Fisheries Schooner Grampus Goes on Marine Railway
The fisheries schooner Grampus is placed on the marine railway at Wilmington Iron Works for extensive repairs after months of service. The vessel shows thirty years of wear, with a rebuilt hull and thorough overhaul needed to regain seaworthiness. Captain Asa Burriss joins the voyage as guide, after City Council grant. The Grampus arrived amid foul weather and plans to remain until repairs are complete.
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Grampus
Carolinas
E. H. Freeman
Fisheries Commission
Asa Burriss
Fire Department
Captain Burriss
The
Southport
Wilmington Iron Works
Christmas Cheer For Disabled Worker From Cape Fear Lodge Friends
The Dispatch seeks to list donors to Mr. C R Fuller wood who cannot work through illness. Contributions from Groceries and cash covered a pleasant Christmas for his family with many named supporters including Matthews, Cheshire, Westbrook, Shepard, Limore, Everett, Howell, Bilbro, Dreradshaw, McKeith jr, Webb, Easterling, Wade, Braudshaw, Mrs Carroll, and W I Rushing. Notify Mr Capps if your name is missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Fuller
W. C. Cepps
Cape Fear
Brotherhood of Railroad
Capps
Fullerwood
Ss. A. Matthews
M. F. Sections
T. J. Cheshire
J. W. Westbrook
J. S. Shepard
R. A. Limore
J. A. Everett
H. R. Carroll
W. F. Rushing
W. I. Rushing
Jes
Mayor Parker Moore Receives Electric Lamps as Christmas Gift
City officials present Parker Quince Moore with electric candle lamps at his home as a quiet Christmas gesture. Other gifts go to Chief Nathan J. Williams and Councilman Hall overseeing the police department, including umbrellas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Meares
Llerk
Parker Quince Moore
Mayin
Nathan J. Williams
Birth of a Nation well renewed fires Southern hearts
A newspaper review lauds Tom Dixon's The Birth of a Nation for its Civil War portrayal and rise of a New South, praising its artful depiction of Ku Klux Klan origins and the South’s postwar suffering while noting mixed opinions on exploiting misfortune. The piece highlights stark contrasts between North and South and ends with a patriotic nod to The Star Spangled Banner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Dixon
Abraham Lincoln
Fair South
Academy of Music
Dixon
Lincolnn
Stoneman
Silas Lynch
South Carolina
South
Lynch
Lincoln
Christmas exercises by Plantagenet Commandery
Dr. John Jeter, pastor of First Baptist, spoke at the noon exercises in the Masonic Temple. The Plantagenet Commandery No 1 Knights Templar held the event, mirroring ceremonies common to Commanderies nationwide. Dr. Hurt delivered an eloquent address on the order’s principles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Jeter Hurt
First Baptist Church
Plantagenet Commandery
Knights of Templar
Masonic Temple
United States
Hurt
Joint New Year’s Reception Planned by Y M C A Members
The Y M C A holds a joint reception at the former building on Monday with afternoon meetings for Junior Divisions and an elaborate evening program from 8 30 to 10 30. The event, a successor to the three year old gathering, rotates between buildings and is hosted by board members and their wives as a reception committee.
Annual Gypsy Pilgrimage By Y M C A Boys
Ten or more members of the Boys' Department of the Y M C A will make their annual Gypsy pilgrimage to Fort Fisher tomorrow. The encampment will last three days. The trip down will be by wagon and the return will be hiked. At Fort Fisher the boys will camp out take boat trips and hunt oysters. Mr C Walter Johnson Y M C A boys' secretary will be in charge.
