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gllFUL SERMON 10 MILITARY MEN CroWded Church Hears Dr. Mc Clure at Special Service. THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 1917. FIVE w-hnrch Makes Eloquent! Appeal to sailor Ana joiaiersspcciw Music and Communion. f St. Andrew's Presbyterian bled uniform for special anit in? In v rear. of Acts ,a st Andrew's Presbv- rhurch, the several military trian cnurcu. - of tn cuy incociutw -audience for Rev. Dr. A. D. Mc--qiivprpd an appealing: ad- Clure " . , ce for their benefit yesterday morn- 0re mi. . 1 white occupied the front seats- bile the men in khaki sat in the sing his talk on the seventh .v. tnnth phanlAr nf the hnnV -srse 01 "lc "" ' c . . . 3 ..-Via t Vi o Antrol orVii'K bp unto lOriieilu was ucpai icu, lie S?ll ri two of his household servants. .a devout soldier of them that taited on him continually," Dr. Mc nure said that he had invited the n to St. Andrew's because, being m-e'one time -chaplain of the W. L. I. a at another time chaplain of the troni Regiment he felt close to the n in uniform; because he believed jL above all people the soldier ought to fear God. and because in our train ee and preparation for war we are not thinking of God as we ought to. The pastor then brought to the at tention of his congregation the fact hat Cornelius, the one referred to in C text, was a devout man and a grwit coiT.mai.der of military forces. Continuing: he said: "ft is true that you are out because 0f patriotic impulses for' home and -ountrv, which challenges the best in men to assort itself, but above all wd over all do not forget God. The result of our conflict is in the hands of God.'' The speaker appealed to the men in lront of him to trust in their train ing, in their preparation and in their commander?, but always in the thick of the fight to pause and say: "O God we trust in Thee." "It is not so important to see that God is on our side as to see that we are on God's side," said the speaker, "for the Almighty is always on the side of right and justice." Concluding, Dr. McClure said: "The great war is but an incident in the .course of human history. There will always be a conflict between two forces, on the one hand, God, the giver of all good things, and on the other, Satan, the enemy of God. The Al nisrhty must in the end prevail." The regular choir, usually off for the summer, was reassembled for the occasion and beautifully rendered spe cial music. Communion was admin istered after the sermon. GENERAL METTS APPOINTS. EW MEMBER OF STAFF H. D. Duckworth of Mecklenburg Made Lieutenant-Colonel. r - ' In these stirring, warlike times the Confederate veterans are not going to be left forgotten by the young squirts who are being commissioned right and left and quite appropriate comes an announcement from headquarters of the North Carolina Division, U. C. V., that Major General James I. Metts, commanding the division, has appoint ed Adjutant H. D. Duckworth of tlu illeaklenburg camp quartermaster general with the rank of lieutenant colonel, on headquarters staff. A review of the staff is like a list of men from Oglethorpe or Charles ton, and the officers are as follows: Col. H. A. London, adjutant general, and chief of staff, Pittsboro. Lieut.-Col. W. E. Kyle, Inspector general, Fayetteville. Lieut-Col. H. D. Duckworth, quar termaster general, Charlotte. Lieut.-Col. G. H. Hall, commissary .general. Red Springs. Lieut.-Col. C. M. Steadman, judge' advocate general, Greensboro. Lieut-Col. T. C. Boone, chief of ar tillery, Winton. Lieut-Col. L. Leon, chief of ord nance, 'Wurf.rngton. Lieut-Col. w. D. McMillan, surgeon general, Wilmington. Lieut-Col. P. A. Osborne, chaplain general, Charlotte. Major w. p. Wood, assistant adju tant general, Raleigh. land301" A" M" Powell enESn, Vine Aides: Majors Dr. Blum, Winston; H; Smith, Winston; James A. Bry an, Newbern; P. H. Hanes, Winston; Ge,rSe H. Bell, Asheville. SeW J' H" Parker' bugler, Smith- BOARD EDUCATION TO MEET Important Session Will Be Held This Afternoon at 4 O'Clock Supt. J. J. Blair Here. Citizens of the community interested in the