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Smyrna times., 1932-01-20
F,,iIiITI HOTEL AN OLD
|I gIIIIt9 # 'I MAIN SQUARE
I,.pro.,s,, s GaE1ss S1 l1oi
Manager W. Lee
|, nov Vnder ancestry Helped
So o., the Towns hi'

sos ~ towns History
S's' 'n' ...xsd and
! 60, ss.s 5' ss.s 's = s s5 ssa
sttIsd . alceI the dashing days
saiorn, slP Knight, noted char ar.
jane sa.li S-'' was killed Il Rd The
q o.p David wit ioan
. Fo ,Is 5ueling wither spoon
I aasl.,rS.nephew Of D avn
be gran who built the MIG u /.
oP Tsrsrn in 1761. IT, The sans
70 II, lssI 4 few embellishments a5n IS
t.. 9i.H At the crossroads ana,.+e d
s ,s'' having been . ope ef t5a
'als. BY descendants @iaI. c q tIv
o 1.i.s tbg growth and ira a,
ii'a WI" ,gd5Ietown. Twentieth
o Of Nd demands the term
pr usass of tavern but
r. in .yceution the building is
/ tals 'A' The long, low rooms
Eln9sa ., ss bar-rOom or saloon
noal I f citizens as
| ,',,' and sometimes ban
M pistol shots ring
~ =. "a alters, and no blazing
y: q grsst travellers on frosty .!;1
DE I'm. but the hotel stu
4 y countryside as the cnleI
e. q and dining place IN tna5
~ ,s.,,ss IF its undisputed
I'n O'.. III historical promin-
llo o,ie M Middletown Tav-
.nrare brick building Of
" IN, rrrelieved in line Of
I ....trrs except by the several
..' g,in5ows near the roof. AS
!, LIN N. the sections used as
., M and kitchen were clos
n latsr leased as storerooms
"a citizens, since the par
|, rouId readily be converted
diringroom after the COM
!, nro5ibition. Still later,
y, we're built On The north r,
Ia si5es Of the building. The
N. orca filed with poviality
foamiug glasses across the
y, brass rail, is now a re-
..bls botel lobby; still a meet
,lsre But for nothing more
I fsw minutes Of friendly
n \ game Of checkers be-
\ ivy Of the town oldsters.
gstgWn Hotel Oh Cochran
n named after the famous
.an family Of Delaware, one
rtn. John P. Cochran, served
yr:nor. Enclosing this square
tie most prominent business
s Of The town; the towns
hank, its chief drug store, and
Al merchants establishments.
homogeneous in the midst Of
iuch that smacks Of other
idss Is the central figure in
,snter Of Cochran Square, a
Inent 70 the dead heroes Of
World War, a graceful slender
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
CAP Al
AND 2 ~
BELLS IE ] i IN
DISAPPOINTING

The girl was only twenty. He was
fifty. But he was fairly good looking
and wealthy.
He looked into her eyes, and she
shyly dropped her head
I'm a lonely man." he said. and
there was faint tremor in his voice.
Its time | had some one to look aft
er me. Sume one to take care of me.
cook for me, warm my slippers at
hight"
"Yes?" she said, expectantly.
perhaps your mother could recon-
uend good housekeeper?"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
congress.

Charles Paddock, the greatest sprint
err the world has ever known, starting
the training career OF his one year-old
son, "paddy,' who can't walk yet but
crawls faster than any other baby in
the neighborhood. This is the first
picture ever printed of the child,
whose home is in Pasadena, Calf.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
"Onened" the Course

The mayor was asked to drive the
first ball on the new municipal golf
course. lr his simple ignorance his
worship. no player, consented.
When the day arrived he made a
terrific swipe. sent the ball five yards
and uprooted an immense pancake of
turf.
Ladies and gentlemen said the
mayor, turning blandly to the specta
tors, 81 have pleasure in declaring this
course open-wide open" - London
Tit-Bits.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
One They Skip

Jimpson-If your wife is always
complaining, why don't you take her
to a doctor?
Simpson-No use No doctor will
cut out womans tongue just to save
the wear and tear on her husbands
ears.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
Speaks Authoritatiyely

II have been to the auction Of prop
erty left on railway trains. 1t Is in
credible the number OF persons who
carelessly leave things behind"
"Did you get bargainw
mo. left my umbrella there"
Gazzettino Illustrate (Venice).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
ALL TO THE GOOD

