Smyrna times., 1898-10-19

While playing with some boys on
bridge i'll Briggs lane Sunday, Charlie
Stewart, Jr., son of Charles Stewart of
this town, fell off and disloeated his
left arm at the elbow.
The entire front of the new store of
A. Sevil has been taken out and is
being replaced by "glass 'front.'" in
cluding a door entrance at the left and
alarge bulk window extending the rest
of the frontage.
November the 18th next, will be the
10Th anniversary of the organization of
the NJ p. Church at Downs Chapel,
and in cOmmemOratiOn of that event
Clayton aud Bethesda NJ P. Churches
will unite on the Goth to celebrate the
occasion.
Over 200 car loads of railroad bars
have passed through Clayton the past
month ON their wav for distribution
down the Delaware Division. The old
rails from Wyoming to Bridgeville
are being replaced by new and heavier
ones.
In view of the effort that will be
made to organize a Sunday School
Union for KentOn Hundred, Trinity
P. f. Sunday School sent Mrs.
E. r. Sipple and Miss Margaret Hunt
as delegates. The Convention met at
Cheswold yesterday.
While driving in opposite directions
on Sunday evening last, the teams OF
Homer Lewis of Smyrna, and Isaac
Brown collided, the shafts of the lat
ter's team bruising the breast of the
horse driven by the former. The ac-
cident was not as serious as first sup
posed.
While the improvements are going
on alone the Delaware and Atlantic
Telephone Line through the State,
Clayton is left out. Keeping place
with this line the Diamond State Tele.
phone Company are making extension!
and placing in long distance phones
1t is but a gentle reminder that oul
town might have had both, if oul
Town Council would awaken to some
spirit of enterprise. Other towns, in
fact there is hardly an instance out
side Of Clayton, where they have no
been gladly welcomed and they hav,
never required the companies to pay
taxes on every pole settled. 1t is
benefit to other towns and they ar
getting better service all the time
Clayton should not be left behind bu
should be in the advance of all sue
improvements and if the business pee
pie want either of the phone system
they should offer inducements rathe
than impede progress, as is done throug
the acts of our Town Council.
Personal: Mrs. n. r. Benson of Wi
mington, Mrs. l.. Z. p. Dennis c
Crisfeld, Md, were guests of Mrs
Harvey Smith last week.-Mrs.. j. c
Cobb is visiting in Washington, ID. {
Judge W. G. Spruance was visito
to Clayton last week, looking after hi
farming interests in this section.
Orian Smith of the Milford Heral
was in town this week the guest of th
family of w. H. Davis. Fran
Sterling is visiting in Wilmington
Miss Lizzie Hayes of Dover,
the guest of the family of W.
Wright. Ernest Lord of the Ind
pendence National Bank of Phi
adelphia, was the guest of b
father, Alexander Lord. over Sunda
Mr.. Lord has a fine position and tn
it is agreeable to him can be seen
his excellent state of health sin
he had been there.-Mr. and Mr.
Howard Grant have returned from
visit to Macon, Georgia. Miss
Bertha and Ethel Ennis have secure
positions with Partridge & Richardsc
Philadelphia. Aubrey Vandever is {
on his vacation. His family is e.
jOying it with him. Mr.. and Mrs. Y
H. Tunis and Mr.. and Mrs. Robe
Tunis are visiting Robert W. Tunis a
wife of Norfolk Va