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SMYRNA LANDING
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity


terest Cleaned From the Vicinity
Smyrna Landing, Feb. 21.-Mr.
and Mrs. Corryl Wrench and sons
Connie and Dicky, of Chester, Pa,
spent Saturday with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Mrs. John Hurd,s who had the
misfortune to fall and sprain her
ankle last week, is resting as com
Portable as could be expected. She
has the best wishes of her many
friends for a speedy recovery.
Mrs. Samuel Cole of Smyrna,
her daughter, Mrs. Elmer Prichett
of Townsend, were recent visitors
of her son, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Cole.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Walker,
accompanied their son Mr.. and Mrs
Cooper Walker of Smyrna, on a
visit to Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Graham Of Kenton, Sunday.
Mr.. William Town, who has been
his home with Mr. and Mrs
Mark Scout, has gone to spend a
visit with friends in Philadelphia.
Mrs. William Brown has been
very i'll, her husband and children,
who have also been i'll, is reported
to be recovering slowly.
Louis Gaulke, Jr., who engineers
a tug, spent a visit with his par
ents recently. On Sunday her
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Milton
Slaughter and children of Middle
town, spent the day with them.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. F. Jackson spent
Friday in Wilmington.
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she went 1t'o for Rflloaa sas y. n
fether. '1e funeral 1
Judge ana Mrs j d
rington entertainsdW !. Y. : Natspa
ing the dinner Sd a1d Saturday
'h9ir home on KIM kin .ofidgs i
James Il. Hugbss. aeiga9
ana Charles MifIIs frss srd /
for a short trin l., Y 10 vsrsl
S[!5h ,[udiss at St Andreri'as 'ssaasl :
Middletown. ovar Y $ Seaod
end the school bsd me past |
party which ino1a5 lIu { spring.
and dinner-dancss = : a tsa1
Mrs. Eleanor Rn..
York City has 5esa pq,astt II
eral days With 'Ssa 81 spend-a.
Winifred Morris Ds5 !, sister |
the funeral Of t5st, a4s 'an'
Caleb $. PenniwelI' r'-Si' apafl
4 gala affair for i.
cial set was the dinns,y T. yong = !
urday evening given n 'iyl- 5r -9aaPi "a
H Fooks at t5a en- ~ y Miss
try Club. 'apledals
Edgar W. Mont.r
ness trip 10 Canado : On 4
is with her motba MS. Y
W. Horsey. N's-
CIub ID. .ihg III. Il the Dover d
the Presbyterian Cb,,1s,. sVeal
It's, Of Dreer Tro ~ ~, Nfs
9n ST -, - resting : illustra.s,
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BLACkBIRD
items Of Personal J., ,
'eItst Nleaned From tbe nj

u personal and Soo3
terest Cleaned From tbs III III
Blaekbird Feb. 2l. M II
Williamson and Mrs. " n
and two children Of Hocs..,.l =
tied Mr. and Mrs. r. I gissaI! WI,
Miss Carrie Clayton Of ,,-s n...
dletown spent the week.sr+ ,rI
Miss Irene Nichols and M ;
Nichols and Miss Nichols ssiI
Clayton spent SATURDAY i
mington.
The Bridge Club was eD.s,4
by Mrs. Minerva Pleassntor
Miss Edna Conner at t5s !,
Tea Shop on Monday svsni11'
Mrs. c. g Woodkseper i
Wilmington on Saturday. |
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Prvol
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Pry0l
tied Wilmington on SATURDAY.
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Mr.. Frank David of Camden, N.
J., spent the weekend with his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer David.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer David enter
tanned on Sunday Mr.. and Mrs.
William j. David and Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Drumm of Jenkintown, Pa.
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QUALITY CHICKS

Blood-tested, Barred Rocks and
White Leghorns, $500 per 100.
Custom Hatching, 112 eggs per
tray, S2.25. Place orders early.
THE MacLUCAS HATCHERY,
Phone 123 r IL Smyrna. Del.
1-25 IL
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DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK

