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Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

he was lost to her-a Missionary like
Hugh, the most tiresome kind of
man. They were always floating
off in their mental airships when
one most wanted their companion
ship.
''How often have you been a.
round the world?" she pursued.
Dick looked at her suddenly and
his thoughts receded like fading
pictures, in the presence of this
dazzling creature with skin like
honey.
''This is my seventh cruise with
the Marenia, and before that
knocked about the world a bit on
other boats.
She measured him with her eyes.
''What wise young man you must
be-knowing all about love!'
'What rot! l scarcely believe in
love-
Clare laughed.
Dick looked down at her. 'Wo-
men are constantly building up the
fiction of enduring love-" he said,
''but it really doesn't endure, un-
less ones life is so deadly dull that
there's no chance for romance. U.s.
ually women destroy their own i'm
ages by holding on for too long.
They should always be first in
knowing when things are over.
However, it's an instinct in which
they are totally lacking"
"You haven't told me half
enough" she observed. "Tell me
some more about women. Tell me
what you think of American wo-
men,"
Dick threw back his head and
laughed% II wonder if you were
wise to ask me that he said. "Shall
you be offended if I tell you I
think them a little overbearing-
too intent on their looks, their
clothes, their careers, their ambi-
tions? And I haven't words to de-
scribe the way they treat their
men, nibbling at their seIf-respect,
ed ng them by the noses, making
them wait for hours for the merest
whim.''
you're rather extreme, aren't
you?'' said Glare, lazily, amused by
Dicks TRADE, ''and you're not very
polite. Take my word for it," she
added, defensively, american wo-
men are beloved by the gods. Show
me any women on earth who are
more clever and chic, more free and
or having so good a
time.'
"That's it, said Dick, equally.
They're self sufficient, self con-
tanned and frozen over with am
bition.' He was watching her with
a glimmer of amusement. Clare's
mood flashed to annoyance.
(CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

have company, must make whoopee.
Bah! He turned away. He saw
fur coat and a huge bunch of
orchids curled against the rail.
: Clare Langford, lost in thought,
watched his receding back for a mo-
ment, then turned her attention to
the sea. Dick Charlton, the chief
officer, came stalking along the
deck and leaned against the railing,
several yards away. His cap was
tilted over a profile as sharp as the
blade of a knife.
''Are we near Quarantine" she
asked, aware of his presence.
''Just about there" He moved
responsively in her direction.
Clare turned her face towards
him 1t was pale and oval in the
half light, marked only by the full
curve of her lips
"I'm so glad to be leaving New
York;" Her admission was as swift
as the blaze of her eyes. Then she
remembered herself and was quen-
ched. She turned to the rail again
and forgot that there was anyone
else on the top deck. Dick moved
quietly on his way. A shiver ran
through her frame. She was glad
to be leaving New York, and to be
going around the world. 1t was an
excellent thing to be getting away
from Hugh. Four months were too
many to have devoted to him.
She looked back at the trail of
light that marked New York and
could see him returning alone to his
apartment. How had she ever come
to throw in her lot with his? 1t
was SO unlikely-a dusty scientist
who had turned to writing and
worldly living, after lifetime in
his laboratory. Her friends were
continually telling her that his mind
was gay and enterprising; they had
discovered that from his books.
] Poor Hugh" she thought, as
she leaned over the rail. ''He look
ed so mournful as the boat moved
out. What will he do with himself
now?' But Hugh was less at loss
;. than she imagined. Soon after
meeting Clare, one of his Oldest
friends had warned him that she
was the wrong woman for him, and
that he must not neglect his work
for her.
Clare was suddenly weary. Yes,
she was glad to be getting away.
), There was no excitement for her in
the ethereal beauty. II think | shall
turn in," she thought, looking
around to see if anyone were in
sight. II wonder if | couldn't have
my deck chair up here. 1t would
! be quiet, and more romantic under
the stars
The passengers were disappearing
j for the night, until only a sprink-
ling remained on deck. The Marenia
was heading for the sea, and her
four jewelled strings Of light were
i showing blanks above the water
line, as one portfolio after another
went dark.
In a minimum rate cabin on y
deck Miss Alice Nudge bent with
fluttering fingers over straw suit
case lying open on her narrow bed.
Her black eyes cleaned from nest
of anxious folds, for she was near
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

the banker had given her with he lost hera Missionary E
flourish earkng that Hugh, the tiresome kind
day that Ohonto had citizen They always foat
leaving for around the world off their mental arshps whe
Her which had wanted
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03
HINTS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD

A number of splendid articles for
the housewife, in which suggestions
for new recipes and labor saving
methods ere given. A regular fea-
ture in the American Weekly, the
big magazine which comes recular-
ly with the BALTIMORE SUM-
DAY AMERICAN.
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03
SAYS GEORGIA FOR F. r.

