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Law Nolo Contendere. tO tue Wlliuiugiuu uu;b nuu cue !.- Moviran hnrrlpr Mrs futhbert Martin, president of the so ciety, who presided at the meeting, exDressed the desire that every mem br of the l0cal societv prepare a pack age to go in the boxes. Mrs. L- Bluethenthal was appointed cliairinan of the committee to prepare the boxes. Pacakges to go in the boxes will be received by the com miuee at the Y. M. C. A. any time before December 10 as the Christmas Pifts for the soldier boys will be ship ped on this date. Mrs. Martin read a jetter from Captain George W. Gil lette, of Company A, Wilmington En gineer Troops, in which he thanked the ladies of the Red Cross for four teen "comfort kits" recently received by the local soldiers. It is suggested that some of the fol lowing articles be placed in the pack ages which will contain a pad . of paper, pencil and envelopes; a pipe or cigarette papers and four packages of tobacco ; one pound of candy or one ran of jam; or a pocketknife or six handkerchiefs, or novels, also cake wrapped in paraphine paper, or candy wrapped in tin foil. As there are at least ISO Wilmington boys with the troops on the border, it is hoped that as many packages will be prepared. Of the other-" important matters transacted at the meeting was the ap pointment of Miss Lilly Brown to draft resolutions protesting against the embargo which is now being en forced by the Allies that prohibits the shipping of surgical supplies from this country to any of their warring ene mies, which will be sent to the Na tional Red Cross convention which meets in Washington, December 13. Jlrs. W. B. Cooper has been appoint ed chairman of the committee which will prepare Christmas gifts for the patients of the Red Cross Sanitarium. Mrs. James Howard has been appoint ed chairman of a committee to dis tribute Thanksgiving gifts to poor. Mrs. W. H. Sprunt, Miss Brown and Miss Emily Bridgers were samed as the nominating committee j to present the names of those to-be; balloted upo-as officers for next year I at the meeting in January. The regular monthly reports were j rpad and adopted. ! While -tlie Methodists of this city are preparing for .the conference (Which, isuto be held in: t&e Memorial Methodist church at Durham, Decem ber 6-11, inclusive, arrangements are going steadily, on in the tobacco town and elaborate plans are being made for the" entertainment of the visiting delegates. The Durham Sun has the following to say as to the activities of Durham Methodists. Canvass among members of Meth odist churches of this city for the pur pose of arranging for entertainment for the 400 delegates that are expect ed to attend the North Carolina Meth odist conference in this Tcity Decem ber 6-11, was being conducted Mon day afternoon by committees in charge of entertainment. The canvass will be conducted systematically of every Methodist home in the city by the various committees, representing every church of that denomination in the city and East and West Durham, ac cording to Rev. H. M. North, of Memorial church, and chairman of the central committee. Many members of otljber churches of the city have already offered to provide entertainment for numbers of the delegates, according to Rev. Mr. 'North. At least 400 delegates will have .to be placed in Durham homes and pos sibly a larger number. Several of the church committees were visiting homes throughout the city Monday afternoon. v The canvass ill con tinue throughout the weelc. annual conference of the Methodist church in this State will convene on Wednesday, December 6, at the Memorial church of Durham and will remain in session through December 11. All sessions will be held at Memorial church and on Sun day, December 3, alll Methodist pul pits of the city will be filled by visit ing ministers. Program for the conference is nowl in the hands of: the program commit tee, which expects to" complete its .work within the next week. The pro gram will include addresses by some of the most prominent ministers and tne j laymen of the Methodist church, say those in charge. Lilly! NOBODY HOME" FINE Show Must Be Classed Among The Best Here This Season. MANY TOOK EXAMINATIONS. Ladies and Men Are Desirous of En tering Government Service. Four times the ordinary number of persons took the civil service examin ations that were given at the post office building on Monday of this week, according to Mr. John Doscher, local secretary for the United States "Nobody Home," yesterday's at traction at the Academy of Music, de lighted two audiences and left the theatre-going public of Wilmington m a very happy frame of mind. While the show would not compare in 'some ! respects with other musical come- uies