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: Miss May Johnson and Mr. W. U
Stone, both of Masonboro Sound,
Were married 10- o'clock Sundky
morning at the parsonage of the
Southside Baptist church, by the pas
tor, Rev. W. H. Hall.
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Each afternoon this week, except
ing Saturday, prayer meeting will be
held at the Grace Methodist Uhurcn
in observance of the week of prayer
being held by the missionary socie
ties of the Southern Methodist
church.
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RETURNS FROM CHINQUAPIN.
Mr. S. H. Matthews has returned to
the city from Chinquapin, a little vil-
lage several - mues irom wauu;e,
where he conducted services in the
Presbyterian -church yesterday. Mr.
Matthews was substituting for Rev.
Robert King, who is in Charlotte on
business.
The following handsomely engrav
ed invitations were received in the
city and elsewhere during the past
week:
"Mr. and Mrs. Percy Reece Albright
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Juliette
to
Dr. James Farrish Robertson,
on Wednesday evening, the fifteenth
of November,
at half after eight o'clock
at the First Presbyterian Church
Wilmington, North Carolina."
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rying a cargo, of humanity. While
the elephants appealed to the little
folks ' the "older - ones:; kept them " in
sight as long as possible and the cam-
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pIm attracted no little attention, u
Spectacle'Has Lost Norte ofuri
Attraction With the Pass
ing of Years
i, TO.; Nov. 6t--Alonzo ? J
Whitemaii, , khbwh. as 4h,e, ''Prince of
gbgtres," is again behind iroek and key.
The: use jot the mails ini attempt! to
def raui tne Amelia fttete-Jak' ; of
Amelia, O., . is . the charge lodged
against him: .The police believes they
haye. evidence sufficient to keep hini
behind the bars :for a long time to
But they have tnougnt the same
i Thousands of persons lined Priri
cess and Market streets this morning COP1
r Qf tua mm nrH0 hns and varying emotions were expressed thing before -many a time, and this
and perhaps never will lose any of its on the faces of many as the John , kind of confidence man his made
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i'city. The people turned out en es of the law or from the hands of the
a a Ti i?i'ntripv masse to witness the spectacle and officers. He is both wily and despe-
Jonefatd mS" ' " bore a close resemblance to t raen bro to ba? and stops ,t
Southport, are visitors in the city to- similar events that Wilmington peo- nothing. r :
day, guests at the Orton Hotel. Ple have looked on it was thorough- Whiteman, a. college graduate, of x-
3f. J : J , " Client family and at-one time a man
Mrs. E. G. Wells and children and
Mrs.G. L. Boney and child, of Wal-
lace, were Wilmington Hotel guests
en-f
i alike. It was a circus parade and, as, of Mlih i,oa JM j i,
sucn ii win never grow oiu 111 . tiie
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Mr. Lcuis Lipinsky has gone to
New York to purchase stock for the
Wilmington and Asheville Bon
Marche stores.
Judge W. P. Stacy is in the city
after holding court for -six weeks
Western North Carolina. He conduct-1
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ENJOYED OUTING.
The employees of the local branch
of the National Biscuit Company en
joyed their annual outing at Green
field Lake Saturday afternoon, and
partook of an oyster roast that left
all in a happy frame of mind. Canoe
racing and dancing was indulged in
and the biscuit force returned to the
city in a very -pleasant frame of mind.
Those present were: Messrs. O. L.
minds of the people. The same crowd made bankers feel uneasy for the safe-
Tir-si 1 A Vi k ava Tiro i f lit fir ovnopfJ Yl f 1 V a a . .
yesterday. j "c , ty or tneir money. The Pinkertons
IUJ icvicw wrote a book about him. He has been
ary to repeat the march through the arrested time after time . in various
Clty- . cities throughout the country. . Gener-
The parade was good. , A number , ally he has come out successfully in
of the covers had been taken from bis wn e jaw
the cages housing the wild animals j
and while they did not appear as fero-i Whiteman is now about 55 years
ri, nt p. v, Old.. He WJtft 4rrn 'irt TanaviMa 'V
tiuua tts ituvtj uscu ibw in iiic uunu j - -" m,
! Y., where his father was one of the
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ons carrying them and one can eas- fading men of the town, being presi-
ily imagine the panic that would dent of two and the owner of several
have ensued had fate directed a slip large factories. The son graduated
that would have resulted in the from Hamilton College in ' 1381. and
in j opening of one or more of the cages. tnen entered Columbia law school,
The trailing calliope or "steam irom wmcn institution he was graduat
ed court in Dobson. Surry county, last niano" furnished music that one ea wna nonors. After being admitted
