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i The Medium of Organized lakor and Guardian of the Workingihan's Interest
VOL.2. NO. 9.
LABEL PRODUCTS COM- ,
; UMITTEE IS ORGANIZED,
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.Off icctt Ejected at Get Together
Meesing Wednesday Night.
Tbedelegates elected to represent. jUie
vnrious unions of the Label products ;
.C-onmlttce, a body which wasorganifceth
to advocate tbQ purchase of goods bear.;
i113t.be union label, and to co-operate j
with the merehants of the city. In their;
4buy at bonieV movement, were per-r
,nancntly organized at a get-together,
,-tnceting AVednoslayaight. C.,I. Stone:.
y,-tui olecld cthairrnnv and (Jeorgo W.
x"tinieron, secretary. .
Th committeejias planned to start a
v 1 alel oarn.pai gn . od w i 1 1 ask th 0 in e r-:
"',oiian40 Qf tCo city to co-pperato with
tfiem in thotf Q.fftirts to have label goods
onsala. - lniew oftho coming, "buy atf
.homo: and dress up week!' under the
.ausptoes ,of tho rutai 1 merchant s 'of the
, city, th, committee .bolieyiug it to be
', one of the best best possible methods byr
which i.ibei'f .efforts can, tye accpippJislTed
:adopt4 tJhe foll.ov:ingi-resulnUpiis:.
4 Wareas, we harp been roqiiested tol
eo-operate with-ithc .business men of.
Wilmlntona jbuy at hpin.e and dress
, up week1- to make-It a success, and
WhereaSt wo are heartily in favor of
aojr qffort to rnakoour city a i bigger,.
j .hettorand inore prospero4us city, there--
, 'SATURDAY,, MARCH 1 31, ml.
PRICE $fjOOAYEA8S
ley MiQdijiie aM
Pfcss Up Week
solve to Buy jpt Home
.Boost tftp Hojip Ppvtct aii
BeDefitptb the Merchant and
the Worklngran ty Keeping
qpnieeara Money In Local
't v , 4l r 1 t v j v S tho announcet&ent . states, money .-spent
Kesolvod, That the Xabel Products . ..; -yv t ' , ' ,
' . . m foreign markets never uorks.for mir
Committee, representing It unions o . 4 , . . ;
this city , do horeby endorse the move-'
input originated by tbo Mershants As
, .sociationy to begin . on March 31, 1917,
and ail anion men in, the city and the
. friends, of organised labor areurged to
make all 'efforts to malco the movement
a success. 4 ;
"G. H. 8TOTK.: Ch,ajrman.
4t3iT:Q.. Wv CAROX, HecreUiry. ;
.THERE'S A REASONS -v
GRAPE-NUT? POST.
Theagei 111 Battle Ctc$kf Mich.,
. JMoch Lover Than Any City
i of Its -Site in Th4t SU,te. :
' . l?attlo. Crock, IVh., MarciwO.-
5 ; jookedcut machinists ami ti:'v friendl'
' " q'uoto statistics which sl)ov that this;
city pye the lowest ,w4; -in MfcJiiaiiiJ
: in proportion m us itc anujuyuuuuuut;
Tne manufacturers - are orgarlir.ed and
make Vud claim lhat .Battle .reek
&houlq eontinuo on a non-union basi?.
, Whn the. machinists1 began discussing
v . more thorough 'organization they were
i locked out. The statistics indicate why.
!m ployed, plead Tor ''the indeieudence
, of their workers1
more 'prosperous and beautiful Win
mington. It is hoped that every woru-
insmaa in Wilmington will contribute.
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his p-irt toward making the movement
.'Successful. - ; .-" . "-
.The following proclamation by Mayor.
I-; Q.-iM'oore should receive a generous
rpsnonfm. roni . all vho wish to ' nee u.-5r
me leaumg industrial center -or tin
State: - .
