Smyrna times., 1902-11-19
CHESWOLD.
Gypsies Interest Large Number of Young
Folks-Matters of Public School Inter
est-Loca1 and Personal.
Special Correspondence to Ihe TIMES.

of gypsies are camped in Fraizer's
woods, near the "Big Oak" and they
are prying their art at fortune telling
quite lively in this locality. Young
folks are enjoying the sport of having
future events of their lives read off to
them. The revelation of courtship
and marriage with description of he
or she in the contract seems to have
first place.
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There is great deal of talk here
about change in train schedule
more trains, &c. that is not authoritive.
Railroad men are as tight as CLANS as
to railroad business generally, but the
Cheswold community is now indulg-
ing in the hope that the $50 p. m.
train south now whizzlng by us as an
express will soon stop regularly at
Cheswold. The difficulty to obtain
cars still stands in the way of shipping
from this point by rail.
Our public school, Miss Georgia
Arnold and Miss Florence Taylor as
teachers, have recently received dona-
tions of books from our Junior Order
United American Mechanics and
others, for distribution to those who
will comply with the rules of the ''free
travelling library" which has for sew
eral months been in operation. Miss
Arnold, the principal, has an organized
literary society, which last Friday
took for debate the much used ques-
tion, resolved, that fire is more de-
structive than water, which her pupils
took hold of with great energy. The
affirmative side was held up by Master
Clifford Anderson and Misses May
Hardcastle and Mamie Buckson. The
negative by Master George Catterson
and Misses Ethel Hardcastle and
Mary Anderson. The judges decided
for the affirmative. The amusing
feature was the vigor in which the
fifth and sixth grades took the ques-
tion, who had no part in it.
DR.. Corkran, Presiding Elder,
preached Sunday morning at Ches-
void very plain yet strong discourse
on the power Of God in saving the
world, from the familiar text ''ye are
the salt of the earth.'' Referring
simply to mans fallen and sinful es-
tate he dwelled at greater length upon
the adequacy of Gods plan for saving
the world and the duty and obligation
falling upon his church now since
these words were spoken to the
apostles has exalted the church in the
world and made it her duty to meet
obstacles and environments standing
in the way toward making the gospel
a SAVIOR of life unto life. The discourse
left most favorable impression upon
the audience.
The revival meetings at Bethel have
entered upon the second week in
charge of Pastor Roe, with quicken
ing to the church and some evidence
OF awakening to sinners.
Miss Lille Bishop was elected in
the Sunday School session at Ches-
void teacher TO succeed Mrs. G. K.
Illick, who has moved out of the COM
munity.
Mrs. Addie Roe, superintendent,
W. 9. Buckson and W. s. Cantwell
attended the County Sunday School
Convention at Smyrna last week.
Miss Mary Anderson was the happy
recipient last week of a beautiful
Blasius & Sons piano, presented by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Herman
Anderson.
Cunning dog, big game and every
thing relating in any way to the gun.
ming sport is the popular theme in all
public places.
Personal. Mr.. and Mrs. r. M. Coop
er have returned from an ENJOYABLE
visit to their children, Mrs. T. B.
Cooper, Noblestown, Pa, and Rev.
R. Watson Cooper and also one of the
faculty at st. Paul's Institute, St.
Paul, Minnesota Mrs. J. W. Casson
and son Daniel were callers upon Ches-
void friends last Sunday.-Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Jefferson of Crompton
Nd, are guests of Mr.. and Mrs. r..
M. Cooper, near Cheswold. Mrs. S.
E. Jones, Miss Lizzie Jones of Smyr-
ma, and Mr.. George Jones of Dover,
were guests last Friday of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. s. Hardcastle. Mr.. Del.
Hardcastle and son of Philadelphia
we're visitors with Cheswold friends
over Sunday. Mr.. Joshua Boyd and
Miss Clara Reynolds spent Sunday
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Jewell near
Leipsic. Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones Of
Wilmington were guests over Sunday
with Mrs. E. f. Jones. MISS May