Smyrna times., 1918-10-23
I[VS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
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ORR STATE EXCHANGES
o.tiuc Items from all Parts of
lt,'' tse Peninsula About Your Friends
% md NeighbOrs and their DOings.
~. bodv of John T. Warren, son of
| nd Mrs Alfred Warren of Wilm-
ton NJ, M was taken to Middletown last
rs s.E for interment in Forest Gene
w. Wv Mr. and Mrs. Warren were
's,or w.. residents of MiddletOwn.
Farmers here are preparing to COM
=, With the request of the govern
p,art r. TO increase the wheat acreage 10
or ~ cent over that of last year. The
Ialogp in this country will be much
,.rror r this fall than last, if the labor
can be held.
With the season for harvesting the
.,rr crop at hand, and the time for
.lowing and planting the 1919 winter
norv requests have come to the En-
nIovment Service requesting inform
ation on methods to be pursued in ap-
living for deferred classification and
tbp furloughing of soldiers for the
pvtection of food crops.
Most of the farmers report that
their late potato crop is very good, in
,nite of drought which prevailed so
long Some patches did not come up
verv good but what are standing seem
TO have a good set of potatoes. Most
d the farmers have their fodder down
and are busy getting in wheat.
Cadet William P. Taylor, Jr., Fifth
Cadet Squadron, Ellington Field,
Houston, Texas, where he has been
for the aviation corps is i'll with pneu-
mOnia. Young Taylor is the son of
the Rev. William P. Taylor, of Sails
bury. Nd, a member of the Whining
ton NJ. E. conference and a nephew of
HC. Taylor of Dover.
Reuben Segars, a farmer living
near SeafOrd, has lost $50 in bills,
which were burned on Monday. He
had put the money in the flue hole of
chimney for safekeeping and it is
supposed a spark of fire from a stove
in an adjoining room fell on the roll
Of bills and set them on fire.
William ]. Eliason, one of Middle
towns aged residents died at his home
on East Main street on Monday after
long illness, aged 81 years. Mr..
EliasOn had been blind for several
years and some months ago suffered a
stroke of paralysis. He leaves a
widow and two sons, Wallac c., and
Harry C. Eliason. TIL funeral services
were held on Friday afternoon with
nterment in the NJ. E. Cemetery.
E. S. Adkins & Company of Sails
lures on the Eastern Shore to try out
women as workers in the lumber bust
ness. Because of the scarcity of men
this firm took on quite a number Of
young women last week in their plan
ing mills, and the experience so fal
has proven quite satisfactory. 1t i:
found that these women are rather ex
pert in the matter of bundling shocks
and resawing and doing other worl
where care is necessary to perform
duty.
Invitations have been issued b!
Mrs. Harry Miller Campbell, of New
ark, for the wedding of her daughter
Marion Station Campbell, to Clarenc
Edward Keyes of Pennington. Mis-
Campbell was a member of the frs
class Of the Women's College, whicl
was graduated last spring. Mr.. Keye
Is graduate of Lehigh Universit,
and specialized in certain branches o
agriculture at Delaware College fo
TWO years. He was also a coach a
Delaware for two years, and is mana
ger OF the Pom Ova farm near Farm
mgtOn. The wedding will take plac
october 26, in Newark Presbyteria
Church.
About fifteen years ago Webster "
Alhder, a farmer near Seaford, Will
attending a public sale purchased 8
acres Of land,which included a part Q
TIE Ivy Swamp. He paid but Sis
al acre for the tract. Since tina
Aiie ne has cut enough timber off tn
lana TO net him $50 and acre. This yea
ne planted 13 acres of it in water
~e'OhS and tomatoes, which nette
MN between S1,7OO and $1,000. Th
purcnase has proved quite a profitabl
Investment for Mr.. Kinder. He is
progressive farmer who has accuml
,1'eu a good-size fortune by his az