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f THE MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N. C, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 192i. -THREE ORMER RESIDENT OF THE CITY SUCESSFUL BUILDER ft. Webb. Until 1912 Livinc in Wilm;nn( ilrS iv-"1' . " " wh, nas Jtse- come :vt""- c xuiuuer or Houses She Has Built and Sold-Her Career in Georgia City Since She Left Wilmington xv.n (l Wrbb. until 1912 a resi- Wilmington 15 1 . o t-; n 11 Vi mlffO. story ....v. ra but now of At- ?ntral figure in a very in- ..ta k'p-V thp Atlanta Journal of 'eC Th story is by Claire cmidH.V '1" staff writer i-r' is accompanied by r-nlunin cut auu ii mo SUCCOSS acnieveu uy hub. entered upon ner career -io.i her 54th birthday. follows: .,inf?S who Wrbb is a charming .mi- Oil.. 1 lmvlns ner mug. ou la Nora '.T ,11 i ' lailv ' las, with J- Lincoln T. Morgan, E. H. George Washlng- ,rnni Wilson, in that none and i r'-" - . . - tvicm at it had aone bujiuiih; yuc- anrl friends think I Jw ' ..ii.ncr hkiidoo art A tolra melit to III1" Webb at her But said Mrs whirl. to lmper,al hotel- "Bu1 T.'idnt think of it; I've just begun 1 got a lain mail. she snowed we '"us . of 5n apartments mat sne Mrs. than do anything eise in fOU . :llintr o'1" ' Vnrth .Isoksnn street. Ians 1 .... it rirht awav" xhA nl . , ...ill cnmrtimf It la m v 1""' .j h- oan Vior- fare liErht " ...,a have been convinced that you ' ' ... , h. wav of it ''""p r r,-a Wphh had' rather nn IK 1 ' " ,jiM houses v world. . , I I' .. a .i itTn VI I've done. Ph coniinuea. cvery . t Axr T Viavo earned with v two harm?. She In Very Small tw aro tinv hands. She is just five ..' hi Hi iinii weighs more than she Prdifl in ,lor l'fe-100 pounds. .., has been hard to go forward. ,mM HIPS 1 f IW? ft-mtMj iniyuoi-iun;. ,, have stuck. Always i nnisn wnai undertake, and that pays." TWn you have to wait until past iddlf aire to beprin the thing you've Lvc wanted. v"u are apt to put your ;rtnli' hea rt and soul into it. and that i0ans success. anting is a trrriniy mnnrtani nn l vii. v ...... ... !,irsr is a rtistarit- relative to wisn- np) anri when the desire to do or to (.r.nio, js hacked by intention, circum- :ancps can't stop you. Mrs. ebb had wait until she was a 4 to nulla nouses hrr heart's content. jlrs. Vi'chb. before her marriage, was a Miss Grainger, of Kentucky. She who'.? Atlant,a;to with our son raI?i!Jha.r5?'ltl0n--Wlth-one the A Wilmington idea ebb thinks, that gave the impetus to her desire to build houses. "Everybody said it was a beautiful house, and peS pie came from all around to see it, but I ! tJ?,nk so- 1 w I could build a better house. So, when we came to Atlanta. I built another house and was persuaded to sell it at a good profit. Then I built another Uat is I had a contractor do It and well, ever since I have built my own houses. Peo ple must like them, for they always eell. T enrolov tho , t - "toi, xuiciiictji ana men could put in so much weekly out of their earnings, and in a few years have , enough to build a house." A Versatile Woman This dainty little woman with the fluffy grey hair that has never been "hennaed" suggests more than any thing else perserverance, resilience and versatility. She has lived in many states, has traveled a lot and has broad views. Last year she spent three months in Cuba.- "Oh, yes, I've done so many things I forget to mention them. We Grain gers are like that adaptable. One summer I remodeled a hotel at Men- tone, Ala., and then ran the hotel for nearly a year." She always does "the next thing," tackling It with courage and determi nation! There's much of the fine spir it of our pioneer forefathers and mothers in this plucky little Kentucky gentlewoman, who in the face of every sort of hardship (she has been on crutches three times), always "kept on keeping on." If a woman who "wasn't raised to Pick up a pocket handkerchief" can start a career at 54 and be planning bagger things at 62, what should not we, with every advantage of present day progressives, accomplish? SANITARY PRIVY LAW UPHELD IN TWO CASES Defendants in Haywood and Columbus Convicted workmen, and sit right down on a k until it is finished. That keeps me hus- I SELL BASEBALL STOCK ' AT NEW BERN AT $10 - K. IVVO IIIC rllrifr tr w 4 1 ha - - a t v.