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Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

NIB SMYRNA TIMES.
.my1'w0, DeI.,
Wednesday, Afternoon July TO- 1901
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS.
715843, $50, A. NJ, S.41, $50, Pm.
SOUTH 924, 11.47' AM 4'i2' O.O8' 0.OO P M
Closing of Mails.
..a North.-6.5O, 925 A. NJ, $50, 7.35
P.Goiro Pm South. A. NJ; 4.45, 1852 NJ.
TOr CLAYTON aud D. " Z. koao-o'lO A. M
and 3.2OP. N. ON,
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SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
,,ems of General Interest Gathered
sH'' During the Week.
Peaches and apples were in market
Yesterday
Tho steamer Brady carried its first
consignment of wheat on Monday
Wire bound truck and tomato bas-
tots for sale by Tschudy & Cats.
coscriff & Beck have for sale a lot
of soft coal suitable for threshing.
& Brady Cooper has year-Old bay
horse for sale. See advertisement.
Naramore's Studio, Smyrna, open
every Wednesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday.
HorsEKEEPER WANTED Two in fam
iy; good wages; apply to
FLORENCE Posi- OFFICE, DEL.
If YOU do not sell your wheat to the
Smyrna transportation Co., get sacks
and ship to Philadelphia.
It speaks we'll for the Smyrna Ice
and Cold Storage plant at Smyrna
Landing that it has had to put on
another wagon.
Smyrna NJ. E. Sunday School has
purchased Sl33 worth of new library
books. The school now has one of the
best libraries in the State.
If you are looking for bargains il
carpets and mattings We would cal
YOUR attention to the advertisement o.
J. Edward DeFord. A Reduction
Sale is now going on.
The Smyrna transportation Co.
will sell you superior coal for thresh
ing and pay you market price for you
wheat.
Thepart of Severson's s Neck which wa
visited with such heavy rain a wee
ago, had a wind storm (but not muc
rain) Sunday night, that scattered th
readiusted wheat shocks in all direC
tiOns. 1t put the wheat crop in ba
condition for threshing.
Wheat bought t-sacks furnished an
wheat taken in daily by the Smyrr
transportation Co. at Smyrna or Flen
ing's Landing.
The employees of the Smyrna Shi
& Hosiery Co., will be given free e
cursion to Rehoboth, July 11th, throus
the generosity of W. B. Berry of IL
firm of Berry & Smith, New Yo-
city, who are the distributors of all Il
hosiery made by the Smyrna firm.
The plum crop of upper Kent coun
will not be half as much as last seaso
when the yield was phenomenal. Sol
farmers will have a full crop, but
the majority of cases the trees are
most bare of fruit.
Miss Emma L. Gray, daughter
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. L. Gray, died
Friday of consumption, aged 18 yea
and was inferred Sunday afternoon
Odd EellOWs' cemeterv Rav Cilrea'
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

Chief -of-Police Walter Ford saws
when it is necessary he will enforce
the dog ordinance and kill dogs, but
the past week he has been going the
rounds and requesting owners, in such
cases as came under his notice, to keep
their dogs muzzled or chained. He was
much gratified at the response made to
his request, and he has not found it
necessary to do any shooting. One
notice, however, is sufficient, and he
means to enforce the ordinance if not
obeyed.
The rains have been very partial-in
some neighboorhoods falling very
heavily and in others very lightly.
Over Smyrna and much of the sur
rounding country it has only been one
quarter what was needed. In many
sections again the rain fall has been
very heavy. High winds however
seemed to be feature of every shower
and much damage to trees and fruit.
A farmer few miles from town tells
us that the wind broke off most of the
blackberry canes that were growing fol
next years bearing. All are reioicei
however, that the two weeks of torric
weather is broken.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

Wheat bought-sacks furnished and
wheat taken in daily by the Smyrna
transportation Co. at Smyrna or Flem-
ing's Landing.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

The Smyrna transportation Co.,
will sell you superior coal for thresh-
ing and pay you market price for your
wheat.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

Thepart of Severson's Neck which was
visited with such heavy rain a week
ago, had a wind storm Cbut not much
RAIN Sunday night, that scattered the
readiusted wheat shocks in all direc-
tiOns. 1t put the wheat crop in bad
condition for threshing.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

