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Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
FEDERATION FOR
TAX PROGRAM
Explanation Made at Kent
Farm Bureau Picnic;
Beauty Contest
E. 7. MASSEY PRESIDES

notwithstanding the fact that a
much needed rain interfered with
the program several hundred farm
ers and their families gathered at
COLCHESTER, Nd, Thursday, for the
annual farmers picnic, held under
the direction Of Secretary-T -Treasur-
er James d. Davis, Jr, of the Kent
County (Md.) Farm Bureau. The
days festivities opened with a
basket lunch at noon served in the
hotel annex. Following the lunch
con E. Thomas Massey, president
of the Kent County Farm Bureau,
delivered the address of welcome to
which response was made by jam
es w. Davis, president Of the Mary
land Farm Federation. Miles H.
Fairbanks, secretary-treasurer of
the State Federation, explained the
tax program of the State farm or
ganizations which will be present
ed to the next session of the legis-
lature. A part of the afternoon
was devoted to stunts and games
under the direction of Assistant
County Agent Stanley B. Sutton,
and Miss Helen L. Schellinger,
county home demonstration agent.
The feature of the days program
was a beauty contest held under
the direction of Mrs. Harry T. Will
liams, of Worton, in which eight of
the county's pretty farm girls con-
tested for the title, Miss Kent
County" who will represent that
country at a Statewide contest to
be held in connection with the an
nual convention of the State Farm
Federation in Baltimore next Janu-
ary. The title was won by Miss
Pearl Blackiston of Sassafrds,
daughter of Mrs. Claude Blackis-
ton. She was presented to the
gathering by Miss Louise Morris,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Romaine
Morris, of near Chestertown, win
ner Of last years contest. Many
other features were abandoned be-
cause of the rain.
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DEATH OF THOMAS f. ROE
Services Held Sunday at Home OF
Daughter Near Denton, Md.

Services for Thomas F. Roe, 80,
who was formerly a farmer, were
conducted at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. Frank Wright, near
Denton, Md, Sunday at p. M, by
the Rev. Thomas J. burlington,
pastor of the Methodist Protestant
Church, of Denton. Interment was
in Denton Cemetery. Mr. Roe, the
son of the late Thomas F. Roe and
Rebecca Roe. was the oldest chart
er member of the Order of United
American Mechanics. He is sur
vived by five children, A. Clayton
Roe, Mrs. Josiah A. Beck, Mrs.
Wright, Clarence H. Roe, and T.
Dukes Roe, all Of Denton. "A sis
ter, Mrs. Unity Satterfield, Of Den
ton, and three brothers, Gootee S.
Roe and B. Grant Roe, Of Denton,
and Tilghman Roe, Of Wilmington,
survive.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
SHOUSE TO LEAD
DRIVE OF VETS
p. S. DUPONT Announces His
Appointment to Henry
F. Curran's Post
HOPE TO DRAW ALL VETS

Jeuett Shouse has been selected
by the Association Against the
Prohibition Amendment to lead
what the chairman of its executive
committe calls a drive ITO bring
about promptly the ratification of
the new amendment which Con-
gress will submit" Pierre S. du-
Pont, the chairman, announced
Shouse's appointment as president
in a letter to directors of the as
sociation. Shouse recently chair
man of the Democratic National
Executive Committee, succeeds
Henry H. Curran, who will become
vice-chairman Of the directors of
the association. dupont said that
because of a marked change in
public sentiment" the association
must do a somewhat different
character of work" That, he said,
will be to try ito draw together all
of those who feel that the Eigh-
teenth Amendment does not belong
in the constitution and that the
only wise solution for the vexed
liquor problem is to return control
to the States without attempting
such restrictions, no matter how
desirable their purpose, as to in
troduce new complications into the
situation" Shouse said in state
ment that affairs of the association
in the last several years had been
handled with intelligence, discre-
ton and skill'' but that "a con-
structive opportunity of large pos
sibilities now awaits" it Curran
/ in another statement, welcomed
( Shouse to the association.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
EPWORTH LEAGUE OFFICERS
MiddIetOwn League Held Election
at Church Last Week

