Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-07
STATE AND PENINSULA

!. STATE AND PENINSULA
| Country butter sells for so cents pc
pound in Milford.
Centreville is to be the scene of ,
brilliant Fair early this month.
Secretary of State johnson has an
nounced that automobile tags for l91!
are ready for delivery at his Dover
office.
John w. Kendall has sold the William
J. Kayser farm, near Fairlee, to State
Senator Harvey L. Cooper of Denton
for $4,000.
Complete returns from the United
War Work drive in Cecil county show
contributions of $4,000, considerably
lover the top"
So many sheep have been killed by
dogs in Kent county during the past
few months that all the funds from dog
taxes have been used to re e-imburse the
owners.
While several persons were digging
among the debris of small house in
Masseys, Md, burned last week. the
charred remains of the owner, Thomas
Virgins, were discovered.
Pilot John L. Barnes, of Lewis, has
been presented with silver medal by
the Government for the rescue of 10
men from the sinking yacht Hyacinth
on the night Of March 18. 1916.
While splitting tree stump in his
yurd recently, State Senator-elect
Lewis M. Price. of Smyrna. was badly
injured. The maui hit clothes line
and diverted its full force to his face.
Farmers in Kent county are busily
engaged in seeding the largest tillage
in wheat for many years. Conditions
were never more favorable for all kinds
of farm work than they have been this
Fall.
Only about half the usual number of
ducking licenses for the Susquehanna
Flats have been issued at the Clerks
office in Elkton, Md, as result of the
Federal regulations prohibiting sales
and cunning from powerboats.
The New Castle-Ke county corn
show will be held at Smyrna in the
Century Club House, December and T.
The State corn show and possibly the
Sussex county corn show will be held
at Bridgeville during the second week
of January.
The Lewes fishing plants have closed
for the season and their boats have
been sent south where they will still
continue in the fishing business for
some time. 1t is reported that both
plants had very good season, the best
for number of years.
Many farmers in this state are SELL
ing their cows because of the scarcity
of winter feed and the increased cost. |
Only the best milk producers are kept.
Many hogs are being shipped to Phila-
delphia stock markets, the price re-
ceived being IA and Is cents live
weight.
The largest subscription to the Fourth |
Liberty Loan in Louisiana is $1OO,
subscribed by David Haynes negro,
who became wealthy through the dis
covery of oil on his farm. Although |
Louisiana has plenty of men with !
greater wealth than Haynes, none has
yet come forward with as large SUBJ
scription.
Prof. H. Hayward, Director of the
Extension Department of Delaware
College, has been granted a years
leave of absence to accept the appoint
ment of Regional Director of Agricul.
tural work in France. Director Hay
ward will leave for France within the
next two months; but will continue his
work at Delaware College until then.
The famed New Jersey weather
prophet says that the fur on the musk
'ats, the goosebone, the shinbone, the
nut crop, all speak of balmy zephyrs
instead of wintry gales, and also de-
:lares the buttonwood tree, which is
he surest barometer of approaching
winter, has joined the ''peace chorus"
He says the buttonwoods are shedding
heir old bark this fall instead of next
pring, and that this is an infallible
ign of warm winter.
Buy Christmas Gifts Early