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Can Be Other New or Renewal
MONDAY
ROBERT
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DAY FOR THE
RED
CROSS
Saturday was a very busy day at
Campaign Headquarters of the New
JSJra Gamiatga of The Dispatch. Many
. of ithe candidates from outside of Wil
mington took advantage of the oppor
tunity Jn securing the first .$12 in sub
scriptions, and receiving 100,000 extra
votes in addition tri the regular votes.
; They also took advantage of .the oppor
tunity while in the city to -view the
: various awards at different places pur
V chased, and the unanimous opinion
: was -that the sifts i.rj of very supe
'J rior quality, and are worth the efforts
on the jpart of anyone. .Naturally the
Jrro grand awards,', the Btudebaker
Six and the Chevrolet, Touring Car,
came in for the lion's share of the
.ojmment. This .stands lor reason that
- the two j grand capital-awards are of
jsuperior -quality and represent the
very Jatest designs ami workmanship
fOt the present day manufacturers of
Automobiles.
One More Week of Starting
. Opportunity.
There is still offered to the various
participants one mbre golden week of
great possibilities, that have not as
? yet (qualified for the $100,000 extra
votes Jfcr the. first, four sixmonths sub-'
scriptions in either new or renewal
subscriptions by mail or carrier to any
point outside of "Wilmington. This
week will till afford each one the op
portunity sf securing the 100,000 extra
votes in addition to the regular votes
xua subscriptions. Do .not let this
great opportunity escape, never again
will so many votes he issued for sub
scriptions ihan now, and now is the
accepted tinfe to begin to display real
activity in securing a greater vote for
every subscription.
Coupons By . the Thousands.
The free voting coupons that have
been appearing" in The Dispatch con
tinue to come in by the thousands.
These ' coupons represent as previous
ly stated great value and will mate
rially assist some one or the candi
dates or all the candidates in reach
ing the goal of their ambition. No
tice also the nomination coupon; clip
that from The Dispatch and nominate
yourself, relative or friend today. The
names of the various participants that
have been nominated will appear in
The Dispatch at a very early date.
The list will be a large one and
and those desiring their names to
appear in the first list should send in
their nomination immediately. Today.
Chanters Are Urged to Pass
Pledge Cards at Church
J Services - ,
IMPORT DRIVE FOR
IT
RED CROSS WEf
OVER
Nilnher of Places Were Visit
er by Speakers and Fort
Caswell Band
Southport, N. C, May 25. The
Red Cross dfjve was an in full
force in Brunswick county last week,
and by Monday night old Brunswick's
sector expects to be way "over the
top."- The campaign commttiee has
l covered the county, making the fol
! lowing points with the Fort Caswell
military band and a corps of speakers.
At each place visaed the following
speakers made five-minute talks on the
following topics and local speakers
were also called on:
Capt. J.. J, Adkins, "The Present
Drive."
Rev. Moore, "Your 'Boy and
the Red Cioss." t
Robert W.' Davis. "Patriotism - Plus
; Pocketfcook." i- ' ;. . - !
Rev.: C. B..Culbreth,' "Good Samar
itan of the Hour." , '
Thomas Lindsay, "The Tight Wad."
E. H. Cranmer, "Prosperity and Red
Cross." -
Rev. Paul Briti, "The Call to the
Churches."
C. Ed Taylor, "Brunswick County's
$1,000.".
J. W. Ruark, "Pay It, How?"."
Ref. R; N. Fritts, "What Are You
. Going tj Do About It?"
. The following were the places of
meeting in the county: Bolivia, land
: vale, Phoenix, Winnabow, Mt. Pisgah,
Shallotte, Ash, court house at South
; port and the colored Masonic hall at
Southport: -
' , A, number of ladies accompanied the
, party. At Landvale and Mt. Pisgah
js a picnic dinner was served to the party
fcy the local Red Cross units of those
; places. Winnabow gave them a fine
supper; Ash, hot coffee and Southport
supper at the court house.
Subscriptions have been generously
tand. cheerfully given. At the South-
port fish and oil factory every employe
gave a dars wages and most of these
- were negroes. The work of the negroes
-. in this drive is worthy - of note and
praise. They are showing great inter
rest and raising a goodly sum of money.
R. W. Davis is chairman and Rev.
. A. O. Moore, secretary, of the cam-
-paign committee, which has so suc
cessfully directed this drive.
I Southport had a visit last Thursday
V Ifrom the Hemenway. bugle and drujn
" Icorps of Wilmington, and every one,
. old as well as young, enjoyed the
, inarching and fine music of this band
of young Americans.