AT a meeting of the Epworth
League of Bethesda NJ. E. Church,
Middletown, held in the Sunday
School room last week, the follow
ing officers were elected to serve
the ensuing year: President, Mrs.
Harry Culver; first vice-presidents,
Miss Mary Melvin and Mrs. NJ. E.
Wheatley; second vice-presidents,
Anne Wallis, James Tyler, John
Coverdale; third vice-presidents,
Weldon Burge, Emma Husfelt,
Dorothy Fletcher; fourth vice-pres-
idents, Grace Hopkins, Virginia
Tyler, Gladys Wells, Kathleen
Wells, Frances Fisher, Elizabeth
Swain; treasurer, Gertrude Wheat
ley; secretary, Dorothy HufnaL
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24

still think the prettiest Miss
America" / ever saw was the little
Campbell girl, from Columbus, Ohio.
She married an Ohio State football
player and retired from the profes-
sional beauty business.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24

IL wav. Delaware peaches were
shipped as far west as Chicago and
occasionally to st. Louis and north
into Canada. All New England,
New York and Pennsylvania de-
pended on Delaware for peaches;
90 did the near and Middle West
and the northern cities of the
South.
A merry lot of soldiers of for
tune" were the imported peach
plucks." They had perhaps been
IN all the states, following routes
that led them to seasonal employ
ment with good pay. It was not
infrequently the case that girls or
Young women garbed in hired
mems" attire picked peaches and
sent wages home to dependents.
They liked the wayfaring life of
the "plucks;" slept under the trees
Or in a barn and stopped neither
to use a lipstick, unknown in those
times nor to have fingers manicur-
ed or to get permanent wave. It
was vagabond, gypsy life, and
these wandering toilers perhaps
would not have given up their
methods Of living if they had been
assured Of a suite in a modern
hotel.
After the first flush of the orch
ards had been gathered the restless
army of "plucks" would begin to
fade away and by the time for
picking late Crawfords it would
have completely vanished, folded
it's tent, like the Arab, and silently
stolen away. The peaches of those
davs were not adaptable to the soil
of other states at the time but in
the interval he propagation Of other
and harder fruit perhaps has made
them "growable" almost every
where except on the deserts of the
Southwest If anyone would ven
ture to assert that the peaches of
the presen time, no matter where
grown, were the equal of the earl
ier luscious varieties we used to
raise, I should be inclined to open
~ dispute such erroneous estimates
Of quality Back to the railroad
sidingsl One can recall scores and
scores Of great wagons loaded fore
and aft and high above the "shelv-
ings" with peaches. Often the load
was 50 big as to require four hors-
es or mules to convey it from the
orchard to the railroad. 1 hope no
one will venture to dispute my
! statement when I declare that
have seen a line of peach laden
wagons extending more than half
mile along the main road leading
to Middletown station when our
lower New Castle county town was
the shipping centre for that sec
ton.
Later as the wave and the com
ing Of the "yellows" advanced
methOdically southwark, lessenlng
the peach output in upper sections
of the state, Sussex county even
tually took the lead Of Delaware
communities growing and shipping
Il peaches. The wave of the 'yel-
lows" often clearly defined by the
color of the foliage Of peach orch
ards, progressed until the devast-
ing blight practically spread over
almost all of Delaware. Most OF
our orchards showed the yellow
flag Of disease before Delaware
fruit had been supplanted by
peaches grown in other states. II
was one of the early farm trag-
edies Of the First State to grow the
Persian fruit that nothing was dis
covered to either prevent or cure
the "yellows," reminding one il
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test daughter of Sweden was in
New York. The loveliest Russian
woman 1 ever saw was in Paris.
But walk up and down Fifth ave
nue. and you will see as beautiful
women as there are anywhere in
the world.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24

FlOrenz Ziegfeld is continually
being asked by coeducational uni
versities to act as judge in beau
ty contests. Some of the girl under
graduates probably believe that
Ziegfeld has only to see them to
offer them a leading part in one Of
his shows.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24

The prettiest Italian woman l
ever saw, was in Naples; the pret-
tiest French woman was in AK les
Bains; the prettiest English woman
was in London; the prettiest Scotch
woman was in Chicago: the pret-
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
SOME SIDE LIGHTS
OF NEW YORK CITY
Told By Walter Trumbull in
His Own Immical Way
of DOings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

