Middletown transcript., 1916-02-26
STATE AND PENINSULA

Plans are under way to have "Billy"
Sunday conduct services at Elkton Ar
mory one day during his Baltimore
evangelistic campaign.
Improvements are being made to the
lines of the Georgetown Electric Light
Company, preparatory 1.-The installing
of day current in a short time.
Tine Elkton Chautauqua hackers have
selected June Gas the opening date, and
elected Henry M. Mccullough chairman,
and John H. Terrell, secretary.
Norman Spear. of Chesapeake City,
recently sustained broken leg when
the belt of his engine came off and
threw him against the fy-wheel.
Commanders of the four militia com
panies stationed in Wilmington have is
sued an appeal for preparedness, and
enlistments have been increased.
Most faithful of beasts is the hose;
most cruel of animals is the owner or
driver who does not consider the com
fort of the horse in cold weather.
The commissioners for Cecil county
held special sessions in Elkton
Thursday and Friday this week to
hear appeals from personal property
assessments.
Elwood Shorter. colored, aged 16,
who is alleged to have broken mo
Ch 4rley Young's laundry in Delaware
City, was held in $500 bail for the
Grand Jury by Magistrate Reybold.
Charles w. Bush, of Wilmington, in
an address on "Americanizl lti m" at
Delaware College Washington's birth
day exercises, advocated the naturaliza-
ing of alien women under the same con-
ditions as ali n men.
1t is mooted that William A. Watson,
Jr., of Blackblrd hundred, will enter
the race for the Democratic nomination
of county commissioner from the
Seventh district. Charles Jones, Of
Townsend, IS already in the field.
We don't care ''hay copper"
whether the ground hog saw his shadow
or not, for tn, weather has been very
''hoggish" ever since the second day of
February. We are certain, however,
that the weather is ruled by higher
power than little old ground hog.
The P. R. R. has just placed in ser
vice between Rehoboth and Harrington
and Franklin City and Harrington, new
steel baggage and mail cars These
cars are of the very latest type and
conform in every way with the require
ments of the Postoffice Department
While Mrs. Peter Welch, of Milton.
was working in the kitchen of her
home, a bullet crashed through the
window and lodged in the wall near her
head. Who fired the shot is not known,
but it IS supposed some of the boys in
the neighborhood were shooting a rifle
a ID that the stray bullet came into the
house
Samuel Lomax, tenant on the Cooch
farm, Cooch's Bridge, was attacked by
bull on Thursday and badly bruised.
The animal knocked Mr. Lomax down
when he entered the barnyard, and
finally struck him with such force as to
knock him under the fence surrounding
the yard. This no doubt saved the
mans life.
Frederick Schoen, aged % years, an
employee of the Continental Fibre Com
pany, of Newark, was instantly killed
last Friday morning, when struck by
train on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
The body was cut in two. 1t is thought
the young man attempted to board
freight train when he slipped and fell
beneath the wheels.
The Baltimore Sun is planning
home State tour for the Maryland corn
club boys in connection with Maryland
Week this year. The Prize winners
of the various corn clubs will be di-
vided into two parties of 25 each. Those
from the Western Shore will be given
tour Of the Eastern Shore and those
from the Eastern Shore will be taken
through Western Maryland.
Newark fremen celebrated the 9th
anniversary of the organizing of the
Etna Hose, look and Ladder Co. with
a banquet, Wednesday night, in the
new Armory Daniel Thompson was
chairman Of the committee on banquet
and about Is members participate
DR.. Walter H. Steel was postmaster
and m mbers made addresses. Music
was furnished by an orchestra.