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made mistakes for which the pres
ent, and even the coming genera
tions, will have to pay dearly. Why
add another mistake to those
made in years gone by? The peo-
pie, the tax payers of Smyrna,
have light franchise which they
now own and its value is well
above the 100000 now offered.
The sole thought that seems to be
coming from certain quarters is to
sell the light franchise, pay the
towns Indebtedness and have a
surplus left to act as a sinking
fund. Looks well perhaps to the
inexperienced, unbusiness like tax
payer, but it must be remembered
it will cost Smyrna to make sale
of that kind. In the first place it
will cost Smyrna on basis of
nearly $4,000, yearly to pay an
outside concern for enough electric
current to light the town, on the
present basis of lighting, and
pump water, on the present basis
of pumping. We have every reason
to expect that the consumption of
current will increase rather than
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
OUR LIGHT FRANCHISE
Communicated }

communicated
The Smyrna Times:
At the present time, when the
atmosphere and the local paper is
so filled with the suggestions that
the taxpayers of Smyrna sell their
electric light franchise, it would be
we'll perhaps to stop, think, and
seriously consider the matter from
the business angle, rather than al
low thoughts to run along the
line of the least resistance;
Sell: 1t wound not be unfair to
impose the idea on the public that
Smyrna as a town, and the gov
erning body as a council, has
seemingly had the thought of sell
ing those things which the town
has to offer rather than find other
ways out of their money problems.
In the past, Smyrna as town has
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
TOWNSEND
Items of Personal and Social In
tereSt Cleaned About Town

Townsend, Dec. John Feni-
more, a well-known farmer of this
vicinity, had twelve of his choice
turkeys stolen a week before
Thanksgiving. Mr.. Fennimore had
been gathering them up for the
holiday trade and was just getting
ready to dispose of them when the
robbery took place. No clue to
the robbery has been run down.
Mrs. Raymond King, who was
injured in an automobile accident
between Townsend and Odessa
recently, has improved sufficiently
TO return to her home at Bridge
vile. Her sister, Miss Mary LODI
enham, who was also in the acci-
dent, and who received a dislocat-
ed ankle and cuts and bruises, will
not be able to leave the hospital
for several days as yet.
Mrs. Mary Brown and Mrs. Par
is Hutchison entertained at a 500
party at the home Of Mrs. Paris
Hutchison, recently. Many guests
were present and all spent an en-
joyable evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Joiner
have been visiting relatives in
Chester, Pa.
Mr.Frank Reynolds, of Whining
ton, paid visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hodgson last week.
William Lurty was the leader of
the Epworth League service on
Sunday evening.
Mr.. Harry Isaacs and daughter
Ruth and Elizabeth of Chester, Pa,
were visitors in town recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Scarbor-
ough, of Wilmington, visited Mr..
and Mrs. Daniel Jones last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Reynolds and
son, Of Wilmington. have returned
from visit with Mr.. and Mrs. I.
G. Webb.
Mrs. Franklin Taylor and son,
and Miss Ruth Ann Taylor, Of Will
mington, visited Mrs. L. L. Ma
loney recently.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

TIL SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper de"oted to the welfare of the town
e it repr1ents and the State of which it
is part 1t also gives the items of
Importance of the Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
is the business medium not only for the
town it represents, but for the outlying
district of which it is the center. en-
bracing the towns of Clayton, Kenton,
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. A rate
of so cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season or
yearly display advertising rates quoted
on application. For Sale. For Rent,
Lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. minimum
charge of so cents per insertion. Public
Sale advertisements rs cents per inch
first insertion and so cents per inch for
each subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices, Is cents per line per
issue.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
SUDLERSVILLE
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

Sudlersville, Md, Dec. 2 The
annual supper and dance given by
the Sudlersville F'iremen was a
most outstanding success, as
$4,000 was cleared from the event
The supper as usual was well at
tended and also the dance which
was held later in the evening. They
were held Wednesday of last week.
Miss Marian Clark, of Sudlers-
vile, delightfully."- entertained a
number of friends at a five o'clock
dinner last Thursday in honor of
her birthday.
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly and two chill
dren of North Carolina have NOV
ed into our town and are occupy
ing the house on North Church
Street, until recently occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stafford. Mr..
and Mrs. Stafford having moved
into the south side of the double
house o n Railroad Avenue recent
ly occupied by Mrs. Mollie Hood.
Mrs. Hood having broken up her
home and gone to Florida for the
winter. Some other changes have
taken place in town within the
past two or three weeks. Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Roe have moved from
the Walls house on West Main
Street into the Booker house on
South Church Street, Mrs. Mar
garet Coppage has moved into
that house which was left vacant
by Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Roe. Sud-
lersville needs few more houses
just now as there is another fam
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
BLACKBIRD
Items of Personal and Social In
terest Cleaned About Town

