Middletown transcript., 1916-07-15

elected r. r. Kenney president.
But one marriage license was issued
last week by the Clerk of the Peace at
Georgetown
A 9OO-pound sea turtle, evidently cut
in two by fast steamer. WAS cast up
at Rehoboth
The New Castle Levy Court wound
up the fiscal year with a balance of
$44, 600 in bank
JOSEPH, Harper Bait, of Laurel, has
been admitted to practice law in the
District of Columbia.
The new Laurel Board of Trade has
appointed committees and started an
active campaign to boom the town.
Farmers of Seaford section are
pleased with the growth of alfalfa, this
season, which to many Of them is new
crop
The retirement fund of the Whining
ton public school teachers amounts to
SAP, 200, all of which is invested in A
per cent bonds.
The tax rate of Queen Anne's county,
Md, is 81. 43 on the $lO0 for the coming
year, which is the highest in the
county's history.
A derrick barge for the Pennsylvania
Railroad was launched Monday at the
shipyard of the Pusey & Jones Com
pany in Wilmington.
Clearings in the Wilmington banks,
last week amounted to So, ,269, 359 SO,
compared with $3.50, 937.14, for the
corresponding week last year.
The paint shop of the Harlan & Hol-
linsworth- Corporation, Wilmington. is
being razed to meet room for an addi-
tional set of ship-building ways.
st. Agnes convent, at Rehoboth
Beach, has been opened for the sum-
mer, and Sisters from ST. Joseph's
Hospital in Philadelphia are occupying
it.
The clerks of 10 white and colored
schools in rural New Castle county have
failed to make returns to the Clerk of
the Peace, a fine of $50 being provided
for such neglect.
Secretary of War Baker has issued
orders to all department commanders
to release National Guardsmen VINO
have one or more relatives depending
on them for support.
Governor Harrington has signed the
death warrant sending John Nj. Taylor,
convicted in Hartford Court of the MUIR
der of Lucy Myers, also coiored, to the
gallows on Friday, July 28.
The new concrete bridge which con-
meets Queen Anne's and Kent Counties,
Md, at Milli9gton, is rapidly nearing
completion. much to the delight of the
people of the neighborhood.
The large American LaFrance fire
fighting motor apparatus ordered by
Milford Fire Company several weeks
ago, arrived in Milford last week. The
motor is los horsepower and the pump
has capacity of 300 gallons of water a
The truck carries large chem
ical tanks.
In spite of the ravages of the cut
worm, the rose bug and various other
insects that make life miserable for the
farmers around Seaford section, this
years crop of cantaloupes bids fair to
be the best raised here for quite a
while, not only in the size of the fruit,
but also in quality and quantity.
One of the features of the Delaware
College Summer School is the short
chapel talks each morning at 1918
O. clock. These talks are mostly by
members of the faculty, but arrange
ments have been made for a number of
talks by persons outside of the faculty
during the remainder of the session.
Dean Harry Hayward of the agricul-
tural department of Delaware College
the appointment of H. V.
Corey as instructor in charge of the
poultry department. Mr.. Corey grad
uated in agriculture in the class of 1915
from Rutgers College, specialized in
poultry husbandry. He comes we'll
The power plant of the Eastern
Shore Gas and Electric Company, 10
Gated at Laurel, will soon be furnishing
power to nine towns on the Peninsula.
Delmar, Laurel, Seaford. Bridgeville,
Bethel and Sharptown are now served,
and in a few days the wiring of Cam
bridge and Georgetown will be COM
pleted when they will be lighted also.
The plant at Denton, Md, recently
purchased will soon be added to the list
While D. G. Morgan, of Philadelphia,
was going along the county highway be-
tween Seaford and Laurel in an auto
mobile Tuesday afternoon he met
large bIacksnake. The chauffeur at
tempted to run over it, but the snake
succeeded in coiling itself and spring
ing into the machine. The colored
chauffeur Immediately sprang out the
opposite side, but the car wheels were
in soft sand giving Morgan ample time
to seize the wheel. In the excitement