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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1917
Page
6
A poem recalls a mother's kiss and prayers guiding a child to sleep and healing wounds with affection. Aging narrator notes the mother has died, yet her care endures in sorrowful memory and ongoing comfort. Irma signs the piece in the Columbia State.
Misses Lillie and Sallie Rivenbark of Rose Hill visited friends here yesterday along with several other guests from Warsaw Dunn and Winston-Salem. The piece notes multiple visitors including Miss Jennie Casey from St. Augustine visiting Mrs. Kenneth Davis and mentions Lieutenant Hazel R. Aiken and his bride visiting Hickory before leaving for Camp Jackson to join the Army.
The Wilmington manager of the Red Cross appeals for cut-up scraps to support its usual charitable work. Chapters lacking scraps should send materials to headquarters on the second floor of the Murchison National Bank Building. Ladies have come to collect bags of scraps to cut up at home.
Marion Swayne stars in a mystery photoplay at Lumifia with an all-star cast. The thriller unfolds on the cool east veranda with suspenseful intrigue. Mutual Tours Around the World is also featured, inviting audiences to enjoy ocean breezes at the South’s famous pleasure resort tonight.
The Sunday School Conference of the Methodist Wilmington District opens tomorrow at Magnolia with speakers including President William Preston Few of Trinity College. Delegates and local leaders will attend as Rev. J H Shore leads devotional exercises and a full two day program unfolds with talks on vision, financial basis, home and elementary divisions, and class organization.
Mrs J H Dreher and Mrs William Kamer depart from St Pauls Evangelistic Lutheran Missionary Society and St Matthews to attend the 32nd annual convention of the North Carolina Lutheran Synod Woman's Missionary Society in Mount Pleasant. Memorial service by Mrs Dreher. sermon by Rev F B Clausen at Trinity Lutheran Church. Officials include Mrs John M Cook first vice president and others on the program.
Cassie Goodall a Mt Olive resident died at James Walker Memorial Hospital after injuries thought to be from Walter Hinnant a fellow Black man shot at a Mt Olive location Sunday. Another Black woman was shot but not seriously hurt. Hinnant fled and was not yet arrested with uncertain location given as North Carolina South Carolina or Virginia.
Berlin dispatch notes Moscow press references to Djemier Kerensky proposing a separate peace at the conference. The London report confirms advertised terms and reaction to the alleged overture, with emphasis on potential shifts in Allied strategy.
Kingston Tenn Aug 29 A jury to hear the case of Captain T F Brown charged with the murder of Frank Gambill was completed this morning and the evidentiary hearing opened in the afternoon. Both sides are represented by many lawyers and Brown will plead justification and self defense. no eyewitnesses were present.
Special report from Kenansville notes Judge W P Stacy presiding as a full docket meets for three weeks. A high profile case involves Walter Pierce and George Knowles charged in the murder of Walter Heath at Faison four months ago. The defendants have filed habeas corpus proceedings and the case is set for Thursday of the week.
Wallace North Carolina August 29 The first day of the week’s tobacco sales yielded prices around 22 cents, down from 29 cents on opening day amid a 250000 pound volume. Red Cross workers urged farmers on the floor to give one tie or bundle as donations, with large boxes set for daily contributions and a forthcoming town drive to encourage more gifts.
The interallied socialist and labor conference, after a morning focusing on preliminaries, met to study two commissions reports. One assessed the Stockholm international conference general questions, the other reviewed draft terms from various socialist parties. Delegates showed wide divergence, prompting an afternoon adjournment to allow fuller preparation. Russian delegates, initially spectators, signaled willingness to participate since the gathering is consultative and non binding.
Associated Press reports in Petrograd that General Soukhomlinoff, former minister of war, faced trial for high treason as General Vernandér testified he neglected war duties. Vernandér said lack of armament contracts left workshops idle and munitions production slow, leaving the Russian army without shells after 130 days of war. Vernandér briefly succeeded Soukhomlinoff as minister of war.
An unknown man entered the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Whitebliff Tenn and pointed a pistol at the assistant cashier Miss Ellie Price, taking all the cash from the drawer totaling 532 dollars. Miss Price had just returned from lunch and was alone. the cashier W J Johnson was away at lunch. No trace of the robber has been found.
Philadelphia reports a contract awarded to a manufacturer to supply gas masks for the army. The order totals 1,502,000 dollars with delivery to equip troops. the exact company and city are noted with limited available details.
Government movement causes Steamers Wilmington to depart at 8:00 AM instead of 9:30 AM. Service will resume on Friday morning, with sailing reportedly on schedule once movements settle.
Sergeant Boyau, former Rugby star and France’s ace pilot, earned his fifth German observation balloon kill. He pursued balloons behind enemy lines, overcoming anti-aircraft fire and cramped conditions, and earned the Médaille Militaire after key missions near Verdun and Nancy.
A Paris newspaper critic lauds American troops training near the front describing them as disciplined and eager to learn. The piece notes their work in guarding bridges, rail lines, and shelter construction under French supervision, praising their focus and adaptability. An aside mentions a Japanese theater rule about audience standing.
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