Smyrna times., 1892-09-14

| TkOH1BITION CONVENTIONAL State
Convention of the Prohibition Party of
the State of Delaware will be held at
Dover, Thursday, September 22nd,
1892, at il a. m, for the purpose of
choosing three electors to vote for
President and Vice President of the
United States and candidate for Repre-
sentative in Congress, and for transact
ing such other business as may properly
come before the Convention.
G. H. REGISTER,
Chairman State Central Committee.
! The initial service of "Glad Tidings
Day." the envelopes to be lifted next
Sunday came of Sunday at the NJ. E.
! Church, the object of the minor col
lectiOns thus embraced in one, being
explained and elucidated by the pas.
tor. The absentees for the summer
were about all home, as manifested by
the well-flled pews of the auditorium.
The flower committee" of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society had the chancel
attractively set of with fiowers-a
vase of Golden Rod having the centre
place ON the chancel table, the offer
tory stands being surmounted bv vases
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vases of fern, sage and other blooms.
SUNDAY, the closing day, was the
big day" of the Church Camp at the
Bethel A. M. E. Church. "Whapping"
was overrun with people, embracing
all shades and conditions of color,
They came from the surrounding coun.
try in all kinds of vehicles throughout
the morning, and besides there were
six packed cars from Chestertown.
The order was good through the day,
but it is charged that a number of
those who came on the excursion had
bottles of whiskey for a Jug tavern"
if they had not been watched, staying
mainly however near the cars. This
class of people seem to take a strange
delight in fOistng themselves on the
! better class of citizens and thus compro-
missing them. A large number of the
visitors scattered through the town on
tours of observation. At night, as
through the day, the seats, which
seemed ample, were filled with enough
on the outskirts and in the streets to
have duplicated the number. Rev.
J. 7. Hammond, whose help failed him
the previous Sunday, was well supplied
with pulpit labor from other places.
A number of white persons were in
attendance especially on the evening
service.
MAY DAVENPORT's City Sports Bur-
lesque Company performed in the
Opera House last Thursday night. The
novel way in which they advertised
the show drew a good sized audience
of men and boys. The women of the
company made the rounds of the town
and distributed small circular con-
tanning the following notice: keep
it dark. A bevy of beautiful maidens.
All bald heads furnished with a wig. a
front seat and lady to hold them on.
! Don't let it take brick block to make
you tumble. Prices, on the spot, %;
exalted, 35; within reach, So" 1t is
needless to say that the performance
consisted principally of the exhibition
of shapely limbs. 1t is needless to say
for our women that none of them were
there A noticeable feature, however.
was the number of bald heads in the
crowd, who were sponsors, so to speak,
for the boys in attendance. 1t was also
noticed that men who would be natur-
ally expected to attend entertainments
of merit for the credit of the town and
as an encouragement to art, but who
90 as an exception rather than as a
rule, were out to the "leg show" and
which besides was pronounced by at
tendants of the most common grades
of stage exhibitions.
CHAs H. REGISTER, who returned
from Denver last week speaks well of
the success Of Fred. A. Williams, Esq,
who was a successful instructor in
Dover twelve to fourteen years ago
studying in the mean time law, prac-
ticing year or two in this county
after being admitted to the bar. Though
he had made many warm friends here
he felt there was better chance for a
young man in the West, whittier he
Went, and settled in Denver. He has
risen by successive steps and stands
among the leading men of the bar and
now holds the position of Attorney for
the city.
DR.. J. w. Anderson who also went
to Denver later from the same town.
subsequently marrying Miss Lille
Register, has also succeeded well. He
has during the present season built for
himself Sl4,OO home, and is now one
OF the established citizens of that pro-
gressive city.
There is also a Mr.. Keith, who also
went from this county dozen or more
years ago without means, who by
making bricks and building and selling
houses, is rated at 100000.
Mr.. Register made the ascent of
Pixies Peak, $4,000 feet high, and took
part in a game of snow balling in the
month of August.