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Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
SUBSCRIPTION DANCE FOR CLUB HOUSE
Mrs. j. Harvey Speakman and Mrs. John p.
LeFevre Adopt This Novel Method of Rails
ing Their Portion to Club House Fund

One of the pleasant social events of
the season was the dance given at the
Smyrna Opera House Friday evening
by Mrs. J. Harvey Speakman and
Mrs, John 2. LeFevre. 1t was a SUBJ
scription dance for the benefit of the
new Century Club House, Mrs. Speak
man and Mrs. LeFevre adopting this
novel method of raising their portion
to the clubhouse fund. The dance
was one of the most delightful that has
been given in Smyrna for many years,
the list of Smyrna dancers being con-
siderably augmented by a number of
visitors from distance. Watkins
orchestra of four pieces rendered ex-
cellent music. The program opened
with grand promenade led by Miss
Eba Cloak Wilds and Mr.. Charles
Howell LeFevre, followed by the
opening waltz. After this, programs
were distributed and dancing was then
resumed, which was entered into en-
Enthusiastically by all who participated.
One of the dances included "Paul
JONES'" or "Old Dan Tucker and
furnished much amusement. During
intermission a delightful supper was
served. The menu included chicken
croquets, oyster patties, potato salad,
Maryland biscuits, coffee and olives.
The supper which was excellently
served was a pleasant feature of the
evening. There were twenty dances
in the program and when these were
concluded the orchestra was secured
for an hour longer which extended the
social pastime until the wee hours of
the morning. Mrs. Speakman and
Mrs. LeFeyre received many COM
pliments for their delightful hospital
ity. Those present were: the Misses
McAleer, Miss Dora Price, Mr.. Will
liam Brady, Mr.. Harry Brady, Middle
town: Miss Lydia Watson, Miss Mary
Fisher, Miss Ida Frazier, Miss Min
ME Bice, Dover; Miss Anna Downs,
Mr.. Charles Williams. Mr.. Roland
Carr, Mr.. DeClifford Pofenberger,
Wilmington; Miss Alice Johnson, I'll.
oga, Pa; Miss Tessie NJ. Scheidla,
Overlook, Pa; Mr.. and Mrs. J. Har.
vey FAIRIES, Mrs. Frank L. Reynolds
Miss Lillian Speakman, Miss Mary
Roberts, Miss Eba Wilds, Miss Mary
LeFevre, Miss Mary HAZEL, Miss Ag.
mes Carrow, Miss Blanche HAZEL
Miss May York, Miss Helen Ringgold
Messrs. Cummins Speakman, Howard
r. Jones, r. d. Hoffecker, Jr., G. Fl
LeFevre. DR.. Comegys, Frank Nal
colin, Harry Lower, Linwood Phillips
Vernon Phillips, Homer Hudson, DR.
Messick, Ernest P. Collins and Ayre
Stockly.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
TEACHERS INSTITUTE NEXT WEEK.
Will be an Even OfMuch Local Interest With
Fine Entertainment COurse-Chart
Will be on Sale TO-morrOw Morning.

One week from to-day and the
Teachers Institute of Kent County
will be with us. The people of
Smyrna, many of whom have learned
to appreciate the intellectual treat it
affords, are looking forward to the oc-
casion with more than usual interest.
1t will be held in the Smyrna Opera
House next Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, November 22l, 23d and Gath.
The day lecturers will include DIR. G..
w. Gerwig of Allegheny, Pa. and DIR.
Dawson of Delaware College. On
Thursday, Rev. H. L. Quigg of
Georgetown, will be the speaker and
on Friday Rev. George Edward Reed,
president of Dickinson College, and
DIR, HOuck of Harrisburg, Pa. Miss
Josephine Fletcher, teacher of music
in the Wilmington schools, will have
charge of the music which will be a
feature of the institute. The evening
entertainments include the Lyric Glee
Club. DIR, Frank Dixon, who will lee
ture on ''The Man aud the Mass" and
Ernest Gamble Concert company on
Friday night. Each of these entertain
ments are of an unusually high class
order and contain some best known
artists in the musical world. Supt.
Carroll has received some high testi-
monials of the entertainments he has
secured and the indications are that
they Will snrpass any course he has
ever given in Smyrna. Don't miss it!
You can get the whole course for 81. 90.
Season tickets will be on sale at We'll
don's Drug store Tomorrow morning
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
OLD FASHIONED LOVE FEAST AT LHESwOLD
New Departure From the Usual Sunday Morn.
ing Services Prepared by Pastor GOOdhand

