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HOLD FIRST FALL iliL 4 i ti PLEDGES LOOK BEFORE TIKI, Ml COLLEGE w j i w i kj . , -1 9 1 U. : Mill' ;Tfl IfJllFSTICilTF : YOU MEETING TUESDAY - . -., 4... T 1 - - , w.-: m mmmw m mm,:. r syar Safe Deppsit Vault . V , Plans For Sale of Red Cross Will be LaidName Nom- , inating Committee. H The first fall meeting of 'the-Wilmington Red Cross Society will be held in the parlors of the Young Men's Christian Association at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning of next week and at this time all reports for the 'summer's work will be made. Mrs J Cuthbert Martin, president of the local branch is very anxious to have all members present. " A summary showing what has been done at the Sanitorium during the sum mer just ended will doubtless prove interesting for a great work has been accomplished there during that period. Also the report on the work of the Chapter and the preparedness work that has been carried on" is-expected! . r l iv. . . . J to prove oi mure man passing inter- est. - One of the most important matters to come before the Tuesday morning meeting will be the laying of plans for selling the Red Cross seals. The lo cal branch of the' Society is very anxious to sell 100,000 Red Cross seals this year and they-are confident that it can be done. Excepting last season when Greens boro led the Wilmington Society has always sold more seals than any city in the State. Approximately 90,000 wen? disposed of by the local branch last season and members of the organ ization are confident that, this number can be eclipsed this season. The seals will go on sale about Thanks giving Day. Another important matter that will come up will be the formation of a nominating committee relative to an nual election of officers which will take place on November 25th. GETTING READY FOR PARADE The Daily Big Task That The Robin son Folks Do. Every day When the 1,000 members of the John- Robinson Circus - finish breakfast, they -begin" active prepara tion for the parade. Well-fed horses and ponies in shining harness and wav ering plumes take their places before, glittering parade chariots; the sound of music is neard from Danas percned hazardously high; clowns, charioteers, jockeys, Roman Hippodrome riders; camels from the great desert with na tive riders and ponderous elephants, some bearing a weight of feminine beauty in Oriental costume, make ap pearance in a plcturesques, kaleidos copic pageant more than two miles long. v A man -on horseback in a deep voice cries the oft repeated warning, 'Look out for your horses, the elephants are coming." Behind him a bevy of pret ty buglers trumpet their clarion-voiced instruments and 'then Jeanne d'Arc, in polished armor, with clanking curtains of chain mail. The flush of tan has tinted her ears and cheeks. She is a young woman adopted 3y a wealthy aunt in New Haven, Conn., who sent her to Europe to keep her from enter ing circus life. Her sudden return and her romantic marriage with a clown caused daily papers all Oyerthe coun try to devote considerable space to the incident. Through densely crowded streets the pageant measures its gaudy passage. The husky youth who sits high up on a wagon representing the German Em pire, and he himself the Kaiser, is in reality only a candy butcher. With his Royal helmet of shining orass- and his nurple and gold jacket he impersonates the mighty man who rules over a great domain. In the .afternoon his regal attire will give way to a, white jacket ami he will stop being king long enough to peddle lemonade and peanuts. Cage after cage and wagons after wagons filled with rare and costly animals pass in fantastic panorama. The calliope shrieks madly and behind it half a hundred boys, playing "hookey" from school, trail tirelessly. The John Rob inson circus will come to Wilmington November 6th, for performance at 2:00 and 8:00 p. m. The parade is at 10:00 o'clock. AFTERNOON SCHOOL. Students Will Receive This Method of Punishment In Future. It was announced at the formal opening of the Wilmington High School yesterday morning that in tfte future no more demerits would be Piven at the institution, but instead the pupils who do not observe the rules and regulations will be made to attend school in the afternoon. This method was decided upon by the school committee and Mr. J. J. I'!air, superintendent of public ehools, and was the suggestion, of Mr. Malcolm Little, principal of the High School. It was explained by Mr. Little yesterday morning that the afternoon schoolwill begin at 3:30 o'clock. Preparing Fine Exhibit. Mr. W. H. Crocker is busy just now preparing an exhibit of wood pulp for the State Fair and it will doubtless attract much attention because it will-be hoth unique and profitable. Mr. Crocker has been interested in the wood pulp industry for a number of years and is busy just now ap prising Carolinians o fthe splendid re sources the