Smyrna times., 1898-06-01

and Personal Mention.
Isaac Beatty has been appointed a
stenOgrapher to Route Agent w. H.
Tunis
Preaching at Downs NJ. P. Church
next Sunday at p. m, by Rev. VIM.
FAIRIES, Sunday School at p. m.
Strawberries are beginning to make
their appearance in town in a plentiful
manner, to the delight of every one.
Rev. w. L. GoOding, of the Confer
ence Academy, will be present and fill
the pulpit in the NJ. E. Church next
Sunday morning.
Albert Brown has succeeded Fl T.
King as Adams Express Agent at
Clayton, who resigned to Join the 9th
Pennsylvania cavalry.
The Ladies' Guild of Trinity P. E..
church will meet at the home of Mrs.
I. |. Horn on Thursday evening, at
half-past seven o'clock.
BY stumbling over chicken coon
at his home near Blackiston's Cross
Roads last Saturday night, Mr.. Charles
Raughley sustained a broken arm.
The P. W. & B. Co. is busily en-
gagged in extending the double track
down the State. They have succeeded
N getting within the yard limits of
the town now.
Children's Day service in st. Paul
NJ. +. Church has been postponed
until June -, in the evening. Prep
aratiOn Is being made to make it an in
teresting occasion.
''Our National Character" will be
the subject of a lecture to be given in
ST. Paul's NJ. E. Church, on Friday
evening, June 10, by the Rev. L. w.
Layiield, of smyrna Circuit.
The fronts of Clements Bros. store.
". II. Keys drug store and the post
Office, are being frightened up by a
fresh coat of paint. 1t greatly i'm
proves that part of the street.
The choir in Ewell's NJ. p. Church
has been recognized, with Mr.. Sam
uel Rogers, leader, and Miss Ella
Nicholson, Organist. A full force fur
nished splendid music last Sunday,
morning and night.
In the absence of the pastor OF
Ewell's VI. p. Church, attending the
dedication of the NJ. P. Church in
Seaford. Rev. VIM. FAIRIES will fill the
pulpit Sunday at 1920 a. m and p.
m Sunday School $50 a. M, Chris
tIan Endeavor, 7,3O p. m.
Monday being Decoration Day, the
schools were closed all day, and the
post Office between the hours of 10 and
o'clock. There was no public dem
OnstratiOn, though many private indl-
viduals decorated the graves of theil
beloved dead with beautiful flowers.
II Is indeed lovely custom to have {
special day set apart for that purpose
Arthur Holiday met with a painful
accident on Monday afternoon, while
playing around his fathers, Mr. Thos
Holidays blacksmith shop. He STUN
bled and fell, striking his forehead
against a sharp piece of iron, cutting
a long cash Just above the left eve
The wound was dressed by DR.. Har
monsOn. While it is very painful, i
Is not serious.
A pleasant and entertaining sociabl,
was held at the home of Mrs. n. G
SeversOn, Monday evening, by tn,
Epworth League of st. Paul's NJ. E
Church. The attendance was large
but they were all looked after mos
graciOusly by the hostess, and the en-
tertainment afforded in games, &c.
was of an amusing nature. Refresh
ments were served during the evening
". P. Wright is being compliments,
on his fine field of corn, situated nea
the school house. 1t is now cultivate,
and nearly thinned He is not Onl,
progressive in agriculture, but as
landlord he is always accommodating
and looking after the necessary want
Of his tenants. In his own home h
has recently added a conservatory an
his wife has taken great pleasure an
delight in filling it with choice flowers
The community was shocked when
learned on Monday morning of tn
sudden death of Mary, the eight-yeal
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Harve
+. Smith She had been i'll only
few days, and was not considered daI
gerOusly i'll until Sunday, when th
disease, peritOnitis, took a sudde
turn for the worse, and terminated
death about O'Clock Monday mOrI
ing The family has the heartfe
sympathy of the whole town. The fl
neral services were held this mOrnin
at the house at 9 o'clock, and the bod
was taken to Wilmington on the
o'clock train, for burial.
Clayton has a case of diphtheri
Otis Jester, an employee of the raj
road, is the victim, and is lying dal
gerously i'll at the home of Miss Mar
Stevens, on Smyrna Avenue. A traine
nurse from Wilmington is attendin
the case. Through an order issue
by the Board of Health the house vi
fumigated on Saturday last Viii
the Elimination was going on in a V
Gated room, some of the blazing mgr
dients fell on a bed and a cOnhagri
tiOn was only averted by the quiz
discovery by the nurse. The HO'
Company responded and few bucke
Of water extinguished the flames.
Personalities. J. w. Grant +
turned to her home IN Rome, Ga, la
Friday, after a months visit in De
aware and Pennsylvania. ia.-Mrs. j.
Nicholson has returned from a visit
Philadelphia.-Dr. W. B. ReynOld
formerly of this town, but who W
transferred by the P. W. & B. r.
Co. to Elmira, n. Y, last March, W
in town Monday for short time. b
many friends were glad to see hi
looking so well.-William Leinberg
and wife have moved to Atlantic Cit
Mrs. H. c.. Mearns entertained t
past week Mrs. Jessie Trego a
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