Noted Speakers to Address Diocese Council Sessions
The thirty fifth annual council of the diocese of Carolina convenes at St John s Episcopal church starting Tuesday and continues through Thursday. An educational address by Rev L N Caley D D of Philadelphia opens Monday evening at 15 o clock, with daily business sessions 10 am to 1 pm and 3 to 6 pm and public night programs. A missionary address by Rev Robert W Patton is set for Tuesday evening, with brief lay addresses on the following night. The women s auxiliary and parochial societies meet in adjoining buildings during the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Diocese of
Carolina
St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church
L. N. Caley
Church of St. Jude and
Philadelphia
Robert W. Patton
Sewanee
Patton
Minister Frederick Clausen Leaves for Brooklyn Mission
Reverend Frederick B. Clausen, pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran for five and a half years, resigns to accept a call from St. Johns Church in Brooklyn New York. He left last night with Mrs Clausen and two children joining earlier. Many church members and friends accompanied him to the union station to bid farewell after his farewell sermon to a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick B. Clausen
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
St. John’s Church
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clausen
Union Station
Five Unclaimed Dogs Held at City Pound
Five unclaimed dogs are being detained at the city stables pound. Owners are urged to call and inspect their dogs promptly as two or three have already been taken and have five days to live while the others face a rapidly approaching deadline.
Red Cross War Fund Drive Planned Meeting
District leaders and rural workers are urged to attend tomorrow's court house meeting from 2 to 4 PM to discuss the second war fund drive. This is the county’s only general gathering before the campaign officially launches at a YMCA dinner Monday evening. Rev. Dr. William H. Milton will outline the campaign aims with other speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
American Red Cross
William H. Milton
Community drive seeks game boards for soldiers
Friends urge contributions of carom and crokinole boards for enlisted men at the YMCA Fort Caswell and Southport training camps. Donations may be left at the local YMCA or delivered by calling telephone 177 to arrange pickup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Fort Caswell
Southport
Death rate at camps lowest since last November
Washington May 16 the death rate at national army and national guard camps last week was the longest since last November, the surgeon general reported today. The total deaths were 162 vs 168 the week prior, with rises in pneumonia and scarlet fever. In the week ending May 10 eight sick and wounded troops from France were landed at American ports, with one station not reporting. 148 were landed the week before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Army and National Guard
France
Four Suits Start in Superior Court in City Actions
Four suits were brought in superior court today with the city as plaintiff in three cases. George Costonas filed against E P Dudley Second Street garage proprietor. Dudley kept the auto, plans to sell it after unpaid repair work. Other suits involve Hector Green and wife W M Cumming mortgagee, Enoch Southerland and wife, H D Bell and the North Carolina Home Building Association.
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George Costonas
E. P. Dudley
Second Street
Costonas
Dudley
Bond
City
Hector Green
W. M. Cumming
Mortagee
Enoch Southerland
H. D. Bell
The
North Carolina Home Building Association
Make buildings for storage permanent
Washington May 16 Major General Goethals told the house military committee it is economical to make storage depots permanent, costing only four or five cents more per cubic foot than temporary structures. He said $150,000,000 in appropriations has been allowed for depots, with nearly that amount still needed.
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Washington
General Goethals
Quartermaster General
House Military Committee
Goethals
Appropriations Committee
New York
Norfolk
Baltimore
Charleston
New Orleans
Boston
Philadelphia
Anthony
Kansas
William M. Black
England Ready for Proposals of Peace
London May 16 Great Britain will consider enemy proposals if presented by accredited persons in a straightforward manner Foreign Secretary Balfour told the house of commons He said any representative of a belligerent country may lay before Britain proposals and that he favors an honorable termination though past central power moves were not fair or honorable peace efforts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Balfour
House of Commons
Reverend James Cannon Named Bishop At Southern Conference
Atlanta May 16 Rev James Cannon Jr of the Virginia conference was elected bishop at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South after Rev F N Parker of the Louisiana conference declined to accept the office following prayer he did not feel called to the high office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Cannon
Atlanta
James Cannon, Jr
Virginia
General Conference
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
F. N. Parker
Louisiana
German Front Strength Reported Along Franco Belgian Front
The Gaulois cites General Staff data claiming six German yards of troops along the Franco Belgian front from the North Sea to the Oise. It states 150 German divisions occupy the area with 10 between Nieuport and Ypres, 40 between Ypres and La Bassée canal, and 100 from La Bassée to the Oise.
