Smyrna times., 1939-07-06

WOAh uP "hdl iudlCi Ael lucy nave
on hand.
The law increasing the jurisdic-
tion Of Delaware Justices of the
Peace from S100 to 5000 went into
effect Monday.
William r. Smith, near Bren-
ford, lost valuable seven year old
mare a few days ago, leaving a
colt six weeks old.
Now sportsmen fear that the re-
cent heavy rains have drowned all
the young quails, or ruined the
eggs, which were being hatched.
The Smyrna School Board in ac-
cordance with its annual custom,
liquidated the past week, another
$1,000 of the indebtedness for the
school building.
Thomas Kirby, of the Neck, has
bought the farm of D. w. Trum-
peller, near the Big Oak" includ-
ing the crops, stock, &c. The price
paid is stated to be S10,2
In starting home after the game
of baseball here on Thursday, the
Dover hackman ran over little
boy named Ed. Rose, injuring him
quite severely but not seriously.
A new separator has been re-
ceived at the Smyrna creamery,
double the capacity of the old one;
5000 quarts day. The produc-
tion is about 325 pounds of butter
a day.
The superintendent of the Della
ware Division has got out the
peach estimate of the different
roads, making total for the Pen
insula of 2,798, ,23O baskets. The
growers who see the daily disap-
pearance of the fruit from the
trees do not think it will be half
that.
The Kent County Levy Court
held a special session last week
and among other matters appro-
priated $3.50 to assist the Bombay
Hook incorporation in building
dams in the creeks SO as to pre-
vent the high tides and overf1ows
from washing out the public roads
on the island.
Rev. w. S. Robinson, pastor of
Asbury M. E. Church, had the
title Of D. d. conferred on him last
week by Dickinson College. This
honorary title of Doctor of Divin-
ity is an acknowledgment of his
eminent mental gifts, and is rarely
bestowed on one SO young. DR.
Robinson has been warmly con
graduated by his friends.
There is a new craze in society
and the craze is for wood carving.
1t is the latest fad for fashionable
women having time and money at
command. Learners are apt to
become discouraged, but average
patience will triumph over a few
difficulties and soon the deft fing-
ers will be able to turn out beauti-
full speciments Of wooden sculp-
ture.
Isaac H. FAIRIES has contracted
with Messrs. Hudson & Moore,
lumber dealers of Clayton, to put
him up a house on South street on
the lot adjoining that Of William
]. CarroW. 1t is to be the size and
style of that of L. NJ. Price on Mt.
Vernon street The work is to
commence at once. (This house is
now the Rev. DR.. Johnson property
tenanted by Supt G. r. Miller Of
our schools).
The black rot has set in to blast
what grapes were left by the rose
bugs, and the vineyardists are for
casting an empty harvest. Last
year this was the result for the
first time, with less rain and not
setting in Until the 1st of July. 1t
looks worse foi this year, COM
mencing as it has in June, with a
more continuous rainfall The
spraying {. prevent the mildew.
with such weather has been un-
availing.
The wheat, with a very few ex-
ceptions was all cut by Saturday
night. 1t was the toughest time
our farmers ever had and they will
yiv.dly remember the harvest of
1889. In some places the weight
of the self-binders would sink them
In the ground and they would have
to be pulled out. In such places
where the horses did not mire, a
neighbor's little dropper would be
used, and thus the harvest was
murdered through with.
Wading in water with rolled up
pants and bare feet and cutting
wheat with scythe and cradle,
has been an experience this week
with several farmers in B,ackbird
ard Appoquinimink Hundreds.
Rains have been heavy everywhere
but the shower clouds seem to have
been partial to this locality since