educational activities of the city are manifesting much interest in the first meeting of the Board of Edu cation for the new school year which will be held at the court house this afternoon at 4 o'clock, and at which the' future educational policies of the county and city will be outlined by the board for the first time. A scrutiny of the budget prepared by the city and county superintendents for their respective departments, th j election of a new secretary to the board to take the place of Mrs. Wal lace, resigned, the appointment of sev eral school committeemen and the rec ommendations from the board to the su perintendents as to certain educational policies for the coming year are the chief matters which will come up. Whether or not the board will at tempt to take advantage of the recent appropriation by the Legislature to wipe out adult illiteracy by inaugurat ihg a campaign to raise funds to sup plement the State aid, is a matter of conjecture, since it was only recently brought to the attention of the differ ent boards throughout the State hy Superintendent Joyner. It is well to bear in mind in this connection that New Hanover county ranks lowest in the State in adult illiteracy, monumen tal of her excellent school system. It is highly probable that with a little ex tra effort by the present Board of Ed ucation, adult illiteracy may be en tirely obliterated. The fact that Professor Catlett, the county superintendent, has been em ployed to devote his entire time dur ing the coming year to the country schools bespeaks increased efficiency for rural schools, and the fact that with the organization of the jiew school board, Mr. C. B. Newcomb was appointed as sole purchasing agent for the schools, indicates that this impor tant part of the school machinery will be systematically and efficiently man aged. Mr, John J. Blair, superintendent of city schools, will attend the board meeting this afternoon. He has been engaged at the University Summer School and lately hus been spending some time at High Point and Greensboro. EXAMINE NEW MEN IN SECOND DRAFT OGLETHORPE TERMS EXPLAINED, RICE OF MILK ADVANCES AXD IS SCARCE ALSO Hetail Price of 10 Cents Goes to 15 Cents Wholesale 12 1-2. "e price of milk has advanced to CentS at .vvhnloc'ilo or. 1 Jill!? a.1 r.etail- and Is scarce at that 's to increased demand incident to Jwner months, it is stated by milk "' and restaurants and cool drink ..u dre unable to serve their cus tom as in normal times. une milkman. Mr. E. M. Wilson, SUDDlipS tVli-an llTil ! 4. find . mice Wilmington taico ,;u a large driip- ntnr. wiiv, 7S i.-. scions a day, said yesterday that hoS SelH?S milk at 12 X-2 cents this and could not say how soon tof th might be raised, because bf u ontlnued increases in the cost rJ ,tuft The summer-months de- wZ i. ' ls a factor in the raise in Pr . demand at this time of sunniv s up the available milk cannot bf mtT Shrtage thtt diffi.l f0UI1tains are having: som : .ln securing sufficient sup- milir J: , r trade, and some of the Ed frn - served have been advanc om to 10 cents r,er. FtVERAL OF MRS. BEAR, feeantif,.! . - ana Sympathetic Service Th t" Sunday Afternoon. of Mrs service over the remains W rntt"amuel Bear- Sr-. who died at &turflaiaBe n wrightsville Beach " aft! IuormnS. was held yester 120 nv ?n, from the residence, No S. Mo; .,AVellUe- at 3 O-ClOCk Vice. n conducting the ser- Ea;:?,Deautlful designs of flow Dr. a T " , Avenue, at 3 o'clock What the AssLsrnments Mean for the Young: Graduates. The meaning of the terms "regular army" and "national army" and "offi cers' reserve corps," used in connection with the commissioning of the' young men who have just graduated from the officers' training camp at Fort Ogle thorpe, is thus explained: An officer commissioned in the "reg ular army becomes an officer imme diately he accepts the commission and his pay starts simultaneously. One who is commissioned in the "na tional" or "draft army," is also a bona fide officer as soon as he accepts the commission, but is furloughed home until called, and is on pay as soon as he accepts. 