Smyrna times., 1900-08-22
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
Short Items OF General Interest Gathered
During the Week.

Sn0rl ltCiIo VI OSuStdl lutGEGSt UdLnere0
During the Week.
You can buy the wire-looped To-
nato Baskets of COsGRIFF & BECK.
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Messrs. Cosgriff & Beck advertise a
fruit and truck farm of S4 acres, which
they desire to sell quickly.
First class coal, So. so per 2, 24O lbs, de-
livered, and So. 90 at bins of the Smyrna
transportation Company.
Save money by buying your coal of
the Smyrna Transportation Company
at once, before advance in price. II
You can buy the wire hooped To-
mato Baskets of CosGRIFF & BECK.
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The change in the temperature that
came with the rain of yesterday, re-
jOiced everybody, even to the shirt
waist man.
The Smyrna Transportation Com
pany offers first class coal, if put in at
once, at $3.50 per 2, ,24O lbs.
The slump that came to the peach
and grape markets last week was not
enjoyed by our shippers, the markets
heretofore all the summer being in
their favor.
WANTED-Operators at the Smyrna
overall factory; steady work the year
round. Good operators can make fair
wages. Call on or address CHAs. B.
THORNLEY,.
There have been a number of at
tempts at rain the past week, but the
dust was not really laid until the rain
last night. 1t was too late to benefit
the corn crop much but pasture was
greatly in need of rain fall.
Next Sunday there will be special
services at St. Polycarp's Church.
Father Waldron will preach, and the
music will be by the Junior choir of
Holy Cross church, Dover, of twenty
five voices.
While operating a cider press Thurs
day, Samuel Foraker caught his index
finger in the cog wheel, MASKING it to
the extent as to need medical atten-
ton. DIR. Clifton dressed the wound.
The present price of coal is very low
will probably be higher. The
Smyrna Transportation Company Of
fers exceptionally good opportunity to
buy coal at low figure, $3.50 per
2,240 lbs.
Isaac Morris, residing near the
Tent, in Thoroughfare Neck, died
on Saturday, aged ga years, and was
inferred in Glenwood cemetery, this
town, on Monday, Rev. Geo. l.. Har-
desty, officiating.
The Transportation Company re-
ceived at Smyrna Landing and un'
loaded Monday, 16 carloads OF coal
about 500 tons. This with the large
quantity of peaches, grapes, etc, re-
ceived for shipment on the Str. Brady
to Philadelphia, made the Landing
busy place.
Becoming frightened, the horse o
John McClain, of near Duck Creek
started to runaway. McClain's son.
small boy, was the only occu
pant and in the fearful dash down tn
main street and out Commerce stree
toward Smyrna Landing, many feare'
a serious accident would take place
Fortunately the little fellow got tn
horse under control before any dam
age was done.
At Townsend, the fight for the com
missionership nomination is steadll
waxing hotter and the real contes
seems to rest between Messrs. jaime
Moore, of st. Georges hundred, an
John L. Seemans, of Blackbird hu1
dred, with the odds slightly in faVo
of Mr.. Moore, he having an unanimou
support in his own bailiwick. Bot
also favor giving the Gubernatori'
nomination to Peter J. Ford.
On account of hard driving to MIC
dletown and return by Harry McOo
ley last Wednesday, China Pats WI
unfortunate enough to lose his blac
PAGER, one of his best livery horse
McColley wanted to attend funerl
with a lady friend, and drove hard
get there in time. He was too iat'
and without giving the horse res