mcdaniel will make
their home temporarily at IL Second
street northeast, and will later 60 to
New Mexico.
A pretty home wedding took place
yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the
home Of MI. and Mrs. James w. Hunter
at 1446 Forty-fourth street, when their
daughter, Miss Lydia Hunter, became
the bride Of Mr.. Elmer A. King, son of
Mrs. King and the late Mr.. John King
Of Washington. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. Harvey Durham Of
the Presbyterian Church.
NEO0sAAtAtACo
with palms and ferns made an effective
background for the wedding and pre-
ceding the ceremony Mr.. walter Hun
ter, brother Of the bride, sang 20 Prom
1Se Ne" and az Love You Truly" with
Miss Armenia Snavely at the piano
The bride was given In marriage by
her father and she wore a gown of pink
net and taffeta, O picture hat to match
and carried q shower bouquet Of pink
roses and lilies Of the valley.
Mrs. @. X. Mercer was the matron of
honor ard Mr.. Mercer was the best man.
Mrs. Mercer wore a gown Of beige chif-
fon with accessories to match and she
carried tea roses.
A reception followed the ceremony,
when the couple were assisted in re-
cetving by Mrs. Hunter, mother of the
bride, who wore q gown Of beige chiffon.
Mr.. King and his bride left later for
northern wedding trip, the bride wear
ing skipper blue ensemble with Access
SORES to match. They will be at home
upon their return at 1881 S street.
The marriage Of Miss Sue Elizabeth
Reynolds to Mr.. Eugene w. Comstock
OF Rochester, N. Y, took place in the
home Of the brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Z. Reynolds, at TIT Dahlia
street northwest, Monday morning. The
wedding march was played by Mr..
Marion B. Reynolds, brother of the
bride. and the ceremony was performed
by the Rev. William E. La Rue, pastor
OF the Takoma Park Presbyterian
Church.
After the ceremony the wedding
party motored to Warrenton, Va, where
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Women's City Club Open
For Program of Music

Nine. Louise Coutinho, concert pia-
mist, who has Just returned to Wash
ington from appearances in Philadel-
phia and New York, viii be honor guest
and viii give . group Of piano selec-
tons on the program Of the Women's
City Club tea this afternoon at the
club house, 736 Jackson place. The
Americanization Committee is sponsor
ing the tea and Mrs. Grattan Kerans,
chairman, will be hostess. Mrs. Ralph
Wilson will give . group Of songs, one
Dawson Omstead will be the accom-
PIANIST. Miss Myrtle Bum and Mrs.
John Allen Munson win preside at the
tea tables. Among those in the re-
ceiving line will be Mrs. William Lee
Corbin, Miss Maude Alton and Mrs. Z.
c. Rittue.
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Sorority Sisters Give
InterestinS Pros

