WOMAN FRUSTRATES
ATTEMPT TO CRACK
VAULT IN COUNCILS
Burglars Force Entrance Into
Bank, But Are Frightened
By Light in Window
TIME LOCK FOILS
EFFORTS WITH AXE
Entanglements Placed in Front
of Building Across Street
to Stop Pursuit
When Mrs. A. G. Holmes, lighted a
lamp in her home yesterday morning
about 2 o’clock, it frustrated an at
tempt to rob the Bank of Councils,
according to news brought to the city
yesterday afternoon by Harry Travers
Lewis, member of the local brokerage
firm of Goldberg and Lewis, who was
in Councils yesterday morning.
Seeing the light in Mrs. Holmes
residence, which is directly across the
street from the Bank of Councils, the
robbers became frightened and made
iheir get-away. Blood hounds were
secured from Fayetteville by the
sheriff of Bladen county, amT every
effort was made to have the dogs pick
up the trail.
Remove Outer Door
When the robbers were frightened
off by the appearance of a light in the
residence of Mrs. Holmes they had
Successfully removed the outer door of
a large steel safe and were attempt
ing to remove an inner door, which
wap secured with a time-lock. There
was approximately $2,000 in cash in
the safe. The robbers failed to reach
the money, however.
Immediately upon being awakened
by the noise of the robbers, Mrs.
Holmes gave the alarm and an investi
gation proved that the robbers had
broken into a section house of the
Seaboard Air Line railway, secured
several jacks, crowbars, pickaxes and
other tools. With these implements
they forced the rear door of the bank,
gaining admittance to the building
and also successfully removed the out
er door of the steel safe, .
Place Entanglement*
To alarm them in case their efforts
to get into the safe was. discovered
before they secured the money, the
robbers had arranged' a 'series of wire
and frope entanglements in front of the
building .across the street from the
bank, it evidentally being believed by
the robbers that if they would be dis
covered it would be by tom# tone
residing in the building opposite the
bank building.
.T. A. Pickett is cashier of the bank.
The town of Councils is located in
Bladen county on the Wilmington,
charlotte branch of the Seaboard Air
Line Railway. The town is 36 miles
from Wilmington.
Death of S. V. Skipper
Janitor of Hemenway
V. Skipper. 54 years old, and a
native of this city, died at his home
yesterday.
He was for three years the most ef
ficient and faithful janitor of Hemen
way school and from which he will be
greatly missed by children as well as
the principal and teachers.
He was a member of the Junior Or
der United American Mechanics and a
devout and faithful member of the
Chttrch of the Ascension.
Besides his widow he is survived by
his daughter, Annie_ and two brothers,
W. M. and K. W."Skipper. Funeral
services had not been arranged and
will be announced later.
ALLENS'
FOOT* EASE
>r Corns, Bunions,
landAchi
Teet
TILESTON SCHOOL
WINS FIELD MEET;
SCORES 151 POINTS
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Superintendent Graham An
nounces the Results of Tues
day’s Meet, Yesterday
W. A. Graham, superintendent of
schools for New Hanover county, con
gratulated the children of the Tileston
school at their chapel exercises yester
! day morning on their excellent work In
the annual field meet, Held Tuesday
afternoon on the Robert Strange play
grounds. and announced at that time
that They had won first place with a
score of 151 points. The scores of the
other contestants he announced as fol
lows: Hemenway. 87: Rural schools,
40, and eight grades 27.
ifajor Graham especially commended
tfce children for the splendid team work
that they had displayed and the fine
spirit of friendly rivalry shown bv them
and their opponents throughout the
i meet. . «
1 The results of Tuesday’s events au
tomatically constitute Tileston county
1 champions, for the second successive
I year, for the smaller schools do not
: compete in the championship meet.
Delgado won the pennant offered in
their meet by defeating Sunset Park,
William Hooper, Isaac Bear, and Cor
nelius Harnett in the order named.
Individual scoring honors In the
Tuesday meet go to Thrower of Tiles
ton, who won 10 points alone and was
in two teams "which won 10 more, to
Alford, of Hemenway, who won two
first places and two second place indi
vidually and was on a relay team that
won and a tug of war team that fin
ished second. Among the gins Alma
Callihan and Edna Pearl Hellers, of
Tileston, each won first place in her
dash and was involved in ieam work,
responsible, in the case of Alma Calli
han for 15 points and in the case of
Edna Pear] Zellers for 10 points.
