Smyrna times., 1917-08-08
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
interesting Items from all Partsof the
Peninsula About Your Friends and
NeIghbors and Their Doings.

NeighborS and Their DoingS.
William, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward D. Prince, of Dover,
was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital,
Philadelphia. Saturday morning July |
% tn for treatment of a severe and
painful eye affection. There seems to
be little improvement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah w. Stevens,
of Dover, Joined their children, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Fl. Cnverdale, of
Smyrna, in an automobile trip to Get
tysburg, Pa, last week. The trip
was especially interesting to Mr..
Stevens as he was in action in the
battles in that section during the
Civil War.
Arley B. Magee, trustee of the
property of Charles W. and Emma H.
Barger, of Dover has sold the brick
mansion at Bradford and Reed streets
in the tenure of the Rargers, to DR..
Emanuel J. Stout, of Dover, for
So, 900.
Mrs. A. M. Chamberlain of Mid
dletown had her entire straw stacks
from this years wheat crop on the
Griffith Farm" near Sassafras de-
stroyed by fire Monday week The
threshermen had just finished and were
about to leave the grounds when the
fire broke out. Fortunately none of
the wheat was destroyed.
Charles L. Storey, prominent Ma
son and owner of a large printing
plant, died Tuesday night, July 81,
at his home in Wilmington. He was
60 years old and leaves a widow. He
was a member of various Masonic
bodies, including the thirty-second de-
gree branch, and of the knights of
the Golden Eagle and Red Men.
| Reports from the rural sections are
to the effect that in most instances
the farmers have found that their
wheat crop is much better than they
had been led to expect. In the vicin-
ity of Bowers Beach especially this is
the case. The wheat in that section
is dry and in good condition and the
grain larger than usual. Many farm
ers in that section have made records
for their farms so far as the output
of the grain IS concerned. Fears that
the rain had ruined the wheat have
proved groundless in most cases.
Ulysses S. Evans of Middletowr
broke a small hone of his right arm
while cranking an automobile the lat
: ter part of last week. With some
friends he had visited Augustine Park
! and when about to return the car re
fused to bulge. The owner, MIR
! Douglass. cranked until he gave out
and Evans took his place, when tn,
crank "kicked," and broke his arm.
A peculiar coincidence is the fact tina
| Mr.. Evans same arm was broken il
l exactly the same place a little NOR
than year ago, while cranking hi
own car.
| Mrs. Julia Boyd. wife of William
7 Boyd, Dover, died at St. Joseph
Hospital, Philadelphia, on Friday
July 27, of last week, after a brie
illness, aged 43 years. Mrs. Boy
was the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
n Thomas H. Ross, well known farme
residing in this county, six miles ives
of FELTON,. She is survived by he
husband and two daughters, Hele
aged 13 years and Florence aged 1
n years. Funeral services were held ,
Mr.. Boyd's residence on New stree
| on the Sunday afternoon following
with interment in the Boyd famil
burial lot in Bethel Cemetery, ne'
II Cheswold.
= An active campaign against the
nuisance is being waged at Dover,
. committee of the Dover Century ClI
offering prizes to the boys. in sdditiC
to paying five cents for every ha
pint of flies delivered to the commi
Tee every dllGIIldLO MOuudy IuUEull
of last week. Dover is also wagil
a war on dogs. Almost nightly he
of from ten to fifteen visit differe
parts of the town, making the mig
hideous by their barking and yelpin
A Bradford street lady who knov
how to handle a revolver frequent
shoots at the stray animals as tn
frequent that part of the town.
The most beautiful vessel launchi
seen in Milford in years occurred
the Abbott Shipyards in South M
ford Thursday morning when t
schooner Albert F. Pail, was put
the water. The vessel started do'
the ways Immediately after she "
sawed loose and glided beautiful
into the water. She was built
New York parties and notwithstar
ing her exceptionally large size, "