Smyrna times., 1936-11-19

Candy toys in the store windows
show that Christmas is drawing
nigh.
Wesley Brown is building him
self a small two-story house on
Monrovia street.
John B. Cooper and T. B. Me-
gear have each given their resi-
dences attractive colorings, shades
of olive.
Miss Effie Cowgirl has succeeded
L. M. Price on Main street, the lat
ter having gone into his new home
on Mt Vernon street.
The Sunday School of the Pres
byterian church is preparing for its
usual anniversary exercise for the
evening of Thanksgiving Day.
Miss Mary Walker fell down the
cellar steps at her home on Main
street on Monday and hurt herself
quite severely but not seriously.
The farmers have had beautiful
weather for getting in their corn,
and the majority of them are done
and out of the way of the bleak,
wintry winds.
Thomas Hemsley has bought of
John c. Bailey four and one-ninth
acres of land on Monrovia street,
or church lane, at the lower end
of 'Whopping."
William A. Devnish, who repairs
sewing machines, puts cane seats
in chairs, mends umbrellas, &C.,
has removed his shop to Cummins
street, opposite the store of Mrs.
Pennewill.
w. T. Johnson is adding hand
some balustrade to the portico of
his dwelling on South street, occu-
pied by ]. B. Mifflin, and is other
wise improving the property by
fancy glass doors, street crossing.
&c.
Joshut Jones, a colored man of
this town, laborer on the gravel
train, fell on Saturday from an
enbankment striking his back
against the car, hurting himself so
severely as to disable him from
work
The steamer Tygert will not run
either Wednesday or Thursday of
T-Aa
of the Tygert have been doing
hard years work, and they want a
little season of rest, with pumpkin
pie and turkey thrown in, at their
own table and like other people.
observe Thanksgiving Day.
The M. E. Sunday School has
taken another step forward in the
musical line, in the purchase of an
excellent cornet which will be play
ed by John Ransom. This with the
two violins and organ will add
greatly both to the harmony and
volume of sound. Other instru-
ments will doubtless be added in
time.
When we recorded last week the
death Of Mrs. Ellen Jones at the
age of SO years, we did not expect
to as soon publish tn age of one so
advanced, but Mrs. Ann Ennis,
mother of Ananias Ennis of Thor
oughfare Neck, who was buried
yesterday at Union Church near
Blackbird, was 101 years old, three
years beyond that of "Aunty
Jones" We know nothing of Mrs.
Ennis history except that she had
been a member of church for thirty
years. The funeral yesterday was
quite largely attended.
A visitor to a former Teachers
Institute emphasized the import
ance of teaching local geograpy.
As the speaker justly thought, pu-
pills often knew more of regions re-
mote and strange than of those
nearer home. II has long been a
fault of our public schools that
they were apt to overlook practical
matters. Scholars are instructed
in things for which on leaving
school they have no use and are
forgotten. Necessarily this is to the
neglect of more valuable things.
Neither the sun, moon and stars.
or even Asis and Africa are as
profitable themes for the student
as his own country. State or coun-
ty.
With the cooling of the weather
last week came the hog killing sea-
son, forced somewhat doubtless by
the prevalence of hog cholera in
some neighborhoods. Charles B.
Archer commenced the slaughter
season a week ago, with thirty-six
the first day. 1t goes steadily
along now until the middle Of next
month. but the two first weeks of
December Is the time when the
majority of the porkers bite the
dust. A large number of our peo-
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