Smyrna times., 1920-02-04
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Interesting Items From All Parts OF
The Peninsula About Friends And
NeighbOrs And Their DOings

The Peninsula About Friends And
NeighbOrs And Their DOings
Sportsmen at Chestertown, Md,
will seek to secure some very import
ant legislation at the present session
of the Legislature, which will afford
protection to wild ducks and other
game.
Captain George w. COvey, aged 81
years, of GalvestOwn, Md, died at his
home, at Seaford, Tuesday night. He
was father of William o. COvey, of
Seaford, and a well-known Chesa-
/ peake Bay mariner.
William w. Day, a widely-knOwn
lumber dealer, residing at Salisbury
Md, has purchased the homestead Of
the late John Cannon Short, former
United States marshal, on the road |
between Seaford and Georgetown. The
farm contains 24O acres and the con-
sideration is said to have been about |
$4,000
Miss Martha Aron, only daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs James P. ArOn, of
Bower and Lewis Henry Lashley, of
Mortified, N. j., were married in
No1thfield Miss Aron has been as
sisting State Archivist Tatnall in the
State House at Dover. The groom
is an architectural craftsman in At
lantic City.
At a joint meeting of the town
councils of Camden and Wyoming,
held recently, it was decided to pur-
chase the waterworks plant which has
supplied these two towns for several
years, and which some weeks ago was
sold at a receivers sale. The price
paid for the plant was $4,000 and
will be maintained jointly by the TWO
towns.
The three small boys, the eldest 10
years, sons of Mrs. r. S. Harman, ar
rived in Elkton, Md, Tuesday even
ing, from their home at Glasgow,
Montana, travelling a distance of
2,7O0 miles, and will spend the re-
mainder of the winter with their un-
Gle on the Corlidean farm. The lads
claimed to have had a great time or
their trip east
Proposals for furnishing of mater
ials to be used in the construction o
State roads in Delaware were submit
ted at a meeting of the State High
way Department, last Wednesday
The available supply of road mater
ials in this vicinity would construC
only about 300 miles of road. At tn
| present time about 800 miles of rOa
are under construction in Delawal
and program for additional sc
miles is being planned.
Last week thieves visited the hOu'
of Cooper Davidson, near Milford, ar
l stole a part of barrel of fish. a
Mr.. Davidson made no trouble abOl
it they went back again the first
this week and stole the barrel al
the remainder of the fish. ChickC
1 and egg thieves have also made the
appearance and some poultry raise
are missing hens put out during Il
- day time, and many of the eggs a
- missed from nests.
me More than $4,000 worth of re
estate has changed hands in Ke
Z county, Md, recently, and thOusan
Z of dollars worth more will be G
6 changed in the spring. High pric
for everything grown on the farms
Z largely responsible for the conditiC
4 and the high cost of labor seems
have no appreciable effect on
Z market. Even the marshes on farm
: that were regarded as practically u'
Z less heretofore, are yielding a har
. some return upon the investments
3 the farms.
An enthusiastic meeting was h
in Millington, Md, recently by
II farmers and truckers of that secti
looking to the growing of strawb
: E ries for market on large scale d
ing the coming season. An agent
E the Armour Company said as soon
Z sufficient acreage in Strawberries
secured the company will erect c
Q merry in MliilngtOn. The Board
8 Trade will endeavOr to secure
Z resuired acreage by the opening
"'""'S the planting season.
ri A tomato patch of about four az
N grown by George N. Howard, on
~ farm of the late George w. Shock
W near Midway, last season, prodt
, W 1,713 baskets from which he ne
M 81, 1,4O7O4. The tomatoes were
M through the Farmers Produce A
M citation at Nassau. Mr.. Howard g
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