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acres and is said to be one of the
most completely equipped and thor
oughly organized farms in Mary
land. It is operated by Mrs.
Raskob for the production of milk,
grain, seeds, feeds, racing colts,
hogs and poultry. Farm families
attending the event are invited to
bring picnic lunches. Box lunches
and other refreshments will be
served by the local American Le-
gion. All departments of the es-
tate will be open to the public and
special efforts made to acquaint
guests with any phase of opera
tions in which they may be inter
ested. Various demonstrations of
machine farming will be included
in a program lasting from II a. m.
to p. m. Early and late ferries
from and to Annapolis will afford
Western Shore farmers ampe time
for the entire day at Pioneer Point.
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SEA FOOD MEN
CONVENE EAUG. II
Will Meet at Ocean City, Md,
the First Annual Meet
of Association
TO DISCUSS PROBLEMS

The Tri4State Sea Food Associa-
ton, comprising all members of the
industry in Maryland, Virginia and
Delaware, will hold its first annual
convention at Ocean City, Mary
land, on Saturday, August II, it
was announced by Sterling G. Har-
ris, secretary of its organization.
1.-The people connected with the
sea food business face many ser
ious problems" said G. A. Locker
man, of Crisfeld, president of the
association. cat Ocean City we
hope to select a few of the most
important troubles and unite on do
ing something about them. The
convention is meeting at the end OF
the crab season and the beginning
of the oyster season, therefore,
much time will be given to these
two branches of the industry. The
shortage of crabs this Summer has
caused unemployment and distress
along our waterfronts. This con-
dition will grow worse next year
unless laws are passed immediate
ly protecting the supply of crabs.
The oyster business faces an equal
ly discouraging future, although
many promising efforts are being
made to get better markets" The
association was formed last June
and it is reported to have the sup
port of every one in the business.
Mr.. Lockerman said in addition to
one hundred and fifty packers of
sea food, the association also in
cluded watermen's groups, so that
the individual crabber, tonger and
fisherman is represented. THE well
fare of each member of this indus
try depends on the other fellow,
continued Mr.. Lockerman. For
years we were independent OF
thought we could be. But we know
better now. We are organizing tt
help each other and thereby helI
ourselves" In addition to loca
members of the industry who vii
discuss various phases of the busi
ness, Robert F. Duer, of the Mary
land Conservation Department, anc
Clarence S. Foster of the Delaware
Board of Game and Fish Commits
sioners will speak. Rufus Miles, O.
Norfolk, Virginia, will discuss tht
oyster business, and I. NJ Tawes, O.
Crisfeld, will tell of efforts being
made to protect the crab supply
Mr.. Tawes is chairman of com
mittee recently appointed to pusl
the enactment OF a bill by Senator
Tydings for this purpose.
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Oklahoman, 80, Is Still
Running Spinning Wheel

WaynOka, Okla.-SpiImng wheels
have come to be regarded as fit
museum pieces-but not so with
the one owned by Mrs. Phoebe Da-
wilson
Mrs. Davidson, now eighty, has
owned a spinning wheel since child
hood and has used it since her ia
ther gave it to her in her twelfth
birthday. two years after the Civil
war.
She recently demonstrated to a
group of friends just how their
grandmothers and great-grandmoth-
ers used to make the family's cloth
ing.
Mrs. Davidson earded the wool
on cards that showed the wear
and tear of years Of use. She dis
played numerous articles she has
made, including mittens. sox and
wool-flled comforters.
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.RASKOB ESTATE
TO MARK EVENT
Tenth Anniversary of Pioneer
Point Farms Planned for
To-day, Thursday
1000 FARMERS EXPECTED

Pioneer Point Farms, the estate
of Mrs. John ]. Raskob, will open
its gates to the farm people of two
States to-day Thursday, in the
staging of Maryland and Della
ware Farmers Day. Farmers from
both shores of Maryland and the
three counties of Delaware are in
vited. Arrangements are based
upon attendance estimates of 1000
persons. Farmers Day at Pioneer
Point is intended to commemorate
the tenth anniversary of the farm.
Originally purchased in 1925 as five
farms, the estate has been consoli-
dated into a single unit of 1900
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MANY VISITORS
AT REHOBOTH
Rodney Sharp Establishes
Skeet Field on Land North
of Henlopen Acres
ITEMS OF SOCIAL NOTE

