Smyrna times., 1935-07-04

TWO on our UOyS SdLuCiCu I'o
pond lilies at one pulling last week.
Much of the wheat on the State
road approaching Dover was cut
last week
George T. Jones, on Peter S. Col
lins' farm, down the Neck, has a
showing for good crop of peaches.
The scrub Smyrna nine will go to
Middletown on the Fourth to play
a game of base ball with the Mid
dletown nine.
Harry L. Collins left yesterday
for Rehoboth, where he will have
charge of the telegraphing at the
Douglass House.
The raspberry crop that would
otherwise have been of short dura-
tion, promises with the rain of
Sunday to be very fine.
The hay fields of George w.
Cummins and Theodore Mannon
are thought to take the lead of
those east of the town.
The whistle of the Bombay Hook
train gives the track thru Smyrna
to Woodland Beach a business air
it does not enjoy out of the heated
term.
The rain though good one and
of incalculable value to the crops,
was not sufficient for fallow plow-
ing, at least so a farmer found on
Monday morning.
The Sunday School of st. Peters
Episcopal Church will picnic at
Woodland Beach tomorrow. They
will board the train at 9 o'clock,
returning in the evening at 6.
Much of the wheat on stiff lands
will not do to harvest be fore the
last of this week or the first of
next. The cold waves have retard-
ed the ripening and given us a
July harvest.
The boys are lamenting that they
have to go to the mill pond or
somewhere on the outskirts on the
Fourth to fire off their shooting
crackers. There is not the same
limit on torpedoeS.
One of our citizens known for
making important discoveries has
found out way to keep fish from
smelling in warm weather. When
asked for the remedy his answer
simply is, "cut their noses off"
The gunners of this town and
vicinity are making arrangements
for a raid on woodcock that fire.
quent very low, wet grounds. The
law in relation to them-the period
of protection-ex expired last night.
1t is a rare thing that our farm
ers cannot take the Fourth of July
as holiday after harvest, fire.
quently with the wheat stacked,
but this year the patriotism of
many will find an expression in the
wheat field.
One of our citizens is bound on
certainty of having his ice cream
ON the 4th this year. He has had
a gallon engaged ever since the en-
niversary year ago when he fail
ed from being too tardy in putting
in his order.
It is expected that quite num-
ber of people-Good Templars and
others-will go to the grand tenn
perance picnic, on Saturday, in the
Camden campmeeting woods. The
round trip tickets from here will
be 55 cents.
The promotions in the different
departments of the school announc-
ed last week to take place at the
beginning of the September term,
have been more than usually ac-
quiesced in by the pupils as a sat
isfactory grading.
Peter S. Collins, who has been on
a visit to his son, John M. Collins,
near Red Lion, brought home with
him some specimens of the work
OF the cicada among the peach
limbs in depositing their eggs and
cutting the twigs.
DR.. f. M. Cloak, of this town
and William j. Ferris,of New Cas-
tie, both druggists, are engaged in
playing game of chess by posta
card. A move is thus transmitted
each day by mail, and it will prob
ably take a month to finish the
game.
DEATHS
Campbell-At Clayton, June 26
Emma p, wife of William j. Camp
bell, in her Both year.
McCoy-In this town, June %
Louis, infant son of Louis M. anc
Maggie Mccoy, aged 1 year
month and 5 days.
The garden of j. B. Cooper hao
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