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f V si v. - THE W1LM INCTON . DISPA TCH, SEPTEMBER-1 rl$6. PAGE TWO Saturday. Wm-' B.e iii Day HI ' MS I 'I' r 1 11 t" .' Wlln lllRr ;Hll1ll S i 11- mVM lin-Uii ii li KW lipase m I Mie Tlkrfalma Kvtoks FiiriiTifilhes! 1 t?p INHIST0Rll 17 iTflec1 "larfi llr(piltfll Moires ! 4L UIoLy yUOO f 'TlTs - w j Marche at B oh W S'" 4 ? Bevy of Attractive and Popular Young Ladies Get Prominent 5,500 Misses Meriel Everitt and I Miss Adelaide Meares, 712 M. ! Miss Annie Mathews, 611 Daw- j son 5,150 ; Miss Fannie Jones, 711 Orange 5,140 ! Miss Katheryn W. Price, 614 S. PrtS 111 JVlOtlOn IT 1C tlire Miss Pearl Henry, 719 .S. Third 1 ttlw Miss Maude Vaughn, 412 It. C. ' Miss Lorena Devane, 814 w 1 till o oil gel .. 1 i ' second leads in addition to the lead- j Miss Mae Branch, 1001 S. Front j Miss Eugenia Mason, 106 j Oraage street 5,650 Miss Edna Hatch, 426 S. 4th 2,790 ! inc man nr "hero" of the Dlav. Katheryn Roach Secure. The Contestants finished as follows: spectively MlSS " Oopniej feet gtreet ; 509 090iMiss Madie McCartney, 912 N. Northrop Comes Next 1 Mif?s Jane Iredell Meares, Cap j Sixth 2'910 r- 1 ' ! I I a oar. 9inlMiss Mary Hester Vann, 417 N r our Leacung ... w.- -i-- p.lth street Hfr are Warren banders, r September 1. ' Planet VJune discovered by Ger man astronomer Harding U, S, S. Wasp sunk H. M. S. Avon, 1839 The Prince of Wales, later King Edward, laid corner-stone at Ottawa of, the Dominion Parlia ment Buildings. The buildings, one of the finest examples of Gothio; architecture in America, were burned last year, presum ably by German spies. 1863 Haytian insurgents proclaimed j republic . 1864 Birtb,. of Sir Roger Casement at "Dublin. Executed August 3, 1916, for high treason against Great Britain. 1864 General Sherman defeated Con federates at Jonesborough . 3,010 j 1870 Beginning of the Battle of Se i dan, which ended the next day with a disastrous defeat of the French by the Prussians 4,250 4.250 3,260 E. Roscoe Hall 1 and Junius Grimes Picture Director Comes Tomorrow. X- -55- THE EIGHT LEADERS. The eight leading contestants in The Dispatch's Movie Contest, which closed today, four ladies X and four gentlemen, follow: Ladies. Miss Thelma Brooks 509,090 4:- Miss Jane Iredell Meares 295,210 -:- Miss Meriel H. Everitt. . . 167,630 v -;f Miss Katheryn Roach 113,850 p .v- Gentlemen. p & Warren Sanders .117,943 Gus Land .102,990 . Roscoe Hall 48,930 k Junius Grimes 3C,920 vJ- Miss Meriel H. Everitt, W Miss Katheryn Roach, Royal Theatre 113,850 Miss Charlotte Keen, 209 Ann 57,370 Miss Florence Hawkins, care Housewives League 63.100 1 Miss Miriam Hblladay, 312 Nun street 57,120 Miss Sophie Northrop. W. Beach 110,600 Mrs. Beutah G. O'Sullivan, Front street .'. .. ..' 28.280 Miss Elizabeth Cordes, 417 S. Sixth street 56J10 Miss Mary Houston, 217 N. 5th 16,800 Miss" Anna Fick. 305 S. Sixth 33.910 Miss Pearl Orrell. 310 N. 9th 27,980 Avel67.630i llin street is.izu Miss Rownar Evans, 1015 S. 2d 1.360 Butler, Miss Annette Maye rnoenix, in. u i.odui Miss Carolina Pr!ce, 614 S. Front street 5,690 Miss Margaret Townsend 115 Prices will be no . object Saturday, as we will Close Out a lot of (pdds and Ends at Almost Ridiculous Prices, Goods will be sacrificed (a word we don't like to use, but true in this case.). Former cost and sell ing prices will be entirely ignored. Come See For Yourself The Sale will only last a few days more, so come and get the choice bargains while they last. j 1880 British possessions on the North j American continent, with the j sole exception of Newfoundland, j annexed to the Dominion of Canada . 