Smyrna times., 1918-01-30
l[T5 Of THE DELAWARE
w. MARYLAND PENINSULA
.v ITEMS GATHERED FROM
New ,o STATE EXCHANGES
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lat'rss""s About Your Friends and
NsIghbOrs and Their Oo'"SS'
pett.. aged As years, of
FfedsI''s, e. Steamboat an George W. Pierce,
tts,gn. ts,g1:,,d ,, slipped on the icy deck of
q Al.t'ar D,.t and plunged into the river at
iaas93,.5eIpbia ia9 o5s, and was drowned
-. Emma J. Hall, wife of Joseph
%5s gsn aged % years, daughter Of
D. ns,,' n5 Mrs. Arthur Farrow, of Leip-
NJ sIa aiod in Wilmington. Saturday,
;'. .,y a, p. Funeral services were
''-'' !l1 Wednesday and interment was
5. ns5 st Riveryiew cemetery Will
nington.
u;,li.m B. Jordon, of Balboa,
c..i Zone. Panama, has been visiting
,aul, "a md Mrs. W. D. Drysdale. While
~. -. vr Jorcou inspected his farm
~ -. nover and nursed broken arm
,.,.ined while in Haiti on his way
p to New York.
Deputy State Treasurer Lednum' OF
p,idgeyille. had a narrow escape from
i.orning few days ago. While on
%a i,e at a mill pond near Bridge
go be fell in a hole where workmen
=. been cutting ice. He was pulled
.1t and escaped with wetting.
The Supreme Court of Delaware was
!, session at Dover last week. The
C,oncellor's decree was affirmed in
,ss ease of Chandler VS.. HOllings-
vortb Argument was also heard in
+bs ease of T. Coleman DUPONT VS.. the
,s,eiyers of the Arling ton Hotel Co., :,
INVOLVING 100000.
In the arrest of Raymond Allen,
,lored bv Constable Moore, of Will
Inv Grove. last Monday, suspected of
bs theft of a hide, the officer surely
s,eountered bad actor. Allen
secured gun and shot at Officer
Moore. besides making threats, and
# was not until the constable used
iorce that he brought him under sub
s,tion and landed him in Dover Jail.
A spirited meeting Of Dover Coun.
ii. No. 27, Junior Order United
American Mechanics was held Tues
hy evening. A committee was ap-
uinted to prepare for and plan fol
The coming session of the State Coun.
al. which meets in Dover February
IS and 10. Announcement was made
t the candidacy of Herman C. Tay IOr
hr the office of State Vice Councillor.
Delicious refreshments were served.
Sheriff Van SAINT took to the New
Castle County Workhouse Friday
Samuel Scott, who pleaded guilty, las
Saturday, to non-support Of wife anC
children, to serve one years sentenc,
st hard labor. He will also serve 6v,
months additional for breaking hi
parole on former charge of selling
intOziCants. The woman arrestel
with Scott in Wilmington, severa
weeks ago, who had been detaind il
Kent county Jail, also was taken t
Wilmington and turned over to tn
authorities of New Castle county.
William 0. Johnson of Blades an
ahelper were cutting down a larg
oak tree in front Of his house, on tn
nank OF the river early this week
DE was holding a rope which was tie
% the top Of the tree, to prevent
ifom falling in the river. He wraE
ped the rope around his body, to le
nl' hands free so that he could ligt
DIS pipe, when the tree fell and MI
'onnson was snatched over the en-
0ankment. He received a bad bio
ID the eye and sustained sewers
severe bruises.
William Blackston and Leon Sene,
"lored boys, IL and Ia years of ag,
respectively, were committed to Il
6e'fls Industrial School by Magistra
C'eVens Of MiddIetown, Wednesda,
complaint had been made to Age
frank Stout Of the S. P. C. C. tina
aey were thoroughly incortigibl
mary Rlnggold, mohter Of the Black
vi OoV' testified she was unable
" anything with him, and that
reused to go to school regularly. TT
PARENTS Of the Seney boy we're not /
.1'su' he having been living aroul
@ ..4n one place to another, and al
olu ISiu'lng to attend school regularl
Do'n' however, were in school wh
s''eo 1y Chief of Police Hillyard
AT { O'Clock Thursday mornin
-, n.'' ollVe Marshall Johnson. daug
NJ NJ VI Mrs. Lavenia L. and the la
navy Us,ld l. Johnson, was married
O, %aI'eF P Townsend, son of Afr
!. 'I'on y Townsend, of Georgetow
- 'ne presence of few near relativ