Smyrna times., 1901-12-25
CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
Ia and About Town:

Items of Interest Cleaned From the DOlngs
In and About Town:
Walter Keys and wife, have returned
from visit to Philadelphia.
William H. Robinson has purchased
the store of Walter Shelton.
Rev. P. o. Labeau, of New Orleans,
La, was a guest of Rev. NJ. B. Sice,
last week.
Mrs. H. W. Davis, of Camden N. j.,
is visiting her mother, Mrs. Gideon
Blizzard.
The ice house at st. Joseph's School
is now being filed with good clear ice,
five inches thick
Rev. NJ. B. Size, rector of st. JOS
eph's School, has granted the employees
of that institution, ten days vacation
during the holidays.
Next Thursday, at Trinity Church,
st. Stephens Day will be observed.
Holy Communion, 1890 a. M, Even
ing Prayer, 4.SO p. m.
On Friday next, st. Johns Day will
be celebrated at Trinity Church. Holy
Communion, 1890 a. M, Evening
Prayer, 73O p m.
Saturday next, will be observed as
Holy Innocent's Day at Trinity Church
Holy Communion, 1920 a. M, Even
Prayer, A. 30 p. m.
I Frederick I. Johnson, and Fannie
Atwell, of Blackiston's Cross Roads,
were married at the parsonage by Rev.
j. A. Arters, last Wednesday evening.
On Christmas Day, Holy Commun-
ion will be observed at Trinity Church
at 7.3O a. m, Sermon and Holy Com
munion, 1920 AIM, Children's Christ
mas service, p. m.
St. Paul's S ,jday School, will give
Christmas tEAat to the children of
the school thi evening at Z. 80 O'Clock.
Special Ch-|9tmas music will be rem
dered S5r S@i' school.
1rba ouaraDtina hoe boo,, l;fto5 f,ov,.
all the cases of diphtheria in town and
everything is running along smoothly
again. The Public Schools will re-
sumo daily sessions after the holidays.
The Christmas entertainment and
treat, for the Sunday School children,
will be given at Ewell's NJ P. Church,
this evening. The exercises will con-
sist of motion songs, dialogues, recita-
tions & etc. Special music will also
be rendered by school and choir.
Communion services will be held at
Ewell's M. P. Church next Sunday
morning, at 1890. Subject of sermon
will be "Christ the Chief" In the
evening the second sermon on 'Pil-
girm's Progress, will be preached.
Superintendent J. G.. Rodgers, Of
the New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk
Railroad, has written to Mayor Disna-
room, of Salisbury, about the trouble
the trains have IN passing through that
place. Under ordinance, all trains
must run through the town at a very
slow speed. A reckless and rough ele-
ment of the city, have formed prac-
tice of getting free rides, from one end
of town to the other. The trainsmen
began to drive these persons from the
trains, and now the ride-stealers,
whenever, there is an opportunity,
steal up to the slowly-moving trains,
and draw the coupling pins, causing
the trainmen much delay and annoy
ance, and risking valuable property
There is a rumor current that the
Pennsylvania Railroad is quietly buy
ing up the stock of the Delaware rail
road with the object of gradually merg-
ing all the companies into the smaller
ones. This report is practically con.
frmed by the following from the
North american: 'The increase il
the capital stock of the Philadelphia
Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad
which it had been decided to author
ize at the annual meeting on January
10, will be 100000 shares of par value
of $4,000, 900. The present capital il
$11,S19, $50. Part of the new stock will
be used to acquire the Baltimore & Pc
tomac, with S., 531 900 capital, in &C
cordance with the consolidation policy
being pursued by the Pennsylvania
Railroad management. 1t is purposet