Newark post., 1910-08-17
NEW
Here and There

The date for the arrival Of the bat
tleship Delaware to receive the silver
service from the people OF the State,
whose name it bears. has been fixed
for October 4th 1t will remain until
the Sth and the fremen OF Whining
ton will make the intervening days
busy ones. This is the result OF Con-
gressman Heald and the members OF
the battleship committee OF the Board
of Trade.
Paul Hopkins is i'll Principle Fur
mace, Md, where he is suffering with
typhoid fever. He is getting along
as well as can be expected.
In the midst of all the prophecies
OF failure the Delaware peach crop
will run over 100000 baskets. A
total OF $50 900 baskets of peaches have
been shipped out from the Delaware
division of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
and this represents only the early
peaches, those harvested during the
first two weeks of August.
Owing to the withdrawal OF the
price of cents for milk by the city
dealers. the Aboott's Dairy have put
the price OF milk at SI.65 per hundred
The rains the past week have made
the farmers of this section feel COM
Portable over the corn crop. The
yield this season promises to be the
heaviest for years.
Lawn fetes. watermelon parties,
harvest homes are being used by the
politicians to their fullest capacity.
AT the East Sussex County Grange
| Picnic held at Bethany Beach, the
question of apple culture in lower
Delaware will be discussed. Promi-
| nent speakers of Kent county apple
| fame will talk. Professor Hayward
! has been asked to be present. There
! is a movement of progress in agricul-
| ture in the two lower counties that is
sadly lacking in New Castle county.
| There is feeling OF dissatisfaction,
and doing -the-best we can that
is detrimental to us and the time is
| not far distant. if it is not already here,
| when New Castle county will surren-
| der first place in agriculture to the
| lower counties. The spirit OF the
! West with its progress and ideas OF
| bettering conditions has taken hold
| of the lower counties and the effect
| Of this will soon overshadow rural
|
] New Castle.
| Prominent agricutursts in Kent
| county. who have been studying the
| wheat question, are advising the farm
ers to sell their wheat when it reaches
the dollar mark There is a tendency
Eamong many farmers 20 hold the crop,
thinking it will reach $I25 The Gov
| ernment reports show no great falling
\ ,G tba
Of experts that to hold the crop will
be mistake.
The live stock from the College
Farm being exhibited at Pocomoke
and Salisbury fairs is attracting much
attention. Maryland naners are com
mentng very favorably ON the Della
ware exhibit The Baltimore Ameri
can in commenting on the fair, says
Far in the lead of the live stock i!
the fine exhibit from Delaware Col
lege Experiment Station"
| Newark has had a sad instance o
the lack of proper play grounds lo
her boys.
Don't forget the Harvest Home a
Whteman's Grove tomorrow. Ora
tory, politics and good eating arr
some of the inducements.
i How small the world seems afte
, all! As Mr.. and Mrs c. B. Evan
stepped on board the steamer to TAX
: them to Heidelburg. where they wer
to meet Miss Anna Hossnger the,
saw standing before them another ia
| milisr figure from homc-Dr. Rowan
II. r. Tyson won the 2.24 trot TO
5000 at Pocomoke City Fair races las
Wednesday with ST Thomas Liptor
in % IA 2.2II IA and 2.25; the 81
pace with Zimmerman in 2.I7 l..
22o IA and 2.2o.
n Arthur Rounds has purchased til
farm back of Welsh Tract Church
which belonged to Edwin Clendeni,
Much sport is expected next Satul
t day when the Blotner Girls from Ch
/, cago will play our local team on tn
field next to the Water-works, at tn
= east end of town The girls defeate
the team at Lewes, Del, last week, b
e a score of 5 to 2.
t S. E. Kilmon ard family left las
y week for visit with relatives in Son
erset and Accomac counties, Va. The
i will visit Mr. Kilmon's father who,
d they have seen only once in twenty
n four years.
i Oliver Hudson, Class of 1910, {
Delaware College has accepted pos
e ton with the Missouri Pacific Raj
IS way. Mr.. Hudson's headquarters WI
S, be at St. Louis
n DR.. Walter H. Steel has sold h
r, real estate at Deandale. The propert
y consists of number OF dwellings al
IS building lots. The purchase was mac
le by the American Vulcanized Fibr
E. Company.
- A new curb is improving Ma
street, east of the Newark Centre.
IN Mr.. and Mrs. l.. M. Greenwalt a,
is son, Mrs. Mayme Thompson and chill
y, rem and w. H. Dean, of Newar
n. spent an enjoyable time grabbing al
bathing at Cohed Beach, last We
nesday.
J., Little Robert Cook narrowly esca
ed serious injury one day last wee
m when attempting to cross Main sire,
J. In trying to get out Of the way of
| auto the little fellow walked in fro