Smyrna times., 1939-04-20

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stopped in Smyrna from Friday to
Monday on a visit to his father, j.
v. Smith enroute from Bridgeton,
N. j., to Waverly, r. l., where he
expects to reside in the future.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Jones had a
complete surprise by their friends
on Wednesday evening occa-
sion of their sixteenth marriage
anniversary. The guests, who
numbered forty or fifty, took com
plete possession of the house, and
of course ended with feast, TAX
ing their cake and ice cream with
them. They left with Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones several handsome and
useful presents.
George T. Baggs, Esq, of Balti-
more, spent Sunday with his
friends in this town.
Mrs. w. S. Robinson, whose
sickness was noted in our last is
sue, has quite recovered.
Irving Cooper, son of John B.
Cooperfi has finished his course at
pierce's Business College, Philadel-
phia, and returned to Smyrna.
Edward Thomas. of the Cali
fornia Minstrels, will leave Smyrna
on Saturday, having been engaged
to manage the Wallace and TEEN
er Sculling Aggregation at the
Paris Exposition.
Clarence B. Raymond is home
from the Hyatt Military Institute,
Chester, for the Easter holidays.
Cards are out for the marriage
of Miss Florence Ethel Christman
and Mr.. Arthur Pomfret Denys,
both of New York, April 25th, in
the church of the Holy C1mmun-
ion. Miss Christmas Is wen known
to our young people, having spent
several summers in Smyrna, guest
of her cousin, Mrs. ]. c. Bailey.
Cards were issued to-day an
the marriage of Miss
Emma Long Richards and William
Sherman Colpitts, at the Presby-
terian Church, Tuesday afternoon,
April 30th, at o'clock.
S. L. Kahn, of Philadelphia, and
j. Harvey Spruance, of Whining
ton, came down to attend the 'sil-
yer wedding" on Friday evening.
COUNTY AND STATE ITEMS
Newark may yet have electric
lights. There is talk Of private
company being formed.
Joseph M. Pusey of the J. NJ.
Pusey Company Warp Manufac-
turers, Of Wilmington, died in that
city Monday, aged 81 years.
The strike on the Delaware and
Chncoteague canal has been set
tied by the laborers agreeing to
work for S1.25 per day.
The vessel which stranded at
Mahon's during the storm of last
week was the Mary Diston Of
Tucxahoe, n. j. She is a total loss
The pilots have abandoned al
hopes for the safety of the pilot
boat Enoch Turley, and now be-
lieve her to have been lost or
April 9th with all hands, ten il
number, while trying to reach tht
Delaware Breakwater.
Thomas Collins, aged 73 years
while intoxicated on Sunday fel
down stairs at his boarding house
in Wilmington and broke his neck
He left wife in Philadelphia, from
whom he had been separated fol
twenty years.
Miss Miranda Davidson Of Della
ware City and Rev. Martin B.Dun'
lap, rector of the Old Swede'.
Church, Wilmington, will be mar
ried in Christ Church, on Wednes
day afternoon, April oath. Th'
ceremony will be performed by Rt
Rev. Bishop Coleman.
In settling the suit Of James Nc
Comb, the millionaire farmer D
Claymont, for a divorce from hi
wife the former retains possession
of the three children, grants tn
wife $4,000, and furnishes he
with house in Wilmington, be
sides allowing her $50 a week.
Cornelius j. Hall, whose funera
occurred Friday at Milford, wa
one of the most prominent citizen
of Kent county. He was a mem
ber of the House of Representa-
tives in 1875 and again in 1877
He was clerk of the Peace of Ken
county from 1882 to 1886. He die
on Tuesday last and the remain
were inferred in the Odd Fellow
Cemetery at Milford.
The schooner Samuel w. Hal
Captain James Lollis of Frederica
from New York for Jacksonville
arrived at Doboy oMnday, in TOW
and reports have experienced tn
terrific gale on the 9Th inst, Of
Hatteras, during which the boor
tackles were carried away, strih
ing the master on the head, caus
ing injuries of which ne died tn
following day and was buried q
sea. Captain was a resident
Frederica, where he leaves a vii