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Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
FASHIONABLE WEDDING
AT MILTON

A fashionable wedding occurred
in Miltonn Tuesday evening in the
M. E. Church, the contracting part
les being Howard Warrington OF
Philadelphia, and Miss Willie Will
son of Milton. The best man was
Edgar H. Bayne, Of Wilmington.
The maids of honor were Miss Liz
zie Wilson, sister Of the bride, Miss
Alice Sedgwick of Wilmington, and
Miss Fannie Higbee, Of Philadel-
phia The ushers were DR.. John
Manship, James Martin, Or. Thom-
as Wolf, and Captain Ellsworth, Of
Georgetown. Miss Lizzie Hall Of
Smyrna was one Of the guests.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
AWAIT CRlS1
FUR WELBl1
Deadline Far e.. |
it System w. ( "
January First 7
GRANTS App =,

. The status Of rsr..
Delaware recejv'ra Ts,'a'' I'll
remained a mvstas 1sasa n
January !. I deadlne a. ,..s..
merit system is pas. " n
ee'ne olyes Of the agencts,
conference had pro,..'
ing Of a supervisor y y',S' L
ana an appellant basr ! Ssae'
the Merit System I5as cas,,. II
ed by the Social ss,pa' g9ras.. d
Washington. Wo,s s1'iF D
boards attitude u 4
has been awaited h, :.
tba+ - lle5nlme il Vs.
system movement II
Washington On Tarr., 'sse
nect - =, g..t taey were avn
i ! 5'oI WIN the matte. 4
cios i = III ,s5mlaed II, The a4sa
~, Z, I : lae Old Ags Il
4o,iI.il'ssi 4oaIa sion the State 81
nea-tn the Mothers Pea., Il
it--ssion itieS ne State Boar: {
lsies Ie ano the Delaware h.
NJ NJ. corporation Conn2r
Delaware lo4;a Unemployuea. {.
functioning under ! r..,
approved by the boar5 :.
fore, viii be uuafracts, :
sulting action. =
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
MIDDLETOWN MAN INJURED
Allied Whiteman Received Severe
Burns About the Face From Acid

Alfred Whiteman, a town en-
ploye, received severe burns about
the face and right arm when an
acid container in some trash he
was handling at the Middletown
school exploded and blew the acid
in his face. Whiteman says he
picked up the container, believed
to have contained acid used in
cleaning bricks on the new addi-
tion, and after tapping the stopper
more tightly into the bottle tossed
it on the truck. While in midair
the bottle exploded and the wind
carried the liquid into his face
After emergency treatment and OBJ
servation by a local physician
Whiteman was permitted to return
to his home.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
NYLON READY Fop v,l
Yarn From New Seaf,,, j
Ready For ShiDms

Nylon yarn from ~ >,
ford plant Of E. /. dyp-.
mours & Co. is ready ID, !,
The 3O-odd full-fash.orst :,
ies which have long 5eg
menting with the yam i
however receive allo.na-r-
cordance with their staa !
ments for the first SIX n-,
stead according 10 inf5-n.1
tainable among the d9z.Ti
only about one-ffth Of Il. !
ed siX-months orders q, \
BY dupont. None ot /:
hosiery now going i1t3 n
may be sold BY the Mill 4
Pont gives the word. At u
all will offer it simultarsz|
date is expected 10 be III
l. Prices Of the h0sie,7 i
expected to be the sans Il
experimental offering at Vi
ton stores. \
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11

about to depart for Maryland. Gov
ernor Biggs offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction
Of the person or persons who com
mitted the crime, and other ar
rests may be made. Davis has
been lodged in New Castle Jail to
await the action of the grand jury
He was arrested by Constable
Grandson Reed on the oath of
Charles t. Voshell He will be
given a hearing on Friday. He says
he can prove he was in Chester.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
OTHER WEDDINGS OF NOTE


A novel wedding occurred in
Middletown on New Years night.
Richard Kale and Sara Saunders,
colored, were the principals. The
bride came from Dover, and upon
reaching Middletown was severely
attacked with rheumatism. She
was compelled to retire, and not
wishing to disappoint the scores Of
invited guests she and the groom
agreed to have the ceremony while
she lay helpless in bed. This was
done and the guests were as merry
as though the event had taken
place in the church, which was the
original programme.
The NJ. z. Church of Seaford
was the scene of a brilliant we'd
ding Of Robert Houston Fooks Of
Georgetown to Miss Mary Cannon,
daughter Of w. E. Cannon of Sea-
ford. The marriage ceremony was
performed by the Rev. w. ]. Du-
hallway. The best man was Char
les Cullen, Jr., Of Georgetown, and
the bridesmaid was Miss Nettie
Baker Of Seaford. The ushers
were Messrs. w. t. Tomilinson Of
New York City, Thomas Rawlings
of Bridgeville, F. D. James and H.
c. Darby Of Seaford.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11

