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ksOnal and Social
s Who Come and Go
IND Their Social Doings

y i. Stayton, who has his
Baltimore, Nd, but still
s1yrna as his residence, is
1p South. Mr.. Stayton is
q Cf the Association
the Prohibition Amend
10 Is now on an indefinite
lacESonville, Florida. Mr..
announces that an i'm
attempt to enlist aid of
women in Florida and
aaInern states, willing to
repeal Of the national dry
y Os made. This announce
! made shortly after he
q jacksonville. He said
aatlon believed 80 states
Ivy 70 repeal the prohibi-
'ad that he would attempt
lp organizations in six
ale' IN the South. The or
~ proposes to establish
i'adquarters in Jackson
We the statewide cam
%lla \ Oe conducted.
v !. Taylor entertained at
ullage at the Wayside Inn
evening in honor of her
- lawrence Appleton of
Her guests were MI
T. Leland Harmonson
~ =. Hudson, Mrs. How
les' and DR.. and Mrs. r.
uSsl ! 7. Collins, who has
~ y extended visit with her
-As' Robert Darrah a.
- u' Florida, also visiting
~, y Olher places Of interest
!, a returned home on
On Sunday Mr.. and
I'M. n. Visited Mrs. Margaret
Jug at her home in Phila-
,aanas H. coverdaIe Mrs
! .sr pa Miss Emily W.
s,0s @ls' : Joseph Ennis and
h h W., uip OF Southampton
n. wilmington last Wed.
h. 'rooon y and witnessed
lna,r, lay at the Playhouse
ss 4. farrell Of Frankford
u, 'lils town, is on an in.
M With Mr.. and Mrs
tsS snd family. She Is
pcs.ausef uef son, Mr.. Harvey
sbs ysOn' y who is seriously
tSsSI,,~ was taken to-day (
~''' Hospital, Philsdel.
N,s Tracy Of Glaston.
b M,s ! = making an indefi.
nj, n, mrs. John w. Ford
fEastor~ - ana Mrs. Lydia
Asss ~ ra., returned tc
7 several ! monday after
aspa. apa Jefferson and Mrs
'usOn atfa.a
s'as tho 'snoed on Satur-
IN Of as. session Of tn,
ss Na,nerica Nna Lodge al
sarah Johnson
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PRIVATE SALE

Lot of Household Goods, Cook
Stove, in good order. For particu-
lars, apply
GILBERT T. SYLVESTER,
Cor. Mill Street and Boulevard,
3-25 1t Smyrna, Del.
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XIV. Tucker, who since the
gunin concern discontinued
ssin store in his building,
I, busy reftting it up,paint-
N papering, and lighted it
ndsy night as his Women's
nsnt, better and more at
than ever. His formal op-
s1Eever, takes place to-day.
.nsn'S Department which
he west end of his store,
.Ted in its entirety to the
d Of his building where
ilg now will be down on
X floor and no climbing to
and floor any more. Mr..
i restocking the women's
-srt with a fresh line of
md has added a complete
Rrdage goods. Read his
snsnt Of re-opening an
nrnt.
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,,or of the Wheeler
rounanv Of Wilmington
r.. wheeler, have been
.so mast week or more
~. ..ssarsals and putting on
m talent play Al AOoaru ,nl.
n and Mrs. Wheeler
\, GOOD impression here,
h. ,Seir own scenery and
f. and demonstrated that
| ..,.nizations do not have to
n III their plays when they
snable company right here
k,Fsre.
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AND VICINITY

,,ican Legion Auxiliary
nlsi q he home of Mrs. Fan
VI :. Friday evening, March
rssp. m.
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! M great weight of the
[l,,t week clinging to the
4 the telephone company
|, mspy Of the poles to break,
r. by a mathematical cal
n made by one of Dover's
\, Snow from one foot Of
=, taken and weighed show
| q,sht Of 4 3-4 pounds. In
[tths telephone lines, there
| i @uarate exposed wires
from poles one hundred
|aIt making ATS pounds to
|1n or a total Of nearly
fans Of snow weight to
| 10 feet, a strain Of u tons
! pole.
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u swain, proprietor
y llllan ,,,.rmacy, is improving
|ai's ..a this week by tear
the Old ana, ana auuans cases This
|pry " store wider and af-
ciie 4. hi for better service
qP0lIuD q Mrs Swain is be-
!; pppil.i -,o+od on her enter
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Hens for Hatching

