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Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
LAST SESSION OF TOWN COUNCIL.
Spent Friday Evening in Auditing Accounts
After Which They Adjourned Sine Die.

The Smyrna Town Council closed its
years administration last Friday even
ing and adjourned sine die. The
COuncilmen for the incoming admins
tration were elected Monday. There
was very little business at the last
meeting other than the auditing of ac-
counts, and the settling up of town af
fairs.
COuncilmen Joseph H. Wright and
S. j. Reynolds audited Alderman
Crows account and reported that 500
has been collected in fines and S21 in
licenses, making total of receipts to
his office, passed over to the treasurer,
of $4,000. The year previous under
Alderman Collins, the total receipts
amounted to $3.50.
Councilmen H. S. Anthony and H.
B. Grieves audited the Opera House
report, S. J. Reynolds manager, and
reported that the receipts amounted to
$335; expenses, $50. 10; passed over to
the treasurer, S2759O. This depart
ment of the town shows a net gain over
last year of $105.55.
Treasurer E. V. Cooper's accounts
were audited by Councilmen Grieves,
Il owi~T anu nnvnoIy, sno UIIoy--r0-
| ported the receipts of his Office to be
! $13, ,572.53; disbursements, 2,881. 65;
balance in hand, $500 SO. Last year
there was a balance in hand of SO,
249.62, but this year the town had to
bear the expense of putting a new
boiler in the Electric Light Plant and
the Z tons addition coal with increased
price, &C., made a heavier haul ON the
treasury than will be necessary again
in number of years.
On motion, provision was made for
holding the Town Election and the
President appointed Messrs. Reynolds,
Anthony and Rawley. The town will
pay for two sets of election tickets from
each district, divided between the two
town papers.
The Smyrna Shirt & Hosiery Fac.
tory, the Messrs. Prettyman proprie.
tors, want to build an extension on
Cummins street, and asked Council.
man Grieves to ascertain the building
line. AS the law only provides for 6
twenty foot alley, without side walks
on that street, the Council offered nc
objection to his building up to the
line.
Secretary Anthony read the Town
Statement for the fiscal year, full Of
fetal report of which was ordered pub
lished and will be found on another
page of this issue. Council adjourned
sine die.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
CREOITABlE EXERCISES
BY HIGH SHOOL PUPILS
SMYRNA HIGH SCHOOL LITERARY SOCIETY
COMMEMORATE WASHINGTON.
Public Exercises Held 10 the Opera House
Which Was Well Attended Interesting
Debate on Ship Subsidy Bill. -

Washington's Birthday was properly |
observed by the Smyrna High School |
last Thursday afternoon by holding
interesting public exercises in the
Opera House. 1t must have been graf
flying to the scholars to have so fine
an audience of our town and country
people to commemorate the occasion.
George WashingtOn's picture, dres-
sed off with flags, made proper
recognition of HIM who was "first in
War, first in Peace and first in the
Hearts of his Countrymen
Miss Bessie Middleton presided at
the exercises. After making an ad-
dress of welcome, and the minutes of
the previous meeting of the Smyrna
High School Literary Society had
been read by the secretary, Donald
Cloak, the following program was
rendered;
Music America BY the School
Essay-"The Birthday of Washing nj
Master Norman Taylor.
! DeclamatiOn-"The Wreck of the Hes
| perus'' Miss Daisy Sutton.
Reading John Jenkins SermOn"-Miss
/ Lillian Speakman.
/ Violin Solo-Master Edward Beck.
DeclamatiOn-"Ma Queen of ScOtts''-
+ Miss Pearl Warner.
Essay-"Delaware'' Miss Emma Steven
/ son.
Reading -"Bivouac of the Dead"-Miss
Jennie Robinson
Music-Duett-M Misses Lillian Speakman
and Eva Foxwell
Reading-"The Engineers Mary
Hazel.
Declamation-"T Swan Song"-Miss
| Bessie Warner.
Essay-"A Man who made the Nation''-
Miss Clara Spruance.
Music-'Flow Gently Sweet Alton
School
Declamation-''Th Spur of Monmouth
Master Baynard Griffith.
Reading-'The Heritage Master Of1ey
WinfOrd
Piano Solo-Miss Eva Foxwell.
This was followed by the debate
which took from thirty to forty minutes
in some astOnishingly strong papers
The question was: Resolved, "Tha
the snip 0uDsIuy Dill now UorOr . e,.,.-
gress should become Law" Thos,
WuO SpOh0 On Iuo du1rnaIlV6 SlQe were
Misses Muriel Janney, Gertrude Bel
and Baynard Fowler; Negative, Mr..
Ralph Jefferson, Miss Edith Start anC
Miss May York.
The judges vera: H. B. Grives
Robt D. Hoffecker and Miss Emms
Hough, whose decision was for the af
frmative
The critic, Prof. Burdette, spoke in
cOmmendatory way of the exercises
telling them not to put Washington
in position out of reach, that he wa.
school boy once who loved to play a.
other boys do, and had less opportun.
tiles in getting an education than mos
of them had, closing with a quotation
from Longfellow about ''FOot Prints OF
the Sands of Time"
The elocutionary efforts of Misses
: Pearl and Bessie Warner and Mis-
Daisy Sutton were especially notice
able. After singing Columbia th,
Gem of the Ocean," the school anC
audience dispersed.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
DEATH OF W. A. c. HARDCASTLE.
Expired 1t the Delaware House Saturday
Morning 10 the 5Sth Year of His Age.