Washington-Senhtob Russell,
Democrat of Georgia, predicted
Georgia will send. a delegation to
the next Democratic national con-
vention instructed for Roosevelt. %
He added that instruction twill
represent the will of an overwhelm-
ing majority of the people,"
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

the banker, had given her with a
flourish, remarking that it was not
every day that Ohonto had a citizen
leaving for trip around the world
Her ticket, which had cost two
thousand was safe in her handbag,
ready to be turned over to the pur-
ser tomorrow. 1t had taken her
twenty years of saving and scrimp-
ing to accumulate twenty-five hun
dred dollars, though now it seemed
like a day. By being very careful,
Miss Nudge would see the world
sumptuously on her surplus of
$500.
The boat was beginning to heave
and Miss Nudge wondered if she
should take her Seaoxyl now, or
wait until she fell i'll. No, the direc-
tions said to take it before feeling
i'll. Had she been wise to have her
hair bobbed before sailing, or was
it fricvolous and out of keeping
with her years and occupation? 1t
was too late to worry about it now.
Besides, she rather liked it, and,
whatever happened, she was going
to be utterly frivolous for the next
five months. No one could stop
her.
Her cabin was comfortable
enough although her bunk .eemed
perched at great height. She lay
on her back and at last she
turned out her lights and MUIR
INJURED a little prayer. She was
so thankful to Providence for let
ting her go round the world at last.
With the words slipping over her
lips, she fell asleep, lulled by the
pounding of the engines.
The Marenia began to creak and
roll in answer to the sea. Sandy
Hook was left behind and the pilot
had taken off. Captain Mark Bar
ing, standing on the bridge and
straining his eyes into the darkness
that lay ahead, was the least cheer
full person on board. He saw five
hard n,onths ahead of him, care fer
responsibility, strange harbours and
the 1,,onotony that A~ove crew and
passengers to erratic behaviour.
4 panorama of faces swept be-
fore him-middle-aged women
starved for romance, travellers who
had been everywhere and who
made him a target for their ill-as-
sorted knowledge, women who
talked too much, women who
laughed too much, and, above all,
women who drank too much.
He lived in world of his own
and escaped when he could from
the ships festivities, but the cock
tail parties, the teas and dinners,
were necessary part of ship rou-
tine that he could not avoid.
Only his intimates knew that he
played muted violin in his own
quarters, and that there were times
when he wrote verse. None of the
crew suspected that the quiet, hard
man who skippered the ship was an
artist at heart. They thought he
was made Of ice-hard to chip, slow
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

Despite poor corn year in Union
County, Ali club members report
an average yield of 44.6 bushels per
acre on their club projects.
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03
Keep a Good Laxative
always in your home

Among the necessities Of home Is
q good, reliable laxative. Don't be
without onel Do your best to pre-
vsns whsn 9oa fsei any oft Of Is nsss dsssasa
able symptoms coming on. I'VE
have used Thedford's Black-Draught
for 81 years and have found it a
very useful medicine that every
family ought to have in their home"
writes Mrs. Perry Hicks, Of Belton,
Texas. IT take Black-Draught for
biliousness, constipation and other
Ills where a good laxative or purga-
tive Is needed. have always found
Black-Draught gives good results"
Sold in 25-cent packages.
BLACk-DRAUGHT
Carolina watchman., 1936-01-03

MAY RETIRE TO MONASTERY
Vienna-Chancellor Kurt Sch
uschnigg, whose wife was killed in
an automobile accident five months
ago was unofficially reported to be
considering retiring to a monastery.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
Telephone Device Gives
Warning on Time Limit

Leipzig-It no longer is neces-
sary to watch the clock to avoid
extra charges in telephoning.
When the telephone operator an
nounces that the three-minute in
terval is up it is often the case that
the parties talking are in the midst
of conversation that cannot be
finished without an extra fee.
An ingenious telephone call-time
has been devised which warns of
the approach of the end of fhe
call. The device consists of an
hour glass arrangement which
rings bell at the end of two and
half minutes. Hhe half-minute
which follows before the end of
the telephone period should be
long enough to finish the conver-
sation.
The phone call alarm, which is
shown at the Leipzig fair, is de-
vised for worldwide use, as the
limit for telephone call is three
minutes in virtually every civilized
country in the world.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
Use "Hush-Hush" Plane
in Stratosphere Flight