lueiL nave ueu sutgeu ucic dancing and the comedy was of an unusually high order and more than attoned for the lack of really good Civil Service Commission. The ex-jV- .u. - ; pnmolv vnnncr wnmpn wnr WPFP DOtn animations were for stenograpners j -t - and typewriters and were open to gracenii aim vivaciuu uu lUB en male and female. The ladies took the i ' T double examination while the men j evening production was well attend- took only the examination in typewrit ing. Ordinarily there are only three or four to take these exams., but the last one showed a departure from former customs. SENATOR COOPER INTERVIEWED. Wilmington Man Talks Interestingly of Conditions Over State. The following interview with Sen ator W. B. Cooper, of this city, ap peared in yesterday's Raleigh News and Observer: "Mr. v. B. Cooper, of Wilmington, was a visitor in Raleigh yesterday. Mr. Cooper is connected with a string of banks in the south and east of the State, and his trip brought him to the towns where they are located. Reach ing out to the southeast from Raleigh is a territory which escaped the bad weather of last summer and in those counties Mr. Cooper says the cotton crop is turning out to the full meas ure, if not bigger than usual. As a re sult the high price of lint is bringing money in a way that is astonishing the farmers, the bankers and everybody. Jn one town he tells of a darkey who wrought his cotton in a couple of days ago and was grieved because of the size of the roll it commanded, 'for he argued, 'only one qua't in fifteen days, wha" I gwine depa't f'm all dat money?' " ed and the applause rang genuine "Nobody Home" must be classed with the best that has been offered here this season. The work of Mr. Charles Mc Naughton, as "Freddy Popple," an un couth English country lad, and .that of Miss Zoe Barnett, as "Tony" Mil ler, prima donna at the Winter Gar den, overshadowed xthe . efforts of the leaser sataliies. However, the work of Lew Christy is deserving of men tion, for his role was a particularly hard one. , The dances by Mr. Joseph C. Hess and Miss Gertrude Bennett were in a class to themselves and the crowd appeared determined, to wear them out. Mr. Hess and Miss Bennett re sponded to. the numerous encores wiiiVJi were almost compelling and delighted in a way local theatre pa trons have seldom been delighted. one, of, the gravest questions nowl Old. man nolo contendere held confronting shippers of trans-Atlantic! sway in -Recorder Court this morn freighters is tKe shipping of crews. ; ing, as a review of violators of the This fact has been forcibly demon-driving ordinance slowly passed be strated of late in this port and only fore the bench of justice and were yesterday two young" men who ap-' dealt with firmly, but -lightly. The peared . in Recorder's court , on a plea of nolo contendere became, quite charge of vagrancy were "allowed to popular in a yeryL snort period of go when they told the court they in- time and with the exception of one tended shipping on the Pennsylva- case every plea made was of this na nian which has been docked at the ture. The defendant who did not Coast Line terminals since Saturday care to plead as the others thought at noon. The court's action is proof , so little of his summons that he neg sufficient that the civil authorities j lected to show up and failed to an understand the situation and are will- swer when his name was called. For ing to render all assistance possiblerthe benefit of the uninitiated a plea The visit of an Italian tramp to( of nolo contendere means, "I am in this port recently furnishes the body , nocent but am unable to prove it." for this story and shows conclusively ; The session was made lengthy and that the skipper of today is facing a the docket heavy because the officers situation that is almost unparalleled succeeded in rounding up a goodly in maritime history. It was neces-1 number of persons, black and white, sary to sign five men before this who have not complied with a city Italian freighter could sail from Nor-; ordinance which says automobile folk for this port and a Norfolk ship-' headlights shall be dimmed to a cer ping master agreed to supply these tain extent. All defendants got off men for $15 each. Because there was ' lightly because cases of this nature no other way of getting the men the' have not been pushed in the past, price was paid and then it became but as Councilman J. M. Hall, corn necessary, to advance each man. $15 misioner in charge of the Police De each, making an outlay of $150, the i partment, remarked this morning, master of the tramp was 1 forced to i "they may as well make up their put up. The freighter sailed from' minds to observe this ordinance, as Norfollc"and docked at this