Smyrna times., 1937-06-17

tion.
The steamer John Z. Tygert can
be chartered for Monday, July 4th.
G. A. Wick has broken ground
for a new house corner of Dela-
ware and Frazier Streets.
The pipe for the extension of the
water mains has come and has
been placed on the streets design
ed.
A. L. Hudson has had his lot in
front of Asbury Nj. E. Church, he
purchased last winter, cleared off
in a way the past week that look
ed like business.
]. H. Primrose & Co., real estate
brokers, have sold the farm of 27
acres belonging to David Shorts,
known as Shorts corner property
to Francis Greenwell, at Kenton,
price $500.
Richard Brown and Jehu who
drives between the depot and
hotels has had his hack newly
painted and upholstered, and the
whole get-up has quite a newness
of style appropriate to the season.
Eugene Vandever who has been
spending a month in North Caro-
lima, returned on Saturday. He
brought with him some very pretty
speciments of ripe peaches from
that section.
The fire bell purchased by the
Hose Company came to hand last
week and is waiting the action of
the Commissioners in putting it in
the place desired-over the Hall.
1t weighs $50 pounds.
The strawberry crop came to an
end, virtually, on Saturday. There
will be a larger intermission be-
tween it and the raspberry this
year than usual. One generally
follows the other in quick success
sion.
The meeting of the Young Peo-
piles Christian Association, which
have met an hour before the SER
vices for preaching on Sunday ev-
enings, and been quite well attend
ed, have been suspended until the
coler weather of October.
Children's Day was observed last
Sunday at Kenton and Central
Churches on Smyrna Circuit. The
congregations were large, the SER
vices interesting and the collec-
tions good. In both churches there
was quite a display of flowers.
Make your plans and get ready
for a big Fourth of July celebra-
ton. Aid the committee, who will
soon have their plans laid, to make
it a gala day. A stronger snap
can be given to the day than that
of the fire-cracker and other ex-
plosives.
L. p. Campbell will formally
open the hotel at Woodland Beach
on the 10Th inst. There are indi-
cations that under Mr.. Campbell's
management the place will have
better patronage, as undoubtedly it
will be under better management
than for the past several years.
The Prudential Insurance Com
pany of America paid SIS to the
widow of Samuel A. Keys, which
amount was sent gratuitously. The
policy held by him in that COM
pany had been in force but eleven
weeks (thirteen weeks being re-
quired) and therefore called for no
benefits.
John II. Hoffecker will COM
mence the manufacture of cans at
his cannery this week for canning
tomatoes. He proposes using IL
Illuminating gas as fuel which by
a certain mechanical arrangement
win be given both force and heat,
the machinery for which is being
now fixed.
The horse attached to ]. p. Hud-
sons lumber wagon at Clayton
yesterday took fright at the cars
and started on run. 1t broke
lose from the wagon about half
way between Clayton and this
town, turning at Main street un-
molested, and never stopped until
it ran to Brenford.
The courts of Pennsylvania have
now decided that no boundry fence
can be made of barbed wire with
out the consent of the parties own
ing the adjacent land, and any
man who puts barbed wire fence
along the highway renders himself
liable for all injuries resulting to
stock passing along said highway.
On the roads leading from the
town to the 'Necks" the finest field
of corn is that Of Mrs. Rebecca
Williams. The fields Of James