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Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
Barn Destroyed BY Fire

The large barn on the farm ten
anted by John R. Robinson, near
Lorewood Grove, was totally de-
stroyed by fire Tuesday morning
also a large quantity of hay, har-
ness. etc. were burned. The orig
in of the fire is unknown. The Mid
dletown and Delaware City fire
companies responded to the alarm,
and used their efforts in saving the
other farm buildings.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
JOINS
STATE FIREMEN
Participates in the State Fire
mems Parade Held at
Newark
10000 PEOPLE THERE

Smyrna Fire Company joined
other Delaware companies and
companies from nearby Maryland
and Pennsylvania towns, and par
AIDED at Newark Thursday before
a crowd Of 10000 cheering spec
tators. The parade marked the
close Of the two-day convention Of
the Delaware Volunteer Firemen's S
Association held at Newark Bran
dywine Hundred firemen in double
breasted blue uniforms took first
prize for the best appearance of
any company in line with 25 or
more men marching. Musical
background for the moving page
ant Of firemen and auxiliaries was
provided by 10 bands and drum
and bugle corps. In the reviewing
stand on Main Street were: Gov.
Richard c. McMullen, and promin-
ent firemen and citizens Women
of the Mill Creek auxiliary won
first prize for the best appearing
auxiliary. Members of the Min
quas auxiliary of Newport won
second prize. Talleyville firemen
who won second prize for best ap-
pearance, featured blue uniforms
trimmed in yellow. Seaford men
dressed in blue uniforms trimmed
in white to win first prize for the
company making the best appear
ance with 10 to "a men in line
The 198th Coast Artillery Band,
heading the Five Points company,
won first prize for the best band in
line. First prize in the drum and
bugle division went to Howard Nc
Call Post, No. 20, Cadet Corps,
American Legion of Philadelphia.
Newark Company Leads
Honors for the best high school
band went to Laurel. First prize
for out of state bands was won by
the Havre de rGace Elks Boys
Band. The parade was led by
Chief of Police William Cunning
ham of Newark, detail of state
police, followed by officers of the
state association. The host, Aetna
Hose, Hook, and Ladder Company,
accompanied by the Continental
Diamond Fibre Company Band was
the first in line. Charles Fallow-
field Of Five Points, weighing 3S7
pounds, won the prize for the heav-
lest man in the parade. Other
prizes were: For Delaware firemen
Largest number of uniformed
members in line, Christiana; second
largest number of uniformed men,
Delaware City. Company having
best band, Five Points; company
having second best band, Seaford;
second prize for best appearing
company with 10 to "a members,
Robbins Hose Company, Dover;
auxiliary having the largest num-
Der in line, Milton.
Out-of-State Awards
Prizes to out-of-state companies
Company making best appear
ance with rs or more in line, Nor
wood, Pa; second prize for best
appearance, Coatesville, Pa; larg-
est number in line, Elkton; COM
pany with best band, Elkton, with
the Havre de Grace Elks Boys
Band; company coming the great
est distance with 10 or more in
line, Easton, Md; ladies auxiliary
making best appearance, Easton;
ladies auxiliary having most MEM
bers in line, Chesapeake City.
Special prizes-Company having
best drum and bugle corps, Robbins
Hose Company with Legion Corps
from Philadelphia; best decorated
residence, Magistrate ID n e !
Thompson; best decorated business
place, Dennison Motor Company.
Other companies in line were:
Aetna Hose, Hook and Ladder
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
FAIR


The subcommittee of the PENN
sular Horticultural Society is pre-
pairing details of the departments
of the fair to be held in the Opera
House, Wilmington, on September
18th to 21st. Many applications
for space for exhibits are being re-
ceived from various parts of the
United States. Mark Hassler's or
chestra will discourse music from
band stand erected at an eleva-
tion Of 20 feet and resting on an
immense floral bower in the center
of the Opera House. The floral
decorations will be unique and
most artistic. ]. G.. Brown, of
Camden, Del, will have a novel dis
play on the sidewalk in front of
the Opera House entrance. It will
be a pyramid 40 feet high and
formed of apples. There will be
passageway for pedestrians under
the pyramid. When the fair closes
the apples will be sent to charit-
able institutions. The Pennsylvania
and the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Companies will sell excursion
tickets including admission to the
fair, at two cents per mile The
Opera House will be Illuminated by
about 700 electric lights. A mag
ical fountain like the one exhibited
at the sub-tropical exhibition, in
the hotel Ponce De Leon, st. Aug
ustine, Florida, will be an attrac-
tive feature.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
GRAIN
DEATHS

