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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
JOY EVERY DAY.

Why not more days Of loving care, :
With garlands hung up everywhere.
And candles bright, and carols, gay
Why not have Christmas every day1
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Blessed Optimism.

It is the blessed optimism of Christ
mas time that buys sled in a climate
where snow is rarity.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

1t is a very old tradition that
it Is extremely lucky to be born
on Christmas Day.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21
Christmas Afternoon

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The afternoon Of Christmas day may be rather
q quiet one for the Older folks. The gifts have
been unwrapped and arranged and lowered over
from time to time. The usually tidy room looks
like bazaar for the sale of fancy goods. Per-
haps neighbors and other friends may come to
exchange merry Christmases! !" and to say MAY
! thank you here for your lovely gift?"
Between the dark and the daylight, after the
callers have gone ard the children have returned
fAom their play, comes the peaceful and happy
Christmas evening. The great day is dying;
Christmas is nearly over. 1t will be whole year
before we shall enjoy its merriment again or re-
nember happy Christmas seasons Of the past
We may lose many things-home friends health.
monoy-but memory abides, and no one can take
from the happiness that has once been ours.
\ On Christmas night we remember the old days.
We think of those who were once here to share
! our joys. christmas never can be the same
Rngain !" many people exclaim when they feel az
M the Joy Of life has gone forever. II we all took
hat vis;n G11n itself might die. It depends
pom nSi
q our troubles and even
Fejoice. If we have chill
hard to be merry, but If
|vn there are great many
he glad and may be found
to you ALL And would
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PEACE.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

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Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-12-21

ISU~DDl " in response. With the re-
tirement Of pc wo1den the real drinking would
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
ELECTRIC GRILL
At HOTEL OPEN

The new electric grill, lunch counter,
coffee shop and dugout located in the
San Carlos where was erstwhile the
bar and dungeon, was opened to the
public yesterday. It Is said by travel
ers to be the most complete place of
it's kind south Of Chicago. The place
was designed by Charles B. Hervey,
president OF the San Carlos Hotel Co.,
the work being executed by the c. H.
Turner Co, marble work by B. A.
Davies. coffee shop fixtures by Albert
Pick & Co, Chicago, electric cooking
fixtures by the Pensacola Electric Co.
The lunch counter and oyster bar are
built Of tapestry brick, rough grouted,
with marble tops The dugout cafe in
the rear seats sixty, the tables are of
mahogany with white vitrolite glass
tops, and white marble footings. The
scheme of the decorations in both
rooms is very effective. Cooking will
be done by electricity, gas and steam
and the cold storage pipes from the ice
plant Of the Sa nCarlos has been ex-
tended to all the refrigerators, includ-
ing the refrigerated show case set into
the lunch counter. For the conven-
fence Of the public, the place will be
kept open night and day. The prices
will be of the popular sort, on a par
with other lunch counters in Pensa-
cola. Only the purest and most high
grade foods will be served, and every
thing is designed with a view to per
feet sanitations. Three large exhaust
electric fans are used for ventilation
in addition to the ceiling fans. The
grill and lunch counter Will be under
the personal supervision OF L. r.
Patch, steward of the San carlos. Mr..
Patch has operated similar places in
Chicago. st. Paul and De.roft. Fred
Mailer, formerly Of Mobile. an expert
on bivalves, will have charge of the
oyster bar and oysters received fresh
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
AMERICAN ARMY
GIVES STRENGTH

London. July Sofas the great al
lied push begun?
That's the great question OF the war
today The sudden surprise counter
attack carried out so successfully by
the French and American armies be-
tween the Aisne and the Marine has
given rise to it.
IT. 4. being answered in two ways
by allied military observers, who are
holding thor breath in the suspense
accompanying the realization thar
great events are about to transpire on
the western front.
One group believes that the allies
are not yet fully prepared for the
great smash, and that the offensive
wna merely a local attack at an OPP
perfume moment, designed 10 flatten
out the Soissons-Chateau Thierry
salient, force the Germans to fall back
On the Marine and relieve the pressure
against Rheims.
The other group. which includes
many American critics, is certain that
the counter drive Is the preliminary
attack OF the great push that wiz.
drive the Germans out of France and
Belgium.
They point te these facts to show
that this is the likely theory:
III General F'och patiently accepted the
defensive in the first four German of
fensives OF the year. In the fifth drive
was counter attacking on the first day
and on the third threw the American
and French reserves in for smash
ing counter-attack at the weakest
point OF the enemy's line.
He had been waiting only until
Americas strength on the attic line
should reach a point where Il swung
the pendulum OF manpower over to
the side Of the allies.
That moment has now arrived. The
allies are stronger than the Germans.
Foch, whom Joffre himself declared
to be "the greatest strategist In Eu-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
Two Representatives from
City Attend Conference

