Smyrna times., 1896-05-13

The boys knee pant suits from 3 to
Is wears never were so stylish and so
cheap as they are this season, at Edw.
G. Walls.
Berry crates with perfect vent ilation
and lids which do not mash the fruit
is what fruit growers are looking for.
See advertisement of w. G. Hill, Clay
ton.
By the official notice elsewhere it
will be seen that H. S. Anthony
will sit at the Alderman office to re
ceive town taxes on Thursday and Fri
day, May 22nd and 23rd, from 9 A. NJ.
to 5 p. NJ A discount of 6 per cent.
will be made.
A line of Fauntleroy and Junior Suits
for the little boys, to please every
mother. at Edw. G. Walls. j
Rev. J. J.. Estlin, who has been
holding very profitable evangellstlc
services i'll the Pr sbyterian church
every Sunday evening since the new
year, will close these special services
with next Sunday night. They will
| be resumed III Jle Idil.
Remember, the Special Corn and
Tomato fertilizer of the Phlla: anC
Smyrna Transportation Co always
gives best results.
In the DemOrest silver medal contes
held in Clayton last Thursday night
the medal was awarded to Miss Mai
Harris of that town. The contestant
were Misses Lillian Hearn, Minnie
McConaughy, May Leathers, Mai
Harris, Stella Dockety and Eva Merl
dith. The judges were Mrs. Adam
Stengle, Rev. w. r. MOwbray an
Mr.. L. M. Price, of Smyrna.
The Belmont Driving Park AssOcia
ton will give them an opening o.
S Nav 22nd. An interesting race pre-
! gram will be arranged and some of tn
S best trotters in the State will be pal
ticipants, including Dover, Middle
town, Townsend, Leipsic and Maryde
There will be four races-tiret a col
race; second, the so class; third, tn
2.4O class. and fourth a free-fer-al
Music will be furnished by the Dit
mOnd State Band, of MiddletOwl
!, Admission, 25 cents; ladies admitte
L L to the grand stand free.
v Summer Underwear, all kinds an
all sizes, from the boys of years
the stout man of AS chest measure,
Edw. G.. Walls.
% One of our cOuncilmen is very fol-
~ y. of smoking, and so attached is he
= his Havana that he sits in the cOunC
chamber taking in the remarks of b
colleagues, enveloped, as it were,
N wreaths of smoke. Hardly cOnsciOl
of how it affects that august bod
he habitually takes his smoke at eve
re Council meeting. So busy have be-
D. the sessions that the Council h
v. hardly had the time to take acti'
III toward suppressing this nuisance an
mr. in fact, were hardly aware that tn
were transacting business in a clio
of smoke, but at the last meeting
ba seemed to be one of the most impO
o. ant measures before the Board and
T. was unanimously moved and carri
,;r that the councilman in question shOU
" throw away his cigar and leave off t
habit during meetings held in t
Council chamber. The passage
such an act was applauded vigorous
%. and the Council adjourned.
A large number of our citizens
tended the flag raising of the Clayt
Op Public School, Saturday afternOC
le- The Grafton was given by Rev. w.
an Hurst, and declamatiOns by: HarV
W, Gray, Louis Scott, Mildred Huds
do Thomas Smith, Frank Malcolm, '
be ginia Baynard, William Muffiey, \
lissa Pinder, Eva Meredith, Eug'
Deakyne, r. Lee Sevil and E(
of Tunis. Prizes were offered to the b
W. speakers of each department. r
of George w. Dame, Walter o. HOffec
-oT and Prof. Charles H. LeFevre,
a3 Smyrna, were the judges and they
nd cided that Miss Eugenia Deakyne
'ie- Department No. had won the
prize of So. Departments No. 1 an
each offered as a first prize 50. so
~ gold and as the second a Columb
'0i ~ half dollar which was won by FIR
- f. Malcome and Miss Virginia Bayn
-, in number 2 and Harvey Gray
on4 Ont Miss Mildred Hudson in number
1aV The programe was interspersed v
All some good music.