Smyrna times., 1901-11-20

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CLAYTON.
TINS Of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
Ia and About Town:
Trinity Church recently received
very handsome red jeweled altar hang
ing.
The regular bible class meeting of
Trinity Church will take place at the
home of Mrs. Harvey F. Smith this
evening.
About four hundred people IN this
town have been vaccinated in the past
few weeks according to the reports of
physicians.
In the absence of W. H. Tunis Jr.,
who is away on his honeymoon, the
Office of Adams Express Co., will be
in charge of Charles Turner, of
Smyrna.
Mr.. William G. Wells, of this town
and Miss Lavenia Hill, of Smyrna,
were married at the residence of the
bride last Wednesday evening by Rev.
G. L. Hardesty.
The revival services now in progress
at st. Paul's NJ. E. Church are meet
ing with much interest and good re-
suits. Already five persons have pro-
fessed conversion.
Special Thanksgiving services will
be observed at Trinity Church. Holy
Communion at 7.3O a. m, morning
prayer and sermon at 1890 a. m: ev-
ening prayer at 4. 80 p. m.
The Ladies' Aid Society, of ST. Paul
NJ. E. Church at their last meeting ex-
tended a vote of thanks to the people
of Clayton who assisted them in max.
ing the festival success.
A. S. Reeder moved to his farm in
Blackbird hundred last week. He
was succeeded by Eugene Meredith
and he by John Short, Mr.. Short being
succeeded by Charles Murray, of Phil
adelphia.
Owing to the cunning season now
being on, large numbers of gunners
from Wilmington and other places are
no%fseen roaming throughout this sec
ton with dog and gun. There seems
TO be plenty of game according to re-
ports.
Mr.. James Montague, of Wyoming,
q brakeman on the Delaware railroad,
and Miss Ella Clark, of this town
were quietly married last Wednesday
noon at the BRIDES residence, by Rev.
J. A. Arters. The happy couple left
for Washington, to enjoy their
honeymoon.
ST. Pauls NJ. E. Church will hold
special services on Thanksgiving
night. The collection taken on that
evening will be devoted to the poor
os the community. The ladies of the
W. G. T. U. contemplate sending a
barrel of provisions to the Orphans
Asylum in Wilmington for Thanks
giving.
Several large lots of peach and other
fruit trees have been shipped to farm
ers in this section during the past few
days. Owing to the past few years be-
ing good fruit years the farmers are
beginning to replant their orchards.
The farmers also are complaining of
the continued dry spell as it is very
hard on next years crop of wheat
which is now from three to five inches
high. 1t has just been six weeks
since there has been enough rain to
amount to anything in this neighbor-
hood.
Detective William T. Jones of the
P. W. & B. Railroad, is at present en-
gagged on case which promises SER
ions developments for freight car loot
ers f.iAy box containing twenty
pairs of stocking and two other odd
pairs of hose, came into the hands OF
the detective, and he began an investi
cation at once The matter is said tc
involve several persons who have com.
mited such depredations before, and il
the case is proven against them they