Daily Republican., 1884-03-21
FIT TIL EDITION,
THE LEVY COURT
Tho MOnOtOny Of the ses.,o
lieved Yesterday by An On,.,. Me-
who Creates Some Exc:,.,,oef,

The MOnOtOny Of the sess,,,
lieved Yesterday by an O.,., Me-
who Creates Some Exci,.men'"
The Levy Court was In session OIL, :,
Thursday and at times was yerv I nn' aay
In the morning, part of the t,', ,,'eIy.
occupied In considering road ,no,, was
DR.. Ellis0n's application for r"aI''
Pencader Hundred, Mr.. Tavlo uau IN
quest for road ina ppoquinimint ~ re-
dred, at an estimated cost If az nun
Mackey's request for road near N mf'
ark at an estimated cost Of $l50 IL New ,
two other roads in White Claw Fan. ana
Hundred at an estimated cost If !, I, 0s,
"a, were granted. Mr.. Taylor's '. av,t
cation for q road in Appoouini "pp,'
Hundred at an estimated cost If s 4, un.
66, was laid over for future co".i V-O,'
alton ''of'
An application of Jonathan K wa
liams to have his property r4tran.,. VII,
from School District No. 81 to No 90
caused considerable discussion a. m'a
as excitement among the member. well
appears that the original transfer nv "
made from " to 81 some Years a,'"
Mr.. Williams own request, because
number OF scholars in No. 81 womb r Ie
support a school. Since that ,im wv
permanent school has been estahIiat es
in the district, and now Mr.. WiIia'o'
applies to have his property returned ,'
it because the school is more Convene,
for the children living on bis prop4r t''
The case was stated to the COM, (.
Mr.. Williams, after which he was foI
lowed by William Polk, who ounossd
the transfer. j. l.. Gibson also onnossI
it, while Thomas Cochran and #
Rowland favored the application Tho
discussion was being conducted in pood d
order until w. s. VanDyke arose and
charged that Mr.. Williams desired tbs
transfer because it would be SAVING
to him in dollars and cents.
This accusation proved too strong for
the agita'ors Of the question and ths
fun began. Williams and Nowland
arose to their feet simultaneously and
declared the statement false. VanDvLs
then arose and the three men persisted
in talking at one and the same tim
which made things very exciting, and
it looked as though puglistic encoup.
ter was imminent. The chairman wa,
80 overcome by the outburst of the
speakers that he lost control of thine,
and DR.. Ellison vainly endeavored 10
make the parties observe order.
Mr.. Rowland then made rebutal
speech in answer to Mr.. VanDyke after
which Colonel Febiger stated the facts
Of the case In humorous manner and
cited the courts duty when he moved
that the matter be deferred, which ws
At the afternoon session the
question was again taken up and it
was decided TO make the transfer bya
yea and nay vote of 8 70 2, thus settling
a perplexing question. Beyond the
placing of "a name on the Wilmington
list no other business was
and after adjournment
number OF the members visited The
Vulcanized Fibre Works, In response
to an invitation Of AnthOny,M, Higgins
After the stormy scenes of Thursday,
he Levy Court room this morning pre-.
'ented more the Appearance of a Quaker
neetin- than anything else that it could
Je compared to.
The fiery combatants were retrc'ing
" r their folly in their st. Georges
hundred homes. President Shal cross
'niable at all times, had an additional
mile; Silvar's eyes twinkled mschiev.
usly,,as if he wanted more fun, lIsman
vas INTENSELY interested IN big
olumn of figures, Or. Ellison Kept
is list ready to call to order IL a mo.
nents warning, Febiger talked Vt
tocks and real estate, Mahatiy scanned
he lists of colored voters returned as
rrors, Macksy and others looked after
og taxes, and not a ripple OF excite
tent WAS to he seen.
The Levy Court was down to sold
pen business, revising error lists, ex'
mining accounts, making lranslei'
nj putting new names (two) on The
' ilmingt"n assessment. hall hoOi
riore noon several members yawHrd
nd wished for dinner and promptly
- O'Clock the court adjourned