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Smyrna times., 1931-04-08

The cost when the plan is fully in
operation will be about 3 IL per
cent of the total payroll. During
the first twenty years the teachers
will pay one third and the State
will pay two-thirds, but after 20
wears the teachers will pay two
thirds and the State on-third, he
said. In Wilmington the situation
has become acute. A retirement
system was established in 1911 and
there are now 80 teachers receiv-
ing allowances of $400 a year each.
Only about one-third of what has
been contributed is left The law
compels them to contribute por-
tion of their salaries to a concern
which has failed. Some have ask
ed why the school teachers should
receive annuities when other en-
ployes are not protected The
teacher fills a peculiar position in
the State. 1t is necessary to make
time for retirement because no
one will admit disability. There is
a difference of opinion in the State
Board in reference to allowing
some teachers to continue longer
than after the age of IS is capable.
Some feel it would weaken the
plan, he concluded. Mr.. Burnet
was given the privilege of the floor
and explained the technical parts
of the bill which, he said, is tech
nically sound. He did not agree
with the portion conining the bus
mess to companies chartered in the
United States. Speaking on the
bill generally, he said that the
ones to really be considered are the
children of the state. 1t is desired
to get the best teachers and this
will aid. He hoped, however, that
the work be opened to all compan-
les licensed to do business in Della
ware. John Shilling assistant SUI
perintendent of public instruction,
spoke briefly. Out of 1000 teach
ers eligible to join and 443 teach
ers in Wilmington and 768 in other
parts of the state, total of 1908
teachers favored the plan, he said.
Senator Green said the foreign
companies were allowed to make
investments of a kind not allowed
in this country. He was surprised
to learn that the Wilmington fund
was bankrupt. He favored the bill
because it aids teachers who have
given most Of their lives to their
profession. The bill was lost by
vote of IL nays to 5 yeas. The
vote was: Green, Griffenberg,
Keith, McCaulley and President
Pro Tenn Simonton. Burton,
Downs, Hart, Hollis, Hopkins,
Jacobs, Latchum, Maull, McIntire,
Steen VanSant and Wharton 13-
Senator McIntire first voted yes,
but changed his vote to no in order
to be in a position to move re-
consideration. An effort will be
made to reconsider the bill. The
bill provides that present teachers
shall not be compelled to join the
retirement system but all teachers
selected after July Of this year
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08
EVERGREEN FOREST, MASONS
James X. Pettyjohn, Chairman of
Program of Ceremonial

Evergreen Forest No. 40, T. G.
L., with a membership of Master
Masons, extending from one end of
Delaware to the other, will hold its
regular Ceremonial Wednesday ev-
ening, April 8th. in the Community
Building, Milford The entire ev-
ening viii be devoted to fun and
merry making, with the exception
of a short time allotted a promin-
ent Mason for a short address.
James K. Pettyjohn, Grand Tall
Cedar, has devoted lot of time
arranging program that is diff
ferent and full of pep. He has an
nounced big Doings" which
should be sufficient notice of a
large evening. Prof. c. R. Snyder,
will raise his baton over an en-
larged and better band, opening
the evenings frolic with that old
favorite American march, Nation
al Emblem" During the evening
the Band will render a specially ar
ranged program, that will include
several request numbers. The
Royal Rangers, under the leader
ship of Rod Bice, Hugh Colt and
Ed. Green, have arranged new
and snappy drill to use at the Su-
preme Forest Convention in At
lantic City, next month, that will
be presented for approval of the
Forest at this meeting Harry Edg-
ington and his stunt makers will
be there in full force. This crowd
kept the bunch in an uproar at the
4 last ceremonial. Howard Derrick
son and Fred Mulholland, Stewards
will serve refreshments during the
evening. Several acts of high
class vaudeville will close the
frolic.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08

must join within three years. A
retirement board of seven members
is procided. They are to be the
of the Wilmington
schools, one member selected by
each of them and three others
chosen by the teachers. The board
would elect its own officers. The
State Board of Education would be
given authority to select an insur-
ance company to arrange for the
annuities and the teachers would
pay 3 per centum of their salaries
and the State is to pay the re-
mainder.
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08

