Smyrna times., 1918-07-10
NEWS OF IHt DtlANAht Ilrt.u
MARYLAND PENINSULA
.,vey ITEMS GATHERED FROM
T' W.. STATE EXCHANGES

,.nresting Items from aI " -" ''e
ln". n';.srIa About Your Friends and
Fa'1bbors and Their 0oings.
,.,,;.r, Short a prominent farmer,
,,-0o % near kits Hammock broke
ini"S nsr at his home while cranking
bis machine
,uoW Miles, Esq, of Princess
has been reappointed for d
Anp'' .orn as Collector of Internal
!.nns yea for the Observation-Disclosures
district.
o...r Citv has been selected by the
....ntiye committee as the place for
s.'diuu the annual convention of the
a."Isnd up's, State Teachers Association,
September 70
o,;,or A Newton and son, of
D.;dgeville. recently shipped to north
49, - markets several cuOps of young
.s;,teps for which they received
.iostv cents per pound.
The season for making fish oil and
fertilizer has started at Lewes with
h, 10 boats running where formerly
On we're operated. Eleven boats have
bssu sold to the Government.
Iobn G. Townsend Sd, the 22-year-
oa son of Governor Townsend, who
v.s plsced in a deferred class because
a his work in canning plants, has
Enlisted as a mechanic in the aviation
service.
The child of Charles DUPONT Ridgely,
At Camden, who was badly injured in
an automobile accident in that town
i,sbOwing some improvement although
ae chid's injuries are quite severe.
Hog cholera prevails in the vicinity
4 If BIsckbird, several farmers have
lost animals from the disease. The
4 state board of veterinary surgeons are
inOculating hogs in an effort TO stamp
out the plague. Each farm where
The cholera has appeared is placarded
with quarantine card.
CAPTAIN John Arnold and wiIe, of
3 Little Creek, announce the marriage
Of their daughter, Miss Bebecca Knauff
Arnold, to Mr.. Charles Maxwell Har-
ringtOn. in Wilmington, Saturday,
June the twenty-ninth. They will
reside at NJ. 1902 Lancaster avenue,
Wilmington.
State Teachers Institute will be
held in Newark during the week i'm
mediately following the close of the
Sumner School, August 1924. This
is very important step in educational
progress in Delaware. Since the
State pays the expenses of teachers
who attend the school, every teacher
should make every possible effort to
q be present for the entire session.
Dispatches from Washington, Sat-
4 urdsy June 90, announce that the
State Of Delaware is to be allowed
S4 AL for the year ending June 80,
1919, out of $14, $50, 600 set aside
BY the government to aid the States
in constructing and maintaining rural
post roads, in accordance with the
& Federal aid roads law. New Jersey
is to get SLIT, 357 and Pennsylvania
II $500, l45. This is the third appor-
tonment under the law, 81, $50, 600
having been given out this year, and
$780, 1000 for 1918. The law calls
iOf the apportionment of $40, 900, 600
in 1920 and $25, 900, 600 in 1921.
The twenty-first annual convention
Of the State Federation of Women s
Cubs adjourned Friday evening, June
q after two day session at Reho.
y both and electing the following officers
io' the ensuing year: President.
mrs. A. D. Warner, Wilmington
INST Vice'president, Mrs. H. D. Boyer,
a smyrna; second vice-president, Mrs.
william 7. Atkins, Lewes; third vice.
PRESIDENT, Mrs. A. M. Chamberlaine,
al0dletOWn; recording secretary, Mrs.
NARY Barnard, Wyoming; genera
IoeratlOn secretary, Mrs. Walter A.
roVell' Dover; treasurer, Mrs. ]. R.
Skidge. SeafOrd; auditor, Mrs. A,
n L Watson, Dover; corresponding
secretary Mrs. W. E. Douglas, Will.
ningtOn.
a Inc State Board of Agricultur,
.a'nS farmers to beware of cheal
4 'a' and cheap fertilizers. It is i'm
81 s'anI 10 save end to prevent vast,
a 70 use everything that will pro
u m: animal products or crops. Blu
a ga eOodltlOn is a standing tempta
"a ~ V put cheap or fraudulent ma
n J.,s a's On the market. Every farme
81 ,., u De sure that he knows the foo
n A. VI the feeds that he buys an
n r...u 1eal value of the fertilizers an
S0dlly the chaa,,..a >. n