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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Vast Water Resources
in Black Hills REGION

One of the most productive water
bearing formations of the northern
interior of the United States is what
is known as the Dakota sandstone,
which crops out about the TANKS of
the Black hills in southwestern
South Dakota. The formation ex-
tends eastward and northward to
the borders Of Iowa and Minnesota.
As the sandstone slopes away
from the Black hills the water per-
colates northwestward and east
ward through the porous rock and
underneath a dense covering of
thick clay shale.
Beneath the James river valley
it is under considerable pressure, and
where the surface altitude is not
too great, strong artesian flows have
been obtained. In fact, the arte-
sian wells are among the greatest
natural resources Of the area.
However, SO many wells have
been driven, the supply shows signs
of having been taxed about to the
limit, and the force Of many of
the wells has fallen considerably be-
low the original pressure.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Easy Way OF Inducing
Bees to Change Abode

Bees often take up their abode
where they are not wanted, as in
cavity in a wall. A good way to
get them out is to put a bee "es-
cape" over the entrance to the cav
fly, so the bees can get out but not
In. A cone of wire cloth about
inches high with a hole at the
apex just large enough for one bee
to pass through will serve as an
escape. A regular hive shouts be
placed beside the entrance for the
return of the escaped bees. The
queen remains in the old cavity and
goes on laying eggs. but as the col
ony is quickly reduced in size the
quantity of the brood decreases. The
younger bees leave the cavity and
join the bees in the hive. A new
queen should be given to the bees in
the hive as soon as possible.
After about four weeks, remove
the bee escape and make as large
a hole as possible at the entrance
to the cavity. The bees will go in
for the honey and carry it to the
hive. For this method to work sue
cessfully it is necessary that the
bees have only one exit from the
cavity.-United States Department
of Agriculture.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Monarch Before His Birth

Sapor, king Of Persia, probably
holds the record for the earliest
age at which a king has been
crowned. He was crowned about
two months before he was born. His
father, the reigning king, died at
that time, and an uncle, finding the
throne vacant, organized usurpa-
ton. The queen, anxious for the
succession of her son, proclaimed a
coronation ceremony and had her
unborn child crowned in her own
person. Such was the veneration
Of the people for the dynasty that
the ceremony was effective in fore
stalling the uncle's usurpation. The
child proved to be a boy and ruled
as King Sapor.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
OLD GRANGE HALL, MILFORD
SCENE OF YEARLY EXHIBITION
DELAWARE CROP ASSOCIA-
TION MEETS JANUARY 5, 6, Z, 8
Gets Under Way With Poultry and
Rabbit Shows Scheduled Same
Week; Suggest Proper Samples

The 18th annual show of the
Delaware Crop Improvement As
sociation will be held in the Old
Grange Hall at Milford January 5,
s, and s. The premium list and
program, which is available at the
county agents Office in Newark,
gives the prizes to be awarded and
the events of the four-day session.
In order to meet the desire of the
Delaware Crop Improvement Asso-
citation and encourage the produc-
ton of better crops in the State,
the Delaware State Legislature has
appropriated funds to the State
Board Of Agriculture to be used
for the premium list of this State
mide show. Samples of corn, grain
or forage to be exhibited must ar
rive not later than Tuesday even
ing, January 5. The outside Of the
container is to be marked with the
following information: Name of ex-
hibitor, address, and list of class
es in which exhibits are to be en-
tered. An entry fee of 81, which
includes membership in the associ-
alton for one year, must accom-
pany the exhibit or be sent to the
secretary. Professor George L.
Schuster, Newark, in advance. The
program for the show follows:
Tuesday, January 5, receiving ex-
hibits; Wednesday, judging show;
Thursday, open to public; Friday,
10 a. M, vocational agricultural
high school corn judging contest;
1.30 p. M, All Club members corn
judging contest; 2 p. m, annual
business meeting of the organiza-
ton. During the same week in
Milford, the Delaware State Poul-
try Association Show and the Del
aware Rabbit Breeders Associa-
lIOu 0uOW Will DG AG4d. DOIA ~
these shows are also open to the
public County Agent William will
give New Castle County farmers
suggestions on the selection Of the
proper samples if called on for this
service. Every exhibitor unless he
has won a first prize in the anna
teur class, which places him in the
honorary class, can enter ten ear
sample in the amateur class for
both white and yellow corn;
sample in the white cap or calico
corn, a single ear in the white and
yellow classes and peck samples of
wheat, soybeans, cowpeas, rye,
buckwheat, and crimson clover.
Forage and grain in the sheaf in
clude six inch punches of rye,
wheat, alfalfa, timothy, crimson
clover, soybeans, cowpeas, vetch,
alsike clover, red clover, and mix
ed grasses and clover.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
BOLD PIECE ROBBERY OVER
IN MARYLAND NEAR DENTON
RANSACK FARM HOME OF JOS.
ANTHONY, HOBBS STATION
Take SIO2 in Cash, a Gold Watch
and His Revolver-TwO Negro
Suspects Have Been Arrested

