Smyrna times., 1891-03-18

Graham bill, he (Mr. Smalley) is per-
fectly willing that the committee shall |
use those features for the betterment |
of the other bill.
THE MISSING SECURITIES.
The committee on investigation of
the little tin box, &C., has made no
further discoveries. On Friday the
committee expects to hear definitely
from the other banks-th National
Bank of Delaware and the National
Bank of Smyrna-as to whether they
can find any record of the issue of
stock to the State. The statement in a
morning paper that the Smyrna bank
had discovered a record of the issue of
la shares to State Treasurer NAPLES,
in 1841, was news to the committee
and State Treasurer Burnite. An ex-
animation of the accounts of State
Treasurer NAPLES for that year, con-
tanned in one of the old books unearth.
ed Wednesday morning, failed to dis
close the entry of such a transaction.
Under date of April, Goth, 1910, how
ever, appears the following entry
Received of the Farmers Bank at
Dover dividend on 5000 shares new
stock on the amount paid in, says $50
on each share, at per cent for the last
six months due on January last past
$500.
Under the same date, April 2Oth,
1S4O, are entries showing receipts of
$1,398 in dividends on 932 shares of
Farmers Bank at Dover, and $142.5O
dividends on 95 shares Farmers Bank
at New Castle. Under date of July
1st, 1889, are entries of the payment of
the 6Srd semi-annual dividends on 1904
shares of the Dover bank, 295 sha res
of the New Castle bank, and 24O shares
of the Farmers Bank at Georgetown;
indicating that either the shares them.
selves or the States ownership of them
dated back to 18O7-S. AS far back as
December 9th, 1897, there is an entry
of $240 on stock of the Bank of Della
waee.
An entry by Treasurer Gardiner H.
Wright, predecessor of Treasurer Wap-
les, shows that the State held the ia
shares of Bank of Smyrna during his
term and prior to November, 1S41.
The Farmers Bank at Dover has
offered to furnish the State with a
voucher in any desired form of the
stock the State holds in that institu-
ton. The committee will give the
preference to simple statement made
up in such shape as to protect the
State and yet not be available as COL
lateral or for any other use.
THE HOUSE KILLS A DIVORCE BILL.
The divorce bill to sever the bonds
of matrimOny that held together Mel
rose L. Nudge and Annie L. Nudge
was reported fsvorably by the House
Committee on Divorces Wednesday.
When put upon its passage Mr.. Eisen-
brey asked on what grounds the div
Orce was based. He was told that it
was desertiOn. He then proceeded to
set himself straight once and for all
the time on the subject. He said that
when the first bill came up he was
''green" and voted for it. He could no
longer quiet his conscience on the SUBJ
ject of legislative divorces. He thought
that the great number of divorce bills
that were presented were a blow at
the purity and the sacredness of the
marriage relations. The facility with
which divorces were obtained from the
Legislature had tendency to encour-
age many people to make application.
1.-THE foul blot upon the good name of
our Legislature" he said, SHOULD be
wiped out forever. The law that
ignores the teachings of Divine inspir-
alton cannot have the respect that
laws have which are in accordance
with its teachings" He concluded by
saying that he was cOnscientiously op-
posed to granting divorces upon any
other than Scriptural grounds.
A vote was then taken and that par
ticular divorce bill was killed in the
House by vote of yeas and II nays
All the Republicans voted against the
bill and they were aided by Attix, Els
enbrey, Tindal and Sirman. 1t was the
first divorce bill that the House had
killed on the floor.
On motion of Mr.. Hutson, Thursday
the adverse vote on the Nudge divorce
case was recOnsidered and the bill re-
committed for a re-examination of the
testimony which has been taken. Mr.,
Eisenbrey objected to the reconsidera-
tion, but voted practically alone against
it. In the short debate that attended
this business, Mr.. Hutson said his mo.
tive was simply to get at the reasons
why the divorce was asked. ''I am
ready" said he, ITO set my face IS sol
idly as a stone wall against any more
divorce proceedings in the General
Assembly. We can scarcely get quo
rum in the House while the divorce
committee is in session."