London.-Great Britain is build
ing "Hush-hush" plane to fly
higher and faster than has ever be-
fore been possible.
1t will be ready this summer to
make a dramatic bid for suprem-
acy in stratosphere flight.
The builders of this plane realize
that America, Germany, Soviet
Russia and Belgium are all con-
Quoting experiments to produce
planes to fly eight or ten miles
above the earth, and that success
means the capture Of the worlds
air transport trade.
Britain's plane, the secrets of
which are closely guarded by the
air ministry, will, it is understood,
be far superior to any stratosphere
flying machine yet built
1t is expected that this plane will
be able to make a return trip to
New York from London between
breakfast and supper.
1t will be Of an enclosed cabin
type with a variable pitch propel-
Ter and super-charged engine.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
S295,OS3 PAID TO
CARRY PUPILS
10,430 Students Transported
in Year, Figures Given
School Board Show
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION

The cost of transporting 10,430
children to and from schools in
Delaware during the 1925
school year was $295, ,0S3. .84 accord
ing to a report received by the
State Board of Education. The re-
port showed these students were
transported a total of 1923 1894
student days" The board, at its
monthly meeting, studied its bud
get for the next school year. The
budget will be submitted to Cover
nor c. Douglass Buck this month.
1t will be studied further by the
board at another meeting before
then. DR.. H. V. Holloway, super
intendent of public instruction,
submitted a report on a proposal
to teach safe motoring in the jun
iir and senior high schools. This
the board will take up later in de-
tail. Approving consolidation of
O'Neal's district number 165 with
Laurel special district, the board
received a report from S. E. Burr,
superintendent of the New Castle
schools, that his school would be
able to absorb children from the
Hare's Corner school, A report in
vocational education in Delaware,
submitted by r. w. Helm, director
of vocational education in the state
schools, was approved. The board
received report on the proposal
to consolidate White Oak district
with Selbyville district. There were
45 against consolidation and "a in
favor of it. A suggestion to Gre
ate State Advisory Committee on
Trades and Industries for the
schools met with the boards ap-
proval. A request to eliminate
termites from the Stanton school
was referred to the State Forestry
Department. The board approved
for textbook use a book, "The En-
joyment of Literature" Transfer
of property of N. w. Mi from Tom
ahawk district in lower Kent coun-
ty to the Greenwood district and
transfer of the Stein prperty near
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
CAR
CRASH KILLS 5
Is Hurt at COnowingo as We
hicle Leaves Road During
Rain, Falls Down Bank
AT CONOWINGO BRIDGE

A truck carrying more than a
score of potato field workers to
their Florida and Georgia homes
left the roa don a curve at Como
wingo, Md, in a binding rain and
hurtled five persons to death down
75-foot embankment early Thurs
day. Eighteen others were injured,
one perhaps fatally, in the crash at
the east end of the Conowingo
Dam across the Susquehana River.
Anon gthe dead was George d.
Hart. white, 81, of Hastings, Fla,
driver of the truck, who had taken
the Negro potato diggers north
months ago to follow the harvest.
The other dead, all Negroes, were:
Junius Mays and Annie Mae Sim
mons, Micanopy, Fla; Clarence
Caldwell, st. Augustine, and Sam
Grant, Milledgeville, Ga. The Neg
roes, huddled under heavy tar
paulin in the back of the truck,
were laughing and talking as the
truck descended a steep grade to
the bridge. The machine smashed
away guard railing and tumbled
down the embankment so quickly
the fatally injured never knew
what was happening. Lawrence
Yelvington of Hastings. owner of
the truck and the only ofner white
man in the group, was seated in
the cab with Hart. He blamed the
accident on the wet, slippery road
and tire trouble. He was cut and
bruised and shaken up. "The truck
went sideways" he said. Hart
couldn't do anything with it. 1t
swerved into the railing and rolled
down. The next thing I remem-
ber, 1 was at the foot of the en-
bankment, still in the cab. Every
thing was shattered and torn up.
/ called to Hart He was under
the side of the truck dead" Eleven
of the injured, all Negroes, were
taken to the Elkton Hospital, and
six were cared for by the Red
Cross at Port Deposit. They were !:
James Silas, Quitman, Ca, not ex-
pected to recover; Esther Roach
and her son, Sipio, Pompano, Fla. !;
Aaron Allen, his wife, Hattie, and
son, Curtis, four, Micanopy, Fla;
Joe Singleton and his wife, Alice,
Pelham, Ga; Spencer Thomas and
his wife, Viola, Belle Glade, Fla;
Lemon Harris and Nettie Stewart.
Micanopy; Robert E. Lee, Dawson,
Ga; Harry Harris, and Cleve Har-
ris, Belle Glade; Henry Carroll,
Palatka, Fla, and Curly Simmons,
Jacksonville.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
County Retains Rural
Library Service Plan

Eldora, Iowa. -- Hardin County,
Iowa, claims the distinction of be-
ing the only county among the
3,073 counties in the United States
to provide library privileges for its
farm families.
The experiment dates back eight
years, when the county board of
supervisors entered into a contract
with three municipal libraries. at
Eldora, Iowa Falls, and Alden, to
furnish books to rural schools and
rural residents.
The books are provided for two
week periods at cost to the read
er of six cents volume. plus three
cents volume for postage.
So successful was the expert
ment that the contract has been re-
newed to continue until August.
1888.
Under the plan a box Of books is
returned every six weeks to the
library from which it was Dor
rowed. and a new set of books.
selected by the librarians. is sent
out
In addition to serving rural resi-
dents the library service is avail
able to small Incorporated towns
where no library exists.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
5OTH JUBILEE SUN OIL co.
Founded in 1886 and Widely Known
For Its Good Products


With an organization dating
back to 1886, the Sun Oil Com
pany, whose headquarters are in
Philadelphia, is, this year, celebrat-
ing its fiftieth anniversary, accord
ing to Mr.. r. Weir, Jr., the Com
pany's district manager. CDuring
the last fifteen years." he says,
"the Sun Oil Company has become
prominent in the public eye be-
cause of the fact that during this
time we have actively retailed our
products directly to the public. Be-
fore that, however, the Company
occupied an important place in the
petroleum industry for years. But
at that time we were not known to
the public because practically all of
our products were made exclusive
ly for the wholesale trade and were
not retailed under our own name
1t was not until 1920, shortly after
the War, when the Company first
retailed its products to the public
when wholly distilled Sunoco Mo-
tor Oil was announced. While this
oil won a wide acceptance, it must
not be confused with the present
Sunoco Mercury Made Motor Oil
which was not brought out until
1881. Of course, we have won even
greater measure of public fame
through our one and only motor
fuel, Blue Sunoco."
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03

gradually obliterating waterho1es,
and miniature whir1winds lift sand
skyward to form Waiting jinns'.
The eastern edge of Mauritania
must be crossed, in spite of the
imperfectly subdued Moors, an Ar
alb tribe that is proud of being bit
more cultivated than other Arabs
more literary, more pious, quicker
to aid the faithful, quicker to de-
spoil the unbeliever, quicker to
evade the French military patrol
cars from Tindouf. Then comes
El Juf, about 375 miles of shallow
depression in bowl of red sand
stone cliffs, one of the least pene-
trated parts of the Sahara. Ap-
parently quite fiat, its arid surface
is barely broken with small dunes
and scattered clumps of half-dead
gray shrubs, the whole deso1ate
solitude shimmering in fierce dry
heat.
''Walata, the southern terminus,
is the first Aabitable spot encoun-
tered in the journey longer than
that from New York to Chicago.
And 'habitable' in Walata means
less than it would imply outside
the desert. For this is a popula-
ton center only for the Tuaregs, a
sturdy Berber tribe in which gen.
erations of contest with their great
est adversary-the Sahara-have
produced a breed that is keen and
quick, with the inhuman endurance
of steel. A desert sandstorm is
simply their substitute for a bath.
These People of the Veil have
developed a technique of building
complicated mud cities of houses
several stories high with inclosed
stairways, and roofed-over streets
lined with cafes and shops. And
they have also developed a tech
nique of living in them. Here the
women enjoy an unusual freedom,
preserving traces of a matriarchal
society. The men, fanatically
yelled to the eyes, are deadly fight
ers, although their weapons are
crude shields of antelope hide,
pointless swords and arm dag
gers" -S..sr,.~v
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
Man Turns Cave Dweller
After Losing His Farm

