Smyrna times., 1898-12-21

| THE SMYRNA TIMES
.emv1'nN, DeI.,
Wednesday, Afternoon, Dec. 91, 1898
-m>,ra IirnrCh Trains.
v,,rH. 715. 8.42, $50, A. NJ, S.41, 5.21, p. NJ
Saith: 9.23 11.57, NJ, 3.41, 5.21, .O3 p IN
Closing of Mails.
Going North-7.OO, 9.25 A. NJ, 800, SOC
p Going South 800 A. NJ, and 5.OOP.M
Tor CLAYTON, ChestertOwn, etc, 800 A NJ
Il CLAYTON DEPARTMENT.
Mr. T. L. Mason is our authorized aoan+
at Clayton Del, and will receive new sub
r;ntions and receives monies ON old Al
ovs items left with him will receive proner
attention. Subscribe now; only ST 90 a
year in advance.
CLAYTON.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From the Doin0s
in and About Tewn.
Try %;l our HO%e-Made %9eMade Mincemeat. t.
". H. Davis, Clayton, Del. T
The stewards ofEwell's NJ. P. church
will hold a ''supper and festival on
Jan. 13 and IA.
There will be preaching at Bethesda
W. 7. Church next Sunday at .. 30 n
IL, by the pastor.
The Sunday School children of
Trinity p. E. Church will be given
treat on Saturday evening-Ckristma
Eve.
The Christmas entertainment of
Ewel's NJ. p. Sunday School will he
held in the church next Saturday
night.
Rev. W. W. White will preach at
/ Salem VI. p. church on next Sunday
afternoon Mt 2.30 o'clock. There will
/ be special Christmas services to which
all are invited. Hymn selections, 314,
i 49,, 54j.
Rev F. L. Wells of Trinity P. f.
i Church, had a large turnout of the |
/ members of Pilgrim Castle, No. :, K.
/ g. F.. on Sunday morning last, to par !
/ tcipate in the service. He gave them |
a sermon that was enjoyed by all.
The farm of Robert Rawley contain
ing l20 acres near Clayton, sold bv |
Sheriff Shaw on Saturday, was bought |
bv +. W. Laphan, living on the on
posite side of the road, for SO, $50 Mr..
Rawey' 'sEon Roscoe, has rented it for
the ensuing year.
Rev. J. F. Nicholson, pastor of
Ewells VI. p. Church, will preach
next Sunday, 1880 a. m, "The Birth
Of Christ 40 p. m, Jesus Joy
Brings; Sunday School > p. m The
choir has been enlarged, and will rem
der some special music.
No one in Clayton is making
greater effort at Christmas DISPLAY
than T. L. Mason The bulk window
Ofhls pharmacy Is an attractive feature
and a drawing card to the small bow
and his sister. His goods are of fine
order and he has made his store the
headquarters for Old Kriss Kringle.
The event which is looked forward
t) on Christmas Eve is the treat and
entertainment of the Sunday School
scholars Of st. Paul's NJ. E. Church
The committee of which Aubrey Van
deyer Is chairman are arranging a prO-
gram with the idea of making it one
Of the best thev have ever given. The
church will be beautifully decorated
With Christmas tree and evergreens.
large attendance is anticipated.
4 young lady of this town. who
claims her time so much taken up in
Christmas preparation, walked four
squares the other day, to a store in the
eastern part of the town, aud pur-
chased two spOols of cotton She was
so rushed, she ordered the spools
sent up to her house, the clerk carry
Ing the light little packages a few
PAGES behind her and delivering them
inst before she entered her home.
How times have changed. Many
man would have considered il
clnch to shop with woman SO par {
ticular as this
The session of the Third Quarterly
Conference of st. Pauls NJ. Z. church :
last Wednesday evening was an inter =
estng one. The matter of parsonage !
ior their pastor was talked over and it
vas agreed to buy rather than build,
50 a committee of three consisting of {
Messrs. Aubrey Vandever, J. C.
Thompson and T. L. Mason were ap- {
pointed to negotiate for same. The | s
above committee have about decided | c
on the Hawkins property The meet /
ING was presided over by DIR. w. F. 7
Corkran, the Presiding Elder of Easton | ;
District, and several plans for the
coming year were discussed The Of
nclal board gave Rev. o. w. DeVenish |
unamiOus call to return to st. Paul
Tor another year.
Personal. Rev. o. W. DeVenish left
yesterday to Officiate at a marriage | {,
ceremony, at Red Lion, Del.-Thomas 3
Reese, who has been making his home
here, has moved to his farm near Tenn -
Pevllle, Md MIS-. NJ. J. Clifton has e'
returned from a visit to Harrington.
Miss Eva Meredith is to supply the al
place Of Principal w. L. Gooding of NJ
me Public Schools while he is con-
med to his home with the grip.
STATE ITEMS. q
Joseph Cross bagged over 500 quail a,
near Laurel since November 1. n,