Smyrna times., 1940-12-05

terday which aggregated 137.
pounds, the heaviest weighing so.
pounds.
The work of placing oyster shells
on streets still goes on, and befor,
long the principal streets will b.
covered.
Mrs. James G. Lassell moved
yesterday to the Bruton property
near the depot, which she recently
purchased.
Rev. DR.. A. B. Leonard, one OF
the Missionary Secretaries, will Of
ficiate in the M. E. Church next
Sunday morning.
The Junior Auxiliary Missionary
Society of ST. Peters church are
rehearsing for public entertain
ment on the evening Of the 18th.
Some Of the roses hereaboutS are
a little frost-bitten, but they still
show themselves on the bushes and
a rose is a rose if it is in December.
z. G. Reed, who has been keep
ing a confectionery store for some
years on Main St., has moved to
Wilmington and is succeeded by
Alex. Carson.
J. Frank Pratt, accompanied by
friend, rode down to Smyrna
from Philadelphia in nine hours on
Thanksgiving day, reaching here in
time for dinner.
This cold weather ought to re-
mind everybody who has a gar
ment he does not want, that there
is no difficulty in finding somebody
who does want it.
2. W. Mcdowell is getting in
frequent lots Of furniture to meet
the demands Of the holiday invest
Ors, and to meet the household
wants of the winter.
New fads in entertainment are
cobweb, horse shoe, dairy and fan
parties. AT the latter, all sorts of
fans, both large and small, are
used for decorations.
The Fall merged into winter
with the most delightful weather
bright, sunny days and beaming
moonlight nights everything that
young and old could ask.
The farmers having peach orch
ards say all we want now is a good
crop of peaches to set things right
as wheat, corn, and the other crops
have reached prices which they
cannot complain at.
Venus is lost in the rays Of the
setting sun. On the third she
passes inferior conjunction, and be-
comes nominally morning planet,
though we must wait until January
to see her reappear in the morning
sky.
An event among the young peo-
pie will be a church wedding,
which is to come off December IL,
at IL o'clock at st Peters Church.
The contracting parties are Miss
Lola @. Blackiston of this town and
DR.. Charles G. Harmonson, of
Clayton.
December the first winter month
came in with all it's belongings.
The snow that fell on Monday af-
ternoon and night left light veil
covering house tops and fields to
meet the bright sun Tuesday morn
ing, the mercury in the meantime
having gone to 20 degrees.
The revival meeting which Rev.
w. NJ. Warner has been conducting
at Friendship church, has resulted
in 25 additions to the church, the
meeting continuing this week The
congregation on Sunday night was
very large. The vote on the wo-
man question on this circuit was,
10 for, IA against.
j. Harvey Disch, who sold out
MS interest in the commission bus
>iness, in Philadelphia, in the early
part Of the year, and spent the
summer with his father, j. Edward
Disch, in Raymond's Neck, has re-
turned to Philadelphia and opened
a commission house, 3O6 North
Water St., where he would be
pleased to serve the public.
Rev. Clarence Wilson, now a
student at st. Johns College, An
napolis, Md, filled the pulpit of the
Methodist church of this town very
acceptably on Sunday for his uncle
who was absent, officiating at the
cornerstone service Of Kenney
Memorial M. f. Church at Hynson,
near fredericksburg, Md. 1925 was
asked for and 1892 was received.
The ladies of the M. e. Church
having the poor fund in charge met
at the parsonage Thursday morn
ing to make distribution Of the Of
ferings at the church Thanksgiving
day. Nineteen sick persons were