Funeral services were held this
afternoon, Wednesday, at 2 o'clock
at the home Of Mr.. Stephen Walk
er at Kenton. Interment was made
at Lakeside Cemetery, Dover, with
the Rev. Hamer officiating.
Dr. MitchelPs Widow Dies in Phila.
Mrs. Mary H. Mitchell, widow of
DR.. w. c. Mitchell, brother of
Mrs. Sarah M. Farrell, Mrs Hester
A. Lank, Mrs. Alice Read, of this
town, and Mrs. Frederick Daboll of
Philadelphia, Pa, died at her home
at WynneWood on Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Mitchell was well known
in Smyrna having been a visitor to
this town quite frequently. She
was the daughter of the late Major
William Collins and Sarah palm
atory) Collins. She leaves to mourn
her death two daughters, Mrs .Haz-
let Stevenson of Wynnewood and
Mrs. George Fennimore of Norris
town, Pa. Funeral services will be
held from FAIRIES Funeral Chapel,
Smyrna, tomorrow afternoon,
Thursday, at 2.3O o'clock and inter
ment will be at st. Peters Gem
etery. Rev. Frederick Marx Bar
ton will officiate.
Mrs. Ida Smith Dies at Dover
Mrs. Ida Claw Smith, aged "A
years, widow of the Rev. George P.
Smith, former pastor of both Clay
ton and Cheswold Churches, died
suddenly at her home in Dover
Thursday of heart trouble. Funer-
al was held on Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock from her late residence
with the Rev. Milton S. Andrews,
pastor of the Wesley M E. Church,
officiating. Interment was made
in Lakeside cemetery. Mrs. Smiths
husband died seven years ago
Prior to his death he was a mem
Der of the Wilmington Methodist
Conference and he and
Mrs. Smith were well known thru
out the entire Delmarva Peninsula.
OF bright and cheerful DISPOSE
tion, always seeing the bright side,
able in not only being a devoted
and useful pastors wife, she made
many friends who mourn her pass
ing. She was known to a number
in Smyrna and had been frequent
visitor to DR.. and Mrs. Prickett.
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First Baptist's
B. Y.P. u. Units
Making Progress
Many Units Practically At
tain the 100 Per Cent
Standard Rating

The B.Y.P.U. department of the
First Baptist church reported u
good gain over the past quarters
work at its recent business meet
ing. Many of the unions only
missed reaching the B. Y. P. U.
standard by one and two percent
and some only by not handing IN
reports at business meetings. The
department reports eighteen 100
percent members for last month.
They are as follows: Adult union,
Mrs. r. P. Freeman; Senior
unions. Oneal Scroggs, Vernon
Henderson and Miss Blanche
Stepp: intermediate unions, Mary
Ruth Hardy, Betty Jane Martin,
Jennings Headrick, and Madge
Glazener; Junior unions, Aubrey
Dorm. Marion Dorm, Vernon Ship
man. Albert Freeman, and Mary
June Saxman; general officers
Rev. w. H. Ford, David T. Mash
burn and Miss Elsie Flicker.
Around 27 were in the 80 per-
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NOTICE OF SALE

