Smyrna times., 1933-05-24


by some means her dress was ig-
nited, the first knowledge she had
of danger being the fire that had
run up her back and caught to her
bonnet. The situation was alarm
ing, but instead of being overcome
with fright as is too often the case,
Mrs. Hall acted with great cool
ness. Gathering up carpet, she
wrapped herself up in it smother
ing the flames, and help which the
servant girl summoned soon had
the burning dress extinguished, and
Mrs. Hall thus escaped with only
slight injuries.
THE MASON'S BANQUET -
Harmony Lodge, No. IS, Ancient
Free and Accepted Masons of this
town have been going along so
quietly and staid-like that many
persons hardly were aware they
were living organism, but last
week, under an impulse of spring
or something, they opened out into
full-blown life in banquet that
was both an honor to themselves
and a credit to Mr.. efferson of the
Hotel Delaware who had the re-
sponsJible position of preparing the
menu. They were Joined by about
twenty members of Union Lodge of
Middletown and nearly the same
number from the Lodge at Dover,
who mingled together in that
brotherly manner characteristic of
the order. They were engaged at
Harmony Lodge until the appoint
ed hour, 1870 o'clock in raising a
member to the third degree and on
reaching the hotel found a number
not Masons, who had been invited
to partake of the banquet, the
whole number sitting down at the
tables being 81. At about twelve
o'clock the viands being through
with, B. V. Weldon, master of GER
emonies, announced that the Grand
Master of the State, John F.Sauls-
bury was present and that it would
be the pleasure of the Order to
have an address from him. Mr..
Salisbury gracefully complied in a
well written manuscript address
which he said had been prepared
since his arrival in town late in the
afternoon on the origin and char
acteristics of Free Masonry. Af-
ter he finished, W. Scott Way and
A. G. Cox of Middletown; B. Wat
son and @. j. Hall of Dover, and
DIR. w. T. Collins of this town, all
members Of the order, but the last
named, were called on for address
es. The half hour spent in speech
making was highly enjoyed. BY
one-o'clock the guests had mainly
departed for their homes, all seem
ingly having enjoyed the sociaIities
of the evening to the fullest ex-
tent. Harmony Lodge is soon, we
learn, to have an addition of five
new members.
THE PEACH BASKET CUES
TION-The meeting of commission
merchants and peach growers call
ed by a committee of members of
the Philadelphia Produce Exchange
was held in the room of the Ex-
change on Wednesday last at 2
o'clock and was numerously at
tended by the growers, commission
merchants and dealers. Henry
DOlier was called to preside and
explain the objects of the meeting
after which John ]. Mcdonald was
requested by the chairman to ex-
press the views entertained by the
commission merchants relative to
selling the basket with the peaches.
Other commission merchants also
expressed their views, when it was
discovered there was quite di-
versity of opinion among them
selves as to whether it was best to
sell the basket with the fruit or re-
turn it promptly to the grower
After the arguments of the mer-
chants had all been heard, COM
munications from the most exper-
fenced and intelligent peach grow
ers were then read, all of who were
decidedly opposed to selling their
baskets, one large grower, Dr. H.
Ridegly, asserting they had no
right to sell his baskets, that they
bore his initial mark, they were his
property and as commission mer-
chants they had no right to dispose
of them without authority from
him. Among the growers whose
names were signed to letters OPP
posing the proposition were: H. H.
Appleton, D: w. Corbit, T. F. Per-
ry, John @. Corbit, G. Watkins. and
]. M. Appleton. of Odessa, and DR..
H. Ridgely of Dover. After all the
communications had been read, r.
H. Cummins stated that the grow
ers present would like to hear the
views of the merchants before the
growers would present their side of
the question. AS there seemed to