Smyrna times., 1902-09-17
CHESWOLD.
Close of the Baseball Season-Unseason-
able Weather-Local Happenings and
Personal Mention.
Special CorrespOndenee to the TIMES.

Special Correspondence 10 the TIMEs.
CHEswoLD, Sept 15.-This unusual
cool September weather furnishes a
theme here for conversation. Some
think this the coolest summer they
ever saw while others remember its
counterpart but are left without the
date. The wood and coal piles as well
as the thermometer are objects of close
attention. The mercury stood forty
nine and forty-seven Sunday and
Monday mornings respectively. Some
say there was frost, others say if there
was it was not visible. An early fall
and severely cold winter and all sorts
of terrible things are the predictions
of the times.
Fresh pork is selling in our beef
shambles. Tomatoes have dropped
off owing to the cool weather to about
half the receipts of one week ago.
They were bringing Is to Ice per bas-
ket on the market to-day.
One of our peach growers, who was
getting good prices for Elbertas, put
his wits to work to enhance prices of
his white fruit above the then low
standard. Most satisfactory results
were achieved by securing packages
according to his notion and having
them packed also to his notion, by
which they realized him even better
prices than the Albertas. 1t would
seem the hit he has made would make
valuable knowledge another peach
year.
Some farmers who are working in
their fodder sight a short corn crop
this year.
Our boys perhaps closed the base
ball season for this year in a game
with Smyrna last Friday They met
defeat on their own ground, which
seemed to have been demoralizing to
them, a fact due perhaps to lack of in
spiration because of the now closing
season for this sport. While the game
put up by Smyrna was not considered
brilliant our Cheswold team put NJ
against them tn most ''rotten" game
of this whole season, as they speak o.
it, and say it was day off with then
indeed. The score ended 9 to in ia
vor of Smyrna.
Church congregations were notice
ably larger last Sunday. Pastor Roe
preached earnestly from Judges II
and % in the morning and in the even
ing on the workings of the Divin,
spirit The Epworth League also wa
spirited, with W. S. Cantwell as leade
and talk on the topic by Messrs. Bogg
aud Buckson.
An Ushers Union was organize,
last Sunday, when Messrs. George G
Anderson and Irving Emory were as
signed as ushers and Messrs. Brad
Shahan and w. Denney Hoffecker a
collectors for the morning services i
this month, and Messrs. John KEN
and Ralph Savin, ushers and collector
for the evening services.
I. Our W. @. T. U. will meet Thurs
day afternoon of this week with Mrs
Name Cooper.
PersOnal-Mrs. Edwin Comerford, {
is Philadelphia, is visiting her parent
e Mr.. and Mrs. John Kelley, near Che
,, wold.-Mr. w. I. Denney, of Clayto
sr spent day or two with old Cheswo
/, friends. Aaron Willis spent Sa
II urday with A. T. Hoffecker. Mi
10 Jodie Crawford, of Newark, was Il
lie guest of Miss Sadie Ford, near Che
a. void, over Sunday.-Mr. James
Smith, of New York, is the guest
W. G. Buckson. Mrs. Elizabeth See
Da with son and family, of Philadelphia
~ are visiting at Little Greek. Miss S
q lie Davis, of Little Greek, is a que
~ of the Misses Annie and Bertha SaT
- near Cheswold. Miss Laura Viii
ds of Smyrna, is the guest Of Miss M
"a jackson. George G. Anders
~a and Miss Mary Anderson spent 81
90 day with Mr.. and Mrs. H. @. Lyn'
~ Lexington Mills, FELTON,. Miss Da
of Dover, was guest over Sunday
the home of G. Boggs. Miss An
Hickey, of Delaware City, is the gu
ne of Mrs. J. Hermon Anderson.
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