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Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

ing the coming winter. There
is a Republican in the White
House, but Congress will be
under the control of the oppo-
sition. The Senate, it is true,
will be nominally Republican,
but actually the majority of
it's membership will be hostile
to the President and TO any
program he lis likely to pro-
pose. The House, as the mem
bership now stands, will be
clearly Democratic and so we
have one party represented in
the Executive branch of the
government and another In
the legislative branch-a stu
alton that is peculiarly embar-
to the President and
gives little promise of con-
structive and satisfactory leg
islation."
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
SPILLwAY DAM
State of Delaware
Board of Game and Fish Commissioners,
Dover Delaware

Dover, Delaware.
Notice is hereby given that sealed bids
will be received by the Board of Game and
Fish Commissioners of Delaware for con-
structing a spillway dam at McCaulley' s
Mill Pond. in Milford Hundred, Kent
County, State of Delaware.
Bids for the above will be received at
the Office of the Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners of the State of Delaware at
Dover. Delaware. at or before 200 p. M.
Friday. November 9th, 1881. and will be
opened and read shortly after 80 p. M,
same date.
Drawings. specifications and form of bid.
contract and bond for the proposed work
are on file at the office of the Board of
Game and Fish Commissioners. Dover, Del
aware, or at the office of Price & Price
Civil Engineers and Surveyors, Room 249,
Delaware Trust Building. Wilmington, Del
aware, and may be inspected by prospec-
tive bidders during Office hours. A set of
plans and specifications will be furnished
on a deposit of Ten Dollars (Sl0.) which
will be refunded on return of plans.
Bids must be made upon the proposal
form and must be enclosed in an addressed
envelope bearing on the outside the adj
dress and name of the bidder. name of
work bid upon. and must be accompanied
by a certified check drawn to the order of
the Board of Game and Fish Commission
ers for $4,000. and must be delivered at
the above place on or before the hour
named.
Each bidder must also accompany his bid
with statement of his equipment, proper
ly filled out.
The right to reject any or all bids is
BY order of the Board of Game and Fish
Commissioners of the State of Delaware.
CLARENCE S. FOSTER.
ia Al Chief Warden.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper devoted to the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which il
is a 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
Gown 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 Tor
each subsequent insertion. Locals and
Reading Notices. Is cents per line per
issue.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
MRS. DUPONT BUYS PROPERTY
Acquires the ''Hinchingham Farm"
of $50 Acres on Chesapeake Bay

A deed went on record this week
from G. Ellsworth Leary to Mrs.
Carolene Hynson DUPONT for the
80 acres of woodland formerly be-
ing a part of "Hinchingham Farm"
It is said that Mrs. DUPONT has
also purchased of the Colonial
Trust Co., of Baltimore, the valu-
able 'Hinchingham Farm" proper,
containing 21O acres of land, and
beautifully situated on the Chesa-
peake Bay below Colchester Beach
and with an unexcelled broad
stretch of water and shore line.
While the price is private we I'M
derstand this historic old estate
brought around $4,000, and that
Mrs. DUPONT, who is a daughter of
the late Richard D. Hynson, of
Kent, and the present Mrs. Rogers
Wilson, of Wilmington, intends to
make extensive improvements dur
ing the coming year and will ulti-
mately have one of the finest water
front residences on the Eastern
Shore. Her husband is Col Lam
mot DUPONT, of Wilmington, one of
the wealthiest and outstanding
business men of the United States.
Senator S. Scott Beck, of Chester
town, negotiated the purchase of
these properties for Mrs. DUPONT.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

From the standpoint of the
lay citizen, says the Milford
Chronicle, "the man in the
street who is not so much
concerned about party spoils
as he is about constructive re-
suits, the legislative situation
in Washington is far from sat-
isfactory. The theory upon
which our government oper-
ates is that one political party
shall be in complete control of
the entire legislative machin-
cry, comprising both Houses
of Congress and the Execu-
tive. When this condition ex-
lists then the party is really in
power and can be held re-
sponsible for what it does or
what it fails to do. But that
condition will not prevail dur
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
FARMERS PLANTING WHEAT
Doing Work Now That in Former
Years Had to Be Done Earlier

