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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1918
Page
2
Greenwood South Carolina April 12 Green is working with the State Sunday School Association for the 41st annual convention to attract hundreds of delegates. The event will be held in Greenwood May 1 2 and 3 with coin entertainment and home lodging arranged through local hosts at a reasonable charge.
The 70th annual South Carolina Medical Association convention will be held in Aiken for three days April 16 17 and 18. The opening session Tuesday morning will be at the Highland Park Hotel which stays open longer this season for the two big conventions in town this month the medical association and the Federation of Women's Clubs on April 24 25 and 26.
Columbia S C April 12 The United States public health service is preparing to adopt the state law regulating health measures and enforcement. The move signals federal alignment with state health statutes and anticipates standard procedures for compliance and oversight.
Advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified Calomel offering no taste no nausea and a gentle purge. One tab at bedtime with water leaves the user feeling fine next morning with a clean liver and hearty appetite. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with refund if not delighted.
A health service ordinance to regulate care and handling of milk and foodstuffs is to be enacted in Columbia. After council amended the original proposal last November critics say the changes crippled the measure, amendments remain before the council, and the new law will adopt nearly all provisions of the initial ordinance once enacted.
Dr. R. M. Graham has been elected health officer of Florence South Carolina. He hails from the Hyman section and recently moved to Florence to practice medicine. A Charleston Medical College graduate, he will lead a planning and campaign to safeguard public health.
Greenville S C April 12 Dr Edwin McNeal Poteat resigns as Furman University president effective in June He joins the Laymen's Missionary Movement as a platform speaker and will tour the United States and Canada He plans to live near New York noting his notable work at Furman during his presidency.
Washington April 12 F J H Von Engelken president of the Columbia Federal Loan Bank and former mint director and German native has been enrolled for a Liberty loan speaking tour through the South.
A State bulletin reports 3751 Scouts in North Carolina championing War Savings with the pledge Every Scout to Save a Soldier. They aim to sell 5 dollar War Savings stamps and 25 cent thrift stamps, using the Red Postcard plan, and an Ace Scout medal rewards top sellers with the Croix de Guerre style honor.
An advertising notice promotes Lax-Fos With Pepsin as a stronger laxative for toddlers 2 or 3 years old. It claims to act on the liver regulate bowels without griping and is pleasant to take at 50 cents per bottle, marketed as good for children mothers and the houseless.
Report from Georgia officials states light snow and cold weather caused little damage to fruits and vegetables in Atlanta and North Georgia. Some wheat may suffer minor injury, but overall losses are not expected to be heavy and a bumper crop is anticipated.
In New York this week nearly 200 persons were arraigned for war legislation violations. Over 130, including a woman, faced charges and many pleaded guilty to supplying liquor to servicemen in uniform. Judge Hand handed sentences from one day to eight months.
A Buenos Aires German daily suggests evidence of a hidden wireless plant in the region. It notes a 3 PM receipt of a German cable dispatch received at midnight, with officials believing a wireless station operates somewhere in the Andes.
Pound nets were swept away at Virginia Beach and hundreds of freshly caught fish were lost in a terrific north easter that swept the coast yesterday. There was no report of damage to shipping as high winds backed the water from Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads, flooding downtown Portsmouth and Norfolk for much of the morning.
Advert shows Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claim to purify and enrich the blood and strengthen the whole system with iron and quinine. It asserts visible blood benefits after a few doses and lists a price of 60 cents.
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for torpid liver and impure blood. It claims the tonic boosts germ-fighting strength, purifies blood, and fights diseases like grip and maldria, urging readers to obtain tablets from drug stores and mail for trial packages. Testimonies praise its effectiveness for nervous, liver, and digestive troubles.
Mortgage sale under a deed from Stacy Adame to Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association registered in New Hanover County. Public auction at Court House door Wilmington on April 28 1918 for cash, describing street-plot bounded Nixon Street and Eighth Street with fixed coordinates. Attorneys John D Bellamy & Son note 29 30 days.
The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County orders a special election to decide a ten cent property tax and thirty cent per poll to fund the county school system. Voting will occur from sunrise to sunset on the Sunday in May 1918 with For Special Tax or Against Special Tax on ballots. Registration is reopened. polling places and designated election officials listed for each township ward.
The document lists judges and registrars for multiple townships and wards including Winter Park Masonboro Wilmington Federal Point and Fifth Ward with polling locations such as Smiths Store and Baseball Park. It sets registration open dates from April 4 1918 to April 27 1918 and outlines registrar attendance and inspection on May 4 1918 under the Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County.
The Board of Commissioners of New Hanover County announces a special election on May 8, 1918, to decide issuing up to 250000 in public school bonds and levying a tax for school improvements. Voters choose For public school bonds or Against public school bonds. Registration open April 27 to April 27 with multiple township precinct polling locations and appointed registrars and judges.
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