CHEswoLD, Nov. l4-Sunday morning
church services took new departure
from the usual course. Pastor Good
hand stating he desired to give the SER
vices entirely over to the laymen. An
old fashioned love feast was therefore
held preceded by an exhortation from
W. @. Buckson of Marydel, based upon
chapter read from Matthew. Mr..
Buckson in charge threw great deal
of enthusiasm into his work and it was
not long until old time fire was burn
ing. Jealous church people we're
therefore much pleased with the SER
vice. A revival spirit then followed
the day out and resulted in quite a
quickening among the membership.
A feature of the Sunday School ses-
sion was pleasing review of the les
son of the day by DIR. Money. Echoes of
District Epworth League Convention
held at Clayton last week by the dele
gates Miss Belle Moore and Miss Min
ME Catterson were feature of the Ep-
worth League devotional services.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
DEATH RECORD OF THE PAST WEEK.
Waller N. Smith of Baltimore Dies Suddenly
From Apoplexy-0 Other Deaths Recorded

Miss Lydia Smith of this town has
been summoned to Baltimore by the
sudden death from apoplexy, of her
brother Walter n. Smith, a promi-
nent druggist, a former Delaware boy,
who was born and raised in the vicin-
ity of Dover. Deceased left Delaware
over 20 years ago. He graduated from
the Maryland College of Pharmacy and
entered the drug business in Balti-
more and has been quite successful.
He was one of the firm of Roe & Smith
druggists, at Columbia avenue and
Scott street, and also conducted drug
stores at Charles and Montgomery
streets and Scott and Hamburg streets.
Monday afternoon while preparing a
prescription at the Columbia avenue
store, he fell dead from apoplexy and
the body was removed to Mr.. Smiths
home, 705 Lennox street. He is as
years old and leaves widow aud one
son.
MIS-. NnhTlOllc DuIuc3 WllC VI OndA lCo
Burns, who conducts a blacksmith
shop at the corner of North and Main
Streets, died last Wednesday after a
lingering illness aged SO years. Flu
neral services took place Saturday
when the remains were taken to Do
yer. Solemn High Mass was held in
Holy Cross Church conducted by Rev.
Father Waldron and interment took
place in Holy Cross Cemetery.
Miss Amanda Whorton, a young
Dover woman and the daughter of
Captain Garrett Wharton, died at her
home Monday night. Miss Wharton
has been undergoing treatment with a
Philadelphia specialist and her recov-
cry was expected.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
DELAWARE GUNNERs OFF FOR VIRGINIA
Dover SpOrtsmeu VIII 90 TO Point 300
Miles Southwest of Washington.

Dover Sportsmeu VIII 90 10 Point 800
Miles Southwest of Washington.
Several parties of lower Delaware
sportsmen are making preparations
for hunting trip to Virginia, visitor
from that state to Dover, this week,
having told what a splendid season
awaited the gunners there. The first
party started for the southern hunting
grounds to-day and included James
Alice, son of Senator J. Frank Alice,
and Harry r. Crawford, son of Profes-
sor Alexander Crawford. Another
party, including former State Auditor
B. L. Lewis, of Harrington, will leave
il a few days. The sportsmen go to a
point about 800 miles southwest of
Washington, where there is said to be
more wild turkey, grouse and deer
than have been known for twenty
years.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
REMARKABLE WOMAN AT FLEMINGS.
Mrs. Anna Gibbons Occupies Unique Position
of Being on Pay Roll of Two Counties.


