Evening journal., 1912-01-10
NEWS FROM
THE CAPITAL
rpreme Court to Sit in New
Chamber on Next
Tuesday
SCRAMBLE ON FOR
MILFORD POSTOFFICE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, Jan. 1O.-The Su-
pfeme Court of Delaware will sit
here in bi-ennial session next Tues
day and will occupy its luxuriant
new court chamber in the Sta~e
House, finished in old ivory, sky blue
and gold. furnished in mahogany and
with an especially-made Wilton car
pet and with plenty of light through
three large colonial windows
Three cases will be presented TO
the Supreme Court by the lawyers In
argument. as follows
Hamilton Stewart. trading as Stew
art and Donoho. the Wilmington con-
tractors and good roads builders. ver-
sus the Monad Engineering Company.
Ward. Gray and Neary are entered as
counsel for Mr.. Stewart I'm his appeal.
and william S. Hilles for the engi-
neering company
Samuel Efier, alias Charles Heller,
appeals an alleged charge of swind-
ling and the state Of Delaware Is,
therefore. the defendant The coun-
sci o. entry for Efler is Reuben Sat-
terthwaite. Jr., and for the state,
Attorney-General Gray.
William Beadenkopf versus Robert
Pennington. a personal action appeal.
Harry Emmons will appear for Mr..
Beadenkopf and Thomas +. Bayard
for Mr. Pennington.
The state military hospital corps
came to Dover again on Monday night
and administered the typhoid prevent
ative treatment TO the officers and
members OF Company G. First Regi-
ment. OF the three treatments rec
commended, some took the second
treatment and some finished up with
the doctors and are now supposed to
he typhoid immunes.
After Milford Postmnstership.
G.. Chester Marshall. OF Milford.
who is after the Milford postofiice
appointment where a postmaster will
soon be named. called on Senator
Richardson here yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Marshall was accompanied by his
father. State Senator George w. Mar
shall whose candidacy for the Della
neutrality-suspicious. of Columbia
internal revenue collectorship was
recently acted on unfavorably by the
President
The Smyrna postmaster controv-
ersy has also caused the beating OF a
regular salt lick patch" between
Smyrna and Dover on the part Of
some ardent friends of the candi-
dates.
sunday School Elects.
The First Baptist Sunday school OF
Dover has elected its officers for the
year 1912. as follows:
John c. Hayes. superintendent; ;
Robert J. Ferguson assistant super
intendent Samuel H. Barker. secre-
tary; Charles n. Aioyd. treasurer,
and s. y. Hancock. librarian. The
musical department will be I'm charge
OF Miss Fay Bosic. pianist; Miss
Beulah Lloyd organist. and W. p
Forzum. cornetist.
Prizes for attendance during 1911
were given to w. p. Forkum. among
the officers. and the Misses Lloyd and
Eleanor Cummings and Albert Deiss
among the scholars.
The five Assemblymen COMPRISING
THE legislative auditing committee to
go over all the accounts a. state
officials. did not meet here and re-
Organize as was expected. II is said
that OF late years the audit has not
hegun until the third Tuesday or
Monday TO allow the officials to COM
pletc more voluminous reports for
the aid OF the committee In it's eX-
animation Upon the meeting Of tho
committee. Il will probably chose a
chairman and sergeaut-at-arms and
an expert accountant may be engaged
TO systematic the totals and COM
Iparlsons. show exactly what Il costs
Delaware everv day to do business
and how the benevolent appropria-
tions and salary expense compares
with former years The states OK
pcnses foot up 10 half a million.