Pensacola has two representatives
at the Y. w. c. A. conference at Black
Mountain, N. c., Miss Margaret Ray,
house mother of the Pensacola Y. w.
C. A, who spoke OF the work accom-
plished here at meeting on Sunday,
and Miss Kathleen Monroe, who has a
national appointment as travelling sec
rotary for the Y. w. C. A., and who
has been engaged in association work
since the close OF the Florida Female
College at Tallahassee.
Among other Florida Representa-
tives at the Blue Ridge 7. w. c. A.
conference are Mrs. William B. Young
and Miss Agnes Davidson, OF Jack
sonviile: Mrs. Calvin French, OF Win
ter Park; Miss Sallie E. Black, Of
Tallahassee, and Mrs. s. L. Lowry, Of
Tampa.
This conference, held In the splendid
Y. w. G. A. building on q 12o0-acre
estate located on the side OF Black
Mountain, N. c., commands on the
most magnificent mountain views east
Of the Rocky Mountains.
Six hundred girls from every south
ern state but Texas have come to-
gether there for inspirational courses
in christianity applied to everyday liv-
ing and working In these war days
They are leisure girls, teachers, BUSH
ness and office workers and mill op-
eratives. So valuable are the Y. w.
G. A. clubs considered by factory man
agements that many have made it pos
sible for employees to go by paying the
whole or a part Of their expenses.
From one manufacturing town in
South a-Greenville-nine fac
tory arrangements out OF thirteen
having Y. w. c.. A. clubs, each paid
the expenses OF two girls.
Since war was declared by this
country, nearly a hundred different
places throughout the United States,
from coast to coast and from the Gulf
to Canada, have opened up hundreds
of Y. w. c. A. clubs for Red Cross,
community and other service work;
for educational classes and for re-
creations, such as sports, games, hikes
and general good times. What the
Y. NJ. c. A. is doing for men in these
war days, the Y. w. C. A. is doing for
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

from the beds of Bayou Cook daily
will be served the year round.
Mr.. Hervey announces that this care
ia opened for the men Of the service
and civilians generally, being in no
manner exclusive: ladies will be well
coined. There were many lady pat
rons the first day.
The corps of white mattresses are
neatly clad in white dresses, aprons
and caps.
The San Carlos Cafe will be con-
Quoted in the same high class man
ner as before. the new cafe having no
effect on the hours, and will nelp take
care of the overflow business IN the
main cafe at weel-ends. =
After the opening Monday mornir}
the keys of the place were sent to the
Air Station where they were sent IN
in the captive balloon to be lost
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

rope" has for his motto the word lat
tack!" His strategy consists In care
fully outstanding his men when he is
outnumbered. falling back where
necessary, but never allowing his line
to be pierced. At the opportune mo-
ment. when he considers his opponent
weak enough at any point OF his line
to make break through possible, he
strikes with all the force at his COM
mand, aiming to smash the German
line and flank it from two sides.
This was the strategy he employed
on the Marne in 1914 and again in the
first battle Of Ypres. 1t has been critf-
cised as an action Of the moment only.
without any definite plan behind it,
but it saved Paris'in 1914 and made
Foch generalissimo of the allied
forces.
This is the plan the majority OF the
allied critics now believe Foch Is put
ting into operation.
The battles of the next few days
will decide whether the attack was
the beginning of Foch's great push or
merely a counter-attack to harrass
the Germans and force them to slack
en- their thrust for Rheims.
If it is the former, the assault on the
Soissons front must be regarded as
only a small part Of the grandest op:
Grafton of the war.
The attack will be extended over
the whole front from the sea to the
Swiss border.
The British army under Field Mar
shall Haig will hurl itself at the Ger
mans from Ypres as far south as
Montdidier. The French and Ameri-
can armies under GFeneral Petain
and General Hunter Liggett will widen
their offensive between the Aisne and
the Marine to an attack on the whole
front between SCISSORS and Verdun.
And on the extreme couthern end
of the line, probably under personal
command of General Pershing, the
American forces who are holding the
line in Alsace will commence their
drive to the Rhine.
This is the great plan which has
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

