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MIKI MOTION PICTURE pirector-in-Chief Bird Begins Tonight Taking Scenes For Production CHILD BITTEN -THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH, TUESDAY, AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 5, 1916. fAGE FIVE BY REPTILE DEEP INTEREST BEING MANIFESTED Scorpion-Like Quadruped Get in Clothes or Little Henry Stelges Yesterday. 'cfluwciL ciiies : ?bural SCHOOLS 11, :L;;::i:J CARNIVAL PERMIT OPEN SHORTLY 'pf-. Y - P-miT:, While playing in rear yard , at his home Sunday morning, about 10 o'clock, Henry Edwards Stelges, 14-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Stel ges. of No. 701-South Sixth street, was omen by a reptile of the scorpion i fcc tu jtm species and for a while was thought Dispatch Uttice 1 nronged 1 his ; to be in dangerous condition. Morning With Contestants l' ,? . was ' wti"e the yoims iot was i Plaviner around a rUa iv ho Liesire rlace in 1 he tne reptile, which is about 6-inches Loyal Boys Club Will Use Proceeds to Improve Robert Strange Playgrounds City Council gave permission to the Loyal Boy's Club to hold a carnival Outlook For Record Breaking! Mttendance -ity schools Open October 2 Rural schools in New Hanove'r county will open for the 1916-17 term at the Robert Strange playgrounds the,011 Mday, September 18, less than , . , . two weeks from now arid the indica- last week in S3ptember in order that tIon8 are that the enrollment for the the club may secure more funds with 14 white and colored schools in the which to make improvements at the j county wil1 be ne the largest in playground. The permission wksltne county s nistory. ruonc scnools ' in rno nirxr win nnpn rn Mnniair October 1 and the outlook - for a re- granted at the regular weekly session of the City Fathers Monday night Picture Principals Meet-' long and closely resembling a lizard with tne understanding that the boy's . or scomion. in ing ihis Afternoon at Wil-!tne clothes of the. youngster and bit Ufl A .him three times before Mrs. Stelees m.ngton Hold Announce- to whom the young boy ran when he ments From Time to Time. I wasi bitten, could understand what rwas wrdng-and get the reptile from her sons clothes. ; ' Dr. G, H. Croom, who was next door at the time, was hastily called the child as was"1 necess 123456 12345 ciud secure the permission of the government to hold the carnival there i-i-hku of the Scenic Film Com-) danger today iho downpour of rain this mora ine diil not dampen the ardor of Wil-inait-t--n's aspirants for honors on the v.m i. w stage, who gathered at The 1); iiairli otlke by scores in response n i!u iall of Mr. W. H. Bird, direc- HT-,1 pan . wiio is to make tile nrst Wil-liijiisuou-talent motion picture produc ,j. r, under the auspices of The Dis- 1 j t . h. Tiie call was for the purpose of af toiiiing Air. Bird an opportunity to iu the principals who have been elrtteil to carry the leading roles of In- Dispatch motion picture, and to device and formulate plans whereby cord breaking enrollment in the High School and graded schools is excep tionally good. Trf K7a oViin erf rn Poflnr nmmtir !7tS tt0 "tdtag that- it superintendent of public instruction who has charge of the rural schools, was to bemused only for playgrounds. On behalf of the Loyal Boys Club, Mr. F. W. Gerkin, secretary, who has worked untiringly to aid the boys to secure funds to place additional ap paratus in the playgrounds and to make the spot more beautiful, preseht- and administered such treatmentto the i ed Council with a petition from prac- cnna as was necessary. Young Hen ry is reported as being out of any The lizard-like reptile was killed after it was gotten from the clothes of the young boy and is now in pos session of Mr. Stelges. The reptile is common in sandy localities and is called a "Johnny Swift" or "Race Horse" by the negroes of this section, on account of their great speed. LEFT FOR GOLDSBORO the v, . uld-be pantominists might be suitably fitted into the various roles! Representatives of Junior Order (iiii -d or by the production. It can be readily seen that there are cer tau, qualifications necessary for the cjneit presentation of each individ ual role this is true in any motion nrtnip pioductionr so much that the! f.hi companies go out and pay fabu-lmi-. salaries for a leading lady or teu; lt-nian for only one production, in ca;-e none of the stars in their employ seem to tit the personality of the role. Satins on the screen, even more tiiaii on the legitimate Stage, depends i.poii tlit ability of an actor or actress t.i "mil over" a role without affection or ton od acting. Mary Pickford can' Off to Annual Meeting. Delegates to the State Council, Jun ior Order United American Mechan ics, left the city Thursday mornins ! Moore, tically all of the citizens living near the playgrouncls to the effect that were willing to have the shows there. Council authorized three street lights for Delgado and one for Wrights ville avenue. They will be located by the city engineer and the city elec trician. At the instance of Council man W. D. McCaig, a draining ditch was authorized for Manhattan. A deep water well will be sunk at j Third and Harnett streets, a petition for the well was presented at the meet ing an acted upon favorable. Coun cilman Jones was authorized to make several sewer extensions to cpst about $100. 