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Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
WITH THE BEST INTENTIONS
by c. E. Speakman, Jr.

ing itself is old, well proportioned,
and if it were made into a museum
could be also used as headquarters
for information of visitors at such
times as the Fourth of July or in
the Spring when the proposed
''Dogwood" plan becomes reality,
and old homes and gardens in this
neighborhood are opened to visit
ors.
AS we see it, the expense of such
a civic project would not be great.
We could start with loan exhibit
tions and charge a small admission
fee until the museum became es-
tablished enough to start buying
things here and there to add to a
permanent collection. There would
have to be a curator, someone who
is an expert on antiques, who
would be responsible for the care
of the collection. Perhaps, while
we were getting started, we could
open the museum just three days
week and there would be certain
free days for school children.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
DELAWARE WAGES RISE
State Rayrolls and Employment
Reach Highest Point Since 1887

Delaware payrolls and employ
ment reached their highest points
since 1897 during the last month,
according to figures released by
the Federal Reserve Bank of Phil
adelphia to the Wilmington Cham
ber of Commerce. Employment
increased approximately per cent
from May to June. The gains
were noted chiefly in plants turn
ing out metal products, transpor-
tation equipment, foods, and to-
bacco. An increase in payrolls,
but not in employment, was shown
in reports from chemical manufac-
turers. Activity in the textile in
dustry declined Employment
was II per cent higher than in
June, 1899, and wage payments
were 16 per cent greater for the
same period of comparison. In
Wilmington, employment was up
10.6 per cent over June of last
year, and payrolls 1876 per cent
higher. Working time was in
creased by 9.5 per cent.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25

Let's have a museum for Smyr-
ma. There are many locations and
a surprising number of people who
have museum pieces that could be
borrowed for exhibition purposes.
1t should be a museum to exhibit
the old traditional things that are
connected with the history of our
town, rather than a museum of Cd
dities. There are several people
here who are experts on antiques,
who would be more than interest
ed in such a project. For example,
Mrs. Harry Tschudy, who has col
lected antiques for years. There
are others who have beautiful
things which have been in their
families for generations. If a
building were located and a mu-
scum established, we believe that
those who have collections or iso-
lated pieces would be glad to CO.
operate by lending them for exhi-
bition.
Actually, we had in mind the Of
fee Of Miss Agnes Cummins' old
house on Main Street. The build
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
MOSQUITO CONTROL TOUR
View Bombay Hook Area and Dis.
cuss Duck Creek Possibilities

An inspection tour of mosquito
conditions in Delaware will be
made today Thursday by mem
bers of the Eastern Association of
Mosquito Workers. Last night a
business meeting was held at
Thawley's Hotel in Rehoboth
Beach. DR.. L. A. Stearns, ento-
mologist at the University of Del
aware experimental station, is
vice-president of the association.
The party will leave Rehoboth
Beach today at SIS a. m. with the
Fish House" tidegate at Lewes
Beach as the first stop. E. Elwood
Lynch, mosquito control engineer
of the State Highway Department,
will explain the operations in the
Cape Henlopen area. The extern
sive marsh area at Gains Landing
on the Mispillion River, near Mil
ford, will be the next inspection
halt. Luncheon will be served at
Dover. The afternoon program
will open with a survey of the
Bombay Hook game refuge near
Leipsic. John F. Herholdt, resi-
dent manager, will describe the re-
fuge and plan for its development
Boat trips to experimental areas
will be a feature. At Duck Creek
efforts to correlate mosquito con-
troll practices with wild life con-
servation will be reviewed
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
NOTICE NEEDED
FOR CHECK-UP
Delaware Safety Council
Warns Cars Not Accepted
Without Notice Form
CLEAR ENGINE NUMBERS

