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ANOTHER METHOD FOR REPAIRING BEACH IS GIVEN REALTY OWNERS Use of Suction Dredge to Re place Sand Removed By Storm Suggested By Dredger Wrig-htsville Beach town authorities yesterday had suggested to them an other method by which the sea front of the popular resort, washed away during a recent storm, might be re claimed. Capt. R. M. Padrid4, -of Southport, well known Cape Fear river dredge master, believes that with a suction, pipe line dredg-e operating: from Banks Channel not only the sand that has been washed away can be replaced, but that the resort can be built to almost any width or elevation. Captain Padrick called at the office of Thomas H. Wright, mayor of "VTrig-htsville Beach, yesterday and un folded his plan. After hayinK heard the dredge master's suggestions Mayor "Wright referred him to A. B. Skelding for a conference. Mr. Skelding and Captain Padrick will meet today and go into the details of the proposition. Mr. Skelding is one of the resorts property owners and is thoroughly familiar with the situation at the sea side. At the office of Mayor Wright yester day Captain Padrick stated that he had become greatly interested in the situa tion at Wrightsville Beach, and after careful thought had decided that with a suction dredge operating from the , sound side of the island every bit of the sand that has been washed from the beach front could be replaced and that the ground elevation could be made any height that was deslrfd. Captain Padrick says that a dredge of the type necessary could be con structed at a cost of approximately $42,000, and that the only other cost would be the cost of operation, which would be comparatively small. Cap tain Padrick says that the dredge rould be operated by electricity in stead of steam, which would further reduce expense. Mayor Wright said yesterday that nothing definite had been done re garding the reclamation of the beach. He said, however, that he had received a letter from Prof. I... M. Haupt, re clamation engineer, who was in the city recently. The letter was from Washington and said that the jetty aTTd buttress plans would be forewarded here shortly with other information gotten from the government authorities it the capital. URGE STATE CENSORSHIP OF ALL MOTION PICTURES Number of Citizens Wire Sup port of Proposed Plan That "there is an obvious analogy" between the motion picture business and that of public utilities, in that both are affected with a public interest, "and because of this common characteristic are equally subject to public super vision," is the contention expressed tn a telegram sent Senator K. O. Burgwin at Raleigh yesterday afternoon by a number of citizens requesting his sup port in favor of the measure to have a state board of censorship named for North Carolina. The senders of the telegram, it shouTd be sta ted.- represented no organ ization; rather the message was writ ten and forwarded by a number of cit izens who were in accord on the propo sition. The citizens, in their message, declared that they did not urge the ap pointment of a censorship board in op position to the business itself, which they recognized as legitimate, but that its similarity to public utilities, to their mind, made it necessary to bring it nearer under control. The telegram, as forwarded to Sen ator Burgwin, follows: "The appointment of a censorship board for the regulation of moving . picture shows is not urged in opposi tion to the business itself, which we recognize is a perfectly legitimate en terprise and susceptible of both edu cational and recreational advantages. There is an obvious analogy between this business and that of public utili ties, in that both are affected with a public interest, and because of this common characteristic are equally sub ject to public supervision. The state is under obligation to public morals to create a censorship board of adequate powers, and to provide for the appoint ment of capable and sane men and women to this important office. Public morals must not be subordinated to the demands of commercial interests, and since the state has a duty in the mat ter, the moving picture interests should unite with other intelligent and re sponsible citizens in the effort to en iCt wise and effective 'supervision." WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY TO BE WIDELY OBSERVED Much Business to Suspend in the City Today and 'IS41!! bankS f th c,tr cToed. and the stamp, general delivery and registry windows at the postoffice open :nly from 11 o'clock to noon, the rnonej order department closed all day. and only one delivery and collection by carriers; the closing of various city and county offices, the observance of Washington's birthday in Wilminetnr, toaay will be general. Then, too, there win be no session of the recorder's sourt, even though Sheriff Jackson will sontlnue to do business at the same Jld stand. . In many other ways will the birth day anniversary of the "Father of His Country" be observed in Wilmington ind New Hanover county. The day will be more