Smyrna times., 1920-08-04
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

sula Towns and Communities
Rev. Walter R. Clyde, pastor o.
Head of Chrstiana Presbyterian
Church for three years, announced
his resignation at the services Sun
day morning. He has accepted a cal
to the Presbyterian Church at Hos
pers, Sioux County, Iowa. His resig-
nation at Head Of Christiana is ef-
fective August p and he will take up
his duties in Iowa, September 1.
Brandywine Summit, Pa, Camp
Meeting will open on Wednesday, Au-
gust 4th, and a fine program Of ser-
vices and activities is being arranged
1t is expected to be larger than ever
as many improvements have been
made.
Adding two more banks to its chain
Of six in Delaware the Delaware Trust
Company, a DUPONT banking concern
of Wilmington, will take over the
banks of the Fidelity Trust Company
at Lewes and Milton, making eight
banks altogether
Delaware's militia will be re-Organ-
lied in accordance with the instruc-
tions of the War Department as
speedily as possible.
All work on the State roads around
| Wilmington has been suspended be-
cause of inability of contractors to Sc
| cure stone.
! Wilmington newspaper women are
preparing to organize baseball team
to compete with other women's teams
already formed
Orders have been received at Lewes
to allow no one to take photographs
of the Breakwater or any of the Gov
ernment buildings there.
Negotiations are under way for the
sale of all building lots owned by the
town of Rehoboth Beach to a Will
mingtOn syndicate, which will i'm
prove them with cottages.
William H. Pierce, until recently
proprietor of the Howard House, in
Elkton, Md, is having a motion pic
ture theatre and restaurant erected
opposite the Court House.
At a recent meeting of Washington
College, Chestertown, Md, it was de-
cided to keep that institution open for
two years more by raising $4,000 a
year in addition tO.the $4,000 it re
ceives annually from the state.
Owing to difficulty in transporting
machinery, Milford will have TO re-
main without day electric current this
summer. The Light and Water Com
mission ordered the machinery in the
spring, but cannot get it until fall.
Charles w. Lord one of Dovers
we'll known citizens, also a large land
owner, was stricken with paralysis
in his right side Tuesday evening
while sitting in his office in the old
Bayard House Building, Of which he
is owner.
Wheat threshing in Broadklin hun
dred is nearing the end, and next
week will see the finish of one of the
largest crops ever harvested there.
The average yield per acre has been
about % bushels. Many growers
have sold their grain direct from the
thresher and very little wheat will
be kept in local granaries this winter
waiting for higher prices. Growers
claim that the loss by shrinkage in
weight and by rats and mice, when
stored for several months, cost them
25 or 80 cents per bushel. Present
prices mean fair profit to growers and
they are selling.
A demonstration of selection,
breeding and laying of chickens will
be given on Wednesday, August II,
on the farm of Mrs. Samuel NJ. Rey-
nolds, one mile northeast of Milton
Poultry raisers of that section are
interested in this important part of
the industry and a large crowd is
expected to be present. Mrs. Rey-
nolds is the leading chicken grower
| III CIdC Vicinity anu udS demonstrated
that scientific methods, proper selec-
tion of breeding stock and right
feeding will pay. She has arranged
with the Farm Bureau for this pub
lie demonstration as to selection of
breeding stock.
A new clover seed stripper was re-
Gently tested out on the State farm
near MillsbOro, for saving clover seed
Mr.. L. w. Kephart, scientific assist
ant of the bureau of plant industry
Washington, D. c., and County Agent
Vaughn, carried on this experiment
The machine is used in Kentucky fo1
harvesting blue grass seed and it was
Mr.. Kephart's opinion that it could be
used for harvesting clover seed as
well. 1t is drawn by two horses, de-
velOps power from the wheels and
strips the seed leaving the clover
stem in the field. The experiment
was not successful but Mr.. Kenha1t