Smyrna times., 1939-10-12

Postmaster Bewley has in the
four years he has had the Office, is.
sued within a fraction of 400C
money orders.
James McCloskey lost a colt or
Saturday from lock-jaw caused by
nail which it had stuck in its
foot two weeks before.
John Wick bagged twenty-five
flickers on Monday, and does not
know how many more he would
have shot had not his ammunition
given out.
Thomas Jefferson, who has been
appointed Postmaster for Smyrna
to succeed Postmaster Bewley, has
bonded for the position ready to
take hold as soon as his commits
sion arrives.
The ox-roast tomorrow at the
baseball ground will doubtless call
together a large number of hun
CRY spectators. The intellectual
part of the day will come off at
night in the Opera House in
speeches and music.
The weather for the past ten
days has been favorable for wheat
seeding and the fallow fields have
about all been seeded The seed
ing in stalk ground which was be-
lated by the grassy condition of
the fields, requiring plowing, are
receiving prompt attention.
r. NJ Cooper, near Cheswold,
has grown this year about 1000 of
sweet potatoes. He usually brings
some to market to suit his conven-
fence since they were sufficiently
grown, but his crop is mostly
housed for winter and spring sales,
when better prices are obtained
John p. Collins takes the cake in
big pumpkins. The product Of one
hill was weighed this morning
five pumpkins, weighing 432 pounds
the largest, 121 pounds. This was
one pound heavier than Charles H.
Registers big pubpl1in. The aver
age of the five was Sc IL pounds.
Wesley Start on opening his
blacksmith shop on Monday morn
ing found he had had fire. The
anvil block was nearly consumed as
well as the handles of the tools ly-
ing about it. 1t caught, it is sup
posed, from a spark and had been
burning from the time he shut up
shop on Saturday.
DR.. w. T. Collins is having a
new coat of paint put on the dwell
ing occupied by DR.. E. S. Dwight,
also the office and barber shop of
Joseph B. Hum adjoining. Will
liam B. Collins is having his dwell
ing newly painted. William G.
Mitchell is having his residence on
lower Main street reweatherboard-
ed, putting it on over that already
there.
Harry w. jefferson in a note
written after weeks trial in the
Oliver-Finney Grocer Co., Mem
phis, Tenn, says he likes it better
every day and considers it FORUM
ate that he got with firm of such
business standing SO readily. He
is in the largest wholesale and his
brother Paul in the largest retail
house in Memphis, or for that mat
ter, in the South.
The personal property of the late
James H. Hall, auctioneered at
public sale on Saturday by Mr..
Weldon, brought god prices, con-
siderable number of the articles ex-
ceiling appraisement. The article
low its value was a boat One man
remarked that if it had been in the
market last fall about the time for
the ascent of salt River, "he would
have paid a good deal more for it.
Among the exhibitors at the Fair
were c. w. Kennedy & Co., who
nave ldi &c plduO eSIdDiioiiilelilo III
both Wilmington and Philadelphia.
The driver on his way down to re-
move the pianos and organs while
stopped to water the horses, they
suddenly started up while he was
getting into the wagon, throwing
him under the wheels and severely
injuring his foot. He stopped here
and received medical attention
from DR.. Dwight.
The following persons from this
section were awarded premiums at
the State Fair at Dover last week:
Misses Minnie Clement, X. l..
Storm, Lizzie Mcdowell and Sue
II. Colt. The prizes were for paint
ing and pencil work A. L. Hud-
son, Jr., took prize for his horse.
1t would seem that with one ex-
ception none of the men from this
part Of the county placed anything
on exhibition. There was, however,
fine exhibit Of farm products.