-..e, ov.ucumes; ior instance, when I had 13 houses going Up at once in Boulevard park. "The only foe a woman starting out In business has is herself," declared Mrs. Webb. "It is a mistake to imag ine that she has adversaries to fight on every side. Instead, she finds many a helping hand stretched out in friend ly encouragement. Coming to Atlanta a total stranger, I have met only the J1'4"" courtesy -ana kindness from Park Is Offered the Fans Free of All Cost (Special to The Star) NEW BERN, Feb. 11. The movement to obtain a 'berth in the East Carolina league was given a forward push last (Special to The Star) RALEIGH, Feb. 11. For the first time since .the general assembly of 1919 enacted the sanitary privy law a case involving the violation of the law this week was tried before a jury in superior court, resulting in a verdict by the jury of guilty. The case was heard in Havwond court at Waynesville with Judge B. F. Long presiding. The defendant was R. M. Leatherwood, . a prominent citizen of Waynesville, who was originally tried before a local magistrate Febru ary 4, under the charge of failing to provide and maintain a sanitary privy as required by law. He was found guilty and appealed to the higher court. When the case was called In superior court Thursday the state board of health is advised that the courthouse- was filled to capacity, the case attracting more attention than any other case on the calendar. Judge Long reserved judgment in another case in Columbus county this week. An inspector of the s,tate board of health secured the conviction of the defendant charged with having in terfered with and obstructed the in spector in the discharge of his duties, and through civil proceedings secured judgment for the collecting of the license fee from the same defendant. UNCLE SAM HOLDS ANNUAL TEA PAH.TQ, IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, Feb. 13, Uncle Sam's official and annual tea party has just been held here. Far from the tittering throngs which loll about the peacock alleys of effete hotels and Broadway's daintiest tea rooms each afternoon, seven sturdy men partook of nearly a thousand cups of tea in the workaday environment of a government warehouse. Scores of samples were offered these official connoisseurs. They sniffed, sipped, tasted, and trhen ijsed a gigantic cuspidor for a target. They deter mined whether each specimen had enough or too much theine, sometimes i known as a kick. The seven of .them composed the United States board of tea experts. One member of the board came from each of the following cities: New York, Boston, Charleston, San Francisco, Tacoma, Chicago and St. Paul. Each year they choose- eight mini mum standards, and no tea below the fixed quality, purity or fitness for con sumption may be imported. Tea, they exclaimed between tastes, is the superb stimulant. It keys up the brain without causing a remorseful hang over. Swiss guides favor it and Peary drank it exclusively in his final dash for the pole. Furthermore, they said, tea is just as cheap now as 25 or 50 years ago. r JEWS business men. - They have helped and practically decided to the selling of w u,,"aietl win me in every possible stock at $10 a share for the proposed way. Far from discriminating against company, following the offering of C. me because I am a woman, they have J. McCarthy of Ghent park as a sight helped me all the more because of that for the grounds, free of all charges, fact. In that same spirit, southern men ' and the necessary work teams to put will meeT every woman in business. It the field in good shape. Co-operation Is a trait to be highly valued and care- J between the New-Ghent Street railway fully nurtured. and others assure the New Bern club Southern Chivalry Help ' "Southern women should realize