Smyrna times., 1912-09-04
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

| Peninsula ABOUT Your FrIendSand
Neighbors and Their Doings.
Large catches of fish are being
made along the Indian River.
The chesnut crop in Cecil county
promises to be a large one in spite of
the blight.
The Bayside Cornet Band, of Havre
de Grace, closed a three-evening bazaar
last week.
Charged with stealing a horse from
Asbury Johnson, Robert Pyle was ar
rested at Camden.
The annual reunion of the Lee fam
lily was held last week at the Thomas |
Lee residence, Kirk Mills.
A young horse belonging to Fora L.
West ran away at Cambridge, Md,
and was injured so that it had to be
killed.
With special ceremonies the corner
stone of the new Presbyterian church
at Aberdeen was laid Thursday after
noon.
AS a result of fall while shopping
in Port Deposit, Miss Mary Rawlings
of Woodlawn, is suffering with a
fractured ankle.
A defective hue ignited Benjamin
Culleny's store and residence in Rising
Sun, but the flames were extinguished
with. small damage.
The progressive party in Delaware
has been assured that Colonel Theo-
dore Roosevelt will speak in Whining
ton some time in the campaign.
Pleased with the cement sidewalks
that are being laid, many Georgetown
property owners are laying cement
cutters without compulsion.
Miss Helen McConner, of Queens
town, Md, and Francis Tilghman, of
Centreville, Md, have been awarded
scholarships at the State Normal
School.
Driving from Wilmington to New
Castle, w. H. Walker became lost and
when his horse wandered into trestle
along the Delaware Railroad it had to
be killed.
Hog cholera, which has been play
ing havoc among swine on the Eastern
Shore for some weeks, it has appeared
in the Fifth district of Cecil county,
Md, with fatal results.
A tablet of white marble, the gift
of DIR. and Mrs. E. Owens, of Chi
cago, has been placed in Trinity
Church, Elkton, in memory of the late
Mrs. Anna r. May.
Eugene w. Chain, the prohibition
nominee for President, will visi
Dover Wednesday, September Is, anc
make public address. Full program
will be announced later.
The rally day services of the New
Castle Methodist Sunday School hav'
) been postponed from the second to tn
fifth Sunday in September.
Farmers in the vicinity of Middle
town have been losing so much produc
by thieves that they are guarding
their properties with loaded shot
guns.
! Delivering watermelons in Milford
Vernon P. Benson, of New Wharf
: was badly injured when he was throw
Z headfrst from his wagon on pile @
cement.
: The Sussex County Progressive Con
= mittee will try the experiment of
z direct primary for the district offices
: and the experiment will be watche
Z with interest.
9 A three-cornered fight for the Den
ocratic nomination for RepresentatiV
= from the Tenth district at New Cast
9 is on among William H. Mccoy, Cal
: tain C. P. Holcomb and George ]
Z Duncan.
q The Rev. DR.. Vaughan S. Collins
. of Middletown M. E. Church, is an e
: pert strawberry grower. He is still
Z picking strawberries from his pat
9 in the parsonage garden, and the cr
is not over by any means. The ne
= late ripening variety is known q
"Americus.
~ If protective measures are not a
opted and enforced the hard and sc
shell crab which has been abunda
in the Delaware Chesapeake Bay a
the tributaries, will meet the fs
which has overtaken the terrapi
! which awaits canvasback ducks, a
which at times has threatened
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