Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-09-13
NEWS OF THE DAY
At. new CASTLE
Great Interest and q Large Vote
at the Republican Primaries
on Saturday.


New Castle, Sept 13.--Great interest
was taken on Saturday in the Repnb-
lican Primary election. The vote pollcd
in the five districts of the Tenth Rep
resentativc District was rs follows:
For Representative, Edward s. Meg
ginson defeated Samuel S. Harris and
Joseph II. King. Megginson received, 3l2
Harris received, 16O and King received,
Al Megginson's majority, III. For
Levy Court commissioners, George l..
Batten received, 232 and Thomas r.
Claringbold received, l72; for county
comptroller, James G. Shaw received,
400 and Harry w. Wenninger, received
124. For Prothonotary, Irwin l.. Ball
received, I6S and Harvey Hoffecker
received, 1863. For Receiver of Taxes
and County Treasurer, Walter $. Burris
received, 3O2 and Thomas S. Fouracre
received, 2l9. For Sheriff Joseph II.
Gould, received, $50; Reuben Hall re-
ceived, 1874, Samuel A. Mcdaniel, re-
ceived, SIS, John 7. Spring received
and Elmer G.. Thomas received, 16
For Coroner, Isaac s. Bullock received,
265, William j. Cathcart, received, ~
and John Levey received, 10.
The funeral of Mrs. Matilda Strahorn,
widow of Clinton Sentman, will take
place this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. The
funeral services will be held at Head OF
the Christiana Church near Newark.
The services will be in charge OF Rev.
Joseph II. Earp, rector Of the Emmanuel
Church, and Rev. j. S. Gilnllan.
Great interest IL being taken in arrang-
ing the baseball game on next Saturday
when the professional men will cross bats
with the hasbeen team of this city. The
proceeds will be for benefit of New Castle
Health Center. The game will be played
on the Battery Park grounds, beginning
at 3 o'clock. The line up for the teams IS
rs follows: Professional men, DIR. Lewis
E. Booker, second base, DR. II. Nj. Allen,
short stop; DIR. Brice 5. Vallette, third
base; DR. julius Dodd, left field, lawyers,
Francis de II. Jsnvicr, pitcher; Richard
s. Rodney, pitcher; bankers, John +.
Cloud, right field; Frank Long, catcher;
James 7. Challenger, first base; George
w. Brittingham, center field; Chandler,
pitcher Hasbeen team, Charles |. Counts
catcher, William w. Leach, Pitcher and
short stop; Hugh f. Duffy, third base;
LOOMS o. Wise, short stop, Robert \.
Newlove, short stop and pitcher; Eugene
l.. Chase, second base; Albert Kirby,
first base; Peter G.. Madden, left field;
Harold Hobbs, right field. The umpires
will be Mayor George w. Eckles and
John Denoir.
Albert Wllhelme member Of the
Adelphia Lodge No. S, Knights of Pythi
as, has announced himself candidate for
grand prelate The election will take place
at the Grand Lodge session which will
be held on October 2l in Wilmington.
Much excitement prevailed on Satur-
day when a mad dog scare aroused the
people of this community. A large sheppard
hound said To be the property of Will
liam Jordan of the Model Farm,
running at large throughout the city,'I
ran into the plant yard Of the American
Manganese Steel Co, and bit Peter Toner,
Jr, an apprentice pattern maker on the
left leg near the knee The bite was not
of serious nature and did not draw the
blood. The animal, after biting Toner,
ran TO the Deemer Steel Co.'S plant, which
is nearby and snarled at several OF the
workmen. The second person bitten by the
animal was Hugh Ryan, who was walking
on Ninth street. The dog bit the pedestri-
an on the leg. The dog was afterwards
shot by s. Charles Sharp.
Melva Tressler, the one year old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Tressler of
Ninth and Washington streets, who died
on Friday was buried yesterday at the
Glebe Cemetery. Rev. ]. r. Bicking was
in charge of the funeral.
The Citizens Building and Loan Asso-
ciation will meet this evening in the
parlors of the New Castle Trust Co.
Several persons viii borrow shares in order
to complete the purchases OF properties
in this city.
Seminole Tribe No. 40, Improved Order
of Red Men, will meet this evening.
Tomorrow the Industry Council No 25.
Jr. Order United American Mechanics
viii meet and the members of the Band
will bold their rehearsal On Wednesday
evening the Democratic Hundred Com
mittee will meet in the Armorv. On
Thursday evening the Friendship Lodge
No. 3, Ancient Order of United Work
men, and on Friday evening the Adel-
phia Lodge No. g. knights OF Pythias
will meet.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Gore of SIS
Cherry street are receiving congatula-
tions upon the birth of boy.
A farewell surprise party was held at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry l.. Holli-
Mildred Holiday who will enter the
following persons were in attendance:
Miss Helen Black of Wilmington, Miss
Eva Doughton of Penn's Grove and
George Batten, Warren Bryan and
Stewart Douglas of Penn's Grove.
A dog, the property of John Bungy,
which was bitten by the supposed mad
dog last week, and which had gotten
away, was recaptured yesterday and will
be put to death today
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Melvin of Phil
adelphia and MIR and Mrs. Morris
Hambright of Wilmington spent yester-
day as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs Mark
Bennett.
James s. McCord of Philadelphia
spent the week end as guest of James
G. Shaw
Edwin Carr of Kimblesville spent
yesterday as a guest of MIR. and Mrs
Ira Duling.
Miss Myrtle Mcguire who has been
spending two weeks as the guest of rela-
tives and friends at Suddlersville returned
home yesterday.
Miss Marie Pennypacker, who has been
a guest of Mr.. and Mrs. George Proud,
Sr., for two weeks returned home yester-
day