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Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

plies to every employer of one or
more persons. All workers are
covered, no matter what amount
Of wages they receive.
Provision is also made in the law
by which employers who do not
come under the law may elect to
AZ so. and thus offer this protec-
tion to their workers.
Employers have frequently dis
covered that it was to their ad-
vantage to elect coverage. In
choosing between two positions
otherwise of equal value, a man
will very logically choose the one
Offering unemployment compensa-
tion protection for himself and his
family.
The subject of Benefits" will
be discussed in next weeks article
in this series.)
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Ralph G. Wilson Retires

Secretary Ralph C. Wilson of
the State Board of Agriculture,
retired from Office March Is after
15 years service. He was present
ed with gold watch and chain by
a group of veterinarians of Della
ware in appreciation of his service
in behalf of the livestock industry
of Delaware. The presentation
was made in the office of the agri-
culture department by Drs. Harry
j. Mcdaniel, Jr., M. L. Zurkow, r.
M. Sarde, and E. A. Birmingham.
Other practicing veterinarians sub
scribing to the presentation of the
gift, included Drs. j. F. Creedon,
HIP. Ewes, CT. Hoch, A. S. Houch-
in, Louis Levinson, George E. Lok-
er, D. Mancil, L. j. Manouge, c. C.
Palmer, and ]. r. West. Mr.. Will
son replying to the presentation
expressed his appreciation of the
gift and the though which had
prompted it.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
s11, 100000 FOR IMPROVEMENT
sun Oil Company Striving to Keep
Blue SunOcO At Head of Parade

Earlier this year the Sun Oil
Company announced it was spend
ing eleven million dollars for en-
larging and improving its manu-
featuring facilities" says Mr.. Rob
ert Weir, Jr., that Company's To-
cal district manager, "and ever
since friends and acquaintance3
have been asking me how this
money was being spent. My an
swer has always been the same
this money is being spent to keep
a promise we made a long time
ago. That promise was that Blue
Sunoco would always be kept
ahead of the requirements of the
modern motor car, and today, we
are spending this money just to be
sure that when tomorrow's cars
arrive, tomorrow's Blue Sunoco
will be able to deliver really sat
isfactory performance. In other
words, Sunoco is marching forward
with the times. New manufactur-
ing units are being installed. New
est methods are being employed
This is really modernization pro
gram planned to keep Blue Sunoco
at the head of the parade. But
what appeals to me most about
this entire program is the fact that
almost all Of the eleven million
dollars We are spending will finish
up AZ more wages for more people
and, il my opinion, this is what
our country needs most Of all
more money being spent to put
more people to work"
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
SEEING AMERICA FIRST

March and April are the months
of spring pilgrimages to historic
houses and beautiful old gardens;
they are the months of blossom
time in Dixie, of flower shows and
fiestas, when the open road beck
ons most temptingly. In the
spring, hundreds of thousands of
American motorists travel the
highways to beauty spots that
have been contemplated all winter
in the coziness of respective CHM
ney corners. But, no matter how
beautiful or historic a spot may be,
few people are willing to beat a
path to its door They want to
travel to it in comfort over a
broad, smooth, safe highway.
The growth in popularity of
these spring pilgrimages, flower
trails and fiestas is directly trace
able to their easy accessibility by
good roads. For instance, Missis-
sippi has in the past few years
been increasing its expenditures
for road improvements. As a con-
sequence, down in Natchez, ancient
Mississippi city under the hill" of
red clay bluffs on the banks of Old
Man River, through March "a,
lovely ladies in curls and crinolines
will be hostesses to increased
thousands of visitors who will go
there by automobile from all parts
Of the nation during the Seventh
Annual Garden Club Pilgrimage.
Farther south, on either end Of
the American Riviera, the older
cities of New Orleans and Mobile,
stage their springtime festivals
conveniently close to the Natchez
pilgrimage The New Orleans
Spring Fiesta, coming close on the
heels of the annual Mardi Gras
which has already attracted count
less visitors, is the mecca Of many
more tourists during the latter
part Of March, a majority Of whom
drive the 10 miles from Natchez
Via u. S. Highway 61-65. From
New Orleans these same motor
ists, il increased numbers each
year, continue 14O miles Oh good
roads over the Old Spanish Trail,
which borders the Gulf Coast, to
the other end of Mississippi Sound,
where the Mobile, Alabama
Azalea Trail is at the height of its
glory in March Thus, the Amer
lean tourist can visit the "blos-
som belt" of the Deep South, trav-
cling in comfort and safety
through three states over 10 miles
Of good roads.
Ia the East motorcades are be
ing planned to attend such lavish
March exhibits as the Sixty-Seven-
the New England Spring Flower
Show in Boston and the Philadel-
phia show, The Virginia Narcissus
Show, in historic Alexandria, and
the annual visitation to Virginia's
historic homes and gardens, under
the sponsorship Of the Richmond,
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Down
The Road
BY CHARLES M. UPHAM
Engineer-Dneefor
American Road Builders Assn
Washington, d. c.

