Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-11-16
TROLLEYMEN DEVISE
A new RABBIT TRAP
Weird Tale From Delaware City
on Latest Method OF Hunt
ing Bunnies.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Delaware City. Nov. t6.--A large
number of gunners wepo out in this
vicinity yesterday and mainly in quest
of the elusive "cottontail." The farm
ers reported a large number of gun
ners down from the city and tho rain
failed to stop them hunting. although
liz did cause n number of local sports
men to como in after they had been
ont but n short while.
An account of tho great number Of
hunters out on the opening day. many
of the local gunncrs will not go ont
At all until the season is several days
old for fear of hcing shot by some
ca arelcss. irresponsible hunter. lrac-
tically everyone from here, who was
out. succeeded IN hagging several
hunnics.
The trolley Crewe who run in here
have been having good luck in eeCur-
ing rabbits and opossums by running
them down on tho trolley tracks be
tween here and New Castle. When
ever "A rabbit Is spied by the motorman,
which IL always twenty or thirty
yards ahead of tho car, he puts on y
| little extra speed and when within n
| few yards of the rabbit. sounds the
gong as loudly "a possible. instead Of
! jumping from the track the rabbit
usually raises up his head. evidently
startled Ivy tho noise. and tho front
/ fender Of the car hits him in the head
The drodge Kennedy Of the Mary
! land Dredge Co. is tied up at the
Delaware city Wharf undergoing re
pairs to the engine. she is engaged In
dredging week at ship John Light
| Tho regular weekly meeting of the
! Now Century Club will be held to-
morrow afternoon at 80 in the Cen
tury Cluhroom First Njcc-rrcsid"nt
Mrs. Stewart l.. Beck. will preside in
tho absence oC Mrs r. J. Whitcman,
/ the club president.
The first class in parliamentary law
will bc held tomorrow at 1l5. Mrs
/ Floyd Rooth of Wilmington, stat"
/ Parliamcntarian for the Federation Of
/ Woman's Clubs. is the instructor I'm
the course which will run for ten
weeks About twenty-five club NOM
bers have eignncd thcir intention of
taking tho entire course.
The feature or the meeting will I've
a talk and instrumentation on Home
| Economics" by Miss Catherine Tut
hin. instructor IN home economies Fl
the local schools.
The "Slumher Robe" which waf
donated the club by Miss Margare
Scott. OF Wilmington, for the bench
II the building fund viii he awarded
TO ;he winner Immediately after tn
close Of the meeting.
a detachment from Fort Salisbury
under tho command of Corpora
! Claudc A. Fields, who wac formerly
stationed at Fort du Pont and reside
IN Delaware City with his family, wer
here and at Fort du pont ycetcrda,
with several trucks which they loadc'
with miscellaneous supplies for For
{ Salisbury.
DR. and Mrs. c. r Fall1ins loft her
, Tuesday by water for Detroit, MiChi
gan, whore Dir. Filltins will cneaE
in the practice Of medicine.
The Century Club and town com
m!ttee of the local ch,ld-health centc
!. met last night az tho hcme OF thei
! chairman, Miss Marion Price Tho
: plan to present Mss Alice Vail. nurs
in charge OF the center, with CON
, plcto blhys layctte in tho near fu;ur
=, and the work 10 hc done on The laYct:
was apportoned last night anon
!, Mrs. Charles Jackson, Mrs ArthC