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Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

an after dinner speaker he has few
equals. AS a Chautauqua platform
orator he was one of the greatest
attractions. The classes are GER
tainly to be congratulated upon be-
ing able to get him and the people
will be charmed with his message.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
Anthracite.
Famous Reading

A COAL that is dependable and
economical fuel There is no coal
that is better than the Reading.
1t gives you all the heat that you
can expect from any coal. Try it.
Send IN your order to-day
the coal will tell you all about it.
This is just the time to look af-
ter your roof before bad gathers.
We sell ROOF CEMENT that we
can guarantee. Will stop leaks
and save your paper.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE CLAY.
TON BANK AND TRUST COMPANY.
of Clayton, in the State of Delaware, at
the close of business on December 81,
1885.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
BANQUET AT ASBURY SOON
Annual Joint Affair of Mems and
Women's Bible Classes of Church

Plans are well nigh completed
for the annual joint banquet by the
Baraca and Willing Workers Bible
Glasses, Tuesday evening, Febru-
airy 18th, in the Assembly room of
the church. This is expected to be
one Of the greatest events in the
history of the classes. The menu
will be elaborate, the decorations
beautiful, the music thrilling and
the address will be delivered by
DR.. Frances Harvey Green, one Of
the most eloquent and fascinating
speakers on the American plat.
form. His use of English is mar.
velous and he keeps his audience
thrilled from start to finish. A.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

Charter No. 23s6-Reserve District No.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FRUIT
GROWERS NATIONAL BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY OF SMYRNA. in the
State of Delaware. at the close of busi-
ness on December 81, 1885.
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller of Currency, under Section
5211, U. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts ........ SAC, ,229. 80
Overdrafts ........ ...... 3O1.97
United States Government obli-
cations, direct and or fully
guaranteed ...... ...... -. 31,050.00
Other bonds. stocks. ana secur-
tiles ...... ..... ...... 47,943.50
Banking house. $50, ,o00.O 90: Furn-
iture and fixtures. S25, 100000. 115, 100000
Real estate owned other than
banking house -: -. 5O.OsS.72
Reserve with Federal Reserve
Bank ........ ...... ........ S1,728.1S
Cash. balances with other banks,
exchanges for clearing house.
etc. ....... . . 14,990.s4
Other assets ..... 1.068.94
Total Assets ...... ......... .s7SS.41202
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits, except United
States Government deposits,
public funds. and deposits of
other banks ......... .s1s7. .4s1. .25
Time deposits. except postal saw
ings. public funds and de-
posits of other banks ....... 3s9. 9.81o.96
Public funds of States, counties,
school districts, or other sub
divisions or municipalities -. 14,175.30
Deposits of other banks. includ-
ing certified and cashiers
checks outstanding ~. ...... s.ss2.26
Not secured by pledge
of loans and or in
VeStments ..S544,119.6
Total Deposits -. 80. 544.77s.77
other liabilities 80
Capital Account:
Preferred stock. 500 shares.l
par s125 per share. retirable
at $125 per share ......... Ice, 100000
Common stock, $50 shares. par
500. per share ...........t
Surplus :......... ............ 100000
Undivided profits-net 3.631.35
Total Capital Account .... 1851. .35
Total Liabilities ...... .....s7s8. .4l2.O2
MEMORANDUM: Loans and In
vestments Pledged to Secure
! Liabilities
United States Government obli-
! cations. direct and or fully
guaranteed ....:. -. -. 100000
Other bonds, stocks, and secur-
tiles ... ...... ....... 10000
4 Total Pledged (excluding re-
discounts) 80. -. -. 100000
Pledged:
Against deposits of trust de-
partments .... .......... 3.000 90
Total Pledged ....... ......s 100000
State of Delaware. County of Kent. IS:
/ I. w. E. Nowian, Cashier of the above
named bank. do soemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
w. E. NOWLAN. Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of January. 1886.
GEORGE r. STEVENSON,
Notary Public
Correct-Attest:
HERVEY p. HALL.
C. b. RAYMOND,
HARRY B. GRIEVES.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

ADVERTISEMENTS Smyrna Times
Is the business medium not only for the
town II represents, but for the outlying
district OF which it is the center. eni-
bracing the towns of Clayton. Kenton.
Cheswold. Townsend. Leipsic. &c. a rate
of SO cents per inch an insertion charg-
ed for transient advertising. Season OF
yearly display advertising rates quoted
IN application. For Sale, For Rent
lost and Found advertisements occupy
ing one inch space or less. minimum
charge of SO cents per insertion. IN
memoriam articles. 10 cents per line per
Issue
THE SMYRNA TIMES is an Independent
nanar devoted to the welfare of the town
Il represents and the State of which II
Is a part. 1t also gives the Items t ot
Importance of the Eastern Shore Oh
Maryland.
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16
Philadelphia Wins Convention

