Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1917-09-18
NEWS HAPPENINGS
ABOUT NEW Castle
Town Will Say Goodbye
Tomorrow TO National
Army Boys
DANCE BENEFIT
FOR BALL CLUB

Special TO THE EVENING JOURNAL:
NEW CASTE. Del. Sept 1s.--Lee
Goud 50 has returned from a two
weeks trip to New York.
Lieutenant Francis d. Janvier was
a visitor to New Castle yesterday and
received a hearty welcome. The lieu
tenant is stationed at Fort oslethorpe.
Georgia.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry o'Connor are
moving out of the Rogers residence
into Mrs. Charles Hoffman's bunga-
low. 1.-THE Buttonwoods.'
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank McCallahan are
enjoying an extended automobile trip
Mrs. Victoria Wise is the guest Of
Mrs. Peter G. Madden. in New Castle.
Miss Mary White and Miss Anna
Newlove have returned home from
Canada
Edward White. Of the Penn Sea,
board Steel Corporation, IS visiting
New Castle friends.
Mrs. Charles W. Nick erson went on
Sunday to visit in Philadelphia.
FIR ends OF John Cannon, who was
recently injured in a steel plant, VIII
be pleased to learn that he is con-
vaiescing rapidly. A friend who visit
cd him at the Delaware Hospital IN
Wilmington, yesterday, found him
greatly improved
New Castle will bid goodbye to a
number Of her bows tomorrow. They
are men accepted for the Nat Onal
Army and WI leave with the second
contingent to Camp Dix, Wrightstowii.
n. J. Among those who will 80 arc
Leslie George, George Madden, John
Elkton, James Gallagher. Edward
Gormley. Asa Smith and John Logan,
of South Carolina There will be no
formal farewell.
The New Castle Athletic Association
will give a dance in the Opera Hou-e
on Friday evening. Mop lge's Orches
ira will furnish the music The fltaen
ball payers will act as floor nanag-
ers and will see that all is well ar
ranged for the guests, and guar nice
n delishtful evening to all who at
tend The aff'ir is for the benefit Of
the ball team
A tofal vote Of 1925 men have reg
isiered n New Castle for tNr spec'al
o'oc'ior IN November 6, to determine
tie "--et" 49, dry" Que7tion. The
reT strat'on bv districts on last Sat
ur'av and the tota' to dcte Is: First
= r'ct 1T total. 27i: Second diS.
W 81. t~ta' 20a; Third district, SO
'o'al 1871; Fourth district 101 total
2S2; Fifth district. 30, total. rs. There
IS ore more registration day to come
JAMES Mcguire was fined 81 and
costs yesterday by Mayor Lavender
for dsor4erlv conduct Herman
Jones col0red on a CHARGE OF assault
ans battery was fined 81 and costs.
Joeeph varmon on the same CHARGE.
received fine Of So and costs,
Postmaster Murphy Is finding quj g
an addition to the New Castle mail
since the mail for Camp Townsend is
sent here TO await the regimental
postmen. Even though the men are
not far from home. the quantity OF
letters and piles of boxes that look
suspiciously like candy and other
good eatables. show they are beng
we'll remembered by the home folks.
Evidently the boys are having an
all-around education at Camp Towns
end. as was evidenced by the big tin
clothes tub and dashboard some sam
mics were transporting campwards
last night.
The Wilmington. New Castle and
Southern Traction Comnany is send.
ing most OF its New Castle cars as
far as the rife range The number
OF soldier laden cars along the l'ne
last night would have seemed like a
military invasion If the merrdment
on board had not taken away all
Thought OF war.
The enlisted men OF Company HI
formerly stationed at New Castle. were
indignant yesterday over a prin' ed
statement that the foreigners in New
Castle were stacking around waiting
bor good jobs that the Americans
were resigning to go into the army
mere are from eighteen 10 t,ye-fv-
Tour men Of foreign birth in Co-opanv
n a'one. and large percentage 81
me regiment IS Of Polish, Russian or
luauah eXtractiOn. These men reA
sent the imputauOn that Americana 90
lore gp birth are less ready IN en-
list and also object 10 the glifer,ts
language attributed TO them