Smyrna times., 1930-12-03
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVAMPED FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES, DEC. 1, 1880

Notes of Marriages, Deaths, Rea
Estate Deals and Matters Of In
terest of Half Century Ago
(The Smyrna Times has started
70 look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ing date of this issue. a half century
ago; We hope to make this regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
IT viii call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
20 the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eag-
erly sought aad read-Editor.)
Rev. William B. Gordon officiat.
ed at st. Peters, and at the M. E
Church after prayer by Rev. ]. v
Smith, short but highly appre.
ciated address was delivered by
Rev. L. E. Martindale followed by
an able discourse from the Rev. t
II. Haines, the choir as usual fill
ing in the spaces with good music
It would be useless to say that the
table Acknowledgements of the day
were enjoyed is attended to
If all others are neglected. In the
evening the snow had ceased to
faI, covering the ground only an
inch or two) and good congrega-
ton, though not crowding the
house as usual, met at the Presby-
terian Church to witness the Sun
day School Anniversary. The ex-
ercises were interesting through
out. Miss Kate Douglass presided
at the organ and the singing, con-
Quoted by the pastor, was spirited
ly and accurately rendered by the
choir and school. The platform
floral decorations were attractive
ly arranged. Miss Kate Spruance
sang solo with good effect and
the class of girls each bearing a
large gilt letter on a staff, the
whole spelling ..'our jubilee" was
well executed. The report Of the
Superintendent, George w. Taylor,
showed a slight increase in both
scholars and missionary money the
past year. After an appropriate
address by Rev. ]. T. Umsted and
an anthem composed by him for
the occasion, was rendered. the
congregation dispersed, the larger
part going to the Town Hall where
the Mite Society of the M. E.
Church were holding a festival
The room during most of the even
ing was crowded, entertainments
being given from time to time by
Miss Elva Carrow's well-trained
little "old folks" who attracted
much attention from the old fig
ures they cut, as well as their per-
formance on the stage. The pret-
~ waiting girls were also dressed
in old folks costume and many felt
1t a pleasure to sit down to the
tables just to have them fit
around them. In the center of the
room was a Turkish kiosk where
fancy articles were bartered. The
room was crowded the whole even
ing, and the supplies about all ex-
haused, the net returns amounting
TO S120.
The Bombay Hook Colonizers.-
There has been some hardness the
past several weeks, in comparison
with the first bursting upon us of
the enterprise, in consummating
this desirable project of reclaim
ing and settling the waste lands of
Bombay Hook but it now looks
like taking definite shape The
stockholders had another meeting
ton Wednesday evening last, and
the act of corporation granted to
Henry n. Wickersham by the Leg
islature in 1873 was made over to
those present. The Bombay Hook
Land Company" under this charter
elected the following permanent
officers: President, F. Breitinger;
Vice-president, George Adele; Sec
retary, F. Scheu; Treasurer, John
Febrenbach; Superintendent, Fred
erick Scheu. The association then
decided to issue three hundred
shares of stock, which are to be
sold as the first series. Not less
than four shares nor more than
twenty will be issued to any one
person. The association requires
$40 by December 1st, on each
share and $40 monthly until the
whole is paid. The association will
decide upon the manner in which
the land is to be reclaimed, the
size of the lots, the size of the
streets, etc, as soon as the pur-
chase Of the property is effected;
at present there are several own
ers who desire to hold on to the
property until they can obtain the
prices they demand. The officers
of the company will be down to-
day to complete, it is understood,
the purchase, the conditions in
most instances having been pre-
viously arranged. One of the OBJ
jects of the company is seems is to
get capitalists in the cities inter-
ested so as to increase the amount
and value of the stock.