Smyrna times., 1897-08-25

of itself an all sufficient inducement
for a voluntary compliance with its OBJ
legations. Now, however, that this in
ducement no longer exists, the old
right of imprisonment, if it still exists,
may be used to cOerce the delinquent.
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Farmers are now taking their out
ing.
WatermelOns are coming in slowly
bat very fine.
Try Venn's Maryland biscuits, which
can be had at JeffersOn's store. Il
Peaches are not in market enough to
supply the tables of our citizens.
Loaded tomato wagons passing
through town to the canneries is wei.
come sight.
The buzz of Tilghman's lumber saw
mill can be heard most any time of our
business days.
The monthly official meeting of the
Asbury NJ. E. Church will be held on
Friday evening.
Our lawyers, merchants and other
business people are enjoying as much
recreation as their professional duties
will allow.
Go to Cummings, photographer,
Post Office building, for finely finished
cabinets, mantelles etc. Here every
Wednesday.
"Girls wanted" is the legend put up
at one of our manufacturing establish
ments. 1t is thruthfully said to ''look
| like business. -
1t speaks we'll for business when one
of our active men, Jos. E. Carter, says
the present is the busiest summers he
has had for some years.
The members of Centennial NJ. E.
Church will commence their camp meet
ing Sept. 10th, with an early lovefeast.
On October the 14th they will have al
OK roast.
The Brady Steamboat Company hav,
charted the steamer G. F. Brady tC
several of the young men, who will
run special excursion to Washington
Park on Thursday, Sept. End inst
The team of the Atlantic Refninl
Company, who have located tank a
Clayton and supply oil therefrom, tt
our merchants, makes fine show will
its three attractive horses abreast.
Between repairing wheat thresher
for use in getting out the wheat crops
and plumbing for town folks in puttinl
in weter and sewerage, Geo. W. Tay
lOr is having a busy summer of it.
One of the most complained of pave
ments, that in front of John R. Viii
sons lot, a square below the depot, ha
been repaired by the authorities, yer
much to the comfort of the pedestrians
According to r. G.. Dun & Co., tn
total amount of money involved i
failures during the month of July wa
S17, III, 727, and that this is the small
est aggregate of the kind reported fc
any month since 1892.
Prof. Jones Excelsior Pioneer an
. Pick-Ax Club, No. l., of this town wi
give an entertainment in Odd Fellow
> Hall, East street, tomorrow, Thursda
evening. Prof, Johnson's cornet ban
will furnish the music A grand marc
. and donkey party will be a feature {
the entertainment.
Considerable excitement was cause
at Woodland Beach, Sunday, by
women fainting in the water. It wa
at first thought that she had bee
seized with cramps. She was rescue
and brought to the shore by bathel
and recovered in time to proceed
Philadelphia on the eboat.
! Devoe says there will be frost on I'll
2Sth Of August. The first katydid wi
seen hereabouts last week, whiC
would bring first frost in six week
The first fog was observed on the 1Otl
which would bring first frost on DC
10th. And there you are with IL
moon hanging on its point.
Privileges for the Delaware Sta
Fair were disposed of on Saturday
: follows: Restaurant, I. q. Lofan
: $1O5; lemonade, Collins & Clark, 81
ice cream, Cove S. johnson, S24; musi
- Dover Band. Secretary A. N. Brow
has completed arrangements for erec
! ing an engine in the machinery bull
: ing and agricultural machinery of 9
= kinds will this year be seen in oper
ton.
i The Townsend and the Clayton bG
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