Elizabeth City Social News and Local Events
J H Cartwright visits through Elizabeth City on route to Wilson. Greenville guests Mr and Mrs Guy Evans and family attend city events. A tea at Mrs Scott Parham honors Miss Wooten bride elect with 75 guests and elaborate refreshments. Various club meetings announce plans for Halloween carnival at Kenan Street School to raise funds for the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth City
J. H. Cartwright
New York City
Wilson
8. G. Scott
Greenville
Guy Evans
Scott
Parham
Iy Wooten
A. Copeland
Margaret Copeland
Kinston
J. Coper
Mary Wooten
A.sopeland
J. W. Cooper
Cearet Copeland
Earlempson
W. B. Par 1
Kate Watkins
M. Legg
T. Peace
Asa Parham
Alice. Cheek
Alice Ughes
Jane Turner
Tillie Lamb
My Cheatham
Mabel Hawkins
Vs. W. H. Furman
Henderson Dispatch
Club Guests Dine On Tempting Salad Course
Fame a tempting salad course was served. Guests of the club were Mrs. Edwin Barnes, Mrs. W. H. Gaskill, Mrs. James Poll, Mrs. Frank Davis, Mrs. Troy Myatt, Mrs. Tilton Wilcox, Mrs. Bryce Little, Miss Margaret Rawlings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fame
Edwin Barnes
W. H. Gaskill
James Poll
Frank Davis
Troy Myatt
Tilton Wilcox
Bryce Little
Margaret Rawlings
Mrs Frank Davis Hosts Thursday Bridge Club
Mrs Frank Davis will entertain the Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club this afternoon, inviting members to an afternoon of card play and socializing in her home.
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EB. K. Wright
Thursday Bridge Club
Frank Davis
War Mothers Called Meeting For Armistice Dinner
War Mothers assemble this afternoon at 3:30 at Mrs. George Hackney's home on North Tarboro Street. All local chapter members urged to attend as plans for the Armistice dinner are to be made.
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George Hackney
North
Tarboro Street
Woman’s Club Wi
John D. Gold
West Nash Street
Lucile Magette
Grace Williams
Virginia Keyser
Rocky Mount
Janey Eyler
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore
J. F. Carlton
Statesville
Kemsburg
Atlantic Christian College
Love
Bke
Geld
Harry Willis
John Swift
Joe M. Geld
Dear little girl aided by magazines and quiet recovery
A community notes a young girl recently removed from school to wear a plaster jacket. Doctors advise a year or more away from school for strength. Neighbors are asked to donate magazines with pictures to brighten her days at home a loving family awaits readers.
Uncertain Fragments Describe Hidden Beauty and Pleasure
Fragments evoke themes of beauty and mystery with informal language. The passage hints at an aesthetic experience and leisure moments, but lacks clear event details or identifiable persons or places.
Carolina Laundry Hosts Two Week Public Reception Event
The Carolina Laundry on South Tarboro Street hosts a two week reception to showcase modern laundry methods. The Woman's Club competes for a $25 prize for registering the most visitors during the week while Mary Baptist church at Five Points notes an interment about twelve miles from Wilson. The piece also mentions the Bishop Laundry as highly modern and describes crowded scenes of visitors and children assisting during the event. The article closes with a death brief for a little girl whose illness progressed from kidney trouble to pneumonia in forty eight hours.
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Carterdale
W. D. Carter
M. P. Churchwell
John D. Gold
C. L. Perry
Saginaw Flour Booth
Frank Bishop
Herbert Petty
E.R. Walker
Carter
Joe
Carolina Laundry
South Tarboro Street
Bishop
Local residents plan Norfolk Southern special train to Elizabeth City
Local citizens bought tickets for a Sunday trip to Elizabeth City to ride a special Norfolk Southern train from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets are available at Mayo Hardware Store on Tarboro Street and should be purchased by tomorrow night to attend Ham Ramsay services both morning and afternoon.
