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er to Americanism in the renewed raids or the very
un-American Ku Klux Klan American citizens
throughout the South.
THREAT OF KLANSMEN
The fact that Klansmen conducted a reign OF
terror in South Carolina kidnapping and oeailns
innocent Americans who sought to exercise theu
privilege of the ballot ap
parently was Of no consequence to members OF us
Dies committee, probing 'un-A American actvltiest
No signs of the growing un-American action Of
certain groups of Americas cltizenry were VS.
ioned by the short-sighed Mr. Dies in the dlsclos'
ure that five have already fallen victims to lynch
mobs this year. s
Perhaps the Congressman from Texas, who GER
tany should be familiar with the American man.
large numbers of his constituents are treated has
not heard that lynchings destructive to the Ame-
rcan way, that they openly flout Article v OF the
Constitutions Bill of Rights declaring: No person
shall be deprived of life, liberty property
without due process of law" And that Article vi
holds that 'In all criminal prosecutions, the accuS-
shall enjoy the right to speedy and public trial
by an impartial jury
WHAT ABOUT FRANCHISE
Mr.. Dies has not yet made single move to ln'
vestigate the un-American way millions Of citizens
Of both deprived of the right to the fran
chise by the nefarious scheme of Poll taxes, ano
when these fail in Miami this spring. by 1ntiml'
dation.
Perhaps it is not alarming to him just how bad
fix democracy in America is in as revealed by fig
res showing only 90 per cent of the adult popula-
ton in eight states with poll tax statutes voted fol-
President in 1886 The average in other states was
II per cent. D..
All of these and many other things which form
the REAL threat to the American way Mr. Dles
and his committee thus far have conveniently over
looked You as the chief victim of these evils would
certainly like to see them investigated and aired II
the same manner that the m-American probing COM
mttee has paraded other plottngs against the Amer-
can government before the public during the last
two years
Congress should be assured that Mr. Dies from,
will really conduct investigation OF un-
American activities, including the native as well as
the foreign brands, before approprating another dol
lar.
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Gives $4,000
To Bennett As
Clement Speaks

GREENSBORO, N. C-(SNS)-
The gift of $4,000 from Mrs. Henry
Pfeiffer, announced at the Found
ers' Day exercises at Bennett Col
lege on Wednesday morning, when
President Rufus E. Clement Of At
lanta University delivered the
principal address, made the total
gifts of Mrs. Pfelffer and the late
Henry Pfeiffer to New York City
over $457,O00.
President David D. Jones, who
presided, announced that construc-
tion on three new faculty houses,
one a duplex apartment house, was
under way.
|. The recent gift from Mrs. Pfeiffer
for general campus improvement is
to be matched. One thousand and
fifty dollars Of the $4,000 was pre-
Sented to the school during the eX-
ercises by the faculty and student
body through their representatives,
Prof. w. A. Banner and Miss Miri-
am Higgins of Chicago, respective
ly.
Miss Lillian Avery, of the class of
1885, Greensboro, brought greet
ings from the Graduate Associa-
tion of the college, of which she is
president.
The choir, under the direction of
DR.. r. Nathaniel Dett, sang three
numbers and Mrs. Mabel Bullock
Jackson, soprano. of Greensboro
sang a solo.
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ments relating to the bishops
career, and contributed very in
teresting memoir of him in the
Interracial Review for August, 1887
Nearer home, and later, the Sec
ond bishop of Portland, Maine,
(1875) James A. Healy. a scholar, a
master of oratory and a man OF
sanctity' according to his biograph-
er, was born in Macon, Georgia,
April $3.50, and had mulatto
mother. He was graduate OF Holy
Cross college, and had a distin-
guished career as a. priest OF the
diocese of Boston before he was
appointed bishop of Portland. His
brother, the Rev. Patrick F. Healy,
was a Jesuit d834-1910) name
president Of Georgetown University
in 1878 and who during his en-
cumbency nlodernized most OF the
,uildines of that institution"
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Million Xmas
Seals To Go
On Sale Soon

