Middletown transcript., 1918-02-16
STATE AND PENINSULA

STATE AND PENINSULA
Last years potato crop was the lar.
gest ever produced in the United
States.
The new pier at Ocean City has been
badly damaged by ice and, it is feared.
may be carried away.
Wilmington Board of Education has
decided to pay Pulaski Hall for $4,000
and convert it into public school.
A complete agricultural census Of
Delaware is to be made under the direc-
ton of Nj. O. Pence, of Wilmington.
Members of Wilmington Topographic
cal Union No. 123 help their thirty-sev-
enth annual banquet at the Hotel Nobis.
S. -. Shannahan, editor of The Star
Democrat, Easton. has been elected
president of the Delmarvia Press AS
sociation.
The Delaware Little Legislature, !"
or legislative auditing committee, has
completed it's work and submitted its
report.
Elisha r Bramble was arrested in
Wilmington for the authorities of Cam
bridge, Md. who say he failed to register
for the draft.
At the farm sale of George Deputy,
near Kirkwood, horses sold at 5000 and
upward, and cows from $50 to more
than $1OO each.
Bridgeville citizens have petitioned
the Post Office Department, asking that
the midnight train from the north stop
there to discharge mail.
Following a mad-dog scare, Milton
Council has posted an order that all
dogs found on the streets within the
next 80 days will be shot.
Archie Lynch, Of Selbyville, and Rob-
ert Short, of Georgetown, have been
appointed Sussex county members of
the State Drainage Commission.
Farmers at Georgetown ar, being Of
fered IS cents a basket to contract for
this years crop of tomatoes. while at
Mi'lsboro as cents is being offered.
Frank Greco has purchased the Fid-
darman farm, near Milford, for $3.50
and will build large canning factory.
basket factory and sawmill on the place.
Despite the fuel Administrators
warning, some Whining ton retailers are
selling coal at ID cents for 10 p, unds.
according tc the complaint made by the
Fuel Committee.
There are many discussions as to
whether this is The most severe winter
on record We cannot decide the ques-
ton, but we do know this one has been
severe enough for us.
Theodore 7. Martin, of Danville, Ind,
has been appointed to succeed Howard
T. Rubl as State Leader of Boys and
Girls Clubs in the Division of Extension
at the Delaware College.
Interest in the Farm Bureau organ
ization throughout Kent County is stead
lily on the increase. In nearly every
district, community organizat ons have
been formed and active work egan
A truck route will shortly be estab-
lished from the Eastern Shore Of Mary
land to towns in Lancaster and Cheste r
counties. Pa, to furnish the people of
those sections with fish, oysters, fruits.
and vegetables from Maryland
Notices have been posted through the
marshes surrounding the atl,mupi ton
s1orehouses at Pigeon Point warning
all persons not to traverse them at
night. as the United States soldiers on
guard have orders to shoot to kill.
Under special dispensation Frank
lin Lodge of Free Masons, at George
town: gave the three Blue Lodge degrees
ia one evening to Sergeant Norman
Jones, of the Delaware Pioneers, pre-
paratory to his departure for France.
The Public Utility Commissioners
had public hearing on the request OF
the Wilmington and Philadelphia Trac'
ton Company to increase its rates for
light and power current, but decided to
defer action until it obtains more data
concerning costs of operating.
TT meeting recently Of the Kent
County Protective Association, which
was organized In 1888. it was decided
to discontinue the organization and
Messers. Thomas c. Roe and George
NJ. Fisher We're appointed to distribute
the funds in hand, between $1,000 and
Sl4OO which has accumulated in the
past Sc years.
Former Governor Charles K. Miller
was elected at Washington, on Satur-
day afternoon, to succeed his son,
Major Thomas W. Miller as the Della
ware member of the National Repub.
lican Congressional campaign COM
mittee. This committee conducts to