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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1918
Page
6
A south Market Street scene unfolds as a patrolman disperses a crowd by distributing magnolias taken from youths who allegedly stole them. The event ends with the officer keeping the flowers while the couple in a nearby car receives none, provoking mixed reactions from onlookers.
Interest centered on Laurence Hester employee of Delgado mills charged with assault in a mill housing dispute. Witnesses described Hester's visits and alleged touching while denying hands on the baby. Judge reserved judgment until tomorrow to review supreme court decisions.
Statewide sugar control takes effect with certifying methods required for all users including drug stores soda fountains candy makers canning and preserving firms and other manufacturers. Full allowances go to essential products while smaller producers face 80 percent of last year usage or 50 percent if starting after November 1. New businesses after April 1 or those expanding since then may receive sugar in any form. Violations may end operations for wartime duration per Food Administrator Henry Page.
Rev. Virgil P. Scoville, pastor of Trinity Methodist church, will conduct services tonight at the Bladen Street Methodist church at 8 o'clock. The public is invited to attend after his initial sermon as Trinity pastor drew much interest last Sunday evening.
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