Positive identification in Walton case shocks town
Miss Florence Davidson, key witness, identifies Oscar Johnston as Neal Walton’s attacker. Johnston, a trusted prisoner at the New Han over chain gang, is in jail awaiting charges. The identification occurred in Dr. Bellamy’s office with several officers present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walton
Oscar Johnston
New Hanover
Florence Davidson
Neal Walton
Johnston
Harlee Bellamy
R. A
Davidson
Bellevue Cemetery
Stockade
W. T. Shepherd
Fred Rivenbark
Miss Davidson
A. S. Holden
Lumberton
Black Draught Health Advice From Kentucky Woman
An elderly resident of Meadorsville Kentucky shares relief from stomach and liver troubles after using Black Draught. The ad extols the product as a long established household remedy for constipation indigestion and lazy liver and urges readers to buy it at 25 cents a package with a one cent per dose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Thedford
Meadorsville
Cynthia Higginbotham
Riverside social notes and church events update
Chadbourn residents visit city friends. Bayboro and Mount Airy travelers return. Red Cross sewing sessions. St Johns Mission unit meets with demonstrations. Reception planned for Rev Duvall L. Gwathmey. Grace Methodist circles hold meetings. Music department at North Carolina Sorosis presents multiple piano and vocal solos and quartets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Cooper
Grace Methodist Church
R. BD. Tucker
Elizabeth Powell
Eunice Tucker
L. A. Blue
Music Department of
North Carolina
Sorosis
North Third Street
Albert Jeffery
Charies W. Cadman
W. A. French
God
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Julia Post
Nita Gitana
Reginald de Koven
Geo. Boylan
J. Belle Boltwood
Chas. Whitney Combs
George Boylan
Joe Yates
J. D. Edwards
Local Notices Roundup From Proctorville And Nearby
Mr W R Surles a prominent businessman of Proctorville spent yesterday in the city on business Dr H B Roberts of this city has just completed a visit to friends in Charleston S C according to the Evening Post Mayor P Q Moore has gone to Baltimore Md for a brief visit Mr E C Holt left for Burlington N C last night where he is to be located in the future Mr Julian Morton has returned to school after time spent here with his father Mr T A Morton Friends of Mate L A Hancher U S N in charge of the naval recruiting office here will be delighted to know he has recovered from pneumonia at the James Walker Hospital and will soon resume duties Mr R C Tucker cashier of the Bank of Fair Bluff was a Wilmington visitor yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Surles
Proctorville
H. B. Roberts
Charleston
S. C
Evening Post
P. Q. Moore
Baltimore
E. C. Holt
Burlington
N. C
Julian Morton
T. &. Morton
L. A. Hancher
Naval Recruiting Office
James Walker Hospital
R. C. Tucker
Bank of Fair Bluff
Wilmington
Two Minor Trials Before Recorder Harriss
Only two new cases were presented for trial this morning. W H Newell Jr charged with maintaining a lottery and Henry Haywood colored charged with assault with a deadly weapon were continued. Essie Fields colored was found guilty of assault and battery but prayer for judgment continued on costs. State took no pros in Luke Berry colored charged with larceny. Gertrude Corbett colored charged with vagrancy paroled with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriss
W. H. Newell, Jr
Henry Haywood
Essie Fields
Luke Berry
Gertrude Corbett
Silk Coats For Spring To Match Check Skirts
Fashion notes announce silk coats to accompany the newly popular separately sold skirts in checks or plaids. Coats appear in a single color that echoes the skirt's dominant shade, with satin lining often full length or just on the body. Styles vary from long to short, with a cape collar, pointed pockets, and an odd belt featured in a sample model.
Sepasto Grotto Heads to Lumberton for Kandy Dates Ceremonies
More than a hundred Sepasto Grotto members and their families traveled by a Seaboard Air Line train to Lumberton for an afternoon and evening ceremony featuring Kandy dates. The Wilmington Drum and Bugle Corps provided music for the parade to be staged after dinner, with many local Kandy-dates joining the Lumberton event. The group will return to the city tonight on the special train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sepa Grotto
Seaboard Air Line
Lumberton
Wilmington Drum and Bugle Corps
Funeral R S Pridgen Dies at 66 After Illness and Stroke
Mr. R S Pridgen, 66, died at 503 South Sixth Street after a twelve day illness from paralysis. Survived by wife, two daughters and a son, he had lived in Wilmington 25 years and served in the water and sewer age department. Funeral from his home conducted by Rev W R Noel, with interment in Whiteville after a 3:40 train transfer. large attendance and many floral tributes marked the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Pridgen
South Sixth Street
Pridgen
E. F. Noe
J. R. Mance
Norfolk
C. S. Pidgen
Wilmington
Downtown Bank Lot Planted With Vegetables
The vacant lot beside Mur chison National Bank property worth about $1,000 a front foot was plowed yesterday and will be sown with vegetables. The bank management backs boosting food production for America and its allies using an ordinary mule to pull the plow through the rich soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murchison National Bank
America
Baker Writes Not To Fear Submarine Threat For Wilmington
City Clerk and Treasurer T. D. Meares receive a letter from Senator Simmons in Washington. The letter includes a note from Secretary of War Newton Baker assuring Wilmington is safe from submarine attack due to sea distance and river fortifications. City Council had discussed a gun battery at Vicentenne Beach and wrote to Senators Simmons and Overman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
T. D. Meares
F. M. Simmons
Washington, D. C
Newton Baker
Simmons
Wicentenne Beach
Simmons and
Overman
Sepa Grotto Special Reaches Lumberton for Initations
The Sepa Grotto Special arrived from Wilmington and drum corps drill team members and date holders marched to the Lorraine Hotel for lunch. Street stunts begin at 3 pm and a Dutch supper will be served for visitors. About forty candidates for initiation are here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Lumberton
N. C
Wilmington
Drum Corps
Lorraine Hotel
A Bad Back Made Good By L W BowerMD
Backache from kidney disorder causes uric acid buildup and poison in the body. Anuric tablets before meals and water between meals are recommended to reduce uric acid, with claim of testing at Dr Pierce Institute and widespread availability in drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. W. Bower
M. D
Pierce
Advt
Scouts Form Emergency Coast Service With Navy Aid
The Boy Scouts organize the Emergency Coast Service to assist naval authorities along the coast. Boys 15 and older may volunteer with parent and school approvals, serving as lookouts, messengers, and lighthouse attendants in shifts of one to two weeks to avoid disrupting schooling.