FLEMINGs LANDING, Nov. 4:-There
is one woman in Delaware who is on
the regular pay roll of two counties
and who .draws quarterly salaries OF
equal proportions to the amount of
$500 per year from both New Castle
and Kent Counties. With the begin
ming of this quarter her check went
forward from Dover and at the same
time from Wilmington, for $37. so.
Mrs. Anna Gibbons is the one who en-
joys this distinction. She is the BRIDE
tender at Fleming's Bridge over the
stream which is the boundary line be-
tween New Castle and Kent Counties,
aud her duties demand that she swing
to and fro with the use of the crude
machinery there, the drawbridge over
the boundary stream. She was ap,-
pointed by the Levy Courts of both
counties as her husbands successor
when he died last summer. Previously
however, she had been discharging all
the duties of the bridge tender during
her husbands illness, as we'll as rails
ing family and experimenting her
own little home cases and taking care
of some stock. Now it is reported that
the bridge is fast getting into a state
of unsoundness and is already un-
wieldy and dangerous, and the Levy
Court of both counties may have to SO
there and reach an agreement on re-
pairing the structure CT building new
bridge.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
LECTURES ON HIS ENGLAND TRAVELS.
DR.. Moore Gives an Interesting Talk Before
Ladies' Of the Twentieth ceatury Club.

Rev. F. H. Moore of Middletown,
gave an interesting talk of his travels
through England at the Twentieth
Century Club last Friday afternoon.
He brought with him number of
views of scenes and places covered by
his travels. The program was inter
spersed with some musical numbers
that took we'll with the audience. Pre-
vious to the lecture Miss Agnes Car
row and Miss Mary LeFevre sang a
duett and following the lecture a
piano trio was rendered by Misses
Lillian Speakmsn, Bertha Price and
Edith Beck.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
COUNCIL INFORMED THAT
BOILER HAS BEEN SHIPPED
WORK ON RECONSTRUCTED BOILER TO BE
FASTENED AND COMPLETED SOON.
Situation at the Plant Has Been Met With Con-
siderable Anxiety Street Work Active
and New Pavements are Being Laid.

dnu new PdVementS are being Ldlo.
Harry B, Grieves, secretary of the
Smyrna Town Council has received
word from Robert Wetherill & Co., of
Chester, Pa. that the boiler iron for
the reconstruction of Berry boiler has
been shipped and that the work of
putting it together would be fastened
with quickness of dispatch so as to be
ready for use the first Of December.
The report was made at a meeting of
the Town Council Friday night with
President Reynolds and all present
but Councilmen Hudson Il Thornley,.
The report was welcome news to all
the members present. The condition
of things at the Power Station while
the Berry boiler has been out of SER
vice has been very anxious one, not
only for the engineers in charge, but for
the Light & Water Committee and the
whole Council. Considering the load
they have to carry and the facilities
they have at hand, they have done re-
markably well. One thing, however,
has been demonstrated and that is that
the improvements must go ahead and
when the Berry boiler is fully repaired
attention must be directed to getting a
new and up.to-date dynamos to re.
place the large one which is nearly
played out. Then sooner or later the
two 50-horse power boilers must be
replaced by new $50 horse power
boiler constructed of charcoal iron.
When this is done and not until, will
the plant be in proper shape to meet
the needs and requirments of the town.
With this in view there are many
property owners who are strongly in
favcr of the Council borrowing the
$4,000 granted them by the Legislature
and to go ahead and improve the plant
once for all instead of doing it by
piecemeal.
Councilman Robinson, chairman oi
the Street Committee reported thai
most of the property owners who haG
been notified to repair their pave
ments, had complied with said order
There were some few who had not paic
attention to the 80 day notice and Mr.
Robinson signified his intention O.
having the Street Committee go aheaC
and make the necessary repairs as sooI
as the time limit expired. In this cas-,
the Town would do the repairs and tn,
expense must come out of the pro
perty. Alderman Grow reported re
ceiving SO 90 in fines for the month o
October. The following bills wer
read and allowed: David Rose, work
$6.38; William T. Pryor, work, $4O0
W. A. Chesterton & Co., supplies
So 90; Total, $20.2S.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
REV. HUTCHINS TO PREACH AT ASBURY.
will Occupy Pulpit Next Sunday in Absence
of Rev. DR.. Watt.--UniOn Services at Night

