Smyrna times., 1898-02-02
CLAYTON.
Whist Club Entertained by BacheIOrs-Im.
pOrtant Meeting of St Paul's Trustees.

Whist Club Entertained by BacheIOrs-Im
pOrtant Meeting of St PauIs Trustees.
The first sleigh of the season made il.
appearance on our streets last night
church will give an entertainment
The Peek Sisters, " in the church, on
the eveing of the 18th of February.
Train No. 81 reached CLAYTON last
night drawn by two engines it being
necessary owing to the fall of suOw
Liston Houston has purchaser a lot
near the NJ. E. Church and will move
house from his farm near Kenton and
settle there
The p. W. & B. R. R. Co., have in
creased the wages of their labor en-
plOye i cents an hour, making days
work amount to S1.2j.
The Aid Society of st. Paul NJ. E.
New steel rails weighing 30 pounds
each are being placed on the line be-
tween Cheswold and Wyoming.
Clayton will entertain the annual
session of the State Council of the
Junior Order United American Me-
chanics of Delaware, on the 18th inst.
Rev w. w. White, the pastor, will
preach at Salem NJ. p Church, on next
Sabbath afternoon, Feb 9th, at 3
O'Clock. Subject: "The Captured
Sword" All cordially invited.
Detective Hutchins aud Constable
Joe Smith arrested seven tramps yes
terday who were making their head
quarters in W. p. Wright's brickyard,
and took them down to Dover Jail.
This has been week of changes
among the dairymen who serve our
citizens with milk L. l.. Davis & Son
have discontinued and sold his route
to q. Frank CiOOtee, who entered upon
the same Feb. 1st. Elijah Keys who
was serving the milk for Davis & Son
nOws forms a partnership with w. ID.
Hudson, thereby retaining a num-
Der of his old customers in addition to
HudsOns.
4 very pleasant time was spent last
evening at the residence of Aubrey
Nandever, the occasion being the
meeting of the official board of st.
Paul church, accompanied by their
wives. The ladies occupied the parlOr
and the gentlemen the sitting room.
where they transacted their business.
They decided to have Il Clearance Dav
Sunday, Feb. 18th, at which time Pre-
siding Elder COrkran and perhaps
others are expected to be present, when
an effort will be made to clear the
church of all current expenses for the
Conference year At the adjournment
OF their meeting they Joined the ladies.
Here they were highly entertained
with choice selections of vocal and in
strumental music Mrs. Thurlow pre-
sided at the piano while Rev. Mr..
IhurlOw performed on the clarionet.
In the middle of this the company was
interrupted by the kind hostess. who
invited the party out to the dining
room, where the writer left them, but
not until each of the party had done
justice to the occasion. One thing
st. Paul church is blessed with-a
healthy Official Board.
The Whist Club was charminglv en-
tertained last evening bv the bacbel-
ors at the hotel StOeckle. The hosts
for the evening were Messrs. J. c..
Smith, J. r. Clements, J. c.. Book
and ). l.. johnson. At half-past ten
o'clock they invited their guests down
to tn dining room, where the table
was arranged for supper, very beauti-
fully. The menu consisted of oysters.
served on the half shell; cold turkey.
tongue, cranberry sauce, celery, pick
les, biscuit, chicken salad, fried ovs-
ters, ices, cakes, nuts, fruit and coffee.
At the conclusion of the supper it was
moved and seconded that the "bach-
elors" assume the entertainment of
the club for the balance of the season.
While the men fully appreciated the
motive that prompted the invitation,
they declined. Then some one un-
teellngly wished the quartet" might
remain single until this time next
year, when the club might expect to
again be entertained in the same roval
manner. The prizes were won as
follows: Mrs. W. S. COlpitts, first;
Mrs. f. r. Sipple, second, and Mrs.
Wm. Lodge, BOBBY prize. The lucky
men were: Mr.. J. G.. Smith, who won
first; I. L. Horn, second, and H. w.
Grant, BOBBY.
Personal: Mr.. and Mrs. Colpitts
returned home Monday from a weeks
visit to New York and Philadelphia.
Mr.. l. y. Mills, accompanied bv Cap
tain Hedge Thompson, returned from
their Southern trip last week Miss
Elma Rawley is visiting in Philadel-
phia.-Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Clark, of
Philadelphia, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
W. H. Clark. Mrs. J. G. LOngfellow,
Is entertaining her mother, Mrs Beatty,
of Wilmington.-Mr John Green, of
Sudlersyille, is visiting the family of
Joseph Smith. Mrs. Laura Stephen
son entertained the w. G. T. u, We'd
nesday evening. Mrs. MOllie Rich
ards, of Cecilton, Md, is visiting her
sister, Mrs. VIM. Leinberger. Mrs.
\. G.. SeversOn spent Saturday in
Greenwood, as the guest of ner daugh-
ter, Mrs. Chas. BOggs,