Smyrna times., 1920-02-25
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MASYLANO PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

Deciding to make no contracts for
future crops of tomatoes, the George
town Tomato Growers Association
recently turned down a proposition
made by Gamers to take the 1920
crop at so cents basket. The asso-
clation declared itself opposed TO fu-
Cure contracts on crops, believing that
1t Is fairer to both the grower and
Gamer to take the regular market
price at the time of delivery.
w. I. Comedies grocery store at
Middletown, was visited some time
Wednesday night by some unknown
person, and money amounting TO
about $3.50 taken from the cash reg
lster. Entrance was made by break
ing the glass in the front door and
then unlocking the door from the in
side. Money was what they sought,
as nothing else is missing. No clue
as to who the thief was is known at
.his writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. William G.. Holt, of
Dallas, Texas, announce the marriage
Of their daughter, Mrs. Leonora S.
Holt, to James Rankin Davis, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Davis, of Will
mington, in Dallas at the Presbyter-
ian Church, on Monday, February 8,
1920, at o'clock. Mr.. Davis is the
nephew of Misses Jennie, May and
Burdella Davis and Robert P. Davis,
Esq, of Milford.
The new State home for the feeble
minded, near Stockley, has been COM
pleted and will be ready for occupan-
cy in a couple of weeks. 1t was off
cially turned over to the State Febru-
airy first. Each county will pay q
per diem amount for each inmate sent
there.
One of the most unusual accidents
that has ever happened in Laurel oc-
CURED one morning recently when a
colt which had been brought from
Virginia and which it is said, had
never seen any snow, was brought out
of the stable When the colt, instead
OF seeing the ground and trees and
buildings in their every day garb,
saw them covered with snow, it
plunged away in alarm and darted
into the Laurel river. 1t was, with
extreme difficulty, saved from drown
ing in the icy water.
Mrs. Ida Millington, wife of The
late George A. Millington, for a num-
Der of years proprietor of the Capitol
Hotel in Dover, died at her home in
Philadelphia, on Monday, the 10th
inst, aged GA years. Funeral services
were conducted in Dover Wednesday
afternoon from the residence of her
daughter, Mrs Roosevelt Hammond.
Interment at Christ Churchyard.
Mrs. Millington before her marriage
was Miss Ida Javnier, member of a
vey promisent family of New Castle
Del. She is survived by three children
Mrs. w. F. Donelan, of Boston, Mass,
George P. Millington, of Philadelphia
and Mrs. Roosevelt Hammond, of
Dover.
The head of a match struck in the
Hotel Richardson, at Dover, fell into
a money drawer. Bank notes repre-
sesting $50 were badly scOrched and
will be sent to Washington for re-
demption. The burning head of the
match had fallen through an opening
on the counter.
One local physician reports that
the epidemic of influenza and pneu-
monia now is as bad as it was in the
autumn of 1918.
Caesar Rodney consolidated schools
of Camden-Wyoming are seeking aid
for the enlargement of the present
building, which when built, three OF
four years ago, was supposed to be
sufficient for increasing attendance of
children. Since the new School Code
became operative, further consolida-
tions have been made, resulting in
over-crowding the present building
The trustees of the school district ask
that four additional rooms be added
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Steffy, OF
near Dover, have announced the en-
gsgement of their daughter, Miss
Florence Elizabeth Steffy, to Mr.
Charles D Anderson, of Monistique
Mich. Miss Steffy is teacher in the
primary grade, and Mr.. Anderson vo-
cational instructor in agriculture, in
Dover public schools.
At the weekly meeting of Walter
L. Fox Post, American Legion, OF
Dover, the proposed bonus of $50 fol-
each month of service for each sol
der was endorsed. The post also en-