as rugged today at SO as the
IA age in American history he
L p so picturesquely typifies,
]. NJ. Crow of Ethel, Miss, is the
oldest Ford driver in Mississippi
and one of the Oldest in the United
States.
When as a babe of two years he
rode with his parents in one of
train of 80 covered wagons out OF
Cobb county, Georgia. into Missis-
sippi, the old Natchez Trace fol-
lowed by the brave little band was
still infested by the swashbuckling
ruffians whose bloody outrages
gave that era its place in this coun-
try's history as "the outlaw years.
One of his vivid memories is hear
ing, as a boy of six, the news of
General Scott's victorious assault
on the heights of Chapultepec which
ended the Mexican War in 1847, and
his proudest memory is of honor
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08
DRIVES FORD CAR AT AGE OF 80

M. the Oldest Ford driver IN hIsssspp
covered wagon eshy
years
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08
"Far-FlunR Empire"

The British empire is the cor
rect designation for the whole ag-
gregate territory linked together by
allegiance to the British crown. The
associated self-governing communi-
ties of the British empire are
spoken of as the British Common
wealth of Nations
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08

sad s'>'o. oos5or58s! 44a failing :. ! J IL
promise I'i,. to pay at I 9asy |
Dd, 9at failing % naE. 'erta3
Bailey alleged &1S yio.3s s9s loa9
men, me- %'.Is ii persons e a d 5=''l5 IL
bale haley examined It'll ta.ts ,',ti1 u
ea saelr !, orders for glassss "a u
lag .,. from $500 to : ss6d 2 no91 4
la, 1%o Instances they '.vg ~, 4
loans .bal of s25 and So Sala /
mat. 5nal MS bank accou8, ;. On 4
ara~n : ana he nse5., u y
amount an 70 make t5s h. sasa ess. 4
On the charge of DR. rrs solis. aGsoa'
eliy without a liesrss T. .lC,as| n
fined S1OO n ..tase. a.. Bal
Imprisoned for n 'aull bel
remanded 10 Ksr. uays' Z
be4ara Lls !. nearing. Bailey |,
os'ore - me Courts Of Ks,tl
,'.s;as ui Two other occasions n.
oate'll 3 n'Sn was an indictment !,
october 1929, Court 81
sessions for practicing j
without a license to I'LL i
nv. "A!ll
-. ,. iiFst entered Il
os 'u' after a conf
Of the three terms. cha,
plea to that of guilty AND /
SIS and costs. I
Smyrna times., 1931-04-08
CAPE MAY FERRY PROSPECT
New Delaware Bay Route Assured
bY New Jersey Legislature Act

All Cape May rejoiced when the
New Jersey Legislature passed the
Ferry Bill authorizing the State
Highway Department to include in
its program a capital Ferry Wharf
at Cape May Point. The Della
ware Legislature has made an ap-
preparation for wharves at Lewes,
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
A Texas Banker on Telling the Truth

Nathan Adams is a president of a big bank in the
citv of Dallas. He has been one of the foremost bankers
of the Southwest and the South in all financial move
ments to assist the farmers. He delivered an address the
other day. Speaking of wild rumors and irresponsible
gossipers he said:
IF YOU destroy the good name of an institution you
destroy its usefulness. There are As, 1000, 900 men and
women at work in the United States, and there are "a 1000
banks faithfully serving the public. There may be s.
600, 900 idle but sometimes I think we overestimate their
difficulties in securing work. England tried the dole and
failed. | wonder if there will be many men honestly try
ing to work should they be given one dollar a day. 1t is
time for you to renew your faith in our country as the
greatest under Gods canopy. Work is the most effec-
tive word in the language. Talk about the 100000
men at work instead of harping on the 100000 men
out of work and soon these 5000, 900 will also be at work.
Remember that there is no such word in the lexicon of
American business failure except here and there. What
we need is courage"
Then the veteran Texas banker shot another volley
of horse sense at those who are criticislng corporations
and their heads: think of a stock paying two per cent
in other DAYS having buyers and paying II per cent to-
dav and having no buyers. A SIG share pays 81 dividend,
having assets of S32 a share with no bonds or preferred
stock outstanding. Do you believe that corporations
which have been building for the past so years or more
have anything but the best management? Do you think
thew will go haywire today? That cannot happen. Our
fellow man is trying to do his best. Don't talk about him
or his business. Better days soon will come. If we do
as we ought to do and tell the truth we will find our ills
a thing of the past"
A straight from the shoulder message, in the plain
vet blunt language of the people, is a real tonic as well as
sound advice. Get out of the rut!
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
Daily Health
Talk