1 In the absence of Mavor P. O. Councilman B. H. Merritt, tor uoidsboro, where the State con-j mayor pro tem, presided. Other vention will convene ' Tuesday night. Councsilmen present were J. M. Hall, The delegates were headed by Mr. Ed-1 W. D. McCraig, L. M. Bunting, W. ward Register, .who is district deputy j F. Jones, B. H. Merritt, Mr. Thos. for the State Council. .The George , B. Meares, city clerk and treasurer Washington Council will be represent" ed by Messrs. A. W. Branch, J. T. Eagle and W. W. Galloway. The Jeff Davis Council sent as representatives Messrs Woodus Kelluni. B. Frank Brittain, Jr., and Walter E. Yopp. recorded the minutes of the meeting. MR. REESE DEAD. iie pointed to as one of the neatest examples of the simple, un aft'eeifd and unforced acting. .Mr. l'iid interviewed a great many 0: the contestants this morning and afterward took the principals to the Wilmington Hotel for further in 't;ui tion. While the rain will make cutoor work impossible, some., inte rioyttffin' tffehiiarei1re1rfFflfttfiBf this afterncn. &d as soon as the weather ku's outdoor work will begin in earn ft at the man j different locations de cidt il upon. Ail those who remain in the contest to the end are requested to watch The Disr.atch carefully every day, as calls for larger numbeis to participate in retain scenes will be issued from time t-i time. The weather man holds out hopes for fair weather tomorrow and :hic!i being the case, many out floor scenes will be made tomorrow. DON RICHARDSON LEAVES Well-Known Orchestra Conductor Vis iting Relatives at Clinton. Don Richardson, the well-known orchestra conductor, left Monday for Clinton, where he' will spend several days before leaving on a tour of North Carolina. The orchestra will make the tour Old Citizen Passed At His Home On South Fifth Street. Many friends will deeply regret to learn of the death of Mr. James M. Reese who died- at his home No. 916 South Fifth street, Tuesday morning at 5 o'clock following several weeks of failing health. Mr. Reese was a Civil War veteran and was in the 84th year of his age. Until recently he was employed at the Champion Compress of Messrs. Alex. Sprunt & Son, having served there for 16 years. He came to Wil- Eastern Innovation at M. E. Conference. Springfield. 111., Sept. 5. Street pi eaching to reach men and women ?ho never go to church will be a fea ture of the ninety-third annual Illinois conference xf the Methodist Espisco- of the State under the auspices of the State Division of the United Daugh- '.mington from his home in ters of the Confederacy and after the Nortn Carolina about 35 years ago. tour is finished will go to New York, 1 surviving him besides his wife is one where it has a regular engagement son. Mr T p Reese, of this city, each winter, I The funeral service will be v held Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at TO FORM ORGANIZATION I the residence. The interment will be I made in .Bellevue cemetery. Co-Operative Grocery to Elect Perma-. nent Officers Tuesday Night A meeting for those who are inter ested in a co-operative grocery com pany for Wilmington will be held Tuesday night at 8 o'clock at No. 415 North Sixth street. At this time plans will be discuss ed and a constitution and by-laws adopted and the permanent officers of the company will be elected. The movement that has been on ONE RECRUIT NEEDED pal Church, which opened in this city for some time, has been well receiv- todav. Bishon Luther B. Wilson is to pH hv a nnmher nf nennle and its nro- moters are confident that the scheme will prove one that will be of inesti-. mable benefit to its stockholders pi'fr-'ide over the conference, the ses-s'-o!i..-. df which will continue for one uook. Engineer Co. Must Have One More Man Before it Reaches Strength. Information was received in Wil mington Monday night to the effect that the Engineer company from this city, now at Camp Glenn, needs one more recruit to enable the company to reach the minimum strength. Out of those that left here the ex amining officer has passed 64 men and the requirements are that a com pany shall have 65. men before being put into active service. Wednesday Morning Specials at ?he Son filarche Each morning we will place on sale at very special prices several articles which it will pay you to be on hand at our opening hour 9 o'clock. There will be many other items pn sale that the adverti sements do not mention. Wednesday &xtra Specials from 9 until 10 a. m. Worth up to $2.50 One lot of shapes special for one hour 200 yards Crash Toweling, sold at 1 8c yard, Special one hour at (10 yards limited to a customer.) 1 0c and 12 1 -2c Embroidery a nd Laces Special for one hour at (10 yards to a customer) - 50c Chamisette and Lisle Gloves, Special for one hour ...... . . 8c each . . 9c yard i . . 3c yard . . 