Smyrna times., 1912-07-17
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Interesting Items From all Parts of the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
Neighbors and Their Doings.
Milford residents have voted to
raise their school appropriation to
$11, 900, or So, 900 in excess of last |
year.
The Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany is planning to establish news |
stands at all of it's depots on the
Delaware Division.
Rowland Swain, employed at the
Crawford. basket factory, Dover had
two fingers severed last week, while
at work at the mill.
At the first drawing of tents sites
at Camden campmeeting 46 persons
selected tents for the two weeks
encampment or assembly.
r. o. P. Wilson, living between
Leipsic and Smyrna, has announced
himself as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for register
of wills.
N. B. Register, who for many
years was Lewes editoe of the Della
ware Pilot, has severed his connec-
tion with that paper and Carl
POynter succeeds him.
Howard 7. Ennis, a recent gradu-
ate of Delaware College, has been
selected by the State Board of Edu-
cation to aid in securing needed in
formation about the school district
in Delaware.
The trustees of the Church Hill
High School have elected Prof Gallon
.Vansant is 81 years old, a graduate
of Washington College, and last
year was vice-principal of the Hur-
lock High School.
Grover C. Marvel and Miss Sarah
E. Potter, a niece of Sarah E.
Frame of South Milford. were
quietly married on Wednesday
evening, at the Presbyterian manse,
by Rev. Henry L. Bunstein. They
will reside in South Milford.
The committee of the Newark fire
company in charge of the recent
carnival is still at work figuring out
the exact amount cleared on the
venture. To date the figures show
that about 81, 500 was realized above
all expensels
William M. Prouse, of Whining
ton, but formerly of this county,
leaves next week for Minneapolis,
Mimi. where he will spend several
months with his son, DR.. W. C.
: Prouse.
Mrs. William H. Boyce, wife oi
Judge Boyce, who has been in Phila.
delphia for the past month for q
difficult surgical operation, returned
home Wednesday greatly improved
in health.
On Saturday, July q, the snnua
tour of duty of the First Infantry,
Organized Militia of Delaware
which will be held on the state rife
range below New Castle, will begin,
and it is expected to be a successful
encampment.
The Dover Insurance Agency hat
sold the Heverin Farm on the Del
aware Bay, this county, to DaviC
Metz, of Chambersburg, Pa. Tht
farm contains 1,l48 acres and 65
perchss, was the property of Samue
W. Hall, and the consideration wa
$14, 900.
William M. Connolly, of Philadel
phia, a native of Kent county an,
formerly engaged in business here
has been spending few days here
and on Monday night visited Contra
Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of whicl
he has been q member for the pas
20 years.
The newly elected officers o
Dover Council, No. 27, Jr. o. U
A. M, were installed last Tuesda
evening, by Deputy State Councilo
KINNEY. after which two candidate
were given the third degree of tn
order. Refreshments were serve
at Cooks Cafe after adjournment.
Farmers are busy threshing an
marketing the wheat crop. Th
crop in this section is fair and sa;
isfactory averaging about 20 bushel
to the acre. William H. Gehmar
on the DR.. Wilson farm. from !
acres obtained 20 bushels. Th
price began at 81, but yesterda
was 95 cents.
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