Smyrna times., 1941-03-20

April 10th.
The pulpit of the Methodist
Church will be occupied by a
preacher sent by the pastor.
Sunday week will be Easter Sun
day, and Mr.. Boehmler is already
prepared for it with a stock of
Easter goods.
The large hay crop that was har-
vested last year is coming in play
now, that winter is resting in the
lap of Spring.
The Press says that the Moss
Family have become famous
throughout the country as they do
what they advertise.
Mrs. Thomas Middleton, near
town, while soaring chicken out
of the garden, Sunday, fell and
severely cut her face.
This is the usual time to pillow
the ground and seed oats but no
blowing has been done on account
of the heavy rains. But few crops
of oats will be sown.
The drove of young mules which
arrived here last week, 800 miles
from their old Kentucky home are
over their fatigue of travel and are
now ready to wear the harness.
The necessary arrangements
for making cans by Messrs. McGaw
& Bro. were completed last week
and work commenced on Monday.
The work at this time and the fac
tory Of John H. Hoffecker will be
run on into the summer.
The dissolution of Lewis & Price
is announced in another column.
Moses Price, the father of L. M
Price, has purchased the plant,
where L. M. Price will continue the
business, and is now negotiating
for materials to manufacture for
the Spring trade.
Yesterday was St. Patrick's Day
the brightest, dryest, crispest
day Of the year. With all the rain
that has fallen since the year set
in it was not strange that the good
old Saint varied the usual weather
of the day with flood of sunshine.
1t will be taken as an augury Of
better weather.
The scholars connected with the
Methodist Sunday School are re-
quested through this medium to re-
turn the books next Sunday, and
the parents are also requested to
prompt their children to this effect.
New Librarians have been elected
and it is very much desired that all
the books shall be in for them to
start with.
That was a very commendable
spirit manifested to John Seeney
and wife in the destruction of their
home and contents on Monday. In
addition to bedsteads, stove, cloth
ing and other things proffered
Charles Potts collected and expend-
ed some SIS in the purchase OF
household affairs to make them
comfortable in starting life again.
Lawyer Fulton and r. o. P. Viii
son, Clerk of the Orphans Court
came to Smyrna on Friday to act
with a commission consisting o.
William M. Bell, A. L. Hudson
John Severson, r. N. Cooper and
David M. Clouds to place value OF
the property left by the late Sam
uel Cats and wife, preparatory t
a sale or settlement of the estate.
There will be special meeting
of the Board of Trade held thi
evening at the Office of Esquire II
G. Budd at 7.30 for the purpose Q
recognizing under the charter O
incorporation and other importan
business. All members of tn
Board of Trade are requested to b
present, and all who wish to be
come members are cordially IN
vited.
Messrs. Bell & White, our brick
layers and plasterers who in the dc
preston and slackness Of bushes
last fall went to Philadelphia I
run a grocery store, closed on
their business and returned hom
last week. We are glad to sa
that the outlook this year for bus
mess of all kinds, mechanical a
well as merchantile is much in
proved, and the future has bette
things in store. The farm is tn
business motor, and all farm pre-
ducts have greatly advanced. an
the prospective crops promising.
The old Casperson saw mill nea
Clayton which was idle last yea
and which has been undergoing rs
pairs during the past winter I
adapt it for use as a creamery, wa
completed and put in operation las
week. The A.. H. Reed extractin
machinery is used, and water froI
the pond serves as motive powe