port the Police Department and courts are shortly afterwards. Five of the crew j determined to enforce it." immediately deserted, and an effort- No less than nine defendants were was made to sign men here to re- J arraigned on this charge and all en SHOW BIG INCREASE Wilmington is the financial center and clearing house for the Carollnas. The local Institutions have di rect dealings with almost every bank in the two States. The bahkin institutions of this citv are n Rtmr and able to finance any legitimate, business heeds of the community. Below is given a comparison of the Increase of the banking business in Wilmington for eight years, which shows that the capital and surplus of the Wilmington banks have increased practically one million dollars, while for the same period the de posits have increased approximately four and one-half million dollars. STATEMENT FOR 190 Capital and Murchison National Bank $ Wilmington Savings and Trust Company . . . ... People's Savings Bank . . : Southern National Bank. . American National Bank. Atlantic Trustrnt. Bank ing Companj .... . . . Surplus 855,424.85 223,439.41 102,345.00 329,587.68 92,296.35 Deposits $3,034,185.35 1,316,682.24 901,058.56 1,285,261.57 143,261.18 86,991.62 626,360.45 $1,690,034.91 $7,306,809.35 STATEMENT FOR 1916. Capital and Surplus Murchison National Bank $1,718,028.03 American Bank and Trust Company , Wilmington Savings and Trust Company 390,973.89 People's Savings Bank. . . 180,394.22 Home Savings Bank .... 55,479.50 Citizens Bank 50,655.64 Deposits $5,458,712.80 228,471.50 2,174,709.45 2,515,243.03 1,287,989.20 263,421.67 34,062.71 Increase in eight years $ From Wilmington Chamber of Commerce "Bulletin." $2,624,002.78 $11,734,138.91 933,967.87 $4,427,329.56 a WILSON EXPECTED I PLAY GIG PART Lieut. Salaman of British Royal Field Artillery Is In The City. place them, but because shipping masters in this port have died out the skipper's efforts met with no suc cess and he was obliged to telegraph his agent in Norfolk to send an addi tional five men to replace the deserters. The Norfolk master agreed to send the men for the same consideration the others had been secured for and again the master of :vthe vessel was forced to pay out good money for something he understood full well he might never receive or if he received be unable to keep. The five men ar rived per schedule, but three addi tional members of the crew deserted in the meantime and as a last resort the skipper shipped three Warning- tinued until oMnday morning tered pleas of nolo contendere and were allowed to go without even pay ing the cost, but if arraigned a sec ond time on a similar charge it is not thought that the court will be so le nient. The following were arraigned on this charge and were allowed to go their way after being warned: A. C. Craft, J. L. Edge, J. S. Brown, H. C. Roseau, all white. The colored de fendants were: Frank Suggs, Willis McGee, Fred Singletary, Frank Meares and Sandy Allen. The last named failed to answer when he was called. The case charging Leges Meyer, with violating the ordinance, was con- MISS ADAMS TONIGHT. ton negroes. The freighter cleared j from this port and sailed with her ill- i assorted crew and nothing more has i been heard of her. The freighter recently purchased by the Sprunt interests of this city was unable to sail from New York as Ishe had hoped to, because of trouble in shipping a crew, according to re ports here, and this is another exam ple of the trouble the skipper of to day is experiencing. It was under stood that the Sprunt steamer in tended sailing Saturday but report has it this morning that she was un able to get away until Tuesday. Very little shanghaiing, if any, is engaged in in this enlightened age, yet river-front men, who are versed in maritime matters, are of the opin ion that if conditions become any worse than at present it will be nec-1 main vacant during the ordinary essary to revert to the old time way j show were eagerly taken by the less "I expect President Wilson to ac complish much towards bringing to an end the gigantic European con flict within the next twelve months." The speaker was Lieut. W. C. Sal aman, of the British Royal Field Ar tillery, one of the most interesting visitors to Wilmington in recent months, who spent last night and this morning in the city, a guest at the Or ton hotel. Lieutenant Sala man has recently returned from France, after receiving severe inter nal injuries from shell-shock on the Qnm rn o Kattlo firn wViVi oonnroH I him an honorable discharge from ac tive service. "Among the fellows in- the trenches," continued Lieut. Salaman, "there is an abiding faith in the greatness and wiseness of the Presi dent of the' United States, and of his absolute