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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1918

Page

2

Church Services and Mass Meeting Schedule

Bladen Street and Fifth Avenue churches announce morning services at 11, evening at 6 30 to enable attendance at 8 30 mass meetings. Sunday school at 3 30. Fifth Avenue service at 11 includes a sermon for the Improved Order of Red Men on The Master Role. Regular Sunday school at 9 45 and prayer meeting Wednesday at 8. Strangers invited.

Bladen Street Fifth and Bladen E. C. Sell Fifth Avenue J. H. McCracken Improved Order of Red Men

Calvary Church Service Schedule and Activities

Pastor J A Sullivan leads Sunday worship at 11 a.m. and 7 30 p m with a morning sermon Not Give Me But Make Me The evening service will be brief to allow mass meeting at St Andrew s Presbyterian Sunday school at 945 a m J W Hollis superintendent Junior B Y P U at 630 p m Sunbeams Monday at 330 pm Prayer meeting Wednesday night Teachers meeting and Senior B Y P U Thursday night A cordial welcome to all services.

Calvary J. A. Sullivan St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church J. W. Hollis Sunbeams

Church Services and Schedules at Immanuel and Covenant

Immanuel Church at Front and Queen streets offers Sabbath morning services at 11 and Sabbath school at 3, led by S A Matthews. The Church of the Covenant at Market and Fifteenth streets holds morning worship at 11, Sunday school 9 45, and evening service 8 15 with midweek prayers Wednesday 8 15. Sacred guests invited.

Immanuel Front Queen Streets S.A. Matthews Brotherhood and Ladies’ Auxiliary Church of the Covenant Market Fifteenth Streets Marion SS. Huske Dock Street J. E. Reynolds Red Cross Christian Endeavor

Church Services and Red Cross Campaign Notices

St Andrews holds morning and evening worship with Sabbath school and Endeavor groups led by Rev A D McClure and others. Union service at 8:30 p m supports Red Cross fund with all churches joining. Winter Park and Delgado also announce regular services and Sunday school with mid week prayer sessions and welcoming visitors.

St. Andrew's Fourth Campbell Streets A. D. McClure D. D Red Cross Setion Winter Pari Andrew J. Howell Christian Endeavor Delgado

St Johns and St Pauls Hold Whitsunday Services

St Johns Episcopal Church at Third and Red Cross hosts Holy Communion and sermon at 11 a.m with Rev Gardiner L. Tucker preaching. St Pauls at Sixteenth and Market offers 7:30 a.m Holy Communion and 9:45 a.m Sunday school with morning prayers.

St. John’s Episcopal Church Third Red Cross J. Hanckel Taylor Whitsundey Gardiner L. Tucker Province of Sewanee St. Paul’s Sixteenth Market Streets D. L. Gwathmey Whitsunday Raya Welacma

Daniel Will Likely Run for Congress in Third District

In Columbia speculation places Dr. D W Daniel of Clemson college as a likely entrant against Congressman Fred H Dominick in the third district race. Also on tap is a South Carolina cotton marketing group meeting to plan organization and outreach to growers. A state health plan lists 300 physicians for the U S army quota, and an attorney general opinion limits governor appoinments to sheriff vacancies until the next general election.

Dispatch Columbia S. C D W. Daniel Clemson College Fred H. Dominick Dr. Daniel Carolinas Georgia W. S. Smith South Carolina Cotton Marketing Organization W. W. Long T. O. Lawton Garnett David R. Coker Hartsville N. C. Folk Bamberg Bright Williamson Darlington Donald McQueen Dunbar D. Morris Pendleton South Carolina United States Army National Council of Defense James A. Hayne State Board of Health Manning Greenville County

Pentecost Sermon At St Matthew’s English Evangelical

St Matthew’s English Evangelical, Fourth and Harnett, led by Rev. G W McClanahan, holds 11 am services with the Pentecost sermon on the Outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Union Red Cross services at 8:30 am at St Andrew’s. St Matthew’s members urged to attend. Sunday school at 3:30 pm. Luther League Wednesday evening.

St. Matthew’s Fourth Harnett Streets G. W. McClanahan Union Red Cross St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church St. Matthew's Luther League

St Pauls Service and Meeting at Academy of Music

Sunday morning service at 11 o'clock led by Rev John C Seegers of Columbia. Members urged to attend mass meeting Sunday night at 8:30 at the Academy of Music. Sunday school at 3:30 in the afternoon.

St. Paul’s Sixth and Market Streets John C. Seegers D. D Columbia Academy of Music

Church Services at Grace and Seventh Streets

Church of Christ conducts Holy Communion at 11 a m with Evangelist Homer N Rutherford delivering Some Plain Rules for Holy Living Sermon. Evening service follows at the regular hour and all are invited.

Church OF Christ Grace and Seventh Streets Homer N. Rutherford

Christian Science Church Services and Reading Room

Church edifice at Seventeenth and Market streets hosts Sunday services at 11 a m with the sermon Mortals and Immortals. Sunday school follows at 12 15 p m, plus Wednesday 8 15 p m service. reading room hours Tue Thu Sat 4 to 5 30 p m open to the public.

Christian Science

Victory Coming Sermon in Red Cross War Fund Drive

Rev T T Johnson of Christian Church on Advent Fourth and Church streets invites all to Sunday school at 10 a m and morning service at 11 with the sermon Victory Coming. No evening service due to mass meetings supporting the second war fund drive.

T. T. Johnson The Red Cross

Adrift flat bottom skiff found at Greenville Sound

Report notes a flat bottom skiff adrift on May 16 1918 at Greenville Sound with contact for John Bunn at 719 Castle Street. Army recruiting station moved to 315 North Front Street Wilmington NC offering enlistment opportunities for men aged 18 to 21 and 31 to 41 both married and single.

Greenville Sound John Bunn Castle Street U. Ss. Army Postoce North Front Street Wilmington N. C

South Carolina appoints cotton seed control board

Governor Manning names five members to supervise cotton seed dealers and ginners under a 1918 act. A May 14 proclamation requires licenses by June 1 for firms handling over 20 tons yearly. The move, aimed at war economies, echoes national defense calls to curb nonessential expenditures.

Highway Commission Manning T. F. Dill Highland C. O. Goodwin Lima J. D. Wood Greer J. D. Richardson Simpsonville J. C. Cothran Toney Creek J. W. Norwood Greenville Food Administration Wilson South Carolina Council of National Defense

Camp Greene Proclaimed Aviation Field Plan

Sources confirm Camp Greene will become a major aviation camp housing up to 20,000 motor mechanics from Waco Texas within the next ten months. They will operate under the command of Colonel Miller, according to the Charlotte News.

Camp Greene Waco Texas Miller Charlotte News

Rev John McLaurin Bound Over On Red Cross Speech Charge

Rev John McLaurin a colored divider of the Word was tried before U S Commissioner E M Johnson Monday afternoon on charges of speaking against the Red Cross at Holy Swamp church Sunday and was bound over to federal court on a $200 bond which he gave.

John McLaurin U.S E. M. Johnson Red Cross Holy Swamp Church Robesonian

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