G. A. Focht is preparing t.
change his business from notion:
tC tobacco and cigars.
w. NJ. Todd, a carpenter from
Seaford, has moved his family tc
this town, lower Delaware Street
Thomas R. Graham has returned
to Philadelphia to his law studies
and Harry B. Clark has gone to a
business college in the same city
F. V. Slaughter, who has been
teaching the school at Taylor's
Bridge, has taken the Cowgill's
Corner School, and is succeeded by
Walter J. Willis, formerly of the
Hartly school.
w. H. Janney's mastiff, (bank
protector) chewed up a small ter
rier that got into the yard one day
last week before it could be driven
off. A night burglar in the house
would fare no better.
Peach growers are becoming
alarmed about the coming crop.
The buds are swelling and should
the warm weather Of the past ten
days continue they will put out and
the coming crop may be a failure.
Rev w. w. w. Wilson will OBJ
serve Sunday week as Good It'd
ings Day, when he purposes lifting
by card, all the benevolent collec-
tions except the missionary His
sermons next Sunday will be devot-
ed to this subject
The entertainment Of the w. @.
T. u. at Kenton on Thursday night
was a grand success consisting of
dialogues, select reading and vocal
and instrumental music. In the
latter they We're assisted by
Messrs. Ford and Ransom, of this
town.
Mr.. Chapman, Of Philadelphia,
the contractor for the frescoeing of
the Methodist Church, shipped his
material yesterday on the Steamer
Ella, and the workman will speed
lily follow. The work has been de-
layed because the walls Of the ex-
tension have not been sufficiently
dry.
Delaware's relic of Barbarism"
is increasing in favor. Most of the
Philadelphia papers comment fav-
orably upon the recent grand jury
report recommending the whipping
Of wife beaters. 1t would seem
strange after all the denunciation
of Delaware's barbarity, in which
our neighbors have indulged for SO
many years, to yet find whipping
posts set up all over Pennsylvania.
Yet the growth Of public sentiment
in favor of this punishment for
such low-down cowardly brutes
renders this by no means improb-
able. We presume it would be news
to most Philadelphians that we do
not send wife-beaters to the whip
ping post in Delaware we are,
nevertheless, open to the reproach
of having thus far neglected to put
our relic to this very proper use.
Death
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
New Castle Ferry Robber Indicted

Five true bills charging five diff
ferent offenses of robbing the Della
ware-New Jersey Ferry Company
Office at New Castle were returned
by the New Castle County grand
jury Wednesday afternoon of last
week against Herman Leon Homie.
Negro, arrested recently.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
ARREST OF
Barnard MURDERER

George f. Davis, a white man,
was arrested at Blackbird Sunday
for the murder Of Alexander Bain-
ard, the aged coIored hermit, who
was found dead recently, the sup
posed s4OO he had saved being
missing. Davis has been under sus-
pfcion and was captured when
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11

The Old Age Welmare Commits
sion was allowed $4,000 by the
Levy Court for purchase of mater
ials for the WPA sewing unit.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF SO YEARS AGO
Notes Of Marriages. Deaths
and Matters of Interest
of Half Century Ago
ISSUE OF JAN. STH, 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
tion.
Smyrna times., 1940-01-11
CLAYTON NEWS

Rev. r. X. Stephenson (who
could not carry out his design be-
cause Of sickness) will commence
Continued on Page Three)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14
Creeping Paralysis Sufferers
Are Sought By Detroit Victim

ia study Of IL. When I found that
nothing was known about II, ! o..
fered myself as q human guinea pig,
through the newspapers. Many
things have been tried on me and
ct the present / am being treated
by q physician in Toronto, Ontario
IT am now In contact with 500
cases. The burst Of publicity COM
ing to light took place In the state
OF washington while I was visiting
there. Most Of the cases reported
to me are In that vicinity. # this
means anything there must be tfotl-
sands Of these cases Ia the United
states, and that Is what / am trying
to find out.
recently Lou Gehrig developed
this trouble and when ! read that
they planned to give him shots nj
the spine, I wrote Immediately to
tell him they did that to me and
with VnfavOrable results. He replied
In a very nice letter saying that he
would not take the shots.
( Anything that is tried with this
trouble Is strictly experimental and
am trying to form q group so that
we can keep In touch with each
other and know what Is being tried
and with what effect. II we, the
afflicted, can only join forces, It will
limit the rion-helpful experiments
and save a lot Of false hopes. After
each experiment that I underwent,
was worse, or thought ] was, the
letdown was so great.
II am now confined 70 q wheel
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14

