Smyrna times., 1938-07-14

we nave few empty at the are-
ent time from various cause
Delaware Division paw ear d.
rived yesterday ana d;stIih1ts-
lots of cash and made the br-.
smile all over their faces.
of the colored men calle4 til
the Fourth of July.
There is some agitation
gard to the water supply IS. H.
town, or at least a part Of H.
of the citizens would ike t3 sta
a pipe run from the Smyrna stsr8
pipe.
The Rev. A. L. Hunt. pastor )
the Ames Methodist IA. ,.,
Church in Iowa, sends the C-ri.
tian Advocate, of New YORK 81
account of the death Of Nj Ma.
Benneman who was dausater +
Captain Christopher r Perry IS
officer of the Revolutionary VI,
and was born April 27th I-5s !,
Sussex County, Del Sae He
therefore at the time of ae sta
in her 120th year Her case +
tracted great attention. ana
investigated by the C.nainast n
quirer, which published ali e
ial column in length aa
der date of April 7th. 1856 .a
Rev Mr. Hunt informs s
when he came to the cHas
fall Mrs. Benneman Noa.a
her chair all day. seeme4 IS erT
her meals, spoke quite f,ea rev.
but hardly recognized any III
less it was her daughter sae
tinued in this state through @
winter, was confined + iii 5
entirely for three week
ed away like an ezaaustaG eer.
She had been a member TIL
Methodist Episcopal Cau,a
eighty-two yeats. She wa -a.,ty
years of age when She Wa maj
ried to her first bills ban4 Peter
Coulter Mr. and M Care,
moved from Delaware OH
eighty years ago Ohio. Is state.
was then but five yea an
the country west of i Has vast
Wilderness Some years at r.
death Of Nj Coulter N
married John Bennemaa.
but a year, leaving
This child and three
dren Of the first mari .age
living in extreme age
number of her descendants ag-t
be at least one hund.ea
COUNTY AND STATE IrE1ls
The afternoon passengei
the Delaware Railroad nH runs
through to Rehoboth
Mrs. Cannon, the wife f Paa.9
Cannon, of Leurel, died last week
very suddenly while having 1
hair combed
The wife of DR.. ]. H Wilson died
at Dover on Saturday after a long
illness. She was an active worker
in the N. E. Church and il all be-
nevolent matters. She was
daughter Of McIllroy McIllyaine.
Cards are out for the marriage
Of Miss Carrie Burgess, Of Bridge
ton, Y. J., formerly of Dover. and
the Rev. E. VanDyke Of Cumber
land, Nd. The ceremony viii take
place at Bridgeton to-day
Miss Annie johnson, niece Of Dr.
Henry Ridgely and Edward Ridge
", Esq, and a sister Of Harry
Johnson. Esq, OF Dover, died at
Pennington. at 5 p. m Thursday
Of consumption. Miss johnson was
well known in Dover
j. Frank Alice Of Dover, met
with a serious loss last week His
Sherman Morgan mare. while at
pasture, stepped on stone and
twisted her left front ankle dis
abling her and possibly running her
Everything possible was done to
relieve her. It is said that Nj. Al
ZEE had been offered $500 for the
animal some weeks before she was
injured.
The south bound Delaware eX- /,
press collided with a north bound
freight train near Seaford On FIJI
Jay evening. demolishing both en-
yines and driving them through
carload of potatoes. The engineers
md firemen escaped by jumping
md no passengers were hurt tx
Congressman Martin was thrown
With such force against two car
.eats as to break them both, but ne
personal injury.
A fatal accident occurred al
Waterloo. at the mouth OF Broad |.
kiln reek. on Wednesday the Atm
nst. Whilst five gentlemen ana :
.wo ladies were sailing in a smaL
BOAT on Delaware Bay, the eraIl
,apsized and one young lady. MISS
Nary Fischer, aged about "A year, .
vas drowned. She was the daugn- !.
er of Miers r. Fischer. WEI! :
Known and respected farmer OF :