^Following is a list of events and
their winners in the order named: I —
Boy's potato race: Alford. Raynor and
Brittain, all of Hemenway. 2—Girl's
shuttle race: Tileston, Rural, ilemen
way. 3—Boy's tug of war: Tileston.
Hemenway, eighth grades. 4—Gt’.’s
basketball hustle: Tileston, rural
schools and Hemenway.
j ju'mj n licr.
The fifth event was the girl's relay
races by weight classes. They were,
won in the following order: (60-70
lbs.) Tileston. Hemenway and Rural;
(80-94) Tileston. Rural and Hemenway:
(95-109) Tileston, Hemenway and
Rural; (110-125) Tileston and Hemen- i
way. In the unlimited weight class
Tileston alone qualifield.
The boy's relay races by weight
classes followed: 60-79) Tileston, Hem
enway and Rural schools; (SO-94) Hem
J enway, Tileston and eigth grades;
(95-109) Tileston. Rural schools and
Hemenway; (110-125) Tileston, eighth
grades, and Hemenway; (unlimited)
Hemenway, Tileston and eighth grades.
Following the relay races the girl s
washes by weight classes were run.
Those winning were: (60-70) Mildred
Badon, Hemenway; Frances Chaidler,
rural schools and Alice May Gerken,
Tileston. (S0195) Edna Pear Zellers,
Tileston, Lucile Sharpe. Tileston, and
Roberta Griffin, rural schools. (95-109)
Alma Callihan, Tileston; Mamie Wat
kins, Hemenway and Mary Crambo,
Tileston. (110-124) Mary Taylor. Tiles
ton, Gladys Capps, Tileston, and Sallie
I Mason, Hemenway. (Unlimited) Emma
Reynolds, Tileston, Bernice Outlaw,
Tileston, and Virginia Lewis, Hemen
way.
In the boy’s dashe^the winners were:
(60-79) Chester James Tileston, Irving
Coleman, eighth grades and Theodore
Bremer, Tileston. (80-94) Thomas Page,
rural schools, Carl Voss, Tileston, and
Schuster Brittain, Hemenway. (95-109)
Graham Trott, Tileston, Kimball Bur- ]
riss, rural schools, and Dan George,
Hemenway. (110-125) Waldorf Bangle,
Tileston, Claude Jordah. eighth grades,
and Dick Saunders, rural schools. (Un- 1
limited) Ernest Alford. Hemenway, I
Thurman Raynor, Hemenway, and Ray
mond Smith, eighth grades.
The jumps were also divided into
weight classes. In the standing broad
jump for boys the winners were. (60
79) Theodore Bremer, Tileston, Henry
Schulken, Hemenway and Chester
James, Tileston. (80-94) Theodore
Huhn, Carl Voss, Tileston and E. Plc
uard, Hemenway. (95-109) Thrower,
Tileston, McCarson, Tileston and Par
ker, eighth grades. (110-124) Lobis
Evans. Tileston, Robert Robbins, Hem
enway. and White, Hmenway. (Unlim
ited) Alford, Hemenway, King, Tileston
and Byerly, Hemenway.
In the-o-unning high jump those ex
celling were: (60-79) Irving Coleman,
eighth grades, Chester James, Tileston i
and Eugene Smith. Tileston. (80-94) E. I
Loughlin, eighth grades, Lacy West, I
eighth grades, D. Britt. Hemenway. |
(95-110) Thrower, Tileston, Fred Blake,
rural schools, and Loyd McCarson,
Tileston. (110-124*) Joe Vaught, rural
school Hill, rural schools, and White,
Hemenway. (Unlimited) Thurman Ray
nor, Hemenway, Alford, Hemenway,
and Murray, Hemenway. '
The officials of the Tuesday meet
were: Starter, J. B. Huntington; judges,
T. A. More, C. R. Yopp, and J. C. Sharpe;
inspectors, Dr. Barnette, Professor
Falls; referee, C. R. Powers; score
keeper, Supt. W. A. Graham.
WOMAN’S DAY
Woman's day is every day at this bank. This bank
caters to the patronage of women.
Citizens Bank Sc Trust Co.