Last week the whole county made a
hard drive for the Red Cross, this
week let Southport make a drive for
her schools. We must support the
Red Cross, we must buy bonds, to
support our boys that have gone over,
and it . is just as necessary that we
enducate our boys and . girls who will
have to meet all the hard conditions
that will follow the war and who will
in the end have to pay these bonds.
It. is necessary for soldiers and
nurses to be trained and equipped for
fighting In the trenches, rt is just as
necessary that boys and girls be train
ed and equipped for the great fight for
liberty and justice and right" and the
highest and best life that must inevi
tably follow this present day struggle.
MARION
vote of thanks to the young ladies
who so willingly "aided in making the
afternoon's program bright and attrac
tive. At the conclusion of the meeting
Mrs. Nichols, assisted by her daugh
ters, served delicious sandwiches and
ice tea.
The ladies of the Baptist church
held a baby show on the lawn adjoin
ing the council chamber, Friday after
noon. All children under three years
Atlanta, Ga.. May 25.-The southern
division total for Red Cross has reach
ed $3050,110.47, , Of that amount Ten
nessee raised $953,000, Georgia $817
000,. Florida $4Q0,0O0, North Carolina
$706000, South Carolina $634,000.
All chapters are urged to pass
pledge cards throughout church con
gregations on Sunday and make Mon
day a sweeping, popular canvass
reaching every community in every
chapter's jurisdiction.
The American Red Cross declares
Monday, May 27, as Robert E. Lee day
in the southern division. "Here's to
the gray of the sun-kissed south, as
you meet on the fields of France, may
the spirit of Lee be with you all as
sons of the South advance."
Thirty-four towns report heavy
over-subscriptions, some doubled their
quotas, and are still going. Two hun
dred and thirty-nine chapters report
over the top.
One of the things we have often
wondered about is, does the young fel
low who takes his girl riding on the
rear seat of his motorcycle drive right
up to the house to get her, or does
he have to meet her on some street
corner? If he calls boldly for her,
don't father and mother have a word
tosay?
Even without the services of a sea
soned third baseman, the Red Sox look
as good as any other outfit in the
American league.'
were eligible. The teachers played
games with the older children and ice
cream was served, this furnishing p.
pleasant afternoon to all who partici
pated. The Red Cross parade on Monday
was a decided success.
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Velvetina FacefPowder
Djer-Kiss Face! Powder
Fruman Face yonder
Swan Down Fajce Powder
LaBlanphe Face Powder
Sanatol Face Power
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Azurea Face Powder
Carmen Face " Powder
Dagett & Ramdale Face Powdw
R. &.G. Face Powder
Melba Face Powder
5th and Red Cross Streets.
Our Soda Fount Menu is
Complete.
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Phone 520.
To Subscribers of Tkird
Liberty Loan
Under the Government plan of payment 20 per cent of subscrip
tion becomes due on Tuesday, May 2Sth.
Please call at Bank and mike settlement. 1
Murchison National Bank
"Marion, S. C, May ,25. A very ln
' terestins. and pleasant meeting , of the
.MV. C. T. TJ. .was. held atMrs A, B.
Nichols Tuesday afternoon .'at''' 5
t O'clock.' ,- , . -; . ,
.The -devotional exercises were con
t ducted--by - Mrs. Leitner in Tier usual
Impressive .manner, After : which Y the
ibusiness . was taken up. The union
decided, to -support one :Fsench orphan
. for which a very liberal contribution
.was made. Mesdames J. R. Montgom.
erTi M: C'-jWoods;. 5 - and- J . - G Mace
" were asked tor- make some plans for
" rthe ; state -, convention which meets
i ihere imthe early falL
A jMisses Sadie Hewitt, Blanche Bell,
'Alma Foxworth and Eliza Byars con
tributed- beauurui .vocai music ana a
VPIE IS SELLING AT TEN CENTS" 7
(Press Comment) k
For the purpose of ascertaining the purchasing power
of a nickel, an inquiry at one of the city restaurants will prove
the above statement.
Unfortunately it is true thatthe slice of pie purchased
today for J cents is just one-half the size of the slice which
could have been purchased two or three years ago. The ex
planation is simple. The manager of the restaurant pays 30
cents for a pie which formerly, cost him 1 2J cents.
Following the investigation you will find in the nearby
shoe store that the purchasing power of a nickel, since the be
ginning of the war, has been reduced to 3 cents. It is expected
within a very few months that it will be reduced to 2 JJ cents.
At the clothing store it will be found that the purchasing
power of the nickel has been reduced to 3 cents. In the meat
market it has gone down within the same period to 2 cents.
In the hardware store it is found that the purchasing
power of 5 cents in staple hardware, like shovels and axes, is
now only 2Yi cents; and in buying fancy hardware, like locks
and mowing machines, it is not over 2 cents.
