Smyrna times., 1916-04-12
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

'nte resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
NeIghbors and Their Doings.
Nelson Peak has been elected con-
stable for Lewes on Rehoboth hundred.
The New Castle Century Club voted
to purchased the Terry mansion for
a club house.
St. Georges voters elected John
Crompton. James Gam and J. w.
Carrow town commissioners.
Mrs Anna Goodwin. who attempted
suicide by shooting, Wednesday night
at Elsmere. is in serious condition /
at the Delaware Hospital. Wilmington.
Emma Wiley. a clerk in a Green
wood. while attempting to light fire |
with kerosene, burned her hair and !
face severely.
Wilmington Council has allowed |
the Street and Sewer Department
$4,000 for additional street lighting
in the outlying districts.
Continuing a years deadlock the
Sussex County Levy Court adjourned
Wednesday with the county officers
still unelected.
The State Board of Pharmacy ex-
amined 10 candidates for pharmacists
and assistant pharmacists in Newark
Wednesday.
Obtaining $500 bail. Louder Belts,
one of the men accused of assaulting
Ira Joseph. of Frederica. was re-
leased from Kent county Jail
A contract to build the $40. 600 sd-
dition to the Delaware State Hospital
for 'he Insane, at FarnhUrst, has been
awarded to Anderson & Son. Of Will
mington.
To provide money for the building
fund Of New Castle Century Club,
young women employed IN Wilmington
Offices as stenogrspheIs are soliciting
home made cakes, and sell them in
the Offices.
Lester W. Tarr. assistant chemist
at the Delaware College Experiment
Station. has started a movement for
the organization of a Boy Scouts
Troop in Newark. and a meeting
will be held Friday night.
Sheriff Thomas A. Kirby, on
Tuesday sold the so. acre farm of Paul
Becker. between Petersburg and Sand
town. to James NJ. SatteIfield, at
torney. for 81. 45O, subject to a mort
age of 81. O57.67.
Former Senator r. r. Kenney re.
ceised information a few days ago
that his daugher. Mrs Lillias Kenney
Tremaine. Of New York City. hsC
fractured her leg in fail caused by
tripping on a rug.
Wilmington bank elearings for th'
six months ending on March 31st
show an increase of S25. 795 55, oi
more than half Of the entire clearing
in the corresponding six months yea
ago.
Street Commissioner Flerson hs
sworn out warrants for u Marke
street merchants in Wilmington
charging them with having showcase
or signs extending beyond the build
ing line.
On account of the campaign in Will
mington for 1925. 600 for a new Ii
brary building the managers Of tn
Y. NJ. G.. A. have postponed unit
June their campaign for 5000. 90
for a new home.
Mrs. w. J. Shockency, Of Wash
ington. d. c.. has asked the Wi
miugton police to search for her hus
band. who has been working at Cal
ney's Point. but from whom she hs
heard nothing for a month.
The semi-an nual meeting Of d
directors and managers Of the Palm'
Home For Old Folk was held at Il
home in Dover Thursday. Thirt!
six were present from all parts {
the State. and partook of luncheon
which was served at 1870 o'elOcl
afterwhieh the meeting was hel'
Cash donations amounting TO S137.
} were received. part of which will
added to the endowment fund, no
amounting to 50.
Miss Susan E. Kerbin and NJ
Hiram Robinson Walker both
Dover were quietly married Wedne
day evening at the North Bradfo
street residence of the groom, by Re
w. E. Needham, pastor of the Fir
Baptist Church Of Dover. Both Mi
2 Kerbin and Mr.. Walker are we