Smyrna times., 1936-09-03


The time of the Worton Fair has
been extended so as to include Fri
day, making four days.
This has been the first season for
some years without a Cape May
excursion from Smyrna.
There was very pleasant social
gathering at the residence of Miss
Nora w. Cotton, on Monday even
ing.
The basket mill of H. r. Must
ard & Co., has advanced the price
of making from one to one and a
quarter cents.
The hose house adjoining the
Town Hall has been very much i'm
proved by being fioored with
complete brick pavement.
The basket factory of Tschudy
& Cats is putting out between
four and five thousand baskets a
day, mostly for the New Jersey
trade.
The steamer ]. E. Tygert being
engaged for an excursion Wednes-
day, September 18th, will not leave
RothwelIs until $50 p. m. as per
time table issued.
The Talbot County Fair, which
is to commence September 21st, at
Easton, holding four days, is under
the direction of managers making
active preparations for the event.
James W.Anthony has been run
ming his evaporators for over a
week, using his soft fruit and pur-
chasing some from neighboring
growers. He has dried some eight
or nine thousand pounds so far.
The Bethel A. M. E. Church of
this town has been holding spirit
ed Church camp for several days
past, which will continue over next
Sunday, on which day a large ex-
cursion is expected from Chester
town, and some of their most noted
ministers will preach.
Moorton Lodge of Good Temp
lars will give public meeting of
their lodge tomorrow evening, End
inst, at which addresses upon the
subject of temperance will be de-
aivered by the Revs. j. V. Smith
and ]. c. Lassel, of this town. The
public ingeneral is invited.
The third quarterly conference
of the NJ. E. Church will be held on
Friday evening, next in the usual
place. Lovefeast at nine O'Clock
on Sunday morning, and sermon BY
Presiding Elder France in the ev-
ening. He will preach at Friend.
ship in the morning and Severson'.
in the afternoon.
The Thermometer has not at
tracted so much attention thi:
summer as it sometimes does
though it has risen to some prom
inence during the past six or eighf
days. "a degrees to 96 degrees a!
denoted last Friday and Saturday
will do very well for thermomi
that are out of practice.
Passenger travel between VIII
mington and Baltimore on the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad, Philadel
phia Division, is open with severa
trains running each way. The vii
mington station is at Water ant
Market streets. This road promis
es to be well run both in the lin'
of passengers and freight and i
likely to be well patronized.
Charles E. Stevenson, a wei
known carpenter fell from a scaf
fold in the pestern part of tn
town on Friday afternoon last
striking upon some stones and re
ceiving quite serious injuries. H
was removed to his boardin gplac
at Clayton, where he is now doinj
as well as could be expected. Hi
principal injury was a fracture 0
the hip.
The ministers of the RESPECTIVE
churches of the town were all a
their posts. last Sunday. The con
gregations were moderate on ac
count of the warmth of the day
One preacher stopped in his dis
course to remark that the drowsi
ness of some of the people was no
surprising, but he would make tn
sermon short so that they nee
only have a short nap.
Vacations, like all things earth
ly, have an end. Satchels, books
states, girls and boys were seen fit
ting all over town this morning
evidently not bound on a steam
boat excursion or a basket picnic
The bell on the public school build
ing, which had been in retiremen
for two months, went on a strik
at nine o'clock for six-hours a day
The schools opened for the yea