Smyrna times., 1918-03-20
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lnls'''I ,.,,Ia About Your Friends and
Fs' ."'rbbors and Their Doings.

NelghpoTS
periamin Hoey, son of Mrs.
u Hoey, has been promoted
AIss ,lg at the us. Naval Academy
Annapolis Mo-
a.. Kate Richardson, of Dover
- n aoue to Texas. where she Will
DIS i1re su in the Red Cross work that
'on'.n 10. been so active in here at
home =,
&C., Camilla Cowgill sustained
WIS., o ;niuries from a fall on the
'sss,, 's,nslE at State and LOockerman
a'. .'.ot. Dover recently and is confined
to her bed.
r. and Mrs Charles M. Wharton
~ ,oturned TO Dover from Old Point
c',otort c', that Senator Wharton may
.1 ...and the special session of the Cen
qsl Assembly,
v,rest Martindale, who has been
18th the Delaware Regiment at An
,.,on ' Alabama, and Camp Dix, has
s.on discharged owing to physical
T.ability and has returned home.
lanes Lewis did a good days work
c.,urdsy March 9, when he restored
,so State House flag to its proper
,o,ition and received $45 for a few
rinutes work and display of courage.
Hugbett K. Mcdaniel, of the we'll
,rovn drug firm of Clarke & Nc
n.niel. Dover, has volunteered in the
Medical Corps of the U. S. Army and
.,nects to leave for service in a few
days.
Governor Townsend has received q
,snest from Provost Marshal General
roWder that Delaware send 308 more
drafted men to Camp Dix on March
% Adiutant- General Wickersham
bss been notified Word has been re-
,eiyed also there will be another call
hApril.
With a view of devoting his time
after retiring from the active ministry
agricultural pursuits, the Rev.
James W. Easley, pastor of McCahe
NE. Church, Wilmington, has pur-
chased 160.acre farm, near Dover.
D.. Easley has announced his inten-
i'm of retiring from active work at
tie coming session of the Wilmington
Inference.
Sunday March 10th, curing the high
wind, Alfred Smith, Ir., son of Rev,
and Mrs. Alfred Smith, had a narrow
escape from serious injury. During
the gale Mr.. Smith was watering hi
stock at bis farm near Smyrna, an,
had barely left the brick stable whel
the end of the building collapsed. Th,
barn yard was literally filled witt
brick and mortar that came witt
much force and a great crash.
Ms. Priscilla Roach, who lives
short distance from Milford foun
one aemorning last week that a THE
rs a stolen two turkeys, some old an
Ioung chickens and several guineas
The visit was made in an automobil
as tracks could be seen where the ma
'nlne had left her yard. The sam
party is believed to have robbed othe
poultry houses.
Muskrat trappers of Kent count
maryland are reaping a harvest, an
nany are leaving their sccustome
occupations to engage in the industry
lne two sons of Frank Plummer, liv
ing on the Wilmer farm, on Cheste
nVer, have caught to date more tina
00O rats, receiving about S4OO for tn
Fl's' to say nothing of a fine priC
'of the meat. The marshes are fu
'tthe water rodents.
At a session held in Dover, tt
'a'e ArmOry Commission opene
uos lor the repairing of the armor
10 Milford. There were three bic
vS'S' and the lowest was Joseph
NOVefs' Of Milford, who gets IL
materials Of value which can be reuse
~ Tue work, and who is to compile
ue entire rebuilding of the front al
"'eflng the sides and ends wi
s'OesIos shingles as protection again
e from the outside. for the sum
~oooOO. The work will start
Y'u as the contract is executed al
OOnd accepted. This will put Il
months. ''> wa
" and Mrs. Samuel M. D. Marshs
,s %s gwen a rousing reception
rr'T large number of Milford frien
spO1 tneir arrival home Friday eve
%s s march 8th. Upon alighting frc
sv,, ar evening train, the newly marri
t". ape were gathered up by a "rece
%p T[ committee" " hustled into
thu lu car the top of which W
%." "n, and paraded from the stati
mo,a We nome of Mrs. Mary L. Marsha
mother of tho -, N''''