Smyrna times., 1935-04-25

commends him to his customers
and we have no doubt Mr.. Wilium-
sen will receive the liberal patron
age which such store of his
should command.
Robbins show next Saturday
will doubtless bring the usual
throng of people for miles around
to our town, and make it gala
day" in our streets. In the farm
ing community, especially Satur-
day afternoon, Will partake doubt
less of the nature of general hol-
iday Mr.. Sylvester, the advance
agent of the Robbins circus, gave
a free magic lantern exhibition at
the Delaware House, of many of
the scenes that are to be displayed
ON that day, which was witnessed
by a large crowd of people on Sat-
urday night.
BUILDING AND LOAN
At the annual meeting of the
Smyrna Building and Loan Asso-
citation last week the following Of
ficers were eelcted for the ensuing
year: President, John H. Hoffeck-
er; Vice-President, A. p. Griffith;
Secretary, ]. B. Cooper; Treasurer,
J. P. Hoffecker; Directors term ex-
piring 1886, E. j. Colt, Joseph B.
FAIRIES, ]. H. Cathcart; term ex-
piring 1887, George M. Stevenson,
d. t. Smithers; term expiring 1888,
William H. Carr, Charles E. Moore;
Auditors, Joseph Wright, E. H.
Beck, E. NJ Fowler. The associa-
tion resolved to open a new series
on next Tuesday night provided the
requisite of shares 100 are taken.
With the adjournment of the
Legislature on Friday, Senator w.
t. Cavender of this town, finished
his duties as Senatorial representa-
tive of this county in the Delaware
Legislature, that period marking
the end of his constitutional term.
Whatever may have been the diff
ference of opinions as to measures
he has advocated and votes cast.
it must be admitted by all that he
has filed his place with pains-tak-
ing industry with an evident CON
scientious endeavor to serve his
constituents in the best manner
possible. He was one of those who
stood in the way of 'railroading"
bills through the Legislature, COM
pelling others like himself to more
carefully look into measures before
giving them the sanction of law
MARRIAGES
Reeve -Oldfield-In the M E.
Church, Dover, April 10th, by Rev.
t. E. Martindale, Frank w. Reeve,
Esq, editor of the New Era, Mid
dletown, and Miss Mamie Oldfield,
of Dover.
F'razier-Smith- Willow Grove,
April 1st, at the residence of the
brides parents, by Rev. S. N. Pill
chard, Miss Hattie Smith, daugh-
ter of I. Colby Smith, to S. Gus
Frazier.
Smith-Scarborough - On April
18th at the Presbyterian parsonage
in Dover, by Rev. ]. Stonecipher,
Mr.. Benjamin F. Smith to Mrs
Elizabeth t. Scarborough, both of
this county.
Cooper-Jarrell On Wednesday
evening, 18th, inst, In the M E.
Church, South, Goldsobor, Md, Will
liam L. Cooper, son of Ex-Sheriff
Cooper of this county, and Miss
Louisa farrell.
DEATH OF HARRY WRIGHT
The death of Harry Wright, son
of Constable Thomas H. Wright, on
Sunday morning at the residence
of his father in this town, was one
of particular sadness, coming as it
did at that period when life and its
prospects are the most buoyant.
He was a young man of unques-
tionable character and conduct,
virtuous and upright, not only be
cause of the bent of his mind was
in that direction. He gave up his /
position as clerk in the feed store
Of Robert Denney, the first of
March, for life Of greater activ-
ity, becoming the salesman for a !
Nursery. His second trip out was
in the neighborhood of Hartly
where the diphtheria was such a
scourge last fall, and where it still
fingers After coming home he
was taken with this fatal disease,
and after alteration of hope and
fear for the period of two weeks,
he finally succumbed to the fell de-
stroyer as above stated, on Sunday
morning. Monday, the day he was
buried, was his 22nd birthday.
BILLS PASSED IN LEGISLA-
TURE AFFECTING THIS SEC
TION bills passed by the
Legislature pertaining to this sec
tion are as follows: To incorporate