Smyrna times., 1892-10-19
The Banks will be closed Friday

The Banks will be closed Friday.
4 MANY of the wheat fields are show
Q ing beautiful carpet of verdure.
). u. EVANS has made and put up
for Postmaster Jefferson case of 140
, iock-boxes, number of which have
been taken.
FOR plate of water ice, vanilla.
strawberry, chocolate or pineapple ice
cream go to Stevenson's, Main street.
Smyrna.
GATHERING chestnuts the past week
, was quite remindful of picking straw
berries, as far as the temperature was
concerned.
The Jerman Chapel Sunday School
VIII have a public entertainment on
Friday evening-singing and speaking
by the sci LOlars.
A full attendance of the members of
the mite Society is requested to be
present at special meeting on Satur.
day evening next Oct. 22nd. Sec'v
Do not forget the Benevolent Fes.
tlval and entertainment at the Opera
House next Tuesday evening, Oct. 25.
supper will be served at six O'Clock.
Rev. }. L. Hammond, late pastor of
Bethel A. M. E. Church, has been
appointed to Church in San Francisco.
Cal, and will leave for that place in two
or three weeks.
IHE National Bank of SMYRNA has
declared a semi-annual dividend of
four per cent. on the capital stock.
This notice would have been in Our
last issue but for an oversight.
MCLAIN & Co., photographers. who
have been off tenting during the sum.
mer, will be home next week and re-
open their gallery, they say. with
greater reductions and more attrac-
tiOns.
The Board of Registration for the
Eastern district of this Hundred is
w. A. &. Hardcastle, John G. Stockly,
and VIM. Geo. Truax. Western, Press
ley Spruance, Samuel J. Reynolds and
VIM. H. Baggs.
A broken CRATE, replacing which
there has seemed Unnecessary delav.
causing the school room TO be unus-
ually cold, is attributable, it is thought
for much of the sore throat among the
children last week.
The Democrats have fixed on Satur-
day 9th of November for their mass
meeting. The Republicans, W no have |
had no meetings yet, have not fixed |
on day for one, though it is probable |
a meeting will be held sometime before |
the election.
AT the sitting of the Board of Reg
lstration on Saturday but little was |
| done-l4 additional names on the |
Eastern District and on the Western.
The ground had been well worked
over in September. This had evil
IDENTIFY not been the case in Kenton
Hundred, for Y persons registered on
Saturday.
IF you want to buy your building
material cheap 90 to Frank Bailey
load lots, direct from the mills. He
Is also manufacturing superior grade
OF brick. You will do well to at least
give him call hear his prices, and
take look at his well assorted stock
before you decide where to purchase. 4
J. w. EvERICH, who has been pro-
prietor of the Bay View farm, on the
road to the Light House, has exchang-
ed 1t for other property and gone to
Atlantic City to live. Harry l. S.
Warheld, his successor, who purposes
keeping stock farm, received car
load of % horses last week from Better
Creek, Wyoming.
The Conference Herald, of Dover. has
the following cOnundrum How can
a Christian take the Herald from the
post office for several months, then get
the postmaster to notify the editor that
he don't want the paper any longer.
and refuse to pay him for the time
he did receive it?'
When our brother gets a little fur.
ther along in the editorial life. he will
lind certain patrons" who not only
take 1t several months, but years. with
or without a promise to pay, anyway,
so as to beat out the editor, the latter
finding in the end they are dead
beats" who systematically rob the
papers.
The large excursion steamer. Excel
sior, which run the excursions to Cane
May from Bombay Hook last summer
was burned to the waters edge at
Chester, Pa, Wednesday night. The
steamer was tied up at Roach's shin.
yard awaiting alterations and wben
the hre broke out, it looked as if the
whole shipyard was ablaze. The l
Excelsior was the property of the Phil
auelpnla, Wilmington q Lewes Steam
Doat Co., and was valued at $75 1000.
loss partially covered by insurance.
origin OF hre unknown. Our people O
who enjoyed her trips to Cape Nav q
last summer, heard the news with /
sadness.
REV. GEO. DARDIs, D. D., the new f
pastor of Bethel A. NJ. f. Church. will s
hold next week a Harvest Home +
Festival" commencing on Monday L
and ending on Friday evening. The u
first evening will be devoted to a re- d
ceptiOn of the newly appointed pastor
and family, by the officers and mem fl
0ers OF the church; Tuesday evening. v
Concert"- relations c
readings, and vocal and instrumental
music; Wednesday evening, lecture. il
6y Rev. Geo. Dardis, Antiquity of the
African Race" Thursday, "grand h
vocal and instrumental concertU v
Friday evening, "Grand Parlor Con,
cert, by the Dardis family. A general h
invitation is extended. Admission, for n
adults, 10 cents; children 8 cents.
WHAT WILL THE WINTER BEP-
Inc approaching winter is predicted u
Dy many persons to bo one of great :,
severity, and that great SHOWS will Il