Tennis Rackets
If you have ever played tennis you know the satisfaction
of having a good racket. We have just received a nice
assortment of them, all bearing the SPALDING trade-'
mark. Prices from.$3.50 up. We also have Nets, Balls
and other tennis supplies.
C. W. Yates Company
115-117 Market Strert V
Detective Chief Believes
River Pirates Sire Behind
Gigantic Sugar Robberies
. That a well organized gang of river,
pirates were operating In the . local
harbor until the police frustrated what
appears to have been a plot to steal
approximately 20,000 pounds of sacked
sugar from the terminals of the Clyde
Steamship company here, is the belief
of N. J. Williams, captain of the de
tective squad, which was very ac
tive in the arrest of a number of per
sons implicated in the theft of sugar
from the Clyde terminals.
Captain Williams declared yester
day afternoon that he does not see how
it would have been possible for such
a quantity of sugar ,to have been
stolen from the stea^jnshij) terminals
unless some one was working on the
inside.
• Arraigned before Recorder Harriss
yesterday morning the following men
Robert Chadwick, Frank 'Cumber, Nat
Fales, J%k Ramsey, and Jake Horo
witz charged with aiding and abetting
in the theft of 6,100 pounds of sugar
from the Clyde Line terminals, were
found guilty and. bound over to the
superior court, bond being required in
the sum of $250. W. C. Pigford, charg
ed with receiving stolen goods was
also found guilty and bound over to
the superior court the same bond be
ing required. Rodley Mintz, charged
with aiding and abetting in the theft
had his case dismissed for want of
probable ’ qause.
JURORS ARE DRAWN
FOR FEDERAL COURT
Sixty' Names Placed in Hand of
Deputy Clerk Cleves M.
Symmes Here
Cleves M. Symmes, deputy clerk of
the federal court here, yesterday re
ceived the jury list for the coming
term of. United States court, which con
venes on May Sth. Sixty names have
been drawn from which will be selected
the petit jurors, and if necessary, a
grand Jury.
In the list mentioned below the first
36 have been ordered to appear at the
federal court room Tuesday morning,
May 8, at 11 o'clock, and the remaining
24 are ordered to be on hand Monday
morning, May 14 at the same hour.
Those to be summoned to appear"
Tuesday, May 8 are: E. Holden, Jr..
Shallotte; H. I*. Wright, Freeland;
Jacob Cooper, Salemburg; J. J. Matthis,
Clinton; M. M. Bullard. Chadbourn; Ar
thur Peterson. Clinton; J. W. Flynn,
Atkinson; George F. Devane, Ivaflhoe;
IV. II. Newell, Wilmington; Q. G, South
erland, Burgawt T. A. Underwood, Rose
boro; A. D. Williamson, Clinton: J. R.
Newton. Jr.. Southport; J. N. Henry,
Atkinson; U Larkin, Seagate; Walter
Pedrlck, Wilmington; R. H. Herring,
Currie; S. E. Loftin, Wilmington; A. H.
Disor. Wilmlngtpn; N. M. Woodcock,
Atkinson; L. C. Herring. Clinton: S. V.
Atkinson, Bolivia; D. D Wells, Wallace;
D. W. Williams, Autreyvllle: Joe C.\
Warren. Newton Grove; C. R. Powoll,
Wananish; L. D. Jenrette. Ashe; J. M.
Hewlett, Jr., Wilmington; George W.
Godwin/ Wilmington; W. E. Piver,
Chadbourn; L. H. Blake, Wilmington;
J. W. Capps, Wilmington; J. S. Dew,
Hallsboro; J. D. Orrell, Jr.. Wilmington;
F. J. Dempsey, Wilmington; C. T. Blake,
Wilmington.
The remaining ?i are ordered to re
port in court Monday. May 14; A. V.
Armstrong, Burgaw; W. W. Carroll.
Phoenix; L. W. Benton. Deland; Walter
Farrow, Wilmington; W. C. Kornegay,
Pink Hill; R. Sanderson. Burgaw: J. j
Woody Smith. Whiteville; Binford
Sloan, Wallace: Wilson Iteevef, Wal
lace; J. W. Davis. Chadbourjt*; F. B.
Orr, Currie; E. Horton Freejnan, Wil
mington; W. D. Cherry. Clinnton; J. F.