Rehoboth, Aug. 8.-The Summer
colony is most interested in the
skeet field that has ben established
by Mr.. Hugh r. Sharp and some of
his friends. The field is located on
the Anderson farm, just north Of
Henlopen Acres. Already shoots
have been held on several occa-
sions, and from now on will be
sheduled for each Saturday after
noon and Sunday morning. The
shooting is open to all. Among
those who have been entering are
Mr.. and Mrs. George Weymouth,
Mrs. Campbell Weir, Mrs. ]. Simp-
son Dean, Lammot DUPONT, Hugh
r. Sharp, Daniel Anderson, Con-
gresham j. George Stewart, Leon
Moore. George Winchester came
down for the event over the week
end
On Saturday next Miss Sally
Cannon, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry L. Cannon, will sail from
New York on the Isle d France for
a Winter of study in Europe. At
ter visiting various cities and plac-
es of interest the party, after jan
uary will settle in Florence until
late in the Spring, when Miss Can
non is expected to return.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry L. Price and
family, Henry L., Jr., and Sara
Grier Price, of Lansdowne, arrived
August 1 to remain for the re-
mainder of the season.
The Minister of Finland and
Madame Jarnefelt, who returned to
Washington at the mid-week, have
returned to the beach to pass much
Of the remainder of the season.
T. j. Hamilton, football coach at
the Naval Academy, with Mrs.
Hamilton and their two sons, have
taken cottage near Bayard ave-
nue.. Mrs. Hamilton's sister, Mrs.
John Noble and Mr.. Noble, of Bal
timore, are with the Hamiltons for
two weeks, as is also Mr.. Hamil-
toms mother, of Columbus, Ohio.
Lieut.. Warren Graf and Mrs.
Graf had with them for the week
end Midshipman Floyd Bringle, of
Memphis, Tenn, Paul Foley, of
Garden City, Long Island, and
Thomas Culhane, of Vallejo, Calf.
DR.. Margaret Handy drove to the
beach recently, bringing with her
Mrs. William H. Keen, of German
town. Mrs. Keen will remain for a
week the guest of DR.. Handy's
aunt, Miss Laura Bell.
Mrs. G.. F. Brand and her daugh-
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Romanof Has Modest
Home Near Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh. - Gregory Romanoff
cherishes no delusions of the gram
deur he and his wife once knew.
The son of an officer in the cars
imperial army, reconciled to the
loss of his ancestral estate in Rus
sia, he has received his first natur-
aliZation papers.
With his wife and four daughters,
ROmanoff lives in modest four
room dwelling in the nearby bor-
ough of Homestead. and ekes out
an even more modest living by
teaching Russian at church schools
and directing choral groups.
Of necessity, the daughters will
be denied the advantages of luxury
and of education in exclusive sem
inaries such as their parents knew
in an Ukrainian province years ago.
Romanoff makes no pretense of
royal lineage. although he traces the
family name to Alexander the
Third. His father once was asked
by the czar to change his name in
order that ''Romanoff' might be re-
served for the royal family. But
his father declined. even though
handsome cash settlement was of
fered.
When rumblings of the revolution
broke upon the Russian scene,
Romanoff and his bride fed by diff
ferent routes to Canada. Their
wistful hope some day to reclaim
their home vanished with the Soviet
rise to power, and they settled here.
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and tell him what they think of his
bright ideal"
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TOMATO CROP SEEN SHORT
Weather Conditions Held as Ham
permg Yield Down the State

The tomato crop in some sec
tions of lower Delaware, according
to reports, will be cut short. Early
in the summer indications pointed
to a bumper crop; but weather
conditions, it is said, have not been
conducive for a heavy yield. More
over, in some localities insects are
said to be greatly damaging them.
Many growers state their crop will
be below the five-year average.
Weather conditions will play. an
important part with the crop with
in the next six weeks.
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Plans are being completed for the
annual firemen's carnival of Robbins
Hose Company of Dover, which
will open on the night of August
9 and close on Saturday night,
August II on the lot adjoining the
city hall. Features of the week
will be a firemen's parade Wednes-
day evening, August IA, when
many companies and bands from
Delaware ard Maryland will COM
pete for cash prizes.
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RMERs B
All AUGUS
Beach Resort on 4 |
to Be Mecca of 4
August l5s
NOTED SPEAKPp,

