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Middletown transcript., 1918-12-28
TERR0RS GIVEN INDIAN NAMES
Mrs. Wilson Credited With Idea That
Really Has Good Deal to Be
Said In lts Favor.

Selecting names for the many new
vessels soon to slide from American
ways Is a task needing patience and
application. It Is one Of the duties of
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt of the
navy department, who, though he finds
many volunteer assistants, is always
hard pressed in his pursuit Of suitable
names. The wife Of President Wilson
has now come to his aid with list Of
names.
Mrs. Wilson Is a descendant Of PO-
cahontas. The names she suggests
may be calculated to spread terror
among the enemies OF America aflOat.
They are taken from Indian history.
Middletown transcript., 1918-12-28

The Denton National Bank will in
crease its capital stock from $75, 900 to
100000.
The cunning season this year in Mary
land is recognized by most sportsmen as
almost failure.
One hundred and fifty sailors at the
naval base at Lewes received discharges
as a Christmas present Monday.
The Wilmington Levy Court has re-
ceived bids for fencing IN the Augustine
Causeway and for repairing the None
such Meadows bank along the Christiana
River.
The Delaware Trust Co. has installed
new vault in its banking house at
Seaford and the interior of the building
is being fitted up with modern improve
ments.
At the meeting of the Mothers Pen
sion Commission of Delaware in Dover
an outline of recommendations to the
Legislature increasing the powers and
finances of the commission were dis
cussed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Sudler, of
Bridgeville, have received word from
their daughter, Miss Sarah B. Sudler,
who has been nursing in France since
1917, that she has been transferred to
Germany.
Everette c. Johnson, secretary Of
state of Delaware, was one Of the prin-
cipal speakers at the twentyseventh
annual meeting Of the Sons of Delaware
at the Hotel Bellevue Stratford, Phi'a-
deiphia, recently.
The Student Army Training Corps Of
Delaware College was demobilized on
Friday, December Is. The men cele-
brated their dismissal from the army by
smoker and feed held in the dining
room Of Old College Hall.
While working in the barnyard on the
farm of his son, near Pivot Bridge,
Isaac Dean, a retired farmer, was a..
tackled by bull which tossed him ever
the fence into the sheep pen. He was
badly bruised and shaken up.
Jerome B. Bell, former Editor of the
Sunday Star of Wilmington Delaware,
has made contribution to the tree fund
of Delaware College in honor of his two
sons, jerome B. Bell, Jr., and Harry A.
Bell, who graduated from the college.
Wheat throughout the peninsula is
doing well. Recent rains and warm
weather have been helpful to both
vegetables and wheat. The latter will
enter the winter well rooted. which in
dicates good crop, all things being equal
An increased acreage was sown this
year and the crop should be large.
The constitutionality of the new State
income tax law will be tried out in three
test cases to be brought before the
Superior Court for New Castle county
at the January term. The defendants
are Edward Kreuse, Edward c. barrett |
and Thomas NJ. Mullin, prominent hotel |
men of Wilmington. The suit is ms ituted |
by Attorney General Reinhardt at the |
instance of State Treasurer Swain, who |
alleges the three defendants refused to |
pay the tax for 1913
There are a couple of million loaded |
shells and several car loads of high ex-
plosives stored OF Pigeon Point, near
Wilmington enough to blow the city
off the map if an explosion should occur.
The shells were made for the Russian
Government, but that country got out
of the war before they were delivered.
They are now under guard of the army,
but it is stated the guard is to be re-
moved soon, which is causing the people
of Wilmington and vicinity considerable
anxiety.
Middletown transcript., 1918-12-28
BOCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why use ordinary cough remedies,
when BOSCHEE'S G ERMN SYRUP
has been used so successfully for fifty.
two years in all parts of the country for
coughs, bronchitis. colds settled IN the
throat, especially lung troubles. 1t
gives the patient good nights rest.
free from coughing, with easy expecto-
ration in the morning, gives nature a
chance to soothe the inflamed parts.
throw off the disease. helping the pa
tient to regain his health. Sold by
MIDDLETOWN DRUG Co. Inc
Middletown transcript., 1918-12-28
For the HOLIDAYS