While Joseph Anthony, age so,
farmer and business man, of near
Hobbs, a small station over near
Denton, Md, went to Denton to re-
port to officers that two negroes
had invaded his home but had TAX
en- to their heels when they found
him sitting in his livingroom, the
same two men are alleged to have
returned, ransacked the house and
stolen S1O2 in cash, gold watch
worth $50 and a revolver. Two
negroes, identified by Anthony, are
in the county Jail at Denton as a
result of a confession by one of
them and the discovery of loot in
the home of relatives of the other.
Arthur Boston and William Holm
es, both of Denton are the negroes
accused of the robbery. The rob-
berry occurred last Saturday after
noon, December 10. Mr.. Anthony
was sitting in his living room read
ing when two negroes tip-toed into
the room, apparently thinking
there was no one at home. Mr..
Anthony said he turned and got a
good view of their faces, but they
turned and fed from the house.
Mr.. Anthony jumped in his auto
mobile at once and went to Denton
to report the matter. BY the time
he returned to he house win offic-
ers, the robbers returned, broke
open the front door and searched
the house for money and valuables.
Mr.. Anthony's watch and 81 in
cash was taken from his desk
which had been broken open. The
robbers must have had advance
knowledge of the cash of 500
which Mr.. Anthony had kept hid
under the carpet on the stairway,
for it had been stolen. Private De-
tective Temple arrested Boston at
his home, but he denied knowledge
of the robbery. Later he arrested
Holmes on the road leading to Har-
rington, near the Delaware line.
Holmes confessed, Temple declares,
and not only implicated Boston,
but told where the 500 had been
hidden. The cash was recovered.
Holmes said the watch was given
to a woman.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
The Doldrums

When a person is suffering from
low spirits or mental depression he
is said to be in the doldrums. IDOL
drums" is an old English word of
uncertain derivation. Some author
tiles suppose it TO be related to
dull" and "dolt." 1.-THE doldrums"
is the popular name for a shifting
oceanic zone lying near the equa-
tor between the trade winds and
noted for its Gains and light, baf-
fling winds. which in the old days
sometimes prevented ali progress of
sailing vessels for weeks.-Path-
finder Magazine.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Immense Brass Brain
Figures Out the Tides

In a room of the United States
Coast and Geodetic Survey build
ing in Washington is a great ma
chine which answers to the name
Great Brass Brain" Its function
is to predict tides with the utmost
exactness at any place in the world,
or to tell the state of the tides at
any moment in the past.
This robot is a marvel of wheels
and pulleys. Tides rise and fall
with mathematical exactness, but
there are a large number OF
forces acting upon them, such as
the moon, the motion of the earth,
and many other things. The machine
takes into account 81 of these fac
tors in its mechanical calculations.
Its chief purpose is to help in
setting time schedules for ship
movements, but it is also useful to
the historian.
For instance, the delay of the
British expedition which landed at
Charlestown in 1775, which gave
Paul Revere the chance to save the
countryside, has been ascribed to
their waiting for low tide. Brass
Brain, however. showed that the
tide was low when the British land
ed, so that they must have been
waiting for something else, probably
provisions.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30

