Smyrna times., 1941-08-28

Sunday was free from rain here,
but plenty of heat and moisture,
the latter being carried by the
winds to Pennsylvania and deposit
ed in floods, like the rains at the
time of the Johnstown disaster.
This was particularly so around
Reading and Pottstown, running
crops and washing away property.
Ornamental virtue, exhibited only
Sunday or on other special occa-
sions, is found on every hand, but
the real simon-pure, every day ar
ticle which makes its possessor-be
good because of the absence of the
knowledge of evil, is somewhat
scarce, although we might, if our
modesty permitted, tell at least one
place where it may be found.
The officers reported everything
quiet on Saturday night, but other
parties say that there was drunk
enness and disorder in the yard of
the rear bar of the Smyrna House,
where the darkies herd to drink,
and there was fight about mid
night. The officers saw nothing of
this, as when they got there the
turbulence was over, and nobody
had done anything"
The congregation of the Bethel
M. E. Church near Cheswold, will
hold their annual Church Camp
meeting commencing Sunday, Sep
tember 9th, holding over two SUM-
days. Several of the prominent
ministers of the Church are expect
ed to help the pastor, Rev. j. t.
Hammond. The grand-rally, to
help raise 5000 in the Church debt,
will be held the first Sunday.
The bricklayers, Messrs. White &
Bell, had the walls of William A.
Winford's store in place to the
third story last week, and handed
over to the carpenter and timer.
1t makes decided improvement to
this part of the street. Mr.. Win
ford has been enabled to do some
thing which is not often permissi-
ble-keep his old roof on until the
new one is completed above it.
Rev. ]. S. Willis, Rev. w. w. w.
Wilson, and Rev. S. r. Maxwell are
to be at the laying of the corner
stone of the new Methodist Episco-
pal Church in Leipsic, next Sum-
day, August Both. An intellectual
and spiritual treat is anticipated
and we trust to the new Church en-
terprizes a day of ''fat things" fin
ancially will be realized. A cor
dial invitation is extended to all.
Come and worship with us, and
help us to make this an occasion
worthy of being long-remembered.
w. M. Warner, Pastor.
Said a farmer to us yesterday:
"The bottom has fallen out of the
peach business everywhere. I've
got 1000 baskets of Crawford's
Late that need picking tomorrow.
I'm out of baskets and have dis
charged my hands. If anybody
wants them, they can have them at
$.25 basket, and will haul them
to market, otherwise they go to
the ground" The returns from
Philadelphia yesterday were $50
for good Crawfords and SIS for
Old Nixon. The other cities were
little better, including the freight,
and haven't been for week. No
wonder the peach business is utter
ly disappointing.
Washburn 4 Arlington's show
here Friday wasn't at all what the
bills claimed for it, but perhaps
they were paid back by having at
night, a thoroughly rainy time. The
tent was old and leaky and some of
the visitors claimed that it rained
harder under the tent, than it did
out in the open air. At any rate it
broke up before the allotted time,
but not until enough water had fall
len to give some of the ladies and
gentlemen a chance to wade home,
but it isn't stated that any of them
stopped to take off their shoes and
stockings. Those who were there
in the afternoon spoke highly of
the trapeze and acrobat perform
ances.
The "gift basket" which was
forced upon our farmers against
their will, has not gained one whit
in popularity. 1t is claimed by the
commission men of New York that
the fruit would sell for that much
more, and the growers saved from
the worry over the return of the
Iempties. This season proves to the
farmers that their fruit does not
sell for one cent more because the
basket goes with it, in fact, they
regard the whole thing as a delu-
sion and fraud. They have the in
vestment, the toll, the worry and
the railroad, basket mill, and COM
mission men get the profit. And
yet it was natural for every man
to want peach crop.
A party of Bombay Hookers con-
centrated from Woodland Beach