Good Clothes will help you en-
Joy them. Take no chances.
Save Time
Save Trouble
Save Money
by coming here where you will
get Style, Quality, Big Assert
ment and all at Moderate Prices.
A New Overcoat, SIS to $40
Silk Lined, $35 to S65
Montague, $50 to SIS
Fur Lined, $50 to $3.50
A Business Suit, SIS to S25
A Dress up Suit, S25 to $50
A Full Cless, $25 to $50
All Furnishings
All Hats and Caps
Trunks and Valises
Shoes and Footwear
With everything else to wear for
Men, Boys, Young Men and
Little Boys.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
WOULD UNITE GAMES
INTO SINGLE SPORT
Enqlishman Conceives.- Idea of
Merging Baseball and Cricket.
Enuiish Critics Continue to Offer Su0-
qestions and Bewail Fact That
Foul Is Not Allowed to Figure
In Run Getting.

There is now some talk in England,
where baseball is invading the sport
domain, of sort Of compromise game
which should embody some features
of cricket and baseball. Nothing will
probably ever come Of any attempt
radically to change the baseball game,
as it has been evolved, any more than
would any endeavor to adopt some
baseball features into cricket. The
two pastimes would mix about as we'll
as oil and water.
But English critics Of baseball con-
tinue to offer suggestions, and one OF
them in a recent issue Of an English
periodical bewails the fact that the
baseball "foul'' is not allowed to hg-
ure in the run getting. He thinks 1t
should be as important factor In the
American game as the "snick" in
cricket, to which it corresponds.
Here is how he puts it:
''The snick or corner stroke is un-
dOubtedly the most spectacular hit IN
baseball; indeed, it is practically the
only spectacular stroke, except the hit
out of the ground which occurs once
in a blue moon.
ut seems a very great pity that
this corner stroke is merely thrown
away in baseball. In making the stroke
the batsman hits as usual with hori-
zontal bat, and getting just under the
ball sends it at very great pace to
a tremendous height behind him, and
sometimes to considerable distance"
If the baseball foul were to be treat
ed the same as fair fly or grounder,
the grand stand would have to be
| moved about as far back of the home
| plate as deep center field is in front
| of it and a "back field" that would
| literally be back field would have to
be provided-two players at least,
which would bring the batsmen up to
the cricket number Of eleven.
| All the grand stand fans would have
to have spyglasses, and the bleachers
never would know which way the
game was going, forward or back. The
catcher would also have to have eyes
in the back of his head if there were
men on bases, and the batsmen should
knock a nice grounder or lofty "snick'
about $50 or 200 feet back Of the home
plate. 1t is to smoker. No. let botf
these fine games go along together bu
separately, as it were.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
MILLER HIGGINS SETS MARK
Enters Washington Series With Small.
est Squad on Record-TweIve
Players in Outfit.

It is doubtful if any major league
club during the past twenty years en-
tered a series either at home or on
the road with such q limited num-
Der of players as Miller Higgins did
when the Yankees played their last
set of games at Washington.
He had no extra catcher, nor had
he an extra fielder Or Outfielder.
Besides this, there was no such thing
as pinch hitter on the team. Twelve
players made up the entire outfit,
the three extra men having been
pitchers. One Of these was Sanders,
who did not pitch one complete
major league game during the past
season.
The Yankees set a record for los
ing players, as II Of the original "a
left without a release being handed
ed out, and another one who started
the season, Hank Robinson. also quit
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

it eligible to the company of other
fashionable clOthes-the panel is al
ways among those present in any as
semblage of new apparel. There are
three of them. one at the front and
two, shorter. at either side-all fin
ished with fringe. The shaped girdle,
with pointed end. is of the satin and
the skirt is nOticeably longer than
skirts have been for several seasons.
This particular skirt is IN one of the
rich shades of terra cOtta-which color
is called by several new names this
season as mahogany" rust" and "eS-
carole" The last describes it best.
But in any of the fashionable colOrs. 1t
only needs blouse of georgette to
match it to place handsome costume
at the command of its owner. With
lighter blouses one has the advantage
of variety and it remains separate
skirt.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
w. N. u, CHARLOTTE, NO. 42-1s1s.
PRACTICAL IDEA OF HEAVEN
Jimmy Could Think Of Nothing Bet
ter Than Place Of Solid Comfort
and Perfect Security