Ere hp naks sirens bIeoded nUFhins
people
of
IN the o. only u OF Also UniS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
DR.. Pollock and
Family Return

DR.. A. J. Pollock and family, who
for the past several years have been
making their homes at Tampa, have
returned to the city, and yesterday the
well-known former PensacoHan was
heartily welcomed by his numerous
friends here. DR.. Pollock stated that
he was particularly lucky upon his re
turn, for he managed to get the same
residence (Which he owns, get the
same Office which he occupied before
and was lucky enough to get the same
telephone number he used upon the
occasion of his previous residence in
Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

| the girls.
At each Of the twenty-five great
munition cantonments which are al
ready in operation, or will be opened
by the government this summer, the
7. w. c. A, by request OF the ord
nance department, will have a Y. w,
G. A. program OF service work. edu-
cational classes and recreation for
free time. These will be open to girls
Of all creeds.
At the request OF the French minis
try OF war, similar work has already
been established In eight centers in
France. Five OF these are among
munition workers and three for office
girls. Women Of the American Signal
Corps In France are billeted to Y. w.
c. A. hotels In three important COM
munication centers-one Of them,
Paris. Every American base hospital,
too has social room for nurses which
Is run by =. W. c. A. workers.
Besides all this, the association has
up to this time opened fifty-six hostess
houses In training camps or the United
States, has built several residence
houses for girls in government work.
and has a big program for the army Of
girls employed in washington, d. c.
This program includes a transient ho-
tel for girls, where they may stay I'M
til they find permanent living quar-
tiers; two vacation houses near the
city, which are now open, and a splen-
did recreation field with games,
sports, picnic grounds and a rustic
cafeteria for outdoor suppers.
Regarding this work, Mrs. Young,
wife Of Judge William B. Young. for
mer treasurer of the General FEEDER
alton of womens clubs and president
Of the Jacksonville, association, says:
1.-THE work done during the past
year by the Y. W. c. A. has been the
greatest work OF women for women
that the world has ever known In
France alone, the work has been ire
mendous in its effect. 1t has not only
inspired new hope and courage among
French women, which have reacted in
strength and renewed courage for the
fighting men, but it has demonstrated
to the French women their own op-
portunities and possibilities for ser
vice among their own"
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
Announce Death
Mrs. Shackelford

Mrs. Rosa Shackelford, the aged
widow Of the lamented Judge Shackel-
ford, expired yesterday at an advanced
age, and the funeral will take place
this morning at 10 O'Clock from the
home of w. S. Garfield, at the corner
of DeSoto street and Nineteenth ave-
nue.. interment to be made in St.
Johns cemetery Mrs. Shackelford had
been i'll for some considerable time.
and her death will be sincerely mourn
ed by many in Pensacola.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
TRAINERS OF REAL ESTATE.

C. C. Hartman and wife to S. D.
Davis-North 81 feet OF lot and east
half Of lot 5, block 81, East King tract
-Si.OO.
ANA e. Fisher, guardian, to s. D.
Davis-Lots 81 and % and North half
%, and west 95 feet lots "a and 25 and
Of south half lot %, block 1856, East
King tract, east Of Tarragona street /;
also south half block IL, East King
tract, east Of Tarragona street; also
lots 1 to IL, II to 81 and % and "a.
block 8, West King tract; also lots
9 and 10, block 50, West King tract;
also lot 8. block 1872, East King tract;
also lot 5, block f07, East King tract !;
also south 80 feet OF north 60 feet lot
4, and of west half lot 5, block II, East
King tract; also north 80 feet Of south
east quarter block rs, West King tract:
also lot 3 and north half lot 2, block
45, West King tract-si.00 and other
considerations.
National Land Sales Company TO S.
g. Johns-Lots 7 and s, block 80. Fig
City TOWNSHIP, in section IL. township
south, range 30 west-s90.O0.
National Land Sales Company to
Anna Speier, widow-Lots 10 and 20,
block 81, Fig City townsite-Si00 and
other considerations.
National Land Sales Company to
Fritz Schmidt--Lot 6, block 81, Fig
City townsite-S35.00.
P. F. McDonough, by master, to s..
B. Sharpe-Lots % and "a, block Z,
North Highlands-s300.0
j. A. Chaffln & Co. to S. D, Davis
Lots 81 to %, except east 80 feet lots
81 and % and of south half lot 90,
block 1876, East King tract, cast of Tar
ragona street, and south 30 feet of
east 90 feet of southeast quarter of
block ii, West King tract-Si.00 and
other considerations.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