fair-mindedness in deal ing with International matters. Un til I came to America I really . had the impression that your President was even more highly honored among the Allied nations than in his own coun try, but since witnessing yotif Presi dential election my views have been somewhat altered. "I believe, too, that this attitude is rapidly displacing the former sus picion of Mr. Wilson which existed in Germany, from my conversations with prisoners of war in France; and I believe it is now only a matter of time until the entire civilized world will be ready to sit up and take no tice when President Wilson speaks, and will have absolute confidence in his every move." late to secure vantage seats were dis- Lieutenant Salaman lias a father appointed, but so anxious are all to in-law who is a United States consul, see Miss Adams that chairs that re- 'holding an important diplomatic post He carries with him several very in teresting documents relating to his attached to his clothing when he was wounded and picked up on the Somme battlefield. Lieutenant Sala- J man came to Wilmington to arrange for the presentation (in this city at the Victoria theatre of Thos. H. Ince's greatest photo-masterpiece, entitled "War's Women," which has been ac knowledged to be even more power ful than My Ttiq'c "rMwi1i.rotrt " I I'll 1 11 Vj U '1 1 111UUL1U11. Though bearing a warlike titleT the picture is entirely original in its de sign, for there are no battle scenes whatever. But Mr. Ince has dealt with that worst side of war, which shows the terrible price paid by help less women as the result of man's brutality in waging wars. TEST ALL MILK. Put New Tuberculosis Test is to be Into Use at Early Date. A new apparatus is to be installed in the early future for testing all milk that is handled by the central milk; station that is to be conducted by Mr.' A. G. Warren, Second street ice cream manufacturer, according to Dr. Charles T. Nesbit, county health of ficer. The tests will be made semi weekly, on Mondays and Saturdays. A new tuberculosis test for cattle is to shortly be Inaugurated, according to Dr. Nesbitt. The test is known as the interdermal test and Is said to be more satisfactory than the thermal ' Lieutenant Salaman, who tells j test now in use. The risk the consum some vivid tales of the horrors and ' er is now subjected to will be entire- brutalities of the present war and knows first hand by bitter experi ence of all he speaks and of which the picture preaches, states that it is not aimed at any nation in particu lar, but that he was so impressed by its power as a denunciation of war that upon concluding a contract for inspecting a big shipment of ammu nition he was quite willing to take up the task of exploiting it through the United States. ly eliminated with the Inauguration of the new method. i ,-. GOOD GAME TONIGHT. Few General Admission Tickets Left. Standing Room Will Be Sold. "The Little Minister," starring Miss Maude Adams, tonight's attraction at the Academy of Music, will be attend ed by all who can possibly crowd into the theatre and indications are that standing room will be at par. It is still possible to purchase gen eral admission tickets, but it will be necessary to reach the theatre early I if one cares to see America's most famous actress without standing. The entire lower floor was sold out a few hours after tickets went on sale and many who arrived too Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lindsay, of Southport, are visitors in the city. A rattling good game of basketball will be staged this evening, beginning at 8 o'clock, in the Brotherhood gym nasium when the Leopards, an inde pendent organization, will clash with a team composed of members ofthe Junior Brotherhood. No admission will be charged and members of both contingents are very, anxious that a big crowd assemble to witness the game. of securing crews or tie up some of the finest ocean-going freighters in the service. fortunate ones. Miss Adams will be at the Academy this evening and Wil mington will be there to see her. DOLLAR FOUNTAIN SYRINGES THIS WEEK 88 CENTS ONLY. We have bought heavily of Syringes. and at the figure named above you can get on excellent Syringe some thing that every family needs. Phone us for one of them, or anyother drug store item. JAMES M. HALL, Druggists, 5th and Castle Streets. Phones 192 and 193. war service, including autographs of King Edward VII and King George V, together with the mud-stained label Special For a Few Days 12 Cans Bear Brand Asparagus,- $1.48 Value $1.80. Thomas Grocery Company Phone, 294 4th and Campbell Streets. COLLEGE TRAPSHOOT TO BE HELD SATURDAY. