Smyrna times., 1910-10-26
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST CLEANED
FROM ALL PARTS OF PENINSULA

His motorcycle colliding with a .
telegraph pole at pleasant Hill, w.
K MADDOX sustained serious iiuries.
Governor Crothers started last week
on a tour of inspection of the State
roads in Cecil and Hartford counties
Md.
A number of farmers about Sea-
ford are losing cattle from some un-
known cause.
Because of so many automobile
accidents in Lewes, Town Council
will appoint a special officer to stop
speeding on the streets.
Farmers in the lower districts of
Cecil County, Md, find it so difficult
to get labor that they are paying
from S1.5O to 81 per day to corn
huskers.
On &C ,ount of the high price of
scarlet clover seed a great many
farmers of Sussex county are SOW
ing COW peas as their winter crop of
fertilizer.
The sweet potato crop throughout
Sussex counv is turning out we'll and
the prices paid for potatoes for
storing in potato houses for winter
market are much higher than last
year.
Bethel is to be lighted by cleo
tricity from the Laurel -Seaford Light
Company, which plant is now fur
nishing lights for Laurel, Seaford,
Bridgeville, Delmar and Sharptown,
Nd.
Frederick Cornelius has been
elected president and Robert R.
Hill secretary of the Still Pond
Farmers Club. The Rev. and Mrs.
William W. Green, of Church Ccreek,
will celebrate their golden wedding
anniversary Saturday afternoon.
Pierce 7. Martin, living on the
McFalin farm near Farnhurst, has
established some new methods this
season in the way of growing vege-
tables, for one pumpkin vine grown
by him contained sixty-five pump
kins, while one egg plant vine grew
twenty-five egg plants.
Both of Milford's s hotels will have
new managers the coming year. The
Central Hotel, which is now occupied
BY Frank Kramlich. will be managed
by Denney Price who at present is
running the Windsor Hotel. Thadeus
Windsor will manage the Windsor
Hotel
The Board of Education of the
Georgetown Public Schools has
rented the lower room of the Masonic
Temple, and will convert it into a
school of stenography, typewriting
and penmanship in connection with
the public schools. Prof. L. N. Gill
bert, of Lyons, N. Y, has been
secured as the teacher.
The Kent County Sunday School
Convention met in them. E. Church
in Wyoming on Wednesday, October
18th and considering the Dover
Carnival was in progress the at
tendance was fine, about 100 dele
gates being present. The luncheon
served by the Wyoming > ladies was
par excellent and the delegates are
loud in their praise of Woming $
hospitality.
With two banks doing business II
Lewes, rumors are afoat of another
banking institution to be started
his winter. The State Republican
COmmitte, Central Republican Com
mittee and Sussex County Republl
can Committee will meet in join
session in Georgetown Tuesday, wher
important men of the State are ex
pected to be present.
John c. Hopkins, one of the ad
ministrators of the estate of hi
father. the late Zebulon Hopkins, o
Pennington, has paid to the Eve
Ready Circle of Kings Daughters o
Dover, a bequest of $40G left by Mr.
Hopkins in his will for the Paine
Home for Old Folks in Dover.
William H. Ridgaway, candidat
Tor Coroner, and James II. Haze
candidate for Senator on the Prohl
oltion ticket, nominated last wee
oy the temperance convention, o
tuesday presented their resignation
70 the Clerk of the Peace and with
drew from that ticket. Mr.. Haze
Is brother of William H. Hazel
Dover, candidate on the Republica
ticket.