Smyrna times., 1897-12-29
CLAYTON.
Robbed of S3l.- Successful Entertainments
Christmas Day.

Robbed OF S5l.-SuccessfuI Entertainments
Christmas Day.
Special Correspondence to the Times.
Fine country lard at W. H. Davis'+
The best homemade mince meet
at W. ii. Davis's Meat Markets
Walter Pratt has opened a produoe
store in the old stand recently vacatad
by John l.. Graham.
While shopping in PHILADELPHIA last
week Mrs. L. r. Sipple had her Dockat
picked and relieved of S31 in money
and checks.
W. H. Davis, the popular butcbar of
Clayton, is making quite a dispIov ot
meats, poultry, celery and lettuce in
his handsome store.
Trinity p. E. Sunday School gave q
treat to the children on Christmas
Eve, with special music and beauti-
tul talk from the rector, Rev. f. l..
Wells.
Thomas A. Reese and John S. Cas-
person are applicants for the Justice
OF the Peace office of this town, which
term expires the Both of next month.
Mr.. CaspersOn is the present incum-
bent.
Clayton has the talent to furnish ex-
cellent entertainments and during
these Holidays the Methodist Episco-
pal and Methodist Protestant Sunday
Schools have rendered programs that
have been especially interesting Both
were rendered on Christmas Eve and
both put forth an effort to excel all
previous occasions.
A PLEASANT SURPRISE. Rev. w. w.
White enjoyed pleasant surprise by
his flock at Salem, on Wednesday. the
END INST. In the afternoon of that
day two wagons loaded with prOvis-
IONS OF all kinds drove up to the par
sonaSe IN Warwick, taking the parson
completely by surprise. These things
came as the offerings of his members
and friends at Salem. The pastor
wishes to return thanks to these friends
for these tokens of their esteem and
appreciation.
The Jumbo Jim" entertainment
given IN Ewell NJ. p. Church last We'd
nesday evening was attended bv a
large audience. The occasion was one
OF mIrth and enjoyment. Mr. George
EllegOOd as Jumbo Jim was capital
and amused the audience every time
he appeared. He was we'll supported
by the rest of the cast. A feature of
the program was the banjo solos rem
dered by Mr.. Isaac Beatty. The pro-
ceeds amounted to $50. Those who
took part in Jumbo jim" were Mrs.
Sadie Wright, Miss Mary Jones, Miss
Bertha Wright, Messrs. George Ellie
good, James Kelley, G. A. Brown and
Otis L. Allen. In "Aunt Betsv's
Beau, Mrs. w. ID. Venn, Misses
Sadie Pinder, Lulu Carey and Emma
Pinder
Christmas was observed in all the
churches with music and praise SER
wees, and what was not given on
Christmas Day was appropriately eel
ebrated on the following day-Sunday.
In st. PauIs VI. e. Church the pastor.
Rev. II. NJ. ThurlOw, was absent, and
on sunday morning a prayer service
was gwen. In the evening the Ep-
worth League took charge. At Trinity
I. K. Church the usual Sunday morn
ing service was held, and in the even
ing the rector, Rev. f. L. Wells, gave
a special sermon of much interest.
Owing to the absence of Rev. J. F..
Nicholson the NJ. p. Church had a
praise service IN the morning conduc-
ted by Mr.. E. Shaw, followed in the
evening by a strong discourse from
Rev. +. }. Seamans, of Topeka, Kan
sas. In all cases the disagreeable
weather of Sunday morning occasiOned
small congregations.
PERSONALLY and Mrs Marion n
Wood, of Wilmington, spent Christ
mas with L l. Mason and family
Miss Elva Jones, of Crumpton, Md, is
visiting } l. Graham W H Davis and
family are visiting their parents at Mil
ford. Misses NOla and Mary Sullivan
are visiting in Trappe, Md.-Charles
McCOnaughy is the guest of his father,
Alex McCOnaughy.- Robert Raw
ley IS visiting in Philadelphia J
II Satterfeld, of Wilmington, accom-
panied by Miss Maie Harris, has re-
turned from a visit here.-Miss Lizzie
Hayes, of Dover, is being entertained
by Miss Lizzie Wright. Mrs Minnie
Reynolds is entertaining Miss Murphy
of Newark, y Joseph Armstrong.
of Odessa, and G. G Joseph and Leslie
Joseph, of Wilmington, have been
guests of George Joseph. Miss Annie
Smith of CrumptOn, Md, is visiting
Miss Ethel Graham Miss Mamie
Snyder, of Centreville, Md, is being
entertained by Miss Ella Clark.
Hirons Clifton, of the University of
Pennsylvania, is home.-Mrs w P
Dunlap, of Oxford, Pa, is visiting
Mrs John L Graham. The Misses
Leila and May Reynolds and brother,
Mr. Walter Reynolds, are visiting in
Washington, ID Randolph Pratt,
of Westchester Academy, is home
George Mccoy and family are visiting
IN Philadelphia. c MahOney and
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