», h. THE SMYRNA TIMES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 10, 1002.

honored with many, other officis. and their children, Wm. George Hill Edifice was foilud to be too =unoi These were tbe founders of tbe old Robert Hill, Mrs. Rowland Cox and j tbe growing congregation. ^ETER’S CHURCH, SMYRNA, a------Church at Duck Creek. From the ! Mrs. Nathaniel Wilds are their Church resolved to enlarge and i\,, Ajlayton,. War of the Revolution, this Church i representatives. through the building committed tions, ant *• im- N, s items If suffered, and not until 1786 do we find! George Cummins was one of the posed of George W. Cummins 4 Dr. nation. ' any sign of new life, when the vestry j most public spirited, benevolent, and j William Cummins and George Henry I ar iu ad- . AND ITS PRESENT IMPROVEMENT of Christ Church, Dover, conferred | popular men of his day. He was State | Raymond, son of Jacob Raymond I'd with the vestry of St. Peter’s (for these Senator from Kent county nine times. An addition was made of twenty feet Parishes were united at that time) with j in the period from 1796 to 1820, and 1 to the length, and transepts making the view of calling the Rev. Samuel J held other offices. Eben Cloak, father | the Church cruciform, and giving much J NOW ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND MOST COMPLETE Roe, as Rector of the two Parishes, of John and Eben, was one of the Rev-1 larger seating capacity, but with the , ! The Dover committee consisted of j olutionary martyrs—victim of the I objectionable feature of an organ loft - V CHURCH EDIFICES IN DIOCESE OF DELAWARE. I Messrs Rodney, Taylor and Truitt, ! dreadful British prison ship, the i back of, and over the pulpit. 1 j that from Duck Creek, of Thomas Col- “Jersey.” In 1872 tbe Chapel of St. Peter' s was In 1827 the Parish of St. Peter’s took j built, adjoining ihe Church at the j lins, Daniel Cummins, John Cook and COfc Risdon Bishop. On the resolution fix- on new life. The quaint brick Church j of $4000, the gift of Mis. Susan H. Fia-« - Work of Renovation is Completed With Magnificent Altar and Mural Decorations and a iug the salary at £300 per annum, the at old Duck Greek, with its box pews 1er, daughter of John and Susan H. . j following names are added to the and high pulpit sounding board, of the j Cummins, in memory of her husband, I ■ 3I Re-arrangement of Pews With Middle Aisle Gilt of Mrs. Susan D. Waters and Dover committee James Sykes, Thomas Pre-Revolutionary style, was torn Dr. Samuel M. Eisler, und of her father .. c p c , , q. Hict^ri' Pv -Ji iti m Rodgers, John Banning and Joshua down, and the materials thereof, hauled and mother. In 1885, the congrega­ l - Mrs. bUSan U. buclltr Uianct ai bl. rtlclS n SLOT C. OILIIK n. i Clayton—all prominent public men of in and deposited on the lot of ground gation determined to further enla te I that period—St. Peter’s committee re- \ donated by John Cummins, where St. j and improve tbe Church Edifice, ] mained the same. Tbe Rev. Mr. Roe i Peter’s now stands; and those mater- the Rector, the Rev. William B. G The work of the renovation of St. j Above the plain color, and at, and H. B. Grieves and Joseph Hunn, who j "’as called, and continued, and died in u Peters Church is completed. With the above the feet of the rafters, and in the have also had the active and efficient the service here Feb. 8th, 1791. From t ? new open timber roof, and altar and 1 spaces between them all, for the whole co-operatLu of the Senior Warden, this to 1827, no records of the Parish mural decorations in color, one feels nave on both sides, and the transepts Wm. E. Waters. Beside the gas, they are in evidence. But a short time ago, that there is quite a transformation, j as well, are the most beautiful and have introduced the electric lighting, Mrs. James D. Wilds gave me a paper C'4- The open timber roof is of good archi- appropiate decorations iu varied colors, which will make the Church brilliant at writing, which her mother found among \ tectural design and creditable work- representing theinsigniaof the Evange- night. I understand that the first ser- j the old letters and papers of her father, manship. It is solid and substantial, lists and the Apostles, and those typical vice iu St. Peters will be on Easter j Eben Cloak, which is one of the T yet not heavy iu effect. From door to of Christ and others appropriated