Poultry Club Forming in Wilmington County
City meeting discusses organizing a poultry club for girls and boys as a county project under Herring guidance. Plans aim to form a junior poultry club with a March start, focus on chicken raising and egg marketing, and elect officers next Monday or the following week.
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Poultry Club
Wilmington
New Thimover County
J. P. Herring
Colwen Farm
Wen
Herrug
Wullington
Council Chamber
Oran
Euty Rt
On the Firing Line With the Germans at Victoria
Wilbur H. Darborough presents motion war pictures at the Victoria theatre under The Wilmington Dispatch. The film follows the photographer from departure to aftermath of Novo Georgievsk with scenes of armies, prisoners, refugees, and ruined towns. Celebrities and war correspondents appear, offering a factual reel unlike sensational weeklies. Viewings run next Monday and Tuesday daily from 11 am to 11 pm.
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Wilbur H. Darborough
Victoria Theatre
The
Wilmington Dispatch
Novo Georgievsk
East Prussia
Mr. Darborough
Jane Addams
Oswald Schuette
Daily News
Henry J. Reilly
James O’donnell Bennett
the Tribune
Durborough
Commerce Men Pass on Lumber Rates Proposal Approved
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved freight rate changes for lumber moving from the Mississippi Valley territory and Southeast to the Midwest and Wisconsin. In contrast, increases from Memphis and Helena to St. Louis Kansas City St Joseph and Council Bluffs were denied.
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Missingipoi Valley
Middle West
Witonsin
Interstate Commerce Commission
Thy Commission
Perteass
Memphis
Helena
Ark
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Joseph
Coney Bluffs
Seminole Resumes South Atlantic Coast Patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Seminole left port to resume winter cruising along the South Carolina coast from Cape Hatteras to Charleston under Captain J. F. Haake. After extensive repairs to the fore water tank, the vessel will cruise almost continuously this season, visiting port only for coal water and provisions. The service aims to aid shipping and commerce amid severe winter storms.
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Coast Guard
South Carolina
Cape Hatteras
Charleston
S. C
J. F. Haake
Aberroth
Coast Guard Service
One Thousand Masons Meet in Raleigh for NC Grand Lodge Session
About 1,000 Masons gathered in Raleigh for the 130th annual communication of the North Carolina Masonic Grand Lodge. Grand Master A B Andrews Jr. will give the annual address, E C Harding will deliver the grand oration, and memorials honor late grand secretary John C Drewry. The session adjourns Wednesday after elections and officer installations.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
N. C
Masonic Order
Masonic Grand Lodge of
North Carolina
A. B. Andrews, Jr
E C. Harding
Greenville
State Senate
John C. Drewry
Grand Lodge
Falkenhayn In Salonika Amid Greek Campaign Reports
French officials at Saloniki report that General von Falkenhayn, former German chief of staff, is in Greece. He reportedly boarded a submarine at Kavala and landed on the coast before reaching Tarissa, with Berlin’s reports not listing his name.
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Associated Press
London
Greece
von Falkenhayn
Romania
Saloniki
Reuter
Kavala
Tarissa
Berlin
Baron von Falkenhausen
Daughters of the Confederacy Plan Joint Lee Jackson Birthday Event
Committees formed by the Daughters of the Confederacy ready for the joint Lee and Jackson birthday celebration at the Academy of Music Friday noon. James H. Cowan will serve as orator. a parade precedes the event and 60 covers are prepared for a veterans dinner at the Masonic Temple after the noon exercises.
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Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert Edward Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Academy of Music
General Lee
General Jackson
Walker Taylor
William Peek
Walter Toot
J. C. Munds
D. O. Stone
M. N. Stover
R. C. Cantwell
Sol. Sternberger
Lois Turner
Devaney
Gabe Holmes
Masonic Temple
James H. Cowan
Wilmington Dispatch
Academy
Debate Over US Intervention in Mexico at Y M C A Club
The Speakers' Club of the YMCA debated whether the United States should intervene in Mexico to establish a stable government. The negative won with E M Kennickle and Emmet H Bellamy opposing intervention, while H C Symmes and K B Knudsen argued for it. Judges favored the negative. Next debate topic will argue eight hour law with overtime pay for New Hanover workers.