Democrats of Delaware and
the east are felicitating with
Philadelphia over winning the
bid for the coming Democratic
National Convention in June.
Philadelphia business men and
nearby communities irrespec-
tive of politics, raised a fund
of 100000 to get them to
come to Philadelphia. They
Smyrna times., 1936-01-16

Entered at the Post Office at Sm- rna. DEL
aware, as Second Class natter.
Subscription price. s1.50 per year. strictly
In advance.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
A Story Full of Interest

TIP AROUND Spooner, Wis, it
~ is natural, of course, that spoon
fishing should be popular not only
with the natives, but with the
26,444 visitors who inhabit the re-
giOn every summer. At least, that
is the assertion of Fred Record, of
Darlington, Ill.
"One Of my friends fished lake
in the Spooner region fifteen years
ago. but with Indifferent success"
says Record. THE man used
spoon, but for some reason the lure
of it's whir failed to attract the
fish.
MY friend was quitting in dis
gust and leaned over the side of
his boat. A $40 gold piece-for in
those days the possession Of gold
was no misdemeanor-fell from his
pocket, spun in the water and was
seized and swallowed by a fish,
which darted away.
Five years ago, that friend and
| returned to the same lake. Again
my companions luck was poor. But
Just at sundown he landed an enor-
nous pickerel which we took to
camp for our dinner. You can imag-
inc the delight Of my friend on
cleaning the fish, TO discover a $40
gold piece in its belly.
"The treasure was slightly tar
nished, 1t is true. But to offset this,
nv friend also removed three 50
bills from the fish. The Sc, we fig
ured out later, represented 6 per
cent interest on the gold piece for
ten years. 1t pleased us to learn
that the amount was exactly cor
rect"
g Western Newspaper Union.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Valuable Advice

TODAY l ran into my old and
l. wise friend, Bassett Blakely. He
stuck to the COW business, whereas
Will Rogers was weaned from
it. Otherwise these southwesterly
ranges might have produced one
more corn-fed philosopher-humorist
with a national reputation.
During the depression, Bassett
tried to borrow a sizable sum from
a gentleman with a well-earned rep
utation for frugality. 1t was for
lorn hope.
NO" stated Bassett, emerging
from the interview, "he didn't let
me have any money, but on parting
he gave me free of charge some
beautiful advice. Bassett, my son,
he said, never feed your stock dry
fodder in windy weather. l did that
in March in 1884 and one Shuck
blew away on me-"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
So-Called Sunny South"

IF THE poetic pioneers who first
L christened the lower cross sec
ton of our country the Sunny South
came hlther at this season of the
year, 1 think l know what actuated
them.
They called Dixie the Sunny
South for the same reason that nat
uralists have named certain
type of African hyena the laugh
ing hyena-nOt because the crea-
ture laughs so often, but because
he laughs so seldom that it nat
urally attracts attention.
After contemplating lowering or
leaking skies for a straight ten days,
I'm beginning to wonder whether
the sun has retired from business
permanently. Probably about next
July I'll wish he had.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Longs Machine Endures

r AXE CHARLES, LA mean
IL no disrespect for any mans
memory, but for most any one of us
who ever tasted success the verse
that was written about little dog
Rover might serve as an epitaph !:
"WhIle he lived, he lived in clover,
but when he died, he died all over"
1 would have said that Huey
Longs machine, being essentially a
one-man machine, would start fall
ing to pieces before ever they buried
him. But it yet endures and is pow
erful and, right or wrong, it func-
tions.
Admire such a mans record or
despise it, nevertheless you have
to take off your hat to a personality
that can project itself back across
the grave.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Little Drops of Water

D OBERT H. MOULTON, author
IN and marketing authority, once
lived among the ridge runners Of
Tennessee. He likes to recall the
hazards of those early days when
a man had to go out and get his
meat before breakfast if he expect
ed to eat at all.
"Once l was hunting squirrels
in the Cumberland mountains" he
recalls. Il was using pappy's old
muzzle-loading rifle and was max
ing every shot count. Had a nice
bag of squirrels and started home
when l discovered all my bullets
were gone.
AT that unfortunate moment a
huge bear appeared on the trail and
began to chase me. So disturbed
was I that beads of perspiration
rolled off my forehead.
Luckily for me, the weather
turned cold very suddenly as I
headed into the cove. The beads
froze and by quick work I was able
to catch one of them, ram 1t into
the muzzle Of my gun and fire it into
the head of the bear.
1T probably would not have been
a fatal injury to the bear, but
had no more than fired when the
weather turned suddenly warm
again. The bear. I am happy to re-
port. Immediately died with water
on the brain!"
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Al 4rould
House

