Smyrna times., 1900-10-03

WAS SranIeu an Oruer TO sell the fea
estate of Samuel B. CHM, deceased.
Samuel Wharton, who died at Dovel
Sunday week, aged 70 years, left an es
tate valued at 100000. The will was
filed for probate Friday. Beniaman T.
Conwell was named as executor ant
gave bond for 100000. Attorney A.
b. Magee represents the estate.
The Democratic County Committee
met at Dover and settled the contest
that was pending in the Sixth or shoe
string district. A vote resulted in
favor of John G. Dill. 1t was as fol.
lows: Dill, II; Gooden, 4; Jester, 2
Draper, 3.
In consideration of $4,000 Il. O.
Culbreth has decided to the Kent
county Mutual Insurance Company
the following real estate: Two-story
brick dwelling, three-story brick store
house, two frame buildings, two va
cant lots, all in Dover, and SO acre
farm in West Dover.
A change will be made at the shirt
factory at Middletown. The manage
ment has been transferred to Messrs.
Enoch G. Alice and j. Fletcher Dea-
kyne, both of whom have been CON
nected with the concern for a long
time, and are fully conversant with the
duties. MIR. F. H. Burgess remains
the superintendent and business man
ager.
The Democratic campaign in Della
ware this year is to be enlivened bv
some very distinguished oratory
Among the outside speakers to come
here are William J. Bryan, the nominee
for President; Adlai E. Stevenson, the
nominee for Vice President; Senator
j. G. S. Blackburn of Kentucky. and
W. Bourke Cochran of New York.
These, with the local spellbinders.
ought to satisfy the most exactinr an
petite for political talk. EUcry Eoen-
ing.
Wilmington is a wide-awake and
progressive city with a population of
10000. The city's assessment is $40.
OOO, 900 and the public debt is 50. .O65.
$50. 1t has ninety -four miles of
streets, three trunk line of railroads
pass through that city, four steamboat
lines connect it with the outside
world. They have fifty miles of cleo
trio railways. There are twentv-nine
public schools, Mith $4,000 scholars.
-Four free libraries and twenty-nine
literary and other socities are engaged
IN a great work of elevating the mental
and moral standard of the community
Reports from western Maryland do
not Indicate that many Republicans
are following in the footsteps of Sena-
tor Wellington in deserting the Repub-
llcans party for Colonel Bryan. Mr..
wellington may be absolutely sincere
III his visions of dangers from 'sim-
perialism," and may be according to
his notion acting for the best interests
OF the country, but he cannot get rid
OF suspicion most people entertain.
that the Maryland Senator's opposition
to President Mckinley is personal
rather than national.
The Wilmington Sun in replying to
the statement of the Smyrna CaU that
it would like to be provoked to name
the Regulars" that assisted in the
steal Of the Legislature and constitu-
tlonal convention four years ago saws:
1T is not expected that the benefi-
Charles of the Democratic theft of the
State in 1896 will repent it. The like
Ilhood is that they will attempt to re-
peat it. That is their way. Thev 90
upon the principle that long posses
sion gives title. We remember hear
ing Democrat, when chided over the
theft of 1896, exclaim, ''Well the State
is ours, we have held it for thirty
years.. He might have added. and
held it for thirty years by fraud. So |
Democrats are not likely to repent of |
political theft. The interesting part of
this editorial clipping is that it is an
accuzatiOn from Democrat who was n
beneficiary of the theft, who sat in one
'f the stolen Legislative seats, of Reg
liar Republican completely in that
age. 1t accuses the Regular Repub-
leans with completely in the most
outrageous political frands in the
States history-of completely in n
heft OF a constitutional convention
md of a Legislative assembly; and this
accusation is not only a denial Of
Union Republican responsibility for
he election of r. r. Kenney to the IT
). Senate, but proof that the "Regn-
ar" Republicans are responsible for
lis aDDearanca in tho Co,,o4 -