Smyrna times., 1902-07-16


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CLAYTON.
Items Of Interest Cleaned From the DOings
In and About Town:
Miss Ethel Ennis, of Millsboro, is
visiting here.
Frank Van Winkle, of Salisbury, is
spending a week with his parents here.
Benjamin Garman, of Wilmington,
is spending his vacation with friends
here.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. E. Keagy, of
New York city, are the guests of re-
latives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gideon Blizzard are
entertaining their daughter, Mrs.
Ruth Lynn, of Chicago.
Frank and Charles King have return
ed to Philadelphia after pleasant visit
here with William King.
Mr.. and Mrs. William F. Casperson,
of Wilmington, visited relatives here
during the past few days.
Mrs. NJ. J. Clifton entertained Miss
Sarah Jones and Miss Ethel Reese, of
Harrington, during the past week.
Miss Maggie Brothers, of Trenton,
n. j., and Mrs Mary Subers, of Ches-
tertown, Md, were guests of their sis
ter, Mrs. Fl. r. Woolford, during the
past week.
The old corps of teachers has been
engaged for another term by the Town
Board of Education. The board also
decided to have better discipline kept
in the schools than has been the Gus
tom in years past.
Peter Green and William Jones,
having reached the age of 21 years,
graduated from st. Joseph s Industrial
School during the past week. They
have gone to Baltimore where Mr..
Green has secured a position firing a
boiler. Mr. Jones is tailor, but has
not yet decided where to settle.
On account of the scarcity of hay
somefarmers are sowing black cowpeas.
These are said to yield abundantly,
and horses and cattle thrive splendidly
upon the yield. which is both hay and
grain. In some parts of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland the farmers depend
almost entirely upon the peas for their
proyender.
A nine-year-old child residing at the
home of John Bicklin, near Marydel,
while leading a horse to a watering
trough, was so badly kicked by the
animal, that he shortly afterward died.
The child was found unconscious in
the yard, and was carried to the house
where he was cared for, but internal
hemorrahages set in and he soon died.
The little fellow had been taken from
Philadelphia home and was being
raised by Mr.. Bicklin.
DIR. Alexander Lowber, secretary oi
the State Board of Health, reports
that so far as have come to his atten
tion there are only two cases of small
pox in SUSSEX county, one at Harring
ton and the other about six miles from
Delmar, and both of them are recover
ing. The doctor hears that there arr
two or three cases in Delmar, but the,
are in the Maryland side of the tow
and hence not under the jurisdiction
of the Delaware Board of Health.
The Queen Caroline, the handsom
new steel steamer Of the Queen Anne
Railroad. which left her pier, on Ligh
Street, Baltimore, Thursday Afternoon
of last week, reached her destination
Lewes, on Friday, after a successfT
trip. She has now taken her place i
the service of the Queen Anne's Raj
road and will make daily trips to Car
Nav Point in conjunction with th
schedule of the railroad company, con
Meeting at Lewes, the eastern terminu
and thus affording a short trip fro
Baltimore, Washington and point
south and west, to Cape May.
The movement on foot to establish
military organization has proven e.
ceedingly popular among the your
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