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Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
III CLUBS TO
HOLD A PARADE
Organization Will Celebrate
Their Goth Anniversary at
Kent Sussex Fair
STATE CLUBS TO JOIN

One of the outstanding events at
the Kent and Sussex County Fair
this year in connection with the
program of the extension service
of the University of Delaware will
be the parade of All Clubs, includ-
ing Smyrna, which will be staged
on the race track at 1 o'clock,
standard time, on Friday after
noon, July 27 This parade will be
in celebration of twenty years of
All club work in Delaawre. Dur
ing this period of time the total
enrolment for the state has grown
to include over $500 boys and girls
who have become interested in var
ious farm and home projects. All
those who expect to participate in
this event are requested to assem-
BILE at II o'clock noon on Friday at
the farm of w. D. Scott, which is
located adjoining the Fair grounds
on the North. The parade will
start promptly at l o'clock in order
that it may be completed in time
for the scheduled horse races that
afternoon. The order of the par
ade will include the Links, New
Castle County, Kent County, and
Sussex county, and when the par
ade is over the entire group will as
{ ca al ~, Of ha n LET a nd
and sing two nationally known club
songs under the leadership of c.
Russell Snyder, Sussex County
Agent. In order to encourage club
members to take part in this par
ade an award of S5 will be made
for each of the following five class
es: ID Largest club group; (2)
Club coming the greatest distance
with at least eight members; 81
Club showing the most originality
in demonstrating its project or pro-
jects; (4) Best appearance in dress
and (5) Club showing the best
posture, pep and discipline in the
HIT VI illdI Cu. VI luOSS CluD-
which are competing in first and
second classes the county clun
agents are requested to report to
Kent County Agent, Russell EVIL
son the number members present
and the distances Travelled. Mr.
Wilson will be assisted in this af-
fair by William B. Simpson, voca-
tional agriculture instructor at The
Caesar Rodney School, who will
have charge of the parade. All
club members who take part in
this event will be admitted free to
the Fair grounds on that day, and
every member is expected to be on
time in order that there will be no
delay in starting the parade and
completing it on schedule.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
SMYRNA WINS
AT BASEBALL
Defeats the Strong Townsend
Team 2 to 0 in Their Open
ing Game Saturday
DOVER UNABLE TO COME

Smyrna Baseball Club had its
opening game on the School Ath-
letic Field Saturday, not just as
advertised and intended but never
theless a game that furnished the
spectators good afternoons per-
formance. Dover, which was to
have played the opening game with
Smyrna here, called up at the last
minute they were unable to get
their team together and would not
be here. Manager John c. Hustled,
in quandary what to do, not to
disappoint the people, had a lucky
turn in his predicament when the
Townsend team going thru Smyr-
ma on their way from Maryland
back home, said they would play
and they were at once substituted.
They fortunately had their suits ON
and ready to play. The game was
started shortly after three o'clock
after Manager Hustled had stirred
up little enthusiasm by having
the band from st. Joseph's Indus
trial School 'whoop it up" with a
few band numbers and brought
baseball fans together on the
Smyrna High School Athletic
Field. The crowd was not as large
probably, as it would have been
had the report not been circulated
that Dover was not coming. How
ever, lovers of the sport were
treated to a fine exhibition of base
ball, Smyrna winning by the close
score of to 0. The battery for
Smyrna was Cats and Sparks and
the battery for Townsend was
Scott and Wells. Considering it
was the first time the Smyrna
team had played it was a most
creditable game and went to show
that there is talent in and about
Smyrna that has the making of a
fine baseball club. What is needed
is financial support from the Smyr-
ma people for unless they buy the
season tickets put on sale or pay
admission at the gate, Smyrna
will not be able to buy equipment
and carry on. This week and on
up to Saturday the management
intends to canvass the town and
dispose of as many season tickets
as they can to insure the prac-
ticability of organizing a perman-
ent club for the season. Your sup
port is therefore needed. Next
Saturday Smyrna Baseball Club
will play the club from Henderson,
Md, on the Smyrna School field
This club, though coming from a
small place, is reported to be a
strong team. The game is sched-
uled for 2.45 p. m. and large at
tendance is hoped for. The man.
agement has decided to charge a
general admission of Is cents or
admission including grandstand %
cents. Those buying season tick
cts will have the privilege of at
tending all games with a grand
stand seat if they so desire.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
CHHDREN'S VACATION OVER
New York Kiddie Who Have Been
Here Two Weeks, Leave Friday