Speakers have besr /.
the annual Farmers J.. !.
at Augustine Beach ), /
August Is. Acoordirs /
linn, Jr., county agent >.
George z. Farrell. ~
Wheat Section, Agrie@.
justment AdministTTa,.if.--. T.f-.
ington, D. G.; and 4 :
bach general manager =.
State Milk Producers !.
of Philadelphia. FARM, :
Eastern Shore are ey,.. w..
1N1AN ~ oDldln nrSt hsrs
ton on the new wheat :.
contract to be Offered !,
the A. 4. a stated / !.
Since these same farms,
milk producers. he SAID
be interested in hearirs
erbach who viii be max,
appearance before ii.
milk producers since he,
July l the duties Of gs
ager of the Inter-State
citation. Arrangement,
yearly event arr under
ton of the managemer,
sort with Mr.. Willim !,
the speaking program
scheduled to commere,
o'clock, standard time
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Rat Once Curiosity

The common brown rat was add
ed to the menagerie at Versailles,
in France, during the early part Of
the Eighteenth century as curl
osity. 1t was kept in cage with
lions, tigers, and lesser strange
creatures.-Tit-Bits Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1935-06-13
TIME EXTENDED
ON BAY BRIDGE
Baltimore Representative Ap-
proves Measure Which is
Placed on Calendar
SENATE ALREADY VOTED

The bill extending the time for
beginning and completion Of the
proposed Chesapeake Bay Bridge
Thursday passed the first legisIa-
tive barrier in its path through the
House when Representative Cole
(Dem., Md approved a favorable
report on the measure, but with the
reservation he would oppose it if he
found its approval would make i'm
possible certain Improvement in
Baltimore city and county. The
bill will now go on the House cal
endar. 1t already has passed the
Senate. Representative Goldsbor-
ough, in whose district the eastern
terminus of the bridge would be
located, said he had nothing to saw
about the project at this time Kent
county is depending upon him to
work for the great improvement.
There is every reason why he
should get back Of it. Formal ap-
plication has been filed with Abel
Wolman, acting PWA director for
Maryland, for a loan from the
works-relief fund with which to
construct the bridge. 1t is under
stood, however, that the sponsors
of the project vii have to win over
the support of one of the key men
in the new works-relief set-up to
secure final approval of the loan.
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try, which the colonists were as yet
unwilling to sever.
When stars replaced the British
insignia, Old Glory was launched
on its career as our national en-
blem. At first there were only
thirteen stars in the blue field, but
as the years passed and state after
state entered the Union, the num-
Der of stars multiplied until now
there are forty-eight.
From time to time slight chang
es in the flag have been authorized
by Congress, and a design of fif-
teen stars and fifteen stripes re-
mained in vogue from 1895 until
1918. Then Congress authorized a
return of the flag to its original
form Of thirteen stripes, one star
being added thereafter for each
state entering the Union.
Research has failed to prove
definitely just who was responsible
for the design of our National Flag.
A favorite tradition points to Betsy
Ross as the needlewoman whose
fingers wrought with loving care
the first sample Of the Stars and
Stripes, which was almost identical
with the flag as we know it today.
We are told that late in the
spring of 1776 her little shop in
Philadelphia was visited by some
distinguished patrons. A commit
tee headed by George Washington
called on Mrs. Ross and submitted
a rough design Of a new type Of
flag in which stars had been sub
stituted for the crosses of st.
George and st. Andrew.
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MRS. CAREY, son
DIE ON GALLONS
Pair Are Buried Immediate
ly Near the Grave of
Man They Killed
POLICE PALLBEARERS

