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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1916
Page
3
The article notes arid marine and weather news as factors behind gardeners and vegetable growers not profiting from soaring market prices. The Vegetable Growers Association of America opens its ninth annual convention today in Chicago to thresh out the big problem.
The schedule lists Sunrises and Sunsets for the day. Sunrise at 6 04. Sunset at 6 02.
The New Hanover County Board of Elections met September 4 1916 to establish polling places and appoint registrars and judges for the general election scheduled November 1. Precincts include Engine House locations, Court House, Mills Stables, and various stores and crossings with named registrars and judges for each ward. Chairman W W Woodward presided.
The September market showed quiet activity with October at 15.92 and December at 16.18 in early trading. Cotton, naval stores including spirits and rosin, and various stock figures appear amid a broad list of price movements and receipts as the day moves forward.
Congressman H L Godwin and aides toured the Williston Industrial School for colored students in Williston. They viewed corn, sweet potatoes, peas and other crops grown by students and overseen by Professor Virgo. Godwin pledged to send government seeds for fall planting.
Raymond Wynne, a D. W. Taylor Construction Company worker building the Cape Lookout breakwater, lies in Morehead City hospital after a rail struck his lower leg Saturday evening. Amputation was feared as doctors treat the crushed limb. Wrestler Tommy Draak heads to Raleigh to scout bouts and challenge the winner for a New Bern match. Max Smith returns from South Carolina after wrestling a local favorite last Thursday night.
Special County Officer H Mack Godwin and County Auditor J A Orrell list over a hundred auto owners in the city and county who neglected to list autos as personal property or pay ad valorem taxes. They warn that unlisted poll tax defaults will be reported to the Grand Jury for indictment unless resolutions are made. Some owners who bought cars after May 1 1916 may be exempt, but most predate that date and must be listed.
Public notice requires all creditors to present claims to executor by August 1911. The document names Willem, Teg, and others and references proceedings to settle the estate. Matched by archival legal phrasing, it signals probate actions and deadlines.
In Wilmington Dispatch Business Local ads readers find buying selling renting and exchanges plus clerks stenographers and bookkeepers. Ads promise constant hustle and prompt contact with the paper. Phone 176. 3 cents per word dealt.
The Wilmington Rotary Club met in session this afternoon at the Y M C A to act on juvenile offender policy and local welfare. A committee was formed to study handling of juveniles in recorder's court and a plan to send boys to Concords Stonewall Jackson Training School was discussed. Committees were named to press City Council for higher labor licensing and for early water mains to Grove Park, and to aid Fire Prevention Day and transportation for a Women's Christian Temperance Union visit.
The court held Charlie alias Bobbie Walker without bond for the November term on a charge of criminally assaulting seventeen year old Willie McAllister at her home. The case drew few spectators in a sparsely attended docket with witnesses testifying as the defendant’s testimony remained unsubstantiated.
The American Chemical Society and the National Exposition of Chemical Industries hold a conference in New York focusing on chemistry’s role in natural resource use. Dr. Chas Harty of UNC is among the speakers as St Cyprian’s Day honors Thascius Caecilius Cyprian, martyr in 258. The sixth annual Conference of American Tridians opens at Cedar Rapids and runs through October first.
Metz Company of Waltham Massachusetts announced a 55 reduction in the price of its 1917 gearless roadsters and touring cars, now listed at 545. The update adds 200 of value with few mechanical changes, including lighter precision parts, a ventilating hood, metal sills, enameled wind shield board, improved steering trackers, a dashlight, and new tonneau pocketing. Front guards retain a curved design, and color options include vermilion with white or blue. wheel choices are wire or artillery.
Washington officials report the Census Bureau is organizing the collection of monthly cotton production data and the role of cotton fibre in making gas, cotton, explosives, absorbent and medicated cotton. The reports follow a new August law increasing bureau duties.
The Austro-Hungarian reply to President Wilson’s note appealing for relief supplies was received at the State Department and forwarded to the President at Shadow Lane. All rulers have responded except the Emperor of Russia.
Members of the Mexican American joint commission decided today to hold their last session here Thursday when adjournment will take place until Monday at Atlantic City.
The Pocomoke, a fishing schooner of tar Heel proportions, arrived last night and will fish off the coast for several weeks. It sails under the Carrollina Fish and Oil Co. and operates along the river as part of its fleet.
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