Social notices from Portsmouth and nearby towns
Several residents attend holidays with relatives and friends in Portsmouth Virginia and surrounding areas. The Orrell Pridgen wedding is planned for tomorrow evening at 6 at the bride’s mother's home on Orange Street. An oyster roast for the Christian Endeavor Society is scheduled for Lumina Wrightsville Beach this Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D. Orrell
Moncure, N. C
City
Lumina
Wrightsville Beach
Christian Endeavor Society
First Presbyterian Church
C. W. Yates Company and Co
W. H. Rothwell
Fayetteville
Nina Hazel Orrell
John W. Pridgen
Orange Street
Flowers Wadsworth Tie The Knot In Mount Olive
George L. Flowers son of ex Postmaster W. J. Flowers and Addie Wadsworth daughter of Mrs. O. E. Wadsworth were quietly married Sunday at 4 PM. The ceremony occurred at Rev H T Pelt's home near Grantham township. The couple will reside on a small farm west of town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Olive
George L. Flowers
W. J. Flowers
Addie Wadsworth
O. E. Wadsworth
Grantham
H. T. Pelt
Friends’ Church
Mr. Flowers
Mrs. Flowers
Rubbish Fire Sets Alarm at Judge Rountree Home
A small blaze in rubbish in the basement of Judge George Rountree in Carolina Heights prompted the fire department to respond to Box No. 71 shortly before 1 o clock yesterday afternoon. In Florence Fritz Hannen heads there this morning to wrestle two men tonight in Sumter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rountree
Carolina Heights
Florence
Fritz Hanren
Wisconsin Prohibition Battle Set as Legislature Opens
Wisconsin advocates clash over statewide prohibition with a plan to vote in 1918 on a constitutional amendment banning liquor. Brewers brace for a tough fight while drys push for a full state convention and broad lobby in Madison ahead of the assembly session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madigan
Wis
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League
William T. Hyme
Dane County
Madison
Rural carriers to soon get pay
Washington December 19 rural carriers in North Carolina will soon receive back pay as the post office department plans payments within thirty days. The department will issue full back salaries, directing postmasters at route starts to make the payments. A complete record of amounts due will eliminate the need for claims or legal action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
North Carolina
Post Office Department
Congreessman Godwin
Congress
Godwin
Costs Ordered in Prohibition Case Against Howes
In Recorder's court Judge Harriss ruled the prohibition charge against William Howes was frivolous and malicious. Howes' accuser Maggie Foreman paid the trial costs of 6.40 after the case was dismissed. Neil McDaniel was found guilty of stealing five dollars from his landlady and sentenced to 90 days on the roads. Rufus Green was sent to the county highways for three months for carrying a gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Howes
Maggie Foreman
Recorder’s Court
Harriss
Goorge
Howes
Neil McDaniel
Rufus Green
Death of Mrs J H Thomas at North Third Street Home
Mrs J H Thomas, 66, died at her residence 116 North Third Street this afternoon after a seven day illness caused by old age and several diseases. Survived by husband and an adopted son, funeral arrangements were set and the service will be from the residence tomorrow conducted by Dr A D McClure. Interment in Oakdale cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Third Street
J. H. Thomas
Davn
Thomas
A. D. McClure
Oakdale Cemetery
Two Transfers Reported In Real Estate Deeds
Two deeds filed in the register of deeds this morning record transfers from Southeastern Realty Company to Ci B. Parmele for a 68 by 30 foot lot on Harnett Street and from Southeastern Realty Company to Thomas H Wright for a similar lot on Harnett Street between Third and Fourth. Both transfers list $100 and other consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Office of the Register of Deeds
Southeastern Realty Company
Ci B. Parmele
Harnett Street
Southeastern Realty Conomas H. Wright
Aarnett Street
Considera
Large Subscriptions From Distinctive Speak- ers
Other subscribers who speak indistinctly or with their faces turned away from the telephone are large contributors.
Also Mentioned on This Page
H.R. Hunter
Portsmouth, Va
John Shinberger
W. A. Leitch
Fort Myers, Fla
R. J. Benton
Lois Allen
Bolton
Minnie Hardy
Freeman, N. C
Annie L. Hargrove
Grace Street
Winneford Shepard
Converse College
Spartanburg, S. C
J. C. Shepard
Sue Northrop
Raleigh
Mrs
Robert Northrop
Grace Methodist Church
Florence LeGrande
Savannah
A. B. Hull
J. H. Hughes
Lynchburg, Va
Mr. Hughes
St. Louis
Washington
United States Bureau of Lighthouses
Hydrographic Office of the Navy
Nantucket Shoals
Massachusets
Nantucket ‘Shoals
Bermuda
Marseillaise
United States
Bermudian
Marséillaise
Lightuse Service
North Atlantic
New York
Peterson & Rulfs
Masonic Temple
Wilmington Lodge
A. F
A. m
J. F. Clowe
Sec'y
Wilmington
Home Savings Bank Wilmington N, N. C
Childen
Axminster
Brussels
Belk-Williams
State of North Carolina
Wilmington Lumber Company
Wilmington Lumber
American Bank “and Trust Coo
Noe RT Ruaek
Stephen D. Jacas
Kodaks
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