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Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

concern to keep men at home, but
the Times pulled through these
trying days without missing a pub
lication. Since the war more inn
provements were put on The Times
plant. Eight weeks ago, as a part
of our diamond jubilee celebration,
the Times changed from a six
column to a seven-column paper.
Its Loyal and Steadfast Relation
Primarily the town of Smyrna has
claimed the larger part of it's at
tention. 1t has been the pleasure
as well as the duty of the TIMES
to uphold and advance the mater
ial interests of the town. First
was the grading of the streets
and crossings and the paving of
sidewalks, which was not continu-
Gus in its early years. This was
hardly completed before grave Ma
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

ed by Mr. William Norris in 1890.
In a sense Mr.. Norris grew up with
the business, serving his APPRENTICE
ship from 1887 to 1890 on the
TIMES, and showed such adapti-
tude to the work that upon the
resignation of Mr.. Reynolds he was
advanced to the foremanship. He
resigned September 1, 1919, to take
over the Iron Front Hardware
Store, owned by the late William
with singular ability and success.
He too, is maintaining a kindly at
titude toward The Times and is
enc of its steady patrons. Mr..
Norris was succeeded on the Times
by James E. Coleman of Dover.
Mr.. Coleman left in February, 1922
and was succeeded by w. Lester
Smith. who is the present efficient
and painstaking superintendent of
The Smyrna Times printery. Mr..
Smith, with the exception Of the
few years during the late war,
when he was working for the
Pennsylvania Railroad, has been on
The Times since 1904, when he
came as a boy to learn his trade.
His faithfulness and devotion has
won for him a high regard not only
by the publisher of The Times, but
by the large clientele of the Times
to which he is ever obliging and
desirous to please. Mr.. Smith has
as his assistant, another product of
The Smyrna Times, Mr.. Maddux
D. Ebright, who came on the Times
twelve years ago, February, 1917,
to learn his trade. Faithful in the
discharge of his duties, he also is
esteemed by those whom he is as
sociated with and by the patrons
of The Smyrna Times. It would
take considerable space to go into
the roster of the Smyrna Times
and publish the names of all those
who had worked on or learned
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tional issues superseded the minor
ones of the municipality. In the
course of time, however, the ques
tion Of a larger water supply agi-
tated the citizens of the town and
became a paramount local issue.
The TIMES again stood shoulder
to shoulder with the movement,
and advocated it as much for the
security of the town, as for house
hold and other purposes the result
being (though not without a di-
vided CounciD in establishing a
system which to-day is a source of
pride. The TIMES also took a de-
cided part in working up senti-
ment for electric lights and sew
erage, and in fact has upheld and
advocated permanent streets and
every movement which was for
the best interests of the commun-
lity. The same can be said in re-
llation to the consolidation of our
| Public Schools, and the fiEal COM
pletion of one of the most handsome
school edifice in the State of Del
aware. The Times boosted and en-
couraged in every way the move
ment for Smyrna's fine new Fed
eral Building or Postoffice, its up
to-date Fire Hall with its modern
new fire-fighting equipment and
the building of the Boulevard thru
Smyrna. The Times has always
been a consistent advocate of gooc
roads, and every modern conven-
ience for Delaware's farming com
munity, especially those roads con
tiguous to Smyrna. In fostering
home enterprises and in lend.
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pecially remodeled to suit its every
need.
Former of "Times" i'm rs Years
The first foreman of THE
SMYRNA TIMES was Mr.. Nicholas
Watkins who had been in the same
position a year or two on the Del
aware Herald. He was capable
both as a mechanic and writer.
After a seven years foremanship,
he left to accept lucrative posi-
