Smyrna times., 1890-10-08


In the frequent and heavy rains the
Fall of 1890 is veY much like that of
1889, The ground is thoroughly sat
lrated with water, and the springs are
very high.
The beys tried their hand in Chest
nuting last week but emily got enough
for a mess or so, only few Of the burs
being open. The boys would like to
see a white frost.
ON next Sabbath the quarterly COM
muniOn service will be observed at the
Church when several addi-,
lions to the membership will be made
BY confession and by letter.
ONE of our citizens has been reading
aAd hearing so much lately of Speaker
Reed, that he expressed the wish the
other day that somebody would kill
him--appearing to him as a monster.
Rev. Mr.. Stephenson announced a
PrOtracted meeting to commence at
Bethel Church last night, and Rev. Mr..
Warner will commence one at Union
Church near Blackbird, on Sunday
evening.
SUNDAY last was day of beautiful
clearness and pleasantness of tempera-
ture. 1t was day adapted 10 old and
young, infrm and robust in health
such day as Only October and May
can produce.
MEssRs. Wanamaker s. Brown, 9th
and Market, are offering to all persons
who purchase clothing to the amount
of $25.OO or over, to pay for their Eail-
road excursion ticket to the city. See
GEO. w. TILGHMAN has his n ew and
machinery building so near
ly finished that the steam connections
were put on yesterday, but the palmer
and other implements are yet to set up
but will soon be ready for work.
THE board of School Directors at a
speSial meeting Monday night adopted
a new code of rules for the government
Of the school presented by the new
principal, Prof. YOcum. What these
rules embrace will be explained in a
later issue.
FARMERS are having.a hard time OF
it with their wheat seeding. About
the time they get the ground in order
and begin seeding, rain fails and they
have to prepare the land again for
seeding. On heavy soil the seeding
win be very late.
THERE has been a steady stream OF
tomatoes to the factories all the week
keeping the packers busy, but as the
time for frost has come and fhe supply
of cans will sOon be exhausted, the
canning season is hardly likely to last
longer than this week.
A STRAW riding party-it wasn't the
former one that kicked up such a
racket-after doing up" the town to
their satisfaction one night last week,
took up at the residence of John Wood,
near town, where they danced until
the small hours of the morning.
The state of unrest among our me-
chaniss still continues. Preston Gra-
ham, Geo. Graham, aud Jas. T. Van
Wrinkle have goue to Philadelphia to
work, 1. D. Berry left last week with
his family for Plymouth, N. c., Fred
Lang has returned to Roanoke, accom-
panied by Will Start, and w. c. Van
Winkle, of Clayton, also left for there
yesterday, Jas. T. White, who has
been working in Chester is home on a
short visit.
WHAT will be an eventful day to the
cOlored people will be an Ox-roast in
the ice cream garden on East Street
us town on Thursday October 10th.
1t will be under the auspices of Mt.
Friendship A. N. E. Church near Ken
ton, Rev. VIM. Edwards, pastor.
Among the incidents of the day will be
street parade by the Pioneer Club, of
Dover, music by the Smyrna band, ora
tton by Rev. DR.. VIM. H. Heard, Of
Philadelphia and banquet in the hall
at night.
SANFoRD's version of "Ten Nights in
a BarrOOm" will be played at the
smyrna Opera House Friday and Sat-
urday evenings October 10th and 11th
supported by a first class company.
Admission Is and 25; reserved seats
Soc. This company has proven a great
card at FOrepauEh's Philadelphia. It
was conceded that Mr.. Sanford was
the agurehead of the play: as a drunk
ard you would think he had been
raised in barron, and his death scene
was as realistic as nature could picture.
1t will prove a great card In Richmond
where he shortly goes.
Mrs. J. B. sCoTT residing on North
street, whose husband is In Georgia tas
per letter on our FIRST page) came near
having fire on Saturday night. After
lighting the lamp she slipped cut on an
errend to the drug store, finding on
her return that the lamp had exploded
setting fire 10 the window curtain and
lsewing machine on which It was set
sing. the latter nearly ruined, but the
fire entirely out, having ceased Of its
elf. A dense. stiaing smoke allied she
house blackening the walls even Of the
upper rooms, and there being no ven
Citation, il Is supposed It was smoth
cred Ia ita own smoke.