Caffee. Hallsboro; W. A. Long. ABhe;
T. S. Memory. Whiteville; E. D Prid
gen, Rooks; N. B. Stevens, Chadbourn;
J. Frank Alford, Wilmington; H. C.
Presise, Faison; M. D. Jackson, Cooper;
E. D. Mills, Tabor; W. H. English,
Willard; D. J. Corbett, Currie.
WIRE STRETCHER LEVER
FRACTURES IRAN’S SKULL
ELIZABETH- CITY, April 18.—J. D
Deeormta; Judge of recorder’s court
'and a 'farmer of Currituck county, was
unconscious and in a serious condition
at his home tolfiay as a result of being
struck on the .head by the breaking of
a lever used to stretch wire fencing.
The accident occurred yesterday
when Judge Decormis, despite his 75
years, was aiding a tenant in putting
up a wire fence, and it was reported
that his skull was fractured. His son,
Dr. J. D. Decormis, Jr., of Accomac,
Va„ was at his bedside today and a
daughter, Mrs. J. B. Bray, of Raleigh,
was expected.,
Purses given for horse races in this
country .during a season amount to
*9.000,00(1.
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WILL DRIVE JETTIES
BY HYDRAULIC METHOD
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Plans and Specifications for
Beach Jetties Complete; to
Ask for Bids on Work
Plans and specifications for the
series of jetties to be erected in the
ocean at Wrightsville Beach have
been completed by the engineers, and
bids are to be asked for the work
immediately a by Thomas H. Wright,
mayor of the town of Wrightsville
Beach, who is to have general charge
of the work.
Already several local contractors
have indicated to R. H. Northrop,
clerk of the municipality of Wrights
ville Beach, their desire to bid on the
work, and Clerk“ Northr-op expressed
a hope yesterday afternoon that some
local concern would be the successful
bidder. Even though the work is of
an unusual nature and of a difficult
sort, the beach authorities feel sure
that there are numerous #Wilmington
contractors equal to the task.
Instead of forcing the wooden piling
down with a steam hammer, the old
and more or less accepted method for
suoh work, the hydraulic method will
be followed, according to Clerk Nor
throp. This, the beach authorities be
lieve, will permit of much faster work
and a saving of considerable money.
Water for the work will be fur
nished by the beach water system. The
mains will be tapped at various places
along the beach and a pipe run to the
seashore; from that point a‘hose, will
be extended on the ocean bottonv to a
float outside of the breaker; after each
piling is aligned a\pipe will be placed
alongside of the pile and water forced
through the pipe to clear away the
sand on the ocean bottom where the
piling is to enter.
This method was used by the Sea
shore Hotel company when the steel
pier was erected in the ocean in front
of the hotel some years ago, and prov
ed highly successful.
Medium Brown Hair looks best of all
after a Golden Glint Shampoo.—adv.
USED FORD CARS here at all times
at lowest prices. Terms if desired.
Chipley's Used Ford Car Exchange, 116
Dock. Street, phone 1120.
Sunshine Laundry—Damp Wash Ser
vice. Phor* 172-. adv.
Congratulate the 2,421 shareholders in making possible
the great achievement of reaching the
Million Dollar Mark in Assets
With the Further Record of Never Lost a Dollar
I). B. Branch
C. M. Butler
j J, O. Carr
{ B. B. Cameron
! 8. J. Bills
j Louie Einstein
\V\ A. Fonvlellr
f. II. Hanby
H. Jaffe
I*. L. Knight
B. W. Moore
Roger Moore
J. F. Poet
F. M. Russ
Charles Schnibben
Albert Solomon
William Struthers
E. T. Taylor
j Directors of the Largest Building and Loan Association
I • In Eastern Carolina
Even a Steam Engine Has to Rest
Much less can a man, made of bone and muscle, work 24 hours
a day.
But there’s one thing that can do it and one thing only—his
money. .
Put to work, it never'stcps. Tirelessly, night and day, it goes
right on piling “P profits in the farm of interest.
Enough dollars put to work now in the savings bank, and you will
find that in later years they will cheerfully support you in comfort.
Y<rti don’t see men with savings accounts looking seedy or hungry.
They don’t have to.
Four per cent interest right along. Start an account today.
