Smyrna times., 1895-04-17

where about clothing.
WARM weather will soon again be |
here, and A. Lee Cummins gives notice |
that he will supply ice to our citizens |
from the wagon, and on call.
OUR canning factories in and about |
town are laying in a supply of cans for
the summer trade. An average of 5000 |
cans per day are being turned out.
IT'S surprising to see how cheap you
can buy first-class suit of clothing at
Edw. G. Walls. 4
THE cool, frosty nights which have
continued through March into April,
must soon cease, as the time has come
for the trees to be bursting into leaf
and summer verdure. The willow is
the only tree thus far showing green.
THE Vestrymen of St. Peters Church
for the ensuing year are David ].
Cummins, Senior Warden; Robert Hill,
Junior Warden; w. H. Janney, w. F.
Dunn, John c. Bailey, ]. Harry Hurtt,
Jr., Clarence r. Raymond and John B.
Webb.
THE deposit of savings seems to be
an uppermost idea just now. The
Smyrna Building and Loan Association
gives notice that it takes such deposits,
rriuao hooLy uar oonf ruifh ba
amount when the depositor wishes to
withdraw it,
PEDESTRIANS going up north Main
street are attracted by the beautifully
decorated window of Edw. G. Walls.
Mr.. Walls is very tasteful in his deco
rations and now that he has two spac-
ious bulk windows he can show his
goods off to an advantage.
EVERYBODY is talking about the
new spring stock of clothing and fur
nishing goods at Edw. G. Walls. t
A singular coincidence about the spec
ial sermons preached on Easter Sunday
is that Rev. c. C.Adams and ReV.G.W.
Dame spoke from the same text in the
morning and Rev. w. r. Mowbray and
the Rev. G.. W. Dame spoke from the
same text in the evening.
AT the last meeting of the Kings
Daughters Circle the following officers
were elected for the ensuing year {:
President, Mrs. John P. Hudson; First
Vice President, Mrs. Annie Jones; Sec
ond Vice President, Miss Lizzie Rey-
nOlds; Recording Secretary, Miss Mollie
Thompson; Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. H. D. Boyer; Treasurer, Miss
Clara Bewley.
THE Church Aid society of the
Episcopal Church celebrated its 50th
anniversary on Saturday by planting
around St. Peters Church the climbing
vine, GmpelOpsis. Mrs. Geo. H. Ray
mOnd is the president of this society
The occasion was made the more i'm
pressive by appropriate remarks by
Rev. Mr.. Dame and several laymen.
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of New York City, will give one oi
their delightful entertainments at the
Opera House on Friday, April 18th.
This company have sung in nearly
every town on the Peninsula, and come
to us with the best of recommendations
Mrs. French, BostOn's best lady i'm
personator is with this company and
her selections combine artistic elocu.
ton with wit and humor. Reserved
seats now on sale. Admissions 20 anC
35 cents.
AS before stated, the Semi Centenary
Anniversary of Asbury NJ. E. Church
this town, will be observed next Sun
day, and will doubtless prove an inter
esting occasion. The sermon in the
morning by DIR. Roche, one the frs
pastors, all will want to hear. At nigh
the services will be devoted to reminis
eenses, dOUbtle including that of tn,
above speaker. who came into manhood
here. Rev. I. Snowden Thomas, o
the Peninsula Methodist, will spend th
day here and take part in the services
PROF. A DUNCAN YoCUM has an
+ nOunced himself an applicant for tn
Kent County Superintendency o
Public Schools. Prof. Yocum ha
strong following and his friends ar
hopeful that he will receive the ap
+ pointment. His sympathies ar,
thoroughly in touch with public schoo
work and he has the advantage Q
knowing the teachers of this County
In managing the Public Schools Q
this town, which cope with the best @
the State, Prof, Yocum has been al
earnest worker, aud the schools hay
prospered by his methods.
A remarkable coincidence was re
! lated in the daily papers of Friday. A
noon on that day, Greenwich time, th
: heavenly bodies which gravitate aroun
the sun were in eactly the same posit
3 ion relatively to each other and to th
, earth that they occupied the day Chris
: was cruCihed, For the FIRST time sine
E that day Mercury, Venus, Mars, il
: plter and Saturn were in the same lat
tude in the sky. There is nothing Q
great Importance TO astronomers in th
e circumstances, but as a matter of ger
+. eral interest it can be said the sam
t relative positions of these planets wi
D not occur again on the anniversary ,
t Good Friday for about 1000 years.
/ PROF. A, DUNcAs YoCUM, of tn
town. and Supt, w, w, Knowles,
g. Sussex county, have about complete
1 arrangements to open Simmer Schol
Of methods 10 seafOrd this summe
They will be assisted by workers fro
/. one of the most celebrated Norm
schools in the country. Mr.. Yoouu
: who took charge of the Smyrna Sun
4 mer Schools when i. Irving Hand
gave up the work and who founde
= the present School OF Methods
! Dover, is fully qualified to run this d.
! partment, and as Supt. w. w. Knowl
is acquainted with the needs of h
Sussex county teachers, and a ms
thoroughly in touch with public scho
n work, the new enterprise seems ce
!. tain to prove a success.
v JOHN P. PATTERSON, on Of the hei
i painters for J. Z. Carter, met vii
}. quite painful accident last Wedne
8 day afternoon. He was standing on
!. tall ladder painting the caves Of d
v residence of ]. H. Jefferson and
q leaning over to one side, supportii
J. himself by ths tprn-button which be
If the shutter; the button pulled out al
e be fell backward TO the paveme
Il below. 1t was a most narrow escal
o and bad he fallen head foremost instel
IF of on hia rump, he would have be,
dashed into eternity. lie was taken