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Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
STATE LOSING
100000 MONTH
Delaware's Charter Business
Takes Drop Due, 1t Is Said
to a New Federal Act
LOSS OF REVENUE FELT

Delaware is losing more than
100000 every month as result
of the falling off in the charter
business of the State, which is at
tributed to the uncertainty of bus
mess men as to the future and
more especially to the new Feder-
al Securities Act. This was de-
veloped when it was learned not
one charter had been issued Sat
urday by the Secretary of State
at Dover, the first time this has
occurred in the history of the
present charter law, which was
passed in 1898. The balance in the
general fund, to which the charter
revenue goes, on June 80, 1888,
was S1,788 900, while on Septem-
Der l this balance had dropped to
S728,O00. This indicated loss Of
s35O,0OO in two months, and State
officials say they do nto see any
indication of the charter business
picking up. Unless this condi-
ton changes, it was pointed out,
Delaware is going to be confront
ed with a serious situation when
the General Assembly meets in
regular session in 1885. 1t will
then be necessary for the Legisla-
ture to find new sources of rev
enue from the charters and it is
claimed the only source left is
real estate, taxation of which
would work serious hardships on
the residents of the State. In ex-
planning the falling off in this bus
mess this attorney said the new
Federal Securities Act places such
responsibility on the directors OF
any corporation that those who
handle securities are hesitating to
issue them. This act makes cor
poration directors responsible to
the stockholders even for uninten-
tional omissions in giving infor-
nation to clients. Those selling
securities are held responsible for
such securities and if they prove
worthless the seller is held ac-
countable. Because of these facts
it was explained people hesitate
to incorporate new companies and
the consequence is Delaware's
charter business has dwindled al
most to the vanishing point.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
WHEAT SIGNING
CLOSES SEPT. Is
Farmers Notified the Dead
line For Wheat Acreage
Adjustment Is Near
KENT FARMERS in LINE

Those wheat growers who ex-
pect to take advantage Of the
wheat acreage adjustment and al
lotment plan Of the Federal gov
ernment for the next two years
must file their applications for
contracts on or before Monday,
September 25, which Secretary Of
Agriculture, Henry a. Wallace,
has set as the dead-line for re
ceiving APPLICATIONS from farmers
throughout the United States.
Farmers in each county are re-
quested to have their applications
properly signed and returned to
the Office Of the county agent in
their respective counties on or be-
fore this date, according to this
recent announcement. Those who
are unable to obtain all of the
supporting evidence which is re-
quired by the government in con-
nection with these applications
may send in their signed applica-
ton blanks and then secure this
other information later, but all
papers must be completed as soon
as possible. Within the past week
many applications from wheat
growers in Kent county have been
received at the Office Of County
Agent Russell e Wilson, who is
the wheat administrator for this
county, and it is expected that
large numbers of additional ap-
plications will come in between
now and September 25, the clos
ing date. Assistance in helping
farmers to fill out their papers is
being rendered by committees of
wheat growers in each representa-
tive district, and also by members
of the department of vocational
agriculture. AS soon as the coun-
ty has been organized according to
representative districts, a county
wheat production control associa-
tion will be formed to include one
wheat grower from each district,
! and from the personnel of the
/ county association an allotment
committee of three members will
be selected to pass upon all the
applications for allotment con-
tracts from the wheat growers in
this county.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20

The Citizens Hose Company,
No. 1, of Smyrna, are planning to
have another big Halloween
Mardi Gras in Smyrna on Tuesday
evening, October 81. Last year
the Mardi Gras, which was the
first time such an affair was
ever attempted in Smyrna, was a
complete success and it is hoped
that this year it can be made
just as much success as
that of last year. 1t is hoped
that a number of our stores
and business houses will volunteer
to keep open and to give prizes as
they so generously did last year.
The committee in charge of the
affair is composed of John w.
Jacobs and J. Wells FAIRIES. They
have arranged for a big parade
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
BANKERS MEET
AT REHOBOTH
Both Banks in Smyrna Send
Delegates To State Bank
ers Annual Meet
OFFICERS ARE ELECTED

