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Smyrna times., 1938-01-13

Charter No. 2336-Reserve District No.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE FRUIT
GROWERS NATIONAL BANK AND
TRUST COMPANY OF SMYRNA. in the
State of Delaware. al the close Of bust
ness on December 81, 1887.
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller of Currency, under Section
521l. Y. S. Revised Statutes.
ASSETS
Loans and discounts ....S 33S. .200.31
United States Government obli-
cations, direct and fully guar
anteed ............ ........ 4l,693.l0
Other bonds, stocks, ana secur-
ties -. ........ ......... 2O.599 4g
Banking house. $50 900. .OO: Furn-
iture and fixtures. s25.000.00.. 115.000.0o
Real estate owned other than
banking house .......... 54,035.O 90
Reserve with Federal Reserve
bank 81, 6.43
Cash. balances with other banks.
collection -. ...... -. 14.357.O2
Other assets ... .... 3S9.s9
Total Assets ......... $6s6 ,421. 80
LIABILITIES
Demand deposits Of individuals.
partnerships. and corporations $134.975.05
Time deposits of individuals,
partnerships. and corporations 356.992.92
posits -. -. -. 12.5lsO9
Deposits of other banks, includ-
ing certified and cashiers
checks outstanding ...... ... 1861
Deposits not secured
by pledge of oans
and or investments sos, ,252.67
Total Deposits .... 505,252.67
Other liabilities ........ .... 1l.65
Capital Account:
Glass A preferred
stock, 500 shares.
par S125.00 peri
share, retirable at
$125.00 per share 13l.l57.57
Common stock. 850l
shares. par s100.00t
per share ......
Total Capital Account ....... 131. .157.57
Total Liabilities 80. -. 1886. .42I89
MEMORANDUM Loans and In
vestments Pledged to Secure
Liabilities
United States Government obli-
cations. direct and fully guar
anteed l3,9I5.OO
tiles ...... .......... ..... 10000
Total Pledged (excluding re-
discounts) .-.-. l4.4f5.OO
Pledged:
Against deposits OF trust de-
partments .........- l4,475-OO
Total Pledged ....... ......$ 14.475 90
State of Delaware. County Of Kent,
/. II. r. Bodley. cashier of the above
named bank. do solemnly swear that the
above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
II. r. BODLEY. Cashier.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
10th day of January. 1888.
GEORGE r. STEVENSON.
Notary Public.
Correct-Attest:
VIM. NORRIS.
C. l.. HARMONSON,
CLARENCE ]. PRICKETT.
Directors.
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Mrs. Alice Rally, HartIy, Dead

The funeral Of Miss Alice F.
DAILY, aged SO years, took place at
2 o'clock Sunday afternoon from
the home Of Mrs. Mary Daily in
Hartly. Interment was in Odd
Fellows cemetery, at Camden. Miss
DAILY was a victim Of pneumonia
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Leland ". Money, Middletown

LtIIIIU w 41UIICyJ NIHuuICtO"H
Leland w. oMney, 40, died at his
farm near Middletown, Sunday
night after long illness. He is
survived by his wife, the former
Pauline Frazier of Middletown, and
one son Leland, Jr. Funeral ser
vices were held from the homo
yesterday wednesday, afternoon
at 2 o'clock with interment in Old
St. Annes Cemetery.
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Z Horses and Mules

No. DEXTER. Z years Old. grey. work
anywhere.
No. 2-NAT, grey. 8 years old been
worked
No. 3-SADIE. roam, work and brood
mare, weight about 800 pounds.
Nos and 5-KIT and LADY, Pair
Black Mules. and 8 years old, weight
about 400 pounds each. work anywhere.
kind and gentle
Nos 6 and BECK and LIZ. Pair Dark
Bay Mules. and years old, work any
where kind and gentle
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JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES

o
nounces Services for the Week
Jerman Chapel, Rev. John E.
Compton, pastor, announces the
regular services for the week as
follows: Prayer service Wednesday
evening at 7:3O p. M; Sunday
School, Sunday, 2:3O p. M; preach
ing at $3.50 p. M, and again at 7:3O
o'clock p. m.
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Card of Appreciation

The children of Mrs. Jennie
Reihm desire thru this medium to
thank friends for flowers, loan Of
autos, and tenders Of sympathy
during their recent bereavement.
Smyrna times., 1938-01-13
! Snvr1n1Iaa, 1Ia,,.l an'''
/ arsSA, DELAH-.. DE-
n, AND VICINITY

