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THlLMINGTON'DjSPAtCH ',1 SVWAY,mRti 24; ,19 1 V ' ', . V V-VrT V V PAGE SEVEN ,1- I M R3., PUKBMI ,t.UONQ,- Editor :Phohe,A 206. 1- A . : i'l.-t. - i, I . t'-J .. Iff" I. r ilrX TV. M. Bryan is visiting Mr; , n Carter, at Bolton. George H. Bellamy is visiting Mr at Jacksonville, N. C. elatives Arg C. A. Williams has returned faco after a visit with relatives. 1 MisS Annie Lou Broyn, of Atlanta, J returned homer yesterday after "a St in the city. , , ' - ' Mar Thompson, of Whitevllle, Jurned home yesterday after aTyislt j,h friends at soutnporw n - "' visses Eugenia Bret and Lottie Wnrin have returned to Acme, .after . hort visit in the city. ' ; wins Rachel Griinaley, of - Jackson' Mt, N; C'is visiting Mrs. Wy V, ICR", U. O -I. 7 A IXUVOD DUCCt, wisses Jeffords .HarrelL' and : Ghrisi ,ae Sturgeon are spending, the week Ai with friends at Scott's Hill. Sirs. Harry Woollerton and children jits gone to New Bern to visit Mr. voollerton, who is employedxthere. . ; Mrs. C L. Carter and Mrs. J. A. jcDougall are spending the week-end Tith relatives at Bennettsville, S. C. A Misses Katherine Heyer anorMabel jChinnis are spending a short time litn the. tetter's father at Phoenix. ; Mrs. M. MV Bethea and daughter, jlss Annie, of Holly Rridge, have re jarned home lifter a visit with friends ja the city. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Best and baby left yesterday afternoon for Marion, S, C., where they will visit Mrs. .Best! a Bother, Mrs. Wiggins. Mrs. E. M. Dewey, who has , been jrijitidg Mrs. E. Z. King, No. 204 South Sixth street, returned to her lome at Whiteville yesterday. - . I Mrs. W. C. Dicksey, of Burgaw, ipent a short time in the . city, enJ route to Columbia, where she will visit her brother, Lieut. J. O. Manly. Miss Gussie IMitchell, a student at Motte's Business College, is spending the week-end with her parents, Mr. ind Mrs. A. G. Mitchell, at Fairmont. 4 ' Mrs. W. J. Behnet, of Grantsboro, jpent short time in the city, en route to Columbia, where she will visit her husband, at Camp Jackson. f Mrs. E. T. Bryant, of Wallace, spent yesterday in the city .leaving in the Itomopn ..dff Wxxstnishi whereshej ynxismtfifirf rents, jar, ana:rMrs.4 H. H. Holton. . . -. Miss Ruth Dobsori, of Atkinson, ho was, called home . on account of the illness of her sister, spent a short time in the city," en route' to Vista, where she is the primary teacher in the school there. Mrs. C. D. Priest "has returned to her home at Council, after a' ' visit with Mr. and- Mrs. Rr-J.Ttamsaurat Wtrinabow.' She was accompanieX home by Miss Margaret Ramsaur, Who will visit her. . . ' -if- Mrs. C. R. Leonhart, ' who has been here to be near her husband, who Snterwent an dpefatlbn at theVames naiiter Memorial Mospitai, nasi re turned to her home s at ChadbVurn. She. left Mr. Leonhart improyin Friday's Charlotte Observer has the following: "Miss Esther Springs, who arrived home a week ago from Wil mington to .recuperate after a slight HlnesB, is much improved and hopes to be able to resume her duties as member of the faculty of -the Wil mington schools very soon. Miss springs is the youngest daughter of Jlr. and Mrs. B. D. Springs. She has been connected with the -Wilmington schools for the past several'-years and highly regarded as a teacher." i The shop of Fine wares presents, an array of Easter Embracing t articles quality and Honnet Gonservative Progress :MrsV- Q&Noring has gone to rnoenix ror an extended visit, with Misses Lucile Darden and Tifaa Keels are spending the week-ehd de- nEuu.uuy wxtn rriemis at Lumberton. r Mrs.i John T. Bennett. ai Rncte-n lam, who came' here to be with Tier: aaugnier, miss Mary C; Bennett, uf tngan operation, returned' home yes t Sergeanf and MrsC E:;HraitTnAw ame up irom ;;Southpjrt 5 yesterday morning on buslnessreturning in thl afternoon t Tle rCathedral auxiliary .will have "i.wii