Yhereas, the merpaants and business'
men of --Wilm iugton . are co-operating In '
a campaign, for the purpose'of urging
the people of this community and tho-;
in the trading zone adjacent to the city7
to spend their money in Wilmington
thus causing a prosiierity which will le
mutual. ; ''''
And, Whereas, "Buy in WllminsTton"
movement has been, combined " with
Dress Vp rWcek" .this latter beitiir a
national event and usually 'coming-just
beforo Kaster, applying ;to tle homes,
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gardeus, rrontarus anrl all i;t!iinsr pr
taining to making the. JpVty .BHautiful,,,i
And , Vhereajs, this uiulertaking should
have the iii7vedunprt;bf "ve:ry;
man, woman and child in this immun
ity, thereipre, as the official head f ilie
g ;jp prganizpd Iibor is city, I desire to proclaim March : 3 1st t
it certainly can Ue if the April 7th "Buy in Wilmington Dross
Up week, Vind ask all citizens 10 co-operate
with the tmsiness men in mukiny
this a bigger city, a ijetter eity. and 11
more beautiful eit.
Signed. iAliXEltJQWN(! MOORS.-
Mayor of W'l'nington.
There will bo a Tag Day so :ik U
stamp and classify the." citizenship ofth
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eommunitv who believo.in, anil wish to
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assiKt in the movement, Tho tags wili
be distributed -frea and all '.'citizens ar
respectful 1 3 nskel to wear, them duru
the Buy at Ume jjres's Up VftMK." '
The tags bear "the following inserip-
Today ushers in tho '.'Buy-at-Homo
and press yp Week, 5 uader the aus
pices of the Merchants of Wilmington
and marks the beginning of one of the
best inovemenls ever inaugurated &y a
business association -in this-it3r for ad-:
vahcing the ?in tprests of -tjip business j
men and wage-earners of this vicinUj.
If the policy presented ly merchants -in s
a Bigger, Better an5
1 OUt Buy in yi4'
lion: "I am for
'More Prosperous
"mington and , Watch s Wilm)ngiof!
Grow." rS - ' " . ,
OlR ApyERTlSERS
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Subscribers please msntbn tbls pape
wneii inak!ng purchaser .;-v
Shands' Ordcory lias special prices fMv
tor .tolay only. Head his ad- on the,0tU ;
oage. ' x - . i-v -
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W. B. Inlander is now making 4 speV
iiuUr on roallnff arwl repair, work. ,TI
;ias an ad. .011 the Gtlrpago;
their gree ting '
effected rand
i merchants and Organized Iijjor po-op-
erate in this mvenent-every element
of Wilmington's-industriq.1 foroo will bo
fully rewarded for Uieir efforts; for, as
homo city and th is alone is enough to
convince tho working man aud .merchant
j-that oo-operaton by them in this move
ment is essential to t he progress of our
city. Co-operate with the 'home mpr
cha.nt;b3 purchasing your Kaster goptls
at home and let's have Uhe use of our
production invaliding a beUer, bigger,
S Funeral of a Little Child
- YheTuneral of .the Infant son of-Mr.
..ihd Mrsi B.-J.Bry.atit, J r".,: who. died on
Sunday morning about 1 o'oloek from
"juries, sustained when t fell into a tub
qf scalding water on Krida- afternoon,
was hold from, their home,- 604 Wooster
treot, on Sunday afternoon at 4:30
Vclocki Kev. W. it. Nq V, of tho,Church
of tho Good Shephord, and Rev. Mr.
McCracken, of Fifth Avenue Methodist
phureh conducted the oeremohies. 1 H
Xbe hurial wai in Beflvue Cemetery.
Thp large attendance of sympathizing
relatives and frleods'attostod the deep
sympathy qf the wfcnlfi community fur
the "bereaved ones-. -
There is, only one thing a woman dis
likes more, than HatteryV and that is not
Orgnicd labor is ured to let their hpie-carp.ed dollars be home
spent, thsjeeepiag tore tnoiiejri home cironlation, w.her it will
"pass from hand to hand and do the greatest ood.far the greatest ?'