'A man in-the "officers' reserve corps" has no military function at all until ordered to join some command, and until so ordered, he gets no pay from the close of the camp until he is put on active duty. MRS. GILCHRIST AT REST. Funeral of Esteemed Lady Held Yes terday Afternoon. The funeral of Mrs. Ella F. Gil christ, wife of Mr. William Gilchrist, was held yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock from the late residence, No. 708 Market street, by Rev. Dr. A. D. McClure of St. Andrew's Presbyterian church, and interment was made in Oakdale cemetery. Floral tributes were very beautiful. Mrs. Gilchrist passed away Friday afternoon at 5 o'clock at her home. Surviving are her husband, three daughters, Mesdames Thos. H. Wrignt of Wilmington and J. Hunter Wood of New York; Miss Jennie Gilchrist of this city ;and one sister, Miss Kate B. Lilly, also of Wilmington, who have the tender sympathy of many friends. Pallbearers were Messrs. G. Herbert Smith, George H. Howell, H. C. Mc Queen, L.. Bluethenthal, Fulton T. Al len and Col Walker Taylor. Twenty More Citizens Called to Meet at Y. M. C. A. Today; Local Selective Board Xeeda Four Men to Fill Out Quota of 20 Called for fry the Government Appear at O'clock This Mornlns This morning at 9 o'clock 20 more men in the selective army draft will appear at the gymnasium of the Y. JM. C. A. for physical examination, having been called last Friday by the local selective draft board, which needs four more men to fill ut its quota of 20 men demanded as Wil mington's share of the new army at this time. There are 13 men who have been accepted as physically fit and who made no claim for exemption. There are three more, two whites and one colored, who claimed exemption but whore claims were not allowed by the board. These may appeal to tlte dis trict board and press their claims, If they want to. If they are finally ex empted, the local board will need sev en more men to complete its quota; if they are held, only four more will be needed. Twenty have been called in the second draft, in oN?er to make sure that enough will be sectored to fill the required number. Any who pass but who are not taken at this time, will be first on the waiting list for the next quota. The names o the 20 called for examination this morning are as follows, their order number being given first and serial number second: 45 1,732 Joseph Calma Rouark, 401 Chestnut St. 46 755 Will Davis, 57 Delgado. 47 -' 107 Cleveland Lee Watters, 425 So. 4th St. 48 1,546 Henry Coyt Cook, 904 So. 3rd St. 49 1,563 William Rockwell McKei than, 806 So. Front St. 50 2,099 William Jackson, 1206 No. 2nd St. 51 1,369 Joseph Franklin Brown, 702 So. 2nd St. 52 2,691 William L. Carr, 510 Bla den St. 53 616 Kenneth Norwood Davis, 1815 Woolcott Ave. 54 373 James Hayes, 613 Dawson Street. 55 1,676 Robert Lee Fryer, 15 1-2 Princess St. 56 1,266 John Derring Schley, 718 Chestnut St. 57 1,891 Hampton Robinson, 801 Campbell St. 58 775 William Adolphus Harrell, 405 Campbell St. 59 2,684 John Smith, Wilmington, N. C. ' 60 486 Edward Ellis, 403 Wright St. 61 692 Archie Evans, 86 Delgado. 62 600 Eddie Deans Stephens 1615 Market St. 63 1,986 Lawrence Baccus, 706 No. 10th St. 64 810 Therman Clark, 1010 No. 4th St. Picked Up Around Town Sunday School' Attendance. J Only three Sunday schools reported ! .11 -3 n . n n 1 ft ni0-Vl TT J N. 1 a.iieiiu'H.in.e oiaaen street Methodist, 94; St. Andrew's Presbyte- ton ICO TTirst Pann,., ooo i --.m,, wo tf . o o . Council Meets Tonight. The weekly session of Council will be held at 8 o'clock tonight at City Hall. The meeting for last Monday night was cancelled owing. to the ill ness of the mayor, the absence of two or three councilmn and the presenec of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood. Death of An Infant. The four-months-old infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Becker of Acme died yesterday morning at 0 o'clock after a brief illness. The many friends of Mr. and Mrs. Becker extend their sympathy in the sad hour of be reavement. Funeral will take place today. Crowds at Carolina Beach. Yesterday very large crowds enjoyed the delights