Morning ia the 5Sth Year of His Age.
w. A. G. Hardcastle, a well-known
citizen, died on Saturday morning,
aged So years, and was buried on Mon
day afternoon in the Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Rev. G. A. Hill and Rev.
M. L. Poffenberger officiating. He
came to Smyrna in 1857 from the
Eastern Shore of Maryland as a clerk
of the late John II. Bewley. He was
subsequently for some years in the
mercantile business with w. E. Hall.
Since their dissolution he had no spec
ial business, outside of political manip-
ulation and speculating in peaches,
wool, poultry and margins on grain.
About two years ago he was elected a
director of the Fruit Growers National
Bank. His health has been on the de-
cline for several years. He was greatly
improved while away at the hospital
in Wilmington year ago, and it was
thought that his life would be consid-
erably heightened. Senator Kenney
was his lawyer and at the time of his
hospital treatment wrote will, but it
has not yet been found. 1t is gener-
ally understood that his estate of some
years ago, has largely melted away.
He was never married, and had no
near relatives, outside of sister, who
in late years was widely separated
from him.
Funeral services were held at the
Delaware House, where he had bache-
lor quarters, and large number prin-
cipally men friends, followed his re-
mains to the Odd Fellows Cemetery,
where interment took place.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
METH ODIST RUMMAGE SALE
Ladies Clear TO-Date SI.l5; viii Keep Open a
Week and End With Supper.

The ''Rummage" sale of the NJ. E.
Sunday School in the lower room of
the Odd Fellows Hall is meeting with
decided success The sales of Satur-
day and this week up to the present
time amount to $115. Many articles
found in garrets aud doing no good to
any one have thus been contributed
to a good purpose. They propose to
close with a supper on Thursday
of next week. The object is to pur-
chase piano for the Sunday School.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
OSBORN-PRYOR NUPTIALS.
Miss Catherine Pryor, Become the wife of Mr..
George B. Osborn of Aberdeen, Md.

A beautiful wedding was Solemnized
at the home of Mr.. VIM. G. Pryor
Duck Greek on the last Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, the contract
ing parties being Miss Catharine Pryor
and Mr.. Geo B. Osborn of Aberdeen
Hartford Co, Md.
The marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. W. F. Corkran
Presiding Elder of the Easton District
in the presence of the family and few
friends after which refreshments were
served and the happy couple took the
1854 p. m. train for Aberdeen. The house
was handsomely trimed for the occa-
sion and the presents were numerous.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
HEARN ACCUSES LAYTON
OFFERING HIM A BRIBE
SENSATIONAL SCENE AT THE STATE
ROUSE, DOVER, YESTERDAY.
Layton Called Before the House Committee,
Flatly Denies Charges and Says Hearn
was Drunk on the Train.

