Smyrna times., 1898-08-03
CLAYTON.
,,.ms Of Interest Cleaned From the DOiugs
in and About Town.


conference are earnestly requested to
be present
The sermons in Ewell's NJ P. church
NEXT Sunday, will be by the pastor,
Rev. J. E. Nicholson.
Miss Sue Simpson and Miss Carrie
Hoffecker, of Wilmington, are visiting
Mrs. Addie Vandever.
The Second Quarterly Conference of
Warwick Charge, NJ. p. church, will
meet in Warwick on next Saturday,
Two of our boys were taken up last
week bv Constable Smith for riding
tbeir wheels over the rate of six miles
an hour.
The Second Quarterly Conference of
CLAYTON Circuit NJ. p. church, will be
held at Downs Chapel, on Saturday, |
Sept. 4th at p. m.
Mrs. 5. W. Phillips and daughters, |
Of Philadelphia, who have been visit |
inc the NJ. Z. Parsonage, are making |
visit to friends in Laurel, Del.
Rev. F. E. Wells expects to be home |
this week and hold services at Trinity |
church next Sunday. The Sunday |
School picniced at ShellpOt Park
to-day.
Rev. o. w. DeVenish and family
left Monday morning for RehObOth,
where he will spend the month of Au
gust He will be back in his pulpit
next Sunday.
Rev. W. w. White will preach at his
regular appointment at Salem NJ. p.
church on next Sunday, Aug. 9TH at
D. III. Subject of discourse: "Wo-
man and her Mission"
The festival held by the ladies of
Salem, NJ 2. church on last Thursday,
Friday and Saturday evenings at
Thomas Corner, was a success. The
weather was favorable and it was well
patrOniZed.
The experiment of using oil as a dust
layer, is being tried ON the Delaware
Railroad. On Monday the rOadbed
was sprinkled between Clayton and
Wyoming, requiring a good many
thousand gallons, and if satisfactory,
as believed it will, an application will
be made to other parts of the road.
The oil used is crude petroleum. 1t is
the invention of ]. NJ. Nichols, assis
tant engineer of the New Jersey Di-
vision of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
A rather amusing incident Though
until fully convinced of the cause, q
serious affair." occurred Sunday even
inc near town. Two gentlemen came
in town and receive from physician a
prescription calling for bottle of Ci-
trate of Magnesia, which they had filled
at one of our drug stores. When about
four miles from town loud report was
heard, seemingly back of the carriage.
Glass flew all around, which proved
l. 4 l.. 90, A,kl Is he
contents of the bottle or the nature
thereof. they Immediately came to the
conclusion that some enemy had fired
on them, the ball striking the bottle
and glancing off, thereby saving their
lives. They laid whip and put back tC
town to narrate their experience tC
their physician and undergo an exami
nation to see if they had been shot. /
is enough to say he directed them t.
90 back and pull the druggist out anC
have him put up another bottle of med
icine to replace the one that explode'
ON their way out.
Special School Election. - The grea
event of this week has been a specia
school election, which took place yes
terday. The community was thor
Oughlv worked, as was shown by th
vote, eight-eight ballots being cast
81 for r. Y. Wallen, the successful
candidate, and 81 for J. W. Enni;
who received the minority vote. Th
dissatisfaction over the result is yer
great, it being by a number consld
cred illegal, they claiming that th
School Board had no right to call
special meeting for the election of
commissioner. The facts that led U
to the affair are as follows: At the ele
ton of 81 John Barkley was electe
School Commissioner for a term {
three years. Last February Mr.. Bari
lev resigned, when the Board cho
A. H. Skinner for the remainder
the term. At the last election it WI
re-affirmed that SINNERS term WI
for two years more, hence he was n
reelected, nor his successor. X
Gently the Board met for the electi'
of teachers, all being present, as TO
lows: H. Seiders, president; A. Sew
Secretarv; W. d. Hudson, A. ii. Ski
ner and W. F. Clement.
Applications for the principalsh
were opened and two applications we
read, that of W. L. GOOding, of Il
town, and a Mr.. Cooley, of Harrin
ton, Del The latter was elected
the vote of Seiders, Hudson and Ski
ner. Sevil and Clements voting
GOOding. Mr.. Cooley was notified
his being elected. This vote displeas
their ex-principal and he soon notlh
the Board that Mr.. SINNERS seat a
vote in their body was illegal. Hem
the secretary called this special me
ing and elected r. Y. Wallen, who
favorable to Mr.. GoOding as prlnclp
The next meeting of the Board
most likely oust the lately-elec
principal of Harrington, who, we
pleased to state, came with the high
recommendations and a most excelli
certificate, number of studies mari
100, and the lowest being 9O.7.
are sorry affairs have taken the Il
they have. Mr.. GoOding's ability
teacher is unquestiOned, but ma
think he does not give the school
attention it demands. We have
special features, such as CONNER
ment exercises, etc, to encourage
pupils to greater diligence. We W
schools equal to any in the State,
why should we not have them?
This town was shocked last Thl
day morning to learn that an accld
had occurred on the Baltimore & i
aware Bay r. R., one and one
miles below Kennedyville. spe
train left here that morning abo
o'clock, consisting of engine, tom
one fat car containing bridge plal
and one tool car containing to
blocking &c. This train was man
by Jas. Boggs, engineer; Jno. Cli
fireman; W. J. Vandyke, night wa
man; Jas. Coverdale, foreman OF
section and George Reed, white,
Andrew Briscoe (cOD. Everytl
went smooth until the fatal 5r
spanning the stream in which
train later was immersed, was reac
Ordinarily this stream was narrow
only shallow water, but on this
sion it was about 80 IT across IL
water being about 8 ft deep. En-
eer Boggs noticed how swollen
stream was, but seeing the brldg,
tact, thought it safe to proceed.
were running at the rate OF 10 mile
hour and when the train was fully
down went the bridge carrying eN
thing with it. How the men csc
will never be told: all showed u
cept Clark, the fireman, who was i
at his post, covered with cln
minus the greater part of his face
scalD w VandvkQ belQU al