If you are looking for bargains in
carpets and mattings we would call
your attention to the advertisement of
J. Edward DeFOrd. A Reduction
Sale" is now going on.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

Naramore's Studio, Smyrna, open
avery Wednesday, Thursday and Sat-
urday.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

Smyrna NJ. E. Sunday School has
purchased Sl33 worth of new library
books. The school now has one of the
best libraries in the State.
Smyrna times., 1901-07-10

It speaks we'll for the Smyrna Ice
and Cold Storage plant at Smyrna
Landing that it has had to put on
another wagon.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Big foi itunes have been made In the
kloulike during the last year. The
Summer output was slO,OOOOOO while
the Spring cleanup is estimated at $751;
100000 Dawson is receiving gold dust
at tAe rate of from $4,000 TO $4,000
a day, with The promise OF big in
crease within three weeks. The most
gratifying feature OF the situation Il
that there is enough gold in the ground
to keep the miners busy for severa
years TO come, thereby constantly in
creasing the worlds stock Of gold anS
sending a rich stream through the ar
teries OF trade 10 the remotest ends o
the earth.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
SIR WALTER BEsANT

liy the death OF Sir Walter Besani
the world of letters loses one Of its
brightest ornaments and the poorer
classes of England one of their best
and most influential friends. He was
an industrious. able and popular writer
and a practical philanthropist.
lie was born at Portsmouth. in 1888.
and educated at Kings College, Lon
don, and Christs College, Cambridge,
where he graduated with high mathe-
matical honors He was intended for
the church and obtained several theo-
logical prizes, but abandoned this ca
reer. He received an appointment as
senior professor in the Royal College
OF Mauritius. but was compelled by IN
health 10 resign and return TO England
where he has since resided In the year
1868 he produced mis- first work. enti-
tied Studies In Early French Poetry" !"
In 1873 he brought out the French
Humorists" His "Rebelais" was pub
lished in 1877, as was also his AN
cient and Foreign Classics" In 1879
"Coligny" appeared before the public
and in 1881 Wilmington" for the New
Plutarch series, Of which he was one
cf the editors. Mr.. Besant acted for
many years as secretary of the Pales-
tine Exploration Fund. In which ca
paciuy he wrote lin 1871 a History Of
Jerusalem" with the late Professor
Palmer Mr. Besant was the editor OF
the great work entitled "The Survey Of
Western Palestine" He contributed 10
numerous magazines, and in 1871 he en-
tered into that famous partnership with
James Rice which produced the series
OF novels that bear their Joint names.
Mr. Besant also wrote, under his own
name, THE Revolt Of Man" and "All
su.ts and Conditions of Men; or an
impossible Story" in 1882. With
the assistance of Mr. Rice
he placed on the stage two plays.
one performed at the Royal Court, a
dramatic version OF Ready Money
Mcrtiboy," and the other "Such a Good
Man" the play from which their story
bearing the same title was written. Mr.
Besant's more recent productions we're
Biography of Prof. Palme,' QSs3)
and "Ihe Captains Room" QSS4).
His later works Dorothy Faster, q"
IAN In Garden Fair. "The Golden
Butterfly and Life Went Very Well
with Them Then" have met with con-
atantly increasing favor from the pub
lie though his History OF London" and
ether serious historic works have been
well received.
BY close study he learned the needs
OF the poorer classes of England and
Is credited with doing more than any
ether one man to supply them. The
erection and maintenance of the Peo-
pies Palace were due mainly TO his
work and influence. IL is said of him
that he was man OF the world in
the best sense, and equally at home in
a West End drawing room CIR an East
End hovel.
He led the fight of the authors
against the publishers and was one OF
the most prominent members of the
Society Of Authors, which has done Sc
much TO improve the pecuniary posi-
tion and opportunities Of Englands lit
erary workers.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
No Third Term Question
M the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The remarks Of Senai.or Depew upon the
proprlety Of repeating in 1904 the unwritten
law against a third term for an American
president can scarcely give unalloyed sat
isfactlon 70 the gentleman most concerned.
No friend or enemy of Mr.. Mckinley
anywhere IN the United States, OF in the
TERRITORIES and possessions OF the United
states, really suspects him OF entertaining
any desire beyond the end OF his second
term save for retirement and honorably
earned relief from the heavy responsible
ties he Is bearing so stoutly. But If Mr..
Mckinley were IN fact cogitating privately
the possibilities OF this unprecedented
thing, his remarkable genius for practical
politics would inform him at once that
our /, nior senator was doing him and hi
secret plans poor service by inviting pre-
mature discussion. On the other hand
having no political ambition except 10 d'
we'll his present duty, the president mus
shrink a little at a compliment, howeve
well meant. that couples itself with
proposition 50 unnecessary and so repug
lnant to the ideas OF the major part OF tn
b American people
al Fortunately. everybody knows senate
q lDepew. Everybody knows the enthusiast
lbeneVolence OF his art and the endles
variety Of his mind. With heart and min
u overhowing during this his vacation SEE
r son with philanthropy toward his fello
e creatures, he would distribute honors an
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
NON .REsInENTs MUsT PAY