DIR. Frank L. Grier, Walter w.
Hynson, w. E. Nowlan and Harry
B. Grieves of the Fruit Growers
National Bank and Trust Com
pany of Smyrna, and Edward G.
Walls, Harvey C. Jones and ].
Harry David of the National Bank
of Smyrna attended the Della
ware Bankers Association at
its annual meeting at Reho-
both Thursday night. DIR. Frank
L. Grier, president of the
Fruit Growers Bank, Smyrna, who
spends his summers at his cot
tage in Rehoboth, was made a
member of the nominating com
mittee for the American Bankers
Association. They went on record
as being "unalteraoly opposed to
any method of artificial initiation
that would debase our currency OF
would lessen the purchasing pow
er of our dollar" At the same
time, however, the association
adopted another resolution com
mending the methods adopted by
the Federal administration in
meeting the economic emergency
and pledging earnest support tc
President Roosevelt. The principal
address Thursday night Franklin
S. Edwards, president of the Ma
tional Tax Association, speaking
on "A Tax Program for the Ma
ton" Governor c. Douglass Buck
made brief address in which he
congratulated the bankers upon
their work during the economic
emergency. He discussed State
finances in a general way. Sena-
tor John G. Townsend, Jr., made
an address in which he discussed
recent economic legislation. Earl
ier in the day, U. S. Senator
Frederic c. Walcott, of Connecti-
cut, discussed the Glass Steagal
Banking law, which separates
banks from their affiliates, divorc'
es them from the security bust
ness, and, among other things
gives increased authority to the
Comptroller of the Currency tc
Continued on PAGE Fivel
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
SEE WIDE ROAD
TO BALTIMORE
Movement For Boulevard To
Maryland's Chief Metropolis
Eliminating 26 Curves
PHILADELPHIA TO JOIN

There seems to be good prospect
of a wider and shorter road to
Baltimore, Md, and if the Boston
Washington Highway project cul-
inmates, a better and wider road
to Philadelphia, eliminating the
necessity of going thru Chester
will be realized. Along with
this comes talk of new
way to the Philadelphia Pike
thru Wilmington without motor
ing thru traffic. Included in the
Maryland highway improvement
program just formulated by the
State Roads Commission for ap-
proval as eligible for financing out
of national public works funds are
two projects of prime interest.
Maryland proposes to expend over
100000 of the available funds
in reconstructing the road from
Baltimore to Havre de Grace, and
the Belair road from Baltimore to
Belair Modern ideas of road con-
struction prevail in the plans. The
Baltimore road is to be widened
to 81 feet and boulevarded by put
ting a six-foot grass plot in its
center. The Belair road is to
have a 40-foot width through the
Baltimore suburban area and 30
feet elsewhere. Sidewalks are to
be provided for both roads. Re-
location and reconstruction of
bridges will in single instance
eliminate 26 curves. 1t should
have the effect of bringing VIII
mington and Baltimore consider
ably closer together. The Street
and Sewer Department of Will
mington is making plans for a
right of way for the proposed
Northeast, or Industrial Boule-
ward. which is to run from Rogers
/ Corner beyond Third Street Bridge
through east Wilmington, to the
Philadelphia Pike, at Bellevue. The
problem along Church street will
not be a serious one as the work
will merely necessitate the widen
ing of the street by narrowing of
the sidewalks. However, north of
the new Church street bridge the
work will be more extensive The
State Highway Department rec
emily approved the work as a Fed
eral aid project under the public
works division of the NRA. The
cost may reach $35O,000.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
SMYRNA HIGH
SCHOOL NEWS
School Enrolment By Grades
Shows at Present 651 Pu-
pils-MOre to Be Added
OTHER SCHOOL DOINGS

The enrolment for the present
school year, in the white school is
as follows: Kindergarten, 21; 1st
grade, 51-2nd grade, 48; 3rd
grade, 46; 4th grade So; 5th grade,
So; 9Th grade, 55; 7th grade, rs;
8th grade, so; 9th grade, 101; 10th
grade, At; 11th grade, 26; 18th
grade, %; Post-Graduates 2; to-
falling 651.-A period was set
aside on Monday for the organiza
tion of the clubs in the various de-
partments throughout the second
ard school, A total of fourteen
different clubs were organized
The sponsor of each club will be a
member of the teaching staff who
has charge of the particular sub
ject. The Home Economics Club
comes under the sponsorship of
Miss Skrivan; the Music Club
comes under the sponsorship of
Miss Easton, etc. Two periods a
month occurring on the second
and last Monday from 3.15 to 400
O'Clock, have been set aside for
this purpose. The purpose of these
clubs is to encourage leadership
and aggressiveness on the part of
the student body. The activities
carried on during the club period
are Of more informal type than
is expected in the regular class
room period Another object is to
develop a desire and an interest
on the part Of the pupils to learn
more about that particular course
in which they hold an especial in
terest. The instructors in Eng
lish have been requested to make
a selection of books for each
grade in the secondary school, the
same to be placed in the high
school library. These books, NUM-
bering one hundred and fifty, will
be on fiction and biography. This
is in keeping with the custom es-
tablished several years ago, name
ly, to add a number Of new vol
CONTINUED on Page Eight
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
William e. Blackst0n, Wilmington
Who Married Miss Annie Legg