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Fort Fisher
C. Walter Johnson
Y. M. C. A. Boys
Parham Promoted to Lynchburg Superintendency
Mr. M. T. Parham, until now acid maker at the Navassa plant, has been promoted to superintendent of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company plant in Lynchburg Virginia, effective January. He will depart Wilmington soon. Mrs. Parham will join him after visiting Cincinnati. The Lynchburg plant is a large facility with dry and wet mixing machinery serving a wide territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Parham
Navassa
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Richmond
Lynchburg
Parham
Wilmington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fertilizer Corporations
Virginia
Wilmington Man Named Durham Judge Sykes Named Assistant Attorney General
Judge Robert H. Sykes of Durham becomes assistant attorney general of the State. A longtime Durham recorder and Wilmington native, he is praised for his legal skill and learning and is welcomed by friends in Wilmington.
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Durham
Robert H. Sykes
Wilmington
Thomas P. Sykes
Durham Hierald
Deaf Mutes Marry in Silent City Ceremony
Miss Nora M. Parnell of Lumberton and Mr. George B. McCartney, both deaf mutes, wed at Justice Bornemann's office Sunday afternoon. The ceremony was conducted in writing with questions and answers. They will reside in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nora M. Parnell
Lumberton
George B. McCartney
Justice Bornemann
McCartney
Record of a brisk gift season boosts local merchants
Merchants report unusually strong holiday sales with many saying totals will surpass any prior Christmas. Furniture and department stores note heavy outside purchases while toy shops show shelves emptied by late weekend. Merchants credit advertising and the press for directing shoppers and expect normal trade to resume after the rush.
Christmas Docket Before Judge Harriss Cleans Up City Court
In Recorder's court this morning the Christmas docket saw numerous offenders, mostly colored, offered fines instead of county roads. Frank Kelly was fined 25 dollars or 90 days on assault. Wesley Purdy faced pistol and concealed weapon charges with fines or road time. Thurman Bristow paid 10 for concealed weapon and costs for a pistol shot.
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Harriss
Recorder's Court
Frank Kelly
Wesley Purdy
William Holland
Moses Scott
Five Fires Yesterday Fire Department Responded
Chief Charles Schnibben’s department fought five fires yesterday morning and afternoon in Wilmington. Alarms were sounded for fireworks stands at Sixth and Red Cross and North Front street, a burning tree on South Front street, and a chimney soot fire at 318 Ann street, with a second chimney incident noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Schnibben
Wilmington Fire Department
Sixth
Red Cross
Jank Peiffer
Saffo Bros
North Front Street
G. F. Seitter
South Front Street
G. A. Cardwell
Ann Street
Bread Price Dispute Sparks Heated Exchange
A cashier and a baker clash over rising bread costs. The baker demands six cents a loaf, and warns the price will reach ten before winter. The customer refuses to pay at the shop, then walks out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dumdum
Colorful defendant faces two charges in district court
The defendant received a one year prayer for judgment on disorderly conduct and a nol pros on carrying a concealed weapon. The disposition indicates the case will be reviewed after a year with no formal conviction on the first charge.
Christmas Tree Tonight at Salvation Army Hall
The Salvation Army hosts its annual Christmas tree and entertainment for poorer city children at the Salvation Army Hall corner of Dock and Front streets at 7 30 p m Adjutant Yates has placed a full grown cedar in the Sunday School room trimmed with lights and decorations The big tree will be lit with electric lights and children will hear songs recitations and see Santa Claus distribute hundreds of presents candies and mulls to make Christmas meaningful for all attendees.
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Salvation Army
Army Hall
Dock
Front Streets
Salvation Army Sunday School
Yates
Death Calls Reverend to Washington
Rev. I Del Heald Jr rector of St Pauls Episcopal church is in Washington DC where he was called after the sudden death of his uncle Col Thomas N Wood US Marine Corps. Colonel Wood was Raleigh native and a member of a family noted for naval service. He was a son of the late W W Wood engineer in chief of the United States Navy for years.
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I. del’. Heald, Jr
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Washington, D. C
Thomas N. Wood
United States Marine Corps
Colonel Wood
Raleigh
Naval Service
W. W. Wood
United States Navy
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Kaniset
Sheerwater
Hall
James M. Hall
Druggist Ltd
Castle Sts
Brooklyn
Santa Claus
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Russia
New York
Washington
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