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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

The Brookfeld, Mo-, papers received,
contain very hattering notices of NJ: NJ.
Crandall ESQ, and Miss Sallie S. Hof-
fecker, whose marriage we published last
week
Walter c. Benson, former employe of
this office, but who has been living in Gin
cinnati Ohio for the past four years, is ex-
pected home ON a visit in day or two.
Levi G. Anthony and wife will leave to-
morrow for a three months visit to Ohio
and New York State.
VIM. H. Holding and sister, Of Tunis'
Mills, Md, are on visit to their cid home.
Charles Frazier and wife, nee, Ida FAIRIES,
of State Road, have been visiting this town
and Kenton.
Mrs. Sue d. Garman is visiting friends
in Wheeling, West Virginia.
VIM. &. Hill has returned from bust
ness trip to Boston.
Miss Annie Painter, of Milford, is on a
visit to her sister, Mrs. 0. B. NOshell and
may remain several weeks.
Miss Hennie briggs is ON Il prOtracted
visit to her old home, New Haven, Conn.
Miss Kate Rothwell, accompanied her
sister and DIR. Borst, her husband, on their
return to Mount Union, Pa, last week.
Mr.. and Mrs John Anthony, visited the
past week, Mr.. and Mrs. l. 5. Lapham,
who moved to Media Pa, some weeks
| Since lot inc purpose ol cuucaClHB tHell
| grandchildren.
Mrs. James Thompson and children, o
IIillsborough, Md, were guests of the fam
| lily of VIM. H. Thompson. tn" past week
Henry G. Conrad k-q., OF Wilmington
Actuary of the ColOred Schools, is on al
Official visit to this section
Misses Bessie Collision, Lillian Smither
and May Anderson, of Dover, were til
guests of young friends in this town Sat
urdny and Sunday.
Mrs Edward Boulder, of New Castl
county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Armand
Spruance.
Mrs. j. f. Wise and Mrs E. &. Powell
Of Berlin, Md, are guests of JOS l
Beckett.
George Melville of Philadelphia, is viz
iting the family of j. &. Brinton.
Mrs. Robert Whittock, of near Middle
town and Miss Belle Appleton, of nea
Odessa, are spending day or two in tOwr
guests of John IL. HOtfecker
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

AN intelligent writer in Lippincott
Magazine very wisely says that one of the
great questions of the future will be
whether this nation is to consider itself
family exercising judfcious supervision
over the admission of new members who
shall eat at the tables of the republic, or
shall convert itself into an omnibus, open
to anybody who can pay the fare. At the
present rate of immigration our own citi-
zens will soon be driven into Mexico or
Manitoba in order to find unoccupied
lands 70 ill, or returning from the crowded
West like a receding wave, they will be
obliged to wiring a livelihood from the
WORKOUT lands of the Eastern States. As
we become more and more pressed for
roor', as the struggle for existence becomes
keener, and as memories and traditions
take root among us, it is safe to say
that the family idea will increase and our
country will grow more and more self-pro.
tecting in its immigration laws.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

that advertisement, he was barking for
principle" or leash only" The Mems is
never SO happy as when it can fling such
words US sanctimOniOus, "goOdy-
goOdy," "slop-over sentiment" &c, at
family newspapers, religious teachers and
especially ministers, as is the delight of
scoffers and agnostics, but this long dia-
tribe, it appears, was purposely to call at
tentiOn away from the question that we
prOpounded. 1t was not once alluded to.
The poverty and suffering that prevails
among the people who are trying to grasp
the glittering prize of riches by the pur-
chase of lottery tickets is fearful, and in
aiding the continued sale of these tickets
that prove "delusiOn and snare" to so
many, is the editor of the Ne,cS doing it for
principle? or if not, for what? We
should think that he had exhausted the
vocabulary in the application of "merce-
nary meanness," blackmail," &C., and
need not waste time in repeating them, and
have room and time in his next issue to an
swer our question.
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DEATHS.

