Evening journal., 1922-09-01
NEWS GOSSIP
OF new CASTLE
Rush TO Pay City Taxes
TO Get Five Per Cent.
Rebate
STORM DELAYS
OPENINGLA LAWN FETE
special to The Evening journal.

Special to The Evening Journal.
NEW CASTLE. Sept. City
Clerk c. Allen Smith. who IS also
the citv tax collector. was kept busy
the past few days by taxpayers who
wished to take advantage OF the
ner cent discount on taxes II paid
nv YESTERDAY. From now until NO
vember 80, only per cent is al
lowed. and after that date the full
rate is required. After Deem per
i per cent is required on all
taxes. until June 30.
Repairs found necessary by the
Board OF Education at the Rose
Hia school building, the opening OF
the fall term will be deferred I'M
nj Monday, September II. The
teachers at this school will be: Prin-
cipai Professor NJ. n. Hahn; teach
ers. Misses Elsie Einsley and Bea-
trfce Grier. Miss Frona Fitz will
teach at the Minquadale school and
Miss Beulah Moor at the Hamilton
Park school.
The first rain for more than three
weeks visited this city and. vicinity
yesterday afternoon. Owing 70 the
lnundation Of the track OF the Trac-
Hon Company. trolley service be-
tween this city and Wilmington was
n standsilli for nearly two hours.
Residents living in the vicinity OF
The river front. were treated TO one
OF the rare but picturesque sights
OF their life yesterday, during the
height OF the storm. A line OF
clouds. possibly a mile long. roll
ing along about ten feet above the
surface OF the river. with a veloc-
10 that greatly exceeded those Of
greater altitude. resembied sea foam
lifted clear OF the water and car
RED By the wind. While II was I
beautiful and spectacular, Il caus- [
ed considerable fear among those !
who witnessed the scene. II was I
feared for a time a cyclone was |
about 20 break on the city. The /
rolling clouds followed the river and ]
tide and passed the city in about 10 ,
minutes.
owing 10 the storm the opening |
Of the lawn fete. scheduled 10 open |
yesterday afternoon. was postponed !
uAL44 NlAAH AAAtA AAOUAAs ~ mas HANA /
decided TO carry the fete over I'M |
til Monday, Labor Day, before clos
ing
The lawn decorations, made yes
terday morning. were badly disar-
ranged by the heavy downpour OF
rain. This Is being rearranged by
the committee today.
The first fall session OF Adelphia
Lodge No. 8. knights Of Pythias.
viii take place this evening in Ma
sonic Temple The session opens at s (
o'clock.
The third case OF typhoid fever
to develop in this city during the
present year, was discovered yester-
lay by DR.. Brice Valette when he
vas called to the home of John Day
ind found his 6-year-ol daughter T,
with that disease. This Is
he second case to develop in this ,
lome.
Mrs. Mabel Hunt, OF Sixth and ,
Delaware streets. is confined to her i
bed through illness. ,
Manager Hance and the commit
tee have completed arrangements
for accommodating a large crowd at
tomorrow baseball game. Both Y
the local and the Yorklyn aggrega-
ton are primed for a great battle.
Manager Hance. while working
at the Wilmington Fibre Specially
Company here. yesterday afternoon.
sustained decorations of the index
finger of his left. hand. 1t was
caused by his hand coming In con-
t9ct with a moving band saw.
An inspection Of the necessary
work of repairing the chimneys.
etc. on the several brick school
buildings, the tentative estimate
proved higher than at first thought.
I has been decided to request bids
IN this work.
DIR. and Mrs. julius Dodd, of
'ourth and Delaware streets. are
pending a few days vacation in
he mountains of Western Pennsyl-
ania.
Paul Hamilton and Miss Ethel
-amilton, of Shawanee, Tenn, are
pending several days with their
ousin. S. B. Luttrell. of West Third
rect. They have been touring
urope for the past two months.
hey landed in Montreal. Canada,
st Sunday. Mr.. Hamilton cele-
rated his nineteenth birthday ami
srsary yesterday. He is a sopho-
ore at the Lincoln Memorial Uni
srsity Cumberland Gap. Tenn. i
Mrs. J. Leonard Dickinson. and i
ons, Benjamin and James, Of Il
ownsend. who have been the Il
uests OF Mr. and Mrs. william w. Il
zach. Of West Sixth street, return
d home yesterday. 1t
Mrs. John Bender. OF Middle
w, VINO mas been the guest OF Mr.. II
~ mrs 3. F. Richards. OF State
Soao, has returned HON. ss