1898 Fashoda. on the White Nile, occupied by General Marchand and a French force. 1900 Transvaal annex 3d by Lord Roberts. 1910 An insurrection in the Philip-t ! castle street ii.imo pines, started by a deposed na Gentlemen. 1 tive provincial governor, was Warren Sanders, 11 N. Third. .117,940 I quickly suppressed. Gus Land, 613 Surry 102,990 11914 Survivors of Russian North Pole i'E. Roscoe Hall. 419 Greenfield 48,930! Junius Grimes, 118 Red Cross.. 36,930 j Carl O'Sullivan, 619 S. Front 24.4&0 j Frank Biitchlngton, 1894 P. Av Harold M. Moss, 11 Sixth St... Miss Eloise Keathley, 213 4th 23,4201 Biggs Holdeli, 411 Walnut 22.590 i 26,300 23,130 v.- I v.- -at v.- vr Tbe Dispatch's Movie Popularity Contest oaine to a cl.w today at noon. t X contest ever held in Wilming-' ton has created as much interest and enthusiasm as did this one. There was much good-natured ri-j vclry among the different contestants for lirst honors in ho first real pop- ( ularity contest ever conducted in this city. Now that the contest is over and the stars in thp cast of tho first Wil- j mington-made picture are known the : next step Js the actual making or 1 the piciure. The president and gen- j f-ral manager of the Scenic Film Com- j pan-, of Atlanta, (ia.. which has the; contract for making the picture, will J arrive in the city tomorrow at noon ! to begin active .preparations; for the I production. Further announcement J relative to the making of the picture j wit le made in tomorrow's or Sun- j day's Dispatch. The -enunt'was finished early this! afternoon and the. standing of all the; contestants at the close of the con test is given in this article. Director Comes Tomorrow. j Mr. Carl Ii. Rowntree, the president; and general manager of the Scenic ! Film Company, which has the contract j to produce the picture, will arriva in; the city with his camera men " and ; crew at 12:50 tomorrow and im-i mediately upon his arrival will take up j the matter of framing the complete; cast, using just as many of the con-. testants, in order of their final stand-; ing, as is possible. " i Until the arrival of Mr. Rowntree, The Dispatch is only able to announce . trre first four ladies and first four' gentlemen to comprise the cast, how- I ever, it is expected that many more will receive more or less important i roles, depending upon the producer's j changes n the scenario tp ma.et local . conditions. However, full particulars! will be given., if possible in tomorrow ; afternoon's Dispatch, and all contes-lMisf Augusta Martin, 407 Chest- tants are requested to read carefully nui street anv instructions and details for bezin-! Miss Alberta ning work which will appear in tomor- X) v ',' v. ! -ft ..&: yss.s. -:.-.yig:-y. j 1 " ' 3f i' J ::;::. i Expedition at Archangel report death of their leader. Lieut. Sedov. THE WAR 1914 Russian Government changes name of St. Petersburg to Petro- grad. Germans inflict serious defeat to the Russians at Allenstein, East Prussia, definitely check ing advance of invaders. 1915 Ambassador Von Bernstoff noti fies U. S. Stale Department that Germany agrees to sink .no more liners without warning Allies make gain in the Buvok Anafarta region on the GalMpoli Peninsula. f . Ji . , -uaJUlO I I . ... 11 .-irHi 1 - .Tv "--- 1. . i..