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United States
Mexico
Messrs
H. C. Symmes
K. B. Knudsen
Emmet H. Bellamy
E. M. Kennickle
L. V. DuVall
J. D. Burt
Spurgeon Baxley
New Hanover
L. F. DuVall
BE. M. Kennickle
J. A. Livingstone
Rev
J. E. Reynolds
Ministers Hear Address on Manual Training in Local Schools
Woodus Kellum, Esq., chairman of the Board of Education, spoke to the Wilmington Ministerial Association on introducing manual training in New Hanover county schools. He urged careful consideration without asking for an endorsement. The meeting followed with open discussion and two papers on infant baptism presented by Rev. J. A. Sullivan and Rev. M. T. Plyler.
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Woodus Kellum
Board of Education
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Kellum
J. A. Sullivan
M. T. Plyler
Sheriff Warns Delinquents on Tax Adverts and Sale
Sheriff Jackson announces a list of delinquent taxpayers is being prepared for public advertisement and imminent property sales. He urges all to settle with the county to avoid embarrassment and sale of their property.
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Jackson
Joint Session of Carmen Here Sacred to Atlantic Coast Line Workers
Delegates of the Joint Protective Board of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen meet at the Wilmington Hotel for several days. About eighteen members from across the Atlantic Coast Line car shops attend under R. E. Fallagant of Waycross. No publication of agenda but expect action of interest before adjournment.
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Joint Protective Board of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Wilmington
Joint Board
R. E. Fallagant
Waycross
Atlantic Coast Line
Coast Line
Protective Board
Trains Resume Atlantic Coast Line Service To Conway
Only a few passengers used the first trains resuming service between Wilmington and Conway after a year of suspension. Train No 58 arrived from Conway via Chadbourn at 9 30 AM and mostly connected with the Wilmington Brunswick Southern line from Southport. Train No 57 began Wilmington to Conway runs last night under Captain Weathersbee with about a dozen travelers.
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Conway
D. C
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Chadbourn
Wilmington, Brunswick & Southern
Southport
Nayassa
Wilmington
Union Station
Weathersbee
Campbell Encampment No. 1 Installs New Officers
District Deputy Boone directs the ceremony as Campbell Encampment No. 1 S O F installs new officers at the Odd Fellows building. Newly elected officers include Chief patriarch Robert Robbins high priest C RN Yopp senior warden J F Littleton and others with John E Wood W H Yopp and W L Smith serving as trustees.
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Boone
Campbell
Odd Fellows
Third and Princess Streets
L. L. Boone
Robert Robbins
C. RN. Yopp
J. F. Littleton
W. L. Smith
John E. Wodd
J. J. Craig
M. Hewitt
R. J. Casteen
S. H. Baker
W. Mallard
W. H. Yopp
L. L. Boon
H. O. Craig
Sentinel
EB. D. Craig
Outside Sentinel
W. G P. Keene
John E. Wood
Competitive Drill At Wilming ton Light Infantry
The Wilming ton Light Infantry plans a semi annual competitive drill tonight on Starket between Front and Second streets weather permitting. The prize is a medal currently held by Sergeant McCulloch B. Wilson who cannot win it consecutively under company rules. Captain J. B. Lynch conducts the regular monthly inspection before the medal competition.
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Light Infantry
Wilmington Light Infantry
Starket
Soldier Boys
McCulloch B. Wilson
J. B. Lynch
Y M C A Holds Annual Meeting With Odis Hinnant Speaking
The Young Men's Christian Association plans its annual membership meeting tonight at 8 o clock with city boys work secretary Odis B. Hinnant as the principal speaker. The club reports growing membership and strong enthusiasm. A pleasant program will be presented and all members and friends are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odis B. Hinnant
City Boys
Young Men's Christian Association
South Growing Richer Despite the Great War
S A L chairman Warfield argues the South prospers despite wartime handicaps and urges a national policy of balanced development. He calls for higher tariffs on foreign goods, railroad support, and migration of industrial workers to the South, claiming the region offers vast untapped wealth and opportunity.
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S. Davies Warfield
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Continental Trust Company
Baltimore
New York
South
New South
United States
Tariff Commission
Fison
Europe
Free Trade School
Democratic Party
House of Representatives
Tuc Ovntu
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J. L. Williams
J. G .Thornton
C. S. Grainger, JR
J. W. Grainger
R. H. Northrop
H. L. Yollers
H. C. Bear, N. B. Rankin, Lyman Delano
D. O.connor
J. W. Norwood
MO. D. Bellamy, JR
W. V. Hardin
D. H. Penton
Donald Macrae
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East
Wilson
Onde
Congress
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