Smyrna times., 1900-07-11
NEWS OF THE PENINSULA,
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED FROM THE
STATE AND EASTERN SHORE
Though a Community of Common Interests
Yet Every Week Brings its Changes
With Regard to People Well Known

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acres on his farm near the Capital.
William Hoey has taken position
as stenographer and typewriter with |
the Kent County Mutual Ins. Co.
DR.. T. H. Gilpin, of Middletown,
will have a yield of four thousand |
bushels of wheat off of 100 acres on his
farm.
1. n. Mills, of Clayton, has made an
estimate of the coming peach crop in
which he predicts an aggregate of
over 1000, 900 baskets for the entire
Peninsula.
Former Assemblyman Ezekiel Flem-
ing, of Harrington, has bought 100
acres of timber land in Dinwiddie
county, Va, and will use the timber
in his manufacturing enterprises at
Harrington.
The vacancy in the Dover school,
caused by the resignation of Miss Ella
Pardee, was filled by electing Miss Lou
Satterfeld for that department, while
Miss Carrie Andrews, of Hurlock, Md,
was elected to succeed Miss Satterfield
in Department No. 2.
Sheriff Wharton, Friday, sold the
Harrington PLGindealer's outfit to
William Fleming, of Harrington, for
$780, The claims aggregated 5000. j.
E. Horney, of Harrington, will not
publish the newspaper, but will con-
tinue the printing establishment.
Frank Reiman of Smyrna, who was
arrested recently on the charge OF
bribery at the last general election,
was arraigned before Magistrate Hut
ton Thursday afternoon. He waived
a preliminary hearing, and gave $1,000
beil for his appearance at court.
The EUery EUening says: Not
withstanding the depressing effects of
Organism and free silver coinage, Del
aware Democrats should be vigilant
and unremitting in their fight against
Addicksism. Their sole object should
be to elect a Legislature which will
not send Mr.. Addicks to the United
States Senate.
Senator Kenney is to be continued
as the Delaware member of the Demo
cratic National Committee. Senator
Kenney was very desirous of retain
ing the position. and as he had two
friends in the Delaware delegation, he
was able, by the aid of his own vote,
to establish deadlock, which was
finally broken by those opposed to him
withdrawing their opposition.
The Daily Republican says: As pre-
dicted in the Republican when Johr
Biggs was deposed from the chairman
ship of the Democratic State Centra
Committee, Mr.. Willard Salisbury ha
consented to lead the party to victor.
in its hopeless struggle this year IL
Delaware. This plan was agreed t
before the convention convened il
Dover two weeks ago and was spruni
on the convention in snap shot Orde
by John G. Gray. The other member
6f the committee are Charles G. Clif
ton of FELTON,, secretary, and Georg
II. Draper of Milford treasurer. Th
committee will go to work and re
hot campaign is promised in Delaware
Wherever Wilmington Democrat
assembled Thursday night, the Chi
topic of discussion was the action
l.. Irving handy at Kansas City
voting for a 16 to platform and NAL
ing a speech in favor of sixteen to on
The vote in the committee on resol
tions was twenty-six to twenty-four
favor of the sixteen to one plank. Hf
Handy voted for the sixteen to ol
plank it would have been tie and Il
plank might have been defeated. A
the neighboring States were again
sixteen to one, New York, New Jerse
Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Vi
ginia, Virginia, and in fact until Z
far West was reached, the opposite
was to 16 to /.
The Wilmington Sun of Friday, b
the following: "When it's all over
Kansas City; when the Hon. N
Handy and Senator Kenney com
back from the scene of patriotic hurr
and banging pistols; when, in thu
sober afterthought, they view the sor
mess they have made of their opp'
tunity; the former Congressman a
Delaware's only Senator will real
that the Democratic party in this ST.
is hopelessly split into factions and
breath of harmony will not be felt
many days. Delaware Democrats,
begin with, resent most strongly
position in which Handy aud Kenn
placed them-that of demanding
explicit 10 to / declaration in the