Smyrna times., 1898-10-05
CHESWOLD.
Entire Crop of Kieffer Pears Sold-Eehoes
of the Recent Hail Storm
Local and Personal
Mention.
Special Correspondence to the Times.

Special Correspondence TO the Times
CHEswoLD, Oct. 3.-W. f. AssaT has
bought of VIM F. Mckee, near Ches-
void, his entire crop OF kel1fer pears,
5000 baskets. at 25 cents per basket
for first grade and Is cents for second
grade. They are being shipped by car
load lots. Since commIenclng lHG
picking it is thought the crop VIII
reach 1000 baskets. 1t begins 10 look
as if the much praised and popular
BARTLETT pear has had it's day. Doubt
less Mr.. Mckee feels glad to dispose
of them.
The effort which has been made by the
State Sunday School committee to es-
fabiish Hundred Conventions through
ont the State seems now about to make
n start in Kent County, as the Sunday
Schools of Kenton Hundred are called
to meet in convention at Cheswold,
| Oct 18th inst. The convention will
assemble upon arrival of what is COM
monty called the 10 o'clock train and
consume the rest of the day and even
ing. Delegates and friends of the
Sunday School work may feel sure of a
cordial welcome and good care while
in Cheswold.
At CheswOld Sunday School on Mon
day, it being the monthly Offering for
the cause of missions, Mrs. Hester Now
ell gave a most interesting ten minutes
talk Oh missions and the missions
work.
The young people of Leipsic NJ. E.
Church will hold an oyster supper, and
in connection with the supper there will
be cake and ice cream sold at the
| a11no Ali UoD ~, Eri1o,y on1 S0t11r.
day evenings of next week, 14th and
18th of October. Proceeds go to pay
the pastors salary.
Echoes of the Hail StOrm.-The storm
of q week ago is still the subject o.
much interesting conversation, Will
replacing the window lights in the au
ditorium of Bethel church, damaged
by the hail stones and some other re
pairs were added and the outside
woodwork is now receiving a coat o
paint. r. M. Cooper and John p
Carey suffered considerable loss by tn,
destructive hail storm of last week il
Keiffer pears, tomatoes, late corn etc.
as did also L. ID. Garrison, G. II. Ma
loney, J. H. Bishop, and d. M
Clouds. Many experiences have beel
related in connection with the memOr
able event. One party acknowledge
she went on her knees in prayer for de
liverance from awful destruction. L
r. George, three miles distant, ha
since discovered the bark of the appl
trees was punctured by the hail S
that any one can run their little finge
end through it's thickness to the wood
The lite ten year old son of Jane
Denney, living on the Leipsic road /
reported to have been caught on tn
! road with an OK team, which he stoT
ped and got under the cart for prOteC
,, ton, but the oxen WINGED under tn
pelting hail stones, became unmanagt
able and started for home The littl
} fellow jumped again in his cart defend
5 ing himself as best he could from th
storms fury, but arriving at home wa
4 carried in in helpless, semi-conscioU
: condition.
PersOnaI.-R. NJ. Cooper and Joh
u p. Jefferson, father and uncle respe
: lively of r. Watson Cooper, are visi
n ing him at Wilbraham College, Mass
y he being one of the faculty.
T dozen members of Stars and Strip,
II Council, Smyrna, made Harmon
e Council" Jr. o. U. A. NJ, of Che
Il void, a visit Monday evening, whe
e feast, fun and a good fraternal feelir
characterized the event. REX.