Smyrna times., 1896-05-27

The crank who annually predicts the
failure of the peach crop has not yet |
He is considerable overdue. |
The existing low prices of canned |
tomatoes this year will tend to make |
the acreage this season unusually
small.
Remember, the Special Corn and
Tomato fertilizer of the Phila. and
Smyrna Transportation Co. always
gives best results. i
Rev. J. L. Estlin, will preach next
Sunday morning to the members of
the Grand Army and veterans OF the
late war. All are invited.
The Dover Telephone Company are
arrangements to run then line
to Smyrna. Several of our business
places will take phones.
Before selling your surplus hay call
at office of the Phila and Smyrna
Transportation Co. Il
Clifton & Raymond will sell you
Cowgirl wood stains. Remember they
are the only stains made that have
the varnish already in them. Fl
VIM. H, Carr has put a Welsbach
gas burner (double) III front of his ice
cream saloon and confectionery that
lights things around suggestive of an
arc-lght.
The regular meeting of the Kings
Daughters will be held Thursday even
ing at 7.30 O'Clock at the home of Miss
Mary E. Spruance. A full attendance
is desired Sec.
Fifteen carloads of berries by
Adams Express went up the road
yesterday, to say nothing Of the large
quantity by the usual freight. There
has been considerable drop in price.
Roses have been gorgeous in bloom
this week and delicious in ordOr.
Some years they are not in bloom on
Decoration Day, but this season their
greatest profusiOn will have passed on
that date,
Our new shirt factory is assuming
proportion. There has been some de-
lay in getting lumber but Mr.. John
p. Hudson the contractor has been
equal to the occasion and the factory is
going up as fast as circumstances will
allow,
Buy your fertilizers for truck, oats,
grass, ETC., from the Philadelphia and
Smyrna Transportation Co. T
The Belmont track races which were
to have come off last Friday afternoon
were postponed on account of the rain
till to to-day. A large attendance is
expected at the track this afternoon
and a good program will be carried
out.
Have you an old chair, bedstead OF
any piece of old furniture that you
want to make look like new, if so get a
fifteen cent bottle of Cowgirl wood
stains, at Clifton & Raymond's, Drug
store. Il
Some of the finest Strawberries
brought to market have been from the
acre patch of A. E, Jardine, on his
farm near the Landing. The plants
were mulched in the fall, and the Der.
ries look as bright almost, as if var.
nished.
Cowgirl wood stains are for sale al
! Clifton & RapmOnd's. They are made
! in several different colors: walnut
cherry, MahOganey, light oak, antique
oak, red wood and western maple.
10 cent bottle will stain six chairs anC
table
Hardcastle 4 Jones have been buy
ing considerable quantities Of wool the
past week or two. The price, s to 1:
cents per pound, must seem low to tn,
farmers in comparison with the prices
some years since.
Examinations for entrance to Della
ware College will be held at Newark
Wilmington, MiddletOwn, Smyrna
Dover, Milford, Seaford and George
town, on Friday, June 10, beginning
at 8 A. M. Candidates will please
send their names to President A. N
Raub, Newark, Del, and before Jun,
10, stating which examination they
will attend,
We are in receipt of an invitation t,
the 10th annual commencement, Col
dey's Wilmington Commercial ant
Short hand College, to take place il
the Grand Opera House, Wilmington
on Thursday evening June the 4tl
1896. The annual address will b,
given by Hon. Eli. Perkins of New
York and the address to Graduates b,
George s, Graham Esq, district at
torney of Philadelphia.
The Musical-and May Festival giyei
at the colored Odd Fellows Hall las
Friday night under the auspices o
JOhnson's cOrnet band, netted ther
$33. The "cake walk" was the featur
OF the occasion. The Dover an,
Smyrna bands gave some excellen
music during the evening. Johnson
Band visited the head Of Sassafra
Monday to take part in the Whitsun
tide celebration there,
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The sermon to the High Schoc
Graduating class this year will be dc
livered by Rev. Adam Stengle of th
Methodist church, on Sunday mornin
June 21. The class will occupy pew
in the church that morning and wi
sit in a body. The senior class thi
year is composed of: Misses Mai
FAIRIES, Mala Buchanan, Florence TaN
lor, Bertha Ransom, Estella Arm
strong, Cornelia Refs, Nellie Legs
Katie Burrows, Anna Beckett. Ev
Vickers, Nellie Brown. Messrs. Her
man Pierce, George Denney and Gi
bert FAIRIES,
, A Home paper is in no sense chill
, Of charity; it earns twice over ever
dollar it receives and is second to n
! enterprise in contributing to the u,
! building of town or community. II
patrons reap far more benefit from 4
columns than do the publishers. and
: calling for the support of the people
e the community ~ which it is pubsishe e,
Q it asks no more than in all fairness b
s longs to it, though it gtln erallv r
ceiyes much less,