Home Savings Bank
Corner Front and Chestnut Streets
TRANSMISSION LINE
TO FOLLOW HIGHWAY
Wilmington-Wallace Power Line
Will Parallel State High
way, It is Announced
Aft?r giving the matter careful con
sideration officials of th» Tidewater
Power company have decided to erect
their high-powered transmission line
from Wilmington to Wallace along the
right-of-way of the Wilmlngton-Golds
boro highway instead of the Wilming
ton and Weldon branch of the Atlantic
Coast Line railroad.
Announcement to this effect was
made yesterday by. E. E. Kilburn, as
sistant general manager of the Tide
water Power company, who is in per
sonal charge of the construction of
the transmission line. Mr. Kilburn did
not state the reason for the change.
He did say, however, that there would
be practically no difference in the mile
age of the line because of the change.
When completed in the late summer,
..or early fall, the transmission line
will extend from Wilmington to War
saw and thence to Wallace, and from
Warsaw to Clinton, furnishing lights
and power to practically every city
and town alohg the route.
Mr. Kilburn stated yesterday that
at the present 'time he has gangs of
men rebuilding the power line from
tlffe Gordon Road. Just outside the
city limits, to Castle Hayne, about
nine miles from the city. This line is
being lowered on the present poles and
over it will be strung the new, high
powered line.
Mr. Kilburn also ’ stated that practi
cally all of the material for the trans
mission line had been ordered and
what had not already been received
is expected to arrive shortly.
Because of the change of right-of
way from alongside the railroad to the
state highway the Tidewater Power
company will be saved a considerable
sum of money, owing to the fact that
the right-of-way of the Wilmington
Goldsboro road has been opened, which
will permit of the stringing of the
power line along side of the road for
considerable distance without ^ the
necessity of. clearing away trees'.
Buriss Funeral to Be
Held at 3:30 o’Clock
The remains of Mrs. Kate Burriss.
wife of Charlie S. Burrlss, formerly cl
this city, who died in .Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Monday, arrived in the city last, night.
The funeral services will be held at the
Church of the Good Shepherd this aft
ernoon at 3:30 o’clock and the inter
ment will be made in Oakdale ceme
tery. The services will be conducted
by Rev. Mr. Gibble, rector of the
| Church of the Good Shepherd.
SWEATERS
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Slipovers and Tuxedos
We Make Buttons
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fis, of course, dependent on you for a good start in life. Are you going to
fail in your duty to the little one? r.
Open a Savings Account in this Strong Savings Bank and thereby providfe
for your child’s future. Open the way to a better day for the little help
less one that you have s^orn to cherish and protect.
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10 Per Cent Advance on Good,
rich and Diamond Tires
After May 5
Our stock of Tires was large when price, u
vanced on March 20 and we hare been abl*
sell thetn at the old prices. After Mny 5 ®
prices will advance to the new level, ’ 0ar
Get yonr summer requirements now—yoa w
not again this year he able to boy SUverto
and Diamonds at such low prices. n>
TUBE FREE WITH EACH TIRE:
HUGHES SALES
AND SERVICE
COMPANY
SECOND AND MARKET STREETS
ELEVENTH AND MARKET STREETS
The “Why”of
Good Will
Good will is not founded upon idle fancy or glib ^
salesmanship. The printing representative who
can merely say, “I’ll get you up something nice,”
is scarcely to be depended upon.
- There are years of knowledge and experience be
hind every piece of printing produced in our shops
today.
Every piece of type, every rule and ornament is
there because the piece is better for it, and every
thing fits into a scheme of co-ordination toward a
single purpose—accomplishment of the object for
which the piece is wanted. In our shop there is no
such word as “compromise” or “just as good.”
' rfhat is the basis of the good will we enjoy and
guard so closely.
Wilmington Printing Co.
Uptown Office
8-10 N. SECOND ST. *'
Phone 997
Plant:
885—Phones—886
“Printing—the Mother of Progress”
| Dollar Day I
The merchants of Wilmington are planning
to have a real old-fashioned dollar day trade
(event ere long—that is fine; but, in the mean- |
time, come on down here to buy your gro- I
ceries where you will save “the difference”
and you’ll be able to buy other , things when
that day arrives.
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NEED A STEP-LADDER?
: A good, sturdy step ladder is a mighty handy article
around the home, for house cleaning, window washing,
’ painting, putting up screens, and a hundred other Pur_
\ poses. These ladders are carefully built of kiln-dried
’ white wood and securely put together. Several sizes ana
heights to select from.
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