Smyrna times., 1937-12-23


railroad hack.
]. T. Coleman, of Wilmington,
has taken the blacksmith shop,
corner of Delaware and Commerce
streets.
Kenton and Downs Chapel are
taking the lead of all the other
towns in establishing fiourishing
lyceams and debating societies.
Charley Smith, a well known
Smyrna character for the past two
generations, died last week. He
was nearing his three score and
ten.
George B. Money, Of Delaware
City, has been visiting New York,
in order to induce several capital
lists to purchase the Bombay Hook
property.
The annual meeting Of the Lad
les Benevolent Society, will meet
Tuesday evening, December 9th,
at the residence of Mrs. w. w.
Tschudy. A large attendance is
requested.
Several couple went up to Will
mington on Monday evening to
hear Emmett in Fritz, and two of
our young men were in the Chest
nut Street theatre panic, Philadel-
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The farmers of the western part
Of Kenton Hundred are greatly an
noyed at the depredations of
poultry thief. They feel pretty
well satisfied at the identity of the
Jail bird, but have not been fully
able yet to identify him.
Our farmers who suffered from
the disasterous rains to their peach
crops last Summer are on the other
hand reapihg the advantages from
the effects of a disastrous drought
to the corn crop in the West. Thus
follows the law of compensation.
Rev. T.. Q. Brown, of Durlach,
Lancaster county, Pa, will preach
in the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday. Rev. William v. Louder
Dough filed the pulpit last Sun
day; number Of his former young
associates paid him the compliment
of their presence.
An incident of last week among
the young people was a hop in the |
opera house at the close of DR..
lMasden's lecture before the Insti-
tute on Friday evening. The dane
ers included ten or elevn couples of
our young ladies and gentlemen,
one or two teachers.
The Times Office received yester-
day morning a basket containing
candies, almonds, dates, oranges,
grapes and apples, with the com
pliments of George M. Stevenson,
of Market street. The Times Of
flee in return wishes Mr.. Stevenson
not only the compliments of the
season, but that he may have lots
of purchasers for his varied and
choice articles which he has pro-
vided to meet the wants of our
mony families.
Quite a number of people let the
snow lay on their pavements to a
Gate hour on Sunday and some Of
the public lines of travel left the
matter to the sun as if it was no
concern of theirs. There Is a pen
atty for neglecting this beyond a
prescribed time, but as this was
the first fall of snow it was over
looked. The man who negletcs
this gets many censure that new
er reaches his ears, though he may
not be waited on by an officer.
A howl very naturally comes up
from the towns like Centreville,
EaSton, branching off from the
Delaware road. They have here
tofore been getting their mail be-
tween eleven and twelve o'clock,
but under the mixed train arrange
ment, it does not reach them until
from two to three o'clock. A pro
test is the most natural thing. 1t
Us claimed that it takes this train
five hours to run from Clayton to
Oxford, a distance of fifty-four
miles.
The steamer Tygert, which was
due here about eleven o'clock on
Saturday night found the falling
snow so thick as to obscure the
range lights, so they took shelter
under a pier off Wilmington about
six o'clock, and remained until the
next morning. The light at the
mouth at Christiana Creek, only a
few hundred yards out could not be
seen. The officers of the boat say
except the last three Saturday
nights, they have not on account Of
snow or fog, for two years lost a
tide.
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