If your cactus does not bloom pinch
leaves and branches, leaving only
branches that grow upward. Water
whenever soil is dry.
To dice or cut marshmallows easily
dip a dry scissors into powdered
sugar.
Meat thawed quickly Is likely to
be tough. Keep frozen meat In
warm place before cooking.
One teaspoon of chopped maras-
chino cherries and one tablespoon Of
orange juice added to boiled salad
dressing makes a delicious dressing
for fruit salads.
Add one-eighth teaspoon Of cream
of tartar to cinnamon and sugar
used in apple sauce. 1t gives it a
delicious flavor.
Rub equal parts of linseed oil AMI
vinegar well shaken into leather
covered chairs, occasionally. II
keeps them in good condition.
Tie a cheese cloth or paper bag
over the mouth of food chopper,
when cutting bread, nuts, etc.,
through it. Every bit will then be
saved.
To roll marshmallows in cocoanut,
shake them one by one in a bag of
shredded cocoanut.
Chocolate cake scorches easily on
the bottom and sides because of the
large percentage of fat it contains.
1t is therefore necessary to bake it
in moderate oven.
If an apple tree is broken by
winter storms, pare off the splinters
with sharp knife or chisel and
treat the wound with creOsote, then
give it coat of linseed oil and lead
paint. Do not let the creosote touch
the live bark.
e Bell syndicate.-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Happiest Age to Marry Is
33 for Man, 27 for Bride

Contrary to a common idea, early
marriages are allegedly not the hap
piest, at least for the American pop
uiatiOnS. A new chart showing the
ages at which men and women should
marry If they are to have the great
est chance of happiness has been
prepared by DR.. Hornell Hart, pro-
fessOr of social ethics at the Hart
ford Theological seminary. Accord
ing to this chart the ages at which
the chance of marital happiness is
mathematically greatest are thirty
three for the man and twenty seven
for the bride
However, the chart shows a range
of greatest chance of married happi-
ness corresponding tC groom's ages
between twenty-nine end thirty-seven
and the brides ages between twenty
three and thirty-one. - Pathfinder
Magazine.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

of rejoicing convivially over the
anniversary Of his birth in 1884,
when the hostilitieS and the British
evacution were both in the past.
Young men who had been privileged
to visit him in his famous campaign
tent organized birthday hOnOrs fit
for a hero: and in that first Feb
ruary of the new era, the celehra-
tions first began to resemble real
occasions.
In Alexandria, Va, the town near
est to the Generals stately mansion,
the birthnight ball was inaugurated
an annual affair. In Philadelphia
patriots celebrated with that hilar-
ity and manly decorum ever attend
ant on the sons of freedom" In
New York there met "a select club
of Whigs," and drank to Washing
ton, and hailed him with song and
sonnet and defamation.
The date thus far widely hOnOred
y
born on February II, 1882, accord
ing to the British calendar usages
then officially in vogue. Nineteen
years later Britain adopted the
Georgian in place of the Julian cal
endar. But the ancient dates often
stuck, and it is not until 1870 that
we find WashingtOn'S birthday-hiS
first as President-being celebrated
on the twenty-secOnd of February
instead of the eleventh by the Tam
many society of New York.
Tammany in 1890 was patriotic,
anti ti-aristocratic, charitable and am
bilious. AS yet it did not differen-
date between President Washing
ton, its adopted Great Grand Sa-
chem" and the second of those char
acteristics. In this, the initial year
Of government under the new Con
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

was with his Alexandria neighbOrs
at their birthnight ball of Febru-
ary %, 179S-an Onlooker, though,
in his younger days he had excelled
in the minuet.
There was to be only one more
birthday for a living Washington to
adorn. He spent that one at home
at Mount Vernon, presiding over a
particularly joyous occasion. His
adopted daughter, his pet, Nelly
Custis. was being married to his fa-
vorite nephew, Maj. Lawrence Lewis.
The radiance went out of Mount
Vernon in December of 1899 and
the birthday festivities the country
over were turned into mourning pro-
cessions when 1900 brought the an
niversary around once more. This
February % was a universal re-
Ouiem. The armlets and headbandS
with Washington's picture were
black where once they had been
gayly hued.
Throughout the country business
was suspended for "a hours. The
aters, taverns, public halls, school
rooms and college auditoriums, viii
lage green's and parks as well as
churches were given over to eXer-
cises, meetings and professions ex-
pressive of the deepest grief.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Tall Tales
g
AS Told to:
FRANK E. HACAN and
ELMO SCOTT WATSON
A Splitting Tale