wiu sapper jMonaay, AnjiJ a, t . xne Knignta ox Columhus hall from 6 to 11 p. m., for the benefit of tne Cathedral building fund.V - ; r-Hp- - . The, following, from Friday's Fay- ttevllle . Observer : "Mrs.: Emma Owen nas returned from a visit to her sis ter, Miss Nellie Cook, of Wilmington wno ior several weeks has been cruite UK but is much better, we are glad to note. -r St. Mary's Red Cross Unit will meet every Tuesday at the Rectory. The rooms will be open from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Every member of St. Mary's auxiliary has been enrolled in the un.lt .ana eacn one is asked to do some work either at the rooms or home "work. "Regular monthly dues' are not expected, but voluntary contributions will be accepted, nd every woman is expected to do her duty. A patriotic meeting will be held at Winter Park tomorrow night, at o clock, and a large attendance isde sired. Mr. J. "A. McNorton will de liver the principal address of the f evening, and Mr. J. O. Brown and Mrs Annie P. Pretlow will organize pa triotic societies among the men and women. These meetings are being held in- every school district by the request ot Governor Bickett in the in terest of thrift stamps, war gardens and home demonstration clubs. The school children will . render a short program. -55- In writing about the meeting of the Mecklenburg County Committee Colonial Dames, held Thursday after noon, the Charlotte Observer has the following to say: MIss Robertson read a-letter from. Mrs. W. N. Har riss, State chairman of county com mittees of Colonial Dames, inviting the members of the Mecklenburg committee to be present at the an nual meeting which will be held Wednesday, May 1, in Wilmington the birthplb.ee. of the Jforthf Carolina Society of. -Colonial Uafiies -more; -.than 20 years ago. " ir is expected that number of the Dames from this city will attend the meeting." M. Mrs. D. S. MacAlesfer ' and two granddaughters, Virginia and Marga ret Shine, of Panama, Flal, who have been visiting Miss Eliza Murphy and Dr. J. G. Murphy, left yesterday af ternoor for- Lumberton, where1 they will visit Mrs. MacAlester's brother before returning home. . . ' -if PREPARATIONS BEING MADE Preparations are. being completed for the program "of the spring meet ing of I the Presbyterian auxiliary, o Wilmington Presbytery, which will be held at Rose Hill, N. C, April 17 to 19. A number of prominent people will participate in .the 'program, and a large, attendance from Wilmington and other Presbyterian, churches in Eastern North Carolina is expecte 45- . VESPER SERVICES. Mrs. A. M,. Alderman will lead the vesper services at the Y. W. C. A. th afternoon- at 5 o'clock. The subject wiy be "Th& Challenge of the Pres ent Crisis." .All young women of the city are cordially invited to attend the services. All Sunday school teachers and girls- between the ages of 12 and 20 are 'urged : to: attend and remain after the services to discuss lans for organizing a patriotic league. Greetings many oof permanent moderate cost SHOES of iHt type are the ac cepted style for Spring. They afe made ir wJety of xnodels. Ibrovncatf, gun metal calf or vhite. . Handsomely - atitched and perfo rated. Ver becoming "vrithaemi- miHtary dress. MADE in a wide, range of styles, this type has an important place in Spring footwear. May be had in white cloth or canvas. Uack kid. patent leather or black calf. Many pumps hire this are worn with spats or overgaitert. SPRING and Summer loots of this type are made of white pro-buck , and other fabrics. Also in black kid. or two-toned com' binations of kid or calf. Very stylish and dressy are these Queen Quality models. Miss Fannie Henry and niece, Miss Frances Galloway, of Winnabow, have returned home after a pleasant stay! with relatives. Mr. M. W. Mendenhall, of Fort Mill, S. C, whs has been visiting his daughter, Mrs. Vance Bounds, left yesterday afternoon for Charlotte, where