interesting programs
Pt Delta Chapter Of Alpha omicron
Pi held its annual dinner in honor OF
the senior girls last Sunday at the
chapter house at College Park. Nd.
Farewell speeches were made by Miss
Charlotte Clemson, the new president:
Miss Ruth Miles, the retiring prest-.
dent: Miss Dorothy SimnGoxs. 2gEsswA
senting the sophomore class. and Mis-
Charlotte Hood, representing the fresh
men. These were followed by short
speeches by each Of the senior girls.
This dinner marks the end Of the social
season for the chapter.
A charmingly arranged tea ut the
Dodge tea hut last Sunday brought to
close the annual convention OF the
Sigma Theta National Sorority. Miss
Vera Bonham was hostess. At the
tea table were Miss Josephine wunder
and Miss Ethel Waters.
The Beta Chapter of the Phi Delta
Delta Legal Fraternity held its last
rush party Of the season yesterday at
the Congressional Country Club.
There was q luncheon, followed by
bridge. The rushees were Misses
Tomalee Nix, Nell Quinn, Elizabeth
Falconer, Bernice Woodward, Mary
Benton Wright, Mesdames Willie N,
Gauss and Grace B. Stiles. Miss Pearl
Mccall, assistant United States district
attorney, was guest speaker Miss Emma
Luebbing was chairman of the party
and was assisted by Miss Grace Carter
and Miss Selma Anderson.
-s
Glasgow, Scotland has banned pro-
fessional boxing matches from the mu-
nicinal hall
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Princeton, n. J., and Mr.. John Mont
gomery Toucey of Somers.
Miss Gertrude Paxton Macatee, q
bride-elect Of June, daughter Of DR..
and Mrs. Henry Cook Macatee, win be
graduated next week from Bryn Mawr
College and win return to Washington
Immediately afterward.
The wedding Of Miss Macatee to Mr..
Randolph Powell Butler, assistant trade
commissioner Of the Department Of Com
merce, will take place in Washington
shortly after her graduation.
DR.. and Mrs. Macatee and Miss Mary
Macatee are spending the week end at
Rehoboth Beach.
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wedding dinner was served In the
William Green Hotel. The bride and
bridegroom motored on to Panorama
Inn at Luray Va, and after q several
days motor trip through the Shenandoah
Valley they will return and make their
home at TIT Dahlia street.
The marriage Of Mrs. Lillian NJ
Cady, daughter Of Mrs. Robert Bovee
of Mount Rainier, Md, and Mr. Roland
c. Simpson took place Monday eve
ming at the home Of the brides sister,
Mrs. Robert Corer Of Hyattsville, Md.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rev. Ulysses s. "A. Heavener, pastor Of
Hyattsville M. E. Church.
The bride was attended by her sister,
Miss Vera Moriarty and Mr.. John M.
RaSely, brother-in-law Of the BRIDE
groom, was best man.
After the ceremony buffet supper
was served.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson will 60 to
Boston on their wedding trip and be
at home, 1911 Franklin street northeast,
after June /.
Guests included Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Bovee, Mr.. and Mrs. Harry c. Simpson,
Mrs. John NJ. Rasely, Mr.. and Mrs,
Samuel Latona, Mr.. and Mrs. william
Moriarty, Miss Vera Moriarty, John
Cady and Mrs. Lucy Scott.
The marriage Of Miss ASenath Libby
Graves, daughter of Mrs. Graves, and
the late Capt. Herbert G. Graves Of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey, to Mr..
Ewin Thor Mcknight Of Seattle, Wash,
took place Saturday evening, May Is.
The ceremony was performed in the
home of the colonial homestead of the
brides father at 623 South Fairfax
street In Alexandria, the Rev. Allan
F. Poore Of Waugh M. z. Church, Of
ficiating at o'clock. Mr.. Willard
Graves McGraw Of Gaithersburg, Md,
played the wedding music and the brief
program before the ceremony. during
which Miss Lucy NJ. Graves sang q solo.
The bride was escorted by her brother
and wore a gown OF ivory satin and
rare old princess lace and carried Gala
lilies. She descended the colonial stair
way after her attendants.
Mrs. Athur Allan Baker Of Washing
ton, sister of the bride, was matron Of
honor and had a costume Of peach COL
or and carried Spring flowers. Mr.. Carl
Dane was best man. Little Nancy
Cushman Graves, niece Of the bride,
was flower girl.
A reception followed, after which Mr..
and Mrs. Mcknight started for q we'd
ding trip, the bride travelling in q suit
Of dark blue silk with q small hat to
match. The bride is an honor graduate
of Mount Holyoke College in the class
Of 1929 and the bridegroom is graduate
Of Washington State University.
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Poetry Circle Hosts
To Washington Woman

The president Of the Maryland branch
Of the American Poetry Circle, Mrs.
Maria Briscoe Croker, has invited Miss
Maud Judith Scruggs, president of the
Washington branch, and author of
Catalina" to be the guest Of honor on
the first evening of the National Poetry
week in Baltimore. Many American
poets win be present on this occasion.
Miss Scruggs, Southerner by birth,
Is the daughter of the late William l..
Scruggs Of Georgia, distinguished diplo-
mat and international lawyer
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Massachusetts Society
Holds Annual Outing

Plans are under way for the biggest
annual outing ever held by the Massa-
chusettS State Society Of Washington
Saturday afternoon and evening, June
20, at the Olney Inn, Md. Transporta-
ton by bus and auto.
This annual event is held in COM
memoratton Of Bunker Hill day, which
Is holiday in the Old Bay State and
has proven to be one Of the best get
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together affairs for the members of
the society.
There will be outdoor games for both
men and women with prizes for each
winner, to be followed by big chicken
dinner, dancing and entertainment.
The director of Federal prisons Mr..
Sanford Bates, Is president of the soci-
ETY. and Mr.. George A. Herman is chair
man Of the Committee on Arrange
mentS.
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Newcomb Club Completes
Gard Party Arrangements

The Newconab Club has completed
arrangements for the scholarship fund
benefit card party TO be given ct Top
Cottage, the Luke I. Wilson estate on
the Rockville pike, the afternoon Of
May % ct o'clock. Much interest Is
being shown In this branch Of the clubs
activities, and additional patronesses
are Mrs. Elisha Hanson, Mrs. Ford z.
Young. Mrs. z. @. Bakersfield, Mrs.
George Bradley, Mrs. @. L. Chambers
and Mrs. Z. NJ. willis.
For the first time in history British
breeders had exhibits at the recent
agriculture fair in Milan, Italy.
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Glasgow, Scotland, has banned pro-
fessional boxing matches from the mu-
nicipal hall.
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Ambassador Is Returning
After Several Weeks In Italy

