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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1918
Page
3
The Carolina and Liberty Shipbuilding yards near Wilmington push ahead with keel laying planned in early July and launches targeted for September. Dredging and earthmoving proceed, with stamps of efficiency to boost output. Both yards report rapid progress, expanding workforces and transforming the riverfront sites beyond recognition.
Article recalls Wilmington’s historic shipyard activity with references to Civil War era sailing vessels and early 20th century steel and concrete craft. It highlights figures like Captain Edgar D. Williams and Captain Ben Beery, yards near Church Street and Eagle Island, and notes Wilmington’s rise as a shipbuilding center after the Civil War and during wartime revival.
The story recounts the Philadelphia to West Indies voyage of the Harry W Burgum, a mutiny and murder by Henry Scott, his execution in 1906, and how a four masted vessel under Captain Taylor intervened, with Southport harbor scenes and postwar shipping shifts.
I. F. Cates surveys Wilmington’s vanished steamship era post Civil War and the lingering hope for revival. He notes lines like Laurelot with S S Benefactor and Regulator, Philadelphia Steamship Pioneer and Tunnewanda, Baltimore line S S Lucille and Rebecca Clyde, plus prewar ties to New York. Railroad competition and freight rates shape future water-based opportunities.
Police records for May show 140 arrests with none for drunkenness. The report notes a racial split with 107 Black and 33 White arrestees, many of the Black arrests being gambling related. Other offenses include disorderly conduct, assault, larceny, driving violations, and more.
J F Cates recalls a once vibrant river trade with six towboats operating after the war. Major firms like George Harriss & Co and Peschau & Westerman fueled naval stores and cotton shipments, while Kidder Lumber and Chadbourn Lumber dominated local sawmilling on the riverfront.
Relics on display at the W. L. I. museum will be sent to the North Carolina Hall of History in Raleigh and given to Director Fred A Olds. Objectors should immediately notify General James I. Metts acting for Mrs. Lena Avaut.
An old advertisement urges iron supplementation for vitality and anemia prevention. It touts Nux Iron Tonic as quickly restoring strength and digestion, claims broad endorsements, and notes price of $1.00 with “The Tron Man” trademark, distributed by Interstate Drug Co. in New York and Wilmington dealer Elvington's Dependable Drug Store.
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