Smyrna times., 1902-05-07
CHESWOLD.
Installation of Epworth League Officers
The Health Condition of Cheswold.
First Episcopal Services.

Special Correspondence to the TIMES.
CHEswOLD, May 6.-But few of our
farmers are done planting corn. The
weather has been unseasonably cool,
they think, to rush seed in the ground.
Even our vegetable gardens are gen
orally much behind their season.
Fruit is generally promising in this
locality at this writing. Strawberries
are loaded with bloom. Besides the
cereals, cantaloupes, tomatoes and
sweet potatoes are receiving much at
tention from the farmers in this vicin-
ity.
There was a general rush to Dover
yesterday to witness the "Wild West"
show. Because of it farm work came
to a stand-still in some instances.
No murder of recent years in this
State has commanded so general inter
est and comment here as the Mrs. Ell
mer Collins horror at Laurel.
Churchgoers took advantage of the
fine weather Sunday and turned out
we'll. The Sunday School session was
especially animated. Superintendent
W. G. BucksOn was compelled by the
pressure upon him to defer reports of
the State Sunday School Convention by
the delegates, Mrs. Roe and Mrs. G.
X. Illick, until next Sunday. Pastor
Roe also had his pulpit work well in
hand and discoursed in the morning
on the infallibllity of the Scriptures as
a guide for human frailties. He ex-
horted the doubter to trust to God and
to Providence, look for a higher life
and a heavenly home, and that the
first schooling for this is found in con
version.
The installation of the new cabinet
occupied the Epworth League services
preceding the evening preaching. The
exercises were more elaborate and in
teresting than usual. Miss Ella Cat
terson was elected and installed third
vice-president, which had been left
vacant.
Rev. Mr.. Croft held services at 10. 30
a. M, last Sunday in room adjoining
d. f. & H. r. Loose's store, under
the auspices of Trinity P. E. Church,
of Clayton. He will hold services at
the same hour every Sunday.
Our W. G. Z. T. will meet Thursday
afternoon of this week with Mrs. J.
H. Bishop.
The good work which has been done
on our streets, filling up sinks also
and better drainage by our town com
missioners, which adds to the health
and also the improvement of our town,
has brought up the health subject and
death rate of our POO or more inhab-
itants since May 1896, as follows: Mrs.
A. L. HOffecker, Mrs. John L. Boyd,
DR.. j. NJ. Smith, Mrs. Sophia Wheat
man, Mr.. John Haman, Mrs. John
Dannenhauer, Mrs. Mary Boyce, Mrs.
Richie Billings, Mrs. Jos. H. Thomp-
son, Mr.. Henry Moore, Mrs. Recca
| Oy6IS duulIS. OulluT6u- w llll6 new
ton, Howard Taylor, Lawrence Ford
Clarence Scarborough, Ethel Thomp
son, Gilbert Thompson, Gertrude
Thompson, Nellie Cantwell, May Ora
ham, Nellie Ford, Lowell Loose, Mar
garet Dannenhauer, S. Elwell Moore
Edgar Dische. This leaves abou
three-fourths of our homes without a
visitation of death in this period anC
some without either a death or mar
riage ceremony in the time.
PersOual.-Mr. Harry Moore and sol
George, of Seaford, are visiting rela
tives in Cheswold. Misses Ethel Raw
ley, of Wilmington, and Mabel Raw
ley were callers upon Mrs. Byron Crea
dick yesterday. Mrs. Charles Shahai
nee Lavinia Cullen, near Cheswold, i
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