Smyrna times., 1937-02-25

To-day is Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of Lent.
A. l.. Hudson and A. L. Hudson,
Jr., have gone West to buy a car
load of young horses or mules.
An unusual number of people
are moving from Smyrna. The
steamer Tygert this week has al
ready four separate sets of house
hold goods for Philadelphia and
Chester.
A report comes from a Southern
town that colored clergyman of
the place recently prayed that the
indelicate might be made delicate,
the Incorporate temperate and the
industrious dustrious.
Those persons who have been
holding trade dollars are likely to
soon get their face value for them,
a bill for their redemption having
passed both Houses of Congress
and is in the hands of the Presi-
dent.
The loss of Mr.. Spears horses
and cattle last week by fire has
greatly stimulated the insurance
of stock in this section. 1t is stat
ed that Mr.. Spears loss alone
would nearly pay the insurance on
all the stabbed and haltered stock
in the Hundred.
George NJ. Stevenson, Permanent
Secretary Of Morning Star Lodge,
No. 6, I. o. o. F., of this town, has
received a check from Oriental
Lodge, No. 113, I. o. o. F., of Phil
adelphia, to defray P. G., Thomas
]. Armitage's funeral expenses and
sickness which has been paid over
to his widow.
The protracted meeting in As
bury NJ E. Church of this town
commenced the first of January by
Rev. J. B. Quigg, is still in pro-
gress, with meetings largely at
tended nightly. Twenty-eight per-
sons joined church on probation
Sunday and four Monday night
making 1O3 who have united with
the church at this date.
The trite saying that "a house
divided against itself cannot
stand is not verified in the case of
the half of the divided old car
riage shop on Market street, which
Joseph L. Lavender put on wheels
two weeks ago. tt stands not on
a rock, but in mute though not
dignified silence, confronted by a
mass of mud in the street that is
a terror to Joseph, with all of his
bravery.
The fishermen from Wilmington
are thus early setting out on the
Springs business. Pressly Foods
borough, of Bombay Hook, who
went to Wilmington on Monday to
buy a fishing boat, was surprised
to hear that the three first to ar
rive on the shore in quest of perch
had been drowned, a statement
which he could safely contradict to
the qualification of their families,
having dined with them the day
before.
The new firm to succeed William
II. Carr in the ice cream and con-
dictionary business, on Market
street, Messrs. Stevenson & Peregoy
have taken charge Of the business.
Mr.. Carr expects to take his de-
parture for Oxford, Md, this week,
where he purposes making his
home in the future. Mr.. Carr's
friends regret his departure from
among us, but he has left an en-
during name in the way he made
ice cream that will be spoken on
many lips for long time to come.
A class of beginners will be
formed in the Smyrna Public
Schools next week. Parents hav-
ing little boys and girls over six
years of age, who have never been
to school, are requested to send
them on Tuesday, March 1st. The
class will be held open for those
who wish to join all next week. AS
no other class for beginners will
be formed before June, it is desir-
able that all children old enough
should start ow. The little boys
will go to Miss Mary Spruance and
the little girls to Miss Carrie Budd.
A lively surprise party of about
forty people from the Lodge Of
Good Templars of Smyrna, assist
ed by many others and by friends
outside, swooped down upon our
townsman, William B. Start, last
Saturday night at his home on
South street. They kept up rum
ming entertainment Of speeches,
songs, conversation, dumb orator"
&c, for about two hours, and
cheered the hearts Of Mr.Start and
his family with the donation ag-
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