Attix - In Chestertown, August
18th, at the residence of her
nephew, A. F. Meeks, Miss Eliza
Attix, in the 18th year of her age,
daughter Of the late Thomas and
Hannah Attix, of Delaware.
Carter-In Dover, September IL,
1888. Susie Eta Wyatt, wife Of
George Carter, in her goth year.
Crown Smyrna, SEPTEMBER 8.
owen 9. Crow, in the 81 year of
his age.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
BLIND STAGGERS' IN HORSES
Takes Heavy Toll of Horses
Around Vicinity of Milford

Encephalitis, also known as
"blind staggers," is killing many
horses and mules in the Milford
according to reports from
farmers; and owners of livestock
are using every preventative to
halt the spread of the disease. The
disease also is taking a heavy toll
of animals in various Eastern
Shore counties of Maryland. If the
affliction once strikes an animal
there is little hope for recovery.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
DELAWARFes1
S3OO,OSlN P''@l9
:, : Dean Electe i J.. /
Delaware p.,, a'ai I
aS SucceSsor !. !
INCREASE o.
A'L VI SS0m

r.l,, Directors of the Ds.,,..
-seaase and Race
a-I, gay elected ] s.r,.l ~
saeir sa@ president. ar5 II 3
$500 os1.62 as in.5ns y L |
summers meet At n. ~ |
~ ..,..lDs Dean who vas rs,.,,..
succeeds ! Charles " B..l. |
s. due to business prs.s,. T.,
Ha6es has been prss.s~
association was orgap.,.t
oer I 1895 and wi, -,-, t..
director The execgt.y. I. !, 1
now comprises WiIlis,, = IT, ~
Chairn7ar -.'-'- -11sl
i PraaI,... !. -s'aa ponald P R3a 1
Dean as an ey-offeia u l
$500 900 check nrs,,. ,.'. /
Delaware RACING c.. .,-
resented three nov IL.
money passed tbroros :.
machines plus receipt, r.
state admission tax 4 N
person. The states iD,,r'
second year Of racing =. !.
over the income Of s,,,,.
S220 900 in 1881.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
POT HUNTERS OpD0,,
Farmers in Sussey N, A,
Cunning on Thpi, PHI.

Sportsmen in some MI
Sussex County report III
having difficulty in s1rl
some farmers lands. MI
are given. One is that nrll
ers are opposed to the IE I
ing a license, and second ,aI
gunners, are reported 10 hj
poultry found adjacent /, /
lands. A hunter. Obtain1 |
mission from a farmer tsaI
land, who kills that farng |
eys, geese, ducks, ca.sa
SuInedS, Wlen ne can % sd
detection, is known as a mI
er.' Such a gunner, lid
hunting anything he ng
60 into a pot in his home
the past FIVE years fans
pot hunters" have bf.n
numerous. As result tg
not permit anyone On tia
ises unless they know th:z
are vouched for
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
DEATH OF
MRS. GEORGE CARTER

News has been received of the
death of Mrs. Susie Wyatt Carter,
wife of George Carter, at an
early hour this morning in Dover,
in the goth year Of her age. Her
life has been hanging in the bal
ance for the past two weeks and
her death would not have been a
surprise at any hour. She was the
daughter of p. II. T. Wyatt, grew
up and resided in this town when
married to Mr.. Carter, nearly a
year ago, making her home in Do
Yer shortly after, where he had
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF SEPT. 18TH, 1888

Taken from our old files of
corresponding week, as near
date of this issue as possible
Fifty Years Ago. This column,
now a regular feature of the
Times, will call to mind people
and events of the older genera
tion.
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15

You can 60 to coLeg: Z.
a degree or you can a-' |
seventh grade and max
enough to endow The cols1
Angeles Times. |
Smyrna times., 1938-09-15
LAKE LAND BUYER VISITS
MIDDLETOWN

