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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
WELFARE HOME
UPKEEP
Report at Wednesday Board
Meeting Shows Maintenance
Cost Is Growing Less
BOARD MEETING NEWS

The State Welfare Commission,
at its meeting at 800 Equitable
Building Wilmington, last Wednes-
day learned that it cost but S.997
day to maintain each patient at
the home in November, a slight
reduction over the operating cost
for October, the first month of the
homes existence. This was in
cluded in the report of DR.. "a. ".
Gilliland, superintendent. There
were total Of 261 persons in the
home during Noyember-154 white
male, AZ white female, 38 negroes,
and % negreses. There were is
transients during the month and
35 transients were given shelter at
night. a total of 50 meals were
served to transients during the
month. The commission expressed
satisfaction in being able to show
what it regards as a reasonably
low cost per patient per day. The
superintendent announced that
beds and mattresses recently or
dered to take care of the inmates
of the one wing of the State Hos
pital at Farnhurst had been re
ceived AS soon as the necessary
supply of sheets and linens can be
secured the remaining inmates at
the State Hospital will be remov-
ed to the Welfare Home. The gas
station on the State highway at
the entrance to the home has been
removed and in the spring the
commission hopes to be able to
make a more attractive entrance
to the home. The health of the
inmates of the home was reported
by the superintendent as showing
an improvement over month ago.
There were 3 deaths during the
month. Since the meeting of the
commission, the special session of
Legislature has been dissolved
without action on any of the State
Public Works funds. The State
Welfare Home was listed for
100000 to complete its building
program and as needed improve
ments are to be much delayed or
until the Legislature meets again
to act on it, there is much regret.
The only thing that can be done
about it is to wait and hope.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
DIR. p. e. Ellsworth, Former Pres.
Washington College, Chestertown

DR.. Paul Emerson Ellsworth,
aged 81, president of Alfred Uni
versity, Alfred, N. Y, and until
last year president of Washington
College, Chestertown, Md, died
Sunday of an heart attack while
he was entering his garage to
board his auto to fill an engage
ment ten miles distant His sud
den death was a shock not only to
Alfred University but to his many
friends on the Eastern Shore of
Maryland and Delaware. He was
a noted educator and Rotarian.
He was one of two United States
Rotarians serving as a member of
the International Service Commit
tee of Rotary International. He
founded the first Rotary Club in
Chestertown, Md, and was an edu-
Gator and traveller and visited Ger
many Austria and other European
places besides many educational
centers in America. He was
awarded the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy in 1909 from the Uni
versity of Wisconsin. DR.. Tits
CONTINUED on Page Four)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
FARM CROP AND.
EGG SHOW NEXT.
Plans For a State Meeting to
Be Held i'm Milford on
January 10, IL and II
PRIZES TO BE AWARDED

A statement has been issued rec
emily by the Delaware State Poul-
try Association that the invitation
has been accepted from the Della
ware Crop Improvement Associa-
tion to hold a combined farm crop
and egg show in the Grange Hall
in Milford on January 10, IL and
II, and plans are being made for
an interesting and educational eX-
hibit of these farm commodities.
In addition to H. S. Palmer, ex-
tension poultryman of the Uni
versity of Delaware, who is the
secretary-treasurer of the egg
show, various committees have
been appointed throughout the
state to assist in this work, and it
is expected that a large exhibit of
eggs will be on display at this
show According to the rules and
governing exhibits, an
entry in this egg show will consist
of one dozen eggs, and each person
will be limited to two entries. As
no entry fees will be charged ex-
poultrymen should make
every possible effort to cooperate
with the Delaware State Poultry
Association by entering their best
eggs and thereby help to make
this show a success. There will be
eight classes of eggs as follows:
Large white and large brown,
the weight to be from 25 to 20
ounces per dozen; medium white
and medium brown, the weight to
be from 81 to % ounces; pullet
white and pullet brown eggs, the
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
sc MORE AT WELFARE HOME
Arrived Monday From the State
Hospital and Take Up Residence

Fifty-six inmates of the former
county home adjoining the State
Hospital at Farnhurst were re-
moved from there Monday to the
new State Welfare Home at Smyr-
ma. There were "a white men and
81 negroes. Eight inmates were
left behind and of this number,
four will be committed to the
State Hospital at Farnhurst and
the other four, who are doubtful
cases, will probably be returned to
their homes. The inmates were
brought to Smyrna in large bus
and private automobiles. The old
county building is now vacant and
is being converted for use of the
State Hospital, the State having
recently acquired title to the build
ing.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
ROTARY CLUBS
DELAWARE DAY
Delaware's Place In History
Told By Former Lieut..
Governor Henry HAZEL
DOVER ROTARIANS HERE

