Soldier Boy Moy Be Remembered On Christmas Donation Drive
Readers are urged to support Company A Wilmington Engineers on the Mexican border by donating cash or items for a Christmas box to be sent to Camp Stuart El Paso Texas. Donations can be left at Baxter's Warren's or the Wilmington Cigar Company with a card reading Make Christmas Donation to Company A North Carolina Engineers Your Representatives on the Mexican Border. A fund has a secretary treasurer D J Howes Jr and Mrs J Victor Grainger Sr will collect contributions. The Red Cross will also send a Christmas box to Wilmington soldiers on duty along the border early next week.
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Wilmingtonianas
Wilmington
Camp Stuart
el Paso
Tex
Baxter's
Warren's
Wilmington Cigar Company
Company A
North Carolina
D. J. Howes, Jr
J. Victor Grainger, Sr
Lone Star
Red Cross Society of
Escaped Mary McGlaughon Flees County Farm Again
Ebony skinned Mary McGlaughon after a thirty day sentence for larceny escaped the county farm yesterday. authorities debate whether she seeks freedom or to build an escape record. She previously eluded officers at a window, feigned illness to hospitalize, and fled again after Lake Warcamaw arrest.
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Mary McGlaughon
Recorder’s Court
Mary
Lake Warcamaw
Address on social evil for men by Rev S Winchester at Victoria
Rev S Winchester will deliver a sane sensible address on sex hygiene and the single standard to men tomorrow at the Victoria theatre starting at 2 45 pm. He is endorsed by leading Y M C A secretaries and urges every man who can attend to be present.
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S. Winchester
Victoria Theatre
Mr. Winchester
Death Notice of Mrs Lennon Jordan of Bladenboro
Mrs Lennon Jordan age 74 of Bladenboro N C mother of Mrs S A Jones of Seagate died late yesterday afternoon. A telegram to Mrs Jones announced the death and funeral services will be held at the West Prong church tomorrow at 10 oclock with interment in the family burying grounds. Old age and its infirmities were given as the cause after months of declining health.
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Seagate
Bladenboro
Lennon Jordan
N. C
S. A. Jones
Jones
West
Calvary Church Services and Activities Schedule
Calvary church announces Sunday services at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with sermons on Bible a Mulness and Bible Fools. Sunday School at 9 45 a m led by Superintendent J W Hollis. Junior BY KT at 45 p m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night Teachers' Meeting and Senior Y P A Thursday night. music class Friday night. All are welcome.
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Calvary
J. A. Sullivan
J. W. Hollis
Early Christmas Shipments Urged By Southern Express Co
The Southern Express Co urges patrons to ship early to avoid rushes. An enclosing two color postcard warns not to open until Christmas Day and outlines seven packing and labeling precautions for safe, timely delivery.
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Southern Eexpress Co
J. W. Smith
Southern Express Company
Express Company
the _express company
Portland Cement Official Praises City Brick Streets
Mr W P Engel of the Portland Cement Association surveys Oleander concrete streets and sidewalks iterating durability of brick paving. He says the brick streets have stood up well and shows satisfaction with their endurance for highway building.
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W. P. Engel
Portland Cement Association
Engel
Oleander
Farewell Address by Rev. O. T. Mattox in Wilmington
Rev. O. T. Mattox will deliver his farewell sermon at the Advent Christian church in Wilmington Sunday evening at 7:30. The sermon titled The Burning of the World reflects his regret at leaving friends and duties, and he prays God’s blessings on the Wilmington church and brethren.
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O. T. Mattox
Wilmington
Advent Christian Church
Fourth and
Church Streets
Episcopal services and welcomes at two churches
St. John's Herkimer offers Second Sunday in Advent with holy communion at 7 30 am and morning prayer with sermon at 11 am followed by Sunday School at 4 pm and evening prayer at 8 pm. St Pauls at Sixth and Market holds 9 45 am Sunday School and 11 am sermon with no evening service. all seats free. Rev E DeF Heald Jr is rector.
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St. John’s
Her
Gibbon
St. Paul’s
Sixth
Market Streets
E. Def. Heald, Jr
Equal Suffrage League Formed by Wilmington Women
Miss Gertrude Watkins spoke to about seventy attendees in the Superior Courtroom on the suffrage question. She traced the movement’s growth, noted 4,000,000 supporters, and highlighted Supreme Court rulings affirming women as people with a soul. She urged extending the vote to working women and cited Bryan’s support as influential.