''hot oil" indictment would be Of
doubtful legality.
MACHINE
WANTS HARMONY
Maestri holds Office in a city
dominated by a more or less indie
pendent and thoroughly hard boiled
machines, the So-called "old reg
ularS." To make Maestri target
of the thorough investigation which
Governor Jones and Attorney Gen.
eral Stanley plan would undoubtedly
be to offend the "old regulars" who
might then be able to defeat the
constitutional amendments on which
so much Of Governor Jones reform
program depends, and which come
up for popular vote this fall. Fur
thermore, important business ele-
mentS in New Orleans are putting
pressure on Governor Jones to stop
the quarrelS" and make peace" in
the interests of harmony, quiet and
better business.
All in all, then, the governors
path toward a clean-sweep in his
reform program Is not exactly
lined with roses. He is already
having bad headaches over pat
ronage; the truth of the matter is
that despite the fine start he has
made, the crisis of his whole pro-
gram is just about to take place.
NEXT: Jimmy Noe joins up.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14

for him for the job. That hap
pened this way:
Long had beaten the city ma
chine to StandStill and had
forced the resignation of the mayor,
T. Semmes Walmsley. Maestri
was picked to succeed him, and
the city machine swung into line.
Pressure was put on, and the can
didates who had filed to oppose
Maestri in the primary all with
drew; since he was unopposed, the
primary was called off and the
local Democratic committee simply
certified him as the nominee.
The same thing happened In
the election; somehow nobody ran
against him, the election was
called off, and Maestri was Ger
titled in" by the secretary of
state. Meanwhile, the legislature
passed a law extending the mayors
term of office to six years.
However, it was Maestri's brief
but fruitful career as conservation
commissioner that is of interest in
connection with the oil situation.
SECRET RECORDS
TELL TALE
Under the Connally act, there
can be no legal interstate traf-
fic in oil which is not produced in
conformity with state rules and
regulations. Louisiana, like most
department allots the totals which
other oil states, has a pro-ration
law, under which the conservation
each company may produce.
What Maestri did as conserva-
ton commissioner, from early
1884 to the middle of 1886, only
recently became known. Orders
legalizing oil production were kept
secret in locked files of the COM
mission; it took a Supreme Court
decision, handed down just after
Sam Jones had been elected gov
ernor, to break this rule and throw
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14

Nothing Is inciirable -- the cure
lust hasn't been found"
That Is the philosophy Of Rogre
Carr, Of 1887. Webb avenue, Detroit,
Mich, victim Of multiple scerosis,
who, BY forming an organization Of
similar sufferers, hopes to disprove
the claims that the disease Is both
rare and incurable.
In furtherance Of his survey, Carr
has appealed to this newspaper to
assist him In locating cases which
may be In this section Of Colo. The
disease is more commonly known
as creeping paralysis He Is at
tempting TO contact all victims Of
the malady in the United States and
has already located 1903 cases. Lou
Gehrig, ex-baseball star. Is one Of
Cars fellow victims.
Mr.. Carr has contacted 143 vice
Tins In Michigan and Is now con-
centrating on Connecticut. He re-
Gently located % cases in Akron. He
is q young man and was formerly
a track athlete at Michigan State
College.
Seven years ago, after extensive
medical examination I was told that
i had multiple sclerosis, which Is a
form Of creeping paralysis" Carr re-
lated. 'They said It was rare and
incurable. AT once ! began making
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14


chair. but that has not atEected my
outlook TO each one that writes
me. write back ct once, and stress
the point that nothing Is incafahle
1.-The cure Just hasn't been found.
Mr.. Carr he's asked the Water
bury Democrat 10 print a story
about his campaign, giving his ad-
dress and asking anyone similarly
afflicted to write to him. sWiil ycii
please mention In it,s he asked,
6ttat will be 50 happy to have
anyone clip your article and mail
It to me. You see, / need the are
ticles because many newspapers do
not return the copy I send them.
As I still have As IL states to 60.
I win need lot Of them. II Is my
greatest fear that will run out Of
newspaper clippings and viii have
to stop my survey. It would mean
so much to me II this fear were
dispelIed. "A lot Of these articles
mailed to me from your readers
would be greatly appreciated"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14
--LoUsIAlA cLEANUP-TFRD OF FIVE ARTICLES
New Orleans Mayor MaeStri Will Have
To Answer About Hot Oil land Plenty
Huey's Old Pal
A Likely Target
OF Jones Reform
This is the third Of five ar
ticles on the return Of political
decency to Louisiana.
BY BRUCE CATION
NEA Service Staff Correspondent