The Smyrna Rotary Club at
their meeting last Thursday even
ing observed Delaware Day. r. F.
Corley, chairman of the evenings
program, introduced Hon. Henry
Hazel of Dover, as the guest
speaker. Mr.. Hazel, after a brief
resume of historical facts pertain
ing to Delaware, stated that by
act of the present session of the
State Legislature December 7th of
each year was declared as legal
holiday in the State for the Observ-
ance of Delaware Day. Delaware
ratified the Constitution December
z, 1887, it being the first State of
the original thirteen do so. Mr..
Hazel called the names of those of
the Delaware assembly who were
sent to the National Assembly to
place Delaware in lead for ratifl-
cation Prominent men were list
ed for their achievements in State
and National issues. Delaware is
credited with furnishing more men
per capita for the Revolutionary
and Civil Wars than any other
state in the Union H. P. Hall re-
sponded to Mr.. Hazel's address
and those present gave him a ris-
ing vote of thanks w E. Mat
thews, chairman of the program
committee, announced that the
club will have a Christmas Party
December 18th, when the wives
and daughters Of the members will
be invited. Visiting Rotarians: ".
P. Morris, H. H. Sansen, T. r
Brown, L. L. Layton of Dover
Club; c. w. Shockley, j. H. Tobin,
of Middletown Club. Guests: Hen
ry Hazel, c. H. Fleming, G. L.
Convey.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND CHEER
TO AID YULETIDE IN SMYRNA

Vernon Street, there is a veritable
canopy of Christmas lights and
this in addition to the Community
Tree and cluster of lights conferred
about the Four Corners. While of
course there must be a repetition
in arrangement of these lights.
there are other decorations with
attractive changes and altogether
Smyrna is made an attractive
place to come. Read and keep in
touch with the Christmas adver-
tisements in the Times. These adj
vertisers have laid in their Christ
mas stock and are enabled to aid
you in solving your gift problems.
The home and lawn Christmas
decorations are given some incen-
tive this year by reason of the
Smyrna Business Mems organiza-
tion offering a $500 cash prize for
the best decorated place and a
$3.50 cash prize for the next best.
If you have not made your dona-
ton to the Christmas fund, make
it to any one of the following COM
mittee: ]. Frank Webb, Grover c.
King, C. B. Raymond or B. Frank
lin Ennis. They will be glad to
receive it. Remember that they
want to have more than $4,000
over expenses to turn over to the
Kings Daughters to help carry
Christmas cheer to the poor and
peadxy
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
ASBURY CHURCH JUBILEE
61st Anniversary Marked ON Sun
day by Presence of Bishop Hughes

61st Anniversary Marked ON Sun
day by Presence of Bishop Hughes
The sixty-first anniversary of
Asbury Methodist Epis copal
Church was appropriately observ-
ed last Sunday by having as the
guest speaker, Bishop Edwin H.
Hughes, Resident Bishop of the
Washington Area of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. Bishop Hughes
is recognized as being one of the
most eloquent and attractive pull
pit orators of the church. He
made very fine sermon using as
his subject, ''The Fathers Gift of
the Kingdom" A class of four
teen was received into the church
by transfer and by confession of
faith. The Senior Choir sang
Gloria from the Twelfth Mass. The
service was a very impressive one
throughout. Rev. Maurice E. Levitt
D. D., pastor of the Methodist
Temple in Philadelphia and Super
of that great Commun-
ity Center, one of the largest in
the denomination, was the guest
speaker at the evening service.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
SMITH FOR Q. S. MARSHALL
His appointment to Succeed Char
les Hanratty, Forgone Conclusion

The appointment Of former
Sheriff Austin D. Smith, of Clay
ton, to succeed Charles Hanratty,
of Smyrna, as United States Mar
shall, sometime next March, APP
pears to be a foregone conclusion
in Democratic circles. Mr.. Smith
made a good record as Sheriff Of
Kent County, is a leading Demo-
crat and will succeed Mr.. Hanrat-
ty, republican incumbent, whose
term expires in April. Much in
terest is evident among Democrats
in the possible appointment of
deputies in the office. Lieut.. Col.
S. B. Irwin Duncan, of New Castle,
is spoken of prominently in con-
nection with the appointment of
chief deputy. Others mentioned
as possible appointments in the Of
flee are Former Deputy U. S. Mar
shall Cole, of Wilmington; former
State Senator Elmer David, of
Taylor's Bridge; Burton Pepper,
former State SenatorN Cove S.
Lynch and Harley Conoway, of
Georgetown.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13

