Smyrna times., 1901-06-05
PENINSULA MATTERS
OF GENERAL IMPORTANCE,
ITEMS Of INTEREST CLEANED FROM THE
STATE AND EASTERN SHORE.
TbOuOh a Community Of Common Interest
Vet Every Week Brings its Changes With
Regard 10 People Well Known.


Regard 10 People Well Known.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Comp
any will open an Office at Camden,
where there has never been telegraph
office.
A number of persons in and around
FELTON, were at Barrett's Chapel Gene
terv on Decoration Day to decorate
tbe graves of their departed friends.
Governor Hum will preside at the
commencement exercises of Goldey
College in the Grand Opera House,
Wilmington, tomorrow evening.
The Graduating and Commencement
exercises at the Middletown Academy
High School, will take place on Mon
day evening June 18th, school closing
on the 14th.
Tuesday June nth, in Dover, Miss
Minerva Smith, will be married to Rev.
John Emory Parks. The groom is
Methodist Episcopal Minister, and has
n charge on Long Island.
Real estate agent J. r. McGouigal
has sold the so acre farm of S. NJ. Will
liams, which adjoins the Edward Jack
son and Peck farms near Camden to
f. r. Lenker and brother of Hartley.
Capt. Vinyard leaves Milford to day
with the steam boat Emma Refs, for
Wilmington Del, where she will have
a large new boiler and more powerful
engines placed in her by the Pusey &
Jones Company.
Salaries of Delaware postmasters
have been changed as follows: Della
ware City, 81, 500 to 81. Middle
town, 81, 500 to 81, 700; Seaford, $1,000
to 81 800; Dover, 81, ,OOO to So, 200; New
Castle, 81, 100 to 81 200.
Edward Sharp, aged 50 years, died
while sitting reading at his home near
Milford. He was apparently in the
best of health, and had no unfavorable
symptoms. He left an estate worth
about $4,000 and was unmarried.
The annual reunion service was held
Sunday last at Old Drawers. DR..
Louderbough, of Salem, preached
the morning sermon. The afternoon
service was held in memory of Lewis
c. Vandegrift. Chief Justice Lore, of
Wilmington, being one of the princi-
pal speakers.
The commencement exercises of the
Wyoming High School, Charles Nor
ris principal. will be held in the NJ. f
Church on Friday, June z, 1901
Harry Whiteman, Esq, of Whining
ton, will deliver the address to the
graduating class.
Daniel J. Bending, of Harrington
who was held for the April term o
court on the charge Of killing Georg'
W. Hearn, but against whom the gran(
jury failed to bring in true bill, las
eek taken'to the Kent county aims
use, near Wyoming, on the advice
Of friends. He is i'll.
The people have been riding on troll
ley promises for some time. Wha
they now want is ride on the trolle
itself. When the tracks are laid an
the cars running all doubts will hav
been dispelled. Until this is done
the people of Kent county will cor
tinue to wait for something to turn M
Decoration Day was celebrated i
Dover with more ceremony than fo
many years before. At Mrs. Richard
sons park, the Wesley Chorus wer
more than successful and the entei
tainment was patronized by a larg
audience. Over $3.50 was taken in
the gates and the net proceeds will |
applied to the Conference Academ
! debt.
Mrs. Catherine w. Prettyman, OIL
Il OF the oldest and best known wome
In central Kent county, died at h
home in Camden Friday Afternoon
She was born in Camden SO years ag
This mother has given two sons to IL
ministry, Revs. @. w. and Il.
L Prettyman, the former of whom su
] wives her as does also daughter MI
\ Sallie Wright
Prof. Cecil A. Ewing, acting prime
pal of the Wilmington Conferen
Academy, will not go to Milford to /
come superintendent of the free scho
to which position he was elected abo
amonth ago. Prof. Ewing has acce
ted handsome offer from the Tol
Memorial Institute, to become head
its English department After rece
ing the offer from the celebrated MAJ
land institution at Port Deposit,
principal went to Milford and secur
his release from the Board of Pub
Education, after which he immediat,
accepted the Tome Institute positi,