The skin is intimately associated
with the rest Of the body, and
therefore has the advantages OF
the mechanisms that nature has
established in order to protect it
against attack. Washing the skin
Of dirt, living and dead. Living
dirt includes germs which are al
ways present and which are ready
TO attack, provided they fiyrd an
opening. An opening Is any SPOT Of
leSSened resistance, such as may
result from a bruise. rubbing by a
~saw-edged collar, and any similar
attack.
The skin has, perhaps for its
own protection, an oily substance
put vi by the glands in the skin.
This oily substance is saponified
by alkaline soaps and is, OF course,
partly removed by rubbing the skin
with a brush or ven in ordinary
bathing. Some soaps attack this
oily material much more seriously
than do others, and for this reason
ONE soaps are more irritating than
are others.
After the skin Is washed and
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
Mew York
Letter

NEW YORK When in the
course OF a jolly evening at a the
alter a chair falls apart, or an oil
painting suddenly comes - life, or
a property ghost walks across the
stage, or a boxing glove leaps out
OF an innocent looking radio
The chances are that one Harry
Lahore Is to blame.
He's the Katzenjammer Of the
stage business, and he has con-
trived hundreds of comedy props.
Like many another inventive
gent, whose ideas bring laughs,
gasps or shoulders to the audience.
Lahore Is IN the background, an
unknown to the crowds that he
amuSeS.
What a worlds you may say upon
learning that a gent gains inside
fame for creating a pair OF shoes
hat stick TO the floor; or figures
out a piano that falls apart when
two comics try to play II; or rigs
up half a dozen trapdoors through
which other comics can tumble: or
who builds a bed that collapses in
the middlel Yet such are the de-
mands OF Broadway that ingenuity
must run high. One never knows
what new hit OF property" Is do
ing to bring the house down.
One OF the show shoppers for this
season, for instance, Is a huge
xylophone upon which the artist
dances, creating the familiar sounds
while going through the tap dance
routine. VIII Mahoney, who does
this little thing, stops the show
with his new gadget.
Then there are the inventive
persons who go in for mechanical
animals Of all kinds.
And when you're speaking OF
them, the chances are that the
MeSSrs. MesSmore and Damon will
stand up and take the bow.
From n years end TO another
they are turning out amazing me-
chanical marvel. ranging from
toys to stage creatures.
One OF the funniest stage animals
ever seen hereabouts was a mechan-
ical COW used in a milkmaid sketch
q couple OF seasons back.
Practically all OF the big music
revues this year have some spec
tacular mechanical animal stunt.
Mons. Ziegfeld has a troup OF per-
forming elephants that appears
through the floor, bearing pretty
chorines on their trunks. So real
istic they are that n big town
critic Is still blushing over a blum
der he made In his revue.
Carroll. not to be outdone, has
a huge dinosaur whose fiery NAV
and long neck are manipulated me-
chanically. Still another revue has
a European merry-go-round on
which are a dozen spirited mechan-
ical animals.
Browsing about the factory OF
Messmore and Damon, close by
old Chelsea. you'll find mechanical
monkeys that play poker; lions that
actually roar: elephants that stand
on their hind legs and such-like
novelties.
The dinosaur took a year TO
build and cost $1,000. Most OF the
animals, however: are rented out
and used In parades, fairs. car
nivals and circuses. Store windows
are one Of the chief sources OF in
come. One big shop pays $500 a
week for the privilege OF showing
a few hundred OF these wonders
going all at once.
Road shows are also sent out,
playing about a week"to a city.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
A Masker and His Conviction

