Smyrna times., 1900-06-06

The Stewards of Ewell's NJ. P Church
will meet next Saturday night at the
parsonage.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Ewell's
NJ. P. Church will meet next Tuesday
night at Mrs. Wallen's.
Governor Tunnel will open the Elk's
fair and carnival, which begins in Will
mington, June 18th.
O. S. Leathers and John Ennis are
delegates appointed by Clayton Lod ge
Shields of Honor No. 5, to the Grand
Lodge which meets in Baltimore this
week.
The 14th annual commencement of
Goldey's Commercial College, in Will
mington, will be held in the Grand
Opera House, that city, tomorrow
evening.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson will preach in
Ewell's NJ. P. Church next Sunday
morning ON "John the Baptist Be-
headed" At night the Children's
Day service will be held.
Children's Day will be observed in
st. Paul NJ. E. Church on Sunday
June the 9th. Preparation is now
being made and the exercises will be
made as entertaining as possible.
Next Sunday will be Glover Mis-
sion Day" for the Epworth League,
and st. Paul NJ. E. Church chapter
will observe the day by holding exer-
cises in the afternoon. The children
are requested to bring flowers.
Rev. Dexter Weeden, rector of Trim
ity Church, left yesterday evening to
attend the Diocean Convention which
is now in session at Milford Delaware.
In April the Vestry elected Mr.. J. S.
Casperson and Mr.. James r. Donovan,
delegates, and Messrs. Harvey F.
Smith and W. S. Collpitts, alternates
The Clayton Public Schools are now
holding one session a day, and will
likely continue this way until the end
of the school term. Commencement
will be on June the 29th when the
following class will be graduated: Miss
May Leathers, Miss Edna Sevil and
Miss Eva Holiday.
On the charge of selling intoxicating
drinks on the Sabbath, Fletcher G..
Jones was arrested by Constable J. d.
Wright and arraigned before Magis-
trate E. V. Cooper at Smyrna on Sat
urday last. The charge was brought
by Luther Hoffecker for violating the
law on Sunday February the 25th, and
Sunday May the 9th and 18th respec-
lively. Fletcher G. Jones waived a
hearing and was held for bail for his
appearance at next term of court in
sums of 5000 for each case. George H.
Hearn and Thomas Holiday became
his bondsmen.
At meeting of the Epworth League
of st. Paul NJ. E. Church on Monday
evening, Franklin Brockson, Esq. was
elected president of that organization.
The other officers were elected in JAN
uary last and are as follows: First vice
president, Mr.. W. H. Clark; second
vice president, Mrs. Hiram Woolfred; !;
third vice president, Mrs. II. G..
Mearns; fourth vice president, Miss
Eugenia Deakyne; financial secretary,
Mrs. A. II. Skinner; secretary, Mr.. M.
l.. Nudge; treasurer, Mr.. George H.
Maloney; organist, Mrs. T. E. White.
A public Novena to st. Anthony of
Padua began at st. Joseph's Industrial
School on June 4th, and will conclude
on the 18th, when Bishop Monaghan,
of Wilmington, will be present. A
public entertainment in his honor will
be held on the afternoon of the 18th,
following the services of the day,
which begins at 10 a. m. On the 9th,
there will be Retreat for the colored
boys, when Rev. NJ. B. Huber, of Ho.
boken, N. j., will preach. The ser.
vices of the Novena will be held each
day at Sp. m. The public is cordially
invited to be present at all these ser.
vices.
Personal.-Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
e. Keagy of New York City, are
guests of her mother. Mr.. Keagy
returned to New York Monday
morning and left his wife for al
extended visit.-Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Muhlhousen of Wilmington, wer,
guests the past week of Mr.. and Mrs
Harvey f. Smith.-Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Longfellow are visiting in Baltimore