Smyrna times., 1895-11-06

Rev. DIR. Wood should be CONGRATULATED no
cause of his efforts and success in giving onr
people the opportunity of enjoying week
of such delightful service.
SHOULD PAY THEIR Own TAxEs.-Fxcel
lent advice to the colored voters is contained
IN the following editorial from the "Afro-
American Citizen, "a weekly ypaperpublisbed
IN Wilmington and, as its name inpIies de-
voted TO the interests of the colored peonle
The time is rapidly approaching when the
voters will be required to pay their taxes
Before this time another year the voters of
tins state will be involved in one of the most
exciting campaigns ever witnessed in this
State. The Afro-American will hold the
balance of power. In order to exercise vour
right OF franchise you must be assessed
registered and be in possession of a tax re-
celpt. We advise all Afro-Americans to arm
themselves for the battle by securing the
necessary weapon of war. If you buy vour
own tax receipt, you will control your own
vote.
KAHN WIPED OUT A SWAMP FIRE.-The
recent rains suppressed one of the most seri-
GUS forest fires known for years in old Cv-
press Swamp, in the lower part of Sussex
County. The swamp region much resembl-
ing III its characteristics that Everglades
of Florida, is continuation of the Great
Dismal Swamp of Virginia, and contains
thousands of acres of land which would
prove valuable property could it he drained
In the past many giant cypress trees have
fallen and been covered with deposits and
the digging up of these trees and their CON
version into shingles has been the only in
dustry the section has ever known. A
source of danger to those living on the edges
was that, owing to the deepness of the soil
formed by the fallen trees and deposits, an
underground fire would frequently creep up
TO the very doors of the dwellers, and they
would be unaware of its existence until re-
vealed by sudden caving in of the ground.
Many valuable trees were destroyed by the
recent fire, and the loss is considerable.
ELECTRICITY AND The FARMER Farmers
in the lower part of this state say that cleo
tricity has done more to make the farmer
poor than all the other modern discoveries.
IL 9pO'thlLlS VI eltCIlclIy III InlS way they
mean the current as applied to power. A
well-known citizen of Sussex county talked
III an entertaining way of this phase of the
matter on Saturday. He is not Il farmer.
but most of his dealings has been between
farmers and business men in the larger cities.
Every one knows that the use of electricity
for propelling street cars has caused fall
IN the market for horses and animals are
not worth much now on that account. but
this Is not the only way in which the farmer
has been injured. When the street car com
panies used horses to draw their cars the
farmer had a good market in Philadelphia
and other large cities for straw bedding for
horses and hay and corn for their feed.
One of the smallest lines in Philadelphia
used 1900 bushels of corn d week for feeding
its stock in addition to the hay and straw
used. Now this market is gone The same
company was compelled to keep 600 horses
all OF the time, and as they We're constantly
giving out or getting injured there was also
a fair market for horses. The worst phase
of the matter is that there has been no mar
ket vet found to take the place destroyed by
the introdUtion of electricity as applied to
street car lines