Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-08-24
DELAWARE CITY
J. AND VICINITY
Town Council Orders Pool Room
Closed Within Fifteen
Minutes.

Special Correspondence Every Evening.
Delaware City, Aug. 24.--A special
meeting of the Mayor and Council was
held In the fire engine hall last night |
at o'clock with all members present.
officer v. p. Peake brought Antonio |
Fennimore before Council on a war
rant sworn out by the Town Commits
sioners as a body on the charge of
opening and operating a poolroom in
the town limits without obtaining a
license from or the consent OF the |
town officials. Fennimore came here
about month ago from st. Georges
and opened up a shoe-repair shop. AZ |
ter he had been here about . weeks
he procured a pool-table and installed
1t in his shoe repair shop and proceed
ed TO do business on the mixed plan.
for both whites and blacks. The Town
Council through Mayor @. N. Bright
ordered him to discontinue running
the pool-room until he had obtained a
license. He ignored the order and kept
tho place open whereupon the war
rant was sworn out and served last
might. On account OF so many protests
being received from citizens living near
Fennimore's place against the pool
room, Council refused to grant him
| the permission to operate the place
and Mayor Bright speaking for Coun-
ell gave Fennimore just fifteen min
utes to close his place and keep It
'closed; and also warned him that for
every time he opened 1t in the future
he would be fined SIS and that II he
could not pay the fine, he would have
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promised not 10 reopen the pool-room.
1t was decided by Council that the
gutter and curbing Jobs In front of
Samuel Armstrong; and Sergeant
Kinkaide's properties on Washington
street be put out by contract and that
bids be asked for. Tho gutter and
curbing will extend across the entire
front OF the two properties with a re-
turn of ten feet. The gutter will be two
feet wide and six inches thick. Coun
lehman r. l.. Cofer was given the di
Erection of this work.
| Councilman Cofer moved that one
man be employed for one day 10 finish
the ditching job in front of Harry
Nickles property on Adams street
This motion was seconded by Council
man Harry Rose and was carried.
Councilman Cofer was given the au-
thority to employ the man for this
work.
Treasurer Joseph Anderson was
authorized TO pay the semi-annual in
terest on the railroad bonds which is
due the first OF September.
A large two-horse water wagon
from Fort du Pont while returning to
the reservation yesterday morning
and about to enter through the Sec
lond gate ran into the ditch and over
turned. The driver and attendant es-
capped injury but ones OF the horses
sank so deep In the soft mud and was
held there in such a way by the
weight of the wagon that it was ex-
tricated with great difficulty.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Money and
daughter. Corrine, of Philadelphia, are
here for a weeks visit with his moth
er, Mrs. Ella Kerns.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Keefer have
returned home after a weeks visit
p with relatives and friends IN Wash
ington. d. c. and Virginia.
Henry Tolbert and Arthur B. Hope,
Jr.. left yesterday morning for At
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charge of constructing the govern
ment warehouse. which job was re-
Gently awarded to H. c. Clark and
Son Of this place. the lowest bidders.
/, For the time being these will be the
: only two men from here who will
work on the job
The Bacharach Giants Juniors and
the Delaware City Ali Stars staged
the second game Of their three game
series last night on Canal Field and
= the All Stars came out ahead after
seven innings OF play by the score OF
| five to three. The Bacharachs won the
: first game, ten to seven, and the series
: now stands a tie with one game each
: The final and deciding game will be
= played Friday night at $50. new time
The All-Stars strengthened theil
. lineup a little last night by adding
: three Of the local county league play
{ ers TO their lineup. The All-Stars lineS
o up as follows: Givison, 1b; Davis
j 2b; Spicer 3d. Cook IS; Bender IF
I Warner CT: II. Patterson II; Husfel
= C; and L. Patterson pitcher. The line
.. up of the colored Bacharach Giants
6 Juniors was: Clark Id; Watson 2b
, Bostic 3b; Brown ss; Taylor rf
D Portlock, CT; Watson If; Drapel
= pitcher; and Shorter catcher.
! One OF the largest and most pre-
r tentious Yachts that has passe
= through here this season tied up II
t the canal basin last night, the "On
Thirty" from Boston, Mass.
= Miss Alice Vail, nurse in charge @
n the local Health Centre, yesterda
h weighed, measured and inspected fit
k teen children. There mothers also Wis
tied the centre and were given instruc
: tons in the care, health and hygien
Of infants.
J. Old Glory Council No. ~, Jr. o. [
;, A. N. will meet tonight at 7.30 &
), Mechanics Hall.
e Mrs. Annie Bacon, OF Philadelphia
S Is visiting her aunt, Mes. Benjami
Richardson, near here.
s The stores in town which have bee
II closed on Thursday afternoons durin
: July and August following a practic
C and custom of years will be close
: this afternoon and again next weel
for the Anal time this summer. Della