The unusual mild weather, the
like of which breaks all records
for this time of the year, has
brought forth a second bloom of
flowers, made pasture field growths
and enabled farmers to get up with
their work without any cold wealth
er delays. Some farmers over on
the Eastern Shore of Maryland
near Chestertown, Md, are treat
ing their communities to the unus-
ual sight of sowing wheat in No
vember. Usually all the wheat
has been placed in the ground by
the last of October and frequently
by this time the seed is covered
with a layer of snow.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
RIVER-BAY MARK
Stone Erected at Liston Point to
Mark the Boundary Lines

E. E. Downing, and force of
highway employees, began work on
Thursday to restore and re-erect a
22OO pound Brandywine granite
monument which had been under
mined by tides. This monument
was erected in 1907 by authority of
the State Legislature on the Lis
tons Point farm, at one time a
part of the Cummins estate, now
owned by ]. r. Francis, of Smyrna,
as a permanent boundary line be-
tween the river and the bay. The
New Jersey Legislature in the
same year authorized the appoint
ment of a commission of three
members to confer with the Della
ware Commission composed of
William S. Hilles, Alexander B.
Cooper and Walter H. Hayes, to To-
cate and mark the line between
river and bay. This location was
chosen and at a point on the Jer-
sey shore near the mouth Of Hope
Creek, another monument was
placed. The tide and storms have
cut under the bank where the Del
aware monument was erected, and
sometime ago, it fell into the
water and is entirely covered at
high tide. A new base of rein
forced concrete is to be built 100
feet in shore, and the stone set in
this new base. Theodore Fergu-
son, of Blackbird, is inspector on
this job.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
RI. FERGUSON OUT HOSPITAL
Injured Dover Undertaken Able TO
Be Taken to His Home

R. ]. Ferguson, Dover undertake
er who was seriously injured in an
automobile accident near Black
bird on the night of October 18th,
with his wife (who lost her life) j,
and two others as they were re-
turning from Wilmington, and who
has been a patient in the Kent
General Hospital at Dover since
the night of the accident, has been
removed from the hospital to his
home on State Street. His condi-
ton shows but little change
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

Delawareans, 'e S p eel a y
alumni of Delaware College,
University of Delaware, can
well be proud of the showing
the Varsity Football Team
has made this season. With
one defeat, two ties and all
the other contests victorious,
a record has been made second
to none among the smaller col
leges and Delaware can right
ly claim the Eastern champ
ionship. The football team
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
AUTOMOBILE TAGS
Those Wanting Their Same License
Number Have Until November 80

Announcement has been made by
the State Automobile Department
that requests for special number
tags for 1882 will be honored until
November 80. After that date no
special numbers will be reserved.
The State Automobile Department
also announced that no license
tags will be issued to any automo-
bile owner unless his machine has
been inspected, as required, by the
State automobile laws. Next years
tags are being sent out daily as
fast as the applications arrive at
the department.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

