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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1918
Page
6
City records for February detail receipts and sources of revenue with water department as the largest gain. Other increases occur in miscellaneous items, licenses, markets, rents, and sewer collections while vehicle and dog revenues decline. Totals show February receipts at 40785.32 and year-to-date at 260667.62.
City Baseball League holds a Saturday night meeting at the YMCA at 8 o clock to plan for the season. Last year’s teams return except W L I. Anyone with a strong team and interest in joining is urged to attend or write L F Gore. Prize plans may be announced.
Mrs. Levina F. Rogers designated postmistress at Seagate succeeding Mr. M. P. Harrell Effa nth named post master at Hallsville Duplin county to Peeed OQ Middleton by the Office Department
Officers respond to a distress report at Thirteenth and Queen streets only to find a woman heartbroken over her daughter's marriage. Police later uncover no public ceremony details and withdraw. The night also notes open stores, a wood-loss case, and a break-in at 312 South Third Street with little to seize.
Final notice mailed to registrants urges immediate return of questionnaires. Letter quotes that failure is a misdemeanor with possible fine imprisonment and loss of rights, and warns that noncompliance within three days will be reported to police, published locally, and certified to the Adjutant General for action.
RE Y Webb of the United States Public Reserve Department of Labor urges State Director J T Bland to expand the skilled workers reserve for shipyards. He stresses immediate ship construction, enrollment of volunteers, and readiness to serve to keep supply lines and war effort strong.
News of the death of Andrew Gilmour marine architect and assistant treasurer of the Naul Shipbuilding Company in Wilmington and New York is learned with sorrow. He helped build two Naul schooners here and led rapid progress on the vessels before dying at 36 in New York from Bright’s disease.
Reach tentative agreement at a special Board of County Commissioners meeting. A resolution would require City Taxicab Company under lumber movement contracts to pay 25 cents per thousand feet for all moved lumber. Funds to repair roads used by trucks. Chairman McGirt opposed. Auditor authorized to buy a road tarinating distributor for roughly $1000.
At a meeting of the executive committee representing two Robeson county firms and tied to the late John D. McLean, F. W. Carter was named to replace him. The tribute lauds McLean’s truth, industry, blunt honesty, and service as mayor of Fairmont. He died February 28 in Fayetteville and was buried March 1. a memorial note notes his life and character and a copy is sent to Mrs. McLean.
Tuesday night the Johnson Blakely Lodge of Per fection No. 5 elected officers for the coming year at the Masonic Temple. Named were T. L. Hubbard Jr senior warden Henry H. Springs junior warden R H Pickett orator Charles B Newcomb secretary E E David treasurer T W Solomon almoner J C Hobbs Jr master of ceremonies Horace T King expert Fred M Rivenbark assistant expert J W Hale ca of hosts L W Starmfelzz idle s 8
Principal Mr Malcolm Little leads 400 pupils in a thrift stamp push at chapel. Students buy 227 War Savings certificates worth 1135 and 872 Thrift Stamps worth 213 totaling 1353 invested. They have sold 2312.25 to outsiders, over 25 percent of county sales. Freshman Society No 1 leads with 74 war savings and 75 thrift stamps.
The directorate of the local Red Cross was expanded at a noon meeting with W. H. Sprunt J. A. Taylor H. C. McQueen and Mrs S Solomon elected to join. Dr Guy E Snaveley from the Atlanta office urged a new operating basis for the society as the war continues.
Warsaw March 7. Duplin Home Guard Company No. 43 of the North Carolina Reserve Militia organized with 64 members under W. L. Hill county chairman of the Council of National Defense. Speeches were given by M. D. Williams of Faison and R. D. Johnson of Warsaw. Officers elected Captain R. D. Johnson First Lieutenant J. B. Rawls Second Lieutenant F. M. McDowell.
An old home remedy for restoring natural hair color is sold as Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound at drug stores. The product darkens gray hair naturally and evenly with regular application, making hair look thicker and younger. it is pitched as a cosmetic, not a medical cure.
An advertisement promotes La Creole Hair Dressing as an all in one hair color restorer that revives natural color and stops dandruff. It promises gray hair turns to a natural dark shade, with hair becoming soft and thick, and offers a money back guarantee. Orders filled from Wilmington North Carolina. Regular price is 1.20.
Job notice seeking five men age 23 to 35 with merchandise knowledge and sales checking skills. References for five years required. Apply to J R Dickson sales manager Wilmington Hotel ten o clock Monday morning March 11th.
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