The twenty-one New York chill
dren who have been enjoying
vacation in Smyrna and vicinity
are to be taken back to their
homes Friday. The children have
all had a delightful stay and none
of them, we hear, seem anxious to
return. The homes in which they
were entertained afforded them
good entertainment and in a few
cases have provided their little
guests with clothing, shoes, and
other things, doing every thing
possible to add to their pleasure
and comfort. The vacation was
sponsored by the New York Herald
Tribune who arranged all details,
brought them here and will take
them home.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
MISS ANNA HUGHES MARRIED
Miss Anne l.. Hughes, Dover, Be
comes Bride of James +. Dragoo

comes Bride of James Z. DragoO
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Miss Anne Law
man Hughes, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Silas Hughes OF Dover, and
James E. Dragoo of New York
City, son of Mrs. Margaret Dragoo
of Dover The wedding took place
at Elkton on July Is, the Rev. G.
NJ. Cope officiating. The attend
ants were Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert
Hughes and Mr.. and Mrs. Baynard
Wilmington, all of Dover. The
bride is a graduate OF the Dover
High School of the class of 1881
The bridegroom is also a graduate
of Dover High School, class of
1926 and now is associated with
the Underwood Typewriter Com
pany of New York city. Several
parties have been given for the
young couple during the past two
weeks, Mrs. Cecil Moroe, sister of
the bridegroom entertaining at her
home last Friday, and Mr. Moore
gave a boat party Monday evening.
The newlyweds will make their
home in New York City.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
FEW PEACHES THIS YEAR
Hard Winter and April Frosts Play
Havoc With Delaware Orchards

Peaches will be conspicuous by
their absence this season, and ex-
cept for those orchards favored by
the protection which proximity to
the salt water gives, the yield will
be negative. The scientific care
in spraying and pruning some or
chards in spite of the severe freeze
of last winter which killed the ma
jor part of the crop, there would
still have been some yield but for
the late April frosts which finished
those buds which had escaped in
jury and would have matured. A
normal peach crop in Delaware is
about 325,060 bushels. Not more
than 10000 bushels, however, are
expected.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
Harold Jones, BridgeviIle, Killed

Harold Jones, age 16, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Horace P. Jones, of
Bridgeville, was instantly killed
Tuesday morning when an automo-
bile in which he was riding. struck
a telegraph pole between Eldorado
and Sharptown, Md. Alton Lay
ton, Lawrence Roe and Charles
Donovan, his companions, escaped.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
|@rl COURT OF HONOR
smyrna Troup Who
Test to Get Promotion

Ntttaoil
y Scout Troop, which has
Nn reOrganized in smvr-
~ans Its last meeting of
: !. lals evening, Thursday
IN. lals meeting will be a
~a'' Of Honor, held for
Of Promoting those
y. . the troop who have
.s-,.a.l y passing their respec-
sa0ns' ,.',sa Those scouts to
a ,'ti's ! are; Walter Appel
!. ! Ford and James An
y !. nave passed their sec
\ y.I ssl'' and Robert Bell.
!. 4asln and Donald Ennis
4. csssd cs'i their Tenderfoot
s !, V'qIt Of Honor will be
ts i. : 5oard of Review,
. q .. Troop Committee,
nj : s,.a. sas Sponsors of the
srsr 'lsnlne q 7 the candidates
b viii ! !. tnelr tests. The
're d. \ nsld in the Scout
pa american Stores
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
Wedding of Smyrna Interest

Mr.. and Mrs Walter T. Massey
of Smyrna, announce the marriage
of their only daughter, June Eliza
beth, to Mr.. Walter S. Cubbage
of Dover. The wedding took
place in Wyoming Saturday even
ing, July IA, with Elder B. E. Cub
bage, father of the groom, officiat-
ing. The bridegroom is a constable
in Dover.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
DOVER FARMER TAKES LIFE
Howard Berry, Had Been Brooding
1t is Said, Over Financial Trouble

Howard Berry, aged So years, a
farmer living at Cooper's Corner,
South of Dover, shot and killed
himself Monday night. He went to
the cow stable, placed the muzzle
of the gun under his chin and dis
charged the weapon by hitting the
trigger with a corn knife. Less
than a half hour before he commit
ted the deed he had been convers-
ing with several men in a store at
Cooper's Corner about cunning.
Financial worries are believed to
have prompted the act. He is sur
vived by his wife and two children.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
Improved Roads Near Smyrna

