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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
FaklEs OF LEGISLATURE
be Fixed By Constitution
anent IN Rep. PoOre's Bill

0u Dt constitution
0nent IN Rep. PORES Bill
lsssntative Poore has pre-
and introduced on Monday
. amend the Constitution Of
= . change the salary Of
sn0ers Of the General AS
They now receive $40 a
% days during a regular
ala the same pay for 30
u'lag a special session. In
ney are allowed mileage
iale Of 10 cents a mile 20
81. sad from the legislature.
s.le proposes a new plan
eiilpers to whom he
r.. 4'io y the subject have
I y he would fix their
t. !" ~, si,zOO for a regular ses-
ro'',s s'vu ior a special session
kr n.y. eliminate the allowance
IT, st' As :, this would be an
| M. I me Constitution it
Esiys ~. Y Oe passed BY two
kblv ''SiOns Of the General
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
NJ. v. FORD LOCATES HIS OAR
Coupe Was Found on Penny Hill,
Wilmington, Completely Stripped

M. V. Ford, Delaware's repre-
sentative in the lower house of the
Delaware Legislature, who had his
car stolen from in front of his
residence recently, recovered it
several days later in a woods at
Penny Hill, near Wilmington,
stripped of everything. Represent
alive Ford was forced to have a
new car.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
SMYRNA GOTH CENTURY CLUB

Senator George Mcintyre to Be
Speaker at Open Meeting Friday
An open meeting will be held by
the Twentieth Century Club on
Friday evening, December l, at s
o'clock, to which the public is cor
daily invited. Mrs. Robert Y.
Wallen Sr., will be the chairman
of program. Senator George Nc
Intyre will be the speaker. using
as his subject, Inspiration of
Good Books" Mrs. Thomas H.
Coverdale will furnish the music
for the occasion.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
FIE SCHOOL
|ElIPID PROTEST
u,,e To Dictate What
II, They Shall Choose
| b Take in Future
NOTES

L. Buck Thursday nlg sha
\ resolution from tne
a,,ri Of Education, urging
p \ Dsrmitted to exercise its
n. 4 The selection Of add
y ..,0ol building projects
IN h undertaken as soon
.' y funds are available.
u Price Of Smyrna, a
|, # the State Board, al
The resolution was adopt
meeting Of the State Board
E,,,tiou Thursday afternoon
|+.r-oTtb. It is said Of the
T. Of producing separate
h, nscifc school buildings
\, This practice il was
4 out, has cropped up to an
M extent in the current
,sssOn Of the Legislature.
\ school bills are on the leg
|. calendars. The resolution
n "a have been prompted by
[,rss fear of the injection OF
1, into its building program
/ pointed out in the r solu-
bal tbe board has in progress
h building projects, having
4 survey to ascertain the
Of new public school build
throughout the State. The
ID lave been arranged in the
h order Of their Importance,
regard to the need of the en-
tate. Reports were read from
/ and Roxana buildings pro-
showing favorable progress.
.ysss Of the vote on the bond
ci the Cycamore District No.
Sussex county was made
DE- that the bond issue S3,340
aried without objection. The
,iSSl0n was authorized to Sc
site for the new building.
'Son & Stanhope, of Viii
On, we're selected as archi-
In connection with the
% Of local commissioners for
projects planned by the
Board, it was urged that all
boards get to work as quick
possible in order that the I'M
wed may secure work as well
hasten the construction of
lhOOls A report was made
,retary Holloway of the con-
ton Of Pine Hill with King
= IN Sussex county. Reports
les on other consultations
as follows: Fischer's with
wood, % for consolidation,
inst; Bayview with Smyrna,
ior- 80 against; Blackbird
'nyrna for SO, against rs;
neville with Smyrna, 30 for,
alnst; Beaver Dam with
Howl for consolidation /,
! consolidation, SO. A re-
'on Business Manager ]. D.
! on the sale Of abandoned
houses was submitted. Re-
lNannued on Page Fourl
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
AZ WELFARE HOME

Tsn ~rSer will Hold Early
R o%a''l',w Thanksgiving
|n as',s ;. Of Wilmington, will IN
/ IA tat 4 the State Welf a,,l
Dag '' ! morning Thanks
EHr "a. At 7 o'clock for the
N patients. Last snnd sav
Ecti,s !, J. Shea, eva pgaHsy
[stbasis services y. at the Wesley Slew
Faarge Of ~ - thls town,
PAVILION y. services in the
aace was a large
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
House Burned at Dexter's Corner

