Smyrna times., 1916-08-02
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NE"ST ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
inte resting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
Nsighbors and Their Ooings.

PENINSULA ABOUT Your Friends and
Nsighbors and Their Ooings.
A slipping scew-driver penetrated
the palm of C. W. Robinson's left
hand, at Seaford.
The Campfire Girls. of Bridgeville.
Denton. Easton and Greensboro, are
camping at Rehoboth Beach.
A sturgeon weighing $50 pounds
and netting him S35. was caught at
Delaware City by Harry C. Nickle.
Michael Lucas, a watchman at the
Bellevue quarries. fell from a boat
and was drowned in the Delaware.
Wilmington Council has adopted a
resolution. urging Congress to pur-
chase at once the Chesapeake & Del
aware Canal.
The appointment of Mrs. William
c. Lofiand, postmaster of Lewes. is
the first instance of a woman holding
that position.
A large piece of galvanized iron
fell at the Georgetown canning factory
and cut the manager. William Law,
on the face.
Edward Mcdowell, electrician of
the Boldt Steel plant. at New Castle.
has resigned and Charles Shaw, his
assistant, succeeds him.
The Knights of Methodism of Ste
venson Methodist Church are camping
near Ocean City, with Rev. w. E.
Greenfield in charge.
A slipping wrench cut a cash over
the right eye of William B. Kee. at
New Castle steel plant, but several
stitches repaired the cut.
Mrs. Laura Ross Gray. wife of John
G. Gray. a Wilmington attorney and
daughter of Ex-Governor Ross, of Sea-
ford. died at the German Hospital,
Philadelphia
Thomas Wilson. Jr.. whose back
was broken during a commencement
wrestling bout at Delaware College.
is still living. at Delaware Hospital,
Wilmington.
Starting his fathers automobile,
while the father was in Dover store,
small son of H. Ridgely Harrington
backed it into a team, smashing the
rear wheels.
I DR.. Caleb r. Layton, former Re-
publican leader in Sussex county, has
taken the active lead of the Alfred |.
dupont faetionsl fight against the or
ganizaion. and will combine with
Frank Alice. of Kent county.
Thousands of bushels Of wheat and
large quantities of hay and oats have
practically been ruined by the contiD-
uous rains of the past three weeks.
according to the statement of some
of the farmers in New Castle county.
Mrs. Carrie G. Ritter, for thirteen
years assistant to the secretary of
the State Board of Agriculture, Dover.
has presented her resignation to take
effect July 81. She will be succeeded
by Miss Nollie Hirons, Of Dover.
One of the hest cows belonging to
E. II. and F. C. Bancroft near Cam
den. was overcome by the heat last
week. DR.. Mcdaniel found her tenn
perature at 1l0 when he arrived but
by the use of ice packs and heroic
treatment she was saved.
Stanford Marvil has been appointed
Dover mail carrier to I'LL the vacancy
caused by the absence of Lieutenant
Ira d. Townsend. Edward I. Bobes
has been appointed city parcel post
carrier to fill the vacancy caused by
the death Of Bradford Townsend.
Announcement was made last week
of two candidates for the Democratic
nomination for register of wills Of
Kent county-Joshua Smith of Har.
rington, the incumbent. and Ernest
Raughley, a farmer near Dover. re.
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