Smyrna times., 1942-02-05
February will have five Mondays

FEBRUARY VIII nave nVe Moiiudys.
Now is the time to have your
choice in renting dwellings by the
year.
George Heinold, Jr., near Walk
er's School, House, is laid up with
a severe cut on his foot by an axe.
We have no new cases of the
"grip" but some old cases hang on
with a hold anything but pleasant.
Weather and ice permitting, the
steamer Ella will leave Smyrna
Landing on Tuesday, February 8,
at 10 a. m.
B. v. Weldon is entering upon
his heaviest of auctioneering, the
public sales mostly occurring in the
month of FEBRUARY.
The best evidence of the taking
qualities of Joshua Whitcomb for
tomorrow night is the fact that
most of the reserved seats have
been sold.
E. L. Jones & Co., machinists of
Dover, have connection with the
telephone, and can be thus address
ed by persons at Smyrna or other
places on the line.
Our farmers and ice cream man.
ufacturers and butchers can snap
their fingers at the weather now as
they have enough ice to see them
through next season.
C. H. Register had on sale Mon
day barrel of curled Gale that was
sent him from Norfolk That was
putting spring greens on the mar
ket a good deal ahead of us.
A Dime Museum came to town
yesterday, and located in the house
opposite the post Office. The pro-
prietor made lots of noise during
the evening to attract visitors.
The oyster Smelling of the mill
dam was completed last week, and
the remainder of the $4,000 to 3d.
900 bushels will be put on the
street, commencing with upper
Main.
Waitman D. White, who has had
a shoe shop at Clayton the past
year has moved to this town and
commenced business on Delaware
street, near the corner of Com
merce.
Saturday was busy day with B.
B. Allen and David Reese, both of
whom put the day in, in securing
names on their applications for the
office of Clerk of the Peace for
Kent County.
A shooting match for glass balls
near this town yesterday, was con-
tested for by five or six marksmen
Two prizes for the best shot were
offered, both of which were won by
r. c. Rice, residing near Denton.
One of our merchants has large
lamp that in two months has cost
him $2.25 in broken chimneys
What bothers him is the glass
breaks in the daytime when the
lamp is not lighted. The question
is, what to do with it.
AS schools were necessarily va
Gated last week, it could not have
been more opportune for the boy!
in consideration of the freeze CIV
ing them as it did the days ant
hours of skating. 1t is a queer DO,
that doesn't like the ice.
A lively fox chase passed tn,
skirt of our town on Friday, par
ticipated in by about fifty rider
and large pack of hounds. TIL
fox was let loose at Clayton, raj
by here to the creek, turned ans
went in the direction of Kentor
where its trail was lost by the dogs
Frank Boyer caught rat yes
terday in three traps. The rodent
were destroying cloverseed, and
single trap set for them went un
noticed. He then set five trap
around the hole. The thief got
foot caught in one and squirme
around until it got another foot an
tail caught in two other traps.
Mrs. Mary A. Boyd, lone wido'
of our town, and John Quinc
Adams, farmer living nea
Downs Chapel, were married g
the residence of the bride on Wee
neday evening by the Rev. w. "
w. Wilson, in the presence of fe'
invited guests. After the ceremon
and congratulations the compan
was invited out to a table of r,
freshments. They will make the
home in this town.
John ]. Jones, residing in Cla,
ton, on returning home frol
church on Sunday evening four
his house on fire. An alarm ws
given, and the quick response ,
his neighbors soon suppressed tt
flames. The fire originated prol
ably from a heated stove settin
fire to lambrequin, that falling [
the floor igniting the washboar
and thence ascending had burnt i
NAV into the second story u,he