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Elizabeth City
Norfolk Southern
Cede
Mayo Hardware
Tarboro Street
Local port and terminal plan speeches set for tonight
John D. Gold speaks at Saratoga school auditorium at 7 30. Senator Charles A Ntarris of Raleigh speaks at Black Creek school house. Calvin Woodard addresses Simms residents at their school auditorium. Other talks planned Thursday and Friday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Gold
Saratoga
Charles A. Ntarris
Raleigh
Black Creek
Calvin Woodard
Simms
No further action on incorporation and fair profits noted
A Wilson county fair reported receipts from admissions and concessions higher than last year with a planned full financial statement soon. Efforts to incorporate Five Points into Wilson city have ceased for a while due to local opposition and no further action is planned.
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Wilson County Fair
City of
Wilson
Cotton Ginned in Wilson County Falls Behind Last Year
Reports show 5318 bales of cotton ginned in Wilson County from the 1924 crop prior to October 18, compared with 20070 bales ginned by the same date in the previous year.
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Wilson County
Rural schools see low attendance as cotton harvests begin
The article notes many children help in picking cotton causing small average attendance since the October 1 opening. Authorities show leniency to spare farm parents from disruption. All county schools operate with strong faculties. A legal docket lists trials for today including Bass vs Philadelphia Life Ins Co and Dailey-Watson Tech Co. vs George W. Pearce.
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Superb
Bass
Philadelphia ‘Life Ins
Tomlinson & Co
Walter Carr
H. Barnes
J.C
D. W. Bissett
Benton & Benton
Mark Lassiter
J. P. Whitehead
Daniel Moore
Dailey-Watson Tech. Co
George W. Pearce
W. A. Mitchner
George Aiken
Ky. Horse Co
Hinnant & Boyette
Elizabeth Lamm Society Urges Members Register Today
Members of the Elizabeth Lamm Society of First Methodist church are urged to register at Carolina Laundry today. The class is taking advantage of Mr Bishop’s liberal offer and asks every member to participate.
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Elizabeth Lamm Society
First Methodist Church
Carolina Laundry
Bishop
Death of Mrs. D. B. Morrison at Concord
Friends mourn the death of Mrs. D. B. Morrison, mother of M. S. Morrison of the city. She died yesterday evening at 7 after a lengthy illness in Concord, North Carolina. She is survived by her husband and six children. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. Morrison co-owns Turlington & Morrison drug store. the store will close all day today and until noon Thursday.
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M.S. Morrison
D. B. Morrison
Concord
N. C
Morrison
Turlington & Morrison's
County seeks clock in new courthouse tower
Local residents criticize the plan for a clockless courthouse and a county commission meeting next Monday will consider installing a chiming or striking clock in the tower.
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Court House
Public invited to Winstead school theater performance
The Little Sweet Family home talent play by Winstead school faculty plays Thursday night at 8 o clock. Admission is 15 and 25 cents. The public is urged to attend and support the school event.
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Winstead School
Funeral Services for Mamie Hinnant
The funeral of Mamie Regime Hinnant, five year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Hinnant, who died yesterday afternoon, will be held at 11 o clock this morning from the Mission.
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Mamie
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Lyra
George Sterling
Vernon Wimberly
Margaret Foreman
J. H. Harrison
Kenan Street
Presbyterl
Presbyterian Rooms
G. Connor
J. S. Carlton
B. L. Iinnagan
Welccome
EB. M. Deanvelt
Miss Denny
Synodical
W. T. Clark
Wiliam Rumbley
Conger
Aaa
Ike Meekins
George Stanton
Meekins
Ning
Wilson Fair
Wilson CO
J. E. Elmendorf
M. B. Aycock
M. S. Morrison
Bombay
Burson
Knox
Susummer Boy
Parker Knit
Buster Brown
S. Knox
Children’s School
EFIRD
John W. Jomp
Farmers’ Bank Builders
Powell
Little Mamie Hinnant
T. F. Pettus Co
Wilson Mirror
J. H. Cartwright Music Company
St. Andreasberg
Starr
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