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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1918
Page
11
Lumberton notes a three month textile school for mill operatives to run June 1 at the East Lumberton graded school building. The effort accompanies county projects including a new Presbyterian church, War Savings activity, and plans for a three hundred thousand dollar Planters Warehouse venture pending charter.
The Hemenway school reports three new soldiers in the thrift army Lucile Page Edna North and Robert Platt. Principal praise room recitations of Psalms and individual auditorium recitations. Valentine boxes distributed fifteen minutes daily and Red Cross collection totaled 13.08 from student offerings.
Washington reports the Sugar division chief George M. Rolph is the most overworked underpaid official in the Food Administration. The Senate Sugar probe found him working from eight in the morning until midnight and paying his own expenses with no salary.
Miss Mary K Browne of Los Angeles the champion woman tennis player leaves the sport to take a tellers job at a Venice California bank ending a notable amateur career and moving into finance.
In Marietta North Carolina on February 16 Mr J A Brown of Chadbourn spoke at the Methodist church on Red Cross work. Mrs Brown spoke on women’s wartime tasks. Rev B E Stanfield greeted friends. The Woman’s Missionary Society met with Mrs Jennette with officers reelected except treasurer Laura Scarboro. Various locals including the Olivers Harringtons and Meads are noted visiting relatives or traveling for illness or business.
Busy classes completed examinations as the month ends. Children are urged to plant vegetables from the Children’s Flower Mission pamphlets in Cleveland. Miss Cook advises vegetables for food needs. Junior Red Cross drive gains momentum with members encouraging new joins. Thrift stamps rise as girls and boys stay busy. Books for the library are requested for Washington’s Birthday as current stock is low.
The Hemenway School has learned to sing Kipling's Recessional with praise from Mr. Blair during his visit. eighth grade soprano Onida Capps contributed a gifted solo and students heard an address on constellations. The school is active in selling thrift stamps and War Saving Stamps alongside the High School.
Bow Street courtroom crowded as Colonel Repington and Morning Post editor face charges under the Defense of the Realm Act for publishing military information deemed valuable to the enemy. Generals Maurice and Robertson attended. testimony likely Thursday.
Washington reports that War Risk Insurance rules bar fiancés from being named beneficiaries. Soldiers may only designate a spouse, child, grandchild, sibling, parent or grandparent, or adoptive or step relations as beneficiaries of insured servicemembers.
The National Special Aid Society under Mrs Waddell hosts Theodore Marburg as guest speaker on war experiences. It outlines Thrift Stamp campaigns, block gardening clubs, and a card index system to track donations and canning progress. A Lucia Sprunt Knitting Machine is donated to honor Mrs Sprunt, and local units report on attendance, collections, and volunteer outreach. upcoming lectures include Germany's Plan For the Next War.
Mrs Bradford Knapp chosen as president marking a historic milestone for the Iowa State Association based in Washington DC. She is the wife of the head of the States Relations Service in the U S Department of Agriculture.
In Richland county court, a verdict of 25 000 dollars was returned for Mrs Sallie Glass Spigner against Seaboard Air Line Railway. Of this 20 000 dollars covered actual damages and 5 000 dollars punitive. A 1 250 dollar verdict was also given against the Seaboard agent at Fairfax and 1 250 against Conductor Rhodes. The suit claimed health impairment from a train failure to stop for the plaintiff on her journey to a hospital.
S N Montgomery of Montgomery Grocery Company faced council over his meal mill at 1112 Hampton Street after five neighbors complained of noise. Chief ordered shut down. council directed mayor to handle the case and mayor Griffith urged Montgomery to resume grinding while promising an inquiry.
Saluda South Carolina February 16 George Etheredge son of Col Alvin Etheredge of Saluda has been promoted from ensign to lieutenant in the navy for rescuing crew members of the British ship Paddlesford. He is the youngest navy lieutenant a rank equal to army captain.
Florence South Carolina February 16 The Elks Lodge will disband due to lack of member interest and will send its charter to the Grand Lodge. The group owns a fine property near the business district and may consider forming a commercial club or renting the home for a new headquarters. The Elks have long served the city with charitable work.
An early report describes a badly damaged Leslie School building with an incendiary cause alleged. Firefighters faced difficulty controlling the blaze and an oil poured on the back of the building is mentioned as a potential trigger.
The annual spring meeting of the Agricultural and Mechanical Society in Columbia will be held at the county house next Wednesday night at eight o'clock. A secretary and treasurer will be elected. Present officers are D. F. Efird of Lexington and D. G. Ellison of Columbia.
Chief Flowers reports Rock Hill South Carolina had sixteen fires in the past year with total damage under ten thousand dollars. The summary highlights the favorable fire record from the perspective of insurers.
Four German alien enemies were registered in Columbia by Chief of Police J. W. Richardson. The station operation lasted nine days and closed on Wednesday.
Guy Manning and President Currel of the University of South Carolina will deliver addresses in the money day evening before the National Security League. Mrs Manning joins the program of the division of women workers. The State Defense has also invited a delegate.
Governor King has signed 200 of the 298 acts passed at the centennial General Assembly session. The latest batch to receive signatures includes the state income tax law and a measure allowing women to practice in the state.
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