Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-07-18

panyi" This is the question which the
members of the present Council are ask
ing as they continue their investigation
into the lighting troubles between the
Council and the water company. Ac.
cording 10 a member Of the present
Council tho old contract called for q
1900 candle power light on the street
corners and then the old Council gave
the company permission TO try n new
| light az n reduction Of S. per month q
! light in the cost 10 the city. The
councilmen say that while the present
! lights arc too weak in candle power TO
be Of any practical use they find that
whom the water company presented its
bills for the present lights, said bills
carrying the s. reduction. that the old
Council paid tho bills and continued to
do so, giving the company the claim
that the Council has accepted the pres
ent lighting scheme and that the new
Council is bound by that acceptance OF
the present system. A member Of
the Council said last night that it looks
as though the city is stuck
Members Of the New Century Club
have completed plans for their bake and
vegetable sale next Saturday morning
at 10 o'clock at the club rooms The sale
/ will be In charge Of Mrs John NJ. Will
son. The money will be used 10 further
the work Of the club
Another of the interesting lectures
which Professor Henry Handy Hay is
! delivering before the members Of the
New Century Club on the English
classics. will be given by him Thursday
morning in the club rooms. The subject
Of this weeks talk viii be "The Canter
bury Tales" He has been greeted each
week with large and appreclative audi
ences.
! Owing 20 the fact that each evenin,
. secs unusually large crowds of mel
standing and sitting along the streets
and using the sidewalks for cuspidor
the BOARD of Health has taken a hanl
! in the matter and has ordered a stric
|, enforcement Of the anti splitting ordi
nance. This ordinance provides a fin
Of s. and costs for every conviction
Mayor Lavender and members OF tn
!, Council have agreed 10 hack the Boar
! Of Health in its campaign 20 proven
! The sidewalks from being used as cuspi
/. doris.
- Mrs. Anna Gallagher Boyle. who ha
been confined TO the DR.. Jones' Hospita
1, in Wilmington for long time, is HON
and receiving her friends who are calm
" TO felicitate her on her recovery. Sh
! is one Of the best known women Of N
: city, and a host Of friends were glad I
" welcome her back home with her healt
greatly improved.
e Dr. Lewis Booker, the Rev. S. Beatt
! Wylie and james Challenger viii thin
Z twice before they 20 to Bowers Bea,
= on a fishing trip again during the mo
quito season. Monday they went dow
E to the fishing grounds confident Of gre'
e success. Yesterday they returned litera
: " "chewed' mp with mosquitoes. On
: member of the party declares on h
word Of honor and his reputation tbs
the mosquitoes were so thick that a
the men had to do was 70 reach the
4 hands mp 10 the back Of their necks an
with one sweep knock OF thousands {
the little pests. In the cottage wheI
they stayed the men say they had
close the doors and windows and bur
smudges TO keep the pests away. The
got plenty Of bites. but not FISH bites.
Funeral services for the late James
Touison were held from his home o
the Tatnal farm. near Farnhurst, yes
terday afternoon, and burial made i
the st. Georges Cemetery. The Rev
: DIR. J. II. Bickford. Of the Methods
Church. conducted the funeral services
. Women Of the city are agitating som
. action 20 induce the officials Of IN
State society for the prevention o
y cruelty 10 children to visit this city an
take charge Of Young girl about -four
2 teen years Of age. The women say tina
= she is allowed by her parents 20 ru
Wild on the streets and that unless som
y state agency steps in and rescues In
- girl and places her where she can r,
II ceive proper care. that there will be
tragedy in this city some day.