Smyrna times., 1908-04-01
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.

Gathered During the Week.
Mrs. Andrew Culver of FELTON, was
a passenger on the Kronprlnz
Wilelm March "a, bound for Bremen
German.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bancroft,
near Camden, entertained about 70
members of the Circle of the Baptist
Church on Monday evening.
David Zearfoss formerly Of Dover,
has gone to Wilmington, where he
will captain and train manager Wal
ler's Union League base ball team.
The case of Robert P. Small of
Milford for illegal sale of liquor,
will come before the U. S. Court in
Wilmington, April 6.
J. Albert Core has purchased the |
Wells property, corner of New and
Reed streets, Dover, for $1,000, and
after repairing it will make it his
home.
Inc delaware Nu. L. OOllCAAOAASS1
colored, has assigned the following
ministers: Dover, E. H. Webb;
Dover Circuit, S. H. Waters; Ches-
void, Solomon Hammond; Marydel,
w. H. Turner; Smyrna, W. H. Johns.
The twenty-frst annual convention
of the Delaware State Sunday School
Association will be held in Avenue M.
E. Church, Milford, Thursday and
Friday, April 16 and II. A fine
program is being prepared and all
things point to one of the very best
conventions in the history of the As
sociation.
Mrs. Cubbage wife of Represen-
tative Luther Cubbage of near Milford
can possibly lay claim to the largest
crops of eggs of any person in lower
Delaware. From IT'S hens of different
varieties she secured during the month
of January Isl dozen; February 16t
dozen and expects to secure for the
month of March at least 200 dozen.
1t is a singular coincidence tina
both the big hotels which have beer
sold were purchased by temperance
men-Chares w. Lord, of Camden
having bought the Bayard House, an
Henry Ridgey, of Dover, the Capitol
This is taken as an indication that tn
liquor men have given up hope tina
this county will ever again vote fC
license.
At sheriff's sale on Tuesday tt
Capitol Hotel, the oldest and tt
most widely known hotels in Dove
was purchased by George w. Teb'
Henry Ridgly and James H. Hughes
1t is understood that the new Owne
propose to fit up the first floor of Il
State street wing of the building f
offices and that the rest of the bull
ing will be put in first class conditi
and a modern and up to date hot
will be peOned.
The town of Bridgeville is on
high road of prosperity. During Is
residences costing over $40, 900 WI
erected and 2O-ton ice plant W
5000 tons storage capacity. A n
tract of 122 building lots has b.
opened and aready residen
aggregating $25O,OO are in cou
of erection. The berry crop this y
will surpass previous season and
farmers have arranged to bring
Italian families there.
That negro juror who was DIR;
on the panel for the April term
court in Sussex county is not tt
permitted to serve, the jury conn
sioner who had his name placed ir
box having with drawn his name
directed the sheriff not to serve
with a notice to appear. Negroe
court juries is something that
the extreme artizans who com
the republican administration
Sussex county feel that they ca
afford to stand for.
The First Infantry, Organ
Rehoboth this summer, arriving
the shore on Saturday June
remain a week. Governor Lea
the announcement Monday n
The selection of Rehoboth ca
general satisfaction in militia Gil
Rehoboth is the most popular
at which the militia has
encamped within the state. Th
of the camp will be the same as
in 1908, the field adjoining the
upon which the regiment encs
last year.
A summing up at the close
local option election in the last {
of the peninsula remaining