Smyrna times., 1918-11-20
I[VS I Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
,,,,v ITEMS GATHERED FROM
~ o,,p STATE EXCHANGES
..stirr Items from all Parts of
us Neichbors and their DOings.

1ohn HeldmAel' u" "
'' sold eight acres of land in Odessa
70 To-. Mrs. Mary Blendt'
leland Clements, son Of E. +. Glenn
:. Of Dover, who is first class yeo-
'n'r .an at League Island Navy Yard, has
l'.n p'r spending few days with his
~ =. at Bowers Beach, a fine baby
S,r having arrived recently.
" s J. Brockson, of Middletown,
=. bought the residence he has been
.,nving for several years on Craw-
"5' W street. from Mr.. J. P. Collins of
rJdboro. Consideration private.
urs Glider D. Jackson, of Dover,
i, sold her handsome State street re-
j.rce to Hon. Everett c. Johnson,
,o.rotarv of State. Mr.. Johnson and
! ,milv will occupy their new home |
,bout December first.
Frank Barnes, aged IL years, an
"A Societv bop, on the Nelson Wat
=, iarm near East Nottingham, Md,
~, tbe halter around his waist as he
+, mule to the water trough. The
.,anal became frightened and ran a
! nn5derable distance, dragging the
N who. when picked up he was dead,
N entire scalp hanging to his skull
ra shred A verdict of accidental
1 bath was rendered by the coroner.
After an illness of several months
Mrs Clara W. ByIn, of Cambridge,
H died Wednesday, at her home in
l93 She was married to the late W..
wilson Bv1n, of Rose Hill, Cambridge,
nlS54. Her father was a descendent
Il Colonel Hall, a distinguished Re
wlutiOnary hero, who was later gov
nor of Delaware.
The new macadam street, in st.
I Georges, is growing we are told as
last as possible, to some it may seem
slow. The walk across the dam is In
! bad condition, in fact the narrow
oace for autos and trucks is danger
4 Gus unless great care is taken. Two
Of the government trucks barely es
caDed going into the marsh down th'
mbankment.
News of the death of Charles West
4 G Spokane, Wash, formerly o
ODESSA, on Tuesday last, death beinl
due to pneumonia. The body arrive
in ODESSA, on Tuesday, and funera
services we're held at the home of hi
brother Harry West, on Wednesda
afternoon, with interment in tn
family burial lot in st. PauPs NJ. I
cemetery.
Edward C. Scott, of Dover, has pul
chased of DR.. Charles NJ. Wharto
his residence on King street, consit
gatiOn S8,5OO. This fine propert
vas formerly the Wilson propert
and later the home of the late Robe
= Holiday, superintendent of The De
aware Railroad. DIR. Wharton is
present athletic instructor at Newpo
News. Mrs. Wharton is in Dover tn
week disposing of their personal pr
lety.
The last of the buildings of t
Aent and Queen Anne fair, at Chestt
Nvn, Nd, are being moved, a
What was only few short months a
me Of the most attractive f;
grounds in Maryland, is being &C
Veted into a pasture field by
owner, Walter Wright. Mr.. Wrig
las extended to January 1.-the time
he purchasers of the stables to me
them.
State Treasurer William ]. Sw
Bridgeville received word abOu
o'clock Wednesday evening of the s
cen death of his only son, Alf
SFain, aged Is years. A few we
ago the young man entered college
Aercersburg, Pa. The telegram 81
% that he had failed from the fOu
Aory Of building to the concl
e%emant below and lived only a
MINUTES after the accident.
lhe annual meeting of the Pei
slla Horticultural Society and the
IOlIlon Of fruits and vegetables
'nch good premiums are offered,
Y neld at Brdgeville, Del, JAM
H'o l8. An excellent program
\ %Onered for the first two days of
@mOltlon and speakers of natl
equation will be secured. F
bureau members will do well to
saa the program and to secure a
rlm list of prizes offered for the
loIts Address Wesley Webb,
N'ary, Dover, Del.
ffed Brown, of Dover, but for
Of York, Pa, and Miss B
Hassum, of Cheswold, were marri
Ualumore baltimore Thursday, November