About week ago a stranger
went to Middletown, representing
himself. as wanting to buy land. He
got N. H. Burris to take him
around the country to look at some
land. On Monday the stranger
hired a team from Alexander Max
well and he and Mr. Burris started
out in search of farm. While
driving along the road they were
accosted by stranger No. 2, who
wished very much to find a sister
so he could divide quite a large
fortune with her, which he had got
through the death of his father
They soon got to talking on the
subject of cards, and stranger No.
2 asked stranger No. /, and Mr.
Burris to take a hand, Mr.. Burris
refused for the simple reason he
did not have the money to play
with, and we doubt if he would
have played if he had the money,
but they continued to urge him to
play until he told them he would
secure some money from the bank
and would play, an excuse of his to
get out of their clutches, and went
back to Middletown with stranger
No. to secure the money. When
Mr.. Burris got in Middletown he
secured the service of an officer
and went back to have the strang-
ers arrested, but they had become
frightened and left for parts un-
known, taking Mr.. MaxwelPs team
with them.
DEATH OF OWEN c. CROW
Owen G. Crow died at his resi-
dence on Delaware street, in this
town, on Saturday morning last in
the 82nd year of his age. He had
been in feeble health for several
years, usually incident to the age
of fourscore, but a month or so
ago a stomach disease, probably
cancer, seized and fast robbed him
Of his vital powers ending, when
there was no longer bodily strength
to resist, in his death, as above
stated. Mr.. Crow was born in
Cecil county. Md, and came to this
town from Odessa in the year 1S42
and took charge at the Smyrna
House as proprietor, succeeding
John Wilds. He remained in the
proprietorship of this house for
seven years when he changed to
the Delaware House where he re-
mained two years which finishd up
his connection with hotel life. In
year or two after he bought the
farm over Smyrna Landing where
he made his home until ten or
twelve years ago when he ceased
the active pursuits of life, part of
the time spent since in Wilmington
and the remainder in Smyrna. He
became member of the M. T..
Church during the pastorate of
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Smyrna times., 1938-09-15

gone in the pursuit of business,
both entering the matrimonial life
with buoyant, happy hearts, and
with the assurance of many years
before them of many years of its
enjoyment together. The bereav-
ed have much sympathy in their
affliction. She leaves little babe
a month old The remains will be
brought to Smyrna for interment,
time not yet determined
$4,000 FIRE IN WILMINGTON
Fire broke out at $50 Sunday
morning in the large morocco fac
tories at Fourth and Monroe
streets, operated by I. Trimble
Quigley, and despite the brisk rain
that was falling gained such a
headway that the firemen could do
nothing beyond protecting adjacent
properties. The Quigley factory
and that adjoining, occupied by
Quigley but owned by John Taylor
$SIoSOs IOoClAACL Will q ICCCAl dill
mex in the rear, were completely
burned, and their valuable con
tents, comprising from $4,000 to
$4,000 worth of finished stock and
much unfinished and raw material,
will prove almost a total loss. One
hundred and twenty employees are
thrown out of work Quigley's
loss is estimated at $4,000 on
building and machinery, and $780,
600 on stock; the Taylor estate los
es $4,000 to $4,000 on building and
machinery. The loss is covered by
$4,000 insurance distributed e d
among more than a dozen compan-
les, foreign and domestic.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Help the Camps!

No magic of language should be nee
essary to dramatic the appeal Of Camp
Good Will and Camp Pleasant. Liter
ally scores Of Washington children need
the relief, the practical help which they
are equipped to furnish. Ten dollars
will provide two weeks of paradise for
a youngster who otherwise must stay
in the heat and turmoil of the city.
Surely, the average man or woman gladly
will contribute to such an end. Every
penny given may be regarded as an
investment in the health and happiness
of the Capitals youth. The Family
Service Association is trying to raise a
minimum Of fifteen hundred dollars i'm
mediately. Should the money not be
forthcoming, the camps must close.
The children themselves are powerless
in the circumstances. Only by public
appeal to the generosity of grown-ups
can the problem be solved Please bring
or send your gift to the cashier at The
Star othce. The gratitude of the whole
community will be your reward.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Owen Wister.

