Smyrna times., 1937-06-17


the potato bug (the Colorado beet
le) the rose bugs, the lightning
bugs eating the grapes, &C., before
phosphate came into use.
The following officers of Har-
mony Lodge, No. 13, A. F. and A.
NJ, were installed on Tuesday ev-
ening last: w. M, Charles E.
Moore; S. W., N. F. Wilds; ]. W.,
Isaac H. FAIRIES; Secretary, George
nj. Stevenson; Treasurer, Thomas
B. Megear; S. D., James H. An
thony; ]. D., John V. Spruance; S.
S., David T. Smithers; j. S., Will
liam B. Megear; Tyler, John r.
Cameron, Jr. After the meeting
adjourned they repaired to Steven
son & Peregoy's ice cream saloon.
This is commencement season,
and within the mex. fortnight our
various schools, academies and col
leges will make preparations for
the midsummer holidays, which
commence with the closing exer-
cises at the institutions of learning
in our country. The young grad
yates are now supposed thoroughly
equipped for the battle of life, in
which they get some hard knocks,
but a good deal of fun if they are
so minded, which depends on them
selves, whether they have more
knocks than enjoyment.
The excursion and picnic season
has commenced ere the hot days
have arrived. The Delaware Av-
enue Baptist Sunday School, of
Wilmington, opened the way with
a large excursion on the Thomas
Clyde to Woodland Beach yesterday,
followed by the Home School of
Herman Roe, of this town to-day.
The first excursion to Cape May,
on the steamer Republic, will take
place to-morrow-the Grace M. E.
Sunday School, of Wilmington; the
Asbury School going to Andalusia
above Philadelphia on Friday. The
excursion of different societies will
form a conspicuous feature of the
next few weeks.
The idea of sudden riches seems
to possess all great speculators. 1t
was this class of dealers that got
up a corner in Chicago, having
in their possession, it is said, 40,-
600, 900 bushels of wheat and con-
troll of the markets for months, un-
til the past few days. Good news
from the country of prospective
large crops broke their hold, and
IN four days, from June the 7th to
the 11th, the price fell five cents
per bushel. In the same way cof-
fee was forced to an exor5itant
price, and fell in one day six cents
per pound, and similar advance
was made in cotton of cents per
pound, which likewise promises a
large yield.
George w. Ingram, of Middle
town, was in Smyrna on Monday
for the purpose of getting up the
Kent county quota of stock for the
telephone line from Wilmington to
Milford The line from the first
named place to Townsend has been
guaranteed Middletown has sub
scribed $500. Odessa 5000. Della
ware City and st. Georges, $500;
Townsend S100; which is total of
81, 100 in New Castle county. Err
changes are to be established at all
these points The project is to run
the line through Smyrna, Clayton,
Dover, Wyoming, Camden, Mag
nolia, Frederick, to Milford. A
single subscription costs $40 and
no man is asked to take more than
two. The amount desired from
Smyrna and Dover, $500 each was
readily obtained.
That was clever travesty of
the possibilities of bad crossings
by some waggish boys who posted
at the corner of Market and Mount
Vernon streets on Saturday night
a cleverly gotten up placard read
ing something like the following:
This crossing is warrented to
break limbs, dislocate joints, sprain
ankles, break backs" &C., winding
up with the statement that it was
only a sample of a number of
others, and holding the Town Com
missioners responsible. The latter
had however a few days before
started an improvement in this di-
rection at the main crossings of
fagstones 2 IL by 5 feet, six inch
es thick in double rows, and in due
time the break neck ones complain
ed of in other parts of the town
will doubtless be remedied as the
town exchequer permits.
GRAIN
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