Smyrna times., 1936-01-02

prise at any time during the past
two or three weeks. Mrs. Smiths
long life has been crowned through
out with womanly virtues and heI
Iexcellences were acknowledged and
Iaccorded to her everywhere. 1t
was in the home life however
where she was the best known and
appreciated, and her children rise
up and call her blessed. Four of
her five children survive her, DR..
John M. Smith, of Moorton, being
her youngest son. Her oldest son,
DR.. William T. Smith, who went to
Salisbury, Md, when young man,
where he practiced dentistry sue
cessfully died a few years ago.
The funeral which occurred yester-
day afternoon at Bethel Church,
near Moorton, where she worship
ped the most of her life, was large
ly attended, the Rev. E. E. White
Ioficiated.
ASBURY SUNDAY SCHOOL
SOCIABLE
Asbury M. E. Sunday School had
on Monday night what they call a
Sunday school sociable something
new-that seems to have been
highly enjoyed by the children.
They met at the church and march
ed in procession to the Town Hall,
where after some exercises in sing
ing, several declamations and a
short address by the Superintend-
ent, John H. Hoffecker, explaining
what Christmas commemorated,
the school was given social free
dom that could not be granted in
the church, which was intensely
enjoyed by all, old and young.
However enjoyable was the so
ciable freedom which the place af-
forded, it was not in the least cur
tailed by the distribution of cake
and ice cream. Later in the even
ing Kris Krinkle, impersonated by
Aubrey Vandever, bounded in the
room with the jingle of bells and a
big basket of oranges, producing
the widest confusion among the
children whose vociferation was a
combination of both fear and glad
surprise. The character was well
taken and the evening throughout
one of unusual delight to the chill
dren.
There is nothing more definite to
record about the result of the
search of the land claimants from
Wheeling, w. Va, to whom refer
ence was made last week, except
that they have been diligent in
their search of the public records
as well as inquiries from private
individuals. They came Friday
week and are here still, or at least
one of them, E. D. Biggs, who has
been ransacking the old volumes
in the Recorders Office for a week
in trying to establish title to the
farms of Joseph c. Robinson and
Miss Sallie c. Spruance, now in the
tenure of Carey Frazier by the i'm
preston at Dover is that the men
are on a "wid gose chase" Will
liam Connor, the oldest man of the
two, who laid claim to the Joy
tract now belonging to John H. and
James p. Hoffecker and David ].
Cummins, on the strength of a will
that was written sixty-five years
ago has not been at the Recorders
office for several days, neither has
Lawyer Day, his attorney, who
came to a halt on Christmas day,
apparently on lost trail. There
are several other tracts down the
Neck, the metes and bounds of
which they thought they might
embrace in their claims, but in the
slang of the times, it will be
"cod day" when they get possession
of any Of these lands. The owners
are giving themselves no concern
about it.
PERSONALS
The sons of Rev. Mr.. Quigg, the
preacher, editor and publisher,
spent Christmas at home.
Miss Beulah c. Hance has re-
turned home to Philadelphia after
a visit of several days.
Rev. T. H. Haynes, of Newark,
was in town on Monday.
George t. Baggs, Esq, of Balti-
more, spent several days of the
holidays in town.
Col. George H. Raymond, wife
and son, spent the most of the holi-