by Day. And the formal opening with \ l°st records; it reads as follows; , \ chancel wall, for the nave it has four Christian Art. They are all projected Benediction Service and Confirmation “At a meeting of the vestrv of St. N, ’V large main rafters arched, terminating on a background appearing to be gold will he on Thursday evening following. I Peter's Church, at Duck Creek, ou at their feet with striking hammer- at night under the full illumination of This is a great work to be accom- j Saturday, the 15th, of May 1790—Pres- ; beams of good size, the two openings the electric lights. In artistic beauty, plished in the short time that the Rev. i Esq.f*1 A^niUa6’ Attix*8 Jffifn ! rU of which are finished iu trefoil; and they illustrate and teach so much to Mr. Gilreath has been Rector. i Stuart, Jesse Ford, Timothy Cummins, I their projecting ends ornamented with the worshipper. Around the large Glance at its Historic Eiolulion. Wheeler Pennington, Edward Joy,’ | O * » *

a plain shield, carved with various ec- chancel window is thrown appro- This last improvement of St. Peter’s, Abraham Conner, Charles Cason and i 'mm \ IA clesiastical symbols. There are also piately a neat border filled with the j which is so up to date, suggests a Church being'takeulutoTcousideratiou If ) four of these main rafters in the trau- vine and bunches of grapes. j «jinnee at its historic evolution. The | it was resolved that tbe money neces- septs, all of uniform •finish. Between Curtain A|lef sty|e of Michael Ange,0. I Parish had a very small beginning. ÂeïsonsVDnoSed these are the intermediate rafters, In 1704, the first missionary from Eng- tn iTiaUUP fJ8°n iaJ Î?1 *f( mach smaller, but iu relief enough On the chancel wall one of tbe most land to Kent county appeared. In 1740 i subscription papers *to ’collect!* Elec^ j from the wooden ceiling to suggest striking effects produced, in the dec- an effort was made to establish a Parish tiou of members for this purpose was paneling. The wood used is chestnut, oration is the curtain said to be after at Old Duck Creek. In 1744, the Rec-1 Soue into> and the following were attractive and not too dark. The ex- that of Michael Angelo, in the Sis- tor, Rev. Samuel Usher, reported that ^^ton ^Tame's JR Wheeler Pen- St. Peter’s Church, Smyrna, Delaware. ecution of this work reflects credit tene Chapel at Rome; warm in color, a wooijen Chape), was begun at Duck CooY, John Stewart,'Abraham Conner; upon the brilder, Joseph H. Wright, and so realistic and true iu perspec- Creek. The Rev. Mr. Inglis iu 1702, and the persons for superintending the Gift of a Beautiful Altar and Rail. tive- says that his people unanimously agreed work were Robt. Cook, Ed. Joy and j . , .. ... The re-arrangement of the pews, the to build a new brick Church «n, : Geo. C ummins—then adjourned to the laK, as tar as Oood were used iu the don, George W. Cummins and E. A. The altar is of oak, beautifully illu- .. .. ’ . I „ „ uew DrlLK ^uurcn- 1116 ! thud Monday in July next." • i ... .. T « i - «1-. taking on tliöir doors, tliG makiupr of Rgy Air Masraw records flip i construction of this Church. The Evans, were the building committee. miuated with the Lamb and four fohat- , ., .,- nev. mr, juagaw recoru? rue compie- I Here tbe minutes stop—no signature building committee consisted of John They removed tbe organ loft, and . , . . , . a good wide middle aisle and two side tion of Duck Crock Brink Church «ml ed columns. It is rich in expression. On . , , non oi duck wees oncx cuurcü, anti | of Secretary. It is probable tbe writ- Cummins sou of Daniel Cummins, placed a new organ iu the right tran- ...... aisles, give convenience and prove a its opening on Trinity Sunday, 1764— I 1 one end is the plate with this inscrip­ f chnrchly fitness, that quite discredit aud a large congregation. There were iug was that of tbe Rev. Samuel Roe. : Ebenezer Blackistou, Jacob Raymond, sept, and added tbe open chancel, with tion: “To the Glory of God, and in lov­ Archaic pew doors and side aisles. After 1791 the Parish languished till and John and Eben Cloak. its large window of stained glass rep- ing memory of John G. and Alphonsa ninety-four communicants. The view from front door to altar and 1827; we do not know if the repairs iu- In 1828, the Rev. John P. Robinson resenting Raphael's Transfiguration, C. Black and George S. and Margaret vice versa, is now