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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1917
Page
6
Whiteville residents and guests mingle in Wilmington with several households hosting friends from Georgetown Durham Greensboro and Philadelphia. Local church groups plan meetings and a Red Cross unit hosts soldier boys with ice cream and cake at the Boys' Brigade armory.
Louis M. Cotchett David N. Pratt and Jesse M Weeks move from Fort Oglethorpe Officers Training to the Aviation Ground School at the Georgia Tech in Atlanta. They join ten others in the transfer announced Saturday. Cotchett served in the 6th Company Pratt in the 13th and Weeks in the 2nd Troop Cavalry.
Boatswain George R. D Orange, long connected with the Revenue Cutter Service and then the Coast Guard, transfers to the Baltimore depot as the service merges. He and his family, residents of Wilmington for eleven years, will stay in town for now before leaving. D Orange has served thirty years with a strong record and is noted for his personable character.
The Street Department plans an August 16 excursion to Carolina Beach aboard the steamer Wilmington. The event features music and dancing, refreshments, and serves as a benefit for the street force with many eager participants likely to attend.
The remains of Frances Henshaw who died aboard the steamer Wilmington near Princess street will likely be sent to Massachusetts for burial tomorrow. A brother living in Schenectady, New York, is expected in the city this evening and arrangements will be settled after his arrival.
Bruce C. Boney, First Presbyterian Church candidate for the ministry, will speak at the church prayer meeting tonight at 8 o'clock. A Park College graduate with honors, he returns to the city after four years to share his message with many friends.
Mr A R Perkins of the Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co Greensboro, long time general agent at New Bern, is ordered to the Wilmington district to oversee local agencies and will arrive September 1. Also noted are Mr J H Thomas leaving for Hendersonville for vacation and Mr C L Cleaver returning to Winston Salem after visiting. Mayor Parker Quince Moore ill at home with malaria though not seriously, and Mr Dilman E Parker resigns from City Laundry to join Metropolitan Life Insurance Co here.
Miss Dora Cox of Greensboro is staying at the Seashore Hotel. Mr and Mrs W M Thompson of Richlands occupy rooms at the Oceanic Hotel. Recent Oceanic arrivals include Aaron Kahn Atlanta W B Harker Maxton J M Blue Raeford L A Niver Atlanta E B C McGinnis Raleigh B P Seaman New York City P V Philips Durham.
The second fox trotting contest of the season at Lumina will be held Friday evening drawing growing amateur interest. After a successful first event the upcoming edition is expected to surpass the prior. Prizes will go to winners and be easy for anyone to win. Hundreds are expected to attend Lumina Friday evening.
Mrs. John H. Hanby entertained in honor of guest Mrs. J. H. Foster of Forsyth Georgia yesterday afternoon at the Hanby cottage on the Northern Extension. A score of ladies attended enjoying porch entertainments and refreshments. Mrs. W. B. Cooper won the prize for the best elephant needlework picture amid lively social activity.
The Seashore Hotel reports a broad stream of guests including Robert Hecht of Atlanta M C Masterson and wife of Washington D C C B Willis J A Lawrence of Atlanta E L Raulston of Chattanooga D J Edwards and wife of Rocky Mount V P Hair and Virginia Hair of Winston Salem Mr and Mrs J Carter Rook and family of Atlanta James H Poll Jr of Raleigh Mr and Mrs W B Tobe and child of Montgomery J M Odom S F Farmer of Laurel Hill G W Cox and wife of Raeford Allen R Otis J B Reel M G Satcher of Augusta Mrs R Cohen and two children of Memphis A W Gray of Richmond Le0n Jacobson of Denmark J Trott of Charlotte Mrs P F B Price and others from indie Sound Dr and Mrs C D Cleshorn Dalton Cleghorn Miss Fannie Cleghorn Macon Hayes Sloan Watson W R Johnson B D C Vaore Jr of Greenville N C C L Speight and S J Chandler of Winston-Salem W C McCloud of Clio S S and W G Weaver of Charlotte Mrs F P Simmons of Atlanta Louise Lamar Lide of New York City J C Dibrell of Richmond.
Mr David B Smith returns to Wilmington after a 45 year absence. He left in 1872 at age nineteen and arrived by Thelma to visit relatives and old friends including J A Sutton J M Bell Jesse Smith and Dr J T Schonwald. He plans a short stay and will return to Arkansas where his plantation and family reside.
Disorders have arisen in Bas hia Brazil due to high living costs. Two persons were injured and a nun was...
Dutch cartoonist Louis Raemaeker arrived in New York by way of London and France to urge Americans to heed his anti Kaiser messages. He describes German spy networks as perfect and vows a postwar trial of every guilty party while preparing to publish his provocative drawings in American papers.
Interstate Commerce Commission returns show 153 railroads operating 75 percent of U S mileage posted a net revenue of 88 283 329 in June up nearly 8 million from June 1916. Total operating revenues reached 273 867 527 while expenses rose about 30 million year over year.
The Interstate Commerce Commission proposes tentative findings on re adjusting class rates between Texas and Oklahoma and between Kansas and northwest Texas and Oklahoma. The tentative ruling outlines changes to freight classifications affecting Southwestern traffic.
Washington reports Provost Marshal General Crowder works on final draft mobilization rules for the selective draft. War Department figures show 13,093 National Guard officers and 419,834 men in Federal service, plus 180,766 volunteers for regulars since April 1, totaling about 725,000 under arms, with 687,000 to be raised under the draft bill.
The Russians are described as unusually capable language learners. They will study Chinese in six months and acquire English with ease in a few weeks, according to the report.
Delightful Calomel latest discovery Calotabes claims no taste or nausea for calomel tablets marketed to relieve biliousness constipation and indigestion. Druggists offer refunds if customers are not delighted. One tablet at bedtime with water purportedly cleanses the liver by morning.
A U P reporter reflects on the Sarajevo double murder three years ago and traces the global impact of World War I. The piece notes America’s 1917 entry, shifts in monarchies, rising democracies, and the war’s widening reach across continents and nations. It highlights Germany’s brutality, Allied responses, and looming industrial mobilization shaping the conflict.
A Vigilante leader cries out with a militant religious fervor urging action. He declares the word of the Lord as “On” guiding the girded legions to tread the sea paths and free the earth’s children from a demonic threat. The speech blends scripture with calls to arms and conquest.
In New Hanover County Superior Court a notice to defendants including Harriss and Pearce heirs appears. Nonresidents named cannot be located and must answer at Wilmington on September 8 1917 or risk default judgment.
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