Evening journal., 1915-04-12
new Castle TO
NAME CITY Officers
Scramble of Candidates for
the Office of Town
Clerk
DEATH TAKES 81
YEAR OLD WOMAN

Special to The EVENING JOURNAL. |
NEW CASTLE, April 12.-New Cas-
ties bennial election will be held to- !
morrow afternoon. Much apathy !
prevails among the political leaders
and some of them are openly work
ing for candidates of the opposite
party.
Victrolas, s.-Bridgewater.*
For mayor, the contest lies between
Mayor Richard S. Rodney and James
j. Wright.
Theodore W. Cayender has no op-
position for President of City Council.
For Council, John L. Sullivan and
James ]. Whalen are candidates in the
Third ward; Andrew NJ Gallagher
and John j. Walls in the Fourth. and
George Bacon and William Weggen-
mann in the Second. The first ward
has the only contest. William Poole,
Louis Duncan and Albert S. Boyce are
the candidates. Two years ago
Boyce defeated Duncan by the vote
of the inspector, who cast the vote
that broke the tie.
John B. Manlove, who has been
City Treasurer for a number of
years, is opposed by A. b. King.
The real contest of the day will be
for clerk. Under a new law the clerk
is also to serve as assessor and col
lector. at a salary of $1,000 a year.
Arthur M. Wise is the only Repub-
lican candidate for the place. He
served last year es one of the assis-
tants to the assessor, and therefore
knows the city property we'll He
served as clerk of the Board of Edu
cation for a number of years and is
now in the real estate business.
The other candidates are: Edward
W. Eagle, A. Brown Lancaster and
George Allen Smith.
Under the ordinance the clerk will
pay for his bond.
William J. Ferris and David Boul
den are the candidates for Trustee of
the Old Court or State House. One
will service term OF ten years and
the other term of two years They
have no opposition.
Mrs. Mary b. Cook is the latest vic
tim of penumonia here. She had been
sick only few days and died on Sat
urday evening at the home of her
son-in-law, Henry Glanden. Mrs.
Cook was in her ninety-seventh year
and is survived by five generations of
relatives. including brothers, chill
dren, grandchildren, great-grandchil-
dren and great-great-g grandchildren.
She was a nurse for over sixty years
and hundreds of the best people in
the county welcomed her to their
homes. The funeral will take place
tomorrow afternoon. She was de-
lghtful conversatiOnalist and despite
her advanced years was remark
ably intelligent. Her relatives are
in several States and as each October
rolled around they usually gathered
to celebrate her birthday.
Fans, players and admirers OF the
New Castle baseball club were out in
force at Battery Park on Saturday
working on the baseball grounds.
Spring thunder is good for shad,
said a fisherman here yesterday after
noon when he heard the rumblinG
noises in the sky.
A new series of stock of the Citi-
zens' Building and Loan Association
will be issued tonight. Those de-
string TO take stock can do so at the
meeting The indications are that
money will be in demand at the meet
ing tonight, as prospective purchasers
of homes are expected TO borrow on
about thirty shares. The slogan oi
the association is Buy or Build q
Home" The annual spring report oi
the auditors, c. Ferris Jemison
George II. Rennie and John B. Man
love, show that the association has
had a successful year. The assets
Of the association amount to $40
0SS72. The shares in the severa
series have value as follows