Smyrna times., 1939-09-21

A son OF John SeVerSOn was Sc
verely gored by a bull last week in
the thigh, but is now greatly i'm
proved.
The creamery will hereafter buy
milk as to quality, proved by a
tester. About 5000 pounds of but
ter were made in August.
The remains Of the father, mother
and sister, of William B. Start have
been removed from Glenwood to
Mr.. Starts lot in Odd Fellows
Cemetery.
The store Of Mr.. Prettyman,
father of Clarence Prettyman, Of
this town, was the only one that
escaped in the block Of houses de-
stroyed at Seaford this morning.
The phosphate firms Of Lewis &
Price and the Peninsular Bone
Fertilizer Company, are using
Smyrna river pretty freely now in
shipping their products to other
places in schooners.
The high board fence at the
Smyrna House which was blown
down by the storm last week has
been replaced with new and strong
er posts. It's chief outside use is
to post show bills on.
w. S. Reynolds, of Clayton, who
secured patent on a self-measur-
ing oil tank for filling lamps, has
received advantageous offers from
a New York firm who want to
manufacture a certain quantity Of
them.
Alfred Massey, from near Haz-
lettsville, made big haul on Cos
griff & Jerman's tile yard yester-
day. He intended to have ten
wagons in the procession, but they
were something short of this by
some disappointing.
Nearly $4,000 has been expended
in this vicinity, mostly between
here and the bay, for brush in
GLIDING labor. for the jetty that is
now being built from Reedy's Is
land to Rays Ditch, a distance of
nearly five miles. About 2OOO feet
is placed in the bay each year until
it shall be completed
Last Thursday was designated
for Farmers Day at Collins
Beach, but was prevented by the
great storm. Mr.. Rothwell has
made preparations to have it to-
morrow instead, and it will also
have the additional distinction of
closing day"
E. H. Beck, real estate broker,
has effected the sale of George D.
Collins residence adjoining the
Presbyterian Church. to Mrs Mary
Fierce for $4,000 Three building
lots in West Smyrna belonging to
DR.. John W. Flick, have also been
sold to Jacob Leinberger for $780,
The canning factory whistles
that were very decorous during the
bad weather, let themselves go
yesterday morning, the first as
early as five o'clock. 1t was a
simple notification to the workers
at the canneTies that the fruit was
there, and their services ned at an
early hour, on the principle that
has come down through the centur-
les, make hay while the sun
shines" However tomatoes felt
the effect of the long wet and
warm weather that followed,
cracking them open and causing
them to spoil. This was particu-
Iarly so with the picking of Satur-
day and Monday. On the latter
day one farmer who picked over
forty baskets only had seventeen
from the lot considered fit to bring
to the cannery. The quantity will
be amply made up from the later
ones. if frost stays off. William NJ.
Boyer, residing on the "VanGesep'
farm, and in the narrow peach belt
that ran down from Brenford,
hadn't quite all Of his pick Of a
thousand baskets or more, market
ed when the hurricane struck 1t
seemed as if every peach would be
whipped off. but he found enough
Salways to ship load on Saturday
and again on Monday. The stormy
days Of the whole of the last week
kept thousands of dollars from the
pockets Of excursion boat owners
and the managers of county fairs,
that would have got there if the
weather had been balmy and pleas
ant. The Delaware river boats
that intended to run until the ff-
teenth Of September, were put into
winter quarters during the early
part Of the week.