Smyrna times., 1918-04-03
.fII 0f THE DELAWARE
~ MARYLAND PENINSULA

..., ITEMS GATHERED Fs FRO"
~'' W.. STATE EXCHANGES
..4oe Item. from all Part'ot o.@ the
Ihtr''""1s, About Your Friends ana
'i,o'S' s..SDor. and Their O''"'''
,u.D Honey. a long time resi-. resi-
I''dTan nnsa, Idle died Saturday March
ptoi pSs' Ss Years. He i' survived
3 's'S @ifs 6Y and several children
= !. tb. doty of all loyal ..cl.is citizens, and
NJ ~ ~ organizations to observe ana ana
bn' 'nn aD5er d the new time schedule ,es
q'f''s :. uD into effect Sunday March
.boIera has made its appearance
hog Ilssr.l SrI farms in Cecil county
's''lI .',ives from the Fedora Bu-
'iPi'Sn'1 .a Animal Industry, Washington
~ o in a' work to stamp the disease
-, cron in Michigan last
lns .' failure and the Federal
I''i '.,.anspt "r' has thus far sent r. 600
W.. n that State from Delaware
4. .i.' amount is likely to react one one
] arsd l5 ,t.' thousand bushels before the
ssnents are through
4. Harriet Slaughter, aged II
~ ]. dipd at the home of her daugh-
Y =, Nh, SalIie Hubbard, near Hartly,
,,.,dsv I, I March q, and was buried
\ 'r, n.,top. Nd, Monday, March 70.
vss stricken while attend'nga
..,irsI at Bethesda Church and never
E.insd consciousness.
,,.b prize of S25 is being offered
ns farmer in Sussex county who
! %tbe largest yield of Irish Cobbler
,,toes this year, by a wholesale firm.
I ,r,ty Agent D. H. Kaufman is
,+,g in cooperation with the firm in
.l,,irq the farmers to compete for
/ i. mize. As a second prize S12. 30
1 nbs given. Several growers have
~,spted to enter the contest.
swy Hillyard, Of Dover whose
f5g recently died. has proven him
4 # wizard as a telegraph operator.
lsared the wires at E. j. Fau-
es establishment as a Western
tm messenger boy. Although
sis Young he is now employed as
lief man at S45 per month and extra
as work or no work.
Lieutenant J. Woodall Green, sor
Postmaster Thomas Green, of Den
N Nd, has been given the French
i Cross for bravery shown while
Ter fire. Lieutenant Green an(
la Moore, daughtr of D. 0. Moore
4 4tLsulel, we're the prize couple o.
anCy dancers at a recent inaugura
ball held in the State Armory a
{ Dover.
Wednesday, March 27, Mrs. Clay
mW Fisher of Dover entertaine
G1ncheOn several out of town guest
70 came to hear her program TO
Liberty Day" at the Century Club
z guests were: Miss Robinson
n Of the WOmen's College of Del
me; Mrs. Warner. of Wilmington
l. Jas. P. Hoffecker, Mrs. Hand
r. Mss HOugh, of Smyrna; Mrs
Is'ck' Of Bridgeville; Mrs. Canr
aAFAwOOd; Mrs. Powell and Mrs
a-ltsy, of Dover.
lae bridge at the draw over Ceds
1'' near Fort Salisbury. has bee
4el up by order of the Levy Cour'
1.-The request of the Engineers D,
Einent This is to allow lare
Nge' to reach the government lanC
.Aiemovsl of the bridge will eau.
ape0pe living on the east side
@Af river to drive twelve miles il
1'a OF SIX miles to reach Milforr
'slIl also stop the rural mail delive,
@as' side of the bay shore, whe
Sna
Aent County Pomona Grange W
at Dover with Capital Gran,
a''day April 4tb. The mornil
S %l0n will be held in the Centu
1% -a Rooms, beginning at 10.
'''S Routine business will
.l1a'ted and dinner will be serv
s'''n' The afternoon session W
fSa ~ At the Dover Opera House
% W., Clock when Judge George Gr
~. ss.ounlngton will be present a
s. a,a an address on American CT
~Ialp' This meeting will be on
sss sa' public and everybody is invit
present..
,s.a, .as State Board of Agriculture
s.i. %','ag additional prizes this wear
'',al ,,a s Of corn, this is, prizes for f
us'us and so arranged that it v
u. ~ trouble ol for the farmers to &C