10c pair is in Big Stone Gap, Va., on his vaca tion at present, but he is expected to return to the city the last of this week to complete arrangements for the opening of the county schools. At present their are minor improvements being made both on the exteriof and Interior of many of the school houses and they are also being thoroughly! The county term will last the re gulation eight months, closing in May. The usual Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Tear's holidays are, of course included in this term There will be many changes among the rural school teachers, although there are not many new ones. The changes are mainly transfers. All of the public schools in the city are now being renovated for the open ing and in several instances improve ments are being made in the school rooms, grounds, etc. A big opening day attendance is expected. Mr. J. J. Blair, superintendent of public schools in the city, is now at his home in High Point after teach ing several weeks at the summer school at the University of North Carolina. He will return the latter part of this month and make all ar rangements for the opening. Many of the teachers who have been spending the summer months away, from the city are now returning to make pre parations for the opening work. RASPBERRIES IN PODS Chagrin, Falls, O., Sept. 5. Rasp berries that develop from pod have been found on the farm of D. McAffee of Solon. The pods have the appear ance of miniature chestnut burrs, even having the spines, and split open in exactly the same manner that chest nut burrs do. The berries are dis closed on the inside of the opened burr. Berries in the various stages of development are shown on the same stem. Their taste is similar to an ordinary raspberry. MRS. BIGGS DEAD. Died Monday Night at Residence on Marsteller Street Funeral -Tuesday. Folloing an extended illness Mrs. Zilpish iggs died Monday night at her home, No. 115 Marsteller street at 11:30 o'clock. The funeral services will be held from her late residence Tuesday after noon at 4 o'clock, and interment will be in Bellevue cemetery. Y out Child School Dresses jreii s Skould te well made, from tke test grade materials and absolutely fast color. Tkevj receive more rougk wear and require more laun dering during the sckool season than any other time of the uear. We are offering just now Dresses especially made to stand the strain, in a wide variety of snappy styles, and the colors, with a very few exceptions, are absolutely. fast. v GET A FULL SUPPLY NOW r i Belles Willi iams c o. T MATHEWSON TO BE IN CHARGE Will Succeed Capt. Ridley Uri; til Major Walton Arrives to Take Charge ' ' ' COWS HAVE HOPES Capt. C. S. Ridley, U. S'. engineer officer in charge of the local district, Marquette, Mich., Sept. 5. "Cows have their hopes and ambitions like human begins, and when they go to their meals they should be fed n courses, with a cocktail as an appe tizer and a dessert for the finish." This is . the assertion of State Senator Alton T. Roberts, of this cityr who is looking after the welfare of a fancy L dairy. , "Several , years, ago one of my men tried phonegraphic music as" '"a means of inducing the . cows . to give more and better milk. For a time the soothing tones brought results, who leaves the city the latter part but after a while the cows became of the week for Fort Leavenworth, tired of the music and we began to Kan., where he has been transfered i experiment on other things." The to attend the army field school for. Senator is not feeding alcohol to his TO START PAPER. Tha Trade Journal Will Strat Publi cation in October. It has been announced thaj the Trade Jouranl is to be the name of a new weekly paper that will be start ed in Wilmington Octoberl. The new paper will be the official organ of the organized labor unions in the city and will be edited by a number of local labor leaders. It will be printed by the Pittman McColl Co., of this city,sand will car ry all of the news of labor organiza tions throughout the State. some time, will be temporarly succeed ed at this office by Capt. J. R. D. Mat heson, engineer officer in charge of the docks and dams work on the up per Cape Fear river. Major Walton, who has been as signed to this office to permanently succeed Captain Ridley, is - now in Washington, D .C, on leave of ab sence and it will be some time be fore he will come to Wilmington to take charge of the office here. Major Walton has been stationed in Wash ington for some time. Capt. Matheson is now at the local cattle. Instead he is using the red table beet as an appetizer. LOCAL WRESTLER HURT Fritz Hanson Lost To Jack Ross When Shoulder Was Injured. After securing the first fall from Jack Ross in Columbia, S. C, Monday night, Fritz Hanson, the popular local wrestler when endeavoring to secure the sectfnd fall tore a' ligament in his shoulder and wals forced ''to retire, thereby automatically' losing the con- EXCITING YACHT RACE Capt. Metts Wins Handsome Flagler Trophy at Carolina' Yacht Club Labor Day. ;;' In an exciting watch race in Bank's. Channel, Monday at noon,; between the boat owners of the Carolina Yatch Club on Wrightsville Beach, Capt Ed in A. -.Metts' easily came out a head and -won a beautiful silver punch v bowl, which was given to the club, to be awarded ,the winner by Mrs. i H. M. Flagler. 