Smyrna times., 1933-06-28

Neck, had his right hand severely
cut Monday by moving machine.
John Bedwell, one of the reliable
farmers of Thoroughfare Neck,
died on Saturday after a painful
illness and was buried yesterday.
Two of our Smyrna boys have
just made a record in making
peach baskets. Edward Start
made $50 and Walter Conner 325
in one day.
John B. Cooper is having cor
rugated metallic awning erected in
front of his store, the distance for
the north and west fronts cover
ing a space of rs or so feet.
A small tenant house on the
farm of Henry Truax below the
Big Oak in the occupancy of col
ored man, burned down on Sunday
in the absence Of the family.
The bridge across the washout
at Collins Beach was completed
on Saturday and the road and
premises are being made ready for
the opening on the 28th instant.
"A. P. Griffith, real estate broker,
has sold the timber contained on
n acres Of land, belonging to Will
liam Skaggs, near Townsend, to
Burleigh & Brother of n. Y. for
$1,000.
George T. Thompson near the
Big Oak has the finest field of corn
il il said, in this vicinity. Mrs.
Rebecca Williams near the Land
ing, has also a field Of very thrift
ty corn.
MARRIAGES. Green-Garman-
AT the Presbyterian parsonage,
Middletown, June 21st, by Rev. w.
Q. Alexander, Charles E. Green
and Miss Sallie J. Garman, both
Of near Clayton
Robert T.. Cummins has been ap-
pointed insurance agent for this
locality Of the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Company of New
Castle County in the place Of his
father, DR.. William Cummins,
lately deceased.
D. Harry Cramer, formerly Of
this town, who married Miss Anna
Mcdowell, and went west some
years ago, is proprietor Of cheese
box mandatory at Itasca, Ill, do
ing a fine business and running a
force of some seventy-five men.
On Thursday last Theodore
Lockerman's son, George, while
taking down pair Of bars on the
farm of John Heitschu let one fall
on his right arm with such force
as to break the bones of the fore
arm. DR.. Smith of Moorton, at
tended to the injuries in all the
above cases.
I'm our list Of business places in
our last issue we accidently pass
ed over the names Of Mrs. NJ. E.
Lord, Mrs. H. G. Spruance, Miss
M. E. Savin and Wilmer B. Smith,
all in our immediate vicinity. IF
they had been at longer range
they would not have been passed
by in the sweep of vision.
George Savin, living with his
brother, William near the Hoffeck-
er mill, who was riding one horse /.
and driving another, on Wednes-
day last, was kicked by the horse
he was driving on the left leg just
below the knee cutting cash
inches long necessitating eight
stitches by the doctor in dressing
it.
On Thursday of last week lit
tie son eight years old of jed
dediah Garrison living near Bren-
ford, in playing with a horse rake,
which his father was preparing
for use, caught his foot in it, sus-
tanning such injuries that DR..
Smith of Moorton (now Cheswol6 |
found if necessary to amputate
two of the toes.
Jay Gould's' round the world
yacht, "Atalanta," of which Frank
Pratt Of this town is an officer,
steamed down the Delaware on
Saturday and anchored for the
night opposite the residence of
John P. Collins. She was lighted
up with electric lights and present
ed from the shore a beautifully
appearance.
On Saturday, George w. Baker
of Dover, while adjusting a new
Osborne reaper he had sold to
George Paris at the white OaK'
farm, had his right hand caught
by the needle, severing the points
between the index and middle fing-
er and damaging the hand other
wise SO that one Of the other fng-
srs had to be amputated.
The family of Ioaenh Stevenson / ,