Priv rIgTIE COUNTY
!; s' G ';;,' C ''' e
I'd nd. sf'1 one week
January lin
! : pps.,: ..: %: ns 9sf Ne; p
tla. !, I've as grand ~
" n .i'I additional Jurors e.
.' &c d :: !. Court gaa.rto Ct
!, l,,.ie gan ii: jurors v, will t Il,
I {. as.ning Of the J sa1ll+
d. 4 a 4 General sss' sessions .ss.
s'nI d j grand jurors
representative Disffie'
FssrT' rockev and
I. Butz, 81 ~ lain
\. Talley Snll'n g.
~ c.lsman Harris.
III I, Plumstead and
VOgsl. ,,o,o and
Cnby c. Mamlneis
/ 4. Knifsn- ord
ts-Iohn n. Ulmer ~
H,IngsWOrth.
R0bsrt Yearsley.
-gsrris R. Wright and
4 COOch. -, and
samuel ?. Moore -
!. Harry ". Davis.
[B-Gsorge ". CiafA az
IN 800. = walls and
1 Clssver.
4lth-EdWard Hart.
~ Thomas R. Mofitt.
,r,ripg will serve as petit
4. Court Of General ses-
\ SuperiOr Court, report
[isy. January II:
gspresentative District
n.kinsOn and Sylvester
Adam C. Lindsay, Har-
[rT. Henry Chapman and
b Homer.
Louis ". Raglan, G. Nor
"A. rsorca I Finck and
p. Reed.
Thomas F. B. Thatcher
ttu JeEeris.
Charles H. Hackett, Har-
Csger, Samuel E. Hinger,
him Morrison.
Charles Fahs and Edward
A-smes R. Collins, John
ID lEs E. Dilworth and
lnnlg
-Iseph Gormley and
bztkin.
Clarence D. Grant and
Geist.
Robert J. CULLEN, Viii
Darlington, William Truitt
BY A. LOveless.
ttA- Charles E. Laws and
0Cuunell.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30

northumberland M. Hance and
Elijah Bender.
thirteenth K. Clayton
and Joseph Hynson.
Fourteenth - Walter Gill and
John D. Reynolds.
Fifteenth - Harry Virden and
John Keen.
The following additional jurors
have been drawn and will report
for duty on Monday, January IL:
First Representative District
Joseph Lynch.
William Windsor.
Third George H. Lackey.
Fourth-Dayton Pierson.
Fifth-John P. Griffith.
Sixth-Robert T. Newell.
Seventh Henry Davis.
Eighth Lawrence Davis.
Ninth Howard Leak.
Tenth-James MvPike.
Eleventh George Davis.
Twelfth Harry P. Gray.
Thirteenth-T Timothy F. Devine.
Fourteenth y. Corbit Reynolds.
Fifteenth George w. Reed, Jr.
Those petit jurors who have
been drawn to serve in the Court
IF over and Terminer, commencing
Monday, January 18th, are as fol-
lows:
First Representative District
James B. Cannon.
Second-John E. Chapman and
James J. Kelly.
Third Thomas B. NTH and Gar
rett Lyons.
Fourth George Coulson.
Warner Wallsmith and
Walter ]. Carr.
sixth - Walter R. Wood and
Thomas B. Davis.
Seventh John w. Hubbard and
Isaac w. Hopes.
Eighth William Benson.
Ninth-Alonzo H. Messick and
George w. Rhoades.
Tenth-R. Lee Richards and
Francis Carlin.
Eleventh Frank Kemether.
Twelfth-John Webb and Samuel
Bright.
Thirteenth Harry E. Culver and
Charles S. Ellison, Jr.
Fourteenth Thomas Lamblin.
Fifteenth Thomas Mills.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Mans Food Consumption

A healthy man, with a normal ap-
petite. who reaches seventy has
eaten 700 times his own weight, ac-
cordlng to the calculation of experts
Of the faculty Of Paris. They have
figured that in his span of seventy
years the average man of 40 pounds
would have eaten Is tons of bread,
is tons Of vegetables, 7 tons of
meat or ID whole cows; 7 tons of
fruit, 1000 pounds Of candy and
sugar, drunk $1,000 quarts Of milk
and 10000 quarts of beer, in Eu-
rope. or water, in America.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
His Way