Virginia, Garden Club will be high
spots of April.
Information bureaus will be es-
tabliShed to advise tourists con-
corning places of paramount inter
est in the various localities and
good roads will play their usual
important part in this growing
gusiness of seeing America first" /"
We cannot fail to appreciate the
fact that the tourist trade has sud
denly become one of Americas
most important industries and
with its growth has sprung up a
new American class, the trailer
ties, who make their home on the
road Since the depression and
with the growing unrest in foreign
countries, see America first" has
become much more popular
practice and has brought about the
purchases of millions of house
trailers in addition to countless
new cars. Every year more and
more Americans are spending their
vacations on the highways and
they are spending their vacation
dollars in the states along the
way. But these tourists cannot
be expected to bring their automo-
biles and trailers into communities
where the condition of the roads
makes driving unpleasant and Of
ten dangerous. It is only natural
that those sections of the country
with the best roads will be favored
by this constantly growing army
of tourists. The community that
improves its roads, making them
safe for present-day traffic, can
expect increased income from
tourist spenders.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Series of Grange PIaxs

The first of two evenings of
plays" sponsired by Kent County
Pomona Grange, was held last
week in the Caesar Rodney School
at Wyoming. Capital Grange Do
yer, presented In May With June
Kenton Grange offered The Cat
aiogue," and Fruitland Grange,
Camden, presented Onions" To
night at the Twentieth Century
Club Of this town, Trophy Grange
FELTON,, will give Not Quite Such
a Goose Harrington Grange will
stage Ezekiel" and the Smyrna
Grange will present Uncertain
Silas."
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Favored BY New Jersey

Declaring that the proposed
bridge crossing the Delaware Riv-
er near Wilmington would be "es-
pecially important to South Jer-
sey," Representative Wene (D-NJ)
Thursday gave his support to the
project. He said the proposed
span would bypass heavy traffic
at Camden and Philadelphia Rep.
William F. ALLEN introduced tthe
bill which is now awaiting action
of the House committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Believes Camps VIII Be Retained

The belief that plans will be
worked out to retain DeIaware's s
three CCC camps was expressed
by u. s. Senator James Fl. Hughes
recently after a visit to the White
House il Washington He said
members Of the residents staff
were considering a plan to have
the WPA take over camps and
man them with relief workers,
This, he said, would mean the
workers would be from Delaware
while those in the CCC camps are
largely from outside the State. His
visit to the White House followed
a conference last week with Rob
ert Fecbner, head of the CCC.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Townsend Speech Sought

United States Senator John G..
Townsend, Jr., has received several
thousand requests at Washington
for copies of his speech of March
10 in the Senate attacking the adj
ministration's reorganization bill.
The requests have come from resi-
dents of practically every state in
which the news reports of the
speech were printed
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
Gave Talk on Health Fads

pr. al g. Jost, of Dover, execu-
tive secretary Of the State Board
Of Health, discussed the subject,
IAN Evaluation of Modern Health
Fads" Wednesday night of last
week in Wilmington at the second
in the Y. NJ. G. "A. series of lectures
forums on healthful living.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
The Unemployment Fund