Isgsl s:1s5sn Missionary a g,s sIS5gae Soms
yt'ai a.Isn len Mcdowell, ColIl- .ran-
: ..lasf' ast'I next Monday AYE, even
iv stiry'. Il. At 1880 o'clock.
Ill., H.ndloa. ,,anerty who 5s1snsi a5ed
ls.,1, 4,.1 'fs feed store has ,..5 rsmGd- t6e
IN III porch and renodelifg node 4
4. s,'lI windows and fTonl 2 iii 4
oIS oIsne the same style .tdra o. aFoll- ed-
~ I Ii & and lOc toa store n aq-
4 i !, previously stated 1.1ti. III
n = sTYscts to open a gem rs !
n, .tore. The new stoGf
81 s.'i Improvement to that
Main street.
= clav Phillips, Of Middle
:. ii ii her home on West
I, ,+rsst osst q Claude V. vosh-
r,stIe County Treasurer
's.iTsr of Taxes, Of Summit
Nrs. Philips has .,z5 peg y y
+ i new modern bunga-
\ y o,nosite the property she
n and expects to have !
N At the earliest posslO!e
ID. VoshelPs new home II
tse most modern and com
. AFiddlptOWn. He
f. no,session Oh or before
NJ,
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4i,'., svaD OF THE WEEK
irun Page One,
en ". Atwell To

Al-A Y " Atwell, Townsend
h. Maa Catherine Atwell
II stat ot John W. Atwell . of
wss w At her home near
4 ot st'aassday SIs.a afternoon Of
N : r.,la pneumonia. Had sbe
\ = 1e1t month she wonld TIS
= " i years Old. Deceased j
\ IN, .ae Middletown and
q T1It4nunities H. practically J
kho a... and had mapy
u W. Ss'e sorry to learn of
kAsEI:. i: csa.s. Sas : member of
! Tt..' asr husband, aDd : A., l.
NM laey are; David Il, Atwsl3 III
ssats,,Pl p; John 1at@sll, Hesta5
. iu Levi A. SOA
RR Nd. IIsd s1st CHM, ches-
~ as as p Pearl At~eil' ei%eii' "
| NJ NJ three h brothers, tfhells'@n. a.
d tSen tSe J. \. Lyman.
49, eaS''i !. services Were 4ers
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death of her mother. Mrs. Mary
7 evils Postles, wife Of Reynolds
postles of Frederick. Mrs. Postles
has ben a member of the M. p.
trinity Church for many years.
She was GA years of age and had
been a resident of Frederlca for
over 40 years, having come with
her mother from Missouri when she
vas a young lady. Her many
friends loved her for her quiet,
friendly, loving manner and she
wiIl be greatly missed in the com
rounitv. She is survived by her
husband Mr.. Reynolds Postles, and
one daughter, Mrs. George R. Mill
~ of Smyrna. The funeral was
held from her home yesterday
wednesday, at l o'clock with
Rev Hugh Kelso of M. p. Trinity
church, Frederica, conducting the
services. Interment at Barratt's
Chapel
Smyrna times., 1938-01-13

Death of John w. Dickinson, 99
John w. Dickinson, New Castle
Countys oldest resident and the
states Oldest Civil War veteran,
died at his home in Middletown
Monday night He would have
been SO years old March 29. Dur
ing his active life he was veterin-
arian and also served as constable.
Upon his return from the war, af-
ter being wounded twice in battle.
Mr.. Dickinson farmed near Chesa-
peake City, st. Georges, and Mid
dletown. Twice married, he out
lived both mates. He is survived
by a son, John w. Dickinson, Jr.
Services will be held at 2 o'clock
this Thursday afternon, with in
terment in Bethel Cemetery, near
Chesapeake City.
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JOHN BASSETT
MOORE SCHOOLS

Continued From Page one)
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Eee's.1 19', : =, Lose. Mother
49, q \ Miller, wife issnS6 :,
. Frsde5slSs. Of Smyrna,
BY ~ |, early Sun
/ Illness and
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n. Horace David Loses Mother

Mrs. Anna E. Clarke, aged Sc
wears died at the home Of her
daughter. Mrs. Robert A. Forbes,
II Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, aft
ter an illness Of general debility
Saturday morning She had been
active up until about a week before
her death. Mrs. Clarke was de-
voted wife and mother and led a
GOOD christian life. She was the
Oldest member Of st. James Church
of Philadelphia. She was held in
high esteem and will be greatly
missed. She is survived by four
daughters and one son, as follows:
Mrs. Christian E. White of West
Chester. Pa; Mrs. Harry McClain
of Fox Chase, Pa; Mrs. Horace
David. Sr., Of this town; William
Clarke. Of Philadelphia, and Mrs.
Robert A. Forbes. She is also
survived by eleven grandchildren
and several great grandchildren.
Funeral services were held from
the home Of her daughter on Tues
day afternoon with interment at
Mt. Rose Cemetery, Philadelphia.
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PUBLIC SALE

