Smyrna times., 1890-03-12
AFTER an absence of ten days, spring
ratnrnad nnni,n rrnntnndn.. s.

returned again yesterday.
Mr.. GEORGE COLE is here with his
drove of Kentucky mules. T
B. v. WELDON was re-appointed con- |
stable for this place last week.
LEWIS & PRICE received $500 new
phosphate sacks this morning.
NJ. L. ALLEN has nice line of India
linen, plaid muslin, &c, very cheap.
POSTMASTER JEFFERSON will have
the new stamps on sale next Monday.
The prices seem to be low enough
for mules of this class-$25O a pair and
upwards. T
The work of removing the Jerman
mission chapel to West Smyrna was
commenced on Monday.
w. F. Brown, of the firm OF McCov
& Brown, clOthiers, was in Philadei-
phia yesterday looking after goods.
The gymnasium of the public school
had additions yesterday in the Wav of
a box OF Indian clubs and strike bag.
ALL members of Smyrna Lodge of
Good Templars are requested to meet
tonight in Good Templar Hall at 80
sharp.
CARRIERS painters are preparing the
church for the carpeting and other
hnlshlngs preparatory to the reopen
ing-Easter Sunday.
w. S. HARDCAsTLE did not move
from the Mcdaniel farm near Ches-
void as was stated last week. This
was intended, but the ownership did
not change as was expected.
THE Sunday School and choir of the
Episcopal church are preparing music
for the Easter services. The Hallelu-
jah Chorus that was so popular last
year. will be rendered again.
SAMUEL TAYLOR wishes his friends
and the farmers generally to know
that he is located next door to the
Odd Fellows Hall with a full line of
such implements as the farmers need:
including clover and other seed for
spring use. More particulars next
week.
REV. ?. II. RAwLINs, of Camden, is
expected to spend next Sabbath in
KentOn and will preach at I04 A. NJ.
and at 3 P. NJ. in Central church.
He was pastor of Smyrna circuit some
II years ago and no doubt his many
friends will be glad to hear him once
more. Rev. R. K. Stephenson will
preach at night.
IT won't pay to raise tomatoes for
$3.50 per ton if you are going to let the
frost strike your crop before it is half
marketed. Use only the best ferti.
lizers on your vines and rush them.
Norman Brand Phosphate is made
especially for potatoes and tomatoes.
and will cost you less money than
many inferior grades.
The Record seems to have verv little
influence on the Clayton Call, for after
all our contemporary said about our
getting February for March the Call
yesterday announced the entertain
ment of the Norma Glee Club for
Tuesday, Feb. 18th. 1t will now be in
order for the Record to raise thunder
about the ears of the Call and wake
the editor up.
A. E. FOWLER must have had a
search warrant out for all the old
Bibles in town, judging from the long
list of names furnished for contem-
porary whose ages exceed 80 years-if
the figures are accurate. The oldest
of the list is Viney Thompson, who
uursed Mrs. Sarah p. Mason, aged SO.
and the other Patterson children, her
age being stated at 102. The two next
oldest are also cOlored women, Han
nah Redden and Eliza Waltham. aged
50, the latter still having three wash
places a week.
A BOLT in the dearborn which Geo.
NJ. StevensOn's factOtum, China Potts.
was carrying some articles to the depot
! yesterday afternoon broke in one
of the holes in upper commerce street.
depOsiting driver and contents in the
mud. A drummer who had jumped
into the vehicle with his satchel to be
surer of reaching the train, was mud.
died from head to foot but he lost no
time, reached the cars just as they
were starting. Mr.. Stevenson laws the
blame to the town and will present his
bill of repairs to them.
THE pipe organ heretofore in use in
Asbury M. E. Church, but now in Cen
tennial church was tuned last week bv
| Mr.. Haskell, who put up and tuned
the new organ in the first named
church. Under his hand it has much
the tone and quality of a new instru-
ment, and the Centennial people are
delighted. Mr.. Haskell also tuned
the piano in the Opera House. On
Friday, Mr.. Haskell gave an im-
promptu test of the new organ, de-
scribed elsewhere, for the accOmmOda.
ton of a number who wanted to hear
it, and they were all delighted with
its tone ard power
The Record makes note of an mad.
vertency in the TIMES, Ia thing so com
mon to all in changing from one month
to anOtheTl whereby the month we were
just emerging from was used in con-
nection with given date in advance.
An inadver tence of this kind that is
understood by any intelligent reader
is very different from such blunder as
the editor makes in the same paper
mot to speak of others) where Frank
h. Herbert is spoken of as the son oi
the Auditor of the State, when any
man who knows anything OF the affairs
of Delaware at all, knows that VIM.
Herbert is Treasurer of the State, not
Auditor, the latter Office being filled
by Jas. H. BOyce. Our young editor
had better eat little more cheese tC
sharpen him up.
AT the annual election of the M. f.
Sunday School of this town on Thurs.
day night the following officers were
chosen Rev. w. w. W. Wilson, pres.
ident; ]. H. Hoffecker, superintend.
ent; E. G. Walls, assistant superin
tendent Mrs. NJ. ]. Bewley, IIady su.
perintendent ; Mrs. Lydia Mcdowell,
superintendent infant department
Mrs. John A. Hofeeker, assistant su
perintendent infant department Mrs
w. o. Hoffecker, Organist infant de-
partment; w. F. Brown, secretary
w. B. Start, missionary secretary L
M. Price, treasurer w. o. HOffecke er
chOrister; L. M. Price, assistant Choir
ister; Miss Mollie w. Thompson, or.
ganist G. V. Gordon. assistant organ.
ist ]. E. Carter and w. w. Wright
librarians @. 4. Beck and F. L. Sisco
assistant libralia,..,.
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