of Rev. DIR. Watt. .--UniOn Services at Night
In the absence of Rev. DIR. Watt
next Sunday, the pulpit of Asbury
Church will be occupied next Sunday
by Rev. William II, Hutchins of Md
dletown formerly of this Conference.
He will preach morning and evening.
At a recent meeting of the Official
Board at Asbury Church, it was de-
cided to have union services of the
Epworth League and regular preach,
ing service throughout the winter. The
union service is adopted in order to
hold the sttention of the young people
at the evening service as heretofore
many of them only attended the Ep-
worth League Services and did not
take in the evening preaching service.
The plan of union services occupying
only one hour is thought to be good
move to keep the young people inter-
ested in the church.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
GROWING REVIVAL AT CENTRAL CHURCH.
Over IS Conversions Take Place Under the
Pastorate of Rev. D. F. McFaul at Kenton.

KENToN, Now 14:-Rev. j. f. Nc
Faul, pastor of Kenton Circuit is con-
tinuing his revival services at Central
Nj. E. Church with wonderful success.
There has beer to-date over 30 con-
versions and the meetings promise to
continue indefinitely. Not in years
has there beer such quickening of
the spirit and religious awakening as
is now manifested and each night the
little church is crowded to its capacity
by the country people who drive for
miles around t'o be in touch with the
great movement.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
EIahtv.tIve conversions at sagnsIla

The unprecedented revival which is
in progress in Magnolia NJ. f. Church,
continues with undated force. There
have been eighty five conversion iu
the two weeks. seventy five of the con-
verts uniting with the church at once.
The pastor, Rev. 1. G. Fosnoght, des-
cripes the meetings as simply phene-
menal
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
CLIFTON TURNER SERIOUSLY SLOT
Met With Cunning Accident on Woodland
Beach Early This Afternoon by Coming
in Contact With Edmund Stevens Gun.

A serious cunning accident took
place about one o'clock TO-DAY on the
farm of j ohm Goldsborough, Woodland
Beach, when Clifton Turner, son of
George W. Turner, the butcher, acci-
IDENTIFY ran into gun in the hands of
j. Edmund Stevens and received the
discharge in his right leg, tearing an
awful wound and shattering two of the
thigh bones. 1t appears that Turner
in company with Ed FAIRIES, Jay Las
sell, Harvey FAIRIES and Edmund Stew
ems were out for a days sport. They
had already procured eight rabbits.
Stevens was sitting on stump with
gun cooked, ready for au oppor-
tune shot, when Turner, who had
succeeded in knocking down a cot
ton tail, ran over to him to show
what he had done and iu some manner
ran into the gun in Stevens hand,
when it accidentally went off as above
stated. Turner was brought to Smyrna
as quickly as possible aud Drs. Clifton
and Dwight summoned. The wound
was pronounced very serious and Tur-
ner may have to be taken to a hospital
for treatment or a specialist sum-
mOned. The unfortunate affair spread
rapidly and much sympathy was man
ifested among the young mans
friends. Clifton Turner is associated
with his father in the butcher business
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
STATE AFTER SENATOR ]. I. REEDS SEAT
Over Half Dozen Applicants From the Shoe
string District After Coveted Place.


