Evening journal., 1913-09-18
EDUCATORS
INSPECT THE
KENT SCHOOLS
Prof. Wagner andlPrOf. Car
roll Get Acquainted Con-
ditiOnS In Central County
TO APPLY SANITY
TEST TO AGED MAN

Special TO THE EVENING 1ouRNAL.
DOVER, Del, Sept lss- Sheriff
smith brought to Dover from FELTON,
yesterday. William Spencer, ct'lored, oi
whom many of Felton's citizens were
afraid because of his actions. although
Spencer, who is nearly so yearstold, was
found to be perfectly harmless. Ehss san
ity will be looked into.
A wedding Of interest to many tDe'a-
wareans will be solemnized heres on
Tuesday evening, October Z, in Chr ist p.
f. Church, when Ralph Carmult w ilson,
son Of d. NJ. Wilson, secretary and
treasurer of the Delaware RairoadA and
Miss Elizabeth Katherine Beers, daIigh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry !. BeersA Jr,
will be married.
The first subscription dance of Sthe
fall and winter season will be giVenl IN
the new State Armory here back OF Che
State House An orchestra under the
leadership of A. V. Lightbourne will
furnish music. The dance committee
of Company G. for the season is compos
ed of Sergeants James Bice and Harold
Horsey.
A letter received by Mrs. W. ca
Burke of Camden, Del, from Miss
Jennie Bateman. of TarrytOwn-on-
the-Hudson, n. Y, a friend Of Mrs
Uela Laird, who committed suicide at
the home of the Burke's on Sunday,
September Z, explains her intimacy
with Mrs. Laird and the property
dealings. the transfer OF the property
Of Mrs. Laird near Woodside in 1912,
being legal one, and made so be-
cause Of the failing eyesight of the
deceased, who desired to be where
she could be properly cared for.
In closing up the business of the
September court of chancery in Kent
county. the case OF Cook VS.. Clough,
in which Cook sought to recover pos
session Of the three-story brick
building from E. Crawford Graham
a clause was discovered in the deed
of the property, whereby Clough, a
tenant of part Of the property, the
first floor. was TO have possession for
an indefinite period. Because of the
peculiar provisions OF the deed, il de.
veloped that Clough is entitled tC
hold possession of the first floor
while Cook holds possession of the
cellar. second and third floors
Clough, however, being compelled
to pay an annual rent of 5000 a year
and also interest on a mortgage o
S2,500, held by himself, commonll
known in law as a dead mortgage.
Cook desired the entire buildini
for an enlarged restaurant over tn
one he is now running
Professor Charles A. Wagner, Stat
Commissioner of Education, wit
Professor James e. Carroll. of tn
Kent County Schools, have been Wis
iting the Kent county graded school
for the past few days, It being Pro
fessor Wagner's desire to becom
fully acquainted with the eondition
of Delaware's schools.
Charged with violating the Ken
county local option laws. Alexande
Young, colored, was lodged in ia
here yesterday, pending a hearing.
Randolph Walls, one of the whit
men in the wagon OF liquor seize
here Saturday night, who has bee
confined in the Kent County ia
since Saturday night, and wa
given a hearing before Magistrai
Wharton yesterday on a charge
disorderly conduct and ined.
Dover's baseball team was agai
victorious here yesterday in a gan
of ball with Woodside, defeatin
them Q TO 8.