DOUGHERTY-At Leipsic October 3rd, Mrs. Ann
DOugherty aged about 70 years.
DUIIN Near Blackstone Cross Roads, October
9Th, ElwoOd E., son of Charles II. and Anna c.
Dulin, aged years.
GRAHAM.-At Blackstone Cross Roads, October
5th, Allie f.. daughter of Benjamin F. and
Anna J. Graham, aged years, months and .
days
HONEY.-In Dover, October LIST, Thomas Honey,
aged 81 years.
LYONS.-In Dover, October LIST, Elizabeth Lyons,
aged 80 years and months.
REED-Near Delaney'S Chapel, September 9th,
Lizzie, daughter of George and Margaret Reed,
aged year.
SIPPLE-In this town, October 5th. Mrs. Mary
Sipple of Wilmington, aged 70 years
WILSON.-In this town, October 9Th, Anna NJ,
wife of Alexander H. Wilson, aged 80 years, II
months and 9 days.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited
to attend the funeral from the residence OF heI
husband, on Main Street, on Friday afternoon, al
. o'clock. Interment ut GlenwOOd Cemetery!
NANPELT-Near MlddletOwn, September Goth
Mrs. Ann Vanpet, aged IS years, months anC
10 days.
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Death of Mrs. Wilson.

Mrs. Alex. II. Wilson died at her
residence in this town yesterday, at the
age of 81 years, from an liberated con-
ditiOn of the stomach. She has been
in declining health for several years,
but for the past three or four months
her sufferings have been intense, and
death, if occurring in any day of the
time would not have caused surprise.
Mrs. Wilson's maiden name was Hud-
son and both resided in the town at
the time of their marriage. She was a
woman of spirit and strength, and was
the centre around which large family
of children revolved in a full enjoy
ment of home. They were eight in
number, all now at the age of maturity.
Her husband and family have had
much sympathy in their affection.
The remains will be inferred on Friday
in GlenwoOd cemetery.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

PosTMAsTEE-GRNERAL GRESHAM has
been fighting the lottery managers with
more force than they have had to deal
with in any former executive officer and de-
MED them the use of the mails in the trans
mission of money, but those men who
make their living by getting the peoples
money without an equivalent, always, it
seems, find way to evade the law. An
exchange says:
1.-The postal note bids fair to be boon
to the lottery companies, which have been
having hard time Of it since Judge
Gresham became POstmaster-Ge General.
The postal note is payable to bearer and
postmasters have no such means ofidentify-
ing the recipient of the money as they have
in the case of the money order The mis-
guided person who wants to put his money
in the New Orleans Lottery, for example,
simply buys postal note on that city, and
a small boy there can present it and gel
the cash. The name of the lottery com.
pany will never appear. 1t looks very
much as if the lottery companies woulC
worry Uncle Sam for some time before HI
can devise way to be even with then
here"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

SUCCESSFUL RAILRoADING.-The close
Of the peach season this as compared with
former years presents a very different
state of affairs as it concerns the railroad
transportation. If there has been a grum-
BILE, murmur or note of complaint, we have
not heard it, and if there had been any
cause it most certainly would have reached
our ears. 1t is the anomaly of the season.
There has not been an accident causing the
loss of basket of fruit that we have heard
of, there has been no delay of trains, or if
so, seriously damaging the sale of fruit, and
lastly, there has been no complaint about
the return of "empties." The whole
speaks of skillful railroad management.
In former years, in addition to claims
against losses by accidents and delays,
there was continual strife about exhorbi-
tant rates of transportation, but now SO far
as we know, there is entire harmony in re-
gard to the rates between the orchards and
the market centres.
Last year there was especial cause OF
complaint, not SO much between here and
New York, but on the New England road
between there and Boston, where collision:
Ofpeach trains were of frequent occurrence
1t was perhaps in the settlement of losses
growing out of this careless or defcien
transportation that railroad men found thu
peach growers knew and were determined
to have their rights. The officers learned
what was requisite to meet the wants o
transportation and to their credit be il said
every needed requisite was added this year
Another feature of the season is no lOsse
to the growers by the failure of commission
men. 1t is certainly remarkable year.
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ton of vice, they must not lay the
blame to those whs are ready by any
kindly offices to help them.
The subject of a reading room is up
again. We hope it is not spasmOdic,
but genuine effort for moral, social
and intellectual progress. We have
everything to facilitate successful
organization best library of books
in any town in the State, rooms adapt
ed to the purpose, young men of good
intellectual parts and young ladies
ditto, if it is felt desirable to make
them a part of the organization. Only
let it be something more than a meet
ing; let it be a society with fixed and
positive rules that have in them bind
ing force that will keep it from the de-
scending scale into the very evils
sought to be avoided, which has termi-
mated so many laudable efforts at social
| culture
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