William D. Denney, Motor We
hicle Commissioner, stated that his
Office had finished mailing official
notices for the Motor Vehicle IN
spection campaign now being con-
Quoted throughout the State Cars
will not be accepted for inspection
without the official notice form. He
further stated that if the form has
not yet been received, indications
are that the records in the Depart
ment lack the proper address, that
the Post Office Department has
been unable to locate the vehicle
owner or that the notice has other
wise gone astray. Notify the De-
partment at Dover if official noti-
fication card has not been received.
Also, the three agencies cooperat-
ing in the promotion of the cam
paign, the Motor Vehicle Depart
ment, the State Highway Depart
| Council urge vehicle owners to
help themselves and the general
public by taking their cars to their
regular garages or service stations
at once and have them prepared
for approval. In previous cam
paigns it has been observed that
owners prefer to wait until the
opening of the campaign to have
their vehicles properly equipped
Many, instead of having faults cor
rected before offering vehicles for
inspection, drove to the inspection
lane and had the state employees
examine their equipment, the time
thus consumed at the station was
completely wasted. In communit-
les, where the lanes were set up
for but few days, it has been no
ticed that garages and service
stations have had more work to do
than they could possibly finish
thoroughly in the limited length of
time of the Safety Lanes stay. A
visit to the repairman before hav-
ing your car inspected should be an
easy remedy for such a situation.
The Safety Lane officials also call
ed attention of motorists to the
Importance of cleaning their engine
numbers before coming to the
lanes. Inspection of the engine
numbers is a new feature. Con-
siderable delay was caused at
times at the stations during the
past week due to the fact that the
numbers could not be read because
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
Abram Jenkins, of Smyrna, has
been granted pension.

Abram Jenkins, of Smyrna, has
been granted pension.
Mrs. H. B. Husbands residing
near Kenton, was severely but not
dangerously hurt one day last
week by a fall down a ten foot
stairs head foremost.
Eugene, a four year old son of
Edward Curry, was quite severely
burned on his side, arm and face
Monday, from his clothes catching
fire from a match that he had by
some means got and was playing
with. Mrs. Curry had her hands
burned in extinguishing the flames.
Miss Ida Lord, who graduated
from our public school at its close
year ago, and took post grad
uate course the following sessions
to prepare her for the duties of
teaching, was elected by the
School Board last week to the va
cancy in the Primary Department.
The lime kilns at Smyrna Land
ing have been rebuilt and refitted
for use by J. E. Jardine and F. E.
Postles for the purpose of manu-
featuring shell lime. These kilns
have been in a state of disuse for
several years and we are glad to
see this business revived at the
Landing.
VIM. II. Singles, who was board
ing with John Corbitt on Pearl
Street, while drunk on Sunday
drove Corbitt out of his house and
kept him out most Of the day, and
finally struck Mrs. Corbitt. She
lodged complaint before Squire
Budd, but afterwards withdrew it,
but officer Grant had another
charge against him and he was re-
leased after paying a fine of $3.50.
They are living together again
as happily as a snake and owls in
the same hole.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
STATE ITEMS

New Castles Library Associa-
tion will erect a $500 building.
Paynter Frame, a leading agri-
culturist of Sussex county, is men
toned as a Democratic Guberna-
torial candidate.
Alvin r. Morrison, of Whining
ton, has secured the government
contract for building a bulkhead
bar in the Delaware between Fort
Delaware and the Delaware Shore.
s. Ernest Haynes, son of the
Rev. T. II. Haynes and Albert
Mulhausen win sail for Europe on
Aug. IL on the steamer City OF
Chicago. Mr.. Haynes goes abroad
to study music and Mr.. Mulhausen
to study art.
A mad dog bit lot Of cattle in
Brandywine Hundred five weeks
ago and nearly a score Of the Bit
ten animals have died. A veteri-
marian pronounced the ailment
Texas fever but the farmers say it
was hydrophobia.
John X. Dick, son of John r.
Dick, superintendent Of Rehoboth
CONTINUED on Page sIx)
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
TRIfeT
TAXES LEVI, IN
ss0'OOo,oOO 70 Be {, \.
annually Through Dst''
Taxes Enacted BY co,'' ,,''
OVER 27 MILLION r, ;,

or1sd according s1l to intorn.,t, !,
Truckers Associatjens Ir1sTate Ia Vi
ditional SaO.oOO,Ooo piii me- a ]
ed annually from truck ! e : ss-s;
through the national d. 5e.ast oss'a
M motive . taxes enacted y,'I by e., !, :
u S9e tn that i. amount ap5,o13s!. y Usae''
gasoline gas tax, and tbs ! e 9
600 600 will be produced ucs .. sss \
ereases in levies on rfr lDb,ia!s.t y y
tires, new motor vebicI.s id. y /
cessories. In 1899 moto. @s
accounted for s27O,67s,55sgil 81 : y !
er,. eral ard state gasoline ~ i /, = !
cording to the Automob;1s rs !. I
facturers Associatior g,,S ~ Y
ated S26 COO. 600 If sda;.. .ae q
oline tax revenue i ,. -...'l I
the national defense tav .
alent 70 nearly 10 nar ~ -, r
1889 gasoline tax I'm -. = 4
trucks Under the bigss. e g
al defense automotive -, H.. :. .
annual total Of motor tT,.; ~ 4 /
aecruing to the feder,
ment will stand Al ~ ~ I
500 100000 annually 75.r l,:s.5 i
does not include social IT,
corporate income and otber Il, +,
Ieyles assessed on bushes, y
ally. Special state automote I. :,
es on trucks currently aDDsrri
$3.50 100000 annually j
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and DR.. e. E. Beardsley, of St.
Thomas church.
CAPT w. Il. APPLETON