their advantage over their eastern and western sisters in this respect and should be grateful for it. If they will train themselves for business, such training, plus the deference they re ceive from business men, plus their natural social graces will give them a tremendous opportunity in the busi ness world. In order to continue to. command this deference from their masculine contemporaries, there are two things they need to do first, build up a reputation for business in tegrity; and second, beware of that greatest of all feminine pitfalls mak ing excuses. "But how did you learn about build ing, how to judge lumber and every thing?" I asked, not satisfied with the answer to "Why a contractor?" I learned such things as we learn OF EUROPE ANXIOUS TO MOVE TO HOLY LAND LONDON, Feb. ' " So eager are many of the Jews of the Ukraine to go to Palestine that, failing transpor tation, thv are actually attempting to ARE WE COMING TO THIS? 1 waiv t hi- now homo-land, nassinc "Is the sawed-off shotgun in its hoi- J through Constantinople. Tnis statement is maae Dy tne nrst THE LITTLE GOWN SHOP ' x Temporary Location, 507 Southern Building "Exclusive, But Not Expensive" reared in an atmosphere and at a everything, by making mistakes. I made lots of them, "but learned some thing every time. Sometimes I made money, sometimes I lost it, and some times I. broke even but I. always learned. And now it is a great source of satisfaction to me when somebody looking over one of my houses says, 'I know a woman built that house.' " Asked why more business women do not attain success In a large way, the answer was: "One reason is they lack opportunity and encouragement. Many of them would like to make a begin ning if they knew how. For Instance, If Atlanta had a building and loan as sociation as so many cities have, wo- ;im nrn hiimiu'ss naming was lui - en to a frontlewoman s education. .Harrying young, and naving almost roir, the first the care or an invalid -ushand. she helped out by dressmak ng. tlv-'v didn't have 'modistes' in :lio?c days. "N'o.jtl didn't like dressmaking," she jv?, "hut it was tne oniy inmg i ,r,ew how to do that would bring in in Income, so I went to work at it. rorked hard, saved a little, sent my n to college, and began buying a nme (wp were then living in Wll- nmston. N. r.) By degrees I acquired some other property ,and in 1912 we success. 1 Word from Kinston brought the news that the Kiwanls club indorsed the move for Kinston's entering the league, each member pledging to take one share of stock. Kinston has been divided up into seven districts, which ster by the steering wheel, Henry? "Yes, my love." "And have you told the chauffeur to man the machine sun in the rear seat?" "Yes. darling, everything has been attended to." "Then put your automatic pistol In your pocket and drive down to the cor ner for a yeast cake." Henry button his bullet-proof waist coat about hi mand started toward the commissioner of works. Sir . Alfred Mond, who has just left England for a tour of Palestine. Sir Alfred says that, although the ex odus of Jews from Great Britain is comparatively small, many Jewc of central Europs, Poland and Russia are anxious to go to Palestine. There should be an erormous influx of people when the country is ready for them, he added. Just now Palestine erara&p follower! bv his wife's Tjartitie injunction, "And do be careful, Henry, is in great need of laborers not to stay out after dark." Needless to say, in three days of mo tor bandltrv. all the precautions of REDUCING VIBRATION IN BOATS The generally accepted method of husband, wife, and chauffeur were as installing eneine foundations is to was canvassed today so as to enable , naught, for an armored car, bristling have these run forward and aft for a Kinston to talk business when the meeting of the various towns interest ed in this movement is held. MOB IN FLORIDA LYNCHES NEGRO IDENTIFIED BY GIRL Specials for Today One lot of georgette waists, sizes 38-44, ranging in price from $6.95 to $9.38. Special tf0 