Smyrna times., 1900-08-01

third annual festival at Thomas
Corner tomorrow, Friday and Satur-
day evenings.
In Ewell's NJ. P. Church next Sun
day, Rev. E. Shaw will be in charge of
the services at 1890 a. M, and G. 80
p. m. The pastor, Rev. J. E. Nichol-
son, will be in attendance at Shiloh
NJ. P. Campmeeting in Dorchester
county, Nd. Sunday School 2 p. m.
A valuable horse belonging to E. W.
Mcdowell of Smyrna, became fright
ened here Saturday at the cars and ran
away. 1t came in contact with the
Stoeckle House and fell to the pave
ment, breaking his neck. The horse
was one of Mr.. McDowell's best driv-
ing hors
}. B. Book, trainmaster of the Della
ware Railroad, who, since the incor-
poration of Clayton, has been a mem
her and president of the Town Coun-
ell, last meeting rendered his resigna-
tion ON account of ill-health. r. Y.
Wallen was elected to succeed him.
According to the new town charter,
Mr.. Wallen serves the unexpired term
of Mr.. Book, which ends in 1908.
The Armour Refrigerator Company
are still busily engaged in fixing their
cars for the peach shipment. Formerly
all fruit shipped this way had to be in
covered baskets, but now the cars are
being fitted up with shelving similar
to the ordinary freight cars. From
present outlook the shipment by re-
frigerator cars will be quite heavy to
western points where the crop is al
most total failure.
Mt. Friendship camp, one mile west
of Clayton, was we'll attended last Sun
day. Rev. B. Hoxter preached in the
morning and Rev. j. M. Palmer
preached at 3.30p. m, and was listen
to with a great amount of interest.
There will be preaching each afternoon
and evening this week. Next Sunday
Rev. J. B. Stansbury, D. D., P. E.,
will preach at II a. m; at p. m. Rev.
J. W. Nichols of Dover, and p. NJ,
Rev. W. G. Dickerson.
Mrs. Reuben Warren of Clayton,
was stunned by lightning on Wednes-
day evening and was unconscious for
an hour or more. She was passing
through the doorway of the kitchen to
the dinning room when the bolt descend
ed and grazed her right arm and side.
She fell unconscious and DIR. G. G..
Harmonson was summoned. After a
considerable time she was restored, but
the marks of the lightning fluid still
remain. 1t was close call. Mrs.
Warren is now able to be out.
Early Monday morning Conductor
Jones, of extra freight No. 106 found
the dead body of an unknown white
man lying on the track of the Delaware
Railroad near Ginn's crossing. It is
thought that he was struck and in.
stantly killed by the New York and
Norfolk express which passed that
point about $50 o'clock in the morn.
ing. Deputy Coroner Giles was mott
fed and removed the remains to the
morgue in Wilmington. The man was
about thirty-tve years of age and
about 5 feet Z inches in height. He
wore brown vest, blue serge trousers,
blue PLAID shirt, lace shoes and can.
vass hat. Coroner Vandever held an
inquest over the remains last night.
The branch Office of the Fruit Grow.
ers' Express Company has been movet
from Laurel, Delaware, to this town,
where it will be more centrally 10
Gated. Offices will be fitted out in th,
Wright property recently in tenure O.
Elijah Stevens. Yesterday the Dia
mony State Telephone COMPANY
placed in long distance phone. Thi
will be the main branch for the Della
ware Division. Local agencies will b
placed at every shipping station. TIL
Fruit Growers Express Company j
hinder the control of the Armour Re
frigerating Company, for which wor
IN getting the cars in shape, is goin
on rapidly in this vicinity. They wi
doubtless do a large business in thi
Peninsula, and Clayton will have th
distinction of being the business cer
ter Of the Division.