Smyrna times., 1919-03-05
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Interesting Items from all Parts of
the Peninsula About Your Friends
and NeighbOrs and their DOings.

the peninsula AOOuI AVuA HAASAuS
and NeighbOrs and their DOings.
Mrs FAY Lafayette of Camden,
NJ who has been visiting in Dover
tos returned home accompanied by
hor mother, Mrs. Alexine Thompson.
Benard Behen of Dover and Milton
nil of FELTON,, both of whom have
boen in service overseas for nearly
one wear, have returned home.
Clifton Hutchinson sexton of Lake
side Cemetery, Dover, was given a
turkey dinner Tuesday last, the oc-
casion of his 42nd birthday.
Oscar Cannon and Orlando Rust of
Dover met with an automobile acci-
dent recently. The former was sei-
ouslv hurt when the machine upset
and caught him under it.
Announcement was made of the
birth of an infant daughter on Sun
dav morning at the Delaware Hospi-
tal. Wilmington, to Mr.. and Mrs. J.
Hall Anderson, of Dover. This is the
sixth child born to the Andersons.
A year ago an Oklahoma girl ad-
yertised at a cost of $10.75 for hus-
band. She got one-and the other
day he died, leaving her $4,000, or a
net profit of $18,98725. Well bet
she can't do it again.
The Federal ban that has protected
reed birds from gunners has been lift
ed by order of Secretary Houston of
the Agricultural Department, because
it was found the birds are too destruc-
tive in Southern rice fields.
Mrs. Anna Lorraine Bell wife of the
late Walter Douglas Comegys, son of
the late Chief Justice Joseph P.
COmegys of Delaware, died at No. 12
Chestnut Ave-, Philadelphia, Tuesday,
February 25th. Funeral Thursday.
She was a veteran educator and wide
" known as founder of Springside,
once famous private school at Chest
nut Hill, was prominent socially and
had reached her seventy-ninth year.
Her father John Bell of Tennessee,
was the Union party presidential
candidate in 1860. Bell and Everett.
The winter of 1918-1919 will long
be remembered as the mild winter of
Delaware. Flowers are blooming in
many of the gardens in lower Della
ware and other plants are developed
much more than usual early in the
spring. At the residence of Charles
A. Chorman, at Milford, who is night
watchman at the plant of The L. D..
Caulk Company, an apple tree has born
fruit during the winter months.
One of the official casualty lists is
sued by the War Department last
week contains the name of George A.
Murphy as wounded, degree undeter-
mined. Mrs. Mary H. Murphy is
given as the nearest relative. Young
Murphy was employed by the Milford
Chronicle Publishing Company.
Mrs. Fannie Z. Hurd, wife of State
Detective Phillip S. Hurd, died Sun
day evening, February 23rd, after a
lingering illness of many months. She
is daughter of Francis A. and Mar
tena Kingsbury, both deceased, and
was born at Warwick, Nd, but has
spent nearly all of her life in this
county, at Willow Grove and Dover
She is survived by her husband, two
brothers, two sisters and four child
ren, namely Mrs. Helen R. William
son, of Wilmington, Roland K. Hurd
of Baltimore, Virginia A. and William
NJ. Of Dover. Funeral services were
held from her late home on Governors
Ave-, Wednesday afternoon, February
18th, interment at Lakeside Cemetery
Facing charges of stealing an auto
mobile and deserting from the army
James Desley Collins, a Laurel young
man, was caught a Sunday night, re-
Gently in the car which he had stolen
from DR.. William Jones at Laurel
and held under $1,000 bail by Magis-
trate H. C. Stewart at Georgetown, il
default of which he was sent to the
county Jail. Collins made complete
confession and laid his offense on the
love Of whiskey and women. H'
claims to have bought a quart o.
Whiskey in Laurel for Sc and then be
cause girl wanted to go automobil
ing entered the Jones garage ant
stole out his coupe. He drove t.
Lewes, got the girl, and for thre'
days rode around lower Delaware
making his headquarters at the hom'
OF John Mariner near MillsborO.