Don't you sometimes get lost
in the woods when you go out pos
sum hunting and get separated from
your brothers?' asked a motorist in
the Rumpus Ridge region.
"Nope!" replied young Banty, son
of Gap Johnson. when 1 don't
know whur I'm at and there hain't
nobody around to ask l just pick
out the way 1 know leads toward
home and turn right around and
go the other way; that always
fotches me home by the shortest
trail."-Kansas City Star.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Wash Hands to Get Gold

All workers in the factories where
gold pen points are made have
their overalls washed on the prem
ises, says Tit-Bits, the wash water
being put in tanks to let the pre-
cious dust settle and be saved. The
water in which the workers wash
their hands is treated in a similar
manner At the end of the day the
girls on the Sitting and polishing
machines have to comb and brush
their hair for minute fragments of
the metals.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
The Squirrel

A teacher Of the fifth grade had
read a description Of a squirrel, pre-
pairing the children to write about
the squirrel in their own words.
After some explanation Of the
words she had used, the teacher
urged the pupils to describe his mo-
tions and actions. She received the
following result from a future au-
thor:
The squirrel shows that he is
cunning by undulating his graceful
tail as he eats nuts"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
London's Pail Mall

The average American and Cana
dian tourist may have difficulty in
recognizing Pail Mall, as the "Pell
Nell" to which the London police
man directs him, when he asks for
the famous street. 1t was named
after the French game PaiIle-mail,
which was first played here in the
days of Charles /. On this street
were the homes of Defoe of Robin
son Crusoe fame, Swift of GuIliver's
Travels, Sterne of the Sentimental
Journey" and Gibbon, the historian.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1931-12-30
Roman Carnival Changed

In a general way it can be said
that carnival is held just before the
beginning of Lent, but it exists no
more In its ancient form. In Rome
it is now almost wholly limited to
masked balls in the theaters and
it's manifestations in the streets are
sparse and very attenuated. On the
Riviera, however, there are floats,
mainly with flowers, while this as
pect of carnival. once so impor-
tant, has altogether disappeared in
Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20
Hoe Mickey Mouse
Movies are made

n HICKEY, a box Office riot on FIVE
wi continents, lives modestly in a
small rented factory studio next to a
Hollywood gas station. There, Walt Dis
ney, his creator, and staff plan his movie
cartoon antics, make nine thousand draw.
ings to entertain you for seven and a
half minutes, and collect huge royalties.
Harry Carr tells you all about Mickey
and his famous Hollywood family in the
March American Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20
What would Your Face Tell Your Banker

n RE you Longhead a Roundhead? These
Must two of the classifcations that small city
banker in reading mems souls from their faces.
With uncanny ability he picks the dependable the
careless, the mean, and the dishonest from among his
clients and governs his actions accordingly. Behind
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

his story lies the drama of small-town banking, the
that this man has helped to build, and the
reasons for failures he has witnessed Read it is
reported by James r. Crowell in the March American
Magazine and it will help you understand your fellow
men better .. and yourself as well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20
: "Smart Folks are
Easy to Fool"

n COLLEGE professor hurled textbook al
n John Mulhollands head because this famous n1sgi.
clans tricks beyond his PROFESSIONAL comrrehen.
sion On the other hand children and mental detectives
difficult to deceive says MuIholland, and explains
why. At thirty-two, Muholland is of the worlds
outstanding mascans Vice President of the Society of
American Magcians world traveller and lecturer and
honorary member of eleven famous societies of magic
clans in many lands Let Philip Kerby tell you the many
amusing and interesting adventures coorfu
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

What is the secret of the new warmth
that surrounds Calvin Coolidge?
Why has he grown to even greater stature in
the affections of the American people since
he left the White House two years ago?
"Back in Ward -Four, which appears in
the March American Magazine, presents
an entirely new and intimate picture of one
of the most talked about men in the world.
Here you find Calvin Coolidge who
slips out to the kitchen to make himself
cup of hot chocolate before going to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-20

bed; who rummages in the attic among
the trophies of Presidential administra.
ton; who romps with his dogs in the first
home he has ever owned.
1t is an astonishing picture of man we
never quite knew before.
Such human documents as this-chapters
out of the lives of real people-explain
why The American Magazine is First
with all the family" in 2,2oo, 1000 homes.
THE CROWELL PUBLISHING COMPANY
$50 PARK AVE-, N. Y. C.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

