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Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
TELEPHONE OFFICIALS LAUD
PROGRESS OF STATE SYSTEM
DIAMOND STATE TELEPHONE
COMPANY GIVE a DINNER
Governor Buck and High Officials
of the Company Make Addresses
inspection of New Building

State and Wilmington city offic-
ials and business and professional
men of the State, were the guests
Wednesday night of the Diamond
State Telephone Company at a
Ginner at the DUPONT Biltmore Ho-
tel. Short addresses compliment
ing the company were made, after
which an inspection of the new
telephone building and the new and
elaborate mechanical equipment
that has been installed in connec-
ton with the change from the old,
or manual type of telephone, to the
new dial system, was made. The
GuBarry room of the DUPONT Bilt-
more was decorated with palms
and many-colored flowers for the
occasion, and the guests were seat
table, with the speakers and guests
of honor placed in the center of
one side Edward P. Bardo, man.
ager of the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company, was host and
toastmaster and introduced the
distinguished guests to the assem-
blage. These included Governor
Buck, Mayor Forrest of Whining
ton, Conard H. Kinnard, Walter S.
Carpenter and others. AS host to
the gathering, he welcomed the
men to the affair, and commented
upon the relationship of the citi-
zens of a community to the tele-
phone company serving them. Fol-
lowing che dinner at the DUPONT
Biltmore, the guests and the offic-
ials of the company went to the
new telephone building and were
conducted through the building by
Mr.. Bardo in a complete inspection
Of the new system. The mechan-
ical layout and system was ex-
planned by Mr. Bardo as the group
walked from one department %
the other, and signs had been
printed and posted at various plac-
es in the building giving a concise
explanation of the equipment ir
that division. The inspection yas
highly interesting to the guests,
and many questions were asked
ard answered concerning the var
ious pieces Of equipment employed
in the dial method Of telephone op
Grafton.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
SUSSEX INTEREST
j. o. Brown of BridgevilIe, Weds
Miss Mildred Scott of Georgetown

q. ". DTONH OI bTtuSefllHPy NeuS
Miss Mildred Scott of Georgetown
Miss Mildred L. Scott, daughter
of j. c. Scott of Georgetown, be-
came the bride Of Mr.. ]. o. Brown,
son of Mr. ]. o. Brown of Bridge
vile, on last Thursday evening
The wedding took place at the
home of the bride, with only mem
bers of the immediate families
present. The ceremony was per-
formed by the Rev. T. F. Beau
champ. The bride who had as her
only attendant Mr.. Browns sister,
Mrs. ]. M. Russell, wore a brown
transparent velvet and georgette
dress trimmed with rhinestone
buckles and a brown velvet hat.
Her shoes and handbag were of
brown suede. Mrs. Russell wore a
blue georgette ensemble with shoes
to match. Mrs. Brown was stem
cgrapher for the House of Repre-
sentatives during the last Legisla
ture. Mr.. Brown is a graduate of
Goldey College and is a member of
the Brown and Anderson's Truck
After the ceremony the
couple left on a trip to Niagara
Falls.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
ONE TOWNSEND MAN KILLED
ANOTHER HURT IN CRASH
THOS. SKAGGS KILLED WHEN
HE LOSES CONTROL OF CAR
Raymond Frances, His Companion
Is in ElktOn Hospital, Suffering
With a Possible Fractured Skull

Townsend and community were
more or less wrought up over an
automobile accident Sunday after
noon on the road between Chester
town and Elkton, when Thomas
Skaggs, age 55, of Townsend, was
killed, and Raymond Francis, age
so, his companion, also of Town
send, was SO badly injured he had
to be hastened to the Union Hos
pital, Elkton, Md. Francis suffer
ed possible fractured skull, a
broken nose, cuts about the face
and neck and a broken jaw. His
condition was reported little i'm
proved today. Skaggs was appar-
emily killed instantly. The acci-
dent occurred about 430 p. b., Sun
day, on steep hill, near Freder-
icktown, Cecil county, Md, when
the car which Skaggs was driving,
crashed into another car driven by
Edgar McGinnis, who suffered a
slight injury to one of his knees.
Skaggs' car turned over several
times and landed in a ditch. It
was badly demolished. The Della
ware men were on their way to
Chestertown from Elkton, when
Skaggs lost control of the machine
as it was going down the grade.
When the machine crashed into the
rear of McGinnis' car, the impact
caused it to turn over several
times and roll into the ditch. When
McGinnis stopped his car and went
to the ditched machine, he found
Skags obviously dead, and the
other man unconscious. Other
automobilists stopped, and one
called DR.. George R.Jones, of Ches-
tertown, who gave Francis first aid
treatment, and then had him sent
to the Elkton Hospital in the Ches-
tertown, Nd, firemen's ambulance.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
LICENSES GOOD TIL MARCH
Department Desires to Learn of
ANY Change i'm Address

