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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1917
Page
6
A flurry of brief society notes details Miss Clara Davis heading to Fayetteville for ten days, Mrs. J. B. Williams returning to Goldsboro, and many others visiting friends in Rocky Mount Bolivia Wrightsville Beach Richmond Norfolk and other locales. The items note returns departures and upcoming weddings training starts and charity events including Circle No 3 meetings and a fundraiser for the National Special Aid Society.
Carl Walker Fulford aged 23 of 713 South Third Street has been called for the first quota of the draft and will report to Camp Jackson in Columbia, South Carolina, next Sunday afternoon for training. He had sought exemption to care for a widowed mother but was found eligible and accepted the decision. Wilmington shows a five percent draft rate due to patriotic volunteering after war was declared with Germany.
United States Deputy Marshal and deputies captured 169 year old Hooker near his Inland Bhais road home in Carteret county. The arrest at dawn led to Hooker being bound over to federal court on $1000 bond after waiving examination. The raid drew praise from federal officials as a major eastern North Carolina seizure. Oysters may rise in price this season due to higher harvesting costs while deer hunting remains active though deer are scarcer this year.
The American Alliance for Labor and Democracy opened a two day loyalty conference in Minneapolis. G Hail led the session with Frank P Walsh as temporary chair and Samuel Gompers expected as permanent chair. Speakers denounced the people's council of America for democracy and warned of pro German influence. John Spargo cited reports of pro peace chatter in Russia and Kerensky’s troops awaiting outcomes. Leaders predicted pro German activity would be curbed within three months.
Washington dispatch quotes Dr Charles Wardwell Stiles of the Public Health Service who located in the South for government research. He warns eight cases of hookworm in a unit could risk transmitting infection to Europe and calls for screening every new recruit from Southern states.
The remains of Mr. BJ Page of Harrell's Store, a Sampson county farmer, who died yesterday after recent admission as a patient, were taken to Kerr and then to a time for funeral services and burial. He leaves a wife, four children, four brothers, and four sisters with siblings named Page Cromatie Merritt and others.
In a Recorder's Court session, two defendants were found not guilty while a third had his case continued. Names read aloud included lonean Moore and Ladie Watse as indictments for weapon-related charges were processed.
An aviation inspector arrived from Charleston and toured potential government sites with the local camp site committee at Fort Fisher sea beach. By 3:00 p.m. no one in the city could identify the inspector whose name was known to committee members.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary A Harper 82 of Fourth street were held at Yopp Undertaking Francess street at 11 o clock today Rev J A Sullivan Calvary Baptist Church officiated and burial followed in Bellevue cemetery She had long been in declining health and outlived most relatives She was a faithful Baptist and highly regarded Pallbearers included Howard Green William Walter B Himnant and Charlies De
The court ordered the issuance of a capias after Ralph asserted fit elsewhere. John Smith was granted time to prepare his defense and pending actions reflect the procedural steps.
Office of Inspector 6th District Charleston Sept 5 reports Georgia seacoast Brunswick Light Vessel Station restored to mp light exhibit by relief light vessel on August 26 1917. By order of the Lighthouse Service.
The North Carolina Division of Entomology reports rising inquiries on protecting stored farm products from weevils. Key measures include thorough cleaning of bins, husking field corn, tight-sack storage, and fumigation with carbon disulphide. Readers may request two free publications, Insect Enemies of Corn and Farmers Bulletin 799.
Mr. J B Meready of Chinquapin spent yesterday in the city on business. Mr. E R King of Hartsville S C was in town en route to Warsaw on business. J M McGee Oliv brother of Mrs J J Edwards returned home after two days here with his sister in her bereavement. A D Matthews of Tarboro was inquiring after his 12 year old son who left home recently.
London reports missing bonds from a war era printing plant near Paris were recovered. A wounded French soldier stole them, a German soldier died with the bonds, a French sergeant found and passed them, a comrade cashed them, and banks later discovered the fraud triggering an investigation by detectives who closed the case.
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