Smyrna times., 1920-11-24
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

In and Around the Larger PenIn-
sula Towns and Communities
The Georgetown High School has
been presented with a state flag be-
cause it reported an average attend
ance for October of more than 80 per
cent.
Captain William E. White has
broken all records for catching fish
on the eastern coast by bringing into
Aewes this season, 52011 barrels of
menhaden.
Young people of Georgetown are
organizing a social cub, the purpo o
of which will be to give card parties
certain nights in the weeks at the
ZONES of the members.
By the sale of ~ building lots at
auction at Millsboro, the town within
a short time is expected to experience
a building boom, which means its de-
velopment westward.
Milton citizens are stocking thei.
larders with white and sweet potatoes
cabbage and turnips. White potatoes
are selling at 70 cents bushel. Sweet
potatoes sell for go cents, cabbage 6
cents for large heads, turnips bring
80 cents five-eighths basket.
Cards have been issued for the we'd
ding of Miss Pauline Cooper, the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ezekiel
Cooper, of Devondale Hall, State Road
to Frank w. Valentine, of Mount
Vernon, Ill. The wedding will take
place in Grace M. E. Church, Will
nington on Monday evening, Novem.
ber 29th, at six o'clock. Following
the ceremony a reception will be held
at the home of the brides parents,
Dovendale Hall. Mr.. Cooper, father
of the bride is cashier of the Farmer
Bank, Wilmington, a former employe
of the Farmers Bank in Dover.
Watermen returning from the oys-
ter fields of Maryland report that
Tuesday storm did considerable darn
age to property along the river fronts
A score of oyster boats were sunk but
-.4ere was no loss of ufe. Many of
those engaged in the business, whose
vessels were sunk, are now trying to
----44ase new boats to resume their
work.
A tree blown down across the road
near Port Deposit Tuesday night re-
suICed in an automobile driven by B.
F. Martin coming in contact with the
tree with suhc force that his machine
was wrecked. Mr. Martin and his sen
sustained serious injuries.
Three of the six members of the
executive committee of the committee
of thirty-fve named some time ago to
consider the matter of the school code
have decided upon a plan. The mem
bers of three committees to consider
taxation, administration and consoli.
dation and transportation are to meet
in their respective counties on Tues.
day, November 80, to consider the
paramount phases of the law. They
are to have with them at their meet
ings the county school commissioner:
and the local school boards or trustee.
so that thorough understanding o.
the law as contemplated may be Sc
cured. The executive committee WI
meet again next week.
State Highway Az bonds wer
opened at Dover Wednesday in tn
office of Governor Townsend, The Gov
ernOr and State Treasurer Fisher be
ing present. The bidders and awar
were: Blodgett G. Co., New York, 500.
65; Estabrook & Co., New York, S9l
S9; Renick & Hodge Co., New Yorl
$90.27; Stacey & Braun and Whit
Weld Co., New York, S93.O8; Eldridg
& Co., New York, $93.17; Hornblowe
& Weeks, New York, S92.79; Guarar
ty Company of New York, combi1
with Bankers Trust Company, Ne7
York, $91.904; Graham Parsons Co
Philadelphia, $91.27; National o.
Company, with E. H. Rollins & Son
Co., New York, $91.O99; Laird &. CO
Wilmington, with Harris Forbes Con
pany, New York, S9O,592. The SUE
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