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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1917
Page
12
A public warning announces a series by Ferrodine Chemical Corp on iron use in medicines. It cautions that alcohol in patent remedies harms the kidneys and teeth, promotes impure blood and digestive issues, and advocates natural iron forms without alcohol for health.
Listings for three churches detail Holy Communion at 9:30 AM, Morning Prayer and sermon at 11 AM, and Evening Prayer with digressions. Rev. D L Gwathmey and Rev R E Gribbin preach, with ordination and Sunday School sessions noted. Other churches list sermons, prayer meetings, and guest pastors in Masonboro and Primitive locations.
Ss Paul Market and Sixth streets led by Rev F B Clausen hold services in morning and evening with sermons He Ascended Into Heaven and God and his Age of Wealth. Sunday school 320 pm. Junior Missionary Society meets Monday afternoon. St Matthew's English Evangelical Fourth and Harnett streets has services 11 am and 8 pm with delegate Hopkins reporting on the Synod. Sunday school 330 pm. Brotherhood meets Monday evening. Luther League Wednesday at 8. All are welcome.
Several Lumberton churches list services for the day. Trinity at Fifth Avenue led by Rev H A Grantham holds Holy Communion at 8 am and sermons at 11 am and 8 pm with a Thursday praise service at 8 pm. Other churches announce morning and evening sermons, Sunday school times, and leagues, inviting the public and visitors.
Rev. J. E. Rey conducts morning and evening evangelistic services on Dock Street with Rev. John M. Waters preaching on The Lost and What to Preach It. Bible School at 9:45 a.m. Superintendent George L. Hubanel leads. Kristian Endeavor at 7:15 p.m. YW led by Dawson. Buck directs evangelistic wire service. Public invited.
Morning service features Dr C L Idgen a noted ember slated to occupy the pulpit Evening hour will hear Mr W H Sprunt a distinguished businessman and philanthropist The congregation fills the pews with men from Wanton to hear these laymen discuss religious topics Sunday school at 10 am Rev J L Shinny presiding Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
Calvary Amos Sullivan pastor operates services at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. with sermons on Spiritual Conservation and Bone Dry. Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. led by J. W. Holtis. Junior B Y P U at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting. Teachers supper and Senior B Y P A Thursday. Long service Friday. Sunbeams Monday at 3:30 p.m. Also First Fifth and Market streets invite all to attend.
A committee from the Christian Association of St. Paul’s Lutheran church visited the county home monthly for a year partnering with Yoke Fellows of the YMCA. They carried Bibles tracts magazines and fruit to inmates and distributed over 600 Bibles and testaments plus magazines in hospitals stockade jail and A Co office.
Lieutenant J J London United States Navy instructor inspector of the Naval Militia of North Carolina proposes Harbor Island as a training site for the National Naval Volunteers unit. The Tidewater Power Company offers arrangements and other volunteers are to join for training to simulate shipboard conditions.
The Southport Board of Aldermen met and fixed Mayor J W Ruark’s salary at 250 a year, elected B G Holden as clerk at 100 yearly, T H Lindsey as city tax collector at 300 yearly, Warren Hood as mayor pro tem, M G Thompson as water plant superintendent at 40 monthly, replacing Will Davis, Cecil Lewis re elected town marshal at 55 monthly plus fees. A ministerial delegation urged a prohibitive tax on carnivals and tent shows, and the city attorneys were told to draft an ordinance. The fire department seeks a July trip to Asheville, funds to be borrowed. no salaries for firemen beyond poll tax exemptions.
The Atlantic Coast Veneer Company plant on Smith's Creek in Wilmington was sold for 26000 to G Colucci who then deeded part of the holdings to Southern Box and Lumber Company to operate the facility. The move comes after the plant went into receivership amid fire protection and road access concerns.
United Press reports France uses military and naval authorities to ban strong drink in army and naval zones. Decrees limit sale and consumption to prevent depredations on war effort, with penalties for violations. Civil authorities handle enforcement in Toulon and other regions.
The speaker argues for a centralized food administration to secure surpluses, enhance exports for allies, protect domestic needs, and stabilize prices. He proposes four main branches and independent executive bodies to regulate critical commodities under a standard corporate structure with a board and president.
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