Smyrna times., 1896-03-18

her at Camden Camp last August and
were highly pleased. Mrs. Boole is
engaged to address the overflow
meeting from Hon. John G.. Wooley's
lecture Saturday evening and a hack
load from Smyrna will go down and
bring her here after her address.
The farm work usually begins with
the first part of March, but the month
has been too cold thus far to do little
besides getting up firewOod and mend
ing fences. Besides the cold, freezing
weather, the temperature all last week
being below freezing-19, 90 and %
degrees in the morning there have
been two or three attempts at snow,
though not much, amounting to more
than all the winter besides. On Sun
day it fell steadily from noon till five
o'clock, when it turned to rain. making
an inch or so of slush.
John w. Tucker, who recently has
moved into his newly fixed store, cor
ner of Commerce and Delaware streets,
is now ready to accommodate the pub
lie in his line. The improvement is
very marked. The main entrance is
now at the corner. A side entrance how
ever, admits you on Commerce street.
Almost the entire front facing Com
merce street is glass and with the bulk
window on Delaware street it gives
plenty of light throughout the store.
Mr. Tucker prides himself on having
''the most glass front of any store in
Smyrna" The store has been neatly
painted and this year he expects to ac-
commo6ate large spring trade
Persons who have fences, porches
or other woodwork, are often annoyed
by defacements from chalk, charcoal,
&c. Such work is mostly done by
thoughtless boys, or, if they think,
seem not able to resist the temptation
to "do something" Occasionally this
restlessness takes the form of banging
with a stick the porch, fence or what
ever they may be passing, until becOm
ing annoying to the residents. Per-
sons residing in the vicinity of Pearl
street where there is a colony of col
ored residents, have been particularly
annoyed, and when the offenders have
been spoken TO have apparently taken
pleasure in banging the louder. One
of the families so situated as to receive
the greatest annoyance is that of Jas.
G, Robinson, and on Saturday he had
young colOred man, Howard Watson,
arrested for said offence, Esquire
Cooper settling with him by the pay
ment of a small fne-between $500
and $500. Watson is not thought to
have been doing it with any evil intent,
but he was unfortunate in being de-
tected, whether thoughtlessly or not,
engaged in an improperly that was
offensive, and hence had to pay for it.
Arthur Reed, a young colOred man,
working for Benz. Morris, on the
'Isaac Truax" farm, met with q Sc
rious accident on Saturday morning
The morning was too cold to engage in
the usual farRi work, and he was sent
to cut wood in the woods. By An un-
lucky movement or glance of the ak,
which was very sharp, it came down on
the foot below the instep, with such
force as to go clear through the bone,
the foot holding together only by the
skin of the lower part. The tempera-
ture was low, but little above 20
degrees, and he had to lie down on the
ground until the foot could be tied up
and a carriage procured, which took
about a half hour. He was then
brought to town and the wound dressed
by DR.. Clifton. But for the fact that
the injured member was bandaged so
as to stop the flow of hloQd, the doctor
thinks he would have bled to death be-
fore reaching town. The entire sever
ing of the bone made the wound of
such a character as to doubt the saving
Of the foot, but the patient is doing
well at his fathsr's, near Cheswold,
and there is hope for the best results.
Mr.. Morris regrets the accident very
much, Reed having lived with him for
the past three years, and was a trusty
hand
William Whortenbury, of this town,
while cutting wood in his yard, re-
eeived a severe cash on the head by
the AK coming in contact gith cloths
line.
Yesterday was est. Patrick's Day.
bright and sunny, as the two proceed
ing days were stormy, proving, as has
often been the case before, that the
18th of March is no more likely TO be
rainy than other days of that period Of