Evening journal., 1918-02-16
iENS HAPPENINGS
EE0UI new Castle
80 Stars on Service Flac
for Methodist Episcopal
Church
STOCK IS KILLED
BY POISONED POWDER
suecial 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.

Suecial to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEW CASTLE, Del, Feb i6.-The fire
committee Of Council has made ten
tative .plans for a visit to Baltimore
on washington's Birthday to inspect
an American-La France fire apparatus
Of which type several are in use in
that city
Harry Graham. who enlisted in the
United States army several months ago
and who IS a steward at Camp Dix.
is reported to have been married at
Elkton q few days ago.
Miss Powell. Of Wilmington. will
take on settlement work az the Cen
tury Club next Tuesday evening. Next
FridaX will be- paEents' Day at the
club, when Lincoln and Washington
Birthday exercises will be held The
entertainments viii be held afternoon
and evening There will be music and
ref reshments.
The second floor Of the old Court
House is heing cleaned today I'm prepa-
ration for occupancy by Red Cross
workers. who will make bandages for
wounded soldiers. The workers expect
10 move in Monday or Tuesday OF next
week.
WANTED-Tvo or three young
ladies' Tor general oilce work. Good
figuring and good penmanship requir-
ed. Wilmington Fibre Specially Com.
pany-Adv.
Miss Mabel T.. C Jewell and neicc,
Miss Jennie G. lngle, are visiting at
the home Of Miss Clewell's aunt, Mr.,
Eliza Clcwen Bethlehem, Pa.
Mrs Eliza Clewell is the mother NJ
Charles IT, Clewell, funeral director
Mrs. Clewell will be 90 years old next
Tuesday and is healthy and active.
Mrs. Clewell visits New Castle every
summer. and is widely known here.
Moe cattle and one horse belonging
90 George NJ Blackburn. Of Hare's Cor
ner. are dead as O result Of eating food
in which condition powders had
been mixed TO- the purpose Of "toning
them up. Nine COWS and one horse
were found dead when Air Blackburn
went to the barn yesterday morning
The powders had been purchased
from 7. n Chapple. Of Lomba~dy. who
claims be had purchased the medi-
cine from Wilmington druge'st
Chapple was arrested and held IN 500
bail for trial by Justice B~oman yes
terdav The charge against Chapple Is
practicing veterinary surgery without
a state license
Dr. II. p. Ewes. OF Wilmington,
found evidence Of poison in the pow
ders Some Of the stock pariook only
lightly Of the food containing the
powders. and the lives OF the other
cattle and horses were saved by the
administering Of antldotes.
Mr. BlacFburn's loss will amount 70
nearly $1,000.
The order Of services in Nazareth
Church tomorrow will be: Glass meet
ing at 930 o'clock; morning worshi?
and sermon at 1890 on the theme Of
our God Forever and Ever. sunday
school at > o'clock. with special pro-
gram for the Baraca class; loune
Peoples meeting at $50 o'clock; de-
votional meeting Of the Epworth
League at Z o'clock, 80 o'clock, pa
triotic service and presentation Of
DAG. The Fourth Quarterly Confer
ence will be held on Tuesday evening
PRAYER meeting will be held on We'd
nesdav evening.
Recently a committee Of five was
appointed 90 secure for Nazareth NJ. p.
Church a national emblem, and SER
vice banner These have been pur-
chased in beautiful silk, and will he
unfuried in the church tomorrow
night. The banner has on IT 33 stars
There will be special patriotic music
The Hon George Peirce will deliver
the presentation address, and the re-
sponse will be by Dr. Bickford, the
minister. It is the purpose Of the
committee to make this a service help
ful 10 all The public is cordially and
specially invited 30 attend
Following are the names Of the
Young men represented by stars on the
service nag Major Herbert Deakyne,
Lieutenant Walter Wilson, Lieutenant
Robert r. Roth. Sergeant William
Weegeman, Gunner's Mate Kennard
Naylor. Howard Ennis. former profes-
sor in the New Castle public schools
Granville Ferguson, Fred Moyle. FL
wood Rossel, Charles and Albert
Wadsley. Horace Deakyne, Charles
Tho-n. David, William and George
Hurd. Leslie and Clarence Reed, John
sharp. Charles Whiteside, George and
Harry Hallman John Warren, Albert
Trultt. William Kline. z lward Bruce,
r. Bender Arthur Burton. Weston
Preston, Russell Cole, Ellsworth Gam
ble. Carroll and Albert Seward