Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1897-06-23

Ice cream stand and boarding tent
John Montague the horse feed priv
lege, and Thomas H. Hopkins wa
chosen janitor. Thomas Simpson ha
the contract for tents, and the pric
Will be 81 for single-story and $14 fo
two story tents. Nearly seventy tent
were taken.
This weeks instalment of "Republi
can Glasses" in the Sunday Star be
means the ability of the Wilmington
papers to successfully cope with cor
rupt and extravaganza officials, and have
them driven from office or sent to Jail.
Whatever reason there may be for this
complaint is justly due to the course Of
the writer of Republican Glasses. u
He has, in the past, proved such an
interminable scold, scch a causeless,
carping critic, such a perverter of facts
for political effect, that the natural re-
suit has been to discount the efforts
and nullify the influence of reputable
newspapers and conscientious writer's
in this direction UeIy Evening
Thus far the reward of $500 offered
by the First National Bank at Dover
has failed to stir the officers of the law
up sufficiently for them to captureWm.
n. BOggs the defaulting teller, whose
preculations have thus far reached over
one hundred thousands dollars. If
the enterprising teller had been let
alone a few months longer he would
have stolen all the funds in the bank.
As it was he took all of the surplus and
half of its capital. This is only another
instance of the directors of bank who
failed to direct its affairs. Even the
auditing of the books by a Government
Bank Inspector failed to inspect until
the defalcation had reached such fig
ure that further cOncealment was impos-
sible. What is needed is for directors
to decide.-Daily Republicans.
HENRY c. CONRAD NAMES MEDFoRD
H. CAHOON FOR The POsITIoN.-
Henry c. Conrad, city solicitor-elect.
of Wilmington, has appointed Medford
H. Cahoon to be the assistant CITY So
licitOr Both men will assume their
position the first of July Under the
new law passed by the last General As
sembly the salary of the city solicitor
will be raised from 81 200 to 81, 800
year, and he has the appointing of an
assistant at a salary of 5000. Mr.. Ca
boon, who will be the assistant CITY So
licitor, is a native of Delaware, having
been born and raised in Kent county.
He graduated from the Conference
Academy at Dover and afterwards spent
4 number of years in Missouri, where
he has a brother For four years he
was Assistant United States District
Attorney at st. Louis. He took up his
resident in Wilmington about two wears
ago and was admitted to the bar of
New Castle county. Recently he was
admitted to practice in the Federal
courts. Mr. CahoOn is a member of
Grace NJ. E. Church, director of the
Young Mems Christian Association.
md is interested in religious work.
He is married and has several children.
-EUery EUening.
HE LAST OF ADDICKs. -The Dover
Sentinel warns up on the above sub
ect, and we quote tie following as a
view from one side of political stu
ltiOn: eve remind EUery EUeninq
low it and its colleagues have been
hoping and saying that every succeed
ng campaign would be ''the last of
and the Union Republicans
n Delaware politics, and how disap-
pointing that hope has been: and how
that saying has been. It is
ust as untruthful as it ever has been.
The truth is, that under the new Con-
the chances of Republican
uccess are better than ever. The
Democrats cannot disfranchise thOus- !
nds of Republicans as they have done
or nearly thirty years; they cannot |
trike names from the registry lists as
hey have been doing, and they can
lot bulldOze and terrorize election
'oards as they have been doing the
asst few campaigns. All this is dis
met Republican gain, and is the un-
Oubted result of Mr.. Addicks's cam
'aigns in Delaware. The Republican
Tho could abandon his colors now, for |
ny thing the President can give him
Delaware, or anywhere else, must |
e a miserable creature of the Iscariot-
-rnold lineage"
SOMETHING ABOUT A DELAWARE MAN: |
! writer i'll the New York Press says
William H. Stayton, formely of
myrna.
StaytOn is a Delawarean of SO years,
18th a fine record at the Naval Acad-
my at Annapolis. After graduation
e was one Of fifteen selected to remain
the navy out of class of 100, and his
landing was so high that he was al
'wed the privilege of choosing his
wn corps. He went with the marines,
Ssigned to the old Hartford, at that
me the flagship of the Pacific Squad
On. In this three years cruise he az
lied himself to cOurt-martial proceed
re, and was appointed assistant Judge
dvocate-general of the navy. In this
flee he made his start in life
Everyone remembers the trial of
commander MeCalla of the Enterprise
II Furnishing his men. Stayton
rosecuted and JOeph Choate defended.
followed, and StaytOn's
sputatiOn spread abroad. Choate con-
him, saying; Lieutenant,
on ought to quit the navy and Join
he bar. There's a great future for
GU" StaytOn accepted the advice
nd open an Office in 1891. One of his
tents is Mrs. Hetty Green. He be-
'ngs to half dozen swell clubs and is
generally.
II this is we'll except the unpleasant
'oOllectiOns of those who educated
i'm.