Smyrna times., 1933-06-14

Stone masons to day started
work on the New Presbyterian
Church.
The market price for wheat i.
S1.15, corn, 85 cents; butter, II tx
Is cents; eggs, 18 cents; Spring
chickens, Is cents per pound.
Asbury M. E. Church is being re.
painted on the outside and some
needed work for the inside has
been done by the Mite Society.
John c. Stockly shipped on Mon
day morning 25 crates of strawber-
ries holding so pints picked from
three-fifth of an acre of ground.
William Alfree a highly respect
ed farmer residing near Prices
Corner, Blackbird Hundred, died
last week. His funeral was large
ly attended.
Robert J. Cooke one of our car
penters had his hand so badly hurt
while at work at the National
Bank last week that he will have
to lay off for couple of weeks.
The Bingham House, at Clayton,
w. w. Whitlock, proprietor, is hav-
ing an addition erected to it, 18 by
"a feet, two stories. 1t will take
the place of the present confection-
cry room.
]. E. Tygert & Company are
erecting large store house on the
river front just below Philadelphia
for the purpose of receiving and
storing foreign cargoes of Plaster
Rock, Potash, etc.
John Cameron, sexton of the M.
E. Church, was given surprise
pound party" by ladies of the
Mite Society on Saturday evening
the packages, mostly substantials
that can be slowed away for fu-
ture use, numbering over seventy.
Curbstone seems to be a scarce
commodity with our dealers. The
Town Commissioners after waiting
nearly year to mend the pave
ment on the South Street side OF
the Town Hall, have been compel
ed to use a wood curb for want
of it.
Aaron Reynolds on the farm OF
Daniel Corbit on the road from
Odessa to Taylor's Bridge, has 80
acre field of corn that is thought
can tip any field of corn in Apo
quinimink Hundred, and that OF
John Mccoy of Blackbird it is said
comes next for New Castle County
William ]. Campbell, the pro-
prietor of Collins Beach Hotel, has
contracted with Robert r. Morri-
son to build a bridge across the
washout for $500 cash in advance
the work to be completed by the
opening day, 28th instant. The
"horse shoe" stopping is sui ar
open question.
The M. E. Sunday School picnic
alluded to last week, will go tC
Woodland Beach on Tuesday next
10th instant. The 10th was choser
instead of he goth because a large
excursion will be there on that day
from Wilmington. The School di
rectors have ordered vacation Of
the schools for that day.
John H. Hoffecker at his can
ming factory has dispensed will
the use Of charcoal and substituted
gas instead for use in the manu-
facture of cans and the packing o
the same. He has also put in th'
Klump floating pot which solder
On the outside instead of the in
side, thus meeting a great objec
ton to canned goods as packed il
inside soldered cans.
Ferree & Brothers, who have tn
contract for our public schoo
building had engaged John DuBoi
Of Havre de Grace, Md, who's
large mill was burned on Monda.
evening to manufacture their mil
work. They will suffer only by de
lay. 1t was a very large fire tn
smoke Of which was seen at thi
place and at Townsend. The los
was estimated at 100000.
AN OLD COMA son of Georg
Cook, residing on the Tilghmal
Tract, Kenton Hundred, found las
week while at work in the cor
field a silver Spanish coin the siz
Of our twenty cent piece that bear
the stamp date 1909, thus making
it IT'S years old. The lettering
monogram, ETC., are distinct an
comparatively bright, and it mus
have been lost by some of the earl,
colonial settlers.
A FOUR LEGGED CHICKEN
Mrs. John p. Stats, residing ol
the farm of r.. II. Cummins ives
of Smyrna, among the many chick
ems she has had Matched was on
with four distinct lapz and feet