Smyrna is putting on an air of
Christmas and with the festal day
less than two weeks off, there is
more of the touch of Yuletide as
street decorations go up and
homes and places of business are
looking prettier with their Christ
mas displays. The street. lights,
red and green, have been strung
and this week the American Leg
ion Post has erected their Com
munity Christmas Tree at the
-Four Corners" under which Xmas
carols, band concerts and other
celebrations may be had. The
Town Hall and the Fire Hall have
also been strung with Xmas lights
like a year ago and by another
week homes and lawns will be
showing cheerful lights and decor
ations. The lights were turned on
for the first time Saturday night,
but SO bleak and cold was the
weather the usual Saturday night
crowd was thinned out and stores
closed earlier than usual. The
lights will be turned on again this
evening and if not kept on every
night after this, will surely be on
from Saturday night next thru the
HOLIDAYS. AS usual the stores are
kept open every evening until
Christmas. From the Fire Hall to
the boulevard on Commerce Street
and from the Town Hall to Mt.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
ST. PETERS CHURCH NOTES
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week

Rev. Frederick Marx Barton, Rec
tor, Announces Services for Week
Rev. Frederick Marx Barton,
rector, announces the following
services: Friday, 7.30 p. m, short
service and address followed by
choir practice; Sunday next, 730
a. m, celebration of the Holy
Communion; 10 a. m, Church
School; IL a. M, morning prayer
and sermon; $50 p. M, Young
Peoples meeting. We will have
our usual Midnight Choral Com
munion service, anthems, solos,
and story appropriate to the glad
Holy season on Sunday, December
oath, beginning at 11.30 p. m. The
children's service will be held on
Wednesday, December 9th, at $50
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
DAIRY FARMERS TO MEET
w. X. Moffett to Address Allied
Group ar Middletown Tonight

A meeting of the Allied Dairy
Farmers Association has been call
ed for this "wednesday evening,
at 7.3O o'clock, in the Middletown
School auditorium. The meeting
will be addressed by w. K. Moffett
of Philadelphia, chairman of the
Board of the Allied Dairy Farm
ers All farmers are invited to
attend. A number from Smyrna
contemplate motoring up to hear
the talk.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
f'NSlON GROUP PARTY
i''m Smyrna Attend DE.
/ Riiar at Camden

a'iul Affair at Camden
f, saa9al Christmas party of
[l lr,asl0I e Clubs in charge Of
4 ', v.s ,w,hitcomb, Extension
ap az sr ned last Thursday at
! Urangs Hall, Camden.
N gym y,nlans attended the de-
kgp'o r'if \, including Mrs.Frank
|I~~i, )! Miss Mary Hyngon,
II s vs.. NJ Price, Mrs. Ge lT1r,
| HONS asa. Walter W. Hyn pa n
h. ls'a NJ Deakyne, Mrs. Bed Bed,
u K MS, George Short, Mrs,
n ASlap' and Mrs. Thomas / |,
H. .u luncheon was served At
kftsnasanad the program during nr a.
| rsa IS0a consisted Of recita :
pays bv = usical numbers
~ was vsr,, various clubs
Received ! euJOyable. Each
ere in attor PRESENT. About
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
SMYRNA GRANGE OFFICERS
Howard C. Deakyne Named Mast
er For the Ensuing Year

II - u t1Ht . -
Smyrna Grange met on Wednes-
day night and elected the follow
ing officers: Master, Howard c.
Deakyne; overseer, William S.
Snow; lecturer, Mrs.Joseph Ennis;
steward, Clifford Heinold; assist
ant steward, James Fleming; sec
rotary Charles R.Pryor; treasurer,
Walter T. Massey; chaplain, Ed
gar T. Heinold; Ceres, Mrs. How
ard c. Deakyne; Pomona, Mrs. FL
wood Kemp; Flora, Mrs. Norman
Short; lady assistant steward,
Hilda Lockerman. A social hour
followed.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
IN
CAR
,.. ". Wise, Wife of
| nr,ggist, Killed in
,rto Crash, Smyrna
prE OTHERS INJURED