The New Castle County Levy
Court has turned over to the State
Highway Department nine miles
of road to be improved. Included
in this is the Thoroughfare Neck
road, Blackbird hundred, 81 miles
long, 8 feet wide, and Oak Hill
School road, 2.s5 miles, 9 feet.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
III KILLED IN IN
[IsloAD CRASH
..,,,'. Party ,,,sss Meet
! p.l0v Smyrna When
lIsy Hit a Truck
I,rsr LEFT SMYRNA

|. ysnadslphians, including ing
''..s.s .' were killed and an
as.s aas'i' saturday night about
is 'Els' !. the Boulevard four
nta ,,ss of Smyrna, a short ,,.aer als,
s+rs s~n GsrrisOn's Lake wnen io%n
',.,ropass r,o in which they were were
a,s,Tiped a truck loaded
...s s''1r tomatoes and apples at
F.s and literally was torn
w. victims of the Della
- al from philadelphia,
@n,s 'r COugnlin, 3d. Of 07SS
t. street; James P. Cough
.d sal woodland avenue;
|. ,tsirs. as, Of 67sO Linmore :
= patrick Reilly, 80, OF
'.,..t and Woodland evenue'
I. / Coughlin, 80, Of the
t. street address, a brother
e., and James, is still IN
- General Hospital at Do
: ,ty,icians say he will re-
Tvo of the four men were
ntsptly and two others died
hours later. They were N
=, Cuughlin's car on their
n , fishing trip said to be
Beach. The party is said
4 tODDed in Smyrna enroute,
arer at the Delaware House
sssht gas at Ennis & Dea-
!, arsge. They left Smyrna
!. reckless speed and had not
pns long before the fatal ac-
\ took place. Witnesses OF
,njsrt said the fishermen
seeding at a 6O-65 mile gate
Id just gone over the cause
i Gsrnson's and were round
rs toward Bethel Church
asir car struck and side
NJ fam truck loaded with
tanatOes, apples and other
be md driven by Arthur Tay-
tDoVsr. Taylor told the po-
Il pulled his truck far to the
4 tha road IN an effort to
ht collision, but did not sue
The windshield of the pas
|r T struck the extended
Miy. One side of the ma
vas torn away as though
4ahfe and the rest of the
a reduced to a mass OF
hgs 50 terrific was the
he impact that although
iHrE vas heavily loaded, il
aaa over on its side. Apples
a1atoes were scattered
W. The road. Taylor anG
AaaRrgers, Christians SOM
q Homer Powell, of Mar.
" escaped injury. The in.
'z' taken to the hospita.
y wrecked car taken tc
aS garage, Dover, where
Ensssed all day Sunday
crowds. Coroner c. w
aAsnt County, took charge
adles' At an inquest the
aasratsd the truck driver.
Smyrna times., 1934-07-19
= LIQUOR SELLERS
~ onngs 80 To ''o'l co-

] 4 s,,.atlss sanss 50 to ,,,,l,ls'i0n oourt
. SAINTS stals from through
aats ',s e.. t~snty-six from
NJ sb,'ss i we're taken to Dover
i atssis,s,'ssd ss,ssd with the Illegal Illegal
laoes s',1g G beverages, 1n- sa.
sss l,a bra,,.0 Control Act. The
a conrassat before Judge
aaty ,aon M NJ Pleas Court Of Of
shsaId IN y ,1aD waived a hearing ~
r ccp,t = 900 bail each f. fo5 :
spt y NUT, !. 7 This was al a geDl en-
F. J sy the Liquor Com Com
Ntb y assisted 81 by Chief
s g.,as.l5 ,as Highway Police Iss
fss fslslly t,sa throughout
va outs;a. uozen cases or
ssosp % lae county were
" sop,.,' seaford and II
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
FARMER COMING OUT OF THE RED

THERE is good news for the farmer in a hate Dan.rt
ment OF Agriculture report. The farm price indox
III Marcn 1o' was at 76 as compared with SO a wear ago
Che 1909 to 1914 average equals 1907.
Il aodluOn, the index Of prices that farmers pay for
the things they buy was 12O, as compared with 1O0 ! voo
carrier. In other words, the price he pays has risen but
~ per cent, leaving him a substantial advantage.
4 great deal of the credit for that must 90 to tho
farm cooperatives. They have put in what is possibly the
hardest working, most aggressive year in their history
lucy nave Drought home to their members the necessity
Oh crop curtallment. They have steadied markets. and
held up price levels in the face Of strong adverse condi
lions. They have had a commanding voice in Agricultural
commodities.
lhose are definite achievements. And during the
present year, the co-ops are carrying on their campaion
lor oetter' and more prosperous farming with unabated
energy ana vgor. Inc outlook is better than at any time
since 1873. The attitude Of the average farmer toward
ms cooperative is more understanding-and more en-
lghtened.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
AN OPEN LETTER TO THE CONGRESS OF THE
United STATE