"Old man Dodge seems 10 be on good
terms with his fellow men," II should
say so. He can borrow all the money
he wants at two per cent"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
Immortality

What worldwide benefactors these
impuden; men are! How prudently
most men creep into nameless graves;
while now and then one or two for
get themselves into immortality
Wendell Phillips.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
The Warrior

you must quit worry and take :,
vacation" said the suave practitioner.
MY dear doctor" replied the rr
table patient, eff could get my affairs
into shape that would permit me to
take a vacation I'd be SO relieved thai
| wouldn't need one"
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
How to Economic

do you find it more economical to
do your own cooking?"
certainly. Since have been cook
ing my husband only eats half what he
used to."-Schweizer Illustrierte TO
6ngen).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
You Know Those Seconds!

Customer-TwU three.minute eg.
please, waiter.
Waiter-Have them for you in a sec.
ond, sir.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
Husbands Assistant

"Are you a back-seat driver?"
Indeed I'm not! sit right where
| can grab the wheel if he doesn't do
what l tell him !"-Railway Journal.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
Undeniable

Stout Mantle called me colos
sal ass.
Friend-Well you are large, you
knowl
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
WASHINGTON NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings OF
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
THE MARKETS

Portland
Wheat - Big Bend bluestem. hard
wheat, SIC; soft white and western
white, 49c; hard winter, northern
spring and western red, 42c.
Hay-Buying prices. +. o. b. Port
land; Alfalfa, Yakima, $1,000.
@29c.
Eggs-Ranch, 27@29c.
Cattle-Steers, good, $4.25@5.
Hogs-Good to choice, $3.25@4.
Lambs-Good to choice, S4.25@4.50.
Seattle
Wheat Soft white and western
white, SIC; hard winter, western red
and northern spring, sic; bluestem,
56c.
Butterfat-30c.
Eggs-Ranch, 26c.
Hogs-Good to choice, S3.5O@3.75.
Cattle-Choice steers, $4.25@4.50.
Sheep-Spring lambs, $3@3.75.
Spokane
Cattle-Steers, good, $425@4.75.
Hogs-Good to choice, $335@3.5O.
Lambs-Mediumt to good, $3@3.50.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
All Too Soon

Mr.. Pig-Our children eat too much.
Mrs. Pig-Oh, give 'em time-theyll
be cured-Bulletin (Sydney).
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
Conditioned Reflex

Nurse-It's boy, sir, and weighs
six pounds.
Happy Father "a butcherl-With
out bone?-Jugend.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1932-12-01
EASY FOR STUDENT

Hippo wrestling INSTRUCTOR NO"
grab me by the ankle and wrist and
throw me over your left shoulder.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
DIR. EVANS ROBERT DIES
Veterinarian OF Milford Had Been
in Failing Health for One Year

DR.. Evans Robert, a well known
veterinarian Of Milford, died in the
Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia,
last Tuesday. DR.. Robert had been
in failing health for about a year
but of late his condition had grown
worse and he was removed from
his home at Milford to the Phila-
delphia hospital. 1t was found that
he was suffering from cancer of
the stomach. DR.. Robert was one
of the best known veterinarians in
lower Delaware. He had an eXten-
sive practice which extended all
over the lower part of this State.
He was an active Republican and
prominent in city and State affairs
DR.. Robert was well known
churchman having been identified
with the M. P. Church. He was
formerly an executive member of
the local Board Of Health. He is
survived by his wife and two chill
dren, Evans, Jr., and Hilda, all of
Milford.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
"Oxford Movements"

The Oxford movement in the
Church of England originated at
Oxford university in 1893 in an en-
deavor to "bring the Anglican
church back to the principles of the
early Christianity of the Fathers" !"
Its foundational principles were laid
down in a series of 80 pamphlets
known as Tracts for the Times" /"
and to which Newman, Pusey, Foude
and others contributed. One of
them, written by Newman, declared
the articles of the church might be
so interpreted as to be consistent
with the doctrines of the Council
of Trent. This was condemned by
the Anglican bishops in 1871 and
Newman, with other leading tracta-
rians, thereupon Joined the Catho-
lie church.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Royal Titles Accorded
Stately Forest Trees

