Smyrna times., 1918-01-02

,.,.-t Shilling and mother are Oc-
;ua h5De the Harry T. Clark residence
On Dover Green
custer packing house has been
.aali:bed Az ri at Little Creek where
s.sn s',n' 80 to 100 gallons of oysters are
opened daily
r., Montague. a section hand on
rIan ,;,,ood at Hartley, had his head
.nt % severely last week while uni0a"-
ing cinders.
u.,,;om s Cantwell, the blind
.noIist of Cheswold, severed parts
e.'4S % .go fingers on last Wednesday
:, ~biIe chopping fire wood.
The Dover Century Club gave its
.anol New Years reception to club
nambers. out-of-town guests and
Gentlemen friends on last evening
January
r.oro some unaccountable cause,
..,.b;no engine in the yard of Arthur
WAGNER. in Camden, caught fire
and was also badly burned as to rem
I.r # useless. 1t was valued at $500.
Miss Ida Thomas Richardson, daugh-
Tor of Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Richard
am of Little Creek, and Mr.. Jennings
c,ott Morgan were married Saturday
A. the home of the brides parents in
Little Creek.
Associate Judge William H. BOyce,
Of Kent county. has appointed John
E HOPKINS. Of Dover, and Walter o.
Hofecker, of Smyrna. to audit the
hooks Of Kent County COmtproller
Harry B. Grieves.
A strange malady is affecting the
horses Of Captain Samuel Wallen,
an his farm near Middletown. The
animals are affected in the throat,
and die in two or three days after be-
coming affected Col. Wallen has
lost three of his best animals recently,
and another is sick.
Kenneth T. Meredith, of Dover,
and Miss Margaret Tarburton,
daughter of Representative John w.
Tarburton, of near Leipsic, were
married at the NJ. P. parsonage al
by the Rev. ]. T. Bailey. They will
reside on the Rev. ]. w. G. Fas-
farm, near Moore's Mill.
Lieutenant Roland H. Swain, sol
Of Mrs. Martha Swain of Dover. anc
Of the late Rev. c. p. Swain, of Will
mington NJ. E. Conference, has com
peted his course at the aviation
school, at Princeton, N. j., and ha
received his commission and may b,
now Somewhere in France. q,
was one of fifteen out of a class o
100 20 pass the examination.
Washington Camp No. 8, P. O. S
Of A, Of Dover, has elected the fol
lOEing officers: President, Georg
Coffin; Vice-president. Joseph Green
haugh; master of forms, Williar
Hurley; conductor, Frank Pyle; in
spectOr, William Smallwood; guard
Thomas Argo; treasurer, Andre
1cFann; secretary, Walter Ware
trustee R. S. Stephens.
Peninsula Methodists waging
campaign for an endowment fund
S2lO,OOO for Wesley Collegiate Inst
tute at Dover, went over the tc
thursday night IN glorious fashion
Not only did these hard working pa
tors and loyal laymen raise the $21O
VOO desired, but they added to tn
ABOUT $50, 600 with which every penn
Of debt existing against the Institute
will be cleared off.
nj Lewis Marshall, aged go years,
osfoer, died suddenly at his home
# Csmden, Del, on Monday evening
last week of heart trouble. He h,
oeen IN Dover during the day, retur
Dg 10 Camden in the evening, al
SOout II o'clock Tuesday night
'omplsined OF severe pain in
sue A few minutes later he fl
unconscious and died before physici
VOula arrive. Mr. Marshall former
resided in Leipsic, Del.
An echo of the recent license ele
uon Was heard Thursday when fo
.so' convicted of completely in tryi
'pift witnesses out of Wilmingt
Dsrs sentenced by Judges Rice a
wye They are Maris Wingat
.Oun'y employee; Thomas ConcannC
'a'OOnkeeper at Seventh and Lombs
"set; Harry Whal his bar tend
Sao Charles Hood, an alleged IS
's'Feen' - They we're sentenced
'e 'hree months in the workhC
.uu 70 pay fine of $1,000 and costs
'e''e SIX months in the workhou