week, having exchanged with Judge
R. F. Lone, of Statesville.
eaeerlv listened to bv the crowd. Es- ana rapidly made friends. In 1884 he
pecially was this true of the clown was nominated to the Minnesota legis
away 3iis money recklessly arid
gaging in several very, questionable
deals. He started to freauebt race,
tracks''- not'to wager on horles J)jat
with the deliberate intention of swind
ling bookmakers and while engag
ed in this work got in with, a set of,
forgers and check raisers who were
engaged in the manufacture of counf-r
f eit pool tickets. Within at ew months
his' legal knowledge and activity made:
him' the leader of this gang; and aK
though still possessed of a large sum"
of money, he showed no hesitation in '
swindling bankers as well as book
makers. Within a few years his name
was a familiar one to the police
throughout America and Europe. ,
Witeman has been arrested more,
than 100 times in the last twenty-five;
years, has been Indicted probably fif-,
ty times and convicted twenty times,;
with penalties totaling tomore. than;
fifty years in the penitentiary, and dur-,
ing all this period has served but two
short sentences, one In Chicago and :
one in New York State. j
The man has raised hundreds of !
checks from insignificant to large
amotmts.but has never yet been known
by the police to attempt to cash any
checks or drafts himself, always em
ploying for this purpose a man who had
no previous criminal record.
fe Witi's Elected ?
SELL THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH'S ELEC
TION EDITION WEDNESDAY MORNING
Eyjery person, in your town will be interested in tlc
outcome of the Presidential election. They will want
a newspaper, of course. The Wilmington Dispatch
Js.ihepaper triey will want. We want an agent i
your town. ' ,
The Wilmington Dispatch, with its Special and
Complete leased wire service, together with Postal
Telegraph Company's special bulletin service will
cover. the presidential election fully and completely.
Every person in your town will want a copy of The
Dispatch Special Election Extra will be issued Wednps
morning. "Send in vour order today. You sell each copy at
five cents. Here's our price to news boys.
Daily Issues 2 cents a copy.
Mail your order today. Send cash with order.
Stamps will do.
USE BLANK BELOW.
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never tires 01 neanng ana tne van- vuC uai uo,wmii iu-uiuiu, wuere 019
ous bands dispensed .music that was J father owned large property interests,
Many friends of Mr. John S. Hol-
man, who has been auditor at the Ho
tel Wilmington since the first of this
year, will be pleased to learn that he
will continue in this capacity under
the new management.
Solicitor Charles L. Abernathy, of
the New Bern district, spent yester
day in the city. Solicitor Abernathy
made a fine address for Democracy in
Wallace Saturday afternoon.
Leslie R. Hummel, Esq., returned
to the city this morning after visiting
in Goldsboro.
Mr. John Perdew, a student of the
University of North Carolina, is vis
iting his parents here.
Col. W. B. Fort, of Pikeville, is a
an Orton Hotel
He is temperate as to Tlquor, a con
stant reader of the bess nooks, and
carries' on his criminal work with an
utter disregard of consequences, be
lieving himself to be practically im-
band and as the wagon carrying this lature and carried the city of Duluth by mune from punishment. He is a church-
odd assortment of human nature , tne largest majority ever given to 1 goer, and has been known to attend
niPtrirh. J. W. Norsworthy. W. D.
Jones, WrW. Mills, George D. Coun- visitor in the city,
cil, George B. King R. S. St. George, guest.
Walter Shuford and Julius Lee. Mr. Mr. E. M. Dewey, of Whiteville,
spent yesterday m the city.
Mr. J. F. Council, of Council, was
among those registered at the Orton
Hotel yesterday.
passed the Murchison Bank building
the crowd yelled for more of "Tip-
perary."
The elephant swere there an
even dozen in number big ones and
little ones, with at least half of them
carrying a cargo of humanity. While
the elephants appealed to the little
folks the older ones kept them in
sight as long as possible and the
camels attracted no little attention.
It wasN a spectacle that has been
viewed for years and years, yet the
circus parade has and perhaps never
will lose any of its attraction.
any candidate for an elective office at services while the police of the city
C. L. Dietrich, sales agent, acted as
toastmaster.
Miss Elizabeth Tate and brother,
Robert, have returned from Atkinson,
where they attended the funeral of
their uncle, Mr. H. A. Colvin.
Thousands of persons lined Prin
cess and Market streets this morning .
There will be a meeting of the mem
bers of the W. C. T. U. Tuesday after
noon at 4 o'clock at the home of Mrs.
M. H. Shepherd, No. 11 South Eighth
J street, and all members are urged to
be present. Friends are invited to
attend the meeting also. An appro- j
STATE DEPARTMENT
AWAITS INFORMATION
that place. As a member of the legisla
ture he drafted and secured the pas
sage of an election law which was
known by his own name and which
served as a model for several States.