The oak is spoken Of as "the
monarch of the woods" but the
ash tree is queen of the woods. "
Ancient stories tell us the gods held
their council beneath an ash tree, on
the topmost branch Of which sat an
eagle, watching the way of the
world whilst a squirrel ran up and
down the trunk, carrying messages
from the bird TO the gods. The ash
is one of the easiest trees to recog-
nize, with its straight trunk, the
bark a pale grey color. its lower
branches growing straight out from
the trunk, curying gracefully to the
sky. The tips are quite different
from all other tree-tips, each end
ing in a stout grey twig, slightly
hattened at the tip, and beyond this
fiattened tip two black buds, with
smaller buds at the sides. Even
when other trees have put on their
spring dress of green, the ash tree
stands bare.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
SURVIVES SNAKE
BITE; HIT BY AUTO
Captain Edward Reynolds of
Georgetown Dies From In
juries in Milford Hospital
WE'LL KNOWN FARMER

Captain Edward Reynolds, 60
year-old farmer who aroused wide
spread sympathy few weeks ago
when he lay for days between life
and death in a Milford hospital as
the result of being bitten by cop
perhead snake died Thursday night
in the same hospital from injuries
received when a car he was crank
ing started and ran over him. The
accident occurred about 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning at the Nutter
Marvel filling station, only a few
doors from the home of Congress-
man Robert G. Houston. Reynolds
had gone to the filling station to
have the oil changed in his car.
When this was done, he attempted
to crank it. The car was still in
gear. At the first turn of the
crank, it lunged forward, knocking
Reynolds backward onto the con-
crete paving and running over him.
The wheels passed over his chest,
crushing his ribs and spine. He
was taken to the Marshall Hospital
Milford, where, after lingering for
hours in a state of coma, he died
Thursday night. To the same hos
pital last August, State Police rae
ed in motorcycle relays to carry
serum from Wilmington to Captain
Reynolds after he had been bitten
by a copperhead snake in the corn
crib on h is farm at Stockley, four
miles south of Georgetown. The
speed of the police in carrying the
serum to the hospital was largely
credited with having saved him
from what firse appeared certain
death. Finally the physicians said
he would recover. A few days ago
he left the hospital in apparent
health and returned to his farming.
A peculiar phase of the accident
was that the starter of the automo-
mobile was in working order. No
one knows why Captain Reynolds
should have attempted to crank the
machine.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
w. S. ALMOND, JR.,
NAMED BY MASONS
Elected Grand Master at the
Closing Session of Grand
Lodges Communication
MEETING IN WILMINGTON

The Grand Lodge of Delaware,
A. F. and A. M, just before ad-
journing its 127th annual commun-
ication Thursday at the Masonic
Temple, elected W. Stewart ALI
mond, Jr., of Temple Lodge, No.11,
Wilmington, as grand master, sue
ceeding Mayor ]. Wallace Wood
ford, Dover. Mr.. Almond lives at
704 Nottingham Road, Wilmington.
He is past master of Temple
Lodge, No. IL, grandson of the late
John P. Almond, a former grand
master of Delaware, and the son
of Dr. and Mrs. c. M Almond, of
Carrcroft. He is employed by the
Lobdell Car Wheel Company. Other
officers of the grand lodge were
also elected and Immediately in
stalled into office. They are: Har-
old w. T. Purnell, Franklin Lodge,
No. II, Georgetown, deputy grand
master; DR.. Warren S. P Combs,
Union Lodge, No. 5, Middletown,
senior grand warden; Edward
Clough, Corinthian Lodge, No. 20,
Wilmington, junior grand warden;
John F. Robinson, Lafayette Lodge
No. IA, Wilmington, grand secre-
tary; W.O. Wingate, Eureka Lodge
No. %, Wilmington, grand treasur-
er; Upon his election, Grand Mas
ter Almond made the following
appointments: Grand Chaplain, F.
Raymond Baker, Temple Lodge,
No. IL, Wilmington; senior grand
deacon, Harry w. Loose, Lafayette
No. ID, Wilmington; junior grand
deacon, Charles w. Machamer,
Harmony Lodge, No. 13, Smyrna;
grand marshal, Charles F. Schell,
Temple Lodge, No. II, Wilmington;
grand sword bearer, James H.Lew-
is, Uunion Lodge, No. Z, Dover;
senior grand steward, Frank ].
Flanagan, Eureka, No. %, Will
mington; Junior grand steward,
Charles c. Campbell, Armstrong
Lodge, No. 26, Newport; grand
tyler, Harry Galbraith, Lafayette,
No. IA, Wilmington. DR.. Roy c.
Helfenstein presented Grand Mas
ter Almond with an olive wood
gavel that had been used during the
past year by retiring Grand Master
Woodford. This wood came from
the Mount of Olives, Jerusalem.
The staff of the retiring grand
master presented him with dia-
mond stick pin.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Livingstone Souvenir

