Smyrna times., 1917-09-05
NEWS. OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

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coed Edward F. Reynolds, whose term
has expired and who this fall will be-
come principal of the Dsgsboro public
school. Mrs. Helm assumed her duties
Saturday.
A jolly automobile party composed
of Messrs. Herman c. Taylor, John
c. Hopkins, DR.. Wilbur D. Burton
and former Register of Wills Joshua
Smith Thursday made a TRIP to Tol-
chester, Md, and thence to Baltimore
via steamboat.
Deputy Attorney General James M.
Sstterfeld has been to Saratoga
Springs, where be has been attending
a Conference on Uniform State Laws.
having been appointed by the last
Legislature one of three to represent
the State of Delaware.
The board of education of the Selby-
vile school has elected the following
teachers for this term: Principal,
D. A. Petri, of Ohio; assistants, Miss
Nellie Collins. Berlin, Md. Misses
Martha Rogers and Lille P. Long
and Mrs. Joshua Murray of Selbyville.
Commencing September 1 residents
of Delmar began having mail delivery
twice each day. 1t is understood that
the same offer was made to the
Georgetown postmaster but for some
reason unknown to the patrons of the
Office the offer was turned down.
TOwnspepole are wanting to know
how it is that Georgetown cannot
have the convenience when most of
the other large towns in the county
have it.
At recent meeting of the commits
sioners of Welsh Tract School District
No. AS, it was decided to admit no
pupils living outside of the district
during the coming year. Miss Mary
C. Hoey, of Federico, Delaware, has
been appointed teacher. Miss HOey
comes highly recommended and the
local board anticipates a splendid
school year. Forty-three pupils were
enrolled during the term of 1867.
Newark Post
James H. Eskridge, Jr., aged 26
years. of Seaford. while at work We'd
nesdsy afternoon Aug. %. in a plan
ing mill near fredericksburg, Md.
operating a gauge saw, attempted to
speed the machine by changing the
belt. His hand VISA caught in a re-
volving saw and injured SO badly il
had to be amputated. Several years
ago Mrs Eskridge lost her life wher
her home was burned. Recently MIR.
Eskridge's only child died.
Gamers in Sussex state that the
pack of tomatoes will not be one-hal1
of what was expected three week!
ago owing to the unfavorsble weather
conditions. Heavy rains and hot suns
during the past four or FIVE week!
spelled ruin to the growers and most
of the canneries who had contracted
with the farmers. AS a result of tn,
shortage, packers are wondering how
they are to supply the jobbers t
whom they sold thousands of casel
early in the spring and last winter.
William "Shorty" Bryan, emer
} gency man for the Eastern Shore Ga
and Electric Company, stationed a
Seaford, was called out at an earl,
hour Saturday Aug. 25, to repair tn,
damage done by the storm. While a
the top of a pole, adjusting som
wire, his spikes slipped and he fel
l to the ground. Bryan kept his arm
! locked around the pole and thus check
ed his downward flight, but they wer,
badly burned by friction. His con
dition is not serious, but the burn
and few minor bruises are very painful
I A spark from an engine engaged i
4 threshing wheat on the farm of Will
Q liam B. Wilson, on Bohemia Mano
D four miles west of Middetown las
Wednesday, started a fire that de
stroyed all the straw that had bee
- threshed, and four remaining stack
of wheat, that had not been threshed
4 A high wind which sprang up as tn
II fire broke out famed the flames unit
n the entire stackyard was afre. Th
engine and threshing machine wer
H pulled out of the range of the fire
II The four stacks burned contained l,
Ii 200 bushels of wheat. 1t was full
II insured, but the loss of the straw wi
II fall heavily on Mr.. Wilson, on accour
II of the large amount of live stock o
H the farm. The threshing rig we
l owned by William Steel of Newark.
II Many of the farmers throughor
II the western and lower sections of th
II county are COMPLAINING of wanda
II running their watermelon and cant,
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