Community notices and church events fill Wilmington page
Capt S V Bunting visits Raleigh and Wake Forest relatives. Mrs Eva Vaughan and daughter visit in Raleigh and Wake Forest. Miss Lucy Mae Hicks of Savannah visits Miss Margaret Applewhite. Mrs J W Perrine returns from Baltimore. Church programs at Winter Park and St Mathews Lutheran include talks by H E Bonitz and a men’s social. Calvary Baptist hosts a Slam party. Clayton Giles Sr and Miss Lucile Murchison return from Stamford health improving. Wrightsboro Farm Women plan Halloween fundraiser. Mission Reading Circle meets at Latta home with fall sewing for orphanage. Y M C A banquet features Methodist church representatives raising funds for Trinity Church lot. toastmaster Robert Ruark. Acme quartet performs. Wilmington district clergy address Methodist strength and fellowship. Senator Cooper pledges gift toward eastern Trinity church lot. Belk Williams clerks host dinner with B B B club at Wilmington Hotel in ongoing sales contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary Society
Trinity Methodist Church
Trinity Church
Robert Ruark
Acme
Messrs
A. L. Dosher
W. A. McGirt
W. B. Muse
W. R. Dosher
L. E. Thompson
Wilmington
Town Topics and Notices From Wilmington
Had a narrow escape on Front Street when Edgar Todd jumped from his bicycle seconds before a northbound Sunset Park car struck it. Examinations for two day and night lockmasters at Brown's Landing to be held soon with applications due November 15. Dud Todd and Miss Mary Boushee wed at Bladen Street Methodist church in a quiet ceremony. A correction and a wedding notice from Frederick Pearsall family follows, plus Dr A D McClure Bible class meeting at YWCA with Romans as study topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Todd
Western Union
Sunset Park Street
Front Street
Brown's Landing
Board of Civil Service Examiners
Office of the United States Eingineer
Wilmington
Todd Bros
Castle Street
Merrick Loses Appeal in New Hanover Murder Case
Raleigh October 19 Thomas Merrick the New Hanover murderer lost his appeal before the supreme court and will face execution without clemency for the Hudson killing. The court rejected defense claims of cooling off time and abnormality of mind, upholding trial rulings and affirming the death sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N. C
Thomas Merrick
New Hanover
Supreme Court
W. P. Stacy
Merrick
Hudson
Clark
Melvin Horne
Horne
Craig
J. M. F. Mills
Atlantic Coast Line
George Wooten
Onslow County
Mills
New Bern
Wilmington
Wooten
Ir. Mills
Coast Line
Newell
Soulless Corporation
Raleigh Banking and Trust Co
W. D. Clark
New York Life Insurance Company
Union County Fair Opens with Week of Activities
The Union county fair in Marshville opened today and runs through the week. Crowds are expected daily with Friday designated as children's day for school children from across the county. Cole Blease, former South Carolina governor, will speak on Saturday with attendees from far and wide. Notable exhibits and a busy midway highlight the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshville
Union County
Cole Blease
South Carolina
One Day for the Orphans Thanksgiving Appeal in North Carolina
The North Carolina Orphan Association urges every resident to donate one day of income toward North Carolina orphanages on Thanksgiving Day. The appeal highlights thousands of orphaned children needing shelter and care and calls on individuals, churches, publishers, and organizations to participate by giving a day's earnings or wages to the orphanage of their choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina Orphan Association
North Carolina
Mr. R F Vass on vacation in Washington
Mr. R. F. Vass of the United States Engineer Office is spending a two weeks vacation in Washington D C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. F. Vass
United States Engineer Office
Washington, D. C
Spot cotton Holds at 17 3 4 Cents on Wilmington Market
Spot cotton was quoted at 17 3 4 cents on the Wilmington market in the afternoon by the Chamber of Commerce. The fleecy staple showed no upward movement and remained steady at the new high price reached yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce
Trucker Slashed in Labor Dispute at Champion Compress
Henry Backus, colored, was severely cut on the back with a knife by Alonzo Davis during a dispute over where to place a bale of cotton at Champion Compress near noon. Davis is at large. Backus, bleeding, staggered to a colored pool room on Fourth Street, then to James Walker Memorial Hospital before returning home. Also noted is a deed filed by J. W. Blake and wife to Newett Drew Edwards for a lot on Orange Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Backus
Alonzo Davis
Davis
Backus
Brooklyn
Fourth
Hanover
Brunswick
James Walker Memorial Hospital
J. S. Lane
Office of the Register of Deeds
J. W. Blake
Newett Drew Edwards
Orange Street
Sixteenth
Notice Service by Publication in New Hanover County
Mary Onlson files in Superior Court to partition land among heirs. Defendants include David Livingstone and several Moore and Livingstone family members. Court session to answer on October 23, 1916 at Wilmington Court House per clerk Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
New Hanover County
Mary Onlson
David Livingstone
Montgomery Livingstone
Harry Livingstone
Virginia Moore
Fred Moore
Armand Moore
Charles Moore
Harriet Moore
Rosanna Moore
Wilmington
Cata Pari Dame
Superior Court
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S. V. Bunting
Orlando, Fla
Eva Vaughan
Raleigh
Wake Forest
Lucy Mae Hicks
Savannah, Ga
Margaret Applewhite
Red Cross Street
J.W. Perrine
Baltimore
F. R. Clarkson
United Workers of
Winter Park
H. E. Bonitz
St. Mathew’s Lutheran Church
St. Mathews Lutheran Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Clayton Giles
Lucile Murchison
Stamford
Conn
Mr. Giles
United Farm Women of
Wrightsboro
Hallowe'en
E. L. Prince
J. P. Pate
Bladen Street Methodist Church
A. Shore
B. L. W. Club
Belk-Williams
B. B. B. Club
Cora Holden
B. Presson
Ketchum
Lillian Williams
Nora Rowell
Louise Cheek
E. N. Nance
Minnie Williams
Estelle Cox
Nellie Green
Hague
Maultsby
Mcintosh
Thomas
J. W. Fleet
Frederick Leonidas Pearsall
Effie May Davis
Ernest Marlin Jeffreys
Chestnut Street
Carolina Heights
N. C
A. D. McClure
Tom Merrick
Grant
Tive Clemency
Cole
Headquar
Charmeuse
Faille
A. D. Brown
Dorothy Dodd
A. F
Belk-Williams Co
Negro
Compress
Court House
Hughes Club
C. Ed. Taylor
Southport
H. Edmund Rodgers
J.W. Brooks
Republican Executive Committee
J. W. H. Fuchs’ Dept. Store
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