Smyrna times., 1900-11-28
CLAYTON.

year in advance.
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlugs |
in and About Town.
There will be preaching at Downs
Chapel next Sunday at 2.30 P. NJ. s.
School 80.
Miss Josephine Latta, niece of DR..
J. S. Cobb has opened kindergarten
School in the Clement Building.
The Quarterly Conference of Clayton
Circuit M. P. Church, we'll be held
in Bethesda church next Monday at
2p,m.
The usual Union Thanksgiving ser
vice will be suspended for this year.
There will be a revival service at night
in Ewell, NJ. p. Church.
Rev. O.W. DeVenish of st Pauls Nj.
E. Church will deliver his Thanksgiving
Sermon next Sunday morning at 1920
o'clock. There will be extra music by
the choir.
Augustus Dickerson has moved his
family from the "Wolf Property" on
west Main street to the new residence
recently erected by DIR. J. S. Cobb on
Smyrna avenue.
The school building of st. Joseph's
Industrial School, at Clayton, which
was burned last week, will shortly be
rebuilt, the insurance money of $4,000
having been paid.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson, pastor of
EweH NJ. P. Church, will preach next
Sunday as follows; 1920 A. NJ. "The
Rich Young Ruler Communion,
7.3OP. m. "The Prodigal's return" a
revival service. S. School 2. P. NJ.
While walking along the track over
the coal bins at the Smyrna depot Mon
day, George Hyatt, baggage master, lost
his footing and fell in one of the bins,
bruising himself badly. He had to be
taken to his home in Clayton.
The Clayton Whist Club was de-
lightfully entertained at the residence
of Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Book last Tues
day evening and when the progre ssive
contest was finished prizes were
awarded as follows: First prizes, Miss
Margaret Hunt and Mr.. J. B. Book;
second prizes Mrs. Howard Grant and
DIR. c. &. Harmonson; Consolation
prizes, DIR. and Mrs. J. S. Cobb.
Trinity Church, the Rev. Dexter
Weeden rector, will hold Thanksgiving
Services in the morning, beginning
with Holy Communion at 7.30 O'Clock,
followed by morning prayer, and a
sermon by the rector at 1920 o'clock
Friday will be ST. Andrews Day but
owning to the absence of the rector
who will be out of town in the morn
ing, no service will be held until thu
evening at 7.3O o'clock.
Sunday next will be the first Sunda,
in Advent, and Trinity Church, tn
Rev. Dexter Weeden rector, will hOlt
services as usual on each Sunday
On week days dlrlng Advent, ser
vices will be held every morning at
O'Clock, and every evening excep
Friday at 43O o'clock. The Sunda
School choir will sing on Tuesda
and Thursday afternoons.
The term of James L. Deakyne q
postmaster at Clayton says the Phila
delphia Times will expire in the earl
part of McKinley's second administrs
tion. The Office pays between $40
and $1,000 year. Mr.. Deakyne is
candidate for reappointment, and tt
Regular Republicans and Democrat
are advocating him. William d. Yer
and Thomas l.. Mason, Union RI
publicans, also want the plum.
A box containing a colored infaI
was dug up in the woods on the job
Wright farm Saturday, by two colore
men. Mr.. Wright happened to I
near by cunning and was called to Il
scene. Later Coroner Vandever WI
notified and he and Detective Wit
came to Clayton to investigate Il
facts connected with the case. 1t W
finally learned to be the child of Jol
Postles. The infant died after thr
months sickness and Postles be
rowed team and for want of &C
venient place to bury it the child W
inferred in the woods above me
toned.