Smyrna times., 1898-01-12
County and State Items.

The EastOn, Md, ".Stay DeD,Ocrat'
has entered upon its ninty-ninth vol
ume. 1t claims to be the first news
paper published on the Peninsula.
This paper tried the semi-weekly
issue several months but it was not
satisfactory and has gone back to the
weekly.
The demand for canned tomatoes is
said to be unprecedented for this sea
son of the year. Buyers are Offering
80 cents a dozen already. The cause
of the rise is the failure of the crop
last season. The scarcity will un-
doubtedly clean the market and good
prices should be paid growers next
season.
The KENT CLUB.-O Thursday
night the Kent Club at Dover, elected
officers to serve for the current wear.
They are: President, Harry A. Rich
ardson; Vice President, John H. Jones:
Secretary, Mark A. Cole; Treasurer,
Alden B. Richardson; Board of Gov
ernors-RObt. L. Holiday, VIM. D.
Denney, VIM. T. Smithers, Dupont
Walker, DIR. J. NJ. Twilley.
The Delaware & Atlantic Telephone
Company has announced reduction
IN rates for telephones to S36 for bust
ness houses and $24 a year for resi-
dences to meet the rate charged by the
new Delmarvia Company, which is
asking those prices, and there promises
to be merry war between the two
companies. The old company has
been asking $50 for business houses
and $45 for residences.
Lemuel W. NAPLES, Notary Public.
and an influential and highly respected
citizen, died at Lewes, Friday, in the
10Th year of his age. Mr.. NAPLES has
been feeble for several months. but
had only been confined to the house a
few days. Organic heart trouble was
the cause of death. He learned the
mercantile business in Smyrna, resid-
ing here for several years.
BoGGs STILL KEEPS AwAY.-Mrs.
William N. BOggs, wife of the default
ing teller of the First National Bank
is still visiting her mother, Mrs. C. B.
Hope, and it is said her stay is in
definite. One of Boggs' half-brothers
said that no member of the family, not
even Mrs. BOggs, had heard from the
man for months, and they did
not know whether he was dead or alive
This brother said that some member
of his family might join him away.
Rev. e. B. Taylor has had James
Cook the boy preacher from Georgia.
helping him in his extra services at
Willis Chapel, near FELTON,. There
has been a great deal of interest
manifested in the revival and to date
thirteen persons have professed
conversion. The meetings have been
N charge of Rev. William Hirons.
5he boy preacher from the Conference
Academy of Dover, and Rev. Frank
Faulkner, also a student at that insti-
ution.
MUNICIPAL ELECTION IN DovER
Che Town Election in Dover Monday.
esulted in the election of the mixed
lcket against the Union Republican
" l47 majority. The new Board will
'e,-William Denney, president of
Jouncil; Geo. A. Millington, Severn
,aylor, VIM. M. Hazel, w. S. Bostio:
ssessor, L. G. i. Smith. The New
Constitution, about paying taxes was
Pplied to this town election, and
Dover writer to-day says that over
90 colored voters and 35 whites were
isfranchised. The same writer saws
that 1t has convinced each and every
ne OF them that they must pay their
'xes in person, and with their own
loney, or not vote"
AGAINST THE LIQUOR TRAFFrc
Mon M. E. Church, of Wilmington
as packed to the doors Thursday
'ening. The occasion was a meet.
ng OF the Anti-Saloon League, pre-
ded over by Captain George w.
'seph. Rev. ]. d. G. Hanna gave a
lort lecture on ''Ten Nights in a Bar
oom' )" illustrated with stereopticon
ews. Miss Carolyn Pierce next held n
e large audience in rapt attention for ]
few moments with an interesting rec L