Local Residents and Visitors Spotted in City Notes
Mrs L B Thompson of Weldon visits son J M Thompson. Mrs C D Orrell joins husband in Fayetteville. Miss Elise Bissinger stays at Bolton with Mrs George Meyers. Mrs C N Morgan returns to Montague after visit. D C Fennell and daughter Nell visit Kerr, N C. Ollie Rembert of Godwin faculty visits Wilmington. Mothers committee meets at 11am at Y M C A. Mr and Mrs C H Gleason guests of daughter L B Allen at 113 South Seventeenth. Kate Styron recovering from illness. Nettie Jane Fleming called to Greensboro. Mr and Mrs C H Dickinson back to Raleigh. Elizabeth J Black visits relatives in Garland. Mrs J M Sutton of Wilmington visits Wolfe family. Miss Sue Northrop visiting New York City. Circle 4 Fifth Avenue Methodist meets at 607 Ann St. Equal Suffrage League to meet at Y M C A. Circles 1 and 2 meet in lecture room. Col Walker Taylor and party arrive from Brooklyn. Lottie Thorpe returns from Jacksonville. Foreign Missionary Society of First Presbyterian to meet. officers elected. Mrs J L Everton of Clinton and Miss Dora Yeomans of Abingdon guests at Orton Hotel. Lena Walton returns from Jacksonville. Mildred McKeithan leaves for Wadesboro to tend ill uncle. J W Boney visits from Florida. Dr T H Chestnut of Adel, Ga arrives en route to Raleigh State Hospital.
Fire department called twice to address blazes in town
The fire department was summoned yesterday twice. At 10:30 a.m. to extinguish a blaze at 304 Castle Street, the residence of Mr. Robert Jones, and a second time to quell grass burning on Wrightsville Avenue. Also listed are deeds filed for record Monday morning transferring properties from Keystone Lumber and Land Company to George Frazee for 48 1/2 acres and Keystone Lumber & Land Cement Company to George Frazee for 51 1/2 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jones
Castle Street
Wrightsville Avenue
Keystone Lumber and Land Company
George Frazee
Keystone Lumber & Land Cement Company
Personal mentions of travelers and visitors in Raleigh and Baltimore
Solicitor E. T. Burton returned today from New York City where he spent days on business. He was accompanied to Baltimore by Capt. J. F. Russell of Southport who will handle business in that city before returning. Elbert Hill also came back from Baltimore after a weekend there. Robert B. Lewis returned to Raleigh this morning after visiting friends and relatives over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Burton, Esq
New York City
toBaltimore
J. F. Russell
Southport
Elbert Hill
Baltimore
Robert B. Lewis
Raleigh
Interesting Murchison Bank circular widespread distribution
The Murchison National Bank issued a free circular full of readable analysis of current conditions. It surveys the financial situation and treats industries with depth, including pages on crops, meat industry, new taxation, and municipal and corporate issues. It also presents a table of resources and liabilities for twelve Federal reserve banks as of February 28. Readership is encouraged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murchison National Bank
Federal Reserve
Women and Children Protest in Boston
Four thousand women and children marched through Boston on Saturday to protest high food prices. The demonstration highlighted public concern over the cost of living and shortages in essential goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
United Press
Cardus Miracle Narrated By Mrs Askins In Ky
Narrows resident Mrs C F Askins recalls severe health decline after marriage including weight loss and chronic weakness. She credits Cardus with restoring strength flesh and overall well being after two years of illness and a failed doctor prescribed regimen. Cardus advertised as trusted by thousands and prescribed by physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Mill's Capacity Almost Doubled by New Annex at Wilmington Hosiery
The Wilmington Hosiery Mills completed a timber annex after four weeks of construction. The addition will allow installation of many more machines, boosting capacity by 35 to 40 percent and expanding payroll. Mr. Robert E. Calder said new equipment will be purchased soon to meet rising orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Robert E. Calder
Mil
Calder
Many At The Beach At Lumina And Wrightsville
Crowds gathered on Wrightsville Beach from Lumina to the Oceanic Hotel as a southeast wind cooled a springlike day. Passengers noted heavier beach car traffic with crowds at Market and Seventeenth, and new spring attire appeared as trees showed buds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumina
Wrightsville Beach
Oceanic Hotel
Captain Matthewson Transferred To West Point Duty
