Smyrna times., 1910-05-11
DELAWARE NEWS AND THE
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Best News CuIIed From the Three
Counties of Delaware About Your
Friends and Neighbors.
Eugene Hardesty and William
Baxter, Jr., of Wilmington, were
admitted as members of the New
Castle County Bar Association in
Court Monday.
The )ard of Stewards of Whining
ton district of the Wilmington M. E.
Conference has fixed the salary for
the District Superintendent, Rev. E.
L. H. Hoffecker, at $1,000 for the
year.
There were shipped from Lewes
last week eight barrels of mackerel.
1t is said they are worth 80 cents
per piece in the New York markets
with only so in a barrel. making $45
per barrel.
Alexander G. Wolcott, the Dover
jeweler, has purchased of T. K
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E. j. Colt and Edward j. Scanlon, on
Lockerman street, for $4,000. He
will move the present building and
erect thereon modern building and
storeroom.
Holding that the church and poll
tics should be entirely separate and
distinct, the members of the Second
Baptist Church, one of the largest
congregations in Richmond, Va, has
refused to grant the request of the
Anti-Saloon League to support that
organization by conducting field day
and taking up a collection for the
league.
D. o. S. the fine trotting stallion,
owned by c. W. Warner, of Dover,
is the only Delaware horse entered
in the Tavern Stake, purse $4,000.
which comes off next August in
Cleveland, OHIO. D. o. S. was sired
by Saladin, record 2. O54 in a winning
race, and has fine colts now owned
by Charles G. Brown, near Wyom-
ing, John M. Roe, on the Bay Road,
and G. S. Saxton, Dover.
The law regulating vehicle travel
is as follows: The driver of any
vehicle overtaking any other vehicle
or draft animals being led, ridden,
or driven upon any public highway,
shall pass to the left thereof, the
driver of such vehicle or persons
having charge of such animals so
overtaken shall turn to the right of
the centre of the road to allow free
passage to the left.
Governor Pennewill has made the
following appointments: Samuel L.
Shaw, Justice of the Peace and Not
airy Public at Harrington; John H.
Short, Harrington oyster policeman;
John P. Virden, Leweg, member of
the Board of Pilot Commissioner;
George L. Murray, of Viola; DR..
W. P. Orr, of Lewes, and W. H.
Swift of Wilmington, trustees of the
State Hospital at Farnhurst.
People must learn to keep paper
and other rubbish off the streets.
Parents should set a good example
for their children, besides telling
them about not doing this slovenly
practice. The school teachers should
also speak of it often in their rooms.
1t costs the town a lot of the tax
payers money TO keep the streets
clean and in order. You can help
this money to go further by carrying
out the above suggestions. 1t is
against the town ordinances to thrown
paper, ETC., on the streets.
DESTROYS of having fairly "safe
and sane" 4th of July, the town
Commissioners of Middletown on
Monday evening decided to prohibit
the sending up of fire balloons and
sky rockets, making it violation of
the law and punishable for each
offence. The idea is not lack of
patriotism, but to prevent danger
from fire and they should be upheld
in the decision.
At the Middleton Hotel on Satur-
day afternoon, the farm of 400 acres,
known as the "Drummond Farm, "
was offered at public sale by Mr..
John Gill, agent for the heirs. Some
weeks since it was offered as
whole, but was withdrawn after re-
ceiving a bid of $29, 100. On Sat-
urday it was offered in two tracts,
the first consisting of 200 acres with
the buildings and improvements. The
highest bid was $4,000 but was