Smyrna times., 1894-10-03

LARGE crowds, a good many more
ian could get in, attended the services
the new colored church near Clay =
IN Sunday, which was dedicated by i
ishop Tanner. Services are being !
eld every night this week. :
PRETTYMAN has illuminated his bulk ;
lindOw with a dazzling display of cleo {
ric lights. He also has an incandescent
ight outside, midway his awning. 1t
) the most attractively lighted place
a town. 1t was put in by George w.
Taylor.
THE Transportation Company re-
'eived on Saturday an ELI" Hay
3aler, from Quincy, Ill. 1t has a Ca
1acity of from 20 to 40 tons day. 1t
vas tried yesterday and worked en-
.irely satisfactory, the hay being for
sale in this town.
The registration in the Eastern Dis
trict Saturday was 146, Western 10 or
BIG altogether. This makes the regis |
tratiOu for the three Saturdays IT'S. |
Next Saturday will be the fourth and |
last day. There was more friction on |
than the previous days.
Mr.. YoCUM who, reopened his shirt |
factory, as noted some three weeks ago,
has the hum Of industry about his
establishment. All of his help, with
one exception, that he had in the early
is back, with several new
learners taken on the past week or so.
LOOK at the advertisement each week
of w. F. Collins, Cheswold, Del. He
is the enterprising merchant of that
town and he wants to save the people
money by drawing their attention to
his immense stock of goods, which can
be found either at his store in CheswOld
or at Dover.
OWING to the embarrassment of the
Missionary Society from depression of
business, Chaplain McCabe sent an ap-
peal to the ministers of the churches
asking for an extra collection to help
them out. This collection was taken
Sunday evening, the basket falling
something short of the amount, but
Pastor Stengle forwarded his check
Monday for the $40.
WHAT with floods, fire and cyclones,
this is great country, and the news
papers are never out of material for
scarce heads" People are apt to
.w,o,1aw hoe
its course that there will be nothing to
interest the community, and the public
prints will be tame and dull until the
next sensation develops, which is gen.
orally within two or three days.
A LARGE number of wagons seen
on the road the past week are ladened
with phosphate. The farmers can't
get along without their fields of wheat,
and Notwithstanding their prOtestations
three fourths of the usual amount will
be put in. The first of October is the
time for seeding, and most every far
mer is busy getting ready or seeding
his crop.
THE threating and drizzely weather
that Commenced on Wednesday last
kepl-it-up until Sunday afternoon
| five days. The storm started in the
tropics and did considerable damage
on the Atlantic coast from Florida to
Virginia before it bore off again into
the ocean. In Florida, when at its
worst, the wind blew with velocity
of 100 miles an hour. Five inches OF
/ 80, f,l thara htTf hora Ekflo
more than a sprinkle, and stalk ground
is in fine condition for blowing and
seeding wheat.
The Osborn canning factory shut
down last week. He will carry over
less than 10000 untitled cans. The
Hoffecker and COunselman factorie:
will each run a day or two this and
next week unless frost should inter.
vene. The first had at the beginning
of the week some rs, 900 and the second
some 10000 untitled cans, each hav.
ing manufactured cans for large packs
Ordinarily they are having a good run
of tomatoes at the beginning of Octo
ber. The close down last year was OIL
the 10Th of October.
Mr.. COURsEY, in his speech at tn,
Prohibition meeting Monday evening
made some laughable hits or compari
son. One of the latter was addressed
to the men of weak and narrow mind
who could not read or tolerate any
expressions out of the prescribed limit
of their blinded prejudices. The mai
who couldn't read paper because
differed from him was compared to
man whose Yisage was so narrow tha
a fly sitting on the upper part of hi
nose could kick him with its feet il
one eye while paving him in the Other
The 'sweetened wind" story was ex
plosive.
VIM. A CUMMINs, now residing il
Philadelphia, but who frequently make
commercial trips to the Peninsula, has
fine chance to observe what is bein
done in progressive agriculture, or th
reverse. He sees enough to make hiI
feel certain that much more might b
done on the Peninsula than Is done t
make agriculture a paying business
In the first place even the crops tha
are relied on, a great improvement
could be made in the variety an
quality of the seed used. Both whea
and corn crops could be made NOR
profitable in we'll chosen varieties.
But one of the chief advantage
would be in a greater variety of crop
He has come across a section on tn
Eastern Shore where barley is grow
with profit and another where the
) have tried winter oats with decide
success. They report the winter muc
more profitable than spring oats. |
some places they are growing brool
r corniwith satisfactory results. Scarl
! clover exceeds anything that ligh
sandy land has ever had to hasten i
improvement.
Below Greensborough there is
4 settlement of "Duukards" who al
t manifesting unusual thrift in growir
profitable crops. They have who
ieids-20 acres or more-Of buckwhes