Smyrna times., 1906-08-08

Going South.-7.45, 11.2O A. NJ. AIS,
7.30P. NJ.
For Clayton and Oxford R. P. o. and
Clayton, Del, 7.45 A. M, and 800 p. NJ,
Townsend and Centreville r. P o. and
Clayton and Chestertown X, p. o. 6.55AM.
and 3,20 P. NJ.
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.
short Items OF General Interest Gathered
During the Week.
Crown and bridge work a speciality.
DR.. .Comegys, dentist, Smyrna, Del. =
Soft Coal for wheat threshing. Sam
uel j. Reynolds.
Notice-A rebate of 3 per cent will
be allowed on all County Taxes paid
in August. j. NJ. Reynolds, Collector.
For Sale-Cow Peas at S1.75 per
bushel; Crimson Glover Seed, S4. so per
bu.-J Joseph E. Holland, Milford, Del
A well established Business House
Delaware Corporation)-is desirous of
selling few shares of Preferred Stock
in each town throughout the State.
Guarantee to pay seven per cent annual
dividends, payable semi-annually.
Good reference. Address Preferred
Stock, Box No. 1873, Wilmington, Del.
Captain Jos. B. Benson of the Bonn
bay Hook Lighthouse, knows how to
grow tomatoes. The other day he
picked one from his vine weighing 81
punches and this morning he sent one
to the Times Office weighing 19t ounces.
All his tomatoes average a pound in
weight.
At the meeting of the Levy Court, on
August 21st, bids will be opened for
the construction of a gravel road on
what is generally known as the Sum
NIT road, extending from Mt. Pleasant
station on the Delaware railroad, to
Summit Bridge, over the Chesapeake
& Delaware Canal.
1t is astonishing to note, the large
amount of wheat that remains in the
fields unthreshed. 1t is a lamentable
fact that the first of August, time
that in years past has found the entire
wheat crop of the county garnered,
very nearly half the crop is still in the
fields. The entire month of July wa'
so rainy the threshers got behind with
their work and the farmers failed to
get their wheat stacked.
Delaware is expected to be well
represented at the reception to be
rendered William J. Bryan in New
York upon his return from Europe OF
August 80. About thirty members o.
the Democratic League will go to New
York and efforts are being made t.
have a special train and many othe
Democrats throughout the state will
probably take the trip.
John Edward Addicks was caller q
Congressional Republican headqua
ters in New York Friday, and toll
Chairman Sheyman that he would no
do anything that would lead to th
election of Democratic congressma
in Delaware. Mr.. Addicks had an
nounced himself congressional nomi
nee, but as his candidacy would hay
insured the election of Democrat, b
has decided to withdraw. Only on
Republican, therefore, will appear o
the Republican ticket for Congress
and his election is foregone concll
sion.
Judge James A. Pierce has sppointe
Messrs. AldY Clements, Eugene n
Bonwill and Edward W. Hepborn,
Kent county. and Messrs. Thomas
Cruikshank and Joseph Il. Steele,
Cecil county, Md, commission und
the partition proceedings instituted
the Circuit Court about two weeks a.
to value and divide the real estate
the late Andrew Woodall, consists
of fortyfve separate parcels, thirty
which are farms located in Kent al
Cecil counties, and which conts
about 5000 acres of land, the 9th
pieces or parcels being dwellings, a
other valuable pieces of real estate.
Railroad men are watching with
terest the progress of an electric st'
age battery passenger car, which stf
ted Sunday morning from the Ba
more and Ohio station, Philadelph
under its own power for run to Il
A. Erof tfpno raIlrC