Smyrna times., 1905-05-24
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 and
Their DOlngs During the Week.
There is a movement on foot in Do
yer to secure the early closing of the
stores during the summer months.
The Town Commissioners of Mid
dletown at their meeting on Thursday
evening last, decided to make the tax
rate for the present year S1.4O on the
800.
Rev. W. G. Jason, president of the
State College for Colored students,
near Dover, delivered the alumni ora
ton at Drew Theological Seminary,
of which he is graduate, at Madison,
n. j.
Governor Lea has had a number of
applications for the seat in the Kent
County Levy Court, made vacant by
the death of Commissioner Robert s.
Downs of Harrington. William Tharp,
s. L. Shaw and J. W. Powell are can
didates.
At State meeting, of the Modern
Woodmen of America held at Bridge
vile, A. o. Crozier of Wilmington,
was elected delegate to the Head
Camp which meets in Milwaukee,
Wis, June 20 and William II. Reed of
Dover, alternate.
John NJ. Shippers, of Philadelphia,
convicted of the murder of Albert Con-
stable at Elkton, and sentenced to be
hanged has been granted an extension
of time from May Is to June 10, in
which to file bill of exceptions.
An editor in Northern Illinois, who
started about twenty years ago with
Is cents IS now worth 100000. His
accumulation of wealth is owing to his
frugality, strict attention to business,
and the fact that an uncle died and
left him 500, 99s.-Ex.
Joseph E. Virdin, contractor, ex-
poets to have the Government wireless
telegraph station on the point of Cape
Henlopen completed in about thirty
days. The Government will equip the
station and maintain two operators. 1t
will cost about $S, 900 to get the plant
in operation.
Miss Madeline George, daughter of
John E. George of Sudlersville, clerk
of the court of Queen Anne's County,
has broken all record for Sunday
School attendance on the Peninsula by
appearing in her class every Sunday
for one year. She is now about-to en-
ter upon the second years trial attend
ance and appears to be able to defy the
elements, heat and cold in the fealty
to the cause.
j. Frank Crew, a Delaware man has
invested in two large automobiles
which he proposes to operate in the
carriage of passengers to COLCHESTER
Beach from various inland towns. The
automobiles are of the big sight seer
variety and already the farmers and
owners of young horses are becoming
alarmed and anxious to possess time
tables aud charts of the bubbles in or
der to escape the "bubbles" at the
right time.
Mollie, a valuable driving horse,
owned by J. J. Ross of Seafoad, died
on Thursday of last week. The horse
had been a familiar animal on our
streets says the News, for "a years and
was known to almost every citizen.
Mr.. Ross purchased her when she was
years old, for $3.50. She was given
decent burial, her master following
in his carriage to her grave.
The special election on the subject
Of free library for Georgetown was
held there Monday afternoon. The
election was hotly contested, women
as we'll as men voting. There were
221 votes cast, Ga being in favor of the
library and 157 against. The special
election was brought about by the Of
fer of Andrew Carnegie to donate
$4,000 for free circulating library in
Georgetown provided the voters would
raise 5000 annually for its maintenance.
Governor Stokes of New Jersey, las
Saturday appointed the following
members to represent New Jersey OF
the commission which is to draw III
uniform fishing laws for the states O
Delaware and New Jersey: William J
Bradley, John B. Avis and James B
Strimple. The commissioners ap
pointed by Governor Lea for Delawar,
are William S. Hilles, Walter H
Hayes and Alexander B. Cooper. Tn,
commission will hold joint meetin,
in the near future.