Smyrna times., 1893-06-28
A Pennsylvania Editors Visit.

We noted in our personal column a
week or two since visit to our town
of Geo. G. Fetterolf editor of the Lang
horn Standard, Bucks county, Pa, In
the issue of that paper last week he
noted his trip down our State touching
the towns of MlddletOwn, Smyrna and
Odessa. After describing a visit to the
mammoth store of 5. NJ. Reynolds &
Co., the shirt factory that gives en-
plOyment to Ill women, men and
children, the Office of the NelO Era and
Transcript, g., he says; But a few
minutes passed and again the Stand
ards representative was on his journey
passing through strictly agricultural
and peach growing district, and over
one of the finest stretches of single
track railroad knOWn-17 miles in
length and straight as an arrow. Stop
ping of at Clayton we took a branch
line for Smyrna, and five minutes later
was riding through the streets of the
latter town in one of the public stage
coaches. The first place of Importance
to visit was the extensive carriage fac
tory of Joseph L. Beckett, through
which place we were shown by the
town with a population of over 5000.
and just such place as is generally
looked for by people who desire to live
quietly and enjoy the comforts and
conveniences of city life. Smyrna un-
like most country towns, owns its own
water works and opera house, from
which it reaps annually a handsome
profit, and has now under advisement
the practicability of introducing an
electric light plant. The sidewalks
and streets of the place are in excellent
condition, while private and business
properties foreshadOw comfort and
prosperity, as being the true situation
of the occupants. In brief, it is a LiUe
town for its size, and its local govern
ment is worthy of congratulations for
seeing to it that the ax-payers of
Smyrna are prOlited by the finance re-
allied from the water works, ETC., in
place of donating such valuable fran
chises to few foreign money sharps,
whose sole object is to create big divi.
dends to enrich themselves, by taking
good care to give as little as possible
for the money paid. The manufactur-
ing interests of the town are represen.
ted by carriage works, farming inn.
plement works, peach basket factory,
and other minor industries. There are
also two large canneries in the town,
the product Of which is shipped extern
sively throughout the country. Just
before leaving the cOzy little city, we
paid fraternal visit to Editor Robert
ID. HOhecker, proprietor and publisher
of the TIMES, who we found to be q
most liberal gentleman.
Leaving Smyrna we took the short
est and quickest route for Odessa, ar
irving ut the point Of our destination
little after 6 o'clock in the evening,
where the Standards representative
was joined by his family, and spent
Sunday in that homelike and quiet viii
lage as the guest of Mr.. William s.
Van Dyke. We learned from good au.
thority, during our Lrief stay in Od-
dessa, that from present appearance the
peach crop of the Delaware aud Chesa-
peake peninsula will be very large and
the fruit hne, and that the attention of
dealers and consumers il inyited to
these facts, and If proper facilities of
transportation are offered, and arrange.
ments for sale and distribution are
made ip time every town within 600
miles of Dover can be supplied with
choice fruit at reasonable prices. That
this may be done circular has been
Issued by the peach growers of the
state, ln which they invite dealers at
oil accessible points TO prepare at once
TO handle the crop. An early start was
made Monday morning arriving home
at noon, and although rather fatigued
we were pleased to perfection with
what We bad seen and learned about
little Delaware and its way Of doing
things.