Smyrna times., 1939-06-08

diocese.
William B. Wilson, between
Green Spring and Prices Corner,
has enclosed his lawn with a neat
combination Of wire and board.
We are indebted to Frank Col
lins of Delaware College, for a
card of invitation to the Com
mencement exercises, June 10Th.
William P. Legg showed US a
potato from his garden on Satur-
day as large as hen egg. He will
have them for the table in a week
or two.
Charles ]. Mundy, of Cheswold,
has recently purchased from
Smith, Powell and Lamb a thor
oughbred registered Holstein-
Friesian heifer. She is two years
old and weighs $50 pounds.
1t is expected that DR.. G. o.
Swinney will return home from
N<hA(aSoS lAA.Y lie lchS
been away nearly two weeks at
tending as representative the
worlds session of r. w. G. L. of
Good Templary.
The steamer Richard Stockton"
came down to Bay Head collins
Beach, on Sunday, heavily loaded
with passengers, but could not un-
load them at the new wharf be-
cause no spring piling has been
provided at the place of landing.
The Smyrna boys suffered their
first defeat yesterday in a game
with the Townsend club by a score
of 10 to 20. Our club were youths
while their opponents were a pick
ed nine Of men, some of them ex-
perienced batters from other plac-
es.
We are indebted to Thomas Fen
nimore of Thoroughfare Neck for
a box of Sharpless strawberries,
eighteen Of which filled the box.
In their irregular shape and deep
color, they looked, in comparison
with strawberries of the old kind,
more like brickbats than strawber-
ries.
The sympathy of the people of
Smyrna as well as elsewhere has
been aroused in favor of the Johns
town sufferers We are authorized
to state that w. H. Janney at the
Smyrna Bank will receive and
duly forward to the food sufferers
all sums that may be contributed
for this purpose.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has purchased 100000 feet
of heavy spruce and yellow pine
timber to replace the washed away
bridges. All the large lumber
yards along the line have been
drawn upon for this great supply
Wilmington and Baltimore lumber
yards furnished about 10000
feet more, and they purchased al
there was in Philadelphia.
Walter o. Hoffecker has rented
an Office on Main street next door
to that of the Delmarvia Phos-
phate Company, and will take pos
session to-day In addition to
writing insurance for both fire and
life, for which he represents some
of the best companies, he will also
give attention to the sale Of pianos
and organs, exchanging old fol-
new ones, or selling on the install
ment plan.
Strawberries which went to mar
ket a week ago over the Delaware
road by about 100 cars day, have
dropped down considerably, the
market becoming seriously glutted
Mr. Leinberger who shipped some
of his best berries to Boston only
got six cents for them, which
bhought him in debt half cent OF
the box. A New York commission
merchant in speaking of the glut-
ted condition of New York anc
consequent prices, said there was
more than quart OF berries fol-
every man, woman and child in the
city. Besides an unusually large
crop, the different sections which
are usually from one to two weeks
apart, ripened nearly together this
year.
The funeral of John Farrell Ear
account of whose death was given
In our last issue which took place
on Friday afternoon was one OF
the largest that ever occurred in
this vicinity. The most of the
towns and surrounding country
for miles around was represented
Revs. Maxwell, OF Leipsic, Terry
of Dover, and Robinson, Of Smyr-
ma, took part in the ceremonies
the two last making appropriate
addresses. There were 1O2 car
riages which joined the procession
to the Odd Fellows Cemetery, near
this town, and twenty-seven car
riages which had come from the
direction Of Leipsic returned home