Smyrna times., 1938-05-19

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ing of the basket factories in froce
The wheat fields are looking very
f1ourishing, and the rain of Friday
gave a new impetus to the grass
crops.
A. L. Hudson has bought a pas
ture lot 1874 acres on the south
ern limit of the town of John H.
Bewley for $3.50.
The rain of Friday and Saturday
assured a good strawberry crop, at
least for the early picking, which
will be on in about two weegs.
Rev. George S. Swezey will
preach next Sunday in the Presby-
terrain Church. He is expected to
fill the pulpit for three months.
The birds are singing in the
trees, and all the world is glad; the
flowers bloom in every breeze, and
house cleaning goes on like mad.
E. Beck is having the new store
room soon to be occupied by o. D.
Hill and the store Of E. G. Walls
adjoining set in front with a new
and more elevated pavement.
The sea trout coming to market,
are running unusually large and
fine this year. Some of them are
as large as shad, and one was
caught down the bay which weigh
ed fourteen pounds.
The thunder shower, accompan-
led BY hail, on Monday night was
followed BY SO low a temperature
yesterday as to cause a general
re-kindling Of fires-the coolest we
have had it during the whole
month.
Mrs. Laura Hall came down from
Wilmington last week to superin-
tend the placing Of a handsome
tomb stone over the grave of her
lamented husband, Edwin r. Hall,
who died here a year ago and was
buried in the Odd Fellows Gem
etery.
a festival for the benefit of the
Methodist Sunday School will be
held at the Opera House tonight.
Several new features in its man
agement will be introduced. De
licious Strawberries from down the
road, before ours are half grown,
will be tempting features Of the
tables.
The cold north wind and low
temperature yesterday the Their
mometer ranging between AZ and
"a degrees during the day caused
a general apprehension among the
fruit growers that it would sink to
the frost line during the night, and
it was quite relief to find instead
rain and south wind.
The carriage shop run by Joseph
L. Beckett on lower Main Street
is exceedingly busy now under a
pressure Of work that keeps every
body stirring. AS will be seen by
advertisement, the establishment
keeps and makes to order the lat
est styles and makes Of carriages,
and an old one looks as good as
new.
Fish Commissioner Norney went
down the road yesterday with a
Matching Of young shad, leaving
10000 with Wilson T. Lavender, of
this town, who promptly deposited
them in the creek at Smyrna
Landing. The little things not
thicker than a strand Of cotton
struck out boldly for themselves, /
to return doubtless three or four
years hence handsome broilers.
At the Republican primary on
Saturday John H. Hoffecker in
the chair and E. H. Beck, secre-
tary) the following persons were
chosen to attend the State Conven-
tion to be held in Dover to-mor-
row: Delegates, John H. Hoffeck-
er, William H. Baggs, David T.
Smithers, S. S. Griffen and w. G.
Truax. Alternates, William A.
FAIRIES, James E. Baker, r. W.Gun- |
ming, Theodore Mannon and Ga
maliel Garrison.
The unusually cold snap that set
in here yesterday morning was
visitor from the West. A regular
January blizzard" ragged Monday
at Marquette, Michigan, but the
snow melted as fast as it fell.
Snow also fell at Gladstone, Grand
Haven, East Tawas, and Alpena,
and cold weather prevailed in the
fruit belt. At Galesburg and Mon
mouth, Illinois, the cold was so Sc
we're on Saturday night that ice
formed. Garden vegetables and
small fruits were killed.
John p. r. Polk stated at the
peach meeting in Dover last week |
that the Bureau of Information |
and Distribution would be able to
handle 10000, 900 baskets Of peach
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