Smyrna times., 1918-02-20
iFEl 0F THE DELAWARE
- MARYLAND PENINSULA
.v ITEMS GATHERED FROM
SE"' ,o STATE EXCHANGES
.r Items from all Partsof the
I't'f''a"IS ',."Is About Your Friends and
Psn'''S rSors and Their Doings.

q a.g Items from all Far'SO' '"e
4 lrt'fe'"'s About Your Friends and
4 P'o.", ..'sbbors and Their DOings'
/ ~. Annie Spencer, Of Little
/ MISS .nfered greatly from the re-
/ CresS' ~ leather. 1t is feared her
/ s.st 6.s. we're frozen
] II Nichols. former pastor
l a-.r Se'' >, Protestant Methodist Church
dDoaSe D...ig1ed his pastorate at Seaford'
h' I'll iii take up Y. NJ. {. A work
/ in France.
pboebe Aaron. Of Dover, who
1 n.@ s.' bsr home with her daughter
n'''' robn Price, King street, has re-
Al'' word that her son Andrew
% ''.su Of Co. F, 35th Engineering
s,los a,.ol' has arrived safely in France
4 r..ao,a T Martin. of Danville,
1 - has been appointed to succeed
NJ 1T Rubl a. State Leader of
NV. ny" ard Girls Clubs in the Division
4 I'i .rvtsnsion at the Delaware College.
] ~, Florence Buckingham Pretty
/ -.n formerly of Dover, died in Phil
1 ~. l5slobia Wednesday, She leaves two
1 '-,s ''',sers and one sister. HOnell, Frank
/ Lizzie Buckingham all of Dover.
! remains were taken to Dover.
i,.-ment - was in Lakeside cemetery
1 saturday. February 10.
B meeting Of MillsbOro business
/ -, uas held at the store of Collins
! II Rqan in that town Wednesday
3 .,gbt and definite plans made for the
..t.blisbment of branch of the Del
/ ,rsre Trust Company there. Two
.,,ared shares at $3.50, will be sub
y.bed and as soon as possible the
I hank will be built on a plot Of ground
I mich has been purchased from E. G..
Blackstone, on the main street of the
town
Governor Townsend became a grand
I hther Thursday morning for the Sec
m5 time this month, a baby hoy hav-
ng been born unto his son and daugh-
p,.in-laT, Mr.. and Mrs. Julian E.
IoEnsend, in Georgetown. On Feb
asry 2 a baby was born unto his
d hughter Mrs. John Tubbs, at Selby-
u dlle. The Governor will have little
uuble in remembering the birthdays
dhis new grandchildren, as one was
mrn on grounding day and the other
St. Valentines day.
The contract for remodeling the
resent Court House building anC
sectng an addition for the accom-
ntation Of the County officials has
aeen let to Ballinge- & Company, con-
tractors and builders, of Philadelphia.
4 The work will begin as soon as the
a lEsrd is confirmed at the March meet
ing Of the Levy Court. The count!
4 olcsls must vacate July the first tn,
present. County Building, which ha
q been sold to the State and is deedeC
q !? added State officials.
4 Captain Cannon, who is command
ing Company B of the Delaware troop
nCamp Dix, praises the work the
ne doing and incidentally states tina
Hery man and officer in Company
insured with the United States Gov
nment for total Of $1.O89, 600
snleh leads the entire Delaware Reg
nent, and that is the only compan
4 Ealch has every man insured. H
iiates that the total amount will b
increased This will he interestin
aeVs to the parents Of the boys wh
ave gone from here. The Captai
a'o states that their work at Cam
ON IS not soldering as they had
nthe south; but real comfortabI
q living in barracks.
! while Governor John G. Townser
3 slnaeelded as to whether or not
vii call special session of the De
ware Legislature to consider extr
"ulnary war measures, as he has be-
1ge' to DO, yet there is a prevailir
Up'esslon at the State Capital tn
WA session will be called. 1t
WI likely that the Governor will tai
1' action IN the matter within Il
.A' leW days, as he is giving it h
S'aest consideration and has made
a'ln that ne will not make a defni
.,'l'clon until he has become convinc
: 'ne aoVlssbility of either calliI
"'eluslng to call such a session.
notwithstanding that at the pri
%sneat set by the Government the
more money to be made in growi
s ..,- u other crops. farmers in Suss
~.n'y have decided, for patrio,
"as ons TO grow more wheat than t
,.. .u''y has ever before produced. 7
~sl' ,. acreage Of spring wheat is t
5I'' s,a51 ever sown 50 far. having be
"oO'ed over last year. The sa
hsners bavo ne "a