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Most Delightful
New Styles
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Fall Apparel
In the interest of your purse we urge early buying, for
market conditions are such that prices are sure to be higher
later in the season.
Stunning New Fall Coats
They are so smart with their deep collars, novelty belts
and pockets, and are so generously full that they slip with
equal ease over the sheer dress, or over the suit, when
colder weather comes.
Coats of Fancy Mixtures and in solid colors, ranging in
price from §20.00 to §50.00.
Women's Fall Boots
Our line of Women's Fall Roots has arrived.
The maker of these Roots stands in class one, (the best
in the land) in Shoe Making reputation for quality and
workmanship.
These Roots come in all sizes and the newest shades.
Come in early and get yours while we have them.
Silk Stockings
RLACK, WHITE. AND COLORS.
$1.25. $1.50, $1.75, $2.00
J. E. DeFord
Department Store
Smyrna, Del
Hain Street
Phone 65
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Over a million dollars' worth of
Delaware, Pennsylvania and Eastern
Maryland farms for sale, at lowest
prices.
BIG NEW FALL CATALOGUE,
containing full information of size,
improvements, location and price,
mailed free by
Albert L. Teele's
. FARM AGENCY
NEWARK. DEL.
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Besides all grades of Coal, when we
can get it, we are selling selected
Baled Hay.
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PORT PENN HAVING A BIG
VILLAGE SPRINGING UP INTO A
TOWN OF 3000 INHABITANTS
Number from Smyrna Working There.
Augustine Piers Hotel Now an
Office Building
The village of Port Penn, which has
been slumbering peacefully on the
bank of the Delaware River, about
20 miles below Wilmington since the
landing of William Penn, has been
awakened at last from its lethargy
and bids fair to be placed permanently
on the map as one of the busiest local
ities in the State of Delaware,
huge bomb-loading plant now being
constructed by the Fred T. Ley Co.
for the U. S. Ordnance Department is
well under way, that it is stated on
reliable authority that it will be the
largest of its character in the world.
Hundreds of acres of farm lands have
been taken over by the government
and the necessary buildings for hous
ing the workmen are being con
structed as well as an immense com
missary building, where hundreds of
meals are served each day. The office
building, which is a large two-storied
one, is completed and is the center of
all the business. The Government re
presentatives, consisting of Major
Gray and captain Douglas, U. S. Ord
nance Department, and a large corps
of assistants occupy the upper floor of
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the office building, and the Fred T.
Ley Co. the lower floor. Modem dor
mitories, with steam heat, electric
lights, shower baths, recreation rooms,
etc. for use of the office force are
nearing completion.
Building Homes For 3000 Workers
To safeguard the homes of munition
workers the Housing Corporation has
adopted the policy of locating new
village settlements at a distance
from the plants. Secretary Baker an
nolnced Wednesday that this plan has
been followed in awarding contracts
for erecting bulidings to accommodate
3,000 workers of the Port Penn plant
in Delaware, and four thousand work
ers at Emston, N. J. It was empha
sized the adoption of the policy was
not connected with the recent ex
plosion at Morgan, N. J. The well
known property at Augustine Beach
has been leased by the government
and the large hotel building situated
thereon is being completely réhabili
tated for use as quarters for the
United States Army officers connected
with the plant. A single track, stand
ard gauge railroad spur has been laid
from Mt. Pleasant, on the Delaware
Division of the Pennsylvania R. R.,
to th plant and is being made per
manent with rock ballast. Already
long trains of heavily loaded freight
care are arriving day and night,
score or more of steam shovels are
busily engaged in making roads, etc.
about the plant, and the county dirt
load from Boyd's comer to Port Penn
is also rapidly put in good shape be
fore the outset of the winter season,
in order that there may be no delay in
the delivery of materials by the im
mense fleet of motor trucks now en
gaged in transferring building ma
terials, machinery, food stuffs., etc.,
from Wilmington & Philadelphia, as
well as more distant points.
River Front Presents a Busy Scene.
The river front presents a busy
scene with numerous derdges, pile
drivers, etc. going at full speed to re
store the river bank, which was badly
damaged by the four-day north-easter
of April last. A massive concrete
bulkhead is being constructed, prepar
atory to building of one of the larg
est wharves on the Delaware River, at
which point the product of the plant
will be loaded directly on ships for
transportation to the battle fields of
Europe. A complete system of police
fire protection has been estab
lished. Uniformed guards, some moun
ted and others afoot, fully armed, pa
trol the property at all points and no
one is allowed to enter without proper
credentials. The firemen, who are
also uniformed, are on duty at all
times to see that the stringent rules
relative to smoking and other fire
hazards are strictly enforced. Two
chemical motor fire engines have been
provided, and may be seen on daily
practice runs from the plant to the
officers' quarters at Augustine Beach.