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The first secretary of the Belgian en-
baSsy, ViScount de Lantsheere, sailed
Friday for Europe and viii be absent
for two months.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
DESTROY STILL NEAR DOVER
Prohibition Officers Sieze Plants in
Woods Near Petersburg

Federal prohibition Agents Jett
and Riggin while searching for a
reported still in the forest near
Petersburg, Kent County, Friday
afternoon discovered one in oper-
alton, but the operator bed. Get
ting good start on the officers,
when he heard them approaching.
He was lost in the thick of the
woods. The officers seized the fol-
lowing: Two 50-gallon stills COM
plete in operation; 40 gallons fin
ished whisky; 500 gallons whisky
mash; II 50-gallon cider barrels
containing about 20 gallons of
cider; one 500 gallon mash vat;
two gasoline tanks containing
about 40 gallons of gasoline; one
10-gallon stone crock; two one
gallon and two two-gallon jugs;
one .10-gallon keg; one fve-gallon
keg; and other equipment. The
owner of the forest where the still
was found is not known. Later
in the afternoon the same agents
located a steam outfit, with a still
of 100 gallon capacity, in the for
est near Hazlettville, it was not in
operation at the time. The officers
destroyed this plant also.
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her Aunt Cummins." It was af-
terwards ascertained that no lady
had entered the house Of Mrs
Cummins that morning. The illu-
sion was spectral or optical on the
part of the Doctor. Yet it was
strange. Mrs. Fisler survives her
husband and is lady of rare and
estimable worth, she is devoted to
her church evangelical and liber-
al towards other denominations
however, and may without offence
be styled the Major Domo" of
the Parish.
Next to DR.. Fishers standing
back from the street was black
smith shop. I think the smiths
name was Walker, but am not
sure. He did smithing in general
and pulled teeth. I remember but
one dental instrument that he used
that was sort of claw hammer
called publican" I have seen
him pull many head with it un-
til thought he would wrench the
head from the shoulders. 1 think
William Cooper, now q distinguish
ed minister of the Philadelphia M.
E. Conference, worked in this shop.
A travelling teacher of Greenleaf's s
English Grammar, came to Smyr-
ma and formed class. Young
Cooper was of the class and de-
fined the parts of speech as "Or-
tho graph ", lite e molgy,"
"Swyne-tax" and "Pro so-dy." He
never recovered from that while
he remained in Smyrna. Next was
the residence and shop of the
Misses Farrow, Mary married Ma
thaniel Covington, Sarah married
James Ruth and Ann married Ed
ward Osborn. These ladies con-
Quoted a millinery business and
were prosperous and respected.
Next was the store of their broth
ers, Joseph and Lambson Farrow.
believe they were the first mer-
chants in Smyrna that did not sell
liquors. The Farrow Brothers af-
terward removed to Baltimore and
in the retail dry goods
business. Next to the Farrows
was a dwelling occupied I think by
some of the Patterson family, af-
forwards by William Ringgold, one
of whose daughters was the first
wife of William Temple, later
Governor Temple. Next was Pat
terson's corner store previously re-
ferred to. Of the merchants who
early occupied the II. w. Corner
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
STATE BOY SCOUTS JUBILEE
Annual Meeting and Dinner Fixed
for Saturday, January IL