he will visit his daughter, Mrs. J. E. Smith, before returning home. PERSONAL MENTION. Mr. Joseph-T. Brown, of Charlotte, is on a visit to friends and relatives in the city. Mr, J. D. Butler, who has been in the city on business, returned to Phoe nix yesterday. j Mr. .Johfl Murphy, a student at A. & E, College, -Raleigh, spent. Friday hi the city with, relatives. Mr. James H. Moore, of Atkinson, has entered the James Walker Mem orial Hospital for treatment. - Mr S. J. Rowell returned to his home at Northwest yesterday after noon after a business trip to Souhir port. SoliCitOfTHbmer G. Lyon, of . White ville, who has been attending criminal court at Southport, spent Friday in the city, en route home. Judge C. , C. Lyon, of Elizabethtown, who has been holding court at South port, has returned home. He will hold his next court in Wilmington. Mr. Thomas Wells, who has been studying at Annapolis, Md., has re turned to the city and is with his pa rents, Rev. and. Mrs. J. M. Wells. ' Ensign F. H. Andrewsv who vhas been visiting his father, Mr. Frank Andrews, No. 819 Princess street left yesterday afternoon to report for duty on his- ship. Mr. W. M.-Taylor, of Scott's Hill, was in tns city yesterday onibusfness. Mr. J. P: Ward has gon to Kin- ston on business, and wnile there will visit relatives, i; . - NEW HANOVER LEADS Une riundred and 1 nirty-two ; Societies in City and County ( (Special to Tbe Dispatch.) Winston-Salem, March 23. Ono hundred and thirty-two war sayings societies have been reported to State Headquarters as having been organ ized and put to work in New Hanover county, i02 of these being amtfng the white people and 30 among the col ored. Mr. Malcolm G. Little, adver tising manager for . New Hanover's War- Savings Cdmmittee, writes to State Headquarters that War Savings Societies have been . organized in. not only all the schools, but in the fac tories, stores, offices, lodges and va rious communities. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company have organized their different departments into War Savings Societies. Reporting for the schools, Mr. Lit tle says: "Every school .room in the county, both rural ahd city, has a society in it. The High school has fourteen societies, the Union Gram- mar school, ten, and the Hemenwajf school, nine. The rural communities are organized into three societies, one for the men, one for the ladies, and another for the children in the school. The Wilmington High school is 100 per cent, efficient in War savers; that is, every pupil and teacher has at least one Thrift Stamp. The school has an enrollment of four hundrei students. Wednesday, March 6th, was Thrift day. Every . student brought his or her Thrift card to school, and at the assembly were ask ed to show thern There was not a WAR SAVINGS SOCIETIES single person present that did not have one. A picture was- taken o the student body, displaying the card. - -T-- r - - - "Women of America! Buy Wisely ! Buy the Best : Judicious biiying of standard goods at fair prices is trAie economy. A shoe or any other article, 7bought for price alone, may be an extravagance because of its faihxr to fit, to wear and give service. ' --f Reliable goods carry the makers stamp, which is, your surety of value. Every pair of Queen Quality Shoes honestly handled and properly fitted by a reliable store, carries a Double Guarantee, that df the dealer and that of Thomas G. Plant Gompahy, Boston, Massachusetts, the manufacturer. Peterson 1 RnHs Up to that date the school had pur chased stamps to the amount of il, 353.00 and had sold $2,312.00 worth." Another progressive step taken "y the members of the War. .Savings So cieties in Wilmington-and &ew Han over county reported by Mr. Little is that they are planting Thrift Gardens in the cityand Victory Acres in the country. He. says that even the pia zas of the city -have been taken ver by some of the city high school and