Smyrna times., 1910-06-01
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Friends and Neighbors.
John G. Carson has purchased the
2O-acre Louis A. Levy farm, near
Dover, for Sc, $50.
If our Revolutionary sires had
taken as long to fire a cannon as some
of our present Congressman, this
country wouldn't be free yet.
Mrs. Thomas J. Stevenson fell at
her home on Bradford street, Dover,
a few days ago and came near break
ing her arm.
Superintendent of School E. J.
Hardesty, of Sussex County, will
make Georgetown his home, having
moved there last week.
The 43rd annual meeting of the
Sussex County Bible Society is held
in the M. E. Church at Milton on
Thursday, May 18th.
Rehoboth gunners are finding
plenty of yellow-legged snipe on
the flats and marshes of Rehoboth
Bay and large bags are being re-
ported.
Every peach tree with any SEM
blance of thriftyness is heavily loaded
with fruit, and the June drop will
commence in ten days; when that
is done it will be safe to estimate
on the size of the peach crop for 1910.
Camden camp meeting will begin
Friday, July 22nd, and close August
8th, in order to give three Sundays
of camp services. A meeting of the
managers will be held at the camp
grounds on Wednesday, June 1st.
Early Richmond cherries are
ripening fast, and they will be ready
to gather next week. This crop is
a profitable one where grown ex-
tensively, but fO- some reason the
farmers about this section nave
never gone into cherry growing on
large scale.
w. R. Huttenlock, of Milford,
has entered in the Ka-Noo-No stake,
1000, for 9-year-old trotters, at SYRIA
cuse, New York, Gayton's Best, by
Barry, dam Penn's Sister. Mr..
Huttenlock will also race this season
the very promising trotter, Gertrude
Dillon, by Sidney Dillon, dam Biscari.
Mrs. W. H. Russell, of Dover,
who has been greatly benefited by
treatment of the local anti tubercu-
losis dispensary has gone to the
Hope Farm, New Castle county,
where thirty patients are being
treated at the present time. June
fret four patients will be discharged
as cured.
Walter NJ Hurd, negro barber
of Centreville, has applied for let
4 ters patent on a trolley guard land
fender device. Should the patent
be granted him and the invention is
properl handled it will undoubtedly
not only win the inventor fame, but
will mean thousands of dollars to
him.
Rev. and Mrs. William H. Hut
chin, Of Middletown, will leave or
Wednesday next, June lst. for TiltOn,
New Hampshire. Mr.. Hutchins will
have charge of the Methodist Episco-
pal Church in that place during the
bsence of the Rev. E. s. Tasker,
tue pastor, on his vacation in Europe
during the months of June, July anC
August.
Dover is to have a safe and sane
Fourth of July this year. The
Century Club women have appointed
committees who are arranging al
attractive program which will TAXI
place at Fairview Park which il
situated on North State Street,
bordering on beautiful Silver Lake
All sorts of novel attractions ar
being arranged for and band con
cert will be given. Refreshment
will be on sale.
Miss R. Cleaver of St. Georges, VIII
reached another milestone on life
journey on May oath, was the re
cipient of a nice collection of card
from friends and relatives. One re
markable feature in Miss Cleaver'
life is, she has 43 nieces and nep
hews, 73 great nieces and nephew
and 80 great-great nieces and neI
hews, the oldest being within thre
years of her own age, and tn
youngest one week old.
Bids were opened Tuesday in tn