Smyrna times., 1899-06-21
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

Short Items of General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
High School Commencement. We'd
nesday, June 2Sth.
Iced tea has resumed its place as the
favorlte beverage of the season.
Best made Footwear, at Diamond
State Shoe Store, Commerce street.
For the graduates, books are very
suitable presents. At w. F. Dunn's.
The most annoying things in this
world are the worries that never
occur.
William Richardson, colored, a we'll
remembered blacksmith helper, died
Yesterday.
Harmony Lodge, A. F. A. NJ, has
adjourned its meetings until next
October.
Boyer & Co., are still shoeing horses
for fifty cents They are not in the
combine made by horseshoers. Z
VIM. NJ. Lewis has sold out his stock
of Deering Reapers and Binders.
Wheat harvest is going on in all sec
ton. The head seems well filled.
Next week-Our commencement
Week" locally, promises to be rather
gay one socially, both from the pres
ence of visitors and the esprit of our
own young people.
The Circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Mrs. Margaret
Collins, Thursday eveng June 22nd,
at 80 o'clock. Sec.
An Alumni meeting of the High
School graduates will be held at the
residence of Miss Katherine Beckett
on Thursday, tomorrow evening at
o'clock.
Bishop MOnOgan, of Wilmington,
will administer High Mass and
preach at ST. Polycarp's church on
Sunday next, at II o'clock. In the
evening at 73O o'clock, he will hold
vespers service and follow it with
sermon.
Last Wednesday, Sylvanus Rose, of
this town, was overcome by gas while
drilling hole in a gas-pipe. When
discovered, he was lying unconcious.
DR.. T. c.. Moore was quickly sum-
moned and in short time Mr.. Rose
was resuscitated.
Elijah w. Stevens, near town, while
saving off some dead limbs from tree
yesterday, was precipitated to the
ground on pile of bricks. He was
severely hurt, principally in the back,
but fortunately no limbs broken. He
is under the doctors hands.
We give in another part of this issue,
the tabulated analyses of fertilizers. as
prepared by DIR. T. R. Wolf, State
Chemist The law requiring that all
fertilizers sold in this State shall be
analysed by the State Chemist, is a
wise one, as it protects the farmer from
being imposed upon.
Presiding Elder Corkran held the
first quarterly conference of the present
conference year, at Asbury M. E.
church on Friday evening, and preach
ed on Sunday evening. The Quarterly
Love Feast will take the place of the
usual prayer meeting this evening.
Raspberrirs have been in market sew
eral days. Two weeks ago the crop
promised to be abundant, but unless
there comes a good rain, the crop will be
short. Some of the last picking of
strawberries were in town Monday,
but the main crop for foreign shipment
was cut short by the hot weather OF
week before last
Farmers were into their hay harvest
last week-such of them as had suffic-
lent of it to cut The spring has been
an exceedingly bad one for hay all
along the Atlantic coast, because of
the insufficient rainfall. Perhaps one
of the best fields of clover in this Sec
ton was that of Mr.. E. r Cantwell, on
Judge Sprurnce's farm, near Clayton.
Last Saturday, the scholars OF
Walkers school house, William II.
Maberry, teacher, were given treat