Smyrna times., 1933-05-31
SMYRNA DOINGS
OF so YEARS AGO
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relation to our development in both
town and country. Mr.. Riggs kiln
Of bricks of nearly 100000 which
he opened last week are burnt in
manner, a kiln that gave
him and his boss worker particular
satisfaction. His hands are at
work on another, at the rate Of ~
500 a day and will burn again ia
two or three weeks. He is selling
his first stock very fast Mr.. Bells
Tile Yard which we have frequent
ly alluded to, has perhaps never be
fore been buster than this spring.
The demand is everywhere and al
most daily large loads of them pass
through the town on the way to
the depot for shipment. They have
made and sold from this yard over
100000 of tiles. John Cosgriff
had just finished making the third
or fourth kiln for this season and
with his gang of eight or nine men
was setting them in the kiln for
burning. The clay Of these yards
are pronounced excellent for the
purposes intended.
TOWN OF KENTON THRIFTY
Our neighboring town, Kenton,
the metropolis of Kenton Hundred,
is as alive with thrift ard enter
prise according to its population as
any town in the county and in a
few years will doubtless be de-
manding the Incorporation respon-
sibilities and privileges which its
larger neighbors have possessed.
It's well stocked canning establish
ment which has furnished market
for the farm products at home
while at the same time it gave
labor to a large unproductive pop
ulation such as women and chill
dren, will start on the summer
campaign in a short time, com
mencing on peas. ]. NJ. Arthur,
the proprietor is manifesting to a
still greater degree than heretofore
his interest in local development by
erecting four new dwelling houses.
On the same street, Frank Green
well is erecting for himself a com
Portable dwelling and large
butchers shambles. John T. Poore
who owns the hotel occupied by G..
Davis Temple is having it greatly
improved by the painters brush,
and Mr.. Arthurs in addition to the
other buildings he is having erect
ed, is having an additional one for
his factory to pack cans and can
ned fruit in.
HEAVY LOSS BY FIRE JOS
eph r. jefferson, 1-2 miles from
town on the Brenford road met
with a very serious loss by fire
yesterday afternoon involving all
his out-buildings, last years crops
of wheat, corn, and several tons Of
hay, the loss amounting to from
81, 500 to $4,000. The barn was a
large building 80 by so feet, in
which was his wheat, 450 bushels,
about 700 bushels of corn and from
6 to 10 tons of hay. The fire oc-
Cured about the middle of the af-
ternoon. It originated from
spark from the steam thresher
which was being used in threshing
out two crops above named. 1t
caught in the roof of the barn and
was put out it was thought, but a
flying shingle carried by the high
wind ignited in another place and
was famed into a flame beyond
their management 1t was a dang
erous day for the use of steamer.
where all precautions are carefully
but the engine stood only
far enough from the barn for the
thresher to sit inside while the
wind blew the sparks from an en-
gine not carefully screened direct
ly to the barn. The thresher and
corn shelter belonging to Thomas
Attix were both burned, involving
a loss to him of $500. Mr.. Jeffer-
son had an insurance of $500 on his
barn which is probably vitiated'
both because he had no permit
from the Kent County Insurance
Company and because the engine
did not stand the requisite number
of yards, so, from the building
Mr.. jefferson is one of our young
and most industrious farmers, ana
much sympathy is felt for him IN
his sudden and heavy loss. HIS
crop of wheat which is now heap
of ashes, was sold and to be de-
livered today The loss of Mr.. Al
Tx who made an investiture OF al
his means in this engine ana
thresher last year is relatively as
heavy as that sustained by Mr..
jefferson and calls for an equal
amount of sympathy.
PERSONAL Mr.. and Mrs A.
Price Griffith took a carriage rae
to Philadelphia last week, the same
serving them a good pur-