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The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-13
SENATE STAND
AS TO FEDERAL
TAX REVERSED
Revised Measure Lifts Bur-
den From Man With
Small Income

WASHINGTON,A Aug. ID. (OTJ
The senate finance committee lift
ed the tax burden off the back OF
the man with a small income last
night and then reported a bill that
will bring the federal government
about $3.50, 100000 year. :,
That action brought the whole
tax program closer in line with
what President Roosevelt recon-
mended when he sent message
to congress urging passage OF leg
islation designed to Tedistribute
wealth.
It was an abrupt reversal on
the part of the senate finance COM
mittee. When the committee met
yesterday it had before it a bill
that would have brought 1,00O,-
600 persons, who now pay nothing
to the government, onto the fed
eral tax rolls. The committee, hot
and coatless, i'm a close stuffy room
took three swift votes and the tax
increases on small incomes were
defeated.
This action restored an exemp-
ton of $4,000 for a married man
and $1,000 for a single man. Ear
lier the committee had voted TO
reduce those exemptions to $4,000
and $500 respectively.
That means that married man
earning $4,000 year will con-
tinue to pay about $40 year in
federal income tax rather than the
$40 he would have paid if the ex-
emptions had been lowered. The
vote on that was 8 to 7. 1t was
defeat for Sen. Robert M, La
Toilette, Wis, Prog, who had led
the fight to broaden the tax base
and increase levies on small III
comes.
Chairman Pat Harrison, per.
spiration dripping from hiss chin,
chewed on an unlighted cigar as
he explained what else the COM
mittee had done.
The house bill would have
caused a rapid rise in the surtax
rates on incomes of $4,000 or
more. The senate left the $780,
600 brackets alone and voted to
start heavy surtax increases only
when the income exceeded ST.
100000 year.
100000 to $1,500,000, 500
$1,50O,00C to $2,000,000 500
s2,OOO,OOO to 100000, $50
$3,5OO,O0O to $5,000,000, $50
$5,OO0,OO0 to $7,O00,0O0, 71%
$7,0OO,O00 to $40, 100000 74%
$40, 100000 and over, 1870.
The house bill carries a gradu-
ated corporation tax of 13h % on
incomes of less than $4,000 and
14Aeo on incomes of more than
$4,000 The senate changed those
Less than $4,000, 12h%
$4,000 to $4,000, 1870
$4,000 to 100000, 1870
100000 and over, ID n 70.
A capital stock tax of $3.50 on
each $1,000 was left unchanged
hv the finance committee. The
present rate is 81 per $1,000.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-13
WEATHER

/. cloudy with local thun-
Partly IN west and north Por-
F'h0~sisbt: Wednesday local
|n' sOr nxers; not much change
Temperature
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-08-13
GOOD AFTERNOON

A Rspublisan elected in Rhode
Islandl Coed thing. or We might
have forSottsn what = Republicans
really was. t -
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01

At a congregational meeting of
the First Presbyterian Church of
Smyrna, held recently, it was voted
that during August while the pas
tor, Rev. James r. Galley and his
wife, were away on their vacation,
they would take this opportunity to
renovate the church which for some
time has been in need of not only
a refinishing on the interior but
some necessary repairs outside and
in. The congregation turned over
this work to the Board of Trustees
who will act as a committee of the
whole in having the work done.
The interior of the church will be
redecorated in its entirety. A new
carpet will be laid, the pulpit and
pews refinished, and probably other
changes that will make the church
modern and up-to-date. The out
side woodwork of the church prop
erty viii be repainted and the leaks
in the roof repaired. The Sunday
School Room or Chapel, will not be
done, 1t is said, at this time. The
church, under the pastorate of Rev,
James r. Galley, is making mark
ed progress and is growing In
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
WORK BEGUN ON RENOVATING
SMYRNA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

