Smyrna times., 1917-01-31
Nv OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
v,TFMS GATHERED FROM
NJ orp STATE EXCHANGES

NeignDOi
..ble John W. Dickinson has
VgI .l,d himself with touring car
pp'i', nsad in his business. He expects
NV + to chase "bCot-leggers,"
% :, II shooters and other offenders.
o,.toffce inspectors have been max
~. Cniet Investigation of the rob-
VI % .t the Chesapeake City pOstoffice
x: .;.b was entered a few nights ago,
~ ,n,F thieves getting 50. 70. They used
w ...obar which had been stolen from
;, Wv. .toble of Captain z Loveless.
Sro y blankets were left by the robbers.
Twenty cents is the price being
,.,aod down in Sussex. for muskrat
-t -;tbont the pelt which is said to be
Limo at this time for seventy-five
~ ' eiobtv cents, thus making the price
I,.irsd for one of these little fur
.,.,inc animals about one dollar, the
Tcbest price for many years.
nr Iobn W. Chambers, one of the
,,dipg surgeons of Baltimore and be-
;.vod TO be the first surgeon in the
,,utb TO perform an operation for ap-
,.rdicitis. oied Wednesday last on
,.t n Dubois, Pa. He was GA years
A Dr. Chambers was we'll known
Dover. being the brother-in-law
4 Mr. and Mrs. James B. Bice and
\, and Mrs. Robert j. Ferguson.
Mrs. Mary Cooper Knight. widow of
me late David Knight, died at her
bme near Magnolia. of pneumonia,
Srpdsv morning of last week. She
us born near Greensboro, Md, in
1862 and was married to MIR. Knight
in 1879 Of this marriage ten child
zen we're born, six of whom survive
her. Mrs. Annie Reed Mrs. Ella
Gourley, Mrs. Lillian Butter, Miss
Nozena Knight, Robert Knight and
Samuel Knight. She also leaves eight
grandchildren.
yr:. Kate Sheldrake, of Harring-
Ton, widow of the late William II.
Shedrake, died at the home of hel
laughter, Mrs. William A. Ransom,
in Railway, N. j., Tuesday of last
week. aged sc years. Deceased i!
The mother of Mrs. E. G. Hardesty.
d Wilmington, former State Senator
John W. Sheldrake of Harrington, AMI
gsldmother of State Senator Charles
D Murphy.
The Junior class of Delaware Col
lege will give its annual prom enad,
% Friday evening, February 2, in tn
Newark Armory. Plans for thi
dance, which is the principal soc'a
event Of the college year, are com
lete, and large number of alumr
md friends of the college are expecte
She present. On Saturday afternoo
dter the Prom" the Delaware ba'
iHtball team will play against UrsinU
ia the college gymnasium.
NJ. Victor Harbert Jones, son
VI. and Mrs. Edward S. Jones,
Hlddetown, and Miss Grace Sew ersC
AeKenney, of Philadelphia, wei
4etly married by Rev. A. H. Wi
Sn pastor of Mott Street Method
Vduf'h, New York City, on Saturda.
January 10th, at noon. Mr.. Jones
aEatuate of Delaware College. ella
W, employed as an electric
agneer in charge of the plant of {
'all Gain Explosives Company, viii
located at Granogue, Del. M
40 Mrs. Jones will be at hom
Folnt Lookout Farm, "Ganogue, D.
l'er February 18th.
Following lengthy debate on
'Vin Of contract which memb'
"lld use in their transactions w
"oOers and Wholesale dealers in CT
4 au goods. the annual convention
4 VIC lslnstate Gamers Association enc
l "ue Hotel dn Pont Thursday W
I ~' election nf officers, as follow
| 'aafles 5. Stevens. Cedarville, N.
I resident; George E. Diament, Ced
nue; n; Harry L. Cannon. Bridgevil
.'I' and Charles T. Wrighfson, E
4 w. No, vice presidents, and c.
'''ulell Of Princess Anne, Md, , 8
] 'A'y'treasurer, for his twenty-fou
/ .'a The question of a contr
/ ~.u WI. was finally referred to ct
s. I.'eF to report to the executive c.
", Sl.'ee William Silver, of Aberde
~ spoke at the final session
A. iAs sixth annual meeting of
s s'l'"a'e State Sportsrnen's Asso
s,.l ssu was held at Wilmington recen
y n ,u Clubs from Milford. Clay
aware City, Yorklyn, Mount c
'ae z. B. & w. ard Wilmini
~ ,.s''p'nooting Association heing re
m.a .r'su' The election of officers
c"s $'SC q, IN L. R. Beauchamp Of the ]