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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1918
Page
4
A 1918 editorial voice blends wartime politics with home front concerns. It comments on Lloyd George and Maurice, Red Cross drives, Burleson, postwar taxes, and food rations while noting German wartime costs and the human toll of Paris shelling. It also critiques Laymen’s Movement and charity leadership.
The Manchester Guardian compares Paris bombardment to Charleston in 1863. It notes the federal eight inch gun fired at a record range of five miles three quarters, using an oversized powder charge until the gun burst on the thirty seventh shell. This weapon would be useless in modern warfare.
The Dispatch increases staff with Carey B. Taylor coming from The Savannah Press to head telegraph and state news. Taylor is a North Carolina native who has worked at The Raleigh Times and Charlotte Observer. Welcoming Wilmington readers invite him to settle in.
French official statistics indicate submarine warfare has declined. April losses of allied and neutral ships dropped to about half from a year earlier. Submarines rely more on torpedoes and evade surface attacks, while American depth bombs and allied countermeasures reduce their effectiveness.
The Hickory Record signals hot times in North Carolina's ninth district as editorials hint at a competitive June primary to nominate a congressman who opposes German interests. Incumbent Webb, elected eight times, faces district voters seeking new representation in Mecklenburg and other large counties.
Farmers county unions continue to adopt resolutions condemning the course of Dr H Q Alexander president of the state union. The doctor pursues a thorny tenor of his way and has thick hide. He won votes enough in the state convention to be re elected president.
The General Maurice affair shocks observers who say his motive was to harm Lloyd George. The London Times questions his patriotism while The New York Times accuses him of insulting France and the Lloyd George government. Maurice allegedly claimed to be at Versailles and to witness a wartime council, a claim seen as false.
A North Carolina editorial condemns seditious talk as a threat to war effort. It cites cases in Pender Newton Surry Mor warrant Charlotte Wake and warns German propagandists grow bolder. It appeals to loyal citizens to report suspicions to authorities.
Despite heavy war bond campaigns, Raleigh Baptists the church raising fifty thousand dollars for a million dollar educational fund. Indications point to success, with many similar efforts among church members across the area.
The Oxford college graduating class will receive printed diplomas like other colleges. President Hobgood read a letter from the engraving house noting it cannot furnish parchment this year after 26 years of service. The class accepted the situation, turning to charity and children.
The county farm demonstrator announces a carload of soja beans arrived from Pasquotank County North Carolina for distribution among Rowan farmers. There is no limit on quantity per farmer, based on farm size and land intended for beans. The soja bean is cited as a strong food and feed producer with enough seed to plant about 1 200 acres.
The Scottish Society of America holds its annual meeting at Pinehurst on May 16 in the clubhouse auditorium. The opening session begins at 11 00 a m. Dr Archibald Henderson of the University of North Carolina will speak on contributions by Scots in North Carolina to national history.
The Greensboro chamber invites Cade Manufacturing, maker of the Cade typesetting machine, to locate a factory here. Directors discussed potential benefits and a committee was formed to push negotiations.
A Kings Mountain man bought a used automobile from a Methodist preacher for 325 dollars. The car had been used to transport blockade whiskey and was confiscated by Recorder Falls. It sold Saturday for 304 dollars, with the proceeds directed to Cleveland County public school fund.
The Record describes a quiet afternoon where boys drive two hour disc harrows beside fields while an automobile at a railroad crossing carries nine or ten youths in baseball uniforms, a striking contrast in a single observed scene.
A Ford truck purchased for transportation between Shallotte and Wilmington completed its first trip last week. The voyage carried freight valued at $35 and took about six hours.
The High Point city council condemned the historic Jarrell hotel on South Main Street, a landmark cherished by longtime residents who recall its era as travelers journeyed from Fayetteville to Salem by stagecoach. The building predates High Point and dates to the early North Carolina railroad survey era.
In World War I style reportage the piece describes American artillery exchange with German forces and infantry confidence in supporting fire. It also notes Brooklyn Dodgers struggles to start the season amid wheatless days and Zack Wheat’s absence impacting the team.
The 1917 18 year marks the first patriotic penny trial with Black Messengers making about 100000 visits and distributing 650000 literature items including food and thrift stamps information. They raised 2856 95 in pennies and operated a network of 200 messengers with a two treasuries plus a Special Aid fund. The program conducted canning knitting and educational work and reported a total year grand total of 4177 64 with activities at the work room and shipyard and local relief efforts.
Milly Jones, an aging stage aspirant now a stenographer in Peters & Co., visits Mary in New York after years of hardship. Milly recounts poverty, brutal managers, and a secret romance with a married partner who promised marriage but chose another.
The article outlines extensive Red Cross activities during wartime including counting 12,000 members, penny contributions from about 9,000 readers, and 87,847 articles made and shipped. It lists costs and items such as pads, continent pads, peter papers, carpet cushions, bags, body binders, and pillowcases, with donors and unit details, plus Liberty Bond progress, lavatory gifts, scrap books for convalescents, trench torches, and French classes for soldiers, with social activities and spiritual services noted.
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