clear and refreshing. Committee of Prominent Delawareans. tended were made. took charge of the Parish, aud iu 1831, and in memory of John and Susan H. W. Culbreth. Erected by Susan B. The ladies have purchased a new The building committee were. Dan-1 Dr. Robert Cook was tbe son of .lohn be was succeeded by tbe Rev. Robert Cummins. They also painted the in­ Waters and Susan Culbreth Sudler.” carpet for the chancel, which is in ! i®* ^'ummin8* Thomas Collins and John | Cook, whose daughter Elizabeth, mar- T. Piggott, a learned aud iu many terior and the exterior of tbe Church. A new altar rail of oak with brass place. ! Cook. Daniel Cummins was the father ried Ebeu Cloak, who was tbe father ways, a remarkable man. While a In 1883, the Rectory was built on the standards, divides the sacrarium, and is of John Cummins, aud was one-of the j of John and Eben Cloak. Their child- faithful Pastor, he was also a good lot of ground donated by Mrs. Susan also the gift of Mrs. Waters and Mrs. Building Committee Complimented. signers of the Ratification of the Con- ren, Mrs. Peterson Speakman, and artist. His engravings were excellent. ^ **der’ The last alterations and Sudler; the altar and rail are the work The painting and decoration belong in stitutiouof the United States. Thomas Mrs. James D. Wilds, are their rep- He left one of General Washington, of '“Pavements of 1961-2, which are the ■ I of Geissler, of New York. A new brass credit to The Chapman Decorative Co.> Collins was a member of the State resentatives iu St. Peter's. Timothy Patrick Henry, A. J. Dallas, Dr. Muh- third from its erection in 1827, present I altar desk for the Altar Service Book 1417 Chestnut St., Philadelphia. Anew Conncil, a Brigadier-General of Mi- Cummins was the oldest sou of Daniel lenburg, Bishop Seabury aud others, the interior of St. Peter’s iu most which is large and handsome, has been shingle roof has been put on. All this litia aud Governor of the State. Cummins, and the father of Daniel B. During his ministrations at Smyrna, agreeable form and color, and quite provided. work on St. Peters has been done John Cook, was a member of the Cummins, and George Cummins was j he left a small painted portrait of John eliminate unfavorable criticism, and for good taste and faithfulness in ex­ The walls are painted in light green under the direction of the building Legislature, one of the six Presidents , the second son of Daniel Cummins, and 1 Cummins, highly prized by bis family, ecution, should award to the building color, which is very effective in bring­ committee, which consists of the Rev. of the State, member of the Constitu- '■ the father of Bishop Cummins, Sarah Passing over his Reverend succes- committee a generous meed of praise. i (I ing out the stained glass windows. G. Valerie Gilreath, Wm. H. Januey, r tioual Convention of 1776, and was C. Cummins and Mrs. Robert Hill, j sore, we.come to 1857, when the Church Alexander G. Cummins. 1 \ ~*anhs Eadies Aj State organizer of traveling libraries, WROTE HIS OWN EPITAPH. Cèvrch, THE RIGHT TO VOTE. met TH has just donated two valuable traveling Venn} JTae libraries to the State Library Commis- Alexander Jackson, the Eccentric Camdenite, In En^lniul It In Withhold From tian End, sion. These libraries contain works Djcs His Own Post .Mortem Talking. Many Foil Fledged Citizen». t , There are many full fledged English Dr. Greene, Thursday of biography, history and nature study The monument which Mr. Alexander dtlzens who are d,8qualmed from by some of tbe most standard authors, Jackson of Camden, is having placed membership in parliament and from INTERESTING ITEMS GLEANED FROM STATE and grade down through fiction and over his tomb in Odd Fellows’ ceme- , taking any part in parliamentary elcc- verse to the books that will interest tery and which was described at length tions. Thus all peers of the realm, ex­ 11/ AND EASTERN SHORE PAPERS the smallest child. Miss Kane donates Discoverer of in the Delawarean some weeks ago, cept those Irish peers who do not hap------these libraries in memory of her has been completed by Mr. A. B. j Pen to have lieon elected for life to r Local Happenings of the Different Towns of father, Dr. John K. Kane, a promi- Moore of Dover, and workmen are represent their order in the house of 11 i the Peninsula and the Rural Districts, nent physician, aud her sister, both of piacinf? it in