Smyrna times., 1930-08-27
The Wasp Waist and the Pulled
Sleeves in the DayS of 1880

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| A courtship scene on the old-time
sofa, instead of the modern
"Petting Party" Automobile
We have no official notification
of the fact but what everybody
says must be true and we hereby
congratulate our old friend John
Truax and his young Baltimore
bride, whom he had the courage tC
thus early lead to the altar. Mr.
Truax became WidoWer about
the time he moved to Oxford, some
six months ago, and being no man
for fooling he was not for defer
ring an event, which from a prac-
teal stand point hadn't as well be
consummated at once. May he
ever enjoy the fragrance Of the
peach blossom.
Marriages CollinS-AndersOn -
On the 22nd instant at the NJ. E.
\ Parsonage by the Rev. T. H.
Haynes, Henry Collins and Miss
Alice Anderson all of Kent County,
Del.
Wesley Baynard, employed on
the Delaware and Chesapeake Rail
way, is building four new houses
at Oxford, Md, one for his own
occupancy and three to rent and
George T. Baynard, conductor on
the same road, is also building at
the same place a dwelling for him
self. These are both Smyrnians
and we are glad to see them thus
prospering.
Large Peach Grower-Mr. David
J. Cummins takes the lead this
season in peach shipments from
this section. The farm alone, con-
Quoted by his son, w. Polk Cum
Minis, has required a force of about
60 men including the teamsters
for wagons which make four
loads each or 80 loads each day,
the shipments for Monday and
Tuesday aggregating about 1000
baskets. These are forwarded by
his shipping agent at Clayton, Will
liam G. Hill, to Boston and New
York. The most of these sent
this week have been Crawford's es-
pecially popular in the north. The
farm above named will produce
about 10000 baskets and Mr. Cum
minis will ship from his several
farms this years some $4,000 bas-
kets.
The New York market has been
a disappointment this season. In
the great peach year Of rs as
high as 276 cars left our road on
a single day and yet prices did not
break" any sooner than it has
this year with 80 cars.
d. J. Cummins' peaches are re
narkable for their fine size as they
should be, the care and cost IN
trimming the trees the two prev
ious years being ten times that of
any other orchard.
The shipment of peaches from
Collins Beach on the Clyde have
been from 500 to 600 baskets daily
but yesterday the number ran up
to HOO.
The crop is nearly done for be-
low. The peach train gathered
only four cars below Brenford yes
terday.
Hardcastle and Jones bought
this morning the balance of the
peach crop of Thomas Middleton
for $1,000, estimated at 5000 bas-
kets.
One day last week we received a
basket of peaches with the COM
pliments of Moses Price. They
were of the Crawfords Late var
iety, the finest we have seen this
year, beautifully colored and de-
licious to the palate.
Thomas Kirby for Thursdays
sales in Boston, when the highest
price for any other lot was $1.50
per basket, received $3.50 each for
IS baskets, yellow peaches. They
were dressed off with crows foot,
but then the peaches were i'm
mense.
The Hoffecker Cannery has been
putting up about $500 cans daily,
and would have considerably ex-
ceeded this but for the scarcity of
pearing help.
Commencing with Monday, Both,
the steamers ]. E. Tygert and
Pierrepont will receive stock AS
the rush for peach shipments will
then be over, the steamers will