forests afford in devel oping this industry. ', MpttiKam v( M i t . , nanover 9tyAUimni Associations uej at Greystone. Stronger support was pledged the No?W. & Ut College by the members ptthe:ew Hanover County iciaUon whp-gatherei at Greystone Inn. Carolina , Beach. -last evening to. enjoy their annual banquet and meeting. The ele'cticof officers for the ensuing year was one of the im portant matters transacted and a num ber or informal talks' were it was brought" out by each speaker that to keep A. & M. College abreast of the other schools'of the Southereast the alumni must lend all possible aid. Among the score of former A; & M. students present classes represented 30 lo eacn of the talKH ITiart mnTTW ntaaemit .IJ i oo,iiu mwucms ui conage are were recalled. Amnn? those- Who spoke . w.ere j State Senator W. B. Cooper, & member of the board of trustees of- the college; President J. U. Becton, Mr. Buxton White, of Raleigh; secretary of the State Alumni Association; Messrs, D. R. Foster, L. T. Yarboro, of Raleigh; H.4E. Bonitz, T. J. Hewitt, p&tti Edward P. Bailey, and Capt. James B. Lynch. The party left the city yesterday eyening shortly after 7 o'clock in sev eral automobiles and the. rip to Grey stone Inn was made over t!he Carolina Beach Boulevard. Following a de lightful repast, arranged by Mr. A. H. Pate, proprietor and .manager of the Inn, President J: L. Becton called the meeting to order. - Senator Cooper was called upon and he responded by telling interestingly of the founding "xf the college and of its growth from one-bulldingf to 36 and from four instructors to more than 60. He stated there was notUlng more5 im portant in North Carolina than A. & M. College and that no one could do more for the State than help this school. He told of the good feeling that existed in the State Legislature toward the college. Mr. H. fi. Bonitz, a meinber of the class of .'93, in an interesting talk tola of how the graduates of A. & M. are making good eyerwherjb. He recalled how many students worked their way through the college, explaining that there were enough jobs at the school in those days for practically all the students which numbered slightly more than one hundred. ' "' Mr. Bonitz strongly urged that steps be taken to have an A. & M. scholar ship offered at the Wilmington High School each year and with this in view a committee composed of Messrs. H E. Bonitz, D. R. Foster and J. B. Lynch was appointed; : ; t . - President Becton f told of the Vork of the local association, during the past year and suggested that Instead of the members contributing $1 each for the college athletic fund that the associa tion send a local athlete to A. & M. . President Becton also explained that a speciaf Pullman car nad been ar ranged to rcarry a number of the local Alumni members to Raleigh to witness the game between A. & M. and Wash ington & Lee on Thanksgiving. It was strongly urged that the, delegation practive a number of yells for the oc casion. Itwjas decided that the car should leave on thcr evening of the 29th and return on the morning of December 1st. Capt. Edward P. Bailey talked inter estingly of how necessary it is for the local association to boost the col lege by sending students from Wil mington. Capt, James 3. Lynch talked on the athletics of the schools saying it was one of the best advertisements a college had and urged that this fea ture be given" much attention. Mr. L. T. Yarboro, of Raleigh, spoke feelingly of his school days and also of making a 50-mile trip to attend the banquet in order to meet some of the college grad uates. FolloVing are the -onicers unani mously elected to serve "during the coming year: President, J. L. Becton; vice president, Edward P. Bailey; sec retary. L- T. Merritt. - At the conclusion - of the business meeting Secretary White gave an illus trated lecture. on the improvements at the college, using many interesting scenic slides of the- various college buildings WILL BUY TRUCK. County Commissioners Draw Jurors For November Court. The County Commissioners have authorized the purchase of an addi tional automobile truck fdr the use of the road forces. It is estimated that the machine will cost about $5,000.' Mr. John Haar, register of deeds, was instructed to close his office Saturday afternoon 'at 1 o'clock during the winter months. Following is the jury for the No vember term of Superior Court. Messrs. G. J. Simon, E. V. H. Pes Miflii Rrnest J. Bush, E. L. White, C. W. Watkins, George O. Wolf, Rty1 Fonvielle, L. Stein, John u, noaer ick, W. R. Peterson, S. W. Ketcham, Jordan Branch, F. W. Davis, H. G. James, HV L. Darden, George S. Nev ins. J. D. Orreil, Jr., W. B. Taylor. William Ellinson. William Higgins, A. H. Williams, Thos. E. Applewhi ... i. Vann, H. Bluethenthal W Wv Smithson, Arthur Samuel, W. R. Nye, George Schnibben, W. M. Harriss, n a P. Bowman. M. C, Kreeger, C. V. Nurnberger, Joseph Schad, W Hartsfield, T. Y. Morris and H. Prince. B. C. New- Hanover Officers to Apr pear Before Grand Jury at v 'I Southport lyionday. Sheriff S. P. Cowan, together with .Special County Officer H. Mack God- . 