At his home in the East Fifties,
John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has a truly
magnificent pipe organ. He is q
pretty fair amateur organist him
self. but frequently he calls in
blind man to play for his family
and friends. This blind man is a
fine performer and knows any
amount Of classical music by heart.
Probably one of the finest private
libraries in the United States is
owned by Walter PfOrzheimer, the
investment broker. They tell me he
keeps most of his books at Hid
den Brook farm" his place in West
chester. The name of that farm
should itself make a good title for
a story.
In these troublOus times. men,
bers of the senate and house are
getting the largest mail in history.
Letters and kilograms from cOnsti-
tuents pour in Washington in a
never ending stream. One day, by
two o'clock in the afternoon, 5000
kilograms had been delivered to the
office of Royal Copeland, senator
from New York. Secretaries classi-
fy these kilograms and letters and
it takes an efficient service to deliv
er them. to say nothing of handling
them later.
Before his death, Coleman Du
Pont owned a number of New York
hotels, as well as hotels in other
parts of the country. He used to
stay at his suite in the McAlpin
when he was in Manhattan, but he
also kept a suite at the old Wal
dorf, and it was there that he used
to give some of his famous dinners.
The Empire State skyscraper is
many stories taller than the old
Waldorf, but it never will have the
atmosphere of the building it re-
placed.
Collecting watches is a fad with
several rich men, but there is one
extremely wealthy gentleman who
goes further. He not only collects
watches, he repairs them. For some
reason he never is so happy as
when operating on watch or a
clock. 1t is his relaxation and he
spends hours at it. One day he
rode in the roadster of a friend.
The dash clock didn't work. The
rich man managed to get it loose
from it's moorings, took it home,
and a week or so later shipped it
back to the owner in perfect run
ming condition.
FlOrenz Ziegfeld is continually
being asked by coeducational uni
versities to act as a judge in beau
ty contests. Some of the girl under
graduates probably believe that
Ziegfeld has only to see them to
offer them a leading part in one Of
his shows.
| still think the prettiest Miss
America" I ever saw was the little
Campbell girl, from Columbus, Ohio.
She married an Ohio State football
player and retired from the profess
sional beauty business.
The prettiest Italian woman |
ever saw, was in Naples; the pret-
tiest French woman was in AK les
Bains; the prettiest English woman
was in London; the prettiest Scotch
woman was in Chicago: the pret-
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24
Uncle Eben

"A @ood-natured man" said Uncle
Eben. ain entitled to much credit
if he's good-natured only jes' be-
cause he kin take life easy an not
care what happens. Washington
Star.
Smyrna times., 1932-08-24

WARE,
Vas KING
~ d Every Even
y y. Days When .ll' Del
supplied Country
$, |: pl1roS' POWER
tats and ths i hasaeil neach- !
nd note that I, LIS tne
/ Lizard fruits will 's give
4 the unemployed. ,.al,
/ ,.ealls the days Wnen
zach crop ran an into Z
,a:ssts 1000 'ooO Il 4
i i the late eighties ~ I !
,l,a1g j memory thai d
u, s-P Then the Delaware
'aasrirslled, the market T5-
VI required hundreds :
n sar Ivy, peach plucks'
\, NJ ssIled, came from
i 7, \ Delaware to help
!. frlit. \ It used to oe
among the horde q
n ls' 4bara were
i'd days tneTe en rarEs MI I
'g,r z .l.,.5o-well l,.tt sons Of cap-
! rsits collar men who
p NJ d arms On their
lad s,J gone prodigal
: NJ i tie unkept, dis
! =, n that poured int
,ro7 roTing sections Of the
! !. \ \ them we're said to
4. .sd here BY rluIlS ~
! 7 pennsylvania railroad
+ i ,srbaps with the con-
al . r,ilroad men, for"fioat-
\ Ast would work oul 7
I'M August sun was off
r. \ obtain. There was
..,,a of workers in those
r., - immigration figures
nas u y the hundreds OF
d<l every Y months.
.pe rsr \. Mills, Clayton,
-,,i.nt Of the Delaware
y I deeply interested in the
)sI 4 tie Delaware peach,
ght large revenues to his
's ! even looked after pick
I " ID a sense responsible
cu Trg "desirables" into the
'p1 I'm: Of the state, and
aiF ! tie complaints Of the
da tie railroad to return
wig 4 the basket containers
sei By the roads. He.
sn i 70 complaints Of de-
! r and the occasional
d the peaches on their
\ consumer, but this fault
Nh hlamable to any inef-
u ID tie part Of Mr.. Mills q
49,
lzEe Railroad.
n. im days the whole state
: i, .g.y devoted to the cultiva-
IA Eachss. Everybody seem
IL ! 'i0n' it, as the refrain
4 each Of the stations
IN at the peach areas there
b atings filed with venti-
uV1 Eni to these came great
n 4 Gs Of the fruit from sur
ID 81 when the long trains
I'd i Halaltly Of thirty cars
ala lTsy at an express rate
b d 4 even exceeding 40 mile;
Ind 1.-THE race to get the fruit
|pa Il time for sale the mex
hrquired good locomo.
RI z-g g have the fruit il
Farly the next day aftel
= " picked and started OF
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
VariedSports Offered
At De Land, Florida

