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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1916
Page
3
An early morning water race occurred yesterday at 8 a m on the Cape Fear river near Agretteville North Carolina as part of a Market Review and Marine and Weather News section. A young girl speaks with her mother expressing a simple return of a slice to a nurse for a pattern.
The First Baptist church schedules eleven home gatherings tonight to prepare for a revival series starting next Sunday at the church. Music by W E Rodgers of Atlanta, preaching by Dr John Jeter Hurt, with Rodgers arriving Thursday. Centers listed with host names and addresses across town.
There were no New York Cotton quotations as the exchange was closed. Liverpool cotton prices show January February 11.34, March April 11.39, May June 11.45 with July August near 11.34. Open, firm, close, very steady. mids is 11.32 with 8,000 sales and 34,000 receipts.
The annual meeting was held at noon in the office of secretary W A McGirt. Directors for the coming year include John Heyer A O Schuster L Hanson W A McGirt Milton Calder Henry Heyer Martin Schnibben Clayton Giles Sr George Hutaff J F Rulfs W S Baxter J W Brooks E A Palmgren A M Chinnis W S Clayton. Officers named: Milton Calder president J W Brooks vice president W A McGirt secretary treasurer Henry Heyer Esq attorney.
Dr George Stuart will deliver a platform lecture Tuesday night at the Armory on Lopsided reks. He is pastor of the ladies Methodist church in Birmingham, Alabama and is well known nationwide. Fifth Avenue Epworth League sells tickets for fifty cents each.
The National Weather and Crop Bulletin reports October favored picking in North and South Carolina with satisfactory progress. Weather aided late cotton development as it opened freely by month end.
The Dispatch editorial staff receive a handsome bouquet of chrysanthemums from Mr. Will Rehder at Ninth and Red Cross streets. More than three thousand hot-house plants are in bloom, a sight noted in the city. A display in the Bon Marche window shows white, pink and yellow varieties.
A carpenter uncovered a concealed second floor apartment inside the three story building at 3624 Ellis Park, a former woodland home now rented as apartments. The unfinished rooms had no windows or visible exits, a small table with dishes, an old copper lamp, and a stove. A hidden panel led to a staircase, mirroring the wall panelling. The discovery was made days ago during remodeling.
The article lists state by state voting disqualifications from duelists and delinquents to Indians and felons. It notes minimal residence requirements, DC residents lack federal votes, and that twelve states allow women to vote in the upcoming election totaling 91 electoral votes. It ends with neighbor inquiries yielding no explanation about a House of Mystery.
Buenos Aires reports a new decree taking effect October 26 restricting landings for settlers from Europe. It bars those with diseases or likely to be a public charge, excludes beggars, and places immigration responsibility on vessel owners. First class passengers exempt.
Public auction of a Wilmington lot under a mortgage deed from Walter H Swepson and wife to the North Carolina Home Building Association. Sale at the Court House door, Wilmington, on November 28, 1916, at noon for cash. Describes Lot in Block portions with Magnolia and Dock streets. Attorneys John D Bellamy & Son.
There are no stock quotations today as the New York market is closed due to the election. No prices or trading activity are reported.
Raleigh reports reveal Craven and Mecklenburg county tensions as the final day before the vote prompts vigilance from Democratic Chairman Tom Warren and local Republicans. Views diverge on the impact of last minute challenges and potential legal avenues.
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