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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1917
Page
4
The page notes AP rights and pricing for Daily and Sunday editions, with ship line and circulation details. It includes date October 22, 1917, and mentions name changes for Petrograd, sugar rationing, British navy actions, and a Chatham county man selling tobacco for six hundred dollars.
A public appeal denounces railroad clerks who strike or threaten to cripple rail service during wartime. It argues such actions harm national needs, impede troops and war materiel movement, and betray patriotism. The writer urges workers to defer drastic measures for a future day and prioritize collective sacrifice.
The State Confederate Veterans' Association designated General A. H. Boyden to locate the Gettysburg positions of North Carolina troops. The move honors the unit's service and preserves Civil War memory for veterans and the public.
A collection of opinion snippets ranges from wartime criticism and a joke on bread waste to reflections on the Lusitania and Bulgarian soldiers. The piece mentions a Wilmington fair expected to draw large crowds, a Seattle woman’s land purchases, cross state train travel near Kansas and Colorado, and a puzzled note on Indian summer and native American preparations for winter.
The writer argues that if men can be drafted as soldiers, they can be drafted for noncombat war tasks like preparing encampments and running trains for munitions and supplies. Trains are essential to war effort, and civilians failing to operate them might force soldiers to take on such duties.
The article notes that presidents rarely serve multiple terms, questioning whether the duties are too arduous or the honor aims to spread leadership among leading farmers in the state. It suggests the society favors rotating its top office.
The President approved War Department rules for the remaining nine million registered men to report for medical examination. After exams, unfit men are discharged and the rest enter five classes for potential service. The system clarifies each man's liability but does not speed up calls. The measure is a needed reform that should have started earlier.
The governor is assured he will not wear out his welcome in the city with the latch string always on the outside for him.
Editorial discusses potential Sunday baseball at Camp Greene with Rev. B R Lacy Jr in charge of athletic sports. It questions what stance a Presbyterian minister would take if Sabbath games were official and whether he must follow regulations or resign, noting no decision yet and the issue risks disturbing a disciplined Presbyterian home.
The Columbia State reports that black soldiers may encounter less racial prejudice in France, with Africans and Americans likely to mix with French society. It notes a Wilmington man eager to see France, while two white road thieves refuse pardons to join the North Carolina field artillery, choosing to serve their 18 month chain gang sentence instead.
A national appeal urges Americans to purchase the entire issue of Liberty bonds. Early indications show the message will be heeded as the week unfolds with emphasis on bond sales above all else.
Dunn Dispatch urges buying liberty bonds to aid soldiers heading to France. Greenville News highlights a weekly saving plan to own a Liberty Bond worth 59 dollars, growing with value. Bryson City Times calls for LaFollette’s expulsion over treasonous remarks, urging North Carolina senators to act and rally Americans to the war effort.
The Hoke Journal notes Bank of Wagram deposits exceeded one hundred thousand dollars in thirty days while over fifty two thousand dollars was paid out for cotton in a single market day. Remarkable people grow in the old Spring Hill area. Colonel Roosevelt highlights the Sandhill board of trade work in Moore County North Carolina as key to rural progress.
The piece praises American troops in training for Europe, noting meticulous care of clothing equipment feeding housing and health. It highlights army rations as balanced by scientists and claims improving medical science and Allied firepower will boost soldiers’ survival odds as American forces join.
A dramatic headline from Kinston News is echoed by High Point Enterprise as a driver avoids disaster on a dangerous dam road. The incident highlights perilous local travel conditions and prompts safety calls.
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