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WILMINGTON TRADES
COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS
Ragular Milting Tutsday Night ol Much In
A ttrt st Ltrgt , Attendanct and Much Enthu
siasm Manlftstad.
At the regular meeting of Wilming
ton Tmdes Council on Tuesday night, at
Which time many committee reports
were received and much' good spirit
manifested, after the completion of all
other vrork, the election of officers was
gone into and the following were named
to serve for the ensuing term: , v
President H. Stone.
Vice President C. McD. Jones. , ,
(Corresponding Secretary H. H. Ford.
Financial Secretary F. J. F. Richter.
Organizer and Treasure r J.H. Curtis.
Sergeant-at-Arms Geo. F. Newton. -
I. A. T, S. E. Elects Officers.
At the regular meeting of the Wil
mington local, I. A. T. S. E., the follow
ing officers, were elected for the ensuing
term: t
President Thos. A. By rd.
Vice President F. J, F. Richter.
Secretary and Business Manager G.
H. Stone. ":
Treasurer W. A. Buck.
The I. A. T. S. E. now has an organi
zation movement under way by which
they expect to unite every stage worker
and moving picture operator in this
Jurisdiction, which will bring about a
long-needed condition. Keep er goin'
brothers!
GENERAL NEWS OUTLINE; :
Sri
tCLate dispatches indicate that the ltal-
ian offensive is steadiljr growing in im
porcahce and'hlgh , hopes are entertain
ed of a decisive stroke. ' 1 '
The General Assembly of the Presby
.teriau Church of the 'United Stated
adopted a ; resolution declaring for
woman suffrage, ; yesterday, f at ; Dallas,
Texas; "
Death of Mrs. Annie H. Williams.
The funeral oi Mrs. Annie H. Wil
liams, who died last. Saturday at .the
home of her -daughter, Mrs. J. B
Griffith, was conducted from the resi
dence Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. H.
McCracken and Rev, Thomas F. Allen.
Mrs. Williams was a consistent Chris
tian, and a life-long member of Fifth
Avenue Methodist Church.
Surviving Mrs. Williams are her hus
band, Mr. C. M. Williams, of Macon,
Oa.'r Mrs. Dan Costin, Mrs. J. B. Griffith,
Messrs. Daniel H., J. Franklin and Carl
T. Williams, of this city.
The following gentlemen were pall
bearers: Messrs. W. J. Bradshaw, Wil
liam Hamilton, Sr., J. W Branch, S. A.
Matthews, John M. Branch and II. E.
Walton. ;
The burial w;as in Bellevue Ceme
tery, and the high esteem in which this
good woman was held was fully attested
by the many beautiful floral tributes
that were plicedon her last resting
place by her large circle'of mourning
friends. -
Funeral of Mrs. Westbrook.
The funeral of Mrs. Julius Ellen
Westbrook, of Acorn Branch, who died
suddenly at her home Sunday night,
was conducted Monday afternoon from
Acorn Branch Methodist church by
Rev. R. N. Phillips, the pastor. Inter
ment, was made in th church burial
grounds. - , ' ,
' ' Mrs. ! Westbrook was in the 65th year
of her age, and had just returned from
the afternoon services at the Methodist
rhureb, when she was stricken. Rela
tives surviving her are Mrs, B. B.
Trask, Mrs. J.,H. Hasket, Mrs. J. G.
Johnson; Mrs. Carl Seitter, Mr. Joseph
Westbrook and B. B. Westbrook, Jr.
Les Darcy, the Australian pugilist,
-died at a hospital in Memphis, Wednes
day, of pneumonia. 1 L, ' - '
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A loan of $75,000,000 was made to
Great Britain yesterday by the govern-;
ment. ' T6e total1 loan to that country
amounts to $400,000,000, and to the A1-.
lies $745,000,000. h--
Up to Friday, only 16 per cent of the
proportional quota 'of men available
from North Carolina had enlisted: This
is one of the lowest percentages of any
State in the Union. '" '
: The British transport Transylvania
was torpedoed in the Mediterranean Sea,
May 4tb, with a loss of 413 lives. She
was a 14,000-ton ship. Among those lost
was the ship's captain, Lieut. S. Brenell.
