Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-21
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
IS WELL PRESERVED
Ticket Voted at Election 70
Years Ago Owned by Della
ware City Man.

Special Correspondence Every Evening
Delaware City. Nov, 2l.--A Demo
cratic ticket used In the State cam
palgn of 1852 was shown by Harry
c. Webb, local business man, to a
number of his friends yesterday. The
ticket il the property OF Mr.. webbs
father. John T. Webb, who, with his
wife. recently moved here from Mac
donough. The ticket. which is 20
years old. Is yellow with age but
otherwise Is in good state of preser-
walton 1t Is about 6 inches long and
inches wide and the back of it looks
like present day parlor wall paper.
The candidates who ran that year
were: Representative to Congress.
George Read Riddle; State Senator
Thomas Clyde. Representatives. John
Springer. Charles Gooding, William
Kennedy, James Delaplaine, David A.
CaulS, Jester II. Dixon and Alexander
NJ. Biddle; sheriff. William r. Lyman:
coroner Joseph Grimes: Levy Court
Commissioners William Graves,
Wilmington hundred. John Smith,
New Castle hundred: Joseph G. Hen
Erickson, Christiana hundred; George
Boulder, Pencader hundred; Isaac s.
Elliott, Jr., Brandywine hundred.
Delegate to the Constitutional Con-
vention, Samuel Townsend.
Jackson Lodge, No. 10, A. F. & A.
NJ. will meet in monthly communica-
ton tonight at 100.
The final rehearsal for the play,
THE Spinster's Regeneration" which
will be given by the Century Club in
the Town Hall tomorrow night. was
held last night in the Century Club
rooms. Practically all tickets have
been disposed of and a crowded house
is expected by the club women.
The Delta Club will hold a Thanks
giving dance in the Odd Fellows Hall
at st. Georges, Saturday night. Dane
ing will begin at s and last until IL,
Carney's orchestra of Wilmington
Will furnish the music Several local
young men are officers in the Delta
Club which is a social organization,
Frank *. Irons has purchased a
new Chevrolet Sedan.
Harry c. Webb, a local coal dealer
received one car of hard coal yester-
day. J. E. Sadler & Co. have a car
of nut on the way which is expected
to arrive here any day.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G.. Daniels and Mr..
and Mrs. Gardner Shockley motored
TO Perryville, Md. over the past week
end and visited Mr.. and Mrs Preston
Shockley.
Tho
loaded with cord wood by II. c. Clark
& Son and will leave today for Fort
Mott
Mrs. William Il. Smith of Kirkwood
died Sunday in the Delaware State
Hospital. Mrs Smith was born and
raised here. She was the daughter of
the late Thomas O'Neil A brother.
John O'Neil, is still resident of this
place and occupies the old O'Neil
homestead. The funeral will be held
tomorrow morning at o'clock from
the undertaking parlors of Chandler
ii. Gebhardt of New Castle. Services
here at 10 o'clock.
The wind and rough water drove
the ducks from the river into the har-
Dor here yesterday, and for quite an
area the water could not be seen 70,
ducks. Several local gunners were
out in the marshes yesterday and haC
good luck from their blinds.
The largest crowd in some tim,
that ever tried to board a trolle,
car leaving here. attempted to &c
on the o'clock car out of here Sun
day afternoon. The football game a
Fort du Pont was the cause of tn
congestion. The car was packed in
side and on the platforms, and evel
then not more than half of the crow,
succeeded in getting on and had L
wait an hour for the next car.
The local high school football team
will play Dover High School here Fri
day afternoon on Canal Field at $3.50
This is a return game as the loca
boys were defeated at Dover earlier il
the season by the score of 81 to 0.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Earle Baum en-
tertained their niece, Miss France
Armstrong, of Wilmington, here owe
the weekend.
DR.. and Mrs. Walter W. Ellis hav
as their guests, his mother. Mrs, Car
RE Ellis Of Delmar.
Mrs. Harry c. Webb and Mrs F. 4
Pennington have returned home afte
attending the World W. c. T. L. Con
vention in Philadelphia last week.