Evening journal., 1902-04-08
MANY ACCIDENTS on NEW BUILDING
Annual Baptist Meeting Will ba Held at
Smiths Mills This Month
Special to the Evening Journal

which is being built for Fooks q Hast
ings. on Saturday, in which three men
came near losing their lives. Colonel
u. j. Fooks. the senior member of the
firm. was standing watching the build
ing operations. when a heavy crowbar,
which was being used on the second
story, slipped from the hand Of the
workman. and fell to the ground be-
low. just grazing the head of Colonel
Fcoks. Another carpenter was at work
on the top of the building, and lost his
balance. falling into the cellar. In his
descent he passed through two sets OF
sleepers. not touching any of them.
Had he come in contact with any OF
them the chances are that he would
have been fatally injured, If not killed
A beam. which was being placed on the
roof Of the building, was responsible
for the third accident 1t fell from its
high position directly toward a num-
Der Of workmen. who were watching
the hosting, and had Il not struck a
raiter in its fall. would have landed on
the head of a mechanic The rafter
which was struck was cut off as smooth
as though il had been done with a saw.
April 10 is the day set apart for the
annual Baptist meeting at Smiths
Mills, near this place. These meetings
are probably the largest attended Of
any in the State, prominent Baptists
from all over the Peninsula attending
Il has been a custom for the Baptists
TO meet at this historic place for more
than fifty years at this time, and the
meetings are always looked forward to
nj hrr oil
tions. as some of the strongest minis
ters of the old side Baptists are always
present, and special music with a
picked chorus from the nearby towns
characterize it. The meetings are held
all day, beginning about o'clock in
the morning. The church never holds
the crowd which attends. therefore the
windows are taken out and the doors
opened wide and the greensward filed.
thus allowing the crowd to hear the
lservices.
The Sussex Club Will organize a
lawn tennis team this week, and Il Is
expected that several tournaments will
be held here during the season. The
courts will be graded and laid out next
z week
Many Laurelites will attend court in
Georgetown this week Several went
over this morning.
Seymour Wroten. Of Bridgeville. has
been visiting in this place
A. p. Green. of Dover. is visiting
here.
Ira H. Melvin has returned from Sea-
ford.
James Elliott. of Jersey City, and
Joseph Elliott, of Middletown. came
here Saturday night in response to a
telegram telling them their mother
Mrs. Nancy Elliott, 80 years old. waf
In a dying condition. The brother.
had not seen each other for twenty
years. and when Joseph got on tn,
train at Middletown the only seat va
cant was that which was partly occu
pied by his brother. He sat down anC
( rode all the way to Laurel withou
knowing who he was. and only found
out when the team which was TO con.
vey them to their mothers home was
brought around, and he found his
, companion Of the train seated therein
Tomorrow will be observed as a
holiday at the basket and crate factor
les of J. d. Marvil. it being the ami.
r versaTy Of the death of Governor
Joshua II. Marvil. This has been Gus
tomary for some years.
NJ NJ. Ellis has returned from Bal
timore. where he has been visiting.
Former Senator r. r. Kenney anC
, wife. of Dover, who are returning from
a triD South, are guests Of Laure
i friends.
The Sussex Club. which presented
. Glover Farm in such a finished man
i ner here last Thursday, has been in
n vited to play it in three towns
Mrs Annie Moore is having he
home renovated and an additiona
story put on When completed it w
be one Of the prettiest suburban resi-
I dences in this section.
! Miss Mae Iarlow has gone to Phila
delphia, where she has entered Jeffer
+ son Hospital as a trained nurse.
, Fruit shippers here have already be
/. gun preparations for Strawberries. an
+ are clearing up their offices and yard
: at the railroad station. A large yiel
+ is expected.
Preparations are being made for al
= enormous potato yield in this vicinit
this year. More than twice the guam
uty of any previous season will
planted. The unusually high pric
/, during the past year and the larg
7 amount produced to the acre ha
caused this.
:, Preparations are being made fo
= much building during the comm
! spring. Former Clerk of the Senat
/, Hastings has already broken groun
= for a handsome residence on Centri
layenue.
If FIRE DAMAGES MILL PROPERTY