The General Assembly of the Presby
terian" Church of tffe United States,' in
session in Birmingham, Ala.v decided
by a vote . of 142 to 40 in favor oj
appointing a committee to confer with
a like ; committee from the Northern
branch of the church on the question of
organic union. i :
Wholesale confiscation of property,
incendiarism and many other danger
ous forms of anarchy prevail in Bus
. jdan. industrial centers and Agricultural
districts. The peasants , in many dis
tricts are defying the authorities and
are appropriating both government and
prl vats property.
Fire swept approximately 75 blocks of
the Atlanta residential section on Mon
day. Many valuable reslden cos were
dynamited in the efforts to cut off .the
fire by the fire department, and many
people were made homeless and desti
tute. Immediate relief was given by
charitable organizations.
Eli Persons, the. self-confessed slayer
of Anioinette Rappal, a . 15-year-old
school girl, was burned at t the stake
near Memphis, Tenn., on Tuesday. Two
negroes yho were implicated by him
have been examined and released.; It id
said the grand jury of that district Will
investigate the cremation of the negro.
Relief work in fire-swept Atlantais
how under WAy and -it is expected that
the work of, rebuilding, , will begin at
once. It is estimated that 1,56S build
ings were destroyed, at a loss of $3,500,
000. The local Ked Cross workers have
been giving valuable service in reorgan
izing families that had been disorgan
ized. i Emphatic disapproval of the peace
propaganda of 'European socialists has
been .expressed ' by the American gov
ernment Which" denied passports to
NEWS BRIEFS. ;
conference and issued a warning that
any American ). taking-part in the nego
tiation s would be legally liable to heavy
punishment.
It has been stated by the Agricultural
Departm ent that there is no ground for
the high -prices of fruits and vegetables,
except pbtatoes. and strawberries, and
that cold storage holdings . of creamery
ibutteir ; cm May 15th amounted to -6,239,-716
pounds, and of-eggs 3,259,860 cases.
Holdings of : butter increased about 67.2
per cent, from May 1.
service , will ; be established to
tinue until Octsbor 1. This is will be
two weeks later 'than usual.; , " , ;
yt- The large ; steam er City of Wil m ing
onb wried; bylex J'Sprun t "fc Son, ar
rived in port yesterday ' from Huelva,
Spain, with a cargo of 'iron pyrites. '
:g;First';Ser:geant lra';Am6sof Co A,
Engineers, of this city, has 'received an
honorable discharge, on account of a de
pendent farriUy, and has arrived in the,
city . ; : :ry: 'jxv;
Mrs. Cuthberi Martin, president of
the Wilmington Red Cross Society, left
Thursday for Washington, a delegate
to the National Red Cross War Council
meeting. ;vj"-:".-.,:'a y'v
A party is to be given at the Wil
mington Light Infantry armory this
afternoon at 5 o'clock by the Red Cross
Society, Exhibition 'dances -will be
given. A May Pole Dance will feature.
Refreshments will be served and a small
admission charged.
Young & Gorman, the hustling sheefe
iron and metal workers who were' for
mally located at No 8 South Second
street, have moved to No. 12 SouthSec
ond street, and are now- prepared to
handle all classes of slate roofiing and
sheet iron and metal work.
The district meeting: of the Junior.
Order United American Mechanics was
held in this city at the Junior Order
Hallv No ITS North Seconal '-street, -on
Wednesday. There were three sessions,
ai 10 a. mv and at ;3 and 8 p. m; State
Councillor Charles F. Alexander, of
Charlotte, delivered an address at the
afternoon session. V
All employees of the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad Company receiving a
wage of less than $100 a month, except
those who are members 'of the four
brotherhoods received an increase of
12 per cent in their pay for the month
ending May 26. Those receiving over.
$100 and up to $200 received a 10 per
cent increase; and over $200 and up to
$300 received 8 per cent advance:
One of the most terrific hailstorms in
the history of this section, swept over
the city and v.lclnity Wednesday be
tween 11:30 and 1:30 o'clock. Enormous t
stones, in - sizes- froma hickory nut
to a goose egg, smashed through roofs;
shattered window panes; tore through
the tops of automobiles; battered down
growing crops, and did damage that
will amount to thousands of dollars, ac
cording to conservative estimates.