tion in the Government Printing
Office at Washington. d. c., where
he enjoyed the comforts of a sue
cessful life. His place was taken
by Mr.. Joseph H. Hoffecker.
a brother of the founder. In
six or seven years afterwards, ow-
ing to the i'll health of Editor r. D.
Eoffecker, Sr., he succeeded to the
ran the TIMES successfully until
the close of 1877, when the founder
of the paper again took ahold of
the business which he owned until
his death. George M. Stevenson
was the next to succeed to the
formanship Of The Times and in
this capacity served from 1871 to
1887, a period Of 16 years. He re-
signed to enter the ice cream man
ufacturing and confection business
which he continued until his death
June II, 1910. He ever had an in
terest in The Smyrna Times and
was a staunch friend. w. Lindsay
McFarlane followed Mr.. Stevenson,
but left two years afterward to
form a partnership to establish
The Clayton Call. Later he ac-
cepted a position in the big book
publishing house of John G. Wins
ton Company Of Philadelphia and
is now foreman of their big print
ing plant. The Clayton Call -four
ished for a year or SO, then this
plant was moved to Smyrna and
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ing hearty cooperation to
everything that tended toward
the upbuilding Of the town, the
TIMES has never faltered but
has used its strongest infiu
ence for intoxicating a spirit of
home pride and municipal develop
ment. There has never been a
church improvement irrespective
of denomination, that the columns
of the TIMES has not been open
to a hearty Encouragement, and
all the societies of the town have
found the TIMES in a more or less
degree ready to champion every
good cause. In this respect the
history of the TIMES is but re-
flecting the history Of the town,
and one has only to look over its
files covering seventy-1ive years, to
find volumes of local interest in all
its material and social phases.
Buildings Occupied i'll Existence
While always in the same town,
the TIMES has not been continu-
ally in the same building. It was
established in Temperance Hall,
a building that stood on the
present site of the Presbyterian
Manse. This hall, however, was
burned down in 1860 and was new
er rebuilt. Driven out by the fire,
the TIMES then took up its abode
in the room now used as the Office
of DR.. z. S. Dwight, built espec-
tally by the late DR.. w. T. Collins.
This room proved inadequate for
the printing business, and the Times
II left there, and during the years Of
'73 and IA, occupied the second
story of the "Stockly Building
now the site Of the handsome
banking house of the Fruit Grow
ers National Bank and Trust Com
pany. Still this did not seem tC
meet the demands Of the business
and from there the plant was NOV
ed to the second story of the
johnson Building" (now the Tuck
er Building). Eight years later
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lher and proprietor Of The Smyr-
Times. He took up the thread
when it was started in 1854 "a
per that had continued as it had
gun free from moral and liter
n objections and devoted to the
kt interests Of the town. county
4 State. In the Fall of 1893,
Hoffecker, ST., associated with
p his son, Robert D. Hoffecker,
10 IN June Of that year had
fduated from Delaware College,
diversity Of Delaware. The
fnes was then known in news
lper parlance as a blanket
ket and the first effort on the
RI Of the junior editor was to
Enge the style of the paper to a
-column quarto. This was soon
Pc and a folding machine Install
that did away with the drudg-
Of hand folding. Upon the
&ath Of r. D. Hoffecker. Sr., FEB
Ery 10, 1907, the junior editor
Fame sole owner and published
smyrna Times plant, with the
Vent OF day electric current, soor
game completely motorized with
ctrlc heating unit on metal pots
"er anG more modern machin.
was installed, including an IN
type machine, such as now USED
modern daily newspapers. Like
Founder Of the Times, his sor
MS troubles to maintain Z
ce and get the paper out during
World War. Drafts for youne
4 ior military duty and to worl
mlnition and Government con
led industries, made it one b
Smyrna times., 1929-07-03

