Middletown transcript., 1918-07-20
STATE AND PENISNULA

Charles B. Evans has been re-electe
q president of the Newark Trust & SAT-
Deposit Company.
The Wilmington police male II:
J arrests last week, of which nlmb,r 45
n were for drunkenness
The minstrel show given in Whining
i ton by employees of the Harlan p,an
netted the soldiers smoke fund $3.50.
r Mayor Lawson. of Whining ton, has
announced that he will appoint three
new Public Utilities Commissioners this
week.
There will be very few chestnuts in
Queen Anne's county this year, as
nearly all the trees have been killed by
the blight.
According to the records of the
Building Inspectors Office. permits for
buildings valued at $22,088 were issued
in " Nilmington last week.
The Board of Education for Kent coun-
!; ty Md. has awarded Walter Pippin the
contract for building the new high school
at Galena, at his bid sos
! A movement has been started to
erect in Laurel q proper monument to
soldiers and sailors who have lost their
lives in defense of their country.
| Camp Dix is now planting the coun-
try's biggest war garden. 400 acres. The
war department is planning to spend
$50, 600 on gardens in the camps.
The New Castle City Council wants
the people to keep the city clean, and to
that end has placed eight waste cans
at various points along the street.
The great Cyprus Swamp in the lower
part of the State, has been on fire three
days, and the surrounding country for
miles is covered with pail of smoke.
+ special agent of the Department of
Labor Is visiting the various county
seats on the Eastern Shore Of Mary
land, holding conferences with Gamers
| and growers in regard to labor.
The beginning of Is minute daily meet
! ings in front Of the Court House George
town. to offer prayers for the soldiers
and sailors and. to sing patriotic songs,
was held Tuesday morning with large
| attendance.
The largest price for one haul of fish
this season was paid at Bowers Beach
on one day last week when one of the
small seines landed with nineteen bu-
shells of fish which were bought by a
Wilmington fish dealer for $50.
The new barge which is being built
at the Bethel shipyard is nearing COM
pleiion and will be launched Saturday |
July goth. between four and five O'Clock !
in the afternoon This is the largest |
barge ever built on the Eastern Shore. |
Delaware Red Men held home COM
ing at the Fraternal Home, near New
ark, Saturday, which was attended by |
more than 1900 members of the order |
and their families. Entertainment was
provided by members Of the Degree of
Pocahontas.
Definite assurances taat there is no
danger of sugar famine were given
Tuesday by the Food Administration.
and the food situation generally was
declared to be better than at any time
since America undertook the feeding
of her allies
Dr.. ]. w. Cain, who recently resign
ed as president of Washington College.
Qhestertown. after 1e years service,
has been appointed one of the vice.
presidents of the United States Fidelity
and Guarantee Company. Baltimore, at
salary of $4,000 year.
John Shilling, who succeeds his broth
er, as we'll as William H. Jump, who was
appointed to succeed E. L. Cross, Supt.
of New Castle and Kent County public
schools are both Delaware men and have
taught practically all their time in Della
ware schools.
The Medical Societies of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and Delaware Will
meet at Ocean city, Nd, July 1s. One
Of the speakers Will be Lieutenant
Colonel Harry W. Purnel;. Medical
Corps, y. S A., commanding the base
hospital at Fort McHenry.
The trustees of Washington College, j
located at Chestertown, have requested
President Goodnow, of Johns Hopkins
University, to look over the field and ,
recommend one or more men for presi- |
dent of the college to succeed DR.. Cain,
who recently resigned after number i
of years service.
Having. received two subscriptions of !
$25, 900 each, with the promise that five. !
similar ones be received, the managers
of Hope Farm, near Wilmington, has /
insugurated a Campaign to raise $4,000
needed f2r war work among the tuber- |,
oalous.. It is proposed to get half Of
fhe amount throug ugh small pledges.
Walking quietly into the Office of the
local exemption board and surrender
ing, Archie W. Trultt, of near Laurel.
who was charged with being deserter
from Camp Meade about nine months,
was taken to the camp. Young Truitt
was very repentant and expressed re-
gret for his action in deserting. 1t is
said that he is in bad health.