string District After Coveted Place.
The vacancy in the State Senate
caused by the death of Senator James
Todd Reed of the Democratic 'Shoe-
string district, is coveted by prom
inent politician of the Willow Grove
neighborhood. Already half dozen
applicants for the nomination, when it
shall be held, have made themselves
known. Among them are Charles
Warren, Llewellyn Dill and Edward
Dill, friends of former Senator Ken
ney;J. Herman Gooden, Salisbury
man, and John @. bill. friend of for
mer Secretary of State, Hughes. The
nomination may, however, fall to the
lot of s. Clark Hughes. former repre-
sentative of that district and brother
of the ex-se cretary.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
Farm NEAR FLEMINGS LANDING SOLD.
William II. Rawley Sells 1856 Acre Pardie ,ts
John J. SeversOn For Consideration Of $500


William Fl. Rawley, near Flemings
Landing has sold his 1875 acre farm to
John J. Severson of Thoroughfare
Neck for $35OO. The deal was made
through the realestate agency of H.
d. Boyer of Smyrna. Mr.. SeversOn at
present occupies the Collins farm
near Collins Beach and will move to,
the farm he has just purchased on the
the 25th of March next. The sale OF
another farm has been effected by III.
d. Boyer, reaIestate broker. During
the past week he has sold for Isaac M.
Davis of near Middletown, his farm of
1S acres to L. G. Druley of Pbiladel-
phia for $500, The latter will occupy
it March 25th next.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
KENrON MAN FOR COLLECTOR OF PORT,
Senator Alice Said to Have Made Arrangements
With the President For Disposal of Offices.

Senator Alice Said to Have Made Arrangements
With the President For Disposal of Offices.
DOVER, Nov. 11:-It has been an
nounced that Senator Allee's visit to
Washington on Thursday, will soon
bear unmistakable evidence that the
President will stand by him in his
fight in Delaware. 1t was decided at
Thursdays conference with the Presi-
dent, it is said that Senator Alice
should have the naming CT the next
collector of port at Wilmingt on, and
with such authority and assurance. the
senator has announced that David S.
Clark, Kenton, whom Senator Alice
named to preside over the Union Re-
publican State Committee meeting,
which met at Dover, October 2, when
Addicks was unhorsed, will slccEe1-
Collector of Port, Robert G. Houston.
The appointment will be made Decem-
Der 14th, and not January 14th, 1906,
as was supposed by many to be the
time when the office becomes vacant.
At thursdays conference it was also
decided to make change in the post
mastership at Selbyville. as a result of
which the incumbent, Elisha Long,
will be compelled to give way to a man
of Senator Ailee's chCIce
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
Fine Otter Caught Near Woodland Beach.

While on a cunning trip to Bombay
Hook Island recently, Reuben Stout
of Dover captured an otter. the hide of
which brought him about $4,000. Ot-
ters are very rarely caught on the Is
land.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15
OSCAR FISHER PROPERTY CHANGES HANDS

Store and Dwelling Tenanted by M. E. Smith,
JeweIer, Purchased by Samuel Cats.
The Oscar Fisher property owned
and until recently occupied so long by
the Fishers, has been sold by H. d.
Boyer, realestate broker, to Samuel
Cats for private consideration. The
building which is large brick struc-
ture, store and dwelling combined, is
situated on Commerce Street, and
since Mr.. Fisher and his family moved
to Philsdelphia, has been occupied by
M. e. Smith, the ieweler. 1t is under
stood that Mr.. Cats purchased it for
investment and intends putting it in
good repair, with more modern con-
veniences.
Smyrna times., 1905-11-15

CONTINUED ON FIFTH PAGE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
THE PORTUGUESE soNNETs.
Elizabeth Barrett BroWning's Gift of
 "Sonnets" to Her Husband.
From the Century.