DEN SUTTON of Colorado Springs,
- Colo, has an Uncle Jim who
never splits an armload of kindlinS
for his wife but that he thinks of
the time over on the Western Slope
when he was working for a man,
splitting logs. One morning he had
an immense tree halfway split open
when 26 Ute Indians surrounded
him and their chief, old Holey Moe
casin, told him he'd have to go
back to camp with them.
Uncle Jim knew darned we'll they
intended to burn him at the stake,
but he said "All right, I'll go. But
first I've got to get this log split.
Now, if you want me to go very
soon, you've just got to turn in and
help me.
The chief agreed to help, so Uncle
Jim put 13 of the Utes on one side
of the log and 13 on the other.
Now, all of you get deep holt
and pull" he said. Take both
hands and I'll drive the wedges in
while you hold the split open"
The redskins did just as he di-
rected and began pulling as hard
as they could while Uncle Jim be-
gan tapping at the wedges. But in
stead of driving them in, he began
loosening them.
Suddenly he knocked the wedges
Out-one, two, three . . just like
that. The log snapped shut like
steel trap and there were the Utes
with their hands caught in it. SO
Uncle Jim took his maui and went
up one side of the log and down the
other, tapping the Indians on the
head as he went. Then he left
'em. He didn't know whether he
just gave them a bad headache or
killed them, because he never saw
those Utes again.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Only for Westerners

XX7HAT, ask you, is the use OF
w being a consistent old line Re
publican back East, with fine bank
ing connections, when all you're per-
mitted to do, as the other fellows
start drawing their hands for this
years big game, is to fuss with the
discards?
Why, lots of. us can remember
when it wasn't regarded as fatal to
the Presidential prospect of a
bright member of the G. o. P.
younger set if he happened to re-
side on the Wall Street side of the
Allegheny mountains. In fact, quite
the contrary.
Now it seems there's a rule that
only westerners may look longingly
toward the White House without
being accused Of trying to peep In
the deck before the deal.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
They're All Ranches

nUT in California every patch
~ of ground where things grow,
regardless of size, is a ranch. So
far as l know there are only two
farms in southern California; ones
a lion farm and the other is ar os-
trich farm. l look for the day
when Hollywood scalp specialist
will refer to his establishment as
a dandruff ranch.
In Texas, which we just left be-
hind us, nearly everybody Is a
rancher, too, or used to be. To-day
we're In the land of the planters,
and if we keep going, bearing north,
tomorrow we'd be among the farm
ers.
The sO-called gentleman-farmer,
as we know him back East, doesn't
flourish anywhere down here.
IRWIN S. COBB.
G-WNU Service.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Headquarters of Czechoslovakia

The Hradcany at Prague has been
continuously inhabited since PaleO-
lithic times. Historical records
indicate a large settlement on the
Vltava river protected by two cas-
ties since the Tenth century. This
fortified palace of the ancient kings
of Bohemia is the headquarters of
the CzechOslOvak government and
residence of the president. In the
center of the palace area stands the
cathedral of st. Vitus, founded in
$50 by the saint-king Venceslas.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

JOD the last time he
was over here, tell
Ing US so frankly
what allied us, and
on the present trip
he already has fin
ished up the con-
tract. When a man,
no matter how great
he was in the past,
reaches the point
where he mistakes
r u d e n e S S to his
hosts for proof of
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