their trade in its workship, but
suffice it to be said that many have
gone from Smyrna to meet sue
cess and even prominence in their
chosen profession. With all the
changes in it's force, covering the
three-quarters of a century, The
Smyrna Times continues on, meet
ing modern conditions and i'm
provements as they come and ever
striving to serve the public to
which it owes allegiance and con-
tinued gratitude for it's success.
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after the johnson Brothers went
out Of the shoe manufacturing
business, the TIMES was again
moved, and took up larger quarters
in the third story Of the same
building, where it remained until
1897 when it was moved to its
present home. The TIMES, which
for the years Of its existence had
been occupying the second and
third stories of the buildings above
mentioned about town, was now
to enioY a permanent home. es-
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became The Smyrna Call. 1t went
out of existence a number of years
ago. Mr.. McFarlane's place on the
Times was taken by Mr.. Alexander
II. Reynolds who continued as
foreman a year or more when
he went to Elkton, Md, to be-
come the foreman of the Cecil
Whig". Subsequently he left the
printing trade and took up the
study and graduated in dentistry
from the University of Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Reynolds was succeed
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|HE SMYRNA TIMES EXIOlS
|1(|DAY 18TH ANNIVERSARY
Continued From PAGE One

Continued fIUiA "SN
,,orrnant Shortly after the close
the war, in 1866, because of i'm
lired health, Mr.. Hoffecker dis
I'd of THE TINES to his broth
Joseph H. Hoffecker, who had
krned the printing business with
|m and who conducted it very
Bpularlv for over eleven years.
hiring this time the ex-Editor was
Sgaged in the woolen manufac-
(ring business and farming. Upon
Il failure of Mr.. Joseph H. Hof-
skers health in 1877, Robert D.
bfecker, ST., again became pub
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Three Power Plans

Whatever plan is agreed on In Washington thi:
week for generating Boulder dam power will con-
Stitute precedent of first importance for future
developments.
Three plans are before the department of interior
and prospective purchasers of power now In ses-
sion here.
The federal government may install the machinery
IN the plant it is to build.
The various leSsees Of power may be required b
install their machinery in the governments
power house
The cities and the private power companies OF
southern California may go into partnership and
equip and operate the plant jointly.
The last plan is favored by Secretary of Interior
Wilbur The city of Los Angeles says 1t will not agree
to it, and rightly, we think
Interests of the city and of the companies in such
project must of necessity be opposed Numerically
The city will wish to keep rates to the public as low
as possible. The companies will wish to make them
high as possible.
The second plan suggests hodgepodge hydro
electric plant Few of those interested look on II
with favor.
Government installation Of machinery is the only
method possible which will safeguard the govern
ments great investment in other phases Of Boulder
dam project.
1t is the only method which will insure equitable
treatment of all purchasers of power
1t Is the only method which will make certain that
power generation is subordinated to the more i'm
portant food control and irrigation purposes OF
the dam.
Finally, it is the only method which can give the
country intelligent knowledge to whether private
or public generation Of power is more efficient.
This test should be made. Until it is, the country
can not know what it wishes to pursue in
gard to power in the future. 1t is utterly with
out data by which it judge the service being given
to it by private utility companies.
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REASON By Ff aASBHS