-?. -sura:.. a "V" ' -..T . : 1 -:f .. - t.:-.i ..J.. . t, ; mm I DRAINAGE IN PENDER. Long - Movemsnt on Foot ta Dredge Creek Swamp. I The Pender Chronicle of Burgaw ! this week has the following of in :. terest: "That Pender county people are I well awake to the possibilities of swamp lands, after they have been drained, .is being amply demori.tratPd ' i now hy the desire which the -people ; who live along l)ie route of Lons: j Creek are . evinejng to have that st; earn dredged ho thai the rich swamp lands adjacent thereto may be made fit for cultivation. The pe tition for the organization. , of this : district hatt been pretjy we'l signel already, not a singly man refusing to put his name thereto. ' There are over Ive thousand acres . of rich swamp lands along the run of this Creek, and there are 30.000 acres of savannah lends which will be 'helped greatly by the drainage of the same. , The whole western, area of Pender ' county will be benefited by this ! work, and the people of the Long Creek section deserve congratulations , for their imorest in this splendid J project " One of the Stars in The Dispa tch's Motion Picture Contest j The oldest living things in the world j are the giant sequoia trees on the Pa- cific Coast,, some .specimens of which are over ,3,000 years old. , I Alfalfa has medicinal properties, be- ing a stimulant and increasing the ap- petite. j The Mississippi is ten. feet wide and , eighteen inches deep at its source. 1 ' where it flows -out of Lake Itaska. North Carolina Association of Aft ernoon Newspapers Here Are tke Papers Making Up tlie Membersnip of trie Association NEWS TRIBUNE POST Iiivesti gate Us RECORD TIMES ENTERPRISE SENTINEL RECORD SUN DISPATCH OBSERVER DISPATCH TIMES SUNiJOURNAL TELEGRAM Investigate these good tewn as you in vestigate the State of North Carolina and see the desirability of each one &e signifi cance of each Tvrl the value of the after noon paper published in the towni If art advertiser wants io et into these good towns here is the list of papers to be used. '; : ;!'. ; ; It has been proven beyond controversy hat it is the Evening paper that gets into the Heme a. permanent visitor, read and rpnreciated by each member of the houses hold both news and advertising columns! For rates and facts about the town and the publication address each paper at its home office. . ! r Charlotte " Concord Salisbury . Hickory Asheville Hish Point Winston-Ssie-ii GreciiaiLiOiC Hendersott Fayettcvilb Wilmington ... Wilson .New Bern J . . . Rocky MouiU All MemlDers of tke World s Greatest A N ssociated Press ews Gatherer row's issue. Was li Great Success. The contest has been a great suc cess, and The Dispatch wishes to con gratulate the winners upon their achievement In the first real populari ty eontest ever held in Wilmington. It WWII, itliti 11 vuwuuvc ui LJllo UtvJHI t;. ' m tt 1 .ffnrt Will Jn..H- 1, ' MlM 1414 S. 4th 10,740 Miss Katheryn King 9,110 Charles Rogers, 21o Dock ...... 9.430 Miss Elsie Wallace, 22. W. Cille -20,400 E. H. Brown, care I. Shrier .. ..4,720 Miss Barbara Zim, 122 S. 9th. 17,000 Cato Littleton, $08 Woodrow Miss Madaline Styne, 1403 S. 4thl5.030 Place 8 T0 ' Fred Little. 108 S. Third .... 5.150 15,430 li-. R. Aiken, care Court House o.liiO Johnson, 37 Del- J . B. O'Sullivan. 619 S. Front. . 15.8r0 ado ' 11.640 Mr. Hordecai L. Woodward." citv 3 700 ! barn. "Even though the crop was short, it will net the farmers nearly as much, as the bumper crop of 1913. ! The Mullins market, sold about 6,000, 000 pounds that year at an average of practically 13 cents, or 780,000 in value.; ;J. a , , , .'