Evening journal., 1921-02-04
NEWS GOSSIP
Of new CASTLE
Bond and Water Commits
sion Bills Ready for
Legislature
BAKE FOR BENEFIT
OF SCHOOL CLASS
,pecIal 10 rhe Evening Journal.

special to The Evening Journal
NEW CASTLE. Feb. AT the
special session OF City Council last
night Frank deli. Janvicr. City Solici-
Tor. presented rough drafts OF the
'N0 bills the Stale Legislature will be
requested TO enact into laws. one
uNorlzes a bond isue hy the city for
.hc purchase Of the waler and light
plants. and the other provides for the
ippoinimon, of a three man commis-
sion 20 operate the plants.
The hOld issue bill was disposed OF
Without opposiiions The bill pro-
NidIng "a be water end light com
mission vas thoroughly discussed.
This bill. .s revised. will provide FOR
the appointment Of one commissioner
FOR three years by City Council; one
FOR two year. hy the Trustees OF the
Commons. and one for ! year by the
mayor.
Tie commissioners term Will eX-
oirc. Hne on April 4. 1922. and one each
on April 3 1923 and April T. 1924.
Councilman Walls suggested the
commissioners be paid 500 a year
zach This met with opposition. II
was finally decided they should be
paid for the time actually lost from
lhcir employment, when on commits
Si0ncrs' duty. No member Of The
commission shall be a member OF the
appointing body. This allows, II any
one with appointiye power desires, The
appointment OF a member OF any
other of The appointing bodies.
Mater renls. after The purchase by
iho city. viii become a lien against
property. The same as other taxes and
delinquency and collected The bill
further provides that the city treasur-
er shall be the custodian OF the
finances of the water commission, and
shall give extra bonds No commits
sioncr shall rold any position. do any
contract work or furnish material for
the commission.
The bin further provides hat only
current expenses shall be paid by the
commission out OF The revenues re-
cciYcd
There was a meeting OF the Demo
cratic Hundred Committee at the
home OF Theodore W. Cayendcr. Fifth
and Delaware streets. last evening.
seventy members OF The DOrcas
Society OF the Methodist church at
tended The meeting OF the society
yesterday afternoon. Following the
bus ss session refreshments were
served
The committee in charge OF The en-
lislmcni OF men for RE new tank
corps. which was assigned this city,
have begun work. Fourteen young
men OF eligible age have signed for
servire and VIII be examined in The
near future. This corps has several
lucrative positions for enlisted men
and there should be no difficulty In
cnlisling Nle required g. necessary for
organization. The enlisilng com
mitice sits at the armory from z 10
$50 o'clock each evening except sat
urday and sunday.
Ralph nulng a student OF lhe
New Castle High School. son OF Mr.
and Mrs Ira nuling, had his lonsil'
removed yesterday by nr. j. a. Ellie.
GOOD, Of Wilmington
Members Of the quot Team of In.
iuslry Council lr n. l. A NJ vNr'
defeated by Seminole Tribe OF Red
Men last Tuesday cNcning by tho
scores Of a TO u. q 10 i3. 2i 10 49,
n 10 10 and 10 to p. Tho teams were
composed Of: For Industry Council
George Proud. John Clymer. Robert
Barnes and Warren Connor; for Semi
nolc Tribe, Harry Bane. William Proud
Charles Clymer and Howard Wilhelm
Seminole now leads the Fralernal
League Of this city with n wins and
loses.
A picked team from the Fraternal
Qu0it League will play similar team
from the Church Quot League. Ol
Wilmington. next Tuesday evening, II
Masonic. Temple.
fishers for The Methodist Churcl
during February are; Sunday morn
lngs, Messrs. A. NJ. Givlson. Charle
Townsend. Ernest Foster and William
Greene. Sunday evenings Mrs. Tlmo
.hy steele. Mrs. Albert Clayton. Mrs
John Smith and Mrs. J. r. Blcking.
William IT, Madden, OF the Strand
escaped serious injury yesterda.
afternoon, when he was knocked dow
BY an automobile, driven by lohl
lester. Mr.. Madden had stepped of
he curb. intending TO cross IN
street. when the automobile. whic
was not seen approaching, ran int
BIN. He suffered severe laceraiion
Of the scalp. which were dressed b
Or. Julius Dodd
Mr. and Mrs. William Harrison, q
Ninth street, are receiving congratu
htions OF their friends on the brit
OF a son.
Raymond Everett, Of Delaware Citl
while attending Roswell stock sale a
he Hills farm yesterday, was knock
I'd unconscious by falling on a slip
perry runway leading 10 the granars
He sustained a lacerated scalp, in
lured hip and wrist
Al the sale good prices were real
lied Cows brought from $50 20 $3.50
horses from $50 10 500; chickens, 3
penis a pound; turkeys from % TO 5
cenis a pound; ducks. % cents
pound; 50pound pigs from So 10 sS5
each. potatoes. 25 cents a basket
rorn, 81 Co si25 a bushel.
Friendship Lodge. No. 3. A. o. u. w
held It's weekly meeting in the 0l
Town Han last night
Several relatives Of Thomas +. Cla,
ton, who died at his home in Fon
Pa. last Monday. left this morning {
attend The funeral. lnterment viii
in MI. Hope cemetery.
OzrO Lunt. OF Third and Chestnl
streets, is confined to his bed vii
grip.
Mrs. I. F. Eliason's Bible Glass
Aches and painSI