The Delmar news., 1904-05-20

The first crate of STRAWBERRIES wa
shipped from here Wednesday Of thi
, week by Hastings & Co. 1t was a g
quart crate grown by g. j. Brown.
! Bishop Coleman will make hi,
annual Whit Sunday visitation tt
Christ Church, Broad Greek, Sunday,
May, s2nd. inst. 2. 80 p. m.
Mr.. Harry L. German, who has
been quite sick is now convalescing.
| The Maryland Republican Conven.
| tion, which met in Baltimore, May
11th,, elected the following delegates
to the National Convention, which
meets in Chicago; L. A. McComas, B.
Carter, s. A. Williams and William
H. jackson.
J. Paul Brown, we'll known in
Wilmington died few days ago in
Baltimore Hospital.
The corner stone of the Masonic
temple at Salisbury will be laid May
slst. Delmar Lodge No. 201 expects
to attend.
The first special train from Phila-
delphia for the Worlds Fair at St.
Louis carried about three hundred and
fifty passengers
The people have begun to wear
straw hats.
The recent rains have done much
good to growing vegetation, especially
strawberries.
John Wanamalcer has awarded con-
tracts for the largest store in the world
on the site of his present establish
ment. 1t will be twelve stories high
and cover thirty five acres of floor
space.
| Forty nine cases for divorce will
come up before the New Castle County
Court this session.
The following days have been set
apart for the various secret orders at
Worlds Fair at st. Louis, Mo. Jr.
Order American Mechanics, June 23rd.,
1904; Knights of Pythias, August
22nd., 1904; A. o. U. W., Oct, 27th,
1904; Red Men, September i7th., 1904.
The Temple of Fraternity is rendez-
vous for all secret orders at the Fair.
Every member is invited to make the
temple his home while on the fair
grounds. The building is fixed with
all the modern conveniences and one
can make himself feel at home.
The Delmar Lumber Company is
now running full time and expects
to the balance of the summer as they
have orders for over one half million
tomato cans.
The warm weather for the last few
days, has made decided change in
strawberries and some say we will be-
gin to ship as early as the 20th., Of
May.
Mr.. William b. Sirman has resum-
ed operation ON his new dwelling on
Jewell Street.
Mr.. G.. J.. Jones has had his photo
graph gallery newly painted this week.
Strawberry festivals will soon be
occupying the minds o. the Sunday
School scholars.
The showers, of the past week have
been great benefit to all growing
vegetation.
Mr.. Ira Phillips is having his house
on State Street newly painted this
week.
Frank Fox, fisherman of Allen,
Md, caught one of the largest stur-
geons ever seen in the Wicomico river,
1t was feet and Z inches long and
weighed 268 pounds.
Mr.. John d. Renninger, the special
agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad
freight department who is making a
tour of Delaware, inspecting orchards
and gardens reports an immense yield
of fruit if conditions continue as fay
orable as they ara at this time. He
declares that the peach crop will be an
especially good one, barring the June
drop.
W. e. German & Son, contractors
and builders, are now ready for bids
on all kinds of construction and build
ing of brick, stone or frame on reason
able terms. All work guaranteed
prompt attention. We are practical
mechanics and give practical estimates
References: Delmar Lumber Mfg.
Co., Bank of Delmar. Address W..
e. German g Son, Delmar, Del,
Prohibition by const i tutional
amendment has been forced more or.
less in Kansas for the last 2l years.
In five out of one hundred and five
counties the laws are not enforced.
These five counties have only II per
cent of the population, but they fur
nish thirty per cent of the crime.
Eggs Wanted Highest cash price
paid for eggs. We need them, at
Long & Penuel's.
! The Delaware Buggy Co., will sell
buggies on easy payments and allow
you time to pay for them. See T. A.
veasey about it. He'll make it plain
to WON