There is on exhibition at the Liv-
ingstone memorial, Blantyre, a very
dilapidated copy Of a Sechuana
Bible that has on it two Of Doctor
Livingstone's signatures. One of
these is dated "Tete, 1885," that is
just before he left on his first fur
Tough. The book has been badly
damaged by white ants. The chief
interest, however, is not so much
the book as a little slip of paper
that it contains, on which, well
printed in blue ink, is a picture of
Hamilton palace (now demolisheO.
It seems clear that it must have
been long used as a book-marker.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Excused Juror at Least
Gave Vent to FEELING

Jury duty, ordinarily an onerous
obligation, has been welcomed this
year by many Merrimac county citi-
zens who were glad to get a chance
to earn their daily S3 and expenses
by sitting on a panel of u good
men and true.
At the beginning of a recent trial
in Superior court, a jury was finally
drawn, but, at the last minute,
counsel decided to challenge one
panel member who it was thought
had personal reason for prejudice in
the case at hand
After a conference between the
trial lawyers and the clerk Of the
court, the juror in question was told
that he must be excused.
Deprived of his seemingly sure
opportunity of collecting several
days pay, the disappointed and dis
gruntled reject glared irately at the
trio of attorneys.
One of the latter was short in
stature, a youthful member of the
New Hampshire bar trying his first
case.
Another was better than six feet
tall, lean of figure and bespec-
tacled, a noted raconteur and hui
mOrist.
The third was a middle-aged,
tight-lipped gentleman of Scotch de-
scent, dour visage and eagle eyes.
The unwanted juryman paused
before stepping from the box.
Judas Priest" grow1ed he, aud
IDLY, 'Fm doggone glad to get off
this case. With those three law
yers, it would be more of a side
show than it would a regular court
trial. Concord Monitor.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
SENATOR HOST AT BARBECTTF
Republicans From Every Section
of State Gather at Dover

United States Senator Daniel O.
Hastings was host at a barbecue
held at his home, Mapledale, near
Dover, Saturday afternoon. The
occasion was the gathering Of Re-
publicans from all sections Of State
to meet national, State and county
Republican candidates. The affair
proved one of the largest Of its
type ever held in Delaware. Re
publicans from every nook and
corner of Delaware met and poll
tics was the principal topic of dis
cussion. Republicans displayed a
keen interest in discussing the po-
litical conditions of the various sec
tions of the State and the outlook
for the election on Tuesday, No
vember 8.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
GOV.URGES FIRE PROTECTION
Issues Proclamation in Observance
of Week October 9-15; Asks Care

Governor Buck has issued the
following proclamation relative to
Fire Prevention Week: ''In accord
ance with proclamation recently
issued by the President of the Unit
ed States, wish to urge that the
people of Delaware make the forth
coming Fire Prevention Week, Oc-
tober 9-15, an occasion of special
significance and that they endeavor
to effect reduction of at least so
per cent in the present rate of fire
destruction during the ensuing II
months. In the State of Delaware,
this would mean a saving of many
lives, and, would also preserve from
waste approximately 100000 Of
the States material resources, a
matter of large Importance under
present economic conditions. Now
Therefore, /, @. D. Buck, Governor
of the State Of Delaware, do hereby
proclaim the week of October 9,
1882, to be observed as Fire Pre-
vention Week. I appeal to local
officials and organizations in every
community, to promptly unite upon
specific programs of cooperation, in
order to discover and correct exist
ent fire hazards, promote measures
of public and private fire protec-
tion, extend instruction in fire pre-
vention among adults as well as
school children, and arouse the peo-
pie generally to the need for habits
of greater carefulness.'
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
SAFETY coIe
GIVES AN
early Fire To,. /
ooo n,ses ooa and Almost /
''OOO worth Of "a
FIRE PREvEyT,o,.I