stitution, New York strOve to hon
or the Chief Executive and also to
persuade the congress that had
come to reside in it's midst that
New York city was the logical
choice for a permanent capital.
Washington himself was busy in
New York ON that February %. He
was moving from the Franklin
house, at the corner of Cherry and
Pearl streets, to the McCOmb man
sion on Broadway, near the newly
rebuilt Trinity church. His diary
for the day reveals him as an ac-
tive superintendent of the disposal
of his furniture.
In 1871, the Society of the Gin
cinnati held it's first WashingtOn's
birthday celebration in New York,
having followed Tammany's eX-
ample by resolving to mark the date
each year. The President and the
congress (and also the capital of
the United States), had meanwhile
removed temporarily to Philadel-
phia. But even New York's disap-
pOintment did not prevent Tam
many from vying with the exclusive
organization of Revolutionary Off
GERS to do honor to the day.
Alas, the good feeling did not en-
dure. BY 1896, after John Jay had
come back from England with his
hated treaty, Tammany was fiercelY
for revolutionary France; Jefferson
was its god; George Washington
was actually being dubbed, in pub
lie, a pro-English aristocrat; and
those who celebrated his birthday
were coldly accused of being
(among other things) boOtlickers,
idolators. ROyalists and sycophants.
The countrywide birthday hOnors
of that year, though even more Law
ish and vOciferous than usual, pre-
sented for the first time the ogre
of party, grinning at the feast.
BY 1897, however, the Jay treaty
was being regarded much more toll
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

Forge on the bit
ter February day
that closed his
forty sixth year.
FellOw-Vir gin
ians had trOd a
birthday meas
ure at Richmond
in 1871. Mary
land and New
York had toast
ed him when he
w a S fOrty-nine
and already in
sight of success
for his arms and
for his country.
Frenchmen who.
had served by
his side seized
the opportunity
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
WASHINGTON never

4 NEOROE w WAOT1INNlO OA> ucNcl
I r occupied the White House.
His executive mansions were
temporary, and shifted from New
York to Philadelphia while the
White House was still dream, OBJ
serves a writer in the New York
Times. Only his name, plus that
dream, which was his, went to the
city on the Potomac.
But in the stress of the forma-
tive years he was remembered with
widespread festivities at his first
birthday after his inauguration. In
deed, the anniversary had been
hailed even earlier, since the first
President was national hero long
before he grasped the reins of gov
ernment.
Ragged soldiers had piped him a
pathetic birthday tune at Valley
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
what <(Lh
-INV/t thinks
- about:
Shaw Comes Through

HOUSTON, TEXAS.-I al
L l. ways said there was only
one living person who could
convince me that George Ber-
nard Shaw was not the smart
est man in the world-and that
person would be George Ber-
nard Shaw.
And. by gum, he did it! For this
admirer he began the disillusioning
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

u IL 1 " Ii AOl ~
split up the fed
Grafton. Mr..
is, leader of the
miners, tells Mr..
Green, in SUBJ
S t a n ce, "Y ou
mind your own
business. A la
Dor split seems
near.
U MON labor
should consider
the fable Of the
d yin g peasant
who summoned
his sons q n q
S h O w d them
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

erantly, ana GER
tain French pro-
ceedings we re
being looked at
a little askance.
Those who re-
fused to salute
w ashingtOn on
February %. to
honor a glorious
record for its
own sake, and to
tread a measure
at the evenings
gala assemblies.
now formed a
rather cOnsplcu-
Gus minority.
George Wash
ingtOn became a
private citizen
in that year, and
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Don't
Guess But
Know
Whether the Pain"
Remedy You Use
is SAFE?
Don't Entrust Your
Own or Your Farnily's
Well = Being to Unknown
Preparations

THE person to ask whether the
l. preparation you or your family
are taking for the relief of headaches
is SAFE to use regularly is your
family doctor. Ask him particularly
about Genuine BAYER ASPIRIN.
He will tell you that before the
discovery of Bayer Aspirin most
pain" remedies were advised
against by physicians as bad for the
stomach and, often, for the heart.
Which is food for thought if you
seek quick, safe relief.
Scientists rate Bayer Aspirin
among the fastest methods yet dis
coDered for the relief of headaches
and the pains of rheumatism, neu-
ritis and neuralgia. And the expert
ence of millions of users has proved
it safe for the average person to use
regularly. In your OUn interest re-
member this.
You can get Genuine Bayer
Aspirin at any drug store - simply
by asking for it by its full name,
BAYER ASPIRIN. Make it a
point to do this - and see that you
get what you want.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21
Time for All Things

One who looks on the bright side
when you want to grieve and crouch
is a nuisance; and had better take
himself off.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

instead of just bad manners-well,
to me one of the most distressing
sights on this earth is that of an
extinct crater still trying to be the
flaming volcano it once was.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong No alcohol. Sold
by druggists in tablets or liquid.-Adv.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-02-21

how they could break small sticks
separately, but could not break
them when all were tied together.
Louis XI's motto, Divide ct i'm
pera ("Divide and rule'), in dealing
with powerful mobiles, is not un-
known to the enemies Of union la
Dor, or GOethe's
Divide and rule! Powerful word.
Unite and lead! Better word.