Smyrna times., 1901-07-17
CLAYTON DEPARTMENT.

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CLAYTON.
Items of Interest Cleaned From the DoIngs
In and About Town.
Millington campmeeting will begin |
August IS and continue for two
weeks.
Rev. Martin B. Sice, rector of st. |
Joseph's Industrial School, has re-
turned from ten days visit to New
York.
While working on the street yester-
day, Samuel BARLEY, colored, stepped
on a rusty nail which ran through his
shoe and entered the ball of his foot.
G. H. Clowser, freight brakeman
on the Delaware railroad, was struck
by northbound Norfolk express at
Harrington Wednesday and seriously
injured about the head.
Clarence G. Smithers, formerly of
the Despatcher's Office of this town,
but now of Cape Charles, Va, has re-
signed his position as train dispatcher
on the n. Y. P. & n. r. r.
st. Joseph's Industrial School,
which had the misfortune to lose its
water tank and gas house by fire, will
rebuild soon, the tower to be 10S feet
high with steel water-tank of $4,000
gallons capacity.
Fletcher c. Jones, recently proprie-
tor of the Bingham Hotel, has leased
the large building recently in tenure
of William T. Hollett and will shortly
move therein where he will en- gage in
the meat business.
Julius Hawkins, bridge carpenter
on the Delaware railroad, met with
quite painful accident the other day
by being struck on the right shoulder
The wound was quite large one and
required several stitches to draw the
severed parts together.
James Smith, while out cunning on
Thursday with companion, was pep
pered on the side of the face with about
sixty grains of shot. His wound was
not very serious one and he is now
able to attend to business.
Richard Silvis, aged 27 years, super
VISOR of the Delaware, Maryland &
Virginia Railroad, with headquarters
at Georgetown, Del, died at Downing
town, Pa, Saturday evening of ty-
phoid fever. He was transferred to
Georgetown last May from the New
York Division of the Pennsylvania
railroad.
The members of the official Board of
st. Paul NJ. E. Church feel much graf
fled in having all the current expenses
of the church paid, and the pastors
salary settled in full to date. They
are yet behind in the apportionment of
the church but are expecting to have
the Conference Academy fund raised in
time.
On Thursday night a burglar was
caught in the act of trying to break
into the residence of Mrs. Susan Gov
erdale. One of her sons had gone to
the back porch and was confronted by
the burglar who made hasty retreat
A searching party was organized and
ne was tracked to the railroad where
all trace ofhim was lost.
Messrs. B. Gilbert Lockermar, Jr.,
L. W. Lattomus, Alexander Montgom
cry, Wilmer J. Fennimore, 7. Mari
Stats and.Samuel Townsend. Jr., o
Townsend, visited their many friend
at Clayton on Wednesday evening an,
all report having a most royal time
They returned home on the Norfol
express, due at Townsend at about 8. 1
o'clock Thursday morning.
The young friends of Miss Elsie Al
len, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Georg
9. Allen, gave her a very pleasar
party at her home Monday evening
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