VXTILLIAM FOX the motion picture man. thinks
w that school terms may be reduced one-half by
teaching pupils through the medium of talking pic
lures, but 1t is not certainty that this would be de-
Sirable
In this world we value what we get by what we
pay for it and education which would come without
effort would not stick like that which pupils dug out
by the roots
Certainly the mothers of the United States would
not welcome having their children on their hands
four months and half more each year.
The kids are wonderful but by the end of the
summer vacation their mothers willing for them
to return to school, thus enabling them to assemble
their nervous systems for another year.
And then when they in school, there's no
danger of their jumping out of the haymow with an
umbrella for parachute, blowing their daylightS
out with an old shotgun or being hamburged by an
automobile collision at the getting into a
fight to the finish with other darngs in the neigh
borhood.
INSTEAD of giving pensions to the widows of
l. Presidents we would give them to the mothers of
children for if they do their work. they the mar
tyrs of civilization.
The fathers are entitled to full measure for pro-
viding rations, but they are away from home where
their not constantly scrambled by the
mon
To paraphrase Voltare who said, 'if there were no
God, it would be necessary to make one" we say it
would be necessary to make public school If we had
none for in addition to teaching the rising genera
ton the school teachers of America indispensable
shock absorbers making it possible for mothers live
and keep their reason.
The country is glad to hear that President Hoover
has no intention of accepting Premier Ramsay Mac
Donlads invitation to visit him in London for our
statesmen usually are gold bricked when they cross
the Atlantic.
1t is better to keep them here at home where We
can watch over them
DERLIN is going to broadcast some of her criminal
- trials and should do this In the United States
for If the people generally could only become ia
miliar with the endless monkey business of our GRIM
inal procedure they might compel discontinuance
thereof.
Great arrangements are being made for the bring
ing up of the child of Nancy Ann Miller Of Seattle,
who married this rich Hindu.
The young lady will have an armed bodyguard.
four mounted spearsmen and four attendants How
she viii yearn to trade the whole bunch for one
freckle-faced kid
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not verify complaint in just civil action he could
not file legal answer If somebody sued him to take
his home away from him, and he would lie rottng in
Jail because his religion disqualified him from taking
the oath"
In other words, attempt Is made to revive the
laws Of the inquisition-which, if applied would sweep
away our legal institutions in a day-until a Com
munist comes along whom one wants to VIC
timize.
1t happens that this newspaper thinks that most
of the conduct of Communists In this country is silly;
that their tactics in the textile strikes sacrificed in
teress of the exploited workers to the propaganda
interests Of the Communist party; that it was I'M
fortunate that American Federation of Labor delay
left the mill hands TO such leadership.
But the opinion of this newspaper or Judge Barn
hill or any one else, of Communism in general and
the Communist strike tactics in particular has no
bearing whatever the legal rights of Communists
The Communist party is just as legal in this coun-
try as the Republican Democratic It's strikes are
as legal as those Of the A F. of L. The rights of its
members in court are absolute and unqualified
When any judge any federal official, any citizen
strikes at the constitutional rights of the Communists
he Is not hurting Communism; he is a revolutionst
against the freedom for which this nation was founded
and without which it will perish.
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Courts. Communists, Common Sense

With the country smarting under the humiliation
Of having American court turned into religious
inquiston another court has restored SefreSpect
somewhat by refusing permit repetition of the dis
grace. Both rulings were made in North Carolina and
textile strike murder trial at Charlotte used dead
law Of TIT to permit the discrediting of witness who
admitted she did not believe in the God of hell and
birthstone.
IF believed that life ends with death and that
there is no punishment after death, would be less
apt tell the truth" said the judge. In putting his
honesty such low plane, the judge probably
maIgns himself. The judge probably would find
that neither the President the supreme court
worship a God of vengeance. But that is not the
point.
There is not yet a state religion in North Caro-
Ina much less in the United States. There still
certain constitutional rights pertaining to separation
of church and state to religious freedom and to the
equality of all before the law.
Fortunately, Judge Stack in the Communist fog
ging case at Concord Thursday, of this
II don't think mans opinions about anything re-
Hgion, government. politics anything else, would
impeach his testimony" he ruled
eff that provision of the common law ever
brought to this country, the Fourteenth amendment
to the Constitution Of the United States which guar
antees all men equal protection under our laws wiped
out that provision
Then Judge Stack put his finger on the hypocrisy
Of this heresy hunt:
why if that RUE should be followed could
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
Earth Affected

THESE seven OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
4 in addition to the one in use at
Mt. Wilson, will make continuous
intensive studies Of the sun possible,
for the sun will always be high IN
the sky at some one observatory.
When it will be sinking in the west
for one, it will be just coming up
in the east for some other.
The Mt. Wilson people are not
only interested in this study for Ghe
information it will yield about the
sun itself, but for the information
which may be forthcoming as to the
suns effect upon the earth.
They wish particularly to study
"the relationships between solar.
eruptions and such terrestrial phe-
nomena as auroras, magnetic storms
and variations in radio transmits
sion," to quote an official report OF
the observatory.
It has been known for some time
that there seems to be some con-
nection between sunspots and mag
netic storms which throw the COM
pass out of commission, intensity
displays of the aurora, or northern
lights, pat telegraph and cable lines
out of order, and increase radio
static and fading.
1t has also been established by
the photographs taken with the
spectroheliograph that the sun
spots are great whirlpools in the
gaseous surface Of the sun, and that
there are many signs of intense &C
tivity in the outer regions Of the
sun.
Among the most spectacular oc-
currences are the great eruptions OF
flaming tongues Of red-hot gases,
the so-caIled solar prominences.
DR.. Hale believes that direct OBJ
servation with the spectrohelioscope
will yield much information about
these phenomena which the photo
graphs taken with the spectrohelio-
graph have failed to reveal, amazing
and remarkable as they are.
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81 N.SSS.
Is 1T|t7eFi
| ANNIVERSARY
.45.sIt
CORVALLIS SURRENDERS
Oct, IS

