Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-03-30
STATE AND PENINSULA

A great many water pipes in Eikton
are still frozen up. and likely to stay
that way for some time.
The contract to repair the armory at
Milford has been given to Joseph L.
Rodgers, Of Milford, for $485O.
The Maryland Bankers Association
will hold their annual convention at
Atlantic City on May %, 20 and 80.
The Farmer Producers Milk Associa-
ton has reduced the wholesale price Of
milk from 8 3-4 cents quart to cents
for next month.
The Democratic campaign in Del
aware will open April 10, with a dime,
at the headquarters of the Democrats
League, in Wilmington.
To close the county hooks. Receive
of Taxes Moore, of SUI MY, ha
ordered suit brought 9 thai
1900 delinquent taxpaS is.
Bayard Jones Gray, colored, said t.
be 118 years of age, died at Laurel on
Monday. AS slave he outlived foul
masters prior to the Civil War.
A potato house containing 5000 hamp
ers of sweets belonging to Charles A
and Harry hastings of Laurel wa.
burned down on Tuesday; loss abou,
$1,000.
The Sussex County Law Library AS
ISOLATION has been organized with Rob
ert C. White as president, to place 1.
library in the courthouse for the use OF
county lawyers.
The issue of. IS, 100000 of Unite,
States Treasury certificates, the sub
scription to which closed March 5, wa
oversubscribed, the subscription il
every district, except, one, exceeding
the quota assigned it.
More than $11. 900, 600, 900 Of war-risl
insurance has so far been written, cove
ing over 500, 0O0 persons in the militar
and naval services. The average amour
of insurance applied for is nearly $4,000
The maximum permitted is $40. 600, am
the minimum 81, O0O
That 8, 456, 600 tons Of coal were save
in the Uuited States during the eig
"fualless" days under the recent ord
of fuel Administrator Garfield, but :
a cost to industry of S3S9.35 for ever.
ton saved, was the estimate made b.
Black Diamond coal publication.
Struck by Darby trol!y car at twent
ninth and MARKET streers. Raymol
Phillips, aged 5 years, fell into tn
fender and escaped without a scratci
Motorman Osborn applied the air brake
so suddenly, when he discovered tn
child on the tr acks, that he broke them
throwing the passengers from thei
seats.
u. S. Postoffices Inspector Mordeca
$. Plummer, for the past twenty year
connected with the postoffice depart
ment. has rendered his resignation
from the federal govergment to tx.
effect uarch 81. He will join the s4t's
forces of the Fabrikoid Company. J
a number of years he was Inspector fo'
this district.
Having ordered the release of Majo,
McChail, anegro under arrest at Coates
vile, Pa, today, State Detective
kcCoy stated that he was not wante@
al Wilmington for the murder of the
negress found on January l6 with he'
throat cut. The State has offered re-
wald of $500 for the arrest and convlc
ton of the murder err.
Federal Food Administration Herber'
c. Hoover has issued an appeal to Del
aware farmers that they shall bring all
of their wheat except their necessary
reserve for seed to market before May
LIST. The appeal was received in
telegram to Edmund Mitchell the Fed
eral Food Administrator for Delaware
MIR. Hoover says that this is a war cal
and service for Uncle Sam who is
fighting for his life.
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