Smyrna times., 1935-12-12

KENT COUNTY TEACHERS
INSTITUTE
The following is an outline of tn
Kent County Teachers Institute t
be held in this town this week
Wednesday afternoon at thre
o'clock, the Institute will organize
The annual address will be deliver
ed by State Superintendent T. N
Williams. Jahu De Witt Mile
will lecture on Wednesday night
subject, distinguished Men 1 Havi
Met" Thursday evening Mr.. Mill
er or George E. Little will lecture
and Friday evening, DR.. John H
French will lecture on "Our Boy.
and Girls" Thursday and FRIDAY
day sessions will be devoted tt
talks and discussions on the bes
methods of instruction. The var.
ious branches taught in our public
schools will be discussed. DIR
John H. French, a prominent Insti.
tute worker of New York, will be
in attendance during the Institute
DR.. Raub, of Newark; DIR. Caldwell
of Delaware College; Superintend-
ent D. w. Haran, of Wilmington
and other prominent educators will
be present to assist in the work OF
the Institute. They had a very
successful one in Wilmington last
week, there being 26O teachers in
attendance all the time and the
people were highly delighted.
HEATING HOUSES
The mild Winter weather which
has prevailed up until Saturday
was no test of the cellar heating
apparatus for warming dwellings
so many of which have been in
troduced the past season by our
citizens to take the place of stoves
but that of this week has, with
varying resuls. James W. Anthony
stepped beyond, as we have before
announced, the cellar furnace for
hot air heating to that of steam,
with full assurance of entire sat
isfaction which was fully confirmed
by the cold snap of Monday. Mr..
Anthony found his house, with a
pressure of only two pounds of
steam, comfortably heated, with
the further satisfaction that the
furnace and steam pipes are SO
constructed as to work automatic
ally at any gauge he may set them,
the valves opening and closing with
the delicateness in movement of a
thermometer. On the other hand,
l.. E. Anthony, on the adjoining
farm is not at all satisfied with the
warm-air heating arrangement of
his new house and intends putting
in steam at once We shall be very
much surprised if steam does not
hot-air furnaces in many
of our dwellings before long. They
cost more in putting in, but after
that, they run with a great deal
more economy and satisfaction.
DEATH OF JACOB WILLIAMS
Jacob Williams, one of the best
known citizens of this community,
having lived in this town and vicin-
ity all his life until he moved to
Wilmington, eleven years ago, died
very suddenly in st. PauPs Church
in that city on Monday night. The
Morning News gives. the following
account Of the remarkable death
scene with a brief sketch of his
life: Jacob Williams, an old and
well-known citizen of this State,
died suddenly Monday night at a
prayer meeting in st. Paul's M. E.
Church. 1t was in the midst of the
service, about $50 o'clock, just as
he had given his experience. In
his remarks he reviewed his life,
and b is demise at that moment
was peculiarly pathetic. He said
that he had been a member of the
Methodist Church for fifty-six
years, and Of Asbury NJ. f. Church
since coming to that city, eleven
years ago. He expressed great
satisfaction at the benefit received
from the Christian religion since
accepting it, and referred to Sun
day as particularly a happy day
with him. He felt, said he, as if
he was in Heaven. Monday was
spoken of also as bringing a sim
liar state of mind. He did not
know whether this was Heaven,
but he considered it Heaven enough
for him. This is Heaven to me-
were his last words, when he sat
down. A gurgling was heard in
his throat. Joseph Pyle sat just
ahead of him, and at once turned
and took hold of his head, to find
that the neck was powerless. The
Rev. r. H. Adams loosened MrWil-
liams's cravat and sent for DIR
Harlan, who felt his heart and
pulse, and pronounced "All gone
The doctor gave the opinion that
apoplexy had caused death The
body was taken to his late home
Mr.. Williams was in the 18th year
of his age, and was born in Kent