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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1918
Page
7
Fuchs Department Store hosts a two day spring opening with a full stock from dry goods to shoes and mens wear. The millinery department led by Miss Georgia Miles and Miss Lula Holden features Russell back yoke shapes, leghorns and georgette crepes with affordable prices.
In verse the speaker declares giving up card games golf fashion and dining to farm and tend taters pigs fowls and bees while praising industry and long hours. Local society notes report Mrs. George Lynch of Portsmouth and Mrs. B H Stephens of Charlotte visiting Wilmington. The Carolina Red Cross unit meets at 4 pm and locals travel to Fort Caswell with relatives and guests from Norfolk and Elmira.
Miss Edna Johnson visits Hampstead to see relatives. Mrs. S Turner of Southport joined business in the city. Lt and Mrs James A Pinner of Southport spent yesterday in Wilmington. Miss Gladys Mitzwell of New Berlin shopped in town. Florence Jeffress left for Goldsboro after visiting her sister Mrs Winfred G Haley. Mrs J B Wyche returned home at Hallsboro after a visit with sister Mrs J P Nall. Mrs Richard Frazier Mrs John Harker and daughters Hilsie and Carrie visiting Mrs R S Newton on South Second street. Ruby Patterson of New Bern returned home after visiting Miss Pauline Williams on Worth Fourth street. Mrs J Harrell returned to Scott's Hill after staying with her daughter Mrs E E Lee at Fourth and Dock. Mrs C A Russ of Shallotte returned from Baltimore Md with sister Mrs C A Thomas accompanying her home. Estella Harrison of Goldsboro spent yesterday in Wilmington then on to Chadbourn to visit uncle Mr William Hunt. Friends of Miss Katie Hayden note recovery from appendicitis at James Walker Memorial Hospital. Mrs B M Wilson and daughter Nellie, called by death of Mr C C Frost, returned to Maco. Mr and Mrs C B Boyd and baby, visiting Mrs Roler at 915 North Fifth street, returned to Charlotte. Annie Taylor of Winter Park, with cousins Mary Cameron and Ida Belle Burnett, spent weekend with her mother Mrs A M Saunders at Hampstead.
Announcement from Mr and Mrs Austin N Jenkins states their daughter Heather Lois will marry Ensign Oscar Kellar USNAS on Tuesday March 5 1918 in Washington DC. Kellar served as physical director at the Local YWCA and joined the Naval Reserve about four months ago. Neighbors in Wilmington who know him wish the couple happiness.
A surprise party hosted by the Young People's Christian Endeavor Society at Mrs. Charles Harper's home on No. 1 Church street honored W. A. Gamble, retiring president, who departs for Charleston S C to fulfill naval duty. The group presented a comfort kit. refreshments followed a pleasant social evening. Gamble, once secretary to Rev. Dr. J. M. Wells, leaves many friends wishing him safe return.
The North Carolina Sorpsis Home Demonstration Club met Monday at 11 a.m. at the House wives' League Rest Room with eight members present. Miss Mary C Bennett will demonstrate steamed prune pudding in a pressure steamer next Monday morning. Also noted Alexander Bdn, longtime ACL valuation accountant, leaves for Charleston to become head accountant for Tuxbury Lumber Company. family to follow.
A meeting on food conservation highlights a shopper who switched grocers after a store refused to sign the U S Food Administration pledge. The pledge asks retailers to offer fair prices and modest profits and to display the card prominently for customers to see.
The U S Department of Agriculture notes beet cultivation thrives in rich sandy loam soil. Plant in early spring or two weeks before frost ends, spacing 21/2 to 3 feet for horse work or 12 to 18 inches for hand cultivation. Thin to 4 to 5 inches in rows, expect 3 to 4 plants per seed ball, plant two ounce seed per 100 feet, and sow every two weeks through summer for tender beets. Store or feed leftovers for winter.
William Lewis of Wilmington writes a World War I era verse urging comrades to join the fight against Germany. The poem calls readers to take rifles and bullets, march to France, and defend Old Glory. It emphasizes national pride and victory over Germany with lines about soldiers, sprints to battle, and hoisting the Stars and Stripes.
Mr. John Cason spent the weekend with his wife visiting her mother in Fork South Carolina. Lieutenant W C Dozier of Camp Sevier returns home on furlough to recuperate. Corporal Carl Fulford has returned to Camp Jackson after visiting his mother. Mr. J A Brown of Madison Bar racks New York passed through en route to Whiteville to visit his parents. Lieutenant George C Jones of Fort Caswell travels to Fort McPherson Atlanta to take boys for treatment at the hospital. A B Partin returned to Fort Caswell after visiting his mother in Raleigh. Mr. J A McNorton, recently in Charleston on business, returns tonight. Mr. R S Cooper, president of Dunn’s First National Bank, visits with brothers Senator W B Cooper and Thomas E Cooper president of American Bank and Trust.
Lady Bathurst, proprietress of the London Morning Post, urges that conscription should be applied to women for war service asserting equal duty in national effort.
Miss Cochenour opened a millinery shop at 521 South Front Street yesterday morning. The store displays a nice line of spring hats that drew favorable comment from shoppers. She recently returned from Northern markets with the latest spring and summer hat models for women. The well lit, prettily furnished shop is expected to become a popular destination for hat shoppers.
Columbia S C March 12 Resolutions urging Trinity College Durham North Carolina to allow the college to again participate in intercollegiate football contests were adopted at a Trinity College alumni banquet now stationed at Camp Jackson. The resolutions will be sent to the college president and board chairman.
Washington D C March 12 Chief Justice Edward D White today began his twenty fifth year as a member of the Supreme Court He first took his seat as an associate justice on March 12 1894 and became Chief Justice on December 12 1910 His appointment in 1894 surprised many amid a Cleveland Hill fight with the Empire State opposition in New York Senator William H Hornblower and Wheeler H Peckham were discussed before the final choice was announced and confirmed
Concord New Hampshire March 12 Delegates are being selected today to the convention to meet in June to frame a new constitution for the state The convention will consist of 438 delegates and will be the largest public body ever assembled in New Hampshire Public interest has been low and postponement after the war is unlikely Tax reform the initiative and referendum and a reduced legislature size are expected as first topics with equal suffrage uncertain.
The Boston Braves depart Boston for their Miami camp as Manager Stallings plans two weeks of intensive drills. A partial squad travels first with full team expected to join by week’s end, then ten exhibition games in Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia against the Yankees before opening the season April 16.
The Stage Woman's War Relief reports weekly shipments to the Red Cross totaling about 3 500 surgical dressings 1 000 baby garments and 1 000 garments for adults for ongoing wartime relief efforts.
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