Two little brothers In the country
shared huge feather bed. There was
a nightly scramble as to who should
be first to bed, so as to get the choice
place sat the back" protected by the
wall and by the sleeping brother ''in
front" I'm front" was regarded risky,
fol one never knew what night some
terrible creature might come along
and carry off the front sleeper
One cold. stormy night The following
conversation was overheard. after a
period of quiet, in waich it was
| thought that the boys Were asleep:
Jimmy" said Bud, whose voice
had a comfortable at-the-back- of-the-
! bed sound, what do you .l,ink heaven
/ is like?"
"Why l think" and Jimmy's timd
voice had a trembling. yearning tone
in it. 81 think heaven is like great
big, nice feather bed. with room for
everybody in it. and nobody has t"
sleep in front"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

The dreSsier separate skirts are
made of supple weaves in silk: their
wearers sharing favors among satins.
silk poplin and tricolet. Satin. 1t al
most goes without saying, is first in i'm
portance-it is used for about all the
outer garments of women, from hats
to slippers. Tricolet is a novel fabric
by comparison, but is approved by the
most smartly dressed women, and
pOplins are tried and familiar to every
one
Besides these silks for dressy sepa-
rate skirts there are novelties in heav-
Ter weaves for sport skirts. The sport
skirt, in fact, has reached heights of
beauty and style far in advance of any
thing in its animated and remarkable
history. Possibly the restraint and re-
serve that marks wartime designing
has operated to the advantage of
sport apparel. But the time is com
ing when a new class, with a new
name, will be formed for many of the
smart, informal garments that now
come labeled for sport wear.
A handsome separate skirt. to be
worn with a dark or light blouse, pre-
! sents its new style features in the pic
ture. Of course it has panels to make
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
NOT DISTURBED BY SHELLS
Motortruck Drivers Continue Baseball
Game While Germans Keep Up
Terrific Fire.

"You don't hear so much about these
motor transport drivers" said the cap
tain, but don't forget they are part
of the big job, and big part. And
don't forget they have dangerous work
to do.
'"The supplies have got to go for
ward, whatever the conditions. and I
have never had a man yet show any
inclination to shirk or dodge or COM
plain when he had to go under heavy
fire and deliver his supplies.
"Tll give you an example of their
spirit. After a recent hard push we
had an afternoon off, so the men ar
ranged ball game just back of the
front with a rival outfit. They had
played about two innings when this
kid here (pointing to a young driver
standing by came up to bat. Then
the fun started.
'"Two big German shells lit in the
outfeld. The rival pitcher turned
around to see what the trouble was
Another shell fell just back of second
base. Once more the pitcher half
way turned, when the kid at bat called
out: Jaw, what the -; come on anG
stick it over The pitcher stuck on.
| over and the kid cracked out doubl,
| to right. STARS and Stripes.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
TO TRAIN SOLDIER ATHLETES
Edwin N. Holmes to Have Charge in
Vicinity Of Austin-Dennis Scan-
Ion at st. Paul.

DR.. Joseph f. Ralcroft, head of the
athletic division of the war department
commission on training activities, an
nounces the following appointments:
Edwin n. Holmes of Austin, Tex, as
athletic director for camps in the vicin-
Sly of Austin. Mr.. Holmes is a gradu-
ate Of the Springfield Y. M. G. A. col
lege. After the naturalization, he
served as athletic coach at Sioux Falls
college, S. D., and William Jewell col
lege, Liberty, Mo. Dennis r. Scanlon
of st. Paul, Mimi, as athletic director
at the Signal Corps Aviation Mechan
les Training school at st. Paul, MINI
Mr.. Scanlon has for some months past
been volunteering his services at the
training camp
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
PRAISES GREAT LAKES FIELD
Manager Clarence Rowland Loud in
Complimenting Naval Station Ath.
letic Grounds.

One Of the warmest compliments
paid the new athletic field in Camp
Paul Jones at Great Lakes comes
from Clarence II. Rowland, manager
of the White SOx.
Il never dreamed of finding such a
magnificent diamond and field at any
military training camp" said Rowland.
The diamond is going to have it on
anything in the big tent after Charley
kuhn has worked with it awhile.
1T is as fine new diamond as can
be found in either major league. while
the football field, track, ETC., tops any
thing l have ever found anywhere"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

Mathewson Branch Hickey Haushon
Our troops that is the troops chemists officers
divisions said
1T work of
because they baseball
fellows
wanted
the offensive end
edwtt
administering
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
Johnny Lavan.

