Smyrna times., 1900-08-15
CHESWOLD.
Elected for District Schools-LOcal and
Personal Mention.


Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence to the Times.
CHEswoLD, Aug. 13.-It looked like
business last Monday morning in the
centre of Cheswold when the eye took
in the string of teams with canta-
loupes, peaches, apples, pears, few
tomatoes and watermelons. There was
full car of peaches received and ship
ped. A few baskets of the best peaches
the Crawford Early" variety, sold
on the wagon at so cents per basket;
others sold for less prices according to
their grade. Cantaloupes were so low
priced as to be almost a drug on the
market.
Mrs. E. M. Emerson lost a valuable
COW on Monday morning, which was
supposed to be choked on an apple.
A few tomatoes are coming to our
cannery from contractors. The colony
of Polish help, from Baltimore, is ex-
pected this week to commence opera
tions for the season about Friday.
Bethel church made up a collection
of $14 last Sunday for the famine suf-
ferers in India.
After two weeks vacation Rev. Ed
win Gardner resumed his pulpit work
last Sunday morning to a small audi
ence, because of the excessive heat,
taking for his subject Gods love for
humanity. He gave the Epworth
League a very interesting talk on
zeal, the topic for the evening, based
on the parable of the talents. He dis
pensed with the usual preaching SER
vice beca Use of the heat.
Dora, the infant daughter of J. H.
and Laura B. Dannenhauer, died last
Sunday of heat prostration after a
short illness, aged five months. How
ell, the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
H. R. Loose, and Neva, the only
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Nc
Cristle, near Cheswold, aged years,
are little sufferers also, manfully fight
ing for life against adverse weather
conditions.
Miss Fannie West Taylor, of Smyr-
ma, has been elected teacher of the
primary department of Cheswold pub
lie school, and Miss Sarah Case, near
Dover, and Miss Lille NJ. Ford have
also been elected to No. 10 and No. II
respectively, west and east of Ches-
void.
A tax rate of So So for every 800 of
property is laid for the support of
graded school in Cheswold while their
school only receives the single div
idend from the State.
The registration board for the south
ern district of Kenton Hundred reg
istered 70 names at Cheswold last Sat
urday.
Fifty people from Cheswold and vi
cinity went on the excursion by rail to
Atlantic City last Wednesday, the Sth
inst.
PersOnaI.-John E. Barcus, of Fort
Myers, Virginia, a member of Troop
G, U. S. Cavalry, is home with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. l.. Barcus,
on sick furlough. Master Medford
Phillips, of Wilmington, is visiting
Cheswold friends. - Misses Fannie
Cummins and Nellie Carlin, of Leip-
sic, are guests of the Misses Helen
and Nellie Anderson William Kelly.
of Aldin, n. j., is spending a week
with his parents, near Cheswold.-
w. F. Collins and family are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Thomas, near
Centreville, Md.-Mrs. Charles Har-
rington, of Chester, is the guest of her
sister, Mrs. S. B. Cooper. Mrs. John
Dennison and children, of Henderson,
Nd; Mrs. Martin Willard and daugh-
ter Anna, of Philadelphia, and Miss
Blanche Gallagher, of Wilmington,
are guests at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. G. Boggs. Miss Mabel Hudson
and Miss Fannie W. Taylor of
Smyrna, were guests of Miss Ethel
Emerson, Saturday and Sunday.-Mrs.
Matte Wharton and Miss Annie Scott.
of Greenwood, Del, attended the fu-
neral of their niece. Dora Dannen-
hauer, Tuesday.-Mrs. w. S. Cant
we'll was at the bedside of sick
brother at Marydel, last week. REX.