If hens are used for Matching, Sc
lect, where possible, those which
have proved good mothers. AS a
rule, this maternal ability will
prove the same from year to year,
and those which have deserted or
broken eggs carelessly will in all
probability prove unfaithful to the
end. If a hen has already been
broody for a week or two. she may
grow tired before the eggs hatch.
Choose preferably one that has just
commenced to- sit.
Fill the corners Of her box with
road dust or ashes. Lay in a
heavy sheet of paper saturated with
kerosene. Add more dust or ashes,
and lastly straw sprinkled with in
sect powder. Give her the eggs at
night. 1t is sometimes advisable
to throw an old piece of carpet over
the nest for day or so until she
is fully settled.
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Grade Pullets as They
Develop to Maturity

Some pullets mature and start
laying sooner than others, but it is
not every one who takes advantage
of this fact and grades his pullets
accordingly. Many poultrymen sepa-
rate their pullets into grades, put
ting those pullets into pens by them
selves that develop before the 9th
ers, and are ready to go on laying.
This is an advantage for these
birds, since they can be put on a
laying ration as they are ready for
it and allowed to 90 on laying. They
need not be held back from the rest
of the flock. 1t is also an advan-
tage for the remainder of the flock ;
they will have more room, more of
an opportunity at the mash hoppers,
and altogether a better chance to
grow and develop. AS the best of
these develop they in turn can be
put in a laying pen, and the rest
will have a still better chance to
develop. Several divisions may not
be possible where housing accommo-
dations are limited, but where suf-
ficient pens are available this sepa-
ration of the most forward birds
from the others will be found to be
beneficial.
The Coolidge examiner., 1931-12-18
CHAPTER XIV

CABRA CRAVAT, congresswom-
- an from Oklahoma, had started
a campaign against the disgraceful
condition of the new oil towns.
With an imposing party of twenty
made up of front-page oil men, SEN
ators, congressman, and editors,
she led the way to Bowlegs, new
est and crudest of the new oil
strikes.
Cities like Usage were suave
enough in a surface way. But what
could a state do when oil was for
ever surging up in unexpected
places, bringing the days of the
Run back again? At each newly
discovered pool there followed the
rush and scramble. Another Bret
Harte town sprang up on the
prairie; fields oOzed Shiny black !;
oil rigs clanked false-front wooden
shacks lined a one-street village.
Dance halls. Brothels. Gunmen.
Brawls. Heat. Flies. Dirt. Crime.
The clank of machinery. The roar
of traffic boiling over a road never
meant for more than a plOdding
wagon. Nitro-glycerine cars bear
ing their deadly freight. Overalls,
corduroys, blue prints, engines. The
human scum of each new oil town
was like the scum of the Run, but
harder, crueler, more wolfish and
degraded.
The imposing party, in high
powered motor cars, bumped over
the terrible roads, creating a red
dust barrage.
1T is all due to our rotten Okla
homa state politics." Sabra ex-
planned to the great senator from
Pennsylvania who sat at her right
and the great editor from New
York who sat at her left in the
big luxurious car. "Our laws are
laughed at. The capitol is rotten
with graft. Anything goes. Okla
homa is still a territory in every
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Big Area Burned Over

Forest fires in the United States
in 1881 swept over a total of more
than 100000 acres, an area great
er than the state of Ohio and Indi-
ana combined. Careless smokers were.
responsible for more fires and great
er losses than any other cause. The
damage caused by these forest fires
reached an estimated total of $GsFs
96S,350, not including damage to
young growth, wild life, watershed
values and other intangible values
which could not be measured in dol
lars and cents.
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/ 7l(LI[]lBY
BEST TO INSULATE
HEN HOUSE WALL
Only Method of Eliminating
Frost Deposits.

There is one important advantage
in building the poultry house wall
with a dead-air space between the
studding, and that is that this dead.
air space affords considerable in
SulatiOn and this is the most impOr-
tant factor in controlling the de-
pOsit of moisture and frost on the
inside wall. Frost deposit is caused
by the inside wall being cold. and
anything that can be done to in
sulate the wall and keep it warmer,
will reduce the amount of frost de-
posit and possibly eliminate it en-
tirely. If it is desired to spend
quite a little money on poultry
house wall and make it especially
good from this standpoint, 1t would
be advisable to further insulate this
wall by using a stiff insulation board
between the studding. dividing the
4-inch air space again into two
spaces. 1t is also important to
have this insulation practically air
tight, so as not to let the air circu-
late from one air space into the
other. Such a wall will add ex-
pense to the house, but it is the
only satisfactory way to eliminate
frost deposit on the wall entirely.
The air spaces in this wall are prac-
tically as effective as the insulation
material itself, so you can see the
Importance of having them.
Artificial heat In poultry houses
is coming to be used a little more
than formerly, especially where
standardized birds are being raised.
If it is used judiciously, it seems
to be practical; and that means, Of
course, that it must not be used
enough so as to get the birds used
to a hothouse condition. In other
words, use a small amount of heat,
and use it only at intervals.-Da-
kota Farmer.
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Hens Eggs Bigger

