Smyrna times., 1938-08-18

folks excursioned to WOODLAND
Beach Saturday.
The real estate of the late Viii
liam L. HAZEL in this town will bt
sold at public sale September 18th
Eighteen couples of our young
society people went to Woodland
Beach on Thursday to get a gooc
supper and have a dance.
Grapes made their appearance ii
market on Saturday. There viii
doubtless be enough to supply the
local demand, but scarcely any left
in most vineyards for shipping.
Some one has stood by and
counted up and found that an aver
age of 1000 words is used between
a clerk and woman buying twelve
yards of calico. The last words she
uses are: please charge it,"
Jacob r. Dickson, of Brenford,
has a well preserved Tippecanoe
banner, used in the Harrison cam
paign of soldier greeting his
friends, log cabin, &C. 1t belonged
to his father, John Dickson, who
was an ardent Wing.
Those of our business men who
are off to the seaside and noun
tain to escape the hot weather mere
are to be congratulated, as they
are losing little or no business by
their absence. The heated term
has played smash with all kinds of
local trade but the green grocer.
The programme of speed contests
on the Maryland and Delaware cir
cults was issued. on Saturday and
the five towns where races will be
held will give $4,000 in purses,
divided as follows: Easton, S4 $50;
Wilmington, S4.4OO; Baltimore, S4,-
300; Elkton, $4,000; Dover, Sc, $50.
A lawn sociable will be given by
the Presbyterian Sunday School on
Tuesday evening 21st, at the beau
tiful grounds Of r. NJ. Johnson on
South street. Ice cream, peaches
and cake, and beautiful bouquets
will be dispersed by the children.
The proceeds will be used in the
purchase of a new library for the
school
The Handy-Lake Normal School
will close Friday. The teachers
express themselves as being very
much pleased with the school. The
instructors will follow it with a
short vacation: w. G.. Lake to New
Jersey; w. ]. Shearer returning to
Carlisle; L. Irving Handy accom-
panied by his wife repairing to the
Bell cottage at Rehoboth.
James P. Hazel, residing west of
Kenton, who was so severely hurt
in harvest time by being caught in
the guards of the wheat reaper. is
still confined to the house and un-
der medical treatment. At the end
o feight weeks he is still unable to
use his leg that was punctured and
bruised, or bear any weight upon
it, but it is now showing more
signs of healing.
Few people know the value Of
lemon juice. A piece of lemon
bound on a corn will cure it in a
few days. "A gree use of lemon
juice and sugar will always relieve
a cough. Most people feel poorly
in the spring, but if they would eat
a lemon before breakfast every day
for a week-with or without sugar,
as they like-they would find it
acts like medicine.
J. Frank Denney, of White Hall
Neck, brought 25 baskets of toma-
toes to the store of ]. 3. FAIRIES on
Monday, the largest of which
weighed two pounds, two ounces.
The next delivery will be to the
Leipsic canning factory, which ex-
poets to start up the latter part of
this week. UP to a little over a
week ago tomatoes were selling by
the quart, and sold for as much as
they are now selling per basket
Is to 20 cents.
Recent rains have kept the corn
which was showing evidence of suf-
fering from the hot, dry weather
from burning-in good heart which
the farmers call it-until the very
good rain fall of Sunday night,
which came down for several
hours, not heavily, but in a way for
every drop to go in without pack
ing the ground Double the guam
tity could have been received, but
the early corn is at least doing
well, and if the later crops are as
well favored, the corn crop must
be good one.
Directions were sent out from
Washington to the post offices to
be closed on Saturday last from ten
to two o'clock out of respect to
General Sheridan who was buried
on that day. Postmaster Bewley
compiled with the order as far as