Smyrna times., 1908-06-24
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA

Gathered during the week.
Easton, Md. has fixed the tax
rate for 1908 at so cents on the S100.
Ninety young women took ex-
animation for public school teachers
at Elkton the past week.
The Belair, Salisbury and Havre
de Grace High Schools will establish |
commercial business courses.
Burglars were foiled in an attempt
to enter the residence of Harvey Gar
vim in Rising Sun Md Friday night.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Methodist Protestant Church will
hold open air meetings in different
parts of Georgetown during July and
August.
A giant head of lettuce, measur-
ing II inches across the top and
weighing over two pounds, was grown
in the garden of William C. Hum
phreys, of South Milford.
With the exception of one building
over which there is a lawsuit, the
widening of Tenth street, Whining
ton, from Market to Tatnall streets,
will be completed in a few days.
Charles Kerns, of Milford Cross
roads, who recently was injured while
digging rave by a tombstone falling
upon him, is in a critical condition,
one of his legs having been amputa-
ted.
DR.. William F. Davis, of Dover,
last week sold a valuable tract of
land at Marydel. containing four
acres, to Daniel V. Hutchins; con-
sideration, $525.
While on country road, a horse
driven by C. F. Warrington, of
Greenwood, becamed frightened and
jumped into a ditch. The wagon
overturned and Warrington was badly
cut on the face and head.
Heirs of the late DIR. Isaac L.
Adkins, of Easton, have filed deed
of partition, whereby they divide
among themselves his five farms, the
differences in value being settled by
money payments, the remaining
property being still held as tenants
in common.
Whe she heard an commotion in
the hen house, on farm near Mil
ford Mrs. E. H. Harris run out
in time to catch big black snake
making a square meal from a nest of
eggs from which it had driven a
setting hen. Harris despatched the
interloper, which measured over
feet in length.
A bank went out of business in an
unusual way, last week, in Newport
News, Va. 1t quietly paid off all
depositors and placed its outstanding
papers in the hands of other banks
for collection. After it squared up
it had its capital stock of $50, 900
and $12, 900 surplus.
The Wicomico County School Board
has awarded a free scholarship in
Western Maryland College to Miss
Laura Ruark, of Salisbury; a free
: scholarship in St. Mary's Female
Seminary to Miss Stella A. Waller, of
Salisbury; free scholarship in the
State Normal School to Miss Irms
Boston of Quantico, and a free
scholarship in Maryland Institute OF
Art to Charles B. Coale of Baltimore.
While burning caterpillars from g
mulburry tree in her yard at Seaforc
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Jane Jones,
widow of the late Jacob C. Jones, &
civil war veteran, was fatally burned
A speck of flame fell from the
torch and fired her clothing
Neighbors who were attracted by hel
screams extinguished the fire, bu
physicians say she will not recover.
Mayor Warrington had a hot tim,
in his office at Georgetown whel
Horace Pepper and Walter Peppe
- | OHSoSCu III d law suit. ALuOuR III
witnesses called were a Mr.. Mustar,
;. and a Mr.. Sage. All are oil
family names in lower Delaware
but never had they been cOnnecte
so closely together on such a war;
day. After the case had been hear
the Mayor wiped his brow an
murmured that it was "hot stuff
and that the principals had becom
very heated in their arguments.
An interesting wedding occurre
last Wednesday evening at the Harr
q son street NJ E. Parsonage, 131
u West Sixth street, Wilmington, whe
Miss Eva R. Atkins became the viii
of Paul Barnette, of the firm of Bal
81 nette Brothers, Dover. The Rev
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