1t has been shown that if birds
are handled properly, they will lay
about so per cent as many eggs as
year-old hens as they did as pullets.
The egg will be larger and have a
greater market value. Throughout
the year pullet eggs will run small
er in size than hen eggs, but for
about eight weeks they will be much
smaller and bring only about 70 per
cent as much. Eggs from hens
will also be worth considerable
more for Matching purposes than
eggs from pullets.
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Ordered to Thrash Wife

AS the result of a court clerks er-
ror a divorcee in Berlin, Germany, is
suffering from the effects Of thrash
ing administered by her ex-husband,
with court order. A few days after
he had been divorced the man re-
ceived official notice that he was to
pay alimOny, to enter her house, and
to thrash her. He quickly complied
by putting into effect the second and
third parts of the order. Investiga-
ton disclosed that the order should
have read to pay alimony, but not
enter the house or thrash the woman.
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sun, a Scared thing, flies buzzing
over it, the oil drooling down its
face, a Shiny stream. A one-street
wooden shanty town, like the towns
of the old territory days, but more
sordid. A red-cheeked young Har-
ward engineer was their official
guide: an engaging boy in bone
trimmed glasses and a very blue
shirt that made his pink cheeks
pinker. That is what | wanted my
Gin to be, Sabra thought with a
great wrench at her heart. l
mustn't think of that now.
The drilling of the oil. The
workmen's shanties. The trial of
a dance-hall girl in the one-roOm
pine shack that served as court
room. The charge, nonpayment of
rent. The little room, sitting,
sinking, was already crowded.
Men and women filed the doorway,
lounged in the windows. The judge
was a yellow-faced fellow with a
cud Of tobacco in his cheek, and a
single law book on a shelf as his
library. 1t was a trial by jury.
The jurors were nine in number,
their faces a rogues' gallery. There
had happened to be nine men loaf
ing near by. 1t might have been
less or more. Bowlegs did not con-
slider these fine legal points. They
wore OverallS and shirts. The de-
fendant was a tiny rat-faced girl
in a soiled green dress that paro-
died the fashions, a pathetic green
poke bonnet, down-at-heel shoes,
and a great run in her stocking.
Her friends were there-a dozen
or more dance-hall girls in striped
overalls and jockey caps or knee
length gingham dresses with
sashes. Their ages ranged from
sixteen to nineteen, perhaps.
The girls were charming, hos
pitable. They made way for the
imposing visitors. "Come on in,"
they said. "How-do pike friend
ly children. The mid-afternoon
sun was pitiless on their sick eyes,
their bad skin, their unhealthy
hair. Clustered behind the rude
bench on which the jury sat, the
girl, from time to time, leaned a
sociable elbow on a juryman's
shoulder, occasionally enlivening
the judicial proceedings by a spir-
tied comment uttered in defense
of their sister, and spoken in the
nearby ear or aloud, for benefit of
tho oIoSn-Dacked crowd
"She never done no such thing ~
"He's a d-n liar, an 1 can prove
it."
No one, least of all the tobacco
chewing judge, appeared to find
these girlish informalities at all
unusual in the legal conduct of the
case.
In the corner of the little room
was a kind of pen made of wooden
Stats, like a sizable chicken coop,
and in it, on the floor. lay a man.
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Highest Possessions
Above Monetary Ta..UA,

