Smyrna times., 1895-07-17


arrangements to picnic at Woodland
Beach on Friday week, the 26th inst.
THE Messrs. Counselman are expert
menting on beans with view to can
ming them in the future, if satisfactory.
MEMS and boys straw hats, light
cOlored soft, all styles of blacks, in
both soft and stiff hats, at Edw. G.
Walls.
H. & r. H. DENNEY are making -four
from new wheat. The increased sun
shine that came with to-day will greatly
improve the latter for milling.
The building erected at Smyrna
Landing by John Hayden for lodging
the operatives which ]. B. COunselman
& Co. obtain from Baltimore during
the canning season, was completed last
week.
THE list of applicants for the princi-
palship of our public schools numbered
but one less than fifty. This was
double and, in some cases, treble the
number for the same position in other
towns of the State.
THE comparatively cool weather of
month past seems to be giving way to
brighter and warmer suns. There has
been a great lack Of sunshine, not that
the sun was hid by clouds when OBJ
scured, but there has been an opaque
ness or veil in the upper air that gave
it Il very shadOwed effect. This was
particularly the case ON Sunday, when
the usually brilliant summer luminary
had much the appearance as seen
through smoked glass.
BASE BALL enthusiasm is beginning
to get at the highest pitch to-day.
The game between Smyrna and Dover
this afternoon will attract a large
crowd. A number have gone from
Smyrna. The Smyrna club this after
noon will be as follows: Ferguson,
catcher; Harvey, pitcher; Cummins,
first base; Mcguire second base; Dea-
kyne, short stop; Stevens, third base;
Lassell right field; Hustled, centre
field; Esper, left field.
The following are the new officers of
Union Castle, No. II, X. G. E: p. c.,
Frederick Lang; N. c., J. Harry Mat.
tifOrd; V. c., N. B. Pratt; :. H., Simon
Moffitt; V. H., H. f. Hardesty; NJ. of
r., B. F. Mattiford; X. of E. DR.. G. o.
Swinney; G. of E., Wilmer Porter; II.
F., A. Lee Cummins; w. c., w. J.
Phillips; w. B., James Wiley; Ensign,
Edward Curry; Esquire Joseph Wal
raven; lst g., Benjamin Turner; End
G., VIM. Mcdowell.
DAVID ]. CUNIMINs is carrying out
the idea of thinning the fruit in the
growing state to a practical test on his
favorite farm, "Glenfern," near town.
From a dozen to twenty men have been
employed in thinning out the peaches
on each tree, and the cullers are now
engaged in a similar work on the pear
trees. The idea is TO give the remain
ing fruit on the trees better chance
to size up and color. The tenant, J.
Frank Denney, employs the labor, and
it is to be hoped both will find the ex-
pertinent success.
WHEAT threshing (the most of farm
trouble of stacking) has kept the ma.
chimes in active operation the past
week. We hear fine reports from that
of Mr.. Llewellyn T. Davis, in the
ALLEY" At the farm of Col. Robert
Hill, on Monday afternoon, it was
timed. and threshed seventy-fve
bushels an hour. At this rate Mr.
Davis can thresh most any crop from
half day to a day, and transfer his
engine and thresher to another farm
THE colored people had a large
funeral at Bethel Church on Sunday
afternoon, filling the house to the yes.
| tibule, the deceased being Julia Thomas
wife of James Thomas, aged AZ years
The deceased was recognized as a wO
man of excellent character, and one o.
the most active workers in the church
Pastors Byrd, of Bethel, and Adams, oi
Centennial, conducted the funeral
! but the chief tribute to the Christian life
of the deceased was made by Wesley
Brown, for forty years local preacher
of that congregation, who stirred his
audience with his strength of delinea
tion and tribute to Christian devotion
as exhibited in a steady everyday life.
A NOTED event Of our usually stirring
Saturday evenings was that of 'watcf
auction" on Saturday evening last
AuctiOneer Weldon took stand at the
-four corners" and with his clarion
voice ANNOUNCING a sale soon had s
large crowd around him, and they
were held in greater or less numbers
for over two hours. A satchel belC
the articles offered-consigned to hin
from the city, said to have been
watches left for repairs and never
called for. They were mostly silve
and gold, warranted. They did no
bring large prices, ranging from $2 t
$6, but enough to pay for the repairs
and seemed to be satisfactory, as tn,
lot, about twenty-five in number
! found purchasers to the last.
I 1A mo- OhAOE - 0O1LAN ' AN WIG "
Arthur 7. Sullivan, who kept a mil
linery store in Clayton, died very un
expectedly on Sunday. She was ap
parently in better health than usual
and with her husband, was out to tn,
early class meeting at ST. Paul Churcl
that morning. At the close of the clas
meeting, when most of the people hat
gone into the adjoining room for thu
preaching, she started to rise and fount
herself helpless. She said to hel
husband in a thick voice, 81 can't rails,
my hand" and turning, he found tn
mouth tWisted--the whole side wa
paralyZed. This was the last word sh
spoke and was soon unconscious Sucl
an occurrence of course had a disturb
ing effect on those who had assembled
for worship. She was removed to he
home, and died at 8 O'Clock that night
She was aged 35 years. Interment wa
made yesterday afternoon in Odd Eel
lows cemetery, this town.
THE Afro-Americgn Citizen is tn
title of a new paper just issued in VIII
mIngton in the interest of the colore,
race. II contains a good compendium
of local news snited TO it's columns ant
is well edited. The following is al
extract from its leader:
"The AfrO-AmericGn Citizen is tn
realization of the dream of many days
It has not sprung "full aedged frou
the head of Jove," as did an ancien
goddess, but is the gradual evolution
of ideas, having their origin in Afro
American brains. Why attempt {
edit another journal of this description