per cent per annum and on said
date the further sum Of three hun
bred sixty-foar and 48-lO0 dollars
($364.48) attorneys fees was ow-
ing, which said amount bears in
terest at the rate OF six per cent
per annum from the 9th day OF
July, A. d. 1880.
Plaintiff says that he has con-
tracteu with II. l.. Yates, the at
torney bringing this suit, TO pay
him the amount OF attorneys fees
specified, and same Is the custom
ary and reasonable fee, and plain
Tiff prays for judgment for the full
amount OF his debt as above set
out and foreclosure OF his vendors
lien against the above described
property.
You are commanded 70 SO sum
mon such defendants and to serve
this citation by making publication
OF this citation once IN each week
for four consecutive weeks previous
10 the return day hereof in some
newspaper published in your coun-
ty. but II no newspaper be publish
ed in said county then IN any news
paper published in the nearest
county in which a newspaper Is
published.
Herein fail not. but have you be-
fore said court on the first day OF
the next term thereof this writ
with your return thereon showing
how you have executed the same.
Witness j.. y. Bishop, CLERK or the
District Court of Cameron County,
Texas.
Given under my hand and seal
OF said court this the 2lst day Of
Nav. A. d. 1881.
SEAL
J. j. BISHOP
Clerk Of the District Court,
Cameron County. Texas.
By A w. VELA. Dy.
s-22-29-5-12 4t-40fi
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-22
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
THE STATE OF \
To the Sheriff or any Constable

AhL va AAahN1
To the Sheriff or any Constable
OF Cameron County. Greeting:
You are hereby commanded 10
summon Rutherford * Harding.
Inc, NJ. b. Rutherford, II. c.
Harding, II. G. Harding, Trustee,
Fred Van Der Aue and his wife.
Bessie Van Der Aue, to appear at
the next regular term OF the Dis
trict Court or Cameron county.
Texas, to be held at the court house
thereof in the city OF Brownsville
on the third Monday IN July. A. %.
1891, same being the Goth day
OF July. A. ID. 1881. then and there
to answer Plaintiffs First Amended
Original Petition filed in said court
On the 2ist day OF May. A. ID. 1881,
IN a certain suit. the file number
Sbf which is 9Ei5. IN which suit j..
G.. Fernando is Plaintiff and Delta
Irrigated Farms Company. a cor
poration. Rutherford e Harding,
Inc. a corporation. NJ y. Ruthpr-
ford. H.. G. Harding both individ-
ually. II. c. Harding. Trustee. Fred
Van Der Aue ana wife Bessie Van
Der Aue are Defendants. the cause
o. action being alleged as follows:
On the tn day OF April. A. n.
1927. Plaintiff conveyed to Delta
Irrigated Farms Company. Defen-
dant herein. the following des-
cribed real estate. premises and
property lying and being situated
IN Cameron county. Texas, to-wlt:
Thirty-four and 8s-lO0 $3.50
acres out Of Block No. 1856. more
particularly described as follows.
Commencing az the southwest
corner OF block No. 1856: thence
with the west boundary line Of said
Block North Z deg. l min. East
SOS feet to a poin. in the center
line OF south lateral for the north
west corner OF this tract: thence
with said center line OF lateral 10
Its intersection with the east
boundary line of said block for the
northeast corner or this tract:
thence in a %southerly direction with
the said east line Of this block TO
the southeast corner of same for
the southeast corner OF this tract:
thence with the south boundary
line OF said block in a westerly d.
rection 10 place OF beginning for
the southwest corner OF this tract.
being also the southwest corner Of
said block. and containing by the
above metes and bounds 5000 acres
OF land. from which is to be de-
Quoted i.25 acres Of South Lateral
right-of-way. leaving S4S4 acres
out OF said block:
Being a part to the extent. mctes
and bounds and quantity thereof.
as described above and set forth, OF
that certain larger tract Of land
known as the FreSnos Tract. en-
braced in Partition Share Number
Fifteen O5), OF the Espiritu Santo
Grant. surveyed and plated for the
Fresnos Land and Irrigation Com
pany. IS shown upon and deSig-
mated BY the official map and plat
thereof, OF record In Plat Book
Number Three ~. page Nine to),
Of the Map Records Of Cameron