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Boy Scouts of America
Boy Scout
Army
Navy
Navy Yards
Navy Headquarters
Naval
Home Department
Congress
Secretary of the Navy
Boy Scout Headquarters
Campaign to Wage War on Wilmington Rodents Returns
W F Moore dubbed modern Pied Piper plans a May return to Wilmington to lead a second campaign against the rodent population. The effort aims to save merchants money and reduce rat numbers, backed by the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and the Health Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Moore
Wilmington
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Health Department
Twenty Five Years Ago Today Paris Cafe Vary Destroyed
In 1892 the Cafe Veré in Paris was destroyed by dynamite in an act of revenge. The attack highlighted the volatile climate of fin de siècle Parisism and reflected violent urban unrest of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cafe
Paris
Aspiring Elk Leader Fred Harper Garners North Carolina Support
Fred Harper of Lynchburg Virginia seeks the office of Grand Exalted Ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He has strong support from North Carolina lodges and is presented as a capable candidate by August Hermann, head of the Elks National Home Commission, who commends Harper's legal training and dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Harper
Lynchburg
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks
Boston
Mass
Wilmington
North Carolina
Harper
James T. Harper
Grand Lodge
United States of America
New
Elks’ National Home Commission
August Hermann
Hermann
Brother Harper
The
Order
Lettuce Growers Seek Prompt Delivery Aid
President M. W. Jacobi of the Chamber of Commerce wired the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington asking aid for local truckers to speed lettuce shipments. Cars have departed Wilmington but none reached New York on schedule, while the A. C. L. says it delivers cars to the terminus promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. W. Jacobi
Chamber of Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Wilmington
New York City
Remains to Clinton for Mrs Shipp Rites
The remains of Mrs Olivia Jane Shipp wife of J D Shipp of 801 South Fifth Street died at James Walker Memorial Hospital last night. They will be taken to Clinton on the early north bound train for interment this afternoon Tate. Pallbearers on the train included E H Batson R B Crumpler Lewis Fiemuth J D Mote W H Rivenbark and W K Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olivia Jane Shipp
J. D. Shipp
Fifth Street
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Clinton
Tate
Series Lectures to Start Tonight at St Andrew's Church
Rev. J. L. Battie of Rutherfordton arrives to begin a series of lectures at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church. The schedule includes tonight and Thursday through Saturday mornings at 11, with a Sunday 4:30 pm address titled Paul and His Times. Audience invited. charts will illustrate Bible History and related topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Battie
Rutherfordton
N. C
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
A. D. McClure
Mr. Battie
Brotherhood of St Andrew’s Church
Brotherhood
Paul
Battie
Tomorrow Last Day Max Linder at the Bijou
Ad announces the final day of showings at the Bijou featuring Max Linder in a feature program with dates and times listed for audiences in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Linder
the Bijou
Card of Thanks for Kindness During Illness and Death
Expresses sincere thanks to family and friends for kindness and support during the sickness and death of J. bp. SHIPP. Includes gratitude from the author and family for assistance received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. BP. Shipp
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MSS
Chain Gang Negro
R. C. Payne
Chadbourn
J. B. Rice
Bayboro
D. G. Kelly
Mount Airy
J. R. Kelly
Carolina Place
Hazel
Gladys Berry
Sanford
Fred Hill
Alfréd
Lilian Haynes
Roseboro
Essie B. Farmer
Orphan's Friend and Masonic Journal
Ed. Batle
Thomas W. Bickett
Raleigh
J. R. Collie
Louisburg
Margaret Fulbright
Fayetteville
Fulbright
Red Cross
St. John’s Mission
Red Cross Society
Marie Gringer
Hannah
St. Pauls Episcopal Church
Duvall L. Gwathmey
J. H. Hinton
Market
Recorder
Voltex
Jack Co Ee
Cash
Kleinert’s
Sepasto Lumberton
Whitevills
Murchison Bank
Baker
Eckman
Gity
Wilmingtonian
Messrs
E. H. Batson
R. 3B. Crumpler
Lewis. Fiiemuth
J. D. Mote
W. H. Rivenbark
W. K. Stewart
St. Andrew's Church
Progressive Railway of the South
Atlanta
Black Mountain
Ridgecrest
Bimningham
Ala
N.C
Qern ST. Louis
Spartanburg
New Orleans
Washington
D. C
Ted
Dallas
Tex
R. W. Wallace
CT. A
Wilmington, N.C
H. B
Pleasant
T.P.A
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