Smyrna times., 1935-08-08

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tion.
Green corn for eating is late, but
is coming into market.
The State Teachers Association
will meet at Rehoboth, on Tuesday,
August 25th.
John E. Phillips has greatly i'm
proved his dwelling by new porch
and a broad pavement.
William Walker has erected a
new workroom at the back of his
store to facilitate his business.
The lot on North Street in the
tenure of James McCloskey has
been secured for the base ball
grounds.
The new walk in front of the Odd
Fellows Cemetery was badly wash
ed by the heavy rains of Monday,
and will have to be repaired
James C. Farson has moved the
evaporator recently purchased in
this town, to Crumpton, Md, where
he will operate it during the peach
season.
Rev. j. b. Quigg held services at
Asbury M. E. Church, at $50 Sun
day evening as more desirable
hour than later in the evening
when the gas would be lighted.
The rainfall of Sunday and Mon
day was between three and four
inches. The storm is thought to
have come from the Gulf of Mex
leo, where it was central on Satur-
day.
a large number of people from
this section went to the Penrose
Camp on Sunday, nine or ten miles
distance, in West Dover Hundred.
They had rainy time Of it in the
afternoon.
MARRIAGES
Boyle Hope - In Philadelphia,
July 28th, by the Rev Mr.. McNulty,
Arthur r. Boyle of Dover, and Liz
zie M Hope, of Kilbride, West
meath county, ireland.
The short butter crop from the
short pasturage, has been trying to
some of our town folk They were
glad to get it at 80 cents per pound,
Winter price, but the rain will soon
make it plentiful again.
Miss Emma Newcomb of Mill
vile, N. j., who has been on visit
to her sister, Mrs. John p. Hudson,
for the past two weeks, has been
seriously ill the past week Much
sympathy is felt for her by her
friends.
The scarsity of peaches here has
caused Messrs. Hrdcastle & Jones
to seek them in Maryland, where
they are more abundant. They
have bought orchards on the Ches-
tertown Road aggregating from
10000 to 10000 baskets.
There is a great state of unrest
among the people during the dog
days." almost everybody on the
move-our own people going away
to seek rest and recreation, while
as many visitors, for the same pur-
pose, are coming to take their
places.
spnr nj InF0nz nf fa no
Neck, brought to the Office of Lew
is & Price, last week, fiftees heads
of wheat gathered promIscuously
from his field that were remarkable
for their size, the heads containing
six grains abreast-in all, about
900 grains.
The Rev. ]. B. Merritt was the
preacher for the morning service at
the Penrose Camp, on Sunday, but
was interrupted by the rain. He
finished the discourse in the after
noon, the Rev. r. Z. Martindale,
assigned for that time, not being
present. The order was good.
The young friends of A. Lee
Cummins intend to give him a
racket" this evening at his home,
the occasion being his 18th birth
day. The evening will be given to
a grand sociable, refreshments,
ending with the"1ight fantastic for
which platform on the lawn has
been specially erected.
t. ]. Mundy, who recently sold
his farm near this town to George
T. Thompson, has bought, through
the agency of E. H. Beck, the farm
of F. j. Smith, near Moorton
(Cheswold). The friends of Mr.
and Mrs. Munday will be pleased to
know that they are not going to
leave this locality.
Miss Allie Pratt, daughter of the
late Henry Pratt, residing in the
neighborhood of Blackiston's Cross
Roads, had her leg broken below