Smyrna times., 1918-11-06
I[VS Of THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
,,,sv ITEMS GATHERED FROM
NDo oTp STATE EXCHANGES
..tinc Items from all Parts of
l4,'' 1Se Peninsula About Your n! Friends
Inc Toiobbors and their DOings.

loTn, ,,ors and wife their farm in Pen
sai,I' ssdsr hundred, containing 28O acres
Mia Il land, for $14,25O-
,bout two thousand tons OF pump
a' 0~o now in the yard of the II. T.
s.s ol,on & Son cannery and many are
Caiil- I hauled to Bridgeville. About
ss .srenty tons are carried daily
c.,,oral members of the first-aid
,..s who offered their service to go
.,', . Now Castle to help nurse, have re-
0,ned to their homes in Middle
..rm .-, after doing their bit to help
%rng the epidemic of influenza
4. Walter Schriver and Frederick
o,i+b were coming to Middletown
'..antlv. ' the automobile in which they
rsrs riding, belonging to Schriver,
mrred entirely over. The two men
.-,UIed out from under the car un-
hurt.
Sowell S. Holton, aged SO years, of
wddIetown, suffered from a slight
.troke of paralysis last week, and
TbiIe not entirely helpless, is still con-
A,od to the house. His wife was un-
to,+unate in having a bad fall some
months ago, injuring her hip, so she
:. compelled to walk with crutches.
The aged couple are under the care of
+beir daughter, Miss May Holten.
Frederick ]. Stellar, a former re-
tient of Middletown, where he was
engaged in the baking business, died
at his home in Bridgeton, N. j., last
week. at the age of 80 years. He
lsaves a widow and several children.
Jobn D. Stellar, of TaylOr's Bridge,
was brother of the deceased. Inter
ment was made at Bridgeton.
Florence, wife of Horace S. Col
Inns. died at the home of her niece,
Mrs. Jennie McClements, in Dover,
on last Thursday, aged "a years, from
Influenza. Her husband and four
children survive her. The funeral
took place on Saturday, with inter-
nent at Lakeside cemetery.
Reginald Abbott, aged 1S years, an
emplOye of the Diamond State Tele-
phone Company died at the boarding
house of Mrs. E. E. James on Friday
night. Young Abbott's family came
from Milford, but in recent years they
have lived in Philadelphia. He devel-
Oped pneumonia, which proved fatal
Strawberries are still in the Bridge
vile market selling from Is to q
cents a quart. Eight crates of thirty
two quarts cash were shipped by raj
one morning. Never before have ber
RES been shipped from there at thi'
time of year, but they have been pick
ed in smaller quantities in previous
years.
Mrs. Lydia Ford, wife of Harry F
Ford, proprietor of the Bayard Hous
Hotel, Dover, at the time Kent count,
vent dry, now at Wilmington, died Il
that city on last Thursday from pneu
mOnia, which followed an attack o
Influenza, aged SO years. She wa
buried here in Christ P. E. Churc
cemetery on Sunday.
Another honor has been conferre
upon Dr. BrittOn D. Evans, who re
Gently has been made medical super
ntendent and chief executive office
Of the New Jersey State Hospital Z
GreystOne Park, N. J. DIR. Evans, VIII
Is native of Templeville, Nd, bC
came nationally famous and intern;
uonally known during the trials
marry K. Thaw, of Pittsburg, for tt
Killing Of Stanford White, a note
New York architect and former p;
iron OF Thaw's chorus girl wife, Ev'
I!n Nesbit Thaw.
Lack Of fuel will mean the rottir
u nearly half the sweet potato crC
Oh the Eastern Shore of MarylaI
unieSS conditions change and pric,
ilSe nigh enough to warrant diggiI
He hundreds of bushels still in Il
IeIuS' At present, the market pri
UOeS not pay for tn labor of getir
'.eln out, and because of the search
u luel none of the storage house
"mcn usually take care of the Gro
''H oe open this year. 1t is il
pOSSlole to let the potatoes stay
e ground much longer, because
s, %T 1rosts and cool weather, viii
viii cause them to rot.
"nat had every indication of
:. s."geplng blaze occurred in the CARA
s..r' - EDWARD Atkins, Milford, Thursd
evening when pasolino f,,roas limit
Las ,s caused an explosion. Mr.. Atki
aat a gone to the garage to draw sol