Local Society Notes and Social Calls
Mrs L H Jennings hosts a guest from Bikshopville U S C while Alma St George and Ella St George visit Miss Bessie Newton in Southport. Mardi Gras visitors Thomas H Wright and Marsden Bellamy attend New Orleans festival. Bible class and domestic science meet at YWCA. play Too Much of a Good Thing to aid Dock Street Church. Mrs E W Stone leaves for Richmond to be with sister. Maccabees reception planned. church meetings and school club programs reported with performances and addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alma
Ella St. George
Southport
Bessie Newton
South Eighth Street
Thomas H. Wright
Marsden Bellamy
New Orleans
Gladness Club
Nellie Pickard
North Fourth Street
Robbie E. Powell
Ranson Ennis
J. A. Sullivan
Calvary Baptist Church
Dock Street Christian Church
D. Roland Potter
Boys’ Brigade Armory
D. Lockjaw
E. W. Stone
Richmond
Mothers’ School Improvement Club
Myrtle Grove
Walter Horne
America
Henry Horne
Annie Laurie Guinn
Kate Brown
Annie Newton
Walter Horn
Island of
Somewhere
Clayton Horne
Miss Annie Newton
Court sentences nine on road work and other crimes
Recorder George Harriss presided. nine defendants received terms from 15 days to three months. Sentences totaled 415 days. Parolees included Arthur Drew LeRoy Berry and James McMickel over auto theft on Wrightsville Turnpike. Others faced larceny, assault, and vagrancy cases with sentences up to three months and revocations to labor on the roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Harriss
Rivenbark
Arthur Drew
LeRoy Berry
F. M. Rivenbark
Sisckide
Mr. Cline
Wrightsville
James Mce- Mickel
James Johnson
John Simmons
Richard McGowan
Porter Finkey
DeWitt Russ
Janie Epps
Car Recovered After Theft From Church Area
Sheriff George Jackson and Mr. Trask recovered a Ford touring car owned by George Trask. The vehicle, taken from in front of the First Baptist Church Sunday night with Mrs. Trask and her son inside, was found Monday morning in a hog path off Carolina Beach Road four miles from the city. The license number was missing but no major damage occurred. The sheriff suspects the thieves toured the Belt Line route toward Masonboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Mr. Trask
Carolina Beach Road
George Trask
Castle Haynes Road
First Baptist Church
Belt Line
Masonboro
Fisheries Company sues Edilio steamer owners in salvage case
In Federal Court the Fisheries Products Company seeks salvage from steamer Edilio owners after Edilio ran aground on the Cape Fear river bar. Edilio was floated after cargo lightening. several fishing steamers allegedly aided it with a conditional agreement. Judge Connor will decide later in a separate case involving Wilmington Bridge Company and Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisheries Products Company
Edilio
Cape Fear River
Fisheries Product Company
John L. Lawrence
Eugene F. Price
Pocomoke
Portland
Adroit
Fannie
Wilmington Man L. R. Cameron Promoted in Rail Service
L. R. Cameron of Wilmington has been made rate clerk at Columbia DC for the Atlantic Coast Line and the Columbia Newberry Laurens Railway. He has moved his family to Columbia after years with the Coast Line, including a period in Sumter South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
L. R. Cameron
Columbia
D. C
Atlantic Coast Line
Columbia, Newberry & Laurens
Cameron
Coast Line
Sumter
S. C
Revival Underway at Church of the Good Shepherd
Ohio minister Rev John R Matthews of Barnesville opened revival services at the Church of the Good Shepherd with a strong sermon. He will preach each night this week starting at six o'clock, per rector Rev W R Nob's announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Church of the Good Shepherd
John R. Matthews
Barnesville
Matthews
W.R. Nob
Concrete in War Highlighted at Kansas City Show
The Southwestern Concrete Association exhibit in convention hall features concrete’s adaptability for fortifications and military uses. The show opens during the association’s annual convention in Kansas City Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Southwestern Concrete Association
Chamber 15 After More Members Meets For Discussion
Membership committee of the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce and the executive committee will meet at the Orton Hotel Monday at 7 PM for supper and a round-table on expanding membership and widening the Chamber’s usefulness. J F Roache will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Sterchi Bancroft Furniture Wins Baldwin Piano Agency
Sterchi Bancroft Furniture Company now holds the Baldwin piano agency and will convert part of its front street showroom into a musical department. Edwin Bancroft says Baldwin pianos have won major prizes abroad and at home, easing sales to top homes. Arthur Byrd leads the piano department, with G A Hepstinstall handling outside sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterchi-Bancroft Furniture Company
Baldwin Pianos
Front Street
Baldwin
Edwin Bancroft
Arthur Byrd
G. A. Hepstinstall
Bancroft
Famous Patti Nears 75th Milestone
London February 19 Adelina Patti the Baroness Cederstrom is entering her 75th year born in Madrid February 1 1843. The famous singer remains in excellent health and has appeared publicly in the last three years for war relief fund benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patti
London
Adelina Patti
Baroness Cederstrom
Madrid
Freezone Corn Cure Promises Painless Removal
Cincinnati authority warns against cutting corns and promotes freezone as a cheap remedy. A few drops on a tender corn allegedly relieves soreness, allows the entire corn to lift out with no pain, and dries quickly without irritating surrounding skin. Suitable for those wearing high heels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Advt
Sunday School Attendance Figures from Eight Churches
Eight churches reported a total Sunday school attendance of 1,585 with First Baptist leading. Other churches listed include Calvary Baptist 316, Church of the Good Shepherd 222, Fifth Avenue Methodist 147, First Presbyterian 182, St. Paul’s Lutheran 213, Bladen Street Methodist 130, and Delgado Baptist 193.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist
Calvary Baptist
Church of the Good Shepherd
Fifth Avenue Methodist
First Presbyterian
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Bladen Street Methodist
Delgado Baptist
Paving Work Begins on South Front Street
Work started Monday on South Front street to ready for brick paving by the city. The Tidewater Power Company track is being prepared and the current rails and crossties replaced. Curbing has been laid and brick laying will start once the car line is in order. two weeks are projected to prepare the car line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Front Street
Tidewater Power Company
D. L. Struthers
Oregon Man Promotes New Soft Drink Fiz in Wilhington
Mr K M Purse of Silent Oregon represents the Fruit Jies Com pany and spends time in Wilhington to introduce Fiz a new soft drink. The article notes the drink has spread nationwide after being introduced by storm and aims for broader use in the East Carolina region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
K. M. Purse
Silent
Ore
Jies Company
Tee City
Wilhington
Carolina
Also Mentioned on This Page
L. H. Jennings
Bikshopville
U S. C
Mamie Pye
South Fifth Street
Thomas P. Noe
George C. Decker
New York
N. L. Dallance
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Carrie Gardner
Clarionet
Stuart Hopkins
W. M. TU
Mary Johnson
J. A. Parham
Myrtle Rhodes
RMS Armsrong
Armstrong
A. D. Brown
Recorder Harriss
Stear
Chas
Kern Burley
Chamber
Orton
Sterchi Bancroft Company
Baldwin Piano
Bedtims
Charles Kern
R. B. Hurley
Madison St
LaPorte
Ind
Charles
Vick
Congoleum Art
North Front Street
Big
Shawn
Ametivists'National Bank
Ern Oil Company, Inc
Rachimond
Virgini
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