The fifteenth annual dinner and
meeting of the Wilmington Coun-
Gil Boy Scouts of America has been
set for $50 p. M, Saturday, jan
uary II at the Hotel DUPONT -Bilt-
more. Coming on the eve of the
twenty-frst birthday of scouting,
the Wilmington Council is plann-
ing brilliant affair. OF particu-
lar interest to scouting will be a
statement at this meeting by E.
G. Ackert, explaining the enlarge
ment of the Wilmington Council
from a Wilmington city and sub
urban organization to an area
council of about seven thousand
square miles of territory. The new
council will be known as the Will
mington Area Council, Incorporat-
ed, and will have the distinction of
being the only council in the Unit
ed States to include an entire state
and a portion of an adjoining state.
The new Wilmington Area Council
will include the State of Delaware
and that portion of Maryland ly-
ing in the Delmarva Peninsula. It
will be divided into three distinct
areas; that of Delaware north of
New Castle and Newark, the re-
naming of Delaware State and the
Maryland portion. Officials from
the newly formed districts will at
tend the dinner Notable speak
ers have accepted invitation. Eagle
Scout Paul Sipple of Erie, Pa, will
tell of his experience with Admiral
Richard e. Byrd during the two
years spent at Little America in
Scout Sipple was elect
ed for the expedition from among
all the Eagle Scouts of the country
to accompany Admiral Byrd to the
South Polar regions. Scout Sip
pie was nineteen years of age when
he started on this expedition and
was the youngest person ever to
accompany an expedition of this
nature. At the annual dinner
Paul will tell his own story of his
thrilling adventures. The commit
tee on arrangements are endeavor-
ing to provide for all interested in
scouting who wish to attend this
dinner. 1t is anticipated that a
great many women will be present
Reservations may be obtained by
calling Scout Headquarters, 2 East
Ninth Street. During the dinner
the Wilmington High School Choir
will sing.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
EGG REPORT FOR NOVEMBER
Report and Bulletin Mailed To
Each POultryman of Kent County

According to the November re-
port of the Delaware farm egg rec
ord club, which has been issued by
H. S. Palmer, extension poultry
man of the University of Delaware
and mailed from the county exten-
sion offices to those poultry rails
ers who requested the 1930-1931
poultry calendars, the average pro-
duction for the 31,986 pullets was
9.6 eggs, and for the 1913 hens
it was 3.4 eggs, while the 1886
pullets and hens in the mixed
fiocks laid So eggs per bird, re-
presenting a total of $50 farms in
the state. Copies of this report
were mailed on December 29 from
the Office of county agent Russell
E. Wilson to the seventy-nine poul-
trymen in Kent county who have
promised to cooperate with the ex-
tension department by keeping egg
production records of their f1ocks
during the coming year. A sum-
mary of calendar records for the
year beginning November l, 1929
and ending October 81, 1880 shows
that 131 poultrymen sent in all
twelve of their monthly reports to
the extension department, and that
the average annual egg production
on these farms based on the aver
age number of birds on hand each
month was 1877 eggs per pullet,
and 1887 eggs per hen, as COM
pared to 1882 eggs per bird in the
mixed fiocks consisting of both
pullets and hens. This is an in
crease over last years record of
4.3 eggs per pullet, and decrease
of "a eggs per hen and IL eggs
per bird in the mixed f1ocks. This
farm egg record project is one of
the educational work which is be-
ing carried on by the extension ser
vice of the University of Delaware
i'll cooperation with group of
in the state who are
interested in obtaining some val
liable information in regard to
their business, and all the poultry
raisers in each of the three coun-
ties are invited to participate in
any of the lines of work in which
they are most interested. These
poultry calendars are printed each
year by the extension department
at considerable expense, and they
are furnished free of charge to
those poultrymen who will agree
to keep a record of their daily egg
production and send in their re-
ports at the end of each month to
the extension poultryman for max
ing summaries and averages for
the entire state Along with
copy of the November report each
also received a copy of
a bulletin on practical Expert
ences in Feeding Wheat" which
has been published by the Federal
Farm Board. and explains how and
to what extent wheat can be fed
in place of corn to cattle, hogs,
horses, sheep and chickens with
profitable results. This informa-
tion should be of particular inter
est to farmers at this time in view
of the present price of wheat and
the market value of other feeds.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
PARDON BOARD FREES KIRBY
Commute Sentence of Wilbur Kir-
by After Two Years Imprisonment

Wilbur Kirby, of Dover, now in
the New Castle County Workhouse
on a seven-year sentence for as
sault with intent to commit rob-
berry, will be a free man February
26. He will then have been in Jail
two years. The State Board of
Pardons meeting in Dover Thurs
day commuted his sentence. Kirby
was sentenced on February 26,
1929, after he and two companions
were convicted on the assault
charge. One of his companions was
paroled and the other was sentenc-
ed to two years imprisonment.
Kirby sought a pardon on the
ground that the sentence imposed
on him was too severe in that he
was a first offender and in view of
the disposition made of the case of
his companions.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Harsh Colonial Rule

Whipping was one of the most
common punishments and severe
one, in Colonial times. Men were
whipped for all sorts of offenses. In
l643 man was severely whipped
In Salem for sleeping during the
minister's sermon and for taking a
pass at the man who woke him
up. Another man was whipped for
travelling unnecessarily on the Sab
bath.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
Once Home Industry

All nails were originally made
at home. In the Fifteenth century
there was a guild of nailsmiths in
Augsburg.
Smyrna times., 1931-01-14
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