Smyrna times., 1911-03-29

Counties of Delaware About Your
Friends and Neighbors.
Cyrus P. Keen, of Hagerstown,
Md, has beer appointed superin-
tendent of the Eastern Shore dis
trict of the Anti-Saloon League to
succeed Rev. John M. Arters.
Roman Tammany, a well- known !
instructor and formerly superin-
tendent of public schools in Sussex
County, was found dead in bed at
his home in Lewes Wednesday morn
ing, March %.
Little John Roe, of Dover, was
severely injured Tuesday evening
while playing baseball. A bat
slipped from the hands of a COM
panion and struck him on the head.
1t was first thought that his skull
was fractured. He is much i'm
proved now.
Joseph H. Mackey, secretary of
the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. of
the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows, for the last eleven years, was
stricken with apoplexy while din
ing in a restaurant in Philadelphia,
Monday afternoon, and died several
hours later at the Hahnemann Hos
pital.
S. M. Harrington, who has pur-
chased the basket mill at Dover
station of A. N. Harper is to have
a neat Office building erected. He
will also add considerable new ma
chinery and greatly increase the
output of the plant Shook material
for boxes will also be manufactured
there.
At meeting of the County Exec
ntive Committee of the Republican
party on Tuesday a resolution was
adopted stating "that the unparal-
leled generosity of T. Coleman du-
Pont in giving the great public
highway is commended by every
wide-swake and intelligent citizen
of the county,"
Malcolm Knowles, son of horace
G. Knowles, United States Minister
to Bolivia, was KILLED in trolley
accident at Lapaz, Bolivia, recently.
A trolley pole broke and struck the
child on the head, killing him. NAL
colin was the second son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Knowles and was bright and
attractive little fellow about six
years old.
Mrs. Mary E. Moore Tomlinson,
aged 76 years, died at her home il
Frederick Tuesday morning of las
week. The funeral took place
Thursday with interment at Bar
ratt' Chapel. The decaseed was the
widow of James Tomlinson and step
mother of DIR. Peter w. Tomlinson
of Wilmington. She was an aunt O.
j. Wallace Reynolds, assistan
trainmaster of the Delaware Rail
road and cousin of DR.. John Moor
of FELTON,, father of John Basset
Moore.
Governor Pennewill has appointe
Former Representative Newton L
Grub, of Rrandywine hundred,
member of the State Board of Agri
culture to fill the vacancy caused b
the death of James T. Shallcross
Mr.. Grubb is also State Presider
of the P. o. S. of A. The governo
also appointed George H. Hall, c
Milford County Comptroller of Sus
sex county at a salary of $1,000
year and also reappointed j. Burto
Wharton oyster revenue collector.
David C. Pennewill, 76 years OLE
died at his home in Germantown
Philadelphia, on Monday, Marc
goth. He was a member of wild
ly known Delaware family. Veal
ness incidental to his age was I'll
immediate cause of his death. f
was cousin of Governor Pennewi
and in his early life lived in SUISSE
county. He went to philadelhia
1861. The firm of Bennett & Pc
newill was then established, wi
dealt in house furnishings at Secol
and Market streets. He is surviv
by widow, two sons and ty
daughters.
The Conference Academy
Dover, will undergo a number of a
ministration changes as a result
the recent conference session