Fire totally destroyed the two
room dwelling of James Reed at
Dexter's Corner on Monday morn
ing. The fire spread to the woods
but was soon extinguished by the
Smyrna firemen who answered the
call.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
j. Norris TrlIax, For More Than 80
Years a Meat Merchant of SMYRNA

James Norris TruaX, aged SO, a
well known and highly esteemed
resident Of this town, passed away
at his home on Mt. Vernon Street
on Thursday following an illness
of twelve days from a heart at
tack. For thirty years Mr.. Truax
conducted a butcher business in
Smyrna, but retired from business
five years ago on account of his
health. He was the Sson of the
late Captain Eben E. Truax and
Anna (Barcus) Truax. Possessed
of a genial, affable nature, he
made friends readily and carried
on successful business until i'm
paired health forced him to retire.
He leaves to mourn his death his
wife, Mrs. Nellie Truax, who be-
fore her marriage was Miss Nellie
Hartranft, daughter of the late Ed
ward and Elizabeth (Wheatley)
Hartranft of Leipsic; one brother,
John L. Truax of Philadelphia, Pa.
He also had sister, Mrs. Eva
Hoffecker, who died a number of
years ago. Funeral services were
held from his late residence at 1.30
o'clock on Saturday afternoon and
interment was made at Odd Eel
lows cemetery. DR.. John L. John
son, pastor of Asbury M. E.Church
officiated.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-11-29
t b. Thanksgiving serv,o..
~Ny M Y n, DtIkIctS

FNy u n ru DtINIctS
| Church ~ Gsnu !, st. Peters
Ia Church =. 'ne First Pres
P'a to-norroa....i Of Smyrna,
iaanksgiyino" 10 holding
'olnson, n d. m. Rev.
'lon. VIII preach
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j. Wesley Start, Former Smyrnian

y .
John Wesley Start, formerly of
Smyrna, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. G. Davis
Brown, 1924 Walnut Street, Phila-
delphia, Pa, on Friday, at the ad-
vanced age of 88 years. Mr..
Start and his family lived in
Smyrna for a number of years, his
wife being the late Hester (For-
cum Start. He was veteran
of the Civil War and one Of the
few remaining survivors. He es-
poused the Union cause and was
in several battles including
Gettysburg and escaped without a
scratch. He was not a member of
General w. S. Hancock Post of
Smyrna, but belonged to the John
A. Logan Post No. Is, G. A. r. of
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
A Prize Jackass

Numerous stories are told, some true and some
untrue, Of the stupidity of government officials
"clothed with little brief authority One which
seems to be we'll authenticated told in press dis
patches recently about federal deputy game warden
in Indiana.
A humane gentleman and bird lover named Fos-
ter Lewis found red bird with broken leg in his
back yard He had the wounded birds leg set, cared
for it and nursed it back to health After the bird
was we'll it refused to leave its benefactor and per
sisted in staying about the house
Then comes the deputy game warden who points
out to Mr.. Lewis that he is violating the federal
migratory bird law by keeping red bird on his pre-
misses And Mr. Lewis is arrested.
We don't know how the case came out, but If
that game warden was not fired and branded as the
prize jackass of 1888 he didn't get what was coming
to him.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

nine years Of age he has been con-
fined in private and public schools
of correction. 1t further shows that
he escaped from one school of cor
rection at least nine times, and
that on the oath day Of June of
this year he escaped from school
of correction in New York State,
entered his mothers home and roo
bed her OF money, and hitch hiked
his way to NogaleS.
1T is also urged that defendant
has never had fair opportunity i'll
life and for that reason leniency
should be shown. / cannot agree
that he has hever had such an op-
portunity. The evidence shows that
society itself through public and
private agencies has tried to accord
fair opportunities to him. The un-
fortunate thing now is that he did
AAOV Ocl1AC etofClA4Ce%SC VI G4lC OODOL@
tunities. On the contrary he chose
to lead life of waywardness and
crime, and eventually to take the
life of his fellow man for personal
gain.
Therefore, after hearing and
seriously considering every fact
surrounding the crime, including
the admission of the defendant
himself, I conclude I have only one
duty to perform and that is to in
flict the penalty of DEATH
The Attorneys
Prosecution of the Shaughnessy
case was conducted by County At
torney E. r. Thurman and Attor
neys Duane Bird and Thomas Hall,
while Attorneys James v. Robins
and G. A. Little were appointed by
the court to represent the youth.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Hick Towns