lame, ". Wise, At, wife OF
=, '' druggist, was instantly
~ \, S'' three other persons
' ri injured on the
.,,rs IN Smyrna shortly De
even o'clock Monday morn m
.- ,bsir car skidded on the
' .'Tsred highway and crash
essSsids into a milk truck.
.,,i5spt happened almost in
/ \ Ennis & Deakyne's gar.
Ms, Frank Hall Davis, OF
!, VICE chairman Of the Kent
n Republican Committee ana
M Of the State Mothers
lon Commission was aFi ,Ine
vas Mrs. Wise's sister, Mrs
Erotts. wife of Judge Knots
k,nt0r. Nd, and her five-year-
4, lanes Knots. They were
H. IN the Smyrna Legion
lsuce to the Kent General
In at Dover where their IN
4 a.. said to be improving.
n, taken Monday, revealed
rfuries Of Mrs. Frank Hall
were not as serious as had
N been supposed. Mrs. Davis
now not believed to be frac-
but she is still in the hospital
rng from lacerations Of the
! and hands. Mrs. Owen Knots
! u Judge Of Denton, Nd, and
{tve.ysar-old son, James, were
4 said to be improving. Mrs.
M suffered a fractured jaw
her son a fractured skull in
crash. Marley Davis Of Up
bsrby driver Of the milk
into which their car skidded,
sraigned before Magistrate
un in Dover, on a charge Of
Daughter and held in $4,000
The bail was furnished and
Ess released. The Coroner's
summoned Monday night by
nsr ". c. Poore to investigate
accident adjourned until De
N %. City Councilman w.
Elements was chosen foreman
/ jury and Herman G. Taylor,
isiy. Mrs. Davis, who with
party, we're on the way to
islphia to do some Christmas
ping, was driving the car. She
going north on the DUPONT
sVard at a rate Of about 35
an hour. On the Boulevard
nyrna she saw the milk truck
pacing from the opposite di-
pn. She put on her brakes to
down and the car skidded on
lppery surface, turning com
y around and smashing into
Fruck. The car was demolish-
Marley Davis, aged IS, Of
\ Darby, Pr, driver Of the
was arrested by Private
Pan, Of the State Police, and
aiialgned on a charge Of
laughter. The truck is own
FCc. Cramer, Of Monroeville,
Mrs. Wise was the daugh-
the late Rev. Alfred Smith.
Methodist minister. she is
20 Oy her mother, Mrs. AL
s4l'n' who has been visiting
lover for the past few
ner husband, three sons.
So brothers, Paul r. Smith.
Fenty-secOnd and Washington
Wilmington, and Alfred
VI Mani, Fla, and her sis
Ms Knots. The funeral 81
Wise took place from her a.
lsaidence this afternoon with
nsnt at Lakeside cemetery
largely attended. the aorsi
6 being numerous and bea,1-
H., nsV :, :. :. Thomas, pastor
ninister. INC Oiiioldt-
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
Cold Winter Weather Hits Smyrna

Smyrna has been in the clutches
of the coolest weather of the sea-
son so far; as low as 10 degrees
and snow an inch or more deep.
The first sleigh was out Monday.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1933-12-13
H., : ! Long Liquor rnsDeoto,

BIZ / Lone Long, son Of Mr.. and
liquor IDsnea. W peen appoint
State Iim,o Ot oy Pierre S.
1 he territor,s. commission
. below Doy.r south Of the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
FIND BLOOD IN
CAHILL AUTO
Search In Murder Of 10
Year Old Girl Pushed In
Massachusetts,

SOMERVILLE, Mass. Sept. 16.
(UP).-Stains which appeared TO
be human blood and strands of
hair resembling that of ten-year-
old Peggy Mccarthy, slain Somer-
vile school girl. were found in
the abandoned automobile OF
Harry P. Cahill, former Montana
cowpuncher. Police Chief Thomas
Damery announced yesterday.
Cahill. who disappeared the day
the child was found strangled IN
Cambridge lot, was still the OBJ
iect of a week-long search.
DR.. William A. Hinton, chief
of the Wasserman Laboratory of
Harvard Medical School. declared
that from a perfunctory examina-
ton of the stains he thought they
might be human blood. A proper
examination of the stains and hair
might require six weeks, however,
he said.
District Attorney Warren L,
Bishop, in charge of the investi-
cation, said the hunt for Cahill
would become nationwide as soon
as he received fngerprints of the
missing man from the war de-
partment at Washington. The en-
tire country will be circularized,
he said.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
PERWaL
PARAGRAPH