Motor Vehicle Director William
Ball calls attention to the fact
that operator licenses under the
new automobile law expires March
1st, instead of January 1st, as
heretofore This fact will largely
aid the automobile department in
the annual rush for licenses of both
tags and operators cards. Direc
tor Ball also states that where
persons have changed their address
since receiving their last automo-
bile license, and still residing in the
State or even if out of the State
and still retaining a Delaware Ii
cense, they are requested to give
not only their present address but
their previous address as this will
also greatly facilitate matters in
the issuing of licenses. Mr.. Ball
expects to begin sending out the
cards for next years licenses with
in the next few days and it will be
to the advantage of the automobile
owners that he fill in his cards at
as early a date as possible so as to
insure prompt delivery. There be-
ing no five days of grace for next
year as has been the custom in the
past that of allowing five days in
January to secure licenses, the new
regulation of allowing automobile
owners to place their tags on their
machines after the 18th day of De
cember will also facilitate matters
as to securing their licenses early
as possible.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
SMYRNA ID. A. X. MEETING
Mrs. Eba Wilds Anthony Re-elect-
ed Regent of Local Chapter

On Saturday a meeting of the
Elizabeth Cook Chapter of the
Daughters of the American Revo-
luton was held at the home of Mrs
Margaret Stockly Mcdonald to
elect officers for the coming year.
Mrs. Eba Wilds Anthony was re-
elected regent; Mrs. Florence De-
Ford, vice-regent; Miss Emily
Spruance, secretary and Mrs. Mar
garet Mcdonald, treasurer to fill
the place of Mrs. Edith Beck Tay-
lor, who resigned. Delegates to
the State meeting in February
were elected as follows: Mrs. An
thony, Mrs. Sarah Farrell, Miss
Emily Spruance, Mrs. Mcdonald
and Mrs. Taylor. Tea was served
by the hostess, Mrs. Mcdonald.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
BIackwater Presbyterian Church
Near Frankford Has 1872 Jubilee

The annual services of old Black
water Presbyterian Church, on the
highway from Frankford to Ocean
View, was held Sunday afternoon
at 2 o'clock. The sermon will be
delivered by the Rev. John Hum
phreys, pastor of the Presbyterian
Church of Odessa. Blackwater
Church was built in 17e7, making
it 162 years old. In that year Rev.
Charles Tennent, the first pastor,
started his pastoral labors. He
came of the family of that name
which is celebrated in the annals
of early Presbyterianisin on this
continent. His father was a pas
tor and teacher at the "Old Log
College" which since has become
the renowned Princeton. His
rothers were among the organizers
of the church at New Castle and
of Buckingham Church, in Mary
land.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
BISHOP COOK VISITS SMYRNA
breaches a Sermon at ST. Peters
Church Sunday and Holds Institute

Bishop Philip Cook preached
Sunday morning at st. Peters
Church an eloquent sermon from
the text, "See that we walk cir
cumspectly for the days are evil,
or in the vernacular of the present
day, Watch your Step" In the
afternoon a Church School Insti-
tute was held which was attended
by Dr. Mathews of Newark, DR..
Thompson, of Dover, the Rev.
Percy Donaghy of Middletown, and
teachers from Dover, Middletown,
Wyoming, Camden and Newark.
They were divided into groups and
taught by the Bishop. DR.. Math-
ews, Miss Cooper and Miss Kesel-
ring. These Institutes will be held
every month.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
2OTH CENTURY CLUB
Club Members Respond TO the Log
of Journey" at Meeting Friday
Lights Golden Jubilee Coming