Blackbird, Dec. 2 Excellent
catches of perch and catfish are
being reported by fishermen in
Blackbird Creek. Charles w.
Bailey caught 275 pounds. of fine
cat fish in one net on Friday of
last week
There will be a community So
eial in Scott NJ. f. Church on
Tuesday evening, December 9th.
Everybody invited. Come out and
enjoy yourself.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Riley Watson
and Miss Dorothy v. Caulk spent
Sunday with their parents, Mrand
Mrs. Royden Caulk.
Miss Ernestine Ferguson who is
in training at the Children's Hos
pital in Washington. D. c., spent
Thanksgiving and the weekend
with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Ferguson.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

zUU LIN. ft. Relaid Pipe, IS in. e under
1.500 Lin. ft. in. Pipe Underdrain
4.50O So. yds. Glass A Concrete Gutter
5000 Lin. #. Wire Cable Guard Rail
5000 Lin. #. Wood Shoulder Curb
l.200 Lin. #. Timber PiIing
IL Dead men for cables
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
Contract No. I69
st. Georges-Drawyers dual Highway

St. Georges-Drawyers dual Highway
4.911 Miles
1-2 Acres Clearing
$4,000 Gu. yds. Excavation
% 900 Gu. yds. Borrow
1000 Tons Broken Stone Base Course
1890 Gu. yds. Cement Concrete Pavement
1000 Lin. fit. 81 in. Premoulded Biturn-
inous Exp. Joint
5000 So. ft. Cement Concrete Sidewalk
200 Tons Amiesite Asphalt Surface
Course
400 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

Dover. Delaware.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

State Highway Department. at its office,
Dover. Del, until 200 o'clock r. M, De-
cember 18th, 1880. at at that place and
time publicly opened for contracts involv-
ing the following approximate quantities:
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

Contract No. 144A
Fill (Marshallton Cutoff O.3O miles
$50 Gu. yds. Excavation
$4,000 Gu. yds. Borrow
500 Gu. yds. Wet Excavation
140 Gu. yds. Glass A Concrete (footings)
$50 Gu. yds. Glass Concrete (Above
$1,000 Lbs. Reinforcement
1900 Lbs. Structural Steel and Castings
1,500 Lbs. Catch Basin CASTINGS
A Lin. fit. IL in. C. 1. Pipe
$50 Lin. #. "a in. R. c. Pipe
1,700 Lin. ft. Timber PiIing
5000 Ft. B. M. Sheet Piling
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

Subscription price. s1.50 per year. strictly
in advance.
Entered at the Post Office at SMYRNA. Dell
aware. as Second Class matter.
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

Performance of contract shall commence
within ten (l0) days after execution of the
contract and be completed as specified.
In the employment of labor, preference
shall be given to residents Of the State of
Delaware
Monthly payments will be made for 90
per cent of the construction competed each
month.
Bidders must submit proposals upon
forms provided by the Department,
Each proposal must be accompanied by
a surety bond. certified check. or money to
the amount of at least ten 10) per centum
of the total amount of the proposal
The envelope containing the proposal
must be marked Proposal for the con-
sstruction Of State Highway Contract
no.
The contract will be awarded or rejected
within twenty (20) days from the date of
opening proposals.
The right is reserved to reject any or all
bids.
Complete sets OF plans and specifications
may be obtained upon receipt of two dol
lars (s2.00) for each contract, which
amount viii not be refunded.
STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
Dover Delaware
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03

make more from her own lighting
franchise than she can by selling
at such a small figure.
TAXPAYER
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
Contract No. STA
Contract No. 144A

Uuard KaII-Penny Hill
500 Lin fit. Wire Cable Guard Rail
6 Dead Men for Guard Rail
Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
The Smyrna Times

