Smyrna times., 1932-09-28

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of that day that should be interesting
to the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more Gag
erly sought and read-Editor.1
Biggs, Clayton & Company Of
Middletown have packed 10000
cans of peaches this season.
Sampel a. Macallister has been
appointed supervisor Of elections
for the district Of Delaware, vice
Joshua S. Valent deceased.
Jacob Prettyman has sold his
farm of $50 acres of arabic land
two and a half miles from Freder-
lea to Frederick Hopkins, for SILL
600.
John Pilling of Newark, has been
chosen chairman of the New Castle
county Republican Committee in
place of George w. Stone who re
signed.
At the Republican meeting held
in this town on Saturday last, JON
athan B. Evans was nominated for
Inspector and William G. Truax
for Assessor.
George w. & S. Taylor of this
town have just received a carload
of steel which they propose to con-
vert into cultivator teeth for their
next years trade at once.
The two cannig factories of Mil
ford are working in tomatoes, and
are putting up 600 tons per day
and employ 400 hands composed of
men, women, and children.
The directors of the Breakwater
& Frankford railroad have elected
N. L. McCreedy as president of the
road to succeed Charles c. Stock
ley, resigned, and Elisha Cannon as
director.
Captain j. H. Evans Of Church
Hill, Queen Anne's County, died
last week. He began poor, as a
builder in Centreville, and amassed
a fortune Of 100000. He was
once Judge Of the Orphans Court
of Queen Anne's county.
John Truax, who left there two
years ago and went to Oxford, Md,
to engage in the oyster packing
business and the manufacture Of
bricks, died on Saturday last af-
ter short illness Of pneumonia
He was brought to this town on
Monday for interment in Bethel M
z. cemetery near Moorton.
James Lurty, a youth employed
at the cannery of John H. Hoffeck-
er, met with a severe accident on
Friday last, by being struck in the
head with hosting crane while
loaded His forehead was cut tC
the bone, and the attending ply
sician thinks that there is a slight
fracture Of the skull, but it is not
dangerous.
Brown. Hanson & Company Of
Wyoming, have the largest fruit
evaporator in the world, the ca.
pacity of which is from 1900 tC
1000 baskets Of fruit per day. They
expect to pack so tons of evapor-
ated peaches this season and will
probably do so; but we hear of &
few evaporators and Gamers, who
in speaking of their seasons prod.
ucts, lie as easily and gracefully
as fishermen.
We are often called upon tt
chronicle the death of elderly pers
ons, but seldom that of one in the
early morning of life as that O
Miss Mollie Pratt, who died OF
Wednesday afternoon last, after {
rapid decline. BY her brightnes.
and cheerfulness of manner sht
had endeared herself to her friends
who will not cease to miss tn
sunny disposition and bright fac,
as it came in and out among them
The following persons have beel
elected by the Women's Christian
Temperance Union of Smyrna {
attend the Annual State Conven
tion to be held in Dover, the sc
4th, of October: Delegates-Mrs
Swinney, Mrs. T.. r. Rigg, Mrs. F
r. Hough, Mrs. Frank Wells, Mis-
Allie Smith. Alternates- Miss Su
Colt, Miss Bett Smithers, Mrs. N
III. Carter, Mrs. M. ]. Bewley, Mr.
Sallie Baggs.
The evaporators in this sectio
have SO far as we can learn, a
closed for the season and are no
busy packing their product fl
shipment. One Of our firms hs
had about 900 pounds to mould,
does not however, expect this to |
a total loss. Our canning facol
will finish on peaches today ar
will then turn its attention to Il
matoes, corn and apples. o.
farmers having either Of the
products to sell have mark
here at home.