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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1918
Page
5
A long verse laments a Christ child born in Bethlehem while war and blood stain fields and mothers weep. It contrasts holy imagery with the cannon’s roar and asks why faith is used to justify killing. The piece by Margaret E. Sangster appears with related local society notes and notices.
Mr. J. D. Baines of Malo spent yesterday in the city on business, staying for appointments and meetings.
Funeral services for Nerius Sutherland were held in Kenansville with Rev. W F Hollingsworth and Rev. C J Sutherland officiating. Interment followed in the family plot at the local cemetery. A large crowd attended, reflecting the community’s esteem and sorrow for the loss of a promising young life.
Southport notes announce a combined Valentine and basket party by the Red Cross chapter next Thursday night. The public library invites Fort Caswell soldiers, their families, and visitors to use the library. Local residents Laughlin family return to Southport, and various townsfolk are mentioned in social updates and ministerial visits.
Young Wait Loftin nears recovery from pneumonia after several days illness. Mrs. Robert E. Ranson spoke on The Brown Mouse before Dover Woman's Betterment Association. Mount Olive charges fund a bathroom for the parsonage of Rev Pittman. Red Cross meets Feb 12 at 2 30 pm. donations noted. Baptist church to host a protracted meeting mid March with Evangelist Dr J H Dew assisting. Goldsboro HQ ordered half of Mount Olive Manufacturing Company’s 130 workers to cease work due to under 14 age. Lieut G B Morris and wife on 10 day furlough from Camp Jackson. Miss Mildred Gardner reports on Eastern North Carolina District leave from Fort Oglethorpe training. Mr and Mrs B Z Stanton of Saskatoon visiting. temperature reports from December 19 and travels south, with a letter from a son in Working Northwest Canada noting 58 degrees below.
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