Owen Wister is assured Of immortality
as the author of 'The Virginian." His
book, published In 1904, always will be
regarded as . classic in its field. There
are people who re-read 1t periodically
with unfailing appreciation. Within its
pages the West that is gone is preserved.
More important are the values Of honor,
courage and sympathy with which the
author endowed his hero-a man among
men IN the best meaning of that some
what hackneyed phrase. The aspiration
of Judge Henry's rancher represents an
American trait profoundly worthy. Molly
Wood, the school teacher, was native
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Money i O Lend.

The assertion by Chairman Jesse
Jones Of the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation that fbankers are callously
Frightening potential customers away"
is too serious I'M It's implications to be
dismissed as = patent absurdity. The
worthy Of challenge, but when Mr.. Jones
couples with 1T plain warning that
the Government may enter the banking
field unless. the bankers revise their
policies, theft becomes one Of urgent
public concern.
The grnvAmen of the charge is that
bankers As 4 class have become too con-
servativA5 that they are turning away
too many potential borrowers who prob
ably cbnld repay loans If given enough
time. The bankers, Mr. Jones said in
effect. should iberalize their outlook
and be more willing to take = chance.
Bht, rs Mr.. Jones should recall, that
is what the bankers were doing back in
the boom days and that is why they
failed by the hundreds in 1882 and 1888.
II was not that they had necessarily
made bad loans-and Mr.. Jones says
they should not do that now-but that
so many Of the loans were SLOW" In
other words, when the depositors, who
own 80 per cent of the average banks
funds, demanded their money, the banks
had to pay or 60 to the wall, and in
that unfortunate situation slow loans
were no better than bad loans.
AS result of the experiences OF
1892, not to mention the adverse criti-
cisms 50 freely made at the time, bank
ers came to the conclusion that higher
degree of liquidity, which means fewer
SLOW" loans, was essential to the safe
conduct of their business. But times
and political conditions have changed,
and Mr.. Jones now asks the bankers
to reverse their field. Too much eau
ton, says he. is as bad as too little
Or, putting it another way, he asks
the bankers to substitute his Judgment
for their own in deciding whether a
loan is safe or unsafe. without ques-
ton, Mr.. Jones is good business man,
and the r. F. C. has done well under
his direction but the fact remains that
the r. F. c. is not bank. If that
agency should get into financial difficult
ties it could and would dip into the
Federal Treasury for the funds to tide
1t over. "A private banker, however, de-
spite the deposit insurance law, cannot
salvage his bank with Government
money if an unwise lending policy should
jeopardize his financial security.
The case for the bankers was very
well stated by Mr.. c. r. Burton, presi-
dent Of the City Bank, in letter pub
lished in The Star on June 10. That
letter should be on Mr.. Jones must"
reading list.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Business Tax Ruling.

The questionable expedient of the
adoption of the business privilege tax
for the District as means of meeting
its crying revenue needs has been brought
forcibly to attention by the jolt of an
adverse decision in District Court.
Justice Bailey ruled yesterday that the
levy was burden on interstate commerce
and unconstitutional insofar as it was
applied to interstate commerce. The tax
was applied only to that portion Of the
gross receipts derived from business done
in the District.
The Commissioners and their legal
aides are planning q further legal test
on this interstate feature. but whether
the ruling of Justice Bailey stands or
falls, 1t will become more and more ap-
parent that the business privilege tax,
either as originally drawn or as now re-
vised, places District business at dis
advantage in competition with the host
OF nonresident firms doing business in
the District.
The ruling was on test of the law as
1t stood last year. under which the full
force of the levy was applied to non-resi-
dents as well as to residents, for busi-
ness done in the District. Justice Bailey
has ruled that this was an improper
burden on interstate commerce.
Late last session, Congress revised the
law, giving the Commissioners power to
make an "apportionment" Of expenses
and gross receipts. from business done
both within and without the District.
Using this authority, the Commissioners
recently adopted complicated set Or
formulas which will mean a considerable
lessening Of the tax load on all business
that may be claSsed as interstate. These
new formulas, and the revised law, have
not yet met the test of court action
1t may we'll be that such formulas
were necessary to preserve the Legality of
the tax, but this will be of small comfort
to the merchant whose business Is done
mostly or wholly within the District,
when he comes to meet the competition
OF the dealer or merchant DeyDnd the
District line.
Justice Bailey also ruled that while
Congress has power to regulate inter-
state commerce, it does not have power
to burden that commerce when legislat-
ing for the District. Congress, in other
words, is a local legislature when legis-
lating for the District. This is important
and has greater than mere local signifi-
canoe. When Congress 1egislates as a
local legislature for The District, its
members should act irt accordance with
that principle by keeping foremost in
their minds the interests of their local"
constituents and for the time being for
getting the special interests of their
constituents in the, States.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
The Flight of Time.

