Smyrna times., 1910-03-16
DELAWARE AND
MARYLAND NEWS
Short NewsY Items of the Week
Cleaned from Our Exchanges.

By the vote of a majority of the
200, 900 and more public school
children of Maryland, approved by
the formal vote of the State Board
of Education, the "Black Eyed
Susan" has been chosen as the State
flower.
The State House Commission has
awarded the contract for heaters in
the new State buildings to L. B.
Jacobs, and the lighting contract to
Garrett, Miller & Co. of Wilmington.
The bond of the CONTRACTOR was also
approved.
William H Bowen, the three-year-
old son of H. l.. and Ida Bowen, who
reside on the Mckee farm, near
Dover, died Sunday. March 6, from
a strange and unusual sickness. The
funeral was held Wednesday and in
terment was made at Odd Fellows
Cemetery, Camden.
In alighting from her carriage
Saturday morning, at the corner of
Lockerman and Bradford streets,
Dover, Miss Beatrice Maloney drop
ped her pocketbOok containing ten
dollars, through the sewer trap. 1t
was recovered by Engineer A. L.
Kichline.
Lieut.. Jerry Campbell, railroad
detective, on Wednesday arrested
John Moore and John Carr, of Phila-
delphia, at Harrington and placed
them in Dover Jail. They are sup
posed to be army deserters, and from
the resistance made are desperate
characters.
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin, who was
serving life sentence in the State
penitentiary at San Quentin, Cal. +,
for the murder of Mrs. J ohm P Dun
ming and her sister, Mrs. Joshua D.
Deane, of Dover, in 1898, by
poisoned chocolates sent through the
mail, died at the penal institution
on Monday night.
Leaving Harrington fourteen years
ago to seek the riches of the West,
John B. Simpson went to California,
and, becoming engaged in the mining
business, accumulated a substantial
fortune and has now returned to
make his relatives happy. 1t is said
mill 0OO
mansion on High street there, which
will be the finest house in this Sec
tion of Delaware.
The State Board of Agriculture
met Monday for organization. Oliver
A. Newton, who was recently ap-
pointed a member of the board tC
succeed H. NJ Messick, was present
with his commission from Governcl
Pennewill. Mr.. Newton was choser
president of the board; J. T. Shal
cross, vice president; E. W. Jen
kins, secretary.
That the coming Spring and Sum
mer will witness a tremendous in
crease in the movement from tn,
cities back to the farm, and ais,
marked growth in the heavy tide O
emigration from the West to tn
East already in progress, was tn
consensus of opinion expressed at tn
annual meeting and dinner of tn
representative of the E. A. Strou
Farm Agency in New York City
last week.
Due to the fact that the Penn
sylvania Railroad is receiving man
steel passenger cars, in accordanc
with its policy Of having onl
steel passenger cars in the near fu
ture, it is to offer for sale a larg
number of its wooden passenger cars
The first consignment to be dispose
of consists of 140 coaches, 13 dinin
cars, cafe cars. 80 postal cars,
baggage car, % combined passenge
and baggage cars and 4 baggage an
mail cars.
Just 1876 loyal citizens turned oil
on Monday last and voted at the az
nual town election Of Middletowr
and while there was no real conte'
other than for the Office of Tow
Treasurer, the voters are evidentl
awakenin to their sense Of duty, ar
tax ng more than a passing interel
in our municipal affairs. But muC
of the credit for this large vote
unquestionably due to Mr.. J.
Cleaver who gathers in the town
taxes, and so thoroughly does /
complete his task, that each citize
is entitled to a vote, and the town
treasury is sweIled to the amount
several dollars by his presence
our midst. There were four cand
dates for Town Commissioners. TT
,oodidatas ware Mascre pa1yorI,