Smyrna times., 1905-04-05

The Presbyterian Church OF HarrlnS-
ton has purchased from the Milford |
Presbyterian Church the pipe organ |
that is to be superseded by the great |
new organ now ready to be installed. |
The price was almost like present to
the purchaser.
The Improvement to property is still |
going on apace and many are taking |
advantage of these early spring days to
get their work done. Besides the
painting, the pavements are receiving
much needed attention. John Graham
and DIR. Wolf are relaying pavements
in front of their properties.
J.A. Keagy of New York, well known
in this town, has accepted a position
with J. B. Russell & Co., Bankers and
Brokers, No. 80 Broad street. The
firm of John NJ. Shaw & Co., with
which Mr.. Keagy has been associated
for number of years has dissolved.
partnership.
The Kenton and Duck Greek Hun
dred Teachers Association will hold
their regular meeting at the Clayton
Public School Building next Saturday
afternoon at 80 O'Clock which pro-
misses to be very interesting. Pro-
fessor E. L. Cross of Conference
AoadaDo- n0var oDd CuDorinfondapf
J. E. Carroll of the Kent County Pub
lie Schools are expected to be present
and give addresses. A full attend
ance is requested.
The Clayton Public Schools obser-
we'd "Bird and Arbor Day" Friday af-
ternoon with interesting exercises.
Instead of planting trees, the pupils
were given an opportunity of planting
some flowers. Prof Wesley Webb of
Dover was the specially invited guest
of the occasion and gave the children
q most interesting talk on Nature
st, -SS,tsdy and of the Importance of pre-
sery. .1astbe birds and trees. His re-
marks were full of wholesome advIee-
and was much appreciated by Prin-
cipal Murphy and the students of the
Clayton schools. The address of Pro-
fessor Webb was supplemented with
some recitations and essays by the
High School Literary Society,".
I. Luther Lapham son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. w. Lapham of near town met
with severe accident Monday after
noon while holding a fractions colt.
The colt was not sufficiently broken
and Mr.. Lapham was attempting to
lead him near traction engine, which
so frightened the animal that be
reared suddenly back. Mr.. Lapham
in some manner stepped on a loose
board which threw him and he fell un-
der the horse. 1t was thought at first
that his leg was broken but after DR..
E. S. Dwight was summoned it wat
found that the knee cap of his righ
leg was broken. The fracture was re
duced and Mr.. Lapham is getting
along as we'll as can be expected.
James T. Morgan, age 81 years, die
about o'clock Sunday morning at hi
his residence, $40 Franklin Street, Will
mington of general debility, after lin
gerIng illness. Mr.. Morgan was one o
the oldest engineers in United State
and had followed that calling for 5
years and six months, retiring onl
recently from the Delaware railroad
with which he had been connected fo
nearly half century. Before entei
ing the service of the Delaware raj
road he ran an engine on the Ne
Castle & Frenchtown road, which Wa
one of the primitive machines brougl
from England, and he was also a
engineer on a small road in Pennsy
vania, which is now part of the Pei
nsylvania system, but soon after Il
opening of the Delaware road he Ell
tered the service of that company an
remained with it until be retired,
short time ago. He was consider,
by each company for which he wcrke
and by railroad men generally, one
the best engineers in the country. /
had experienced railroading in all
its stages, from its infancy to its pr
sent state of almost projection, and
travelled in all 1900, 200 miles. E
first engine was small affair weighi
about 20 tons, with speed of 20 mil
an hour while the last one on which
manipulated the throttle weigh
something like 100 tons, with speed
60 miles an hour. When he first VIZ
on the Delaware road its length v
26 miles, extending from Wilmingl
to Middletown, but he lived to max
continuous daily run from Wilmingl
to Crisfeld, Nd, a distance of
miles.