CAPT. w. f. APPLETON
A dozen of our citizens, rela-
tives of the deceased, went up to
Odessa on Friday afternoon to at
tend the funeral of Capt. VIM. Ed
win Appleton who died on Tues
day evening,15 inst, in the Sind.
year of his age. The funeral was
from the residence of his father,
John Appleton, having sold his
farm and moved to Odessa but a
week before. Capt. Appleton had
been in failing health for several
years from heart and kidney
trouble. A large number of friends
assembled at two o'clock on
Friday, Rev. R. c. Jones, of the
ME-. Church, his pastor, conduct
ing the services. In the death of
Capt. Appleton, John Appleton
now in his 81 year, hale and hearty
loses the third of his four children,
his oldest son, H.H. Appleton being
his only surviving child. The de-
ceased was a man of great single
ness of life, that transparent and
nobleness of nature that left moth
ing hid or suspected. He was
frank, tender, generous, large
hearted, with a knowledge of the
world and public affairs that made
him exceedingly companionable to
men Of reflection and intelligence.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
THREE SMYRNA MEN HELD
Two Held for Court on Robbery
and One on Assault and BATTERY

Three men were held in a total
of $4,000 bail for the Court Of Cen
eral Sessions when arraigned Tues
day evening of last week before
Magistrate Edwin Hutchison on
charges growing out of the alleged
assault and battery and robbery Of
John Cottingham in Smyrna on
July Ia. Foster Richards and Ed
ward Ross, colored, Smyrna, were
taken to the Kent County jail in
Dover when they were unable to
secure bail fixed at $500 each on
charges of robbery, and assault
and battery. Calvin May. colored
also of Smyrna, was released in
$1,000 bail to await trial on charg-
es Of threats of bodily harm and
assault and battery.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
SENII-ANNUAL INSPECTION
Safety Council Adopts Motion For
Two Car Check-U Ups Each Year

AJAtACA.y -'AOllOll tut
Two Car Check-Ups Each Year
The Delaware Safety Council at
a dinner meeting Friday adopted
motion favoring semi-annual in
spection of automobiles as a high
way safety measure. A campaign
toward this end will be inaugural
ed by the council. Hugh F. Gala
CHER, Wilmington, who introduced
the motion, said that two inspec-
tions per year would remove many
unfit cars from the highway. He
said a number of machines are
fixed up" especially for the an
nual inspection and then allowed
to deteriorate until they become a
menace in traffic. He also pointed
out that New Jersey has greatly
reduced accidents after adopting
the semi-annual inspection.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25

of the accumulation of dirt and
grease. In respect to the repair
ing or replacing of defective equip
ment, it should be distinctly un-
derstood that the sponsors of the
campaign are not in the least in
terested in who repairs the We
hicles or who furnishes the re-
placement parts. Owners are at
liberty to choose any garage for
service or if able, to do the work
themselves.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
VARIED LAWS
HINDER TRUCKS
Conflicting S ia tie Statutes
Seriously Handicaps Motor
Truck Industries
SERVE MANY TOWNS

