Evening journal., 1902-03-29
OPERA HOUSE COMPANY ORGANIZES
Intention Is to Have Handsome AmHse-
ment Building in Dover
Special to tho Evenlng Journal.


Special to tho Evening Journal.
Dover, March 29.-The Dover Opera
House Co. was organized last night with
Walter Morris as president. and Arley
B. Magee as secretary, and the site
recently purchased from DR.. Thomas
G. Frame. on the corner of State and
North streets, was formally accepted,
possession to be given on July 1, and
work ON the new Opera House to begin
on August 1. 1t was agreed to build
fine modern theatre, even if $4,000,
the entire capitalization of the COM
pany, had to be spent. The directors
are Walter Morris, Alden r. Benson,
Caleb s. Pennewill, Harry A. Richard
son, Arley b. Magee John b. Wharton,
Stephen Slaughter, William salisbury,
George A. MillingtOn, ]. Frank Alice
William Denney, Richard r. Kenney,
James H. Hughes, Lambert ]. Camp
bell and Joseph T. HOffecker.
County Chairman Edward ID. Hearne.
of the Sussex Democrats, who was in
Dover yesterday. sent. out invitation to
the party workers to gather at George
town one week from next Tuesday for
the purpose of discussing the political
situation. The matter of organizing
clubs. and for vigilant campaign work,
will be discussed.
The members Of Wesley NJ. E.
Church will present to Mrs Alfred
Smith. wife of the former pastor Of the
church. 9 handsome Haviland china
dinner and tea set next Monday. Ii
was to have been the feature Of
farewell reception rendered the be-
loved pastor and his wife, but the re-
ception had to be abandoned, owing to
the death or Mrs. Smiths father, SAM
uel Bratt. in Oxford, Nd.
]. B. Cleaver is proud of the record
OF two of mis- Jersey cOws-the mother
and daughter. Beauty, the mother, is
giving daily thirty-eight pounds of
milk. the butter amounting to twelve
pounds. The other cow surpasses this
by a record Of thirteen pounds and
seven ounces.
ElWell Jarvis, who lives near Fe l.
ton, has been particularly unfortunate
of late, having met with several
losses. Several months ago his house
was burned to the ground, with no in
surance, and now he is mourning the
loss of a fine new suit of clothes Mr..
Jarvis drove to Harrington, purchased
the suit, and on his return stopped az
] store In FELTON, to purchase some
necessary articles. While he was in
the store the thief carried OF the
clothes.
Mrs. Henrietta w. Price, wife Of
Walter Price, Of Pearson's Corner, who
died suddenly at her nome. was buried
in Bryn Zion Cemetery, the services
being conducted by the Rev. II. L.
Schlinke, pastor of Clayton NJ. r.
Church.
c. w. Lord, proprietor of the c. w.
Lord & Sons hardware store, has sold
his trotting horse Tom TO John IL.
Y Jones. OF Woodside. The price paid
for the animal is s16O.
4 Thomas Simpson, Of Camden, secre-
e tary Of the trustees OF Camden Union
o camp ground. has called a meeting of
e the trustees for May /, at p. m, on
! the grounds between Camden and Do
4 YER The trustees abandoned the
e campmeeting last year on account OF
n lack of interest.
The women OF the Epworth League
/ Of Union M. r. Church will hold a
x supper and festival this evening in
I Union NJ. E. Church.
The executive board of the Century
Club will meet at the home of Mrs.
Hhilipi Fisher. at $3.50 o'clock next
Monday afternoon.
The marriage Of Ezekiel HUM, Jr.,
on Philadelphia, and Miss Florence
d Mifflin, daughter of Samuel Minlin. of
Camden, which will be solemnized in
: the Friends Meeting House at Cam
den on Wednesday. April 1G, is said to
be the first marriage performed there
for fifty years. Mr.. HUM is the son
Iof Ezekiel Hum, the well-known Grim
inal lawyer OF Philadelphia.
J; Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery. Do
!. yer, will be beautified by the erection
lie of handsome iron fence surrounding
'e the grounds The gates will be kept
n locked, in order to prevent the abuse
ig OF the grounds and each lot-holder
oel Will be supplied with a key.
iel John A. Byrd has accepted the POSI-
e tion Of train dispatcher in the office OF
is the superintendent Of the New York
se Philadelphia and Norfolk railroad, al
he Cape Charles.
= Captain A. c. Mensch. a well-known
be Camden man. has just celebrated his
seventy-fiftlh birthday, upon which oc.
a casiOn he was visited by a large mum
il Der of relatives.
I'd J. Harvey Whiteman and Victor 3
Woolley are spending several days in
Rehoboth.
The talk OF the town-that diepIay
s. of Easter Eggs and Baskets af 90