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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13
On This
Occasion
Just a few thoughts by the Editor
ON things Material and Immaterial.

1T is a gloomy moment in history.
Not for many years-not in the life
of most men who read this paper
has there been SO much grave and deep
apprehension. In our own country
there is universal commercial pros
tration and panic and thousands of our
poorest fellow citizens are turned out
against the approaching winter without
employment.
I'm France the political caldron
seethes and bubbles with uncertainty.
Russia hangs as usual like a cloud
dark and silent upon the horizon of
Europe; while all the energies, resources
and influences of the British Empire
are sorely tried, and are yet to be tried
more sorely, in coping with the vast
and deadly Indian insurrection, and
with disturbed relations in China.
'Of our own troubles no man can
see the end. If We are only to lose
money and by painful poverty to be
taught wisdom, no man need seriously
despair. Yet the very haste to be rich,
which is the occasion of this widespread
calamity, has also tended to destroy
the moral forces with which we are to
resist and subdue the calamity. From
Harper's Weekly, Oct. 10, 1857.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

Sounds as if it had been writ
ten yesterday, doesn't it? But
notice the date-October 10,
1857. AS long ago as then the
haste to be rich" had brought
on the wide spread calamity, "
and no man could see the end
of our troubles. In the middle
of the last century even as now,
cit was a gloomy moment in
history"
But the world righted itself
and an end did come to our
troubles. 1t is not only in mis-
fortunes that history repeats
itself, but in recovery from
those misfortunes as we'll. Let
us remember that while the
clouds roll by.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

Anderson the Duluth man
who went to Milwaukee and
murdered his sweetheart, made
an error in his geography. He
should have remained in his
own state to pull off any stunt
of that kind. He is now in the
Waupun state prison for a term
of from IA to 25 years instead
of out on bail awaiting the
action of a grand jury and
trial months hence after the
excitement had died away and
witnesses were few and far
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

We were always of the i'm
preston that Chas. w. Henke,
formerly of the State Game &
Fish department was innocent
of the indictment brought
against him on the Ten Thous-
and Lakes Fur Farm frauds.
Monday Henke stepped up be-
fore Judge Sanborn of the Fed
eral court and plead guilty to
the charge. 1t is understood
that Henke has an ace in the
hole and that his hand will be
exposed in due time much to
the discontinue of others who
failed to plead as he did.
While foxes and rats were the
method of separating the gull
lible for shares in the venture,
only few goats" survive and
these are of the two-legged
variety. Henke is one of them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1931-11-13

Continued on Page -Four.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

rather than to party OF part
les Of some other town, inter
ested only in Smyrna for
what they could get out of it.
There is no doubt that Smyr-
ma, with the new Maryland
roads converging here, is ad-
vantageously situated for a
modern moving picture the
atre and it would benefit
Smyrna to have a paying
proposition of the kind in our
midst. With an inviting
amusement center, properly
managed, there is no reason
why a moving picture theatre
would not pay as well in
Smyrna as other places.
Council should look into all
phases of the proposition be-
fore taking definite steps.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

Governor Albert Q. Ritchie
popular executive,
sounded a note Of warning in
his address before the Vir-
ginia Bar Association at
White Sulphur Springs rec
emily il discussing the unem-
ployment problem. The Gov
ernor called attention to the
experiences Of some foreign
countries, notably England,
the dole obtains. It is
true, AZ he said, that while no
compulsory plan fol unem-
ployment relief has been tried
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

Smyrna Town Council is
still talkin over remodelling
Smyrna Town Hall Opera
House) into a modern ground
floor motion picture theatre.
It's going to cost upwards of
$4,000 or $4,000 to remodel
the building. Some tax pay
ers are already opposed to the
town going too hastily in the
matter and there are those
among them that feel it would
be better for the town to sell
the Town Hall property to a
syndicate who would 60 ahead
and make their own improve
ments Independent Of Town
Council. Smyrna is taking a
risk to spend all this money
unless assured Of a satisfac-
tory lease covering such
term Of years as would pay
Smyrna for its financial un-
dertaking. Tn this event
Smyrna might be better off to
lease the project to some one
who i or would become a cit
izen Of the town and a one
hundred per cent Smylnian,
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30
AT DEMONSTRATION SCHOOL
Teachers of Walkers, Deal1yneville
TayIor's Bridge Go to Georgetown

