Smyrna times., 1899-04-05


Right Goods, Right Prices, Right
Styles at Diamond State Shoe Store,
Commerce street. II
For SALE.-1, 900 bushels of north
ern grown Early Rose Potatoes at 81. 90
a bushel. Fine stock. J. E. HOLLAND,
Milford, Del. IA
Goods derived from chemical pro-
cess of the plant will give the best
yield. Tygert's Special Tomato Fer
tiliZer certainly has produced wonder
full results.
The steam barge Gamma and Mary"
of the Philadelphia and Smyrna Trans
portation Company has been sold to
New York parties and left Smyrna
Landing wharves last Tuesday.
p. P. Collins, recently appointed
constable for this the first election dis
trict of Kent county, has given neces-
sary bond and received his commission
last Wednesday when he entered upon
his duties.
Rev. Mr.. Hill announced Sunday
that he would resume the course of
lecturers tonight at the prayermeet-
ing of Bunyans's Pilgrim. The sub
iect will be Christian overtakes
Faithful, or Church Fellowship"
The annual session of the Grand
Castle of Golden Eagles was held Mon
day in Wilmington. About go men,
bers were present. They report a
membership of 1866, and finances in
good condition. The amount paid to
sick brothers was 81, 649, and for bury
ing the dead, $1,24O.
Miss Jessie A. Ackerman, the most
distinguished traveller among women,
who has been twice around the world
and has devoted eight years in foreign
lands will speak in the NJ. E. Church
on Tuesday, April the 25th inst. 1t is
considered a rare treat to hear
lecturer of such note and our people
should turn out and give her large
audience. Her subject will be entitled
'How and Why l Went Around the
World"
There is a pleasure in buying at q
good store when one knows a sales
man with whom he is sufficiently ac-
quainted to make known his wants.
Thomas Mccoy with E. o. Thompson's
& Sons, 1888 Chestnut street, Philadel-
phia, calls the attention of his friends
by an advertisement elsewhere to the
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well-knOwn house is carrying and we
would suggest that those in need of
such attention would consult the adj
vertisement weekly.
The papers of Monday spoke of
blizzards and deep SHOWS in the West
and Canada, and frost throughout the
Southern States. Since Friday it has
been cold here, the thermometer
dropping below the freezing point
every night. There is scarcely any
appearance of Spring in garden or
field. Fortunately there has been no
rain for week, the threatened storm
of yesterday passing away, but the
cold north wind remains.
The establishment of even a small
industry is of some value and gives
employment to people. The acreage
for the pickle factory at Smyrna Land
ing is not completely takenup. About
fifty acres are needed and it is hoped
that those who wish to grow for this
factory will give i'll their names and
number of acres to the Philadelphia
and Smyrna Transportation Company
at an early date.
The White Rose Minstrels, of this
town, will give show in Chester.
town on Thursday evening of next
week, the 18th inst. A number OF
tickets have already been sold and the
indications are that good many out
side of the troupe will go with them.
Quite a number of ladies have already
purchased tickets. The minstrels will
give one of their finest performances
fare from Smyrna is S1.00 for the
show. The train will leave Clayton al
1890 o'clock.
The State Sunday School Conven.
tion will meet in Smyrna tomorrow,
and be in session till Friday evening
Outside the sessions it will be largely
social, always a good feature, as they
will have homes with our people
The meetings will be held at the Meth
Odist church, as will be seen by the
program, and will doubtless prove in
teresting to the attendants. In addi
tlOn to the programme already printed
| the convention will be called on Il
elect twelve delegates to represent
| Delaware in the ninth annual Inter
national Convention, which is to b,
held in Atlanta, Georgia, on April q
and 2S. A member of the lnternationa
executive committee and a vice pres
ldent to represent Delaware also will
be chosen.
Since the fire at the residence of NJ
II. Appleton Monday, there has beel
more or less criticism on the miserable
method of giving the alarm by the fir,
bell on the Opera House. Hhe system
is bad one and needs the attention o
the Town Council. When the alarm
was given last Monday one man of tn
neighborhoOd weighing 200 pounds raj
to the Opera House, caught hold O
the rope and made a heroic effort l.
| give a general alarm. The bell wa
family rung but it taxed his strengtl
to the uttermost. Even with assist
ance, which was afforded him latter
relieved the situation but very little
The pullies as we'll as the bell are il
bad shape. For a general alarm, tn
bell is entirely inadequate to meet tn
demand. Several never knew of tn
fire until they were told by other
after it was all over, and there Nigh
be cases when some members of tn
Hose Company should fail to receiv
such an imperative call. The Who'll
fire alarm system is fake and it woul
be well for the Town Council to de
wise some better means for future use
it was known last week that the res
idence of Rev. A. Stengle, of George
town, was robbed while he and Mrs
Stengle were away at Conference. bu
the full particulars only came out i
the Union Republican on Saturda
last. 1t says: Saturday night notI
ing was disturbed. Sunday nigh
while George Stengle and Miss Berth
were attending services in the M. /
church, the house was again entere
and ransacked from top to bottom
Trunks were torn open and the col
tents left scattered over the foo
While they were at work George SteI
gle returned home and finding evidenC