Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-17
NEWS OF THE DAY
At NEW CASTLE
Council Will Meet Tonight to
Consider the Passage Of Day
light Saving Ordinance.
Special Correspondence OF Every Evening

special Correspondents OF Every Evening
New Castle, May 1.-THE members
Of the City Council will meet this oven
ing in the mayors office Mt s clock for
the purpose Of considering the passing
of daylight saving ordinance 1he first
and second reading will be gwen to-
night and the final reading tomorrow
evening, il is expected.
Saturday marked the end Of cleanup
week, which began last Monday. The
civics Committee of the New Century
Club. City Council and tho Board of
Health are very much pleased the way
the citizens responded to the request and
il is hoped that the residents observe
cleanup week every week.
City Council has distributed through
out the city pamphlets, containing ex-
tracts from the Laws of the City of New
Castle, which cover portion. of the ordinnn
ces prohibiting lettering on the sidewalk
ar any pavement 20 ~ to hinder free and
! convenient passage; indecent or disorder
| ly conduct; writing or making any in
decent words or figures upon fence or
/ building; splitting on any doorstep, run
ming az largo of All live stock, laws OF
/ Delaware; stating that hog pens must
! not be- allowed to be in All unwholesome,
/ unclean or filthy condition. The floors
| of all hog pens shall not he less than II
! inches from the ground The pamphlet
also sets out that II is unlawful to cleanse
any cesspool or privy well between MAY
/ and October !. without having obtained
| permission from the city clerk; that
| there shnll not be caused 10 he placed on
any highway, street, alley or lot ashes
paper dirt, rubbish, refuse, debris. hand
bills, waste paper, circulars or anv
other things of \ noxious character.
/ prohibiting the making of excavations
before having obtained permit 10 do so.
| All earth taken out shall be replaced
well rammed down and puddled IRE
paved as beiorcl within 10 days All cS-
cavations must have safeguards. Ii any
person suffer tho gutter before the house
or any other building or Improvement OF
enclosed lot in his or her possession. with
in tho limits Of this CITY, 10 be obstrIcted
or 70 be IN n filthy or offensive condition
he shall removed the obstruction and
cleanse the gutter within - hours after
being required 70 do SO. Persons 50 offend
ing shall be guilty of common muisanc'
and must pay fine
Seminole Tribe No. 80. J. O. r. NJ vii
hold its regular weekly meeting thi
evening
The Middlctown A. c.. baseball team
defeated West End on Saturday on The
grounds Of the latter hy the score of
20 3 The batteries for the local team wer
W. Frechury, pitcher, and W Reed Cat
cher
The funeral of George r Trutt. Q
Sixth and South streets, who died n
Thursday. wac largely attended on Satur
day afternoon, Services were held i
Emmanuel Church. with Rev Joseph II
Earp officiating. Tnterment was made j
the smily burial plot in the cem@ter
adjoining The pall-bearers were jaime
L. Bacon, W Ferguson. Thomas Reese
John " Smith, Frank Harrington an
Robert Harrington. Sr.
George Kern. son Of Mr. and Mrs
George Kern of North Fifth street. al
rived home Saturday from Tazvllls
Ill. where he has been employed wit
the Aetna Explosive Co. for nearly
year The young man has secured employ
ment near his home and docs not expeo
10 return 70 the West
Louis Holt, formerly of this city, VII
was connected with the Baldt plant {
the Penn Seaboarl steel Corporation fo
A number Of wears IS melter on the opc
hearth furnaces. but who has been in th
employ Of the Crucihle Steel Co, Dur
kirk. \. J.. as superintendent Of III
furnace department. Is spending severs
davs as n guest of friends here
Samuel avery, employed at the plan
Of the American Manganese Steel Co
is suffering from a sore eve. the result OF
piece Of emery entering the right optl
The substance was extracted by II
Lewis Booker
Miss Mary B. Love. operator Of Il