Smyrna times., 1915-09-08

THE report of the StHle bOoiu VI
p..rrs,y shows that 29l pharmacists
.rl 40 assistants are registered in the
State.
Residents Of Lewes are agitating
movement to purchase the old Block
golse pond. fiji it in and make a
playground.
James Jones. Of Broadkiln Neck.
was seriously injured when a mower
he was riding hit a stake and he was
thrown in front of the blades.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad has
placed contract for concrete an
steel bridge so feet wide across the
tracks at Lancaster avenue in Will
mington.
Charles Warner. chair man of the
State Labor Commission. is taking \
the " wilmington members on an auto
mobile trip through the State to in
spe:t industrial plants.
school Commissioners Of New
Castle county will meet at the Office |
Of Daniel o. Hastings. in Whining
Ton. September 7th. to consider i'm
provements to the school system.
Howard Hardcastle of Cheswold,
will leave Dover Monday next. Sep
tember l3. for Elon College. N. c..
where he will take a two years
course preparatory to ministerial
work. tie carries the BEST wishes of
his many friends for a successful
career.
Miss Eliza Short Of Dover, has Just
returned home from Chautsuqua Lake,
Niagara talls. N. Y. and Chambers
burg. Pa. and will stay with her
grandmother. Mrs. A. E. Lofland.
until September 20. when she will
return to Beechwood School. Jenkin-
town, Pa.
On a field owned by John ]. Rosa.
northeast of Milford, but less than a
mile from town. is now growing one
Of the finest fields Of corn in that sec
ton. The stalks are unusually tall.
while on each stalk there is now two
or. more ears Of we'll developed corn.
The prospective yield is thought TO be
we'll over seventy bushels of corn per
scre.
Ralph Waldo Emerson and Miss
Justine Chambers. both of Wyoming,
Del. were married at Christs Church.
Dover. Thursday afternoon. Rev. Ben
jamin Fish Thompson performing the
ceremony. The contracting parties
are both well-knoWn throughout the
State. the bride being the charming
daughter Of the late Mr. and Mrs. T.
Coke Chambers. and the groom is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pennel Emer
son, also Of Wyoming, Del.
Accompanied by companions. Franl
Rust. the 1S-yesr.oli son Of Mr. an
Mrs Frank w. Rust, went gunninl
for squirrels Wednesday. Whe
near Central Church. west Of Dover
Frank was accidentally shot in tn
leg Although rushed home in tn
automobile in which they were travel
ing. he lost a great deal of blood
The wound, an ugly one, in his righ
leg. just above the knee. SCENE
dangerous. and the young man wa
taken to the Delaware Hospita
Wilmington.
Judge Henry c. Conrad and Stat
Senator David j. Reinhardt. member
Of the State House Portrait Commits
sion. were in Dover. Friday. arrani
ing portraits Of the governors of De
aware. United States Senators ar
other distinguished Delawareans in Il
different parts of the State House. !
many Of the governors portraits
possible we're placed in the governor
room. on the first floor Of the old pa
Of the State House.
Superintendents E. J. Hardes
and James E. Carroll Of the Publ
Schools Of Kent and Sussex Count
have been in Milford and arranged
holding the annual Teachers Intsitu
in November next. The dates will
Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday a
Friday November 8, 10. IL, y. 7
sessions will be held in Armory HI
for Sussex County while the K'
County day sessions will probably
held in the New Century Club Room
or the Palace Theatre. If the lat
gets the day current operating
that time.
The holding up Of John Conner
yong business man Of Dover. WI
returning to his home. shortly af
II O'Clock. Thursday night, near
alley on Cecil street, was the sen
ton in Dover last week. As the str
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