was Drunk on the Train.
The Delaware Legislative Committee |
TO investigate the allegations of Rep
resentative Walter NJ. Hearn, of Sea-
ford, Democrat, that he had been Of
fered $4,000 to absent himself from the
joint caucus and induce another Demo-
crat to remain out of the joint session
of the Legislature while the balloting
for United States Senator was pro-
crossing last Thursday met yesterday.
Mr. Hearn named as the alleged briber
Representative r. Reese Layton, of
Bridgeville, who vigorously denied the
charge.
Many witness were examined who
testified to conflicting statements made
by Hearn. The case is simply one
mans word against the other and after
conclusion of the night session, the
case was submitted to the committee
without argument. A decision is ex-
pected tomorrow.
The ballot today was as follows:
Full Term-Kenney, %; Addicks, IS;
DUPONT z; Spruance, 3; Bird, 2.
Short term-Saulsbury, %: Addicks,
90; Richards, 6; Hughes, 1; Bird 2.
Bills Passed by the Legislature.
Those Indians residing in Nanticoke
hundred must have read in the news
papers that the Moors of Kent county
were after adesignation on the regis
tration books distinguishing them
from colored voters. Representative
Warren, Democrat, yesterday gave
notice of ,Gn act providing that the
Nanticoke Indians shall be classed in
the registration books as Nanticoke
Indians and not as negroes.
Several bills were reported unfavor-
ably to the House. One of them was
Representative Ewing's bill for the
punishment of husband beaters. An
other was Delaware Audubon Society's
bill for protection of birds and their
nest and eggs which was sent here by
Mrs. Florence Baynard HIfles aud
other prominent women. The House
bill making incompatibility of temper
ground for divorce proceedings and
the bill to alter the dates for the game
season to pen.and close also were put
on the black list.
The following bill were passed Mon
day: By the Senate. e.-House bill pro-
viding for the the auditing of the book
and accounts of certain officers of New
Castle county; House bill concerning
the quantity of refnse to be taken with
oyster.
BY the House. House bill appro :
priating $500 to the governor for the
expenses of his Office (eyes, 33; no l.
House bill authorizing the road com.
missioners of st. Georges hundred
to fund their floating and bonded debts
and providing for the payment thereof
House bill reerganizing the Levy
Court of Sussex .county(ayes, 20; noes
15).
House bill increasing to 1000 the
attOrney-general's contingent fund
House bill authorizing and directing
the Court of ChaReery in and for Sus-
sex county to order and direct the
sale ofall the public lands belonging
to Sussex county within the town of
Georgetown and apply the proceed tC
the erection of new Jail in the sale
county (syes, IS; nees15); House bill
to amend the charter of the town o
Little Greek Kent county; Senate bill
increasing the salaries of the crew o
the oyster guardbOat.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
SMYRNA'S NEW ICE PLANI.
Will be Incorporated the Smyrna Ice and
Cold Storage Company.

The new ice plant for Smyrna will
be incorporated under the above title.
Work will be commenced at once. The
ice will be made from filtered water.
uerIVed trom ufTVoH wcffs. rirsu-cfascr
service will be guaranteed. In con-
nectiOn with the making of ice, cold
storage will play an important part
later. The expense of fitting up for
cold storage is too great to undertake
to any extent this season. Opportu-
nifty will be for parties to contract for
summer supply of ice at prices less
than for ice delivered or sold at irreg-
ular intervals and for no stated time.
The plant is put up solely for the use
of this town, but if the demand is not
sufficient at home to use the output.
another market for the surplus will be
looked up.
1t is thought that the home con-
sumption will use the total OUTPUT.
The plant will be in operation in time
for the summer trade. This new in
dustry will probably develop into
something else, as the company has
plenty of extra room, and for several
months in the year may not have to.
use its power. Everybody wants ice
and it is hoped that this industry will
receive the full patronage of our peo-
pie
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
DAIRY FARMING ENGAGES
ATTENTION Of DAIRYMEN
FRANK BANCROFT OF CAMDEN ADDRESS.
ES KENT FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Told of the Methods Used on His Farm Which
Had Been Attended With Profitable Re-
suIts-The use of Ensiage.

