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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1917
Page
5
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Court postponed the trial of R S Taylor a Warsaw man charged with enticing a girl to enter a house amid a crowded session. Witness nonattendances prompted fines and a postponement to Tuesday of next week as Solicitor Burton sought a warrant for slander charges.
Rev M T Plyler of Grace Methodist will lead the annual memorial service for local trainmen members at Grace church Sunday at 8 pm. Trainmen will assemble at their North Third Street hall and march in procession to the church. The service honors those who died in service or otherwise and coincides with nationwide observances despite a mass meeting tomorrow night.
An ambulance gift intended for Red Cross work was announced without revealing the name of the donor. The Wilmington Red Cross Chapter reported the gift balance and noted the ambulance was obtained through local chapter efforts with funds from the Murchison National Bank.
Construction on Wilmington's Custom House near Water Street is 58 percent finished under superintendent F P Ward who succeeded J M Geary. The NE Construction Company and 25 sub‑contractors are completing the building with a grand riverfront court featuring a stone fountain and benches. completion targeted for February 15 with a $25 daily penalty for overruns.
Mrs. Pretlow, newly hired by New Hanover county as a home demonstrator, gave her first demonstration at Oak Hill school house Federal Point. About twenty local housewives attended as Prof. Washington Catlett county Superintendent praised the selection and introduced the native demonstrator who lectured on preserving peaches squashes beans and beets. A cabbage drying demonstration was planned but time ran short.
Services resume at the Beach chapel near Station No 2 with Rev R E Gribbin rector of St Johns church preaching at 8 30 p m Sunday. Sunday school meets at 10 30 a m with Mrs Cuthbert Martin supervising and teachers listed.
Deals listed include Thomas Lenon to W R Bordeaux for a Love's Grove lot. W R Bordeaux to John C Heyer for another Love's Grove lot. E R Pickard to John C Heyer for 613 acres in Federal Point. John D Bellamy to Independent Order J R Giddings and Jellifee Union for a Ninth and Castle lot.
The fourth annual convention at the Oceanic Hotel Wrightsville Beach concluded with officer elections and delegate selections for the Chicago convention. Henry B Warner was named national candidate with D M Bain as secretary to the Warner drive. Delegates from Raleigh Winston-Salem and Greensboro named. resolutions praised war tax exemptions for small exhibitors and thanked supporters in Congress and the Fox Film Corp.
City Council approved a budget totaling 421 155 for the year ending May 1 1918 and increased Mayor P Q Moore's annual pay from 2500 to 3000. Councilman Hall led the move noting higher costs of living and salaries in other cities. The session also adjusted street department staffing and approved related financial measures.
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