Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1896-07-15
DIR. F. L. Grier, Dentist, Prettyman
Building, Smyrna Del. j

DIR. F. L. Grier, Dentist, Prettyman
Building, Smyrna Del. j
Meeting of the Comrades of Hancock
Post Monday night. A large delega-
lion will be present from Wilmington
and Dover.
E Harry Beck has sold his farm of
$50 acres in ThorOughfare Neck known
as the warner" farm, recently IN
tenure of Mr.. Rome Howell, to Mr..
VIM. L. David, of Delaware City, for
SO, 700.
Christian Endeavor Service at the
church every Sunday
evening at o'clock. Topic for Sun
day evening July 10Th is ''BOOks and
reading; how to get good therefrOm,
to be lead by Mrs. ST.. Reynolds. Every
body welcome.
The Gath of July has been fixed upon
as a date when several interesting races
will be held at Belmont Driving Park.
Horses from Middletown, Dover, Leip- !
sic and Marydel viii take part. A
feature of the program will be ten
mile bicycle road race.
The barracks and contents of wheat
and hay together with stack of wheat
outside were consumed on Sunday
night on the farm of Robert l.. Cum
minis on the road to Woodland Beach
occupied by James Cummins. 1t was
discovered about 10 o'clock, but origin
unknown, r l.. Cummins was insured.
John H. HOffecker, the Republican
nominee for Governor, has been re-
ceiving many congratulations by his
fellow-townsmen, both Democrats and
Republicans and there is a general de-
sire among his strong Republican fol-
lowing that the two factions may unite
and push the nominees on to victory.
Last week was lost one to the
wheat threshers. The mill ponds con-
tinue low and except at noon on Fri
dav, but one good rain, but daily falls
of light showers rendered the wheat
unfit to thresh. Much the larger part
of the crop is still i'll the fields. The
Weld of wheat is unusually good for
the amount of straw.
Prof. w. J. Shearer has been re-
elected superintendent of the public
schools of Elizabeth, n. j., at salary
of $4,000 a year, an increase of $500
over that of last year. Thus we see
how his ability is recognized in the
educational world and how with 8
steady purpose he is progressing.
Prof. Shearer has been asked to take
the Associate Superintendency o.
Newark, N. j., at salary of $4,000
wear, but he has decided to avail
another year with the chance of getting
the superintendency of that city, afte-
the present incumbent, man of sew
/ enty-fve years, is retired. Should h
be successful his salary would be be
tween 81, 900 and $1,000.
Last Sunday afternoon Robert Dur
t ham, of Bombay Hook, came to tow
! in a road cart bringing an unfortunat
: wheelman with broken down ma
q chine. He had stopped at Tilghman'
a shop and was untying the machin
when the belly band broke and the cal
: tilted back. This sudden upshOt stal
o tied the horse and he started to ru
i away, dragging Mr.. Durham acro'
the street toward the residence of job
= r. Wilson. Fortunately the whe
caught in one of the large trees, eau
the traces to break. The animal wi
e caught by Alfred Tilghman before
could get away. Had it not have bee
- for the tree it might have been mol
serious accident to Mr.. Durham.
, The Philadelphia Record thus stat,
: the effect of free silver ON the farme
. eff ffty-cent silver dollars shou
double the prices of farm products,
il is quite as certain that the prices of q
o. the products which the farmer co
sumes would double in the same wa
In that case it is not easy to see he
TX the farmer would gain anything by Il
al free coinage of silver Even the wag
of labor-the last to rise in an epoch
deprecated currency and inhat
u prices-would finally, after much d
~ tress of the workingmen, struggle
to the common level. But wheth
the farmer should receive 800 for 1
IN bushels of wheat and pay out 800
III the necessaries of living, or should ]
ceive 5000 for the same wheat and p
out $3.50, in both cases the balance
I'll hand would have just the same pl
CT chasing power But in accomplish
s. the degradation of the monetary star
ard, which could do neither the farm
'0o nor the wage-winner any good,
~ enormous depreciation of values a
nc confscation of accumulated earning
involving public and private credit
a maelstrOm of destruction, would
,o1 evitably ensue. Are the farmers a
n workingmen of the country willing
- invoke such a catastrophe in encO
90 aging Populist and Silverite der
nc gogues in an attempt to tamper W
NC the long-established standard
tho money? The thing is not credible.
Death of Mrs. A. 7. HOiiecker.