Smyrna times., 1941-08-21

Mrs. Sarah P. Mason fell last
week and disabled herself.
The number of bay fishing parties
this year is unusually small. Too
busy with peaches.
After reading the daily paper
one is ready to ask: 'Is trickery
and dishonesty on the increase.
Sarsins and Maxwell it is stated,
will run a canning factory at Ken
ton this year.
A large number of watermelons
were put in the market on Satur-
day from this vicinity.
The holidays are fact vanishing
and school days will be here before
our boys and girls want them.
Miss Eunice Anthony who has a
nice amateur outfit, photographed
the Presbyterian Church last week.
J. w. Jones announces that his
place is still the headquarters for
creamery butter-fresh every day.
The Steamer Ella and barges
running from Smyrna River to
Philadelphia, have been carrying
heavy loads of peaches.
The canning factories are in
readiness for work and from this
time on will be receiving and can
ming fruit as it is brought to them.
Messrs. Bitter and Luesher are
receiving orders for their hosiery,
for widely different points, last
week having orders from both
Louisiana and Alabama.
A catfish IL inches long was
caught near Philadelphia on Wed
nesday. Our fishermen will have
to hustle to keep their reputation
for big catches and big stories.
Whooping Cough is quite prevail
ent in certain sections of the town
Three children, colored, have beer
buried from the residence of Noah
Boise, in the space of ten days.
1t is feared that hog cholera has
started in the district east of Ches-
void. James P. Moore has lost
four of his herd and two others will
hardly over it. Other farmers have
also lost part of their herds.
Washburn and Arlingtons circus
will exhibit here next Friday, Au-
gust 21st. The show is highly
spoken of and will be worth wit
Messing. The performers are the
best and the attendants courteous
The M. E. Sunday School of Do
ver which had made arrangements
to picnic at Woodland Beach yes
terday, could not carry out its pur-
pose as the railroad running from
Clayton thither could not carry
passenger trains.
A Delaware railroad locomotive
jumped the track at Brenford or
Thursday and after running 60C
feet over the ties it bounded back
onto the rails. The machinery was
so badly jolted by the accident that
it could not be moved.
l.. M. Price has commenced the
manufacture of phosphate for his
fall sales. Having extra dry ma
terials which renders it easy tt
drill, makes it desirable for this
purpose. His orders thus far fol
the Fall indicate good sales.
The real estate of the late Calet
Jones, located in ''Whopping" wa:
sold at public sale by the admins
traitor William A. FAIRIES, on Satur
day. One of the houses was pur
chased by Walter Johnson for $294
and the other by Daniel Jones fo
1920.
The Every Evening which cam,
to us in bundle received at tn
Post Office on Monday bore the i'm
print of Saturday. 1t was a goo,
edition, but as we had read it tw
days previous it had lost it's fresh
ness by the 48 hours that had in
tervened.
Says metropolitan paper: Th
advice to farmers to lay back
part of this years wheat crop an
take long vacation at the World
Fair in 1893 is timely. What ]
better, it looks as though it Nigh
be carried out, if the Alliance does
MT interfere.
Sunday was bright day of re
freshing breezes, just the opposit
of the previous Sunday. The pa.
tors of the Episcopal, Presbyteria
Churches both being absent, Re-
Mr.. Wilson preached a sermon ths
claimed the attention of the aud
ence from its terse, vigorou
thoughts.
George F. Brown, who has bee
home from Virginia on a vacatio
this summer, was summoned
Norfolk on Monday by the firm /,
which he is salesman of the He
ring Safes. a fire having burne
there Saturday night, destroying
whole block, and involving a loss