thanksgiving Day, says the
Dover Sentinel, ''is a distinc-
lively American institution,
although festivals of similar
import may be traced back
many hundreds of years. The
Hebrew Feast of the Taber-
nacles, the Greek Thesmo-
phoria, the Roman Cerealia
and the English Harvest
Home all appear to have had
something in common with
our national holiday.
Immediately after the first
harvest of the Pilgrims in
1921 Thanksgiving was first
observed in America. Similar
observances were instituted
by other colonies by Massa-
chusetts in 1880, by Connecti-
cut in 1859, and by New Meth
erlands in 1914. During the
Revolution several Thanksgiv-
ing Days were appointed BIZ
the Continental Congress.
president George Washing
ton designated November &c,
1889, As "a day Of public
thanksgiving and prayer, land
in 1895 he made a similar des-
ignation. President Madison
appointed a day Of thanksgiv-
ing at the close Of the War
of 1872. Various states OBJ
served the day irregularly
during succeeding years, but
it was not until 1864 that the
day become a fixed, annual
event.
'In that year President Lin
coin appointed the fourth
Thursday Of November as a
day Of national Thanksgiving
by official proclamation, and
the example thus set has been
followed by all succeeding
Presidents.
"Washington's origina |
Thanksgiving proclamation is
preserved in the Library of
Congress. The precious doc
ument was lost for more than
100 years, until it was discov-
cred among some Washington
manuscripts being auctioned
in New York in 1921, when it
was purchased for $500 and
restored to the government
archives"
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

Miss Emma Wilson has returned
home after spending three weeks
with relatives in CollingsdaIe and
Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Wanser and
daughter, and grandson, of Hous-
ton, Texas, were recent visitors of
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Dickerson.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
The Smyrna Times
SMYRNA. DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
r. ID. HOFFECKER. Proprietor.
Founded by Robert ID. Hoffecker. July s.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25
Rattlss Right Along

When baby is four months old
papa buys him a RATHER. When he
gets eighteen he goes to second
hand motor place and gets one of
his own.-Florida Times Union.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

closes with a remarkably good
season under Coach Rogers
fine work and all are to be
congratulated.
Smyrna times., 1931-11-25

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in advance.
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-10

Macdonald taught music nearly all
| through six years,
IT would pc unfair to attempt to
name here all the graduates during
the 1906 to 1910 commandments. Out
lstanding among them, however, were
Anna and Jay Foster, the former still
teacher in missionary college In
China, and the latter, graduate of
the Harvard medical school, and now
a practicing physician In one OF the
New England states. The one who
has most nearly, If not quite, achieved
distinction is Mr.. Olof Larsell He
came to Vashon College from the
Northern Pacific car shops in South
Tacoma as freshman. Acting as
janitor, mechanic, engineer, electric
ian, and general purpose man about
the place, he graduated with a de-
termination to seek still higher edu-
cation. He came to Vashon with the
purpose of entering the ministry. He
became interested, however, in science,
especially along the lines of biology.
He then graduated in biology from
McMinnville College, became an in
structor there for time. He then
pursued his chosen line still further
at Evanston Northwest University,
taking the doctors degree there, fol-
lowing which he was for time a
member Of the schools faculty. From
there he became professor at Madi-
son State University. But in the last
place some of his subjects were not
| along his chosen line, and he returned
to N. w. University, until there was
an opening in his specially in the
Oregon State Medical School, a part
of the state university.
Here he is professor of histology and
embryology, his work being in Port
land He was awarded special prize
OF $500 for original work upon the
bones of the ear, distinction more
valuable for the prestige than for the
money.
The years of our stay in the college
were years of financial struggle for
the school, due to variations in the
attendance. Following the ownership
by Mr.. A. @. Jones, Rev. j. M. Foster
became principal owner and president,
the latter being associated for time
with Mr.. John w. Moore, who was
succeeded by Mr.. A. F. Schult who
stayed two or three months, when the
entire control passed to DR.. Foster.
Mr. w. G. Parkes, representing a
silent partner who had become fl
nancially interested, then became
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-10
Later History of the college.

