Smyrna times., 1935-08-15

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passed through town this morning
on their way to Woodland Beach.
Joseph B. Benson, of Bombay
Hook, has a sun flower that mea-
sures eleven inches across its disc.
The last novelty in a commercial
way was a wagon-load of wooden
butter bowls in town on Monday.
The Smyrna Home School will
open on the first Monday of Sep
tember, being the 7th, for the Fall
term.
A little son of James Alfree near
Townsend, stuck a thorn in his
foot from which he died on Friday
of lock jaw.
The residence of Mrs. Lydia
HAZEL has been repainted, topped
with a new tin roof, and the pave
ment is to be relaid.
Jim" Thorn, colored, and Mary
Polk, colored, both well-known 10
cal characters, died last week. Jim
was Al and Mary was Sc.
DeVoe, the Hackensack weather
prophet, predicted before the close
of the hot spell that August would
be a wet month with one warm
spell.
The change for the better for
corn between June and August is
like that of wheat from April to
June-a wonderful disappointment
to the croakers.
S. P. Truax is quite expressive
over the saving last week of a
valuable horse from lock jaw by
DR.. John M. Boyd, V. S. He feels
it clear saving of $500.
Joseph Robinson has sold out his
tobacco store and pool room, op-
posite the Delaware House, to a
man from Chestertown, Md. Mr..
Robinson intends to leave.
Some of our farmers who have
been way down in their estimates
of baskets are beginning to mark
up some as the fruit develops on
the trees under favorable weather.
The katy-dids made their ap-
pearance a week ago. An old say
ing is that frost follows forty-four
days after. If so, this will bring
it about the middle of September.
Thomas L. Carrow is having the
property at the corner of Main and
South streets, occupied by Mrs.
H r. Carrow and James Dough
ten, greatly improved by new
psvements.
Grapes are ready for marketing.
Capt Scout and son, jeff, expect
to make shipments today, and to-
morrow. James w. and Levi E.
Anthony expect their first picking
this week. The two first varieties
to gather are the Champion and
Moore's Early.
Rev. Herman Roe and Rev. John
France will fill the NJ. E. pulpit
next Suday, the former at the
morning service and the latter at
evening. The pastor, Rev. j. B.
Quigg, is on visit to the Joanna
Heights Camp. near Reading, Pa,
where his son, Rev. Howard T.
Quigg, is tenting.
]. Frank Wilds, Register of Wills
for Kent county, admitted to pro-
bate the last will and testament of
John H. Cathcart, late Of Smyrna
and granted letters to Caroline
Cathcart. the executrix. He also
granted letters upon the estate OF
Mary Shahan, late of Kenton Hun
dred, to Jacob B. Shahan
John H. Bewley, Smyrna's new
postmaster, took hold ON Saturday
From one to five o'clock in the af.
ternoon (when there is usually
more mail called for than any time
in the week. the Office was closed
in compliance with an order from
Washington, that being the time o.
the funeral obsequuies of Genera
Grant.
Much sympathy is felt for Mr.
and Mrs. William J. Carrow, in tht
loss of their infant son which diet
on Monday night. 1t had been il
for two weeks at their home il
Hoboken, N. j., of Cholera Infant
um. and they came to the countr,
at the direction of their physician
hoping, but not realizing a bene
fetal result.
For the benefit of the grea
number of persons in this tow
and vicinity who are now sufferin,
with bone felons, we give the fol
lowing: Take juicy lemon. and il
one end cut hole sufficient,
large to admit the insertion of tn
diseased finger in the lemon, bin
it up and let stay until the pai
has ceased, which will usually b
in about twentv-folIr hours