Smyrna times., 1905-04-19
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
SHORT, NEWSY ITEMS OF INTEREST GATH
Erred FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Cleaning Gathered From all Parts Of the State
About Your Friends and NeIghbOrs ard
Their DOings During the Week.


The Rev. j. T.. Graham, formerly
pastor of Wyoming M. E. Church,
has just been removed from the Cam
bridge, Md, Hospital, where he has
been undergoing treatment for eighteen
weeks. He will remove with his
family, to Seaford. He is a we'll
known member of the Wilmington
Conference.
The trustees of the Methodist Epis-
copal church have sold the parsonage
at Greensboro, Caroline county, Md. to
G. W. Eliason, who will remodel it and
make it his residence. A lot of ground
has been bought next to the new
Methodist Episcopol Church, on
which a new and modern parsonage
will be built.
Kent coupty's new whipping post
donated by Gen. 7. Coleman DUPONT,
of Wilmington, who received in ex-
change the old post and pillory, ar
rived Dover Saturday. 1t is yet in its
rough state, aud will have to be dres-
sed up before erection. 1t is intended
to have it complete and in position in
time for the April term of court,
which convenes April oath.
A number of well-known young Mil
ford women, will black their faces and
appear before the footlights as full
fedged minstrels, in order that the
firemen of the town may have some
horses to aid them in case of fire. Some
time ago, the members of the Milford
Fire Deparsment announced their great
need of horses to pull the heavy trucks
and hose cart, to and from a fire.
Their women friends at once came to
their rescue by offering to give a min
strel entertainment, the proceeds oi
which will go to buy the horses.
That the Importance of spraying frui
trees has been generally known to the
fruit-growers of Delaware, is evidenced
by the appearance of the trees at thi
time. Throughout central Delaware
and up into New Castle county, as fa
as Middletown. fruit trees appear t.
have been whltewashed, showing tn
effects of the spraying. Above tina
point the spraying is not so general
The residences of the fruit belt appea
to have awakened to this great dis
. covery, and there is every indication
that the fruit crop of 1906 will greatl
profit by the attention.
y Mr.. and Mrs. John Hutton, vel
!. known Dover people. quietly celebrate
n their fifty-frst wedding anniversar
t Tuesday, and were the guests of homo
8 at dinner party given by their sor
d Attorney John B. Hutton. The da
It was also the seventy-third. birthda
Q anniversary of Mrs. Hutton. Mr.. an
o Mrs. Hutton are Canadians, but cam
3 to Delaware about twenty-five year
d ago and settled near Dover for a nun
J. Der Of years. Mr.. Hutton is an actiy
s. Prohibitionist, and at the last electio
D his name occupied two places on th
r, Prohibition ticket-for lieutenant-go
Ie ernor and treasurer of Kent county.
" Commissioners of the poor of KeI
o county appeared before the Levy Cou
at yesterday urging an appropriation
le $1,000. The trustees manage an
10 operate large fertile farm, beIongir
IN to the county, and containing an aim
Ig house and hospital properties, on whit
ID there is an indebtedness of $1,000
10 The commissioners who appeart
Of yesterday presented scheme whe
v. the farm could be almost made
maintain mary of the unfortunat