Naval Nat to Be Mustered In as National Naval Volunteers
Lieut J J London arrives to muster the Naval Militia of North Carolina into federal service as National Naval Volunteers. Commander H B Peschau orders all men to Woolvin Hall at 8 AM for mustering and immediate pay. The unit will train locally before proceeding to Wilmington Harbor Island or Southport for camp and small boat handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. London
Naval Militia of
North Carolina
National Naval Volunteers
London
H. B. Peschau
Woolvin Hall
Peschau
Wilmington
Harbor Island
Southport
Local society notes from Fayetteville and area guests
Miss Pearlie Purvis of Tabor and Miss Hattie Purvis of Tabor were guests in the city yesterday. Mrs. R. L. Davis and son of Lynchburg are guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. R. DeOrange. The Ladies Society of Bethany Presbyterian Church will meet tomorrow at 3:30 in Lineker. Mrs. Cromwell underwent a successful operation at James Walker Hospital yesterday. Miss Marguerite Ellsworth of Wallace visited the city en route home from Carolina College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearlie Purvis
Tabor
Hattie Purvis
Margaret Brown
Chadbourn
J. G. McNeil
Burgaw
R. BE. Williams
North Seventh Street
Gladness Club
Fayetteville
Jennie Murchison
Wilmington
Jean Pemberton
Dick Street
A. P. Diehl
Fort Caswell
Norfolk
J. 1D. Warris
Mabel Woolard
Asheville
Calvars Baptist Church
Baraca
Philathea
R.L. Davis
Union School
J. A. Pullan
East Orange
N. J
Ss. P. Adams
T. FE. Berkley
Baltimore
Tampa
Florida
C. E. _ Dickinson
Philadelphia
Washington, D. C
Dickinson
New York Life Insurance Company
Washington
Marguerite Ellsworth
Wallace
Emma Donelly Yopp
Ellsworth
Carolina College
Maxton
Ladies’ Society of Bethany Presbyterian Church
Lineker
R. A. Cromwell
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Oak Hill hosts meeting on food conservation and farming
A large Oak Hill gathering heard talks by S A Matthews J P Herring W A McGirt and J O Brown urging expanded food crop acreage and full support for the Food Conservation Commission. Committees were named for information agriculture canning and labor with future talks by Prof Washington Catlett Milton Calder and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
Messrs
S. A. Matthews
J. P. Herring
W. A. McGirt
J. O. Brown
Food Conservation Commission
W. H. Biddle
T. J. Burnett
J. N. Russ
J. A. Biddle
J. T. English
B. Williams
Canning
Lizzie Keyes
Rebecca Biddle
Lottie Burnett
Lela Russ
S. T. Keyes
H. B. Wilams
J. T. Keyes
Malachai Russ
Food Commission
South Wilmington
Washington Catlett
Milton Calder
Middle Sound
Messrs. Herring
J. A. McNorton
J. R. Eddy
Will Not Go To War Dr J F Robertson Denies War Move
Dr J F Robertson replies to a dispatch item stating he planned to join a hospital unit for service in the war. He clarifies he has no intention of leaving for France and has no official connection with any military organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Robertson
France
Dispatch Publishing Co
Wilmington
N. C
Charlotte News
Town Topic
A small blaze on the West side of the river prompted the fire-boat Atlantic to extinguish a rubbish pile blaze yesterday afternoon. Joseph W. Little reports Washington talks confirm fifteen or more local building and loan associations are exempt from taxation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Joseph W. Little
Washington
Personal Mentions From A North Carolina City
Albany Georgia visitor Aubrey McCumber visits Wrightsville Sound relatives. H T V McManus returns from New York business trip. T C Bowie Ashe county lawyer guests at Orton Hotel. Rev W V McRae travels to Chester South Carolina to stay with relatives. William Struthers Sr ill at home in Grists North Carolina. J M Dongelly Masonboro Sound spends day in city on business. J M Glisson Wilson visits the city with friends and relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey McCumber
Albany, Ga
Wrightsville Sound
H.T.V. McManus
New York City
T. C. Bowie
Ashe County
Orton Hotel
Rev
W. V. McRae
Chester
S. C
William Struthers, Sr
Grists
N. C
J. M. Dongelly
Masonboro Sound
J. M. Glisson
Wilson
Visitation Day Honors At Hemenway Cornelius Harnett Schools
Closing exercises and visitation day highlights at Hemenway Cornelius Harnett and Isaac Bear schools, with perfect attendance lists, grand honor roll recipients, and exhibits of student work. The events featured operetta performances, scripture readings, and the annual celebration of a successful school year as hundreds visited to view projects and rosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemenway
Isaac Bear
Cornelius Harnett
Hemenway School
Dorris Plummer
Sarah Springs
Oscar Anson
Clifton Giddeon
Thurston Hurt
Osborne Johnstone
Thelma Boylan
Louise Fonville
Elizabeth Mhntaff
Mildred Robbins
Anita Shepard
Eugene Keen
Leona Giddens
Burt Blake
Dock Britt
Raymond Capps
Andrew Hobr
William S Tumphrey
Jack Smith
