Smyrna times., 1935-08-01

Flies are not so thick since the
rain.
The soda fountains have had a
good fizzing time of late and still
keep it up.
Emory Lum lost valuable horse
on Saturday last. Death resulting
from overheating.
Tomatoes, home grown, have
been quite plentiful in our market
the past few days.
Charles Potts, aged 81, an old
and respected colored man of the
community, died July %.
Moses Price fell from a hammock
this morning sustaining injuries
that necessitated the calling in a
physician.
John M. Voshell will commence
in few days the erection of a new
house on his farm in tenure of
Thomas Kirby.
The hot weather of last week
caused the locusts to bestir them
selves and the air was resonant
with their songs.
The colored band was out on
Monday night serenading several
of our citizens. Their music was
fully up to their usual high stand
ard.
Mrs Mary E. Shahan, of near
Blackiston's Cross Roads, very
elderly lady and who has been in
feeble health for a long while, died
yesterday afternoon.
Tschudy & Cats started up their
basket mill again on Monday. They
are hauling quite cargo of bas-
kets to Smyrna Landing, to be
shipped to New Jersey.
Joseph Cole was very apprehen-
sive for several days that he would
lose his fast trotter, Planet. He
is now, however, at ease, as the
horse is rapidly improving.
The church camp which had been
in progress for several days at the
Centennial Church, closed last night
with results, it is to be hoped. that
were satisfactory and beneficial.
One of our ladies blames the
warm weather to the Revised ver-
sion, the revisers dispensing with
heli-since it has been closed the
Devil has been working on the out
side.
Our town is in full sympathy
with the Nation in mourning the
death of its greatest hero, Grant,
as is manifest in the draping Of
several of our buildings and private
residences.
Alice, youngest daughter of ]. G.
Brinton, little girl of nine or ten
Summers, fell from a see-saw on
Wednesday evening last, breaking
her arm. DR.. w. T. Collins reduc-
ed the fracture.
Complaints still reach us of Of
fensive refuse being dumped on the
brick-k kiln lot. The Board of
Health or Town Commissioners
should at once take this matter in
hand and abate it.
The huckleberry crop this Sum-
mer will be very small one. The
always employed expression, ''dey
ish very scase indeed" of one Of
our old vendors, viii hold good this
Simmer if all reports are true.
Governor Stockly on Friday
morning, sent the following tele-
gram to Mrs. Grant: Delaware
tenders the warmest sympathy of
her citizens in this great hour of
private and public grief. Charles
c. Stockly.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Biddle Mifflin
lost their infant daughter Alma
Josephine, on Wednesday night last
of cholera infantum. The child
had been i'll for several days. 1t
was inferred in the Presbyterian
Cemetery on Friday evening.
Mrs. Isaac Pennewell on Satur-
day afternoon last, fell down the
stairway at her home, receiving a
very severe cut on the forehead
and a shock that was very trying
to one of her years. Fortunately
she sustained no serious injury.
The Grangers who assembled at
Rehoboth last week had a most de-
lightful time of it. Those who went
from here came back with most
glowing accounts of the pleasures
had during their three days stay
at this growing-in-popularity re-
sort.
A game of baseball was played
at Middletown on Saturday after
noon last, between the club of that
town and nine from this place.
The score was 81 to % in favor of
the Midi oury cl1,b Rorpoc opd