Once. long ago, when was very young
A song was sung
That fingered in my mind, both tans
and words;
A song Of birds
And their long, tireless flights from land
to land,
Der desert sand
And lofty mountain range and Rivers
deep,
While man must creep
Close to the ground, forever to eschew
The ether blue.
Today smile as man goes winging by
Against the sky,
While birds migrating duttsr IA ahrighS
At his swift hight. j..
GERTRUDE 1ROO03 xkAK6O4k
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Black Magic.

Neatest trick of the month and per-
haps the answer to the old riddle. when
is a door not = door?" has been Mr..
Roosevelt's Houdini-like escape from the
bonds Of presidential propriety to free
dom as head Of the Democratic party to
support his supporters in their senatorial
primaries.
Not since Dr. Jekyll became Mr.. Hyde
has there been an easier separation Of
personalities in q single individual. The
question is whether this experiment in
dual individuality will open new political
vistas to the extent Of allowing Mr..
Roosevelt to retire into still another per-
sonality, such as head Of the Boy Scouts
of America, and run as 4 new candidate
for the presidency in 1910.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Press Comment on
Higher Railway Fares
Critics Afraid Business May Be
Adversely Affected by l. G.. c.

Many commentators believe that the
interstate Commerce Commission acted
wisely in granting to Eastern railroads
the right to increase fares from 2 to
az cents . mile, but others hold that
the increased cost may reduce trafic,
thus defeating the purpose Of the de-
cisi0n.
However the decision may work out,
its recognition of the responsibility Of
railroad management Ii sound" in the
Judgment of the Cincinnati Tmes-StAr.
The Lowell Courier Citizen thinks that
Increased revenue will be realized only
il the public continues to use the rails
as before" The Los Angeles Times con-
tends that what the carriers need is
more business"
'The railroads have IL months"
states the Harrisburg News. "in which
to demonstrate whether making it more
costly for the public TO ride the trains
Is going to help the roads or not"
That paper adds: IF it helps, the rail
managers are wiser than is thought by
many persons" The Buffalo Evening
News advises that III there is q sharp
decrease in the volume Of passenger
trafdc. . majority of the commission and
the management Of the railroads will
know that they guessed wrong"
%* X
Possible loss Of patronage Is empha-
sized also by the Toledo Blade and the
Wilkes-Barre Pa) Times-Leader. while
the Hartford Times says: Railroad
transportation rates under modern con-
ditions must be hxed at the lowest pos
sible rate which will produce a profit
in hauling both passengers and freight.
On any other basis, railroad business
will dry up. Determining such rates is
not an arbitrary matter of opinion.
1t may call for some experimentation.
At least 1t needs careful study and
analysis OF all the factors that have
to be considered"
Justification for the increase, based
upon better service and equipment, is
found by the Wilkes Barre Record, the
jamestown IN. " Post and the Boston
Transcript.
"The railroads frequently complain,
and with justice" suggests the New York
Tribune, that one of the chief sources
Of their present financial plight Is the
fact that although much of their busi-
ness is highly competitive they are still
regulated aS though they were monop-
olies. This attitude was reflected strik-
ingly in the sweeping order of the COM
mission two years ago reducing fares
arbitrarily by more than 40 per cent,
a drastic interference if ever there was
one, in the field of railway management.
Nevertheless, in holding to a rate of
3.6 cents mile for fifteen years in spite
OF steadily dwindling revenues, cannot
critics claim with a good deal of force
that the carriers. rs we'll as the COM
mission, ignored their new competition?
The present proposal to put the AZ :
cent fare on an experimental basis is,
it seems to us. a reasonable treatment
OF the problem. 1t gives the carriers an
opportunity to determine by trial and
error the fare level at which they can
compete advantageously with the auto
mobile and with the motor bus. This,
1t seems to US. is all that they can
fairly ask the commission to do"