Smyrna times., 1897-12-22
CLAYTON.
St. Paurs NJ. T. Church elect Trustees New
Public School Department Local
and Personal.

PUBLIC School Departmeut-LOcaI
and Personal.
Special Correspondence to the Times.
Fine country lard at W. H. Davis'+
night, and Sunday School treat on Fri.
day night.
Money saved is money made. Mason
will prove it to you.
The best homemade mince meet
at W. ii. Davis's Meet Markets
There will be a Jumbo Jim" enter
talnment at Ewell NJ. p. Church To-
Have you seen Mason's Christmas
goods? Better see them before pur-
chasing.
John T. Hudson, of Smyrna, is fur
nishlng the lumber for the new house
OF ). l.. keagy.
A handsome Christmas tree adorns
the store window of w. ID. Venn. the
Clayton baker. '
Considerable poultry has been sold
here this week. The principle buver
being w. p. Pratt.
w. H. Davis, the popular butcher of
Clayton, Is making quite display of
meats, poultry, celery and lettuce in
his handsome store.
Sheriff Shaw sold at public sale Sat
urday afternoon at , O'Clock P. NJ. the
canning factory formerly owned bv J.
W. Carsins, now of Aberdeen, Nd.
1t was bought by w. L. Gooding. at
torney, for S615.
As will no Saau aIso,,Lo,,, C,..1
been getting in his work durino fine
year 1891, in and around CLAYTON.
Others are to follow. Parties deserv-
ing to be favored accordingly had bet
ter move among us.
Beautiful line of dolls, fancy china.
horns, tops, Bibles, picture books.
pictures, (ln frames) dinner and tea
sets nothing mean for your wife)
chlldren's tea sets. Handsome line of
cellulold novelties, boys tool chests
and other things at-Mason's.
Mr.. NJ. Lyman Nudge left last
week for Philadelphia, to enter Jeffer
son Hospital to undergo an ope-
ratlOn-the amputatiOn of his left
leg Just above the knee. Mr.. Nudge
has been a great sufferer the past wear.
very little of the time being able to en-
gage III any business. The operation
was successfully performed on Satur-
day.
J. L. Graham, has done the unex-
pected, especially on the part of our
citizens. Monday his store presented
holiday appearance. Tuesday bv noon
every thing had disappeared, he hav-
Ing SOLD his entire stock, consisting of
clothing, boots and shoes, cigars, no.
tons etc, to J. Frank & Co of Phila- |
delphla, who shipped them by Steamer
Brady to that city.
Last Monday ewing was the regular
evening for the Literary of the En-
worth League of st. Paul NJ. E. Church
Mrs. h. {. Mearns was in charge. A de- |
hghtful and entertaining program had |
been arranged. Miss Fannie Thomp- !
son gave reading, Miss May Leathers.
recitation on the Attitudes of PRAYER, !
Rev. II. VI. ThurlOw rendered a clari |
net solo accompanied by his wife at the |
organ.
On account of the crowded cOndi- |
ton of Clayton Public Schools. there |
VIII be another department added the |
hrst OF the year, with Charles n. Bur |
rows OF Smyrna as teacher. The new |
department will be made up from the |
membership of Principal GoOding's and |
MISS Minnie Reynolds rooms. Every |
thlnS Will be arranged during the holt |
days aud work will be started under
the new regime on January the first.
At the meeting called for the election
OF nine trustees in st. Paul NJ. E.
church last Thursday evening, the fol-
lowing persons were elected:
For three years, Aubruv Vandever.
JJno. W. Houston, and Geo. H. Ma
Ioney; Tor two years, L. L. Mason,
Jno. l.. Wilson and w. z. Onley; for
one year, JnO. G. Thompson, Geo. w.
MattifOrd and w. H. Armstrong. They
met Monday evening of this week and
organized by electing Aubrey Vande-
yer, chairman; Geo. H. MalOnev. sec
rotary, and I. L. Mason, treasurer.
Personals Rev. H. NJ. Thurlow.
wife, and two children, left this morn
ing to spend the Holidays with their
parents in Baltimore. Miss Nav Har
RS is assisting I. L. Mason during the
Miss Greta Casperson has
accepted position in the book DEPART
'nent of John Wanamaker-H. LYLE
CaspersOn has passed two rigid exami-
nations at the Philadelphia College of
Pharmacy-COOkman Price, formerly
Of W. H. Davis store, has accepted a
position with Cummings, the Whining
ton photographer.
Rev. J. f. Nicholson will go to Phil
ldelphia on Christmas Day to marry
MS neice, leila, Daughter of the late
,IeO. W. S. Nicholson. He will be
away on Sunday, preaching in Penns
Grove, \. j., in the morning. His
pulpit in Ewell's NJ. E. Church will be
tiled in the morning by E. s. Shaw,
md at night by Rev. VIM. Faries.-
Rev. W. W. White will fill his regular
at Salem NJ. P. Church on
next Sunday afternoon at 2.4j o'clock.