Brother Bell Wmt the Emblem.
The $5.00 " union embleml raffled on
Tuesday night as a benefit for the Labor
Day fund of- the Wilmington Trades
Council, was won by Mr. Charles J.
Bell, a member of the local branch of
UNION
phenoii ;wli: of
"Dpn'taveourbsibfi
They are Injurious to ail concerned C
'"O. F. Pilliiy, that popular lihoiy per ci
Raleigh, is doing his Vb!t'j foUa pvo
deletion of it Sunlcieti foodsUpplL
now has tomatoes in bloom in hli gtr-
den.
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Remember. Union ' hieni
smoke, that the employes of tui .Cluco
Cigar, Factory, at Lancaster, Pa; hava
been locked 1 but ' and. kre appea Ihg jfor ,
your moral and flhanctal suppoth
The latest Label novelty oui II a label
pencil bearing the labels of the Carped
ters and Joiners' and the TVpbgraphical -Union,
which' is being ; distributed fay .
the Carpenters' " unions ail ovir ibe '
country. "
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, Li. A. iiristow, tormerly or tnis city.
but who is now , a member of iiietg
Typographical Union, Js incificititld '"
from serious Illness and has made1 appli
cation for entrance to the Union rrint- '
ers Home at Colorado Springs, .i ' ,
Mr. Lee Porter, a welUkndtvn and
clever linoty pe operator, whli' nasi been ;
a resident of Wilmington for several
years, has gbne to ;CharlsWd.:S:b.;H
where he will perform In the5 rneohanl-
cal departments of the press, tyla isti'
him success.
Mr. John rittman. a weil-knbwn
monotype operator of Wilmiiigloii has
accepted a position with the Edwards &
Broughton Co., of Raleigh. "Boi'
is a true-blue union man and a good teU
low and will make friends wherever hi
goes. . We wish him all possible sUccesi.
OUR ADVERTISERS.
American delegates to the Stockholm Fthe L A Tt S K wb U nW emPloyed
in Washington, N. C.f in the New Thea
tre. No, 228 took the prize.
The editor: of The Saturday Record
drew the lucky number, Brother Bell.
We'll have a well, you name it. --
v Wilmington Trades Council cleared a
neat llttle'sutii out of the Memorial Day
dance at Overtake :Park' about $30.00."
jmd the emblem raffle netted' about
$12.00, all clear of expense. It is very;
probable that ' there will be another
dance at a future date under tke auspice
of the Wilmington Trades Council.
Co-oparatlon Is the First Prlnclpjt of kiiecbV
We i print on the 4th and 5th pages,
through the service of the National La-
bor Press Association, the cards of some ?
of? Wilmington's progressive business
men who are' friendly to . organized la
bor, and who are co-oporating with this
paper in bringing about a condition in
onr city by which the union men and
friends of labor will be enabled to spend y
their money fat" home for goods that
have been produced ' under fair condi- :
tlons of labor and at the same time as-. '.
sures i the business men of the city that" !
money earned by the union men of this ; h
city will be spent? at home. The full ilst lis
will be repeated every four weeks in 6r-v:--
der that union men , and the friends of
organized labor - can co-operate - with
those who are aiding them in this move
ment.' , ' v
Organized Labor endorses this move-b
meat through Wilmington Trades Coun- -
cil and the Label Products Committee, t
which assures that this buy-at-home!,:
movement will repeive the solid support
of organized labor.
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' We carry to-day on our eighth pze.
the attractive card of the ! Coast Line
Hotel and Cafe, No. 208 North 'Trout
street. $Tbey have a lOOrper cent, sz
tary conditiohIn all departments -a.
make short orders a fsriecialty. Thcl.
rates are reasonable and they solicit the
patronage of members of organized .
labpr. .' ' , ,;i ,
' HalPs Drug Store advertises Ottoman
Vermifuge In an attractive ad.; od.the
eighth page. . - , : .v:
The Atlan tip ' Coast Line IUllrc -Jl
.Company, has - subscribed to Sl.ir-
. United States Liberty Loan bonds.
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