membership. The minister and his
wife are popular with the young
folks of the town and community
and they are doing good work
among them. Rev. Mr.. Galley who
came here on his first pastorate af-
ter his graduation from college and
ordination, is winning popular
favor with his sermons. These he
delivers extemporaneously with
out reading) and shows by study
he is bible student Of ability and
brings a message to his congrega-
ton that is being faverably receiv-
ed. He has a fine helpmate in his
charming wife who, like her hus-
band, has a popular hold upon the
young people. And not only the
young people but the older men,
bers of the congregation are ac-
claiming them. With such a spirit
manifested the Presbyterian Church
has taken on new life. The work
of redecorating and refinishing the
church is in line with the modern
thought to make the church inter-
esting and inviting for young and
old and power for good in the
community.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
WHEAT GROUP
ELECTS STAFF
Kent Sussex Wheat PrOduc-
tiOn Control Association
Is Now Organized
r. III. WILSON, PRESIDENT

The annual meeting of the Board
of Directors of the Kent and Sus-
sex County Wheat Production Con-
troll Association was held Thurs
day evening, July 25, in the State
Board of Agriculture building in
Dover, for the purpose of electing
officers and members of the allot-
ment committee for another year,
and to consider other business of
the association in connection with
wheat allotment contracts. All of
the former officers were unanim-
ously reelected, including r. Harry
Wilson, president; Lyndon D.
Caulk, vice-president; Russell E.
Wilson, secretary; and Lawrence
E. CAM, treasurer. In addition to
the president of the association, the
other two members of the allot-
ment committee are c. Arthur
Taylor and Robert A. Carton who
also were unanimously reelected.
AT the community meetings which
were held in Kent county during
the week of July 16, those wheat
contract signers who were elected
chairmen of the district commit
tees became members of the Board
of Directors of the wheat associa-
tion. Kent county is represented
by nine directors including Ernest
S. Mattiford, H Clifford Clark, r.
Harry Wilson, Henry Williams,
Lyndon D. Caulk, Robert A. Gar
ton, Lawrence E. Cain, c. Arthur
Taylor and Howard r. Moore. Sus-
sex county with but a small num-
ber of contract signers is repre-
sented on the board by only one di-
rector, Daniel H. Galloway, result
ing in the board consisting of ten
directors who have control of the
policies of the wheat association in
accordance with the rulings of the
Agricultural Adjustment Admins
tration. The inspection of the
wheat acreage on those farms un-
der allotment contract in Kent and
Sussex counties this year has been
completed, and the compliance
certificates are now being checked
over by the allotment committee.
These compliance papers will be
forwarded to the Division of Grains
of the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration within short time
for final approval, upon which
authority benefit payment checks
will be issued on the 1885 wheat
crop. Whet association officials
have not received definite word as
to when the new contracts will be
available, but it is expected they
will be offered to the wheat farm
ers sometime during the last of
August or the first of September.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
WARNED ABOUT
TRAVEL SOUTH
Epidemic of Infantile Par
alysis in North Carolina
and Virginia the Cause
STATE REGISTRATION

The travelling public going to and
from the infantile paralysis cpl
demic area in Virginia and North
Carolina is complying with the
Delaware regulation requiring that
they register and submit to daily
examination if intending to stay in
this State for more than IL hours.
The State and City Boards of
Health are discouraging Delaware
people from travelling into the
danger zone. Several persons tele-
phoned the Board of Health Mon
day and Saturday as to the advis-
ability of motoring into North
Carolina or Virginia, and were
warned against it. DR.. James w.
Butler, executive secretary of the
Wilmington Board of Health, said
that such vacation trips into the
infantile paralysis area are not
worth the risk they entail, espec-
tally to families in which there are
children. At Dover, DIR. A. C. Jost,
executive secretary of the State
Board of Health, reported that one
registration had been made in Kent
county. So far no registrations
have been recoded in Sussex
county.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
ROTARY CLUBS
WEEKLY MEET
Address by Everett Lambden
of ChestertOwn, Md, Recent
ly Returned From Mexico
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL

The Smyrna Rotary Club last
Thursday evening had as their
guest speaker Mr.. Everett Lamb
den, secretary of Chestertown Club.
Mr.. Lambden, who recently return
ed from Mexico where he attended
the Rotary International Conven-
tion, gave detailed account of the
trip the experience of travel, the
customs and habits of the natives
IN Mexico in contrast to the Amer
leans. One of Mr.. Lambden's S
greatest pleasures during his at
tendance at the convention was the
honor of being seated next to Paul
Harris the founder of Rotary and
from this acquaintance he learned
the true motive of Rotary. Mr..
Lambden told of his meeting with
many high cignitaries of Rotary
and his exchange of friendship to
those Rotarians from every corner
of the world, who are teaching Ro-
tary as it was originally construct
ed. AT this convention Edward
Johnson of Roanoke, Virginia, was
elected Pesident of Rotary Inter-
national. George o. Fearon, vice.
president of the club, presided in
the absence of c. G.. Harmonson
president, and r. H. Denney, secre-
tary, who were attending the dis
trict assembly for presidents and
secretaries in West Chester, Pa.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Robert McFarlin, Recently Employ
ed at State Welfare Home

Robert McFarlin, so years old,
recently employed at the State
Welfare Home and a resident of
Smyrna while here, former superin-
tendent of the New Castle County
Almshouse at Farnhurst died Tues
day morning at the home of his
brother-in-law, Albert M. Chandler,
605 North Union street, Whining
ton. Mr.. McFarlin had been in
poor health for the past five years
and had been bedfast for the past
four weeks. He was suffering from
a heart condition and while i'll was
living at the home of his son, Har-
old McFarlin, in Elsmere Last
Friday Mr.. McFarlin was taken to
the Wilmington General Hospital
for an x-ray examination. He was
unable to make the return trip to
his sons home. The announcement
of Mr.. McFarlin's death was re-
ceived with sorrow. He served as
superintendent of the New Castle
county almshouse from 1926 until
1888, when he was transferred to
the State Welfare Home at Smyr-
ma. While here he was in charge
of the grounds and resided in the
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
KENT GROWERS
GRAPE TOURS
Will Be Made To the Grape
Vineyards of Kent County
Next Wednesday
IN CHARGE r. E. WILSON

Grape growers in Kent county
and throughout this section of the
Peninsula will be interested to
learn that plans for a grape tour
have been revived this summer af
ter a discontinuance of these tours
for the past two years, and all
growers who desire to inspect
some of the commercial vineyards
in this county will be given this
opportunity on Wednesday, August
z. Arrangements for this tour
have been made by County Agent
Russell E. Wilson in cooperation
with a committee of grape growers
and the Delaware experiment sta
tion, and it is expected that a
number of growers will take ad-
vantage of this means of seeing
how other growers are taking care
of their vineyards, and the general
prospects for a crop this year. The
tour this year should be of partic-
ular interest to all growers in view
of the fact that many vineyards in
dicate the prevalence of black rot
within the past few years, result
ing in severe losses to the crop in
some instances. A survey of the
commercial vineyards in this area
has shown, however, that growers
as a whole have taken much bet
ter care of their vineyrds this year
than during the past few seasons,
and this careful attention to dis
ease and insect control practices
has brought results to which a
great amount of credit is due these
growers. Those who plan to go on
this tour are requested to meet at
10 o'clock on the morning of Aug
ust z at the farm of Ed Willim
east of Dover. AS the tour is be-
ing assembled, visitors will have
the opportunity of inspecting Nj
Continued on Page Five)
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
TWO ACCIDENTS
ON BOULEVARD
One Mishap Was Near Black
bird and the Other Was
South of ''Black Cat"
INJURIES AT BLACKBIRD

