Smyrna times., 1919-07-23
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA

DIR. Charles Jeffrys, who was over
sea with he 59th Pioneers as captain,
has been visiting his sister, Mrs.
James F. Alice, Jr., in Dover, and his
father and mother, Dr. and Mrs. C.
Jeffrys, in Cadmen.
Prof. Nickels, formerly of Milford,
has accepted position as principal of
the Caesar Rodney School and has
purchased the home of Kensil Cook.
After making extensive improvements
he will move his family to Wyoming
to reside.
Professor A. R. Spaid, State Com
missioner of Education, has opened
Dover headquarters in the Cooke
Building, corner of State and North |
streets, equipped with new furniture. |
Professor H. V. Holloway, superin-
tendent of Kent county schools, has
his office in the Central Law Building,
formerly occupied by Richard R. Ken
ney.
A romance in which the parties in
terested became acquainted at a car
nival held in Dover recently, ended
when Miss Louise B. Baker, became
he wife of James NJ. Anderson, of Bal
timore. Anderson came with the car
nival company and was the main at
observation-disclosures and acrobat, who
made daily ascensions and dropped
from he balloon in parachute. Be-
cause of the youth of the bride, aged
16 years, the consent of the parents
had to be secured.
A new form of disease is attacking
the tomato plants in lower Delaware.
Growers say it will very telling eff
feet on the yield this year. 1t is
known as the black stem and decays
| the plant just above the ground, leav-
ing it in such a condition that the
first hard wind breaks off the young
shoot. In the lower part of the State
the patches are badly affected and a
large percentage of the plants are
suffering. So far no antidote has
been discovered, and if no cOunteract-
ing influence is soon obtained it is
feared that the Delaware tomato will
soon be a fruit of the past.
A direct mail service between the
Eastern Shore and Baltimore, using
the new Claiborne-Annapolis ferry
across the bay, on boat. leaving An
napolis at a. M, is to be installed,
probably within week, according to
an announcement made by Postmaster
Sherlock Swami, of Baltimore. This
means that the Eastern Shore people
will get letters and newspapers from
Baltimore before o'clock in the
morning that they have been receiv'
ing about the middle of the day
| Swami has been working two year!
| to obtain this service. The new serv
| ice will put Baltimore on the same
footing as Philadelphia, with tn,
| Eastern Shore, in so far as newspa
} pers and mail are concerned. 1t will
also be the means of bringing th
shore closer to Baltimore in busines
way.
Thrown into the roadway near st
Georges, late Sunday afternoon, whel
their automobile was upset by anothe
. machine in a collision, Mr.. and Mrs
David r. Perry, of 124 North Frank
lin street, Wilmington; their sor
Grant, and two little girls name
Green, were more or less injured
Mrs. Perry had her face badly lacel
ated and has since been confined t
her home under the care of a phys
clan. According to Perry the car tha
ran into him was operated by ma
L. named Fairbanks, who lives in Mort
jackson street, and after the acciden
when asked to bring Mrs. Perry
I that city for treatment, a man WI
} was in the Fairbanks car refused, sa!
ing his machine was out of servic
The car proceeded on its way late
= leaving those injured in the roadwa
according to Perry. The car ope
ated by Perry was demolished al
those injured were taken to WHINING
ton in another automobile.