Smyrna times., 1903-08-12

year in advance.
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
In and About Town:
While operating a circular saw near
town the past week, Fred Tilghman
had two fingers severed from his right
hand.
The ladies of Blackiston church
will hold festival on the lawn adjoin-
ing the home of Mr.. Thomas Stevens,
near Blackiston cross roads, on Friday
and Saturday evenings of this week.
All are cordially invited.
The official board of Ewell's M. P.
Church have granted their pastor, Rev.
George McCready and his wife va
cation. The latter are sojourning at
Ocean Grove, N. j., and during his
absence the services at Ewel's Church
are being conducted by the Rev.
Chaphand.
To curtail a needless expense the
Pennsylvania Rallrood Company has
ordered that 5000 employees be laid off
a day in August and each month in
order to reduce the heavy pay roll
expense. 1t is claimed by the COM
pany that they are employing more
help than is actually needed and
sooner than dispense with their SER
vices, they have adopted the above
plan.
Ryan & Kelly, the railroad con-
tractors, will this week begin work on
the West Yard section of the elevated
railroad of Wilmington for the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company. 1t is
expected that trains will be running
over the temporary elevated road be-
fore the summer is over.
George A. Millington, proprietor of
the Capital Hotel, is making arrange
ments to have a race track built on
his farm near Dover, for the purpose
of trying out his string of borses,
some of which are very speedy. The
track will be one-half mile in length.
Mr.. Millington has secured Thomas
Ford of Marydel, Nd, to train his
horse and in the near future matinee
races will be held at the Millington
track.
David j. Hammond, who lives near
Dinah's Corner, owned a valuable
Xeung. horse and for the past year had
It KEEP . Thomas J. Williams, on the
"CummIns" farm. A few days ago in
driving it up from pasture Mr.. Will
liams noticed that something was the
matter with the horse. DR.. Ryan was
sert for and found that the horse had
been shot and that peritonitis had al
ready set in. In a short while the
horse died. II is supposed that some
gunners accidently shot the animal.
Thomas Watson, Jr., statiOner and
wall paper dealer of Milford, delivered
his keys to sheriff Melvin of, Kent
county, Thursday, and the latter
closed the store. The claim on which
the store was close amounted tc
S339.93, and was held by William H.
Gravemeyer, wall paper dealer Of
Philadelphia. Other claims entered
aggregate 81, 500.
A few peaches have been going tC
market from the lower part of thii
county the past week. The steamer
Mary U. Citizens has carried between
500 and 1000 baskets on each trip
most of them being loaded at Barker
Landing. Among those who will
have the heaviest crops in the county
are Messrs. Thomas A. and Nixon Nc
Ilvaine of near Magnolia. The former
expects to harvest about 1900 and tn,
latter about 1900 baskets. Those al
ready shipped by these gentlemen
have netted them from $1.2O to 81. 81
per basket.
Some white men and negro engaged
IN an alteration in front of the Bay
ard House at Dover early Sunda,
morning, as the result of which tn,
white men were fined $500 befor,
Magistrate Wood. Marian Baker anC
Robert Carly were standing near the
hotel when Ike Ingram, negro, VIII,
was drunk. made some insnltino re