Smyrna times., 1936-06-25

fence Odck u Hldhc iooAA ~
wider pavement.
The Clayton M. P. Sunday Schoo
had an excursion by rail to Wood
land Beach to-day.
Prof. J. c. Robinson, of Salem
will conduct the orchestra a
woodland Beach this season.
Geo. w. & S. Taylor are adding
new features to their cultivator:
which will add to their efficiency.
Alex. H. Wilson has given a new
coat of paint to his dwelling ant
also the meat and harness shops
adjoining.
The present is the coolest june
since 1873. The mercury fell or
Saturday and Sunday night within
ten degrees of the frost point.
b. B. Allen has sold the Kirkley
farm in Blackbird Hundred, con-
tanning Ill acres, to James G
Green, of McDonough, for $4,000
Robert Gass, residing near town,
owns a turkey that has laid seven
ty eggs since about the middle of
March. One day it laid two eggs.
The Sunday School of st. Peters
Church will have an exhibition on
Friday night. They also contem-
plate picnicing at Woodland Beach
at an early day.
Uncle Joe Burchenal and j.
Frank Wilds, of the County House,
Dover, were in town Saturday, pre-
sumably looking after the Admin
istration fences.
william L. Collins is said to
have the best field of corn in Thor
oughfare Neck, A. Ennis the best
field of oats, and D. w. Stats the
best field of wheat.
Miss Rebecca Bailey, of Kenton,
sold the farm known as the John
w. Downs farm" near Temple
vile. Md, yesterday, to DR.. Knots
of Templeville, for $4,000.
The completion of the new
bridge near Duck Creek, substan-
tial and broad, marks a new era in
this county which Kent happily has
fr1xx, Nyaxx, fyorf1a
Moorton (now Cheswold) is quite
a berry shipping station. Four
car loads were shipped day, for
eight successive days during the
height of the strawberry season.
About three hundred persons at
tended the picnic given by Walk
er's Sunday School, in Walkers
woods, on Saturday afternoon,
quite a number of them being from
this town.
Peter Hardcastle's field of corn
leads all others in the vicinity of
Moorton. In fact this farm Of
nearly 700 acres takes a leading
place among the farms of this part
of the county.
The Quantity of Strawberries
shipped from here this year by
Adams Express was about double
that of former years, eight days of
the tine amounting to car load a
day. They went to Boston town.
Mr.. Moore, the biscuit man, has
got tired Of Juggling his baskets
around and on Monday he appear
ed with nice little spring wagon
with capacity for three baskets,
one for biscuits, and two for cakes.
New potatoes from our patches
made their appearance in market
last week. The vines have indicat-
ed full crop. The New Jersey
papers and the counties of Penn
sylvania bordering on the Della
ware River complain of a peculiar
disease attacking the young pota-
toes resembling the black rot"
Many acres it is said, have been
seized with it.
James w. Spruance commenced
on Monday some decided changes
on his residence in West Smyrna
that will make it much more con-
spicuous and attractive than it has
been The change contemplates a
renovation of the inner structure,
bay windows, porches, &c., at a
cost of some $1,000. West Smyr-
ma must in time become one of our
most desirable places for building
There are now fifteen boats of
different sizes on the mill pond and
one or two more are to be added
that of Prof. N. M. Davis, to be
launched in few days being a
shell boat, 16 feet long and is
inches wide, intended for fast row.
ing. Sailing parties are the order
of the day, or rather the evening.
and the pond Is now the center OF
evening amusement for the young,
a. the rink was year or two ago.
The heavy storm that set In
yesterday morning OF both wind
and rain and lasted until way in