The Undersigned. having decided to dis
continue farming. will sell at public sale
On the Glouster Farm on the road from
Smyrna to Leipsic. 21h miles east of
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Charter No 2336-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 bust
ness on December 81, 1887.
Published in response to call made by
Comptroller Of Currency, under Section
521l, U. S. Revised Statutes.
Smyrna times., 1938-01-13
Total Assets

LLEl III II IIlN1
Demand deposits Of individuals.
partnerships. and corporations
Time deposits of individuals,
partnerships. and corporations
State. county. and municipal de-
posits .... .. ...
Deposits of other banks, includ-
ing certified and cashiers
checks outstanding ... .
Deposits not secured
by pledge of | oans
and or investments sos. .252.67
Evening star., 1938-09-10
BacOnism Again.

Mrs. Marie Bauer of Glendale, Calif. y,
is digging at B-uton Parish Church,
Williamsburg, for proof that Sir Francis
Bacon was William Shakespeare. Those
who share her conviction that the works
Of the stratford poet actually were writ
ten by Baron Verulam, Viscount Saint
Adams, will hope that she may prosper
in her quest for gold chalices" and "lost
original manuscripts" Such treasures,
presumably, would 60 far to demonstrate
the Baconian theory. Their discovery
might terminate controversy which has
been raging since 1852.
Meanwhile, public interest may be
served by brief review OF what the
Dictionary OF American Biography calls
"the most absurd" yet "the most popular
Of literary heresies." It began with Miss
Della salter Bacon, daughter Of an heroic
missionary, born In her fathers log cabin
at TallmadsE Ohio. February 2, 1911.
Evening star., 1938-09-10
Free Government.
From the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch.


The government OF 1870 millions OF peo-
pie by officials selected and elected by a
free electorate is the most remarkable
political achievement of the ages. That
achievement is Americas.
Persia. China. Rome had governments
which exercised power over millions, but
they were neither democratic nor repre-
sentative.
Greece had spots of democracy, but
they were pitifully small She had pro-
found scholars and political philosophers,
but no printing presses to diffuse their
learning among the masses; no compass
to enable her navigators to do more than
play around in the Mediterranean.
Not by any stretch of the imagination
could the Holy Roman Empire, which
lasted 1000 years, be called democratic.
The Gear of all the Russias never
vouchsafed such government to his chill
dren. Napoleon despised 1t with the
same derision as do Stain, Hitler and
Mussolini today.
1t had its weak beginning in England
in the days Of Magma Charta. but it re-
mained for America to develop to FULL
ness what we knew as a federated repre-
sentative democracy.
1t has worked. 1t has nourished q
people from small beginnings to mighty
population. 1t has released and en-
couraged their energies. 1t has made US
the richest. freest, most fortunate people
on the globe.
In day when many millions OF people
have had the cup Of free government
dashed from their lips, we should doubly
prize IT and dedicate ourselves to its
eternal defense.
Evening star., 1938-09-10
Idea for Democrats.
Prom the Miami Daily News.

Prom the Miami Daily News
OF sudden Democrats cannot have
failed to note, the big fighting and the
dirty fighting Of political primaries has
concentrated in their party. In Penn
sylvania, old home Of gruesome, ever
creased Republican primary campaigns,
1t was the Democrats who housed this
years hottest, smelliest fight Missouri,
Iowa, Kentucky-States regularly Re-
publican till few years ago-now do
their bloodiest fighting among the DEM
ocrats. The Republicans begin virtu-
ously pointing with derision to the marks
Of infamy upon the Democrats
These unsavory appearances in the
Democratic party witness to the strength
Of the Democratic party. Crooks, graft
ers. parasites, seekers for privilege. rats:
never stay with sunken political ship.
When the Republican party sank under
the weight Of its barnacles, the bar
nacles made haste to join the Demo-
Gratis. They are fighting now to con-
troll the Democrats as in the day of its
strength they controlled the party Of the
Republicans. This, a sign of Demo-
cratic strength and Of Democratic peril,
explains these bitter Democratic pri-
mary fights.
Are the Democratic rank and file alert
enough to cast the barnacles of and
keep the party clean? On the answer
to this question the future glory or dis
grace Of the Democratic party depends
Evening star., 1938-09-10
Federal Expansion.