By BRUCE CAITON
NEA Service Staff Correspondent
New Orleans, Aug. 14.-If Gov.
Sam Jones reform administration
proposes to get to the bottom OF
the states shot oil' scandals, it
will have to begin by asking some
questions of the Honorable Rob-
ert S. Maestri, mayor of New
Orleans.
Maestri could have happened
only under the Huey Long regime.
He started his career as owner
of properties occupied by the
ladies of the "cribs" in New
orleans tenderloin. Acquiring
money, he made himself forever
pal of Huey by rushing to the
rescue at a moment when Huey
was face to face with ruin.
This was back in 1880. Huey
was governor, but he hadn't yet
got control over the legislature.
On the contrary, the legislature
was Just about to impeach him.
1t had voted $4,000 to meet the
cost of entertaining the national
governors conference in New Or
leans; Huey used the money to
buy new car, for which (and
other errors) the Louisiana House
of Representatives voted impeach-
ment.
The senate apparently stood
ready to convict him. Just then,
however, Maestri bobbed up with
$4,000, which he gave to Huey
as defense fund" Huey used
it where it would do the most
good, and the Impeachment move
collapsed. Huey had learned an
important lesson about the power
Of raw money in politics and
Maestri had earned an important
friend.
NO ONE EVER
VOTED FOR HIM
Long made Maestr1 state con-
servation commissioner; in 1886,
after Huey's death, the Long crowd
jammed Maestri down the throat of
the New Orleans city machine and
made him mayor. MaeStri is still
mayor, and has two years to serve,
although no one ever cast a vote
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14
ELK FOLLOW sNow-LINE

Seattle, Wash, (UP)-More than
5000 so-called Roosevelt" elk are
following the melting snow-line to
the high country in the Olympic ma
tional park In northwestern WASH
ington Park rangers report that
the elk, native to the region and
named for the late President Theo-
dore Roosevelt, may be seen cool
ing themselves on patches of snow
high in the alpine meadows.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14

region In which the fire is burning
and the natural obstacles that can
be used to assist fire fighters In their
work.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14

During the gold rush in Cali
fornia four bushels of Oregon APP
Piles sold for $500.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-14
NEW AND
DIFFERENT

It's here-the most sensation.
al new refrigerator of the
year-a product of PHILCO,
the famous quality name,
known to over IA million Am
erican homes - a new con-
venience and economy - at
most sensational prices in re-
frigeration history.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24
Drivers Manual
Is Distributed

Raleigh. Sept. Redistribution OF
the first complete manual OF inlOr-
nation for North Carolina motor We
hicle drivers was begun Monday by
the Highway Safety Division.
The pamphlet. which is to be dis
tributed principally by drivers IL
cense examiners to beginning drivers
seeks to express the sometimes COM
plicated- astounding motor vehicle laws
OF the state in language that car
easily, be understood by the average
driver.
One chapter in the manual deals
with what drivers should know
about the accident problem and the
purpose Of drivers licenses; another
deals with driving regulations ano
traffic signs and signals; thirc
deals with safe driving PRACTICES; &
fourth chapter deals with reporting
Of accidents; another takes up the
subject Of keeping your car in safe
operating condition.: still another
chapter deals with how to get ano
keep your drivers license; and the
final chapter tells how to register
your car properly.
In the back of the manual is lis
of questions likely to be included il
the test given applicants for driV-
erS' licenses.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24

