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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1916
Page
5
Officials expect a ruling by week’s end or early next week on whether the county or the state must cover roughly $5,000 for bringing and maintaining National Guard troops during a recent streetcar strike. County officials note Judge Stacy’s request for troops supports the view that the state should pay.
Postmaster H M L Green announced War Department plans to use postmasters of second third and fourth class offices to recruit for the army. Each postmaster will receive 35 for every recruit secured, with recruiting stations to operate in small towns nationwide. The Wilmington office remains unaffected as it is a first class post office and excluded.
The coming of Hon. Cameron Morrison of Charlotte to Wilmington tomorrow is eagerly awaited by local Democrats. A large crowd is expected to hear the Mecklenburg gentleman address the court house at 8 oclock in support of Wilsons candidacy and the Democratic administration in general.
The Clyde Line Onondaga will sail to Georgetown at night and return to New York for general overhauling in dry dock. The Huron will transport freight and passengers from Wilmington until the Cherokee returns from the West Indies. The Cherokee is expected to be put back on the Wilmington run once she returns from San Domingo. The Holron, one of the largest Clyde Line steamers, arrives in Wilmington with two passenger decks and large freight capacity.
Two groups at Bladen Street Methodist Church organize to raise money and lift church indebtedness. The I Will Team will host an oyster supper at Mrs. Albro’s home, 712 North Third Street, tomorrow evening to support the effort.
The Henry Bacon dredge, idle since last summer due to funds, moves fifteen miles below Wilmington to resume work on the lower Cape Fear. After repairs at Wilmington Iron Works, the large-capacity vessel returns with a big crew and first tasks at Brunswick Cove below Orton Plantation. The Hercules also prepares to resume dredging, while tugs Richard Caswell and Cynthia will be commissioned soon.
Wilmington won the next convention of the Tri-State Laundry Association after a hard fight in Charleston. The 1917 session will be held at Wrightsville Beach mid June with about 150 attendees from North and South Carolina and Georgia. Speaker plans include talks on due process and costs affecting laundries.
Local agent C. J. Becker of the Clyde steamship line says reports of stevedore dissatisfaction are false. He notes ample labor to unload and load ships, citing the Onondaga with 100 stevedores aboard yesterday and about 90 today. The vessel will sail to Georgetown this afternoon.
Miss Martha Elizabeth Clark becomes bride of John W. Burroughs in a quiet Methodist parsonage ceremony in New Bern. Rev. Euclid McWhorter officiates. small group of relatives attends as the couple plans to reside in New Bern with Burroughs serving as secretary of the Eastern Carolina Fair and well known in the area.
Traffic paused briefly as hundreds of Wilmington residents watched Col. William F. Cody Buffalo Bill parade with his Redskins troopers and cowboys along Market and Twelfth streets. The spectacle featured steer, bison, Indian families, a stage coach, artillery and bands inspiring awe among men, women, and children alike.
The Bon Marche sales force will gather after closing to hear Larry Altmayer of the Dry Goods Economist deliver a talk on scientific salesmanship. Altmayer has sixteen years of experience delivering similar lectures and is expected to provide helpful guidance to clerks for serving patrons.
A stray terrier in Madison Wisconsin was hit by a street car breaking a hind leg. A nurse brought the injured dog to the General Hospital where staff cared for it. The leg healed and the animal stayed on as a friendly resident of the hospital.
The Baptist, Christian, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian Sunday Schools reported 2 467 total attendance yesterday. Baptist 789 Methodist 680 Presbyterian 632 Lutheran 283 Christian 3
The New York Evening Post reports Hughes campaigns under a fixed plan with little appeal to voters. The World notes the postdisappointment, saying pro Wilson or anti Wilson stand dominates, as Hughes fails to excite his supporters or attract new ones.
W. W. Love of the Wilmington Packing House Company said directors will meet within ten days to review preliminary plans for a proposed 100000 dollar plant. A stock subscription drive led by Milton Calder has secured substantial support in the city and surrounding territory, with a full subscription expected before construction begins to ensure working capital.
Committeemen soliciting funds for Woodrow Wilson work hard as Buffalo Bill and his Wild West Show are in town. Wilson Marshall Club officials expect tonight’s report to push the grand total past four thousand dollars, with about one hundred fifty dollars needed today to reach that goal.
El Paso expects a record crowd for a ten day period starting today as the International Soil Products Exposition opens with products from 20 states. The event runs alongside the International Farm Congress and the International Irrigation Congress drawing attendees from the Americas to discuss agriculture and related industries.
Edward Cure, 71, a Bristol farmer, faced a preliminary hearing on manslaughter charges over the death of Elijah Craig, 64, a farmhand. Craig died after wounds from an iron water pail inflicted during a fight two weeks earlier at Cure's farm.
Portland, Oregon, is cited as among the cities with high moisture content, while Wilmington tops the Atlantic Seaboard in humidity. Mr George W Felger of the Weather Bureau notes Wilmington’s figures exceed Portland’s by about seven percent, and high humidity intensifies both heat and cold sensations in affected areas.
Terre Haute Indiana October 16 James Terre a young farmer awoke on the pilot of a railway engine traveling about fifty miles an hour. He had fallen asleep after sending the buggy and horse home. The train hit the buggy killing the horse and smashing the rig, but Terre was unhurt on the engine pilot.
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