Smyrna times., 1939-08-10


tons Cross Roads has been opened
for business.
The pavement in front of G. A
Wick's barber shop is being elevat-
ed and relaid.
Policemen Grant put two tramps
in the lookup last night for dis
orderly conduct.
Perhaps the finest basket of to-
matoes in market was grown in
the garden of E. @. FAIRIES. They
were of the ''Mikado" variety.
H. P. HAZEL we are told will
have some 5000 baskets of peaches
for market from his farm near
Blackbird campmeeting woods.
]. V. Smith whose health has
been poor for some time back, is
now at his bench and wants fifty
good watches to repair in the next
month.
Next Sunday afternoon is Rev.
r. K. Stephenson's appointment
at Bethel Church near Cheswold,
and he says he will be there and
preach.
]. v. Smith has an ingenious
contrivance at his watch repairing
bench which he has connected with
a lathe to fan and keep him cool
while at work.
The Smyrna creamery received
during the month Of July sixty
thousand quarts of milk from
which they made nearly 5000
pounds of butter.
First class wheat is bringing 80
cents per bushel. 1t grades from
this all the way down to so cents,
as to its dryness and quality. Corn
rates at 40 cents.
The Delaware keystone Club, Of
M.d6letown and the Smyrna Giants
played a game of ball here on Sat-
urday. Score Is to in favor Of
the Smyrna Giants.
Neither the Episcopal Sunday
School of this town, no- the NJ. E.
School of Clayton, "excurted" to
Woodland Beach last week as an
nounced, because Of the weather.
There are few more entertaining
exhibits than horse show. That
of Prof. Burk's, which is to be here
next Monday, we believe is the
first of educated horses that ever
visited Smyrna.
The yearly meeting of the Old
School Baptists was held at Bryn-
zion Church on Sunday, but the at
tendance was hardly as large as
usual. Elders Rittenhouse and
Postles conducted the services.
A large monument has been
placed this week over the grave of
Noble T. Jerman in Glenwood Gem
etery 1t is of dark granite. pol
ished face and very substantial in
appearance. The sub base has
some neat chisel work, above
which rises a shaft nineteen feet
high, making an attractive feature
for the location.
Mr. Orrell on ]. B. FAIRIES farm
near Brenford shipped thirty bas-
kets of Mountain Rose peaches to
New York in crates on Saturday
which sold for $40 or az rate of
nearly So per basket. Twenty-Five
baskets Monday sold for $3.50 and
p yesterday for $50 anG between
three and four baskets Of Little
Troths sold for $1,000
A Smyrna nine of home players
went to Camden yesterday for a
game with the club of that place,
the Smyrna club being the winners
on score of to 6. The clubs
were TO be composed of only home
players, but Camden had shree
hired players from the ola nine.
WILKINSON and Wharton were the
battery for Smyrna.
The comet recently discovered
will probably be visible in this lati-
tude in a week or two. It's motion
is rapidly northeast, equal to over
three degrees a day, which will
bring it to the celestial equator
about the end of the month. Its
motion indicates nearness to the
sun and its direction shows that it
has completed its circuit Of that
orb and is now on it's return to
space. 1t is probably approaching
the earth, and as it is described as
q bright" comet, it may possibly
be seen with the naked eye.
DEATHS
Thompson-On July 81, Harri-