Chrles Garelli 40, of North East,
Md, is in the Delaawre Hospital,
Wilmington, suffering from pos
sible fracture of the skull, lacera-
tions of the scalp and fractured
ribs as the result of being struck
by an automobile, Sunday night,
while he was on the State highway
near Blackbird making repairs to
his own machine. Miss Rose Reed,
35, of Odessa, who was a passeng-
er in his machine, was bruised and
received possible fracture of one
of her ribs in the crash. She was
treated at the Delaware Hospital
and later released. George Blanch-
field, of Townsend, driver of the
other machine, was arrested by
State Policemen Reed and Leisure
on a charge of assault and battery
He was arraigned before Magis-
trate HodgsOn at Townsend and
held in $500 bail for further hear
ing August IA, the continuance be-
ing granted pending the outcome
of the injuries to Garelli. Blanch-
field and others in the car he was
operating escaped injury. He claim
ed the Garelli car was parked too
far out in the highway he could
not avoid it but Garelli said his
machine was standing on the dirt
shoulder of the road. Milford T.
Smith, 33, and William Shockley.
of E,xmore, Va, escaped injury
Sunday night when the truck they
were riding in driven by Smith upset
in ditch on the DUPONT Boulevard,
half mile south of State Road.
now familiarly known as Black Cat.
Northbound traffic was diverted to
the southbound lane of the dual
highay while police aided the
truckmen and others to right the
truck and restore about so barrels
of potatoes spilled over the road
Many of the barrels were split
open, throwing potatoes for hun
dreds of feet. State Policemen
Davidson, Bush and Harrity invest
igated. Aside from being badly
shaken up neither occupant of the
truck was injured. Smith said he
was forced into the ditch to avoid
striking parked car on the road
which Immediately left the scene
of the accident.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
BIDS FOR WORK
ON C. & D CANAL
SS46,707 the Lowest Bid on
Bulk of Work For Wider
and Deeper Waterway
AWARDS TO BE MADE

Low bids opened Tuesday at the
u. S. Engineers office in Philadel-
phia on dry excavation necessary
to widening and deepening the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to
a full-sized ship canal totalled
$846,707 and the lowest bidder on
the bulk of the work was Edward
H. Ellis, Inc, of Westville, N. j.
The Ellis Company was low on the
first five items, or sections of work
to be done. The aggregate of its
bids on these items was $597 ,912.
The Burket Construction Company,
of Vineland, N. j., and the Richard
son-Kelly Company, Philadelphia,
were equally low at $85,784 on
item six. For the last two items,
Burket was low with S83.485 on
item seven, and Richards-Kelly was
low with S79, ,526 on item eight. The
contracts were not awarded, this
being left to the division engineer,
stationed at New York. These are
the first bids to be opened on the
S12, 100000 project to increase the
depth from IL feet to 27 feet and
the width from $50 to 400 feet. The
money for half of the project has
already been allotted. The final
bids on the first half of the work
were opened yesterday. These will
be for the dredging, or wet exca-
walton. Colonel John c. H. Lee,
district engineer, will then forward
the tabulated bids to his superiors
for approval, which is expected to
be obtained promptly so that ac-
tual work will begin in few
weeks. The total cost of widening
and deepening the canal will be
four times as much as it cost to
build the canal back in 1925, when
1000 farmers and hired men dug
the original 14-mile waterway as
part of a Observation-Disclosures sys-
TEN. The Federal government
bought it in 1919 for S2,52O.OOO,
which was S27O,0OO more than it
cost to build. The present project
will give jobs to 1000 men for Is
months. Condemnation proceed
ings for II plots of ground and 81
in Maryland are still pending in U.
S. District Court, but this will Gre
ate no holdup, since the court has
given the government possession
pending completion of sales. Prop
erty owners have until September
10 to show cause why the ground
should not be condemned. En-
largement of the canal will give
greater strategic value to lighter
naval craft on the Atlantic Coast
and is expected to return to the
canal an era of prosperity which
was lost with the rise of the rail-
roads.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
KENT FOLKS AT
FAIR OPENING
Number From Smyrna and
Vicinity Motor To Har-
ringtOn Tuesday
THRONG ON FIRST DAY

