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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1917
Page
9
Society items note Miss Stella Fox and Miss Annie Lee McIntyre returning home after visits. Postmaster Daniels and Mrs. Daniels visited briefly. Several residents and visitors from Cary Raleigh Tarboro Wilson and St Marys College arrive and depart. Events include Easter holiday plans and a church class gathering at 1012 Market Street with prize costumes.
Misses Louise Farrar and Leng Thomas of New Berlin spent yesterday in the city with friends and will visit in Southport before returning home. The Fayetteville Observer notes Mrs. R. E. Williams of Wilmington visiting her daughter and Mrs. R. L. Franck at 2059 Gillespie street. Mrs. J. N. Tomlinson of Raleigh left for Magnolia after visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Barker. OFF TO CONVENTION. Mrs. J. J. Hurt and others depart for Greensboro to attend the Woman's Missionary Society sessions Tuesday through Thursday with expected heavy attendance. MARRIED LAST NIGHT. Mr. J. Carl Williamson and Miss Edne E. Vaughn wed quietly at Grace Methodist parsonage at 8:30 pm. The couple will live at 310 Red Cross Street. Williamson works for B. P. Mitchell Company. CLUB ENTERTAINS. The Four Square Club of St. Andrews Presbyterian Sunday School hosted a social in the church hall with prizes and Japanese lanterns decor.
The Choral Society presents the second section of Mendelssohn Elijah Monday at 8 15 in Grace Church auditorium. Expect a crowded house and a detailed program of solos and quartets led by Greene Fenley with Mrs Gee S Boylan Miss Anna Graham Harriss and Mr J H Eddy.
Thirteen boys toured Delgado Cotton Mills Friday guided by Mr. C Walton Johnson and Mr. T. R. Ames who explained cotton’s passage from bale to cloth. After the mill visit the group camped overnight down the river with a campfire supper and stories. Names include Victor Zoeller Fred Hull Robert Sloan Guy Pigford Wilbur Davis DuVall Williams Frank Mc Glaughon Biggs Holden Edward Koonee Clifford Cooper Lawrence Schuster Clark Huggins Seager Payne and others.
Miss Fiina taNier presided at the punch bowl end while Mr Thomas Ea son McGraw served as toastmaster. Attendees included Misses Herring Powers Montgomery LaNier LaNier Beale Ek Padgett Robinson and Beale plus Messrs McConnell Williams Bennett Hinnant Verzaal Kostelos Kostelos Angelos Call Behrens and Boone. Chaperones were Mrs Tanier and Mrs Linder.
Pharmacist Mate Hancher of the local Naval Recruiting Station announces a free physical examination opportunity for young men. The Front Street office will operate 9 to 5 daily this week, with flexible times by appointment. Three recruits have already been sent to Raleigh for final exam. The navy will be advertised when literature arrives.
Bishop Darst will conduct a special service at St Pauls Episcopal Church at Sixteenth and Market streets on Friday March 23 at p m assisted by Rev Mr Gwathmey the new rector and the entire congregation and the public are invited to attend members urged to bring guests to meet the new rector and ensure a large attendance
A week of services at Church of the Ascension at Third and Marstellar streets runs Sunday night March 18 through Sunday March 25 with speakers Rev. G F Hill R E Gribben T P Noe E deF Heald and W H Milton D D addressing topics from Personal Service to Cleansed in Going. Daily song service begins at 7 30 p m and lasts half an hour with public invited.
Major Alexander Greig Jr inspector-instructor Coast Artillery North Carolina arrives tonight with Mrs Greig and Miss Greig en route to Fort Caswell. He heads Raleigh HQ has been since 1920s dinner honors highlighted his service and broad friendships across civilian and military circles in the state.
Mr J J Craig of 623 South Sixth street and employed at Alexander D Brown store was struck by a Eureka Dye Works auto delivery truck at Front and Chestnut yesterday morning. He was taken home with injuries described as not serious but requiring confinement indoors for a period. Details of cause remain unclear.
All were delighted by Coburns Minstrels at the Academy of Music with both matinee and evening shows. The program was engaging and repeatedly encored, notably the quartet and a foreign ear gentleman on a mammoth accordion. The performance offered sharp wit and comedy that lifted spirits amid war tensions and a railway strike looming over business.
County officials warn delinquents that the sheriff and deputies will seize personal property to recover 1916 state and county taxes. The sheriff’s bond covers collection, and the County Commissioners will not release him until all personal property is exhausted.
Mr. Robert J. Benton of Bolton spent yesterday in the city. Mr. Werbert Goodwin general manager of the W B S R R left last night for Petersburg Virginia to visit relatives.
At night John Miller fired at Miller at the home on Neh B Eighth Street. A man named Moore drew a pistol, but Miller was grazed in the side. Neighbors called police and ambulance. Miller treated at Walker Memorial Hospital. Moore fled before officers arrived.
Fragments describe a scene where sieves dippers and weavers catchers haul goods including cans almonds and other items into the street from a damaged or lame building. The language suggests a street market or spill during a disruption.
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