Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1941-04-03

will hold large demonstration
here on the 9th.
The McGibeny Family will be at
the Opera House on the 10th. Mr..
Moss endorses them highly.
James L. Hevering, Register of
Wills who has been sick a long
time died yesterday at Dover.
A citizen thinks this ought to be
a good watermelon year-there
has been so much water fallen.
Harvey Stuart is preparing to
open a grocery store in the room
recently occupied by j. B. FAIRIES.
J. E. Carter has contracted for
papering large hotel in Charles
ton, w Va, and will commence the
work next week.
Severson's church was finely
dressed for Easter, and the other
wise interesting services were en-
HANGED by good music.
Cheswold held I: town election
last Saturday under her charter as
amended by this Legislature The
five who served last year were re-
elected.
The corporate name of the firm
that will locate a cannery at Ches-
void, is Assua, Banes, & Co. They
are now from Baltimore and will
distribute seeds and perfect plans
next week.
Four persons, Philip Archie and
Susanna Clifton, and Walter Cliff
ton and Gracey Macy, all of New
Castle county, went to the parson-
age of Centennial Church Wednes-
day night to have the matrimonial
knot tied by Rev. S. Hammond.
At the annual election at st.
Peters Church, Monday, D. J.
Cunmins was elected Senior War
and w. H. Janney, William Polk
Cummins, William F. Dunn, Will
liam c. Mitchell and John B. Webb,
vestrymen.
1t looks now as if much of the
ice gathered in the winter would
be of no avail The immense rain
fall Of the past three months has
SO raised the springs as to fill
many cellars and ice houses with
water and the ice will in conse-
quence be melted and lost.
j. T. Eddenfield moved from the
farm of A. Lee Cummins to this
place a month ago. A chicken
that was brought disappeared and
was almost forgotten until the
other day when removing a board
at the side Of the house revealed
the hen imprisoned. 1t was alive
and is recovering from its twenty
four days of fasting.
William D., son of j. H. Bishop,
near Cheswold was kicked by a
mule on Friday last and received
an ugly cut just above the temple.
The blow knocked him insensible
but after time while yet partially
unconscious he alone managed to
reach the house from the stable a
frightful object from loss of blood.
Dr. Smith was Immediately called
and dressed the wound.
On Monday, April 5, in accord
ance with Rule 8, Sec. 2 of the
School Rules, any child residing
within the school district and who
has reached the age Of six years
may take the lowest grade in the
primary department of the Smyrna
Public Schools. This is the last
opportunity for entrance to the
lowest grade before the first of Sep
TENDER next.
The bright sun and drying air
that followed Easter was a god
send to the belated gardeners, and
Monday found many persons at
work in their flowers and at seed
planting. There were few who
took advantage of the very few
good days in the early part of
March who have peas and lettuce
coming up. 1t was only for a day
however, for yesterday heavy rain
set in again.
Early Sunday morning the citi-
zens of Leipsic were startled from
their slumbers by the cry of fire.
In a few minutes flames were seen
daTting from the sides Of DIR.
Howe's drug store. Prompt work
readily extinguished the flames,
not however until quite a large
section Of the building had been
destroyed. The origin of the fire
is unknown; the supposition is that
it is the work of an incendiary.
At a festival held in Centennial
Hall on Monday night an animated
discussion sprung up on the sub
ject of education, when George Coff
told Walter Johnson he didn't know
his alphabet. This was an imputa-
ton that Johnson wouldn't stand:
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