When President Roosevelt during the
campaign Of 1892 criticized his prede-
cessor for extending Government oper-
ations, he did not guess that under his
own management Federal business
would be expanded immeasurably. The
most recent proof of unprecedented
growth is the announcement that two
additional private buildings, providing
total of fifty thousand three hundred
square feet Of office space" have been
leased for the Civil Aeronautics Au-
thority and the Department OF Labor.
OF course, more room is needed. The
New Deal represents experiments which
cannot be conducted in telephone
booth. Reaching into the lives OF the
people everywhere as it does, it must
have correlation centers both numerous
and capacious. Approximately two
hundred thousand employees enlisted to
staff dozens of new bureaus must be
accommodated. Existing structures are
crowded to the bursting point. Hence,
the imperative taking over" OF pri-
vately owned real estate.
But it would be difiicult to imagine 4
more expensive policy. The Government
in the role Of tenant may not be
"gouged,' yet there can be little oues-
ton that money could be saved by pro-
ceeding as rapidly as possible with the
construction of buildings adequate to
house all legitimate Federal activity,
Secretary Ickes, for example, could do
worse than allocate suficient P. w. A.
funds to shelter under more tolerable
conditions the file clerks now laborinp In
the garage at 24oo Sixteenth street north
west-an edifice never intended for such
use as that to which, under expedient
compulsion, he has put 1t.
Evening star., 1938-09-10

have increased his chances Of being
elected.
There is something about q campaign
of that sort that appeals to the voters.
1t is refreshing to find a nominee for
public office who not only is not seeking
votes, but is positively running away
from them as he would from poison ivy
or the plague. Mr.. Leary says his name
was put on the ballot without his knowl-
edge or permission. Police rules would
not permit him to accept, if elected. It
is too late to print new ballots, so now 1t
is up to Mr.. Leary to ALLEVIATE as many
voters as possible before the polls are
opened
In furtherance of his campaign, he is
reversing much of the technique tradi-
tionally used by politicians in winning
the favor of the electorate. Most vote
wooers kiss babies, but Officer Leary
makes faces at them, right in front of
their fond mothers. Other candidates
pass out campaign cigars, so the Cam
bridge nominee asks for them at every
opportunity. He has promised, If elected,
to serve the worst interests Of his con-
stituents.
None of these campaign threats, prom
ises, entreaties, cajolery or stunts is being
taken very seriously in Cambridge, how
ever. 1t looks bad for Mr.. Leary, unless
he can hit upon something more potent
to turn the voters against him.
There was a time when he might have
considered getting himself added to the
New Deal purge" list, but recent devel-
opments indicate that he had better 20
slow along this line. He might tlnd
himself elected by landslide.
Evening star., 1938-09-10
THIS AND THAT
By CHARLES E. TRACEWELL.

The spider is predacious, trapping its
food In lieu Of darting upon 1t. although
there are some forms Of spiders which
are said to leap upon unwary insects
just as great jungle cats do.
In the main, however. che arachnids
substitute brains for Drawn.
The web is trap. before all, although
1t also makes a neat little den while the
creature Is contemplating the world.
No one who has wondered over the
web but will be willing to believe that a
spider is hairy philosopher OF sort.
The Spider-mind Is not utilized SELF
consciously, but only as part OF the
heritage OF the race. That Is, the spider
mind is different from the spiders mind.
Each individual spider has attachments
to the great mind Of its race. 1t knows
how to spin and what to do in each case.
1t Is able to do what it sets out to do,
and its thoughts are all spider from be-
ginning to end.
That Is why the results, the web, are
greater than the spider itself.
~
Maybe the results of any living things
life are greater than the life itself.
1t Is philosophical problem, after all,
and has little to do with the spider and
his web in the sunshine, as it waits for
unwary fly or othe: insect.
The web Is all business, but has attri-
butes Of skill and beauty, too, and these
engage the attention of man, also inter-
ested in business, skill and beauty along
many lines.
The Spider has but one line, very old
one-getting enough to eat.
Somehow his race not only got the
idea Of the web, grand one, but also
learned how to make the web out of
fragile stuff, yet strong enough for all
practical purposes.
No waste, there; the web lines can be
broken at the touch of human hand,
or broom, but not by fly Or, If 1t
does, it becomes tangled; the web be-
comes broken, but not all over, only in
the part where i, struggles. These
snarled places are in most webs, the
plain indications Of spider success and
satisfaction.
Young spiders. astute beyond their
years, coming from the cocoon full
fiedged, needing no intermediate stages,
seek the interior of houses at the first
touch Of cold.
This shows their wisdom again.
Careful household.rs from now on need
to keep watch for little fellows busily
spinning webs in tae corners of rooms
and on picture frames and ornaments
which are seldom moved.
Perhaps touch of human pity, some
thing no spider can have, will permit
many of these little fellows lease on
life, at least for time.
Many young spiders are milk white,
and really rather engaging in appear
ance. We recall one fellow about an
eighth of an inch in diameter, which
made its home on clipper ship barom-
eter, one OF these glass affairs with a
spout suspended on stand
The spider spun It's web from the end
Of the spout to the bottom of the stand
and its life went along successfully until
period Of bad weather when the spout
overfower, wreckine the web and drown
ing the spider.
Evening star., 1938-09-10