ldNIOE y DTiuSe 0O lU OcUl lSctONNh
Miss Dorothy E. Wood, of Smyr-
ma, teacher at Walkers; Miss
Madlyn Baker, Deakyneville; Miss
Arie c. Hill, Taylor's Bridge, at
tended yesterday, a HDemonstra-
tion School" at Georgetown, held
under the direction of the State
Board of Education. Plans are to
have every elementary teacher in
Delaware attend this demonstra
ton school Program outlined
will take in groups of elementary
teachers of district schools for the
next eight weeks. DR.. H B. King,
is in charge of elementary schools
in Delaware and Allan HulsiZer,
director of the demonstration
school project, provides that one
group of teachers accompanied by
their supervisor, viii be in the
school every Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, from September %
to November II. Owing to the
fact that practically all of the in
dividuals teaching in the school
are doing demonstration work this
year, it has proved possible to
adopt less rigid program than
formerly Teachers will be free to
visit any grade that they consider
most helpful and remain for as
much as half a day in the pres
ence of the same group of children.
There will be conferences in the
grade rooms following lessons OBJ
served and a general conference at
the close of the day when questions
presented by the teachers will be
discussed by the director.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30
CORRESPONDENTS
Continued From Page Eight

were dinner guests last week Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Longbotham
of near Chester, Pa. In the even
ing they returned to Wilmington,
Del, where Mr.. Roe attended the
Eastern Beagle Club meeting.
Mrs. Emma Hobbs and Mrs
Haywood of GIoversville, N. Y.
Mrs. Nellie Deakyne and son of
Smyrna, Mrs. Mary Sylvester of
near Clayton and Mrs. Laura
Downes of Kenton, were recent
visitors of Mrs. Hobbs cousin,
Mrs. Harry Peters.
Mrs. Grace Hutchins of New
Jersey, Mr.. Olen Stafford of Bal
timore, and Mr.. Earl Stafford Of
Chestertown visited their parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Stafford and
brother, Mr. William Stafford over
the past weekend.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30
BEETLE QUARANTINE LIFTED
Few of the Insects Have Been
Found During the Past Ten Days

t The Japanese beetle quarantine
on farm products, which has been
in effect during the Summer, since
June Is, was lifted Monday. There
have been few beetles found during
the past week or ten days. Usually
the quarantine on farm products
remains in effect until October 16.
but following examinations con-
Quoted at various places in the
northern part of the State by
Scouts of the beetle office, it was
believed that the quarantine could
be safely lifed. A report of the
conditions in this State was made
to the headquarters in New Jersey,
and the lifting of the quarantine
earlier than usual was granted.
About 20 young men who have
been employed to enforce the quar-
antine, many of them students of
the University of Delaware and
other colleges, have been released
and have returned to their respec-
tive EDUCATIONAL institutions. WE.
Cranston is manager of the Del
aware quarantine headquarters,
now located at Dover. There were
about 40 men on duty altogether
during the Summer, and about one
half have been released. About ten
are employed permanently the
year around. Cut flowers, it is
will remain in quaran-
tine until October 16. Nursery
stock, soil, earth, peat, composite
and manure are under quarantine
all year around. Heavy shipments
Of nursery stock are expected from
October / until about October 80.
Inspectors of the department will
be busy at that period inspecting
It was reported by
Mr.. Cranston that the number of
beetles observed in Delaware this
year was about the same as last
year. He said that he had no in
on what the boundary
IF the quarantine would be next
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

Smyrna has put forward
some ideal sites for the new
S5O0,O00 State Welfare Home.
None better have yet been Of
fered anywhere. When DR..
Candee, the president of the
State Welfare Commission,
arrives home from his vaca-
ton abroad, the Commission
will be invited to look over
the Smyrna sites. In the
time the joint commit
tee Of Smyrna's Town and
Civic bodies are getting to-
gether all options in detail
ready to answer questions.
when the Commission arrives.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

