Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-08-10
STATE AND PENISNULA

Dover's Board of Education has elect
ed Thomas V. Keith collector of schoo
taxes for 1918.
Chicken thieves in automobile trucks
are stealing poultry in wholesale way
about Sussex county.
The government has purchased ad'
ditional ground at Aberdeen and will en-
large the proving ground.
About 20, 900 barrels of menhaden were
landed at the two fish factories at Lawes
last week an excellent catch for seven
boats.
Many Delawareans attended the meet
ing of the Maryland Horticulture So
ciety at Aberdeen. Nd, at the farm of
c. 2. Bryan.
Rain interferred with the Chester
town fair on Tuesday and Wednesday
but the attendance on Thursday was a
record breaker.
Determined to stop violations of auto
mobile laws, Georgetown Council has
appointed two plain clothes traffic police
men to watch the roads.
State Senator Omar D. Crothers of
Elkton, has withdrawn as candidate
for the Democratic nomination for
Congress in the Eastern Shore district.
The largest sprinkler system in use
in that section has been installed by the
New Castle Leather Company IN its
Wilmington plant. The storage tank
holds $4,000 gallons OF water.
At the annual town election to be
held at Millington, Md, on to-day
Saturday the voters will decide whether
or not to authorize the issue of S12, 900 in
bonds for water improvements.
The Frost Gas Company, owner of
the plant in Smyrna. has petitioned
Council for an amendment to its charter
allowing it to advance its rates from
81. 80 to 81. Is thousand cubic feet.
Dr.. Hiram r. Burton of Lewes has
presented to the Women's Collge of
Delaware an electrical apparatus form
ery used in his Office and which has
been set up in the physics laboratory.
According to the reports of the De-
partment of Elections in Wilmington the
second days registration of voters
Saturday totaled about 1000 a falling
Off of at least 1000 from two years ago.
Directors of the Wilmington Street
and Sewer Department have issued in
structions to property owners ON the
care of their shade trees, many of
which are being stripped of leaves by
lice.
At midnight last Wednesday the Gov
ernment took control OF the $4,000. 900.
miles OF telegraph and telephone wires
in the United States. Former Congress-
man David J. Lewis, Of Maryland will
be the Director of Operation OF the
wires.
With the appointment of E. Ross
Farra chief probation officer of the
Juvenile Court. to the position of Labor
Inspector tor Wilmington, applicants
for the vacant position are numerous.
Judge Prickett has the appointing
power.
The Atlas Powder Company has
force of workman engaged in erecting
81 houses along the Susquehanna river
front at Perryville for the use of their
employees. The houses will be separate
with ample yards and will be up to date
in every appointment.
The Orphans Court for Cecil county
Md. has at its disposal free scholar
ship at Washington College, Chester
town for male resident of the county.
The scholarship provides free board,
tuition, room rent and text books and
tenable for five years.
Grading on the Lincoln Highway from
the Maryland State line, 1900 feet to-
ward Newark. Del, is completed and '
foundation is laid The |!
contractor has been helped to some
extent by prisoners from the New Cas-
tie County Workhouse.
There are now 1040 John Srni his in !
Uncle Sans Army fighting with our |
Allies across the seas: In addition to !!
these thers are 200 John A. Smiths sew
eral hundred William Smiths and q
large number Of other Smiths, enough !
of them altogether to make big army
of Smiths who could cut big swain ;
through the boche forces.
Determined to enforce the "lightless !
night" orders the State Fuel Admins
tration has imposed fine of $50 on the !
Plaza restaurant in Wilmington for
failure to comply with their rules,
The fine was applied to the funds of !
the Delaware Bl arch of the Red Cross. |!
The Wilmington police are co-opera- !
ting with the Government in ha.ing the
lightless night order enforced.
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