9 . 7 i 7 ' ' -' wm ana deputy sneriff Charles W. Keen, have been summoned to ap pear, before the! Grand Jury at South port Monday morning and give evi dence ; in regard to their rescue of Deputy Sheriff George- .Skipper, of Brunswick county, from a house at Navassa, when the officer's life was being threatened by a mob of angry negroes, following the shooting' of a "bad negro" there by the deputy. Sneriif Cowan, with a posse of nine men, including officers men tioned, made the trip to Navassa one Saturday hight several months ago in response to "a telephone call to the effect that a mob of angry negroes were threatening , to'' take Deputy Sheriff Skipper from a house and lynch him for wounding a drunken aegrp; during the afternoon, follow- l irig a dispute which arose between the two. The trip to the negro settlement at the fertilizer factory was made by automobiles through Brunswick county and when the posse arrived at tjae house in which Mr. Skipper was being guarded by three or four arm ed white men, they found a mob of two hundred or more negroes collect ed. Deputy Skipper was taken from the house and brought toWilming ton after the New Hanover officers had partially dispersed the mob. Sheriff Roberson, of Brunswick county, has since made diligent inves tigation into the matter and it is understood that at least a score of negroes have been arrested. If true bills are returned against them by the Grand Jury they will be tried in the Supreme Court, which is in ses sion at Southport next week. WILL ELECT OFFICERS. Hold Annual Meeting at Calvary Bap tist Church Sunday Night. . The Calvary Baptist church will hold ts annual meeting Sunday night at ;he close of the regular service . This service will be shortened in order that .he congregation will not "be detain ad until a late hour. At' this service :he election of officers for all the or ganizations of the church will take place. Plans of work for the coming rear will be set forth and the Lord's Supper will be observed. Every mem jer of the church is earnestly request jd to be psesent. CHURCH ' BUYS PROPERTY.' Members of Calvary .Baptist Church Plan for Extension. Six thousand dollars will be paid by the Calvary Baptist church to Mr. Bernice C. Moore for a piece of prop arty lying adjacent to the Calvary church and which will be used for church purposes. A commodious Sun lay School room will be erected on ;he property which adjoins the ihurch -property on the south and a pastorium is to be built also. The lot purchased is No. : 720 North fourth' street. The present pastorium at No. 717 North Fifth street has been sold to Mr. A. G. Ray by the church trus tees for $2,500. Mr. Ray will occupy "this as a residence, while Rev. Mr. Sullivan. pastor oi! the Calvarji church, will move into the newly purchased property at an early date. Mr. Bernice C. Moore once occu pied the property sold yesterday as a residence, but he is now living ;n Hopewell, Va. ALUMNI ASSO. TO MEET. Former Students of State University to Celebrate Anniversary. Letters have been mailed to mem bers of the New Hanover County Uumni Association of the University of North Carolina by L. O. Carr, Esq., president of the local association, calling attention to the 122nd anni versary of the college, which will be celebrated the 12th of this month, and urging that the members gather next week to talk over the affairs of the college and join in the celebra tion. Will Attend Convention. Mr. R. D. Voshall will attend the American Elec tric Railway Association which As to be held at Atlantic lity October 9th. to 13th, as representative of the Tide water Power Company. Mr. Voshall is a master mechanic, and is employed by the Tidewater Company. Maj. Gen. Leonard, S. Wood, U. S. A., is on the program and will speaK on "Electric Railways and Preparedness." Preaching at Hallsboro. Rev. J. S. Crowley will preach twice in tte Presbyterian church at Hallsboro, to morrow. . The morning service will bS at 11 o'clock and the evening service will be at 7:30.V A cordial in vitation is extended to all to attend. This is the month set apart by the General Assembly for The Cause oi Foreign Missions and . all are urged to be prepared to do one's best for this cause. , Services at First Presbyterian. Corner of Third and Orange streets. Rev. Dr, John W. -Wells,, 'pastor. Morning service at 11, o'clock. Sun day' School at 9 : 45 a. m. Christian Endeavor at 7:15 p. m. Prayer meet ing on Wednesday evening at S o'clock. You are cordially invited to, all these services. , Tidewater Power Co. Suggests Safety First Methods to" -Vehicle Drivers. v : As the beginning of a'safety first'", educational campaign with regard lessening the possibility of street car accidents, the. Tidewater Power Com pany today, mailed to. five hundred persons who own automobiles of oper ate vehicles of any kind-circular let ters setting out five ways that the ordinary street car accidents could be avoided if persons would look be fore they crossed .the track. The list of persons to whom the letters were mailed .