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 23. The Yale-Harvard football battle and the intercollegiate cross-country champion ship will not be the only attractions that will serve to fasten tho attention of followers of college atfieletics and sports on New Haven this Saturday. On the same day that the gridiron war riors of the two big universities meet in the "Bowl" and the harriers of all the prominent Eastern colleges con tfist over hill and dale.'tears represent- Mr- Grainger Found House Open Last I ing Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Darv Night Articles Missed. mouth and Cornell will exchange shots Mr. j. v. Grainer vino nrfitddent of i here to determine the 1916 intercolle- -. . . .. fatrt traosnootms: cnammonsnip. rae HOME PROBABLY ROBBED. the Murchison National Bank, report ed to the police last night, that some ne had probably robbed his home No- 813 Market street, as during the absence of he and his family during he early part of the evening some 0ne had entered his residence and eft the door open when they left. Mr. Grainger was of the opinon' that was some that had secreted them e yes in the house as there was no -'Sns of a break-in. It is thought that sme linen was stolen. 1 suppose you can spell all of the "OOrt wordc, P;-) '1 shoot, , which is an annual event, will be held at the grounds of the New Haven Gun Club- A five-men team from each college will shoot a 100-bird program. Intercollegiate shoots have been held intermittently since 1898, although not until last year with the formation of the Intercollegiate Trapshooting Associa tion has the sport been put upon a firm j basis. There have been twenty-five intercollegiate shoots, of. which num ber Yale nas won thirteen first places, while Princeton , . and Harvard h'ave each won the championship six times. Mr. and Mrs. D. " Thompson, of Friday and Saturday Specials for Sconomical Women Known Values for your Consideration Save Friday and Saturday at Jhe gig Store, Just Across from Jhe Post Office Incorporated. (Incorporated.) Children's presses $1.25 Gingha mDresses, checks, stripes and solid colors, pretty styles, colors gauran teed fast, sizes 6 to 1 4, special at .89c 59c Children's Dresses in pinks, blues and greens, plain and in checks- and stripes, sizes 2 to 6, special at . . . . . 49c Wash (foods Section 1 2 1 -2c Outings in all wanted colors, nice for underwear, gowns, etc., 27-in. wide, spe cial for two days, at yard . . . . . . ...... .8c I 8c Wiiliam Anderson's Ginghams, 32-in. wide, in stripes only, warranted fast colors, very special for two days, at yard .... 12 l-2c f$lankets and Comforts $2.50 Comforts filled with white cotton, full size,, no skimping, very special at . . ,$L98 $2.50 Blankets, all cotton,, good grade, full size, very special at .:.$198 1 can snell a int rvf Vcr Anoa T can n spell words of four, csainderswfe L wriitftvillel f tmenk; vsterday tattne mail Orders filled Promptly and Accurately O'hree Combinations of doilet jfir tides 1 0c Palmolive Soap 25c Colgates Tooth Paste 35c Prophylactic Tooth Brush 85c Combination, special . 55c 25c Squibbs Talcum Powder. 1 0c Cake Cashmere Bouquet Soap 50c Tube of Pebeco Tooth Paste 85c Combination, special . . . ,. . . . . 50c Colgates Toilet Waters, all odors 35c Roger & Gallet Powder 10c Large size Powder Puff 95c Combination, special . . ...... . .69c .79c Kid Qloves $1.25 Odd lot of Kid Gloves, either small or large sizes broken assortment, while they lastfor ....... . -89c Maids jfyrons 25c lot of maids, nurses and kitchen aprons, made with or without bibs, small and large sizes, very special for two days at . . . . .19c i JZadies Knit Underwear 25c Odd lot of knit underwear separate gar ments and vests, broken sizes', special for two at 19c Silk Waists This Friday and Saturday in the Read-to -Wear Department we are featuring silk waists at greatly reduced prices. The Wilmington women have found these Friday and Saturday sales to be very especial occasions when they could buy good things under-price. You will want one of these waists. $2.50 Silk Waists in tub silks, crepe de chine and other materials, special at $1.98 $4.00 and $4.50 Crepe de Chine Waists ij( wihte, flesh and colors, specially priced for Friday and Saturday $2.98 Specials in Aaces Val. Filet and Torchorn Laces, also beading and beading top, very special for two days, at yard .... .5c Metal trimmings $3.. 50 and $3.75 Metal Flouncings in green, blue and grey, special for two days at yd $2.79 50c Narrow Spangle trimming,, resembles fish scales, high lustre, special at yard. ; .39c Ready-Made Weils Up to $1 .00 lot of Veils, some with large de- r signs, otherswith spangle borders, attrac tive value, only a limited quantity to offer, . . ....... ... . .39c . t - at each
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