Smyrna times., 1920-07-28
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

four and quarter hours without a
stop. 1t left here Monday to go to
Harrington and will remain there
during the week, taking up people
who may be in attendance at the Kent
and Sussex county fair, which is be-
ing held at that place. The machine
is an eX-army Curtiss biplane, and is
now owned by Charles Llewellyn, of
Norfolk.
The Reserve Officers Training Camp
will complete it's siX-weelzs' course at
the Aberdeen Proving Ground on July
29. The students are engaged in rifle
practice at the rifle range this week.
Captain Clapham, commanding the
r. o. I. c., will leave the proving
ground on July 81 for Camp Bennings,
Georgia The commanding officer
and his wife, of the Aberdeen Prov
ing Ground, Major and Mrs. H. w.
Schulz have had as their guest for a
part of this week Mrs. Schull's father,
Mr.. j. R. Edison, of Washington, D. C.
Helen Weiss, aged IA years, of Will
mlngton, was rescued from drowning
at Ocean City, Nd, the afternoon of
July Is, by the coast guard, accord
ing to their official report to head
quarters. Boatswain's Mate T. T.
Moore, on lookout saw the girl struo-
cling on the outer bar 200 feet off
shore and some distance from other
bathers. He Immediately left his post
and swan out to her, bringing her in
safely.
A battle in mid-air between a fish
hawk and a giant eel, which ended in
a victory for the eel, was witnessed
last week by number of fishermen
on RehobOth Bay, according to the
story they brought back The wit
nesses Of the fight described it as
magnificent" and lasting nearly ten
minutes.
The hawk had plunged down into
the waters of the bay and arose with
the eel in his talons. The big eel
squimed over the birds back and
began lashing it furiously with it's
heavy tail. Several times the bird
tried to get away, but was com
PEELED in the end to drop the victor
back into the water.
Prof. Milliard Fitzgerald. the new
instructor of Agriculture in Dover
Public Schools, succeeding Prof. An
derson, who resigned at the end Of
this years school term, arrived in
last week to take up his duties in the
Dover High School. FITZGERALD is =
graduate of the Department of Agri-
culture at the Penn State College. and
comes highly recommended to Dover
Waiter D. Postles, Of Frederjca
ana John Gallagher, Of Philadelphia.
died at the Homeopathic Hospital IN
Wilmington last week. FOLLOWING
theH admission to that institution
PostIes, who was the owner OF tho
threshlng engine, the boiler OF which
exploded while threshing wheat on
the Eugene Sharp farm. near Milford
last week, died Thursday. The re-
mans were brought to the home Of
ms parents in trederica. Gallagher
,hed on Friday. Miller who was in
Jured at the same time, was not 81
badly hurt as the other two. He win
recover
According to a recent act of the
Maryland Legislature. every bunto,,
IN the State of Maryland will be com
PEELED to wear tag to CORRESPOND
Win his license during the gunnino
season. State Game Warden E. Lee .,
LeCOmpte has distributed 56.7OO
cards to the county clerks to be is
5ued 5uIe TO hunters during the season.
There are three classes of hunters
hose who hold, county, State and :
licenses. ..
One of the most unique weddings
hat ever took place in lower Della
ware, and the only one ever performed
IN the stage of a theatre in Sussex
'ounty was solemnized Wednesday
nght last at the Hudson theatre in
'elbyville, at the close of the even
ng's engagement by the Columbia
stock Company, when Miss Golda
w. Stoneslfer, daughter of Charles
of Westminster. Md. he
anne the bride of Harry NJ. Yost. a
member of the Columbia Stock Com t
amy, and son of Israel Yost, of Phil d
delphia. The ceremony was per- 5
ormed by Rev. George Gorrel of d
lardela Springs, Md As a wedding
resent the management of the com S
any donated certain per cent of B
ne receipts for the night and immed- 81
ltely following the marriage a we'd d,
ing supper was given. 81
The farm on the State Road four r.
nles north of Milford, owned bv g
lrs. Clifton Maull, of Lewes, was r.
Did on Monday last by her to Ben p
min Davis, a farmer near Milford.
II $4,000 cash. This farm contains
bout 1873 acres, and has buildings l.
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