Smyrna times., 1903-07-01
CHESWOLD.
Blackberries and Raspberries Moving Off
Lively - School Election Passed off
Quietly-Local and Personal.
Special Correspondence to the Times.

Quietly-Local and Personal.
Special Correspondence to the Times.
CHEswOLD, June 29.-Owing to the
prevailing easterly and sOutherly winds
with moist weather and frequent
showers, farmers had hard experience
last week harvesting their wheat. 1t
is all in the shock now, however, but
there is much hay past the ripe stage
that is still standing because of the
threatening weather.
Our school election came off last
Saturday with few in attendance and
without any exciting issue. James
Brown was elected clerk without a
dissenting voice. He thus starts upon
the eighth consecutive year as the
trusted treasurer of our school fund,
besides sharing in an official capacity
in all matters pertaining to it.
The grading for a second track by
the railroad is being pushed along
here and little north of us. This and
the frequent booming of heavy freight
trains by our doors excites some in
terest in railroad matters, but this is
as far as it gets, for nobody knows.
The Sunday freight business is very
heavy. One of our citizens counted
more than 300 loaded cars going north
alone Sunday week and he does not
know how many passed through he
did not see. Massive new locomotives
are continually passing for California
aud southern railroad centres. These
things summed up make some people
believe this is destined to he a great
trunk line.
With other improvements to his
front G. W. Hazel has put up "Man-
love" automatic gate of the latest pat
tern which opens for and closes after
any vehicle passes through.
At the first Quarterly meeting held
for Cheswold and Bethel last Saturday
the new presiding elder W. G. Koons
met the respective officials the first
time and on the part of the church
people it was a most pleasant one. Rev.
Koons with a sweet spirit and sincerity
it is said puts the work on the ''co-
operative phase" and every official is
made to feel he has his part in it.
Under threatening skies Cheswold
Church had a large congregation tc
hear DIR. Koons. A Lovefeast service
commenced at $50 in charge of DR..
Koons assisted by Pastor Goodhand,
1t being the bi-centennial of the birth
cf John Wesley, the founder of Meth
odism, much of the old Wesleyan fire
and fervor was enthused. At 1876
DIR. Koons preached and pleased
every one as he dwelled upon John
Wesley and his mission. He went
deep into ecclesiastical history and itt
reformation leading up to Wesley s
time and the reform he waged preach.
ing the witness of the spirit with such
signal success claiming a following O.
thirty-seven millions to-day.
The Junior League, in charge O
their superintendent Miss Lulu Boggi
will occupy the usual Epworth League
devotion hour 200 to 500 p. m. mex
Sunday evening.
Our temperance people are not liv.
ing quiet. Mrs. Emma Caulk, presi
dent of the Delaware State W. @. T
u, will address a public meetinJ
Wednesday evening of this week. Sh,
will meet our local Union in parlol
meeting at the parsonage at 90 p. m
also. Our temperance alliance, pre-
viously organized, meets also tn
first Tuesday evening of each month
Mrs. W. s. Cantwell, Mrs. Goodhant
and Mrs. Boggs have been appolntet
solicitors.
The Ushers Union of CheswolC
Church has appointed for July: Col
lectors, Messrs. Ralph Savin an,
Brice Kemp; morning ushers, Messrs
Edgar j. Boggs and Clifford Ander
son; evening ushers, Messrs. Brady
Shahan and Paul Emerson.
PersOnsI,-Mr. Fred E. Emerson
whom it will be remembered lost on,
, of his limbs railroading, has recover
: ed sufficiently to get abouton crutche
: and has been among home scenes an
) his many friends the past week. Mrs
Emma Meredith of Clayton was tn
} guest Of Miss Lille Bishop over Sun
day.-Miss Lille Bishop is visiting
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