Smyrna times., 1890-02-05

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GEORGE Downs, colored, is building
a fine, two-stOry dwelling, 30x1S feet,
on Lincoln street.
IT is announced that the young men
will give hop at the Opera House
Thursday night of next week.
THE Dickinson Glee Club, we'll re-
membered from their visit two wears
ago, will be in Smyrna again April
18th.
SEVERAL of our young men expect
to attend the fifth dance of the Young
Mems Social Club, in Middletown, to-
morrow evening.
ID. HIRNHEIMER, who had contem-
plated moving his family to Philadel-
phia, has changed his mind and will
remain in Smyrna.
A YOUNG lady who was recently Wis
iting here in town, on being asked how
long she expected to remain, said,
until l gain twelve pounds"
Miss MoHLER, sister of Prof. Mohler
OF the Conference AcSdemy at Dover
has taken the school made vacant bv
the death of N. F. Diggins at Deakyne-
vile.
THREE farmers Of Severson's Neck
will have public sales this and the COM
ing week-M. V. Spruance tomorrow.
the 9th, Thomas Kirby, Tuesday 11th.
and Q. II. Griffith, Thursday, the 18th.
CARDS are out announcing the we'd
ding of Miss Lenora Clements, of
Smyrna, and E. E. Harden, of Wyom-
ing, in the Presbyterian church of this
town, Wednesday morning, February
18th.
The new tailoring firm of Mccoy &
Brown are moving their stock of goods
to-day from the Cummins store house
on the corner to the room in the John
son Building formerly used as the post
Office.
The people at the Landing are much
pleased at the renewal of services
there again. At the reopening of the
Sunday School on Sunday BY Rev.
Mr.. Wilson and J. E. DeFord, though
1t was rainy day, there were between
20 and 80 children present.
THE protracted meeting at the NJ.
} Il. Church is continued with increasing
interest, 80 persons have professed con-
version. AT Clayton the NJ. E. Church
reports So conversions and the M, P.
%. The NJ. E. Church at Leipsic has
also had some fifty conversions.
GIDEON E. RoTHWELL moves to-day
from the farm he has so long occupied
near this town, to MiddletOWn, and is
succeeded by Harry K. Armstrong, a
farmer from near MiddletOwn. B. F.
G. ROthwell goes to Collins Beach.
which he has leased for a term of
| years.
IF you are in any way opposed to
calisthenic training, don't fail to go to
the entertainment in the Opera House
next Wednesday night and see little
of what it comprises as taught in our
public schools. If you are not con-
vinced that such exercise is conducive
to grace and dignity of movement,
perfection of form and health of BODY.
you will at least be pleased with what
you see.
HENRY G. CONRAD, ESQ, who, as
! Actuary of the colored schools of the
State not only saw after their finances
| but also after their condition as to
| proper equipment in teachers, has
turned those in Kent County over to
superintendent Handy who is proceed
ing to find out their condition, viz:
the number of scholars, DAYS of attend
ance, what studies pursued, salary of
teacher, sc.
SEVERAL of our public men attended
drill exercise yesterday after the
close of the regular exercises of the
public school, and were very much
pleased with the precision and accu-
racy OF the drill, amounting to the
| poetry of motion. The exhibition at
the Opera House on Wednesday night
next in the several things set forth in
the advertisement in another column
promises TO be one of the most enter
tanning of the season.
The men in the vicinity of Oak Hill
School House on the western border
line OF Blackbird and Appoquinimink
hundreds have done very wise thing
they have organized debating
society to learn to think and talk
From some of the younger men NAV
come the future senators and represen-
tatlves, and who knows but governor.
also, for was it not in a debating society
that our present Governor first learned
that he could talk, and eventually
made himself famous as an orator? t?
! Among the fifty members are the fol-
! lowing residents Ofthat vicinity: Jacob
L. Keggy, Jacob Lorah, VIM. F. Reyn.
olds, Herbert Mayberry, John L. See
mans, Benz. Bedwell, J. G. Powell. ].
r. .POyor, g. w. Reed, David H. Hev-
erin, John Martin, Christopher Martin,
Samuel K. Fritts, John f. Lorah, w
]. Reynolds, w. H. Moore, VIM. Hev-
erin and Harry Jewell
THERE are two kinds Of punctuality
with meetingG-punctuality at the
end as we'll as at the beginning. Says
a recent publication 1.-THE time 20
close a meeting is not usually fixed
with such defniteness as the time of
beginning, and yet the obligation to
close promptly will not be disregarded
by an intelligent and conscientious
leader. 1t is said of one who after
ward became ga eminent minister of
the Gospel that when a student at col
lege he was so punctual in his attend.
ance upon lectures that his absence
was an event which caused amazement.
One morning the clock struck seven
and the students rose for prayers ac-
cording to custom. The tutor observ-
ing that Mr.. Brewer was absent paused
awhile, and seeing him enter the room
said; Sir, the clock has struck and
we were ready to begin; but as yOu
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