The phrase chick towns" used to be applied only
to quite remote villages. But any town may be
"hick town. in popular parlance. Some Of the big
cities are the worst hick places there What con-
siitutes thickness anyway?
hick town might be defined as one that is be-
hind the times Modern standards tell us to keep
clean and finished looking communities, to provide
such public advantages can be afforded, to push
business and community interests.
village of 100 people may be 50 pleasing and
city of 100000 may tolerate such slack conditions
that it is fairly called chick town.
pedestrian is man whose family is away on
vacation.
That Kansas hen evidently violated her code when
she laid four eggs in one day.
In golf the lie of the ball is sometimes less i'm
nortant than the lie Of the player.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
PETITIONS SEEK
TAX EXEMPTION

Petitions were placed in circula-
ton this week calling for an
anlon lment to the state constitu-
ton to exempt from taxation the
first $4,000 Of any individuals
property, where its total valuation
does not exceed $1,000.
The proposed amendment would
amend the section which now
eXenlpts that amount Of property
for widows, and honorably dis
charged soldiers, sailors and ma
rines.
The petitions are in charge of
the Peoples Legislative League, OF
which Rep James B. Sayers, Mari
copa county, is president.
The leagues organization, Rep
resentativt .5ayers said, will be per-
fected this week with the naming
of additional officers.
The proposed amendment, when
sufficient signatures are obtained
would be on the ballot in the No
vember, 1884, general election.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Don't Want
Continued from Page l


quenceS of his act.
''The court concluded that evi-
dence should be presented to deter
mine the degree of the crime and
to aid the court in determining the
gravity of the punishment. Evi-
dence was taken, both for and on
behalf of the State, and for and
on behalf of the defendant, and it
appearing from the evidence that
there were no mitigating circum-
stances the court determined that
the defendant is guilty of murder
in the first degree.
Before proceeding to my deci-
sion in this matter I wish to COM
mend the learned counsel for the
defense for their efforts On behalf
of the defendant. They have as
sumed and performed this assign
ment not Of their own choosing but
by appointment by the court. Par
ticularly do I wish 80 commend the
efforts of Mr.. Robins. His plea for
his client before tn court last Man
Gay was most appealing one. It
deserves and has received serious
consideration.
"It is not necessary for me to re-
view in detail the evidence in this
case. It is sufficient to say that it
reveals that the defendant preme-
ditatedly and deliberately murdered
one who at the time was befriend-
ing him, and that in the killing he
was motiyated by robbery. These
are the facts, horrible in their con-
temptation, but without dispute. In
fact the defendant admits they are
such. The only question for the
court to determine, therefore, at
this time is whether or not this de-
fendant should be punished by life
Imprisonment or death.
1T is urged on behalf of the de-
fendant that because of his youth
the court should DE merciful. That
is an appealing argument, but the
legislature has resolved that in ex
treme cases age is not an extenu-
ating circumstance.
''The testimony shows that the
defendant was eighteen years old
on the first day Of last June and
that practically ever since he was
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
CITY PLANS TO
EXTEND LIMITS

Another step forward including q
number Of homes ON the Patagonia
road within the city limits Of No
gales was taken Monday night by
the board of aldermen.
A survey was ordered made and
the city attorney was authorized to
proceed with the necessary legal
steps toward bringing in the above
mentioned areas.
On the Patagonia road it is pro-
posed to take in ali property up to
and including the J. p Johnson
home. This will include the prop
erty of Mrs. Julia Taylor, NJ. c
Little, r A. Myers, Mrs. Moody,
etc.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Unity OF Purpose

Omitted we stand divided We fall" is motto
quoted by the founders of our country. It applies
to all who are trying to found good business in their
own communities If the people Of town are divided
on any problem, they won't have much success in
solving it. If one element want to spend money for
a schoolhouse while an equally strong element want
to spend it for park the chances that it will be
long time before they get either schoolhouse or
park.
So it is in regard to our home business. If one
element Of people here i'll Nogaes is trying to build
up home town business by buying their supplies at
home while another element is only interested in Wis
ting other places to buy things, then there is harm
full division of opinion and lack of unity. We must
stick together, or we shall not make progress.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Weak Parents