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Toom
Court House
Gertrude Watkins
Miss Watkins
Louis Goodwin
Wilmington
Equal Suffrage League
United States
West
Charles Evans Hughes
White House
Goodwin
Atlantic
Pacific
Maine
Gulf of Mexico
Supreme Court
William Jennings Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Miss Pankhurst
Webb
Draak Beats The Swede Olson In Two Falls At Woolvin Hall
Tommy Draak defeats Charles Olson in two straight falls at Woolvin Hall. The first fall 34 minutes with a scissors hold and wrist lock, the second 10 minutes 45 seconds with a plain wrist lock. Referee McGurney's slow call on Olson's signaled defeat sparked fan controversy.
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Charles Olson
Tommy Draak
Woolvin Hall
Craak
McGurney
McGurley
Olson
Mr. McGurley
Charlie Olson
Draak
St James Church Service Schedule
St James announces morning prayer and sermon at eleven, evening prayer at seven, and a 7:30 Peoples service of praise and preaching. All seats free and open to all. bring a friend. Reverend W H Milton D D rector and Reverend George F Hill assistant rector officiate.
Suffrage Movement Organizes In Wilmington
The North Carolina League formed yesterday afternoon led by Miss Watkins speaking at the Sorosis club room. The Wilmington League already lists 30 enrolled members and cards were circulated to recruit supporters for the equal suffrage cause.
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National American Woman Suffrage Association
Wilmington League
North Carolina League
Miss Watkins
Sorosis Club
Equal Suffrage Movement
Public Health Service expert notes sanitation gains in Cape Fear
Dr. C W Stiles of the U S Public Health Service reports twenty five Cape Fear township homes improved 100 percent in two years via sanitary campaigns. Last year the index stood at 45, up from 31 in 1914, with current rating at 60 after considering closets to wells and disease history. He stayed with Dr. Charles T Nesbitt and plans to inspect Columbus county before returning to Wilmington.
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Cape Fear Township
New Hanover County
C. W. Stiles
United States Public Health Service
Stiles
Charles T. Nesbitt
Columbus County
Wilmington
Tigers Edge Americans In Close YMCA Bout For Top Status
Tigers beat the Americans 34 to 24 on the YMCA court as Detroit and Philadelphia clubs share the lead in the percentage ladder after Athletics toppled the Red Sox 24 to 15. Lineups list Davis, Huband, Hanson, and Rennie among scorers with Keller refereeing.
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Tigers
Athletics
Red Sox
Detroit
Philadelphia
Athletic-Red Sox
Davis
Huband
Rhodes
Stein
Rennie
LeGwin
Hanson
Hardee
Gallagher
Myers
Mr. Keller
Prpnicl Oe Bose Geesers
Scot
Lipinsky
Gerdes
IKK
Lewis Cameron
Goghes
Bagley
Kelly
Cameron
McManus
Farmer
Ruark
Rich
Jury Finds A S Winstead Mentally Competent
The jury in a probate special proceeding ruled Mr. A S Winstead is mentally competent to manage his own affairs. Four witnesses plus two physicians testified before Clerk Major W N Harriss. Counsel for the guardian-appointment effort argued for incompetence.
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A. S. Winstead
Clerk of Superior Court
W. N. Harriss
Mr. Winstead
C. C. Cashwell
St Marys Pro-Cathedral Mass Schedule At Fifth And Ann
First mass at 7 p.m. High mass at 10 30. Ves per sermon and benediction at 8 p.m. Very Rev C Dennen is pastor at St Marys Pro Cathedral located at Fifth and Ann streets.
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St. Mary's Pro-Cathedral
Fifth and Ann Streets
C. Dennen
Light at St Simon station to show steady white beacon
The revolving mechanism of the St Simon Light off the Georgia coast was out of order on December 7. The light will display a fixed white beacon for now, per Lighthouse Inspector H. L. Beck of the Sixth district based in Charleston, until repairs are completed.
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St. Simon
Georgia
H. L. Beck
Charleston
UNC Professor Urges Practical School Subjects Shift
Professor M C S Noble of the University of North Carolina urged more cooking and domestic instruction for girls and more vocational and industrial study for boys at a Masonboro Schoolhouse meeting. He blamed wasted classroom time and undeveloped land for disengagement, calling for neighborhood cooperation. Other speakers included Woodus Kellum and J J Blair, with Washington Catlett presiding.
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M. C.S. Noble
University of North Carolina
Masonboro
Noble
Woodus Kellum
Board of Education
J. J. Blair
City Public
Kellum
Blair
Washington Catlett
Checks Mailed Today to Christmas Club Members
The Home Savings Bank mailed checks to over a thousand Wilmington residents who joined a Christmas Club at the start of the year. After fifty weekly deposits they will receive about $20,000 total to use for Christmas. The American Bank and Trust Company also plans to mail Christmas Club checks midmonth to members.
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Home Savings Bank
American Bank and _ “Trust Company
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