of a holiday than in recent years. Curtailed hours will prevail at several places of business where sus pension is not practicable. The office of the clerk of court of New Hanover county will be closed all day as will those of parlous other '".'Z ?ffltcla,. with the exception 0f Sheriff Jackson. It Is also very likely that some city offices will be found closed so that officials and employes may have .a day off. ; At tJje postoffice the stamp window, general delivery and registry depart ment, will be open for but one hour, 11 o clock until noon, while the money order department will .be closed . all day. There will be but the one deliv- carriers1 collect,on of mail by the As for the banks, locked doors will denote complete suspension of busi ness until the usual hours Wednesday morning. tl. muy seem - mor like .Sunday a j anniversary of the first 'Vir but then'' many t contend. Jrved! day . should be ob-. Hospital Drive Assures Home for Nurses As Total Passes $68i6()0 Dr. James Sprunt and W. H. Sprunt Renounce '"Conditional" and Their $20,000 Gift Makes Memorial to Dr. A. D. McChire a Certainty -Additional "Reports, to Be Received; Will, 1 Raise Total Subscriptions to in Excess of $70,000 The Alexander - D. McClure'S Nurses home is to become a reality! , That was the news given out last' night by the board of managers of the James Wal ker Memorial hospital as the climax of the big drive tht has "befen in progress for almost a .week. The $100,000 was not raised but a sufficient sum was obtained to assure building of the greatly needed institution and this news will he heralded with joy by the people of Wilmington. While the desired amount ' was not obtained at the same time-the cam paign was pronounced' a success in that It recorded the hijrh water mark for subscriptions in Wilmington fori any single charitable' cause and repre sented donors in excess of 1,600. To be precise, $68,795.29 was raised up to last night and it is felt that as soon as a number of prospective contributors are heard from, who could not be reached yesterday, that the amount will go in the neighborhood of $5, 000. which will liquidate all the in debtedness of the hospital and leave a sufficient balance to assure building the home. That was the announcement made by George B. Elliott, general chairman of the campaign and member of the board of managers, when the sum total of the subscriptions had been announced, and brought' forth thun derous applause from the workers who were assembled to make their final reports. Another announcement made by Chairman Elliott brought those pres- j ent to their feet and they cheered for several minutes. . It was to the effect that Dr. James Sprunt and "W. H. Sprunt had announced that their gift of $20,000 need not be conditional; that they gave it freely to the cause, with out any strings tied to it and desired that it be used for the nuses' home. The last day of the campaign was hard fought by the workers arid in the face of a big handicap in the way of decidedly inclement weather,, both cold and rainy. Tet in the fape: of this ob stacle the 100 men and women work ers were early on the job and braved the disagreeable elements in order to raise the sought for amount. As a re sult, when reporting time arrived last night, over $9,000 more was added, bringing the total up to $68,795-29, where it stands now, with some pros pective subscribers yet to be heard from. The two handsome, .jsUver, baskets, offered as trophies" '1o thef highest teams on the men's and women's sides, were won by Capt. D. M. Hodges' team and Mrs. J. C. Stewart's team. Upon the baskets will be engraved the names of the workers of these two teams and the baskets will grace the new nurses' home. In the contest between the divisions, Mrs. S. Solomon's division ' won over Mrs. J. V. Grainger's division, -leading by about $1,300, while Herbert Blue thenthal's division won over Dr. J. G. Murphy's division by over $3,000. How ever, Captain Hodges' winning team belonged to Dr. Murphy's division while Mrs. Stewart's winner was a member of Mrs. Grainger's division. The special committee last night re ported a total of $549.28. which includ ed another big gift from the general offices of. the Atlantic Coast Line, mak ing the third contribution from the same source during the campaign. Another contribution of unusual in terest reported last night came from the Wilmington Are department and was greeted with cheers by the assem blage. - ' General Chairman." Elliott - expressed the heartfelt thanks of the board of managers of the hospital for the suc ROTARIANS OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY TODAY Two excellent Rotary addresses are in store for the members of the Wil mington Rotary club who attend the regular meeting of this organization at the T. M. C. A. this afternoon at 1 o'clock. The entire meeting has been turned over for the .celebration of the sixteenth anniversary of the founding of Rotary, which took place in Chicago, February 23, 1905. The talks will be made by popular members of the club who will endeavorto tell their fellow members something of the organiza- tion of which they are a member. There will also be a special musical program. Arrangements tor -the anniversary celebration have been in the hands of a special committee composed of Rotariansi James H. Cowan, J. Cruik shank and. Charles N. Feldelson. They, have purposely withheld the names of the speakers of 'the celebration. 