Local Social Notes Highlight City Visitors and Events
Mrs Jennings Ardrey and daughter Marguerite from Charlotte travel via to Columbia. Helen Alexander League hosts 80 members with W M Cumming speaking on cleaning a young woman's way. Epworth League Grace Methodist to meet tonight with Edna Vaughn in charge. Various visits and travels among Wilmington residents cited, plus benefit and charity recitals announced at Academy of Music and Winter Park Presbyterian church. A Hamlet social section notes Mrs Gibson entertaining guests for Mrs Sasser.
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Jennie Ardrey
Marguerite
Charlotte, N. G
Columbia, N. C
Helen Alexander League
Epworth League
Grace Methodist Church
Edna Vaughn
McCarver
Oceanic Hotel
Wrightsville Beach
National Hotel
Washington, D. C
Winter Park Presbyterian Church
Rachel Pearsall
Louis McCarver
Tennis Luck
Mabel Trebing
Hennies Accepts Foreman Post at Royal Bakery
Mr. C. F. Hennies formerly of Stay Kleen bakery in Lynchburg Virginia has accepted the foreman position in the Royal Bakery cake department. He has already arrived and begun duties.
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C. F. Hennies
Case of Edgar Lutterloh Abandonment Continued in Court
Edgar Lutterloh, a young white man, faced trial for abandonment as Recorder Empie postponed the case at the state's request. Lutterloh's bond was slightly reduced to help him sustain himself until Monday. Separate cases ended with Jane Weeks fined 25 dollars and Lillian Johnson 5 dollars, later remitted for Johnson. Stephen Rogers and Herbert Bachus faced traffic charges. Bachus was found not guilty and Rogers’ case was not pressed after tax payment.
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Edgar Lutterloh
Empie
Mr. Lutterloh
Atecorder Empie
Janie Weeks
Lillian Johnson
Weeks
Johnson
Recorder
Stephen Rogers
Herbert Bachus
Guns Attract Attention At Fort Caswell 15-Pounders Arrive
Two unmounted 3 inch rapid fire guns weighing about 2000 pounds each were viewed on the Harper Line dock at Princess Street en route from a government arsenal to Fort Caswell. They will be mounted in the Fort Caswell battery to repel torpedo boat attacks. The guns are commonly known as 15 pounders.
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Fort Caswell
Harper Line
Princess Street
City Schools Prepare For Fall and Winter Term Opening
J J Blair superintendent returns from High Point and plans opening Sept 1. Pupils must appear at their district school by 9 am for admission exams and information. Buildings renovated for the start, attendance expected to exceed last year, teachers returning from summer assignments.
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J. J. Blair
City Public
High Point
Berm
Blair
National Guard to Move Saturday El Paso Delayed
New Bern Sept 22 National Guard units delay down to El Paso. First section may not depart before tomorrow afternoon at earliest. Winter clothing not arrived. soldiers expect possible shipment later at El Paso. Local voters focus on politics as candidates line up supporters.
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Cal Railroad
Camp Glenn
New Bern
el Paso
Terry trial proceeds as jury selection drags on
In Greensboro on September 22 the J A Terry murder trial began with jury selection taking up most of the morning. Several jurors disqualified themselves and witnesses testified including the deceased wife who described the shooting. The defense pleads insanity. In New York on September 22 cigar price increases were announced by manufacturers saying higher costs will raise prices for consumers and retailers.
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Greensboro
J. A. Terry
John R. Stuart
Council For
New York
Auto Drivers Fail To Heed Warnings At Crossings
Atlanta report shows 57 automobile accidents at crossings with Southern Railway tracks in the year ended June 30, causing 12 deaths and 59 injuries. Comparisons note 69 accidents in 1915 with 12 deaths and 58 injuries. State figures list accidents, deaths, and injuries by Alabama Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee and Virginia.
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Atlanta
Southern Railway
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Mexican American Joint Commission Ends Week, Pause Next Week
London Conn Sept 22 The Mexican American joint commission today virtually concluded its work for this week. A majority of the commissioners will be out of town tomorrow and it is expected that conferences will not be resumed until Monday. The commission planned to continue discussion on Mexico's general condition.
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London
Conn
Unclear Text Reflects a Quotation About Marriage Roles
Fragmentary exchange line questions a husband’s expectations of wife duties likened to a cookbook. The terse comment hints at gender role pressures without distinct persons or events.
Scouts of Eastern North Carolina form Masters Association
At a Y M C A meeting last night officers were chosen for a new Scouts Masters Association in the city. Odie B. Hinnant to lead as scout commissioner with William T. Murphy as secretary. Plans include expanding the Lake Waccamaw encampment and biweekly scout masters training at the Y M C A to unify efforts. Attendees listed: Hinnant presiding, J E Reynolds, B B Cameron, H E O Keefe, Kay V Knudsen, Ben Houston.
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Scout Masters” Association
Young Men’s Christian Association
Odie B. Hinnant
William T. Murphy
Boy Scouts
Lake Waccamaw
North Carolina
Odijf B. Hinnant
J. E
Chief of Police Williams Faces Whiskey and Freight Claim
The A C S seeks $32.02 and the return of one keg of whiskey seized from a railroad warehouse. The whiskey shipped as flour was partly removed by unknown parties and partly mixed, making identification impossible. The complaint, filed by Rountree Davis Carr, notes no action against guilty parties and demands payment and restitution.
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Williams
Wilmington
Giles Smith
Richmond
Isaac Smith
Brunswick Grocery Co
Rountree, Davis & Carr
Cannibals Said to Have Killed Six
Sydney reports a steamer from the New Hebrides group brings news of six killed by cannibals. Victims include British trader R. J. Bridges and five children. a missing child is believed eaten. Killers thought from Maleula Island in tribes that ritually kill and eat to preserve rank.
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Sydney
Australia
New Hebrides
R. J. Bridges
Maleula Island
Linesmen Replace Broken Pole After Streetcar Snag
A front street telephone pole snapped Wednesday afternoon when a northbound Prin cess street car trolley pole snagged the span wire. The crippled pole was temporarily guyed to a building, then replaced yesterday with a sturdy new one. Safety First.
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Front Street
Princess Street Car
City Baseball League title to be decided at Robert Strange grounds
Tomorrow afternoon the Robert Strange Play Grounds host decisive City Baseball League games as three teams may tie for first. The Immanuels face the Giants in the opening game, with both aiming to improve their records as the Boy's Brigade also pursues a top finish and the silver cap prize.
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City Baseball League
Robert Strange
Immanuels
Giants
Boy's Brigade
W.i
Uae
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Oxford
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City
Mr. van Leuven
Mr. Hunt
New Jersey
Samuel M. Burtt
Chester Pa
W. B. Savage
South Sixth Street
Mr. Burtt
The
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J. F. Harris, Sr
Anna Graham Harris
Balsam
Katherine Harris
Balaam
Drexel Institute
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
H. E. Gibson
Sasser
Wilmington, N
C. M. Roys
W. R. Land
C. G. McCreight
J. P. Gibbons. Sasser
C. L. Sauls
P. G. Walton
G. F. Rice
Co. M. Adkins
H. F. Kinsman
I McPhail
J. A. Niemyer
Mr. Blair
National Guard
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Terry
Chiesge
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Charmeuse
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Seth Arnold
J. H. Hardin
Jhis
Asheville
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