Smyrna times., 1896-03-11
SMYRNA AND VICINITY.

OM NINA AIND ViOllNlI I.
The town council will re-organize
tonight for the ensuing year.
Dentistry in its every branch, DR..
F. L. Grier, Prettyman Building. r
The NJ. E. Choir will meet Saturday
night of this week instead of Friday,
as usual, for practice.
L. NJ. Price calls attention this week
to his special brands of fertilizers. He
is making preparations for a large
spring trade.
If you want to see a good minstrel
show, go to see the Guy Bros. Min
strels tonight. Benefit for this years
base ball fnnd.
Crown and bridge-work, gold, alumni
nun, WestOn's metal, rubber and gold
lined rubber plates. Dr. F. L. Grier,
Prettyman Building.
DR.. G. W. Sipple, who has been in
the dental business in this town for
several years, has sold out his house
hold goods and gone to Wilmington.
Evangelistic services every Sabbath
night in the Presbyterian Church.
Rev. j. L. Estlin, pastor, will preach
on Change of Heart" An after-ser-
vice.
James B. Moore has sold through
COsgriff, Beck & HAZEL agency his
farm of IA acres, situated near
Thomas Corner, to James Numbers
for 81 900.
An unusual case of cOlored man
remaining in the employ of one of our
citizens is that of James Milbourne,
who has been with David J. Cummins
over % years.
A special business meeting of the
Christian Endeavor Society, of the
Methodist Church, will be held at the
home of Mrs. L. NJ. Price, this even
ing, at 7.30 o'clock. SECRETARY.
Never tell people of several faults at
once. You will profit them nothing,
but discourage them greatly. Rather
set their faults gradually before them,
as you see that they have courage to
bear the sight with advantage.
The covering of snow this morning
reminds us that winter still fingers.
March has had but one warm day, and
February was below the average in
temperature, though taken altogether,
it has been a remarkably fine winter.
The cathode or X-rays recently dis
covered furnish a theme for more
newspaper comment than any other
discovery of modern times. We would
like to discover a method of bringing a
few Xrays to this Office that have been
so long overdue.
The man who lives rightly and is
right has more power in his silence
than another who lives differently has
by his words. Character is like bells
which ring out sweet music, and which,
when touched accidentally, even, re-
sound with sweet music.
Going off like hot-cakes," is an ex-
pressiye way of saying a thing is good
and appetizing, and particularly appli-
cable to the potato chips which Mrs.
Lille johnson, wife of Theodore f.
johnson, brings with her in five pound
boxes to the store of Megear & Son,
/ when she comes to market. The i'm
ported chips seem to be nowhere along
side of hers.
We acknowledge the receipt of {
neatly bound book of Pierce's Manua
of Language Lesson, giving in com
prehensive but excellent form all 1
business man Would need to know
These books which ThOs. May Pierc,
from time to time publishes show t,
the general public the high STANDARD
which his school Pierce's Business
College maintains.
The Guy Bros Minsrels, whicl
perform here tonight, under the au
spices OF the Smyrna Athletic Associ
alton, come highly recommended b,
the Midlletown people, before whom
they appeared last week. They ar,
pronounced one of the best minstrel
on the road Admission, 25, SO and 8
cents.
By the recent action of the Lev
Court, the two eonstables from DUO
Creek hundred are John f. Goldsbor
ough, re-appointed, and b. V. Weldon
Kenton hundred was given two con
stables, Joseph G. Smith, who will re
side at Clayton, taking the place c
George ID, Boggs, who was not rear
pointed; and S, S. Hopkins, who vii
reside at Kenton. Heretofore, Kento
hundred has only had one constable
Mr.. Boggs, of Clayton, being fror
{ Duck Greek hundred, with Constabl
Goldsborough. Kenton hundred mad
o determined stand for the two the
were entitled to, the law requirin
that one shall rae;da az Clav4or