THE SMYRNA TIMES is an independent
paper devoted TO the welfare of the town
it represents and the State of which it
is a part. 1t also gives the items of
Importance of tho Eastern Shore of
Maryland.
ADVESTTSEMENTS- 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., 1931-09-30

through neglect, invite gov
ernment intervention. There
doubtless are drones who
would welcome the dole, but
its adoption would not only be
un-American, and repulsive to
American ideals, but would be
embarrassing to industry and
also would threaten the integ-
rity Of the nation"
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

out in this country, it is only
the part Of wisdom and san
Iity to remember that exper-
ience in other lands shows
that in established compuls-
DRY plans there lurk the dang
ers of waste and graft, or
favoritism and exploitation,
and of a huge deficit which
the public treasury must car
ry."
Every land has its back
ground Of traditions" Cover
nor Ritchie pointed out, show
ing the need for this country
to preserve the strength and
purity of its traditions.
Therefore, he continued, 1--WE
must ask ourselves whether
any plan (of compulsory un-
employment insurance. that
may be proposed squares with
the ideals of personal inita-
tive and self reliance and
with the spirit of Individual
and collective enterprise,
which have brought our coun-
try to world leadership, and
are still our greatest hope for
the future" Commenting on
his address the Easton Star
Democrat, pertinently says:
Governor Ritchie placed the
obligation on industry to face
he facts and do what it can
.oward meeting the situation.
Industry" he declared, "must
lssert those qualities Of inita-
i've and enterprise which it
S supposed to possess in such
'ich measure, if the risk of
federal and state unemploy-
nent insurance is to be avert
Ill"
These statements con
inues the Star-Democrat,
are based on truth. No real
wants to turn over
Q the government the things
he people ought to do for
themselves. Certainly it will
e better if industry can find
way to stabilize itself and
andle its own employment
roblems. rather than,
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30
The Smyrna Times
SMYRNA, DELAWARE

Published Every Wednesday Afternoon. by
Il. d. HOFFECKER- Proprietor.
Founded by Robert ID. Hoffecker. July 8.
1854. Editor and Proprietor until Feb
ruary 10. 1907
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30
SHERIFFS SALE
OF VALUABLE
R e "A IL e S L "A It E

By virtue ~ a writ of Levari Facias to
nie directed will be exposed 10 sale by way
of public vendue at the premises of Ken
ton Canning Co., i'll the Town of Kenton,
Kenton Hundred, Kent County and State
of Delaware. Oh
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

Entered at the Post Office at Smyrna, Del
aware. as Second Class matter.
Smyrna times., 1931-09-30

wear, or whether it would b
changed again.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21

Speaking a the return o. prosperity Col. Arthur
Brisbane comments shuS1y: The question IS viii It be
June O. July. 1881. OF 1872 or late-9" And then he
passes CT 70 the reader this BIT az Information: a
sEocent Of past cer-eS.onS. a. the way back TO the
Beginning e re last century, may find comfort in the
1hct I,sf Is q thea-haS vanished and made way for
prosperity. either Il june or July. NOT IL a1y other
month Ard then the colonel makes this positive
declaration
ProEDe--ly returns = ore o. the two months nam
C because those are the crop months. The winter
wheat Is II Corn and other crops are assured. Billions
q new wealth fran TIRE sol as Il sight and il Is real
Erz1tn c-ezieo y the farmers hard work. NO SPE-
CTLTON TzERE-
Col Brisbane, IN the not distant past declared daily
fna1 q 1zn was q foo, who sold America short. Then
the bottom d-oppe5 O.: e Wan Street and the crash
was o. Nov. hs Is figuring O. farm STAPLE prices. Hs
preolSIs me harvesting CT crest c-ops and these crops.
ne says even without fantastic prices will be worth
II the nsizt5o-hood q y billion dollars. two billions
more Tran the amount vs lent % Europeans that
-hET ElE1T continue rur--- c2rh others threats"
Al intervals the colors, losses into his column a
r1gTsf q wisdom Read this friendly advice: IF each
Eo1Tlc12- and Ear1 corporation would think hard and
-n-k hz-1N ana o6t the stage and into the cemetery
goes Old Mz1 Depression i q lust as easy as roll
Inc Of 3 lg = The Eood old Summertime.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21
Penn and the Oil Scouts

Robert r Penn + president Of the Penn Oil COM
pany and vice president Of the American Petroleum
Institute O. America Addressing 200 members Of the
National OIL Scouts association OF America he said:
The greatest problem with which the oil industry Is
going q e confronted for q long time is how to handle
East Texas 70 keep il from destroying itself and TO
keep It from destroying the oil industry
Or course, the same warning was given by eminent
petroleum experts when the new fields came in in
California. II was reiterated BY another eminent oil
expert when gushers were brought in in many Okla
homa fields. A like warning was given by a third when
the SmackJver fields were brought In under the skies
Of Arkansas.
1t is the same old wine in new bottles. There Is an
over-production Of ol-or an under production Of
nsume Why foreign crude on the free list?
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21
Trio County Medicos
Meet Here Thursday