.ngton Nationals, has been appointed
manager of the Great Lakes baseball
team.
Retiring In favor of Doctor Lavan
Is Phil ChouiRard who has had charge
Of the club during the current season.
The change was made because Of
Lavan's rank and greater baseball ex-
perience. The new manager has been
one of the greatest shortstops of the
game for the past four years, playing
both in st. Louis and In Washington.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

There are SuirS-and suits, most of
them plain, some of them piquant but
none of them fussy. With the supply
OF fabrics growing precious no cos
tuner ventures to use more than the
regulation allotment of cloth. therefore
skirts are narrow and straight and
coats cut to conform to this shortage
OF material. But the ingenuity of
designers, put to the test, has tri-
umphed and given us variety of new
models in coat suits and frocks that
do them great credit.
Skirts are little longer than they
have cen, since they must he two
inches below the shoe tops and shoe
tops are not as high as they were
Longer skirts were proclaimed early
in the season, but women with busy
winter ahead of them have not been
inclined to give I'D short skirts for
street wear. Those in the suits pic
cured are only two inches below the
'tce tops; that is, they are as short as
he Lnwritten law allows.
The suit at the left of the picture
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
is SPORT DEAD? NO!

It was announced officially
that the attendance at the New
York police athletic games at
Sheepshead Bay was 100000,
and that $250,OOO was taken in
at the gate.
This is the largest crowd that
ever attended a sporting event
in America.
Despite the fact that this
country is in the thickest of
things lover there" athletics
still are popular as attested by
this remarkable outpouring.
Again we ask, is sport dead?
The answer is mo"
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
Gold Rrocaded Ribbons.

Metal ribbons and ribbon In bril-
liant colOrs such as emerald green,
cerise and royal blue, richly brocaded
in gold and in contrasting colOrs, are
used for girdles on dark colored or
black silk dresses.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

his best to get in. Byron has made
many applications to get into the
ground service of tbs aviation corps as
mechanic, but has always been
turned down because of his age. He's
going to keep on trying, though, AMI
expects to be successful before long.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

Queen Wilhelmina Of Holland carc>
less for travel than any other Flu
ropean sovereign.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

Maryland farmers are raising goats
to counteract the dangers of another
milk shortage.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

is in ii smOoth-surfaced cloth:
might be duvetyn, wool velOurs or
broadcloth. in deep gray with collar
and emplacements in the coat of Hud-
son seal. The coat has a diagonal
front, fastening with a very large fat
button in gray to the left front. It
is extended into points at the front
and back. The high muffler collar ia
convertihle-the cuffs very deep, In
gauntlet style, and finished with
Sulall cioth-covered buttons. In many
suits there are combinations of tw,
materials, and this model carries tho
idea out by uniting cloth and fur.
A very simple and practical quit of
velours appears at the right, the coat
having skirt portion plated on to
the body. Very narrow tucks across
the collar and rather large bone but.
tons set on to pieces let into the body
furnish it with individual touches.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

headaches disappeared. gained In
weight and feel fine, so can honestly
recommend Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound to any woman who il
suffering as l was. Mrs. ADELNE 3.
LYNCH, 100 Plain St, Providence, R. I
Backache and nervousness are symn-
toms or natures warnings, which in
dicate q functional disturbance or an
unhealthy. condition which often devei-
ops into q more serious ailment.
Women in this condition should not
continue to drag along without help, but
profit by Mrs. Lynch's experience, and
try this famous root and herb remedy,
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound-and for special advice write e
Lydia E. Pinkham Med. Co. Lynn. Mos
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
HOW TO AVOID
bkCkACHE AND
NERVOUSNESS
Told by Mrs. Lynch From
Own Experience.

Providence, R. III was all m,
down in health, was nervous, had near.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01
TRYING TO GET IN. SERVICE
Umpire Bill Byron Is After Place in
Aviation corps-Age Keeps Him
on Outside.