The Costigan- Wagner Anti-Lynching Bill is now be-
fore you for consideration in the Senate and the Ford
Bill, which is identical, is before the House Of Represen-
tatives.
We the undersigned writer's, pubicists and editors
of the United States, take this means of urging immedi-
ate passage of thir legislation, which has been declared
constitutional by Charles II. Tuttle, former United States
Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and
other eminent lawyers whose opinions are a part of the
official record.
Far too long has America been held up to shame
and ridicule throughout the world because of the unres-
trained activities of lawless mobs which have lynched and
even burned human beings at the stake. Among the
victims have been white and "a Of them have been women.
The argument that the majority Of l~ynchings are in
punishment of rape has long since been exploded by i'm
partial examination of the facts, which reveals that less
than one-sixth Of these victims have been accused of sex
offenses. No part Of our country has been immune to
this crime and the evil is spreading with alarming
%rapdity. State governments have clearly and unmistakab-
y manifested their unWillingness or their inability to
prevent lynch1ngs or punish %llynchers. A solem obligation
therefore rests upon the federal government speedily to
enact this legislation into law.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
UNNEEDED HORSEPOWER

Writing in Public Utilities Fortnightly, Herbert Cor
ey recently said: THE Columbia Basin (hydro- ~electric)
project is a plan to double the present supply Of power in
a territory which is now using only one-third of the
theoretically available supply"
The question that brings up is: How will the govern
ment create a market for this surplus power it is to
create? The only answer is: By using its innate advan-
tage Of taxfreedom, plus subsidization from the public
and small municipal plants serving the same area.
It's an amusing fact that a group of municipal utili-
ties in the Pacific Northwest have joined in a protest
against threatened federal competition. They too are
tax free-but they can't offer competing rates. And
the private utilities, representing the savings of thous-
ands of investors, are in a still worse predicament.
AS a result, the Columbia River pro1ect-lke vari-
GUS other projects of the sort, distributed about the coun-
try will create hundreds Of thousands Of horse power Of
unneeded electric energy. 1t will deprive counties and
states and towns and the federal government itself Of
millions in taxes paid by private plants. 1t will menace
investments, and throw men out of work. It will, in case
of an operating deficit abcorb more tax money. And the
public, which has more power than it can use, now will
foot the bill.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
YES=YOu'LL A

~ d recent editorial on excessive taxation. the Philadel-
phla Dispatch said: eff the rich are made to nav the
rlcn VIII lind a way to pass the burden down the line. So
CnaI IN the end every penny of these burdensome taxes
VIII oe paid by the average man. He may not realize
that ne is paying it, because it won't reach him in the
form OF a direct tax. But he will pay it lust the same
Just as ne always paid it, and always will. He'll paw it
In increased rent. in a s~urcharge on everything he eats or
wears or uses. He'll pay it in reduced wages. He'll feel
it for many a decade to come"
That old fallacy of taxing the rich to help the Door
was never more dangerous to the public welfare than It
is now. We, as a people, have watched cities and states
and the federal government appropriate and spend mil
Eons-and we've sat by and said nothing, thinking that
none OF it would come out of our pockets and that some
of it might go in. We've been conscious of waste. of ex-
travagence, OF graft, of duplication of effort. We have
thought that wealthy individuals or great corporations
were paying the necessary taxes.
Unfortunately, there aren't enough wealthy indivi-
duals or big corporations to pay the cost Of government.
They can't meet even a small percentage of it. Over-taxing
individuals wealth simply drives it into tax free bonds
and takes it out of productive enterprise where it would
provide Jobs. payrolls, purchasing power: And when we
overtax business, we simply increase the cost of every
thing we use. Business has no magic means of creating
money. Everything that adds to the cost of a comoditv
or a service, including taxes, must be pasred on to the
customer purchasing it.
Yes, the average man pays the bulk of the cost of all
units of government. He bears the burden of waste and
inefficiency. And he is the one who, by united action
can cure an intolerable condition that means recovery.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
A NEED-AN OPPORTUNITY

