Smyrna times., 1894-01-17

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A good many of our people have not d
lost their grippe, but heartily wish they N
had. D.
The days are beginning to lengthen
when usually the cold begins to b,
strengthen. la
Nor many marriages are reported, re
although there are million more men tc
than women in the country. "
The time for contracting for toma-
toes is at hand. Tomatoes are getting
to be one of our staple crops. 81
Mizpah Lodge, A. G. U. W., initia- 60 so
ted four new members Monday night, a,
and expect two more next week. -,
The members of Independent Order OI
of Good Templars, held a social at the sv
residence of ]. V. Price oil Mt. Vernon of
street last evening. til
WILLIAM HILLYARD died at his resi-
dence near KentOn, on Wednesday ia
last, aged 65 years. Interment Satur- BIT
day at Bethel Church. o.
THE store of Titus 1. Hobbs. on fe
lower Main street, is being prepared an
by new paint, &C., for the occupancy m
of John H. Farrell; who will move in OF
from the country in a few weeks. In
The choir of Cheswold M. Z. Church ~ ~
has mutually disbanded, preparatory Pp91
to reorganization. All the members nd an
thereof are entirely willing to take the "a "a
risk of being invited into the new or VI
ganizaton.
LEWIS & WHEATMAN, to be pre- pr
pared for the Spring plowing, have or hi
dered supply of the Imperial plows, eV
whose superior merits have heretofore wi
been set forth in these columns. Thev gU
put in drive well recently for A. S. ro
Reeder. &c
The last Sunday School Convention, g, &C.
which was held in this town last Feb %,
ruary, and was so popular with our ~
people as to cause a general desire to 1t
nave 1t here again next month, will be IT
held in Wilmington, as decided by the IL
Executive Committee, March 18th and
10th.
FROM present indications Vendues in IN
the vicinity of Smyrna will be less in ge
number than usual. This would seem tn
to indicate more healthy condition VIZ
among our farmers than is the case in on
some localities, if the peach has about II
taken its departure. tn
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AS will be seen on our first page. it ri,
was the sense of the Kent COUNTY. Md. n,
meeting of farmers, that an equitable in
division of the returns of tomatoes ga
would be to give the landlord one third co
and the tenant two-thrds, the land m
lord having furnished half the fertilizer tb
and half the plants. an
JACOB G. BROWN spoke earnestly at
the Horticultural Institute on Scarlet a
Clover. Although it has been intro do
duced In this section a short time ago ca
1t has been boon to the farmers. The SIX
yield is large and it has been very pro- pa
fitable as food for stock, fertilizer for a
the soil and the seed has been bringing wa
good prices. di,
Z. ii. REGISTER has in his possession pc
silver piece of money what was dis
known in its day as the 'fp-penny- igr
In current use forty and ffty wears CO..
ago, and worth 81 cents This coin ph
which is Spanish, bears the date of in!
1888. 1t was given to him recently
with some other coin in payment for
meat sL,
AT last l have succeeded in arrang. pa
ing for prices on gold filled watches wa
that knock out all competition. | get bo
them direct from the manufacturer. ett
A Duber 2O-year case, with Elgin. th'
Waltham or Hampden movement. for laN
Sl5. L challenge competition. Don't Kt
be deceived by inferior cases whose me
manufacturers are not reliable. T Th
l.. o. Waller. Dy
AT the annual meeting of the stock res
holders in the PHILADELPHIA and Smvrna div
Transportation Company, held vester- an
day, the following Board of Directors adj
was elected: JnO. H. Hoffecker B.. COZ
Iruax, A. l.. Hudson, I. r. Stats and
A. Il. Jardine. The directors met and :
elected Jno. H. HOffecker as president ho
and A. E. Jardine as Secretary and ne;
Treasurer, for the year 1894. fro
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THE closing session of the Peninsula LIE
horticultural Society at Dover. opened Gro
with the discussion Of Fruit Packagesn ma
by Charles Wright and J. G. Brown. ev,
They were of the opinion that a cheaper ges
package should be found or the old mil
method OF returning packages restored. fit
Ihey said the non-return of baskets. out
barrels and crates has not given salts. vie
faction to the growers on the PENN. spr
sula. fro
Ger
W: GEO. LEES severed his business wa
relations at the dry goods store of Mrs. lit
L. A Iacf
succeeded by her son. ]. Harry Co,tton Tn
Mr.. Lees left to form a partnership with VIII
A. +. Fowler in the mercantile bnsi. in
ness. but the sickness of the latter the puI
past several days has prevented its
consummation. Geo. N. HAZEL. who I
opened new store on SATURDAY. has bor
also been sick since Monday. mo
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THE Wilmington Minstrel Comnanv at
gave an excellent show last WedneS- his
day night. 1t was thoroughly an ano. pee
teur show, but the way some of the ing
characters took their part would have ma
been credit to a professional Tho Wn
SOLOS OF Messrs. Eugene Start and Hor- con
ace S Harrison were especially enioved Ih'
1hey being once Smyrna bows of conrse Int
added a double interest. N.
bee
The following are the new officers of ing
the Citizens Hose Company, No i: Wi
PRESIDENT, H. B. Grieves; Vice-Pres and an
dent, ThOs jefferson; Secretary. wal The
ION 20, Busteed; Treasurer, Thos. Mccoy. reg
Chief, J. E. Carter; 1st Assistant latt
frank Boyer; End. G. F. Kennedy, as as
Fire Recorder. George P. Graham. The
Directors, J. Edward Beck, H. b. and
Pratt ~ mer
IN discussing the briliancy of the Y
arc electric lights one day last week a $50 so
que que OF our citizens remarked to a resi- bla'
ueht OF Frazer street that the moon wag
vast needed any more, and had been OF J
5oid TO the residents of "Blanco.n The latt
Iazer street residenter gave a look of emo
astonishment and remarked ''you don,t frig
say So" Being ofa bnsiness 80 thre
mind, this was hardly satisfvine as die.
did not account for the proceeds. and coul
,ne next question was, "what had been hold