II was decided by the Board OF Pub
lie Education al its meeting last even
ing TO charge a tuition fee for non
resident pupils who wish to enjoy the
benefts Of the Wilmington public
schools. The decision was right in all
respects The action was taken on the
report OF the Teachers Committee, to
which the matter was referred after
Ci;y solicitor Conrad had advised the
board tnat it had a right TO make such
charges.
The report fixes reasonable amounts
for tuition-s2O for fiye-months' term
for High School grades, si5 for gram
mar school grades. and s. for primary
school grades. The receipt for the fee
shall he taken to the superintendent OF
public schools. who. after having had
the applicant examined, shall assign
said applicant to the school and grade
where there are vacancies. II no va
cancy exists, the amount paid shall be
refunded to the applicant
There is no good reason Why Will
mingtonians should be taxed TO main
tain a splendid educational system fol
the free use of pupils who do not re-
side in the city, and the overwhelming
vote recorded in favor of the adoption
of the committees report, demonstrates
that that sentiment is general.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
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qualifications and titles and favors and
saccharine largesse Of all sorts as lav.shly
as Mr. Carnegie distributes library build
ings. In such a mood. If he knew and liked
a king he would nominate him for en-
peror III hc approved of a fourth-class
postmaster, he would propose to quadru-
pie MS salary and give him q life tenure
He would elevate every amiable duck to
swanship. He would make everybody
happy, to the best of his ability; and, IL
he thought a third term could add to the
sum OF human felicity he would forth
with confer it on his own responsibility, or
a fourth term for that matter
We sincerely hope that President Nc
ISinley Will pardon Senator Depew.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

The Federal patronage did not make
The Union Republican party nor can II
destroy II. 1t is built on something
more acknowledgements Union
Republican.
That's true! BcCdle made the Union
Republican party, and its leaders would
like to have some Federal patronage
to give the -paid-for organ
ization some semblance of political de.
cency. Time will pass judgment on the
substantial character OF the founda-
tion of this corrupt party.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Crisp mad been a Confederate soldier.
The records Of Congress show that Mr..
Bryan did not vote for Crisp, and Sena-
tor McLaurin gives Henry Watterson
as his authority for the reason he failed
to do 1t. He says Mr. Watterson told
him Mr.. Bryan had admitted that he
could not vote for Crisp, because the
Nebraskans would turn him down if he
did While this attack ON Bryan will
not serve TO save McLaurin from pO-
litical extinction in his own State, il
will tend to put Bryan ON the defensive
throughout the entire South, where the
memories Of the Confederacy are much
dearer than those Of the Chicago con-
vention.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
WE WILL ASSIST CHINA

The United States government has
formally communicated to the foreign
Powers the impossibility OF joining in
a joint guarantee for the payment OF
the Chinese indemnity. The diffi-
culties in the way OF such an arrange
meat are set forth in the communica'
tion. particularly those relating Il
the constitutional restrictions ON thu
president in making a joint guarantee o
this character.
The representatives Of most Of tn
European Powers in Washington d
not believe that resort 10 Tn
Hague tribunal, as proposed by tn
United States, will be acceptable {
their governments.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
NEWSPAPER OPINION
No Ground for Contest

