Smyrna times., 1942-07-30
SMYRNA AND VICINITY

club concluded to stop. Score, Ken
ton 1, Leipsic 8.
Robert Mitchell, a former vel
known farmer of the Neck, anC
brother of w. c. Mitchell of this
town, died at the residence of Sam.
uel P. Truax, his son in law, neal
Clayton on Monday, aged 7a years
The bell in the spire of the Meth.
odist Church which got out of order
some weeks ago, from getting out
Of position and thus not properly
swinging, was fixed last week by
S. G. Stinson, and rung out Sunday
morning with its old time stroke
One minute of good strong bel
Is worth more than five of an ex.
asperating clang GLAZING in calling
people to the place of worship.
The Wilmington District Confer.
ence will be held at Bethel A. M
E. Church, this town, commencing
with tomorrow, and ending with
Saturday. 1t will be presided over
by Bishop, B. T. Turner and will
discuss the various interests of the
church. The opening sermon will
be by Rev. S. B. Williams. The
pastor, Rev. j. T. Hammond, will
be in a certain sense COMMITTEE
of one" to see after the welfare OF
the other ministers.
Such days and such nights-who
ever felt such protracted spell of
intensely hot weather? Saturday
the mercury rose to 90 and be-
yond, Sunday, 94o, Monday 90
and yesterday 90, many thermom-
GERS registering over 1907. Della
ware seems to be this week the
hottest and dryest spot in the ma
ton. Rains are recorded in many
places elsewhere, but here the pas
ture fields are burnt brown and the
corn in the fields twisted into rib
bons.
James Pennewill, Esq. as trus-
tee, sold the property of VIM. A.
FAIRIES & Bro, on Main street on
Saturday afternoon, at public sale.
1t was purchased by VIM. A. Far
les, the surviving partner at $4,000.
He also sold at trustees sale the
dwelling of the late James Hunter,
on upper Commerce street, Tschudy
& Cats being the purchasers at
$515.
The property of James H. Coop
er on East street, sold by Sheriff
Cole at the same time, was pur-
chased by the Smyrna Buildin d
Loan Association for $500
The Presbyterian Sunday School
will picnic at Woodland Beach to-
morrow. They will go down in We
hicles.
Buchanan & Co., to be up with
the times, have put in coffee
rooster, so as to serve their GUS
toners with fresh roasted coffee
every week.
A game of baseball between the
Woodland Beach and Cheswold
Clubs, at the Beach, Thursday, re-
suited in a score of Ia to in
favor of the home company.
DR.. ]. r. McCausland has rented
the "Jerman home" on lower Com
merce street. He will occupy it
during the period he is superin-
tending the building of his new
home on the lot recently purchased
of Mrs. Bewley on Main street.
Coroner Fox held an inquest on
the body of an unknown white man
found on the Hayes property along
the Bay shore last week. Nothing
definite could be ascerained even
after Dr. Conaway's examination
and a verdict of death from an I'M
known cause was rendered.
An Mary Loose, widow of Peter
Loose, died at the residence of her
son in law in Cheswold last Friday,
aged 85 years. Funeral services
were held Sunday afternoon and
the remains were removed to Mon
roe City, Michigan, from whence
they came to Delaware in 1879 and
settled on the Gerkec farm near
Kenton.
Messrs. Beck & HAZEL, real es-
tate Agents, have sold the farm of
H. D. Boyer on the State Road be-
low the big Oak, o8 acres, to S.
B. Richardson, of Massey's. Nd,
for $4,000. Mr.. Richardson will, as
we understand, put a relative on it
next Spring. They also sold a
dwelling on Frazier street, belong
ing to ]. D. Burton of Dover, to
George w. Jordon, for 5000.
About thirty persons of the town
and vicinity rode down to Wood
land Beach last night to board the
Excelsior" about midnight, by
boats in the bay, and thence for the
fishing banks some twenty-five
miles out in the ocean. They ex-
pected to reach the fishing ground
about 4 o'clock this morning and
put in a half day or more pulling
in the finny tribe before starting
on their return.
John P. Clifton, a well and fav-