At the age of 24 he was elected !
mayor of Duluth. Later he was made
chairman of the State Democratic com
mittee and was a delegate to the Demo
cratic national convention in 1888. The
following year he was an unsuccessful
candidate for Congress rrom the
Fifth Minnesota district. By this time
he had accumulated a fortune of over i
$1,000,000.
he was in at the time were searching
for him high and low. Once, after a
conviction in Binghampton, N. Y., he
appealed to the courts to suspend sen
tence, announcing that ho was about
to begin a series of evangelical ser
vices, tlvat the passing or tne particular
check lor hich he had then been ar
rested was "an error of Judgment," and
that if ha were locked ui, his Chris- j
tian work would be ser'ously interfer- j
red with. The court suspended sen-j
tence. and Whiteman actually did 1
start in on an evangelical tour in va- j
rious small towns of New York State
and converted a number of people. It j
Washington, Nov. 6. The State
Department was today without fur
ther advices of the Lanao and it is
said that no action will be taken un
til it is shown that the lives of Amer
icans were endangered.
1 hen came the turning point in this was proved afterward that in the
picturesque career. After nis wife had ' middle of this work he got away, with
secured a separation, Whiteman rapid-' the bank account of a Presbyterian
ly plunged into a fast life, fliinging I church amounting to over $4,000.
THE WILMINGTON DISPATCH,
Wilmington, N. C.
Send me the following order :
papers Wednesday Issue.
I enclose $ Have them thrown off at
Depot in a bundle with my name on it.
My Name is J
Town a
and varying emotions were expresed
Wtiw. fono f oth- .tm, pUDe Present, i-nenas are invuea to Bobcats Invade Ranch
inson parade moved through the city.! attend " the meeting also. An appro-j Battle Mountain, Nev.. Nov. 6. 5
The neonl turned out en maae to Priate ProSram has been arranged and , Bobcats are numerous in the vicinity
witness the spectacle and while it
bore a close resemblance to similar
events that Wilmington people have
looked on it was thoroughly enjoyed
by the old and young alike. It was
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because a numoer or states are voi-1 of Galena. Two. of these big cats S
Ing on the prohibition question on
that day, special prayer will be en
gaged in.
a circus parade and as such it would j The Southern Serves the South,
never grow old in the minds of the SOUTHERN RAILWAY
people. Tifij same crowd would be Effective Monday September 11th,
there waiting expectantly for a second 1916 Southern Railway announces the
review were it customary to repeat present Wiaston-Salem Beaufort
the march through the city. f Moorehead City Pullman Sleeping
The parade was good. A number Car line will be shortened to Wlnston
of the covers had been taken from Salem Goldsboro Pullman Sleeping
the cages housing the wild animals Car HnesThis car will leave Winston-
and while they did not anDear as fe- oaiem aw:tu p. m., same as at pre
sent and arrive Goldsboro following
morning, returning car will leave
Goldsboro 10:35 P. M arriving Win-stbh-Salem
following morning.
Present Greensboro-Raleigh Pull-
man Claantntr "ai Una -nrlll nnnflmtA
would have resulted in the opening operate
fnne ?P -mre f.he CageS- 1 For details, reservations, etc.,
The trailing calliope or "steam pi- address
rocious as advertised few in the crowd
would have ventured inside the wag
ons carrying them and one can easily
imagine the panic that would have en
sued had fate directed a slip that
ano," furnishel music that one never ,
tires of hearing and the various bands ;
dispensed music that was eagerly list-i
ened to by the crowd. Especially was
this ture of the clown band and as
the wagon carrying this odd assort
ment of human nature passed the
Murchison bank building the crowd
yelled for more of "Tipperary." !
The elephants were there an even
dozen in number big ones and little
ones, with at least half of them car-
J. O. JONES,
Traveling Passenger Agent,
Raleigh, N. C.
IlemoTea superfluous Saii Irom
7 part of the lou. SAFE
ind.KELIAULE.
Large bottle, f 1,
sample, ioe.
gave the Nelson familyi at the Da hi S
Ranch anxiety. One walked to the .
back door and leaped upon the watch S
dog chained there. Driven away, it
renewed the attack and was shot and
killed. It was thought that this cat
was rabid and the head was sent to EE
the Pasteur Institute in Reno. The
next day another bobcat, presumably
the mate of the one killed, . walked
along the road in front of the house. j
This one was shot and wounded. The
dog pursued the cat Into the brush
and killed it. E
A special attraction to out of town shoppers during this week of Circus and Corn Shows. We are now
in the midst of our first Anniversary, Sale and the values to be had here are unusual. Take this opportunity to
combine your visit into one of both pleasure and profit.
