Newark post., 1914-11-25


Ladies of Head of Christiana
Church will hold their annual sup
per on Thanksgiving evening IN the
Church basement.
The outbreak of the foot and
mouth disease has led to the quar-
antining of dogs in Cecil, Hartford
and other counties in Maryland.
The automobile of Walter F.
Nelson. ON Marshallton, who was
visiting friends at Ninth and Jack
son streets. Wilmington, on Satur-
day night, was driven away by un-
known parties and was found sew
eral hours later at Second and du
Pont streets, where Charles d.
Lackey's car had been abandoned
by unknown parties who had used
it on Friday night.
Fire of unknown origin on We'd
nesday morning destroyed the
dwelling and other buildings on the
farm of Charles Mai, near Green
wood. The family reused by the
smoke barely escaped. People who
hurried to the scene from Green
wood saved the stock.
The Kent county Levy Court has
deferred action until its regular
December meeting upon the request
of the Lycoming Transit Company
of Harrisburg, Pa, for the exclus-
i've right to operate its "trackless
trolley lines along the road of the
county.
The market at Seaford is said to
be glutted with rabbits, which were
selling there last week at 10 cents
each.
Ten shares of the stock of the
Sussex National Bank, owned by
the late W. Fl. Stevens. were sold
last week at $151 per share.
Most sections of South Whining
ton were flooded last Monday by
high tides in the Christiana. and
water rising for several feet on the
first floors caused several plants to
shut down, while people in dwell
ings were driven to the upper
stories.
After hearing protests of butch
ers. farmers. commission merchants
and milkmen against various pro-
visions of Wilmington s new food
law regulations recently passed
by City Council, Mayor Howell on
Thursday night sent the ordinance
back with his approval. suggesting
that amendments shown by exper-
ience to be needed could be made
Charged by DR.. NJ. |. Samuels
with practicing medicine without
license, Lewis B. Coates, who
claims to be a regular physician,
was held in $500 bail for Court by
Justice Gluckman in Wilmington
on Friday. Coates says he attend
ed the University of Pennsylvania
whence he was graduated in 1885,
that he formerly practiced near
Summit Bridge, removing later to
Philadelphia. and that he did not
know that he was required to be
re-licensed in Delaware. DR.. Sam
uels, it is said, has preferred like
charges against two of Coates as
sociates.
Snow flakes which melted rapid
ly fell at intervals at Milford on
Thursday.
Edwin Sheer of SIS West street.
Wilmington, aged AZ years, a pat
lent at Hope Farm hopelessly i'll
with consumption, shot himself fat
ally in bed, one day last week, with
revolver held under the covering
to muffie its report. He leaves a
widow and three children.
John G. Townsend, owner of can
neries at Rehoboth Beach and Sell
byville, has begun the erection of a
large plant at Georgetown for the
packing of fruits and vegetables,
employing large number of
hands. He has let contracts for to-
matoes and many acres of straw
berries for the coming season.
G. A. Ewing is endeavoring to
form a stock company to establish
an annual fair for Sussex county
on thp vrOund now uSed by the