The Tri- County Medical Society
will meet I'm Brownsville 40 the III
Jardin hotel at 2 y. IN. Thursday
night.
The annual election or officers will
be one OF the most important fea-
lures on the program. AZ has been
announced. AT present. DR.. &. M.
Cash. San Benito. heads the society,
and Or. y. a. Crockett, Harrington,
Is secretary.
Two visiting doctors will deliver
talks during the meeting. These
men are Or. J. III. Clarke. periatri-
clan, and Dr. Herman Johnson, OBJ
Stetrician. both or Houston.
Reports or the state medical meet
will also be made tonight.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21

my beautiful lost angel, Carlotta.
the only woman I ever loved and
whom I respect and admire above
all the rest Of the human race. She
IS the only person who could have
saved me had / been savable She
did her best. No one ever had a
more devoted or more understand
ing wife.
IF the gossips insist on ome
thing more definite and thrilling
as a reason, let them choose nv
pending appointment with the dem
list or the fact that I happened TO
DC painfully short Of cash at the
moment.
4 kiss my dear children-and
C%arlotta."
Seven ks followed. the only sig
nature.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21
Nouns Beautiful
Lost Angel in Note Left
r y = = = = y
After Taking His Own Life

NEW YORK, May 21.-tR-Ralph
Barton's remOrse over failure 70
appreciate "a beautiful lost angel"
az revealed today in a note writ
ten before he took his life in his
penthouse apartment.
The note identified the "angel"
as "Carlotta," referring TO the
caricaturist's third wife, now mar
ried to Eugene ONeill. playwright.
Mr.. and Mrs. O'Neill recently ar
rived IN New York from France.
Headed "Obit', the note said in
part:
Il have had a few real difficult
ties. I have had. on the contrary,
an exceptionally glamorous life, as
life goes; and I have had more
than my share of affection and
appreciation.
Il have always had excellent
health. but since my early child
hood 7 have suffered from a me-
ancholia. which in the last five
years has begun to show definite
symptoms OF Oppressive insanity.
TT has prevented my getting
anything like the full value out Of
my talent, and the past three years
has made work a torture TO do al
al. Tt has made II impossible for
me 20 enjoy the simple pleasures
OF life. I have run from wife TO
wife. from house to house and from
country 10 country in a ridiculous
effort to escape from myself. In do
ing SO I am very much afraid that
I have brought a great deal Of I'M
happiness to these who have loved
me.
In particular my remorse Is bit
ter over my failure to appreciate
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21
p MOVTE Y
@SlDEllGHlSE
CAPITOL.


Having adopted Hollywood as
her future home. Conchita Monte
negro, the youthful Spanish actress
who depicts the role OF "a native
girl In the Metro-G &C ldwyn-Mayer
picture, Never The Twain Shall
Meet" which Is showing nc the
Capitol Theatre today. has stocked
up with an appropriate Hollywood
clothes layout.
Included In her selection is m
cool. Sea-green bathing suit. styled
Tor real swimming needs. A belt OF
plaid rubber and narrow pipinEs OF
the same plaid material adds nm
attractive touch.
Plaid Bingham vas her choice for
two summer dresses. one showing
q tailored vestee designed blouse
and the other having short sleeves
and full pleated skirt. Both styles
lend themselves 10 the beret cap or
large-brimmed straw hat.
Others appearing In the picture
include Leslie Howard. Karen
Morley. G. Aubrey Smith. Mitchell
Lewis. Hale Hamilton. Clyde Cook,
Bob Gilbert. Joan Standing and
Eulalie Jensen.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21