On account of default in pay
ment of debt secured by deed Of
trust with power Of sale from
Flat Rock Development Company,
recorded in book 107, page 1872,
Henderson county mortgage rec
ords, the undersigned trustee
named in said deed of trust will
on Saturday, Nov. rs, 1888, at
IL o'clock noon at the Henderson
county courthouse door in Hen
Jacksonville, North Carolina, sell
at public auction to the highest
cash bidder, subject to outstand-
ing taxes and assessments, the
land described in said deed of
trust, to-wit:
The following described piece
and parcel of land, situate, lying
and being in Hendersonville
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cent class and very few below the
70 percent class. David T. Mash
burn, director of young peoples
activities stated that he expected
a majority Of the unions to reach
standard this quarter.
During the week the Carey
Junior union, under the leadership
of Miss Ruth Brown and Miss
Mary Gunter, enjoyed a social in
the Hollowell Bible class room on
last Tuesday evening. On Satur-
day CT this week (today) the Liv-
ingston intermediate union IS
holding it's quarterly socia! under
the leadership of Mr.. Victor Rec
tor and Mis- Claris Russ.
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suite directly across the hall from
Kings, said that her radio had
been turned on most Of the eve
ming and that part Of the program
was a drama Of underworld war
fare. Mrs. Fraser said she might
have heard the report Of the gun
that killed the orchestra leader and
thought it was a part Of the radio
drama.
&c. A. Nelson, living directly
above Kings apartment, reported
that he reached home about 1890
and had heard no sounds of any
sort from the rooms below.
1.-TWO employees of the hotel are
said to have given police descrip-
tions of Kings mysterious femi.
nine visitor but that description
has been withheld from publica-
ton. The employees said they saw
the woman enter the building but
did not see her leave.
"a. B. Kaufman, manager Of the
State theater, could ascribe no pos
sible motive for the crime. Kings
absence last night, he said, was the
first time the orchestra leader had
missed performance. During the
10 months in which King was EN-.
ployed at the theater he had be-
come widely known in musical cir.
cles Of the city. His engagement
to Miss Denise Lang, daughter OF
Arthur j. Lang, 1852 Sheridan
Road, was announced last week.
The marriage was to have been an
important social event Of the
Christmas season.
miss Lang, when informed of
her fiance's death, became pros.
trated-"
81 should think she would"
Kate Hewlett interrupted herself
matter-of-factly. That's a silly
thing to print. l should think any
girl would become Frustrated to
hear that the young man she was
engaged to had been shot and
killed. And to think it was by
another woman! What did l tell
you, David Bannister?"
1t was an exclamation. not
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question. Bannister did not an.
swer. He had turned away and
was looking out through the crisp,
white rulfled curtains at the maple
trees, almost shorn of their foliage,
at the smoothly cut lawn.
TT was a morning serene and
l. cloudless but, instead of the blue
sky and golden sunshine, David
Bannister saw dark, drizzling fog.
He saw pair Of wide set gray eyes
in a white, girlish face-half-hid-
den in the depths Of taZicab; lips
that moved TREMENDOUSLY; a small
cleaning revolver in the woman's
handbag.
Good God, not couldn't be!
That girl was no murderess. She
looked more as though someone
had tried to murder her. Fright.
ened within an inch Of her life,
he had decided, seeing her clearly
for that moment just before she
disappeared into the hotel.
There was point, too! Would
any woman who had just killed
man walk calmly into the largest
hotel in town? She might as well
have called at police headquarters
and said ARREST mel"
But there was the headline
Unknown Blond Is Sought BY Po-
lice" He could not shake the
words from his mind. She was
blond. She had come out of the
Shelby Arms some time after nine
O clock. She had carried revol.
yer in her handbag.
"Oh-sorry. Aunt Kate!" Bannis.
ter's voice was apologize. I'm
afraid / wasn't listening. What
did you say?"
"No, should think you weren't
listening! | asked if that was
Harvey Knowleton who just went
past. Was it,"
Bannister grinned. Aunt Kate,
haven't the faintest idea who
Harvey Knowleton is or what he
looks like"
"Oh, that's right" The woman
was Modified. IL guess they did
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highway. the GULL southwest cor
ner. and runs north Sc degrees
east with GuilPs line 178 feet to
a stake; thence south 33 degrees
80 minutes east 244.5 feet to a
stake in a new street; thence
south SIS degrees west 17S feet
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Special Notices

RADIO service, batteries and
and tubes. Midcity Tire Co.,
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to a stake in the margin on the
highway; thence with the high
way north SO degrees 80 minutes
west IT'S feet to the beginning,
and being same land premises
conveyed by R. G. Rand to the
Flat Rock Development Company
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FOR SALE

basos and Accessories
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By Laura Lou
BROOKMAN.

