Evening journal., 1917-03-13
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Many Candidates for NUM-
cipal Offices Are An.
nounCing Themselves
AQUILLA HIZAR'S
WILL PROBATED


NEW CASTLE, Del, March 10
Candidates for municipal Office to be
elected at the city election. to be held
April 10. are springing up fast, and
there is no telling how many there
will be in the running when election
day comes. Any one is eligible to run
for any one of the local offices pro-
vided he is a bonafide resident OF
the town. All that is required of a
candidate is that he file his name with
the city clerk at least ten days be-
fore election day. This must be
done this year by March 81. There
are no primaries held and the way Is
an easy one for OfIice-seekers.
The Dorcas Society of Nazareth NJ.
y. Church will hold a bake and sale
of eatables at James r. Challenger's
store Saturday morning, April Z. The
annual bake of the Women's Auxil-
iary of Emmanuel p. Il. Church will
be held one week later, April IA, at
the same place.
"A few more days like yesterday
will dry up the country roads so
that they will be passable' said a
farmer. "The frost is practically all
out of the ground and things dried up
fast with the wind yesterday l am
waiting to see the road supervisors
order the drags out. They could be
worked to advantage any time now"
Letters testamentary were issued
yesterday in the Office of Isaac h.
Brown register of wills, upon the
estate of Aquilla NJ. Hizar to Emma
Hizar. q niece, of Fruithurst, Ala
bama. and Colonel Harry G. Cave
naugh. of this city, who were appoint
ed to execute the will. The estate
devised is valued at So 500. and con-
sists of money and real estate. There
are numerous bequests to relatives
and friends. most of them for small
amounts The Rev. Frederick V.
Campbell. pastor Of st. Peters Cath
olic Church. is left a sum of money
and so is the Rt. Rev. Benjamin J.
Kelley a former pastor of st. Peters
but noY bishop Of the Catholic
diocese of Augusta Ga.
The team of women of the New
Castle Century Club. of which Mrs.
Lewis T. Eliason is captain will give
card party in the clubhouse Thurs
dav evening. April ~. at which bridge
whist and 800" will be played.
Chauncey f. Holcomb will deliver
his illustrated lecture on China in the
Methodist Church tomorrow night
This is the lecture that was post
poned owing to Mr. Holcomb's illness.
Mr.. Holcomb will lecture tonight on
the same topic before an audience in
Dover.
G. Allen Smith, city clerk, Assessor
and tax collector. who is candidate
for reelection, was out electioneer-
ing yesterday afternoon. He said;
Il am confident Of recollection. but
] am just saving wood and saying
nothing"
At the business meeting of the New
Castle Century Club tonight officers
for the coming year will be nomi-
mated to be voted upon at the annual
meeting i'm April. The years pro-
gram will end with the meeting
March q at which "short stories"
will be the subject Mrs. Henry II.
Hay will have charge Of the pro-
gram.
Reports presented at the annual
missionary rally in Nazareth NJ. r.
Church Sunday night showed that the
sum Of $4,000 had been collected for
missions during the year.
Arrangements for a series of ten
quot games with the team from
Brandywine Athletic Club, Of Will
mingtOn. have been made by John
Proud. captain of the Seminole Tribe
of Red Men team, and the first five
games in the series will be played al
Wilmington tonight. The remaining
five games will be PLAYED in this city
next week. John Proud. George
Proud Jr. Charles Clymer, Alber
Wilhelme and George Proud, ST., vii
form the local team. The Brandy
wine team claims the championship
and the series of ten games wai
sought by the Seminole team WHIT
challenged the Brandywine team.
The Citizens Building and LOal
Association met last night. Announce
ment was made that another series o
stock will be opened the second Mon
day in April.