Smyrna times., 1936-05-28

R. M. Johnson has had a gall
yanized awning placed in front of
his shoe store.
Seventy-five carloads of straw
berries went North over the Della
ware road on Monday.
Joseph II. Wright has contracted
to build for Joseph Smithers a
double dwelling in West Clayton.
Bishop Lee will visit st. Peters
Church Sunday evening next and
administer the Rite of Confirma-
tion.
Jerry Goldsborough will not
prophecy any better weather than
we have been having until we are
done with this moon.
AS a result of the festival, the
net result of which was about $50,
an excursion for the Asbury M. E.
Sunday School this season is as
Slred.
A devouring worm has made its
appearance in the gooseberry
patches adm some of them are re-
ported to be entirely stripped of
their leaves.
John r. Robinson has potato
plants that are a marvel for lux
uriance. Of course the starting
point is to be traced to the phos-
phate works at Rothwelps Land
ing.
Strawberries will be of unusual
fine size this season and promise
very heavy yield. In fact, some
of our growers fear they will be
unremunerative from this very
fact.
Captain AL. H. Smith has had 9
new porch erected covering tbs
front of his dwelling on Delaware
street, the cornice work of which
presents an elaborate and very
tasty finish.
George o. Bailey, who moved t
our town in the Winter from Viii
mington, was informed by tele
graph on Saturday of the seriou:
illness of his father, which termin
ated fatally ON Monday.
Forty years ago, according t
our oldest inhabitants, we had jus
such a Spring as this has been
Many farmers were unable t
plant corn, owing to the we
ground, and those who did plan
had green corn to husk and crib.
The members of our colored banI
who left here two or three week
ago to join O'Brien's Circus we un
derstand are to return home to-da,
or tomorrow. Everything has no
been as expected. Several Of then
who had good positions befor
leaving may not be able to picl
up the same string they let fall.
A. l.. Hudson purchased las
week of John Benson a farm Il
MARYLAND ON the road leading from
Millington to Sudlersville, contain
ing 300 acres for $4,000, or 81
per acre. Mr.. Hudson does no
get possession until the first of tn
year. He purposes in the Sprin
planting one hundred acres of it il
peach trees.
One of our citizens living on on
main artery of travel, who had
pave wash put in two or thre
weeks ago, but has not had occa
sion to use it because of the FIRE
quent rains, on opening the DO
two or three days ago found
little snake coiled up in it. TIL
wonder is where the little "vel
mits" come from.
DIR. d. t. Smithers has made
change in his Office that gives hir
much more satisfaction in his bu.
iness. 1t has heretofore been q
the front. Now it is at the bacl
the Office separated from the n
ception room by portierre,
change which will be appreciate
by the individual who is formin
the time an acquaintance wit
the forceps.
The steamer j. E. Tygert wi
haul out next week for Spring n
pairs-painting new wheel, ct
Her place will be taken for I'll
time by the steamer David Reeve
Because of the length and depth (
this steamer not being able
come to RothwelPs Landing, 81
will stop at Fleming's Landing,
which place passengers and freigl
will be conveyed by wagons.
The old bridge spanning Churc
Branch, the stream of live wat'
Just this side of the village (
Duck Creek, that was damaged t
the freshet in March, undermine
the stone foundations, has bee
torn down preparatory to putin
in a new and better one. The ne
bridge is to be not only bett'
piece of workmanship. but one