Smyrna times., 1898-03-16
CLAYTON.
Raised to a Trust Position, but Collected
Money and Skipped-A St. JOseph's
School Incident-LOcal and
Personal

The festival held last week by |
Ewell's Church was a decided success. |
Preaching and communion service
day at 2.30 P. NJ.
The post office is enlarged, by being |
made four feet wider This is great |
improvement as it includes another |
window.
A large bay window is being built |
ont from the Division Operators office !
in the Superintendent Building. This
will be neat and shOwy Improvements
Rev. w. w. White, the pastor, will
preach at Salem NJ. p. Church on next
Sabbath, March Goth at P. NJ. Sub
ject christian Counsel. All cor
daily invited.
The NJ. E. Sunday School was en-
tertained last Sunday afternoon by an
address given by Rev. Frank Mayo,
Assistant Superintendent of the Society
for Homeless Children, Trenton, n. j.
The talk was highly enjoyed.
An entertainment will be given in st.
Paul's NJ Z. Church next Monday
evening bv the Junior Epw Orth
League The principal feature will be a
''LilliputiaG Wedding" and Il ''Dol
Drill"
4 large hanging lamp in the sitting
room of w. H. Croft fell Saturday
afternoon, demolishing itself entirely
and flooding the room with oil 1t
was very fortunate that it did not Oc-
cur in the evening when lighted.
The pastor of Ewells NJ. P. Church
1 f.,lI
1880 A. NJ, John the Baptist Be
SermOn;" Sunday School , PM;
Christian EndeavOr : P. NJ.
The festival given last Friday and
Saturday evenings by the members of
the NJ p. Church was a success, both
financially and socially Those in
charge seemed to feel it thier duty to
make it pleasant, for those who at
tended. The proceeds amounted to
$50. co.
W. T. & J. Il. Clements make an in
teresting announcement of their spring
driving sale in another colmmn. Every
farmer interested in agricultural i'm
plements and every property owner
interested in nice furnishing of his
house will do we'll and save money by
calling on the above firm.
The Quarterly Conference of Clay
ton Circuit, NJ. p Church, held i'll
Ewell's Church on Saturday, and
elected W. A. COsden delegate to the
Annual Conference to meet in Balti-
more, April 9Th, and J. H. Donovan
alternate. The return of Rev. J. f.
Nicholson for another year was unan-
imously requested.
Rev T. p. Revelle, of Dover, will
lecture IN Ewell's NJ. p. Church, sub
ject, "A Candidate for Matrimony,
on Friday, Mar. 25th, at 7.30 P. NJ.
Tickets 10 and 10 cents, for sale at w.
ID. Venn's bakery. He will deliver
the same lecture at Downs NJ. P.
Church Saturday, Mar. 26th, at 7.3O
P. NJ. Admission 10 and 10 cents, for
the benefit of the two churches.
Mr.. w. D. Venn, the baker, was
surprised but not agreeable so, when
on arising Sunday morning. he found
a portion of his bake oven had caved
IN, which necessitated a trip to the city
on the earliest train Monday morning
to secure materials for repairing the
oven aud a delay of two days in his
baking. His many customers will b'
glad to see it in working order again
Rev. W. F. Corkran, Presiding
Elder, filled the pulpit in st. Pau
NJ Z. Church last Sunday both morn
ing and evening, delivering two yer.
able and thoughtful sermons. Thi
Board of Stewards took advantage OF
his coming and made an extra effort t.
bring up the DEFICIENCIES in the curren
expenses. At the close of the day the,
reported having raised S101 90 nearly
all of which was cash.
The wareroOms of w. P. ?. Pratt
which he recently took possession o
have been remodeled to adapt its pur
poses to the demands of his business
Besides an office he has, by knOckin
out few partitions and cutting a ira
door in the floor of the second stOr
made room for his fine lot of sprin
carriages and wagons. He Is fxin
up to drive business and make hi
establishment the headquarters for til
cheapest and most durable stock {
carriages, etc, ever put on sale in thi
town.
A Narrow Escape. - Mr.. John M
guire. near town, met with an accidel
yesterday, that fortunately resulte
in only injury instead of loss of lif'
He was coming to Clayton on tn
road running parallel with the track
the P. W. & B. r. R., when betwee
"Jimtiown" and Clayton, he passed (
engine, which at the same instance
off an excees of steam. The horse b
came frightened and turning sho
around threw Mr.. Mcguire from Il
wagon, soaring his face breaking o
rib and injuring his back. The tea
sustained but little injury.
Collected Money and Skipped .-Ev
charitable institutions are not exem
from sometimes being "taken in"
rOgues. This fact has recently be
illustrated at St. JOseph's Industr
School. Just before the Christmas he
days a young man giving the name
Clement W. Eastman, applied the
for assistance. His appearance shOwl
him to be in need, Father Weber to
him in and relieved his then prest
needs and gave him employment
their printing office. He proved We
intillegent and gave good work on
magazine that is published at
school. He was trusted to the eXte
that about three weeks ago, he "
sent to Wilmington to solicit subscr
tiOns for the magazine Later dev
Opments show he secured some 81
scriptiOns to the magazine, and Otl
ways, got money in ways not b
orable'' and then left for parts
known. At any rate he has never
turned to ST. Joseph's Home, and
tidings can be obtained of him.
PersOnaI:- Mrs. w. F. Nicholson
returned from apleasant visit to frie
at Snow Hill. She was accompa1
home by Mrs. i. Muse. .-Archdea
Hall of Wilmington, held serylc'
Trinity p. E. Church last nigh
Rev. Geo. NJ. Clayton and wife
spending a few days with their pare
Mrs. Robert Burris and daugh
Mary, of Kansas City, Missouri,
visiting Mrs. NJ. L. Nudge
Fluhalty and Herman Clayton,
Elkton, Md, visited their par
Sunday. Miss Matte Legates. Is
Wilmington, Miss Emma Leithis
of Havre de Grace, Md, has retul
from a visit to Mrs. Nj. p. Howle
Miss Alice M. Only of Baltlmor
the guest of w. y. Only.-Joi
Warfeld, Of Wilmington, freight
ductor on the p. w. q b. X. Il.
taken the residence recently oceu
by Frank Reynolds. Mrs. L: M.