- include : chauf feurs, bicyclists, business houses, em ploying persons to ; drive trucks, drays, wagons, carriages, etc., nd all persons whose names could be learn-, ed who at any time drive vehicles. Following is the circular mailed: i Let us all cooperate to lessen the possibility of accidents. Most, of the accidents that occur in this city, due to collision between horse-drawn ve hicles, automobiles and . street cars are avoidable. - . , Street cars cannot turn out of their way to avoid collision, and if you don't go on the track there will be no collision, but if you must gd on, look before you cross the track. Accidents personally incident to such collision , would rarely occur if, when starting a vehicle that has been standing near, the curb, out, on or across the tracks, you- look before you cross the track. If, when driving alongside of the track, you have always in mind the car that may be behind you, and you look before you cross the track. If when a trolley car ahead of you has stopped ib- discharge its passen gers, and you wish to drive 1 to the left of the car, you look before you cross the track. We are quite sure that 'no one will deliberately cause an accident, or place themselves in a position of danger, and therefore if you will co operate by observing our request, and look before you cross the track you will very materially assist in min imizing avoidable accidents in Wil mington. Very truly yours, TIDEWATER POWER CO. P. S. Safety First! PREPAREDNESS FEATURE. Colonel Cody Interested the Govern ment in His Big Ida. It is probable that no other indi vidual in the United States, outside of Col. Wm. Cody (Buffalo Bill), could have interested the Government to the 'extent of loaning soldiers from the regular army for use in a military spectacle, as has been'' tlone 'in the case of the Buffalo Bill 101 Ranch shows. Col. Cody, whose life and deeds are part of American history, was formerly Chief of Scouts and has been intimately associated with the military heads of the United States Army for years . It is also known that he would not associate himself with any exhibition that was not thorough ly genuine. For this reason he and the great show to which his name is attached, have, it is announced, been selected by the War Department to spectularly bring home to the people of the country th9 need of military "preparerdness . " - - While the principal feature of the combined Buffalo Bill 101, Ranch shows is the big "Preparedness" spec tacle, which is said to be the i strik ing sedsation of ' the ' season, the frontier features always naturally as sociated with the name of Buffalo Bill, have evidently not been neglected, and scores of Indians, eowboys, cowgirls and other characteristic people of the ranch and prairie are announced to present a vivid picture of life on the Border. An interesting and unusual feature of the visit oS-the Buffalo Bill 101 Ranch show to this city will be the U. S. army recruiting tent, in charge of an army officer and an examiner, where enlistments will be received for service on the Mexican border. Since the introduction of the recruiting tent a large number of enlistments have been received, and this at a very nor mal expense of the government. The "Preparedness" display, in which a number of regular army soldiers are utilized, undoubtedly stirs the patriot ism of the young men and leads to many enlistments. Emma"That woman certainly knows all about raising children . " Kate-f-" Yes, she never had any " Exchange. IT It Pays to Advertise If our satisfied patrons were not forever advertising us by telling their friends and ac quaintances about the fair treatment they get at this sore we'd not do SUCH A NICE BUSINESS. JAM ES M. H ALL Druggist, . ? 5th and Castle Streets. . The . HI T RALLY Dr. John J. Hurt Made Able Address Others Spoke at The Meeting. The annual rally of the local coun cils of the Boy Scouts of America, held last night in the, Y. M. C. A. building, was well attended, and ill those who were present were shown the inside workings of the order.. The meeting was held to give the parents and the people of Wilming ton generally an idea of the high state of efficiency of the scouts in this city and the purpose of the meeting was more than realized, as practically everyone, present went away with the feeling. that the scout of today would indeed prove ; the broad-minded citizen of tomorrow. Dr. John Jeter Hurt, D. D, pastor of the First Baptist church, made an address on the subject, "The Scout of Today," which was filled with happy suggestions that the . scouts present easily followed and much in terest was manifested by them, as was evinced