What are the things which Tire
average human being values most? A
Wisconsin clergyman has been ask
ing this question of leading men all
over the country, and the answers
as analyzed by Claiming Pollack for
the American Magazine, indicate that
most Of the desirable possessions
in peoples lives cost them nothing in
money.
A list of fifty such valuable pos
sessions, for instance, shows that IS
Of the 80 had no monetary cost. The
three leaders are: Health, love of
work and capacity for it; ability TO
look any man in the eye.
Most of these things, comments
Mr.. Pollock, are very common posses
sions, and yet nobody would take a
million dollars for any one of the lot.
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thing but title. This town OF Bow
legs. It's a thrOw-back to the from
tier days Of forty years agO-and
worse. It's like the old Cimarron.
People who have lived in Usage all
their lives don't know what goes
on out here. They don't care. It's
more oil, more millions. That's all.
Any one of you men, well known
as you are, could come out here,
put on overalls, and be as lost as
though you had vanished in the
Wilderness"
The Pennsylvania senator laughed
a plump laugh and with elbow
nearest Sabra made a little move
ment that would have amounted to
a nudge-in anyone but a senator
from Pennsylvania. What they
need out here is a woman governor,
eh, Lippmann ~ to the great ed
itor.
Sabra said nothing.
On the drive out from Usage
they stopped for lunch in an older
oil town hotel dining roOm-a sur
prisingly good lunch, the senators
and editors were glad to find, with
a tender steak, and little green
onions, and near beer, and cheese,
and coffee served in great thick
cups, hot and strong and refresh
ing. The waitress was deft and
friendly; a tall angular woman
with something frank and engag-
ing about the two circles of YER
million on the parchment of her
withered cheeks.
How are you, Nettie?" Sabra
said to her.
I'm grand, Mis- Cravat. How's
all your folks?"
The senator from Ohio winked
at Sabra. You're a politician, all
right"
Arrived at Bowlegs, Sabra showed
them everything, pitilessly. The
dreadful town lay in the hot June
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Canned Sunshine"

An interesting report on the use
of cod liver oil in the laying ra-
ton for hens is found in a Univer-
sity of Missouri bulletin which says
that two lots of hens, one of which
was fed a ration containing 2 per
cent of cod liver oil and the other
the same ration with no cod liver
oil, the one receiving the cod liver
oil averaged 4S.1 eggs from Decem-
Der 10 to March 81 while the one
not receiving cod liver oil averaged
40.S eggs. Both lots had access to
all available sunshine.
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Two Days Of Freedom"
for Husband and WIZ,

1t is a mistake to think that 40
people can, in this Twentieth century.
live their whole lives happily, sue
cessfully and abundantly on the basis
that husband and wife are one, un-
less each party TO the arrangement is
free to follow his own tastes and fan
cies. Otherwise you inevitably get
boredom and unbearable dullness.
Dullness has wrecked many mar
riages which otherwise would have
been successful.
/ have eliminated the possibility of
dullness. On two days each week I
never see my husband. 1t has proved
a really sound arrangement. 1 do
what l like, go out with friends /
choose, even though some of them he
dislikes and others he thinks just
silly. Still, he does not object. For
those two days we live our lives.
apart as if we had no mutual re-
spOnsibilities at all.
He chooses his own friends. Some
VI HIS IIIeHuS ulSllhe dS IHuCH dS
he dislikes some of mine. Others are
just dull and uninteresting.
The days we are together we enjoy
each other more because we have
been apart. We are each of us re-
freshed and have something new to
talk about. 1t is not bad plan, ard
l might even say that it is pAJ,n
which many other people might find
very suitable. They will be sur
prised at the results.-Anita Loos in
the London Saturday Review.
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Can't CONVINCE Police

81 saw you arguing with your wife
on the street yesterday"
Eyes, 1 was trying to convince her
that the police wouldn't refuse to tag
the car merely because she insisted
it was all right to park that near
fire plug
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Explained

81 live by my wits"
'Now know why you look so hun
CRY"
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DID YOUR CHILD
DO WELL IN
SCHOOL LAST YEAR?
How Were Their Grades?

Just a few more days and
the Riddles will be going back
to school. For many it will be
a happy occasion-for others
it will be more or less a hard
ship due to eye strain and
squirting. This condition of
course causes headaches and
nervousness, which in turn
mean bad grades.
Should you have the least
idea that the condition of
their eyes will interfere with
their school work, bring the
children to the Miller Jewelry
Co.'S Optical Dept, II North
Meridian Street, corner Me-
ridian and the Circle, at once
and have their precious little
eyes examined.
Examination will be made
free of charge by DR.. West,
Optometrist of % years eX-
perience.-Adv.
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SQUEALINC PICS
HERALD OPENING
OF STATE FAIR.
Finishing Touches Put on
Buildings to Prepare
for Start Saturday.
BY REY RINTALA

