Smyrna times., 1899-05-24

The Circle of Kings Daughters will
meet at the home of Levi Anthony
Thursday evening, May %. The mem
bers will meet at the home Miss HOugh
at o'clock. If the evening is stormy
the meeting will be held at Miss
Hough's.
L. NJ. Price has the Improved
Aquatic Cream Separator for sale. 1t
saves labor and all the cream. Beats
the best creamery and costs less than
half as much. He also has Black
Death for sale, an effective destroyer
of potato bugs and other insects. Il
Next Sunday, May 2Sth, will be
Children's Day i'll the Presbyterian
Sunday Sunday School. Special
music and program of interest will be
given. 1t being the one Sunday in
the year given to children, services
will be held both morning and even
ing.
Gen. W. S. Hancock Post No. %, Ct.
Il
room on Sabbath morning, May 2Sth,
at o'clock, in order to attend Divine
Service at Friendship NJ. E. Church
where special sermon will be preached
by Rev. l.. w. Layfeld.
By order of Committee.
Mrs. W. E. Waters, owner, is having
the old "Ward property" including the
Post Office, Mannering and Williams
store, and Cummings, the phOtOgra-
pher, improved by a coat of paint.
The waiting room of the Post Office
has also been repapered and makes a
much better appearance.
Get your strawberry checks or tags
printed at the SMYRNA TIMES office.
The price is reasonable, the work is
neat and your orders are filled
promptly. Don't wait, but give yOul
order in early. The TIMES was never
better prepard to give you good SER
vice. 4
The colored branch, of the C. NJ. E
Church in Plymouth Church, at the
session of the New Jersey Conference
held last week in Wilmington, had the
following names in six appointments
in Delaware: Blanco, Rev. Charles
Alexander; Blackbird, Rev. w. E
Dixon; Blackiston, Rev. j. Fredericks
Rev. G. A. Hill will resume tn,
course of lectures on Bunyan's Pill
grim's Progress at the prayer meetin.
tonight, requiring four more to finisl
the course. The subject this evening
will be The Delectable Mountains.
Some who have heard them all, re
garded the last as one of the best O
the series.
J. p. Hudson has Just unloaded
car of fine Wrightsville lime. He ais
has adanant Quick plaster), portlan
cement, calcine plaster, bricks, hair
&c, which he sells in large or smal
quantities. Our prices on lumber ar
satisfactory. Will furnish whole bill
of contract. 20
A good property is offered for sal
by Evan G.. Reese. 1t is situated il
one of the best resident portions of tn
town, and should be snapped up as
bargain. The sale will come off i
front of the Smyrna House next Satul
day afternoon. For full particulars
measurements &C., see advertisement
in another column.
The thermometer registered thi
morning 46 and AZ degrees-only thre
or four degrees above the frost pOin'
AS so 1T has been for week, with coo
winds and clouds in the main, throug
the days. Notwithstanding the raj
that preceded it, except for wheat an
potatoes, vegetation has not made th
advance that was expected for so lat
in the spring. Even the ripening
strawberries have been held bacl
and are neither as large or as palatabl
as would have been the case wit
usual latter May weather.
The rainfall last week was not equ
in its distribution, as it rarely is
summer. About Delaney's and Blacl
iston's Cross Roads on Wednesday an
Thursday evenings, the water fall
very heavy, while about Taylor
Bridge, in Thorougfare Neck, thel
was good growing rain, but N,
enough to stop the cultivating of COZ
on Friday and Saturday. In fact the
wheat and grass fields could have take
more to advantage. Herabouts I'll
fall was ample for grass, wheat al
berries, though the low temperatu
throughout the week retarded veget
tion.
On Friday last, Robert Richardso
was arrested by Policeman Jone
charged with running a horse and ca
riage recklessly through the streets
violation of the Town Ordinance
The act was committed on ThursdG
evening, and when the policeman we
after him on Friday morning, 'BOl
submitted very quietly and went wi
the officer to the Alderman office.
Policeman Jones was unlocking 81
front door, he broke lose and ran ava
A few shots were fred by Policem
Jones to bring him to time, but 1T d
not have its effect, and the negro G
capped. The next day he gave hims
mp before Alderman Collins, and W
released after paying the fine and cos
amounting to $3.50.
The degree team of Wilmingt
Lodge, No. /, A. o. u. W., under I
leadership of Captain Edwin l.. KaI
was. in Middletown last night Al
initiated 30 members in Union Lodl
No. U, and they have II more to put
next Tuesday night. There We
/ eleven members of Mizpah Lodge
/ TINS town present to see the VIC
3 which was very impressive. They We
as follows: Geo. M. Stevenson, w.
n Coipitts, j. Fletcher Truax, Frank
/ mcCawley, John p. Patterson.
Q frank Webb, J. Harry Mattiford,
Cookman Price, Wilmer Il. Port.
Edward I. Porter, w. Edward Fari,
Mr. Chas: b. Prettyman of Dover,
g c0mpanied the Smyrna continge
Y The increase Of Al members of I'M
), Lodge of Middletown A. O. u. w
Is the last three weeks is the largest e
!. made In Delaware or in the Unit
Y Rev. L. A. McCurdy will make
ADDRESS TO graduates, and Chief just
Is Lore will present the prizes at the
s. nuai commencement of the colo