Smyrna times., 1902-03-05
CHESWOLD.
Unpleasant Experiences With Bad Roads
The Wage Question Agitating
the Farmers.

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Special Correspondence to the TIMES.
CHEswoLD, March 3.-Last week we |
noted the snow blockade which made |
many roads in this vicinity impassa-
BILE. This week we note the roads |
equally impossible with mud. The |
warm rain of Friday and Saturday car
ried away the snow and left depth of
mud and water almost beyond prece-
dent. The heavy showers of Friday,
accompanied with thunder gust, left
higher water marks in our streets than
has ever been known, some say.
Hauling was abandoned Saturday and
movers were in CONSERVATION, seeing
the impossibility of such thing. Quite
number walked in town several miles
to do their dealing, and others who
had started with teams left them at
some farm house on the way or hitched
along the road with broken swingle-
tree or harness, while they footed the
remaining distance for their groceries.
One of our nearby farmers with wife
and little boy drove into Cheswold to
spend Saturday evening with friends,
reaching here with great difficulty and
even danger for their horse. All re-
turned home walking and leading the
, team in places most secure. One of
our little boys, equipped with gum
boots, rushed with gleeish confidence
typical of boy to cross bad place in
one of our streets, soon found himself
nearly bootleg deep Unable to ex
tricate himself he became frightened
y and alarmed the neighborhood will
screams for help. On Monday, witt
> the roads slightly improved some NOV
e ers made the venture, but general.
with light loads and four horses to
wagon. 1t has also been a muddy
chasm between some of our gallan
+ knights and their best girls living il
/ the country, since it is said some o
l. them failed to fill appointments be
n cause of the dangerous roads. Man,
'r are saying these are the worst road
y they ever saw, while others, LOOKING
v back for precedent, think they fin
le it in 1895, remembered by the inciden
's of the late W. W. Jarvis, then lying
corpse, who could not be moved tn
day appointed, because Undertake
al FAIRIES became stranded with his hears
IN in mud little out of Smyrna.
be The wage question is agitating farm
of ers in this vicinity. Farm hands fe'
K. there is a boom for them in hight
d. prices and scarcity of labor and al
:" slow to accept terms. Farmers readil
IT. accede So to SO. so per month advanc
", buy say the advances make the labo
ce ers in many cases Indifferent and mo-
worthless; they often work only ha
or two-thirds time even when mo
needed.
at- Cheswold Sunday School is preps
uy ing to hold its missionary anniversa
ay next Sunday evening, consisting
ler recitations, readings and music. II
he program will doubtless be very intt
pc esting.
W 'ui Church services were we'll attend
i'n last Sunday from the town only. Pf
est tor Roe discoursed in the morning
'n, the gift of the Holy Spirit and t
oi moral responsibility which folio
it. "Have Faith in God," was b
evening subject.
ere Round potatoes are worth 55 cer
lay per basket; sweets 80 cents per bask
sed eggs "a cents, corn and corn produ'
aul 20 cents in our markets.
a Among those who have moved
Irs. trying to are: VIM. g. Harrington
ner Dover, and he is succeeded by Willie
ters Harrington, Jr., from near Leips
Irs. William Scuce and Luther s. Nor
;nts also toward Leipsic, move to far
lng near BIackiston's aud are succeeded
lear Mr.. Sellers and Samuel Hirons,
speetiyeiy, from near povev. :.