Mr.. and Mrs. o. Lee Allen left
this morning for Chicago, ILL.,, to
attend the Century of Progress,
Exposition and later visit in
Cleveland, Ohio. They were &C
companied by Mrs. Aliens sister,
Mrs. Robert Jordan, of Fayette-
vile, and brother, Mr.. Eugene
Way. of Reidsville.
Craig Forsyth has gone to n. G..
State in Raleigh to take a course
in mechanical engineering.
Misses Matte and Isabelle Rich
ard will leave tomorrow to resume
their teaching in the Winston-Sa-
lem schools.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wallace Ewing
and child, of Bellefontaine. Ohio,
who have had one of the Gurley
apartments. have moved to a
house on Hyman avenue.
Fleet Osborne and Wayne Cor
pening, of Mills River, will leave
on Monday for N. C. State, IN
Raleigh.
Miss Edna Sronce and mother,
Mrs. A. L. Sronce, have taken a
house at 521 Oak street for the
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
KANGAROO COURT
MAY BE SEQUEL TO
FLORIDA'S GOVERNOR

Continued from page one)
the hearing who claimed the
vigilance at Lula had made the
place a "speed trap"
1t was claimed that Hawkins
took in $50 in cash bonds from
II motorists on the Fourth of
July, and although he said he
only took in about $50 the first
week when they started operat-
ing two months ago, business
had improved in recent weeks.
The motorists rarely returned
for their peace bond.
Governor Talmadge made some
remarks about "hi-jacking rack
ets." and it being wrong for any
Georgia municipality to operate
a "money-making trap and l will
not allow it."
There really wasn't much the
governor could do about it, how
ever, but he made three sugges-
tons; that some kind Of traffic
light be placed at Lula to warn
motorists; that Police Chief Haw-
kins be placed on salary in
stead of the so per cent COM
mission on what he collects in
making arrests; and that the re-
quired S. cash bond should be
abolished.
But the Governor of Florida
seems to be out his So.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
GOVERNMENT ORDERS
NEWS STAND MOVED

RALEIGH. Sept. 16. Especially q.
"Blind Johnson" otherwise j. c..
Johnson, who for more than a
year has operated a news stand
on the postoffice corner here and
is known to present and former
legislators in all sections of the
state as the genial doorkeeper of
the state house of representa-
tives, has been ordered by the
government to move his news
stand. Johnson's wife and bro
ther-in-law, who are also blind,
are dependent upon the living
the three of them make at this
news stand.
Johnson is decidedly blue over
the order and is going to make
an effort to get the government
to permit him to keep his news
stand where it is. But the
chances do not seem to be very
bright.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
RADIO PHONES USED
ON FRISCO BRIDGE

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. &c.
(U).-For the first time on a con-
struction project. high frequency
radio telephones were in use to-
day for communication between
workers on the San Francisco Bay
bridge. twenty-five of them were
installed to link offices on both
sides of the bay with boats, piers,
caissons and other points of con-
struction.
The phones were devised by D.
Reginald Tibbetts. University of
California senior, who six years
ago was runner-up in the Edison
national contest for boy SCI
entists.
Standard receivers and trans
mitters, as used in regular tele-
phone equipment. were installed.
They operate on wave length OF
from four to six meters.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
BIGAMY CHARGED TO
FLORIDA OFFICER

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Sept.
16.-(UP).-Major G. N. Hobbs.
Florida national guard officer,
was arrested here yesterday on
charges of bigamy.
The warrant was sworn out by
his first wife here who charged
that while still married to her he
married another woman, from
Mariana, in Alabama.
Major Hobbs was released on
$500 bond signed by two fellow
national guard officers. He has
long war record. beginning with
the Boxer Rebellion. Until re-
Gently he was sanitary officer of
the state board of health here.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
Ban Football For
Brevard Fridays
May Not Be Played On
Any School Day There

BREVARD, Sept. 16. Especially
Brevard football enthusiasts, that
is. most of them, are all up in
the air" about ruling made by
school officials to the effect that
no football games will be played
hereafter on Fridays or other
school days, and further that
those students who did not pass
three subjects last season are not
allowed on the field. /
Four subjects, with passing
grades are required this year in
order to play in the Saturday
games" that are causing such a
rucus among fans, and officials
are adhering strictly to the rule,
regardless of the fact that sew
eral of the best players are elm
mated.
In the meantime, Coach Tilson
is running his "little fellows" reg
ular and is doing the best he can
with what he has to work with.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1933-09-16
County Fair At
Brevard Planned
Early In October

BREVARD, Sept. Is Especially
are being made for stag
ing a county fair in Brevard
early in October, the fair to be
held two days instead of one as
has been the custom for the past
few years when fairs were held
at both Rosman and Brevard as
community projects.
Definite plans are not ready
to announce, according to Pro
fessor Julian Glazener and Pro
fessor Randall Lyday, agriculture
teachers in the two county high
schools, a meeting of committees
from each community to be held
within a few days to complete
details.