Use this store as your headquarters. Leave your packages with us. We guarantee safe keeping and do
it free of charge.
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Contribute to the Wilson fund tua
first thing Monday morning and you
will take more interest in the returns
Tuescday night.
Subscribe liberally to the Wilson
fund early Monday morning and, help
Wilson win.
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J WELCOME J
I Corn Show Visitors
Ii Use Our Free Parcel Post Ser- p
II vice, or Check Your Purchases ,
I Here, and We Will Send Them J
II to the Trains for You. w f
" A. D. BROWN
J " "The Home Of Wooltex." : I
If our satisfied patrons were
not forever advertising us by
telling their friends and ac
quaintances about the fair
treatment they get at this
store we'd not do SUCH A
NICE BUSINESS.
Our Popular Shoe Store
The rapidity with which this depart
ment of our big store has grown is suffi
cient evidence that the. styles we show
are correct, the assortment complete and
the values the best. For Corn Show
Week we show lot of new high Boots,
both in button and lace and in all the
popular shades. Be sure you see these.
Havana brown high lace Boots $7.50
Gray top Havana brown lace Boots (a) ....... .$7.00
Steele Gray buck lace Boots $6.75
Black Patent, white top Boots .$5.00
Shoe Soap kid lace Boots .$5.00
Black Vici Kid lace Boots $4.00
Every new style is here.
The "Belk" Label
assures you Smart, Metropolitan de
sign in your clothes. It stands too, for
a grade of material and finish above
the average. There is a world of sat
isfaction in the possession of such ap
parel and economy in wearing.
SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY PRICES
THIS WEEK
Ladies' and Misses $5.75 and $6.50 Sport Coats $4.98
Ladies Long Mixed Coats, all the late styles . . .$6.50
$15.00 Long Mixed and Plaid Coats, Anniversary
price... 1 .... ... ... ... ... ... .... $12.50
$ 1 8.00 White Chinchilla Coats, colored collar and
cuffs . . $12.50
$ 1 5.00 Wool Whip Cord Coat Suits, all colors $12.50
$20.00 Gaberdine and Poplin Suits, all colors and
sizes ...... ' $15.97
Beautiful Broadcloth and Velour Suits
at . . . ... $24.75 and up to $65.00
Complete line of Narolina Guaranteed Furs
$5.95 to $75.00 per set.
JAMES M. HALL, Druggist,
5th ancf CastTe Streets.
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NY'S COFFEES & TEAS
Kenny's Special Coffee 4
lb for ... . .$1.00
Kenny's Fancy Blend Cof
fee 3 lb for 90c
Kenny's Golden Rio Cof
fee 5 lb for ..... .$1.00
Kenny's other grades Cof
fee . . . . .16 to 18c per lb
Our M. and J. Coffee 3 lb
for $ 1 .00 is the finest.
Che-on-Tea best in Amer
ica for 50c per lb.
C D. KENNY ea
Phone 679. 16 So. Front.
Prompt Delivery.
DRESS GOODS AND SILKS
3 6-in. Taffeta Silks all shades
at ............ . .98c
40-in. Crepe de Chiney all
shades . 98c
40-in. Radium Taffeta Silk,
at . . .$1.68
36-in. Gras de Lbndre Silk
at ... .$1.68
36-in. Peaude S6ire, black
only ... ... . . $1.25
42-in. Wool Taffetas, all col
ors .85c
;44-in. Storm and French
Serges, excellent goods
at . . .98c
54-in, Velour Broadcloth, all
colors . $1.79
Paris Hats Have Been
Cleverly Copied
and in them has been artis
tically caught the very spirit
of; the mode, the "Chic," the
charm that distinguishes Paris
millinery. :
Fashioned of elegant materials, these perfect
cxDpies, made in the "Belk" work rooms repro
duce the subtle grace of line, the beauty of
coloring the effectiveness of every detail of the
French originals. -
$18.00 Pattern Hats, Anniversary price $J,3,50
$15,00 Pattern Hats, Anniversary-price $10.95 ,
$12.50 Pattern Hats, Anniversary price,$9.95
,$10.00 Pattern Hats, Anniversary price $75
$7.50 Pattern Hats, Anniversary priced ,$4&7
$6,00 Pattern Hats, Anniversary price. .$3.98
Velour Ready-to Wear Hats . $3.95 to $7.50
Men's Clothing
No other store in Eastern North
Carolina is in a position to of
fer you the values we give.
AH-Woor Worsted Suits,
well tailored, all colors
and sizes . . , . . . .$9.95
$15.00 Serge and Worsted
Suits ... $12.50
$ 1 8.00 young Men's Suits,
all the new models, $14.9j
Style Plus Guaranteed Suits
at... $17.00
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your packages
at our Bundle
Counter.
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