NEW YORK-(SNS)-A total Of
100000 NAACP Christmas seals
have been distributed to branches
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colcred People,
and to social, civic, religious and
fraternal groups all over the coun-
try, officials of the Association said
mere.
The seals, which are attractiveiy
designed in black and silver, repre-
sent the work of Miss Louise JEFF
ferson, a young Harlem artist,
whose work has high order of dis
tinction.
Sale of the seals is conducted an
nually by the NAACP in order to
raise money for the organization S
general defense fund. They come In
books of 100 for 81 and may be or
dered from the national Office at SO
Fifth Avenue. Ne York City.
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Another authority on race re-
lations, the Rev. DR.. John T.
Gillard of Baltimore, addressing
the night session, asserted that
more than half of the 13,000,000
Negroes in America were without
church affiliation, that only
about 100000 were Catholics.
He said the first move to meet
"this challenge to the Confrater-
nifty" should be to inculcate in all
white Catholics the Church's
teaching that Catholics are
bound to extend to Negroes the
natural rights so frequently de-
MED them.
Calling attention to the
Church's warning during the past
decade against the "communistic
menace" DIR. Curran declared:
Communists are bent upon eX-
plotting the youth, the poor and
the unemployed.
"They seek to set race against
race, religion against religion,
class against class, children
against their parents III the hope
of producing that chaos out of
which their communistic tyranny
may be born"
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Red Caps Seek To Recover
b3 100000 In Back Pay
First Suits
Filed in u. S.
District Courts

cHTCAC,O -(SNS)-The Inter-
national Bro therhood of Red Caps,
this week. tiled its first civil suits
in the Unit, I'd States District Courts
in Chicago and Washington to re-
cover upwar, IS of So, 100000 in back
wages due ed caps since the in
ception of he Wage and Hour
Law Ocober "a, 1889. Among the
railroads and terminal companies
named by the Union in the first
wage recovery suits were: New York
Central railroad; Chicago and
North WESTERN railroad; Pennsyl-
vania railroad; Chicago and Wes-
tern indiana railroad; Illinois Gen.
tral and the Washington Terminal
Co Union officials: stated that SINH
lar suits would follow throughout
the nation.
The IBRC, Through President
Willard S. Townsend and Secre-
tary- Treasurer ( John L. Yancey,
has been named assignee in the
suit by the employees on the vari-
Gus railroads and terminals.
Headed by Leon M. Despres of
I Chicago and George E. G. Hayes OF
Washington, the Brotherhood's legal
staff will include many prominent
Negro and white attorneys to col
lect one of the largest amount OF
unpaid wages due. railway workers
in the history Of American trade
unioniSn1.
The Brotherhood suit eliminates
year old legal controversy be-
tween the Union and the Associa-
ton of American Railroads before
the Wage and Hour Administration
on the legal nature OF tips in rela-
ton to wages.
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1oGive AwayBooklets
On Insurance History

Observation-Disclosures SO
many people have written letters
skiing for information about the
.istory and development of Negro
life insurance companies, the
Supreme Liberty, Life of Chicago,
S now distributing free a booklet
Untitled 1.-The Contribution of
Jegro Insurance, Companies to-
ards. the. Economic Status Of the
,ace.'
Written by Harry II. Pace
PRESIDENT of the company, the
booklet gives a brief but compre-
lensive picture of the growth OF
he Negro insurance business
lating as far back as the found
no of the African Insurance COM
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5. S. Congress To
San Antonio Next