The making Of the modern gangster begins in
the home The parent who deplores his sad end may
be the one who fated him to that career. At least
this is the conclusion to be drawn from survey OF
200 criminals serving life sentences at CharlestoWn,
Mass state PRISON. Failure to control the childs
greed and selfshness is the start of trouble say these
unfortunate men,
The parent who can't rule his child is ptiabe
spectacle. His weak policy may be fitting the boy
for prison life in Florence. Some children Of course
seem incorrgible. but there are few who won't re
spond to treatment that is both firm and kind.
If national patriotism, telling to support the
interests of the country, is good thing local patriot
ism, telling us to back up home town. should be
equally good
In the old days person working only 35 hours
out of 1853 would have been considered nearly I'M
Iemployed.
Anyway, the N R. A. is putting lot Of people
ito work getting out literature and emblerns.
Then there was the fellow who feared the hoard
ing law and traded his goldfish for a cat.
That eight inch tooth found in Alabama the 9th
er day possibly was pulled from the antitrust law.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
LEGION CONVENTION

Charles L. Hardy, William Kerr
Leo Hines, Fred Gilmore, F. j
Trimer, Robert S. Burns, Harry T
Conner, Pete Malas, AL CaStaneda
all of Nogales, and Bert Blabon ol
Patagonia, will attend the annual
convention OF the American Legion
opening at Bisbee, August oath, for
a. three day session. Mrs. Thelma
Conner, Mrs. Florence Richards,
Mrs Kate Hines, Mrs. Frances
Kerr, Mrs. Thelua Burns and Mrs.
Jean Gilmore, are the Nogales dele.
gates to the annual Legion auxill-
ary convention, also to be held at
Bisbee next week.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Money In Your Pocket

It used to be considered fortunate sign when
people chad money in their pocket Today it is
frequently sign that pickpocket is going to get
their roll away from them that some holdup man
will bluff it out Of them.
The habit of many people of carrying large sums
in their pockets is one thing that has greatly
couraged crime. When these miserable bandits will
sometimes get anywhere from $100 to $500 by hold
ing up people who don't look as if they were carry
ing money, it is not surprising that these deeds
cur When people get into the habit Of only carry
ing the sums they absolutely need the crooks will
90 into some other line of operation.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Song Of The Saw

The business boosters all say they want to hear
the sound of the hammer on jobs Of building CON
struction But before you hear the sound Of the
hammer you have to hear the sound of the saw That
it is being heard was indicated by the reports Of 635
lumber mills, that orders the first week in August
were 46 per cent more than output Usually the first
week in August is very flat week
Looks as if some people had gotten tired Of liv-
ing in doubled up families and had determined to
build some new home nests. These are much needed,
since the country has added about 100000 to it's
population in the last four years with relatively lit
tie home building. The saw and the hammer make
a more cheerful song just than any music the
bands can plays.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
PRESS OPINIONS, CARTOONS
AND OTHER FEATURES
Nogales Will
Have Chain GANG

Petty thieves, and persons who
make habit Of getting arrested for
drunliness, are to be put to work
on q chain gang in Nogales
At the suggestion Of Alderman e.
A. VESSEL the board CT aldermen
Monday night authorized Chief of
Police j. j. Lowe to organize a chain
gang.
Shoplifters and drunkards Will be
given jail sentence of 30 days and
if they work on the chair gang the
sentence will be cut in half. If they
refuse to work they will be fed
bread and water.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
WEATHER

Maximum temperature the past
several days was 101 degrees Wed
neSday and minimum, s., Tuesday
and Thursday. There was .48 of
an inch of rain this week up to
yesterday.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
Gay Crowds Flock to Old Belgium

Happy throngs at A Century of Progress
the Chicago worlds Fair--pass through
the picturesque gates Of the Belgian Village
every day Of the week Within the colorful
enclosure of the village will be found an
cient churches, fish marts, gay cafes.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

E. B. Hogan has turned out from
his shop a fine new rock-a way
coach for his Nogales and Wash
ington Camp stage line. He says
that upon a pinch ne can transport
fourteen passengers and all their
baggage.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

