Smyrna times., 1941-10-16

oVeTcOdlS DlOSSOHleu Oul Ou MOil-
day.
It's about time to "shut the
door"
The Summer girl has left us but
the Autumn girl is here.
1t isn't too soon, perhaps, to re-
mark that next year will be Leap
Year.
S. G. Stinson is putting up a
comfortable residence for John
Viney on East Street.
The price of coal will be advanc-
ed on october 15th-25 cents per
ton on all sizes and grades.
The friends of B. B. Allen expect
him to receive the appointment of
Prothonotary from the Governor
next week.
The Photographic and tight-rope
Walking establishment located near
the depot, will pull up stakes and
go to Milford tomorrow.
The Hosiery Factory is to be
heated by steam, and Walter C.
Jones is now engaged in arranging
the machinery to this end.
The clearing weather of this
morning indicated that the Tenn
perance Ladies will have auspicious
weather for their convention.
We had almost two months of
August weather, and October was
considered far-off when the change
came, to the joy of our coal mer-
chants.
The cold winds, admonitary to
frost, have caused a general taking
up of sweet potatoes which are
abundant in the market at 25 cents
a basket.
The Steamer Ella carried up five
horses today, two of them being
valuable ones from the stock yards
of S. B. Richardson of Massey,
Maryland.
William George Hill has COM
pleted his calculations on the ex-
cess of freight, and is refunding
the farmers with what he thinks is
their equitable share.
A home entertainment
Roe at the Opera House Friday
evening, October 23rd. Mr.. Roe
will speak on the subject of Under
the Cross of Saint George or un-
der the British flag. Tickets, 25c.
The Grand Lodge of Good Temp
lars of Delaware will meet at Fair
View above Newark, next Wednes-
day and Thursday. This is the an
nual convention and the usual
speakers and workers will be pres
ent.
Walter l.. Mains show that is
now doing the peninsula is giving
Smyrna the go-by. This will not
be regretted by the farmers who
are behind with their work, how
ever much it may by the small
boy.
= The busy housewife has just got
through seige of putting up fruit,
and now the job of housekeeping
is on, and another tug of war
comes. Her work is never done,
but she obtains satisfaction that it
is done well.
Tomorrow will be a big day with
the colored people of the town-the
ox-roast at Centennial Church Hall,
and at night an address by the
Rev. w. c. Dickerson on "Our
Church, Our Home, Our Country"
Alexander Frazier, constable of
Kenton, who has been in a state of
decline the past year or two, from
consumption, died on Friday night,
in the 64th year of his age. His
remains were inferred yesterday at
Brynzion Church, Elder E. Ritten-
house, officiating.
The cannery at Cheswold closed
for the season on last Friday. The
Bohemian help brought from Balti-
more were rough in their manner
of living but otherwise were peace
full and quiet. In all their dealings
they paid cash, and left Saturday
with no debt contracted and not
paid.
The fierce northeaster which
broke in on us so fiercely Sunday
night and kept it up all the next
day, and was quite suggestive OF
an Equinoctial, except it felt more
like snow than rain. 1t was be-
sides three weeks out of date, il
there is anything in the Equinoc-
tial storms, which scientists say is
popular fallacy.
The members and friends of Ray
mond's Methodist Church are bust
ly engaged this week getting ready
for an oyster supper and festival
entertainment to be held in the
church next Friday and Saturday
evenings, October 18th and 18th. A
cordial invitation is extended to
everybody and pleasant time So
cially is anticipated.