For several ve.,. 1
nous fire loss IT,, rI.s past 1
country each vesr ~, oecrd
Of about 1O,6OO 4. aanelg /
propertv .,,'' 81. s. million h
tention : 49s t centered j
by dedicating ootos.. @tos, III
as Fire Prevention 9T'S, $ III
Delaware Safety Gave ~
it is only throys5 S'sael sa 4
ana fire protection ~. !. u
can rid itself Of . "a
,oss n3sa.1 oi .. over four dona,a
means that if the 20
equally that everv II \
and child in thu 1.., t.-al
would have 10 o.-. --'sa
z ~ eaca year to III
Isl national bonfire, Il
~. q winch loss is prsv1
e @s Noulo observe the pras
-, y, : prevention and fire N
! mere are many fires iny5I,
enIlre destruction Of /
continued on Page Sd
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
DIR. f. 3. SHORT ON
NEW DRY TICKET
Nominated For Congress at a
Meeting of the "Drys" Held
at Dover Last Week
ACCEPTS NOMINATION

The independence Party launch
ed itself into the political arena at
its State convention at the Capital
Theatre, Dover, Wednesday with
the nomination of the Rev. DR.. F..
Burgette Short, Of Milford for Rep
resentative in Congress. He is a
brother of former State Senator I.
d. Short, of Milford. The conven-
ton adopted the name 'Independ-
ence Party" for the new party and
the Liberty Bell as its device or
emblem. The delegates left the
convention at four o'clock, after a
six-hour session still undecided
whether they voted to allow the
State committee which had been
elected to nominate a candidate for
Governor later, or had voted not to
place any nominees for this office
in the field. Horace G. Eastburn,
attorney, of Wilmington was chair
man of the convention and princi-
pal organizer Of the new party. DR..
Short was nominated for Congress
by acclaamtion. He was placed in
nomination by the Rev. DR.. Vaughn
S. Collins, of Wilmington, whose
nominating address at first indicat-
ed he was going to place Congress
man Robert G. Houston in nomi-
nation. Various delegates second
ed the nomination of DR.. Short.
Then the Rev. George A. Cooke, of
near FELTON,, arose and placed Con-
gresham Houston in nomination.
Mr.. Eastburn informed the conven-
tion that he was authorized to say
that Congressman Houston wished
that his name not be presented to
the convention. Mr.. Eastburn re
quested that the nomination not be
seconded. There was no second.
Dr. Short was born near George
town, December 20, 1868. He grad
uated from the Wilmington Con-
ference Academy in 1889 and took
his Bachelor of Arts degree at the
University of Delaware in 1891. He
studied at the Drew Theological
Seminary and took his Doctor Of
Divinity degree at Puget Sound
College in 1913 and his LID. de-
gree at Kansas Wesleyan Univers-
ity. He married Miss Mabel l..
Hart of Wilmington in 1902 and
has one son, Isaac Dolphus Short.
He was ordained in the M. E. min
istry 1892 and served as pastor in
Mt. Pleasant, Md, 1890-1892; Har-
rison Street Church in Wilmington,
1S92-97; Epworth Church, Will
mington, 1897-1902; secretary of
the Wilmington Y. M. G. A. in
1902; vice-chancellor of the Uni
versity of the Pacific 19O3-1904 ;
pastor at Portland, Ore, 19O4-07;
Salt Lake City, Utah, 1907-13;
Spokane, Wash, 1913; has been
extension secretary of the Board of
Temperance, Prohibition and Pub
tic Morals, since 1920. He was as
sociated with j. c. Penney Com
pany for ten years. He is Mason
past potentate of the Shrine, lee
turer and writer of religious and
travel subjects.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Too Proud to Fight"

The expression. Too proud to
fight" was employed in a speech
made by President Wilson in Phila-
delphia, May 10. 1915. The exact
wording is: "There is such a thing
as nation being so right that IL Is
too proud to fight, there is such Q
thing as a nation being so right that
1t does not need to convince others
by force that II is right"
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Aid Woman I16

Jersey City, N. Jon her one
hundred and sixteenth birthday
Mrs. Dora Meyers received approx
al Of an old-age pension from the
state TO help provide for herself
and son. John. eighty-nine.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Good Knight Waiter

An Englishman of the knighted
gentry recently started a row in his
club when a waiter "mistered'' him.
You see, he wanted to be called by
his sir-name.-Farm and Fireside.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Tasty Ril.

How did the term Hot Dogs
come TO be applied to eatablesF
asks a reader. Probably from the
carven wooden "toasting dogs" OF
the Eighteenth century which held
spits before the fire for cooking
meat.
Smyrna times., 1932-10-12
Big Season for Flies

Portland. Ore.-This is going to
be a big year for flies. On a liner
due here soon, there are IS tons of
f1y-catchers to be discharged at a
local terminal.