DE LAND, Fla, Dec. Eager
to escape what promises to be a
severe winter in the North, many
winter visitors are arriving daily
in De Land. The year-round no
tells are already well filled while
the College Arms Hotel and golf
course opened on December l..
Apartments and houses are being
rented at rates which make it
possible to live far more cheaply
here than in the North.
For those who want to do
more than bask in the summer
sun and let the health-giving
ultraviolet rays get in their best
work, a wide variety of sports
and social events are on the sea-
sons calendar.
Those sponsored directly by the
De Land Tourist Club include
shuffleboard contests, horseshoe
pitching contests, interstate bowl
ng-on-the-green matches, a meet
ing of the States Federation of
Tourist Clubs and an "old home
week" Weekly entertainments
and programs will be staged for
and by winter visitors at the
chamber of commerce auditorium
every Monday evening and in
formal gatherings of a social ma
ture will be held at the Tourist
Club during the week.
Other events of the season in
clude several air shows, outboard
motor regattas to be held on the
st. Johns River and nearby lakes
and trap shooting at the Spring
Garden Ranch Club.
The st. Johns River, whose
palm-clad shores skirt De Land,
offers the best-black bass fishing
in the world. Ten to 15-pounders
are the rule rather than the ex-
ception and sportsmen come from
all parts of the country to tackle
this game fish.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
ORANGE TRAIN
FOR FLORIDA To
START DEC. Is
De Luxe AlI-PuIlman will Run
to Both the East and West
Coasts and Central Points

Florida is brought closer to
winter visitors this year from
the East when the Orange Bios
som Special begins its first run
on December Is. This de luxe
allPullman train will leave Wash
ington $40 p. m. and arrive
Miami the next afternoon at 5
o'clock, consuming Is and 1l-l2
hours. 1t will be the fastest train
ever operated to Tampa, arriv-
ing at that point the next day
at 1877 p. m. and st. Petersburg
S:35 p. m.
Officials of the Seaboard Air
Line railway, realizing the desire
of patrons to view Florida in the
daytime, arranged the schedule
of. the Orange Blossom" to
reach the border of the State
early the next morning, thereby
affording a daytime ride through
the beautiful highland and lake
region and arrive at Miami in
time for dinner; Tampa in time
for luncheon; and at st. Peters
burg in the m1dafternoon.
EAST AND WEST
It is the only all-Pullman train
that will operate from Washing
ton to Miami and st. Petersburg,
and will be most luxuriouSly ap-
pointed. carrying club-library car,
sun parlor-lounge car and mod
ern room and section cars.
The Orange Blossom Special is
the only train-and the Seaboard
Air Line the only railroad oper'
ating over it's own rails through
to both East and West coasts
and central Florida points.
Round-trip tickets may thus be
bought which permits visits to
both the East and West coasts
without additional charge or in
terchange with other lines.
The New k-Florida Limited,
leaving Washington at 11:59 p.
M, with Sleepers open in Wash
ington for occupancy at 10 p. M,
will continue in service. This
train serves all Florida resorts
and cities, arriving at south Flor
ida destinations early the second
morning; it also serves Pinehurst
with overnight service.
The Southern States Special,
leaving Washington at 2:20 p. M,
will continue on its present Sched-
ule, serving the Carolinas, Geor-
gia, Florida, Atlanta, Birmingham
and the Southwest.
Round-trip tickets to West
Palm Beach and Miami will be
honored direct or via Tampa and
st. Petersburg without extra cost,
either going or returning. This
is diverse route and is known
as the circular tour. * uE,s.as-
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
PINES RESORT
LURES VISITORS

Southern Pines is known not
only as one Of the principal win
ter resorts of the South but as a
friendly town where tourists
gather to renew acquaintances. 1t
is a place where people come to
regain bodily vigor and mental
poise.
It is located in the hearth Of
the North Carolina long leaf pine
country, $50 miles south of Wash.
ington and $50 miles north Of
Jacksonville. It is also situated
at about the halfway point be-
tween the mountains and the sea
and enjoys a climate that is un.
surpassed. The village is on Fed.
eral Highway No. /, the all-paved
route from the North to the
South, and the Seaboard Air Line
railway, overnight from New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington.
The air is dry and invigorating.
It is neither too hot nor too Geld
the year round. From November
to June hundreds enjoy the
warmth of sunshine away from
the noise and icy winds of North
ern cities. It is a village of cul-
ture enjoying a patronage of win
ter visitors that return each sea-
son. Winter residents include
many of the nations most prom
inent authors and writer's who own
large estates and beautiful homes.
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
Real Southern Hospitality.
At White Sulphur Springs

