Smyrna times., 1908-08-19

crowded than now. Every boarding
house and every cottage has all it
can hold and a continual cry goes
up for more hotels mad more accom-
modations for those who keep on
coming. Daily and nightly the
Boardwalk is crowded with merry
crowds of pleasure seekers enjoying
the salt sea breezes. At no time
during the day has the temperature
been unbearable, and the bathing
never was better, with Just enough
breeze to roll the billows up on the
beach where crowds daily disport in
the surf.
Harry FARRELL, of Kennedyville.
Kent County, Md, and his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Lillian FARRELL, of Roches
ter, N. Y, are dead, and several
other members of the FARRELL family
are in a critical condition from the
effects of eating toadstools picked
by mistake for mushrooms. Mr.
FARRELL, and several members of his
family went North several weeks
ago on a camping trip. While walk
ing IN Durant Park, Rochester, last
Sunday afternoon the Jarrells found
a large number of fungi, which they
believed to be mushrooms, and
picked some, took them home and
coopked them. At supper all
partoOk of the dish. That evening
Harry FARRELL was taken sick and
removed to a hospital. Despite the
efforts of physicians he died Thurs
day. Mr.. FARRELL, who was about 95
years of age went to Rochester the
latter part of last week to visit his
brother at Seabreeze, a resort on
Lake Ontario, a few miles from
Rochester. He was a prominent
citizen of Kent county and his death
was quite shock to the people of
that county.
Fredus P. Van Hekle, a we'll
known resident of Delaware CITY,
who disappeared on Monday, August
Sd, was found Tuesday in Newtown.
Pa. 1t is understood that he could
not tell how he got to Newtown and
in fact does not remember much of
what has happened since he
disappeared from the home of his
brother, in Philadelphia, nearly two
weeks ago. Mr.. Van Hekle went to
Philadelphia to visit his brother on
August 1st, and after being there a
short time he left saying that he
was going to store to get package
he had left there. That was the last
seen of him by anyone who knew
him until Tuesday, when his brother
went to Newtown and took him back
to Philadelphia. He will probably
return to his home in Delaware Citv
IN few days. The police had been
notified and were on the hunt for
him. 1t is thought that Mr.. Van
Hekle wandered off while temporarily
deranged and got lost. Some wears
ago it is said that he was stunned
by lightning and ever since had
suffered with headaches.
The price of corn on the floor of
the Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday, reached 81 cents-the
highest reached since the country
recovered from Civil War prices.
The high price is due to a tremendous
shortening of the visible supply bv
damage. The entire undamaged
supply is only a little over one
fourth of the supply at this time last
year. No corn at all is available
at this time for export, as more
than can be obtained is needed for
local consumption. The total stock |
in Baltimore elevators Wednesday |
was 81, 167 bushels. The supplv |
of corn is short all over the country,
and the demand will not be satisfied |
until the marketing of the new crop.
This will be a humber, however,
amounting to 2, 700, 900, 900 bushels.
1t is not expected by grain men,
though, that the price will come
down much below 80 cents. even
when the new crop is on the market,
for the first part harvested will be
gobbled up at practically the high |
price now prevailing, and so much
will be needed for immediate use that
the largeness of the crop will not
have the usual result.
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