Smyrna times., 1891-11-25

Miss Fannie DeTricksOn, white crepe de |
chine, trimmed with chiffon, and carrying |
white carnations. The grOOmsmen were
w. Davis, of CeciltOn, Nd, Harry Griffith
of Sassafras, Md, Serick Shallcross, of
Locust Grove, and Spencer CarnagY, of
Wilmington.
GRAND LODGE OF DELAwARE.-The
58th annual convention of the Grand
Lodge of Delaware, l. D. o. F., was held
last week in Wilmington. Grand Master,
Il. w. Jester presided, 26 lodges were
represented and all the grand officers were
in attendance. Forty new members were
admitted.
The election of officers resulted as
follows Grand Master, George M. Fisher,
of Wyoming; deputy grand master, James
F. Price, of Wilmington; grand warden,
Christopher Spoerl, of Wilmington; grand
secretary, Isaac W. Hallam, of Whining
ton grand treasurer A. G. Robinson, of
WilmingtOni grand representative, j. H.
Appleby, of Wilmington.
The grand master made these appoint
ments: Grand Marshal, 4. w. Pyle,
Eden, No. "a grand guardian, William
Powell, Philopemic Lodge, No 4; grand
conductor, Geo. w. Pyle Hope Lodge,
No. 81 grand herald, John W. Killen,
Rev. Thomas E. Terry, Amity Lodge, %,
Camden.
DEATH OF REV. VAUGHN SMITH.-The
Rev. Vaughn Smith died at his residence
in Wilmington on Saturday afternoon Of
general debility
Vaughn Smith was born on SAMSON
Street. Philadelphia, February l4th, 1914,
of Presbyterian parents. lu early life he
| followed the calling of sailor until con-
verified. He soon afterward entered the
ministry and became member at the old
| Philadelphia Conference and preached in
many of its leading appointments until the
| Wilmington conference was set of in
! 1868.
He was looked upon as one of the leading
ministers of the conference. was Presiding
Elder eff the old Snow Hill district, AND
| filled the important appointments of Mil
! ford, Middletown, st. Mich@ls and ElktOn.
| His last appointment was at Crisfeld Md,
but not being able physically to fill the APP
| pOintment he removed to wilmington and
settled down with his sons.
Early in his ministry he married Miss
Sheppard, the daughter Of wealthy far
mer living near GumbOro. She and six
children, three daughters and three sons
survive him.
A VINDIcAToR OF REV. T. 0. AYREs.-
The editor of the Delaware City Nel0s
defends the memory of Rev. 7. o. Ayres
| with a vigorous pen. He names fourteen
things which he says Mr.. Ayres did not do
all grave Offenses to be charged against a
minister-but says he can put his finger
on a Presiding Elder who was and is
guilty of all the offences" He concludes the
half column as follows: Against the
honor and honesty, religion and purity, OF
Rev. T. o. Ayres, we dare any man to raise
| a question He has been prosecuted unto
death, but even his death raised up friends
to fight the battle vindication for him.
Friends who fight slowly, surely and de-
terminedly, knowing the ground on which
they fght-HonOr and Justice shall tri-
umph. Later on we are going to publish
a copy of the forged petition sent to the
Bishop, and give the names of the original
and real signers and the forged signatures
and publicly name those who forged the
said names.
Quail. thou, who perpetrated this outrage
for justice is on your track with deadly
intent. The veil Of religious hypocrisy
with which you have enshrouded your sins,
shall be rent asundeP aud your naked
wickedness exposed to public gaze"
New CASTLE COUNTY TEACHERS In
sTITUTE-The Institute, Sc teachers pres
ent, was organized by electing Supt. II. ID
Griffin. President: Prof W. b. Tharp
: Vice President and Miss r. l. Withers
Secretary. The address of welcome wa
delivered by Hugh c. Browne, Esq, of tn,
law firm of Conrad & Browne, which wa
responded to by Prof F, Z. Gardiner
The programme was fully carried Out-a
the afternoon session Prof W. B. Tharp,
of the Middletown Academy, gave talk
his subject being Chemistry of Fire,
illustrating it with experiments. Thu
evening session drew fair-siZed audience
the hall being about twO-thirds full Elk
cellent music was rendered by the Middle
town orchestra, with Miss Mary Price
: the piano Supt. Griffin announced tn
) first number on the programme-reading
/ TOO Utterly Utter" by Miss Kate 5
r Henry, of Odessa. Governor ReynOld
was introduced to the audience by Supt
Griffin, and the Governor introduced tn
: speaker, Hon. Il. G. Horr Mr.. HOrr
!. lecture was a very interesting and enter
. tanning one, delivered in q pleasing styl
and was very much appreciated by all VIII
heard it.
n Wednesdays session added about 4
arrivals of teachers and the hotels wer
n crowded, In the evening, Hon. ThOms
e NJ Taylor delivered his lecture to a goo
}. house. He was introduced to the audienC
/. by Ex-Governor Biggs, in a twenty minut
r. speech. The lecture was on "CrRnks,
r, and all manner of eranks received
n thorough scOrching at his hands. Thur
It day night Rev. E. d. Huntley, d. d
delivered his lecture, 1.-THE Girl to Low
and How to Treat Her"
y DR.. A. N. Raub of Newark, addresse
the convention on Thursday, on Comp,
OI sitiOn," in which he is severely criticise
ee for using an opportunity to boom his OW
. books and q brand of lead pencil
s. Addresses were also made by Supt. r.
: Handy, of Northampton, Va, PRO
q Thomas A. Smith, of West Chester, al
b Prof Geo. d. HynsOn, of Philadelphia