Smyrna times., 1893-06-28

travelling bags, at Edw. G. Walls. t
THE largest assortment of fireworks
and balloons at E. K. Bohmler & Bros.
The Colored Odd Fellows will par
ade in the afternoon and evening of
the 4th.
The school bell was given a long
ring yesterday afternoon, indicating
that it was the last call ito books" of
the scholastic year.
BOTH soft and laundried negligee
shirts, a good assortment, at Edw. G.
Walls. - 4
RESERVE tickets or cards of grad
yates to the school commencement
this evening, will not be entitled to re-
serve seats after five minutes to
O'Clock. --
Rev. w. H. Thomas breaches under
the pavilion at Centennial Church this
evening, and Rev. DR.. Grandson, of
Wilmington, late of North Carolina
tomorrow night.
If some of our ladies would take a
lesson in tidiness and neat arrange
ment, they might make visit to the
room of the Young Mems Christian
Association with both pleasure and
profit.
Mr.. YoCUM, of the Shirt Factory, is
setting up his boiler and engine, to be
followed by putting the sewing mach
ines in place. A lot of new ones have
come in addition to those heretofore
announced.
TUESDAY next, the 4th of July, will
be a general holiday. The only dem
onstration here will be that of the
COlored Odd Fellows. Woodland
Beach will have large number of de-
VOTES, while others will go to Bren-
ford, KirkwoOd, FELTON,, Middletown
and more distant places.
THE Church Aid Society of Bethel
church, will hold Festival and Cele-
bration in the new cannery at Bren-
ford on the 4th of July, commencing
at o'clock in the evening. 1t will
commence with patriotic demonstra.
IiOns including music, both vocal and
instrumental.
SMYRNA has been an active field for
the sale of agricultural machinery this
year. Boyer & Co., claim the sale of
40 self binders and 25 mowers Lewis
& Wheatman have sold 43 Deering
binders and 10 mowers. These men
have advertised aud pushed their bust
ness, and the result is large.
THE Ladies Aid of CheswOld will
have "a Lawn Festival at the residence
of A. T. HOfecker on Thursday aud
Friday evenings of this week. The pa
irons will be served with supper when
desired: also cake and ice cream, ba-
nanas &c. The guests will be enter
tanned with music during the evening
THE Quarterly Conference of smyrna
Circuit will be held at the parsonage
in this town at 8 O'Clock on Saturday
afternoon. Preaching Sunday after
noon 230 o'clock at ServersOn's Church
by Rev. A. Stengle.
The Quarterly Conference 70 !
Smyrna station will be held on Friday
evening next, aud Love Feast Sunday
der Smith will preach at Union in the
morning, BlackstOn in the afternoon
and Clayton at night. Rev. Mr.. Hyn-
son will preach in the school house at
Blackbird in the afternoon and Rev. II.
c. Turner at Cheswuld at night.
DIR. AND Mrs. c. o. SwINNEY will
give a reception at their home Thurs
day evening June 18th, from eight to
half past ten o'clock, in honor of DR.
Ella F. Swinney who has just returned
from China. DIR. Ella greatly desires
to meet all her friends, and extends tC
them cordial invitation. She ma.
with her many articles of interest
which help to explain and illustrate
both her work and customs of China
and japan. DR.. Elias stay in the
United States is to be comparatively
short, as she expects to return to hei
work sometime during the autumn.
THE largest potatoes brought K
market of home growth, have been by
R. NJ. Cooper. They were of bricE
dust color, name bliss Triumph. >
He has been using them on his tabl,
for the past two weeks. The next il
earliest to these he finds to be thu
"Crown Jewell" Persons who hav,
devoted their attention to potato grow
ing say that the tubers will not grow
near so large on vines that blossom ant
develop the seed, the maturing of tn,
latter taking the strength of the vine
For this reason seedmen say that th'
crop of potatoes would be helped b.
cutting the blossoms Off Mr.. COope
finds this verified in his experience
the two varieties named above beinl
almost entirely without blossoms.
The Alumni of our High SchOo
gave pleasant reception to the grad
uating class, including a number Q
invited guests, at the school buildin
last evening, which was prettily dres
sed with flags and chinese lanterns
The social was the chief feature of tn
event, gathering together the student
of former years,-but the occasion wa
enlivened with several chOruses by tn
graduates, two recilatiOns by Miss Ju
liza Griffith and one by Miss Emil
Spruance, both decidedly good, an
two songs by Miss May FAIRIES wit
guitar accompaniment by Samuel HOi
fecker, which were warmly applaudeC
Cake and ice cream were served, tn
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