SAN ANTONIO, Texas-(SNS-
|This historical city, known as the
f"Cradle Of Texas Liberty has just
been awarded the 1910 session OF
the Sunday School Congress. The
Invitation was extended by the
churches of this city, under the
leadership of the Rev. D. Manning
jackson, pastor of the First Bap-
hist church. Telegraphic informa-
tion& reached here as a confirma-
ion OF the award, from Rev Henry
Allen Boyd, secretary of this ma
|Lion-Wide movement, at Nashville,
Tenn.
The fact that the Sunday School
Congress is coming, and that the
First Baptist church will be the
entertaining church. turns history
|back, so to speak. 1T was in this
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SERVED GOOD PURPOSE
But not all of the work of the Dies committee
has been silly. Though methods employed to uncover
the dirty work of Americas enemies in many IN
stances might be questioned, it has served a gooo
purpose in focusing the mercless spotlight OF pup
licity their nefarious cravings at democracy.
For two years now, MIR. Dies has directed the
attention of his committee to the work of these
foreign agents of governments whose political ldeo
ogy are at direct odds with that of the United States
AS self-appointed guardian of Amercanlsm, ME
Dies has shown himself to be poor student OF MS
tory 1t is not necessary for him to go very far back
to discover that revolution has been caused by
outside influences. 1t is always the citizens of tht
country themselves who effect the change This rule
has been true from the American Revolution down
through the Red revolt of Russia
FOREIGNERS NO THREAT
Enough time has been spent uncover1ng tnese
foreigners who in the writer's belief never really
formed serious threat to the American form OF
government in the first place.
Mr.. Dies, if Congress can be persuaded TO give
him more money, should turn his attention TO
the REAL threat TO present form OF government
those groups and persons who have been silently Dor
ing from within, while all the time shouting In louo
voices their avowed faith in the American way.
You might question Mr.. Dies sincerity of purpose
after observing how he fails to See the sinister dang
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pany in Philadelphia in 1910.
President Pace attributes much
Of the phenomenal growth of the
insurance business to the fact
that 'the urge to get together for
mutual benefit is perhaps the
dominant trait in the character
Of our race" After tracing the
growth of the business fronl one
company in 1910 to approximate
ly so in 1889, the author closes
by saying:
'We have reached stage Of
development in these organiza-
tons which is almost as far as we
can go. There must be new
trends, new ideas new develop
ments. There must be campaign
of education that will bring fully
to the minds of all of our people
the need for solidarity of race
patronage that will make possible
a larger measure of employment,
a larger measure of opportunity
for investment, and a larger
measure of useful service to mil
lions of OUR race"
Free copies of the booklet may
be secured by writing to Supreme
Liberty Life Insurance company,
1901 South Parkway, Chicago.
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Ii his request is granted, tue ColAi-
mittee will begin its third year OF
probing into the nefarious activities
of foreign agents who have infested
our land, seeking to undermine and
destroy our form of government
During the past two years the
Dies committee has made many
headlines. 1t has done many things
that were plainly foolish. Some of
it's actions under the leadership OF
the peppery, but very conservative
representative from the Lone Star
state have even caused President
Roosevelt to hold it up to scorn.
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church that the late r. II. Boye
pastored. 1t was while pastorini
this First Baptist church and Su
pe1intendent of Missions of tn
state at the same time, that he
visualized the potentiality of {
great Publishing House springini
up among the Negro Baptists.
1t was here in this First Baptisf
church in 1891 that the Baptist
took their respective stands for tn
principles that enunciated thei'
racial and UNCONVENTIONAL life. l
is understood here that the $4,000
Baptists in the State of Texas were
almost a unit in their cesire t.
bring the Congress back TO thf
Lone Star state, Notwithstanding
Beaumont has entertained it twice
ana Houston once.
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WASHINGTON CAMP P)-Discuss~
ing Negro bishops, Thomas E.
Meehan, writing in the New York
Times says:
"a dispatch from Rome to the
Times reporting the consecratlon OF
II missionary bishops by the pope
said that two of these bishops were
Negroes, and that it was the first
time in church history that Ne
groes were elevated to the hierarchy.
esThis. is not in accord with the
records. Nor only were there Afrl-
can - o,,s in the Ages of Faith.
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West Virginia
Republicans
Are Organizing

CHARLESTON, W. va. .-IANPJ-
That Negroes will play an import
ant part in the Republican cam
paign of 1910. was evidenced at q
meeting of leading Republicans held
here Saturday. A representative
group of leaders from different sec
tions of the state was present and
it was agreed that preliminary 10
the prosecution OF q vigorous CAM
paign a thorough organization Of
every precinct in the state where
there is an appreciable number Of
Negro voters will be attempted.
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DiscIoses Several Negroes
Served As Catholic Bishops

Negro and the first native of our
Western hemisphere to become a
bisllop.
HE was born at Panama and his
mother a Negro, peddied charcoal
in the streets to get the money to
send him to the Jesuit College OF
which he was a brilliant graduate.
He founded the University of st.
Francis Xavier at Panama.
THE late DR.. A. A. Schomburg OF
the New York Public Library, IN
his research work in the official
archives of Seville. discovered docu~
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WASFIINGTON-(A N P)-Em-
hasizing the failure Of Negroes to
take advantage Of the civil service
opportunities for jobs in the
higher brackets of governmental
departments, an official pointed
out the sad lack of interest among
qualified Negroes as one of the
reasons for the failure of more
appointments to these jobs among
Negroes.
4Ibere is no excuse for it" he
laid, 81 have just filed application
for a, position for which there will
be no written exam. Submitting
my qualifications, I see no rea-
son Why I haven't an opportunity
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Urge More To Take
Civil Service Exams

for an appointment to a higher
position.
"'Others can get the informa-
ton the same as I did, by read
ing the Negro newspapers which,
to their everlasting credit, keep
pumping away giving information
concerning these exams. know
personally that there are a number
of highly qualified Negroes who
could fill one of these jobs just
as well as I can, not boasting OF
by own qualifications. However,
want to give the thing a thorough
rial"
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who raises English settlers as a
hobby, entered two of his dogs,
Lady White and Tedy c., in the
exclusive dog show held on the
estate Of Mrs. M. H. Dupont at
Wilmington, Del, last week and
won TWO first places. Mr.. White,
a former college student, is a real
estate operattr and owns the
New Hovel LaSalle here.
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Writer Disputes
Dispatch Coming
From Rome

but it is of special interest to note
that Francis Xavier de Luna Vic
toria castro, who was consecrat-
ed bishop of Panama in 175l, and
died aged 81 years, March IL, 1777,
archbishop ., Chiquieaca, was q
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Unfair Treatment OF Negro Is
Denounced By Catholic Leader
Score Communists
AS TronbIe-Makers

