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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
5
Cape Fear Tent No 15 Knights of Maccabees hosts Joke Night in the Odd Fellows Hall on Friday. Contestants tell jokes with a best line prize and booby prize for the oldest joke. A musical program with violin and vocal solos accompanies and refreshments follow.
The Sunday Dispatch advertises a five dollar New Illustrated Bible with over 600 illustrations and color plates. Readers can clip a certificate, bring five others and a small amount to receive a readable Bible, priced to be accessible to all.
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah Griffith who died Wednesday were held Thursday at 3 PM at the Fifth Avenue Methodist church. Rev J H Shore and Rev Caldwell assisted. Interment followed in Bellevue cemetery. Six grandsons served as pallbearers: Joseph Sallings Baxter Ozment Lester Page John Griffith Harry Corbett Mack Griffith. Many floral offerings were received.
Miss Hattie K. Morse died Thursday afternoon at 2 oclock at the home of her sister Mrs Walter Roderick 1120 South Third street. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at the residence and entombment in Oakdale cemetery. She was 66 and is survived by a brother C C Morse of Charleston South Carolina and a sister Mrs Walter Roderick.
Hundreds of Montana Masons journeyed to Virginia City for the fiftieth anniversary of the Montana branch lodge founded in 1866. Sol Star of Deadwood, S.D., served as presiding officer and first grand master of Montana.
Reports from Kinston indicate a Wilmington deep water terminal is planned for a line from Kinston connecting at Lenoir County with the Norfolk Southern, giving a direct rail to Norfolk Virginia. The Duplin County Railroad may begin operation soon as a $15,000 bond issue in Lime— is approved.
A large crowd is expected tonight at Lumina Wrightsville Beach for the final wrestling event of the season. Fritz Hanson faces Bumps Turner in a two falls in three contest with referee Gunner McGurley handling the match, to be followed by dancing as the pavilion closes after Monday.
Local business men back a new Chamber of Commerce scheme with a $20 annual membership as canvassing by the membership committee continues across the city. The traffic department also launches October 1, aligning with the new rate and marking a major feature for the chamber.
Thomas P. Noell explains his stance on the Wilmington streetcar strike settlement. He details mediation efforts with Mr. MacRae and the Citizens Committee, the union, and the Tidewater Power Company, noting concessions and the two year binding pledge. He supports trial of one man operation where safe, asserts fairness to workers, and calls for cooperation between capital and labor.
President Wilson signed the child labor bill into law in Washington. The act takes effect on September 1, 1917, expanding protections for workers under the age of sixteen.
Boston fans mark the tenth anniversary of the longest major league game. On September 1, 1906 the Red Sox and the Athletics played 24 innings, with Philadelphia defeating Boston 4 to 1 after a marathon contest.
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