Smyrna times., 1919-04-16
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NFWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Lockerman street property occupied
bv Berman's Department Store.
Horace L. Pratt returned to Dover
Saturday night from Southern Cali
fornia. where he had spent the fall
and winter, is now visiting his mother
Mrs. Henry Pratt.
Rev. Vaughan S. Collins, district
superintendent of Salisbury District
was in Smyrna over last night and
was warmly greeted by his old friends
William L. Longfellow well known
business man of Greensboro, Nd,
died Monday, April 7th, in his 49th
wear. Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon.
W. Homer Savin, an alumnus of
Delaware College in the Department
of Agriculture in the class of 1917,
formerly of Cheswold, is pursuing
graduate studies at the Iowa State
College, Ames, Iowa. Mr.. Savin is a
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Savin of
Cheswold.
Rev. w. R. Mowbray of Dover,
spent the weekend in Baltimore
where three conferences were in ses-
sion, the Southern NJ. E., the Metho-
dist Protestant and the Baltimore
N. E. District Superintendent Now
bray has two brothers who are MEM
bers of the latter conference.
The semi-annual meeting of the
Directors and Managers of the Palmer
Home was held at Dover Thursday.
Luncheon was served by the managers
to the directors and old folks. The
cash donation reported at the meet
ing amounted to S215. The donations
of provisions and other articles was
unusually large.
A total of 610O accidents occurred in
the State last year, according to re-
port made public by Secretary Grant
land of the Industrial Accident Board.
Two-thirds of the accidents were cut
fingers or hands, particles of dust or
sparks from machinery injured the
eyes of $40 men, while 315 were in
jured in the shipyards.
Chemical tests applied to $4,000
letters written by members of the
American expeditionary forces reveal
ed only one case of treachery. As
these letters had been selected by base
censors and set aside for tests out of
carloads of other mail, virtually only
one traitor was found in huge army
of nearly million men. There could
be no stronger evidence of the loyalty
of American soldiers.
Fire Wednesday evening destroyed
the dwelling on the farm of Henry
Vinsinger, near Chesapeake City, Md,
and tenanted by Randolph Buckworth.
The flames gained such rapid head
way that nothing was saved. Sew
erai members of the Buckworth fami-
ly being i'll, had to be carried to an
open field on mattresses. Loss esti-
mated at $4,000.
Some of the growers of tomatoes in
Cedar, Slaughter and Milford have
consented to sign the contract that
are being offered by the Gamers, who
are to pay 18 cents a 5s-basket or $38
a ton. These are not the farmers
who own their own land but those who
live on rented farms. The landlords
compel them to put out certain acre
age in plants which is nearly all profit
to the owner, but loss to the grow
ers as wages of farm hands have not
been lowered since last season.
Growers of peas for the canning
houses are to be losers this year, es
pecially those who planted crops OF
hilly ground. During the recen
strong wind most of their seed wa
blown from the land. Seed that go
through the ground was blown out b!
the roots. The seed blown out ha'
been covered by the sand and it can
not get through. Some farmers have
commenced to plow up what is left o1
the peas and will use the land fol
other products that come later.
Edward A. Cooch, receiver for the
Jacob Thomas Co., Thursday after
noon sold the property of the com
pany, north of tn eB. &. o. railroad
IN Newark, to H. Warner McNeal fo
$1,000. The Thomas wall paper plant
which formerly stood on this property
was burned down more than yea
ago. The sale includes about six acre
OF land finely located for factory site
y and also part of the walls of the oil
n factory.