Smyrna times., 1896-04-22

Endeavor Society are making arrange
nents to hold strawberry festival Mt y
some date next month. .
One of our citizens who does not +
take or read a Sunday paper, objects L
ior the same reason to having his door {
opened and Single Tax literature '
thrown in on the Sabbath day. J
Attention is called to the advertise d
ment of Clarence Prettyman's boat and
shoe store. His summer weight shoes
and a good line of russets are now IN
stock and you will do well to give HIM
a call.
Buy your fertilizers for truck, oats,
grass, etc, from the Philadelphia and
Smyrna Transportation Co. i
The marsh road leading to Wood
land Beach is being put in thorough
repair. This season at Woodland
which promises to be even better than
heretofore will start up in about
month.
The ladies of the Junior SHAKESPEARE
club have opened tennis court on the
PRESBYTERIAN Manse lot, corner OF Ben
son and Commerce street. This will
form pleasant pastime for the sum-
mer months.
Geo. w. TaylOr's Benson Street
machine shop has arisen III the past
week to near its full proportions, and
begins already to look like a place of
business, though there are a number
of details yet to complete.
The Phila. and Smyrna Trans. Co.
grind bone and all materials used in
their popular fertilizers.
The Y. p. $. Christian EndeavOr
PRAYER Meetings of Asbury NJ. e.
Church are held every Sunday morn
inc at 8. 80 O'Clock in the lecture room
of the church. The topic for next
Sunday. April 96th: "ChOOse the
Good Part" All are welcome.
Now is the time for fruit growers to
Law in their supply of strawberry
checks. You can get elegant satlsfac-
ton at the TIMES Office, in all cOlors
and up-to-date workmanship. Before
going elsewhere call and get our estl-
mates and see our line of samples.
Care should be given to your chill
dren's teeth, for it is in childhood
that irregularities are easy OF correc-
ton. Simply a retention OF hrst
: tooth in place too long will cause a
very unsightly irregularity Of the en-
tire permanent set. DIR. f. IL. GRIER'
The Colorado beetle usually comes
the first part of May after the
potato plants are up, but the intense
heat of last week brought them out two
r weeks ahead of time. As the young
1 plants are not vet out of the ground,
it would be satisfaction to truckers
to know that they had starved to death
+ A month or so ago we noted the
n death of Jacob Davis, and elderly
t colored citizen of Duck Creek. Satur
+ dav his widow, who was on q visit t.
e her children in Philadelphia fell deaC
suddenly. The remains will b.
brought here for interment tomorrow
afternoon.
d A gentleman who has q large inter
g est in our public school building an
n wishes it preserved from injury. want
Is through the TIMES to protest agains
ut boys running over and jumping frol
one part to another, Il recent thing
since the sickness of the janltor, VIII
as kept watchful eye on these Out-sid
or occurrences when he was about.
ett With the Mercury registering frol
D 80 to 95 degrees Sunday as 1t had bee
w. for several days, with man and bea
IL tagged out from the long unnatu
heat, it was not unnatural that the
should be a slim attendance at th
as churches. which was the case in bO
,ar town and country, There was tt
as usual hot weather crowd in our stree
on Saturday night, going home in moi
he way at q late hour. The hotter t
ne weather the larger the Saturday mig
et- crowd, always.
II At a meeting of the Belmont Drivil
Park Association last week the folio
ing permanent organization was {
asst fected: President, Ezekiel Spark
un Secretary, G. B. Raymond; Treasure
IN DIR. T. G. Moore; Directors, w.
nts Lewis, A. Lee Cummins, A. E. il
hat dine, John Armstrong, George
on Lofand, Frank Boyer, Daniel
pie Bailey, James Campbell, Ross Coz
at selman, Benton V. Weldon, 10
Martin, John Blizzard, j. B. Couns
man, George Thompson and DIR. q
i. ton. Drivers tickets, good for {
g1mS year, will be issued at five ($5( doll
zen zen apiece, and the bieyelist's ticket v
10y 10y be sold at two ($2) dollars apiece.
this
sex The robin is always our favOrlte
. bv cause most abundant sOngster, gettl
has in his best notes ere the most
,tri- lovers of song have awakened II
the | their morning slumbers. The wa
weather hurried others somewhat
lated. along last week-the black II
tim, wren, pewee, thrush, dove,
% bird, to say nothing of the dOme
lIng sparrow, swallow, bat and other 81
nor mer birds not real sOngsters. 5
nSIe will come the OriOle, so mellitiuouS
lper his snatches of song, the humn
hlIy bird. tunager bird, bee martin and
Gus of all. the American COOkOO, or
ahu tha better known, the rainerOw,
ken.
ands John Deakyne lost ten year
mule Friday the (pair costing him
when young)the result of exces
that heat while working in the field.
arge hear ofquite anumber who had hors
plant give out or become prOstrated in
, but field. Every day in the week was
ern" but Friday, in addition to tempera
the being from 80 to 81 degrees, was
the and oppressive. We hear from
ecker vicinities of both Dover and Mid
mber town that horses died from being {
'eady heated. It is said of 2 farmer d
the State road who was plOwing =
three year old colt which was {
ne of come and fell PROSTATE in the fur
1 in that he got help to get it to its
If the again and made it keep on plov
,ssive A merciful man is merciful to his
4 the under such conditions.
that
J very Town Council will meet to-nigl
ty OF act upon the resignation of Eng
rhaps Geo. w, Rose Of the electric
lch 1t plant. Mr.. Rose submitted his J
into nation to President ohm HI. HOffI
Dame II week or more ago, to take effect
exist first of May when he will then a
a position in Wilmington. A 81