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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1918
Page
6
Local note with a poem on motive power and pleasing others, followed by a long roster of Wilmington residents and visitors heading to relatives, church mission events, Red Cross meetings, and military postings. Names include Mrs Katie L Babson, Miss Genevieve Sibley, Col Roger Moore, Lieutenant Francis K McKoy, and many others.
A quiet wedding unites Mr Carl Faulk and Miss Anna Her ring at 711 South Front Street with Rev J D Mills officiating and few witnesses. Other items note Miss Joyce Jones and Sergeant Edward Parnell wed in Columbia, and Mrs Edward MacDowell inspires a new Wilmington MacDowell club with a charity drive and spring recital plans.
Watermelons need ample space and heat soil. Plant in hills with well rotted manure, about 10 feet apart, 8–10 seeds per hill, thinning to four. Wait until soil warms a month after the last hard frost and refer to Farmers Bulletin 856 for pest and disease control.
Mr James H Colvin long in hospital for treatment has sufficiently improved to return home at Atkinson. Mr Charles B Leech Jr received orders from Washington to report for duty with the First Engineer Training and Replacement Regiment at Washington Barracks D C. Leech, an engineer in the Coast Line valuation department, requested induction and departs with many friends wishing him a safe return.
Captain Thomas W. Whisnant longtime superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad for 25 years died at his Charlotte home last night at age 70.
At Raleigh A. and E. College defeated Atlantic Christian College by fifteen to one in a decisive conference match. The lopsided score reflects dominant pitching and timely hitting from A. and E. College.
A crowded public meeting featured Hon. William Mather Lewis praising war bond funding and urging continued effort against Germany. He argued Germany remains a formidable opponent and criticized pro German sentiment, with Judge Rountree introducing speakers and music by local groups filling the program.
Miss Elaine Rosenthal, holder of the United Woman's North and South title, loses in the first round at Pinehurst to Mrs. Donald H. Barlow of Philadelphia. Survivors include Mrs. Dorothy Campbell Hurd and Mrs. Ralph M. Hammer, with Hurd facing Hammer and Barlow meeting Miss Dugan in the semi finals.
The New York correspondent recalls reactions to a London Daily News gag that triggers campus level laughter among clubmen and theatergoers. He notes a Rialto tailor Max Marx facing a $10,000 suit over an ad line claiming style signals thought and mood while a dealer plots publicity.
On Avenue A a shopkeeper who once hung a monthly Fire Sale sign now displays Drafted. He fights a looming shift as smokeless sales fail to attract crowds and tensions rise over new prospects and profits.
A woman wore Russian sables and diamond buckles with small trim feet, carrying a costly gold mesh bag. Guests watched as she moved through the hotel lobby toward the dressing room, with several young girls following to view her up close. She pulled a pipe from her mesh bag, filled it, and lit it, then puffed on it.
Washington date March 26 Most trains will run an hour later on Sunday morning due to the daylight saving law. Director General McAdoo ordered all railroads to move clocks ahead one hour at 2 o clock Sunday morning. Trains depart Saturday night at the old time.
The regular Rotary Club bi monthly meeting will be held this afternoon at the Y M C A in luncheon form. Members are urged to attend.
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