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North Sea
Oise
Gaulois
Nieuport
Ypres
LaBasse Canal
LaBassee Canal
Denial of Unity Talks Between Baptists Surfaces
In Hot Springs Arkansas on May 16 President J B Gambrell of the Southern Baptist convention denied reports that a qualified representative of the Southern Baptist Association would confer with the Northern Baptist convention on the question of unity between the two Baptist bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deny Conference On Unity
Hot. Springs
Ark
J. B. Gambrell
Southern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptist Association
Northern Baptist Convention
Ad Service Notice Teaches How to Inquire
Special postal telegraph messengers will call for your ads in the same manner as they cover telegrams. For more information about ads call 17 or contact Postal Telegraph for telegraph service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
For Rent Eight Room House Near Market Dock
Rental notice describes an eight room house about two miles from the market dock aimed at a quiet congenial family. The entry is dated 5-14-1931 and lists a single property for lease.
Wanted Experienced Ship Ping Clerk
Wanted experienced ship ping clerk must furnish good references. Apply Heer Box 966 Wilmington North Carolina.
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Wilmington
N. C
Still Selling Bacon Prunes Veggies at May's Delicatessen
Siced bacon 48c per pound large prunes 20c vegetable 50c per can canned Tripe 30c sugar 5c per pound best Creamery Butter 55c per pound full cream Cheese 33c per pound. Fresh potato salad made daily. Full line of groceries and cereals at May's Delicatessen 24 No Front Street. Phone 1322. 5-13-86.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May
Front Street
Wanted to Buy Cheap Second-Hand Bicycles
An advertisement from Apple Queen in City at 209 Market St. Cycle Co. lists wanted second-hand bicycles and provides phone number 862 with a date stamp of 4-29-11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Queen
City. Cycle Co
Market St
Public sale of lot in Wilmington under 1815 mortgage deed
North Carolina Home Building Association will sell at public auction in Wilmington on Saturday May 1 1918 at noon. The property in Block 212 240 feet south of Gwyn Street and 90 feet east of Anderson Street, part of Lots 4 and 5, is described with precise boundaries. Court House precinct Wyton.
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North Carolina
New Hanover County
Superior Court
ORDHR
Board of Viewers
Court House
Sairainage District
Wilmington
Freeman
John Freeman
Amuraten
Folar Ae
Gton
Sala
City of Wilmington
Gwyn Street
Anderson Street
Mulberry Street
North Carolina Home Building Association
John D. Bellamy & Son
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R. M. Kerman
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Rate Grocery Co
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Eighth and
Bladen Streets
Irnny J. A. Williams
Rocky Point
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R. P. McClammy
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W. D. MacMillan, Jr
J. C. Leonard
Civil Service Examiner
Kenois Bldg
Winesap
Bear- Produce
Mdse
Gordon
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Chas. Finkelstein
Front St
Prease
South Front Street
C. H. Bornemann
7Th
Orange Streets
W. H. Malpass
the Mutual Life Insurance CO
of New York
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Seaboard Air Line
Charlotte
Atlantic Coast Line
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New Bern
Augusta
Wilmington, N. C
P. O
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Elas
Her
Hitman
Jarman & Futrelle
Princess Street
Dr. Vineberg Masonic Temple
J.B. McCabe and Co. Certified Public Accountants
Murchison Bank
Wilmington, N. A
W. B. Cooper & Co
W. B. Thorpe & CO
Red Cross
Woman’s Club
Research Club
Daughters of the U. D. C
Business Woman
Housewife
Everywoman’s Magazine
Charlotte, N. C
Carolina Packing
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Kenny Co
Chichester
Chinee Sey
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