. "This yav the market 'rwiU hardly l-Sirw. - , --ii .,r , . I If '' "" . ' 1 11 m 1 i' i nmmm - ' . 'jl 11 . .. - Srf: Jatesf Styles i miss Virgia Mae Smith. 705 N . Kenneth Loughlin, 51 o S. 2nd 3,200 t .more than S.COO.OOO pounds and : Fifth street 12,140 Cleawood Vaughn. 100 Red C. 9,830 . it is thought -that the average wjll be i Miss Julia Sexton, 701 S. Front 28,360 . Hugh Hardisor .. around 18 'eents, or ;$5.50,1)00. Takings i Mice Ad n t-w-i n O -.tm -i -t r r ah. - r f rr . m. i i j j i , . . . , ..uM lUMUMu-owuuu, na o. via io,awt ; . worm irtn street 3,120 : mto vosHierauon that, this year s j iviuss uarne Masnagen. ,17 O.. 5.250 Roy Rand, care Wil. Iron Wks 7 770 crop was made yeryr cheap, It will ivuss AJinie Banls, 409 Walnut 11,490; J really he wortlv aiore to the farmers I iyjhb Lrfmise xNeisan.- s. second iu,4u MULLINS TOBACCO "MARKET. :l than the 1913 eropk. ; ,. only wishes that everyone could have;:" ' llvty- w " i nteiy that.; next year the : whWrn f ,.f. j Mis Maggie Williams, Orion . .5,100; Will Close on Sentomh.r on, o,wi . farmers will nlan rfor n Htir mn to Short Season. tlle hifth nrices haye. set many of 16,200,;',, The following is from this week's them wild,, but those in position to corporate in pom part of the produc- Jf " vr Williams-, ..E. Wxl tlanf H-nuwy of the contestants as j prinif Imm, il care to appear in it. This will prob ably be possible in some scenes call ing for a large gathering of people, due announcement of which, will be made. Of course "Mary",IU he the central! figure around which the story will re volve and the other ladies who appear in the cast wUl of necessity, xccupy minor positions,, the, same as in any other photoplay production,... With th gentlemen ft . is somewhat different, 709 Princess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,240 Miss Mamie Elwood Walker," 819 S. Seventh , 25,710 Miss Deloris ..Vaughn,. N. Front 9,800 Miss Lila Long, Sunset Park .. 6,0.30 Mrs. W. L. Warring, 191G M. St 4,060 Miss Margaret Corbett, 119 S. - . , Fourth street .. .. .. .. ....3,7.80 Miss Elizabeth Pemberton, 715 Dock .. .. .. 3,570 Mullins (S. C.) Enter- know declare that eyen. ( ;rop next year prices issue of the prise: Owing to tho short crop of, to-; Kood, ns the stock on uacco mis seanon tho close much earlier than 1 A market will. snorc- with a big shoul.l be hand is. very it has been known to close heiore. At a meeting KXT5CITTRIX NOTICE. of the Tobacco Board of Trifle n r'nt hl t J ay "altflert hh Exoontrlx Acrr Xj(r" .t 1 J ad e a few 4 the Last Will nnd Testament of Isabella days ago it was deckled to close the P"?- Ifr' 4hI 4 nOfy all per- market on oeiueiuner X. an U nfiVmpit. n nA i..AfXi..r-Srr'" thought, that the crop will be practi ' ; mlt; Misft Florence T-aylor, Carolina H 3,620 ' ?rop and owing to tPe prevammr hbrh ' ? P- Mlaa NPlltfi A TiiirhTn. snl s Sri 3.950 nrices farmo u ' . T ' B.u August 1st, 191& ... .. 'J-Z' i . . : " u , m. fn-na HtHnf ... . . ":""". T' ' lldvt marKeted It. iuc iw,iu wv:mvv1uSji63 Josephine Harriss 103 N. J3,a&u aDoux as fast as it came from th . N'truh,r Fall Footwear Special Featti rtni Remember these are new opds, just received, and ijou are saving momesj wken uou buu a $2.50 or $5,00 Shoe for $1.98. Remember wkat we have said before, if uou are not satisfied wliou jou fiat home with uoi dou :, It is our duhj to please'ijbu.i V Sv Geo Phone668 i I . ' , v. .I-'i"-,--- ' . - r - --'. ' s v . : -. o-x-iawaw-toes-J Executrix.
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