Smyrna times., 1897-07-07

ing voted, refuse to count his vote, de-
served to be strung up to the first lamp
post. The American idea in all such /
cases was stifed.
The four speeches were comprised
in little over an hour, and were there
fore the more direct and earnest. A
national hymn, sung with fervor, had
place between each of them.
THE COLORED ODD FELLOWS.
Another feature of the afternoon and
which was to have commenced at one
o'clock, but was belated by other
things until nearly two O'clock, was the
parade of the cOlored Odd Fellows.
Headed by the Independent COrnet
Band and their stirring music, they
made good show, and were viewed
interestedly by the spectators in the
streets through which they paraded.
The lodges were those of Smyrna,
Mt. Friendship, Cheswold and Newark.
The Pioneer Corps, new organization
of our town, who carried battle axes,
also with fife and drum corps, paraded
with them. After marching through
the streets, they disbanded at their
hall on East street and were addressed
by Presiding Elder Davis, and Dis
trict Master Coleman and VIM. T.
Hill, of Wilmington. They also pa
raded in the evening, but the mass of
the people were at the fireworks.
Good order characterized their meet
ing.
MAGNIFICENT FIREWORKS.
In the evening Lake Como was the
mecca for thousands of folks who went
thither to view the display of fireworks.
The crowds began to congregate early
in the evening, the majority of them
seeking some point of vantage on the
high terrace in front of the gas works.
The dam was packed with people and
carriage after carriage filled the drive
ways until there was hardly room for
pedestrians to walk through. A con-
servative estimate has been put that
fully 1000 were in attendance. The
fire works in charge of Mr.. j. Edwin
HOtfecker, assisted by Messrs. Joseph
B. HUM and w. H. Janney. The
fireworks were scheduled to begin at
$50 o'clock, but some of the crowd who
had been waiting for over an hour,
were eager and impatient for them to
begin. The mosquitoes too focked
over the crowds in swarms and proba-
bly, made them more inpatient, so to
crafty their wishes, the display began
at o'clock. The time consumed was
about an hour and the quality of the
display was pleasing to everybody
There was more sky rockets than any
thing and these were fired off very sue
cessfully. In fact for community
like our own, it was very creditablt
and when the last piece "Good Night
was set off the crowd applauded thu
management for their excellent enter
tainment given.
Then came the rush. Everybod,
seemed eager to get up in town first
Carriages were blocked so they coulC
not move for several moments, and tn
crowd surged up in one mighty mass
of humanity that was unlike anything
ever seen in Smyrna. 1t was not lOnt
after this before the visiting delegation
despersed and by midnight the tow
was seemingly given away to peace an
quiet.
1t might be said that some of tn
decorations about town looked yer
pretty in the evening when all til
Chinese and Japanes lanterns had bee
lighted. 1t was equal to an illumins
tiOn.
The order kept during the day wa
good compared to the crowds in attenC
, ance. This may be attributed to tn
strong police force which Mayor Bage
+ called into service. There were onl
: three arrests made Take it all in a
! it was a great day and the yOun
e especially will remember it for Ion
\ time to come.