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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
3
Brief exchange about enduring market news at breakfast. One woman jokes newspapers keep grapefruit from splattering, another considers how it helps. Scout Shoes ad notes boys footwear by Peterson and Rulfs.
New York opened steady with an advance on October but later slipped six to sixteen points as selling pressure rose. Prices for March and other months traded around seventeen dollars, with spot cotton at 17.00. Regional markets in Wilmington Charleston Savannah reported similar firm to weak tones, while spirits, rosin, tar and crude prices moved accordingly.
Substantial gains marked the opening stock dealings with several new highs. Central Leather rose over four points and Beet Sugar advanced one point to par while American Zinc climbed three and a half points. Studebaker Westinghouse Railway Steel Springs Linseed Oil preferred and Butte and Superior Copper posted gains, with Denver and Rio Grande preferred leading railway issues at one and a half points.
The report notes the water stage in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville NC as of 8 a m yesterday is 2.6 feet. No additional context or events are provided in the fragment.
Reports from Paris indicate the second great War loan may surpass the first. Heavy rain kept many away in Paris on opening morning, but by afternoon large numbers waited outside subscription venues across the provinces.
State of North Carolina and New Hanover County notice from August 1916. Milton Calder vice president of American Bank and Trust Company advertises creditors to file claims against Cyrus Russ, deceased, by August 7, 1917 at the bank office in Wilmington. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly.
The Brotherhood Bible Class of First Presbyterian met to elect new officers and outline plans for a barbecue at Greenfield Lake on Friday October 20. A mammoth bonfire will light the event. Class President A B Croom Jr presided as officers were named for the coming year and Rally Day efforts were outlined. The group aims to have 100 young men at Sunday morning exercises and E B Johnson was unanimously re elected teacher.
Philadelphia reports police believe Millie Dedmard a 19 year old engineered the plot behind last night’s hold up and murder of Henry Rider in Hammonton New Jersey and wounding of A J Rider president of the Cranberry Growers Association. Four suspects were arrested traced by a car license number used near the Riders home during the crime. Elsie Smathers, wounded widow, drove Rider at high speed for ten miles as bandits fled.
Wilmington Boy Scouts and their families are invited to a rally at the Young Men's Christian Association under the local Boy Scouts of America council. An elaborate program features demonstrations and addresses by council President B A Merritt and Rev Dr John Jeter Hurt. Mayor P Moore and Mr H E Longley are on the program as growth in Scouting is noted.
The steamship Elizabeth Weems under Captain Hudgins will cease Baltimore Charleston runs after reportedly being sold to the Anaconda Copper Mining Company. A replacement steamer is expected to resume weekly Baltimore Georgetown Charleston service, with Captain Hudgins possibly commanding the new vessel. The Matilda Weems, commanded by Captain James B. Hall, departed for Georgetown and Baltimore.
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