Smyrna times., 1931-05-13

to the plOw he met with an accl-
dent resulting in the breaking of
his collar bone. He was holding
on to the plow firmly and while
the fractius animal was dashing
ahead the pillow struck stump,
the sudden jerk whirling him for
ward a distance of some eight feet
the concussion rendering him for a
time insensible and doing the dam
age above indicated.
Delaware Bay trout made their
appearance in market yesterday
for the first and sold readily at 10
cents per bunch. This fish is al
ways a welcome visitor but the
demonstration is hardly so strong
as in Milford. The first wagon
that got there last week was sur
rounded by people from the stores,
shops and private dwellings by the
dozens; in fact it was something
like an ovation on the return of an
old and long lost friend.
New Organ at Raymond's.-Th
Sunday School at Raymond's S
Church has been reopened and is in
fine working order. The black
board has been introduced into the
school and is used by the pastor.
The Sunday School has appointed
committee to take into consider
alton the buying of an organ for
the use of the church and Sunday
school. The congregation at this
place, we learn, is increasing very
rapidly.
Seriously Hurt.-One day last
week George Clark, the miller in
Wright's new steam grist mill at
Kenton, was caught in the driving
belt and was seriously, it was
thought at first fatally, injured.
Drs. Temple and Cooper were both
soon on the spot and rendered
timely assistance and he is now do
ing well with no more serious in
juries than a dislocated ankle, cut
head and broken nose.
The Little Creek Landing M. E.
Church has declined to be assigned
to Leipsic and set up for itself. The
reason for not staying on Leipsic
Circuit as arranged by the Confer
ence is a desire to have morning
preaching. They were asked to
have their preaching in the after
noon and declined. The Rev. Mr.
McFadden is to be the pastor.
Business Enlargement C. w. &
S. Taylor have purchased the
wheelwright and blacksmith shops
of William A. FAIRIES & Brother adj
joining them. These shops are be-
ing removed to the rear of the lot
for the purpose of erecting where
they stand a large brick ware
house for their agricultural ma
chinery.
afternoon while Andrew Sisco was
adjusting slip ladder preparatory
to finishing new tin roof on the
M. P. Church at Clayton, the rope
broke, the descending ladder
catching his arm and breaking
both bones of the left forearm. DR..
Ashcraft reduced the fracture.
The members of the A. M. E.
Conference, which meets in this
town to-day, came largely yester-
day and attracted considerable at
tention as they marched through
the town down to the distributing
centre. They were well dressed,
intelligent in looks and altogether
made a good appearance.
Hotel Improvement-Jef &
Collins Of the Smyrna House, are
preparing to build an addition to
the hotel of twenty-five by thirty
feet for a billiard and bar room
and expect to turn the old bar
room into a sitting room. The bar
in the basement will be dispensed
with.
Oats, which a quarter of cen
tury and more ago was much more
common than wheat, is now almost
numbered among the lost crops.
In a radius of six miles in the
country surrounding this town
there is, this season, scarcely so
acres all told.
Marriages -Stengle-Clark. On
the 5th instant, at Still Pond, Md,
by Rev. ]. B. Merritt, Rev. Adam
Stengle, pastor Of Union M. E.