Smyrna times., 1912-07-31
NEWS OF The DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Interesting Items From all Parts of the
Peninsula About Your Friends ard
Neighbors and Their Doings.
Miss May Morris, of Greenwood
Del, has been appointed vice-prin-
cipsl Of the Hurlock School.
Milford Board of Trade at a
special meeting has arranged TO CO.
operate in building a shirt factory.
The school tax assessment for
Delmar just posted shows the tax
rate to be 81. so on the $1.OO.
Rabbit and quail are found to be
plentiful in Sussex County and a
good hunting season is promised.
Robert H. McColley. a Milford
farmer, died suddenly while work.
ing in his vegetable garden.
Colonel A. R. Benson. of Dover,
is credited with being the champion
grower of potatoes in his vicinity.
Two hundred delegates are ex-
pected at the annual meeting of the
P. o. S. CT A. August 13 and IA
at Chestertown.
Although the Sesford post office
was made postal savings deposi
tory on January 8. not single de-
posit has been made.
W. Lincoln Clayton has resigned
as Inspector of the First Election
District of the Fifth Representative
District of Kent county.
joseph Heintz, who lives between
Dover and Cheswold, claims to have
the champion tomato patch Of Kent
county.
Marydel camp meeting, which will
begin on Friday, August 2, will be
managed by the board of directors.
A. F. Heather will have charge of
the store.
The Sharptown post Office has
been made postal saving deposit
tory. The published report shows
that the postal savings in the Del
mar post office amount to only 81.
Large quantities of apples are in
the local markets of Sussex and the
growers find it impossible to sell
them. Hndreds of baskets have
been given away and many more are
being fed to the hogs.
That portion of Crisfeld called
Jersey was recently destroyed by
- fire, is the scene of great building
activity. A number of new craE
packing plants are beng built ii
addition to factories.
William H. Chandler, owner o.
the famous peach orchard in Broad
kiln hundred is, having a lsrg,
warehouse erected in which the frui
will be packed for shipments to tn
northern and western markets thi
year.
) Two horses and two mules, be
longing to J. M. Tucker, of Elkton
Md, were gOred by a bull tina
broke into pasture. One of tn
mules died of its wounds and tn
other animals have been put out o
! commission for weeks to come.
Z Announcement was made Saturda
: of the marriage of DR.. James P
Z Lofiand, of Milford, and Miss Mar
Z Rodney Evans, of Lewes. The mar
; riage took place in Philadelphi
Z after a short but romantic courtship
Z Fred M. Porter, formerly of Cor
2 dova, M, and Miss S. Thompson
) formerly of Dover, were Marie
: last Friday night at the M. E. Pal
= sonage by Rev. W. G.. Koons. Th
! bride and groom will reside
< Lewes.
= Rev, R. H. Adams, who now hs
9 charge of the Sharptown campmee
: ing, has engaged the service of Il
= Sharptown brass band to furniE
9 music on special days. This is &
: innovation in campmeeting servic,
= at peninsular camps, but it will
= a drawing card.
James F. Everett, and Miss Ma
. garet Downs, of near Clayton, we
= married Tuesday evening, July
: The groom is the son of Levi al
~ Catherine Everett and the bride
- the daughter of Charles and Cathe
inc Downs.
- Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Haggerty,
Little Creek, announce the MARI
age of their daughter, Miss MART
Shepherd Haggerty, to G. Maylal