Smyrna times., 1916-05-17
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

reninsula About Your Friends and
Ne'ghbors and Their Doings.
Because Of increased business, the
milk cooling station built at Harring.
ton two years ago is being enlarged.
The Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce will engage an expert engineer
TO make survey of the needs of
Wilmington harbor.
Mrs. George r. Hoffecker, has
been elected president of the Della
ware Society. Colonial Danes of
America. to succeed Mrs. Preston Lea.
William Stehl. charged with the
theft of a diamond ring from the
jewelry store of Joseph Kern. in
Wilmington, was held in $500 bail
for the Grand Jury.
Mrs. James Pennewill and Mrs.
Robert J. Ferguson are attending the
annual reunion of the Bordentown
Female Alumnae in Philadelphia
this week.
Ella NJ. Thatcher Union. w. c. T.
L.. has asked Wilmington authorities
to enforce an ordnance requiring stores
to curtain their display windows on
Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs. E. c. Daily. of
Hartly announce the engagement of
their daughter Mary Louise to Norman
Franklin Elliot, wedding to take
place in June.
W. c. Pelton, agricultural agent for
Sussex County, has obtained large
quantity of seed corn grown en- black
swampy land in Eastern North Caro-
lima which has been found to resist the
ear worm.
The little town of Millsboro pays
the highest salary for high school
principal in Sussex county. having
elected Howard H. Williams at
SIPS. Georgetown next. pays
S11OO.
Harrington New Century Club has
elected Miss Emma Downs. president /;
Mrs. Harry Rice snd Mrs. John 5.
Harrington, viee-presidents; Mrs.
John Masten and Mrs. Thomas Curtis
secretaries, and Mrs. L. B. HsTring
ton, treasurer.
Delaware College defeated St
Johns College. of Annapolis, in
debate on the question: Resolved
that the Federal Government shoul
compel every sble-bodied male citize
between the age of Is and "a to take
under adequate provisions. at leas
one year of military and naval train
ing, Z"
A versatile poultry dealer ha
found means of overcoming the los
of cracked eggs which have hereto
fore been sold at low prices to manu-
facturers of dessicated eggs. H
conceived the idea of covering tn
cracks Of fresh eggs with ordinar
gum paper stiekers. After this Ii
eggs are placed in an incubator an
hatcked. The percentage of chick
hatchsd makes it quite profitable
Out Of Is fine Orpington eggs 7,
Gently, he was able TO hatch
healthy chicks. 1t is believed tht
his discovery will save the loss
thousands of high grade poultry egl
as il becomes generally adopted.
Automobile accidents in low
Delaware seem to be the order. Sin
last Saturday three accidents ha'
: occurred. the result Of some provil
I serious. James B. Bice. a promine
Dover merchant, while returning
Dover from Camden late WedDesd
afternoon, collided with a telepho
pole and was thrown from his ca
badly damaging the machine and bad
bruising HIM about the body. Just
fore noon Tuesday. Fred Lonrons
chauffeur for Roland Conner. Of Ca
den. while coming to Dover, havi
/ with him Mark Ross. also of Camd
f had the misfortune to have one Of
tires blown up. causing the machi
= to jump toward a ditch and in
effort to right the machine. it {
into a ditch, throwing both Occupal
out. badly cutting and brusing tn
as we'll as badly damaging the maehii
The latter two accidents happsr
on the Camden Dover road near
= same spot. The cars in the the &C