At Roll Call, on October IL, at
the Smyrna Twentieth Century
Club, 'The Log of Journey, was
responded to by every one pres
ent, each giving the bit" of their
vacation days that they had enjoy
ed the most. Mrs. J. w. Clifton
gave a very delightful account of
her recent trip to Canada, and
Miss Agnes Arnold of Washington,
gave a graphic account of being
in the Poconos this summer, and
having the privilege of hearing
Mrs. (Tanner) Adams thrilling
talk on her trip to Germany in the
Graf ZEPPELIN, the only lady pas
senger. A letter was read from
Mr.. Many, short time ago, pastor
of Presbyterian Church in Smyrna,
telling of his new work in Ken
lucky and the interesting people
among whom he is living. Antici-
pating October 21st, the program
of October Is, will be devoted to
Mr.. Edison and the 50th annivers-
ary of the invention of the electric
light. Mr.. Ford is staging, an a
vast scale, a celebration of the
event, at Detroit, reproducing a
''Menlo Park as near as possible,
to the one in New Jersey. A letter
from Miss Taylor, art teacher at
Delaware College, was read, ask
ing for pieces of new material, silk
wooden or cotton, and any bits of
embroidery silks. Please send to
Mrs. Robert Denney, chairman of
Arts and Crafts, this week.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
VISITORS DAY AT STOCKLY
Delaware Colony For Feeble Mind
ed to Have Interesting Day

Plans are being made for the an
nual Visitors Day and Pound
Party at Delaware Colony on Sat
urday, October 10. A meeting will
be held by the Delaware Colony
Commission at the Colony on that
day, at which time a treat of ice
cream and cake will be given to
all the children at the expense of
of the commission. At
2 p m, all of the buildings, in
Guiding the new dormitory now
completion will be open to
visitors and at 3 p. m, the chill
dren attending the Colony School
will give a play. superintendent
Howard T. Ennis will give his fall
report. An invitation is given to
every one to be present.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
AT PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. j. w. Dye, Pastor, Announces
Services for Next Sunday

The Sacrament of the Lord S
Super will be observed at our
morning worship on next Sunday
morning at IL o'clock. The Rev.
Mr.. r. c. Dorm will have charge of
the services both morning and ev-
ening. The Rev. Mr.. Dorm is TAX
ing postgraduate work at Prince
ton Seminary. Previous to his
going to Princeton he held pas
torate in Houston, Texas. AS we
approach the Communion season
let us ask ourselves, What does
Jesus mean to me2" Sunday
school will be at 10 o'clock.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Fred Safterfield, Father of Mrs. c..
w. w. SchantZ, of This Town
Dies of An Heart Attack

Fred Satterfield, aged SO, of Har-
rington, father of Mrs. @. w. w.
SchantZ of this town, died on Fri
day last at his home in Harring-
ton. He had been in poor health
for several months, and suffered g
heart attack a few days ago and
never rallied. Mr.. Satterfield was
born in Harrington the son of Mr..
and Mrs. James Harrington. At
the time of his death Mr.. Satter-
field was a partner in the firm of
Satterfeld and Mcknatt. fruit
Gamers. Their cannery has not
been in operation for the past two
wears. For many years he was a
rural mail carrier from Harring-
ton. Funeral services took place
from his late residence on Center
street Harrington, Monday after
noon at 2 o'clock. Interment was
in Hollywood cemetery near Har-
rington. The deceased is survived
bv his wife and three daughters,
Mrs. c. w. w. Schantz, of Smyr-
ma, Miss Mary Satterfeld, teacher
ir the public schools at Delaware
City and Miss Margaret Satter-
field, of Harrington.
AIonZo VanFossen, of Wilmington
Alonzo Van Fossen, aged SO, a
naive of Smyrna, son of the late
Stephen VanFossen, blacksmith at
the old George w. & S. Taylor
Shops which went out of business
years ago, died at his home in Will
mington, Sunday night after an i'll
ness of several years from comph-
cations. He was for several years
employed at the Pullman Car
Shops. Funeral took place from
an undertaking parlor in Whining
ton this afternoon at 1.30 o'clock
and the remains brought to Smyr-
ma for interment in Odd Fellows
cemetery. Born in Smyrna, Mr..
Van Fossen spent his early life
here until he moved to Wilmington.
He was well known III Whining
ton because Of his active partici-
patton in the work of the Alpha
Lodge, No. 25, Knights of Pythias
and Hiawatha Tribe, No. AZ, I'm
proved Order of Red Men, of which
he was a member. He is survived
by his wife and one daughter, Es-
tella.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16
John David BUYS Middleton Farm

John David has purchased the
farm known as the Middleton
Farm, situated on the DUPONT
Boulevard, two miles north of
Smyrna, at private terms.
Smyrna times., 1929-10-16

