Smyrna times., 1926-07-21
CLAYTON
Budget of News Gathered Here and
There of NeighborhOod Interest

Preston Poore while starting Forc
Albands car sprained his arm very
badly.
Mrs. Mumford and children, Louise
Billy and Jack, have been spending a
week at Snow Hill, Md.
William Graham has been visiting
in New Jersey.
Miss Helen Crozier Of Philadelphia
spent two weeks with her grandmoth-
er, Mrs. Collision.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Knots, Mrs
Meredith Horn and Mrs. .Rynear Mack
lin, took recent trip to Ocean City,
New Jersey.
Mrs. Anna Warner and son, George
and friend, Mr.. Moore of Philadelphia,
We're recent visitors to Clayton.
Mrs.Ned Wright and daughter have
been spending two weeks vacation
in Penns Grove and Newark, n. j.
William Keys of Philadelphia, Pa,
has returned home from three weeks
visit with his aunt in Philadelphia.
Miss Frances Leiphum of Philadel-
phia, has been spending few days
with her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilbur Clark.
Miss Gertrude Hudson Of Dagsboro,
Nd, is visiting Miss Hester Miller.
Mrs. Jerry Trippitt has returned to
Chester to visit her husband, who is
in the Chester hospital suffering from
blood poison.
Miss Hilda Clark has returned home
from visiting Philadelphia and Will
mington.
Mrs. John Sudler and children, Vir-
ginia, Kathryn and Denny, have re
turned home from Penns Grove and
Riverview Park, n. J.
Miss Charlotte Rust Of Camden, is
spending the summer with her aunt,
Mrs. Anna Hoffecker.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Johnston have
moved to Harrington.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Morgan and
daughter, Nora and Mr.. and Mrs.
Short have gone to Grafton, Va, to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Morgan.
Announcement has just been made
at the executive offices of the Del
Mar-Va Eastern Shore Association,
Salisbury, Nd, of adjustments in
freight rates obtained through the
traffic and transportation department
of the association, which apply to
every shipping point on the Del-Mar-
Va peninsula. While the adjustments
include a variety Of commodities and
bring about a saving which will run
from small figure up as high as $40
per car, the general list covering the
adjustments presents a clear idea as
to what has been accomplished during
the last few weeks along this line.
Rate adjustments obtained, from
Philadelphia to stations on the Del
Mar-Va Peninsula: asphalt (asphal-
tum) natural, bi-products or petrol
cum, reduction of three cents per hun
dred pound or twelve dollars per car
load; canned goods, Willoughby Md,
to Salisbury, Md, reduction of eight
cents per hundred pounds or S24.SO
per carload from Akron Falls, N. Y.
Cement common, hydraulic, natural or
Portland, reduction Of 1-2c to 8
1-2c per hundred pounds or $50 to $S4
per carload; to Pittsburgh, B. & o..
delivery, lumber and other forest
products ranging in reduction from
five to ten cents per hundred pounds
or from $40 to $40 per carload; from
Baltimore and vicinity fertilizer ma
terials, garbage, tankage and sulphate
of ammonia, reductions from six to
nine cents per one hundred pounds or
from S24 to $50 per carload; from
Philadelphia and vicinity petroleum
and petroleum products, a reduction
of z 1-2c per one hundred pounds or
$50 per carload. White potatoes in
barrels, loaded in refrigerator cars,
carload minimum weight $4,000 lbs,
from all points on the Peninsula to
practically all points in official CLASH
fication territory, reduction Of 1000
pounds under the $4,000 pound rate
published in official classification. This
reduction is a result Of handling by
the exchanges who will try out the re-
frigerator cars. Reduction on crush
ed oyster shells from Cambridge, Md,
of IL cents per hundred pounds, or
$500 per carload; from Philadel-
phia and vicinity asbestos shingles, a
reduction of two cents per hundred
pounds or $500 per carload, and in
addition to this through rates from
points in Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
North and South Carolina, Tennessee
and Virginia which rtsults in a reduc-
ton on all the articles moving under
class rates, ranging from p IL to
Sc IL cents per hundred pounds.