Smyrna times., 1905-10-04
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
SHORT, NEWSY ITEMS OF INTEREST GATH
EkHD FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
Gleauings Gathered Prom all Parts Of the State
About Your Friends and NelghbOrs and
Their DOings During the Week.

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September II, Manluff Diel and Miss
Name Slmons, both of Whitleysburg,
were married by Rev. J. K. Underhill.
Centreville is now in the midst of
the greatest building boom it has ex-
perienced for many years, barring the
period following the
great fire of 1902.
The American Legal Advisory Com
mittee was incorporated to enter into
contracts for furnishing legal advice.
These incorporators are of Philadel-
phia, and the capital stock at the be-
ginning of the company's career is
1925, 900.
The Southern Pine Company, of
Philadelphia, was incorporated to buy,
sell, manufacture and deal in lumber
and timber of all kinds. The incor-
porators are all of Philadelphia and
the capital stock is $4,000.
John Brown and Miss Martle Lamb,
both of Leipsic, were married in Phil
adelphia at the Park Avenue Church
by Rev. Linn Bowman at 7.30 o'clock
Wednesday evening last. They will
make trip of about ten days through
Pennsylvania to Niagara Falls.
Letters on the estate of Thomas J.
Wilson, late of Northwest Fork hun
dred, have been granted to Elizabeth
B. Wilson; on the estate of Elizabeth
Wilson, late of Broadkiln hundred, to
William G. Clements; on the estate of
Manam r. Walls, late of Georgetown
hundred, to Catharine G. Walls; on
the estate Of Sallie E. Jones, late of
Cedar Greek hundred, to Robert A.
Warren.
Marriage licensee have been issued
to Lewis Burton and Edna Baylis of
Dagsboro hundred; John NJ. Maxwell
and Sarah E. Smith of Nanticoke hun
dred; Lemuel Palmer, Jr., of Lewes
and Rehoboth hundred and Della
Truitt of Indian River hundred; /;
Henry Petts of Chincoteaguep Va, and
Martha McCabe of Baltimore hundred.
On the farm of John J. Rosa, Just
north of Milford, there is an orchard
of Keiffer pears of 800 trees, which was
set in 1896. From one tree was picked
% baskets of merchantable pears, and
| aouarol hoolxafu lafA for Ia4o
picking. The average has been about
eight baskets per trees, and when all
J are harvested Mr.. Rosa expects to
have 1000 baskets of pears.
The State Department last week is.
sued certificates of incorporation to the
Baltimore Peach Bottom Slate Com
pany, which will engage in quarrying
lining and dealing in and dealing with
slate, marble and other material
taken from the earth. The incorpor
ators are of Baltimore and the capita
stock is 100000.
During this year more than a hun
dred new houses have been erected il
the limits of Salisbury. Many of thes
are handsome and expensIveresidence
while all are comfortable homes
=, There is not a town on the Easter
q Shore where the laboring people an
II the mechanics live in as good homes a
. in Salisbury, and they are mostl
= owped by the people who live in then
. 1t is almost impossible to rent res
- dences in Salisbury.
a The annual convention of the Ea
y. Dover Hundred Sunday School Ass
,r citation was held in the First Bapti
I'd Church Dover last Tuesday. The i
III teresting and instructive program,
in previously advertised, was observe
ne The following officers were electe
C. President, A. M. DAILY, vice presiden
ct w. E. Wilson; secretary and treasure
re Mrs. H. 9. Taylor; executive col
ly mittee, all the above officers and MI
ed Johnson. Miss Bessie Downes al
e. John B. Hutton. The next meeti
as will be held in Wesley Church.
~ Towns all over the peninsula a
;" taking steps toward providing ad
quate fire protection during the CO
ing winter, the protection to be
such nature thst destructive
will be impossible exc ept during hi
" wind. Harrington, which has nov
~, fine volunteer fire department.
N appointed committee to purchase a
- remodel or build a suitable buildi
az a. for the home of the company and
~ paratus, G.. S. Harrington, j. W. Sh
Wv '-0 drake, James Holt, A. d. McCabe q
-. ~ H. S. Harrington compose the &C
mittee.
ars Thieves made raid on the diane
We. back terrapin pen of Cove Sho
her which is located in Little Greek, es
,ses Thursday morning and $1, 500 wortl