Smyrna times., 1920-04-14
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
breVities Here and There About Peo-
pie We Know on the Delaware
Peninsula

Il
pie We Know on the Delaware
Peninsula
Farmers in lower New Castle Conn
t.: are rather pessimistic over wheat
prospects. Their investigation shows
that the hard winter did much dam
age and many will not realize the
Price they paid for fertilizer.
a storm moving north from the
Sassafras river did considerable dam
age on Monday afternoon of last
week, in Cecilton, Md, where roofs
were blown off dwellings,, sheds and
barns blown down and fences leveled
TO the ground.
George Paris, who encountered a
blizzard while making a tour through
California some months ago, was in
Dover recently visiting his sister, Mrs
II }. Ferguson. After stay in At
lantic City he will again go TO Cali
fOrnia by automobile.
Warren r. Barwick, a former we'll
known resident of Chesapeake City,
Md, for some years past connected
with the Corn Exchange Bank, of
Philadelphia, died at his home in
West COllingswood, N. j., April End
age 33 years.
VIC Roe & Co., the contractors
fol MiddletOwn streets have resumed
work. At the present time they are
excavating the surplus dirt from
Cochran Square, and will proceed on
through North Broad street, they will
proceed to improve East Main street,
and hope to complete their contract
within 80 days.
Francis Harrington, four year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Harring-
ton of near Dover, had a fall last
week and broke a small bone in his
right arm. The young lad was des-
cending a pair of stairs when he trip
ped and rolled to the bottom. DR.. j.
W. Jones, the family physician was
called and dressed the injuries.
J. Ruley Kirk, long a well-known
resident of Bethel, near Chesapeake
City, Md, where he kept a general
store and had served as postmaster
died on Sunday, April 4th, after lin
gering illness, aged 81 years. He was
a trustee and steward of Bethel NJ
Z. Church, and was active in it's work
for many years. His wife and fOul
sons, James, Reed, Harry and Pau
Kirk survive him.
Miss S. L. Fountain native Of
Dover, now in charge of the Writers
Bureau in San Francisco, has been il
j Washington, D. c., for several weeks
visiting her sister, Mrs. Cove S. vii
son and mother, Mrs. P. L. Fountain
Miss Fountain will have a series O
articles in the Washington papers
about the Democratic Convention tt
he held in San Francisco next June.
Smoke from the adjoining celia
4 filing the basement of Wise's drug
i store at the corner of Loockermal
4 and State streets Dover, caused
clerk of the Wise store to sound al
/ alarm of fire on Wednesday after
/ noon at three o'clock. The Robin
Hose Company Immediately respond
ed to learned their services were no
needed.
Fire originating in a defective fire
place at the recidence of ]. Ned Scot
on King St., Dover caused the Robbi
Hose Company to be called out g
seven o'clock on Tuesday morning
The fremen were quick to respond
the alarm and checked the fire befol
it gained serious headway. SmoB
from the fire awoke Mr.. Short and h
sounded the alarm. The loss is est
mated at two hundred dollars.
The report that George M. Smitl
superintendent of the Delaware Div
= sion, Pennsylvania railroad, wOul
be transferred to Baltimore, was d'
MED last week by Gamble Latrob
general superintendent in this sectio
81 MIR. Latrobe said he had charge
the lines both in Wilmington an
i Baltimore and would be the first
ur know of any change. It was reporte
n. Mr.. Smith was to succeed George
a. Sinnickson, Baltimore superintendel
RI who had resigned.
d John P. Wilson, the youngest SC
he Of the late Robert H. Wilson, OF 5
T., Jones', died in Denver Colorado, c
Sunday night, April 4th. He was
wears of age. Frank d. Wilson,