'Congratulations on your 16th birth day, and may your organization have many more years of usefulness" is the greeting sent to the Rotary cluh for today's meeting by Mrs. Rotarian Baxter, who, at the same time, sub mitted a "report" on. "What Rotary Means to the Wife." "For a long while," writes Mrs. Rotarian Baxter, "It has been my de sire to tell Rotarlans in wnat high esteem they, and the high ideals which they advocate, are held by Rotarian wives. As an organization of helpful service Rotary is without a rival. The motto: 'Service Before Self,' is, I be lieve, the very keynote of-happiness In our lives. We are happiest when serv ing others, and the life spent for self only is an empty one indeed. "Rotary is unusual in this respect: there is so much real personal help derived from it, in doing ' for others selfishness, which is so human In our nature, is eliminated, and, by forgetting self, every Rotarian is made a better man. A clean, wholesome spirit of good cheer is another good feature, of Rotary. When a man goes to the Rotary meetings he isv happy, it is then he lays aside all care and worry and goes in for , a jolly good time with Louis, Henry, Billy and Jack. To imbibe the true spirit of Rotary one must be not only a happy mac but a good man. So, you may see th loyalty I bear the' organization,' and I feel assured that, a large majority' of Rotarian wives are equally loyal and deem it a privilege that our husbands are active members. ' ' "I read every issue of the -Rotarian carefully and derive -much pleasure and benefit from the excellent articles printed therein setting forth the help ful activities otRta,ry . throughout the, world, : the - lifcf-gtving'! interest of Rotary spells progress." ; X cess' of the campaign. He expressed their appreciation to the' contributors of the city and to the men and women who had'toiled bo energetically, faith fully and successfully in the drive and also thanked the newspapers of the city, The Star and The Dispatch. : for their strong support pf the, campaign and their more than g-enerous donation of space for publicity, as well as their zealousness in effort to aid the campaign-in every way possible. It was during the course of his. speech that he declared the nurses' home was how assured, because there would he' suffi cient money after paying the indebted ness to assure its construction. W. H. Sprunt was called upon by the assemblage and he, too, expressed ap preciation for the fine support given in the campaign and declared that the outcome also emphasized to the people that it is their hospital. He also de clared that the result of the campaign meant that the nurses' home would be built. He then explained how the in situation was managed, saying that it was aimed to keep the institution out of politics and that .the public would find that it3 board of managers repre sented all classes of the community and all denominations: that the late James Walker named four of the man agers, the city two and the county three; that every year 2,700 people were treated in the hospital, that at present 150 people were being fed three times a day and that over $100, 000 was expended each year in con duct of the hospital. He also declared that he desired it understood that the word "conditional" that had been placed upon the gift of his brother and himself never originated in their of fice. This assertion evoked hearty ap plause., ' -Chairman Elliott also made the in teresting: statement that never in the history of the hospital had a charity patient been turned away. Often pay patients had to be refused, on account of lack of room, but never a charity patient. The reports of last night, together with the total of each team and di vision for the campaign follow: Division one, Herbert Bluethenthal, chairman: Yesterday Total W. I. Baxter's team $ 235 $ 793.00 George Honnefs team . . . . 1,837.00 J. R. Hanbys team 1,500 2,420.00 E. H. Munson's team.. 30 407.00 Total .$1,765 $6,913.00 Division two, Dr. J. G. Murphy, chairman: E. T. Hancock $ $ 42.0ft E. C. Hines .'.15.00 D. M. Hodges 521 2,566.30 L. J. Poisson 35 5 i 3.00 W. H. Struthers. Jr 138 1.082.0Q Total $ 700 $4,378.50 Division three, Mrs. S. . Solomon, chairman: . Mrs. W. L. Sprunt 601 S4.52o.0 Mrs. W. C Whitehead 1,832 3,300.00 Mrs. I. W. Solomon . - . 400 1,284.00 Miss Jennie Murchison 381 2,172.75 Mrs. Henry Taylor 350 1,593.50 Total .. $3,594 $12,606.75 Division four, Mrs. J. v. urainger. chairman: Mrs. C. P. Bolles $ 43 $ 915.00 Mrs. George B. Elliott.. 425 2,069.02 Mrs. J. B. Sidbuiy 460 1.460.00 Mrs. J. C. Stewart ... 1.378 4,642.00 Mrs. J. C. Wessell 448 1,604.50 Total $2,754 $11,120.53 Special committee ....