Smyrna times., 1908-05-27
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM
ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA
People You Know and their Doings
in Other Towns and Places,
Gathered During the Week.

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The Delaware State Medical Ex-
amining Board met in Dover Wed
nesday and reelected DIR. Briggs
president, and DR.. ]. H. Wilson sec
retary.
The annual school election this year
will be held on the first Saturday in
June unless it be in incorporated dis
tricts, where the date is fixed by incor
pOration.
Robert FARRELL has purchased the
Boyer or Geiger canning plant at
Marydel, and will operate it this sea-
son. Mr.. Jarrell's plant at Colds
boro, is one of the largest on the pen
insula.
DIR. T. H. Lewis a Kent countian,
last week at Pittsburg, was unanim-
ously chosen president of the general
conference of the Methodist Protest
ant Church, the highest body of the
church in Americ.
The automobile craze has struck
Salisbury. There are at present "a
cars owned by Salisburians, repre-
senting an outlay of $50, 900 or more,
and others are ordered, which are
expected during the month of May.
William C. F. Waller, of Dover,
who proved a very successful man
ager of the Wilmington Union League
base ball club, has become manager
of the Wilmington Tri-State League
Club.
]. A. Hirons has prepared plans
for the remodeling of the Capitol
Hotel at Dover. There will be five
offices on State street, and the hotel
office and entrance at the corner of
State street and the Green. The
ladies parlor is to be on the second
floor. The work is to be completed
by July 10th.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Harper, of
Philadelphia, but former residents of
Dover, have issued invitations for
the marriage of their daughter, Miss
Anna Harper, to Mr.. Winfred Trexler
Root, Wednesday, the third of June,
at half after seven, Temple Baptist
Church.
The public building bill reported
to the House of Representative at
Washington last week carries an ap-
preparation of $40, 600 for a new gov
ernment building at Milford. 1t was
through the efforts of Senator Rich
ardson that the appropriation was
allowed.
The Senior Glass of Lebanon High
School will hold its commencement
exercises Wednesday evening, June
third, at eight o'clock, in the Luth-
eran Church, Rising Sun. The grad.
yates are Maude E. Biddle, Susan
Leah Frear, and Katharine T. Con.
well. Prof. James E. Carroll,
County Superintendent, will deliver
the address of the evening.
The commencement exercises of the
Harrington High School will be helC
in the Opera House tomorrow, Thurs
day, May 28. There will be thirteer
graduates in the class, the largest fol
several years. Hulda Schultz i.
salutatorian, Helen Barber valedic
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The baccalaureate sermon wa
preached by Rev. Eggert in the Pres
byterian Church Sunday evening.
Governor Lea has designated Lieu
tenant w. F. Honey, Jr., of Dover
as the candidate from the organized
Militia of Delaware to enter tn,
competitive examination for appoint
ment as a second lieutenant in tn
United States Army. He will TAX
: his examination at Fort Leavenworth
Kansas, in July. Mr.. Hoey is at
tached to Company G, First Infantr,
and has made an excellent record, il
the service of the State.
At the monthly meeting of the Del
aware State Club of the Universit
of Pennsylvania last week, the fol
lowing officers were elected for tn
ensuing year: President, H. P. Ham
mond; vice-preident, H. M. Dawson
secretary, L. L. Layton, Jr.; trea
surer, j. D. Patterson. 1t was de
cided to erect in Houston Hall tab
let to the memory of Caesar Augustu
; Rodney, one of the most illustriou
of the university's alumni from Del
aware. A dance similar to the on
; held in January at the New Centur
Club was discussed. 1t will be hel
during the Christmas holidays.
The order relative to the return c
packages free of charge issued
Charles E. Kingston, Division Freigf