Smyrna times., 1930-07-23

Great Improvement in a Ha
struck by lightning and stacks to
the amount of about 600 bushels
of wheat destroyed. Fortunately
iE stacking his wheat it was ar
ranged with a space in the middle
to place the steam thresher, and
from this circumstance by hard
labor, the remaining half with the
farm buildings was saved.
A Farmers Suicide Jonathan
Carey, wealthy farmer, 60 years
of age, residing near Franlkford,
Sussex county, committed suicide
Sunday by jumping down the well
in his own yard. He was drowned
before he could be gotten out.
Temporary hereditary insanity
was the cause. He leaves a wife
and several children.
Theft.-On Thursday last DR..
Clifton changed his clothes 70 go
from home, neglecting to remove
some silver from his doffed pants
amounting tc five dollars. While
he was gone his hostler, Henry
Simmons, rifled his pockets and
bought with the money a watch
from jewelry store. On return
ing the Doctor charged him with
the theft which he acknowledged
giving up the watch promising to
redeem it, but decamped the next
day.
/ Cattle Dying-We are told by
j. Frank Truax that eight or ten
cattle in the past week or two
have died in the section of country
between Blackbird and Odessa.
They usually pass away in from
thirty-six to forty-eight hours af-
ter attack. 1t is thought to be
from the disease known as the
bloody murrain introduced it is
supposed by a drove of cattle from
Eastern Virginia.
Cattle in New Castle Hundred is
being affected by an insect desig-
mated as the Texas tick" which is
beginning to play sad havoc
among them. The insect not only
burrows in the hide of the animals
but penetrates their flesh, affecting
them to such an extent that death
soon ensues. Giles Lambson rec
emily lost three fine cattle by this
pest, and one of his neighbors lost
| five, while others are suffering in
the same respect.
The Delaware and Chesapeake
Railroad Company has been pay
ing the mail carrier to and from
the postoffice in Kenton, but upon
recent measurements the distance
from the station to the Office was
ascertained to be over a quarter
of mile, consequently the govern
ment will have to pay him.
On Saturday last the kitchen
roof of Mrs. Lydia Hazell's resi-
dence on Commerce Street was
discovered on fire near the CHM
ney, by a young man passing who
quietly but promptly got ladder
and with bucket or two or water
extinguished it.
A heavy storm passed over Ken
ton last Thursday but did very lit
tie damage. The lightning struck
the stack yard of Eben Burrows,
farmer living near Blanco, burn
ing about 500 bushels, and but for
the hard work of some neighbors
his whole crop of wheat about L.
200 bushels would have been de-
stroyed. The men had to use iIm-
brellas to keep the flames out of
their faces while fighting them, as
the saved stacks were but a few
feet from the ones burned. This
is quite a loss to Mr.. Burrows.
S. Walker, Kenton's lumber
dealer, shipped seven car loads of
wood from there last week. He is
talking a building a saw mill
which will be an advantage to
Kenton as it will be located near
by.
Camden Camp commences to-
day with about 125 tents. Few.
George Miller of Grace Church
Wilmington, will preach on Friday
morning. Among the expected
ministers are Bishop Bowman, D.
D., LID, Presiding Elders Todd,
Matlack, Martindale, Williams, and
Rev. ]. II. Caldwell, d. D., George
Phoebus, D. D., J. S. Willis, Terry,
Mowbray, Jones and others.
Camp Meeting on the Peninsula
will be held this season as follows:
Asbury (Md.) July 18th; Chester
Heights, July 18th; Camden, DEL,
July 21st; Oakland, July 23rd;
Woodlawn, August 10th; Brandy
wine Summit, August 10th; Wye,
August 4th.
A. Fl. Smith, clerk Of the steam
er, J. E. Tygert, has been disabled