Smyrna times., 1900-11-14
PENINSULA MATTER
OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE,
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM THE
STATE AND EASTERN SHORE
Though a Community of Common Interest,
Yet Every Week Brings its Changes With
Regard to People Well Known.

Yet Every week Brings lis InangeS Win
Regard to People Well Known.
The nine defeated candidates can
console themselves with the reflection
that tits better to have run and lost
than never to have run at all.
1t is hoped that at last the Demo
cratic party has enough of Organism
and Populism. They will never win
Democratic victories in this country.
Letters of Administration on the es-
tate of Benjamin F. CHM, late of APP
oquinimink hundred, have been gran
ted to S. Thomas Lattomus and Sarah
G. CHM.
DIR. William Marshall, a we'll known
citizen of Milford, died Friday. He |
was the father of DIR. George W. Mar
shall, the Republican Insurance Com
missioner.
One hundred dollars reward has been
offered for the capture of the burglars
who blew open the safe at Levy's distil-
lery at Dover and secured $40 and two
gold watches.
Rev. S. N. Pilchard who has been
preaching at Greensboro since the
transfer of Rev. A. Green to Newport,
has been Invited by the Official board
to continue as pastor of the church.
As result of the election in Della
ware, several aspiring Democratic
statesman will be laid on the shelf.
And the Democratic party will be. all
the stronger for their retirement.
Frank Case, who had his left arm
caught in a cog wheel at Flem-
ming's mill at Harrington last week,
was injured very severely. At first it
was thought that the arm would have
to he amputated.
After all, elections in this country
are a good deal like quarrels between
man and wife. Half the hard things
they say, they don't mean and they
are willing to take back the other half
when the scrap is over.
The Rev, J. d. G. Hanna, Secretary
of the Twentieth Century Endowment
Fund, has been transferred from the
Wilmington Conference to the West
Chester NJ. E. Church, Philadelphia
Conference and has assumed the duties
of assistant pastor.
Says the Sentinel: "With the cleo
tion of majority of the Legislative
ticket the State of Delaware is now as
sured of two Republican United States
Senators and Mr.. Kenney will be OBJ
hged to retire to private life, and the
ambitions of Willard Salisbury and
John Biggs were once more blighted.
One of the novel features of the Re-
publican victory in this State is the
election of all the county offices and
getting control of the Levy Court in
Kent county. 1t has been difficult
task to break up an old county build
ing gang but one by one they have
been knocked out and at last the Re
publicans control this county.
The next Legislature will be con
fronted with the problem of raising
revenue to run the State Government
The increased cost Of maintaining th'
the streets, sewers and bridges in Will
mington and county will necessitat
the bonding of the State for 5000, 900
which would not be needed if SOM
other coporations paid proper Stat
tax. The eyes of the people are on tn
next Legislature and they will fin
that they have some difficult prob
lens to solve.
If the Republicans in the two lowe
counties had taken the advice of tn
Republicans, they would have electe
every man on their ticket, as they di
in New Castle county, where th
straight ticket was voted. But tn
Republicans will control the LegIs
latlre, having 30 members on joint ba
lot. The Republica MS of New Cast
county have been cheated out of I'll
election time after time. When the
would carry the city, and elect I'll
officials, then some of the pot houl
Democrats would go down to Dow
and have a law passed that put Il
Republicans out of Office or, in son
cases, the offices were abolished
The election of the majority of Il
members of the Levy Court by 4
Republican party means a great dc
to the party. 1t means that Repu
1icans will fill the many position und
the Levy Court VII. Republican.