Smyrna times., 1940-08-08

MTS. f1dTTl6I bldlT OI near Sldy-
ton has bought three building lots
of A. Sevil of that town.
Theodore Mannon near town had
a valuable horse drop dead last
week, it is supposed from heat.
Charles Potts has gathered and
sold from his vines A quarts of
butter beans during the past week.
Geo. F. Brown has taken a po-
sition with Jas. c. Robinson as
clerk or assistant in his office bus
iness.
George Price will play the cor
net at Collins Beach Thursday
night in addition to the regular
music.
Cheswold is making a move to-
ward street lamps for their town
with a strong probability of get
ting them.
The Grangers of this vicinity
want to effect reorganization of
their society, and will meet today
for that purpose.
We are not as yet in possession
of official figures as to the popu-
iation of Smyrna, but from state
ments given and counting on our
usual basis of Smyrna's census, we
are safe in saying that we number
very close to 2,700.
Another trotting race will take
place at A. L. Hudson's Driving
Park near this town on Friday,
18th inst. A special race will take
place between A. L. Hudson's pa
Ger Delaware and John F.
Goldsbouroughs stallion Happy
Thought"
Northbound freight train No. so
jumped the track of the P.W. and
B. railroad, between Cheswold and
Brenford on Saturday night, dam
aging one car and tearing up the
track The wrecking train was
called into requisition and cleared
the road for traffic in about an
hour.
A huge lobster was caught by
Mr.. Henry Dunbar in the bay off
the town of Penobscot. 1t was
thirty-four inches long and weigh
ed twenty-one pounds. The guests
at the Penobscot House had the
pleasure of discussing the lobster,
which was served soon after the
catch.
Katie Watkins, a nine-year-old
girl living with Jacob Leinberger,
was shot through her left hand
this morning while playing with a
pistol. She had been sent up stairs
for a hat, but seeing a pistol lying
on self, she picked it up curious
ly, with the result as above stated.
DR.. Dwight dressed the wound.
The following are the newly
elected officers of Smyrna Lodge,
No. 5. 1. o. CT: CT, William
Carter; VT, Miss Ida Webb; Sec
retary, George Lees; F.S., Frank
Webb; Treasurer, Harry Cotton;
c., willard Carrow; NJ, Daniel
Phillips; c., Harry Mattiford !;
Sentinel, Isaac Jones; Superinten-
dent, Miss Emma Weldon; Organ
ist Mrs. William Carter.
"A case is reported to this office
as having occurred on the Delaware
and Chesapeake road, two miles
from Clayton, that our informant
says would be a legitimate sub
ject for the white caps" A man
lives there who, although he has
money in his pocket, neither furn-
ishes his wife with a change of
clothing nor the material to clothe
his new born babe, and the wife
would have died but for the kind
ness of a neighbor in seeing after
her. The babe looked like healthy
vigorous child when it was born
on Sunday, but Monday morning
the announcement was made by
the father that the child was dead
and it was buried in the afternoon.
The man is fairly industrious,is not
known to be dissipated, but lives
the utmost squalor.
Mrs. Kate Simmons was ar
raigned before Squire Cooper on
July 30 to answer to the charge
of throwing a fiat iron at Maur-
ice E., son of L. Dora Bange, both
families residing on Cummins
street, which they have made an
unpleasant thoroughfare by their
disgraceful quarrels. Mrs. SIM
mons was fined six cents and held
in 500 bond to keep the peace. A
counter complaint was Immediately
lodged by Alexander and wife, SON.
in-law and daughter Of the said
MrslK Kate Simmons, swearing their
lives against Mrs. Bange and
charging her with threatening to
poison the Carson family and burn
their house. The hearing was held
Friday afternoon resulting In Mrs
Bange being held in bond Of $3.50
with s11raty ta kaen fha paaco