Smyrna times., 1936-05-14

fatO patches IN Iorct.
Asbury M. E. Sunday School AS
sociation resolved on Sunday to
hold a strawberry Festival soon
date not fixed.
r. NJ. Cooper says he sees more
peaches on the road from Garri-
sons Mill to Smyrna than from
there to Frederick.
A committee has been appointed
by the M. E. Sunday School Asso-
citation to prepare a programme
for Children's Day.
William R. Smith, on the Surgen
farm, has the finest field of wheat
of his neighborhood, with thise of
Moses Price and Gamaliel Garrison
following close.
The mill dam at the Hoffecker
or Garrison Roller Mill, on the
road to Dover has been enclosed
by a board fence, improving, while
making it safer.
St.Peter's Sunday School orches-
ira on Sunday consisted of four
violins, cornet, violincello and or
gan. The school is preparing new
vocal and instrumental music for
a concert to be given soon.
Sunday morning opened bright
and beautiful, after the two days
of storm and heavy rain. There
were several bran new hats on the
promenade, the young ladies not
having an entire monopoly in dis
play.
Some newspaper man who has
''been there" said: Newspaper
editing is very funny amusement.
If you give man a puff, he never
sees it; but let one line against
him appear, and he sees it before
the paper is off the press"
Strawberries promise, if the
weather is favorable. to be in the
market in two weeks time. The
dry weather during the blossoming
period set the fruit splendidly and
the late rains insure a vigorous
growth, there being now every in
dication of an immense crop.
Samuel, a twelve-year-old son of
III. E. Best, residing near Bingham
Station, this county, but formerly
of this town. was pushed down by
a playfellow on Tuesday of last
week, sustaining a fracture of the
right arm below the elbow DIR.
William Ashcraft reduced the frac-
ture and he is now doing as we'll
as can be expected.
E. H. Beck, real estate agent,
has sold a building lot on Method
ist street between the houses of P.
Graham and DR.. E. NJ. Cloak. adj
joining the latter, to Mrs. Ann
Jemima Foxwell, for S425.0O. It
has a forty feet front and 1S4 feet
depth. 1t is Mrs. oF,xwell's inten-
tion to have a residence for her
self built on this lot this season.
L. M. Price, who did not intend
when he purchased the building lot
on Methodist street (notice of which
was given two weeks ago) to build
a house this year, has changed his
mind, and is making arrangements
to erect a dwelling at once. Mr..
Price will doubtless build himself
a house that will compare favor
able with an yon Phosphate Av-
enue."
Mrs. Amanda Spencer is build
ing a sixteen foot square store
house on the lot adjoining her
dwelling on Delaware street for
the purpose of opening grovery
store. This will be the second store
in that part of the town, and gives
a commercial aspect to a section
considered entirely devoted to res
idences until Mrs. Isaac Pennewill
opened a store there eight or ten
years ago.
We are glad to see that the
chalybeate spring in the meadow
at the road side just over the mill
pond is claiming attention. If there
is any virtue in iron water or
more properly water impregnated
with iron, and all doctors agree
there is, this spring may prove a
great benefit to such constitutions
as chalyveate water will strength
en-. ]. w. Denney, one Of our
druggists, made test of this wat
er last week. When taken from
the spring from which it flows, it
Is entirely clear, but If left standing
a few hours 1t becomes quite
clear, but if left standing a few
hours 1T becomes quite oqapue and
yellow. A few drops of tannic
acid dropped into a vial Of water
turned it almost as black as ink,
a further roof that it is highly i'm
pregnated with iron.
There Is no place in the vicinity
Of Smyrna, that has taken ON more
polish since the first Of the wear