Newark post., 1913-05-28


VIII seek nomination at the Cecil
democratic primaries for County
commissioners, the former for the
Tour year or long and the latter for
me two year or short term. II. w
hlbler and John Bouchelle of the
second district, will try for nomi-
hatlon for the House Of Delegates
and Byron Bouchelle of Chesa,
peake City for State Senator
Burglars on Saturday night en-
tered the store of the Kaufman
Drug Company in Seaford by fore
ing a side window. They got about
S2oO worth of plunder, including
the contents of the money drawer.
Catholic societies of Wilmington
purpose erecting at the Hope Farm
tuberculosis Sanitorium, a build
ing for offices and quarters for phv-
slclans, nurses and attendants.
Jostled by two negroes at Ninth
ana Young streets, New Castle on
Saturday evening, to whom remark
ed, look out where you are 90
ing, Clarence Palmer, a member
of the city council was stabbed bv
one of them in the breast and was
hurried to Delaware Hospital. Con-
stable Wright arrested one of the
pair, Frank alias Fletcher Row. hut
the other, it is thought, escaped on
a south bound freight train.
The jury in the trial of the suit
of the Peoples Bank of Middle
town VS.. George b. w. Rhoades. to
recover an alleged oyerdraft of
$500, was discharged at Whining
ton on Thursday after failing to
agree upon a verdict. The suit will
be tried again.
Chairman Slower of the Finance
Committee of Wilmington City
Council has prepared a statement
showing the city's visible assets to
De -, 1G7,1S6. The assessed value
of the city's real estate is 1926.
33S and the bond limit 10 per cent
Of the total or $5,752.633. The to-
tai OF bonds outstanding is $3,S57.
O00 With coming ISSUES. includ-
ing 100000 for the new joint city
and county building the total will
be 1861 900. leaving a margin Of
1871 ,633 before the city's borrow
ing capacity is reached. The state
ment takes the cost and not the pre-
sent value of the city $ assets and
shows its financial condition to be
safe and sound.
DR.. Warren p. Laird, professor
or architecture in the University Of
Pennsylvania, has been chosen ad-
visor to the Commission in charge
of the new joint city and county
building in Wilmington in the
choice of a supervising architect,
and competition in submission Of
plans is invited.
George Naylor, brother of
Charles b. Naylor, and a material
witness at the latter 5 new trial for
the murder of Earlvil Francis near
Townsend in January last, set for
tomorrow at Wilmington, having
died at the Farnhurst Hospital.
Attorney General Wolcott has mott
Fl d MAYORS counsel that he will
move that the Court S order for a
new trial, on the ground OF new
evidence to have been given by the
deceased brother, be vacated.
The barking of their dog saved
Justice Jesse r. Sharp of Seaford,
and his wife from sutfocation by
gas escaping from a leaking jet at
their home one night last week.
DR. W r. Hams revived Mrs.
Sharp with difficulty. Had not the
dog reused the husband the aged
couple would have perished.
Negroes in a quarrel over crap,
at Moore's Run, near Chesapeake
City, on Sunday afternoon at
tackled Harry Vance, doc" Ever
EFT and Richard Callahan, white
residents of that town. Vance and
Everett were knocked down, and
the latter was slashed with razor.
Callahan made his way to Richard
Stubbs' home, nearby, and the lat
ter took his gun and went with one
of his sons to the scene OF the fra
cas-. Stubs fred over the heads Of
the negroes but was knocked down
and his gun was taken from hlm.
Mrs Stubs went to her husbands
aid and was knocked down. Young
Stubbs was also beaten. The ne
groes escaped before Sheriff Per-
kins and Bailiff Rous of Elkton ar
rived after Callahan had brought
po,,c of tha trO,lhlp to Chesapeake