Smyrna times., 1901-06-19
CHESWOLD.
Ending of the Strawberry Season.. H..
Bishop Makes Much Amusement With a
Black Snake tie Caught-LOcal and
Personal Mention.


Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence for the TINES
CHEswoLD, June 17.-Notwithstand-
ing the rain of Saturday and again
Sunday night strawberries came in
fairly lively on Monday sufficient to
load two cars besides aquantity for the
local markets. The season was sup
posed to be about ended because of the
rains and some buyers left for their
homes. The fruit on Monday was
thoroughly soaked SO that the remain
ing buyers were afraid to buy ard the
growers were afraid to ship but the
larger quantity were perhaps sold at
three to three and one-half cents. The
short crop has realized for growers
better prices throughout the season.
Some of our growers are realizing the
best results with straw berries from
new ground that has been titled once
or twice in corn. We hear many who
persist in the argument that growing
straw berries for profit reached the hill
top four or five years since, are on
the downward grade, and this years
success can only be counted such from
exceptional circumstances. The warn
ing therefore is don't oyerdo it.
j. Ii. Bishop to-day, seeing a five
foot black snake crossing the road cap
tured it and entered town with it
coiled about his person and enjoyed
the sport of seeing others run from
that which he felt was harmless. Mr..
B. drew lot of fun from the incident.
To make fun is characteristic of the
man always.
Mrs. Sallie Lee of Wilmington, who
has been visiting relatives in and near
Cheswold the past week, met with a
painful if not a serious accident last
Saturday at the home of Joseph Legear
by falling down stairs and breaking the
temur or thigh bone. The healing
must necessarily be tidious and she
has much sympathy extended to her.
DIR. Stout was called in.
Mrs. Ella Carey has sold her little
farm of 10 acres on the State Road to
John A. Catterson of near Wilmington,
for $105O. This is nice little place
well located, clean and we'll kept. Mr..
Pleasanton, the present occupant, will
probably stay there this year and next
Our young men have the baseball
fever and will probably organize this
week for practice.
Capt. Lemmel who sold his farm at
Hartly few weeks since and moved to
Cheswold temporarily, has purchased
what is known as the r. J. Durham
tract containing Is acres one mile west
of Chcswold and moved on it.
The weekly meeting of our W. G. T.
u, meets with Mrs. J. H. Anderson on
Thursday evenining of this week.
The circulation ofmoney from straw
berries has started up places for the
sale of hoky-pokys and ice cream gatore
in Cheswold. Mrs. D. H. Boyce who
we understand will continue the sum.
mer through is selling Geo. NJ. Steven
sons cream of Smyrna.
DIR. Corkran held the First Quarterly
Conference of this Conference year for
Cheswold and Bethel Circuit at Ches-
void last Saturday morning. He also
preached at Cheswold Sunday morn
ing a very strong, yet plain and prac-
tical sermon on Perfect Christian
Living" and made the Sunday School a
good address. Pastor Roe preached at
night a short but good sermon on
Goods Greatness following a Love
feast service under his charge.
PersOnaIs.-Mrs. Sallie Dyer of Dover,
is visiting Mrs. Edward F. JONES' -
Mrs. Emma Pearson of Chester, Pa,
Is visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
P. l.. Barcus. Mr.. r. E. Cantwell of
near Clayton, was Sunday visitor to
his son, W. S. Cantwell. Mrs. Harry
Pratt of Clayton, is visiting Mrs. F. A
Moore. Mrs. Sedgewick of near Ken
ton, Is visiting Mrs. w. S. Cantwell. -
Miss Amy Waddell of Westminster,
Md, is the guest of Miss Lulu Boggs.
Friends of Rev. Edwin Gardner, a
former pastor, have learned that the
trustees of Cape Charles Church, now
under his pastorate have granted him
leave of absence and bear his ex-
penses to the Pan-American Exposi-
tion. Mrs. Rev. Roe has returned
from visit to friends in Harrington.