Middletown transcript., 1916-03-11

Miss catharine L Luthringer, pupil
Of Cecilton schooi, has won first prize of
$50, half for herself and the other half
for her school, for the best essay on
'SThe Finest Thing Your Town Has
Done :"
Slippingout of Hillsboro High School,
Ethel Hall, aged Is, joined Everett
Mitchell, aged %, waiting with car
riage, and, driving over to near Whites
vile, Md, they were markedly coun-
try parson.
A business mems association was or
ganized at Havre de Grace with $50
members, and William E. Veasey, pres
ident; P. 2. Hoffer, vice president; R.
H. Luther, secretary, and NJ. E. Ger
Der, treasurer.
Students of Elkton High School
cleared nearly 5000 from their recent
two night dramatic entertainment given
in the Opera House. The money will
be used to give the Senior class trip
to Washington
The degree team of Mattahoon Tribe
No. 118, Improved Order of Red Men,
of Elkton, conferred the adoption and
Warriors degrees on a large class of
candidates for Pontiac Tribe, of Cecil
ton, Monday evening
The seventh annual report of Union
Hospital, near Elkton, for the year end
ing December 81, 1915, has just been
issued and shows a very successful
year. The total number of admissions
during the year was 332, 267 white and
65 colored patients.
More than 300 persons attended the
Better Babies Show in Good Will Fire
Hall, New Castle, Tuesday afternoon,
with So babies on exhibit. the principal
lectures being by Frederick Brady, on
pure milk, and Mrs. S. S. Hammitt, on
pure foods.
Quite number of cottages ON Lewes
Beach have been broke into recently
and quite little property has been de-
stroyed. The owners are taking steps
to catch the guilty party or parties, and
if caught they will be punished to the
extent of the law.
Large quantities of gun cotton have
been passing through the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal on barges. The
gun cotton is being shipped from City
Point, Va, to the powder plant at Car
ney's Point, where it is used in the
manufacture of explosives. Each barge
carries about 400 tons of gun cotton.
By majority of nearly two to one,
Georgetown voters on Saturday elected
John r. Steele, Mayor; Wilbur Tunnel,
Andrew Marvel, Albert Polk, DR.. John
Hammond and Walter Roach, Council |
men; Roland Messick, treasurer; Cyrus |
Hatfield, collector; Minos Short and |
George short, auditors, and William |
Hobbs, assessor.
A committee has been appointed by |
the volunteer fire department, of Sea-
ford to wait on the new Town Council |
and ask support for the company. |
heretofore Lne company has depended |
for its support upon the success of their
annual celebI alton on the Fourth of July |
and when they had bad weather they
lost considerable money.
John Smack Laws and James Van,
both coIored, were brought to Dover
from Milford Tuesday, and lodged in
Kent county Jail in default of $50 bail,
charged with the illegal sale of intOxi-
eating liquors. Laws was tried two
weeks ago by Kent county jury for
the unlawful sale of liquor at Milford
The jury disagreed and ne was released
on bail until the next term of court.
The handsome residence of Joseph W.
Ellis, a delaware road conductor, To-
Gated on East State street, Laurel, was
totally destroyed by fire Sunday. The
fire is supposed to have had it's origin
IN the cellar. Mr.. Ellis had attended
the furnace early in the day prior to
going out on his run. Most of the fur
niture on the upper floors was lost, a
large portion on the lower floors being
saved. The loss is estimated at 81, 500.