Smyrna times., 1893-07-12

AUGUST pdttern SneeOS gwen away
to customers at l.. A. Cotton's.
A FULL assortment of umbrellas,
gingham, gloria and silk, at Edw. G.
Walls. T
SEE announcement of N. F. Wilds
sale of buggy and horse at public sale
on Saturday afternoon.
THE Board of Directors of the Fruit
Growers Bank have declared a semi
annual dividend of per cent.
A complete line of thin coats and
vests, calico, dOmet, mOhair, flannel,
serge, &c, from % cents to $500, at
Edw. G. Walls
The cry of fire last evening was
caused by the burning of the chimney
in the dwelling of Jos. Shelton, on
Pearl street. 1t burnt itself out and
the Hose Company turned about before
reaching the spot.
The Ewell M. P. Sunday school of
Clayton picnic at Woodland Beach to-
day, going by train. st. Peters Epis-
cOpal school, of this town will go by
train to the same place on Friday.
| The Presbyterian school have fixed on
Thursday of next week, at the same
place, going in wagons.
DAVID o. Downs, of KentOn, well
! known farmer of that vicinity until he
retired to the town few years ago,
died suddenly on Thursday last in the
! 10th year of his age, of heart trouble.
| He had been out to his farm near
Downs Chapel and assisted for short
time in gathering some hay, when his
| strength suddenly gave away. He
was taken to the home Of his daughter
not far distant, and physician sent
| for, but he died before the latter
reached the house. The funeral was
largely attended to the family burial
ground at Bryn Zion church on Satur-
| day.
The school COMMISSIONERS had diff.
! cult task before them at their meeting
last week in selecting from number
| of applicants, a successor to Miss Car
rie Budd, who sent in her resignation
| last month. When the vote was taken
| it was shown that Miss Nellie FAIRIES
had received the highest number,
subsequent vote making it unanimous
| Miss Nellie is a graduate of the school,
a daughter of the late Isaac H FAIRIES,
has been teaching one year at the Sever
son school near town, where she
showed tact and efficiency. At the
same meeting B. V. Weldon was cleo
! ted collector of the school taxes.
THE attention of young men and
women seeking business education
/ is called to the advertisement of
Goldey's Commercial College, in an
other part of the paper. This institu.
ton of learning is growing every year.
There were 264 students from l07 diff
ferent places, and 7 States in atten-
dance last year. The subject of the
magnificent new circular is " A Sue
cessful School Can Teach Success. 4"
| The college gives as its standing refer
ence ''any citizen and any minister of
any denomination IN Wilmington" In
beginning the eighth years work the
| principal promises his patrons better
facilities, better equipment, improved
/ methods, and the best energy he has
ever given to the work of the iustitu-
| ton.
The farmer referred to in our last is
sue as not keeping his agreement in
getting the Presiding Elder to his Sun
day afternoon appointment at Blackis-
! toms church demures at the statement
therein contained. He says the an.
! pOintment was made at second hands.
not at FIRST, wherein the miscarrying
occurred, for when he makes an agree
ment he always sticks to it. He fur
ther says the dogs were taking vaca-
ton, but he was home lying on the
lounge near the door asleep. (being
very tired having been driving reaper
for week. and if the p. Z. had
knocked with anything like the force
necessary to open the golden gate, said
farmer is certain it would have aroused
him, and if he had thundered his name
like mountain. peal he knows he
would have been awakened, for
that always fetches him. So much
for the incidents, but the parties di-
rectly interested, the congregation at
Blackiston's, has not yet been heard
from in regard to the disappointment.
! On Friday large part of cur popu-
latiOn was at Woodland Beach enjoy
ing the picnic. The business portion
of the town with so many bersons
away had little to animate them, and
it was natural that they should sit
around in yawning, sleepy attitude,
particularly those collected in the
/ shade. 1t was in the midst of this de-
lightfui suporiac condition that persons
on the opposite side of Main street
from the real estate Office Of Beck &
HAZEL were aroused by coInmotion
transpiriag at the latter place and look
ing up saw COW with Camperdown
movement emerging from said Office to
the street below Now real estate
agents are always ready for new Gus
toners, and generally treat them right
royalty, but here was an innovation
WHICH in their sudden arOusement they
we're rot provided for, but which saved
them from further embarrassment by
the visitor speedily getting ont of the
way.
The question naturally arose, what
business had this COW with real estate
agents, or N their place of business ?
If the office had been filled with sam.
pies of corn, wheat, oats, hay, to show
the products and fertility of the lands
they bad on sale, as was the case often
With such agents in former times, il
might not Aave been 80 surprising, but
the Office, instead, contained desks and
tables of polished inish, easy chairs
and walls Of the best decorative style.
Since this was Sc aud the pastures are
known to be very short, ths only in
ferance left is that the COW, after the
nature of her kind under such cireum.
stances, was only looking after someth-
ing green. 1t has been suggested that
if she bad only looked down and read
the marble slab that has recently been
inserted at the base Of the building,
she would not have mistaken it for a
barn or feed room. and the unsClyed
question still is, why did the COW 20
into the real estate agents Office?
The n. Z Sunday School at the
Aayside.