Local guests and social notes fill Wilmington society page
Mr and Mrs A O Clements of Goldsboro stay at the Orton Hotel. Visitors include Mr and Mrs K C Denny of Atkinson and Mrs A M Scarborough of Sumter. Miss Louise Livingston travels to Bennettsville for a visit. Miss Daisy Patterson returns to Raleigh. Reports on weddings, church notices, and rehearsals for The Affinities dominate the page, with campus updates and a guest list at the Cline home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Clements
Goldsboro
Orton Hotel
K. C. Denny
Atkinson
Wilmington
G. W. Hobbs
Baltimore, M.1
William P. Cline
Princess Street
Hobbs
Cline
Master Masons Set for Public Installation at Masonic Temple
Master Masons and families are invited to a public installation of officers tonight at 8 at the Masonic Temple by Plantagenet Commandery No 1 Knights Templar. E Sir Claude L Pridgen Grand Master of the North Carolina Grand Lodge will speak. Officers to be installed include Eminent Commander FE L Fonvielle Jr Generalissimo Jas H Taylor Captain General Chas C Winckney Prelate Merle J Carson Senior Warden Claude Murray Junior Warden Lewis E Atwell Treasurer Edw Penney Recorder John F MecEachern Sword Bearer William E Per.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Plantagenet Commandery No. 1
Knights Templar
Claude L. Pridgen
North Carolina
Reuben Pickett
Clement C. Brown
A. D. McClure
D. D
Pridgen
FE. L. Fonvielle
Chas. C. Winckney
Merle J. Carson
Claude Murray
Lewis E. Atwell
Hir
Penney
John FE. MecEachern
William E. Per
Orioles and Nationals Set for Sunset Park Series
Fans anticipate two games at Sunset Park between Jack Dunn’s Orioles and Clark Griffith’s Washington Nationals. Washington players and minor leaguers join the squad, with Walter Johnson possibly in attendance. Dunn’s team works in warm sun as they prepare for Friday and Saturday action, with Shannon and Schaufel arriving and a few players still to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunset Park
Jack Dunn
Orioles
Clark Griffith
Washington Nationals
Florida Avenue
Washington
Wilmington
South
Griffith
Augusta
Walter Johnson
Dunnie
Birds
Baltimore
Shannon
Aleck Schaufel
Truesdale
Crowell
Barber
Young Woman Emma Staley Found Dead Near Temple
Emma Staley, 20, the popular daughter from a farming community near Temple, was found in a decomposed state in the Leon River near Belton. Investigators say she had been in the water four or five days, her feet bound with baling wire and a veil tied over her face. Will Porter, 25, who lives near the Staley home, was arrested after a letter on the body provided a clue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Temple
Texas
Emma Staley
Leon River
Belton
Will Porter
Staley
Porter
Ceremony roles listed for commandery event
The document names officers Standard Bearer Sir Walter C. Vick Warden Sir Thomas B Caldwell Sentinel Sir W Nathaniel Bethea. It also lists the choir Miss Julia Post Miss Katie Foard Mrs M H Longfellow Mr W T Murphy and Mr H C Gaddis and the arrangements committee Messrs J Holmes Davis William E Perdew and John S McEachern.
Wilmington Soldier Potter Dies in Texas Camp
Private John H. Potter of a North Carolina regiment died at Camp Stewart military hospital in El Paso Texas. His remains will be shipped to Wilmington for interment expected early next week. Potter enlisted in the National Guard after mobilization and was assigned to Camp Glenn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Lingle
Davidson
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs
Gordon Finger
Woman’s Clubs
Charlotte
Whiteville
Wallace
Wilmington
John H. Potter
North Carolina
Camp Stewart
el Paso
Texas
James S. Potter
Potter
National Guard
Camp Glenn
Deeds Filed and Court Briefs At Town Topic
Deeds filed this morning record transfers from Cora Mills Magee to Nora EB Canada and J H Salling to George B Applewhite on 8th street plus Salling to Ervin Bradley on 6th street. Recorder Harriss presided. James Green charged with larceny sent to jail to await trial. Barge Persecola arrived with fertilizer for Virginia Carolina Chemical Company plant discharge in port last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora Mills Magee
Nora EB
Canada
8Th Street
J. H. Salling
George B. Applewhite
Ervin Bradley
6Th Street
Harriss
James Green
Perisacola
Capt
Lowe
Virginia Carolina Chemical Company
Court Guards Chickens Rights Over Garden Trespass
Article reports North Carolina Supreme Court ruling that killing a neighbor’s trespassing chicken is a misdemeanor with fines up to 50 dollars or 30 days in jail. Cruelty to fowls is also a misdemeanor, while trespassing birds may be impounded and owners liable for damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Walter Clark
Veteran Railway Mail Clerk J S Murrow Dies Near Greensboro
Mr J S Murrow long time railway mail clerk on Wilmington Fayetteville route died last week at home near Greensboro at about 75 years old. He served nearly 40 years on C F and Y V RR and A C L lines before retiring last June due to ill health. He is survived by his wife and two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Murrow
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Mr. Murrow
West
Week of Prayer Planned by City Episcopal Churches
Beginning next Sunday a week of prayer will be observed by the various Episcopal churches in the city. The public is invited to attend the special services aimed at intercessory prayer across all communities and churches.