William Sullivan of the town of Linden over in East
Texas was convicted on a charge of violating the Texas
anti-mask law and sentenced to five years imprisonment.
He was found guilty of Disgusting himself as a negro in
the kidnaping of ]. H. Boyd, a filling station operator.
Three Of Sullivan's alleged accomplices were shot to
death by the station operator when he resisted abduction
Well, three are in their graves and the fourth is on ms
wav to the pententiary. Self defense is sef-preservation
of the individual or the community or the state. Filling
Station Operator Boyd is not a pacifist. He knew his
rights and dared to defend them.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
Quotations

Giving me the rank Of comman-
der Qn the Legion Of HONOR did
not seem strange to me.
Mayor James j. Walker.
I'm sorry that Jack did anything
so unsportsmanlike as getting a d.
vorce from me.
-Estelle Taylor.
I'm afraid there's no charter
which could be devised BY the wit OF
man which would prevent a fool and
his money being parted.
Stanley Baldwin.
II Is no fun to be so rich.
Doris Duke, Is, Americas rich
est little girl.
There are too many middle profits
between producer and consumer.
Gov. Clifford Pinchot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27

cludes the application OF al sorts
Of messages and creams for the
care OF the skin. Massage has the
advantage OF increasing the circula-
ton Of blood in the skin and OF
stimulating the tissue. However, II
Is possible through too vigorous
massage to irritate the skin or to
bruise 1t in such a way that II is
easily infected. Ordinary ointments
or creams applied to the skin dur
ing massage are used primarily to
lubricate, and thus to prevent
bruising. Cleansing creams are used
chiefly to soften the dried oil and
perspiration.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27

the oil removed during the cold
weather. II the skip IS then ex-
posed to the cold before 1t has had
time 10 secrete additional oil. there
develops the type Of roughness that
Is called chapping. People whose
skin Is naturally dry and who chap
easily will, therefore, do well after
washing the skin in cold weather
to put on gloves before going out
doors and to protect the face suit
ably by a veil, or else to apply to
the skinny bland ointment to take
the place OF the oil that has been
removed in washing.
The modern woman's toilet IN
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27

The proper process would be first
to cleans the skin with a so-called
cleansing cream or preferably I.th
q good mild soap and water, and
then to use a pure slightly oily
cream for purpose or massage. IN
general, however. 1t Is safe 70 say
that the best care or the skin Is IA
have good normal health, which
enables the body TO take care OF
the skin satisfactorily. The de-
mands OF the possession OF a
healthful skin are merely ordinary
cleanliness and ordinary careful.
attention.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27

He bowed rapidly from the waist.
yeah? Yeah? Good boyl You
come up and see me when / am up
there" He included Mary In his
nod Of invitation. Mary smiled.
How changed he was. when he was
like this. from the gloomy. suspi-
cious man he had seemed al frstl
Did II matter SO much 10 him.
then. Just a Job IN another speak
easy? She judged this was what
Bowen had arranged for him.
ROWEN laid HIS change on the
~ bill, and handed II to Mike, who
refused II handsomely. Bowen In
sisted.
I'll tell you what you can do
for me. II that's the way you feel"
he said. Keep your Ears open I'D
az Shays-you're liable 70 hear
something Shay's Is The Fly's OF
stamping ground. I hear. II he's
still in town yoU'll see him around
there. unless he's hiding out All
| want you TO do Is tip me on II
you e him-I want TO get a look
at him sometime"
Mike showed signs OF distress.
you bring the cops?" he asked
f~earfully.
mo. no, mol Mike. have I ever
pulled a fast one on you? Well.
you a trust me. You know that"
Mike said "Sure. sure" and ap-
peared treasured. He looked curl
ously at Mary. What he do7" be
asked interestedly.
Bowen looked solemly at Mary.
HE did this lady a very great
wrong" he said impressively. The
strange little mans eyes rested on
her. glittering with interest Mary
felt her cheeks grow warm. What
was he thinking. anyhow Then
she reflected that II was probably
better to let him draw what infer
ence he would than tell him too
much about her affairs.
You not find him for Rane?" he
asked suspiciously.
mol" Bowen denied for her.
"And II Kane finds out about this.
I'll beat your head off, He'd gum
the works-if be hasn't done 50 al
ready"
They glanced through the clouded
glass OF the high front windows at
a leaden sky which still dripped
rain.
Ever play the horses. Mixer"
Bowen asked. casually.
Mike spread his hands. Some
times. No good I lose much
money"
Il see you have. Ever hear OF
a horse called La Mosca?"
"La Mosca? The Fly-eh7"
you've got the idea"
mo. that Is a new one"
Never mind. How would you
like TO 20 down TO the tracks
when's your day on7 Frlday?"
Bowen took out his wallet. extracted
from II two ten-dollar bills and a
Eve. and showed them across the
table. Il hope the Office covers me
on this III they don't III be around
eating OF you, Mike. till payday"
But Mike was r~etreating from the
prorered money as II II we're fire.
Listen. this Is on the level"
Bowen protested. take It. You
don't have to do a thing but play
the horses. and keep your ear
peeled"
"Yeahi What I dot" AtRta
MIKE drew the money toward
-hA him, pocketed II IN one swift
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27