From the Sunday Star.
II II be true that certain city officials
threaten TO hold on to their positions and
contest the right of the officers chosen at
the recent city election to enter promptly
upon the discharge of their duty, It be-
trays a want of good judgment. II is
said that the ground upon which they
propose TO base their action is the illegal
lty Of the election. because OF the failure
of the General Assembly to pass law
conformahle to the new Constitution of
the State, Notwithstanding they were
themselves chosen by the same methods
they now call dn question. Their refusal
TO retire would be explainable only on the
assumption that they know a good thing
when they see IT, and, having Jared well
IN the public service, they are unwilling
10 let go so long as there remains the
| lIshtest chance OF holding on. Considered
from a strictly legal standpoint there Is
very little in the contention. Although
the law relating TO city elections in VIII
mngton is now imperative in some de-
tails there still subsists In fun force suii-
cient provisions TO warrant the holding Oh
LA biennial election TO hll the places OF
lonicers whose terms are about TO expire.
i In view OF this fact, and OF the acquies-
eence OF ali parties in the election just
held, we do not believe the courts would
upon mere technicalities, reverse the YER
diet rendered at the polls. The election
was a fair expression of the popular Will
= land 40 doubt whatever exists as to tho
4 determination of the voters TO displac'
! the present officers on July 1. They vii
> save themselves the modification OF for
chile removal and no end of ridicule b.
retiring gracefully at the proper time.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

French duels are funny things.
Usually they are more theatrical than
fatal. French honor doesn't demand
much blood and a few scratches ordi-
narily suffice to satisfy its craving. The
duel between Max Regis, the anti
Semitic mayor Of Algiers, and an Alger-
ian newspaper man named Laberdes-
que was an exception in one sense, but
not in another. They fought nineteen
rounds with swords, the contest last
ing Dwo hours and a-half Neither was
wounded. but beth we're tired out. The,
then adjourned the duel until the mex
day While that unique battle was II
progress. another, almost as bloodless
was being fought with pistols not ia
away by a writer on the Temps an
another newspaper man. The latte
was wounded slightly in the thigh an
the battle closed. Two or three Kcr
tucly colonels could ill these Frenc
duelists with steel, lead and amaz'
ment.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

G. Reginald Van Trump. the new
superintendent of the extensive system
OF railways operated by the Whining
ton City Railway Company, is proving
himself in all respects most compe-
tent and obliging executive officer. He
is popular with the men and the pub
lie, and devotes himself untiringly to
conserving the interests Of the system
and those who use it.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Sunday golf-players have received a
legal vindication. A verdict Of not
guilty has been returned by a Yon-
kers jury that tried a member Of the
Board OF Education Of that city on the
charge that he had violated the law by
playing eolf en- Sunday. 1t was ad-
mitted that uhe alleged crime was COM
mitted. but counsel for the accused ar
gued that the arrest was made under
an obsolete law and the jury sustained
him. Golf is a game and, in It's rela-
tion to Sunday observance, It stands
the same as all other games indulgee
in on Sunday for private amusement
and recreation.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Sussex county will fund its foating
and issue $4,000 worth OF
per cent bonds, $4,000 OF which will
be redeemable annually from July !,
1906. Such a large floating debt never
should have been contracted. It is the
result OF the slipshod methods pursued
by the Levy Court from time 10 time
in keeping the tax rate down and ths
expenses up. For years the county
warrants have been hawked about b!
their holders and sold at large dis
count TO long-headed men who coul'
take them and AFFORD to hold them unit
the inevitable bond issue was made
Now these men will reap a rich har
1 vest while the people who pinned thel
faith to the county's credit, held thei
orders as long as they could and the
sold out, will get nothing.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Elizabeth Cady Stanton wants the
Bible revised in the interest OF women.
II that should be done, we soon would
save The unrepentant sinner demand
ing a version prepared for his special
edification. It is a good Book as 81
is and should be let alone.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Once more Patrick Neary las re-
tired for good from active participa-
tion in partisan politics. He does that
thing ait stated intervals, and 1t al
ways attracts more or less public at
tention. Mr.. Neary reminds us of
Sarah Bernhard Twelve OF fifteen
years ago she made her last appear
ance before an American audience. -
She has been here six or eight times
since then, and invariably leaves the
corntry for good to come back again
a little later on. Mr.. Neary is not out
OF politics. He only thinks he is. In
other words, he's playing the Bern
hardt act on Willard Salisbury, Jr.,
John T. Dickey, Mayor Fahey and a
few of his friends the enemy.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

