Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL,
People Who Come and Go
= and their Social Doings.

A note intended for our last issue
conveyed the sad intelligence of the
death of I. Chalmers Umsted Oct.
2Sd, at the residence of Mr.. E. G. Rev
bold, Delaware City. He was the son
OF the late Rev. J. T. Umsted, D. D..
Tor some yeas pastor of the Presby-
terlan Church here, and through
whose influence and exertions the
beautiful green stone church they
now worship in, was erected. "Chal,"
as he was familiarly called, was a stu
dent away from home much of the
time when his parents lived in Smyrna,
studying law after graduating from
college, and practicing his profession,
as we thought, in town in Pennsyl-
vania.
Mr.. McKendree Downham, late of
the Middletown Transcript, who has
been in the Methodist Hospital at
Philadelphia since June 21st, left Sat
urday for Los Angeles, Southern Cal
ifornia. with his mother, Mrs. Martha
Downham, and sister, Mrs. E. H.
Barmore, and her two sons. In a
note ordering the TIMES for his mother,
he says: 81 have had long pnll, but
go out feeling that am a long way on
the road to health again, which will
be very gratifying intelligence to his
many friends in Delaware.
Prof. Charles Howell LeEevre, of
Salisbury, Nd, Mr.. Irving T. Cooper,
of Washington, D. c., and Mr.. George
Denney and Mr.. Edward NJ. Boyd, of
Philadelphia, were home over yester-
day, election day, for tho purpose of
casting their ballots.
Miss Katherine w. Beckett left yes
terday en- route for Tacony, Philadel-
phia, where she will attend the we'd
ding of her friend, Miss Lydia Moore,
to Mr.. John Somerndike, which will
be celebrated at Disston Memorial
Presbyterian Church, Thursday even.
ing, Nov. Sth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Reese, of Ches-
apeake City, Nd, have been guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Nj. Price.
Mrs. E. w. Dawson, of Newark, is
visiting Miss Elizabeth Smithers.
Miss Nettie Tschudy and Miss Helen
Waters spent Sunday in Philadelphia
and incidentally saw the magnificent
production of "Ben Hur' at the Chest
nut Street Opera House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarke Paxson, of
Newark, spent Sunday with Mrs.
Mary l.. Boyd.
Mrs. Poffenberger, of Washington,
d. c., has joined her husband, the
Rev. NJ. l.. Poffenberger, now sub.
stituting the rectorship of St. Peters
Church here, in the absence of Rev.
Henry Thomas.
Miss Lydia Porter is on a visit to
friends at Philadelphia and Scranton,
Pa.
Magistrate and Mrs. H. G.. Budd
returned Monday from visit of sew
eral weeks to his daughter. Mrs. Jas
H. McNeal, Easton. Md The latter
returned with them for short visit.
Mrs w. A. FAIRIES has returned from
visit to Wilmington and Philadel
phia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Morgan and Mrs
Fannie Blades of Philadelphia hav,
been entertained the past week by Mr.
Josph L. Beckett at 'The Locusts. p"
Walter o. Hoffecker, elected yester
day on the short term Congressiona
ticket received a telegram early thi
morning from the city reading, icon
gratulations, the Blue Hens Chicken
2 has laid good egg this time certain.
DIR. Moore has been the mark fo
the past four years of the heaviest pc
litical artillery but he has withstoo
the shot and come out victorious.
! Capt. Joseph B. Benson left yester
day afternoon to attend the wedding {
his son Harry in Philadelphia tonight
D John r. Dick, of Reboboth, an
George Wood, of New York, wer
= guests of Geo. H. Dick, Saturday an
i Sunday.
nEmOcpATIC DEMONSTRATION SATIDDA,