Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-02-19


in April and May.
Don't forget the Tissue Paper en-
tertainment on Monday night next
for the Band of Hope.
The Townsend Creamery was
bought at sheriff sale on Friday by
Captain George Wiggans.
The Smyrna Creamery made
1854 pounds of butter from 1900
quarts of milk, in the past month.
The Ladies' Benevolent Society
will meet at the residence of Mrs.
T. B. Megear, Tuesday evening,
February %.
The interest in Valentines Day
has almost departed. Love-lorn
people have other ways of letting
their wishes and feelings be known.
The Loyal Legion of this town
will contest for the Demorest prize
in public defamation in this town
shortly, the first declaimer carrying
off silver media
The farm of t. iaas Davis, in
the ALLEY has been purchased by
Mrs. William T. Collins and Mrs.
William Stevens, at S58 an acre,
and will be occupied by w. T. Col
Inns.
j. v. Price, who had charge of
the smith shop at G., w. Tilghman's
last year, has purchased the shops
of Wesley Start on Mt. Vernon
street, and moved there last week.
Carrot S. Jones has opened wheel
wright shop at the same place.
James c. Robinson's office is to
be improved by a bay window
where is now bulky stairway, the
latter to be transferred to the end
of the building. his will make
quite an additiol the comfort of
the Office both in The way of light
and room.
February is giving us some of
the coolest weather of the winter.
Saturday morning the thermometer
indicated ID degrees registering
lower than this in the mighty yes
terday morning % degrees and IS
degrees this morning, with a cut
ting north wind.
The Smyrna friends of James p.
Stevenson, son of the late Denney
Stevenson will be glad to learn that
he has passed successful exam
nation and been licensed as a first
mate in the American Steamship
Company's service. He is at pres
ent on the Ohio.
Henry Denney, of Leipsic, has
been hiccoughing for five days and
nights with but two intermissions.
DIR. Conoway succeeded in stopping
them two periods of about 10 hours
each, but they still continue. This,
Wednesday, A. M. the hiccoughs
have ceased again.
South Street, and it stands well
to it's credit, is catching the young
married couples this spring. Mr.
and Mrs. Megear take the house of
Mr.. Budd, late in the occupancy of
A. M. McGaw, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis the "Allen" house, vacated
by John McGaw. The house of E..
c. Reese of Harrington, on Mt.Ver-
non street, is being fitted up for
Mrs. Lydia A. Colt.
The works of the Peninsular
Bone Fertilizer Company are be-
ing gradually taken away by the
present owner, M. P. Allen, of Phil
adelphia. Most of the shafting and
machinery went up yesterday on
the steamer Ella, and it is expected
that the boilers and balance will &c
to Philadelphia this month. In all
probability the buildings will be
torn down and sold.
Mr.. Eugene Davis, of the First
National Bank of Smyrna, and Miss
Edith Cummins, youngest daughter
of D. ]. Cummins, were married al
1856 yesterday morning at the home
of the bride, Rev. G. w. Dame of.
ficiating. The wedding was pri
vate, only a few members of the
family being present. The happy
couple left at $50 for trip north
it is stated to canada.
Campbell G.. Walls, a former resi-
dent of this town, well known t.
the older inhabitants, died on Fri
day at the residence of his son-in
law, G. w. Carr, in Haddonfield
N. j., in the 85th year of his age
He was buried on Monday from thu
residence of his son-in-law c. S
Eisenbrey, in Philadelphia. Mr.
Walls was in Smyrna last summer
and took great pleasure in meeting
friends of his earlier days.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. E. Anthony CAV,
very pleasant card party to theil
friends at their attractive home a.
the wetern limit of the town OF
Friday evening last. The evening
was extremely cold, about thu
bleakest of winter, but over 30 gen
tlemen and ladies' braved ths