Smyrna times., 1907-05-22
CHESWOLD.
Wet Weather Retards Work of Farmers
Local happenings and Personal Mention.

Local Happenings and Personal Mention.
Special Correspondence to the Times ~ |
CHEswoLD, May 21:-Farmers are battling |
with SUGGESTIONS of rains as they never have
before they think. The older heads do not |
remember ever seeing such spring, very
few have planted all their corn and a great
many have not planted any
The foundation was laid off to-day for
$2500 residence at the east end of Main
street. The contract is said to have been
given by Miss Minnie Gray.
Mr.. Hiram Ross near Cheswold, lost a
valuable stallion known as Columbus
Wilkes" last Friday.
Cheswold Juniors crossed bats with the
High School boys of Clayton in fine game
of ball last Saturday. Here is what the
Cheswold boys wish us to say about the
game: In fast and exciting game of base
ball the Clayton High School defeated the
Cheswold Juniors by the score of to 3.
From the third inning it was a pitchers
battle between ElwOod Moore for Cheswold
and Houston for Clayton with hO1Ors about
even. The features of the game were the
fine work of Moore who struck out ten aud
Houston who struck out nine, and fine
catch in the field by H. Knots.
At meeting of committees for Duck
Greek and Kenton Hundreds last Saturday.
we learn it was arranged to hold Sunday
School Convention at Cheswold, June 18th
In the absence of Pastor McCann, who
was attending the Fourth General Confer
enee District Epworth League Convention,
being held in Philadelphia as delegate, Rev.
Alfred Smith, D. D., General Field Secre-
tary of the Anti-License League, preached
Sunday morning at Cheswo!d Church and
at Bethel in the afternoon. The congreg4-
tions were large and the collections reported
for both churches toward defraying ex-
penses in this Local Option campaign
reached $40. incidentally in Rev. Nc
Cann's trip he had the pleasure of taking
part in reunion services in a church of his
young days at Eddystone, Delaware County
Pennsylvania. The increased adult attend
ance in Cheswold Sunday School was
feature of Sundays Session. Some have
remarked, it really is more important for
any community that heads of families
should attend Sunday School than children.
Rev. W. G. Buckson taught the seventeen
attending the new class last Sunday, For
the whole school the attendance exceede d
that of any in many months.
The Junior Order of United American
Mechanics and Patriotic Order Sons of
America, of Cheswold, will both attend
Church service in bydy next Sunday morn
| ing.
The Ushers Union of Bethel Church will
hold their anual festival on Friday evening,
May oath, on the Church lawn between
Smyrna and Cheswold. If stormy it will
be held Saturday evening.
The Ushers Union of Bethel Church
make the announcement that they will hold
a festival on the lawn at the Church, Friday
evening, May "a tn. Should that evening
be stormy, the festival will be held the fol-
lowing evening.
Our W. G. 7. q. meets Thursday after.
noon of this week with Mrs Lizzie T.
Smith.
PERsoNAL:-Mrs. Sallie Henry and son
Burton, of Philadelphia, visited her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Carrow near Ches.
void last week.-Mrs.. Lewis Anderson at
tended the funeral of her uncle, DR.. EtgenC
Wiley in Philadelphia to-day. Jenni,
Hartrant, of Leipsic, was the guest of Mrs
Andrew Harper over Sunday.-W. H. Buell.
of Milford. was in town Monday w. S
Hardcastie returned Saturday from a two
weeks business trip in Pennsylvania Mr.
| and Mrs NJ n Nassot, ,-ieita6 friopds =,
Camden Sunday.-Mr. and Mrs. JohI
Davis, of Dittle Greek, visited their daugh
ter, Mrs. Harvey Anderson on Sunday
Miss Mary E. Perry is visiting friends il
Wilmington.-Mrs Elmer Outten anC
children, of Dover, visited Mr.. and Mrs
Edgar Boggs last week.-Dr. Alfred Smitl
was entertained Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs