Smyrna times., 1931-05-13
of wheat on the Cats property i:
the best in this neighborhood.

of wheat on the Cats property is
the best in this neighborhood.
Rev. H. S. Thompson of the New
Hampshire Conference preached al
the M. E. Church on Sunday morn
ing to a large audience from the
text How shall ye escape if We
neglect SO great Salvation" His
theme was the greatness of the
salvation, a scheme that could
have been planned only in the wis
dom of God and executed through
the Divinity inherent in the son
1t was a picturesque but well con.
nected train of thought setting
forth the 'fPlan of Salvation" from
its conception to redeem man from
his fallen condition on through the
ages, eventuation in the highest
altitude of eternity or its deepest
abyss-the life of the great be-
yond.
The local preachers and exhort.
ers Association will meet in this
town on Friday evening and term.
mate on Sunday evening. Accord
ing to the program the exercises
will be opened on that evening by
a sermon from Rev. p. A. Leather
berry; Saturday, will be devoted to
discussions embracing five different
subjects; Lovefeast on Sunday
morning at $50 o'clock, preaching
at 1890 o'clock by Rev. T. Mum
bers, children's meeting at 2
o'clock and preaching in the even
ing by Rev. @. H. Baker. The at
tendance of several visitors to the
association may change the Sun
day part of the program.
Dwelling Burned.-On Thursday
afternoon the dwelling of David
Stats near the 'Tent" in Thor
oughfare Neck, together with his
meat, flour and nearly all the furn-
iture, was burned involving a loss
of $500 or $500. The family at the
time were all out in the field plant
ing corn except colored boy
about IL years old, who had been
living with him some two months,
who confessed to having set the
house on fire. He was promptly
lodged in New Castle jail for trial.
The family have since lived in the
barn and Mr.. Stats has been quite
indisposed.
Pound Donation-JohnC Cameron,
Sexton of the M. E. Church, ate
his supper as usual on Saturday
evening last expecting before go
ing home for the night to lay in his
supplies for another week, but while
doing some work at the church he
was surrounded by large delega-
tion with packages Of coffee, sugar
and other useful household articles.
He was a much surprised as graft
fed at this mark of appreciation Of
his services of the past three years.
The packages numbered in all
about 80 and Mr.. Cameron feels on
the whole, pretty well pounded"
Life insurance. society of the
order of Legion of Honor was
formed in this town on Friday ev-
ening last with the title of ''Dia-
mond Council, American Legion
Of Honor. The following are the
officers: Commander, J. H. Groves;
Vice-Commander, William Ash
craft; Post Commander, w. H.
Baggs; Secretary, o. B. Voshel;
Collector, ]. w. Clifton; Treasurer,
John NJ. Voshell; Warden, B. VI.
Weldon; Guide, William Duhurst;
Orator, F. S. Phelps; Med. Exam
iner, DR.. j. w. Clifton; Assistant
DR.. William Ashcraft.
Leipsic Cannery.-Mr. Hall has
put into his factory at Leipsic, a
new invention for making cans, by
the use of which the cans are sold
cred on the outside. His immense
building which is to be used as a
cannery, is in course of construc-
tion. When this and the boxhouse
are completed there will be four
large buildings up, all to be used
for the factory and cannery. In
addition there are four dwelling
erected on his factory
grounds.
Accident-One day last week
while James c. Robinson was at
tempting to break a young horse