been in preparation for months.
The blow will fall with all the force
the allied commanders can muster be-
hind It.
1t viii be the greatest battle the
world has ever known.
And unless the military acumen OF
the worlds greatest generals and of
the inter- allied war council is much at
fault, IL will drive the Hun invaders
back beyond their own borders.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
I'll. CLAY CRAWFORD
CRITICALLY ILL

Tallahassee, Fla, July 20.-tSpecial)-
Secretary of state II. Clay Crawford,
has been lying, critically Ill, at his
home here, since Friday, the 26th.
Mr.. Crawford returned from a fishing
trip on the coast, Friday, when he was
stricken with high fever, and has
had the constant attendance of physi-
clans since. 1t was thought this morn
ing that the crisis had passed. and
every hope is now entertained for Mr..
Crawford's recovery.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
Rev. l. /. Roberts
Assist In Revival

I. I. Roberts and family, OF Wild
wood, Fla, have returned to Pensa-
cola for a visit to friends and rela-
tives, coming in Tuesday morning on
the 9 AS train from Jacksonville. While
here on a vacation Mr.. Roberts will as
sist in a meeting in the Pleasant Grove
church, which is located on the gulf
beach highway, just nine miles from
Pensacola. Anyone interested in these
services will be welcome to attend
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31
niarrhoea Quickly Cured. :

IT have been in the practice OF medi-
cine for forty years" writes DR.. d. A.
Post, Barnwell, s. C. Il came to this
place last March, having purchased a
plantation ten miles from here, am pre-
pairing to move onto 1t and shall prac-
ice there ! find diarrhoea prevalent,
in fact became affected myself, saw
notice OF Chamberlain's Collie and Diar-
rhoea Remedy. bought a small bottle
and 1t is good."-Adv.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-07-31

Groves Tasteless Chill Tonic
restores vitality and energy by purify
ing and enriching the blood. You can
soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorat
ing effect. Price 60c--Adv.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22

support and while no effort has been made
to solicit subscribers on the plan, Gt is
being saved for the last appcaD, about
$4,000 has been taken in that manner,
mostly in small lots by the small investors.
Complete figures of rural New Castle
county, including Fridays subscriptions,
amount to S619, $50, which is credited as
follows: st. Georges hundred SIS, 1906
Appoquinimink, S37,050; Blackblrd.
$3.50; Red Lion, S44, $50; White Clay
Creek, $40, $50; Pencadcr, So, $50; Mill
Greek, S6,S00; New Castle, $l2,55O;
total S205, $50
There has been reported from Chris
tiana and Brandywinc hundreds S4l3, 500
These two hundreds are worked under tie
supervision of the Wilmington committee,
but the credit of the subscriptions is made
to the rural New Castle county committee.
The total of the entire district is S6l9.550.
The allotment of the district is 81, 81 $50,
and il is confidently thought that IT Will
be more than subscribed. The committees
in the rural hundreds have been badly
handicapped during the past week by
the dirt roads being almost impassable,
and in many places on the east side OF st.
Georges, Blackbird and Appoqunlmlnk
hundreds, they are completely washed
away. Delay in procuring the blanks
for signatures has also handicapped the
women of tn" entire rural part of the
county They were promised two weeks
ago. and only arrived late this week
With these handicapS the work done by
the W Nomcns committee Is really wonder
lul. rs the figures stated above are all tho
work of the Womcn'S Committee
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22
FINE SERVICE FLAG
FOR DELAWARE CITY
Presented by the Century Club on
Saturday Afternoon With
Appropriate Ceremony.