Hubert Saunders
Gerhardt Whilden
James Shelly
Marsden Bellamy
David Harriss
Frank King
Spencer Blake
Edna Larson
Amanda Springs
Mangum Turner
William L. Burkheimer
Stephen Allard
Morriss Caldwell
John McNair
Robert Merritt
Edward McEachern
George Weathersbee
Helen Wolf
Emilie Eve Jewett
Katherine Tucker
Irene Anson
Carolyn Black
Kathleen Linder
Fairfield Butt
John Britt
John Brunjes
Fore
Nettie Teachy
Mary Catherine Bissinger
Ethel Lee Wallace
Aleen Johnson
Lorena Barden
Rosa Thompson
Elizabeth Elis
Miss Yarborough
Miss von Glahn
Miss LeGwin
Eleanor Harriss
Brownies
William Konig
Catherine Steenkin
Hazel Hawkins
Starkey Hines
Louise Merritt
Beatrice Turbeville
Helen Sellers
Jessie Lee Merritt
Meriea Kazekidos
Elma Teachey
Louise Peterson
Annie May Hatchell
Elizabeth Rogers
Annie Lear
Sloise Casteen
Mamie Watkins
Nellie Lee
Edna Murray
Eleanor Watson
Annette Woolard
Jesse Peterson
Harold Wilson
Auburn Sox
George Schutt
Carl Schutt
Annie Walton
Bernice Branch
Helen Bleeker
Lillian Steljes
Eloise Sheperd
Augusta Jurgensen
Robert Coldwell
Jack McCarley
Miriam Weeks
Elizabeth Schaefer
William McGlaughan
Greenward Bloome
Thelma Batson
Norfolk men buy 4200 acres timberland near Wilmington
Norfolk investors Z H Powell N B Bryant and R M Bryant bought about 4200 acres of timberland from J E French trustee of Bradford New Hampshire on Island Creek New Hanover county. Deed filed this morning with price at 5000 dollars plus other valuable consideration. They are also said to have purchased the Westbrook tract in Pender county to harvest timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Z. H. Powell
N. B. Bryant
R. M. Bryant
J. E. French
Bradford
New Hampshire
Island Creek
New Hanover County
Office of the Register of Deeds
Norfolk
Westbrook
Pender County
Intimidating Witnesses Case Seeks Road Sentences
Charlie and Fannie Carroll colored were sent to the roads for thirty days after being offered a $25 fine and costs by Recorder Harriss in the Charlie Carroll Jr larceny case. Jimmie Zones larceny by trick was dismissed. Bob Watkins larceny case continued. George Hilton alias Dead Nigger highway robbery not pressed. Rachel Green assault and battery judgment suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie
Fannie Carroll
Charlie Carroll, Jr
Harriss
Jimmie Zones
Trick
Bob Watkins
George Hilton
Rachel Green
Photographer A. O. Clement Improves. Plans Wilmington Visit
Goldsboro photographer A. O. Clement, recently in town for business, has improved and expects to visit Wilmington again soon. In federal court, the Brunswick Land and Lumber Co versus D. L. Gore moves toward a finish with many witnesses examined today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Clement
Goldsboro
Wilmington
Brunswick Land and Lumber Company
D. L. Gore
Death of Infant in Carolina Place Area
Mrs. Edward II Tolar and husband mourn the death of their infant at 1923 Woolcott Avenue. Funeral services are to be held at the residence this afternoon at a o clock, with interment in Bellevue Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ii. Tolar
Woolcott Avenue
Carolina Place
Bellevue Cemetery
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Laurinburg
North Fifth Street
Alberta Hewett
Richmond
Sue Bridgers
City
Parkton
George E. Peck
Elizabeth Peck
George P. James
Ae 'E
Jessie May Williams
Likeland, Fla
C. G. van Landingham
Wéoltex
Jack Co Ye
A. D. Brown
Mabel Robeson
Mary Schloss
Miriam Taylor
Dorothy Oldham
Jessie Lee Thomas
Ella Mae King
Walter Keen
Carl Padgette
Warren Smith
Andrew Tucker
Edith Creasy
Esther Silverman
John D. Vann
Edward Davis
Quincy Snipes
Charles Morriss
Howard Morriss
Joseph Schroeder
LeRoy Plyler
Alex Boon
Eunice Williams
Frederick Bissinger
Duval Williams
Hettie Beatty
Lucile Page
Harold Sternberger
William Grant
Victor Zoeller
Edgar Moss
J. D. Edwards
Biggs Holden
George Shepard
Henry Geischen
Henry Duls
Fred Capps
Edward Westbrook
Clark Huggins
John Spillman
Marguerite McAlister
Lillie Truelove
Marie Graham
Gladys Fore
Arlene Kuck
William Johnstone
Johanna Duls
Emilie Freewett
Kathleen Inder
George Weatherbee
Wilmer Kuck
Carl Wessell
Walter Penny
Lilly Munn
Velma Spivey
George Leftrich
Kenneth Scott
Margaret McMillan
Carl Meindorf
Lorena Baden
Presley Hurst
Augusta Martin
Velva Polly
Margaret McClan
Mack Wilkinson
Frederick Claussen
Davis Westbrook
Blanche Capps
Ada Humphrey
Eugene Tate
Edith Harvey
Marjorie Bonitz
Helen Land
Dudley Humphrey
Marian Williams
Donald Koonce
Joseph Branch
James Smith
Junius Smith
Richie Davis
Edward Allard
Katherine Schnibben
Ditmore Harvey
Lillian Blake
Mildred Turrentine
Thomas Findley
Lila May McAlister
Fannie Johnson
Nida Packer
Katie McInnis
Carmer Davis
Dorothy McNair
Ruth Marshall
Bettie Boney
Nancy Bowman
Philip Taylor
May Anson
Marshen Bellamy
Edna Larsen
Rivers Lawthe
John Johanna Duls
Elizabeth Recess
Dorothy Idham
Wilmer Kucknes
Autee
Jack Gees
Frederick Bissing
William Smith
George Sheperd
Gladys
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