Smyrna times., 1897-08-11
STATE ITEMS.

peaches from his orchard which w;II
likely pay him well. Those he has
soid brought 81 basket. He is the
only man who will have any peaches
TO sell III that section.
Tons OF ICE.-The Dover artificial
Ice plant ships about thirty tons of ice
10 Smyrna every week. The plant is
running on full time and has orders
for the entire output.
POSTMASTER Gooden, of Dover. has
received a letter addressed as follows.
= 4ui east of Dover and
Smyrna road. From J to miles from
Dover, Del. He digs wells and laws
tiles. - 10y .
10 STRIKE AGAIN. The wire rome
Tor the striking weight of the Dover
town clock, which was broken abont
three weeks ago, has been ordered
from Boston, Mass. The clock will
strike the hours in about two weeks
TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE DELE.
GATEs.-The Wilmington Methodist
Episcopal Conference, which met in
Chestertown, Md, last March. an
pointed the following delegates to the
national temperance convention to bo
held in Saratoga, N. Y, this month
BISHOP Walden, the Revs. A. S. Now
bray, q. H. Webster, R. l. Watkins
Wilbur F. COrkran, C. T. WYATT and
F. B. Short.
CoLORED LIFE INsURANcE.-Ona of |
the industrial life insurance comma
mes doing business in Dover has in
structed its agents to solicit no more
business from cOlOred people, espe-
clally children. The company main
talns that the mortality among the
colored people is so great that losses
ensue from that class of business. In
that locality especially large numbers
ot the colored people have availed
themselves of industrial insurance
Corn IN Kent county is not dis
counted anywhere and the prospeet of
IN advance in the price makes the
armers feel happy. Corn was late
getting started, but the weather since
las been perfect, the rain falling at
he right time and the sun shining
'hen 1t was needed, so that now
many fields are filling out. From
Dads and railroads the scenes that
rect the eye could not be more beam
l1ul' and the promise of an immense
rop is very good. In many places as {
II as the eye could see there is one |
asst expanse of rolling, waving fields b;
{ green corn. .
RECEPTION TO CONSUL HIGGINs.-
Ohm q. Higgins, who will leave on =
ugust IA to assume his duties as
onsul at Dundee, Scotland. was "
wen a reception Thursday evening
y his Red Lion Hundred neighbors.
r. and Mrs. Higgins and their two
ms, with the Reception Committee.
ere on the platform. Thomas Clark ~
eslded, and after his brief speecb "
marks were made by W. E. Coale. =
ev. G. S. Gassner, 4. B. Heisel. F. ~ I,
= Ubil, Rev. H. S. Thompson and " ~
ev. R. A. Davidson, of st. Georges. "
r. Higgins replied. The committee e e
charge comprised S. MCINTYRE. -
'hn L. Chears, Henry Cleaver. DIR. V
'ank Bellville, James Mulligan, J. s1
lomas Price, H. P. Scott and others ~
r. Higgins responded in a happv " u.
in. He was well pleased with the u
tpouring of his neighbors. He said nc nc
1t he especially regretted leaving 90 %
'laware at the time the new constitu- ~
n for which he had labored for nl'
enty years is about to be enforced. y
spoke particularly of the local op- pa i,
and the ballot reform provisions -, .ni
the new constitution, and which, he L Wv
sht have added, was brought about "a,
the advancing party supremacy Of A. A..
: Addicks. Mr.. Higgins warmly sn wy
nked the people for their tribute to 80
d and gave many personal remin- ,
ences of his life in the hundred. +,a
RoFITABLE CROP. fruits and me-,
rles have been very profitable to goo
wers in this State this year. The Gri
'est crop of this kind is reported tnr, lS
n the G. Brown home near Rising Gb1 ,1
/, where up to date they have mar hav
I'd 5000 crates or 5000 baskets of its
les, 1900 ten pound baskets of otn'
goose plums and five tons of Il n
rries, all of which have brought rem
d prices. The pear orchard will rela
d from 5000 to 5000 baskets of tt nse9
Ter pears. There is no sign of trav
'ulio or insective pests on the farm. bott
IN is attributed to the work of sale
ing up all fallen fruit from DEL
ground and feeding it to the stock. N,
er orchards where this has not
| done but equally as we'll cultiva-
are badly affected by insects. In ~; ~
fornia growers are compelled to ll 9i
late fallen fruit in order to pre- VIZ "nO
insect disease and our farmers 'nos
80 = 'i" Swe