IA state unemployment fund IS
kaged IN what is known as a
n nooled fund" This is COM
\ With a "merit-rating" plan.
tnder the pooled fund plan,
contributions are paid into the
knon fund, and it is provided
\ al benefits be paid out Of this
u In other words, the cost Of
| benefits to unemployed work
/ shared BY all the contribut-
Ia the fund. This means to
workers that when they are
Eployed, their weekly benefits
be paid without respect to the
kicular employer for whom they
/ have worked.
F-der the merit rating" plan
employers, after benefits have
! paid for three years from
/ until 1912, employers may
/ their contribution rate reduc-
b accordance with their record
Employment. This gives an in
|iTe to the employer to avoid
|lfs, and expresses the real in-
ion Of the law, which is to
employment steady. Those
|loyers with high rates Of un-
|oyment Do not get any reduc-
and, if the record has been
|icularly bad, may be required
'ay as high as 4 per cent Of the
! payroll, instead Of the 2.7
'ent, that is the standard top
Of contribution.
Be Delaware law does not re-
/ a contribution BY employees.
Workers Covered
t Delaware law applies to Jobs
Fetones, shops, mills, offices.
f and other places Of bust
out not to farm workers.
|ssuc workers, Or certain other
pPS of workers. The law ap-
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
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E'IIlIlE JoBLESS
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in Delaware
[,sne 70 COMMUNITY

!. !. ii. second in a s'ait series Of Of
| at',s, ID 4. Unemployment u Com Com
,sati01 GVii'
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Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES

Work on the new concrete high
way from Glasgow to Newark was
started last week under the direc-
ton of the State Highway Depart
ment. Vincent Shiavi is contrac-
tor.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
:, r,,t The Law Provides

= otser state Unemploy-
I l,c5nnpsn.stion N ss: Laws, ste.I,s the Del
b. 'frs Unemployment cOmpensa- ,e a.
i,T v-. ct: up a fund out o. o.
| t' y nav weekly benefits 70
y ! Tonen 5rg workers who are
= - = loss their jobs. Employ
/ .. u :, required to contribute 70
/ l1 ll11.np5Ioyment rf5 fund and i,,lil m
/ r.v ..c- . take the responsibility
/ ErTTssn1pIoynsnt, Ts1 just as tney
| io- insuring their workers K
H. y accident to life adn limp
T. factory, shop, or store.
IT, tbs Delaware law has been
Fr,wi BY the Social Security
4, II costs Of administration
NET By a grant to the state
[,,,i.,ior by the Federal Social
[,,itv Board. To be approved,
I'm had to contain certain pro
II, which will protect the
\ unemployment fund and
Irar5 the interests Of the
.,,,rs
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

Town Council of Milford is MAX
ing preparations to install water
meters in Milford At present, a
fat rate is charged consumers for
water, and as a result the water
plant is being operated at a loss
in this manner, officials believe.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

Improvements of the Delaware
River channel from Philadelphia to
the bay at a cost of S11,000,000,
plus 100000 yearly maintenance,
has been recommended by Major
General Schley, chief of army en-
gineers, it was announced last
week.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24
BRIEF ITEMS OF
THE PENINSULA

Brief News Items of People
We Know i'm and Around
Larger Peninsula Towns
FROM OUR EXCHANGES
Work on the new concrete high
way from Glasgow to Newark was
started last week under the direc
ton of the State Highway Depart
ment. Vincent Shiavi is contrac-
tor.
Construction has started on the
61O-foot dock and bulkhead of the
Lewes Anglers Association which
will provide slips for so motor
cruisers operating out of Lewes in
the party boat fishing business.
Five lighted buoys were placed
in the Delaware Bay in their
charted position recently and the
winter buoys withdrawn, it was
announced by G. H Kitchens, su-
perintendent of the Fourth Light
house District.
Town Council of Milford is MAX
ing preparations to install water
meters in Milford At present, a
fat rate is charged consumers for
water, and as a result the water
plant is being operated at loss
in this manner, officials believe.
improvements of the Delaware
River channel from Philadelphia to
the bay at a cost of S11, 900, 900,
plus 100000 yearly maintenance,
has been recommended by Major
General Schley, chief of army en-
gineers, it was announced last
week.
Seaford Volunteer Fire Depart
ment is planning erection of new
and modern f1rehouse at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000 to S35,O00
City Council has appropriated ST.
500 for the purchase of site at
High and Pearl streets, short
distance from the new postoffice
building.
John D. Biggers, administrator
of the federal employment census,
reports that 5,812 or 1913 per cent
of the persons in Delaware who
registered in the census as total
ly unemployed and wanting work, ;"
reported they had no income what
ever during the week the census
was taken.
The Young Women's Christian
Association of the District of Del
aware, which includes the entire
state with the exception of Will
mington, has launched its drive for
So, 900 to finance the work of the
organization at dinner meeting
in Wesley M. E. Church, Dover.
Mrs. Charles p. Townsend, of
Dagsboro, the president, presided.
Each week the Chesapeake and
Delaware Canal is accommodating
larger ships. The U. S. engineers
will continue to raise the draft
limit until the maximum of q feet
at mean low water is reached.
This week all records for size were
broken when the Italian freighter
Clara entered the canal from Del
aware Bay and proceeded through
the waterway bound for Baltimore.
The Clara was 427 feet long, with
beam of so feet, and a draft of
II feet.
Shad and herring are being
caught in southern Maryland wat
ers now in some numbers and it
will not be long before they will
begin to work their way up to the
Delaware River Fifteen years
ago it was not unusual to catch
few herring in the old canal lock
at Delaware City about the middle
of March. On the average it is
about the middle of April before
shad begin to run this far up the
Delaware River. Herring are al
most thing of the past in the
Delaware.
Ralph C. Wilson Retires
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

