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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
3
The Dispatch launches a daily entry campaign with a 250000 vote pool and $25 per subscription. Readers nominate themselves or friends for prizes including a Studebaker Six and a Chevrolet Five Passenger Touring Car with voting ending June 15 and awards announced August 17.
Northampton Mass June 13 William Allan Neilson former Harvard English professor was inaugurated as president of Smith College during commencement week ceremonies. Attendees included Smith alumnae and leaders from Vassar Wellesley Mount Holyoke and Bryn Mawr among others. Neilson 48 native of Scotland has held posts at Bryn Mawr Harvard and Columbia and is a noted Shakespeare editor and author.
Farris Bakery advertises hot supper rolls and hot bread every evening at 6 o'clock. Call to inquire. no conveyance of hot bread is mentioned. Price listed as $13 71.
In Greensboro NC on June 13 the North Carolina Presbyterian synod committee voted 34 to 26 to locate the synodical school in Charlotte. Greensboro offered a site and $200,000 but Queens College grounds and buildings in Charlotte secured the decision. Charlotte citizens pledged to clear Queens College debt and fund the synodical school to ensure high standing. Peace Institute in Raleigh likely will not continue as a denominational school.
The North Carolina Association of Insurance Agents began a two day session in Charlotte. About 100 attendees were expected for the meeting with Paul Whitlock delivering the welcome and W. B. Merriman giving the response. Colonel Walker Taylor was slated to speak tomorrow and officers would be elected this afternoon.
Walter Johnson delivers wins for the Griffmen despite a weak hitting lineup. The column argues he could dominate the league with real batting support, noting his standout pitching and potential impact if teammates improved.
Special to the Dispatch reports North Carolina enjoying its greatest wheat crop with forecasts around 13,000,000 bushels. Governor Bickett returns from the state farm noting 1,000 acres yielding about 40,000 bushels and a strong grain push amid past cotton woes. The piece also discusses political maneuvering around suffrage, Chief Justice Clark, Judge Bynum, and local party power shifts between Bailey and Jones factions.
Dr Kenneth A Sills was formally installed today as Bowdoin College president succeeding the late Dr William DeWitt Hyde. Inauguration ceremonies drew representatives from major New England universities and colleges across the United States and Canada with many alumni returning to honor their alma mater.
The National League batting leaders are crowded with Giants, and Benny Kauff remains nearly the only McGraw player able to keep pace with the top hitters.
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