converted into gardens. ACME RED CROSS. Junior Society is Doing a Great Work ,pr tne uause. Acme. N. C. -March 22. With th work of the faithfjil chairman, the Junior Red Cross is doing good" work. The school -children are "bo anvious to help in this war that they are can vassing the community to get up War Savings and Thrift Stamps. So far, they have gptten up $46.50 for War Savings Stamps and $25.00 for Thrift stamps. Several children are paying 25 cents per week till they get their War Savings Stamp. The last few meetings the children met to work, hthey made - one . hundred and thirty- r . i . 1 1 i j j i x seven iour-iau aeaa uauuases, tnuxj triangle bandages and sixteen-refugee garments. We worked three even- ings after school last week. Soma of the girls are so very much enthus ed in this work that they sometime? take work home with them to be done at night. The boys have made quite a good many boxes, which were made beau tifully. We hope to have a box of goods to ship away soon. A Mother's Club was recently or ganized at the Graded school, under the auspices of the Twentieth Cen tury Self-culture Association. The aim of this club will be a study of child mature in order to better understand the children and aid in their train ing. The next meeting , of the club will be held Wednesday, March 27, TAN Boaeia calf . white can vas, or 'white prorbuch, as veil as black leathers. Made on anadeal walking last with medium heel, they will be worn Quite exten sively this Spring and Summer. J LACE oxfords have- come-to the fore to a marked degree. The typesliownsJxsrms made of black "Shoe-Soop Kid. a Queen Quality leather eftrohderfolh fine texture and longe. Also made of rtenteixdoAer black leathers,. OUTING footwear includes boots made of white pro-buck, canVas or cloth. Brown calf and gun metal calf are also included in the styles ftr early Spring. The "Girl Military" models are feat ures of Queen Quality designing. if WAT HA. Watha, N. C, March 23. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Lee and Mrs. Fitzhugh Lee received cards announcing the safe arrival of Corporal Fitzhugh Lee 3ome where in France. He sailed on the latter part of February. Mr. J. M. Lee, accompanied by Mrs. Rudolph Rivenbark and Miss Jessie Peace, organized a Red Cross unft at Willard the 22 inst. The Watha Red Cross met Wednes day with their usual attendance and spent a very profitable evening woik- ing for the good cause. A box of knitted articles was sent to Atlanta, mm THARNATION MILK: 11 rdiaary aUM dtfes. not !mv o bth used witMd ny set period. After opening it will keep. n wKM pim. sor several days It ie fbi: only olik f)p!y eefded in the home, for it can be seed wherever ordfiBiry' milk is used. There ir MuaUy a slight loss in U ordinary mQk in die Lome. Slilht ai it may seem, this daily loss aeon this tees jy he eKmiDeted. At present, when the conservation of food is so essential, it ia a boon to every housewife. V Ow BMlclst Tfae 8; & be Story ot CknuHoo, eon ' reels far tit nreptnrfoa at toed MBfc 8d fork. ad order s ( npflr W Carutioo froai rnr frocr TkeCernatienMilk Prrxmcts Co,, c eleven pairs of socks, 22 squares and one helmet, knitted mostly by th Carolina Industrial school. . The East Watha unit is in a very flourishing condition, fifteen new . members have been added .and they are doing a lot of work, ' , The Watha Red Cross chapter will -give an oyster supper at the Watha school house Friday the 29th. Supper : -. will be served at 7 o'clock,, .after "j which the children of the Carolina In- dustrial school will give a very fine I play under the management of Mrs.. ; Abbie Petersdh. Proceeds will go to the Watha Red Cross. A motion picture , outfit has been sent from England for use in the camps surrounding Jerusalem.. t 4 grows to todar. Seattle, U.S.A. m Li"-. fit, f tt ..I'- II;:. mm ' 'fe Mil in : V'.
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