$, 549 $33,717.31 Grand total $68,795.29 SCHOONER NISSEQOGUE ATTRACTS SECOND SUIT Because the Smith Navigation corpo ration, of New York city, has not set tied claims filed against them several months ago by Philip Shore, shipping agent and ship broker of the port of Tampa, Fla., a libel suit amounting to $10,9 7 4.36 was yesterday filed against them in the United States court by Robert Ruark, attorney representing "uoiiwu. j.ue American scnooner Nisseqogue, owned by the Smith Navi gation corporation, and lying at this port, was accordinelv attanhor t. pers being served on the ship's master vy a unuea states deputy marshal late in the afternoon. Tll,s the second libel filed againstn uuifi iiAviBftuon corporation since their vessel, the Nissequogue, arrived at this port in a inklng condition some time ago. The first suit was filed a few days ago through the law firm of John D. Bellamy & Co., it be ing claimed by a negro woman of this city that her husband was killed while employed at a shipyard here where two sailing vessels were being built by the Smith Navigation corporation. After the schooner Nissequogue had been attached in this case, a bond had been filed with Morgan Turrentlne clerk of the United States court, and the vessel had been released. In the papers filed yesterday by At torney Ruark it la allxroA v.. Tampa ship broker that about Oetober o, iiju, wnwe me scnooner was at the port of Tampa, he had advanced the master of the sailing vessel $5,000 with which to pay the ship's crew be fore the schooner sailed for Cuba. It is also claimed that before the Nis seqogue sailed from Tampa, on' No vember 23, 1920, the libellant had fur nished supplies and equipment valued at $5,974.36. which ammitit ln.lnjs. 4i, .-..u,viuc me libellant s fee for acting as agent for" vcBoui winie sne was at Tarnpa Not only does the libellant, Philip Shore, ask for the $10,974 36,. but seeks to secure through the courts inter est on $5,000. from October 28' 1920 and interest on $5,974.36 from Novem-I ber 23, 1920. 7 Repairs had just been completed on the Nisseqogue at the Wilmington Iron Works and the vessel was due tn sail for Baltimore. LOCAL RADIO STATION HAS HARDING MESSAGE Carl-.Schuster, .204 . .North " Third street," amateur operator, last night re ceived land reported to The Star President-eject, Harding's message to the amateur wireless operators of the en tire United States. The message re ceived was as f ollows: "May the spirit -afi Washlngton be our ; guide in all national aspirations and . may .the current year . mark the return of a tranquility. stshiH-., : I, . - - -7' V- j VU1 fidence and progress for th UNIONISTS HERE IN FAVOR HIGHER RATE Building Trades Council Thinks 8 Per Cent on Contract Loans Would Promote Building Union men in Wilmington, especially those engaged in the building trades, are heartily in favor of the passage by the North Carolina general assembly of the proposed bill which will allow banks and other financial Institutions in this state to charge a maximum of 8 per cent interest on money loaned when contracts or agreements to that effect arf made. It is believed that the successful passage of this bill will go a long way towards relieving the building stagnation that they claim exists in this city at the present time. R. P. Vogh, business agent for the Wilmington Building Trades council, declared yesterday that as a result of the small amount of home building and commercial construction here now many men, organized and unorganized', were out of employment. This, he said, not only hurts the men themselves but also is a great drawback to businesses of every line In Wilmington, because when the men are not making money they certainly could not spend any. Business Agent Vogh believes that if the legislature passes the proposed bill at this session of. the general as sembly there will at once be a re newal of building in Wilmington. He says that now many men of the build ing trades are out of work and people are delaying construction, claiming that they are awaiting "better times." Mr. Vogh says that in the states that money can be loaned at a rate higher than 6 per cent there is no such build ing stagnation as exists here. A recent check made by Mr. Vogh shows that during the past .12 months 2,600 men, chiefly of the building and metal trades, had come to Wilmington and left within a short time, because, he alleges, they could not find homes to live in and because of alleged-high living conditions. Mr. Vogh declares that he firmly believes that the men could not And places to live on account of the little amount Of build ing going on. Mr. Vogh claims that another check made by him shows that during the past two years not more than three rent houses have been erected in this city. store: is emuued The store of the Corbett company, commission merchants, wes entered sometime during Sunday night, a patrolman discovered on his rounots early Monday morning. A side door leading into the establishment was found standing open and officials of the company stated that while some one had entered., the store, nothing