With the hangman' moose, Della
ware Friday exacted from a grand
mother and her eldest son the
price of muder. In the dim light
of a mist-laden dawn, the pair
walked unfalteringly to their doom
she with the statement that INV
way is clear" and he declaring
that anyone in my place would
have done the same" These words
they said to the small group of Of
ficial witnesses only ones who
were admitted behind the screen of
secrecy. From these witnesses the
newspapermen learned the facts of
the grim drama enacted inside the
Jail yard. And Friday, side by side
in little st. Georges cemetery near
Georgetown, there are two fresh
mounds. One is the grave of Mrs.
May Carey, 55-year-old grand
mother, whose $1,000 perfect muir
der" took seven years to catch up
with her and make her the first
white woman that Delaware has
ever hanged. The other is the
grave of Howard Carey, 27, her
first-born son, the father of three,
who followed his mother up the
fog-shrouded gallows in the COM
pound of Georgetown Jail at dawn
Friday for the same perfect muir
der" Nearby in the weed-covered
cemetery is another and older
mound. 1t is the grave of Robert
Kitchens, the woman's brother, the
man who a jury decided she blud-
geoned and shot to death in No
vember, 1927, for $4,000 insurance,
and got her children to help her.
In New Castle County Workhouse
is James Carey, %, another of her
sons, condemned to spend the rest
OF his days behind bars for his part
IN the crime. In Georgetown Jail
IS Lawrence Carey, Fl, the young
est son, whose tell-tale tongue was
the flaw in the perfect crime"
Awaiting trial for assault and bat
terry, he sat in his cell Friday while
a few yards away his mother and
brother walked to the doom he had
brought them. But he had receiv-
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| Waving triumphantly through
the years, the Star Spangled Ban
ner will reach another milestone in
it's history with the observance of
its birthday on June ID
Romance and a certain mystery
have surrounded our flag since its
adoption 158 years ago, clouding its
origin in a web of circumstances
that historians have never been
able to unravel successfully
1t is known definitely, however,
that on June ID, III, the Contin-
entail Congress resolved: THAT the
flag of the thirteen United States
be thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thir-
teen stars, white in a blue field,
representing new constellation"
Thus this date has come to be OBJ
served each year as Fag Day.
Scores of flags represented the
hopes and aspirations of our fore
fathers. Colonial flags show beav-
ers, rattlesnakes, pine trees and
various other insignia. Some bore
the words, Hope" Liberty" or
IAN Appeal to Heaven" A favor
ite motto beneath the rattlesnake
design was Don't Tread on Me-
The first flag to show a unity of
purpose on the part of the colon
lists consisted of thirteen stripes,
similar to the design of today, ex-
cept that where the stars now ap-
pear the crosses of St. George and
st. Andrew were shown. 1t was
usually called the Grand Union
Flag, and the crosses indicated
definite ties with the mother coun-
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The committee was of the opin.
ion that the stars should be six.
pointed. But Mrs. Ross, so the
story goes, showed how a five,
pointed star could be made with
one snip of her scissors, and her
suggestion was adopted
Unfortunately no record of this
first" flag has been preserved
But the patriotic lady told the
story over and over again to her
children and grandchildren, and it
has been well authenticated by
Betsy's descendants.
Many Americans have explained
the symbolism of the Stars and
Stripes but few have expressed it
as simply or as well as the Father
of our Country who said: 1--WE take
the stars from Heaven, the red
from our mother country, separat-
ing it with white stripes, thus
showing that we have separated
from her. and the white stripes
shall go down to posterity repre-
senting Liberty"
Faith in our flag and country has
been characteristic of our people
from the beginning. We honor and
respect the Stars and Stripes, not
as fetish, but as the beloved
standard of a free nation.
Our flag has never been a sym
Dol of military aggression. At
home or abroad, afioat on the sew
en- seas, or in some far distant out
post, it is Americas guarantee of
justice to those who seek protec-
tion under its folds.
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TOWNS
AGAIN ACTIVE
Gold Rush in Far West Is
Stirring Anew the
POpulace
SALOONS WIDE OPEN

San Francisco.-Againt this spring
on the heels of the rise of gold
prices, dreamy-eyed adventures
lanky, gnarled veterans of the Klon-
dixie; miners and clerks, gamblers
and promoters, are following the
come-hither look of Lady Luck.
Ghost towns dating back to the
Vests beginnings are stirring anew
after Rip Van Wrinkle slumber.
Abandoned mines are suddenly
heaving and raucous, as prospectors
thrust down new shafts. The new
gold rush, which started last year,
Is now on in full force.
Scalp hungry Indians are no long
er the chief menace to the gold
seekers. Agonizing death In some
sun-parched desert Is a remote
peril. But much Of the old color
and drama has enlivened the Klon-
dixie, the wide, open West and
points South.
Once More Wide Open.
Casual, gold-itchy houris, spirit
ual descendants of Diamond Lii
and Lady Lou, are drifting into
the newly staked mining camps.
Saloons and gambling halls are
once more wide open, and while
bridge and poker are more fire.
quently played among the miners,
an occasional game of faro is not
rare. Men are not so quick on
the trigger, but the professional
card sharp, the mine salter, the
con man has come back into his
own. And sndden disappearance
and mysterious deaths are reported
from time to time along the Colo
RADIO river and west of the Pecos.
Almost since the first day that |
President Roosevelt set a premium |
Continued on Page Sikh
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ed his mothers forgiveness. And
in a small house not far from st.
Georges cemetery mother gather
ed her three children about her and
prepared to face life without their
father. She is Myra Carey, wife
of Howard Carey. She last saw
her husband alive when she took
the three children Thursday after
noon to be christeneG in his cell.
Thus ends the record of Delaware's s
most brutal crime" This peace
full county seat which refused to
become excited about the hangings,
slept peacefully while the sentences
of the court were executed. At
4:30 a. m, Standard Time, news
papermen and photographers began
collecting at the main gate, three
miles outside of town. In the grey
dawn a few autos passed along the
road slowly their occupants peering
at the Jail. Half a dozen autos
parked along the road. The min
utes passed. Between the hours of
3 a. m. and 2 p. M, the court had
said, but the group at the gate
knew that the condemned pair had
but few minutes to live. AS 5
o'clock came, there was brief
hush and newsmen glanced at their
watches. Then the hum of talk re-
sumed. A rooster crowed. Sud-
denly policeman raced his motor
cycle down the driveway from the
prison and out onto the highway.
A car followed Then at 6:15
O'Clock, the shouting voice of
policeman from the Jail: tSend the
up here" Every
one then knew it was over because
Chief Justice Daniel j. Layton had
ordered newspapermen kept out
until the pair had been hanged. The
twelve jurors who witnessed the
hangings were: Charles S. Calhoun.
George F. Wilkins, Howard w.
King, David R. Pepper, and ].
Thomas Robinson of Georgetown;
James Alfred MeGee, of near Lew
es; John Richard Miles, of Seaford;
John S. Hallett, of Milford; Henry
D. Cook, of Lincoln; Elvin F. Will
gus, of Selbyville; Norman C.Ruitt,
of Laurel, and Thomas w. Palmer.
Jr., of Rehoboth. Three reserve
jurors selected by Sheriff Robert ]. /
Clendaniel as the hour for the
hangings approached also witness
ed the executions. They were:
Harry Mitchell, of Laurel; Elmer
4. Lawson, of Millsboro, and Will
lam t. Truitt, Of Frankford. Gov
ernor c. Douglass Buck was said
by associates to have been greatly
affected by the Carey case. Fri
lay they said he had sought soli-
.ude to offset the strain which the
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STATE D. A.P1
MEET Fl. .Ar%n| ~
James A. BarlIo,. |
The Significance Of ,.
lO-mOrrOw
~ J RNIANs TO AnI

