Smyrna times., 1895-05-22
THE ENTERTArN1No mo-,

lOWN.
onao ne !. meeting of Wilmington Confer
onT1 n1oro - ItS annual session is BECOMING
d. L anu more to peninsular Metbo'
Tsroal;t.'eU Ine passover was to the
be,aeIloe ban"sIo OF old. The entertaining town
soIonl I0os Ior Ihe time being the Jeru.
r Motba5;e"a 1o"aru which every devont
inst t~o''sD ~ turns his face in PRAYER. and
Matbo5ilaa as possible 60 up to This
tba 'nou.sO toyl.St. mount Zion, which becomns
Sist IV 'TInpoTary JOY" of all the Metho.
b;obo.t d' II IS now considered the |
tns,,, s rosS ~ iouor possible to a Peninsula |
ino, ~. " I"Ne the privilege of entertain.
az, NJ II SIedC conference of the Netbo.
! A. 4P.o0opa! Church on this territor.
~ 10y session there are two or tbroo
os ~, ~ ms DoAOr; and just as soon
soIooto ST1o I uecides the place the town
ino, oS ~ oos'ns 10 prepare for the com
tboo o,nl' =. sLo greatest religious festival of
;s naae leatesI Ghurch in this region. II
obTroL ei1vIou = that the local Methodist
UIuLon whnIo uoes not solely invite, but the
Iinon Uowh' irrespective of church
co,,r,o;Iu o"oNs the invitation. Town
~ Cts Lats, anu the business men, and even
bit .Io Neepers, notwithstanding we i
a,,oL n,S tIe sSloon part Of their business l
ooUaoj CO.. "nlu i:ll olows and hold up the Ii.
oenSeu use liquor traffic to the execration t
or. o. o. soou Inen-even the hotel keen. r
faJ Join Ia the invitation. "Tbe Con n
olo1 -oI ls coming, and we must oct "
Tho n.y. passes throughout the town il
80 Guy Iathers see to il that tho Ii
sbono "'e put IN the best possible II
Srpe' Strdo9' , e1'ra attention is paid to the
1treet lighting apparatus, and the nnb. Io
,so ti,ulnss ti are prohered to us for our kI
80 ,9J Ior special meetings. Landlords is
not tL vie with each other to si
Iae 10 tHe homes as beautiful at possi- 10
nc carpenters and painters and Dc
,apeInangers must be called in. and
!, sLs ~ u9' oe repaired, and lawns mt lei
VI LOT conference is coming y at,
lOcdi enurch must now have t6at en-
IS IS neeueu new furniture, and the ca
oM organ must be in place, and that cei
,na,o renovation" must be no "I
'nger postponed, for "Conference is
Om' oas LIZ. Ihen when Conferences be-
ispOsal. Is aC IT'S n,a ,,a
IA an these respects Smyrna was the
~ G uos'' never ln the history of ''fr
~ ~, O4ulerence has peninsular hosDi- 7
llty been more notable. First bo,in, is
ere provided for the members of .LS riyl
- Inierehce! ohcial visitors, and laymen tan
W are Oincers In the various Confer. edo
IA aiuT' t; 1hen homes were pro. age
Ill @ al the ministers wives who fielC
~ Jau @ at'enu (and about sixty preach.
'o3; "IveS were able to accept the in.
"vIonSI. after these the doors of
cIaa ~" were swung wide open, and 1t
80 anu cousins and aunts and ribb
hD.I
a5 r. "nu everybody else were in and
ou W come, until the homes of the
YIN, Una ln u, very truth Lacked NOT Jen,
oSes Inc whole town wore gala and
street. hereVer one went on in oI
s.iesIs one would find refined and and
Vureu ladies' and gentlemen smiling able
bont go; q welcome, in many cases of Il
-. .oJ,,o.; ";al'ing lor the formality of an extel
O1uesiGn' OS! out of pure cordialitv. grow
oOJ Ioliows opened their cozy the l
auu rouge room for the use of com. Th
tr;o ' lirpg lp.pCsluIng us with large tables, York
Vllo ilghIs, and all cOnveniences for mer
Work. The bank opened a speeial perso
. ,roos', accommodate our Confer PaCif
,6o AT all the services tie C,
! the 8 A. NJ. pentecostal service and {
lo.,-o.a :" .ne .I large church, one of and b
~ 9;. 80 on 'ne peninsula, was filled: and
NN Ouiy ulleu, out liter | lrSt
paeked--gallery, chancel. and sprea,
s. Out of respect to the Confer. into G
i'll, .nere DC any IN Smyrna, to the
lihiy hung its head and contes
Hed away out of sight. During the nine
DAYS was in the town l did nor been i,
drunken man nor hear an oath award
ven on Saturday evening. and this Has n
ne WIN no scarcity of licensed Let Tia
cOuntr
THE CONFERENCES 1rsp1r educat
5 a rather remorLotIa -, on pre-
ne hundred ara ao.en s,oie lact Ihat OF that tn
COMPOSING onr oe1'y Soe1'y lour men the pa
thirty-tw0 of ,hoS. ~ lence rOlI, ravage,
hen Wilminato.. 1 Tl we're on the The mC
lzed In 1869, and, only twenty 49, aTo Is a a
OF these are now in the effeetiye a.o $50 ae
Ours is, indeed, a Conferences ooo! ooo suIi
ing men. The peninsula has ever UDnEit., UOnsia,
garden for Methodism. pn prOn'Ol' y