As = child she was pupil Of the cele-
brated Catharine Beecher and, when
grown to womanhood, taught school at
Southington, Conn, and wrote a book
Of stories about the Puritan pioneers and
= pseudo historical drama, "The Bride
Of Fort Edward" BY 1889 she had won
a considerable reputation as q lecturer
on cultural subjects, appearing with
remarkable success In the larger Eastern
cities"
But the natural course of her life was
turned aside when she became convinced
that the Shakespearean plays were the
work Of a literary coterie, headed by
Bacon, Raleigh and spenser." The
notion gradually evolved into a fanat-
icism. Strangely enough, Miss Bacon
was encouraged at first by Ralph Waldo
Emerson and Thomas Carlyle. She per-
suaded Nathaniel Hawthorne to help her
with influence and money. I'm the
spring of 1856 she became obsessed with
the idea that certain documents which
would finally prove her theory were
buried in the tomb of Lord Leicesters
stable boy as she habitually called
Shakespeare. Going to stratford, she
had actually succeeded in making ar
rangements to have the tomb opened,
when she seems to have been overcome
with doubts. Her indications were not
sufiiciently clear; perhaps the documents
were buried in Bacon's tomb or Raleighs
rather than Shakespeare's."
Miss Bacon's book, THE Philosophy
Of the Plays Of shakspere Unfolded,"
was published in April, 1857. "It was
greeted by the critics with ridicule and
contempt" but the author never knew
Of its hostile reception. Her mind, long
unhinged definitely gave way = and
she became violently insane" Death
closed her suf1erings on September q
1859.
Evening star., 1938-09-10

Spiders are getting ready to come in
doors these days, like the sensible crea-
lures they are and have been for many
centuries.
Only those waving legs stand between
the spider and this general recognition
Of its good qualities. If the arachnid
could keep them under better control he
would not frighten nearly so many timid
persons.
Few things are more appropriately
named. Our word spider" comes from
the Anglo-Saxon word meaning to spin.
In fact, the Danish word for spider Is
"spin."
The fact OF the web, in other words,
is and always has been the outstanding
fact Of the spider, in whatever part OF
the world it has been watched.
Fall is fine time for watching these
creatures, and especially for admiring
that supreme creation, the web, whose
engineering remains one Of the perpetual
wonders Of the living world.
At this time Of year there are not SO
likely to be many heavy rains, with wind,
which play havoc with even the best
spider webs.
The spiders seem to know this espe-
cially the ordinary garden variety, so
named, which is particularly busy at this
time of year
It chooses by preference a corner Of
house formed by jutting OF one wall
from another, or lattice on the back
porch.
The web is so fine that often it will not
be noticed until the sun glints on 1t just
right.
Or a big spider suddenly seems to be
suspended In thin air right In front Of
you as you come out on the porch some
morning.
He is not Just in the air, however, thin
or otherwise he is solidly placed on q
part Of one of the cleverest creations to
be found anywhere.
When he looked at the legs Of q
spider, some one said, he was afraid,
but when he saw the web, he marveled.
Most people who get interested in
spiders feel that way about them. The
web is the marvel, not the creature It
self, although he does the entire thing
with his little spinnerets.
His legs and his eyes assist, but II 1t
were not for his spinnerets he could do
nothing.
The silk in spiders web is also used
by these creatures to form cocoons for
the young and to make themselves nests.
1t Is in the form Of strands, however,
that 1t is mostly used in the construc-
ton Of webs.
One guy line usually is run. and to
this the web is attached. Sometimes
this line is 6 or more feet long.
The web proper is placed some place
along this line, usually attached at other
ends to house or fence or lattice of
some sort.
The attachments are made with
thicker strands. At some places mass
Of material is used. This often looks to
be unplanned, but there can be little
doubt that the genius Of the spider, the
spider-mind, knows what 1t is doing.
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All things in the web tend toward the
center, where the presiding officer sits
waiting for his prey.