William E. Blackston, aged 20,
of Wilmington, well known to
some older families of Smyrna, a
nephew of Mrs. William P. Legg,
former resident of Smyrna, and
who married Miss Annie Legg, a
niece of the late w. P. Legg, was
found dead yesterday (Tuesday)
morning. Mr.. Blackston was
killed by a fall while out
squirrel h ting along the
Brandywine. His body was found
on bed of rocks near the B. & o.
bridge. He had been afflicted
with a heart ailment for some
time and it is believed he suffered
an acute attack Monday afternoon
and fell. Two squirrels were in
his possession. Mr.. Blackston and
his twin brother, George Blacks
ton, of the same address, left
home Monday morning for an all
day squirrel hunting expedition.
They parted early in the after
noon and were to have met before
dark at a designated point near
the bridge. George Blackston
waited until 10 o'clock and when
his brother did not appear, he re-
ported his absence to the State
police. In company with Lieuten-
ant EarI Cola and private r Car
penter, and some of the residents
of the section, search was start
ed The body was not found un-
CONTINUED on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
REVIVE SPAN
TALK ON SHORE
chesapeake Bay Bridge May
Be Aided By Federal
Public Works Fund
BRIDGE TO COST SS,OOO,OOO

The lOng-planned Chesapeake
Say bridge, linking the Eastern
~ western Shores of Maryland,
10y Oe ouilt with a part of the
oOo sfal Governments $4,000, ,OoO,-
~ pubic works appropriation. It
eSrmated S8,OOO,OOO would be
ao ..usa iOr the project. The Ches-
- saAe Bay Bridge Corporation.
sIsa % spans private sponsors, have
u-ts t a. u application for the project
Fan .le state Advisory Board.
eia Emergency Administra-
bsa. " Fuolic Works, it has lust
S.. ieafned through William G.
T'unius' NJ the boards chairman
ror,t; chesapeake Bay Bridge Cor
%taaOn's tiDis. application, Mr.. stet-
cos, 4s = sald It placed the projects
ton or;..,-'O' o'1OO'ooO' The corpora
q - ~ ufiginally applied to the r. n.
IN. tOr a S7'5oO,OOO loan, holding
ssIt proposed bridge would be q
nsn.'l 'quidating project, but subse-
On oiy cut its request to Sc $50, !
msiDir.l duu agreed to seek the re-
sol,ro.V lng financing from private
eornSs -,css, Mr.. Stettinius said tSe
any, p'.suon L now proposes to 6n-
curitis. ne . project by selling its Sc
Adruisa.tto ss . the Federal Emergency
NJ snis'ration ms Of Public Works
rni1.l n bridge which was 10 b. so, g ~
Isas, diss long and extend from i Eart,s : s-s
point near Bay Shore Park. ii ! /
Esst.,In near Z. Colchester, on the J
tesu t'.a MS Shore would take seven- %
10000 on'ns ,a to build and reouire
Of yv co,t IONS Of steel, 100000 vards u ] ]
nsut tle,e' ooe 10000 barrels Of u. j
aooSSSodao,' 100000 %. feet Of piiing 7 and n
sal hsads hss+s0,s 3 said W. Roscoe B Bon u.
ue corporation
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
SMYRNA GRANGE MEETING
A General Discussion Had Over
the Wheat Attainment Plan

Smyrna Grange met Wednesday
night with a good attendance At
ter music by the Grange, there
was a general discussion on the
wheat problem and what use to
make of acreage that must be put
to other uses according to the
NRA code. A reading followed by
Ethel Virginia Roe; vocal solo,
Arthur Moffett; reading, Mrs.WI-
liam Blendt; vocal selection by the
quartet. An improvement in at
tendance was noted owing to the
efforts of those participating in
the attendance contest.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY
Met Thursday at the Home of
Mrs. V. Law Phillips