TIE greatest potential business development in this
country today is that Of building, e~quipping and fur
nlshlng better homes, according to the American Builder.
Recent Official surveys show that millions of Americans
i've IN homes without plumbing of any ~kind-without
Kitchen sinks, running water, indoor toilets or bathtubs.
Rural homes are particularly bad in this respect-lack
OF modern convenlences and cohorts is the rule in manv
sections, rather than the exception. And more than half
OF the entire population of the nation lives in houses that
DO not meet the accepted Requirements for a decent
level of living.
Here is q great need-and a great opportunity. It's
not only an opportunity for raising the standards of hous-
ing, but for providing jobs and ~payrolls, for stimulating
a thousand industries, for putting money into circulation.
America needs homes-and she needs the jobs and
investment opportunities that home construction and
modernization will provide.
When the boom starts, costs are going to. rise-and
rise fast. Supplies and materials and skilled labor will
as compared with pre- sent levels, be at a premium. The
wise property owner, by building and repairing now, can
spur r~ecovery-and, at the same time, obtain a genuine
bargain for himself.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
PRIEST ADMONISHES
PARENTS TO FORGET
MYTH o STORK

Cleveland, O-An admonitio to
parents to drop the stork myth in
explaining birth to the child comes
from Rev. Felix Kirsh Of Catholic
university, a speaker at the confer
ence on family life.
1t is better to give the child in
struction in sex matters a year too
soon than too late, he declared before
a thousand parents and EDUCATORS
attending the conference.
Parents have placed the responsible
ity for sex education, which he said
rests entirely with them, too much in
the hands of pastors and school teach
ers, the priest asserted.
The younger the child the less en-
barassment there will be for both
parents and the child he added, when
the time comes for a clear explana-
ton.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
EDITORIAL


OoCdI DeFrleSt got Scant applause Sunday
49, OF last week at his patriotic musical in the House
ooiored Du dao1 when he paid a tribute to the loyalty Of
war. "N' y peace ana
FOR one thing, that is a peroration now worn fairlv
Inn LIN lntelngent people are beginning to realize that
ioL / Is something wrong with the head SO willing to
HEX the boot that is kicking it. "
~ announcer damper upon that audience was William
H LIVER Paga white, ancient clerk and ~jobholder in the
mouse, VINO first lnsulted his audience by telling if he had
a olack nanny, and then insulted Mr.. DePriesf his host host
oy telling him that he was the last colored man who viii will
be elected to Congress. ""o -
last of the Mohicans. e0 70 LIE
a. as 20 the nanny business, many white people do not
INNS that 1t is a special mark Of distinction to have had
d olack a nanny, or in good taste to brag about #
Need OF a wet nurse indicates that the mother was
unaoIe TO junction normally and had to call for help.
10 many a baby a cow or a goat is a wetnurse No
nody can say this makes us more tender toward a COW
than toward a goat.
Long experience. with the fellows who talk loudest
about their black mammies has taught the AFRO to
watch them carefully.
Mr.. Page and many Of his ~neighbors born on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland had black mammies. They
also lynched two colored men within a year.
t -Afro-American.
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
FIREMAN SELLERS
V WOMAN CLING
TO WINDOW

or
the fourth floor of a burning apart
ment house on tenth street, Miss Jesse
Harris, 81, climbed through a window
and chung to a shutter by her finger
tips until a fireman raised a ladder
and carried her to safety.
Miss Harris, who was clad only in
pajamas, lost her grip as Fireman G.
c. Sellers, white, reached for her from
the top rung Of the ladder and dropped
nto rs arms The fireman, although
severely jolted, held onto her and
carried her to the ground.
Meanwhile Mrs. Mary Clark. so,
had been assisted from the second
floor of the four-story building by
other firemen, who reported she was
nearly overcome by smoke
The Omaha guide., 1934-05-09
THE MAGIC KEY

In commenting on problems faced
by agriculture, particularly those
concerning international exchange
Of farm products.C. * Moser. vice
president Of the American Cotton
Cooperative Association said that
cooperation is the magic key to sue
cess-"cooperation n production, CO.
operation in moving products into
market, and cooperation in regula-
ting their exchange value"
TIL best proof Of that lies in the K
perietnce of the immediate past. 1t
is not an exaggeration to say that
agricultural, a year or two ago, was
faced with complete choas. Markets
were disorganized and prices had fall
en- far below the cost Of production.
There were tremendous SURPRISES of
almost every agricultural commodity
and moe were constantly being prod
uced. At that time the cooperativeS
started a determined and aggressive
campaign to cause farmers to pull to-
gether for the common good, and to
urge the passage Of essential legis-
lation.
That campaign was a success. Pri-
e r low-but they are rising, and
r substantially better than they
would have been had the coopera-
tives not existed. Markets are be-
coming stabilized. And the work Of
the cooperatives finds it's reflection
in federal legislation designed to
carry the farmer through the pre-
sent peiod Of stress.
The cooperative movement is the
farmers insurance for the future.
1t deserves the support Of every citi-
zen in bringing and keeping good
times.