Smyrna times., 1897-05-26

Md, situated near Fleming's Landing,
containing 118 acres, to Thomas P.
Wrench. for 81, 700.
The Peninsula Press Association is
making arrangements through Col. E.
L. Cooper to visit the Tennessee Cen
tennial at Nashville. The association
will go in a body about the first of
October.
A graphOphOne, supplemented by q
stereopticon lecture, will be given in
the Opera House on Monday evening,
June 1st, by the Rev. J. D. G. Hanna,
OF Wilmington, for the benefit of Jer-
man Chapel.
To WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Hay
ing decided to adopt STRICTLY CASH
business, we take this means of giving
due notice that ON AND AFTER JUNE
Is, 1897, we shall sell for CASH or
Trade only. FOWLER & LEES.
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Strawberries are being bought at the
stations the same as peaches. At Bren-
ford on Monday, E. Lower sold his
picking of that morning at 81 cents
per quart, the quantity realizing over
$50. Ruben Ford, G. R. Lofland and
others preferred to risk the market and
shipped to Boston.
Members of Union Castle X. G.. E.
No II will meet at the lodge room at
at 6.30 next Sunday evening and pro-
ceed from there to the Episcopal church
to hear the special sermon by Bishop
Coleman. The w. S. Hancock Post
G. A. r. will also turn out in like
manner, meeting at the Chapel at 6. 80
and maching from there in full uni
form to the church,
Joseph q. Mariner, of Philadelphia,
has purchased through Cosgriff a.
Beck, the dwelling occupied by G. B.
Taylor, on lower Main street. Pos
session will be given Mr.. Mariner on
the 18th of June next, when the fam
lily of Joseph L. Beckett, of this town,
will move there. Mr.. G. B. Taylor
and wife will take up their residence
on their farm near Millington, Nd.
The Baptist Association (Old SCHOOL,
held their annual meeting at Brynzion
church, near KentOn, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday of last week.
The association, which meets at place
only once in five years, covering as it
does several States, is always an i'm
portant occasion, and some 300 per-
sons were present on Thursday. These
partoOk of a dinner, served under the
trees. Elder E. RittenhOuse, of State
Road, had charge of the services.
Gideon E. Johnson, of Raymond's
Neck, has had very unusual expert
ence with calves. On April 18th, one
of the cows gave birth to a calf and all
were going as is usual in such cases,
when to his surprise on the 18th, four
days later, when gathering his stock
together in the evening he found the
COW had given birth to another calf.
The twins are females and Mr.. John
son is very proud of them and intends
to raise them to maturity.
The strawberry picking commenced
In earnest yesterday, though there
were small marketings throughout last
week. The weather, moist and cool,
has been nicely adapted to their growth
and the berries are fine in size. The
showers of Monday morning and eve
ming were entirely adapted to the
growth of the berry, as the weather
has beer since for shipping. The SUI
perior quality of the fruit has COM
manded good prices. The local price
last week was mostly 10 cents a quart,
but has dropped this week to and 8
cents.
Mr.. J. Harry HURT, Jr., who for
seven years past has been connected
with the Philadelphia and Smyrna
Company and the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. in this town
has handed in his resignation to take
effect June the first next. Mr.. HURT
has accepted fattering offer to take
charge of the Philadelphia branch of
l.. ID. Caulk's Dental Supplies. In
this business he will be associated with
DIR. F. L. Grier, of Camden, formerly
Of this town, and DIR. Layton Grier of
Milford. Besides handling Caulk's
Filling Materials, they have the agency
Tor Claudius Ash & Sons Co., of En-
gland, manufacturers of Dental instru-
nents &c. We congratulated Mr..
HURT upon the promising prospects of
his new business venture, though we
regret seeing him leave our commun-
ty. Since he has been here he has made
many warm friends, not only through
ms identification with the Transporta-
Company, but particularly in the So
'ial circles IN which he has moved.
The TINES wishes him much success
A preliminary meeting looking to a
celebration of the Fourth of July in
our town, was held at the Opera House
on Wednesday evening last. It was
airly well attended, having represen-
.ctives from most Of the societies. in
,luding the Kings Daughters and |
christian Endeavor. Prof. @. II.
was called to the chair and |
J. Ed. Hoffecker appointed secretary.
after an informal talk, joined in |
mostly by members of the different
,rders, it was decided by vote to eel
sbrate the day in harmony with the
object Of the call, and on motion.
chairman LeFre appointed the follow
ng as an Executive Committee; ". b.
Start, }. Frank Webb, r. ID. Hof-
ecker, W. H. Baggs and l.. M. Price.
On motion the chairman, Prof. Lee