Construction has started on the
61O-foot dock and bulkhead of the
Lewes Anglers Association which
will provide slips for so motor
cruisers operating out of Lewes in
the party boat fishing business.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

Seaford Volunteer Fire Depart
ment is planning erection of a new
and modern firehouse at an esti-
mated cost of $4,000 to S35, 900.
City Council has appropriated 81
500 for the purchase of a site at
High and Pearl streets, a short
distance from the new postoffice
building.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

Five lighted buoys were placed
in the Delaware Bay in their
charted position recently and the
winter buoys withdrawn, it was
announced by G. H Kitchens, su-
perintendent of the Fourth Light
house District.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

John D. Biggers, administrator
of the federal employment census,
reports that 5,812 or 1913 per cent
of the persons in Delaware who
registered in the census as total
ly unemployed and wanting work.
reported they had no income what
ever during the week the census
was taken.
Smyrna times., 1938-03-24

The Young Women's Christian
Association of the District of Del
aware, which includes the entire
state with the exception of Viii
mington, has launched its drive for
$4,000 to finance the work of the
organization at a dinner meeting
in Wesley M. E. Church, Dover.
Mrs. Charles P. Townsend, of
Dagsboro, the president, presided.
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11
HISTORICAL. HIGHLIGHTS
Eleventh Article in Series Leading up to Henderson
County's Centennial Celebration July 3l-Aug.
By SADIE S. PATTON

in kind" and was the author of
the plan of issuing notes to be
taken up with bonds, afterward
followed by Secretary Chase. At
ter managing his department with
remarkable skill and ability for
over three years, he resigned in
July, 1864, and. latter the close Of
hostilities, he returned to his pro-
fessional pursuits at Charleston,
also devoting his energies to the
industrial and educational devel-
opment of the state, being pio-
neer in the utilization of the phos-
phate wealth Of South Carolina,
and reorganizing the South Caro-
lima college"
Mr.. Memminger came to Flat
Rock in the early years after tins
now famous resort was establish
ed by people from the Low Coun-
try, and was a leader in manage
ment and direction Of its growth.
He and his family were members
of the congregation of st. John
in the Wilderness, where he Serv-
ed for many years as a VeStry-
man.
He was noted for his generoS-
ity and public spirit; his estate,
aptly named for the vast out
crops of native granite, soon be-
came noted for its landscape work
and collection of rare plants,
planted under his direction and
management.
During the troubled days near
the closing Of the War Between
the States, women and children
of the Flat Rock settlement, Of
ten sought safety in the basement
Of the house at Rock Hill, where
they were defended by Home
Guards, d company formed of old
men and boys.
1t has been said, in tradition
al story, that as the war drew
near its end, Memminger strong
~ advised President Davis to
move the capitol from Richmond
to Flat Rock, where 1t could be
defended @ith greater safety.
Mr.. Memminger, with members
Of his family, is buried near the
little rural chapel of st. John in
the Wilderness at Flat Rock.
Yearly, large numbers visit the
ivy grown plot, which is Il remin-
der of the close link between the
Lost Cause, and this little noun
tain settlement.
The Department Of Conserva-
ton and Development of North
Carolina, which. in cooperation
with the Historical Commission, is
inaugurating Il program for plac-
ing markers throughout the state.
will. during the coming summer,
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11
A CONFEDERATE SHRINE