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va, Dec. THE winter
season is for many the favorite
time for taking the cure at
White Sulphur. Visitors find at
the Greenbrier Hotel, during the
winter months. a delightful coun-
try house, with sunny terraces,
and every modern comfort, set in
the midst of well-kept grounds
suggesting an English Park, with
fine golf courses and riding
trails in scenery # great natural
beauty and a climate just brisk
enough to make outdoor exercise
pleasure from Thanksgiving to
Easter.
The indoor swimming pool is
daily rendezvous for those fond
of aquatic sports. An archery
room has recently been intro
duced, and afternoon organ re-
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
WINTER SEASON
TO OPEN JAN. |
At FLA. RESORT
Business Men Have Already
Made Winter Reservations
at Hollywood Beach Hotel
By JAMES C. CLARK

HOLLYWOOD, Fla, Dec. 7.
Defeating the depression with the
slogan, "a freckle instead Of a
frown on your brow" the Holly
wood Beach Hotel, colorful resort
of the American Riviera, will
swing open it's Spanish wrought
iron doors on January /, launch
ing simultaneously the New Year
and the winter season for Greater
Miami.
Many Of New York's business
men and their families have al
ready made reservations for the
season at the ocean front hotel,
acknowledging the claim that a
stock ticker becomes a docile,
amiable mechanism when viewed
in a bathing suit. The private
leased wire connecting directly
with the New York Stock Ex-
change and the branch brokers'
office is just one of the many
conveniences offered guests.
HEALTH TREATMENT
Sun bathing, the Florida fad
which became recognized health
treatment nearly overnight, will
again reach it's height at Holly.
wood where the beach hotel has
built the largest hotel solaria in
the world. The sol-ray emporiumS
located on the roof of the resort
are popular spots offering ultra
violent rays and an unparalleled
view of the Atlantic Ocean at the
same time.
Beach luncheon service offered
exclusively at Hollywood on a
lavish scale will attract it's due
share of attention this season.
Smart groups Of bathers find it
both convenient and fashionable
to dine and dance in bathing at
tire on the hotel promenade, while
orchestral strains blend with
ocean murmurS.
In Hollywood, where the hotel
is the city and the city the hotel,
attractions are said to be the
The Washington times., 1932-12-08
THE MOST AMAZING
WINTER VACATION
EVER CONCEIVED

There's new KIND of vacation in
store for you this year the most
amazing vacation ever conceived =.
at costs so reasonable that they es.
tablish an entirely new standard of
vacation value! You'll find it at the
Miami Biltmore now and from
now on, in sports and recreation .
socially and geographically :
CENTER OF THE WINTERTIME
WORLD. Geographically the center
because the Biltmore's luxurious
and unique new plan of free guest
transportation by aerocar and cabin
autogyro, in constant transit to the
beaches, the races, the fishing
grounds, theatres and shops and all
the activities not centered in the
Biltmore grounds, brings it nearer
to everything than any other hotel,
avoiding enough on taxi fare alone
to save the active vacationist the
greater part of his hotel bi4. A
major golf event at the Miami
Biltmore Country Club every week,
beginning with COLTS richest tourna.
ment, the $4,000 Miami Biltmore
Open Sarazen, Costello, Brady
and Everhardt as the clubs own
pros. seventeen spectacular water
carnivals in the famous Biltmore
pools with the National Olympic
Stars Aquatic Meet as the climax
.. an elaborate equestrian pro.
gram the Biltmore stables.
equipped with horses for every type
Of rider J.. . and facilities for keep.
ing, without extra costs, the guests
private mounts :, IS miles of
bride paths, jumps and obstacles
hunt breakfasts, treasure hunts
The Washington times., 1932-12-08

of the. exclusive Riverside Mill.
tary Academy, which winters an
nually in the resort center. I'm
portant on the schedule of for.
NAL events is the Kiwanis Show
benefit, Palm Beach'S annual
event of many years standing.
Hollywood's proximity to the
Hialeah race track, Widener
project, sees large groups motor
ing each afternoon for the thor
oughbred sport. And each night
there are festivities and frolics
at the Hollywood Country Club.