Smyrna times., 1913-05-21
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

The Elkton post Office will be made
a second class Office after July 1.
While playing with gunpOwer, Ed
win Hudson. a small Georgetown boy,
was badly burned.
The town officials have enacted
stringent laws for the punishment of
tramps who infest Seaford.
Owing to the scarcity of women to
operate his machines, R. L. Culver
has closed his shirt factory at Delmar.
The recent heavy frosts killed the
buds on IA, 600 peach trees belonging
to Gen. Murray Vandiver. Of Havre de
Grace, Md.
Several Milford farmers have
learned the value of the parcel post
as a selling agent for their early
crops.
Professor Clarence A. Short took
the engineers of the senior class of
Delaware College to Chester. Ger
mantown and Wayne this week to in.
speet filtration plants.
R. R. Atkinson. Of Port Deposit.
and c. P. Rutledge. of Perryville,
with party of friends, left Thursday
for 10, 600 mile trip through the
West.
With the basket factories Of Messrs.
Walman and Hubbard, both running
H'ith full force quite a number of
out-Ot-tOwn men are finding employ
ment at FELTON,
The road to be improved from Do
yer to Little Creek measures four
miles and 500 feet from Cowgill's
bridge to Denney's bridge, as aseer-
tanned by Engineer Kenney.
A large delegation of Dover Odd
Fellows visited Wilmington Thursday
evening. TO witness the initiation of
the large class in the new Odd Eel
lows Temple.
The New Riddle Memorial Dea-
coness Home. in Wilmington, was de-
dieated with appropriate ceremonies
Thursday afternoon by Bishop Joseph
F. Berry. of Philadelphia.
The Wilmington Chamber of Com
meree is preparing TO get behind
movement to clean up the city and
will have the cooperation Of the
Street and Sewer Department.
D. w. Chillas. of Roseville, had a
narrow escape from serious Injuries
when an automobile wrecked wagon
in which he was riding, near Newark,
Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. James Pennewill, Mrs Robert
J. Ferguson and Mrs. Charles d. Sy-
pherd. of Dover are attending a re-
union of their classmates at Borden
town Female College. Bordentown,
N. J.
The largest acreage of cantaloupes
in lower Delaware is being planted
now. ]. E. Dutton & Son. Of Sea-
ford, who have made a great success
Of the culture Of cantaloupes, have
planted 80 acres.
Rev. J. w. Weddell, d. D., re-
Gently pastor Of the Dover Baptist
Church. left Saturday for his new
pastorate at Woodbury., n. J. Mrs.
Weddell and children will follow early
next week. Rev. George w. Balls
of Philadelphia will occupy the pulpit
of the First Baptist Church on Sun
day.
Dover's new street committee Of
town council has begun the improve
ment of New street from North to
Reed street by placing a layer Of stone
end tarvia. The improved stretch
will be fourteen feet in the center Of
the road. Dover's steam roller is
being used IN the rolling. Town
council is also having placed at the
Water and Electric light plant new
Wayne dynamo with a capacity equal
to $50 horsepower. The town light
ing system is also receiving muc h
needed attention from council.
Middletown is now passing through
an epidemic Of measels, and at the
present time about 100 OF the pupils
are prevented from attending the pub
lie school owing 10 the disease. Not
in years, has there been so few pupils
enrolled at the school as at the pre-
sent time, and the teachers are facing
serious problem in giving the chill
dren their final examinations in order
that they may be promoted.
The report Of the Kent county
school commission, which has recently
been inspecting the schools Of this