SMYRNA, DELAWARE
Published Every Wednesday Afternoon, by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor
Founded by Robert d. Hoffecker, July s,
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-01-26

"When My Ship Comes In"-An expression 81 often used in connection with
prosperity And now-just around the corner, the ships will be coming in
A new era of prosperity is in the offns for Brownsville and the Valley.
We are proud of u representatives at Washington for securing for the VAL
ley this deep water way that will bring new people, new industries and
prosperity among us. Yes, we have much to look forward to in 1890.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
HYDE'S CORN RULING
PLEASES PRODUCERS
Restrictions on Sugar Made From
Grain Removed, Opening
Larger Market.
Rv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, December 27.-Spokes-
men for two Middle Western corn pro-
ducers groups and for an organization
Of corn products manufacturers ex-
pressed qualification tonight over yes
terday's ruling by Secretary of Agricul-
ture Hyde removing restrictions on
corn sugar merchandising.
The ruling strikes from the food and
drug regulations a provision that when
corn sugar is used In canned and
packaged food products 1t must so be
declared on the label
Earl Smith, president of the Illinois
Agricultural Association, said it has
been estimated there was an outlet for
100000 bushels of corn annually in
the making Of refined sugar for food
sweetening.
Charles Hearst, president Of the Iowa
Farm Bureau Federation, said the rul-
ing opened another outlet for corn
which meets the general and hearty ap-
prevail Of the farmers Of Iowa"
The manufacturers likewise were
pleased. Jay Chaplin, secretary of the
Association of Corn Products Manu-
facturers, expects "a steady growth in
the use Of refined corn sugar or dextroSe,
leading to increased commercial use of
the grain" He explained that sit
means bigger cash market for corn. ="
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
SCHOONER Believed
SUNK, WITH 7 ABOARD
Owners Abandon Hope for Four
masted Purnell c. White, Twice
Previously Missing.
BY the Associated Press.

BALTIMORE, Md, December 81
The four masted schooner Purnel G.
White Is missing again. Members of
the firm of c. G. Paul g. Co., owners
of the craft, today expressed the belief
she had been rammed and sunk on her
voyage to Georgetown, s. c., normal
eight-day trip which she started No
vember> %.
No word has been heard from The
schooner, one of the three four-masted
schooners still operating out of the
Chesapeake Bay in coastwise trade,
since she passed through the Virginia
Capes, headed for Georgetown laden
with 800 tons of cement.
On April /, 1924, hope was abandoned
for the Purnell c. White and the crew
of nine men aboard her at that time.
She was q month overdue in Baltimore
from the West Indies, but two days
later was taken in tow by a Coast
Guard cutter and brought into port
Again in 1926 she was overdue and
came into Morehead City, N. c., bearing
a story of having lost complete SET of
sails in weathering a hurricane of the
coast of Florida.
r. B. White, one of the owners, said
she was sturdy, Seaworthy vessel"
with crew of seven men captained by
Charles Nicklas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
Trainer and Dog,
Inseparable in Life,
Reunited in Death
Trip to Visit Paralyzed
Pet Thought to Have Hur-
ried HOrseman's Demise.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the AsSocis ted Press.
BALTIMORE, December 27.-Miller
Henderson and Beaver, almost in
separable companions in life, have left
it almost together.
Henderson trainer for the Audley
Farms racing stable, died at the Mercy
Hospital today. Beaver, a setter dog,
died only short time ago and phys
icians said they thought the loss Of his
pet, to which he had been attached for
IA years, fastened Henderson's end.
The horseman entered the hospital
early in November and an operation
was performed for the removal of
maStoids. He was improving when he
received word that the dog, with the
Audley Stable at Bowie, had become
paralyzed.
Told his pet could not be brought
to him, Henderson went to visit his
companion. The trip by automobile
was considered factor in the trainers
failure to recover. With Henderson to-
day was his mother, Mrs. Warren N.
Henderson, Louisville. KY, and the
body will be taken there for burial.
The horseman obtained his dog from
a friend in Lexington, England, IA
years ago and named him for Beaver
kill, one of the best handicap horses
he ever trained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
PROFESSORS TO BAN
SECRET SUBSIDIES
Publicity for Retainer Fees Held
Necessary to Correct
Propaganda.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, December 81
Resolutions providing for public ac-
acknowledgements of any CLOSE connec-
ton between public utilities and the
academic profession" and to provide
for a plan to insure freedom Of speech
and tenure of Office for college pro-
feSsors were adopted late today by the
Association Of American University
Professors.
The first resolution provides that any
member Of the organization who tes-
titles or speaks in public on behalf Of
an organization or individual paying
him a retainer fee shall make public
the fact that he Is being paid.
The report of the associations COM
mittee which investigated the spread
ing of propaganda by public utility
corporations through academicians said
that many college professors were re-
ceiving fees of as much as $4,000 an
nually for research work done for utili-
ties.
A plan whereby college trustees may
be deferred from discharging faculty
members without reasons considered
justifiable by the teachers organi-
cations is sought in the second reso-
luton. 1t authorizes officers of the as
ISOLATION TO confer with other organi-
cations of college teachers In an ef-
fort TO work out such plan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
MEETING CALLED
ON TOWN CHARTER
CheStertoWn Taxpayers to
Consider Document Framed
by Commission.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CHESTERTOwN. Nd, December a.
w. B. Cooper has called o public
meeting Of the taxpayers for Tuesday
evening in the court house to consider
the provisions Of q new charter for
Chestertown. which viii be submitted
at the meeting.
The new chaTter has been prepared
by commission appointed by Mr..
weeks ago, composed of former Mayor
Charles N. Satterfield, Wilbur r. Hub
bard, Marion DeK. Smith, r. Hynson
rogers and A, Sydney Turner, jr.
Four Wards Outlined.
Important recommendations made by
the commission include the division Of
the town into four wards, with a gov
erning body Of mayor and city coun-
Gil Of one representative from each
ward, who shall hold Office for q term
OF four years following their election
by the qualified voters; defining the
boundaries Of the wards. the qualifl-
cations of voters in elections, which
would be held every two years instead
of annually, as at present. and fixing
an annual tax rate not to exceed rs
cents on the 500.
Must Pay Taxes.
No one would be permitted to vote In
city elections who does not pay taxes
on $500 worth Of property within the
city limits, who is less than Il yearS
old, has paid all corporate taxes prior
to the election and who has not been
resident of the city for IL months
prior to elections. Should the public
meeting approve the recommendation
Of the commission, it will be embodied
in bill for passage at the approach.
ing session of the Legislature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
"GANG" OF 1888 TO STAGE
CHEESE-CRACKER FETE
One Going to Ohio Celebration from
Neutrality-suspicious. as
Boyish Prank.