LAUNCHED DESTROYER DUPONT
Pretty Scene at Baptismal Dip of
Navy's Newest War Craft
No bull ever took to the water more
gracefully than the torpedo boat de
stroyer "duPont" when it was launch
ed Tuesday at the yard of the William
Cramp & Sons' Shipbuilding Com
pany. The lean and swift ware raft
was named for Admiral Samuel Fran
cis duPont, one of the old-time naval
heroes. As the destroyer glided into
the Delaware Miss Constance S. du
Pont, the 14-ear-old daughter of Irene
duPont, Wilmington, and great-great
grand-niece of Admiral duPont, dash
ed a ribbon-bedecked bottle of wine
GET THE BEST RESULTS
By Using Anthony's Special Mixed
Poultry F eeds
Read the following statement by W. G. Antho
ny.
The following Feeds are used by the Bannister Hall Poultry Plant
Chick Mash
Chick Grain
Feeds for Chickens on Range
Laying Mash
Scratch Food
These feeds are all prepared by J. Frank Webb and from him only can thev 1
procured.
W. C,
ANTHONY.
Mr. W. G. Anthony has been working upon the formulas for these feeds f or
nine years, and his success in the poultry business proves their worth.
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FOR SALE ONLY BY
J. FRANK WEBB
Dealer in Flour and Feed and Baled Hay
Phone 248.
All Orders Promptly Attended To.
Main Street. SMYRNA. DEL.
GUARDING AMERICA FROM FIRE
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against the steel prow and christened
this latest acquisition of the navy.
With Miss duPont on the stand were
Mr. and Mrs. Irenee duPont, Miss
Eleanora duPont, Mr. and Mrs. W. H.
Carpenter, of Wilmington; Captain
W. R. Holmes, U. S. N.; Captain Loyd
Bankson, U. S. N.; Lieuenant A. Eyre,
U. S. N.; and officials of the Cramp
Shipbuilding Company. Miss duPont
was presented with a handsome dia
mond-studded bracelet for the part
she took in the launching.
Suggestions for Exercises for School
Children on Fire Prevention Day.
Probably at least 100,000 school
rooms in the United States will hold
special Fire Prevention Day exercises
upon November 1 as a direct war
measure. The United States Commis
sioner of Education has urged that
the custom be generally observed.
The Governors of most of the States
will make it the subject of special pro
clamations. The 60,000 Four Minute
Men of the Committee on Public In
formation will devote the week of Oct
ober 28 to November 2, inclusive, to
speeches upon fire prevention. The
Secretary of the Treasury has said
that "the lessons of fire prevention
should be made more urgent this year
than ever before." Also that "it
should be possible for all agencies,
public and private, to cooperate more
effectively in giving the utmost em
phasis to this subject." A suggestive j
program has been prepared and sent J
out. Most fires are caused by earless- z
ness. The Nationl Board of the un- ®
derwriters lay emphasis on this:—
DONT DO IT
Don't play with matches or leave them
where small children may find
them and set fire to themselves
and their homes.
Don't fill a lamp or oil stove while it
is lighted, for there is danger
that it will explode and cause fire
and injury.
Don't, if your clothing catches fire,
run and fan the flames, but stop,
drench them with water or smoth
er them with a woolen rug or cur
tain.
Don't keep gasoline indoors; don't un
cover it anywhere near a flame,
for it is more dangerous than
dynamite.
Don't use kerosene to light a fire in
the kitchen stove or elsewhere,for
many have been burned to death
by doing so.
Don't throw water
oil fire, but smother it with sand,
earth, salt, soda or by using a
chemical extinguisher.
Don't forget to disconnect an electric
flat-h'on or eletric cooking utten
sil when leaving it for a few
ments, for thousands of fires have
been caused by these appliances.
Don't have lighted candles, cotton
snow," or inflammable orna
ments upon Christmas trees, for
they bum up many homes.
Don't fail to remind people who
smoke that it is dangerous to
throw away lighted cigarettes and
cigars; they constitute one of our
worst fire causes.
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Miss Nellie Campbell, of Belair,
Md., and J. Morton Price of Delaware
City- were married at St. Georges
Wednesday by Rev.J.R. Milligan. The
bridegroom is a graduate of Delaware
College, class of 1907, and now holds
-a position at the Bethlehem Steel
Loading Company. Mr. and Mrs.
Price will make their home in Dela
ware City.
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HUYLER'S CANDY
Put up in Plain and Fancy Boxes.
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ICE CREAM
In Most
ALL FLAVORS
Made in our own manufactory, of pure ingre
dients, fresh and sweet.
WE CATER FOR PICNICS AND
ALL SOCIAL GATHERINGS
Telephone 170
HARRY W. SHERWOOD
Successor to \V. F. Keith,
Commerce Street.
Smvrna. Del.
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Estimates Furnished
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THE WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF DELAWARE
Will open for the Fall Term on Thursday, September I ' l-'l s
Four years' courses leading to degrees in—
Arts and Science
Home Economics
Two years' courses leading to certificates in—
Education
Tuition free to all students from Delaware.
For catalog and other information, write to
Education
Agriculture
Home Economics
Dean WINIFRED J. ROBINSON. Ph. D..
Newark, Delaware
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