Smyrna times., 1932-08-31
DOINGS SO YEARS
AGO IN SMYRNA
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4 showers, however, did not dampen
the order of the pickers to any
\ great extent, for Is car loads were
shipped from our station. One man
alone estimated his peaches lost at
1000 baskets. A few ceased pick
ing entirely for two days for the
market to right up again. The
bottom fell out as it is termed, the
middle of last week by the exces-
sive quantity sent in, and some
think the season will be practical
ly over before high prices rule
again. The trees are yielding about
one quarter more than estimated,
and are fuller, some say, than in
rs. 1. N. Mills, superintendent of
the railroad, estimates that 20 car
loads are daily used in evaporating
and canning. Baskets have been
again advanced and are now selling
at II cents. The basket makers
wages it is supposed, will advance
also, to keep tn thing uniform. The
peaches are acting so irregularly
in ripening as to be a source of
perplexity and loss more than or
dinary. The varieties are contin-
ually crossing instead of succeed
ing each other as expected. This
is attributed to the damaged con-
dition of the wood, and presages
early decay of the trees. The New
York Tribune of Sunday says never
before was the fruit SO plentiful
the city reveled in peaches and old
dealers say they seldom ever saw
anything like it before. The city
people like for the bottom to fall
out Of the market. In 1859 the
largest number of peach cars run
each day was IL. Now there are
16 peach trains each day of from
25 to 80 cars each. a. L. Hudson
has not been able to evaporate
peaches but little for want of help,
his immense peach crop in the
meantime claiming his attention.
He got a short supply of help from
the city. Charles Jones on Monday
picked in the orchard of Gideon
Speakman 10 baskets Of peaches,
I commencing at z o'clock in the
morning and stopping at $50 in
the evening, taking an hour at
noon. On the same day James
Collins, colored, picked on the farm
of B. F C. Rothwell, 100 baskets
of peaches in 8 hours picking from
off the ladder. Alex. G.. Cummins
is shipping the peaches from his
orchard in White Hall Neck by
barges attached to the Maid of
Kent. The old Nixon glut is over,
this variety being mainly now out
of the way. The cars are dropping
off from below and on the Della
ware & Chesapeake railway and
prices are likely to advance from
this day on. The largest variety
the "Susquehanna" are going in
today. John H. Hoffecker, John F.
Goldsborough and Joseph Lightcap
have perhaps the best colored.
They fill up basket about as fast
as Jenny Lind cantaloupes. The
number of cars loaded here on Sat
urday were "a, Monday Is, and
yesterday, 25. They will decline
from this time. The shipment over
the road yesterday was the heav-
lest of the season, 254 cars, MAX
ing up to this time, 3,1O7 cars.
PERSONAL - Medford II. Ca
hoon, Esq, son of William r. Ca
hoon of Dover, but who was clerk
ing several years when a boy in
this town, spent several days last
week with his wife and children
visiting friends here. Mr.. Cahoon
went West six years ago, studied
law with his brother Benson and
has since been employed as rev.
enue officer. He returned yester-
day to his home in Fredericktown,
Missouri.
Miss Elva Q. Carrow has gone
on a six weeks visit to Newark,
New Jersey.
Rev. Enoch Stubbs Con a visit to
his parents) took a run down to
Rehoboth but will return to-mor-
row and is expected to be at the
M. E. prayer meeting tomorrow
evening.
Mrs. Jesse 3. Anthony and
daughters, Alice and Jessie of Troy
N. Y; Mrs. e. B. Stevens and
daughters, Fannie and Jennie of
Wilmington; William Morris of
Chester, Pa, are guests of John
Anthony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morrison
of Detroit, Michigan, are guests of
/. S. Lapham.
Miss Anna Roberts of Middle
town, is visiting Samuel Roberts.