Smyrna times., 1940-10-31

Ground hog is prepared in gooc
style by our butchers.
The time to gather autumn leav
es is before autumn leaves.
William Keiser, of Thoroughfare
Neck has a contract for gathering
cat tail from the marshes to the
amount Of about $500.
The Tuesday club has been re-
organized for the winter, the meet
ing last evening being at the resi-
dence of d. ]. Cummins.
Rev. w. w. Wilson will preach
a sermon for Morning Star Lodge
I. o. o. F., in the M. E. Church on
Sunday morning, November 9th.
BENZ. F. Hurlock near Blacks
tons Cross Roads is credited with
raising three pumpkins weighing
respectively 166, 156, $50 pounds.
L. o. Waller advertises elsewhere
the opening of his jewelry store on
Main Street. Our citizens should
encourage him with their patron
age.
Austen Saxton, Of Smyrna Land
ing planted IL bushels White
Rock potatoes which yielded 40
bushels. IS will fill a * peach
basket.
The farm of the late George
Boyer near Cheswold, which con-
tains IT'S acres, has been sold at
administrators sale to John c.
Bailey, for S5,002.
The cornerstone Of the new Pro
testant Episcopal Chapel at Clay
ton will be laid on Monday, No
vember 3rd, at IL o'clock a. m
The foundations are finished and
the building is being enclosed.
On account d the storm on
Friday night last, Rev. Herman
Roe did not deliver his lecture at
Bay View, but will ID. w deliver
it Friday evening next 31st inst.
All are invited. r. X. Stephenson,
pastor.
The Prohibition party will hold
a mass meeting in the Opera House
this town, on Friday evening next,
to be addressed by Rev. j. A. B.
Wilson and others. 1t is expected
that the candidates for Governor
and Congress will be present.
The big day" that the colored
people Of Bethel Church expected
on Thursday last was knocked into
smithereens by the big storm that
dominated everything out Of doors.
The day was more dampning than
that for the Mt. Friendship people
the previous Thursday.
"Adrift on the World" a sensa-
tional comedy and drama, was pre-
sented at Opera House last night
to well pleased audience and will
be repeated again tonight. The
cast is good, among them being
Little Mabel Walters, late Of Elsie
Leslie's Little Lord Fauntleroy
Company, and Harry Muirs Silver
King.
The Republicans of Duck Creek
Hundred have held no meetings
during this year, which seems to
have been the policy throughout
the county. The Democrats who
have had three meetings in the
Opera House will have their final
one on Saturday, to be addressed
by Hon. Thos. F. Bayard and John
Biggs, Esq.
The high tides that came with
the coast storm of Thursday SEEM
ed loath to leave: The tides were
higher on the Delaware marshes on
Monday than they ever were the
previous Thursday The people of
Bombay Hook in leaving the ISL
and had to travel in water much Of
the way. The causeways every
where were overfiown.
Notwithstanding the threatening
and bleak north wind of Friday
the ladies Of the w. G. T. u, had a
clever success with their New
England Tea" on that evening, the
result of the effort being SAL. Miss
Winnie Lynch, of Mt. Pleasant,
sang several selections, exhibit
ing a fine quality of voice which
was much appreciated, the gentle
men singers advertised being pre-
vented by colds.
Messrs. White & Bell, our two
bricklayers and plasterers, who in
the general depression of business
of the year have been casting about
for employment or business else
where, have finally decided on
merchandising, and opened groc-
cry store in Philadelphia on Satur-
day, corner of Franklin street and
Fairmount Avenue. 1t is to be
hoped they will meet thetir expec-
tations. Their families still occupy
their houses here.
Rev. Mr.. Wilson, is making ar
rangements to have a belfry plac-