While many of the noted baseball
stars are trying their hardest to stay
out of the service, Umpire Bill Byron,
who is forty-seven years old, is trying
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-11-01

0CAeS, my back
ached all the time.
l was tired and had
no ambition for any,
thing. l had taken
q number of med.
cines which did ne
no good. One dav
l read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
women, so | tried
it. My nervousness
an6 horHoob, -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-20
Fargo Man Held for
Murder Of Old Negro

VALDOSTA. Ca, Sept. II Dewey
Callahan, a welI-known young white
man of Fargo. Ga, is in jail here,
charged with the murder of an old ne
gro named John Jones, whose decom-
posed body was found on the edge of
the Okefinokee swamp last week. The
investigation that followed resulted in
a chain OF circumstantial evidence upon
which young Callahan was arrested
here early Sunday by Deputy Register
and Policeman Emory Dampier. Gala
han denies his guilt, but the officers
say that he will have a hard time TO
explain away many circumstances sur
rounding the killing. The old negro is
supposed TO have had several hundred
dollars in his cabin and robbery is said
20 have been the motive.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-20
YOUNG GIRL SLAIN,
ADMIRER HELD ON
MURDER CHARGE

PETERSBURG, Va. Sept. 1S.-Al-
though protesting his innocence and
asserting that the victim shot herself
Thomas Brown. about 20 years old, for
merly of Buena Vista, Va. who was
captured by the military police in Camp
Lee last evening. has been landed in
the Petersburg Jail under suspicion of
having murdered Miss Mary CTowder,
aged Is, the previous night in an auto
mobile after they had attended mo-
ton picture show here.
The police believe Brown did the
shooting while he and Miss Crowder
were seated in the rear of a jitney auto
mobile, investigation having shown that
the muzzle of the revolver was press
ed close to the girls body and the bull
let passed through her heart, her death
occurring a few minutes afterward in
the office of DR.. c. p. Jones.
Joseph CrowdeN~ superintendent of
the Pocahontas Gotten mills, who is the
father of the girl, will probably be
one of the chief witnesses at the in
quest tomorrow night. 1t was his de-
scription of Brown that led to the ar
rest of the former Buena Vista man
Brown seemed excited and reticent to-
day, but the police are of the opinion
that the prisoner will tell about the
case as soon as he overcomes his
fright, as his present condition is thai
of a man suffering from a nervous
breakdown.
1t is alleged that Brown has a police
record in Buena Vista. He left that
town about four years ago and hac
| been living in Petersburg a year or so
1t is believed that he greatly admired
Miss Crowder, who was pretty and
| popular, and that jealousy was prob
| ably the motive for the supposed
| killing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-09-20
FOES RETREAT 20
FOLLOW FAILURE
OF PEACE DRIVE
BY ]. w. T. MASON

NEW YORK, Sept. 17.--President W.
sons raDid-hre counter attack against
the Austro- Hungarian peace offensive
will soon start Won Hindenburg &c
treating once more out or western
France
1t is to be expected that the kaiser
will hold fast a little longer until lie
ices there is absolutely no hope of amy
OF the allies being trapped into secret
conference for ending the war; but Pres
ident Wilson has made inevitable the re-
sumption of the west front retirement
Won Hindcnburg must now see he cannot
tarrv long il he does not desire the
American invasion of Germany to so ~
default.
The American advance at st. Mih!el
has had an effect not only on the battle
front west OF Metz. but also along the
entire line running throughout Lorraine
and itno Alsace to the Swiss border
There are indications that Won linden
burg has begun already the reinforce
ment of certain vulnerable positions in
this area and is preparing to abandon
outposts now lightly held, at the first
sign of an American advance.
Patrol encounters in Alsace and Lor-
raine are being increasingly reported
formation concerning the disposition Of
the American troops are especially no.
ticeable in Alsace.
The German general staff cannot fail
to have this deeply impressed by the
fact that among the American units
participating i'm the st. Mihiel often
sive were some removed from the
Marne. 1t must also have been noticed
by the Germans that scarcely any
Americans at all have taken part in the
Picardy and Flanders drives, though
large numbers were known to have been
there recently.
The conclusion Won Hindenburg must
draw from these facts is that as the
west front is being shortened in Elan
ders. Picardy and Champagne, the
Americans thereby released are being
added to General Pershing's threatening
concentration along the German border.
The reduction of the trench mileage in
the west, therefore, is adding to the
menace against the Rhine, even thong
it permits the formation of a German
reserve Rhine army. This is one of
the ineradicable difficulties of Won Hin
denburg's strategic situation making
Germany's defeat certain.