at Carolina Beach, many motoring down, others going on the steamer, not a few making the trip in the regular Carolina motor bus. The Whitlock-West orchestra furnished music. The day was delightfully cool and was very pleasant. Excursion for Street Men. . For benefit of workers of City Street Department, an excursion to Caroliaa Beach will be run on Thursday on the steamer Wilmington and the fare will be only 25 cents. Friends are request ed to remember that the steamer will leave Princess street dock at 9 a. m. 2 and 7 p. m. Fred Little, Lieutenant. By oversight the name of Mr. Fred Little of this city, brother of Maj. j. W. Little, was not included yesterday in the list of Wilmingon young men commissioned at Fort Oglethorpe. Mr. Little is to be second lieutenant of in fantry, officers' reserve corps, and his friends are pleased to know of his selection. They Are Growing Restless. "This is one company the Govern ment forgot" was the terse remark of a member of the W. L. I. yesterday as he sat listlessly idle with his feet cocked above his head on the front veranda of the armory. This remark is characteristic of the attitude now prevailing among the majority of boys in the company who want to go somewhere. Right Will Prevail it Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just." A war not of our seeking has been thrust upon us. The Peoples Savings Bank, in common with the patriotic citizens of Wilmington, pledges full support to our Government. V Our national policy is upheld in by one hundred million Americans this means might. Our national wealth is greater than that of any other nation over $220,000,000,000. Our banking resources alone exceed $30,000,000,000 this means strength. Our stability will endure. THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK COR. FRONT AND PRINCESS STS. STATES FIGHT OVER WILL. FIRST COMBIrVATIOX MONUMENT Stone Raised to Memory of Confeder ate and Union Soldiers. Judge Jas. A. Pearce, of Charles ton, Kent Co., Md., has presented to that town a' 13-ton monument to the valor of Kent county s sons, which is unique in that it is the first monu ment combining both Confederates and Unionists, a roster of one being on one panel and the opposing side on the other. It wai unveiled last Sat urday. It contains the names of 36 Confed erates and 151 Unionists. Among the former is Dr. Wm. H. Lassell's name; and that of his brother, the Rev. Jas. T. Lassell, who surrendered at Hat teras Inlet, N. C, the first battle of the Civil War. Dr. Wm. H. Lassell was the father of Mr. Wm. H. Lassell. lately a Morning Star employe, whose family lives in Wilmington. Locating Arthur Brown. "Judge" G. W. Bornemann, who has been trailing Arthur Brown, colored, at the request of his mother, Georgia Brown, and to straighten out a tangle in connection with the army draft, is advised by C. F. Deickmann, American consular service, Santos, Brazil, that Brown signed as a seaman on the San ta Rasalia July 5, and that he should by this time have reached Baltimore, and been paid off and discharged. WILL PRODUCE PYRITES. eem i ke?.'of the love and high tell hich the deceaser was Messr h:i0rary pallbearers Ers. Ee were eathal ul Solomon, L. Blueth- c- twm. W- Jacobi and Dr- John Solnion ;,vCtlVe' Messrs. Isaac W. Te. John Solmon, I. Henry ilar S vQ.C Bremer, Marshal Shrier, tean. - iNalnan and Siegfried Good- Northern Capitalists Buy Gold Mine In South Carolina. Lancaster, Aug. 12. It is reported here that the well known and pro ductive eold mine of this county known as the Haile Gold Mine, a few miles out from - Kershaw, has been leased to ft party of Northern capital ists who have organized a $300,000 corporation to operate the mine to pro duce pyrites. The incorporators are: W. R. Cameron, Bernard Cunniff and Robert L. Pellett. The mine has been opeTated for some ime by A. K. Blake ney of Kershaw and the new company will take over his lease. The new com pany will be known as the Kershaw Mining Company. The product of the mine is delivered to the railroad in large motor trucks. The number of these trucks will be Increased in the near future and $250,000 