CINCINNATL-(ANP)-T Catholic Church insists
upon the Negroes full constitutional rights and denonces
amy unfair political social economic educational dis
elimination against the Negro delegates to the National
Cateheca Congress told here last Monday by the
Rev. DR.. Edward Lodge Curran of Brooklyn N. Y, pres
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GOVERNOR DENIES WHITE
WILL HEATs NEGRO
lNSIIIIJIu( NS

OKLAHOMA CITY-(A N P--
Governor Leon @. Phillips told
supporters here last week that
rumors that white men would be
named to head Langston Univer~
sity and other state institutions
which serve the Negro citizens,
were false
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Wake Up, Mr. Dies!

CONGRESSMAN MARTIN DIES of Texas has al
ready announced that he plans to go before Congress
next January and ask additional thousands to keep
alive his committee investigating un-American acuv-
tiles.
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WINS BLUE RIBBONS
PHILADEIP PHIA-(A N pc.
Percy White, local business man
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few organized Farm cooperative N Eo
aIey State College Valley Ga, shown her Inc coopee
70 nnre campus will production
land marketing vegetable produce and poultry the college cam
group first to Emma M Glenn
t Elizabeth Burney Zelda second l. to
da Hudson Mrs W. Hale Mary Kea
kcn Raymond Harold Alexander, saach
8atchee Montgomery Rainbow Marian Gatln
w. j. Hale Jr, L. r.
waters Lucille Goodrum Knox Crawford
Smyrna times., 1939-07-27
BRIEF SMYRNA
LANDING NEWS
Budget of News and Person
ais Cleaned About Smyr-
ma River Wharves
CITIZENS MAKE VISITS

Smyrna Landing, July 81 Mrs.
Annie Hawkins Of Chester, Pa;
Mrs. Kathryn Hitchcock and chill
dren of Dover; Mrs. William Carey
of Kenton, have been recent visit
ors of Mrs. Thomas Wrench.
Master Jackie Lovegrove has re
turned home from two weeks
visit with his uncle, Mr.. Benjamin
Jacobs and family at Salem, N. J.
Mrs. Emma Davis and grand
daughter Phillis Petts, spent last
Friday at Ocean City, Md.
Miss Florence Jacobs has been
a recent visitor to Rehoboth Beach,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown
and children, spent a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Gearhart
Monday near Collins Beach.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Bailey and
sons, of Marcus Hook, were week
end visitors of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Louis Gaulke.
Mr.. j. D. Scout is spending this
week with his son, Mr.. and Mrs. j
P. Scout at Holly Oak.
Mrs. Mary Brown spent last
week with her daughter, Mrs. Ar
thur Scott near Delaney's.
Smyrna times., 1939-07-27

ton, guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert
Scarborough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Singleton
and family, of Baltimore, Nd, who
have been visiting Mr.. j. E.Vaughn
have returned to their home. Mr..
Vaughn accompanied them for a
visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Anderson,
Mrs. Sallie Lynch, Mr.. Frank Har-
vey and daughter, Mary Elizabeth,
have been on a brief sojourn to
Rehoboth.
Mrs. George Whiteley, OF Phila-
delphia, is the guest of MIR. and
Mrs. B. S. Creadick and family.
Ladies of Central M. E. Church
will hold a covered dish luncheon
in Chestnut Grove Community
House on Tuesday, August 1, at
$50 o'clock; also ice cream, cake
and other good things later in the
evening. Come and help a good
cause.
Rev. and Mrs. G. T. Baxter, of
Upper Darby, Pa, and Mrs. Sue
Williams, of Sudlersville, Md, have
been guests of their sister, Mrs
Lille Wright
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hazard and
two children were guests of rela-
tives in Milford the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hammond
of Wilmington, have returned from
visit to Mrs. P. L. Barcus and
w W. Kerper.
Catherine Willis and Patsy Sapp,
of Dover, are visiting the formers
sister, Mrs. Franklin Luff, and
family.
Miss Harriet Cooper has left for
Omaha, Neb., where she is visiting
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Darby and two
children, of Philadelphia, visited
the latter's sister, Mrs. John Bam-
berger, and son, Junior. Mrs. j.
M. Diem returne dhome with them,
after visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Bamberger.
The Junior League will hold its
picnic Friday afternoon at kits
Hammock.
Mrs. Rebecca J. Morris spent
several days last week with her
son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs Denney
Morris.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Russum and
Mrs. Russum's sister, Miss Blanche
/ Gallagher, of Wilmington. were
1 guests of Mrs. Ida Russum and
son, Norman, the past week.
Smyrna times., 1939-07-27

