Smyrna times., 1903-10-28
ChESWOLD.
Scarcity Of Help Among Farmers-Ushers
Union Appointments For November.
Local and Personal Mention.

Local and Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence TO the lines.
CHEswoLD, October 27.- Grading
and other work along the railroad line
Is being pushed to completion pre-
paratory for the second track in this
vicinity. The stone culverts under
the road bed at the 'Fork, " two miles
south of Cheswold, are well under
way and the culvert under the tracks
at the Hoffecker mill pond is COM
pleted, as also widening the bank
across that stream. The stone arch
at this point is doubtless the finest
piece of masonry in Kent county. If
the railroad company continues to
push the work some people see no
reason why the new track under a
new schedule should not be in opera
ton by January 1st, 1904.
The tight season with our farmers
owing to scarcity of help has left them
in varied conditions, as to harvesting
corn and seeding wheat. Some are
we'll under way husking, while others
have not seeded their wheat. In some
instances the work of cutting off corn
and seeding wheat are both progress
ing on the same farm. With the
strange season which has held their
work back, together with the prevail
ing scarcity of farm labor, farmers are
loud in the assertion that this year
has no parallel within the memory of
any one now living. Many farmers
think the present corn crop will be
cribbed in the same immature condi-
tion as last year.
One would think the love and ad-
miration for flowers is we'll abreast
with the progress and advancement of
the day. At least IN Cheswold every
little yard and garden space is adorn-
ed with the beautiful chrysanthemums
and cosmos. Even by pedestrians on
our streets carrying bouquets is no.
ticeable and worthy of mention.
Pastor Goodhand drew forceful
lessons from the falling leaves in his
sermon Sunday morning from the
text "And we do all fade as leaf, 3"
Isaiah 64-6. He commenced his re-
vival meetings at Bethel Sunday even
ing, which will continue nightly ex-
cept Saturday evenings. In the Sun
day School at Cheswold the delegates
reported the workings of the Kent
County Convention held at Harring-
ton last week.
The meeting of our W. c. T. U. held
at the home of Mrs. Mary Casson last
week is spoken of as the most spirited
and most largely attended for months.
Miss May Hardcastle, their delegate
to the State Convention held at Lewes
added much interest by her fine re-
port of its proceedings.
The Ushers Union of Cheswold
Church has as collectors for Novem-
ber, Messrs. George G. Anderson and
Bice Kemp; morning ushers, Messrs.
Clifford Anderson and W. Denney
Moore; evening ushers, Messrs. Rob
ert J. Johnston and Edward j. Boggs.
The improvements to the Garrison
Mills by adding complete system of
up-to-date machinery is completed and
Mr.. Q. B. Massey, the genial pro-
prietor, is happy over the results so
far and his fine business prospects.
PersOnaI.-Mr. and Mrs. Charles
McCOnaghy of Jersey City, also Mr..
and Mrs. William Tunis of Clayton,
we're guests of Mr.. and Mrs. W. A.
Carey last week.-Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Hardcastle are visiting friends in
Philadelphia Mr.. and Mrs. George
W. McNamee, Mr.. and Mrs. James A.
Pearson, Mrs. James Pearson, Ches-
ter, Pa, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. W.
7. Sapp, near Cheswold. Mr.. Harry
Stout, of East Orange, N. j., former
ly of Cheswold, is visitor among old
friends.