Smyrna times., 1920-04-28
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES

lildl reVort OF the indoor carnival
held under the auspices of the Guild
CT st. Thomas P E. Church, Newark.
show that $125O was cleared.
The Methodist Episcopal parsonage
IN Chesapeake City, Nd, was DANA
ged by fire on Monday morning.
which originated from a gasoline
stove.
There will be few potatoes planted
here for the markets. The high price
of seed, fertilizer and labor is the
cause of the curtailment of this very
necessary vegetable.
Final DEGREES in divorce have been
granted by the judges of the Kent
county Superior Court to the follow
ing: Edith Emory from Arthur J.
Emory; Florence G. Cooper from AL
bert L. Emory.
The Sudlersvilie, Md, municipal
election resulted in the reelection of
George A Hart and Walter Stevens
as town commissioners for a term of
two years. L. C. Benton was elected
to succeed Frank A. Hardesty.
Cards have been received at Dover
announcing the engagement of Char
les Kendall Mcdowell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harris B. Mcdowell of Middle
town, and Miss Alice Annie Burt.
daughter of Mrs. Charles w. Burt of
Kentucky.
Word was received by E. B. Lou
derbough of Dover that Captain Will
liam Behen, son of Mrs. Annie Behen
and brotherof Miss Mary Behen of
Dover is taking course in medicine
and surgery at the University of
Vienna before again going on duty
with the American Red Cross, Bel
grade, Serbia.
A reception was given Friday
evening to Rev. E. H. Derrickson,
pastor of Odessa M Church. Dur
ing the evening, the members of the
church presented Joseph G. Brown
with a silk umbrella in honor of his
18th brit d ay anniversary. M.
Brown has been superintendent of The
Sunday School and chorister of the
church for many. years.
Mrs. Anna NJ. Rhoades, widow of
the late Joseph A. Rhoades, died at
her home in Odessa, Sunday night,
about II o'clock, aged 81 years. Mrs.
Rhoades had been a resident of Odes-
sa for the past sixty years. She lea
YES to mourn her death three sons.
William B., George E. and Leonard A.
RhOades and one daughter, Miss Ella
NJ. Rhoades. Funeral services were
held at her late home Wednesday af-
tenoOn, and intement was made in
Drawers cemetery.
Wheat is beginning to grow and
shows good and strong, but there is
every indication of a short crop here
owing to the heavy freezing to which
it was subjected through the winter
The fields show "spotty" in many
places and acres have no wheat on
the ground at all, while in the drill
rows in many places there will be
seen a stretch of ten or fifteen feet
where the wheat is thick on the
ground and then as much space with
absolutely none. Bad seed is the
cause of some of this, while the freez-
ing is blamed for the most of it.
The recent railroad strike so de-
layed shipments of road material that
work which has been started and
work that is about to be started on
the new contracts on the Delaware
State highways will be held up some
time. Charles NJ. Upham chief engi-
neer of the State Highway Depart
ment, said that cement companies
J state that the shortage of freight car:
has placed them weeks behind il
their orders and that it is difficult tt
say when cement will be received fol
highway work.
With prices showing advances o1
-. 1OC to 125 per cent, over last April
ruskrats started at the fur auction
in New York, Thursday. The offer
ings of these skins brought out thu
' snappiest bidding of the sale to date
and top price of $5.05 each was paiC
for the best brown pelts. The same
, buyers also took the next best lot o.
brown "rats" at SIS each. The fines
l. black muskrats were taken at $4.55
/ Largely as a result of the good prices
T obtained for the general collection o.
muskrats, of which about 33O,OOC
q were sold, estimated sales for the day
n were $1,15O,O00.
Walter L. Eutler reached Whining
ton Friday morning from San Fran
;eoo ,.y;+b tha hodv of his wife, Mrs