Captain John R. D. Matthewson of the United States army engineer, long in charge of Cape Fear locks and dams work at Brown’s Landing and King’s Bluff near Wilmington, is ordered to report to the Army College at West Point for duty. The move, noted by Army Orders in the Washington Post, foreshadows his assignment as an instructor. Fellow officers from Engineer Corps and other branches also await transfer to West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. D. Matthewson
United States Army
Wilmington
Cape Tear River
War Department
Washington
Army College
West Point
N. Y
Washington Post
Matthewson
A. E. Waldron
Cape Fear
Fayetteville
King’s Bluff
Brown's Landing
Brown’s Landing
War College
Army
Engineer Corps
Coast Artillery Corps
Field Artillery
Upper
Woodmen Delegation Marches Through Wilmington
A large Robeson county Woodmen of the World delegation, led by Head Watchman J. E. Gilmore of Lumberton, travels to the Head Camp meeting in New Bern. The contingent, over a dozen strong, includes Dr. R. T. Allen and J. T. Maxwel of Cypress Camp 125, and others from Robeson camps. The Wilmington group, led by Recorder George Harriss and Sheriff George C. Jackson, departed Monday for New Bern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robeson County Woodmen
New Bern
Wilmington
J. E. Gilmore
Lumberton
R. T. Allen
J. T. Maxwel
Cypress Camp
No. 125
Jake Baxley
W. H. Lamb
W. C. Johnson
George Howard
Roy Deems
Neill Patterson
Robeson County
George Harriss
George C. Jackson
Cape Fear River Stage at Fayetteville
The stage of water in the Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina at 8 a m yesterday was 15.6 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
President nominates local applicants for senate confirmation this week
The president will send a slate of posts and military commissions to the Senate for approval including multiple postmasters such as W. T. Potts at Highlands and Annie I. Brown at Red Springs. Army officers named include Frederick R. Baker, Horace Cooper, Robert Fulton White, Louis C. Arthur Jr., Marshall McDiarmid Williams Jr., Charles Benjamin Kehoe and Archie Arrington Farmer all to second lieutenants in various arms. Horace C. Cooper is noted as the son of Senator W. B. Cooper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Horace C. Cooper
W. B. Cooper
Marine Corps
W. T. Potts
Highlands
Edward K. Morris
Creedmoor
Albert R. Bauman
Montreat
Archie J. Sykes
Pomona
Lewis B. McBrayer
Sanatorium
H. Roy Martin
Mayodan
Edgar McCulloch, Jr
Elizabethtown
Joseph B. Colvard
Jefferson
Annie IX. Brown
Red Springs
D. O. Daniel
Southport
George L. Taylor
Fletcher
William H. Lane
Leaksville
William C. Allen, Jr
Sunburst
Army
Frederick R. Baker
Horace ©. Cooper
Robert Fulton White
Louis C. Arthur, Jr
Field
Marshall McDiarmid Williams, Jr
Coast Artillery Corps
Charles Benjamin Kehoe
Leutenant
Archie Arrington Farmer
Funeral of Mr Farrow Remains Laid to Rest in Oakdale
The remains of Mr N E Farrow former resident of this city were brought from Portsmouth Virginia where he died Friday night to be interred in Oakdale cemetery Sunday afternoon after services at the home of Mr Lewis Todd on Castle Street conducted by Rev R E Gribbin. Pall bearers were Roy Fergus Oscar Edwards J J Watters R M Padrick Sol Sternberger and J F Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakdale
N. E. Farrow
Portsmouth
Lewis Todd
Castle Street
R. E. Gribbin
St. John's Episcopal Church
Messrs
Roy Fergus
Oscar Edwards
J. J. Watters
R. M. Padrick
Sol. Sternberger
J. F. Taylor
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. L. BE. Thompson
Weldon
City
Mr. J. M. Thompson
C. D. Orrell
Randolph McMillan
Elise Bissinger
Bolton
George Meyers
C. N. Morgan
Montague
D. C. Fennell
Miss Nell
Kerr, N. C
Ollie Rembert
Godwin, N. C
C. H. Gleason
Smethport, Pa
L. B. Allen
South Seventeenth Street
Kate Styron
Nettie Jane Fleming
Greensboro
C. H. Dickinson
Elizabeth J. Black
Garland
Columbia State
J. M. ‘Sutton
Wilmington, N. C
W. H. Wolfe
Divine Street
Sue Northrop
Robert Northrop
Joseph Strange
Charlotte Observer
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
George T. Grotgen
Ann Street
New Hanover Equal Suffrage League
Y. M. Co. A. Ati
Walker Taylor
Ladies’ Foreign Misionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
J. L. Everton
Clinton
Dora A. Yeomans
Abingdon, Ill
Orton Hotel
Lena Walton
Jacksonville
Guy Lockarcy
Mildred *McKeithan
Wadesboro
H. H. ‘McKeithan
J. W. Boney
Coast “Line
Florida
Orange Street
T. H. Chestnut
Adel, Ga
State Hospital
Chestnut
Adel
Sunrane
A.D. Brown
Cardy
Kentucky
Matthew 15
Honnet
Belk-Williams Company
MR. Cooper Appointel
MR. Farrow
Pennsylvania Road
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Iy
Ite
Pany
Gowans O Ron
Goodman
the House of Fashion and
Wilmington, N.C
Betty Wales
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