Smyrna times., 1910-04-13
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Friends and Neghbors.
County Superintendent J. E. Car
roll and members of the County
School Commission have been visit
inc all the schools in Kent County
making the tour in an automobile.
The pupils of the Dover High
School will hold carnival at the
school building Saturday. May 18th.
They will have number of attrac-
tions and hope to realize a good sum
for the piano fund.
The Crisfeld Times says two men
of that town will plant seven acres
in peanuts this season. This is a
new crop for this territory, that is
new in respect to growing them in
any quantity.
Saturday April End tn twentieth
wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Stott, of Dover formerly of
Smyrna, a number of friends called
during the evening and congratulated
them at their home on Cecil street.
James H. Hughes, Esq, Henry
Ridgely, ESQ.,, and Alexander M.
Daily of the Kent County Bar Asso-
citation, are attending the 14th an
nual meeting of The American Acad-
emy of Political and Social Science
in Philadelphia.
The freight rate on manure in car
load lots from Jersey City to points
on the D. M. & V. Railroad, between
Houston and Selbyville, and between
Georgetown and Rehoboth, has been
reduced from S1.7O per ton to 81. 45
per ton, effective May 2.
Miss Mary Tucker, of Dover,
stenographer for Lawyer James M.
Satterfeld, has secured a similar
position at the Shepherd Pratt Hos
pital at Howson, near Baltimore,
Md, where her sister is also en-
plOyed. Miss Tucker assumed her
new duties Monday.
The Rev. B. F. Thompson, Of
Reading, who officiated at Christ
Church, Dover, Sunday last, has ae-
cepted the call extended by the YES
try to that church. For several
years DR.. Thompson has been Arch
deacon of Reading. He is to as
sumo his duties about the middle of
May.
Under the will of the late Will
liam S. Vaux, the Philadelphia
architect who designed the Palmer
Home at Dover, the Board of Man.
ayers of that institution have been
notified that the home has been left
One-tenth of his estate, which re-
verts to them upon the death of his
father and sister. 1t will amount tc
between $500 and 5000 year.
Prof. William James Boyer, prin
cipal of Millington, Md, Higl
School, died at his home Saturday
April 2. The deceased was born al
Marydel, Md, and was a well-knowl
educator, having served as principa
Of the fredericksburg and other Mary
land schools. He was about 60 year
of age and was a nephew of Mrs. W
F. Davis, of Dover. He is surviv
ed by a wife, three sons and tw
daughters. The funeral was hel
the Tuesday following and intermen
was made at Sudlersville.
John j. Rosa, of Milford, one O
Delaware's most progressive farm
ers, has just installed something ne'
in the hotbed line. Heretofore al
beds in that vicinity have bee
heated by wood, but Mr.. Rosa ha
mad pipes laid Is inches apart on tn
botteB of the bed. Through thes
pipes he has hot water continual
running. The heat is kept MOI
regular in this way than by the ol
method. Not only is the heatir
more even, but the cost of operatio
is reduced to minimum. Mr.. Ros
has bedded his sweet potatoes in hi
new hotbed and the results as ol
tanied will be watched with cage
ness by many others as well as hin
self. He has also planted one hu
dred barrels of white potatoes.
fit seems that a gang OF your
thieves are making their headqua
ters in and about Milford. On We
nesday night of last week the dr.
store of n. Winter Moore was brok
into and small amount of plund
taken. The thieves are evident
after money, for as rule they dor