Milford chronicle., 1911-10-20
SHORT ITEMS OF INTEREST.

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The Delaware Society of Colon
! ial Danes will be the guests of tn
! Dover members at a commemora
tive meeting to be held in Dove
on October 10th. A special pro
gram will be given on that occa
sion, when early Delaware History
bearing upon some Of the historica
places around Dover, will be re
viewed.
One hundred and fourteen colorec
boys and girls, an unusually large
number, have reported for matricu.
lation and study at the State Col
llege for Colored Students here. One
hundred and three of the students
reported at chapel the first day and
joined in prayer and scripture read
irg with the principal, Dr. w. c.
Jason.
Twenty Italians working in the
nurseries of J G. Harrison & Sons,
at Ironshore, Md, on Saturday
afternoon attacked Frank Ham
mond, one of the superintendents,
striking him several blows on the
head with grubbing axes. Ham
mond succeeded in reaching his
home in Berlin, where he is in
critical condition. Sixteen of the
Italians are In Snow Hill Jail
awaiting the results Of Hammond's S
injuries.
The Board of Education, of
Georgetown, has decided that here /
after when boy or girl is absent
from school for five consecutive
days without being able to give
reasonable excuse that his desk be-
comes vacant and will be given to
some other. 1t is said it became
necessary for the Board to make
this rule in order to keep the boys
and girls in school and furthermore
that those who, owing to the
crowded conditions of the school
are unable to get seats may have a
chance.
Attacked by a vicious boar, John
I. Todd, a farmer of near FEEDER
llsburg, Md. lies in a critical con.
lition and fears are entertained for
lis recovery. The hog belonged
o Lacey Collins, a neighbor, who
lad turned him loose several DAYS
igo to roam the fields. Suddenly
he boar disappeared and all efforts
o locate him proved futile. Sum
noning several Of the neighbors, Z
,ollins began another search, To- :
ating the animal in a dense thicket.
he animal bit Todd on one leg 9
nd escaped.
H. Clay Dobson, of St. Michael's, $
ID, who for sometime past has
cen a deputy collector in the il
'nited States Revenue office of the II
laryland district, which also in d
udes Delaware, has been appointed G.
to the position made r,
acant by the resignation of Col v
ctor Phillips Lee Goldsborough, $,
no resigned recently on account ii
being nominated as the Repub- :,
,an candidate for Governor of h,
aryland. Mr.. Dobson will have fl
large Of the revenue office until oi
resident Taft appoints a successor q,
Mr.. GoldsbOrough.
Isaac Fisher Messick, of Bridge al
lie, was arranged before United al
ates Commissioner William c. la
ahaffy, in Wilmington, charged or
Miss Bessie Short, a we'll known C'
ung woman of Bridgeyille, who ne
IS as substitute for her father, a I'M
raj mail carrier, with threaten tn
: her and retarding the delivery
United States mail but he was raj
aaiter the commissioner tn,
! given him a severe lecture and du
rned him not to get into similar sur
uble again. Miss Short said ros
t on September goth Messick, alo
o evidently had been drinking, ais
1rished shotgun in a threaten air
manner, compelling her to devi- me
from her route in order 10 avoid &c
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