Smyrna times., 1915-11-10
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

lnts resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
Neighbors and Their Doings.
A carload If buCkwheat was loaded
Thursday at Harbeson.
Delaware City's Lyeeum Festival
opened Thursday and continued the
rest Of the week.
Laurel Century Club is arranging
to give an operetta, Princes Chrys-
anthemum, during the holidays.
While Albert Dussault. Of New
York. was stopping at Hotel dupont.
Wilmington, some one stole his auto
mobile.
Wilmington Council has approved |
an ordinance creating the Office of |
assistant building inspector, at a
salary of $1,000 year.
Resigning as teacher in the Girls
Industrial School at Clsymont. Miss
Mary Longstreet has returned to
Hamilton, Canada.
For calling a witness liar during
the hearing of a case in Whining ton
City Court. Mrs. Fannie Martin was
fined So and costs.
While he was attending a session
Of the Levy Court at Georgetown, a
fine overcoat was stolen from Hugh
c. Brown. of Seaford.
Mrs. Michael Rodgers. of New
Castle. recently stricken with paral-
ysis, fell at her home and sustained
serious injuries to her head.
A movement is OF FOOT to ascertain
if sugar beets will grow in Sussex
county. and. if so. TO establish beet
factories at Georgetown.
The present County Committee of
the Democratic party in Sussex county
was returned for another two years
Il a. AuG primary AoNN W@chs
Charged with stealing two watches
from his benefactor, Garrett Walls.
sged 16, was returned to Kent county
Court as a parole violator.
At the annual meeting of the Della.
ware Pilot Commission, Captain J.
P. Virden was elected president. and
L. B. Morrow secretary and treasurer.
Captain George Magee. of Milton.
was badly bruised when he fell through
the Belts Bridge near Milton. while
he was supervising repair work on it..
Howell S. England. member Of
the New Castle County Bar. who is
to leave Wilmington to make his
home in Detroit. was given farewell
banquet at the Hotel DUPONT and
presented with Masonic charm.
United States Marshal Fairy has
seized the launch Gem, of Philadel-
phia. which has been used between
Wilmington and Carney's Point. OF
claim of Mrs. Mary B Allen. of
Philadelphia, as administrative.
While their automobile ran ovel
a dog on the acknowledgements
road about two miles from Bridgevill'
Monday, Emery Wiley and Professor
K. NJ. Wiley were thrown from the
machine. but were uninjured Othei
than a shaking up.
Blight which is causing appl,
growers much concern, has beei
detected in a great many orchard
around Rridgeville. A short tim
after the tree is affected the bligh
spreads rapidly and il the tree is no
cut down Immediately the blight viii
spread to other trees.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Jones an
daughter. MISS Anne Jones, of viii
mington. were entertained last Sunda
at dinenr party given in honor G
Mr.. Jones' birthday at the home 0
his sister. Mrs. Charles Hatfield
near Greenwood.
The dedication Of the new hall {
Patrick Henry Lodge. No. IL. Oo
n Fellows. at Delaware City, took plat
y Wednesday evening. in charge
Il Grand Master John I. Magee ar
staff. and closed with the installstiC
of the new officers.
A Junior Chsutauqua Club has bee
organized in Georgetown throug
the efforts Of the New Century Clut
and course will be given the chi
Z dren of the town every week in chars
! of Junior leader, sent there fro
I'll Swarthmore College.