Smyrna times., 1900-09-19

year in advance.
CLAYTON.
items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
In and About Town.
The Junior League of St. Paul M.
E. Church will meet Saturday after
noon at 2.30 o'clock.
There will be preaching next Sunday |
at Downs Chapel at 2.3O p. m. Sun
day School at 1.30 p. m.
The Women's Christian Temperance
Union will meet this evening at st.
Paul's NJ. P. Parsonage.
A two weeks revival services will
begin at Bethesda NJ. P Church Sun
day night, September the Both.
The Quarterly Conference of st.
Paul's NJ. E. Church will meet at the
Church Friday evening, at 7.SO o'clock.
The Diamond State Telephone Co.
has put long distance phone in the
office of W. G. Hill, the well-known
grain broker.
Friday will be st. Matthew's Day at
Trinity Church, and the Rev. Dexter
Weeden, rector, will conduct services
as follows: Holy Communion 1920 a.
m, and Evening Prayer at 4 p. m.
The Clayton Public Schools, which
are improving under the efficient man
agement of Principal William Ellis,
were visited yesterday by the County
Superintendent, Prof. G. G. Tindal.
Rev. J. E. Nicholson, pastor of Ewell
NJ. P. Church, will preach next Sun
day as follows: "1O.1O a. M, "The
Duty of Watchfulness"; 7.3O p. M,
Spiritual Mood; Sunday School,
2p. m.
During the rush of tomatoes this
season the Clayton cannery has put up
10000 cases with prospect of increas-
ing it 5000 cases more before the sea
son closes. The employees number
nearly hundred.
Improvement is being made at
''VoshelPs Mills" west of Clayton,
by the replacing of the old, worn-out
boiler by a new 25-horsepower one.
The Artisans Savings Bank, of Will
mington, the owner, is having the
work done.
While working Thursday morning a
telephone pole fell on the right foot of
George Abbott, lineman, crushing it
so badly that he had to be sent to the
Delaware Hospital, Wilmington. For
tunately the physicians think they
can save the foot from amputation.
At meeting of the Board of School
Directors of the Clayton Public
Schools ON Saturday, Mr.. w. F. Clem
ents rendered his resignation as ,
commissioner. He had been in the
Board three years. The matter of hi
successor was left over until another
meeting.
A number OF Trinity Church parish
toner's, with Rev. Dexter Weeden
went to Wilmington this morning t.
attend the lawn fete at Bishopstea
given for the benefit of st. Michael
Day Nursery and Hospital for Babies
A concert is to be given by the Firs
Regiment Band.
At meeting of the Woman's Fol
eign Missionary Society of st. Paul
NJ. E. Church at the residence of Mrs
Luther Hobbs Monday evening, Mrs
Henry Seider was appointed a dele
gate to the Conference of Foreig
Missions to be held at Grace NJ. 7
Church in Wilmington, the 3D., At
and 5th of October.
The fruit season being over, IL
Fruit Growers Express making the
headquarters at Clayton report a vel
successful season. Though a recel
innovation to the Delaware Division
the company sent out 675 refrigerat
cars. Next year they will make pre-
aration for l 200 cars. The office Ell
ployees will be called to the Chica,
Office during the winter.
Lawrence Downing, the six-year- o
son of Mr.. Thomas Downing, VIII
running with playmate last Thur
day, tripped and landed with full for
on his head. The road was hard a