Evening journal., 1909-08-07
PRIZE AUCTION
NETS ABOUT 1854
Ask DOwn-State Towns to Aid
WarShip Silver Ser
vice Fund

The auction in behalf Of the silver SER
vice fund for the Battleship Delaware"
has been a great success. and netted |
The committee SS64l5. The merchants |
Of Wilmington have shown great
hberanty in their donations, and the
public at large has shown by it, pur-
chases that it has ~esired 20 donate
money to tho fund as well as to secure
value for its money.
The Batueship Committee is very
grateful 20 the merchants. to lne Brandy
wine Springs management, and to the
public at large for their combined as
sistance IN making the matter such a
great success.
The committee has now in hand nearly
S5,OOO Of which $1,000 was contributed by
the State and the balance has been
largely contributed by Wilmington, with
a few individual contributors from down
the state.
The committee has written to the may
or Of each town in Delaware, requesting
him to appoint committee OF three cit
lens Of his town for the purpose of rails
ing a fund, to be donated as tho town
fund TO the silver service, but with the
individual contributors being shown
thereon.
There probably will be great rivalry be-
tween the different towns I'm the state,
to see which can produce the most liberal
contributions 70 this fund
There Is expected to be a particular
rivalry among New Castle, Loves, NIL
ford and Dover as these are the four
largest towns down the State and the
rivalry between New Castle and Lewos
is expected TO be especially keen. be-
teresis and are I'm close touch and great
Isympathy with the navy and all naval
affairs. and Il is already reported that
Lewes viii furnish fifty men who will
give twenty dollars
The Battleship Committee will ondeavoi
TO secure permission from the Secretary
OF the Navy to allow the battleship Il
! lay on New Castle for two days, ant
also to lay off the Breakwater for two
days. In order that every citizen of Del
, aware may have the opportunity of I'm
specting the finest battleship affoat, an,
If this is done IL will be tho occasion
for receptions and speeches. both on IN,
hattieship as well as on shore. and vii
, probably be the biggest gala week tina
Delaware has seen IN many a day.
When the hattleship Mississippi wa,
! laying off Natchez for inspection by th'
E citizens Of Mississippi, she was visite,
by sixteen thousand people in one day
and Il is expected that the Battleshil
Delaware" will have even a larger mum
Der Of visitors because Of tho Stati
e pride that the peo- le OF Delaware hav,
b in anything pertaining 20 the State. ant
e because Of their especial pride that the,
have as a namesake what will be fh'
2 finest battleship afoat, and will probabl,
be the flagship Of tho navy.
Last Nights Auction.
) Last nights auction netted $1,000 Ever,
package donated has been sold. n u
Cloward opened the auction last night AM
James H. Kane concluded IT,
The concessionaries Of the park donate
nine OF the packages sold last night. Thes
b brought $40. n. p. Wright. Of the Mont
. rose Land Company bought a miniatur
+ silver service valued at s45 for 81.
l. w Crook, manager OF the People
d Railway Company, having entertained nj
friends at the park several times thi
week, Grantley p. Postles. James II
, Kane, George W. Grove James L. Ban
ning N. d. Coward and several others O
his friends gave a dinner for him after tn
& auction last night