Prominent among the historical
sites to be honored during this
centennial year in Henderson
county is the burial place at St.
John in the Wilderness Of Chris
TOPPER Gustavus Memminger, first
secretary of the treasury of the
Confederate States of America.
and a member of Jeff Davis cab
met for almost the entire period
of the struggle between the North
and the South.
Confederate Military History
gives his biography:
"Christopher Gustavus Mem
minger, first secretary of the
treasury of the Confederate
States, was born January 7, 1903,
in Wurtemberg, Germany. His ia
Their had been a captain in the
army of the elector Of Suabia, and
his grandfather an officer in the
University of Babenhausen. he
was left an orphan at Charleston
at the age Of four years and was
placed at an asylum in that city
until adopted by Thomas Bennett,
afterward governor of South
Carolina, who reared him as his
own child, gave him collegiate
education and a training in law
under his own supervision. Thus
equipped, he entered upon bril-
liant career both in law and poll
tics. In 1882, when the question
of notification was uppermost,
he published "The Book of Null
lification," arraigning that doc
trine with pungent satire. From
1886 to 1852, he represented
Charleston in the state assembly
and was prominent in the tinan-
cial legislation of that period. In
1854, he made study of the
public school system in the North
by personal inspection, and franz
ed and secured the passage Of a
law providing for educational tax
and the establishment Of a public
school system in South Carolina.
He was a commissioner to Nn-
ginia in 1859 to secure the coop
Grafton of that state against the
abolition movement, was a metn-
Der of the state convention winch
passed the ordinance of secession
in 1860. and as delegate to the
Provisional Congress at Montgom-
erv was chairman of the commit
tee which drafted the constltu-
ton of the Confederate States.
He became secretary Of the treas
ury February q, 1861, and began
a wonderful series of efforts for
the financial relief of the govern
ment. He negotiated an European
loan on cotton, devised the tax
The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-07-11
Geo. Washingtons
Views AS To Rank
Given In Letter
Chicagoan Has 3 Hitherto
Unpublished Letters OF
First President

CHICAGO, July II. (uP).-l
Three hitherto unpublished letters
Of George Washington are in the
possession Of Arthur Hnkn, en-
cago collector of first editions
rare books and autographs.
He obtained them from pri- !
waite collection when the last
member of historic family died
and the estate was closed.
The letters are iii a remark
able state Of preservation ana
the script is still undtmmed by
time. The longest one of the three /
hears the date Of May 5, 1899,
and was written at Mount Ve1-
non. Penned in Il tlourIshing
stvle typical of colonial days and
evidently dealing with a problem
of military ranking. the following
letter was addressed to one Jas.
McHenry, ESq'r':
Your private letter OF the 29th
ult'o was receiving yesterday ana
requires but a short reply.
"From an observation OF yours,
i'm answer to nv letter Of the 23d
ult'o, perceive my meaning with
respect TO the settlement OF rela-
tive rank, has been mlSunder-
stood; or. if taken properly, !
must adhere to the opinion | gave
of the injustice which would De
inflicted upon the officers OF
states remote from the seat OF
government; if those IN the Vicin-
ity of it are to rank before them'
because they were on the spot 10
announce the acceptance OF their
appointments at an earlier day.
Crank and pay are distinct
things; the officer who may have
received the latter today, sustamS
no injury from him who received
it yesterday; but if the commence
ment OF rank in the same grades
is to be regulated (under the cir
cumstanceS ! have mentloned)
from the dates of their accept
ances it will have injustice stamp
ed on the face of it:-for IN that
case those who are most remote
not by any act avOidable IN
themselves, but from the nature
of thingS-become in almost
every instance juniors; when per
haps many of them, in considera-
ton of former services, or other
weightv .pretensiOns might Justly,
be, entitled to seniority,
"The mode which you have sug-
gested to the president fOr set
Ting the rank, of the field Off
GERS, is. certainly the best that
could be offered to his considera-
ton; and | trust vii BILE approved
by him. y. :.
ale the vacancy, occasioned by
the noncompliance of Mr.. Mercer
be filled by whohsoever it may,
| am glad he has refused it. But
in. the name of common modesty,
what did the young gentleman
expect? command of the
Regim't? = Upon the principle
which governed the board of gem
eral officers in assigning the pres
ent addition to it. | think it would
he injudiciouS to fill the vacancy
from a quarter that did not oc-
caSlOn II, nor can IL De Deltei
filled. / believe, than with the
appointment of Turner, or Ran
dOlph-the first Of whom is
spoken of as possessing talents
peculiarly adapted to this service.
What is the determination of
! Watts?
with very great esteem and
regard, | am My dear Sir. Your
! Most obedient and affectionate
servant, G. Washington"