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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
2
Wilmington merchants eagerly await Dr. Stanley L. Krebs lectures on salesmanship and store ethics to be held March 11 12 and 13 at the Chamber of Commerce. Over 200 tickets sold. Krebs cited as advisor to John Wanamaker and author of texts on efficiency buying and memory.
A thrift and war savings stamp meeting in Atkinson led to the organization of a war savings society chaired by J. T. Bland Jr. George J. Moore was elected president with J. H. Stringfield as secretary. A separate women’s society elected Mrs. J. T. Hoggard as president and Eva Curtis as secretary.
The First Baptist Church enlistment school voted Wednesday night to back a campaign for a one million dollar fund for Baptist educational institutions in the state. Dr. R. T. Vann and Rev. C. J. Thompson spoke, with Dr. J. Benjamin Lawrence scheduled to address tonight on Missions at 8 o clock. Classes proceeded today with renewed student engagement.
Mr. Charles W. Whitehair, a long time Red Cross and YMCA worker who served in the European war zone, will address the Academy of Music at 8 o'clock tonight. The event is hosted by Wilmington’s Red Cross chapter with Dr. Guy E. Snaveley introducing him. Seats are expected to fill early due to prior crowd sizes.
Three juveniles arraigned in Recorder's Court were sent to the county farm via Superintendent Dempsey and placed on juvenile docket. Mary Hupman will enter training school after parole. Eddie Stanley and Willie Long receive three months and cost payment pardons respectively. A. B. Smoot larceny case postponed with state offer declined. Otto Ward fined for bicycle offense. Laurence Reed's fugitive case continued to next Thursday.
Street Superintendent James E Holton notes unusually heavy trash movement and rapid cleanup as residents cooperate to prepare gardens. Merchants report strong onion sets and seed sales, indicating planting underway under Food Conservation Commission guidance. City agents and merchants expect Wilmington to become one of the cleanest cities and to host many war gardens in weeks.
Samuel Bradley a small colored boy delivering packages for Woolworth was knocked from his bicycle by an automobile driven by Mr. Gilbert on Market Street between Front and Second in broad daylight. He escaped injury though his wheel was badly damaged and front rim smashed. He said the driver appeared to intend to stop and he attempted to cross, leading to the collision.
Governor T W Bickett issues a requisition to return C R Norris alias Pearl Norris to New Hanover county on abandonment and non support charges.
In Albany on March 7 the New York Assembly adopted a resolution asking Senate and House clerks to send a certified copy of the congressional vote declaring the Federal prohibition amendment passed. The move could hasten a federal court challenge to the act’s constitutionality.
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