Mrs. st. John and I came to Vashon
College in 1905, or twenty-siX years
ago. So many things have filled our
lives since then and during those
years, too, in ones life when memory
is less reliable than in younger years,
that many of the details in our Bur-
ton lives, especially those spent in the
college are not clear enough to be
given the standing of history" 1
would need the records of the college,
which I never kept. We can recall
the names of the faculties up to the
close of our period there.
Captain Mcleod was our COM
mandant our first year there. He
came from Georgia. Mr.. and Mrs.
McMinimes were teachers in the Com
mercial Department. Mr.. George
Roach taught penmanship and book
keeping. He was an unsurpassed
artist in pen sketches. Mrs. Sawtelle
taught French and acted as matron
Of the dormitory. After the first
year, French, German, physics and
chemistry were taught by Mr.. Parkes
who became president in 1906. Mrs.
st. John who went to Vashon College
as principal of the Academy was sue
ceeded after the first year by Mr.. O.
H. Baxter and later by Mr.. H. j.
Leggett.
Mrs. Sawtelle, Miss Woodin, Mrs
Geiger, Mrs. Covell, and Mrs. Leggett
up to the time of her death were
matrons. Capt. Mcleod, w. F. Thomp-
son, Col. H. P. Kelly, Joseph Reed
and John Davis were commandments
The principals of the lower school
were Miss Woodin, Miss Chappell and
Mrs. Leggett. Mathematics and Latin
were taught by the writer, who was
nominally the dean" Miss Elizabeth
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-10
History of Vashon College

and is most sure to find his real place
his opportunity-if he is honest and
persistent in his search for 1t.
Some time In the 70's of the last
century, the University of Illinois sent
out a young man, well equipped by
natural talents and acquired knowl-
edge, with honor credits as gradu.
ate. Sterlingly sincere, honest, up
right, studious and conscientious, he
struck out to find his place In the ther
Far West. going first to California and
thence to Tacoma where he sought
and secured employment In a lumber
Vashon Island news-record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1919-1954, 1931-09-10

Whatever else the college diploma
may mean to its possesor, he usually
goes forth into the world possessed Of
an ambition to do something extra
ordinary, feeling the urge that his Is
to be the solution Of problems, max
ing life easier for those benefitting by
1t, and incidentally, doing himself due
honors.
Such ambition may find expression
in field then unknown to this young
college grad" and in line anthought
OF by him as he goes forth, He de-
sires to achieve something worth while
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
LA COMPANIA DE LOS
TRANVIAS ESTA UTILI-
ZANDO

Habana, Agosto 3.-Los mo
toristas y conductores, EN- MI
nero de 2,400, mantienen su
huelga contra la rebaja de jor-
males anunciada por la compa-
MIA de los tranvias.
Con rompehuelgas recluta-
dos entire la escoria social, de
los 400 8 500 tranvias han 81
do puestos al servicio publico
unos so, segGn ell Sr. Frank
Steinhart, Jr., hijo del presi :
dente de la empresa.
La eompahia public6 aver
un aviso diciendo que conside-
raria como empleados renun-
ciantes a los que no Sc presen-
taran hoy, a las seis de la ma
mana, a continuar sus labores.
Unos poeos de los huelguis-
tas Sc dejaron yer a esa bora,
por los alrededores de las es-
taciones, pero no llevaban
puestos sus uniformes.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
TFhTRO N
Bienvenido

"Deshonrada" excelente peli
cula, estrenada aver con verda-
dero exito, volvera a repetirse
hoy.
Marlene Dietrich, la notable
actriz, Y Victor McLaglen, g
triunfador de 'FWhat Price Clio
ry," desempehan los principals
papeles.
La Dietrich ha llegado a Il
cumbre de su fama en- esta elm
ia, luego de sus innegables triun
fos en- Gel Angel Azul" y MA
rruecos'.
Ella aparece como una de las
muieres intrigantes que fueron
utilizadas como agentes secre-
tos durante la guerra.
Tn drama que apaslona y con
mueve desde la primera escena
hasta la Ultima.
Tambien figuran en- ell repair
to Lew Cody, Gustav Won Seyf
fertitz, Barry Norton y otros
reputable sactores.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
EDISON HA EXPERIMENTAL
DO UNA LIGERA MEJORIA

