Smyrna times., 1935-09-19

The Good Templars had nine in
citations at their last meeting.
Joseph E. Carter is painting tn
residence of Col. George H. Ray
mond.
The Woodland Beach Hotel vii
close with the Farmers Supper to
night.
A petition is in circulation ask
ing the Town Commissioners K
continue the widening of Methods
Street down to Main.
Titus I. Hobbs brought up ter
pair of fine oxen last week from
Baltimore hundred, Sussex County
to fatten for the market.
Joseph L. Cavender's oldest son
Levic, a boy of some eight Sum-
mers, fell, while at play in a barn
on Sunday and broke his arm.
Lewis & Price are running their
phosphate mill up to it's full ca
pacity to meet orders. They load
ed four or five cars yesterday.
William E. c. Bell has COM
menced the construction of a frame
dwelling adjoining his present resi-
dence on lower Commerce street.
Mrs. Ann Wood in Blackbird
hundred. near this town, has taken
out letters of administration upon
the estate of her last husband,
William Wood
The floor of the skating rink is
being taken up and relaid with a
view to greater smoothness. 1t is
the purpose we understand, to re-
open it about the middle of Octo-
ber.
The friends of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
II. Beck to the number of ten or
twelve couple gave them sur
prise fruit party on Monday even
ing the results being a very pleas
ant evening.
Tuesday, September 29th, will be
Children's Day at the Dover Fair,
when all children under twelve
years of age will be admitted free
Of charge, only they must be at
tended by an adult.
John M. Voshell is having sub
stantial residence built on his farm
down the Neck" occupied by
Thomas Kirby. Willard F.Weldon
and Thomas Humphreys are doing
the carpenter work.
Our grape growers will be most
ly through shipping this week.
Good prices were mostly obtained
for those shipped first, but some of
the latter shipments sold as low as
2 IL cents pound
The main crop of peaches will
end with the Smock variety, now
going to market. There will be
stragging varieties for a week or
two later The amount going from
our section has been about two
carloads per day.
The cottagers at Rehoboth most
ly left last week, among them be-
ing, William NJ. Bell and fanny,
who have returned to their pleas
ant home in this town. The Reho-
both visitors all speak highly of
this seaside resort.
Rev. j. B. Quigg will preach on
Sunday morning next sermon on
the subject of Temperance" in
connection with and preparatory
to the Centennial Commemoration
of Prohibition, which will be held
in Philadelphia next week.
Elmer z. Taylor and z. w. Daw-
son, have been for some time in
venting and constructing a ma
chine for cutting off corn, which
had a very successful trial yester-
day, they think. 1t cut four rows
of 168 hills, one Of them without
missing a stalk
Last week we noted the size Of
two peaches, one weighing 10 and
the other IL ounces. On Monday
we were presented with a specimen
Of the Crawford late variety grown
by George W. Mattiford, on DR.. ID.
J. Cummins' Walker Farm
which went up the scale, or rather
pulled it down at Ia ounces.
DEATHS
Fennimore-In Leipsic, Septem-
ber 9th, of typhoid fever, Arthur
Fennfmore, aged "a years.
Ireland-Near Dover. September
7th, Joseph Ireland, aged "a years.
Smith - Near Dover, September
9th, Martin l.. Smith, formerly of
this town, aged about 65 years.
Joseph 3. Benson, at the Bonn
bay Hook lighthouse, who grew a
sunfiower, noted some three weeks |
ago, that measured IL inches !
across its disc. has since cut one
that measured Is inches. t. NJ.
Hoyle, of this town, has one 16 /