position. The stone ,ords- are barred from tho oxm'iso ,,f b franchise. So, too. are police officials, j 1 personal. Social and Otherwise. whom died a number of years ago. ! weighs five tons aud is of Vermont ' I ! high and low. They neither have a x-^Le ware College now has 113 stu- The New Castle Levy Court has ' ”raa^e' vote nor are they eligible. DR. GREENE’S NERVURA structions the largest number in the his- passed a resolution ordering all county The following epitaph written by Ineligibility to parliament extends to authoritiei the iustitntion. constables to make monthly settle- Jackson himself, adorns it: the Anglican clergy, to Scottish Pres­ colored re^.pddin.r of Miss Bernice Rebec- ments of the fiue8 and forfeitures they byterian ministers and to the Roman ALEXANDER JACKSON. j Catholic priesthood, 0 'ca^Ke tne and William Umstead Rey- collect and turn the money into the Undischarged j bankrupts and those convicted of fel­ Gives Advice 1 bold will take place at Delaware City ! county treasury. There is a question | Born March 3, 1827. ony and who have not completed their to-day. whether the money belongs to the j sentences and are merely freed on 1 I county or the State, and the constables Man coming to this life a sensitive organization, is actuated by his many tickets of leave are likewise disquali- l Miss Alice E. Lodge has accepted a bave been settling with the State ! f fled from election to parliament. So, Absolutely Free J position as teacher at Pratt’s school Treasurer in the past. The Levy I environments. These while. he re- too, are young men under the age of ' near Hazletville. Miss Lodge was a I Court, acting on the opinion of its at- [ m“n8 here> wl11 Dlllltiply, intensify twenty.one and persons who, having v ini student inthe Dover High School and torney, now demands the money, and and u|fetter . hlm Wlt.^ "nav°,dalb ® been Judicially declared insane, have ■ V>to fa member of the graduating class of unies9 the constables make a settle- r0Uble8 aad carea- a11 which, when not been legally restored to their civic appqhis vear. ment they will be removed, as they : be &TT]Vf at tbl8 place’ TlU’ rl«ht8 and Priv,k'ge8' I Parr • * j u r rs 1 be ended; but his mortal part (a mis- Insanity, however, does not constl- I Mr« Rpnrw Gordon Massev of are appointed by the Levy Court. 1 ...... , Call on DR. GREENE, or write to him per­ rai” tieor=e Aioraon aiassey, „ ...... , I nomer) will survive the grave for a tute any disqualification iu the case of j DoVtr, was bitten inthe hand by a dog The Court will protect the constables rele-ated bv the the upper house of parliament. Luna- ' Co sonally at his office, 101 Fifth Avenue, New XU. IhoagU .be .«..d i. no. <«<.- ««J U.bUUy .bonld i. be d.cM.d to’o.be. tics are permitted to take part in tho j p» She was trying to stop a fight that the State aud not the county divisions in the gilded chamber, and at i York City. He is a successful specialist on all li rious. economic uses; thus adding another I between her pet Boston terrier and a should get the money. the time when the Irish home rule bill. e: link to the chain of events running enacted by the house of commons, was nervous diseases resulting from overwork 1* strange dog, when the stranger caught tl down the tide of time without end. defeated by the house of lords no less .Jier hand in his jaw, inflicting two Pi j To have the courage to express one’s than three crazy peers were brought or excesses of any kind. Advice free. I wounds. KENT’S TRUSTEES OF THE POOR conscious conviction regardless of the down to Westminster by their keepers ■! . from the insane asylums in which they ! popular but untenable credulities PI The neglect of physicians of Kent ! Make Their Report to the Levy Court and extant, is to be true to one’s self, an were held under restraint and voted as •wil county to report the births in the Want More Money for the Present Year. hereditary legislators against home effort at true righteousness. rule being granted to Erin. Tr county during the months is a great According to statements made by Any friend or other8> Pas8iD= this • '•«• to the officials. Recorder CO President George M. Stevenson, of way- not in harmony herewith, will THE IRON FRONT'S REDUCTION SALE. i yen •,7it” Lord states that only two Smyrna, and other trustees of the poor Please do this 8acred 8Pot the char,ty births were reported for the last