Smyrna times., 1899-08-30
CLAYTON DEPAR MENT.

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Mr.. T. l.. Mason is our authorized agent
t Clayton, Del, and will receive new sub
criptions and receives monies ON old. AL
Jews items left with him will receive proper
Subscribe now; only $1.00
vear in advance.
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOings |
in and About Town.
Fat cattle wanted by w. H. Davis,
butcher, Clayton. Il
The Ladies' Aid Society of Ewell's
NJ. P. Church will meet next Tuesday
night.
Preaching at Bethesda NJ. P. Church
next Sunday by the pastor. at p. m.
Sunday School p. m.
Ewell NJ. P. Sunday School contem-
plates holding festival on the Sth and
9th of September next.
While playing with a feed cutter
Edward O'Neil, son of Frank O'Neil,
cut the end of his little finger off.
The Quarterly Conference of Clay
ton Circuit, NJ. P. Church, will be
held in Downs Chspel next Saturday
week, Sept. 9th at p. m.
D. G. Marsh of this town, so badly
smashed his index finger while driving
a nail at Mt. Pleasant last week, that
amputation became necessary.
The evening services of st. Paul NJ.
E. Church will begin hereafter at 7.3O
O'Clock instead of 8 o'clock, as has
been the custom during the summer
months.
High complimentary remarks have
been made of the sermon preached in
Ewell's NJ. P. Church last Sunday
night by the pastor, Rev. J. E. Nichol.
son, on the subject of the ''The River
of Life"
The Public Schools will open OF
Monday next, the 4th inst, with al
the teachers reelected to their station
1t is probable that number of changes
will be made in the curricula during
the coming year.
The men in the freight car depart
ment of the P. W. & B. Railroad Co.
who have been working only min
hours per day are now working tel
hours, the new order of things havin
gone into effect Thursday.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson, pastor c
Ewell's NJ. P. Church, will preach mex
Sunday on the following subjects
1920 a. M, Rebuilding the Temple
7.3O p. m, "Jesus gave into Heaven
communion. Sunday School ? p. m.
Frank Tunis met with painful az
cident last week while saving a pieC
of lumber. He used a sharp cross-cI
saw and in some way it slipped and CT
his hand so badly that it was necessal
to have doctor to take few stitch'
in it.
DIR. W. F. Corkran, Presiding Ed
of Easton District, of the WilmingtC
Conference, will occupy the pulpit
st. Paul NJ. E. Church next Sundi
evening. The regular Quarterly Co
ference meeting will be held on Il
following Monday evening.
The congregation of st. Paul M.
Church greeted their pastor, Rev.
w. DeVenish, back to his pulpit la
Sunday. He had been enjoying a v
cation at Rehoboth with his famil
His sermons were marked with
usual force and vigor. He return
to Rehoboth Monday morning and {
poets to bring his family back to Cla
ton on Monday.
Garrett, Miller & Co., of Wilmir
ton, are installing an electric liz
plant in the mechanical department
the industrial school here. 10
Truax, formerly of this town, son of
p. Truax of Brenford, has charge
the work while this improvement
going on. Frank Jones, contractor
repairing the church steeple recen
struck by tightening.
Jumped to Death to Escape the Law
Saturday morning Constable Jan
Wright arrested four men at Clay
for trespa--Iu- on railroad proper