Col. William. Proctor is the chairman Of the Proctor
and Gamble company. He is a noted captain of industry.
He has been prominent in the councils of the republican
party. He has experienced a change of heart. Now he
insists that reduction or cancellation Of war debts and
removal of trade restrictions are the most needed cor
receives for the business troubles of the United States. As
for the World war debts, this is his viewpoint: "They
cannot and will not be paid and the sooner the situation
is accepted, the better it will be for the whole world" 1t
is possible for a high tariff champion to change front
and call for a tariff for revenue only.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-10-27
HAZEL
ROSS
BK Ma Geyucp Inc

movement, and listened hard.
Find out where the Fly is. Tie
won't be around the tracks, prob
ably, but he's been there lately. and
they'll know where % find him.
They all knew me down there. They
wouldn't tell me. and they can
smell a dick a mile away. But you
can nose around and get the low
down where I'D get the boot. and
maybe a bullet I'm the glzzard. Sect"
Mike nodded.
ALSO. you might find out who
owns this La Mosca FLY. May %
just a bunch or mine. but II strikes
me funny You 70 down. Mike.
and III be around and buzz you On
X; see what you find out"
20. X" said Nike.
And be careful. Remember we
haven't got anything on this guy
yet. But we're going 20 have. And
when we get him we're going 70
get him right 50 watch your step.
He thinks he's safe as A church, 10
you're IN no danger. unless your
foot slips"
There was a moments pregnant
silence Mike turned his back on
Mary and leaning toward Bowen
poured out a food OF rapid whisper.
ing.
Hey. wait-take II sIow!" Bowen
objected. When the s~nake-lIke hiss
Ing subsided the reporter relaxed
and waved him away.
"Oh. no. no. mol" he answered.
that's all right Well, see you
Saturday. Don't forget what I told
you"
The waiter bowed deeply 70
Mary. I'm unexpected fashion, and
scuttled away.
What did ne say?" Mary asked
fearfully. unable 70 restrain hGn
curiosity. ~
Bowen's left eyebrow jerkedN
quizzically.
He was ap~olOglzlng because ~
was unable 20 do the job for us
bump him off,"
"Oh. good h%eavens!" Mary rasped.
He said be would Be charmed
70 oblige q lady. but reminded me
that he was not available fer that
sort OF thing now. The Eaumes'
laws. You know. Fourth time and
out. IL he gets in trouble once
more, he goes 10 prison for life"
Mary laughed from sheer nerv-
BUSINESS.
IL was still raining. but they
were both anxious 70 get out OF the
place. Never had fresh air smelled
SO sweet
I'll get you a taxi" Rower Of
Tered. but Mary shook her head.
III take the bus at the corner"
Sorry | haTeH'i an umbrella for
you. Take this. ans how-itTI keep
you dry getting on and or. and YOU
can give II 70 one or the funkeys
when you're done with Il. It's none
or mine"
Mary looked down al the coat ~
laid over her arm. Ii was an Enc.
lish rake. well worn. Hastily shs
opened IL and examined II With
shaking fingers. Stitches here.
where a can had ripped.
"But-this ~ my brother Eddie's
coatl Where did you find IT." she
gasped.
Why" stammered the startled
reporter. = found Il IN The upper
hall Of the Jupiter house :hat night
OF the murder. Ii was hanging
yer the staiT-raiL I thought one
OF the newspaper men had left ~
there, so I took II home with me"
Ito BE ContLnued) Az