BY the Associated Press.
MANSFIELD, Ohio, December a.
Cheese and crackers will heighten the
spirit of New Year eve at North Lewis
burg, near here.
They will be the nouriShment Of the
laundering Gang" whose members
will go there from many parts of the
country Wednesday to celebrate a ira
oition that started midnight, Decem-
Der 81, 1888
On that night the gang, composed
of boys in their teens, was sitting around
the town pump. Things were rather
dull. Being hungry and having no
other of hand ideas, the boys aroused
the village storekeeper from sleep and
demanded cheese and crackers.
He accommodated them, and as they
Toasted their spirits heightened until
they raised the village roof.
Each year the festivities Of cheese
and crackers were renewed. One OF
the gang will come from Washington
| D. c., another from st. Petersburg
Fla, and several from other sections
Of the East.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
RETIRED TEACHER
WEEDS IN FA|RF AK
Hundreds Recall Long Serv-
ice of Mrs. Cora Buckley,
Bride of 8. <. Brown.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLIFTON, Va, December 27.-Hun-
dreds of persons who received their
education in the graded schools of Fair
fa6 County were interested in the an
nouncement last week of the marriage
at Fairfax Station of Mrs. Cora Buck
ley and S. E. Brown of Clifton.
Mrs. Buckley, who is II years old,
is retired school teacher and is in
receipt of the pension awarded by the
State to those who have served for 80
or more years. She has taught at
Centerville, Clifton, Forestville and in
the old Carper School House on the
Great Falls pike, now abandoned.
While during the latter years of her
reaching she took charge of the pri-
mary classes, she has also handled
everything from the alphabet to higher
mathematics when instructing one
room school. The graded system was
not in force in the county when she
began to teach. She was educated in
a Catholic convent. Her marriage to
Wilton Buckley Of Clifton was solemn
lied during her first year as a teacher.
She retired temporarily from her pro-
fession while her children were small.
Former Division Supt. M. D. Hall, I'M
der whom she taught, states that she
was always well liked by pupils and
patrons and was cooperative with SUI
pervisors in charge. She was president
Of the School League at Centerville and
one of the leaders in the establishment
Of home demonstration work in Fair
fax County.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are living at
Clifton in Mrs. Buckley's former home.
her niece, Mrs. Herbert Wiley Smith of
Clarendon. She has three children,
Mrs. Dewey Weigel Of Thrifton, Mrs.
Grant Weaver and Rush Buckley Of
Clifton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
HOSPITAL ANNEX
TO Be DEDICATED
Additions to St. Mary'S at
LeonardtoWn to BE Formally
Opened New Year Day.
Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md,

