Smyrna times., 1936-07-23

Rehoboth to-day and continue un-
til Friday.
Joseph B. Hum procured a new
outfit of furniture from Philadel-
phia for his new barber shop and
opened on Friday last.
The steamer Tygert is now max
ing three trips week and will
continue to do so until the 9th of
August when she will make daily
trips.
Some of the farmers who had
their wheat crops measured and
sold before they were threshed,
have to go back in their arithmetic
to subtraction.
George Heinold is having an ad-
dition erected to his dwelling 16 by
Is feet on the farm which he pur-
chased and moved to last Spring
an Blackbird Hundred.
One of Smyrna's fair daughters
residing on Market street went to
sleep while making bread one day
recently. It is pardonable, how
ever, as it was a case of ''kneaded"
rest.
st. Peters orchestra has added
a large bass viol, making the total
number of pieces in the orchestra
eight-three violins, two cornets,
one violoncello, one bass viol and
an organ.
Mrs. Ann M. Price received to-
day from the Kent County Mutual
Insurance Company 1888, the
amount of her insurance on out
buildings at Prices Corner, burned
On the 10th inst
A. D. Helveston, of Blackbird
Hundred, brought some nice, large,
ripe tomatoes to town on Monday,
the first of home growth in mar
ket. Leonard Revis, of Duck Greek
had them last wek for his own use.
One of the excursionists from
" fOOQlduu DcdCu
last Thursday got beyond her
depth while bathing, and might
have drowned but for the timely
aid of John H. Bishop of Moorton
s(now Cheswold).
The very early varieties of
peaches have proved almost total
doss to the growers because of the
rotting caused by the wet weather.
And what adds more to the annoy
ance is, that these trees were bet
ter set with fruit than the stand
ard varieties.
AT the meeting of Smyrna Com
missioners last week seven new
lamps were ordered to be erected
-four for gas and three for oil.
wv tihthe exception of an addition
al one on the road to ''Whopping,
they are all for the extension of
streets recently built upon.
weldon & Humphreys have con-
tracted with H. d. Boyer to build
a large double house adjoining his
own on Delaware street below
South, the work to commence as
soon as material can be got to-
gether. 1t will be constructed af-
ter the plans of architect Edward
Hurst Brown, of Philadelphia.
During the thunderstorm on
Wednesday the lightning disturb
ance was very marked, striking
several places in this vicinity, and
from all parts of the Peninsula
there are accounts of damage by
lightning from the storms Of the
day. A tenant house on the farm
of Thomas Attix in Kenton Hun
dred was struck, the lightning
striking the chimney, going
through the house and passing out,
side, killing a dozen or more chick
ems. Fortunately, the family was
not at home at the time.
The ladies in the management of
a Smyrna Public Reading Room in
the Cooper Building had a very
pleasant entertainment on Friday
evening which was attended to the
capacity of the room. Mrs. Quigg
presided and Misses Estelle Smith
and Ella Smithers read appropriate
selections with elocutionary force,
and solos were sweetly sung by
Misses Ethel Cooper and Clara
Wilson. The exercises were inter-
spersed with music from the organ
and violins. Rev. ]. B. Quigg clos
ed with short temperance address.
James Buckson, who lives in
Thoroughfare Neck, near Taylor's
Bridge, met with very serious
accident the first part of last week.
While hauling wheat from the field
he was thrown from a load of
wheat under the wheels by his
team starting. Both of the wheels
passed over his limbs, fracturing
his thigh near the socket. DIR. w.
N. Hamilton, of Odessa, reduced