Smyrna times., 1916-09-13
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
Ns"SY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

O''l'ef OF the Sigma Nu had thei
annual banquet at the Hofbrau.
MIS-. Charles L. Miller has donate,
a piano to the Wilmington Y " q
A. To be placed in the new building.
Rev. W H. Higgins. formerly O..
81. Phillips 2. +. church. anreI
mas accepted a call to ST. Michael
Church, Admission. Ala.
one hardware dealer in New castI.
mas sold more than p. 600 loaded
shells for the reed and rail bird sea
son.
Joseph Powell, arrested on charge
OF wife beating at New Castle. was
held by Acting Mayor Cavender in
800 bail tor Court.
Milford firemens annual fair and
carniValt began Monday. A S2o3
diamond ring is the prize in voting
contest for the king and queen.
Thirty-seven automobile drivers
were fined 50 each during the month
OF August for not sounding horns at
the street crossings in Middletown.
While attending fair. Captain
I. J.. Whaley. of Laurel was robbed
Of his pocke,book containing a large
sum of money and AN his jewelry.
Robert Tullock, aged 80. was So
badly cut on the head when he fell on
street IN Wilmington that he was
sent to the Delaware Hospital.
Within five or six weeks farmer.
around Georgetown Will harvest what
bids fair TO be one of the largest buck.
wheat crops ever threshed in lover
Delaware.
Hanson Seyrre. employed in the
engine room Of dredge opposite New
Castle. was brought to that city an
a tug with his right thumb so badly
crushed that amputation was required
While cunning in the marshes alorr
the Delaware River at Bellevue man
discovered human skeleton which
has evidently lain there for long
time.
Curtis Spicer. Jr. small bov Of
Laurel, was seriously injured when
he was struck by an automobile while
riding his bicycle No arrests we're
made upon the request of the boy him.
self.
The man found unconscious with a
fractured skull along the Baltimore
q Ohio Railroad in Wilmington has
been identified as Pasquale Papa. but
he does not know how he was hurt.
James Z. Henry has made complaint
to Wilmington Council about the in
discriminate granting of licenses to
carnival companies. claiming it in.
Jures the business of the permanent
show people of the city.
The cornerstone o. the Newark New
Century Clubs new building was land
without formal exercises owing to the |
recent death Of Mrs Edward l.. Rich |
ards. for several years treasurer of |
the club.
Blowing Of horns, running with |
muiiiers open and other noises made |
by automobiles are to be stopped in |
the vicinity of the Wilmington CITY |
hall. because it interferes with the
City Court.
Joseph B. Miller. of Wilmington.
and Kenneth T. Meredith. of Dover.
members of the Delaware militia at
Deming, New Mexico, are in the
hospital recovering from operations
for appendicitis.
In an automobile collision at Arm
strong's Corner, Tuesday night. Sept
9TH. John Guessford. of Townsend
was badly hurt. and the car was de-
George Reed. of War
wick, driving the other car, escaped
lnhurt.
The new contract under which
Georgetown streets are to lighted by
electricity for S1OOS a year went into
effect, but because the system has not
been completed an extension of time
Has given the company.
Indignant at the ban placed on Sun
lay Schools by the State Board of
Health because of infantile paralysis.
of Sunday Schools of
he State will protest. especially when
places are not treated the
ame way.
J. Edward Frazier. of Rushville.
nd, a brother of Mrs. Wilkinson,
md who has been spending a few
weeks visiting relatives and renewing
I'D acquaintances in and around
Dover, has bid farewell TO Delaware