Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1902-03-13
KENT COUNTY LEVY COURT.

Election OF Road Ovcrseers ANA arpfn-
priations for Roads Increase liz the
sheriif's Allowances for PRISONERS.
Special Corre,ponlence OF Gazette ond Journal
Dover, March THE Kent County
Levy Court yesterday elected road over
seers for the ensuing year The court
is composed Of five Republicans and
five Democrats. Usually each commits
sioner names the road overseers for his
district, but yesterday the Republican
commissioners, assisted by tho clerk OF
the peace, Union Republican, who
votes in the case of deadlock, named
all the road overseers, electinS Repub-
| licans in the districts whose commits
sioners are Democrats. The result was
as follows:
First district wv. II. Boggs, Union
Republicans, commissioner)--J. Purneli
Short, John p. Garrison, John Fox,
/ Carey Frazier B. H. Ross, r. h. Cant
we'll, Samuel Short, B. II. Richards,
Theodore Mannon, w. A. Broadway,
w. G. Dolley, NJ. Foreaker, A. Il.
Jardine, J. +, Lovegrove, Daniel
Thompson, j. S. Vane.
Second district benjamin Moore,
Democrat, conmissionerl-ls Isaac Col
Inns, Hiram Vaughn, Walter Il. Potter,
John NJ. Knight, Arthur Carey, An
drew Keith, John Ii. Bishop, Clifton
Hutchinson, Alonzo Jones, j. nj, Hunt
ley, joshua Short, }. Burton Wharton,
James Lane, David Moore, Joseph
Rash, Purnell Ross, John Freeman,
Joseph Ford, Warner Guy, Walter B.
, Morgan,
Third district Henry Il. Maybrey,
Democrat, commssionerl--N. p. Bnggs,
w. w. Jones, Silas Thompson, George
+. Pratt, Thomas Stevens, jaime!
Frazier, Frank Pratt, W. j. Loper
, Samuel Boyd, Perry Hitchcock, Thomas
. Shaw, James F. Melvin, William Wal
lace, A. H. Moore, Charles Lawton
G. Garrison, John Reihms, William
> Lurty, James Short, David Mills, Pete
r Blain, Jesse Dean.
n Fourth district "a. B. Powell, Demo
; crat, commissioner John Barcus, j
f. Lyster, David Webster, William I
. Gear, Samuel Novel;, A. Comegys
i David Cunningham, Manship Rash
: Ellis NJ Nichols, Richard Gibbs, Ere,
o ,Iarman. M. Powell, James Burris
v Charles Moore, David Roadway. w. +
Cowen, Charles Dunlap. William Mar
vel John E. Willis, William Masten
= Z. Mayson.
y Fifth district A. R. Benson, Unto
r Republican, commissioner Nehemia
Abbott, George Farrow. George Rust
Edward Reed, John Hughes.
Sixth district ~. p. Masten, Demo
% crat, commissioner John Rash, Jane
IS A. Melvin, herman S., dill, S. Broat
~ way, Elwell Jarvis, Thomas Ross, lsaa
a Marker, Fred H. Friedel, W. Il. Barcu
IA Aaron Mcdonald John w. Travis
" James Kemp, Orion Hastings, BENT
7. min Vansant, Fred Hopkins, j.
le Swartz, Arthur Caulk, j. G. Smitl
IN Luther johnson, Frank MEREDITH
S, Nathan Steel. Thomas H. Dill.
" Seventh district f. Cowgirl, Unic
:. Republican, commissioner L.
;" Warren. Richard Jones, Willard Harri
Up James H. Jones, William M. Pickerin
ct II. j. Taylor, Thomas H. Darlin
William Story, Thomas Wiley, Jof
Postles.
Eighth district tAsa A. Roger
:. Union Republican, commissioner
SO Walter S. Camper, James F. Bigg
cy Henry +. Heusman, G. w. Pritchet
i'll Orion Alexander, Howard Hudson,
he +. Faulkner, Willard S. Jones, Samu
10 A. Creadick, Riley Lynch, James
~ Short, Wingate Hartman, James
- Lopez.
IN Ninth district III. G. Colliso
as Democrat, commssionerl--Tho
Melvin, Nathan McKnatt, William
Thomas, James f. Barcus, Samuel
ny Knox, John f.. Stevens, Stephen Lew
Va Noah Smith, William Wroten, Jol
l., Butler, George D. Booth, VILLA
hsS Murphey, William 7. Draper, Char
-, nv Hayes, James Ross, Charles Simpso
~ George W. Cain, J. B. Simmons.
ver Tenth district Charles Postl'
'ef Union Republican, commissioner
~ George P. Hammond, John ". job
u son, James B. Postles, Robert II. JONI
,a John H. johnson, Edward r. Mel
'eo dith, Levi B. Riggs, William
,ks Maloney, John 7. Bennett, Jan
or Robert ]. Meredith, Nutter Mary
VI James Hudson, Benjamin F. Hudsc
,,ss Alfred Appleman.
me Appropriations for roads were ma
III as follows: First district, 50, l;
'''o Second, $500; Third, S1,905; Four
81, 80; Fifth ttown of Doverl, no {
'ol, propriation Sixth, 81, S25; Seven
lall 81, obs; Eighth, 81, $50; Ninth, 81,
nks Tenth, ST. 855.
n The court decided to increase
sheriff's fee for board of prisoners fir
my % to 80 cents per day Sheriff Rec
the was before the court and explain
an that soon after Sheriff Shaw, Reput
| to can, assumed the office, Democra
ont Levy Court cut his fee for board
~ prisoners to 20 cents. Sheriff Reedy
planned that potatoes that could
ank bought then for 20 cents per bash
ipi- now cost 90 and 60 cents. Pork co
nay be purchased then for . and 6 ce
nm per pound it now costs 10 and IL Gel
+ha Wheat, 55 and 60 cents then, is I
olo 81, and that corn could be had fol
per to SO cents then, now costs 10 cents
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