The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-13

PARsoNsBURG. Nd, Nov 10-The
weather has been very pleasant for
some time and still there Is no sign of
rain. The farmers have had plenty OF
time to get in their sweet potatoes and
do all their Work.
Clayton Jackeon, who lived a short
distance from town. Is building large
anu commodious house for the com
forts OF his family. He is very IN
dustrious, economical and careful
farmer and trucker. Having but o
small farm of about sixty acres he has
been living in a very small and lncon-
convenient house. List year he
cleared seven hundred dollars on his
Strawberries and now. as a result of
his sucness, is preparing himself a
home.
Jacob Itiggln. of this place, is about
completing substantial residence
which he Intends to occupy soon,
Asbury Pardue who lives about a
mile from here and whose house was
burned lately, ID erecting house for
the residence of the family that was
driven out by the fire.
Granville Parsons is building a store
room OF large dimensions near his
residence, where he intends to open u
store for general merchandise. There
are already two stores In the place, and
this one will make more than is reully
needed for the number of the inhabt-
tants here, but competition is the life
OF trade.
Il. II. Parsons and brother run
kindlinR factory here. Il is the life of
the town. Their business has Increased
so rapidly lately that they have had to
put in another splitting machine max.
ing four in all, they frequentlyrun the
factory nj M . l,,,
day to meet the demands upon them
In the city of Philadelphia, where they
send their wood.
The protracted meeting held in the
NJ. IL. Church here by the pastor for
the last three weeks closed last Sun
day night after an earnest effort dur
ing the great and exciting campaign
which lately closed Notwithstanding
there were meetings held here fire.
quently by the three political parties
the services in the church We're very
useful to the membership and cor
Rregation and resulted in the conver.
sion OF Few persons and additions to
the church.
Mrs Rev. W b. Gregg and son vii.
lie, returned from 0eean Grove last
Monday week where they had been
detained by his sickness for over two
months. On their arrival at the par
sonage they were met BY n number of
the members and friends OF the
church, who had bounteous table
spread with good things to salty the
inner man as well as leaving number
OF things for future USE
The same evening the young people
OF the church came unexpectedly and
gave the pastor and his family a real
pounding with sugar, coffee, soap,
fruit, chickens. potatoes, etc, as a |
token of the friendship and good will |
of the church towards their pastor
and his family. Mrs. Gregg's mother, |
who has been sick for nearly seven [
months IL recovering and Is able to be |
about the house again.
Tho flow OF gas from Mr.. Windows |
well, which was conveyed to the cook |
ing stove over three months ago, is /
still holding out and is as useful for t
every purpose in cooking as coal aud I
wood arc.
Zion NJ. l.. Church on this charge
has lately purchased first class Estey /
organ and put it in the church last I
week, at which place the pastor will |
commence protracted meeting on the |
oapDath. OCCASIONAL.