Evening journal., 1912-03-26
NEWSY DOINCS
OF new CASTLE
County Assessor Gets New
Tax figures From
Farmers
WeRKMEN EAT TURKEY
AFTER MEMBERSHIP HUNT

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, March 26.-County
Assessor Harry p. Ahern was busy
man yesterday 1t was moving day
with the farmers and in order TO keep
the hundred assessment properly for
the Levy Court the assessor went
from farm to farm, getting new in
formation In this way he will be able
TO take from the assessment list the
stock belonging to the farmers who
moved away and to assess the stock Of
the farmers who came to New Castle
hundred. When MIR. Ahern arrived at
the Hamberg farm he met Joseph
Eastburn VINO was moving in from
Mill Creek hundred. When he told the
farmer his mission was to assess the
stock the farmer stepped back a
couple of PAGES and said, Look here,
Mr.. Ahern, | have heard of some peo-
pie being on the job, but you are the
first / ever saw there Why l am
scarcely across the line--in fact here
comes two more wagons but go ahead
When / am assessed here ] will not be
assessed in Mill Greek hundred. Now
this is campaign year and In MIL
Creek hundred we had a mounted Re
publican club. | expect to see the Re
publican farmers here and We viii
have a mounted club in New Castle
hundred"
Past Grand Master Ezekiel Cooper
and Grand Organizer w. H. David
son, of the A. o. U. W., made good
their promise to Friendship Lodge
last evening by giving a turkey din
ner to twenty-five members OF the
Lodge in Ainscows Cafe, Whining
ton. Grand Master Clifford Mccall
was the guest of honor.
Last December. when Grand Mas
ter Cooper visited Friendship Lodge
heNoffered to furnish a dinner TO
those bringing in members. A commit
tee went to work and soon individual
members were hustling and as re-
suit nearly forty now members were
initiated into the local lodge. Those
at the dinner last evening included
John Il Manlove, James L. Bacon, DIT.
r. r. Roth, w. Harry Snavely, A..
Marshall Keegan, Thomas Nowland,
Walter Sibley, George Harrington, r.
C.. Smith, j. Berry, A. Gibbs, Oglo
Glanden, John B. Montgomery, Theo-
dore Hatton, Robert H.. Harrington,
b. T. Lank, George 4. Tobin, Jr
Frank S. Harrington, 7. J. Steele, II.
McGinn, f. Knutter, W. w Harris
and William Foraker. During the din
ner the grand officers made congratu-
latory addresses.
Colonel Henry c. Cavanaugh has
been indisposed for a few days
The Ladies' Aid Society of the
Methodist church held a special meet
ing last evening and arranged for a
dinner to be given the new pastor,
the Rev. J. l.. Johnson on Wednes-
day evening at the parsonage. The
new pastor arrived here yesterday
Word was received here yesterday
afternoon of the death of Albert Hal
schumacher, of Wilmington.
The street committee is making
repairs at Ninth and Washington
streets. Two boilers which were given
by S. 5. Deemer will be used as the
culvert across the street at that place.
After Louis H. Duncan had returned
from Wilmington. where he went to
defend charge of nOn-support pre-
ferred by his wife, he found that near
ly all his furniture had been removed
from the house. The charge was drop
ped by the state and Mrs. Duncan did
not go 10 Wilmington The couple will
appear in Magistrate Nickerson's Of
flee this evening regarding the fur
niture and Artemas Smith represents
Mrs Duncan.
Several persons from here went to
the Taylor farm yesterday and assist
ed Thomas Appleby in removing to
the Cooper farm.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Eliason en-
tertained about thirty friends at a
turkey dinner on Sunday.
The Board Of Education will meet
in special session this evening.