move in after you left" She
turned back to the newspaper.
Look" she said. here's a picture
OF Denise Lang. And here's an
other of her with Tracy King"
Bannister crossed the room and
inspected the photographs. The
face Of the pretty. fair.haired girl
who smiled up at him was one he
bad never seen before. The picture
taken with King was a news pho
tograph. showing the couple as
they sat watching a tennis match.
There was another photograph Of
King. probably made for theatrical
use. 1t showed him as a slender.
dark.haired and rather handsome
youth.
He was real good looking,
wasn't he?" Kate Hewlett conced.
ed. Il suppose that's why Denise
Lang wanted to marry him"
Bannister picked up the news.
paper. There was more of the &C
count Of the Tracy King murder
but the rest was made up Of rather
inconsequential details. An at
tempt was underway to trace fin.
gerprints. Police Chief Henley had
given out a statement. There were
interviews with Link. the hotel
clerk. and with switchboard op-
orator. There was a review of
Kings career as a musician.
Bannister read 1t all through has.
tily. then tossed the newspaper
aside. His aunt had begun stack.
ing up the breakfast dishes, getting
ready to take them to the kitchen.
Think I'll take a walk down
town." Bannister said casually.
ITS fine morning"
tits all Of two miles down to
Broad street." his aunt warned.
Exercise will do me good" he
told her.
pY II o'clock that morning David
- Bannister was still wrestling
with his problem. The walk down
town had in no wise eased his
mind. He could. of course. stroll
over to Central headquarters and
say to Captain McNeal. II think I
can identify your unknown blond
murderess. I think I saw the
weapon she used and helped her
escape. I think l know the time
of the murder" IT,
He could tell McNeal the story
and he was certain that, as an az.
gressive, thoroughgoing police Of.
fetal, the captain would pounce
upon it as first.hand testimony.
Bannister could say. Il left her
at the fremont some time before
10 o'clock"
Only he couldn't. He ramer1.
bered that look in the girls eyes
and knew he couldn't do that. He
didn't even know her name but he
couldn't believe that she had killed
a man.
Years of newspaper experience
reminded him, 'The hardest ones
always look the softest."
Even then he couldn't do It. The
devil of it was that the problem
was getting on his nerves! He
wanted TO forget the whole thing
but he couldn't do that either.
"Damn!" Banpister swore We
hemently and decided to buy Q
New York newspaper. He'd ind
something to read that wasn't plas-
tered all over with details OF Ire
mont's latest crime.
There was only one place In the
city to buy a New York newspaper
the news counter In the fremont.
Bannister went there. threw down
a coin and picked up the news
paper. -'.
He hesitated, then started to-
ward the writing room. He had
to cross a short passageway that
was rather dimly lighted. Bannis
ter took a dozen steps forward and
then stopped.
Just ahead, directly facing him,
was the girl OF the taxi ride-ths
girl in the green suit!
ITO BE Continued)
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Edith Cayell was a BRITISH
NURSE executed by the Ger.
mans at Brussels in 1915 fol-
assisting allied soldiers to es.
cape. The Homestake Mine al
LEAD, SOUTH DAKOTA, is the
.argest producing gold mine in
he u. S. New Amsterdam,
low New York. was founded In
.G26,
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!!0CCUPANTS Of nearby suites,
~ when questioned, said they
had not heard the shot. Mrs. Luz
elan Fraser. who occupies the
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township, County of Henderson,
and State of North Carolina:
Being all those lots and dwelling
known as the R. G. Rand prop
erty on the east side of the old
Spartanburg highway. Beginning
at stake on the east side of the
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"sceIye reward.
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as shown by deed recorded in
book =, page -, records of
deeds for Henderson county,
North Carolina.
October 25. 1888.
G. H. VALENTINE, Trustee.
10-2S-Sat-4tp.
Evening star., 1933-01-03
JONES INTRODUCES
FARM RELIEF BILL
Measure Proposes to Fix Minimum
Prices for Wheat, Cotton,
Tobacco, Hogs.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
Chairman Jones today introduced the
emergency farm relief bill prepared by
the House Agriculture Committee to
establish minimum prices on wheat,
cotton, tobacco and hogs.
The bill was introduced shortly before
a meeting of the committee to act
finally on the measure Jones expected
it to be reported to the House before
adjournment.
II will ask the Rules Committee to-
morrow for a resolution to give the bill
privileged status SO that we can pro-
ceed with its consideration Thursday"
Jones said.
Speaker Garner said he thought it
best not to limit discussion, but to per-
NIT the House to debate the bill freely.
Garner said it might be possible to
reach final vote this week
Meanwhile, Representative La Guardia
(Republican) of New York said he was
considering an amendment to fix prices
definitely in the bill. The present plan
would seek TO guarantee pre-war value
to the farmer by levying and distribut-
ing to him a tax on processing.
The bill as introduced by Jones would
increase tariff duties on the four COM
modities by the amount of the process
ing taxes levied. Since at present there
is no duty on short-staple cotton, a
tariff of 5 cents a pound would be ap-
piled.
In the last-minute change proposed
by Representative Fulmer, Democrat. Of
South Carolina the 5-cent-a-poundc cot
ton tariff also would be levied against
jute to prevent its substitution for cot
ton and to stimulate the use OF cotton
for bagging.
Evening star., 1933-01-03
BOY BADLY HURT;
DRIVER IS SOUGHT
John Curry, IL, in Serious Condi.
ton After Being Struck at
First and G Streets.

