Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1906-02-07
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
AND MARYLAND PENINSULA
SHORT, NEwSY ITEMS OF INTEREST GATH
Erred FORM OUR EXcHNGES.
GIeanlngs Gathered from all Parts of the State
About Your Friends and Neighbors and
their DOings During the Week.


About Your Friends and Neighbors and
their DOings During the Week.
Elmer p. Hersey, cashier of the
Peoples National Bank, Laurel, re-
signed last week and was succeeded
by E. e. Wooten. former teller.
Assessor Prettyman of Lew es, has
completed his assessment and handed
the same to the commissioners who
now have the power of revision over
assessments.
An invitation las been extended to
Rev. l.. E. Poole, of Pocomoke City,
to become the pastor of Elkton Nj, E.
Church to succeed Rev. DIR. Il. e.
Martindale. who has been invited to
return to Salisbury.
The Sussex Printing and Publishing
Company was incorporated to engage
in the business of printing and pub.
fishing newspapers, periodicals and
job work. These incorporators are all
of Sussex County and the capital stock
is $15, 600.
Colonel Benjamin Nields and Attor-
ney General Robert II. Richards of
Wilmington and Henry Ridgely of
Dover, were appointed by Governor
Lea to represent Delaware at the Ma
tional Divorce Congress held in Wash
| ington last week.
Senator Alice has secured the ap.
pointment of Samuel Harper to be a
messenger for the Senate in Washing
ton, a position formerly held by Josh
ua Parker. Harper has been head
waiter at the Capitol Hotel for over 20
years.
The school house, with the books,
desks, maps, stoves and other school
supplies of district No. 10, near An
COLA in Indian River hundred, Sussex
County, was destroyed by fire few
nights ago. Loss about $500; insur-
ance $780, The origin of the fire is
unknown.
Certificates of incorporation were
granted by the State Department
Thursday to the Capital City Improve
ment Company, which is organized
and will be maintained for the pur-
pose of improving residences and
building sites in the nations capitol
city. The incorporators are all of
Washington, D. c., and the capital
stock is 100000
A total eclipse of the moon occurs
next Friday, the 9th. The moon be-
gins to enter the earth's shadow at
1857 a. m. is totally immersed at 1.5e
and continues so until $50, when her
eastern limb begins to come out of the
shadow, which she leaves finally at
4.37. This is an unusually long eclipse
as the moon passes almost centrally
through the earth's shadow.
L. e. Laubach of Syracuse, N. Y,
who owns farm near Wyoming, was
in Dover Monday. He registered at
one of the hotels and on retiring put
his pocketbook containing 500 under
the pillow. In the morning he went
down to breakfast, but finding he had
forgotten his pocket book he went
back after it and it was gone. He re-
ported his loss to the proprietor and
the matter is being investigated.
Albert Pritchett, living few miles
north of Dover, while chopping wood
last week, cut his foot and came near
bleeding to death. He was uncou
scious when DIR. w. f. Davis arrived
who applied restoratives and stopped
the flow of blood. The second anc
third toes were cut off and the bone Of
the great toe was nicked. The physi
clan had to ligate the internal planter
artery
AS result of the recent numerous
outrages perpetrated by negroes il
lower Delaware, the Kent County Pro
, tective Association voted to extend it.
protection to members and their fami
! lies against arson, assault or outrag,
of any kind. Heretofore the Associa
ton only worked in cases of theft an,
robbery, George M. Fisher of WV
oming was reelected president and T
O. Rose OF Dover, secretary and treas
q urer, Sheriff Edward Baker was electe,
chief detective.
t A'novel charter will probably be sc
o cured next week by Maryland capItal
2 istH. 1t is to build an automobll
s railroad whatever that may be. be
tween COLCHESTER Beach, the fine sun
mer resort on the eastern shore of th
b peninsula and Chestertown, the neal
it est Pennsylvania railroad station. S
It far as is known the incorporators wi
it be Alva L. Lamkin, w. G.. Evans, ]
q d. Bacchus, Il. ID. Bowers, J. N
d Sides, W. b. Cooper, w. w. Hubbar