Z. D. Scoggins, proprietor of the
Patagonia Confectionery Store. was
in town Tuesday looking for Phil
Herold, the local tax agent.
MIR. and Mrs. e. E. Bethel of Pat
agonia were Nogales shoppers Wed
nesday.
L. HI. Burr of Los Angeles was q
visitor here this week.
Jack Egan, Jr., has returned from
a two weeks visit in Los Angeles.
Bird Yoas, Arnado cattleman. was
a Nogales visitor Thursday.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19
1901

The Boston Clothing House -
Louis FleiScher-is enlarging it
premises.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

Strangers arriving in -Nogales
Tuesday night and dropping into
tthe Monte Carlo Club were amazed
at the tremendous amount of busi
ness the saloon appeared to be do
ing. And everybody was drinking
champagne. Wine was being drunk
as fast as Frank Erwin and his as
sistants could handle the bottles.
The air was full of the sound of
popping corks and all drinks were
free. For four hours the Lully
brothers, proprietors of the house,
stood for all that went over the
bar. This is the. second time in a
year that the brothers have opened
wine for their public and Tuesday
night they were celebrating the
third payment of $4,000 made on
the Santa Rita mines.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

WROTE THE FOLLOWING III
HIS NOGALEs "OASIS" 50 YEARS
AGO:
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

Owing to failing health Mr.. Rob
ert Williams has disposed of the
MOntezuma hotel to Mr.. Louis F.
Iaegar, Of Yuma, and Tuesday eve
ming the tranfer was made, Mr..
Jaeger taking possession at mid
night Of that day. Mr.. Jaeger has
leased the property for a period OF
five years, with an option to pur-
chase for $4,000 gold. at the end
Of one year, and bought outright
the furniture, fixtures and all ap-
purtenances. Mr.. Jaeger has been
Identified with Arizona as rancher
and in the hotel business and min
ing for many years and it is worthy
Of note that his father arrived at
the Colorado river where Yuma
now stands, in 1850.
The imaginative liar Of the AS
SOclated Press mas again broken
out with another account of a great
and Sanguinary battle between
Yaquis and Mexican troops at some
point, not mentioned, ''one hun
dred miles east from Ures," in
which it is alleged one hundred on
each side were killed. That this
story, like all other yarns with ref
erence to Sonora emenating from
El Paso, is an invention pure and
simple, there is no doubt.
Wednesday evening Mr.. Bird Of
The Oasis and his small boy Duane,
went to Guaymas.
Mr.. Joe Wise of CalabasaS came
back Monday from trip into the
Arispe district where ne had been
with a cattle buyer.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

! Mr. Pablo Soto, the grocer, is
very ill-confined to his room.
Mr. c. c. Kingsley. agent for the
Sonora railway at Torres station.
who has been visiting in Texas, re-
turned Thursday. In his absence
his place has been filled by Mr.
Writ Bowman, agent at Ortiz.
Last Saturday the district court
granted w. A. O'Connor license to
practice as an attorney in the ter
ritory of Arizona.
Nogales international., 1933-08-19

Wednesday evening Mr. Bird of
The Oasis and his small boy Duane
went to Guaymas
The Washington times., 1933-05-25
The Weather

District of Columbia-Fair tonight
ture: light variable winds
Maryland--Generally fair tonight and
Friday; not much change in tempera-
ture.
Nirginia-Generally fair tonight and
Friday. except probably showers in
extreme southwest portion Friday after
noon; somewhat colder on the coast
LOCAL TEMPERATURES
Yesterday Today
( D. m..... S14 a. m..,....,. 66
3 q. m........ 72ls a. m.......,. II
Midnight ...... 6S Noon .......... 81
DEPARTURES FROM NORMAL
Accumulated excess of temperature
since January /, 1888. 527.
Excess of temperature since May L,
1888. Sc.
Accumulated excess of precipita ton
since January 1. 1888. 1853.
Excess of precipitation since May /.
1888, 1.65.
Today-High tides. S:35 a. m. and
0:O6 y. m. Low tides. 2:5s a. m. and
S;S7 y, m.
and 9:46 D, m. Low tides, S:S7 a. M
ana ''l0 THE SUN AND MOON
The sun rises today 4:4s a. m. and
sets 7:22 o. m.
The sun rises tomorrow 44s a. m.
and sets 7:22 D. m.
The moon rises TO-DAY o'OS a. H. Sho
sets 9.O1 y. m.
The moon rises tomorrow 5:6s a. m.
and setS 9:52 n. m.