With the recent passage of a
vast national defense program
comes a demand by the public for
the various States throughout the
country to alter and make more
flexible their statutes regulating
motor truck traffic. For some
years it has been known by the
pioneers of the trucking industry
and the many billions affiliated
directly or indirectly with industry
that state barrier statutes were
seriously handicapping the full eff
lfectiveness of motor truck trans
portation. Notwithstanding this,
the industry has taken it on the
chin, so to speak, and has develop
ed into well-organized, well-di-
rected, and well-equipped public
service enterprise.
When one stops to consider the
many conflicting statutes involv-
ing the transportation of a motor
truck from Florida to Maine or
or west coast, it must be conceded
that the motor truck industry has
accomplished something of a mir
acle in transportation service. For
instance, one state will permit r.
900 ID. axle load; another state
10, 900 load One state will require
flares of a certain number; anoth-
er state may require no flares or
perhaps a different. One state has
a port of entry law requiring the
payment of an entrance fee; an
other state has no such law. One
state permits one type of equip
ment; another state permits an
other type Of equipment. One
state may require SO many hours
of rest for drivers; another state
a different number of hours. And
so n,until the truck owner or driv-
er finds himself completely befog-
ged with mays and don'ts, all diff
ferent, when he enters one state
from another. Already various
federal departments are finding
that these state barriers are going
to afford a handicap to the speedy
execution of the defense plan, the
effect of which will be that num-
Der of the states will find it abso-
lutely necessary to change their
regulations in a lot of respects.
Only recently an incident was
cited wherein a truck loaded with
relief supplies being carried from
one state into another was held
up at the borderline of an inter-
vening state for few pounds over
weight. The driver possessed all
of the necessary credentials re-
quired for the emergency of the
case and made every effort to ex-
pedite the procedure of the case,
which was set into motion upon
his arrest, but without avail. With
the consequence that not only was
a serious delay involved, but some
Of the people for whom the emer-
6ChSy iSAiCi ooPPAASS "CAC bSAbS .
transported, lost their lives as the
result of the extended delay.
Today there are 48,492 commun-
tiles in the United States served
only by motor vehicles. These
towns and hamlets are vital to
American life, for they represent
a population of 7,844.509 - as
many people as are in the entire
state of Illinois and two and one
half times the whole population OF
Norway.
These miles Of highways which
connect our farms and factories
pass through our villages and
cities, crossing state lines on the
way to markets, must be kept
open and free from barriers for
the commerce Of this nation. II
Is essential to our National Unity.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
PERSONALS

Edward Farrell and daughter,
Miss May, are spending the larger
part of July with old friends in
Shamokin, Pa. Mr.. Farrell re-
ceived intelligence today, that his
wife had been partially paralyzed,
but was improving.
J. Harvey Spruance of Whining
ton, has been spending a week
with his Smyrna friends.
Miss Laura Wilmer, of Balti-
more is spending a week or two
in Smyrna.
Miss Lula Mahon is spending the
summer with her aunt at Bel
mont Hail."
Misses Annie and Emma Hough
are visiting Cecilton.
Harry and Paul jefferson, of
Memphis, Tenn, are home on a
visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs.
]. H. Jefferson. They expect to
remain for the heated term--the
latter part of August.
Mrs. Annie Shermer of German
town, Pa, is visiting Jos. Stephen
son near town.
Miss Estelle Boyd, of Philadel-
phia, is visiting Miss Maggie
FAIRIES.
DR.. Dwight and sister will return
from New Haven this evening.
Jean Douglass, wife and daugh-
ter of Maryland have been visiting
their cousin, Mrs. Harvey Speak
man.
Mrs. Hannah Hudson and Mrs.
Lizzie Wilson are having a pleas
ant and quiet sojourn at La Fon-
taine" cottage at Atlantic City.
Miss Ethel Cooper will tomor-
row join six school mates, for q
sojourn Of several weeks at Ocean
Beach, n. J.
3. n. Weldon is spending his
vacation in Brooklyn.
Geo. Barnes. Charles Barnes
and wife, and Misses Mollie Evans
and Lizzie Norris are camping fol
a week at the bayside.
Alfred Hance. of Philadelphia
w. Q. Hoffecker. J. Ward Will
son, J. E. Carter, John E. and
J. Ed Hoffecker, started this
morning at daybreak for days
trout fishing at kits Hammock
Hon. James Williams moved
from Kenton last week to the
house lately occupied by A. Lee
Cummins.
Mrs. Florence Allen, Of Philadel-
phia, came home on a visit yester-
day
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
Proposes Changing Lottsr

Denying responsibility i,
appilca.lon and extension Of n
ing ana lottery laws in The =
except the responsibility i
forcement Atty.-Gen. Jans
Morford suggested the d.
Volunteer Firemen's As,-.,
appeal to the Legislature d,
proposed changes in The sg--.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
$4,000 For street improvement

A $4,000 street improvement pro
gram for the town of Lewes got
under way Monday for hard-sur-
facing several main thorughfares
in the town and re-surfacing 9TH
ers. Initial work was started last
year.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
MORTUARY