Include in the investigation a trip on the trolley car. It
will be found that a longer ride can be "obtained for 5 cents
than was obtainable four years ago. But if one follows the
value of a nickel after it is received by the traction company,
it y$lW found that its purchasing power at once drops down
to 2J2cents.
There are few people to whom it is riot clear that a public
utilities corporation has no "sleight of hand" ability, or occult
power, by, which it can increase the purchasing power of a
nickel beyond the general level fixed by economic law.
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measured m terms or average laoor, copper wire, car
equipment, machinery, coal, oil for gas making, and in fact all
supplies which it uses in providing public service, the purcnas
ing power of a nickel, as compared with the earlier period,
varies slightly from 2z cents. If 5 cents was eyer a proper
rate or rare, the present rate should approximate 1 0 cents.
. What economic law operates differently for the seller of
transportation and the seller of pie or hardware? Think for a
moment that the nickel is in reality only 214 cents, and it will
be clear that you can not fairly purchase with it transportation
costing more than 5 cents.
The Wilmington public, now on the eve of an era of
greater prosperity, recognizing1 these facts, is willing to con
cede the necessity of facing them. Now it is more important
to the community, than at any previous time that the public
service corporation exert its strength and be m a position to
meet creditably the unusual strain placed upon it by the
growth ot the shipbuilding industry and the consequent need
of a greater city.
The public service corporation has only one source of
strength through which to provide adequate service, and that
is an operating revenue sufficient to pay the increased cost of
labor and materials which go to make up the service and leave
a net income sufficient to establish beyond question the sound
unantwi -swiua or uie company".
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Ian Lace Play Oxfords. . ... . ,$1.19
Tan Lace Play Oxfords, 8 1-2 to
U ..........$1.39
E. CSkuffer; black oxford $1.48
E. C. Skuffer, black oxford. . .$1.75
Tor Easer for children :.-. ai?e
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White Tennis for children ; $1,00,
$1.25, $1.50 '
Ladies' Tennis, white oxfordi Pm ; p
and Shoes, $1.00, $1.25, fel 0
Ladies' white oxfords, rubb r
sdles, $1.50
Ladies' white oxf ordsh leatr
and rubber sole, $1.75
Ladies white oxfords, enari
$2.00 and $2.50
Men's oxfords, dark tan, $6.0
$6.75, $7.50 English or hf
also freak toe.
Men's black oxfords, gun 1
kid, in English or round toe, 14
$6.00, $5.50, $5.00, $4.50
$3.50.
todor-made
"BLUE BONNETS' JlNae Pairic vith New Fcatmi.
ffriBf, wbA duit wtbiwfefi pettecdy. AdmiraUy 8dptJ fc,
port eo4H and krt.,cWian tMMntbeMb. etc. .Akxfetp.
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II wovt deW ioeuft ctfty "BIo BfBM eB " JJ wini name ef dealer aaj
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Nomination Coupon
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Campaign.
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TRA VOTES
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subscriptions
y in the Campaign, thia offer will
ialn.wUl as many vote b -lvied
;n aubscrlptlons.
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To make Wilmington grow, Build more homes!
UTo make Wilmington a great shipbuilding city,
Build more homes! '
To make Wilmington the first city in the Old North
Sta te, Build more homes! -
To make a place they can call home for. the ship
builders, Build houses!
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Wilmington is about to Enter .upon a New Era. A Great Industry has come to stay. Men of all trades and
professions will soon be seeking a place to live. A place to call home. Let us profit by the mistakes of others who
havfe failed to provide these needed homes. Subscribe to the Building and Loan. : If you now are a subscriber invest
again. Wilmington and its peopleWe been called upon to house many newcomers. Wilmington is not going to
V1? its task. -You are taking a great step forward in your duty to yonr country by buildingja home. If not for your
self for one of these workmen that will buUd the ships to make Wilmington grow to help crush the hun horde. The
buildmg-and loan associations will gladly lend the money to build these houses-
Today is the day to take actibn. Send in jkhat subscription. This situation is not one" for thinking Action
is wanted.
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Brooklyn Building and Loan Association.
Carolina Building and Loan Association.
Citizens Building and Loan. .Association.
City and Suburban Building and Loan Association.
Co-operative Building and Loan Association.
Hanover Building and Loan Association. -Mechanics'
Building and Loan Association.
North Carolina Home Building. Association.
Orton Building and Loan Association.
People's Building and Loan Association: .
Progressive Building and Loan Association.
Rural Building and Loan Association.
Wilmington Homestead and Loan Association.
Metropolitan .Trust Company.
Wor kers Building and Loan Association.
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