Middletown transcript., 1916-08-05

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dent of the Delaware State Liquor
League Association.
Several strawberry growers, neal
Seaford, Del, picked their second croE
of strawberries last week.
1 Edward C. DAILY, of Hartley, has an
nounced himself as candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Represen-
tative.
The Wilmington & Philadelphia Trac-
ton Company has announced that il
will pay all its employees who have
| Joined the militia.
Boy Scouts of Georgetown left Mon
day. for a two weeks camp at Oak
Orchard. under Norman Purnell and
Ralph Carey, assistant scout-masters.
Governor Miller has appointed Chief
of Police George Black to represent
Wilmington at the convention of the
American Prison Association in Buffalo
next October.
The new owners of the Pusey & Jones
Company, in Wilmington, have begun
improvements which will make the ship
yard one of the largest in this section
of the country.
Several Seaford Gamers have inspect
ed the farming section, and report the
acreage of tomatoes much larger than
last year, although the crop will be
somewhat later.
Word was received last week from
Percy Moore, Jr., who left Elkton last
April for his parents home in Whining
ton, where he never reported, that h :
is working in England.
A shark, probably nine feet long, was
seen at Kits Hammock Sunday by the
cottagers there, several persons firing
at it, after which it disappeared and
has not been seen since.
The initial sailing of the steamer
Cape May" of the new transporta-
tion line between Philadelphia, Cape
May, Wildwood and Lewes, was made
Saturday from Philadelphia to Lewes
and Cape May.
The meeting held in the Court House,
at Elkton, Monday evening to organize
local branch of the Maryland Associa-
ton for the prevention and relief Of
tuberculosis, was slimly attended. No
definite action was taken.
With hundreds Of houseWi in Will
mington depositing uncollected garbage
on vacant lots, and others planning to
dump such refuse in the streets unless
collections are made more promptly,
the health authorities are in Quandary
The guards at the projectile plant Of
the Bethlehem Steel Company, south of
New Castle, receiving 25 cents an hour
at eight hours Rday asked for an in
crease and now receive $50 in place of
$50 month, but they make an average
of II hours day
This is the final week for the Della
ware College summer school. Exam
nations were held on Thursday and
Friday, after which the students left
for their homes. The attendance
has been nearly 200 and the school has
been great success in every way.
At meeting of the membership COM
mittee of the Delaware Bankers Asso-
citation at Dover recently, steps were
taken to enlarge the membership of the
association and to bring into member
ship the seven banks of the State
which are not connected with the asso-
citation.
The new postoffice in the Vasey
Ruilding on State street, was occupied
Monday, and Delmar now has one of tt e
incest offices on the Peninsula, equipped
with the most sanitary steel equipment,
all boxes having combination locks. The
work room has the latest revices for
handling mail.
Good progress is being made in this
State toward raising Delaware's share
of the $5,OOO,OOO pension fund of the
Protestant Episcopal Church for the
benefit of aged and disabled ministers
or their families. A committee was
appointed at the last convention of the
Delaware Diocese. of which George A.
Elliott is chairman, and so far this COM
mittee has raised $4,000.
The authorities of Washington Col
lege, Chestertown, at a meeting last
Saturday night decided to erect two
buildings, hall and heating plant, to
take the place of the buildings recently
destroyed by fire. The contract for the
hall was awarded to H. S. Ripple, of
Baltimore, for $44, 100, to be completed
in 100 days. The other contract was
awarded to c. E. Stubbs for $4,000, to
be completed in 60 days.
! Reports which have just been received
from all parts of the Pennsylvania Rail
road system show that, in the first six
months of the present year, 90, $50, 1874
passengers were carried without loss of
the life of a single one of them in
train accident. This completes two ard
one-half years in which no passengers
have, been killed in train accident on
any part of the Pennsylvania system,