Evening journal., 1922-07-01
::SPECIALIzES IN
FLOWER RAISING
Moore Whiteman Grows
Lilies of Valley Is TO Is
Inches in Height
TYPHOID FEVER AT
DELAWARE CITY

Special 10 The Evening Journal.
DELAWARE CITY, July low
a ing TO the celebration at Fort Du-
u Pont The local baseball team will not
play this afternoon.
Miss Gertrude Husfelt. daughter
OF former Councilman and Mrs.
James Husfelt OF Canal street, and
James E. MAIDEN, Jr., son of Mr.. and
Mrs James MAIDEN. of Front ana
clinton streets. are i'll with typhos
ever
The Ladies' Aid Society OF the
ethodist Church will meet in the
naklrch parlors next Thursday even
oh 3 when Mrs. Charles Heplar and
doinS. Russell Coyle will act as the
: the fpitality committee.
prehv ioore Whiteman, a graduate in
~ T,iculture at the University of
Delaware. who the past year has
erected a greenhouse and specialized
In the raising of lilies of the valley,
has attained the distinction OF be-
Ing the first greenhouse operator In
this place to raise this flower to tho
height of Is and is inches. Mr.
Whiteman after graduating from the
university spent the first year as
professor OF horticulture In the Uni
versity of North Carolina His at
tainments have been noted by large
Wholesale houses and he now has
more orders than he can I'll. lie in
tends to erect other units to his
greenhouse and specialize in lilies OF
the valley and tulips.
William Moore, local grocer. who
-
ton street near Fourth. expects 10
T move into it during the present
month.
Miss Kate Cunning of Philadel-
phia. who maintains a summer resi-
( dence here, has arrived for the sea-
son.
Services in the Delaware City
Methodist Church tomorrow will be
in charge OF the Rev. L. W. Layfield,
who will preach at 1880 O'Clock on
"Our Debts" and at 100 O'Clock on
National Greatness" Sunday school
will meet at 11.45. The mid-week
prayer service will be held in the
church parlors at s o'clock We'd
nesday evening.
There will be no preaching service
IN the Presbyterian Church tomor-
row. but the Sunday school will meet
at 10 o'clock.
-. The Rev. j. c. Mccoy will preach /
IN st. Georges Methodist Church at
v 1880 o'clock tomorrow morning on
1.-THE Leadership of jesus" at SUM
nit Bridge Methodist Church at
o'clock on the same subject; at S |
"a O'clock in the evening on Nathaniel I
odUnder the Fig Tree" The Epworth |
Z, League will meet at 100 o'clock.
~ DR.. James r. Miller. OF South |
Broad street, Philadelphia. who has
3sbeen the guest OF his cousin. Miss
Eliza Broadway. Clinton street. for
the past week, returned home yes
tsrday.
Mrs. Eliza vandegrift is the guest
Seof J. X. Williams and family at
nnCdessa.
Mr.. and Mrs. August wesling and
children. OF Buffalo. are the guests
q of his mother Mrs Marie wesling
and his sister, Mrs. Emma Baker, Of
Clinton street.
Following the successful Industrial
and economic conference held at
o.New Castle by the colored people Of
that place on Thursday. a similar
meeting was held at Delaware City,
9 yesterday, where a large gathering
listened to the plan being launched I
10 cope with the industrial and ?
economical problems growing out Of :
the world war.
The persons who sponsored the
3 holding OF this meeting to discuss
the vital economic problems of the . !,
ocolored citizens OF Delaware City '
were the Rev. Edward B. Greene. In
Rev. w. II. Hoy. Prof. S. NJ Black
u hurn. S. II. Boyer. Alfred z. Miller. y
Clarence Harmon. Miss Alice L. I
Kenny, George w. Beachum, VIII p
liam Sadler, Miss Honora B. Ennis.
Mrs. Martha Ennis Mrs. Mary e. r
Martin. Herbert Brown, Mrs. Lottie v
Shorter James Manlove. George W. +
Harding, Charles Young, Thomas a
Watson, William Holloway. and 81
George Shorter. The group which !,
called the meeting was composed 1
OF Prof s. NJ. Blackburn. chairman, $
and s. H. Boyer. vice chairman.
particularly interesting program
was presided over by Rev. Edward
3. Greene. The items on the pro- .
gram included the Invocation by .
Rev w. W. Hoy. Mt Salem L. A.
NJ r. Church. instrumental solo by .
Miss Hannah E. Sadler an address
by DR.. Algernon b. jackson. form
~serly Chief Surgeon, Mercy Hospital.