A medley of hammers, rumbling
trucks, gathering hoof- beats and
squeals Of first pig entries, today
blared forth announcement of pre-
exposition activities for the opening
of the Indiana state fair Saturday.
All is being made ready for the
reception of the animal aristocracy.
Hundreds of tons of feed is being
provided for hungry beasts from the
many states.
An army of carpenters is putting
the finishing touches on the build
ings in which the horses, cattle,
poultry and swine will be housed.
BY tonight, all departmental
managers will be on the grounds to
supervise placing of the entries.
Champ Duroc Arrives
With much "oinking," the first
entrants arrived from Toma, Ia
Monday. Among the grand cham
pion pen of Hampshires is the pig
which won the championship at the
national swine show held in con-
junction with the Illinois state fair
at Springfield, last week. 1t is of
Duroc breed Many of the hogs
showing at the Iowa state fair will
arrive at the fair grounds Saturday.
Grand circuit racing, one of the
biggest attractions at the fair,
promises to be exciting. Although
the number of entries on the speed
card is not as high as it was in
1880, the representation of big
line" horses is above the standard.
419 Speed Entries
A total of 419 entries have been
nominated for the eight early clos
ing events on the speed card. The
best drivers on the circuit will be
present TO whip their horses under
the wire in the lead. Purses total
$4,000.
A little prosperity may be
around the corner" for All Club
members. Two thousand six hun
dred forty-three exhibits have been
entered by Al members who will
compete for $9,797.75 in premiums.
This represents a gain of TIC over
1880 exhibits.
Boys from all Indiana-there
we're 131 signed I'D tOday-WiU take
part in the program of the eighth
annual boys agricultural camp
which opens Friday. w. R. Amick,
assistant state club leader, as direc-
tor.
Program for Girls
Girls at the thirteenth annual
school of home economics which
opened Friday are busy sewing,
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Monday night at Holmes avenue
and Washington street.
William Buchanan, II, Of $50
North Beville avenue, was cut when
struck by an automobile at Belle
Vieu place and Sixteenth street.
Running into the side of an auto
mobile, Burk May, 48, Of 1925 Eng
lish avenue, suffered broken leg.
The accident occurred in the 2100
block Madison avenue.
Frank S. Coleman, so, Negro, 1924
Martindale avenue, sustained col
lar bone fracture when struck by a
car at Twenty-f1rst and YandeS
streets.
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HIT-RUN DRIVER
ABANDONS TWO
BENEATH AUTO
Squad Cars Search North
Side for MOtorist;
Pair Injured.

A hit-and-run motorist who left
two persons pinned beneath an
overturned automobile at North
western avenue and Twenty-ninth
street Monday night, still was at
liberty today, despite efforts of
police squads who combed the
northwest side for him after the
crash.
Mrs. Frederick Collins,18, of 1904
Winton avenue, suffered severe cuts
on the legs and feet, and her hus-
band escaped with minor injuries
in the accident.
Mrs. America Sosby, 26, and her
son Billy, 5, of 993 Collier street,
were injured slightly in a collision
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SEPT. l. 1891

and congressman are preparing to
make more difficult the obtaining
and possession of deadly weapons
by persons not entitled to them.
Under the leadership Of Sena-
tors Royal Copeland Dem., N. ",
and Arthur Capper .Rep., Kan.),
the senate may enact legislation
prohibiting the interstate shipment
of firearms except to those legally
entitled to them in performance OF
their duties.
Copeland also is sponsoring a bill
prohibiting the importation of pis-
tolls and other firearms and ammu-
milton.
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baking and learning all that there
is to know about home-making. A.
schedule of demonstrations, lee
lures, laboratory periods and classes
is arranged SO that they will get
the most good out of their two
weeks training under Mrs. L. G..
Vannice of Danville.
Premium money in the different
livestock department totals $75,609.
Cattle exhibitors will receive $25, 331;
exhibitors of horses and mules will
win $21, 1853; sheep breeders will di-
vide $1,000, and swine breeders will
receive $12,906. Those exhibiting
poultry, rabbits and pigeons will
divide $8,015 among themselves.
Agricultural prize money is di-
vided as follows: Agricultural prod
ucts, $4,180; horticulture, $1,71O;
apiary, $438, and Horticulture, 1852,
making total of $3.50.
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JUNIOR HIGH IN
CITY DISCUSSED
Shortridge Head Reveals
Tentative PROGRAM.

Tentative plans for the inaugura-
ton in the future of junior high
school system in Indianapolis were
explained by Milo H. Stewart, as
sistant superintendent of schools,
before a meeting of seventh and
eighth grade and high school teach
ers in Shortridge high school today.
DR.. Rollo H Lyman, professor of
teaching English at the University
of Chicago, spoke on the advantages
of the junior high school.
DR.. Lyman traced growth Of the
junior high movement and dwelt on
the accomplishment of the junior
high school in other cities.
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PISTOL BAN LOOMS
u. S. May Act to Cut Down
LaWIeSSneSS.

BIZ Scripps -Hot0ard Newspaper Alliance
WASHINGTON, Sept. Con
gresS may take a hand in the war
on gangdom when it reconvenes
next December.
Aroused over the defiance Of or
DERBY government and the murder
of innocent men, women and chill
dren by gangsters in New York,
Chicago and other cities, senator's