quar- ] Don’t wait for others to get the pick of the Bargains, but act at once. sac for Kent county, who appeared before of their sileuce. mei ter, while there were 45 deaths and 40 the Levy court to report upon their Peculiar dem marriages. year’s stewardship as trustees, seventy- Horse Blankets, Lap Robes Night Was Her Terror. Mrs. John O. Gruwell, of near eight inmates have been cared for and To Itself ? owf Petersburg, sold 1,178 eggs during the treated on the almshouse farm for an “I would cough nearly all night 1 long,” writes Mrs. Cbas. Applegate, In what it is and what it does—con­ and Air=Tight Stoves, pecu month of Februray, which had been appropriation of only $5,000 from the h DeB of Alexandria, Ind., “andcould hardly taining the best blood-purifying, laid by ninetynine hens. Besides this Levy Court for the year. When the get any sleep. I had consumption so stoc AT WONDERFULLY LOW PRICES. Mrs. Gruwell had used a large number court cut down this appropriation from bad that if I walked a block I would alterative and tonic substances and cough frightfully and spit blood, but, at her home, showing an excellent $7,000 to $5,000, some of the trustees effecting the most radical and per­ W when all other medicines failed, three We can offer you some choice Bargains in the above-named articles. record for her poultry. Mrs. George talked of resigning their posts as they $1.00 bottles of Dr. King’s New Dis­ manent cures of all humors and all to tk When ordering a RURAL, MAIL BOX, give us a call. We can . 3V. Killen, of Felton, who has only did not see how both ends could be covery wholly cured me and I gained eruptions, relieving weak, tired, piscopa^ jjeng BOid 144 egg8 during the met at this institution on $5,000 a year. 58 pounds.” It’s absolutely guaran­ fix you up at small cost. by Bishop ^onth • They had a good report to make, how­ teed to cure Coughs, Colds, La Grippe, languid feelings, and building up Bronchitis and all Throat and Lung mg prayer - ever, last Wednesday. But the fact the whole system—is true only of Wilkie c/ohn B. Draper, of Philadelphia, Troubles. Price 50c and $1.00; Trial that they succeeded last year did not bottles free at Benton N. Weldon’s Poffenbfd formerly a resident of Dover, has deter them from praying the court to drug store, Smyrna; J. S. & W. Latto- Hood’s Sarsaparilla WILLIAM F ARIES, t lessons.jen making his annual visit there increase the allowance to $7,000 for mus’ drug store, Townsend. Is o other medicine acts like it ; J preac'among friends and relatives. Last no other medicine has done so SMYRNA’S HARDWARE AND STOVE MAN, this year. A so. Tuesday night he was robbed of be- much real, substantial good, no Aroh tween $35 and $40 in cash by an nn- other medicine has restored health i Opposite Mrs. McFarlaue’s. Mrs. Harry A. Richardson of Dover the I known colored woman in the vicinity In reply to inquiries we have pleasure in and stren0‘,h at so little cost. announcing that Ely’s Liquid Cream Balm has just received two beautiful pea­ tbe ce*)f tbe Capitol Hotel. The following “I was troubled with scrofula and came is like the solid preparation of that admir- cocks, which will be allowed to roam (b The Eday two notorious characters were able remedy ■unk.cleansesin and heals near losing my eyesight. For four months I 01 over tbe lawn oi her handsome State ton, rebrought before Magistrate Wood, but membranes affec 1 ' nasal catarrh. could not see to do anything. After taking There is no drying (1 . , --.The Liquid street home. Mr. Richardson is ar­ two bottles of Hood’s Sarsaparilla I could see Oroff Draper could identify neither one of Cream Balm is adi / Anniversar*, patients ranging to improve the lawn, which to walk, and when 1 had taken eight bottles I m P - others them as the guilty person and they who have trou issionary anni- the could see as well as ever. Srsir A. Hairs- nose and pref occupies nearly a square of ground, the resiore released. wold Church. Pas- Elîiî ton. Withers. N. C. eluding spr ' ntil it will be the most attractive spot $1.00 PER YEAR IN API K. Mills. druggists > g discourse was in | Pei Hood’s 8arsut>»>rllla promises to j u- Miss Florence Bayard Kane, the Warren F'subject. The Sunday delphia «t’m many beiu’ifnl res'dences. cure d keeps tho promise. y , was in I 11 MtÉÉ: - . i6ng distance ’i Smyrna, Del. -, I

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