Society Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Social items list residents and visitors: Mrs L H Marshburn in Dixon visiting friends. Mrs D P Cox returns from Guide. Mrs A M Williams from Phoenix visiting North Fifth Street. Mr and Mrs O J Butler back in Lumberton. Miss Grace Geddie from Whiteville. Mr and Mrs J W Jelks en route to Florence. Miss Katie King visiting 805 North Fifth Street. Mrs W C Waters travels to Maysville for grandmother's funeral. Eugene Tate Newman to spend summer in western Carolina. Red Cross drive team luncheon at Y M C A. State Normal graduates include Mrs Gordon Elmira Thomson and Miss Sarah Brady. junior Red Cross and boy scouts to assemble for flag raising. Miss Mary Johnson returns to Raleigh. Mrs M J Baer visiting son at 108 North Sixth Street. Mrs J E Stanley visiting son N R Stanley. Mrs H C Bentley hospitalized in Richmond. Red Cross workrooms closed for Academy of Music meeting. Mrs I F Cates to spend time in Durham. Arabian table cover displayed for Red Cross. Miss Etta McCarthy and I B Rackley wed. masked Red Cross ball at Overlake pavilion. moonlight ride to Wrightsville Beach fundraiser. wedding invitation for Edna Craft and A Preston Henry. NC Sorosts to entertain sailors and soldiers at Y M C A. committee list for event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Preston Henry
Wrightsville Sound
North Carolina
Sol Sternberger
E. K. Bryan
W. L. Beery
W. A. French
Robert Ruark
C. D. Moffitt
R. G. Grady
E. L. Prince
Margaret Gibson
Local Visitors Reported On City Business
Personal Mention lists A. F. Humphrey of Maysville in the city for several days on business. D. G. Burney of Latta S C spent yesterday in the city on business and returned home this afternoon. J L Stilwell of Columbia representing Seaboard Air Line claims department was in the city yesterday and left for Phoenix in the afternoon. J S Hogge, a Swift and Company employee for two years, leaves tomorrow for Charleston to enter the navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F. Humphrey
Maysville
D. G. Burney
Latta
S. C
J. L. Stilwell
Columbia
Claim Department
South Carolinian Elected City Engineer in Florence
J Newton Johnson of Florence DC has been elected by council as city engineer succeeding Captain F F Pillett who recently resigned. Johnson will take office at a salary of 2000 dollars per year and begin duties the first of the month. He comes highly recommended and is seen as a valuable addition to the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Newton Johnson
Florence
D. C
F. F. Pillett
Johnson
Auto Thieves Gang Reported Broken Up
The Auto Thieves gang operating in Ahoskie area has weakened as Sears is jailed and Godfrey missing. With the community alert, a lull in auto theft is noted and court sessions may reveal further details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nonce
Sears
Godfrey
Ahoskie
Greensborg
Drill tools drive production of modern rifles
The article states that 997 cutting tools are needed for a modern rifle and that 94,000,000 holes must be drilled to supply 1,000,000 rifles.
Major General Erasmus M. Weaver Reaches Statutory Retirement
Major General Erasmus M. Weaver United States Army reaches the age required for retirement. Born in Lafayette Indiana he graduated from West Point at twenty one and spent his career in artillery. He led militia affairs at the war department after 1908 and served in the Spanish American War as lieutenant colonel of the fifth Massachusetts volunteers. He is an honor graduate of the artillery school and has twice served on the general staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erasmus M. Weaver
Coast Artillery
Weaver
Lafayette
Ind
West Point
War Department
Fifth
Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry
Artillery School
Allen's Foot-Base Promoted in Army Comfort Kit Ad
In training camps and cantonments soldiers suffer blisters and sore feet. The Plattsburg Camp Manual recommends daily use of Allen's Foot-Base antiseptic powder to shake into shoes. It freshens tired feet, heals blisters, and is sold everywhere for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Allen
Plattsburg
War Draft Decree Mandates Work or Fight for All Men
General Crowder announces new regulation to curb idleness by classifying non useful occupations and permitting boards to move workers to useful employment or to military service. He emphasizes industrial mobilization and urges all draft-age men to work or join the fight as society reorganizes manpower. Pitcher Talcott of Yale praised for future hall of fame status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Crowder
Special Waist Sale Hits Low Prices in Fabrics
Advertises Georgette waist in flesh white and maize at 2.98 crepe de chine and tub silk waists at 1.98. Highlights savings on colored fabrics and fashion items.
Parisian Sage promises dandruff relief and hair growth
Hair care advertisement touts Parisian sage as a guaranteed cure for dandruff itchy scalp and falling hair. It claims rapid improvement after first use and offers money refunds for unsatisfied customers, urging immediate home treatment for thick lustrous hair.
Also Mentioned on This Page
D. P. Cox
Guide
J. D. Cox
North Fifth Street
A. M. Williams
Phoenix
D. C. King
O. J. Butler
Lumberton
Seagate
Grace Geddie
Whiteville
Rose Hill
D. C. Geddie
J. W. Jelks
Southport
Katie King
State Normal School
Greensboro
W. C. Waters
Sarah EB. Maides
Eugene Tate Newman
J. T. Newman
Western
Carolina
Cc. S. Gilmer
Red Cross
Gordon Elmira Thomson
F. E. Thompson
Sarah Cornelia Brady
State Normal College
Thomson
Boy Scouts
Mary Jowhson
Raleigh
M. J. Baer
Atlanta
W. H. Baer
North Sixth Street
J. E. Stanley
N. R. Stanley
Tenth Street
H. C. Bentley
Elizabeth Hospital
Richmond
Murchison Building
Academy of Music
Bonin
I. F. Cates
Master Forest
Mary Elizabeth
Durham
Mr. Cates
H. M. Cates
Eloise B. Burkheimer
Etta McCarthy
I. B. Rackley
J.A. Sullivan
Calvary Baptist Church
Overlake Pavilion
Greenfield
Wrightsville Beach
Trinity Methodist Church
Third
Princess Streets
Edward Charles Craft
Edna
South Carolinian
IN the News
Napolean
New York City
35Th Street
Bet
5Th Ave
Broadway
Daniel
Efychsy
Crowder
Talcott
Yale
Old
Eli
Baseball Hall of Fame
Belk-Williams
Men’s Athletic Union
Dorset Department
The
Belk-Williams Co
Lisle
Florida
Hudnut
Jae Ve
Herolin
Ee Herolin Mebieme’ CO
Josephine le Ferre Coy
Philadelphia
Victrolas
Victor
Wilmington Talking Machine Co
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