Evening journal., 1917-06-08
news HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
City COuncilmen Sitting
Nightly TO Hear Assess
ment Appeals
MAYOR CONTINUES
TO COLLECT FINES

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE. June Sitting as
1 board Of appeals on tax Assessments,
City Council granted a reduction to
William Lane and Sons, owners Of the
Did -four mill and house. The board
Nil meet tonight for the third and
lest session before taking up the mat,
er of the tax rate. This was l30
last year and the COuncilmen hope 10
keep the increase down to less than
len per cent. or about S14O The in
crease is due to the enlarged apDrO-
priations for police, schools and the
9Ond issue
Council man Selden 5. Deemer has
Iold a number OF lots part of tho ole
rask2r farm he recently purchased
Purchasers Of the lots say they will
build homes at once.
While the Thursday afternoon clos
ing is almost entirely observed by
business houses here there are one
Or two stores whose proprletors cou d
not see thor way clear TO closing
Thursdays so early i'm the season as
the first OF this month, and so are
keeping their stores open. These viii
begin observing Thursday afternoons
as half holidays with the coming Of
July, however and give their clerks
.he weekly ha,f holiday until after
Labor Day
The supply of coal for next year Is
being delivered az the various pub
lic school buildings. The Board OF
Education has also ordered hall q
barrel OF disinfecting solution used
about the buildings for de very ir
August or September, taking a hint
from the salesman that the material
was about TO rise in price Payment
can be made whenever convenient q
the board the salesman told the mem
bors
The public schools are having onll
one session now and as a consequence
no entertainment Of the Penn Literary
Society Will be given this afternoon
The society has abandoned further en-
tertainments until next fall Inc
schools will close Friday. June p.
Fines aggregating SIS were collect
ed I'M the police court yesterday bl
Mayor Lavender Three prisoners
we're before him charged with beini
drunk and disOrdery and each wa
fined s. and costs. They gave the
names as Cecil A. Davis, Walter i
Cooke and James Hagerty. Chief o
i Police Tobin and Patro'man Eugene
Lewis arrested them
Mrs Peter y. Lightner. president o
the Homo and School Association, re
ported receipts amounting TO S6s
taken i'm al the three shows at tn
moving picture theatre Tuesday. hal
of wh'c 'ch was turned over 10 her b
John Tobin proprietor. IN accordanc
with the agreement. for the benefit O
tho school garden fund. The S34 vii
20 n long way towards paying the eN
penses Of the work. exclusive or MIS-
| Cood1ov's salary. which the Board q
Education has taken upon itser
. There are forty three gardeners an
seventy plots Of land on the farm
i Councilman Deemer. which he has Of
/ fcred free TO any one who VIII curt
4 vate them, have been prepared 10
/ planting.
Francis Farmer a medical studer
at Blackstone College. Blackston
Va. and an allarcpnd athlatl b
now az the home Of his parents her
recover ng from a broken leg.
A re-arrangement Of the buoys
the vicinity OF the short connectn
range between New Caste Range an
Deep Water Point Range for the pu'
nose OF marking the limits OF U
dredred area is contemplated, az
cording TO advice received by IN
PHILADELPHIA Mar time tNchanl
from th, inspector Of the Fouri
Iighthouse District The inspect'
desires 10 learn the concensus {
opinion with reference 10 the pr