Smyrna times., 1940-10-10

Fools rush in where wise mer
are afraid to tread This is every.
day life.
Monday gave us heavy rainfall
and yesterday was somewhat OF
the same order.
]. E. Carter and E. w. Lapham
have been picking ripe strawber-
ries from their patches.
A larger Reynolds and Causey
flag was thrown to the breeze this
morning at the -four corners
The undertakers say that there
has been very little use for their
services in this vicinity the past
six months.
Postmaster jefferson found the
postal receipts of the last quarter
larger than the corresponding
quarter of last year.
Psychologists say that the older
a man gets the smaller his brain
becomes. This explains why young
men know everything and old men
nothing.
William S. Hardcastle near Ches-
wold, had wheat up and greening
the field week ago where the
corn had been cut off and carried
to wide rows.
Dear" said physicians wife
as they sat in church, there is
Mrs. G-sitting in a draft" 'Nev-
er mind" said her husband, Il
shall cash that draft"
In the frequent and heavy rains
the Fall of 1890 is very much like
that of 1889. The ground is thor
oughly saturated with water, and
the springs are very high.
The boys tried their hand in
Chestnuting last week but only got
enough for mess or so, only a few
of the burs being open. The boys
would like to see a white frost.
All the members of the Loyal
Legion" are requested to meet on
Monday evening, october 18th, at
z o'clock at the Temperance read
ing room for the purpose of recr-
ganizing.-
On next Sabbath the quarterly
communion service will be observ-
ed at the Presbyterian Church
when several additions to the men,
bership will be made by confession
and by letter.
Rev. Mr.. Stephenson announced
a protracted meeting to commence
at Bethel Church last night, and
Rev. Mr.. Warner will commence
one at Union Church near Black
bird, on Sunday evening.
One Of our citizens has been
reading and hearing so much late
ly of Speaker Reed, that he ex-
pressed the wish the other day that
somebody would kill him-appear-
ing to him as a monster.
Sunday last was a day Of beau
tiful clearness and pleasantness of
temperature. 1t was a day adapt
ed to old and young, infirm and ro-
bust in health-such a day as only
October and May can produce.
George w. Tilghman has his new
and substantial machinery building
so nearly finished that the steam
connections were put on yesterday,
but the palmer and other imple-
ments are yet to be got up but will
soon be ready for work.
About 100 ladies and clergy Of
the Episcopal Church from the diff
ferent towns Of the state will meet
in Smyrna tomorrow, to whom a
lunch will be served in the chapel.
It is the annual State meeting Of
the Ladies' Auxiliary Society.
Farmers are having a hard time
of it with their wheat seeding.
About the time they get the
ground in order and begin seeding,
rain falls and they have to prepare
the land again for seeding. On
heavy soil the seeding will be very
late.
The board Of School Directors at
a special meeting Monday night
adopted a new code Of rules for the
government of the school present
ed by the new principal, Prof.
Yocum. What these rules en-
brace will be explained in a later
issue.
There has been a steady stream
of tomatoes to the factories all the
week keeping the packers busy
but as the time for frost has come
and the supply Of cans will soon
be exhausted, the canning season
is hardly likely to last longer than
this week.
A straw riding party-it wasn't
the former one that kicked up such
a racket-after doing up" the
town to their satisfaction one
night last week, took up at the