Smyrna times., 1924-07-30

The clerk of the Maryland division |
of the Pennsylvania Railroad are
holding convention at the Belhaven
this week.
The many friends of Miss Mary
Skinner are so sorry to hear of her
having to resign her position as stem
Ographer at Secretary of States office
Dover, owing to her health.
Miss Castillo Walton of Roebling,
N. j., who has been spending some
time with her aunt, Mrs. William
ShOckley at Fieldsboro, returned home
Saturday.
There will be a celebration of the
Holy Communion in Trinity Church
on Sunday morning next at half past
seven. Further services for August
will be announced later.
Mrs. John H. o. Walton and sons
George and Rhesa of Delaney, accom-
panied the Smiths to Riverside where
they spent the weekend with her sis
ter, Mrs. Henry Darrell and family.
The trip was a delight to all.
The Ladies Air of Blackiston
Church will hold Lawn Fete and
Festival at Hazell's School House
Wednesday evening, August 6. If
stormy, following evening. Come out
and help us.-adv.
Carelessness with cigars, cigarettes
pipe ashes, and matches was the cause
of S62 forest fires within the boundar-
les of national forest during 1928, ac-
cording to figures recently compiled
by the Forest Service United States
Department of Agriculture.
The huckleberry crop is now COM
ing on and promises to be the largest
one noted in this section for years
Over 80 crates of the berries were
shipped from Colt Station last weel
and hucksters are selling the berrie
at Is cents per quart. Pickers ar,
averaging S4.OO per day, and autoist
from the cities are buying the berrie
in considerable quantities when offer
ed in the roadside markets.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Smit
and son Ivan o., were delightfully."- el
tertained over the weekend by NJ
and Mrs. William H. Walton of Blu
lington, N. j., at ''The jays, on Sc;
side Heights, where the Walton's al
spending sometime on the shore ne;
the ocean. The bathing is fine al
the beauty of the water at sunrise
beyond description. The drive on t
bridge over Barnagat Bay is thr
miles and is one Of the beauties
the trip.
The best yield of wheat over
Kent county, Nd, thus far is that
Harry Cacy on his farm near Lyn'
who got an average yield Of % bus
els per acre. 1t has been estimat
that the rise in the price of wht
will enrich the farmers of Kent col
ty this year to the extent Of S162,O
Last year the price received was fr
IS to 80 cents a bushel, while t
year the farmers are getting fir
S1.16 to S1.20.
Traffic on the Delaware Division
the Pennsylvania Railroad was
layed for more than an hour on
urday afternoon following a wreck
the Division street crossing a quar-
of a mile north of the Dover stat
The wreck was caused to an eX
north-bound train, carrying eigf
five cars, from a broken fange.
south-bound track was cleared !
fciently at $40 o'clock to warn
passing Of trains on the south-bo
track. No one was injured. FO1
four of the freight cars which wer
the lead were taken to Clayton.
The Clayton Firemen's earn
came to a weeks close Saturday nj
with a record crowd and with an
thusiasm that showed no abaten
until near midnight wnen the a
mobile and other things were G
away The total gross rece
amounted to about $500. 1t
not be known what will be cleared