fortune to sprain his back and
shoulder while at work at st. An
drews' School last Thursday. He
is improving now.
Mrs. Julia Gross is visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Mannering.
John Squires, Jr., who has been
in Philadelphia for two weeks, re-
turned to his home Sunday.
Miss Grace Sylvester, James Syl-
vester and Mr.. Leon Henderson
visited the Harrington Fair Mon
day evening.
James Alfred Watson, son of
Mr. and Mrs. B. Riley Watson cele-
brated his Sth birthday on Mon
day. James is a bright little boy.
Miss Hazel Austin returned to
her home at st. Georges after a
weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Kermit McGinnis.
Mr.. William Gaunce suffered a
slight stroke last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Davis spent
the weekend in Philadelphia.
Smyrna times., 1939-07-27
SOME TAYLOR'S
BRIDGE ITEMS
News of Community Interest
Cleaned From Around
ThOrOughfare Neck
BUDGET OF PERSONALS

Taylor's Bridge, July 27 - Mr..
and Mrs. William Francis and son
Carl, are spending this week with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred
Gohl and family in Atlantic City,
N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Delbert Steller and
sons and Mr.. and Mrs. Lee w.
David spent Sunday with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. William r. Al
free near Middletown.
Miss Lena Newman has return
ed home from spending a week
with relatives in Chester.
Misses Jeanette and Virginia
Latta of Marshallton and Mrs.
Fannie Francis are visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Wilson A. David.
Misses Harriet and Ruth John
son and Mr.. Herman Thommen Of
Salisbury, Md, were Wednesday
visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
z. Dukes.
The Ladies Aid and Victory w
c. T. U. will meet Friday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson Keiser
Those on the refreshment commit
tee are Mrs. Keiser, Mrs. Delbert
Steller, and Mrs. Elmer David.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta Of
Marshallton, and Mr.. and Mrs
Earl Francis Of Middletown, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson
David.
Mr. and Mrs. Rurnell Lewis, anc
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Latta of Mar
shallton, spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. J. E. Latta, and Mis-:
Margaret Lewis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Thompson
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Jamison o.
Wilmington, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Carey and Mr.. Stephen Clendanie
of near Dover, spent Sunday witt
Mr.. and Mrs. r. B. Davidson.
Mrs. Lydia Collins of Nortf
East, Md, and Mr.. and Mrs. FL
wood Bartlett and son, of Smyrna
spent Thursday with Mr.. and Mrs
Robert A. Derrickson.
Smyrna times., 1939-07-27
TOWNSEND
Items OF Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned From the Vicinity

Townsend, July 27-Lawson Moi
felt and Wilmer Fennimore have
returned from an enjoyable vaca-
tion trip accompanying Mr.. N. w.
VanHorn on a tour of Del-Mar-Va
Peninsula. During the tour they
stopped at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Stanley Townsend at Norfolk,
Va. After viewing several places
of interest they returned home on
Sunday.
The recent announcement of the
wedding of Mr. Walter Earl David
and Miss Laura Emma Davis at
Marshallton which was published
in the Smyrna Times as taking
place July "a, 1889 was a mistake.
The wedding was at Marshallton
on Saturday evening, February IS,
1889.
Local fans who are quite like
other baseball admirers, fully en-
Joy a good, clean contest of the ma
tional game and the present season
affords an exceptional chance for
seeing the game in twilight attrac-
tion. Frequently our residents
find time to watch the contests on
the Dover grounds, the result be-
ing an exhibition on the sport cal
endar hard to excel. Previously
several fans had witnessed a snap
py game at Easton, Md.
Mrs. /. G. Webb, Mrs. Richard
Hodgson, Mrs. Mary Joiner and
Mrs. r. r. Reynolds with Mrs. N.
w. VanHorn, entertained the Lad
les Aid Society at their last meet
ing for the summer months a. ~