Wess Orange, N. j., Agosto
Bel famoso inventor Tho
mas A. Edison, que Sc encuen-
ira sacramento enfermo en- SUI
Residential de Llewellyn Park,
en- esta ciudad, durmi6 anoche
tranquiIamente, siete horas Sc
guidas.
Su medico de cabeeera, DR..
Hubert S. Howe, eXpidi6 uIl
boletin facultativo a las 8 de
la manana, en- ell que decia
"Mr. Edison ha pasado una
buena noche. Durmio siete no
ras seguidas. Su espiritu es adj
mirable y Sc ha estado intere-
sando por los asuntos exterio-
res mas de 10 que Sc ha ocupa-
do en- muchoS amos. Sus c0ndl-
clones fisicas parecen avanzar
hacia un mejor estado."
Entire los muchos mensajes
que viene recibiendo y en- los
que tolo ell mundo Sc interesa
por su mas pronto restableci-
miento, figura uno de Sir Tho
mas Upton.
Mr.. Edison Sc levant6 aver
un ratio y discuti6 su trata-
miento y la dieta con 81 medi-
co.
FL diagn6stico del DR.. Howe
senala que eel ilustre enfermo
sufre un ataque combinado de
diabetes y de la enfermedad
de Bright.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03

normal. No obstante sc cree que
ell robo fue cometido despues de
media noche.
Las frecuentes incursiones en-
ell Almacen de la Independent
Wholesale Grocery Company,
en- Mulberry, originaron en- ell
mes de JUNO una batalla a tt
ros entire las pandillas de ladro-
mes de cigarros y los hombres
del Jefe de Policia Archie Town
send, de Mulberry, del cuyo IL
roteo Sc supone que resultara
herido uno de los bandidos.
La policia no ha podido iden-
tificar a ninguno de los MEM
bros de la pandilla, pero Sc ha
Observable generalmente que un
modelo Ford A, tipo sedan, Sc
encuentra siempre en- las vecin-
dades de los lugares donde Sc
efect1an dichos robos.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
ANOCHE A 80 CA
JAS DE ~CIGARRILLOS DEL
ALMACEN DE c.. BI WITT

Los ladrones de cigarrill0s,
que han estado operando por es-
pacio de un ano en- esta Secci6n,
robaron anoche en- ell almacen
de C. B. Witt Company, situado
en- el 420 de la Gale Bell, 80 ca
jas de cigarrillos valuadas a.
proximadamente en- $1,000.
Los cacos entraron en- el al
macen cortando las barras de
una ventana. Sc cree que utili-
aaron un canton para ell trans
porte de las cajas, cada una de
las cuales contenia 10000 ci-
garrillos.
Este robo es ell segundo que
sufre dicho almacen, de pocos
meses a esta parte.
FL valor de los robos que Sc
a~tribuyen a esta pandilla, ascien
den aproximadamente, a 10000
pesos y ell teatro de sus opera
clones ha sido siempre a 10 largo
de la costa oeste.
A principles de aho robaron
dos veces los almacenes de o.
Berry and Hall, del 70l de la
Gale Whiting, llevandose EN- am
Dos cigarrilIos con un valor de
$4,000.
Los robos siempre han Ocu-
rrido al POGO tempo de llegar al
almacen la existencia 10 que ha-
ce suponer a la policfa que los
ladrones Sc encuentran en- estre-
cho contacto con quienes Sc en-
teran de la llegada de los car
gamentos a Tampa.
FL robo de hoy fue descubier-
to en- las primeras horas de la
mahana cuando los %emtpleados
llegaron para trabajar. Ell vi
gilante asignado al distrito en-
ell cual Sc encuentra localizado
Ell Almacen, declare que duran
te Ia noche no observe NADIA a.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
LA HUEL&A GENERAL 81
DECLARkRA HOY

