Smyrna times., 1931-12-16
SMYRNA FIFTY YEARS AGO AS
REVAMPED FROM OUR FILES
ITEMS ABOUT SMYRNA FROM
SMYRNA TIMES, DEC. Ia, 1881
Notes of Marriages Deaths, Real
Estate Deals and Matters of In
terest of Half Century Ago

Estate DEALS ana MATTERS OF In
terest of Half Century Ago
(The Smyrna Times has started
20 look back over its files and tell
what happened around the correspond
ing date of this issue. half century
ago. We hope to make this a regular
weekly feature. If it does nothing else.
i will call to mind people and events
of that day that should be interesting
TO the present generation. We hope
our readers will find it interesting and
that it will make the Times more eaa-
eriy sought and read-EditorO
Death of Mr.. Tygert-The friends
of Mr.. Tygert will be panied to
learn of his death, which occurred
on Monday night at Los Angeles in
Lower California. On learning of
his extreme illness his young broth
er Herman, started at once for his
bedside two weeks ago, reaching
him less than a week before he
died. He has been in delicate
health for the past six or seven
years from a catarrhal affection
that worked as insidiously as con-
sumption. When first attacked he
was running a successful restaur-
ant business at Harrington, which
he relinquished on account of his
health. He then took an agency in
New York for his brothers, j. E.
Tygert & Company of this town,
end the business that he establish
ed has since grown to considerable
magnitude. This in turn had to be
abandoned because of failing health
and his time since has been spent
in different chimes Colorado, Flor
ida, California, ETC., in search of
this lost blessing. Mr.. Tygert had
the characteristics of the family
amiability, kindness and generos-
ity, and had friends wherever he
was. He had but reached his 35th
year. His remains left Los Angeles
this morning for the family bury
ing ground at Albany, N. Y, dis
tance of 5000 miles.
Deaths. -Ryland. In Wilmington,
December 5th, Mrs. Mary Ryland,
aged IA years.
Allfree. Near Dexter's Corner,
December 10th, William, son of
John and Mary Allfree, aged 3
years.
Streets. Near Clayton, December
18th, Elizabeth, wife Of Edward
Streets, aged so years.
The Approach of Christmas The
crisp atmosphere as well as the
almanac reminds the careful pater-
familias that little more than one
week remain in which to provide
for the many wants and the pleas
ures of Christmas, and he scans
the paper to learn where he may
obtain the articles appropriate to
the season. The streets in response
to the demands Of the occasion, be-
gin to wear bright, busting look.
The stores display their novelties in
seductive ways, tempting at once
the buyer whose memory runs over
sixty winters, and the toddling
urchin by his side, whose mind is
all bent on the bright new toy Of
the present, or looks no further
than to the coming splendors of
the Christmas tree. Each season
has its wants, but none so numer-
Gus or so pleasant to satisfy those
which crowd into the few weeks
preceding the close Of the year. To
avoid the inconvenience and worry
Of going from point to point in a
vain search for the thing desired,
it is better, it may be suggested,
to turn always to the advertising
columns of the Times.
The steamer Maid Of Kent" is
making regular trips between
Leipsic and Philadelphia and will
continue to do so until nagivation
closes. She has lately been over
hauled and sheated with iron. and
is staunch boat. She has had
quite a successful season, being
well patronized by shippers Of
freight, who have found IL 10 pc a
very convenient and cheap way of
transportation. The boat is well
adapted to the route, being staunch
for bay service and conveniently
fitted UP for the comfort of pas
sengers. She is now running two
round trips a week.
The quantity of wheat and corn
in elevators, and at seaboards and
lake ports in the United States;
and which is known in commercial
parlance as the visible supply"
today is: Wheat 18,876,000; corn,
S,818, 900 bushels. At this date
last year it was: Wheat "a, 100000;
corn, 100000. The local market
today is wheat 1.35, corn IS, and
oats 40.
Joseph Kennedy lost horse last
week by drowning near Smyrna
Landing. 1t was feeding along or
went to the creek for water and
became inextricably fixed in the
mira The tide xUaS c0noiucr in