Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1942-02-26

run the shop of Boyer & Co.
The school observed Monday as a
holiday, in honor of Washington's
Birthday. So did the banks.
The Rink is a thing of the past.
The purchaser, Walter Shelton, has
torn it down, and the lumber las
been stored for sale.
The new postal cards are large
enough and to spare for guests
correspondence, but the ladies still
ask corner for P. S.
The town election is less than
two weeks off, but so far as we have
heard, no special issue is likely to
enter into the canvass.
Rev. C. c. Adams, of the Pres
byterian Church, has commenced a
school for instructing the children
of his congregation in the art of
singing.
The members of the Woman's
Foreign Missionary Society will
meetat the residence of Mrs. John
HI. Hoffecker on Thursday after
noon, February 25th. at o'clock.
Eggs, which our shippers were
paying "a cents dozen for week
ago, dropped on Saturday to is
cents per dozen in the city mar
kets. Our dealers are now paying
Is cents.
Conductor Legates, of the Smyr-
ma branch road, who was severely
hurt week ago by falling be-
tween car and the freight plat
form at Clayton, is recovering as
well as might be expected.
The Walkers Literary Society
will discontinue their meeting at
the school house after tonight, I'M
til next winter. The people of the
neighborhood are agitating the
question of a postoffice and store
there.
The Band of Hope desire to ex-
press their thanks to the public for
their appreciation and attendance
at their entertainment, given on
Monday evening, February 22nd.
Also to thank the Hose Company
for the use of their room.
The members and friends of Leip-
sic Methodist Church will have an
oyster supper and festival next
Friday and Saturday nights, the
18th and 9th of February. Pro-
ceeds for worthy purpose. All are
invited. Everybody attend.
John R. Wilson raised the past
year breed of corn called the
Golyden Beauty. 1t weighs So
pounds to the bushel, and is claim
ed for it, that it will overrun, by
measure, 25 bushels in the 100. He
has sold 300 bushels of it to seed
men.
About 80 persons will go up to
Middletown Friday evening to wit
ness the presentation of Joshua
Whitcomb. The Hose Company
under whose auspices it is given
have kindly reserved seats for the
cast that played the same in Smyr-
ma a few weeks ago.
The Fourth Quarterly Confer.
ence of the M. E. Church of this
town which is always held in the
FIRST part of December, but has lei
nearly quarter slip by, is now an
nounced for Friday night next. Thi.
announcement. of the pastor will
answer the many inquiries as to tn,
date.
The cases of diphtheria tina
broke out nearly simultaneously il
family near the town, in tn
southern limits of the town, and a
Smyrna Landing have not extend
ed beyond where they started, ow
ing to careful sanitary precaution
we presume, and the patients tina
were affected, are about well.
The event in 'FWhopping" tomol
row will be a "swell' wedding Q
Bethel A. M. E. Church in the ever
ing the bride being Miss Edit
Hamilton, daughter of Georg
Hamilton, and the groom you
man of Wilmington, William
Baynard Tin the employ of ex-se,
rotary of state Baynard) in whic
city he has been residing for SCI
eral years. About 100 invitation
were sent out, the wedding to |
followed by "a reception at IL
brides parents.
A young man who was comir
down upper Commerce street abol
midnight Sunday night is certa
he saw ghost, but if the same nj
terial spirit that alarmed so mar
in December, it has changed coll
or outward garb, for the your
man in question is certain the OF
he sawo Sunday night was a
rayed in white. From all the i
cidents in relation to these noctur
al visitors it is pretty apparel
that they have no shine for spoons
young men keeping late hours, a,