Smyrna times., 1901-08-28
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL,
People Who Come and Go
- and their Social Doings.

W. III. Stayton, Esq, of the law firm
of Stayton & Chambers, New York
City, a noted maratime lawyer, has
been engaged as counsel by :Rear Ad-
miral Sampson to look after his inter
ests before the Schley Court of Inquiry,
soon to take place. Mr.. Stayton is a
son of Mr.. Charles Stayton, of Leipsic,
who for several years resided at "Glen-
fern," the farm of the late David
j. Cummins, near town. He left |
Smyrna for the Naval Academy at An.
napolis, Nd, and his success since has
been marked at every stage.
Mr.. Walton M. Busteed returned
yesterday morning for his home in
Clarkesville, Tenn, after a short visit
with his friends and relatives East.
His vacation was very much taken up
in visiting the main Office of the Amer
lean Snuff Company at New York City
and the branch Office of the same COM
pany in Philadelphia. The remaining
time was divided between Smyrna,
Del, aud Sudlersville Nd. En- route
he will attend the Trienniel Conclave
of the knights Templars at Louis
vile, Ky.
Prof J. P. Burdette, principal of
the Smyrna public school, who has
been spending large part of his vaca-
tion in Western Maryland, has returned
to Smyrna.
Ex-Congressman w. o. Hoffecker
went to Ocean City Saturday, and left
there, accompanied by his wife, Mon
day, for a visit to the Pan-American
Exposition and Niagara Falls. They
expect to reach Smyrna by Saturday.
Misses Annie and Nellie Legg left
+ this morning for visit to Philadel-
phia, Camden, N. j., and other places.
Mr.. Clement Spruance. of Waterloo,
Western Kansas, has been making
short visit to his mother, Mrs. NJ. E.
Spruance. They did not suffer as
much from the drought as other parts
of Kansas and the West, as they give
attention almost exclusively out there
; to wheat, of which they had phenom-
enally large crop. He says their po-
tatoes and other truck comes to them
from Colorado, where they depend
# almost entirely on irrigati on. He is a
d Sir Knight Templar, and leaves for the
J. convention, which meets at Louis
}. vile, KY, to-day.
II Mr.. John A. Hoffecker, who had
II been more than a week at Ocean City
l. Md, came home Monday, leaving his
l. wife and her mother, Mrs. Waters
there to spend another week at the
Neptune Villa"
v Mrs. DIR. S. NJ. Wilson and son
v Herbert, of Bridgeton, N. J., are Wis
f. iting her sister, Mrs. Geo. D. Collins
Of Miss Mollle Caldwell has returne,
t, to the M. E. Parsonage from LAX
20 Chautauqua to remain week or NOR
N before she assumes the office of Libra
A. rian, at the Tome Institute, Port De
ut posit, Nd.
Mr.. W. Townsend Jefferson, VIII
had been home for some weeks visit
10 ing his parents, sang a solo very &C
r ceptably at the Methodist Church Sun
n day morning, as did Mr.. L. M. Pric
ar Sunday evening. Mr.. Ernest L
% Haynes sang at st. Peters Church.
. Mr.. William Walker, whose MARTA
% trials will be remembered when al
a. occupant of the building opposite th'
4 post Office in this town some years
ago, now resident of Chamberlain
S. D., was married to Miss Eliza Z
u Walker, of Sioux City, Iowa, on tn
IL 5th inst. He has the congratulatior
c. of his friends of this town.
or Mr.. Geo. E. Batssord, who wen
el with his wife to visit their old home
10 ceutral New York State three week
d, ago, returned on Saturday, Mrs. Ba
'e- ford deciding to remain two weel
rs longer.
re Mr.. and Mrs. Hervey P. Hall, Sc
he John, and Mrs. John H. Hoffeck'
IN are sojourning at Ocean City.
ng Miss Bea Graham, Miss GertruG
Sallade, Miss Edith Beck and Mr..
Harry Beck left Monday via Steamt
to G. F. Brady for few days visit
ps, Philadelshia.
m Miss Anna Gale, of Baltimore,
ted being entertained by Mrs. W. F. Dun
ew Mr.. Donald Cloak is solourning
act Rehoboth.
ter Miss Lulu Beck is making visit
ma friends in Philadelphia.
raj Miss Daisy Sutton is visiting frien
zen and relatives in Camden, N. J.
ear Miss Rena Williams and Miss Agn
ex- Carrow are visiting in Wilmington.
rby Miss Anna Spruance, of Phiiad
ere phia, is visiting Mrs. Elizabeth Spr
ance.
Miss Katharine Ransom, of Rahwa