Smyrna times., 1932-09-07


their way TO school The play day
that seemed shorter than anticipat
, ed had ended, and now it was tn
teacher, the book, and the lesso
that was before them. We canno
say that they locker so much bet
ter, for the long days of play ha
been given to muscle rather thai
flesh developing, but the teacher
looked a heap better, the lines o
car almost obliterated. OF course
there was a happy greeting, a.
there always is between friend
long separated. A number wht
were not present at the examina
tion at the close of the former ses
sion, or new scholars had to ap
pear first, before Prof. L. Irving
Handy, the principal, to be exam.
ined and pleasantly assigned as is
wont, to their appropriate depart.
ments. The working demand OF
the season will keep some away q
week or two who are otherwise
regular
THE PICKLING ESTABLISH
ment-The picking establishment
of Messrs. J. B. Evans & Co., is
assuming veritable shape and pro-
portions. The cucumbers began to
come in three weeks ago, with in
creasing quantities daily since, the
number of baskets received yester-
day amounting to 23O, making 80
barrels. The previous amount put
in process was 95 barrels. They re-
ceived last week their second in
voice of salt for use in the prepara-
tion $50 bushels. They include in
their manufacture, other products
beside the cucumber-the gerkin,
onion, beans, caulifiower, etc. The
handling, asserting and picking
now requires the constant employ
ment of three men and will require
the services of others as the season
advances, the time in preparing for
market requires several months.
They have had planted by the
farmers in the vicinity 25 acres, the
largest lot by any one being two
acres John Isaacs has furnished
them already 125 baskets picked
from ten feet less than one-quarter
Of an acre, an average for August
of 500 baskets per acre. This new
industry we are pleased to see
starts out with every prospect Of
success.
AT CLAYTON These are busy
days at our shipping station and
have been for month past, more
peaches being put on the Delaware
railroad at this place than any
other on its whole line. In fact ii
may be termed a railroad center,
the Delaware & Chesapeake Kent
County, Md and the Smyrna
branch roads connecting with the
trunk line at this place AS pas
sengers from all have to change
cars, train time, especially between
ten and eleven o'clock is an occa-
sion of considerable hustle. But
the interest at Clayton just now il
ln the fruit shipments. This il es-
pecially SO in the afternoon from
three to five o'clock. The cars are
being loaded throughout the day,
but the great rush is the last hour
pr SO before the time for the NOV
ing of the train when the heavily
adened wagons come in BY the
1ozen with fruit for Boston, New
York, and Philadelphia to be plac-
ed in cars engaged by Col H. Q. /
Douglass or William George Hill. Y
Between twenty and thirty are
oaded every day. There are u.s.
lally five and six engines here at
his time Of the day, with their
rains The first to pass is the ex-
press train, which goes laundering
1y and one train after another fol
ows until the last is gone. The
weary shippers and their employ
,es welcome the close Of the day to
est up for the duties Of the next.
The peach season taxes the endur-
.nce Of the railroad officers no less
han the shippers and the growers.
Perhaps as remarkable a thing
connected with the peach traffic at
Clayton where there is SO much
'assing and shifting of cars and so
many teams of horses and mules,
5 that not an accident from a
care or otherwise has occurred.
PERSONAL-Miss M. Anna Off
ey of Philadelphia, until the past
hree or four years a resident of
his town, has accepted a situation
S teacher in St. Johns College,
little Rock, Arkansas. While re-
her departure for so dis
ant a field, we congratulate her
nd the institution which she goes
o serve on the selection. Natural
Y endowed a teacher, with care +,
ulness of culture and quickness of /
pprehension, she has an enthus-
asm in her profession that read
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