The strong hand of death sell
dom strikes a cord that vibrates
through a community with more
tender emotions than in the case
of Miss Emily Cecilia Dwight,
which occurred at o'clock on Fri
day morning after a sudden and
painful illness of a week Of conges-
ton of the lungs, and pericarditis.
All the remedial agencies were
exhausted, her brother was assist
ed by DR.. Henry Dwight of Phila-
delphia.
Miss Cecilia Dwight had been a
resident Of Smyrna little over
two years but how deep an inn
preston she made of her person
ality, was shown in the devotion OF
friends at her bed and the feeling
that pervaded the community be-
cause of her untimely death. She
came here an utter stranger ex-
cept to the family of Mr.. s. B
Briggs who had come from the
same place, New Haven, Connect
icut, ten years before. Miss
Dwight, after the death of her ia
ther, went to Boston to fit her.
self as an instructor in painting
instrumental and vocal music. The
following winter after she came Il
Smyrna, her elder sister, Mis-.
Minnie, joined them In their new
home. The funeral services wer,
held in st. Peters Church at 81,
O'Clock on Sunday evening. The re
mains were placed upon the I'll!
train Monday morning accompan
led by DR.. Dwight and sister and
undertaken, FAIRIES, expecting Il
reach New Haven by four o'clocl
for the interment.
The Daily Palladium, since re
ceived, says the funeral services
were held in the chapel Of Grow
street cemetery, conducted b,
President Dwight OF Yale College
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
Notes of Marriages, Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JULY 23RD, 1890

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
ton.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
Discomfort IN
GREAT BRITAIN

The whole of Great Britain is
seething with discomfort. All the
efforts of the Salisbury govern
ment to pass bills to allay agita-
tion in Ireland, to settle the tithe
question in Wales and to conciliate
the temperance associations have
been thus far in the session baffled
by the tactics of the opposition.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
Reserve Officers End Train,

The engineer reserve Il,
training camp ended Sa.usr
noon at Fort dupont. TIE d,
returned to their homes Il
this type Of officer training a,17
at the post for the year.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
LEIPSIC ITEMS

There are many followers of the
illustrious Izaak Walton in this
little town. 1t is a royal good
sport too.
Mrs. John De Barry, Mrs. AL
mire Melvin, and Master Melvin,
Of Philadelphia, have been visiting
Mrs. w. F. Moore the past week.
On Tuesday last the usual quiet
ness roundabout was broken by
the announcement that j. P. Den
ney had dropped dead whilst sit
ting in his chair shortly after din
ner On the testimony of DR..
Conoway who had attended him in
a short illness a few weeks back,
and other evidence, the jury soon
rendered a verdict giving fatty de-
generation of the heart as the
cause of his death. The deceased
was II years of age. A wife and
married daughter survive him.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
DEATHS

Brady - At Cheswold, July II,
1890, Irene, infant daughter Of S.
Brady and Name Cooper, aged Z
months, % days.
Chase-At Smyrna Landing July
18th, 1890. Hervey, son Of Clinton
G., and Nellie E. Chase, aged i
year, Z months.
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25
FOUR THOUSAND TONS
OF ICE NEEDED BY PHILA.
DELPHIA DAILY

On the average, 1000 tons Of
ice are brought to Philadelphia
daily on boats. The ice comes from
the Knickerbocker Company's
houses along the Kennebec and
Penobscot rivers, in Maine, which
are filled every year
Smyrna times., 1940-07-25

Though begging rags to me
would be
A thing of crushing sadness,
I heard a rag-man sing today,
His song was full of gladness.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-06-02
GERMAN B0MBERS
ATTACK 6 CITIES
Continued from Page One)

warning sirens shrieked evera
times in the Rhone region as well as
in places opposite Geneva on the
French side of the Swiss frontier.
Damage Heavy
Reports via Bern, Switzerland, said
heavy damage had resulted in the
French industrial section near Lyon.
with bombing particularly heavy if
suburbs where factories were known
to be turning out plane parts and
motors.
Basel residents saw bombing squad
rons leave their German bases
shortly after noon and return sew.
eral hours later across the Rhine.
One of two planes which came
over Swiss territory was brought
down by a Swiss fighter after failing
to heed warning shots.
Marseille is built at the foot of a
hill, around which loftier heights
rise in a semi-circle. 1t faces di-
rectly on the sea. Its foreign COM
merce is greater than that of every
other port in France.