THAT FAIR "AD."-The PeninsasIar
Nes0s, in its last issue, sloshed over in
half column of abuse, in trying to evade an
application of its own position on the ad-
vertising question. The secretary of the
Dover Fair had double columned adVer-
tisement in Wilmington paper for several
weeks prior to the time of the Fair and the
same was subsequently inserted in two
other papers of that city. A paper pub
lished in Sussex county also had large
advertisement. Up to the day of the COM
mencement 1.-TWO days prior to our publica-
tiOn), not line had appeared in the adver-
Using columns Of a single paper in Kent
county, where its support in exhibits and
patronage mostly came from, and we nat
urally concluded they had been given the
go-by, but it appears they have subsequent
ly been paid $500; at least that is what
one editor informs us he got and another has
virtually acknowledged to the same. Not
understanding this little game of illsgiti-
mate advertising, we expressed surprise
that the jockeys should get So, 600 and the
editors, who were weekly having some
thing to say for it, nothing, but we were
mistaken Just $500, and acknowledge the
errOrthe first opportunity. The Penins4ta'
Nelos corrected us, for which we wer'
thankful, but it could not restrain its pro-
psnsity, as is its wont, to attack both mo
tive and character and says, "the TINES
gives its readers to understand that j
'harks in favor of thing for cash onl,
and that its motto ia principle for revenue
AS the editor was SO ready to lay down
rule of measurement in the publication Q
advertisements, we had reason to expec
ne would not object to being measured b
his own standard. He Is publishing wee
after week, month after month and yes
after year, a Lottery of glittering prizes Ia
advertisement which we refused), that pa.
him mere than ten times as much as tn
paid by the Fair secretary, and we aske
him the simple question II, in publishir
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10
Gbs Smprna Gimes,
Smyrna, DeI.,
Wednesday Afternoon. Oct. 10, 1888.

THE TIMES" is published every Wednesday
afternoon by RoBT. D. HoFFECKER, Editor and
Proprietor, at Smyrna, Del.
INSTRUMENTATION year 81 90 in advance
or $3.50 if not paid till the end of the year. No
paper discontinued until all arrears are paid
only at the option of the Publisher.
ADVERTISEMENTS will be inserted at the rate
of Seven Cents line for the first insertion SUBJ
sequent insertions Three-and-a- half cents A
liberal discount made to quarterly, semi-annual
and yearly advertisers.
OBITUARY NOTICES will be charged Five Cents
DER line.
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BUSINESS LOCALS.

Cucumber Pumps, at VIM. FAIRIES.
J.B. Cooper is opening and display:
ing a very large stock OF Lamps ana
Granite Ware this week, which will be
sold at popular prices.
Read the Large Advertisement of j..
B. Cooper.
Extension Lamps, at ]. B. Cooper's.
Large assortment of Lamps, at VIM.
FAIRIES, Commerce Street, Smyrna.
lin Roofing done at low figures, by
VIM. FAIRIES, Smyrna, Del.
Carpets at New York Prices, by Sam
pie, at J. B. Cooper's. See Large Ad-
Vertisement.
New Stoves, latest styles, at William
FAIRIES, Commerce ST., above Market
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A Fine Showing.

The exhibit of "The Fruit Growers
National Bank" as per the report in
another column, is a particularly strong
one for an institution only six years
old, and shows the largest figures of in
dividual deposits subject to check we
are told ever before made in the town.
With a capital of $4,000 it shows a
surplus and undivided profits OF
$4,000 go; loans, $685., 64680; deposits,
$3.50, 147.96 or more than half million
dollars in loans and deposits. The de-
posts of this bank and that of 1.-THE
National Bank ofSmyrna "($2OS, 500 39)
shows that we have in our bank vaults
$458, 847 .35 that is lying idle. A frac
ton of this If used in developing local
industries would make a great change
in the business spirit of our community
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MARRIAGES.

