Smyrna times., 1931-04-08

phosphate OlIlCSS VI Lie lO"u, anu
a rusty tin fruit can that looked
as though it had been exposed to
all the severe weather of the past
four months They would like to
have retaliated but remain to this
day in blissful ignorance of their
thoughtful friend.
The Schools.-The school cleo
tions were held on Saturday in ac-
cordance with the act of consolida-
tion which passed the Legislature
three days before. William A.
FAIRIES and DR.. D. T. Smithers, the
first of the upper District and the
latter of the lower, whose terms
had expired, were reelected. On
Monday evening the two Boards of
commissioners met to form them
selves into one corporate body
which was done by electing James
P. Hoffecker the seventh commits
sioner and organizing by making
George H. Raymond, president,
James p Hoffecker, treasurer and
DR.. E. NJ. Cloak, secretary. They
further decided not to interrupt
the present relations of the teach
ers before the July vacation and
they were all re-employed and
school commenced today. It is un-
derstood that the Fall term will
commence under new regime,
/ classification etc
Attempted Suicide.-On Sunday
morning Samuel P. Truax found a
man named Nat Carter in a small
house adjoining Severson's Church
with knife in his hand and the
blood running from his neck. On
being questioned what was the
matter replied he was trying to cut
his throat but his knife was too
Gull. He was in town on Saturday
and Torrance Carvin remembering
that he once before made a similar
attempt on his life, took razor
which he saw sticking from his
pocket, leaving him only his pock-
ct knife. He was in town this
morning and acknowledged that he
had the razor for that purpose and
would have used it had he not been
relieved of it,
List of Jurors drawn for the Su-
perior Court and Court of General
Sessions of the Peace and Jail De
livery for the April term, COM
mencing April 25th, 1881; and for
the Court of Oyer and Terminer,
commencing April %, 1881: Grand
Jury Duck Creek Hundred: Carey
Frazier, William A. Cummins,
Thomas James. Kenton Hundred:
Herman Hazel, Thomas A. Reese,
John n. Clark Petit Jurors
Duck Creek Hundred: John Raw
ley. George 4. Jones, Samuel Tay-
lor, Daniel Stevenson. Kenton
Hundred: William Stephens Jr..
Benjamin z. Graham, John A. Saw
in
Scalded. On Saturday a little
daughter Of William Culleny, aged
about four years, while playing in
a room where a bucket full of hot
water was sitting, preparatory to
doing some scrubbing. stumbled
against it turning it over upon her
and scalding the lower part of the
body very severely Much anxiety
was felt for it Sunday as the child I
lay in spasms the most of the day,
but its condition is since more
hopeful
Marriages. Harris Melvin At
the Presbyterian parsonage, Dover. I
on the 18th of March by Rev. c.
Huntington, Henry Q. Harris and
Miss Annie G.Melvin, both of Fred
erica
Ford Jackson. AT the same
place by the same, March oath.
Henry O. Ford and Miss Annie j.
Jackson, both of Kent County.
The select school of Miss Janvier
and Mrs. Raymond will give an en-
tertainment at the Town Hall on
Thursday evening of next week.
A carefully selected program is be-
ing prepared and the entertainment
will doubtless be made very enjoy
able
At No. 83 School. near Moorton
tnow Cheswold), DR.. j. M. Smith
was elected commissioner in place
of L. T. Davis, whose time expired
Joseph S. Bradley has been en-
ployed for teacher in place of ]. w.
who goes to Leipsic.
D. Stevenson, of our marble yard
has placed in Glenwood Cemetery
two attractive mementoes to re-
Gently departed friends, Rev. John
Hough and Joseph H. Hoffecker,
late editor of The Times.
William Herrick. an employee at
the shops of the Messrs. Taylor.
cut his hand so badly last Monday
that he had to discontinue work.
The Maid of Kent is the name of
The new Leipsic steamboat launch
4 l.