Smyrna times., 1895-03-13
Personal.

George +. Brown, who for the past
few years has been connected as sales
man with the reliable Farrell Safe Co.,
has accepted a position with Colgate
& Co., the well known soap manufac-
turers and perfumers of New York.
He will however retain Eis relations
with the Farrell Safe Co., working
both lines in conjunction. Mr.. Brown
has met with marked success as a
salesman, which is attributed largely
to his ease of approach to strangers.
He is always bright and genial and
never without fresh joke to inter.
mingle with his business solicitations.
Monday morning he left for New York
to enter upon his new duties.
Olin 1. Hough, with Jacob Reed &
Sons, Philadelphia, has been on brief
visit to his mother and sisters.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Clyde Davis, of
Kensington, Philadelphia, visited
Smyrna yesterday. Mr.. Davis learned
his trade in the TIMES Office some ten
years ago, and commenced the Kens-
ington Local in that city four years ago
and with his steady business qualities
has made it a success.
G. Davis Brown, who has been work
ing Temporarily with the Clayton Call
the last month, has now accepted the
position as a permanent thing, and
will in the future work both at the re-
portorial and mechanical departments.
Miss Name Clifton, of FELTON,, is
visiting her brother Dr. J. w. Clifton.
S. J. Shoomkof, who lectured before
an appreciative audience Friday night
remained over Sunday, the guest Of
Rev. E. H. Hynson.
John v. Weldon and Willard Weldon
of Brooklyn, were in attendance last
week on the funeral of their Uncle
Willard F. Weldon.
A Lee Cummins, returned from a
business trip to New Jersey, last week
and has been confined since to the
house with the influenza.
Ex-Sheriff Alvan Allen, of New
Castle spent Sunday with Smyrna
| friends.
Mrs. Mary KID Eldridge has gone on
two months visit to Milford friends.
Rev. w. o. Hurst and bride, of Clay
ton, we're given a reception and dOnat-
ion by his congregation on Monday
evening.
Mrs. Mary Turner, near Duck Creek,
had an enjoyable sOciable on Wednes-
day evening, attended by thirty of her
young friends.
John NJ Voshell, who has enjoyed
long life of robust health, has been
shut in by sickness for two or three
weeks but is now improving.
B. V. Weldon, who was confined to
his home last week from threatened
pneumonia, is out again.
Mrs. Emma Jerman reached home
from the West to-day.
Miss Matte Gale, is visiting heI
sister in Baltimore.
The G. E. Endeavor society of the
Presbyterian Church held sociable al
the residence of G. B. Taylor Wednes
day evening.
Mrs. Robert Lane, who moved with
her husband from Queenstown, Md, tC
this town year or so ago, and the lat
ter part of the winter to Kenton, died
on Saturday, aged 81 years. She wal
inferred Monday at Bryn Zion Church
John A. Heinold arrived home
yesterday after an absence of foul
months in the West, accompanied BY
his brother George and bride.
The following persons came t
Smyrna yesterday to attend tn,
funeral of Clifford Hoffecker: Mr.
and Mrs, Chas E. Moore and son Clay
vile, Mrs. r. A. Hance, DR.. France
VanGasken, Charles Waters, Phila
delphia Jos. V. Hoffecker, Mrs.
Talley Smith, Mrs. John II. Huntington
Francis H. Hoffecker, Wilmington
Mrs. Eliza Appleton, Mrs. Carrie Ap
pleton, Mr.. and Mrs. Alonza S. Whit
took, Odessa; Mrs. Priscilla Barnes
Salisbury, Md, Ralph c. Hoffeckel
Baltimore; DIR. Reynolds, Harve,
Smith, Cecil Mahoney, Geo. Denney
G. G, Clifton, c. ], Allen, Superinten
dents Office, Clayton.