Franklin High School closes with operetta Snow White and seven dwarfs
The Franklin High School closing exercises featured Rev J S Crowley and Maj Joseph W Little as speakers. The program included a piano recital, declamation and recitation contests, a garland drill, and the operetta Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs with a large audience and prize winners Vera Claire Maynard and Graham Hall among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin High School
J. S. Crowley
Joseph W. Little
Franklin
George F. Beatty
Vera Claire Maynard
Graham Hall
Universal Education
Carolina
Hemenway Students to Debate Railroads Ownership
The Eighth grade boys of Hemenway school will debate the Eighth grade girls tomorrow at 11 AM on the topic Resolved that the United States Government should own and operate the railroads. A large number of visitors are requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemenway School
United States
Eight Small Girls Medal Ceremony and Farewell
A brief report lists eight small girls and a medal presentation while noting a farewell for Fred Hall. Marshals Rob Ward Graham Hall Julia Peterson Rosa Mae Ward Cover King Jeff Fennell Esther Gilbert Vera Claire Maynard Alfred Ward Roy Jones Inez Talbot Azile Johnson Zeb Fennell Lena Brice are named in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Estelle Jones
Tommy
Virginia Talbot
Elizabeth Maynard
Bertha Peterson
Pauline King
Mammy
Azile Johnson
the Fisher
Inez Talbot
Darius Green
Estelle Brice
Mary Lou Ward
Vera Claire Maynard
Spencer Brice
A. O. Maynard
Horace Talbot
Worth Maynard
Prentiss
Tom Talbot
Roy Jones
U. S
Alfred Ward
Black Horse
Cover King
Universal Education
Graham Hall
Jeff Fennell
Flowers
Knelling
Julia
Phyllis—Franklin
Katie Beatty
Wayside Flowers
Engel
Mary E. Herring
Matushka
Esperance—Dome
Sears
Chaminade
Julia Peterson
Garland Drill
iIntermediate
Snow-white
The
Seven Dwarfs
Princess Snow-white
Rosa Mae
Ward
Arbutus
Mary HE. Herring
Daffodil
Madge Bowen
Prince
Violet
Edith Coewell
Carl
Huntsman
Hugh Fennell
Louis Ward
Joe King
Rob’t Herring
George Herring
Charlie F. Lewis
Henry Gilbert
Forest Children
Rob Ward
Rosa Mae Ward
Esther Gilbert
Zeb Fennell
Lena Brice
Civil Service Exams For Numerous Vacancies Announced
The Civil Service Commission will hold examinations in April for several vacant posts including historical clerk senior land appraiser inspector of shoes and leather inspector of engineering stat, structural steel draftsman, inspector, mechanical elevator mechanist, clerk in modern languages, assistant chemist, architectural and structural draftsman. All positions offer elevated salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Civil Service Commission
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Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. A. M. Scarborough
Sumter, S. C
W. C. Peterson
A. R. King
New York City
J. C. King
Louise Livingston
Bennettsville
S. C
Daisy Patterson
Raleigh
Ida Potter
Warsaw
Lina Hlemenway
Katie Slowes
Shalotte
W. R. Raynor
Jacksonville, N. C
H. Hudson
J. A. Raynor
Rose-Cline
Della Nesbit Cline
Daugher
Frederick Griffs Rose
J. D. Edwards
Julian Taylor
Julia Post
Lohengrin
Rose
Iiss
Lowee Gos
W. C. Galloway
R. E. Taylor
Miss Jennie
Rocky Mount
City
L. C. Farrow
Zex PC
Smith
Seminole
Tomorow
No. 118
South Fourth Street
J. Everett Ewing
Richmond
Mr. Ewing
Richmond Virginian
Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Emma Otersen
Emma Schutt
William Kramer
G. W. McClanahan
A. D. Wessell
Leonard P. Wessell
Annapolis Naval Academy
Wessell
Germania Hall
Burkheimer
Woolvin Hall
W. B. Cooper
Dunn
George Rountree
Generalissimo
Sir Jas. H.taylor
A. D. Brown
Hemenway
Lairries
Fred Hall
Carters Iver ‘Pills
Carter
Palm Beach
Shepard
Woodbury’s
Babcock’s
Onearen
Belk-Williams Company
J. H.rehder & Co
North 4Th Street
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