Smyrna times., 1937-10-07

Church on the circuit on Sunday
evening.
The dwelling occupied by J. F.
Clements and the stores in tenure
of Mrs. M. E. Lord and C. Willum-
son are receiving a new coat of
paint.
Michael Blendt near Walkers
School house, Blackbrd Hundred,
has erected a rear addition to his
building Is by 20 feet, with a large
porch.
William P. Wright has built near
Clayton, on the road in the rear of
his brick yard a double dwelling of
six rooms, to be occupied by his
workmen.
The farmers, whose operations in
drilling wheat were interrupted by
the four days of rain last week, are
generally busy this week putting in
their seed wheat.
Titus /. Hobbs has bought the
stock of store goods of William E.
Waters in the store adjoining his
own, on lower Main street, and the
store will hereafter be run for him
by Harry Revor.
At the first election under the
new charter, the following persons
were elected town Commissioners
of Clayton on Saturday: Thomas
Holiday, ]. B. Book, Morris
Kermse, Able Sevil, c. A. Brown.
Long stretches of new pavements
have placed in front Of the Cats
and Evans properties on South
street and in front of the basket
mill on Commerce street that will
he enjoyed by the pedestrians in
bad weather.
A Nansemond sweet potato, that
came with lot shipped to Super
intendent Handy from friends in
Virginia, made a family Of six a
dinner yesterday. 1t was baked,
and carved very much as water
melon is sliced.
Mrs. Rebecca Williams. on the
-'Budd Farm" near Smyrna Land
ing, intends to quit farming soon to
take up her residence in Chester,
and will be succeeded by Clinton
Ransom, son of William N. Rran-
naor
Dover with 486 pupils in her
public schools receives this year
$1,128.54 of the State appropria-
tion while Smyrna with sos pupils
receives S925.73. The question is,
why should Dover with 19 pupils
less than Smyrna receive s200.81
more of the State appropriation?
Five freight cars were derailed
ON the Bombay Hook road on Sat
nrday by the spreading of the
track at the northern limit of the
town, and caused much trouble to
get them on again. They were be-
ing run down to be loaded with
phosphate at Lewis & Prices fac
tory.
The Odd Fellows at the close Of
their regular meeting on Friday
night repaired in a body to the
saloon of George NJ Stevenson to
enjoy an oyster stew, served up in
the best style of the art They
numbered about forty, ten of whom
were visitors from the lodge at st.
Georges.
Coal will be dearer the coming
winter than for some time. When
ever there are strikes in the coal
regions and an advance of wages
there, somebody must pay for it,
and the consumer has to foot the
bill. We shall be better off than
they are in Chicago, where It is
said coal costs from nine to ten
dollars per ton.
The firm of Stevenson & Pere-
COY, who succeeded William II.
Carr in the ice cream and confec-
tionery business last Spring, have
dissolved, Mr.. Peregoy retiring
from the business to resume his
trade of bricklaying. Mr.. Steven
son who will continue the business
i'm his own name has commenced
serving oysters, a new departure in
his business.
We published last week in our
Maryland items that Rev. Mr..
Lucas had a tomato vine nine feet
high. This prompted Alexander
Faries, of this town, to measure
one of his vines which is trained on
a trellis. and found it to measure
ten feet seven inches. Eight feet
above the ground he picked fine,
large, ripe tomato that weighed ten
ounces. The plant is of the Turn
er-Hybred variety.
ACCIDENT OF