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for H. may = be desired. The
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Of each :, act in unison
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,assssss ss',isa ssa,u out that a' il ths ahs
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e'sd there mentioned, were
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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
Shows Work
Of Won1an's Bureau
Labor Department

WASHINGTON, July 19.-CP-
Forty women on the staff Of the
women's bureau Of the department
Of labor have made their debut as
film actresses.
A motion picture, The Story Of
the Wotnen's Bureau" is now com
plete. Bureau members witnessed
the preview Of the film which will
be released to Women's organiza-
tons over the country next fall.
Two members Of congress play
the parts of heroes. They are Rep
Donald Snow of Maine and Rep
Robert S. Hall of Mississippi. They
take the roles Of the committee
members who listened to the wom-
ems first plea back in 1910. For
this scene the women actresses
donned the garb of that period
which looks very antiquated in the
light Of present day styles.
The picture consists of a reel
and a half, showing how the bureau
operates. Most of the scenes were
made IN the women's bureau. Miss
Mary Anderson. director. has the
leading role. Three officers of the
national Trade Women's union are
in the cast. They are Miss Eliza
beth Christman and Miss Agnes
Nestor.
The department Of wonen's in
dustrles was organized during the
wal In 1918 and was officially made
a bureau under the department of
labor in 1920.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
FORD RAILWAY
CALLED
Line Virtually Taken From
Scrap Heap And Made
To Pay Profit
BY DAVID ]. WILKIE

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondent
DETROIT, July 18-(P)-When
Henry Ford sold the Detroit, Toledo
and Ironton railroad he disposed Of
a property he had taken virtually
from the junk heap and converted
into a paying proposition.
For the 80 years before Ford &C
quired it in 1920, the road had
limped along from n r~eceivership
to another.
The success that attended Ford's
entry into the railroad field par
alleled, in a smaller way, the in
dustrial epic he wrote in the crea-
ton Of his automobile business.
In the case Of the automobile in
terests he started with $4,000 in
1903. Some twenty odd years later
he. was reported to have refused
81 1000, COO, 900 for his property.
With the railroad property Ford
started in 1920 with $4,000 600. Six
years later the interstate commerce
commission placed a tentative val
uation Of $1l,826,300 on the proper
ty and Ford himself protested that
for rate-making purposes a fair
return" was $23, 061 POS.
Ford performed the seeing mir
acle Of making the dying railroad
pay him handsome profits by a
procedure that was contrary to all
economic logic. The profits came
not because Ford instituted econ
omies, but because he increased eX-
penditureS for maintenance of way
and for equipment and also he be-
lived, because he paid railroad an
ployes the same scale of wages he
had instituted in his factories.
The road, under Ford ownership,
was a thorn in the side of the rail
roads Of the country generally;
first because Of the SIS a day min
imum wage and, latterly, on &C
count Of the identification of a
large part Of the right of way,
which Ford instituted in defiance
Of the advice Of most railroad en-
gineerS.
purchase OF the D.. 7. g. J.. was
not merely a whim on the part Of
Henry Ford; it was a shrewd bust
ness deal. 1t was to cut the time
between raw material to cash in
the bank that Ford took it v
When Ford purchased the road
its mileage was 463, the main line
extending from Detroit to Ironton,
Ohio. Spurs and additions during
the Ford operation brought the
mileage to 529.
Much Of the financial success Of
D. i. & I. under Ford ownership
was due to the fact that it got
business in exchange from other
roads to which Ford interests
awarded contracts for hauling their
freight after it once left the D. T.
& I.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
y. LIBRARY FILES
2,A43

AUSTIN, Texas, July 18.-Publi-
cations numbering 2,443, ranging
from small, religious bulletins sent
free OF charge to highly technical
scientific journals costing as much
as $50 per copy, are received yearly
IN the serials and binding depart
ment OF the University Of Texas
library, according to Mrs. H. E.
Wlliford, supervisor of the depart
ment. OF the total number, 1850
magazines are paid subscriptions.
125 are gifts from the United
States, 70 are historical quarterly
exchanges and 898 are other gifts
and exchanges.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
SMOKING MAKES
CLUB SQUABBLE
Modern Chicago Women Get
Edge in Row and Put
In Ash Trays