Cfi today -4)0. tJU Lot of georgette waists, sizes 38-44, ranging in price from $10.25 to $13.95. ' : &A AC with machine gun destroyers and considerable length. In some cases a iiiaarru u'lugs.. ii' 1 ' 1 - 4' ' v- j ' - - .. . . gnu Lcr luuiiuaiiuii n" " 1 ' ' . . ..... -v . special within sight of the grocery) work out more satisfactorily than the J store, and roTned nenry or me mree long one. If tne snort one is irouoie cents that he had on his person. some extend it over several additional Seriously somewhat more speaking, I frames for forward and aft. Floors are AVAUCHULA, Fla.. Feb. 11. Ben ! something must be done about the ; added over the frames of elm or oak Campbell, a negro, was taken from the I rampant outlawry that is making thejand about 11-8 Inches thick. The fore city jail here just before midnight last ! motor highways unsafe for our few re- and aft nieces, which can be of spruce night by a mob composed of between ' maining law-abiding citizens. 200 and 300 men. strung up to a tele- I Either make it a criminal offense for phone pole and his body riddled with an honest citizen to drive an automo bullets. bile, or legalize the profession of thiev- d erv and by so doing automatically re- The lynching of Campbell followed erv and bv his identification by a young white girl move the universal urge to break the at Zolfo, whom the negro was alleged to have attacked earlier in the day. She broke away from him and ran. The negro got away when the alarm was given and boarded a train. A brother of the girl followed in an auto mobile and reached here in time to in tercept the train. The negro was tak en from the train and locked up. The girl was brought from Zolfo to iden tify him, which she did. The lynching followed. law. In Motor for February. AUTOMOBILE BRAKE WRESGH When brakes on automobiles are ad justed by wing nuts the owner or me chanic often has considerable trouble making the adjustment because of the awkward location of the nut. A wrench that can be made In a few minutes by anyone will obviate this difficulty. A piece of one-inch pipe is selected and slotted the length of the pipe being de termined for the car on which it is to Get your Building and Loan stock , be used. Bv means of a small rod today. Orton Building & Loan associa- I passed through holes drilled in the top tlon. Office James & James, Inc., ! of the pipe, the work is easily accom- or yellow pine, are notched over the floor about 1-2 inch. Spacers are fitted at intervals and thoroughly screw fastened to the fore and aft members. Galvanized iron bolts , are driven through the various parts and serve to liold the whole thing rigidly in place. Oak cleats are bolted to the Inside of the fore and aft pieces and furnish a hard surface for the engine base to rest upon. In Motor Boating for February. Southern Building. (Adv.) plished. In Motor for February, NEW BERN MARKET CLOSES 25TH NEW BERN, Feb. 11. The New Bern tobacco market will close on Friday, February 25, instead of the 18th, In order to allow the farmers to bring their stores of tobacco, delayed by the bad weather, to the markets. This de lay is in keeping with actions by the Greenville and Kinston tobacco board of trade. Special today Limited assortment of waists, $18.95 to tfQ AO $21.95. Special today tfl.JO ODDS ANfrENDS IN SWEATERS $8.75 sweater. Special today fj $11.50 sweater. Special today $4 50 $11.95 sweater. Special today 50 $22.25 sweater. Special today i . .. t Winter Coats Specially offered Today at ONE-HALF PRICE 2 SPE CIAL 'ALE OF SILK i i i ' mmmm dresses) FOR TODAY ONLY FORMERL Y SOLD IN RETAIL STORES AT $47.50 Serge Values New Dresses tn $22.50 at . . Georgette and Crepe de Chine 7. 50 Blou shades $2o S0and$3 Specials in Ladies9 Wool Hose Special arrivals in Tricotine- Coat Suits, featuring the stylish $11 f fj) stouts, values to $lpQvA?:'pW $70 MA MM 'FA CTUR SAL Wilmington Sample Rooms ES CO. C J. ROBERTS . V " 316 NORTH FRONT STREET . C LOFTIN v lrm in i "-i J "X
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