The Federals, too, objected TO pro-
vision in the State law for payment
If benefits as low as $3.50 per week.
They stood out for MINIMUM week. I,,N
" benefits of S. in all cases. Inc
State U. C. c. felt that So a week
minimum is entirely too high III view
or low wage scales in some Norm
Carolina employment categorles.
In general, the Federal Board
seems to fear that change from
general "pooled' system OF paying
benefits to one in which payments
ora charged directly to the reserves
of each individual employer would
result in such drastic reduction III
the total tax collected that the re-
serve for payment Of benefits might
he seriously imperiled and perhaps
be reduced to point where they
would not meet requirements
Experience of the North Carolina
NC. G.. to date completely negatives
anv such fear so far as this state
is concerned.
AS of September 20, 1910, the U.
G. C.. report showed total contrIbu-
tions of S37.8l2,995.22, upon which
interest of S930,042.47 has accrued;
against total benefits paid Tor Sl6,-
257lO6.93, leaving balance of no
less than So, 485 ,930.76 for payment
Of benefits.
Against this balance there must be
noted a sum estimated at from $780,
600 to Sl,2O0,000 which is to be
transferred to the railroad employees
retirement fund, special setup I'M
der Federal law. Even after this
transfer, however, there would still
be an available balance of more than
$20,O00,O00.
So, all in all, the State U. c. c.
setup is satisfied that it will be able
to grant considerable tax relief, come
january, 1913, to those North Caro-
lima firms which have enjoyed stable
employment conditions FOR the three
wears preceding that date.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24
Employers With Good Records
May Get Some Unemployment
Compensation Tax Relief

ed by the board June 70.
The latest Federal STANDARDS )
though expressed in long compll-
Gated and difficult-to-decIphei ler-
anthology. seem. after all, very large
" to require only that tax crealtS
for stabilized employment RECORDS
must be based on actual experience
for the three years Immediately pre-
ccding the granting Of these credllS'
That never has been Il question or
issue between the State ana inc req
craI u. G. c. agencies.
Expressed as simply us possible
the North Carolina law will give re-
auctions in taxes to all employers
whose record for three consecutive
wears shows that employment by
them has been stable.
Under the general law, all en-
pIoycrS would pay tax OF ~ pei
cent of their payrollS. The merit
plan would permit reduction TO DC
made in proportion to the employ
mcnt record, the highest possible
credits reducing the tax to be palo
something less than one per ce-
(.975 Of one percent to be exact
Between this possible minimum ano
the 2.7 maximum would be rates
based on the employment records
The North Carolina plan provided
for no penalties in the way OF m
creased taxation for those employ
crs having bad employment records
Tho Federal Social Security Board
sponsored amendments to the law
which would have required the totaD
U. c. c. tax yield in each state &c
equal 81 per cent Of payroll totals
a provision which would automatl-
cally have called for an increase on
employers with unstable records &c
make up for credits to those with
fine records for stability of employ
ment.
These amendments failed OF en-
actment in 1889 and have not been
pressed in Congress this year.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24
Daily Dispatch Bureau,
In the Sir Walter Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Sept. 24.-North Car
olina'S 1899 Merit Rating law UNI
der which firms with good employ
mcnt records will eventually get some
Unemployment Compensation tax re-
lief appears To meet all the stand
ards" imposed by the Federal Social
Security Board.
Thus these firms will begin to re-
Ccivc relief during the year 1913 i'll
the absence of any change between
now and then in either the State or
the Federal statutes ON the subject.
The North Carolina U. c. {. Is
proceeding on the assumption that
the merit rating will then become
effective. although il is we'll aware
that the Federal agency does not
regard with favor 4 number "l me
provisions of the Tar Heel statute.
Even the highest officials Of the
L. {. {. were rather vague as to
whether the full plan provided IN
the State law has ever Oeen found
to be in conformity" with the red
rral laws and Social Security board
regulations. but ii WAS said fatty that
all preliminary steps have been taken
to put the merit rating plans into
effect.
For example, the U. c. c. tax
money being received from each
North Carolina employer is being
segregated as provided in the merit
rating law. that is IS per cent Is
beino credited 10 the employers in
dividual reserve and % per cent is
being put into the general pool from
which unemployment claims Will be
paid only in the event that the m
dividual reserve has been exhausted,
The L. c. c. people said that the
State >etup undoubtedly meets the
most recently promulgated stand
arcs" from the Federal agency.
These latest "StandardS' were adopt
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24

From an earl.
the farm Of GO0g
cal in South A.
Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1940-09-24
only One Traffic
Death In Vance
So Far In 1910

Raleigh. Sept. 24.--OnIy one Of the
1873 street and highway fatalities in
North Carolina the first eight months
Of last year occurred in Vance coun-
ty, the Highway Safety Division re-
ported this week.
Only II Of the 100 counties in the
state mad clear record in traffic
deaths at the close Of the eighth
month. these being Camden. CasWell.
ChoWan, Clay. Gates, Greene. Hyde.
Mitchell, Perquimans, Tyrrell and
Yancye.
Mecklenburg topped the state with
an eight-months traffic toll of IS. fol-
lowed closely by Guilford and Robe