Smyrna times., 1907-09-25

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H. G. Jones, was struck just above the
left eye by crane at Bakers cannery
Thursday, aud received a painful
wound.
Rev. John G. B. Hopkins, former
pastor, will have charge of the services
at Little Greek NJ. E. Church next
Sunday evening. Special music will
be furnished.
The 6-months-old baby of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert J. Bryne of Middletown,
died THURSDAY, after a brief illness
and was buried Friday. Mrs. Bryne,
the childs mother, is very i'll with
typhoid fever and has not been told of
the death of her baby.
William L. Hall, aged 80 years, was
killed on the railroad near Wilmington
Sunday. The remains were brought |
to Dover Wednesday aud inferred at |
Lakeside Cemetery. The deceased is
survived by a wife, who is a sister of
Mrs. William TomlinsOn, and four
children.
Mayor Gerber, City Engineer Board
and large party of municipal officials
of Reading, Pa stopped over at the
Delaware capital en- route to James
town by automobiles. They were
quartered at the Hotel Richardson.
| ha 1oIc Aala fO
the Jamestown convention of cities of
the third class.
The water and refuse which runs
into the Mispilion from the three can.
neries in Milford, has soured the water
until it is now a dull green, and the
fish of all kinds are dying by the thous-
and. This refuse from the canneries
is rich in phosphate materials and it is
a wilful waste for it to run into the
} river; this aside from the fact that it is
destroying the food fish of this stream.
DIR. R. T. Corley, of Dover, has con-
an unusually rare and valuable curios-
ity. It is the foot of an Egyptian
mummy and is undo ubtedly hundreds
of years old. 1t is perfectly embalmed
and shows the wrinkles and grain of
, the skin, also perfect toe nails, aud
weighs only six ounces. This valuable
relic was secured by Dr. Corley's
9 brother, Amos Corley, while travelling
! in Egypt.
r Senator Harry A. Richardson, ac-
r companied by Mrs. Richardson. re-
s turned to his Dover home Thursday
r night from his summer stay at Fronte-
# nae, the Thousand Islands. Senator
n Richardson Is as brown and hardy as
an athlete after his summer outing,
and impressed all the neighbors as
: being a man in possession of full
e health and strength and fully recov
i cred from an indisposition of yeal
3 or more ago.
= Delaware and Maryland Friday sent
.t representative delegations to James
town where the American Pomologica
Society and the Congress of Horticul.
ture will hold their conventions AM
for which regular delegates have beel
ly chosen. Charles Barker, of Milford
lg and F. E. Matthews of Pocomoke Cit,
re are the delegates appointed by tn
ID president to represent the thrivin
ne Peninsula Horticultural Society, who's
tn members are now furnishing fruits an
s, products to the entire world. Th
be conventions will begin on Monday
be and on Tuesday the Maryland Stat
p Horticultural Society will hold tw
elaborate conferences upon fruit grow
!. ing. President S. Harrington Mes
nc sick, of the Delaware State Board {
i.0 Agriculture, will also attend as repre-
Al sentative of the State of Delaware di
On rect.
he The glat caused by the overproduC
Il, tion of tomatoes came on last Wedne
;s day after all the factories in Delawar
=, had worked until midnight to haudl
the great purveyors' loads of the pre-
duct that stood in line for solid block
es of streets around their factories. Th
of choice of five cents per basket on th
G. spot, baskets returned, or eight cent
pie per basket, shipped to BaItimor
his freight to be paid and baskets held |
all consignee, we're the best offers tn
lge could be given. The Milford factori
ere of Daniel Hirsch, the Torsch Packir
the Company, and Draper and Hirsc
were completely choked by 8 o'cloC
- Wednesday morning. There was
- - great rush of wagons for the Pennsy
-, -, vania freight sidings when 1t W
known that the tomatoes would
A., taken for Baltimore account at 8 cen
~. per basket, baskets and all. To libt
80 ate their wagons and teams this pri
- was quickly taken, although it do