Police today were seeking an alleged
hit-and-run driver whose automobile
last night struck and seriously injured
John Curry, IL, Of $40 Second street,
while at First and G streets.
At Sibley Hospital the boy was said
to have fractures of both legs, broken
arm and cuts, and may have suffered
internal injuries.
The boy was taken to the hospital
in taxicab. but police up to late to-
day had been unable to learn the name
of the cab driver, who left the hos
pital after turning the boy over to au-
thorities there.
Two women, Ruby Poynton, 20, and
Recka Coblens, 40, were slightly in
jured yesterday In an automobile col
Iision In the 1000 block of Bladens-
burg road northeast Both drivers, Ed
ward w. Long, 80, Of Fairfax. Va, and
Charles Kohn, SO, of Baltimore, Md,
were arrested on charges of reckless
driving and released under bond. The
women were treated at Casualty Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1933-01-03
liz DEAD IN BLASTS
| FIRING TWO HOMES
Ohio Family and Five In
Texas Victims as Oil Is
Used on Stove Fires.
BY the Associated Press.

| BY the Associated Press.
SHELBY, Ohio. January 3.-An en-
tire family was wiped out early today
when q fire destroyed their one-story
| home.
The dead were James Miller, his wife
Beatrice and their five children, the
Oldest and the youngest baby Of z
weeks.
! Mrs. Miller and her children, James,
jr., g.; Ethel May, S; Eunice Irene, 4:
| Evelyn, 2, and Mamma May, IL days old,
were trapped in their beds.
j Miller died few hours after the fire
from burns received when he attempted
TO rescue his family from the blazing
home
Before he died. Miller told his father
in-law, A. w. McGregor, the fire started
when coal oil he was using to kindle
the fire exploded, showering the three
beds in which the family slept with
| flaming oil.
Suffering untold agony as he related
his story, Miller told his father-in-l Law
that he got up at 3 am. to start fire
! IN the only stove in the house
AS he lighted the stove, the blaze set
fire to can of kerosene he was using.
Miller, McGregor said, made repeated
attempts to get his family out of the
house, but his burning night clothes
and the intense heat drove him from
the blazing house.
He made his way to the home OF a
neighbor, where he gave the alarm and
collapsed, his clothing burned from his
body.
Evening star., 1933-01-03
BILLION IN u. S. NOTES
PROPOSED BY KELLER
Representative Also Urges | Per
Cent Sales Tax to Put 100000
Men to Work.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Representative Keller, Democrat. Of
Illinois, today proposed sales tax of l
per cent and the issuance Of $1,000,-
600 900 In Treasury notes.
It have sat here for months waiting
upon those charged with responsibility
to present measures to take us out Of
this depression" he said in a statement
land the only measures that have been
successful In Congress have been unsuc-
cessful for the country"
He advocated that the sales tax re-
ceipts be used for a huge construction
program, to put at least 100000 men
to work"
Keller's measure also would levy an
additional tax of 2 per cent on all in
comes over $1,000, create Department
of Public Works and direct the head of
that department to provide for study
of possible ship canal from the Gulf
Of Mexico to the junction Of the Mis-
sissippi and Ohio Rivers, appropriate
for varied eypes of construction. includ-
ing the elimination of grade crossings
and allow loans from the sales tax re-
ceiptS to States.
Evening star., 1933-01-03
FRANCE PUTS BAN
|. ON NEW EMPLOYEES
Cabinet Acts to Halt Rapid
Increase of Number on
Government Pay Roll.
By PAUL SCOTT MowRER.

| BY Cable to The Star.
PARIS, France, January S.-The
Joseph Paul-Boncour cabinets New
Year gift to France is a decree sus-
pending until December 81, 1888. all
additions to the existing number Of
governmental employees and workers,
unless such additions are authorized
by the finance minister, Henri Cheron.
This decision is considered an earnest
general administrative reform which
! would save the country billions Of
francs.
Since the World War the number on
the governmental pay roll has increased
by II per cent and is still increasing.
1t Is generally admitted that the ma
tions work could be done by half the
present personnel If each man and
woman worked usefully.
The ambition of most French peo-
pie nowadays Is to get a government
job as means of both security, tenure
and retirement pension. Many new
jobs have been created in recent years
as the government established new bu-
reaus, while simultaneously the powerful
trade unions have compelled the ac-
ceptance of the assimilation" of many
municipal workers, meaning that they
enjoy the same privileges as govern
mental employees as regards pay, PEN
sions and other details.
The City Of Paris has just "assimi-
lated" the street car personnel, a step
which costs the taxpayers an additional
81 SOC, 900 yearly. It is calculated that
one worker out Of three In France to-
day Is either In governmental or in "as-
simulated" service.
The cabinets decree represents an
effort to check this influx
(Copyright, 1887