Smyrna times., 1935-08-22

The M. E. Sunday school OF
Kenton will picnic at Woodland
Beach today.
The Salem MP. Church will hold
a picnic in a grove near Thomas
Corner on Saturday next.
James a. Collins of this town
has grown a sun flower that mea-
sures IL inches across its disc.
An excursion of colored people
went from here by rail on Sunday
to their camp near Chestertown.
The peach crop in this section it
is now said, will not average more
than tenth of that of last year.
The steamer John E. Tygert is
making four trips week now to
accommodate the peach shippers.
The school buildings are being
secured and cleaned, preparatory
to the opening Monday, September
1st.
Sheriff Robinson has appointed
Peter @. Robinson, of Dover, his
deputy in the place of John V.
Weldon, resigned.
One of our city cousins who has
plump arms. but has bitten all her
finger nails off, scratches mosquito
bites with her teeth.
Our farmer friends come into
town with smiling faces, the recent
copious rains having saved the
corn and potato crops.
Last Saturday butter sold for 20
cents per pound, the previous Sat
urday 80 cents. So much for the
copious showers of rain.
1t has just ben discovered that
the troublesome and despised mo-
squito is a health-bringiug visitant; !;
it relieves the human system of
much impure blood.
The matters of which our Dover
correspondent writes about the
water works, have been all gone
over by the Commissioners in their
Investigations.
On Monday night some bricks
were torn away from the cellar
window at the store of Mrs. John
Winford, but as no entrance was
made, they are at a loss to know
what was the purpose.
Watermelons, imported and
home production, were quite
abundant in town on Saturday, for
the first time, and one merchant
who had lot that did not recover
from the drought, sold them by the
basket.
Robert Y. Wallen, for several
years a school teacher in this vi
cinity, has united with r. Hopper
Smith, Of Crumpton, Nd, in the
purchase and running of the cigar
store and room opposite the Della
ware House.
MARRIAGES
-Watson-August 9Th, at
at the Protestant Episcopal Vicar
age, West Philadelphia, by the
Rev. ]. A. Childs, Robert Bickling,
of Wilmington, and Jane M. Wat
son, of Middletown.
So many Of our people have nev-
er been away from home at a time
before-on pleasure trips as dur
ing the present month. The cry of
hard-times hardly seems in place
unless these trips are deemped
paramount. on the score Of health.
Rev. I. d. Johnson is ministering
to the people of Appoquinimink
Circuit very successfully if the re-
ports from Thoroughfare Neck are
correct, that the regular services
at Friendship Church have been
better attended the past several
months than for years.
Revs. Herman Roe and John
France filled the pulpit at the M.
E. Church acceptably on Sunday
The pastor, Rev. j. 3. Quigg, who
has been visiting his son and at
tending the camp at Joanna
Heights, near Reading, Pa, is ex-
pected home next Sunday.
John Moffitt residing on DR.. T. J.
Lambdin's farm in Thoroughfare
Neck, brought to town on Satur-
day a basket of Early Rose pota-
toes that were very large and
handsome-two of them weighing
2 IL pounds. He raised 73 bas-
kets from 2 IL of planting.
The excursion to Cape May to-
day promises to be large one
Through the courtesy of B. r
Fleming, the manager of the road
a number of editors and their
wives who are SO situated as to be
able to join the excursion at Clay
ton, will compose part of the COM
pany.
A great many people of this
town and vicinity went to the