Middletown transcript., 1917-03-17

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Wilmington city employees are to be
paid semi-monthly hereafter under a
new ordinance.
During the past week 81 men have
left Milford for work in the munition
plants at Chester.
Wilmington Park Board has been au-
thorized to negotiate for land to enlarge
Christiana Park and playground.
The State Dental Society will estab-
lish dental clinic in Wilmington as
soon as a suitable place can be found
George Benson, of near Chesapeake
City, is an aspirant for, the Democratic
nomination for Treasurer of Cecil county.
United States Senator Josiah O. VOL
colt has appointed his brother, James
L. Wolcott, Esq, his private secretary.
Because of the high cost of supplies,
Fame Fire Company, Wilmington, has
asked the city to increase its appropria-
ton.
The Governor and the Revised Stat
utes Committee conferred relative to the
pending bills revising the State taxation
system.
Postmaster John L. Mullins, of Mar
shalton, has built new post-office at
his own expense and leased it to the
Government.
The Chamber of Commerce and the
Board of Health are working together
on plans for a general cleanup" work
in Wilmington.
Fifteen hundred dollars will be spent
in scraping the roads of Sussex county
under the supervision of County Engi-
neer, Charles NJ. Upham.
Owners of pea canneries at Centre
vile have agreed to pay growers $50 a
ton for peas the coming season, AL in
crease of $40 from last year
Lewes Red Cross has organized with
Rev. C. H. B. Turner, president; James
Kelly, secretary, and Mrs. Mary Row.
land, treasurer, and 63 Eembers.
The Gamers of Caroline county, Nd.,
have agreed to pay growers of tomatoes
SIS per ton for the coming season, and
contracts are now being made with far
mers.
The Conservation Commission, Of
MARYLAND, has made ringing appeal to
MARYLAND fishermen to protect the fish
of the Chesapeake Bay from destruc-
ton.
Frederlca Steamboat Company has
elected W. E. Davis. J. T. Pos;ies,
Charles Postles, James Q ''ef'e;t,
Joseph Frazier aad 4ya)-er 'sroa d :
rectors.
According wilely-circul, ed .nnrs,
Cedar Beach. five niles cas- Of llfoid,
has been selected by the y i'd States
Government as a site for Delaware Bay
Notifications.
The Chestt rtown Commissioners have
granted permission to number OF resi-
dents to erect a monument on the pup
lie square to the memory of the Union
and Confederate dead.
Joseph H. Hinchliffe, the Elkton
veteran newsdealer, estimates that he
has walked IL, ,710 miles in the AZ years
he has been in business while travelling
from his home to his store three times
day.
Trustees of Helaware College have
decided to convert the residence now
occupied by O. W. Widdoes, Newark,
into dormitory to provide for the fresh
man class of the Women's College, next
September
In the United states there are one
sixth as many Canadians as there are
in Canada: one-half million m re Ger
mans than there are in Berlin; enough
Irish to make four Dubins; enough
Italians to make three Romes.
William J. and Henry c. Boggs
brothers, employed in the b. q Y
freight yard in Wilmington, were he'll
in $500 bail each for the Grand Jury
for the alleged theft of coffee. butter
whisky. ETC., from freight packages.
The 25th Annual Session Of the Gran'
Lodg,, of Delaware, Ancient Order o
United Workmen was held tuesday, a
Dover. The sessions. were he'd IN tn
Priscilla Block Lodge Room and head
Quarters were at the Hotel Richardson
Prof. A. E. Grantham, of the Dela
war, Experiment Station, Newark
seting as Judge on behalf OF the stat
Rna I'd of Agriculture, has awarde
Geaee al A. R. Benson, Of near Dover
+ a aoh medal for the best acre of see
CONN esxsn in Delaware in 1916.
I, tho executive session at Dover Nor
day afternoon, the Senate conflrme
Governor Townsend's appointments
George l.. Stradley to be justice OF peac
at Wilmington and Edwin F. Wood
be Justice of peace at Dover The al
pointments were confirmed nnansmousi!
1tis said that Thomas w. Simmons
-, r A1or1,lopd undf