Smyrna times., 1940-09-19

The chestnut crop promises well.
Gum camphor chases cock
reaches.
The year is almost on the home
stretch.
Soda fountains are closing for
the season.
September the 28th will be the
harvest moon.
The cider mills of this county
have had but little to do this sum-
mer.
AS cooler weather approaches
the number of Eiffel-tower collars
increase.
There is a rage for the golden
tints. both in evening dress and
millinery.
The rain fall yesterday was the
heaviest of the frequent showers
of the past week.
has subsided, chickens are becom-
ing more plentiful.
You can get your old drills of
any kind repaired at Taylor's next
door to Odd Fellows Hall.
For the first time in ten days
this morning gives evidence of
clear, settled and cooler weather.
Friendship Church, Thoroughfare
Neck, will be reopened on Sunday
next, preaching at 1890 a. m, and
p. m.
The output of the Smyrna
creamery for the past month was
5,454 pounds of butter from So, ,9O3
quarts of milk.
+. E. Postles, who has leased the
Peninsular Bone Fertilizer Factory
for the fall, is pushing work for
wheat seeding time.
Oysters are brought to this mar
ket from Leipsic river, not so large
as some others, but they go down
"red lane" just the same.
The friends of Isaac Stats will
push him strongly for Levy Court
Commissioner for Blackbird Hun
dred at the primary on Saturday.
If we had had big peach crop
this year, with the same tomato
yield, the oyster shells on our
streets would have been ground to
powder ere this.
Several able ministers are ex-
pected to occupy the pulpit during
the day. The pastor, Rev. w M.
Warner would be pleased to see a
large congregation on that day.
Peter L, Cooper, Jr., Superin-
tendent of Public Schools for this
county, will hold an examination of
teachers for second and third grad
es, in Dover, Saturday. 9th inst.
George c. Rothwell had a loss of
some $50, in the demolition of his
carriage last week by the fright Of
his horse, the innocent work of his
children while at play.
The Misses Savin had five Night
Blooming Sereus Towering at one
time On Friday evening" This has
been most vigorous plant, send
ing forth twenty-one blooms the
past year.
The Steamer Clyde made hel
last trip on Sunday to Woodland
Beach, the closing party night be
ing the previous Wednesday even
ing. The Beach premises nov
wear quiet severeness.
Nehemiah Moore, who has beer
supplying our people with Mary
land biscuit, cakes, ETC., the pas
two or three years, moves thil
week to Chester to engage in thu
fish and oyster business.
The people who have their earl,
dawn maps 1-2 to o'clock-s'
disturbed by the screeching whist
les Of the canning factories, ar
more than ever satisfied with thu
late maps Of a reposeful sabbatl
morning.
The well known Harry Indie!
company is billed for two nights a
the Opera House commencing
Monday evening, the 22nd, inst.
when they will present Across th4
Continent" and Little Lore
Fauntleroy."
The colored excursion with fiv'
partial filed cars from Chester
town arrived at this town on Sun
day morning notwithstanding th'
rain, and had rather dismal da,
Of it. The Bethel Church caml
will be held again next Sunday.
John Viney, a colored man EN-
ployed by Lewis & Price at ths
landing, strained himself while un
loading phosphate last week, from
the effects OF which he died OF
Sunday. His remains were buriee