Smyrna times., 1916-07-19
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEwsY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
inte resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
Neighbors and Their Doings.

Thieves entered the home of c. L.
McCabe, at Selbyville. and stole about
S1OO.
Byron Gibson Of Greenwood severely |
spraine1 an ankle while playing ball |
at Lincoln.
A boat line has been established on
the Indian river between Ocean View
and Millsboro.
Owing to i'll health, H. B. Horney
has resigned his position at the Green
wood passenger station.
Edward T. Davidson has resigned
as commissioner Of Milton and Joseph
B. Morris has been elected TO ill the
vacancy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Huston A. Culbreth
and Miss Ida Culbreth left Dover last
week for Rehoboth Beach. where they
will spend the remainder of the sum-
mer.
Construction work on the NJ. E.
Church at Glendale will be started
in short time. The structure will
be of concrete. and the machinery for
making the blocks has arrived
The 47th annual session Of the
Delaware Brotherhood of America will
be held in Dover, Tuesday, August
15. Heptasophs Hall. Priscilla Block.
E. c. Daily Of Hartly announces his
candidacy for the Democratic nomi-
ration for Representative in the Gen
eral Assembly from the Fourth Rep
resentative district of Kent County.
Kits Hammock was aglow Thurs
day evening, on the occasion of
carnival for the benefit of boardwalk
along the beach front. Many from
Dover and surrounding country atten-
ded ard had fine time.
The Milton fire department is being
equipped with fre-hghting parapher-
MALTA and recently hese cart and 500
feet of hose were ordered. The de-
partment now has about 1000 feet Of
new hose
Mrs. William Wickes. who recently
purchased the general merchantile
business Of Joseph T. Hoffecker. at
Dover. has sold out to Nolan and
Elsie Tigner Shorts. who have taken
charge Of the business.
Ernest Stewart, Of Merchsntville.
N. j.. is renewing aequaintanees in
Dover. The difficult part of the
Job is on Ernest. who has become such
a big, healthy man that be has TO tel
all his friends who he is.
Elmer T. Williams. a farmer WHIT
resides on the road from Frederick L
Bowers, met with q serious aeeiden
Wednesday morning last, whil'
threshing wheat. In attempting 4
adjust a belt, both Of his arms wer
broken, tight hand crushed and lef
shoulder blade dislocated.
Extensive improvements are to b.
made to the first floor and Sunda
school rooms Of Wesley NJ. E. Church
at Dover. New hard wood floors an
electric lights are to be put in an
chairs will take the place of benches
long in use. The work will be don
at once.
Robert w. Knight on the ALA
Cunningham farm. situated on tn
Camden Wyoming road snd about tw
o miles south of Dover. has remark
able potato field of ffty acres. whic
is attracting considerable attention q
present. The yield will be unusuall
large. He has a fine field of fort
acres Of tomatoes.
f, Sam. H. Carson. State Represents
tive to the Supreme Convention Of tn
= Knights of Pythias, which eonvenes
Portland, Oregon. August l to Il
will start for that city this weel
He will be accompanied by Miss Lii
Carson, a Dover public school teach'
and a daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. jam
V. Carson.
A valuable horse belonging to q
Atlantic Refining Co. was overeor
bv the heat at Lorewood Grove, Frid
> morning. The horse was a fresh ol
that had been sent here during Z
latter part of last week to replace o
that had died from being overhead
during the hot spell last week. Mu
} trouble is experienced by farmers a
teamers of that neighbOrhood duri
the hot weather. many prostratio
Of horses having been reported duri
{ he past two weeks.
One of the largest specimens