ABBOTT-FAUSE TT-At the Smyrna NJ. +. par
sonage, October 4th, by Rev. J. d Rigg, John &.
Abbott and Miss Sallie Fausett, both OF Kent
county, Delaware.
ARR-MOTHERALL--At Newark, September
nth Robert NJ Barr, of Wilmington. and Jennie
E. Motherall, of Newark.
UALDEMAN-QUINBY- Philadelphia Octo-
Der 4th by the Rev. Henry q. Weston, D. d.
President of Grocer Theological seminary, Rev.
Baptist Church, and Edda b., daugher OF
Watson F. Qunby, NJ. d.. both of Wilmington.
HOMPSON-KIRBY.--N KentOn, OCTOBER th.
by Rev W. J. d. Lucas, John d. Thompson and
Mrs. Martha G. Kirby.
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WE have got down to the facts in the
Dover Fair advertising case. There was
not line in the advertising columns of
paper in the county, but for some read
ing matter the secretary paid the papers
$500. The receipts were $4,000 and the
editor got $500. By the fuss about the pay
some of them are making, one might sup
pose they got 500.
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Roll OF Honor f,nr ootoher.


The following is the Roll of Honor of
our Public Schools for the month of
October:
High SehooL-Mary B. Hall, Elva Will
son, Susie Culbreth, Estelle Smith, Beulah
dale, Minnie II. Reed Carrie G. Beck.
Grammar School. -Emelie Winter, Irving
II. Cooper, Ralph @. Hofecker, Ida
Reynolds, Bertha Beck, Paul b. Jefferson,
Lula Mahon, Fora White
First Iatergnediate.--Julia w. Griffith,
Clara w. Beckett.
Second intermediate. Alma Groves,
Florence Hall, Nellie FAIRIES, Elva Jester,
Daisy Dorman, Harry Tsohudy, Nellie
Collins, Nellie Stevenson, Katie Kennedy
Maggie FAIRIES.
First Prtpsary.--Susie Stats, Berths
Smithers, Harry Cotton.
Second Primary. Jones, Maggie
Lank, Cora Jones.
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New Advertisements.

The attention of our readers is called
to the following advertisements:
Notice-John M. Jester.
Merchant Tailoring-A.. Schwartz.
Bank Report-Fruit Growers Ma
tional.
Carpets-Payne G. Green, Phila.
Dress Goods-Lewis S. Hall, Phila.
ColOred Silks.-Strawbridge & Clio
thier, Phila.
Clerk Wanted-H. H. huntington.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

Cashmere for 50 cents
TALL woody. The new tar
if will prevent this quail
ity from ever again selling
at this price.
A Black Albatross at IS
cents, exactly half-price.
A fine Black Cancels
Hair, 46 inches wide. at
20 cents.
Agood 36-inch all-wool
Cashmere at 80 cents.
An excellent Black
Cashmere, all-wool, a
yard wide, at 45c.
A very few much ad'
mired mbroidere Z
Robes at one-third off o
usual price.
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ELECTIoNs.-The following dispatch
was received at noon to-day: Iowo is con-
ceded to Republicans by about 10000
majority. Democrats claim Hoadly elect
ed in Ohio, beyond doubt now, but the Re-
publicans do not cOncede it.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

nyou are late in seeding Wheat, 20
to u. b. Allen and get.the Popular and
Fine Drilling Phosphate made by Par
Wis q Riggs, called Wheat Grower.
The best place to buy Hardware, is at
VIM. Faries'. - -
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

A good lot of 6rst-rate
Jerseys at $2.25. These
are all black. The colors
are $3.50.
A Black Dress Silk at
7scents, that until recent
" was always $500.
Afne Black Rhadama,
p inches wide, at $3.50.
Half-wool Black Dress
Goods at I24 cents, which
is just half-price.
Atwood stylish Plaid
Suiting, AZ inches, at 50
cents. We sold the same
at $I.oo.
Another in stripes at s.
cents. Not dear at $I.oo,
A quality of Lupin's
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Railroad Facilities for Marketing.
The railroads find all the time that
the more facilities they offer the great
er is the demand for transportation.
The travel increased with the train ac-
cOmmOdations, and freights are increas-
ed with better facilities and satisfactory
rates. Since laying the additional
track at our depot for the accommOda-
ton of freight cars, the number of them
! coming to town has apparently almost
| doubled. And now another suggestion
| is made by the State Sentinel for a train
to facilitate the marketing of crops
4 other than that of the fruit. 1t saws
4 The railroad authorities ought to
\ arrange for the running of market
train daily over the Delaware railroad
so as to give our farmers and truckers
an opportunity to ship their vegetables
| to the Philadelphia markets. There
has never been anything of the kind
attempted by the railroad authorities,
and the consequence is that our farmers
and truckers are kept from planting as
largely of market produce as they
otherwise would were they sure OF
some means of shipping it to market
quickly and cheaply. There is no
reason in the world why a market
train every day over the Delaware
road should not be profitable both to
the company and the land owners. Il
the railroad authorities will only pro.
vide the way, we have no doubt that
another year enough market produce
will be planted in lower Delaware tC
keep one train busy every day."
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Death of Mrs. Supple.

