Smyrna times., 1910-03-09
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS

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Cleaned from Our Exchanges.
$1,000 has been subscribed toward
a new railroad from Laurel to Fen
wick's Island.
William Mustard, of Georgetown,
has been elected road engineer for
Sussex county. He has power to |
appoint two road supervisors in each |
district.
A. Friedman has sold the south
end of his Bradford street residence,
in Dover, occupied by him and his
wife, to W. R. Peters of Dover, for
SIS, 500. Mr.. Peters will take possess
sion in about two months.
Thursday evening, February oath, the
.leighbors and friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilson C. Moore, of near Cheswold,
gave them a surprise party, it being
the occasion of their thirteenth
wedding anniversary.
The Legislative Committee COM
pleted the audit of the accounts of
State officers late Friday afternoon.
The State Treasurer's account showed
a balance in the Treasury on January
10th, of nearly $50, 900.
The residence of the late Mrs.
Sallie A. Harrington, on Bradford
street, Dover, was sold at public
sale Saturday last to Miss Lenora
Hopkins for $3.50. Miss Hokpins
and her mother will improve the
property and make it their home.
Senator H A. Richardson failed
in his efforts to get an appropriation
for the dredging of Little River, but
showed his deep interest in the pro-
iect by contributing $100 toward the
$1,000 now beihg raised by private
subscription to start the work.
Rev. Thomas L. Frymire, late
pastor of Leipsic Church, and this
year pastor of the Piney Neck M. E.
Circuit, 6S years old, is dead at
Piney Neck parsonage. Mr.. Fry
mire, who was for some time a resi-
dent of Dover, leaves a wife and
seven children.
Horace L. Pugh, of near Leipsic,
while on his way home from Dover
shout o'clock Thursday evening,
was held up by several young white
men and robbed of 500 in money and
10 nf
the men as Lee Deshields, and knows
of one the others by sight, but did
not know his name.
4 Edward Sockum, 80 years old, has
walked from his home near Trinity,
Del, TO Philadelphia, II times, and
lust concluded the last trip a few
days ago. He made his first trip
when a young man. Sockum hears
the blood of the Delaware tribe OF
Indians mixed with that of a band Of
shipwrecked Moors.
President Henry R. Johnson, Of
the Kent County Bar Association has
appointed James H. Hughes, Henry
Ridgely AMI Alexader M. Daily a!
delegates to represent the associa
tion at the fourteenth annual meet
ing of the American Academy O
Political and Social Science, to b.
held on Friday and Saturday, Apri
9Th and 9th, at Washington.
The grape vinyard and small frui
farm of E. T. Hipwell of near Dover
was sold Monday to William Moffet
of Baltimore for S5, 500. Mr.. Moffe
will take possession March Is. Mr.
Hipwell had previously sold twelv
acres off this fruit farm for $12
an acre. The sale is taken as a
indication that all fruit farm land i
this section will soon pass the $1OC
per-acre valuation.
Easter comes exceptionally earl
this year. 1t will occur earlier tina
any other year since 1900. The frs
full moon after March 21, will az
pear March rs, therefore, Easter
which is always the first Sunda
after this occurrence, will be Marc
q. Easter will not be so earl
again Except 1918 when it comes 9
March 2S,) until 1921, when it fal
on the same date as this year.
Mrs. Susan Hilyard for many yeal
one of the best known church men
bers in this county, died at the hon
of her daughter, Mrs. John Saxtol
in Delaware City, Friday last, age
78. The deceased spent her life hel
in Kent county, residing near Kentol
and she had made many warm al
close friends here. With her la
husband, William Hilyard, she W,