will be spent in other improvements. Children's Dane Tonight. at Lumina. Regular dance follows. adv. ;. . : Kentucky and Florida In Contest for Flagler Estate Tax. There is local interest in the pros pective fight of the States of Kentucky and Florida over the taxes that will accrue to one or the other from the Flagler millions. , Mrs. Robert Worth Bingham, who was the widow of Henry M. Flagler before her marriage to Judge Bing ham, lived and died in Louisville, Ky.t but Florida has been the seat of the PMa trier estates and its vast railroads and other developmental operations and it was in that State that the wm was filed for probate. Kentucky appears to contend that the probate should have been made within her borders, and if she can es tahiish her rierhts. as claimed, three million dollars, or enough to wipe out the State debt, will be won. Lawyers are delving into law books over the case and the sensational battle over the Hetty Green estate in New York is now bing especially studied. Timbers for New Ship. Cars of heavy timbers from the south are being received at the new shipyard near the Chadbourn Lumber Company's plant, where Captain Cushman is pre paring for his 1,500-fon vessel. The work is proceeding nicely and Captain Cushman is delighted with Wilming ton and 'her possibilities as a port and shipbuilding point. American Bank Bids. The American Bank and Trust Com pany of this city has placed a bid for $150,000 of farm loan bonds with the land bank in Columbia, S. C. headquar ters for this district, Mr. D. A. Hous ton, treasurer. The bank bids par for the bonds with accrued interest at 4 1-2 per cent. The award of the bonds to bidders will probably be made In Columbia today. Enlist -Today! Enlist with us now in our army of savers who, realizing the duty of preparedness for whatever the future may have in store, are making regular additions to their. savings bank accounts. More than 14,000 have already enrolled their names upon our books nearly one-half of Wilmington's population, and are entrenching themselves in an impregnable position of finan cial security. Don't be a "slacker" t he W limin gton Savings & mist Company 110 Princess Street. Wilmington's Oldest Bank North Carolina's Oldest and Largest Savings Bank. yesterday'evening. It was emphatical ly stated to the newspaper man pres ent that Mr. Mayers came to the "Judge" to be tied up because of a long standing friendship between the two. The couple left immediately for their home in Acme where the groom lives a prospring farmer's life. State Council at Asheville. The 27th annual session of the State Council, Junior Order, opens at Ashe ville August 21, at 8 p. m., and the first business session will open at 9 a. m. Wednesday the 22nd. Reduced railroad rates are offered, and hotel rates range from 75 cents to $1.50 the day for rooms and $2.25 to $3 the day for board and rooms. The Wilmington Couneils will send delegations to the meeting. For Obstructing Sidewalk. William Cooper and John Spencer, colored, were taken into custory yes terday by officers for obstructing the sidewalk at Eleventh and Market streets, the. boys having at that point a shoeshine 'stand. Considerable com plaint has been made because of tha i gathering there of a number of col- ord boysc around this stand and when officers were notified yesterday morn ing, the two boys were arrested. They will be heard before the Recorder this morning. taken in by the officers, without fur ther delay. There had been a shortage of the license plates, which prevente.l local car owners securing the plates. JELLICOE MAY RESIGN AS BRITISH FIRST SEA LORD "Judge" Borneman Marries Couple. In the office of Justice G. W. Borne man, Mrs. Annie Bass of Harrell's Store and Mr. Max Mayers of Acme were united in wedlock at 8:30 o'clock All Auto Tags Issued. The secretary of state advises the sheriff that he has issued automobile license plates to every New Hanover county machine whose owner applied and sent in the cash; and Sheriff Jack son said yesterday there is no longer any excuse for a man not tagging his car, and that all tagless cars would be