Smyrna times., 1910-08-24

Friends and Neighbors.
The largest boat ever constructed
on the Nanticoke River will be
launched by the Seaford Marine Rail-
way Company on Wednesday.
William Salisbury, of Dover, took
his Sunday School class and a few
friends on an outing at Bowers We'd
nesday on the launch Lotus
Captain &C. P. Holcomb, Lieu
tenants Jesse A. Mckay and Richard
S. Rodney, of the State Militia, New
Castle, will drill Wilmington fremen
paraders for October 6.
Morris Reason, aged 10, of Will
mingtou, was held in 5000 bail for
the Upper Court for the alleged
larceny of so knives. forks and
spoons from a restaurant at Brandy
wine Springs Park.
All doubt as to the manner in
which Joseph Cohen, the Whining
ton wool merchant, was drowned was
dispelled yesterday by the discovery
of two witnesses who saw the man
swept to his death in fording Clay
Greek.
j. Frank Salevan, a farmer living
near Milford, is said to have picked
a larger second crop of strawberries
from his patches this season than
any other Sussex farmer. Mr.. Sale
van received from 10 to Is cents per
quart for the berries
Sprinkling quantity of nitrate of
soda in a pasture field few days
since in which his cattle were graz
ing, President of the Sussex County
Levy Court Thomas A. Williams, of
near Bridgeville, lost four of the
animals when they got to it and ate
some of it.
T. Coleman dupont, accompanied
by his brother. Evan dupont, OF
Johnstown, Pa. and DR.. R. R. Tybot,
of Wilmington, left for New York
at noon Tuesday and the party sailed
for Europe Wednesday on the steam
ship Lusitania General dupont took
along his automobile and they will
tour the continent in the machine.
There were so many peaches a
Lebanon and Barker's Landing ol
the St. Jones river, Thursday, tina
the John P. Wilson on her trip t.
Philadelphia, was unable to tax,
them all. The vessel took on abou
10, 900 baskets of the fruit and wa
compelled to leave a large numbe
on the wharves. The boat was file
with peaches from stem to stern an
the entire first deck was stored wit
fruit.
Following the announcement tha
the Delaware Railroad Company
to erect a new station at Dover, tn
announcement is made that static
is to be built at Laurel. The me-
station at the latter town is to co:
about 81, 500 and the contract hi
been awarded to W. S. and A. N
Culp, of Chestertown. Other in
provements being made by the raj
road include sidings near Laure
Armstrong; and Green Spring
cost more than 5000, 900.
The value of the annual produ
of the manufactures of Delawar,
the first given out by the Censl
Bureau, as the result of its invest
cations in connections with Il
thirteenth census, is $50, 81, O4
This is a gain of over % per Gel
since 1904 when the value was Sal
100, ,276. There was a 29 per ce
gain in salaries and wages, of
per cent in the number of ests
lishments and of almost 20 per ce
in the capital employed. More th
1000 officials and clerks and mo
than 81, 900 laborers are employe
In an effort to improve the qua
tity and quality of crops in Bal
more Hundred and especially intert
the farmers in extensive apple gro
ing, for which the soil of Indi
River farms has been found to
particularly adapted, the Gragers
Milville, Blackwater, Roxana, Dai
boro ard Millsboro united in holdi
an all-day picnic at Bethany Bea
last Thursday when officials of
State Grange, together with seye
experts from the Delaware Expe
ment Station were present and mi
addresses on fruit growing and ia
crops.
The Delaware oyster sea-
will open September /. Pr
poets are bright and everybody c
nected with the industy is either
in shape or getting thoroughly equ
ped for the work. Dredging