Smyrna times., 1933-04-12

! know of course Mr.. Hayes impress
sions, but our two citizens who ac-
companied him found the obstacles
in the way of constructing the
curve less than they had anticipat-
ed.
SPECIAL JURORS - List of
!. special jurors drawn for the April
term of the Court of Oyer and
Terminer: Duck Creek Hundred
/ Anderson Ford, Walter o. Hoffeck-
er, James E. Truax. Kenton-
James w. Roe, Joshua NJ Arthurs.
Little Creek, Charles F. Harper,
Charles S. Clements. East Dover
William A. Riley, Caleb S.Penne-
will, William Slaughter. West Do
Ver-James A. Hutchins, Edward
Hubbard. North Murderkill-J John
G. Graham, George M. Scott, Alex.
, D. Green. South Murderkill- An
drew Dill, Jacob Friedel, Robert
Sipple Mispillion = Albert Har-
rington, John Mileham, William H.
Anderson. Milford = James P.
Lynch, James Sapp, Amos G.Turn-
er.
DEATH OF PEATER WILSON
I-Peater Wilson died at his home
in the ALLEY, 1-2 miles from
this town yesterday morning in the
18th year of his age. Though new
er a robust man he has been recog-
nized as possessiong more than
usual vigor and nerve force for one
Of his years until a sickness the
past Fall prostrated his vital forces
and ended in a steady decline that
resisted all medical skill. Mr.Wil-
son was a Marylander by birth but
for many years resident of this
State, mainly in st. Jones Neck be
low Dover, from which place he
moved to this section sixteen years
ago on purchasing the Holding"
farm, one of the most valuable |
properties in the ALLEY" He was
known as a man Of great inde-
pendence of thought and freedom
Of expression, but sought private
rather than public life.
THE SCHOOL DIRECTORS
The Board of School Directors met i
On Monday evening to reorganize
and elect the seventh Director (as
per the provisions Of the law James
P. Hoffecker being unanimously re-
elected to this place as well as the
office Of Treasurer The members
Of the board are: William M. Bell.
President; DR. E. M. Cloak, Secre-
tary; James p. Hoffecker, Treasur-
er; Or. p. T. Smithers, John H.
Hoffecker, George w. Taylor and
William a. FAIRIES. While the vote
at the election on Saturday showed
that there is practically no oppo-
sition to the necessary movement
for a new school house, there is yet
in the minds of a number serious
apprehensions of greatly increas-
ed town debt. These Commission
ers are all property holders as well
as conservative in the expenditure
of public funds and are not likely
to impose on others burdens that
they would not willingly bear were
the circumstances reversed. The
new school house is a necessity.
They will build it at the least pos
sible expense commensurate with I
the demands of our educational in {
terests and the credit of such a Z
to the town. The taxes
will of course be increased, but not }
more than fifty or sixty per cent !
or sufficiently to pay off about
$1,000 per year Of the bonded in
1ebtedness.
THE MCCLURE LECTURE AND ],
- The entertainment Z
the Mcclure lecture last !
night in its scope and completeness \
IF detail, was one of the best that I
We have ever seen given in the \
own. The Town Hall was hand 4
iomely decorated with paintings !
md flowers; conspicuously of the .
after was an evergreen arch which 4
ipanned one end of the platform l
ind filled with beautiful boquets, I
he presentation of which formed !
he closing exercises of the enter !
ainment. Shortly after eight
''clock, A. Lee Cummins, who pre-
iided at the musical entertainment i
the opening piece, a II
rio, Praise Ye," Miss Josephine ]
Cooke and Messrs. Chambers and
Hancock with Miss Bouton at the
,iano, which was well rendered At
he conclusion of three-quarters of
IN hour Of song, Mr. Cummins in
reduced Hon. B. T. Biggs, who af-
er a short address of extreme
compliments, introduced Col A. K.
Mcclure as not only the greatest
ournalist in America but the
world Col Mcclure read his ad-
lress Take The Sunny Side" in a
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