Smyrna times., 1930-07-16

afioat that the young ladies of the
town are getting up leap year
party for tomorrow evening at
Belmont Grove, and the staid old
bachelors and beardless youth are
lingering around the porch steps
hoping that the lightning may
strike them in the shape of an in
vitation.
Marriages. Thomas Wyatt
On the 4th inst. in Bethel Church,
Burrsville, by Rev. ]. M E,lderdice,
James w. Thomas and Miss Alice
Wyatt of Kenton
Bob" familiarly called Bob
Colt" a well known inhabitant of
our town succumbed to the heat
on Monday night unexpectedly af-
ter an evening of more than usual
romp and play. He belonged to
the "Spitz" family, and was lily
adapted to such tropical weather
He was laid away gently beneath
the boughs of the mimosa.
Rev. GIN. Waters lost his horse
one day last week from fit while
driving. E. Colt lost one of his
pair of draft horses about the
same time.
William FAIRIES has purchased of
William w. Tschudy a lot front
ing 5712 feet on South Street and
running through to Cummins St.,
160 feet for $500. Mr. FAIRIES pur-
poses erecting himself a dwelling
thereon the present season. (This
property is now the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. J. Frank Webb.)
The action on the Quarterly Con-
4 ference of the NJ E. Church, of
this town on the subject of Sab
bath Dissertation, is timely and to
the point, and we hope the COM
munity will see that its teachings
are not lost Nothing tends more
to reduce the standard of morals
than the habitual disregard of the
sanctity of the Lords Day.
The Board of Directors Of the
Fruit Growers National Bank
have declared a dividend of three
per cent, on the profits of the past
six months.
John 3. Cooper had new corn
grown from his own lot in market
on July 3rd and James H. Hall
new tomatoes on the same cay.
Canteloupes are coming in Will
mington from Sussex County
They retail at SIPS per basket.
Mr.. Cummin's Maryland berry
pickers returned home yesterday,
indicating that the berry crop is
about over.
The NJ E. Sunday School has
been quite successful in its late
financing, liquidating all its debts
and having about $40 in the treas
ury. 1t proposes to increase this
sum in the next few months with
view to purchasing a new lib
rary, an item of its needs that
should have special attention.
The Delaware NJ. E. Conference
will meet at Dover on Thursday,
July 22nd.
Yesterday the thermometer indi-
Gated 100 degrees, three degrees
higher than any preceding day.
In Dover, a town not character
lied by want of enterprise, the
stores are closed at o'clock every
evening except Saturday, and on
that evening at ten o'clock.
Personal Rev. William B. Cor
den and wife left this morning for
Ocean Beach, Nj; Colonel George
Fl. Raymond is summering at the
White Mountains; Wilson t. Cav
ender is at the Sulpher Springs,
Va; Miss Annie Doughten has
gone to spend a few days at Ches-
ter, Pa. Herman Roe is on visit
to Milford and Rehoboth.
Visitors.-The following are the
visitors for the past week. Miss
Carrie Elliason, of Midletown; Miss
Fannie Carrow, Charles Emerson,
Philadelphia Mrs. Owen G. Crow,
Mrs. S. A. Fowler, Miss Kate
Whalin, Professor James v. Rob-
erts, Miss Carrie Allen, Misses
Primrose, M. S. Richardson, Will
mington; Miss Kate Denney, Do
yer; Ada A. Delaney, Baltimore;
Miss L. Vandosen and Mrs. A.
Tobe, Picton, Canada; Miss Carrie
Irelan, Camden, N. j.; Miss Rena
Garrison, Bridgeton, N. j.; Miss
Maggie Smithers; Miss Mary Lop-
er, Millington; Miss Sallie Riddle,
Miss Pora Spencer, James c. Jen-
nison, Thomas ID. Frazier, New
Castle; Misses Ella and Ida Bogie,
Washington, d. c.; Walliam S.
Gelston, Brooklyn, N. Y
Rev. p. H. Rawlins wsls in town
this day week on his return from
Middleford, Sussex County, whith-
er he had gone to attend the fun
- l.;o aIIaet hrafIor