NN Oct. 10, 1881, Lord Charles
~ CORVALLIS surrendered 7,247
British troops at Yorktown, Va, viz
tually ending the War of Indepen-
dence.
CORVALLIS, after establishing
himself at Yorktown early in Au-
gust of that year, fortified the town
with seven redoubts and six bat
teries on the land side and line of
batteries along the river.
Washington, with the combined
American and French forces, left
his headquarters at West Point, N
Y, on Aug. 19, proceeded by land to
Elkton. then down the Chesapeake
bay, reaching Williamsburg on
Sept. IA.
On Sept. % Washington marched
to the investment Of Yorktown with
force of about 5000. Of whom
two-thirds were Frenchmen under
Rochambeau.
A French fleet under Count de
Grasse already had entered the
Chesapeake and, by blocking the
James and York rivers, cut of COM
munication between the British at
Yorktown and New York
BY Aug. Is the walls and fortifica-
tons of the British works were bro
ken down and almost every gun dis
mounted. CORVALLIS attempted To
escape at night, but the plan was
frustrated and on Aug. 10 he sur
rendered.
Although the disaster resulted In
the RESIGNATION of the British min
istry, CORVALLIS ecaped censure
owing to royal favor.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-19
VARIETY Is It's Benefit

THE real benefit of news consists
l. in it's variety. 1t shows how
complicated the problems of life
really are. For the first time in
history, we are getting a fairly &C
curate picture of what we are up
against.
Slowly, but relentlessly, we are
forced to the conclusion that there
is no single source of trouble and
no single remedy for human ills.
That is something that old people
have known since the dawn of time,
but that young people found hard
to understand until the modern
newspaper was spread before them.
President Coolidge has said that
he found no satisfaction in the
glory and power of the presidency
after his sons death.
That is typical of life. The small
things generally mean more to us
personally than the big ones. Not
only that, but the big things gen.
orally grow out of small ones.
1t does not seem particularly i'm
portant that some person should
want an occasional drink in spite
of the eighteenth amendment and
the Volstead act.
Let enough persons want it, how
ever, and you soon convert the pint
pocket peddler into syndicate.
What this latest prohibition raid
proves is not the depravity of law
lesSness of q few individuals, but
the appetite and attitude of
millions.
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DAILY HEALTH SERVICE

we transform round shouldered, pot
beIlied, hollow backed, knock-kneed,
fat-footed children into self-re-
speeding physical and mental speci-
mems?
He is a firm believer in the i'm
portance of controlled exercise for
good posture. The active athlete
carries his weight slightly forward
on the balls of his feet and walks
with his feet rolled over somewhat
to the outside.
The forward bending of the trunk
serves to f1atten the hip curves of
the spine, to expand the chest, to
draw up the abdominal muscles and
to keep the head up.
This attitude unquestionably will
seem at first to tire the person who
holds it because it requires active
muscular effort to keep the upright
position.
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Proper Posture Adds to Fitness

In the fatigued position, all these
relationships are reversed. The
feet are turned out so that the
weight falls on the inner border,
the knees tend to fall together, the
back aches, the stomach and alb
domen protrude, the chest is fiat
and the head fiops forward. A
man who is very tired carries his
head far forward.
Thus, the first step in the con-
troll of posture is to learn the proper
position of the bones and the
muscles and to make constant
conscious effort to maintain this
position of the bones and the
muscles and to make constant
conscious effort to maintain this
position. The result will be mani
fest in improved health, easier
breathing, and general we'll being.