was missing, unless it might be a small quantity of meat. BUSS REED RETI RES Miss Kllenore Rd, head milliner at FuchB' department store, has just re turned from New Tork, and the people of Wilmington and vicinity are invited to inspect the latest modes now being displayed at the Fuchs store. The line of millinery carried for the spring sea son is the largest and most varied in the history of the store, it is stated. LEGAL HOLIDAY TLEPDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1OT1 Washington's Birthday o Business Wfll Be Transacted by the Banks of This City on That Day Wilmington Clearing House Association THOS. E. COOPER, Secretary .Wilmington, N. C. The A. DAVID CO. Merchant Tailors 4. A.. TRAFFIC HEN OPPOSE; ELEVATION OF RATES j -r- j To Notify I. C. C. That Further Increase Is Untimely as Well as Unjustifiable , " . Proposed increased rates to. become effective March 7 from, North Carolina shipping points to Memphis, Tenn.. and to points in the Mississippi valley were declared to be unjustifiable, and a petition asking for. the suspension of .these rates was ordered sent to the Interstate Commerce commission by a number of traffic, men in session at Greensboro Saturday afternoon. Ttie industrial and traffic men met at Greensboro for the purpose of con sidering what action should be taken in the matter of preventing increases in rates now being filed with the In terstate Commerce commission. Much importance was attached to the rates mentioned above, and the traffic men contended that the proposed increases have not been justified by the carriers in any formal proceeding before the commission. Then it was decided that a protest and a petition for suspension should be made to the commission that the increased rates be suspended and set aside for 120 days, and that the commission enter into an investigation for the purpose of ascertaining whether the added increases were in conform ity with the act to regulate com merce. It was further contended that the carriers should make the justification required by law, and, in addition, that the commission should give particular consideration to the proposed increases in connection with its recent decision in the general advance rate case when it gave the carriers permission to in crease all rates in the south 25 per cent. Other increases being proposed were discussed by the traffic men. It was agreed by those attending the Greensboro meeting that every traffic man in North Carolina should assist in every way possible the corporation commission of the state in its task of preventing any material change in the rate structure in North Carolina. The traffic men were confident they will be able to prevent any material change in present rates, and, in view of the fact that conditions are unset tled, with most every commodity de creasing in value, the stand was taken that an increase Is wholly untimely and unjustifiable. Moreover, it was con tended, an appreciable increase will only prevent business from becoming normal In that shippers will simply refuse to ship their goods, thus put ting a stop to manufacturing plants, which means marked additions to the number of unemployed. Particularly does this apply to long hauls, the traf fic men stated. During the meeting it was recalled that on August 22, 1920, when the 25 per cent increase was granted, the carriers were confident that the In crease would be sufficient to enable them to carry on a profitable business. TRY ALLEGED ROBBER LEXINGTON. Va., Feb. 21. William Porter, went on trial in Rockbridge county circuit court here today charge with robbing the bank of Glasgow, Va., labt November of nearly $100,000 in liberty bonds and securities. Excellent Underwear Values Now on Sale A MAN never realizes the state of his Underwear sup ply until he starts on a trip or the laundry slips up. There fore, to ward off unforeseen in convenience and, incidentally, to save yourself money, it is a good idea to lay in a few extra suits now. February reductions are on our complete stock of Men's Underwear and you will find your particular, weight and style in the sale. Clothiers Haberdashers "-Ii?1 " :- - -u ' ' : I LEGAL HOLIDAY TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1021 Washington's Birthday No -Business Will Be Transacted by the Banks of This City on That Day Wilmington Clearing' House Association THOS. E. COOPER, Secretary . Wilmington, "N. C. LEGAL HOLIDAY V TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1021 Washington's Birthday No Bnsiness Will Be Transacted by the Banks of This City on That Day Wilmington Clearing House Association THOS. E. COOPER, Secretary Wilmington, X. C. Dennison 9s Crepe Tissues ALL COLORS Tissue Doilies and Napkins, Ice Cups and Nut Bowls, Fancy Candles and Holders, Playing Cards, Tally Cards and Invitations C. W. YATES COMPANY BOOKS FOR THE CHILDREN What can give more pleasure to the child as a birth day gift or to the sick child than a nice Book? We have a complete stock of all the old favorites as well as new ones. 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