In our issue two weeks since we
noted among the visitors to the town
the name of Mrs. Mary Supple, of Will
mington, as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. w. Nelson. Nine days from her
arrival, while just about to leave the
house to visit relative on another
street, she was stricken with paralysis
from which she died on Friday after
an illness of two days, at the age of 70
years. She was the widow Of James
Sipple who died near this town some
40 years ago, leaving her Il family of
little children whom she tenderly raj. =
ed and has made her residence with
her son, II. G. Supple, in Wilmington,
for a number of years. Her excellent
qualities won for her the esteem. of a
large circle of friends. She was a sister
of the late Mason Bailey, of Kenton,
Mrs. Sarah Cats, of this town, John
Bailey, of Marydel, and the first wife of
Mr.. Nelson. Her funeral took place
on Sunday afternoon from the residence
of Mr.. Nelson, and was attended by a
very large circle of relatives and friends
to "Glenwood " Cemetery, where she
was inferred in accordance with wish
expressed before her illness to be
buried with those of her youthful ties
of affection.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

A Bleached Muslin m
yard wide. for Ioc, r. r..
best we ever had a, H.,
price. 49,
The best Twilled Al.
Wool Red Flannel v.
ever sold for 2sc.
The best Canton r,,,.
mel for I2Ic. We pey,,
could get SO good a ousj.
lty at the price before.
An extraordinary lo,o
Towels at 25c.
Eight lots of Ladi.,,
and Children's Hose ,ba,
are on our counters at y;
per cent. under prices.
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Some
Special Things

that prove to be strangely low. A few Of
these have been in store some days, but, ia
give everybody fair chance, we held til,
announcements until the return of people
from their holidays.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-10-10

$50 pairs Women's
Straight Goat Button,
S4.35.
III pairs Women's
Straight Goat Button,
$3.25.
z45 pairs Women's
Curacao Kid Button
S4.25.
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SMYRNA. DEL. Oct. 9. 1889.

Mr.. J. B. EVANS, Treasurer Smyrna
Conclave, No. As, 1. o. H.-Dear SIR
Your check for 81 900, payable to me
as administrator of William Duhurst, a
late member of your Conclave, is at
hand. Accept thanks for the prompt
payment of the same. The money was
paid sooner than expected, since it
came to hand in less than forty days
from time of notification.
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Clerk w anted,
Apply to
II. II. HUNTINGTON,
WANTED.

good School Teacher, to teach the Downs
Chapel School. liberal salary will be paid
Cct3tf ID. :. CLARK, Clerk.
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These lots of Shoes that are amazingly
desirable for the prices:

1856 pairs Womens I4I pairs Women,
French Kid Button, Front Lace Walkn,
$500. Boots s3.25.
I52 pairs WOmen's 1871 pairs Women,
Kid Slippers, SI.25 Front Lace Walking
liz pairs Women's Boots. $3.50.
Kid Ties, $500. $50 pairs Womens
ITO pairs Women's French Kid Button
French kid Oxford Ties, Boots. s5.25.
1925.
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very truly, &C.,
w. A. FAIRIES, Administrators.

"THE Central Cornet Band cOmpos-
ed of youths of our town, all we pre-
sumo in their minority, who have been
taking lessons in music the past several
months, made their debut for the first
time last evening before our people
and won applause from all sides for
the skill manifested in their first effort.
They were accompanied by their teach
er, Prof. Rausher, and after playing
several tunes at the -Four Corners .
serenaded the residences of several
citizens.