An interesting meeting of the Kent |
County Farmers Institute was held in /
Odd Fellows Hall in this town Thurs
day afternoon, which was addressed by
Frank Bancroft, Esq, of Camden,
Delaware. The meeting was presided
over by Mr.. J. E. Carter ia the alb
sence of President r. NJ Cooper, and
the secretary of the meeting was ].
Wesley Webb of Dover The audience
was smaller than usual, probably
due to a number of farmers of this
section attending Daniels vendue sale.
The meeting, however, was an inter
esting one, and for an hour or more the
speaker engaged the close attention of
some of our best known dairymen.
Mr.. Bancroft operates a very success
full dairy farm at Camden, with some
sixty head of Jersey cows, and pri-
Yates creamery where he separates the
milk and makes and prepares the but
ter for market. He is considered an
authority and what he had to say was
listened to with marked attention. His
lecture was simply a plain practical
talk of the methods he used with sue
cess on his farm. Dairy farming, he
said, began right with the stable. He
perfers Jersey cows to other stock be-
cause of their richness of milk; he
recommended as feed: ensilage, with
mixture of bran and buckwheat
middlings or best cotton seed meal,
feeding regularly. An important rule
to Zee Observad at all time in the stable
is cleanliness. After milking, the
milk should be strained at once The
method of separation Is a matter of
choice with the dairymen. In his
experience high feeding advanced
separation. No dairy is complete with
out test, and he recommended tha
every dairyman have his own appli-
ences and test his milk regularly from
each COW th 1t he may be fully informed
concerning the value of his herd. lie
explained very minutely the method OF
iochurning. and recommended the Boyd
Process for starting. For batter color,
he hadn't much faith in any outside OF
the HansOn's Columbian. He recon-
mended the Davis Swing Churn as
giving the best results. He uses the
Sharpless Tubular separator. The sys.
tenn of butter making was thoroughly
1 discussed, one point being that he adds
three-quarters of an ounce of salt to 6
pound of butter. He believed in hall
pound prints as being the best fol
market and saiu care in packing was
worthy of consideration. Butter
prints, neatly wrapped with parchment
paper, and packed attractively mucl
enchanced its market value. Mr.. Ban
croft sends his butter to Chester.
The rest of the meeting was taker
up in Free Parliamentary discussion
during which he explained the prepa-
ration of ensilage. Mr.. Bancroft says
he has fifty acres on his farm from
which he gets two crops a year, twelve
to fifteen tons to the acre, averaging
an acre to each COW. He preferred the
round stave silo for COMPRISING.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
Fine SkatInr on Lake Come.

The boys were skating on the pond
yesterday. Almost the whole month
of February has been cold and icy
with little snow or rain to interfere
with any out door sport.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
WOODLAND BEACH TROLLEY.
Effort 10 Divert the Forfeit Money of Sl7,sO
to the Public School Fund.

There is an effort to divert to the
school fund the $17, 500 forfeit put up
by the Delaware General Electric
Railway Company who proposed to
build a'trolley from Milford, Dover to
Woodland Beach. There is belief On
the part of some at least that the pro-
ject is dead. We will know better
when Ike Legislature adjourns.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
Lecture at st. Peters Church.

The Rev. w. Cabell Brown of Brazil
will lecture at st. Peters Church to-
morrow evening on Brazilian Mis-
sion." Lecture will begin at 7.3O
o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1901-02-27
TWENTIETH CENTURY CLUB LECTURE.
Held Friday Evening and Attended by an Ap.
preciatlve Audience.-SOclal Half Hour.
Followed the Interesting Lec!ure.

The Twentieth Century Club held
its last regular meeting Friday even
ing instead of the afternoon, at which
they were addressed by DIR. John
Ward Wilson of Polytechnic Institute,
Baltimore, on Travellers Notes in
Holland. The meeting attended and
closed with a social half hour at the
hospitality of the club, Mrs. J. W.
Clifton, hostess. During the social
greeting lemonade and cakes were
served. The following is the program:
Vocal Solo-'Every Rose Must Have It's
Thorn" CWoolsOn MOrse). )............
~ :....................M Miss Eba Wilds
Travellers Notes in Holland" ...........
DIR. j. Ward Wilson
Instrumental Solo-"Grand March Di Con
cert" Oh. A. Wollenhaupt) .........
.....................N Miss Edyth Beck
The meeting was in charge of the
Literature Committee, Mrs. J. E.
Hoffecker, chairman. The President
being absent, Mrs. H. d. Boyer, the
First Vice-President, presided and in
most happy manner introduced DIR.
John Ward Wilson of the Polytechnic
Institute, Baltimore, who gave a most
interesting account of his personal OBJ
servation while visiting i'll Holland.
He reached Rotterdam by the new
waterway which has so greatly
shortened the route, both for travel
and commerce. He pointed out to the
audience upon the map, the old route
with its many windings and the new,
with its direct course.
The dykes and the windmills-the
peculiarities of Dutch arcbitecture-
the street car and railroad travel-the
currency-the wooden shoes and many
ether oddities of the country aud peo-
pie were most delightfully."- told by DR..
Wilson, and thoroughly enjoyed by
his audience.
A large part of Holland has been re-
claimed from the sea by dyking, and
has to be watched carefully both day
and night lest a break or assure
should occur, which if once started,
standing as the sea does from fifteen
to twenty feet above with only this
wall between, would cause terrible
inundation. bitches served the place
of fences and the small farms are very
fertile. The roads are on the tops Of
= dykes, niovfy SNAPPED, ar.-l r,r,---od will
vitrefied bricks. The social manners
of the people were more pleasing thai
those of any country he visited il
Europe and altogether he found tn,
people of Holland intelligent, cheer
full and happy.
Professor WeItOn's Musical Recital.
Prof. Welton of the COnferenc,
Academy, Dover, will give a musica
in the rooms of the Twentieth Centur,
Club on Friday, March 1st, at 3.3C
o'clock. He wall be assisted by some
of his pupils ard beside the piano
there will he some fine violin music
This will be an 'open meeting" tn
public having the privilege of attending
Admission Is cents The meeting il
in charge of tho Educational Commit
tee, Mrs f. +. Evans, chairman.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-18
SPANISH MINISTRY RESIGNS
ACTION TAKEN 1T THE LAST CABT-
 NET COUNCIL.

