Middletown transcript., 1919-03-08
STATE AND PENINSULA

The annual agricultural fair at Sails
bury has been fixed for August rs to ~.
Twenty thousand cabbage plants have
been planted in the war garden along
the dupont boulevard, near George
town.
By vote of 112 to II, Laurel voted
to issue bonds for street improvements.
The ordinance had previously been twice
defeated.
Governor Townsend is having q large
fruit Juice factory erected at Bridge
vile and will begin packing strawber-
ries in May.
Sixty-one arrests for HOUSEKEEPING
and larceny in Wilmington in February
chow that crimes of this phase are on
the increase.
A new skyscraper, of from Is to Is
stories in height and containing some
600 rooms is planned for Wilmington by
Alfred I. dupont.
Because of the open winter. shad and
herring will be earlier and more plenti-
full than ever before. according to the
predictions of old fishermen
DR.. Lewis Heisler Ball, United States
5enator-eIect from Delaware, has re.
signed as member of the Wilmington
Public Building Commission.
The Board of Visitors and Governors
of Washington College, Chestertown,
has elected Lieutenant Clarence Gould,
of Cambridge, president of the institu-
ton.
Fruit growers in Sussex and adjoin-
ing counties are Of the opinion that
peaches, apples and pears are unhurt,
with prospects Of an exceptionally fine
yield.
Farmers about Seaford estimate the
acreage of tomatoes will be at least so
per cent less than last year, as Gamers
will not meet the prices demanded by
growers.
The Scott Fertilizer Company, of Elk
ton, whose plant was destroyed by fire
recently, has presented $3.50 to the Elk
ton Fire Department as appreciation
for services rendered.
Congress has appropriated $4,000 for
the improvement of the Mlspillion
River, from Milford to the Delaware
Bay. The river will be cut to depth
of six feet at low tide.
The open winter has been blessing
to Delaware farmers, as it has given
them more time IN which to haul and
spread manure and turn the soil in
preparation for early spring planting.
Residents of Seaford have registered
complaints against an extra charge of
10 per cent. on their gas bills not paid
before the 18th of the month as pen
atty for delinquents. Consumers claim
the rates are already too high
President Luther F. Warner, of the
Maryland Annual Conference of the
Methodist Protestant Church, has an
nounced that the week of March to 1e
has been designated by the Peninsulal
Church Extension Society for securing
5000 members.
Fishermen on Indian river, within the
past few days have been catching rock
ranging in weight from three to eight
pounds. They have been selling for e
cents per pound. Several shipments
within the past week have been made
to New York City and Philadelphia.
Steam barges with double propellers,
with a carrying capacity of $50 tons
each and of sufficient power develop.
ment to tow two or more barges, are tc
be built by the government for use on
the Delaware and Raritan, Chesapeake
and Delaware, and New York Canals.
About 20 members of the Methodist
Protestant Church on the Eastern Shore
of Maryland met in Easton last week
and decided to assist in the project II
financing the erection of a $4,000
church in Wilmington. Two meetings
were held, after which dinner was
served at the Queen Anne Hotel by the
Eaefon monhorc