numher.- . " fc
; Mone3' se;nt to the mail order catalogue houses in Uje 4istant big
city is lost to you, your home merchant, your houi tovnand your
home employer; it wilKnever .return, tp you in your p.y ..e.nv.lojt? but
yiU stay in.ctrctilation in some bij citv. to enrich that community
and the catalogue houses .-tjiat have chpot;ed youV. vyit,li tempting ;
catalogue vbait.n , ' .-
No fatter 'vh ere you. lire, patronize yo4uril)cals,8t9res, g ve ;thena
. ,flrst chance vto s,upply your .eeds. If yon can no,4nd what you
want,- then ..give the Wilmington stores ..an opportunity to serve
ou. They agrecto give 'you '.as gool and een better values cjn
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many items than you can. secufefrom distant mail . orders catalogue -
. houses. Adopt ,qur slogan practice it and preach itTor it is to your
r.interest, our interest a.nd tjie f,uture: pror-jperity of this comt33juitvr
Bey ip Wilmington and Wllaj
Wilmington Grow l" . v
Dress Up Week, Marcli 31st to April 7!k
Why not dress up for Eastervin" Wilmingfon-bpught apparel.
. Mayiwe serve you. : . Respectfully (
' THlSERCH ANTS QF WIWIINGTO.
Keep posted on A ,,12. Marshbirii4N
priws lie has an svL iu this issue.' 1U
Hi s eggs ih i a week at 3 an d CnIo c ;
outjjy hiims atic. v v1
Kuy your gard&n horift from tho Wi!
nuijton llard'tvarff 0.. Hea his a n
:hitj issue. J ' ' .
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A STRONG ;LABOR; CANDI
DATE IN THE FIRST WARD -
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w McD, Tortus Anounczs - rlii
Candidacy :For CouncHrnauV-
' On the sixth page of today ' piper ivW; 1
print the Announcement of Mr: CvMelV. ;V Tr
Tones as fvindhl.ito fiirOimicilinan.tfwViv"
'the thirst .Ward. Mt Jiifs. i ih'0nu't' '
'Hal secretary of Ci , -tVar ' Lfv(t,"V.T fi?
-. 50, it. U. ("' rViurIca. :wdiVv'
inemberof Wilinin.orrrules (Mti-rif,
j-li is nn, .enthnsiastio url;e-r in. ti.".
tiuum as was o,u t he L i litfl JVndti i'iC.
'Coiuinitlo .aud in lb Viituii;gl"
raies Coutu-it, and will have a stnwi 1
unionrvotc. from -tlu Uuian inch oX tft
First. Warl. . J . " - v
iJnion . men should remember liuuo
obugation and give Bmthcr ionee tU
support that puVhim cu..the Cny;
CiuncU as .Orsaiied Labor's rejjtreett-'V:'
tative. ; . f ' :
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.Catfish Club' Race
The first - race of th eciaDotv. uiJer ,
the auspice oj toe Carolina Catjfish Club
w --ys heJ4 , tills week. and waa fcetweeu V;
the .Viking Xing and the Blue GaU vvv,
of the ci ub's high' "-pressure clippersff-;
the Viking King Was ir ehjh-er Pursue..,' -
r Uobinsori and he Blue CUt was in U'. " '
bunds of Cijpfaiii Cflmache'.
The rjvcb wsa, rnst' intenKsiiiigr frW V, 4
ha fact that the course lay throuah u'
langea 7,mo aiia 'therewjis mus'li '
vasinoss Tit a torptfio Uniijht sKiUI -A
' . T:, Vlfcliur Killer won - by," - :
jiwnits, . unu j.iptijua. Ca- .
m:vch6 says when Ms boifvrnuaker get ,s
done hum me ri i ig on, - his - 'g: l ii t r
he King wiltVot JjTfuJUid runtili , :
Thvrt- wili:VuaWofflAewf nml ' '
. don't forget that liUwfiLtSiy t id '
The union labelnn your' c impagJt' ?
printed tikater will, Imve :l good VlW r,'
n the union vttfr Uvi iuryju rt; u t
the win u ide aud dcaia lid ti ut mi i m V i?
label. . , '' t ' . -
Demand the Vnibn Ts!I4
v. - Label on yoCTSpii. '7" -
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With the hirfr tA' UvrfT nlttrrh'tl
one miibt Uhart.v . : . ' f ."'- '
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q be nattered