Smyrna times., 1920-09-29
NEWS OF The DELAWAR!
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger Penin-
sula Towns and Communities

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was named as the Democratic candi-
date for Insurance Commissioner bv
Ihe State Committee at a meeting at
DoVer Thursday. Alexander J. Rut-
ler' OF Wilmington, who was formerly
named for this office, resigned caus-
ing the vacancy.
Dr. II. Childs Hughes purchased at
public sale the Emmanuel Protestant
Episcopal rectory, on Queen street
Chestertown, Nd, for S54OO. He Is
now occupying the residence. The
VeStry OF the church will purchase a
new home for the rector.
A large number of corn cutters arc
being delivered to the farmers in and
around ChestertOwn, Nd, in order to
combat the high cost of labor. which
amounts to 81 and $5 day and board
70 cut OF the corn. If corn sells for
less than dollar a bushel it is he
lleved many farmers having lowland
tlllages will go heavily in debt. Farm
ers may curtail their tillages in all
crops next year until the cost of labor
becomes normal. One farmer was
heard to remark there the other dav
that he did not propose to grow crops
at an expense another year and he
would put his whole farm in grass and
depend upon his cows before he would
be worried with an inferior and very
expensive class of labor.
Federal motor trucks have contract
ed to carry the entire grape crop of
growers near Goldsboro, Md, to CITY
markets. The yield will amount to
about 10000 baskets upon which they
are clearing % cents basket.
Statistics of the Library Commits
sion for the past six months show
there were four hundred requests for
travelling libraries and for books. and
that 1920 volumes were loaned. Dur
ing tnat time fOrty-three libraries.
were sent to schools, three to public
libraries nine to other organizations
and six sos books were loaned to in
dividuals. The directors of the book
wagon routes in the three counties re-
report that from January 1, 1920 un-
til September II, they made 144 trips.
visited 985 homes and loaned 20, O,153
books.
Another, and a very serious fire.
was discovered about midnight on
Monday night of last week on the
farm of Miss Ethel Brady, tenanted
by VIM. A. Alfree. The Middletown
firemen were quickly at the scene and
did good service, but could not save
anything but the dwelling, the barn
and all outbuildings being burned, to-
gether with some tons of hay, his
phosphate, implements, harness, &C.,
very little being saved. The origin of
the fire unknown. The loss was heavy
with but little insurance.
Work of excavating has begun at
Newark to put down the new water
mains and the digging of the addi-
tiOnal artisan wells part of the gen.
eral plan of increasing the town water
facilities was started this week.
Main street, Depot Road and a sec
tiOn of Delaware Avenue, at Newark
were resurfaced last week. Will,
there are many complaints because O
the tar used in the work it will onl,
be few days until the customar,
wear on the streets will remove thi
objection.
The homes of c. P. Wollaston, Ben
jamin Wakeland and George Va
SAINT, all on Depot Road, Newark
were entered by robbers on Tuesda
night and small sums of money stole
y in each house. An attempt was mad
4 to enter the home of Robert J. Co
q bert but the thieves were frightene
N away.
" At a conference Tuesday night ;
~ the high school of representatives
II the Newark High School Alumni A
" sociation, the New Century Club al
I the teachers of the Newark publ
N schools, plans were considered fl
NJ starting a community organization.
W Because of the lack of school teacl
~ | ers in Sussex county, nearly One-ha
W of the country schools have not bee
w able to open. Even in some of Il
W towns the schools have not opened.
W the Rehoboth high school only tv
w teachers have been secured, while
W Midway there are none. Girls wi
W have not received teachers certi
SIS Gates are to be accepted as teache
% on a years trial, during which tin
III they may secure a certificate.
III Wilmington's public schools OPEN
~ Monday with an enrolment of abo
~ $4,000 pupils.
81 The $4,000 automobile fire engil
N for the Elkton Volunteer Fire d
~ partment arrived this week.
" The Cecil County COMMISSIONS
W have decided to sell 100000 worth
n bonds for permanent road imprOv
&c