The Resignation Handed to the Queen
 Regent Saturday-Talk of a Silyela
 Cabinet--The Break in Friendship Be-
 tween Don Carlos, the Pretonder, and
 Count Caserta.
 Madrid, Feb. 1S.--At the last abinet council last Friday the rninistry's resig- nation was drawn up and 1t was hand ed to the queen regent Saturday. Noth- ing, however, has yet been settled, all though the Madrid papers are suggest ing the possible personnel of a Silvela cabinet.
 Paris, Feb. 17-In view of recent statements that the friendly relations between Don Carlos, the Spanish pre- tender, and the Count of Caserta had not been interrupted since the Carlist war, the pretender's representative in Paris. Count Latour Landry, announces that all political relations between them ceased when the Count of Caserta went to Madrid and placed his children in the Alfonsist army Don Carlos deplores the fact" says Count Latour Landry, "that a Bourbon should forget in such a manner the principles of legitimacy and should set such bad example for his followers in Naples"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-18
ROOsETEL7,s HUNTING TRIP.
He Denies Sensational Stories-Go
 Twelve Mountain Lions.

He Denies Sensational stories-Got
 Twelve Mountain Lions.
 Colorado Springs, Col, Feb. 17-Gov- ernor Roosevelt was in Colorado Springs to-day the guest of F. B. Stewart, who was one of the members of the hunting party in Rio Blanco county. A public reception will be rendered MT. Roose- welt in this city tomorrow afternoon. Governor Roosevelt is much annoyed over the stories that have been circulat ed concerning his hunting expedition. To a reporter of the Associated Press he gave the following statement to- night:
 No correspondent of any newspaper, no man who wrote to or gave any in- formation to any newspaper, was with in forty miles of where I was hunting at any time during the five weeks l was out The sensational stories, such as those describing adventures with bears and wolves, were deliberate and wilful falsifications, and, l understand, were written by men who were not within hundreds of miles of where I was. We did not see bear or wolf on the entire trip. Aside from lynx and smaller game, our hunting was coined to hunt ing the so-called mountain lions or pan- thers. I got twelve of them. I never enjoyed holiday more. As am oblig- ed to go east to arrange to attend the inauguration I am, to my regret, unable to address the Colorado legislature in accordance with their kind request. cannot sufficiently express my appreci- alton of the generous courtesy and hos pitality with which I have been treated in Colorado, and I shall eagerly hail the first chance to again come to the state"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-02-18
RUssIA,S BLOW AT U. $. TRADE.
Press of That Country Does Not Givo It
 Particular Approval.

FEcss Ol Alht COuntFy DOes NOC Glvo u
 Particular Approval.
 St. Petersburg, Feb. 17.-Shrewd ob- servers in St. Petersburg believe that the Russian minister of finance M De 'Witte, in imposing discriminating duty on American manufactures of iron and steel, was not only animated by desire to protect Russian sugar produce CTS, but was eager to seize an oppor- tunity to mobilize Russia's industrial army, with a view of proving it's abil- is believed, moreover, that he desires to impress German even more than the United States.
 The Russian press does not give any particular approval to the experiment. The Bourse Gazette usually influenced by the minister of finance, warns both sides against implicit faith in the Bis- markian theory that tariff wars do not disturb good political relations, point ing out that experience has shown the opposite to be the case as rule We hope the friction will be as quickly re- moved as it arose. continues the Buurse Gazette, "since the political re- lations now existing between the two powers are the best they have ever known. Both are playing the game of Tertium Guadens, which is preparing a blow against both. Doubtless American public opinion is wiser than the sugar producers and the government that is acting in their interests"