1 Owing to the value of the trophy considerable interest was manifested in the race by the members of the club and those living at " the resort. The start was made ft! noon and the winning boat crossed the finish line in less than an hour Captain Metts lead and Messrs. Henry MacMill'lari and William Peck finished second and third respectively. The race yesterday was schedule for last Tuesday but owing to adverse conditions it wrs ordered resailed on Labor Day. Captain" Metts, the winner was recently awarded, the Jones-Walters trophy, which is annually sailed for by the club yatch owners. . . office familiarizing himself with the test to Ross. MISSIM GMAN RETURNS Finds His Wife Divorced Him and Daughters are Married. Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 5. Lister Grossfield walked out of his home in Louisville fifteen years ago and never returned. His wife ultimately thought he,, was dead and taught his deaugh. tefs, four and nine' years old, to be lieve he was. On Thursday he entered the grocery of his brother, Wood Grossfield, here and asked about his family. Wood told him his wife had? remarried af 1 ter getting a divorce, snd his daugh ters were now Mrs. Wick Seabolt and Mrs. Forrest Wheeler, both of Fern Creek, Louisville. I After his disappearance Grossfield enlisted In the army at St. Louis and , was stationed in Manila and Japan. work now going on. Just as soon as Major Walton arrives Captain ijMathe snn will return to the construction work at Brown's Landing. NINETEEN SONS IN TEN YEARS Corning, Ark., Sept. 5. Frank Scott and his wife of Kensett have been married ten years. Ninteen boys have been born to them. Six died at birth. Of the thirteen ' living there are three sets of triplets' and two seta of twins. The parents have been partial to the letter "A" of the alphabet in naming them. Ashbell.J Archer- and Austin and four and a half years old, Arthur and .Arnold three and a half, Alfred. Ilbion and Adolph eighteen months and Abel and Abner six months. It is reported that the injuries to Hanson are not serious and that his shoulder will be healed in a few days. ' Dr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Dosher, Dr. and Mrs. E. H. Adkins and Miss John son, of Southport, spent Labor Day in the city guests at therOrton Hotel. By the appearance of your stationery is reflected the char acter of your business.. DRINKS ACT LIKE MAGIC GIRL'S BOILS HELD CLINIC Madison, Wis., Sept. 5. How a. boil brought good luckis a story that comes to the Industrial Com mission from one of the "service mem-L vice members" in a Wilwaukee fac tory. A girl in the factory asked the service worker for advice about a boil on her. neck. It was the fifteenth she had had irr'a few months. She earned $8 a week. The service worker took the eirl to the free clinic, where the St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 5. "Where am 1?" asked Harry McStravick.. thirty cne years old. when he came to at the City Dispensary after Sergt,,. Peters found him in a stupor in front of No. 1512 North Leffindweil avenue. "St. Louis!" he exclaimed, when his query was answered. "I'd like to know how I got here. The last I remember was leaving home in New Orleans .and starting for a show." . McStravick said he had taken one or" two drinks in New Orleans. JOB PRINTINGS - ' 101. Messrs. Arpold B. Page and Keny on Woody, the former of Audubon and the latter of Winter Park,, both well known in the city, will leave tomorrow morning for Charlotte where they will enlist in the United States Army Avia tion Corps and will go immediately to San Diego, Cal., to the U, S. avia tion schools. ; Messrs. Page and Woody are both enthusiastic and the chances are that they will both make good for Uncle We help our customers to suc cess with profitable presenta ble and high-class job printing in Tags I Folders . Cards v ; Blanks ' ; V - Dodgers Envelopes Receipts V : 'Statements 1 r Bill Heads ' Invitations Packet Heads Letter Heads. i.-- TihvRiHnn. discovered that the eirl onoau It laneiiaires. including Sam. Mr. Woody endeavored to en Polish, .Russian.' GermaH and English, i list . in the corps a short time ago, but The clinic had been looking for such ' a girl to. help the doctors. So the igirl with a boil was employed at $18 'a-week.- She fs now ; getting medical i careVfor the boil and racilitating- the' work id .the clinic- was turned down on- account of his welgnt. tie was sugnuy unaerweigm. Today he and Mr.. Page received a long-distance telephone ' from ; Captain L Smart, U. S.recruiting officer' in Char lotte telling them to report at once. SEND US YOUR ORDERS The Wilmington Di spate Job Printing Department Good Work Is Our Specialty : 3 1 I PHONE 176 .v.iVA- n 'i yj it 3 1 : I Hi i: i An 4 -m,i4' ' ' ' v - r - r ,. :".;:',:.. . .... : 11
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