From the Century.
 It was during their residence in Psa early in 1S47 that Browning first saw the "Sonnets from the Portuguese" as the poet Edmund Gosse has told by au- thority of Browning himself Their custom was, MT. Browning said, to write alone, and not to show each other what they had written. This was a rule which he sometimes broke through, but she never. He had the habit of working in n downstairs room. where their meals were spread, while Mrs. Browning studied in q room the floor above. One day early in 1S47, their breakfast be- ing over, Mrs Browning went upstairs, while her husband stood at the window watching the street till the table should be cleared. He was presently aware of some one behind him. although the ser want was gone. It was Mrs. Browning who held him by the shoulder to prevent his turning to look at her, and at the same time pushed a packet of papers Into his coat pocket She told him to read that and to tear it up if he did not like it: and then she fled again to her own room" All this was in fulnllment of prophecy, for had she not said in her letter of July 22, 1S46 as much as this about the "Sonnets:" You shall see some day at Pisa what l will not show you now. Does not Solomon say that there is a time to read what is written| If he doesn't he ought"
 Browning notwithstanding his intense
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

love of privacy, took the right ground concerning these works of inimitable art.
 'I dared not reserve to myself,' he said,
 "the finest sonnets written in any lan- gnage since Shakespeares Mrs. Brown ing finally consented to their being print ed under Miss Mitfords care, as Son nets by F. P. B.; Reading; Not for Pub lcation; 1S47." And in the edition of her poems brought out in 1850 they were ac- tually published, with their present title, which was suggested by her husband. The authors suggestion had been Son nets Translated from the Bosnian but Browning, who called the author of Cat arina to Camoens." his own little Por- tuguese," named the title that prevailed.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

superstitious natives to be petrified sea foam, from which 1t takes its name. The Turks used 1t as substitute for soap.
 Two billion, four hundred and eighty five million, five hundred and ninety-nine thousand, seven hundred and seventy-two gallons of wine are manufactured yearly, of which France produces 765.O000O0 i'm perial gallons, as against the United States production of 10.000,o0O imperial gallons.
 The first cargo of petroleum arrived In Manchura from this country in April. 1904. The emptied oil cans are utilized for everything from a cook stove, on which a Chinese chef can evolve a seven
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22

or eight course dinner, to the shingling of roof or the decorating of a donkeys harness
 The strenuous life in literary circles seems to have antedated the present era. Bryant was only 19 when 'rhanatopss" won him undying fame. Shelley was IS when he wrote "Queen Nab" Voltaires first tragedy was published when he was but 22, Keats gave "Endymion" to the world at the age of g, while David is said to have written the First Psalm at the age of IS, and history has ii that Homer wrote his first odes at the tender age of 23 years.
 Copyright, 1905, by J. E. Brigham)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Literal.

From Iarper's Weekly.
 A Brooklyn public-school teacher says that she once required a pupil to compose a sentence with the word dogma as the subject. The pupil, a lad of ten after some deliberation, submitted his effort It read as fol- lows: "The dogma has five pups"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-10-22
Modern Improvements.

From the Columbus Dispatch.
 Paw" queried little Ebenezer Corn shucks, what does this paper mean by pillars of the church.? "
 "'rh' pillars air fer them rich city folks what want ter take nap durin' the ser mon," replied the old man. T reckon they'll be putin in hair mattresses next
The Cairo bulletin., 1905-11-06

Here is a story that comes from
the Wenona FIRE department
Pat was a recent importation, but
instead Of landing a job on tn foorce
be got an assignment as teamster.
Unaccusiomed to the WAYS Of this
country. he was continually getting
into trouble with his wagon, owing
principally to the fact that he insisted
upon turning to the left instead Of the
right
Al last these occurrences became so
numerous that the stable boss in
formed him he would give him just
one more trial.
Pat had been away from the barns,
after this warning. only a short time
when word came that his outfit had
been badly demolished again and The
report was confirmed later by Pat him
self
Didn't / tell you always 10 turn
10 the right2r asked the boss.
Wei. sor said Pat = did turn I'd
The right whin J met the FIRE engine
hut fwhat good did IL do? Right af'hei
thin was a gang Of drunken painters
wild p wagon load - ladders an the'
run right into me. sor,