Anyone w l.h a New and Tricky idea
Can Ear n His Board and Room
In Mani attain, and Perhaps Even
Become Rich
NEW Y(,RK.-It's said that al
most anyone with a new and Tricky
IDEA can make his rent and board
in Manhat AN. IN fact, if the no
ton IL sui giciently novel. it's pos
Sible to make a neat fortune. or
course, everyone has his own Idea
concerning what a bright idea may
be. In New York. as elsewhere. ev-
erything tn ats tried doesn't work.
But let RE give you a few X
amples. Noe so many years ago. a
couple OF rsiddle-aged women be
gan to wo uder how they could
survive In the big city. They were
down to their lase few dollars and
had been taxing In sewing.
Suddenly ~ occurred 70 one of
them that New York was filled with
bachelors. There were tens or
thousands OF them. And. as every
one knows. a man likes to have
some woman darn his socks. So
they left caIyis at n few bachelor
hotels annou being that sock darn
ing would be done for n very small
fee.
Today the two women employ a
score OF hel Sars who darn socks
from morning. to night
You see. it'll as s-npie as thatl
And very pra tical.
More recently. n OF Mannat-
tan's army OF unemployed bright
bows began to wonder what the
millions of mon did with their old
neckties. Did they throw them
away7 Or did they Just let them
hang on the THE rack?
He made an investigation and
found that the -e were any number
Of gents who wculd gladly wear old
ties If they coulf be renovated. like
old hats or shoes. Further inquiry
showed him that no n had
thought of this
So he started a necktie hospital
He studied the cost OF cleaning and
overhauling anH then went into
business. Soon he had quite a list
Of customers who gave him their
idle ties. He fixed them over at SO
much Der dozen. And. If the men
we're about 10 throw the ties away.
h bought them ND for little or
nothing fixed them up and sold
them 20 neddlerS who operate I'm
the side streets and poorer sec
tons.
Today he has several automobiles
going about the city picking up
tens OF thousands Of ties a day.
Yet. it's as simple as that. tool
But practical.
Then there was the smart young
woman who wondered what New
New York women did with their
babies and children when they went
shopping OK attended a bridge par
~. She found that all OF them had
TO hire nursemaids and pay a neat
sum for 1t. SO she organized a
bureau OF maids who Z "nn call"
A regular routine IF calls has been
mapped out. Some OF the travel
ing maids 10 from home 20 home,
ike the milkman Or the iceman-
The baby carriage garage bus
mess has been a good one here for
many a year.
And there's the "sIostess bureau"
where a lonesome gent can hire a
theater or dinner partner Tor the
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-05-21

wasn't Prentlss. 1t was Tommy she
was judging.
How about n, PaTtner!" she
said softly aloud. III I were 40
would / be able 10 admit that pos
sibly I'm wrong?"
But she wasn't 40. anal when she
went back 10 the living room and
saw Irene curled up in a pictur-
esque pose in one corner OF the
sofa while Prentiss sat beside her
like a charmed bird. Beryl
thought), all her phiIosophiZing
vanishing. Her disgust welled up
stronger than ever. and she was
sorry that she had brought q third
glass for Irene.
The little mink should tie spanked
and put to bed IL she got what she
deserved. Beryl thought. But Irene
was years too old for that and one
had TO treT' her as a groTnup.
Prentiss drank the lemon-mint
and ate the thin brown cookies.
Beryl knew that II might az well
have been cider and douglinuts for
all the DIFF he havs known.
She wished he would go for she
was ve-y tir-d. The party Tad been
a strenuous one for hers Other
guests had walked by twosI on the
adjacent beach or sat in dim o \.
ners or the bic porch that fronted
the ocean. but she hal been kept in
doors singing and dancing.
HER success, professional and SO
- cIal. was in no wise bog'esome
20 Beryl. She liked people and en-
joyed being IN a crowd because In
spite or her directness she main
J tanned a protecting reserve.
She sighed audibly and Irene
had the impudence to tell her she
should 80 TO bed IL she ware so
tired.
Beryl wanted 10 nsw ~And
leave you alone with Prentissg ?" In
stead she said: We're all going TO
bed Prentiss. get your hat. This
Is an old-fashioned household and
not a speakeasy. You may sleep
until noon tomorrow but we can't"
Irene sat up in anger. How can
you be SO rude?" she famed
Prentiss laughed -Beryl's right"
he said alphabetically. Il snly
came in for a drink. but . /. :"
His voice drifted away while his
eyes fingered on Irene's face al
though TO say its beauty could b.
blamed for his delay.
Irene pouted- I'm awfully sorry
not TO hear the rest OF that story
about the time you we're robbed oil
your fathers PAYROLL" she said re
gretfully. Weren't you Just EcaIeC
to denthi"
Idiot Beryl thought. Irene ha
only to look at Prentiss to know Az
wouldn't be scared 70 death" q
anything. But then. or course. ha,
question would give him q chanol