sembled in celebration of the ffticth
anniversary OF the organization Of the
association. and its proceedings prom
Use 10 be exceedingly interesting. Dur
ing the last half century the associa-
tor has spread to all parts OF the civil
lied world, and to-day its influence for
good is recognized universally.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

the northwestern
Rocky mountain
districts, and the
rain area has ex-
tended over the
upper lake region.
In the Atlantic
coast and south
ern states and in
the plateau and
Pacific districts
fair weather has
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Archdeacon Halls denunciation of
men who expectcrate in church is de-
served and timely, and st. Johns
Church is not the only one which SUI
fers from the habit, which is an OF
Tense to society, a menace to public
health and an impairment of property.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Senator McLaurin has thrown a bomb
of big proportions into the Bryan
camp In a speech at Newberry he
made the declaration that when Mr
Bryan was a member OF the House oi
Representatives he refused to vote fol
Crisp, Of Georgia, for speaker, because
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
CAUGHT AT RANDOM

A wren lives three years, a goldhnch
fifteen and a sparrow as much as forty.
New Workers will invest in a S,OOO,OOO
Winter resort in the Island Of Bermuda
There are 6'7l2 locks and keys in the
Grand Opera House, Paris.
The purest Chinese is spoken at NanlSin.
and is called the language of the manda-
rims
Best coal weighs 1854 pounds per cubic
yard. A cubic yard Of oak weighs LOO
pounds.
Chicagos city directory will estimate
her population for 1901 at approximately
/ 2.O7OO00. about $4,000 greater than in 1900,
when the figures were 2O1O,OoQ.
Five years is said to be the average life
of a London omnibus horse. The tram
horse works a year less and eats shilling
more per week
The population of London, accord
ing to the census just taken is 4,536,
034. a gain in ten years of 3O3. III. New
York's population last year was onl,
,09S,S32 behind that of London now
4 and the gain in ten years exceeds
\ that of London 64O,S94.
4 A Chicago decedent's will. whic
contained only fifteen words, dispose
q effectively of $150.00O worth of proI
4 erty II the example Of brevity wer
4 more generally followed in similar tes
4 taments by others there would be few
n er contentious over the disposition {
estates and less work for the courts.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

II the voters in the Third district OF
Arkansas have any grudge against the
rest of the United States they can OBJ
tain full revenge by gratifying the wish
of Coin" Harvey that he be elected
TO Congress.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

prevailed. Forecast: Fair and warm
or today and tomorrow; light souther-
ly winds.
Sunrise, 4:31; sunset, 1877; length of
day, 14h., 56m.; moon rises, 12:43 a.
m; moon sets, 2:O2 p. m.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Members OF the Young Mems Chris
tian Association do not have field
sports often enough; neither do they
keep the newspapers well enough IN
formed OF their out-of-door doinga
With such large membership not q
week should elapse without some
sporting event OF general concern being
credited publicly to the association. II
would increase both public and private
interest and produce results reaching
far beyond the sporting field.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Wilmington's Young Mems Christian
Association is represented adequately
anu ably In the Jubilee Convention Ct
the general organization now beins
held IN Boston. This convention is as
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

There is a little sentiment, more or
less foolishness and good deal of
business in Dowies Zion.
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

II the machinery OF the Pan-Ameri-
can Exhibition were connected by bell
with the jaws of Mr.. Bryan and Mrs
Lease, what fast time it would make
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

Ihese are days when the average Ad-
dicksite resents most bitterly any insin-
uation OF bribery. He is trying to for
get the time when he held his hand
out waiting for one OF the gasman'l
emissaries to soothe his itching palm
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
sN Observation-Disclosures

Senator Depew must contemplate
asking President Mckinley for some
big favor and his third-term interview
may be merely the introduction to what
he will have to say a little later on
Evening journal., 1901-06-11
The westher and the Almanac.

Rains have continued in the grain
states of the northwest and in
Evening journal., 1901-06-11

When Susan B. Anthony gets all she
wants for womankind, the plans Of ma
ture WIN be upset and men will pla,
the part Of mothers Of babies.