Smyrna times., 1903-04-01
CHESWOLD.
New Town Charter Recently Passed Bv
Legislature Fails of Ratification by Two
Votes-Town Election Results.

Legislature Fails of Ratification by Two
Votes Town Election Results.
Special Correspondence to the lines
CHEswOLD, March 31.-With the bi,
rain OF Monday this locality is simply
Hooded. 1t will be some time befor,
farm work can be resumed. With rain,
coming weekly there has been bu
little plowing done except in small
way for truck. A peculiar feature Of
these last days of March is that the
landscape is dotted with plum orchards
IN full bloom and vegetation is ad-
vanced to the corn planting season.
and yet hardly furrow turned.
Our W. c. T. U. meets THURSDAY Y
afternoon of this week with Mrs. c..
BOggs.
RumOr has 1t that Mr.. Myers D.
CassOn, one of our estimable Young
men and Miss Vane of Dover are to
take the marriage vow Wednesday
evening of this week. The Young
couple will occupy Mrs. NJ. j. Smiths
property in the west end of Cheswold
The shaking up of the preachers
etfecting this locality has been the
theme since Conference adjourned
Rev. Robert Roe is transferred to Tai
bot and moves this week to his new
home at BoZman Mr.. and Mrs Roe
leave some very warm friends on this
charge. Mr.. Roe is considered a fine
Christian gentleman and his pulpit
work has been of the scholarly order.
Mrs. Roe also has entered into his
church work heartily and with ability.
and will be much missed as will also
James from the social circles. Rev
Arthur W. Goodhand, who is assigned
to this charge, comes as a stranger.
he and his family are expected this
week. The change of Rev. G. R.
Ellis OF kenton seems to be greatly re-
gretted on the west side of Cheswold
MIR. Ellis has made hosts of friends
He is succeeded by Rev. d. F. McFaul
Another change is that of the elder
ship IN which DR.. Corkran, so LONG
and intimately connected with ne
give way for Rev. w. G.
Rooms. Sunday was a good dav but
the churches were without a preacher
Sunday morning was filled in with
the Sunday School session which was
continued at length as an open dis.
cussion of Paul's great work establish
ing churches in Greece, Macedonia
and Ephesus, followed by testimonial
service. In the evening also the Ep-
worth League under the leadership of
Miss Georgia Arnold had numerous
papers treating of the exhortations and
mission work of Livingston, McKev |
and Cox.
New Town Charter Showed Under.-Our
little town has passed through an
aventful week. We have had battle
royal over few amendments put TO
our old town charter by the last
Legislature, which remained to be
Iegalized by ratification by our citi-
zens. This ratifcationn and the an
nual election for town commissioners
came only three days apart. One of
our citizens put it ''as two great bat
Ties IN which both sides were licked.'-
The vote for ratification came off last
tuesday when the new charter was
showed under by two votes, standing
for twenty against. The
side was iubilant of course.
and both sides at once began to set
up their fences for the annual town
election on Saturday. There was how
ever much good humor prevailing and
some amusing incidents and features.
One fellow ardently in favor of the
the new charter ventured a ride in the
country Tuesday afternoon but get
ting In a few minutes too late to vote
was quickly so informed and also told
this settles it." The story goes. he
there soliloquized ''thou art go near
and yet 80 far" while copious tears
streamed down his cheeks. Another
amusing feature grew out of the fact
that the old charter advocates were
singing in the streets that the new one
was without limit to taxation or that
it was within the power of the town.
II so disposed, to double the tax on the
one assessment, they not being aware
that this claim of the old charter was