Smyrna times., 1936-05-07


kitchen to her property on South
street.
William c. Mitchell has sold the
house on Commerce street now oc-
cupied by Carl w. Willumsen, tc
John c. Bailey.
John I.ockerman of Thorough
fare Neck, has bought through the
Real Estate Agency of Joseph H
Primrose & Co., the farm of Wes-
ley H. Bennington at Blackbird
46 1-2 acres, for $4,000.
And this is Maly, the month OF
sunshine and of showers. of sing
ing birds and blooming flowers and
busy bees, whose tireless wings
make music as they roam from
flower to flower across the sunny
meads.
A new stone crossing is being
laid over Union street extended
between the residences of John
Mustard and William Lewis, and
new crossings are to be laid from
the front of these residences to the
opposite side of Methodist street.
Smyrna Town Council at their
meeting ON Wednesday night de-
cided to enclose the little grove that
surrounds the stand pipe and seed
it in grass, and also fence in the
town lot at the water works so it
can be more direcly under the care
of the supervisor.
The new dwelling of DIR. E. M.
Cloak of west end of Methodist
street (Mt. Vernon) is rising to
proportions and will make a good
show to the public from the depot,
most conspicuous view. The arch
itect and builder, by the way, is
Joseph Evans. and not ]. B. Evans,
as was formerly stated.
A number of the young friends
of James H. Roberts and bride,
nee Miss Kate Spruance, rode out
to their residence on Friday even
ing and had a very enjoyable time.
Aside from the usual merriment
incident to bridal greeting, the
visitors had the further enjoyment
of a pleasant entertainment of
cake and cream, etc.
Henry c. Murphy of the Alley
Mills came near losing his dwell
ing by fire last Thursday, but for
tunately being in the day time,
was discovered by the smoke and
extinguished before the flames got
under way. The place was entire
ly disconnected from the chimneys
and fiues, up near the roof, and
they are at loss to account how
it originated.
John K. Taylor, who lived with
Robert Denney at the Duck Creek
Mill several years ago. but who
has since been living in the city,
recently found his brothers, and
sisters, whose locality he had not
known, and went to live with
them, unfortunately was taken
with the typhoid fever the next
day after going to their house and
grew worse until he died. 1t is a
singular as well as a sad circum-
stance.
The meeting at the Grange Hall
this afternoon will be an import
ant one, having for its subject es-
pecially, the discussion of the
Fruit Exchange, William P. Corse,
of Milford, and Messrs. Brown and
Bancroft, of Camden, will be pres
ent. and take part in the argu-
ment. The discussion will turn on
the point of the character of an
Exchange for this locality-wheth-
er as established at Clayton, it
shall be independent. or a branch
of the one at Wyoming.
One of our property owners OBJ
jects to putting water in because
he wants to leave the property just
like his father did when he died a
half century ago. This was on the
same principle of the man who
would not renew his wornout pave
ment because his venerable father
put it there. The property was
perhaps among the best cared for
in the days of its founder, but it
should be remembered that the
last half on the 10th century has
wants that were never dreamed of
in the first. There are more cases
than on that the index finger of
progress Is pointing at, admoni-
tory.
A. L. Hudson, one of our sue
cessful fruit growers, says in reply
to Mr.. Browns statement in our
last issue, that any grower who
plows his orchard in March ought
not to have any peaches, that it Is
his uniform practice to thoroughly
plow his orchards In March before
the hbrous roots start to grow, so |
as not to tear and bruthe small |