Smyrna times., 1937-04-22

Seed sweet potatoes have beer
very abundant in the stores the
past week.
The baseball players are pros.
pecting for a proper place or
which to play their games.
Gilbert T. Monroe is waiting on
our citizens in the interest of the
new history of Delaware now in
course Of preparation.
Joseph r. Goldsborough near
town has smart duck, laying four
eggs in two days, those of the first
day double and of peculiar shape.
John Hutton, residing in the
western part of Kenton Hundred,
has sold his farm of 200 acres to
George Cook of the same vicinity
for $4,000.
The heavy rain of Monday, the
first precipitation since the snow
the first of April, was not amiss
for wheat and grass, but unwel-
coined by those having low land to
plant in corn.
Charles II. Dulin, one of the pro-
gressive farmers near Blackiston's s
Cross Roads, has e twenty acre
field of wheat that leads in this
section, and Mr.. Dulin is willing to
put it against any in the county.
A meeting of those interested in
establishing new NJ. E. Church
in Clayton, will be held there this
evening" All persons interested are
invited to come. Revs. France,
Robinson, and White will be in at
tendance.
The Ward" building, Smyrna,
brick, part of which is occupied by
the post Office, is having its color
changed by coat of drab paint.
The dwelling houses of William H.
Baggs and Mrs. Parrott are also
receiving a coat of paint.
The new street that was author
lied by the Levy Court, has been
opened between Clayton and Jim
town, parallel to the railroad and
100 yards or more east of it. 1t
will add greatly to the comport
and safety Of those driving skit-
tish horses.
This morning gave us one of the
whitest frosts of the winter, with
the thermometer below the freez-
ing point. But few Of the peach
blossoms are out here, and no dam
age is likely to follow, but it may
be different down the Peninsula
where the trees are in full bloom.
Rev. P. II. Hickman, Of Phnadel-
phia, who was invited by the yes
try Of St. Peters Church, to take
charge of the Parish during the
absence of Rev. w. e. Gordon in
Mexica, has declined under the adj
vice Of his physician. No further
action was taken at the meeting
on Monday.
Shad fishing has been pretty
lively the past week at Bombay
Hook, boat taking sometimes 200 /
a day. One of the fishermen pre- I
sented Joseph 3. Benson, of the /
Light House, with pair last week 1
that weighed Is 1-2 pounds. Her
ring are unusually abundant in the
Delaware, and very fine.
At a meeting of the vestry at
St. Peters Church on Monday D. j.
Cummins and Edward A. Evans
were elected delegates to the Dio-
cesar Convention to be held in
Newark in June. Edgar Spruance
was elected Alternate. This con-
vention will have the very import
ant duty of selecting successor
to Bishop Lee.
One of our rich men was recent
ly moaning over the difficulty TO
make investments of his capital
that would yield six per cent. So
it seems that the wealthy have
their troubles. A large number
are after riches, and judging from
the way some act they never get
quite enough. True as the old
proverb is. that "contentment is
better than riches" il will take
great deal Of the most persuasive
to convince the average
citizen of the fact. If he could
have plenty of the latter he would
trust to luck for the former every
time.
One of our citizens says it is not !
as it used to be. Before the law I
was changed (shortly after the
war), what property a man got by
his wife was his, and what was
his was his own" Now, he says, /
what wife has is her own and she :
can do what she pleases with it, q
ard the man only has the control T
Of his cwn and he has to keep his !
wife out of 1T in the bargain. The !
man in question has farm and so s