CHICAGO, July 18.-LP-When
the Chicago Women's club moved
into $1,150,000 of the very latest IN
clubhouses, there was an old-fash-
Toned squabble to mark the event
and it isn't settled yet.
The battle was between moderns
and id-Victorians over cigaret
smoking, with finances giving odds
to the moderns.
The moderns somehow got the
idea Gall wrong, it seems), that the
smoking question went out with
hatpins, and prevailed upon the
house committee to install indi-
vidual ash trays in the luxurious
new clubrooms.
Then Mrs. Howard Kretschmar, 4
member Of 40 years standing,
sauntered in. She was startled by
blush smoke which would have
Mortified the elite group of Chicago
women who founded the club.
There ought to be one fine club
that does not c~ountenance smok-
ing" she said, and l do not be-
lieve the best element in the CLUB
approves Of the vicious habit.
Smoking lowers the tone of the
club, for one thing: I hate to see q
woman smoke and I'm sure men
hate it more"
But the modern woman smokes"
another member, Mrs. w. F.
Grower, rejoined, and she will 90
where it is convenient to do SO.
This club is modern, sort of half
way between an old-time woman's
club and an up-to-date sports
club"
Mrs. Grower says she does not
smoke, thinks it doesn't look nice,
but believes each woman has the
right to decide for herself.
Whether it is pretty or heaIthful,
the question has an important eco
nomic side, which may decide it.
we have to rent the club to
outside organizations to help make
up the debt Of $45O,000," Mrs.
Grower pointed out. IF we ban
smoking we will lose this patron
age, which we need very much"
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
Senator Tells Plan
For Protection of
Individuals Ideas

WASHINGTON, July 1872
Original thoughts and ideas will
become the sole property Of the Gre
ators instead of the property of the
world at large if a resolution Of
Senator King Of Utah is adopted at
the next session Of congress.
The measure would give to human
thought the same protection that
now guards writing and patentaplc
articles. Its author contends that
thoughts and ideas are the basis Of
invention and should, therefore, be
reserved to their creators.
He would give the property rights
now granted for means Of doing
to the Idea of doing" and the use
Of doing" so that original ideas and
novel and operative Utilization of
original ideas capable Of forward
ing the progress Of science and the
useful arts would receive equal
statutory protection with dimen-
sional, physical. material or tangi-
BILE means of doing"
1T is commended by artists, au-
thors, scientists and inventors. F."
Senator King says, that proprie-
tary and property rights and own
ership, morally and ethically exist
in an original idea n combination
Of original ideas, if definitely FORM
ulated and forwarded and function
able, and that proprietary ana pro-
perty rights and ownership flow
to the use or application Of the
original idea or combination Of
ideas, provided that they be re-
duced to record form. irrespective
of, or in combination with physical,
material or tangible means Of max
ing the ideas practical and func-
tionable.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
Teachers Attend
Summer Sessions
At Universities

Many Of the teachers in the
Brownsville independent school dis
tr1ct are now attending summer
courses at universities and colleges
over the country.
The following are at the Univer-
sity Of Texas: Superintendent G
w. Gotke, w. L. Dodson, E. G. Dodd
Miss Grace Edman, Newton Quinn
John 0. Gragg, j. w. Irvine and
Chariot Heyman.
Miss Velma Wilson is at Boston
Tech, Miss Anne Kendrick at the
University Of Pennsylvania, Miss
Annie Tucker at the University of
Colorado and Mrs. S. G. Tucker is
studying at Boulder, Colo.
superintendent Gotke is teaching
at the University of Texas.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
STOP THAT ITCHING

Use Blue Star Soap, then apply
Blue Star Remedy for Eczema. itch,
letter, ringworm, poison oak, dan
druff, chlldren's sores, cracked
hands, sore feet and most forms of
itching skin diseases. 1t kills germs.
stops itching, usually restoring the
skin to health. Soap 25c; Blue Star
Remedy, $1.00. Ask your druggist,
ADV.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
NEW T ROSS

LANSING, Mich. July 1s.-CP-
Student filters in Michigan will have
a new boss after August. Control of
the IS aviation schools and 1000 stu
dents in the state will be taken
over by the new board of aero
nautics. They now are under super
vision of the department Of public
instruction.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
RORN

HARLINGEN, July 16.-Mr. and
Mrs. Harold HickoX r the proud
parents Of a baby girl, born Sunday
morning at the Valley Baptist hos
pital. She weighed seven pounds
and has been named Mary Louise.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18
HANGED WITH NECKTIE

CHICAGO - Miss Inez Lodin
hanged herself with her brothers
necktie.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-18

PARY IN RABBIT HOLE
LEEDS, Eng.-Mrs. Florence To-
Vev was arrested for burying her
saby's body in a rabbit hole.