Smyrna times., 1920-03-24
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

State Treasurer, George N. Fisher.
VINO has been confined to his ho ne in
wyoming for the past three weeks
witt. an attack of kidney trouble. is
reported 10 be improving.
Mrs. Sallie S. Rash, of Wyoming.
died at the hore of her son, ,;eorpe
Rash, on Saturday, March 18th, aged
81 years. Funeral services Wee held
from her late home Tuesday after
noon,
1t has been reported that the Como
way home on N. State St., Dover has
beensold TO former Governor S. ). |
Pennewill of Greenwood. The Cono-
way home was built by Or. Walter
P. Conoway of Atlantic City for his
invalid mother who died about a year
ago.
Levi K. Bcwden of Newark has re-
ceivedshis 1eappointment as Postmas-
ter dating from March 2. No opposi-
ton to the present incumbent devel-
oped and the notice was accompanied
by a cOmmendatory letter from Sen.
Josiah o. Wolcott, through whom the
appointment WIS made.
Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Mildred L.
Rash, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Rash of st. Jones' Neck, to
Mr.. Stanley P. Smith, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. COrbin Smith, of Magnolia. The
wedding will take vlace on April 3rd
at the home of the brides parents.
The first shad of the season from
he Delaware Bay were seen IN Mil
ford, Thursday. Several fishermen
came up the bav with Wagons we'll
loaded with fish, The fish brought
here were unusually large ones,
weighing upward to twenty pounds.
The average price per pound was 70
cents.
The Dover Hose Company Monday
evening elected these chiefs; Chief
engineer, George w. Morgan; first
assistant, Earl w. Humphreys. The
election Of a second assistant was de
ferred until a special meeting tc be
held Monday night,
The social and auction given by the
Ever Ready Circle, Kings DaUgh' ers
of Dover, Monday evening, netted
more than $500.
Beginning April 1st, employees of
the Highway Commission engaged in
outside work where thereis danger of
accidents will receive a compensation
for injuries. The governor, members
of the Highway Commission and the
members of the Industrial Board have
reached an agreement to this effect,
and announcement of it was made at
meeting Thursday afternoon of the
State Industrial Accident Board.
John Gilpin Highfeld, Jr.. Rcpub-
licar, defeated William S. Day, De-
i mocrat, for the State SenatorsiiD in
the Third Senatorial district, embrac-
3 ing Brandywine hundred ard pOr-
4 tion of Christian hundred, New Cas-
1 tie County, at the special election
] held Saturday, winning by Il margin
of 236 votes. The position was made
1 vacant by the death of George w
Webster, Republican.
Under the direction of the State
Fish and Game Commission, st
Jones river, into which many of the
game fish placed in the Lewis mil
pond were driven by the Hood las
summer, was dragged Well,3''dN
and Thursday by fishermen under thc
direction of the commission. The fisl
taken out were placed in OCher ponds
nearby until the Lewis MIL is com
pleted, after which the pond will b
y 1estocked with these game fish.
I Fred Bennett and his brother, JOIN
4 Bennett, Jr.,of Milford, have had re
markable success in catching musk
rats during the present winter season
OlnCe tue Trapping 9Ce'0OA
- they have caught on on their marsl
of about 100 acres over 1000 musk
rats. The hides of these animals
have been selling at prices ranging
= between three and four dollars each
!" According to the Bennett brother
/ their marsh apparently has as man!
~ rats on it now as when they starte'
!, trapping in the winter.
a. Testimony relative to the condem
- nation of land along the Lincol
= Highway, between Newark and Pike
- creek for the Strengthening and wild
Il ening of the road, was heard by tn
ii commission appointed to assess dam
ages by Resident Judge Herbert L