Special Correspondence of Every Evening
Delaware CITY. tpnl - Nomcn Of fhc
Delaware tity Century Clab on SatHr-
day afternoon al 30 oclock presented
10 the officials of the town service flag
containing 81 stars Il Irons. lfy
Councllman introduced Mrs. harics
Meter, chairman of tho flag committee,
who presented the flag g Mr.. John
Schundcr with an appropriate speech.
The presentation Of the flag to Mayor
William NJ Householder was made ~
Mrs. Schundcr. president Of the Century
Club. with remarks fitting 70 the occa-
sion. The flag was accepted BY Mayor
Householder in behalf OF the city. and
il was unfured by Charles Meter. fol-
lowed by singing The Battle Hymn
by school children, accompanied by
the Fort du Pont Band. The names OF
those represented by stars on the flag
were then read by Charles Meter, rs
follows
Lieut.. Col Hgbee Davidson, Major
Eugene Rcybold Major Eugene House
holder. Major Max Mainer. Captain
Perry Waincr. Captain " " Ellis Cap
tain Frederick Schroeder. Lieut. Harris
Samoni>tv Lieutenant George IL Plcken.
Lieut. c larlcs Schatfer Lieut.. Gharles
O'Ncdl. Lieut. Daniel Eikins. Sergeant
James l. Madden, Sergeant William T..
Murphy. Sergeant Benjamin Miller. ser
gcant Thomas Neetf, Sergeant William
Oahe~, Sergeant John Ponder, Corporal
SMILEY II Nashum. Corporal William
Weaver Corporal James Smith, Cor
poral Roland Patterson, Corporal \. Lc
Rov Robertson. Sergeant Fred Schroeder,
Sergeant Frank Schroeder, Sergeant Wal
ter White, Sergeant Henry Winchester.
Sergeant Eugene Armstrong. Sergeant
David Ayers. Sergeant Lionel Bright,
Sergeant Leslie Beck, Sergeant lrVln
Cats, Sergeant Roy COY Sergeant
Charles Collins, Sergeant Romalue Col
lison. Sergeant Gibbon Dunham, Ser
geant Clarence Givison, Sergeant Edward
Hutchinson, George Hutchinson, Howard
Holiday Earnest Literal.
An address Wts next made bN Hon
John G higgins. after which tie follow
ing musical selection Wis gwen, \ Long,
Long Trail by Miss Catherine Sehander.
Josiah Marvel Of Wilmington made an
address, followed by song. What Are
We Going to Do for the Boys , led by
Mrs. Schunder The exercises We're closed
with an Invocation by Rev Mr.. Horner.
Sandwiches and coffee were served by
the ladies OF the Century Club.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22
CHESTERTOWN, MD.

Special Correspondence Of Every Evening
ChcStcrtown, Md. April 20 Mrs
William Ringgold Aldridgc has issued nj
vitations 10 tho marriage Of her daughter
GLADYS. 10 Captain Paul J Wilkinson q
ZION and Mrs LLOYD Wilkinson of Baltl
more. the ceremony 10 take place IN
Christ Methodist Protestant Church, this
town. on Tuesday, April 30. at 4 O clock
Rev DR. John :. Bowers, uncle of the
bride. and former president of the Mary
land NJ L. Conference. Will oihciatc, as
sisted hy Rev J. L. Ward of Christ
Church
Alillngton is the first town in Kent
county to win an Honor Flag for having
raised IT'S quota OF the third Liberty Loan.
This town was apportioncd $4,000 by the
Federal Reserve Board. and yesterday
afternoon II was announced that SlS,0OO
had already been subscribed
Herring are more plentiful IN Chester
river, of thcstcrtown, than they have
ever been known TO hc Onc drift ncttcr,
Yesterday afternoon caught 30 ~ one
haul They are finding ready sale here at
- cents dozen.
Farmers hero are shipping large quanti-
tics of white and sweet potatoes from
points along the water and railroad, tins
week, and arc receiving good prices for
them
II is reported that Everett Shcats. Who
has been conducting i whslwright and
blacksmith shop here has purchased the
same business from J " Richards IN
Church Hill, and VIII move There soon.