Professor James /.
The faculty i IL 1,l' Bsth-;I
Delaware Vii y u OaiTe'aa = :.
aipaL speakers 1t .5e so,l y las |
me msr meeting Of The ''-1 na,.] T.
Daughters Of the Ams,i.aD "a
Flag Dav r,a ~ to-no1
q Mfs. Lawrence 9 csn .as
BfindIey Road. near In'apoe| u,lql
Caesar Rodney C5antss " "lnn1
Mrs, Campbell Is a memb.e gs15- q
t3e hostess chapter 1t the, t5s v
MS Grace Baird is he .Iy NEW ns1 /
n,.Stl u GassaE ,E..i'. Rodney Chapter
v alter Williams of Hon, Holv |
~, e-ecled president a
Delaware Daughters attn. st tbs,. =
ler session ana installed IN M, n
4 noe ,,1s a. the recent D. 4. R. co1l
IN ". Washington. D. G, will IIr y
at the meeting. Roufins .-' !,
viii be transacted at II.
session beginning at ii o',lo"'I ~
there vii be a boz I,ncs.sS ,.Y'
?. m The Flag Day proa,a.I sl.
be presented at ? ocIocs aaa
include addresses. music anu ai
patriotic features. Profess,
ley will use As bis topic 3D..
Significance Of the Dayn w.. w.
Of the D. A. R. are inyita5 Is e.
guests to the Summer n.y.
MIS-. Williams, state regent
Mrs. Raymond Frederics Il
treville, attended the Iuncbso,
week given by the MaryIsrd
Society. D. A. R., and Mrs Il
+. Shankiin state ,eoou4
land, at the BaJtimora
Ciun. me luncheon was in
y MRS. Henry N. Roberts. u
AlidpoIls' No, VINO is treasurer
Tldl q the National Sod
Daughters of the Americsr D..
lion. Mrs. Walter Morris. Of
Ve. VINO retired this year as d
" are state regent, Is expected
it1ufn over the weekend aftsa
visit Of two months with ~
in California.
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case had been upon him as chief
executive He had held himself
available to counsel for the Careys
until the last. Frederick Whitney,
the lawyer, however, had been fore
ed to admit that he had found no
new facts which would substantiate
a request for a reprieve.
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Deer With a Memory
Chases Man Up Tree

Eastman, Mass.-Henrv How
land was "treed' by buck deer
-one he believed didn't forget
past experience.
Rowland, working In his back
yard, saw several deer crossing
a field, when suddenly one es-
pied him, chased and forced him
atop a henhOuse.
During the half-hour imprison-
ment he noticed a scar on the
animals fore leg. the place
where he wounded a deer three
years ago. The buck apparent
ly recognized him, he thought