Smyrna times., 1920-09-01
NEWS OF The DELAWARE
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

y years, uldhIng II the second largest |
town in the county. The 1910 census
returns were 1O16 and that of 1920
1903.
Delaware peach growers are hoping
for dry weather so that the late vel |
low peaches known as Albertas, will
not be as badly affected by the rain
as the white early peaches, OF Bellies.
have been.
Work of preparing school buildings
and arranging the teaching stats for
the coming fall school term, which
opens Tuesday, September 7th, are
going steadily forward.
Registration officers are confident
that they can without difficulty pro-
vide for the registration of all women
voters who apply, on the two dates
set apart for that purpose, Saturday,
18, and Saturday, October
16.
Harry C. Holden, one of the bus
mess men of Rehoboth Beach, who
has been there for more than twenty
years, is in possession of the first
newspaper RehOboth Beach ever at
tempted. 1t bears date of 1899 and
was named "The Rehoboth Beach"
Samuel Leeds, of Atlantic City, and
George Bartlett, Chicago, road ex-
perts, have been making an inspec-
tiOn of Delaware's road construction.
They are accompanied by State High
way Commissioner Charles NJ. Up
ham.
Larger loans on Delaware farms
We're urged at the meeting of the Del
aware State Bankers Association, in
Georgetown. Speakers declared banks
should loan 10 per cent. on farm Sc
curity, instead Of the usual 80 per
cent.
Following the recent example of
Philadelphia, the State Board of
Health has ordered cleanup of all
PiggeI1es in Delaware. DR.. l.. S. Con-
well, secretary of the State Board has
been placed IN charge of a campaign
to abate the nuisance.
Professor Harold Z. Tiffany, Of
Newark, a former professor at Del
aware College, but recently OF Hunt
ter College, New York, has been ap-
pointed associate professor of Chem
lstry at the college, succeeding Pro-
lessor Firman Thompson, acting Dean
OF Engineering, who resigned.
The National Federation of Farm
ers IS planning to erect a $1,000. 900
building in Washington, to be known
as the Temple of Agriculture, where
the officers of all oranges, farm bu-
reau, National Board of Farm Feder-
alton, and other organizations per
tanning to agriculture will have their
Offices.
Automobile tourists through the
lower part of Delaware, the peach
and apple belt, will probably take no
tice OF the arrest of five persons from
Wilmington, charged with entering
the orchard of Kent county farmer
and helping themselves to peaches. A
hurry call from the farm was made tC
the Dover police and Constable Kings.
bury placed them under arrest. They
gave cash bail for hearing.
Sergeant William Taylor, who me-
his death in France through a motor
cycle accident and whose body was il
Salem, N. j., was buried with military
hOnors at the soldiers buryinl
ground, Fort Mott, N. j. Soldier!
from the Fort acted as escort anc
pall-bearers. Many Fort dupont off
GERS and men were present.
R. ]. Friant, for the past year as
sistant agronomist at the Delaware
College Experimental Station has re-
signed to become a county agent il
Missouri. Mr.. and Mrs. Friant will
leave for Missouri this week. DR.
Robert Moore assistant professor Of
English is also said to have resigned
and will go to the University of Mich
igan as a member of that faculty.
A IdCdI duIOmODlIe dccluenC Oc
Cured at Summit Bridge when Ray
mond T., the 12-year-old son of Nh
and Mrs. Solomon Hurd, was strucl
by an automobile driven by John B
Kruger, of Wilmington. Mr.. Krueg
er was driving his automobile on tn
road near Summit Bridge, and wa
following another car. He notices
! two boys walking along the road AM
one of them suddenly stepped in from
of his machine, was struck by tn
fender and died in about As minutes
The football season at Delawar
College for 1920 looks promising a
the present time and the Blue an
Gold should come to the front in tn
gridiron game as it did in baske
ball, base ball and track last year.
John (. Smith, a plumber of Mid
dletown, died at Hope Farm, earl
Monday morning of last week, age
Sc years. Deceased had been in poo
health for several months, but M
eaY;oue condition was not realized un