Calvary Church Leads in Food Conservation Effort
Calvary Baptist Church votes to plant two acres near Aububon for peas corn beans and potatoes and donate yields to members. Tidewater Power Company provides land and a cannery will be opened by the Ladies’ Aid Society to preserve produce for neighbors at cost. Grace Methodist follows national food conservation drive.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Aubudon
Tidewater Power Company
Board of Beacons
Calvary Church
Auburon
Ladies’ Aid Society of
Society of Ladies
Grace Methodist Church
Wilson
W. B. Cooper
T. Plvler
GHEGE FLASHER CAUGHT IN ACT AT Murchison Bank
Police arrest Bert Adams a 17 year old colored youth for attempting to cash an eight dollar and twenty cent check at Murchison National Bank. He claims two negro men outside planned the fraud. Officers also pursue a similar check case involving a W T Farris signature and a suspect Boyd Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Adams
J. H. Hinton
Murchison National Bank
Adams
Warren S. Johnson
Johnson
Adamson
Negroes Who Were Waiting For Him Outside the Bank. Mr. Johnson
W. R. Applebury
Applebury
G. W. Smith
Murchison
W. T. Farris
J. K. Hinton
Boyd Davis
Mr. Farris
Baptist Sunday School Leads City Attendance
The first Baptist church Sunday school led in city attendance yesterday with 485 on the rolls, ahead of Grace Methodist. Nine churches reported total city attendance of 1,297 Baptists, 829 Methodists, 265 Presbyterians, and 228 Lutherans, with individual totals listed for St. Pauls Lutheran 228 Calvary Baptist 274 St. Andrews Pres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Grace Methodist Sunday Chool
St. Paul’s Lutheran
Calvary Baptist
St. Andrew’s Pres
Wilmingtons second contingent sails to Fort Oglethorpe
The second group of Wilmington’s quota for reserve officers leaves at 3 45 p m for Fort Oglethorpe with about thirty local men chosen to train three months. The first contingent departed yesterday and will arrive later today. Many Wilmingtonians and college students already accepted join the march to training. Only about one fifth of those called will be commissioned in the new 500 000 Army. others will serve in the Officers Reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
United States Army
Fort Oglethorpe
Religious Groupings and Street Addresses Listed
A list shows numerous church names paired with numbers including Presbyterian 265 Fifth Avenue, Methodist Baptist 259 First Baptist 485 Grace Methodist 455 Bladen Street Methodist 145 229 Delgado Baptist 279 Southside.
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Byterian
Fifth Avenue Methodist
First Baptist
Grace Methodist
Bladen Street Methodist
Delgado Baptist
Southside
Baltimore clothing industry bullish on war demand
Baltimore clothing manufacturers report strong orders and optimistic outlooks despite the war, with gains seen in the South and West. Executives from L. Greif & Sons, Philip Kahn, Strouse & Bros., and S. F. Miller cite rising fall and spring orders, good collections, and planned optimism amid concerns over conscription impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
New York Daily News Record
Daily News Record
David Greif
L. Greif & Sons
Philip Kahn
Samuel Rosenthal
Strouse & Bros
Tidewater Power to Revise City Suburban Fare Structures
The Tidewater Power Company issues a circular announcing May 24 changes to ticket systems on city and suburban lines. City fares drop transfers cost five cents with six for 25 cents tickets retired. unused tickets redeemable by July 1 1917. Suburban fares include ten cent trips between Seagate Wrightsville Harbor Island Beach and a reduced Wrightsville to Wilmington round trip to 20 cents. Monthly commuter books pricing adjusted and some books discontinued. all changes effective May 24 with final redemption deadlines.
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Tidewater Power Company
Seagate
Wrightsville
Harbor Island
Beach
Wilmington
A C L Promises Job Priority to Returning Soldiers
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad issues a circular assuring that employees who enlist in the U S armed forces will receive precedence for reemployment on return. They will be reinstated if physically able, with relief benefits adjusted as enlistment ends. J R Keenly signs as President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
United States Army
Navy
Army
United States
Relief Department
Funeral of Officer George Laid to Rest in Bellevue Cemetery
Funeral services for Policeman Frank George who died at 802 South Eighth Street were held at his home at 3 PM yesterday. Interment followed in Bellevue Cemetery with nearly the entire Wilmington Police Department in attendance. Pallbearers included B. W. Jacobs J. R. Minshew W. H. Rivenbark J. O. Bullard C. G. Jones and J. C. Munn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue Cemetery
Frank George
South Eighth Street
Wilmington Police Department
B. W. Jacobs
J. R. Minshew
W. H. Rivenbark
J. O. Bullard
C. G. Jones
J. C. Munn
Joining 2nd Regiment Boys' Brigade Infantry Unit
The infantry unit formed from former Boys' Brigade members will join Col. J. Van B. Metts' Second North Carolina Regiment. About 35 youths under Lieut. J. Wilbur Dosher will depart on the 8 40 train for Goldsboro to be officially taken into service, after a larger planned unit was reduced by disqualifications in physical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boys’ Brigade
J. van B. Metts
North Carolina
Goldsboro
J. Wilbur Dosher
Dosher
To Erect Pavilion and Bath Houses At Wilmington Beach
Mr. W. E. Price of Wilmington Beach Corporation announced immediate construction of a pavilion and bath houses at Wilmington Beach in the Southern district. A Friday meeting re elected officers and directors: President C. C. Chadbourn, Vice President Dr. E Cooper Pearson, Secretary-Treasurer D. N. Chadwick Jr., GM W. E. Price, Directors C. C. Chadbourn L. W. Davis D. N. Chadwick Jr Col B. H. Tyson W. E. Price Jr E Cooper Pearson. Except for Tyson and Pearson all were re elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Beach
W. E. Price
Wilmington Beach Corporation
Fort Fisher Highway
C. C. Chadbourn
E. Coopper Pearson
Goldsboro
D. N. Chadwick, Jr
C. C. Chadbour
L. W. Davis
D. N. Chadwick
Col
B. H. Tyson
E. Cooper.Pearson
Tyson
Dr. Cooper
Odd Fellows Delegates Head to Grand Lodge Session
Wilmington delegates will travel to High Point for the 74th annual Grand Lodge session of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of North Carolina. Attending from Wilmington are W. L. Smith acting Grand Treasurer, Marcus W. Jacobi, L. W. Moon, and representatives Thomas Hill R J Johnson, S. G. Garrison, H E Walton, Joseph D. Smith from various lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Wilmington
High Point
Grand Lodge of Independent Order of Odd Fellows
North Carolina
W. L. Smith
Richard J. Jones
Marcus W. Jacobi
Orphans
Major General Leonard Wood Arrives to Command Southeast Army
Major General Leonard Wood arrived in Charleston South Carolina to assume command of the Southeastern Department of the Army which covers the South Atlantic and Gulf States. A preparedness parade is planned for him to review on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard Wood
Charleston
S. C
South Atlantic
Gulf States
Relay run to test Jefferson Highway for military use
A relay run of several thousand automobiles begins in Winnipeg today bound for New Orleans to prove the Jefferson Highway’s fitness for military purposes. Governors, mayors and other officials from many states and cities along the route are expected to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Man
New Orleans
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Acies’ Socie
Cannery
Methodist
Ghege
Mr. H. Hinton
Baptist
City
Oglethrope
Mark
CREX
Fifth Avenue
New York
S. F. Miller
S. F
Paca and
Lombard Streets
Plors
Texas
South
Middle West
J. R. Keenly
Officer George
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Western Union Telegraph
Western Union
Western Union Telegraph CO
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