The w. H. NJ. S. of Asbury M.
f. Church met at the home of the
president, Mrs. V. Lay Phillips,
Thursday, September IA. Miss
Dean Hill, who has been the effic-
lent treasurer of the organization
moved away recently and sent in
her resignation. This was acted
upon with regret at the meeting
Thursday. Mrs. Ralph Jefferson
was unanimously elected for the
new treasurer. The society voted
to hold a covered dish supper at
the church on the 29th inst.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
ESSEMBLY TO
MEET OCT. 18TH
.,,.,nor Buck Calls Legisla-
turs to Act On Public
Works Program
',a 0OO.Ooo FOR STA T E

o.Ds from the Federal Govern
=. D.' .,st may total close to S1O,-
n ~, s0S to carry out a public works
(sOsrap, uSgu in Delaware will be con
kss,sd at a special session OF the
us. assrs, Assembly, which has been
('nsd for Wednesday, October 49,
/. 'l-rT exclamation issued Saturday
!, Governor C. Douglass Buck.
H. urOgram will include new ad-
|I.iaIs n Fl to Smyrna High School,
n two or three more buildings
4 NJ state Welfare Home. EN-
('Ovnept for every man in the
[,..e who is out of work and IS
[+ring to work vii be the aim OF
|. nrogram that vii be submitted
1. ~ General Assembly, thereby
Elinipating the necessity of furth-
4 direct appropriations from the
I'M treasury for the relief Of the
Fssdv. Governor Buck said it is
n hops that the special session
I'm eliminate this need Of further
srsct relief. He explained the
IurDose IS to provide work for all
4 that Il will no longer be neces-
.aU to distribute food and cloth
H. except in small quantities. One
y the first projects the Governor
Iavors Is the installation Of sewer
.vstems in all towns throughout
Delaware that do not have such
rstems. It is understood the
state will propose that to every
toVu that will undertake such q
proiect the State will build and
;onate to each a disposal plant.
Only Expect SO-Day Session
No projects will be considered
" the legislature except those
contained in the recommendations
i the Public Works Advisory
Board Of which L. Lee Layton, Jr.,
u Dover, is chairman. The other
Members are Willard "A. Speak
nan, Of Wilmington, and William
+. Truitt, Of Bridgeville. This
board will recommend, first Of all,
that projects that can be started
IS soon as Federal funds are
AVAILABLE be given first considera-
ion in order to avoid any delay in
getting the public works program
'tarted and to avoid delay in pro
riding employment for all those
who are in need Of work. There
viii be many bills embodying the
necessary legislation to be pre-
'ented to the legislature and it is
bot thought the special session
ean be terminated in less than 30
lays. In issuing his call for the
'pecial session Governor Buck
aid the purpose is to enact legis-
alton that will enable Delaware
. obtain benefits from the Public
Continued on Page Four)
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
REGISTER THE UNEMPLOYED
William C. Pardee in Charge of
Kent County, Here Sept. 26-29

William Pardee, manager of the
Kent County Unemployment Of
fee, Dover, viii be in Smyrna at
the American Legion Post Room
on September &c, and again on
September 29, from 9 to II noon.
He viii register all unemployed.
The Office at Dover is open every
day to register the unemployed.
He will also be at Harrington at
the Town Hall. September % and
27. and at Milford at the Windsor
Hotel, September % and %. At
both these places he will register
the unemployed in the morning
between 9 and IL noon. -
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
DIR. GLAZEBROOK HERE
Gave a FINE Address at st. Peters
Church-Bishop Cook To Talk

Bishop Cook was unable to be
present at the special services
held in st. Peters Church last
evening. DIR. Larkin Glazebrook,
Lay Evangelist, delivered a splen-
did inspirational address. He also
addressed the women this after
noon. Bishop Cook will be pres
ent at the Parish Supper, given
by the ladies, this evening.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
MISS JEAN GEARHART WEDS
Daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Arthur
Gearflart Weds Roul Bratton

Saturday evening, September 16
at 7.30 o'clock, in Asbury M. E.
Church parsonage, Roul M. Brat
ton of Townsend, Delaware, and
Miss Jeanette Gearhart of Smyr-
ma, were united in marriage by
the pastor, the Rev. John L. John
son. Mr.. Bratton is the son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Abel Bratton of
Townsend, and Miss Gearhart is
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Gearhart of Thoroughfare
Neck, formerly of Smyrna. They
will reside in this town.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
Beckett Property, Smyrna, Sold

The property of John H Beck
EFT, west Commerce Street, form
erly the home of John w Tucker,
was sold Thursday by Sheriff
Salisbury to Mrs. Henry d. Hart
man for $4,000. Mrs. Hartman
held the mortgage.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
SMYRNA 2OTH CENTURY CLUB
Three Put in Nomination of Which
One Is To Be Elected President

A meeting of Smyrna Century
Club was held Friday afternoon at
which time the nominating COM
mittee brought in their report. It
is necessary to elect president,
as Mrs. H. ID. Boyer has resigned
on account of her health. Three
names were placed on the board,
Mrs. Edward SIDwight, Mrs. John
w. Clifton and Mrs. William j.
Taylor. The election will take
place on Friday afternoon, Octo-
Der s, the first meeting of the
club.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week

Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
rector, announces the following
services Thursday, st. Matthews
Day, 7.30 a. m, celebration of the
Holy Communion; Friday, s p. M,
Choir Practice; Sunday next, 7.30
a. M, celebration of the Holy
Communion; 10 a. M, Church
School; IL a. m, Morning Prayer
and sermon; subject of sermon,
Solomon Asketh Wisdom"
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
Tomato Season Closing at 45c

Tomato Season Closing at 45c
The tomato season has about
closed ard most cannery houses
have shut down. Hoffecker's Can
merry has let their foreign help go
but are working two or three days
this week with local help. Toma-
toes are still selling at As cents.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20
MUST BURY DEAD ANIMALS
Horses Dying From Epidemic and
Other Animals Must Observe Law

HUTsFS Dying TTUfII IP'ucIIIfo anu
Other Animals Must Observe Law
Owing to the epIuemlc OF dis
ease which has caused the death
of a number of horses in Delaware
the State Board of Agriculture
has called attention to the State
law which requires that all dead
animals be buried within "a hours.
The board stresses that in order
to prevent spread of the infec-
tion and to protect healthy stock,
all animals be buried Immediately
after death.
Smyrna times., 1933-09-20

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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-31
Our Friends, the Germs,
Aid In Countless Ways

Colds, influenza, diphtheria, even
tuberculosis are generally regarded as
the work Of malevolent germs, and
one is apt to regard all the tribe
as inimical to mans well-being, says
a writer in Tit-Bits Magazine.
The opposite Is really true. Germs
are one of mans most beneficent
agents and assist him In a thousand
ways. They are the active factor In
yeast, without which bread would be
almost UNBEATABLE. They give that ap-
petizing flavor to good cheese and
their distinctive aromas to wines and
spirits. They give tenderness to meat,
help in the maturing of tobacco, in
the formation Of peat and coal, and
in the making Of linen and leather.
Germ cultures are used by corpora
tons in the publication OF sewage
the very opposite process from what
one might imagine-and they fertilize
the soil, nourish plants, and ripen
fruit
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-31
Fish Hibernates Buried
Deep in Mud for Snoozs

Scientists have discovered marine
fish that hibernates six months Of the
wear in mud.
The discovery was made by rep
resentative Of the Geological Survey
of India, at Uttarbagh, near Calcutta.
He found the fish buried in mud to
a depth Of six feet, where it passes
the summer season In sleep.
The fish, which is an elongated
soby of the genus pseudoapocryptes.
lives in creeks, and when they dry
M it burrows itself into the mud. 1t
remains comatose, breathing through
an air-hole at the top Of the burrow.
When brought up the fish was Ian
guild, but on being placed in water
respiration was resumed, and the fish
Aapped its gill covers
The significance Of the discovery is
declared to be that all previous ex-
amples Of alternating fish have been
of the fresh water type. and this is
of the salt water variety. Coolies are
essentially coast fishes, and exist In
nearly all seas.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1933-08-31

J. Lawn Thompson and family at their
cottage near Pearson, Md, on Chesa-
peake Bay. They had to abandon the
cottage when it became surrounded
by water, during the recent storm,
and take refuge in a bungalow on an
elevation. Miss Thompson says that
while the experience was thrilling the
situation was not hopelessly danger
Gus, as there was higher land to re-
sort to, even had all, the cottages been
submerged.
Mrs. John R. Kuhn, Miss Edith
Walker and Miss Edna Neal who have
been visiting DR.. Ester Kuhn the past
week have returned to their homes in
Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude V. Allnutt and
family returned on Tuesday to their
home in Stamford, Conn.,, after hav-
ing spent four weeks with Mr.. ALL
NUTS mother, Mrs. Josephine Allnutt.
Mr.. William Collins, his son Donald
and Mr.. Roger Beane visited Mr.
Richard D. Harriss at the Veterans
Hospital in Oteen, N. c.
Mr.. Harriss, known by all and liked
by everyone in Rockville is better
known as "Dick" Harriss. He is the
nephew of Mr.. Collins and son of Mr.
and Mrs. John Richard Harriss, life
long residents of Montgomery county
Mr.. Collins and Mr.. Beane were the
first folks from Rockville that he has
seen in his three years in the hos
pital. He is steadily improving anG
feels fine.
Mrs. J. Thomas Young and hel
son Thomas Calvin have returned tt
their home in Washington, D. c. Mrs
Young was formerly Sue Gowan anc
the grand daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
John Richard Harriss.