by the way, in which they answered questions asked them by Dr. Hurt during his address when he wished to refer to some point he had made previously. The boys were told to aim good. This, stated the lecturer, was neces sary, but even before they couia ac complish anything by the correct aiming Follow they must load - or prepare, by shooting and not taking life and in aiming . and the scout of today- woutdi; be the ,fo1iaaWt cittaefr of tomorrow. . Immediately preceeding Dr. Hurt's address Mr. B. A. Merritt, president of the local councils of the Boy cu WELL ATTENDED Store Closed Joday Until Six O'clock Jhis tStore id ill Reopen Jhis Svening at Six 0' clock and Close at Mine Shirt Waist Specials for Saturday fight's, Shopping Three splendid Shirt Waist values are offered for Saturday night's selling. They consist of one Lingerie and one Silk line and give a splendid op portunity for the practice of economy. j $2.50 wash silk waists in stripes and new de-, signs, all sizes, new models specially priced at $1.95. . $4.50 crepe de chine waists, all colors, speciaj, $3.50 "Wirthmore" waists in dainty voiles and lin gerie, neatly trimmed with lace or embroidery, four.; new styles just received, moderately priced $1.00, worth more. Jhe Jiome of Superior Values You cannot thoroughly appreciate the security afforded by the individual lock boxes in bur Safe Deposit 'Vault ' ;' until you make a careful inspection. We would like to explain to you the different details which contribute to ward making the protection as near perfect as possible. ? $1.00 Per Year-Only a Few Vacant 1 on Savings & Trust Company 110 PRINCESS STREET. Scouts, made a short address of wel come, after which he introduced Dr. 4 Hurc Mr. h. E. Longley spoke on the subject of "The Camp of Tomorrow," and told of, in the course of his re marks, the beauties of camp life and especially of camp life at Lake Wac camaw. He was followed by Mr. Odis B. Hinnant, who,. when called on by the president, made an appeal for the erection of suitable buildings at Lake Waccamaw, so that the lake could be made the regular camping ground of the entire scout troops of Eastern Carolina. He gaye a glowing descrip tion of the lake and .stated that it was an ideal place for the camp. He also stated that Subscriptions had been made with which to start the buildings that would be necessary. At the conclusion of the addresses the different troops of Boy Scouts, under the leadership of their differ ent scout masters, gave demonstra tions offirst aid to the injured, . sig nalling, life-saving 'and the scout laws and oaths and the requirements of woodcraft were read by the boys. The life-saying exhibition took place in the pool of the gymnasium and immediately after . a free-for-all swim was enjoyed and a number of the boys gave "some fancy diving stunts when coins were tossed into the pool by the onlookers and the boys dived for them. The scouts now number twelve troops, with a totaj membership of 124, and when organized a year ago was composed of one council and eight members. The scout leaders are working for a minimum member ship of 200 by the time that the next annual rany is neiu i ii t 1J Sheridan Monument Dedicated. Albany, N. Y., Oct. J. Business was suspended and public offices were clos ed here today when Albany stopped to pay homage to the memory of her fa mous son, the late General Philip H. Sheridan, by the dedication of an im - MIDDLE WEST United States Geologists Say . That 5,000,000 Years Ago Camels Lived Mississippi , 7" (By George H. Manning.) - Washington, D. C, Oct. 7. The sands of Mississippi were at one time' trodden bycamels which ran wild over that region. But that was quite a few years ago. It was back when , I Mississippi was just a tropical desert. 'Twas back perhaps five minion years ago, it" is asserted in a bulletin issued by the United States Geological . Survey today. At that time such plants grew In Mississippi as pines, ferns, date palms, tropical myrtles, flags, and a tree closely related to the present-day Mexican sapota, from which most of i the material for chewing gum is ob tained . These discoveries were made by studies of peculiar sandstones found in Mississippi and. investigatedxby G. C. Matson and E. W. Berry of the Geological Survey. This peculiar sah-' stone has been called Catahoula sand- ., stone by geologists. . , The studies conducted by the geo logists of Uncle Sam have determined i that Mississippi was formerly about five million years ago a tropical desert and bones of camels found by other geologists In that region boar out their conclusions. posing statue of the great warrior erected in the capitol grounds. Thous ands viewed the. parade and listened to the orations of eloquent speakers delivered 'in eulogy of General Sheri dan's life and services. ' , "Jn the UeryCenter ofJhings9 IN - . : ; ,1r 1 1 ;r it. A 1 1 i 1 r i i 1 - 1, V
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