Smyrna times., 1931-12-30

ening after an illness of little over
day from something like par
alysis. Mrs. Homer was known
as a lady of great energy of char
acter and activity and was on
Monday morning apparently in
better health than usual. She
was in her 85th year.
Deaths Smith. In this town, De
cember 22nd, Mrs. Rebecca M
Smith, daughter of John M. Voshell,
in her 32nd year.
Horner.-In this town, Deem
Der 9th, Mrs. Ann K. Horner in
her 85th year.
David.-Near Blanco, December
23rd, John T. David, aged IS years.
The local grain market runs corn
So cents; wheat, $1.3O; oats, 45c:
On account of warm, wet weather,
one half of the corn going from
the peninsula is being rejected on
account of dampness and while dry
corn is selling at Sc and &c, most
of our corn is being sold at 65 cents
in Philadelphia.
Rev. j. T. Umsted, the Modera-
tor of the Presbytery of New Cas-
tie, has called a meeting of the
same to be held in Wilmington
January 9Th, in relation to the pas
toral relation of Rev. T. J. Aiken
of Port Deposit, called to another
place.
The steamer J. E. Tygert will
leave Rothwell's Landing next
Monday at 6 o'clock returning will
leave Philadelphia on Saturday
January 7th. She will be off for
repairs during the week.
H. D. Boyer, recently teaching
school at Clayton, has rented the
store house recently occupied by
II. P. HAZEL, in that place and laid
in new stock Of goods.
On and after January LIST, the
Maid of Kent will leave First
wharf above Vine Street, Philadel-
phia, instead of pier II, North
Avenue.
Personal Miss Nellie Donoho
went west yesterday with her
brother William Donoho. On
Christmas eve, the friends of C. H.
Jefferson in Raymond's Neck made
him and his wife a surprise visit,
leaving with them as a Christmas
present silver pitcher and a cake
basket.
The friends of d. M. Clouds and
wife, near Morton, on Friday ev-
ening last made them a surprise
visit on the occasion of their
twenty-fifth wedding anniversary
William W. Nelson had a family
reunion of children and grandchil-
dren on Monday to the number of
between thirty and forty persons.
The children and grandchildren
of Samuel Griffin also met with
one exception around the family
hearth on Monday. Mr. Griffin is
now one of our most aged citizens.
Rev. Thomas o. Haynes Of Ches-
tertown, spent several hours in
town on Monday.
Arthur Francis of the Morning
News, is in town today and paid
The Times Office a fraternal call.
Visitors. following are the
Christmas visitors to friends in
this town: Miss Laura Doughten,
Miss Nellie Benson, Miss Lille
William F. Clement,
Harry VanGasken and wife, Harry
Budd, Calvin HAZEL, George Ray
mond, Harry Evans, Wilmington;
Mrs. Emma and Miss Lizzie Myers,
John A. Hoffecker, Edgar Wright,
William t. Johnson, William Davis,
F. S. Phelps, Edward Evans, j. G.
Philadelphia; Miss Mag
gle Smithers, Camden, N. j.; Miss
Gertie Stevenson, Dover; Miss An
ME Sigman, Cape May, n. j.; ].
Edward Hoffecker, Baltimore, Md;
Thomas Haynes, Chestertown, Md;
Harry Deakyne, Chester, Pa; Mrs.
N. Buckmaster, Wyoming; George
Railway, N. j.; Rich
ard Mitchell and wife, Greensboro,
Md; George Biddle and wife and
Miss Katie Budd, Cecil County,
Md; Misses Addie Hazard, Lizzie
Letherberry and Jennie Grub,
George t. Baggs, Esq,
Harry Shannahan, Olin Hough
Easton, Md; Miss Mary Cooper,
Philadelphia; Miss Kate C.Tschudy
of Wilmington; Miss Edith Bell,
West Chester; Miss Florence
Dover; William Hudson,
Charles Rawley, Pennington Sem
mary; Miss Maggie S. Maree,
Christiana; Miss Maggie Mccoy,
James T. Griffin, Chicago.