Middletown transcript., 1916-02-05
PENINSULA PARAGRAPHS

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Seaford baseball enthusiasts have
planned to enter the Peninsula League
this season.
Secretary OF State, George H. Hall
has been elected president of the Mil
ford Trust Company to succeed A. w.
Powell, resigned.
The next session of the Peninsula
Horticultural Society IN January, 1917,
will be held in Dover, the executive
committee having so decided.
Large hocks of wild geese have been
seen flying northward over Georgetown
and old residents declare it is sure
sign that winter is near its end.
About 300 residents of Delaware, who
are natives of Maryland, on Wednesday
evening attended the banquet of the
Maryland Society at the Hotel DUPONT.
Extensive arrangements are being
made for the session of the State Coun-
Gil of Delaware, Jr. o. U. A. NJ. .
which convenes in Laurel on February
18th.
Postmaster Robinson, of Milford, last
Friday received notice which authorized
him to establish an additional rural
route from Milford, to take effect Feb
ruary l.
The annual meeting Of the Del-Mar-
Via Press Association, composed of
newspaper publishers Of this Peninsula,
was held Saturday in the Hotel dupont,
in Wilmington.
Farmers Bank at Dover, Capital
$780, Surplus $500, 900, 81 per cent.
of earnings goes to state for School
Dividend. After June l, will pay 4 per
cent. on Savings Fund Deposits. De-
positors invited to make use of Bank
and It's up-to-date accommodations
DIR. Charles A Wagner, Commits
sioner of Education of Delaware, has
issued an educational directory of the
State of Delaware for the years of 1915
and 1916, which is an exceptionally val
liable addition to the educational records
of that office. The books will be ready
for distribution in the near future.
Headed by their own band, the Mil
ford volunteer firemen celebrated the
raising of $4,000 with which to purchase
an auto truck, by serenading every sec
tion of the town and leading a parade
of firemen and citizens down the main
street. The new truck will cost about
$4,000, the remainder of the money hav-
ing been raised by fairs and bazaars.
The P. R. R. has just placed in SER
vice between Lewes and Harrington
and Franklin City new steel baggage
and mail cars. These cars are of the
very latest type and conform in every
way with the requirements of the Post
Office Department. Tho mail apart
ments are lighted by electricity, heated
by steam and are furnished with an up
to-date lavatory and toilet.
Some thirsty persons waited chance,
last Friday night, to break into the
office of the Adams express company
of Seaford, of which Harry Messick is
agent. The burglars forced the lock on
the front door, working quickly and
quietly, secured entrance without being
observed. Three packages containing
liquor were stolen and a revolver was
taken from one of the drawers. Then
the burglars evidently were frightened
away as no attempt was made to break
open the safe, wblch contained the re-
ceipts of the day.
Constable Thomas W. Scott, on Sat
urday arrested Owen R. Collins,
farmer residing near Seaford, charged
with shooting Harry Short, a colored
man employed by Myra Wiley. neigh
bor, who had sent short to the Collins
farm to move the effects of William
Jackson, who had been engaged as over
seer by Mr. Wiley for 1916. By the
evidence it was shown that Collins did
not care to part with the services of
Jackson and ordered Short to leave the
effects. After an argument, Collins
seized shot gun and fired on Short,
painfully wounding him about the face
and hands.