London, August 12. In well-Jin-, formed naval circles, says the Sunday Times, a further change in the per sonnel of the admiralty board is ex pected shortly as Admiral Jellicoe, th2 first sea lord, feels that he is in ur gent need of rest. In the event of Admiral Jellicoe's resignation, the newspaper adds, Vice-Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander of the Brit ish Grand Fleet, probably may suc ceed him. Teutonic Drive 'Diminishes. Petrograd, August 12. In consa quence of heavy losses inflicted on the Austro-German forces and the desperate resistance of the Russians, says a telegram received here from Odssa, the Teuton offensive on the Rumanian front is diminishing in intensity. BRITISH SCORE FURTHER SUCCESS NORTH OF LENS London, August 12. Last night, al though the weather on the battle front in Flanders was wet and stormy, fight ing between the British and Germans took place east of Givenchy-Lez-Labas-see, seven miles north of Lens, where the British occupied the nearer Lip of a mine crater and drove off the Ger man counter assaults. v Capt. S. H. Parker, of Chadbourn, spent yesterday in the city with his mother, Mrs. J. W. Parker, who haa been under treatment in the Tankers- jly-Harper Sanitarium for some weeks. NUXATED IRON increases strength ol delicate, nervous, rundown people 100 per cent in ten dayg in many instances. $100 forfeit if it fails as per full ex planation in large article soon to ap pear in this paper. Ask your doctor oi druggist about it. Jarman & Futrelle always carry it in stock. ARTILLERY AT FAYETTEVILLE. Dispatch Says General Wood Will Send Charlotte Men There. A Charleston dispatch sent out Sat urday night to the Charlotte Observer said: "Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood stated to night the artillery range for the di vision to be trained at Charlotte would probably be located at Fayetteville, N. C, and the division hiked there for target practice whenever necessary. There is also a probability of Fayette ville being used for an additional camp site. General Wood stated unquestion ably more camp sites would have to be located in the south when the first snow made training impossible in the north and the jnen would have to be hurried to warmer climate. He said that only drawback to Fayetteville, the water suply, was being overcome." dne of the expected developmnts here is the establishment of an artil lery range in connection with the other proposed camps for Wilmington. TIDEWATER CAR DERAILED. Went Off Track on Way to Sunset Park Nobody Hurt. A car running between the city and Sunset Park was derailed on its ten o'clock run last night between Castle street and Greenfield, the front trucks going clear of the track. The passen gers said "goodnight," and footed it in, while those at the park awaiting transportation to the city were forced to "hit the trail" after waiting over time. Nobody was hurt, and everybody concerned took the incident as inevi table. Traffic to and from Sunset Park on cars was stopped for the remainder of the night, but workmen dispatched to the scene cleared the way for nor mal traffic this morning. ijirtv Hurt in Accident. Mrs. M. E. Taylor, of Burgaw, wasJ slightly injured yesteraay aiternoon about 2 o'clock, when a Ford car, driv en by N. G. Plumb, turned turtle at 20th street and Manhattan avenue. . It is stated that the driver was in the act of handing something to Mrs. Tay lor, who occupied the rear seat with another lady and a child, when she told him to look out for a ditch, and he suddenly cut the wheel too much, with the result that the car was turned completely over. Mr. Geo. B. Apple white, real estate man, passing at the time, carried the ladies to James Walk er Memorial Hospital, where Mrs. Tay lor's hurts were dressed. , J 1 Do You ' Want Your Fall to Measure? Suit Made TTF So This Store Is Ready to Take Your Order and On the Lowest Cash Basis. . Isaac Hamburger & Sons, Whose Line We Sell, and Ourselves Stand Back of Every Suit and In sure You Satisfaction in Quality and Fit. What More Could You Want? Samples Now Ready See Them. B ELK. -WILLIAMS GOMP'Y