Beebe, Ark.-Frank Lee, Gle
burne county fisher and trapper,
claims to be the states only cave
dweller, as he recently completed
remodeling a huge cavern into a
home.
The cave, one of many that can
be found in rock bluff more than
1000 feet long and rs feet high,
is GO feet square, with an opening
measuring ten by eight feet. Using
rough lumber, Lee has made a
door which can be swung open to
admit sunlight and fresh air in
the winter and cool breezes in the
summer. Lee, a bachelor, lost his
farm by foreclosure and decided on
the cave home.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
SIDE LIGHTS OF
NEW YORK CITY
Told By L. L. Stevenson in
His Own Immical Way
of Doings in City
INTERESTING SKETCHES

Meditations: Wonder what be-
came of those tokens the Inter
borough Transit Company had
made when it anticipated an in
crease in subway fares to seven
cents? Why the engineers
who designed the Forty-second
street station of the municipal sub
way allowed only one small en-
trance and exit on either side of
Eighth avenue? Why New
York taxicab drivers won't open
or close doors for their passen-
gers? =. Why some box Office
men regard themselves as su-
perior to those who pay their sal
aries by buying seats? Why New
Workers will risk death by cross
ing streets against traffic and then
spend ten minutes looking at men
drilling asphalt? Why bank
tellers don't go cuckoo counting
money all day?
Sidewalk cafes adding a Paris
touch to the old town and Civ
ing patrons SCOT and grit along
with food and drink A com
muter struggling through Forty
second street traffic with a big
coil of garden hose over his shoul-
der Bryant park torn up
again That seems to be its
natural state Once it was a
reservoir A young man
"clocking' pedestrians as they
pass an empty storeroom
Making a count for someone con-
templating opening business
there Helen Hayes, who in
little more than a month will cease
being Queen Victoria For the
summer only, however.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
Oldest Handwriting
Is Found i'm Urak

Berlin.-Discovery of what was
said to be the oldest known hand
writing in the 5000 year old
crumbling ruins of Urak in Me
sopotamia was announced by DR..
Ernest Heinrich, member of a
German excavating expedition
The city of Urak has long been
known through legend, Heinrich
said. 1t was on the shores Of the
Euphrates and was deserted
about 200 A. D. because of lack
cf water.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
COMING COMING nj
FIRENEy''s'llI||
Five State Cove mo-,
and Expected At !
in Seaforj
CONVENTION 81,

ot ! Pa4e a,se .,;', governors. c,,,,.|
q Maryland aps '','! 7 |
BUCK a re expectes !, :. 1
annual convention i u y
The Delaware Sta. y. y y
mems Association r..l ra.a'I
thursday septsnb.~r ~';1 =
[wo other governor, : y
New Jersey. and ps.,, y 1
has also been inyi y i ' 4
have also been eyts55.. q.
companies in Dell r-.' -r' I
Virginia PennsyIy,",ai,s
Jersey. Malcolm Z
Of the seaford voIrr,..l !, ~ 1 |
pany stated after .
the executive conni...' ~
State Firemens a.s.'I.
plans for the eonrass ,,.s.'
msr - /" IT, i MI. On sd
mittos 'Ie iocal colVs.l
Stephany Reuben / II
Alton o'Day, Jo ,ea, n ~
Harry J. Record, M 4 !, u
Marvel, Jr. Of ! h IN ]
panies invited, 100 o. Il
pecfed to take part ii n
aon parade THURSDAY 1
September IL TWe1fr i
bands are expected + /
line. A reviewing ,ts,. /
erected at High sls |
- ee.s ana from this n |
award the prizes. Ptr i
rade, which will form n
sanid avenue in West I'd
dresses will be mads i
with band music. Bl,,.l
inss ol Inc flFemen will 4
nesday morning SeD..rl
the Palace Theatre. ~
open Wednesday mornr, |
oer TO- IN the Palse |
Sessions will also be I'M /
theatre Thursday morrr,I
A. Steward Of Seatorj Il
dent of the State FirensI
citation will automatxly !
ed president at the corvsi
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03

Milford to Prime Hook district wa
approved. Problems connected with
the National Youth Administration
and the operation of nurserv
schools were discussed.
Smyrna times., 1936-09-03
Fremen Plan ConYaI

A meeting Of the o6aI
ecutive committee Of TIL
Volunteer Firemen's i
was held in the Seatda
last week. Willard D /
Dover, is president Of I'll
Volunteer Firemen,s ID
Plans were reviewed f1'
nual convention Of TIE |
tion to be held a. Seatr|
tember II and IS.