Local social notes recount travels and visits across Wilmington
Miss Maude Wilson departs for Greensboro for the weekend. Miss Gussie Skipper heads to Atkinson to enter school. Mrs. W. P. Pickett leaves High Point after weeks with her daughter in Winter Park. Miss Bertha Reid of Winnabow to teach in Charlotte. Various others travel to Wallace, Norfork, Chapel Hill, and New Bern. A birthday party for Virginia Savage features a red green theme and keepsake spoons for guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Pickett
High Point
Herman Meridith
Winter Park
Bertha Reid
Winnabow
Charlotte
Virginia Savage
Margaret Howie
Margaret Christian
Mildred Moore
Mildred Hasket
Virginia Neal
Virginia Davis
Elenora Smith
Rosa Lee Cox
Odis M. Marshall
Dortha
Theresia Holmes
Louise Murray
Master S. PD. Strickland, Jr
Annie Batts
Wallace
Lauria Dempsie
Boardman
Louise
Buster Batts
Hamlet
J. T. Brown
Burgaw
William and
Robert Bannerman
Bur
Anniversary Observed by Knights of Columbus
Local Knights of Columbus celebrated the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus at their hall on North Third Street. Rev. Father Bour and Mr. George P. Galvin gave addresses. E. K. Bryan introduced the speaker. Vocal selections were by Mrs. E. K. Bryan Annie Banks and D. A. Lockjaw, followed by an informal dance with many young attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights of Columbus
America
Christopher Columbus
North Third Street
Father Bour
George P. Galvin
E. K. Bryan
Annie Banks
D. A. Lockjaw
White Way lights to flood Wilmington as nitrogen mazda lamps replace arches
The downtown area will gain threefold illumination with new nitrogen mazda lamps under Councilman Bradshaw and city engineer Struthers. Old arches on Front and Princess streets are replaced and surplus poles removed, while Tidewater Power updates arc and gas lamps citywide. The new lights burn all night across business and residential districts, improving visibility and street appearance. Friend of J Fred Russ reports steady improvement after James Walker Memorial Hospital treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bradshaw
D. L. Struthers
Mazda
Princess
Market
Tidewater Power Company
Dr Seth Arnold's Balsam Advised for Sudden Bowel Attacks
A vintage ad urges keeping Dr Seth Arnold's Balsam at home to quell sudden bowel complaints, warranted by J H Hardin. The brief promotes a household remedy with disease-related claims typical of old patent medicine adverts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seth Arnold
J. H. Hardin
Cardus touted by Narrows woman for recovery from weakness
Mrs C F Askins of Narrows writes that 15 years of back pain weakness and weight loss followed by a dramatic recovery after using Cardus. She says she gained from 104 to 195 pounds and regained strength, noting doctors prescriptions failed while Cardus worked. Many women reportedly use Cardus and doctors prescribe it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cardus
Rioters Fined After Navassa Confrontation
Deputy Sheriff Keen testified in Southport as a witness in a Navassa case involving seven Negroes fined $10 and costs each by Judge Connor after the near riot when Deputy Skipper shot a drunken man. Sheriff Cowan and a posse rescued Officer Skipper from a house surrounded by angry locals and also testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Keen
Southport
Navassa
George Skipper
Connor
Cowan
Skipper
Acclaimed Officers Elected At North Carolina Daughters Meeting
In Gastonia on October 3 the United Daughters of the Confederacy state chapter elected officers by acclamation with no contests. New president is Mrs. Jacksie Daniels Thrash from Tarboro. other posts filled include Mrs. Co J F Thomson Gastonia sec ond vice president and Mrs S R L Burn Shelby third vice president. Miss Mary Powell Tarboro becomes treasurer and Miss Jessica Smith Louisburg moves motion approving Bethel monument. Historian general Miss Rutherfordton Athens Ga praised NC soldiers and the historical meeting concluded with an address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
S. J. Q. Gilkey
Marion
S. W. M. Creasy
Wilmington
Mary Powell
Tarboro
J. W. Pless
Crosses
S. B. L. Tyres
Durham
Herbert McCull
R. H. Hicks
Bethel
Rutherfordton
Athens
North Carolina
Audit Report of Wilming ton City Accounts for 1916
Copies of the audit report for the administrative department of the City of Wilmington for the year ending May 31, 1916, are available at the city clerk and treasurer's office in City Hall. Auditor J. B. McCabe prepared the report, with a detailed presentation in recent paper columns. The booklet includes a comparative statement for May 1916 and May 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Wilmington
J. B. McCabe
Recorder's Court Hears Larceny and Traffic Cases
James Betts and Jason Capot, colored, faced larceny charges for stealing a watch from a colored woman. case continued. Alonzo Brown, colored, arraigned for receiving stolen goods and also continued. Marion King, colored, riding a bicycle without a light, paroled with grandmother. Brown and Davis cases dismissed. Dudley case dismissed. W D Colwell traffic case continued. Isabel Croom, colored, tried for larceny but case left open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Betts
Jason Capot
Empie
Alonzo Brown
Betts
Capoty
Marion King
Messrs
Protracted Revival Meetings at Christ Church Next Week
Protracted revival services begin Sunday at 11:00 AM at Christ Church led by Rev J E Reynolds. City pastors and congregations are urged to attend with unsaved friends as topics include The Unpardonable Sin The Devil's Barber Shop and Noah's Ark with songs starting at 7 30 PM.
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Gussie Skipper
Town Creek
Atkinson
Henry Ortmann
R. C. Dixon
Agnes Reece
Baptist Association
Regina Murphy
Norfolk
Mrs. E. M. Dewey
Chapel Hill
Mrs. Dewey
W. W. Pickard
Aear
I. F. Cates
Master Forest
City
Cates
South Sixth Street
Mr. Cates
The
Dispatch
J. B. Dickinson and Son
H. B. Willis
Misses Willis
Black Mountain
H. C. Bridgers
Bladenboro
Wilmington Hotel
J. W. Bailey
Raleigh
Down Town
Front Street
J. Fred Russ
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Kentucky
Wooltex
A D. Brown
A. D. Brown
Black Cat
Recorder's Court
Christisn
Christian Church
J. E. Reynolds
Belk-Williams Co
New York
Belk-Williams Company
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