Smyrna times., 1917-09-26
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.


NeIghbors and Their Doings.
Miss Mollie Caldwell. daughter of
Rev. DR.. Caldwell, a former pastor
Of Wesley M. E. Church, Dover, now
a resident of Chattanooga, Tenn, is |
renewing arquaintances in Delaware.
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Wingate. of |
Wilmington, formerly of Dover, an
nounce the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Miss Rosina Salisbury Wingate,
to Andrew Janvier Casey, September
first.
Harry S. Crawford, of Dover, met
with an accident while attending the
Westy Hogan shoot at Atlantic City
last week. His hat blew off and in
jumping from the boardwalk to re-
cover it his ankle was fractured.
Elizabeth Mayer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Mayer. who was re-
Gently accidently injured, was taken
to Philadelphia hospital Monday.
DR.. DaCosta made an examination and
gave most favorable opinion.
Charley Z" Buck" Herzog, the
Ridgely. Md, baseball player. who
has made a great record at second
base with the New York Giants, is
forced to give up owing to injuries,
just when the championship games
are coming on with the Chicago club.
Cornelius j. Frear, of Denver, Col
orado, is spending a month or so with
relatives and friends in Dover and
vicinity. Mr.. Frear is a native of
this county, former State Librarian,
and studied law at Dover. He went
west on account of his health, which
he has fully recovered. He is a
brother of Mrs. W. Charles Boyer of
Dover.
Mrs. Daniel o. Hastings last Friday
night gave delightful card party at
the Dover residence of former Judge
and Mrs. Hastings. The party was
for the benefit of the Red Cross So
1
for bridge and "five hundred in the
historic Colonial residence. The at
tendance was large and all had most
enjoyable evening. About $160 was
netted for the Red Cross.
The tomato market has gone as
high ss 81. 10 per 5 basket in Dover
the past week. F. Romeo & Co.,
proprietors of the tomato sauce plant
recently erected at Dover advanced the
price with those they had contracts
with. The Kenton cannery released
all growers that they had contracted
with at 25 cents, owing to their in
ability to get enough tomatoes and
labor and closed the plant.
Albert F. Heather, a we'll known
resident of Marydel, died Tuesday,
September 18th, after lingering i'll
ness, Deceased was 81 years of age
and was born in that vicinity. He
was the son of Mrs. and the late
! Wellington Heather. He was engaged
in farming, and was widely known a;
the proprietor of the Marydel Hotel.
A wife and four children survive him.
Funeral services were held Thursday
with interment at Templeville.
Rev. William P. Davis, a retired
minister, who was pastor of Wesley
M. E. Church OF Dover, about 1880
died in Philadelphia Tuesday, Septem
Der 18th. and will be buried from hi
late home in Camden, N. j., Satur
day. He is survived by his wife, tw'
4 daughters, sister, Miss Annie Davis
1 missionary, two brothers, Judge B
! F. Davis. of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
and Herman S. Davis, of Pittsburgh
! Henry l.. Smith, former residen
! of Dover, died early Tuesday morning
. September 18th, aged 78 years and /
8 days. The funeral was held from tn
home of his son, Cleveland F. Smith
near Wyoming. where he died, Frida
9 afternoon at 2 80 o'clock; intermer
3 in Odd Fellows cemetery, Camder
= Mr.. Smith was an aristocratic gentle
man, loyal Democrat and stron
Methodist. He engaged in farming
but served as county constable an
bailiff of Kent County Courts. He
II survived by two sons, Cleveland +
Ii and Lyman Smith, cf Dover.
II The wheat crop at last accounts ws
II 38, 900, 900 bushels greater than tht
II of last year, but the receipts at Ch
H cago have fallen So. 00o, 600 bushe
n behind last year. There are onl
II 174, 600 bushels of wheat in publ
II and private elevators in Chicago
II against SOFT, 600 year ago. Blu
L receipts at Minneapolis on Frids
II were $50 carloads, against 228 c
H Thursday, and one of the two mil
III that had closed started up agail