Smyrna times., 1895-08-21

1t is said that the tramps collect around
the station and fill up with peach
brady. Having done this they pro-
ceed to make the night hideous and
thus prevent people sleeping. The
tramps came to the town claiming to
be peach plucks and made the people
believe that they wanted work picking
peaches. They have not yet done anv7
thing to make the people believe that
they want work and are becoming a
nuisance.
The camp meeting under the direct.
ion of Presiding Elder R. H. Adams
opened at Rehoboth on Saturday and
will continue until August 28' The
nrst DAY OF the camy was we'll attended.
a NUMBER OF visitors were there from
all over the state. 1t is expected that
many more will go there this week. The
camp meeting is expected to be sue
cessiul In every way and will attract a
large number of visitors to the summer
resort.
Wilmington theatre goers and the
pubic generally were treated to a sur
prise Saturday evening, when the an
nOuncement was made through the
local press of the retirement of William
II. Williamson from the management
OF the Grand Opera House, and the
popular pleasure resort to Jessie K.
baylls, president of the City Council
and one of WilmingtOn's leading busi-
ness men. This step was decided upon
at meeting of the Board of Directors
OF Masonic Hall, held Friday evening,
and is the result of a proposition made
by MIR. Baylis last January.
As executor of the estate of Thomas
J. Marvil, Ex-Governor Robert ]. Rev
nolds has sold the following real estate
Farm of 2lS acres. in Caroline County,
Md, to James E. Shortel, for $500;
four and half acres of cripple land
adjoining, to William M. Dickson. for
$40; farm of l6O acres in West Dover
Hundred, near Slaughter's to Samuel
W. Hall, for $4,000; the home farm of
loo acres in West Dover Hundred, one
fourth of mile from Slaughter's to
Emma Emerson. for $405O. Total of
the sale, $9,566.
Two GOVERNORS ARE THERE
Augustine Park has been turned into a
white city, as detachment of naual |
reserves have arrived there and tents |
were erected to accommodate three
ballOtalions during a weeks encamp-
ment. A battalion from Pittsburg
Joined the Philadelphia battalion here
on the steamer Richard Stockton.
Lieutenant George Reed Lieutenant
w. F. Robinson will have charge.
The annual inspection was held on
Monday, and Governor Watson. of
Delaware, and Cover Hastings. of
Pennsylvania, will visit the camp to-
morrow. The people of the surround.
ing country are taking much interest
IN the encampment, especially several
interesting drills on the Delaware,
opposite Fort Delaware.
CHURCHES SUFFERING.-Theset times
are very hard on churches and boards |
Of trustees and stewards are wonder
ing anxiously how they will get
through the year without cutting down |
the preachers salary. All the churches
IN Wilmington are affected. Even
those which are looked upon as rich |
have had a big decrease in receipts.
Many of the churches in town are now |
discussing the cutting down of salaries.
This has been done already in a num- |
Der of Ofinstances and other organizations |
are considering the getting of cheaper |
men. Church organizations feel the |
effect of bad times as quickly or quicker |
than any business or industry. When |
times are good members pay their pew
rents or subscriptions without anv |
trouble. Even the basket collections /
are large and amount to a handsome |
sum every year. Then many of the
church members are poor working |
people and hard times render them |
absolutely unable to make their sub |
scriptions AS rule Protestant |
churches at least, have a great deal of |
trouble in getting along and the bad |
times therefore make it doubly hard
MOraing NetUs.
Those who estimated that there |
would be between 100000 and 4.OOO.- |
600 baskets of peaches this season seem |
about TO have their predictions varified. |
According to the reports of the num- |
Der of cars shipped as made by rail- |
road companies there have already |
been at least 100000 baskets ofpeaches
shipped so far this season. 1t is gener-
ally estimated that a peach car holds |
six hundred baskets of peaches and
the shippers always aim to have the
car IS nearly full as possible. So far
this season there have been nearly 1900
car loads shipped FROM this Peninsula.
Up to this time the number of baskets
sent to various places is far ahead of
the number in 1898, when there was
such a remarkable crop, but this does
show as some may think that there
will be more peaches this season than
there were in that year. AS matter
of fact there will only be between half
and twO-thirds as many as there were
at that time. There are not as MANY
trees to bear now as there were in 1898.
and besides the crop iE many places
this year is a total failure. Milford
Chronicle