Habana, Agosto 3.-Los gre
MICS obrer tienen hecho to-
dos los pre- @rativos con ell fin
de deelarar4 huelga general,
en- demostraS NJ de protesta,
a las doce dem noche de hoy.
Han ofreS. \ seeundar ell
movimiento, T'aSera de "a no
-ras' las princ~ks organiza :
clones, algunas oA las cuales
tienen encarcelad a sus jefes,
Esperase que los Agremios de
las pr%ovincias paralicen sus la
bores, aunque en- ell interior
hacen activa propaganda IL
ders obreros que Sc dice ODE
decen 6rdenes del presidente
Machado.
Los estudiantes han anun-
ciado que verificaran una ma
nifestaci6n.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
S E CONCEDIO PERDON
CONDITIONAL AL ADO
GADO JULIAN DIAZ

Desde Fayetteville, Carolina
del Norte, donde cumplfa cinco
amos por falsificar billetes de
banco, telegrafi6 aver a sus ia
miliares ell abogado Julian Diaz
diciendo que ell gobierno lie ma
bfa concedido perd6n condicio-
nal y que inmediatamente Sc POI
MIA en- canine de Tampa.
,Diaz Sc confes6 culpable an
te ell juez Ritter, de Miami, de
seis delitos de Justification, y
fue condenado a cinco amos.
Por su buen comportamiento
lie han sido quitados de la SEN
tencia, dos amos y medic.
Centenares de ciudadanos de
Tampa firmaron en- su favor
una solicitud de perd6n, hace
algunos meses.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03

Durante los primeros seis
meses de 1881, 684 bancos de
los "nacionales" y de los esta-
dos, cerraron sus puertas.
FL total de dinero atrapado
a los depositantes monta a
$453, 994, 900.
En- enero quebraron 0 zee
rraron," 212, y en- JUNO, 166.
Todo este indica que la pros
peridad no Sc avecina, aunque
Sc la busca todos los dfas.
iPor que los banqueros, o los
gobernantes, no estudian ell es~
tablecimiento de un sistema,
un regimen, o un metodo, que
evite esas frecuentes "catas =
trofes'' de los bancos Y Ell sa-
crificio del dinero del pueblo?
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
LA COMPANIA DICE QUE
TRATO DE CONCILIAR

Habana, Agosto 3.-La com
pania de tranvfas dice que ira
to de arreglar ell movimiento,
limitando la rebaja de sueldo
a los empleados que mas dine
ro ganan.
Los huelguistas rechazaron
ell ofrecimiento, pidiendo Sc
mantega la antigua escala.
Asegura la compania que
pronto tendra ell nGmero de
rompehuelgas que necesita pa
ra reanudar por complete ell
servicio.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03

sebastisn Casal, Gao. tam
bi6n seria en- Ell aA nientO
un digno repress9 Eel ba-
rrio de allende eli RIO.
~Tiene Chano clarad sinteli-
gencia, entereza, bof bid Y
honradez.
GPor que no reunir lbs vo-
tos de los westampenos en- fa-
vor de un hombre que conozca
las necesidades de esa barria-
da y al mismo tempo este com
penetrado con ell sentir de la
mayoria de sus eonvecinos?
iNinguno de los tres candi-
datos que va Sc han presental
do per West Tampa tienen la
popuiaridad que ell puesto de
CONCEAL demanda, aunque ell
viejo Bailey, por los servicios
prestados, es ell mas aprecia-
do y probablemente ell mas CO.
nocido.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
DETENIDOS

Habana, Agosto 3.-La no
ticia de que habia sido asesi-
nado un obrero huelguista, no
ha tenido confirmation.
Cinco de los huelguistas fue
ron detenidos hoy por llevar
armas de fuego sin la cores
pondimte licencia.
La gaceta., 1931-08-03
s 0 CIA E S
la Ceremonia de manana

La Ceremonial de manana
En- ell Auditorium del Insti-
tuto de Hillsborough, tendra
efecto manana, a las ocho de
la noche, ell acto de graduar a
los alumnos de los Institutes de
Hillsborough y Plant.
Para asistir hemos sido anna
blemente invitados por la in
teresantisima Srta. Elvira Co
rrales.