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, December q.
The new $4,000 addition to ST.
Mary's Hospital at Leonardtown will be
opened formally to the general public
on New Year day, when a large recep-
ton is being planned to be held from
3 to pm. Tea will be served free TO
the guests by the Women's Auxiliary.
According to Miss Sarah A. Denver,
superintendent, the hospital needs fur
niture, and she is asking that those
who have anything that they could
spare to please send it out to the
hospital.
All the furniture she says she has
are several old beds and two towel
racks. The auxiliary, which has given
$4,000 toward the erection of the build
ing and given a 81, 800 new electric
sterilizer, is not able to furnish the
eight rooms just completed.
The addition contains a colored ward,
white male and female wards and
maternity ward, operating room, nurses
dining room and new nurses bed room,
with an extra bath room.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
JURORS ARE DRAWN
FOR JANUARY TERM
TaIesmen Summoned to Hear
Cases at Berkeley Springs
and Romney.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va, De-
cember 27.-Jurors have been drawn
for the January term of Circuit Court
in Morgan County here as follows:
Grand-George H. Leughty, j. w.
Bageant, E. N. Spielman, E. A. Stull,
Peter E. friedman, J. D.. Braithwaite,
Irwin E. Michael, P. K. Stotler, ]. B.
D. Roby, j. B. Reeder, James r. Kid
well, Joseph M. Henry, j. w. Unger,
Otterbein Stuckey, William E. Butts,
Rumsey Hovermale, to report Janu-
airy 6.
Petit-Marvin Everett. T. K. Daw-
son, E. r. Payne, Herbert E. Hessler,
F. j. johnson, j. S. Files, H. w. Kid
well, G. c. ziler, Obra Graham, George
E. Michael, C. A. Roby, j. w. Hover
male, Lawrence Boden, j. A. Beeler,
William Crawford, George j. Kyne, H.
w. Portmess, James r. Spriggs. Luther
r. Hovermale, H. P. Bageant, T. E.
Dawson, William Cain, G. ]. Pentoney,
George w. Everett, Leslie Cain, Herbert
Hovermale, Robert Grouse. Edward
Spielman, Leonard s.. Cain, G. z.
Grouse, to report January Z.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
SENSATIONAL PRISONER
FACING TROUBLE AGAIN
Man Who Became Noted for Ex-
traordinary Escapes Held for
Robbery in Mexico.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
MEXICO CITY, December 27.-Luis
Morales Morales, who. police say, would
rather brave sharks than face officers
of the law, is in trouble again.
Morales was arrested today with four
others and charged with 700-peso rob-
berry. He Is known throughout Mexico
for his sensational prison escape record.
Once, police say, he escaped through
the floor of a street car. Another time,
imprisoned on q 12-year sentence, he
spent six years drilling a hole in the
floor Of his cell and broke out.
He was being conveyed to the Tres
MariaS penal colony, of the west coast,
aboard ship on another occasion when
he leaped overheard and swan three
and a half miles to shore, fighting
sharks with q dagger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-28
BUILDING TO CONTINUE
Contract Signed for $1,000, 900
Work on New York Cathedral.

NEW YORK, December ~ R.-
Signing of a contract for $1,000, 900
worth of additional construction work
on the Cathedral of st. John the
Divine was announced today by Bishop
William T. Manning.
The new contract viii complete the
work on, the west front of the cathedral
in the end of the nave" the bishop
said after conducting services In cel-
ebration of the feast Of st. John.
The imposing Episcopal Cathedral
was started more than so years ago,
the bishop recalled, adding, I'VE are
building for the ages"