Evening journal., 1922-11-15
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
City Clerk Smith Instruced
by Council TO Sue for
Back Taxes
$15,150.S7 is
NOW DUE CITY
Special to The Evening Journal

Council at It's monthly meeting las
evening decided 70 continue stree
improvements and to that end in
structed the street committee 20 pur.
chase cinders and other materials
with which TO repair ButtonwooC
avenue.
President Dougherty reported
work OF repairing Clayton street be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, hav.
ing started. The work Is being done
by city employees.
Il was reported by Mr.. King
meyer. chairman Of the finance com
mite. that the city had balance OF
approximately $4,000.
City Clerk Smith. who ls also tax
collector, was urged 20 collect taxee
due before December 1. or sue foi
same. Mr.. Smith reported taxes due
as follows: For 1920. $1902.O5; for
1921, $44S6.O2, and for 1929, Ss762.-
50. making a total of s15,15O.S7.
This IS not counting the taxes due
from earlier years. The earlier year
taxes will also be collected by re-
course 10 law unless paid by Decem-
Der 1.
BY motion Of Mr.. Rllngmeyer.
$1,000 was transferred from the gem
eral fund TO the bond account.
The claim OF william KINNEY.
former city engineer. for back pay,
was referred TO the chairman Of the
finance committee with power 20 act,
fr-bill is approved by him.
The balance of s1.305.77 for extra
Burke on orders given by Council.
and engineering fees OF $50 due City
Engineer Fullenweider were ordered
paid.
City Treasurer John p. Manlove
reported the following receipts for
the month OF October: From G..
Allen Smith for 1919 taxes. ssO.70;
for 1920 taxes. S44.25; for 1921
taxes. $2o7.12; for 1922 taxes. s314.-
70; for curb and gutter liens. s4s.64;
for street Improvement commission.
S507.02; for rent OF wharf property
from Western Union Telegraph Com
pany, SS.54, making a total for
month OF s1205.S3.
The meeting OF the Trustees OF the
Commons last evening was OF short
duration. Treasurer McGrory re-
ported having received $70.36 from
John Groos. tenant OF the Model
Farm. It was decided TO continue
the tenants OF their several farms for
1923 without change.
The Thanksgiving Day Street Run
Committee will make final arrange
nents for the event at s O'Clock to-
morrow evening. IN the Mayors
Office.
Several entries have been listed
and others are expected before clos
ing Of list. on Monday evening. No
vember 27.
All entries should be flied as soon
as possible. No entrance fee is re-
quired.
The postponed meeting Of the
Board of Water and Light Commits
sioners viii take place at 2.30 o'clock
next Monday.
Contractor Andrew Mitchell and
con have the new concrete block
metre house at the water plant in
front OF the tower nearly completed.
The concrete pump house will be
completed this week.
The funeral OF Mrs. Fannie Ian
home on East Second street. last
Saturday took place yesterday after
noon. The Rev. Frederick w. over
hiser. pastor OF the First Baptist
Church, officiated. Interment was
in the Glebo.
The pallbearers were nephews OF
the deceased. They were Harry
Hushebeck, Allison Truitt, Preston
Ball, Thomas Lancaster, Charles
Lancaster. Jr., and John Foster.
The body of Miss Georgianna
Redden. Negroes. who was found
dead in bed at her home on Della |
ware street, was taken TO Smyrna by |
Chandler II. Gebhardt, undertaken. |
this morning, for burial.
The supper to be given by the
Parish Guild in Emmanuel parish I
house tomorrow will be ready TO /
serve at $40 o'clock.
The committees appointed to as
sist the general committee the
Misses Reba Holcambe and Mary
Shaw, are: Tickets, Mrs. p. b.
Lightner and Mrs. Lewis Booker: fee
cream, Mary Clymer and John
Beale; bread and biscuits, Mrs. Jo-
eeph II. carp, Mrs Theodore Hanf.
Mrs. Francis deH Janvier and Mrs.
Harry Hewlett; oysters, Mrs. Peter
G. Madden, Mrs. Jacob II. Speicher.
Mrs. Thomas Smith and Mrs. A. VI
L. George; coffee. Miss Carrie Gem
mill; salad. Mrs. Harry Cummings.
Mrs. George Freebury. Mrs. J.~H.
Hammers, Miss Reba Holconb and
Miss Mary Shaw.
The table assignments follow:
Mrs II. G. Kavanaugh. Mrs. Frank
Megginson. Mrs. Henry Kite. Mrs.
william Thatcher. Mrs. Marshall
Burris Mrs. William Green, Mrs.
James Taylor. Mrs Harley Scale.
Miss Mary Y. Elkinton. Miss Re
becca Greer, Miss Eva Gear. Mrs.
James White. Mrs. Samuel Barnes.
Miss Elizabeth Bull. Miss Hattie
Barnes. Mrs. L. r. Holcomb. Miss
Annie Gemmill. Miss Pauline Cloth
Ter. Miss Josephine Clothier. Mrs.
Gene Chase and Miss Susie Duncan.
Mrs. William Loveless. Mrs.
Edna Bull and Mrs. Mark Clymer
will be in charge of the suppers to !
be sent out.
Henry Wiiheime, Of Second and I
Delaware. who has been Ill with
pneumonia for several days CON
hnues TO grow weaker.
Miss Ruth Zimmerman. president '
81 the Young Peoples Branch OF the
W. c. T. L. OF the Methodist Church
has been designated a delegate to
.he national convention 70 be hold in