A number from Smyrna-Clayton
and vicinity motored to Harrington
Tuesday to be there for the open
ing of the big Kent-Sussex Fair.
AS usual, the first day was observ-
ed as Children's Day when all chill
dren under 16 years of age will be
admitted free. A large number of
the shows and concessions arrived
Monday and were Immediately pre-
pared for the opening. Thousands
of persons visited the ground Tues
day and yesterday. With the fair
officially opened, amusements and
attractions aplenty were offering
inducements, while refreshment
stands and other concessions were
in full operation. The exhibits this
year in agricultural products and
art, a number being entered from
this vicinity, were viewed by the
crowd. The harness racing is the
center of attraction each after
noon. There are three races on the
program including the 2:15 pace,
2:24 trot and 2:24 pace. There are
IL entries in the 2:15 pace, 81 en-
tries in the 2:24 trot and Is in the
2;24 pace. There are plenty of
horses to make the races exciting
and a fine program is put on each
day. With such large entries it
mas become necessary to arrange
scoring positions with the horses
nve or six abreast in double or
triple rows.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
BEETLES NOT so NUMEROUS
Smyrna Clayton Which Has Been
Much Annoyed, See Letting Up"

Smyrna Clayton Which Has Been
Much Annoyed, See Letting Up"
During the past week Japanese
beetles which have been on the in
crease about Smyrna and Clayton
have become less numerous. BY
the middle of August they will
have burrowed under ground for
another year. Local residents who
make a practice of picking them
from flowers and growing veget-
ables daily say that they have
found scarcely any for the past
two days. The Delaware River in
this section is still practically full
of dead beetles floating on the sur
face of the water. They are being
washed ashore by the tides and
millions of the dead insects can be
seen by walking a short distance
along the river shore. Persons di-
rectly across the river from here,
say that they are more numerous
along the Jersey shore line than
along the Delaware shores.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
MISS PAULINE PRYOR A BRIDE
Quietly Married Saturday to Win
field X. Hopper of Ridgewood, n. j

Quietly Married Saturday to VIM
field X. Hopper of Ridgewood, n. ].
Miss Pauline Pryor, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James R. Pryor, Of
near Delaney's, and Winfield
Ketchem Hopper, son of Mrs. JOS
ephine Hopper Milbury and the late
Edmund Hopper, of Saddle River,
N. j., were married at 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon on the lawn of
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford
Pryor, at Blackbird, by the Rev.
Essell P. Thomas, pastor of Wes-
lev M. E. Church, Dover. Mrs.
Thomas Coverdale, of Smyrna,
played the wedding music. The
bride wore a gown of white lace, a
small white hat and carried white
roses. Her only attendant, her
sister, Miss Geneva Pryor, wore
ping organdy, pink hat and carried
pink roses. Roger Hopper, of
Ridgewood, N. j., was best man.
After a wedding supper, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hopper left on a motor trip
and will live in Ridgewood. the
bride is a graduate of Smyrna High
School and the Women's College,
University of Delaware, and for
several years has been a member of
the faculty of the Englewood
schools.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
CASE DUMB RABIES, DOVER
Strict Quarantine Kept For Thirty
DAYS as Precautionary Measure

Strict Quarantine Kept For Thirty
Days as Precautionary Measure.
Due to a positive case of dumb
rabies, diagnosed by the State
Board of Health. in dog owned
by person living in the north
western part of Dover, all persons
in the northern part of that town
have been warned to keep their
dogs closely confined and under
observation for at least 80 days for
the appearance of this disease. 1t
has not been ascertained how this
case of rabies originated and in
order for everyone to be on the
safe side, the advice is given. Any
dog, acting suspiciously, should i'm
mediately be reported to a veter-
marian, the State Board of Health
or the Game and Fish Commission.
Smyrna times., 1935-08-01
BASEBALL CONTESTS HERE
Married Men Run Away with Score
Defeating Single Men 9 to 2

In lively baseball contest Tues
day evening between the married
men and the single men of Smyr-
ma on the High School diamond the
married men ran away with the
score 9 to 2. Bob Boyd managed
the single mems team but was un-
able to get an aggregation to make
a close and exciting game. On
Monday evening the Methodists
and Presbyterian teams crossed
bats again with another close score
as the result. The Presbyterians
made 5 runs and the Methodists 4,
leaving the series in favor of the
Presbyterians, to T. The pitch
ing of young Thawley was a fea-
ture of the contest, the opinion be-
ing that this young man, a high
school boy, bids fair to make a
steady rise to baseball honors.