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"4 r TO1LMWCTQNPI5PATCH, WED OPPOSED TOTHE 1 i FIT GREATLY NO ICE! THIS PORT WILL HELD SESSIONS : PRO EXPENSE Members of City Council Don't Like TheTdea of Be ing Turned Out. . Tl,ai members of City Council are intieily opposed to legislation pro posed by Representattveeiect L. Clayton Grant that would abolish the ,,1-ost'ni systemof city government ami provide for a Commission from without first submitting the proposi- lion 10 1 "c u.k vivaiijr TJVititjtJU this morning by the introduction an passago of a resolution which, was signed by all members of Council. Mayor Moore's signature was not ap pended, the word Mayor having been stricken from the resolution during the discussion that -followed its in troduction and passage. The resolu tion was offered by Councilman Hall and was seconded by Councilman Merritt and carried unanimously. It lollows: - Whereas, The Mayor and the Coun cil are charged-with the duty of safe guarding the public welfare and main taining the integrity of the govern ment of the City of Wilmington, hav ing been elected by the people to discharge these duties and such other duties as are perscribed by the. charters and laws affecting the gov eminent of our city; and, Whereas, The Council is aware that the people of the City of Wil mington are almost unanimously op posed to the enactment of a new char ter, or measure materially changing the present form of government, un less such proposed legislation for the material amendment -op change of our present charter is first published and the people given an opportunity of passing upon such measures at the polls before same becomes law, and. Whereas, The local press has quoted Representative L. C. Grant as ex pressing the determination of intro ducing a measure in the present ses sion of the General Assembly, com pletely changing our present plan of government, which was adopted at the polls by the overwhelming vote of the people, and adopting a form of government known as the Commis sion form of city charter, without informing our people of the full con tent of the law which he has been (luoted as saying will be presented tor enactment; and. Whereas, The Council is opposed, in common with a majority of the people, to the enactment of any law materially amending our present form of government, unless same shall be first published in full and shall con tain the provision that same shall not hr-come Law until ratified by the peo ple at the poll; and we are opposed,, as a general proposition, to the enact ment of any measure materially af fecting our city government for the further reason that a committee oi ihe State Bar Association has pre pared .and will offer for passage at. this session of the General Assem hl y, a general law, whereby cities and towns of the State may. adopt, by vote of the people, the proposed Com mission form of government, or any other form of government desired by the people, so that it is at present un necessary to materially change the charter, or organic lav existing here, ?nd we are of the further opinion that the hasty passage of any meas ure affecting municipal governments is clearly a violation of the will of the people, as expressed in the con stitutional amendments, which be come effective January 10th" 1917, and which forbid sucn legislation; be it therefore Resolved, That the Council, ex pressing its personal views and what it deems to be the undoubted will and desire of a large majority of our peo ple, do hereby respectfully request Representative Grant and Senator t'ranmer to desist from the introduc tion and passage of any-law tending to materially change the charter of 'he City of Wilmington, as it now stands, unless such measures as they may offer for passage in the General Assembly shall be first fully adver tised in its full content, with the pro viso that said measure shall, not be come law until same shall fee ratified by the people at the polls; be it fur ther . . ; - Resolved, That the Clerk to this Board be directed to immediately for ward conies of these resolutions to Representative Grant" and Senator t'ranmer. ' This 3rd day of January, 1917. County Commissioners Op y posed to Legislation" Pro- .." - posed by City Council. The county, is very -much, opposed to the legislation advocated by the city that has for its purpose the shifting of the burden of the -main tenance of bridges across Smith's Cre.ek and an additional 25 per cent of the cost of maintaining the city and county health department. Res olutions to this effect were, adopted at yesterday afternoon's meeting, which was held at the Court House and which was attended by all mem bers of the board. , The following resolution,: aimed at what was termed a see-saw game by Chairman W. A. McGirt to' shift an undue proportion of the cost of main-Lnat portray tne wonderful feats of tainins: the Health DeDartment unonl r..!- ' j i Freight Rate- Decision Will Mean Increased Business Through Wilmington.; .Wilmington, along with many other cities and towns in North Carolina, is going to profit greatly by the decision of Attorney-Examiner Watkins, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, in the case of the Baltimore & Caro lina Steamship Company and the Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce against Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, Southern Railway and Nor folk Southern,' according to many lo cal substantial business .men, who be lieve that if will result in a tremen dous t volume of business coming through this port for interior points. The decision means that tha rail roads .will, have to give a joint through rate with the steamship lines from the Northern terminals oi thje steamship lines to interior towns in- thisr Stated through Wilmington and - New Bern. At present there is no joint , rate and a shipment from New York or any other port to an interior point through Wilmineton has to be billed twice. That is to say, it is first billed from New York to Wilmington over the steamship line on one rate and after it reaches this port it has. to be re-billed over the railroads to the interior towns on the local railroad rate. This will be eliminated by a quoted through water and rail rate. The decision may also mean that the Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company may again make Wilming ton a port of call, as when the com pany discontinued having their steamers make Wilmington some time ago they gave as one of the reasons the fact that the A. C. L. and S. A. L. railroads would not offer a joint rate which resulted in' a large reduction of their business to this port and interior points. Too, the company gave as a reason for leaving their inability to secure adequate ter minal facilities here. It was made clear by the local delegation at the j collected by county, with a view to original hearing in Goldsboro that I showing the proportion of county proper terminals would be secured j taxes being used in the maintenance for the B. & C. line. i' I of public institutions and charities directly beneficial to the city of Wil mington and its residents." The board went on record as op posed to any contraction of the city limits as they now exist. During the discussion jt was pointed out by County Attorney J. I. Bellamy that the county was paying all expenses attendant upon the maintenance of the schools and that the city was not paying a nickel toward their up keep. The matter was brought to the attention of the board by the chairman, Mr. McGirt, declaring he1 was opposed to the placing of these burdens on the county. The annual appropriation of $600 to the Wilmington Light Infantry, pay able semi-annually, the receipt and filing of the reports of the various heads of county institutions for the month just ending and the approval of the $1,000 bond furnished by Con stable J. H. Davis and the $2,000 bond furnished by Coroner A. S. Holden were numbered among the other mat ters disposed of. vThe $17,000 bond issue bill drafted by County Attorneys Bellamy & Bel lamy was approved with the addi tion of a clause that provides for a sinking fund to redeem these bonds and make them more saleable. This bond issue will enable the county to borrow $17,000, which will be used to take up a floating indebtedness of $13,000 and for improvements that are badly needed at the county insti tutions, as previously stated. It will be remembered that the mass meet ing of last Saturday night; at which time Representative-elect L. Clayton Grant was instructed to introduce a bill in the Legislature making pos sible a commission form of govern ment for the city, went on record as favoring this bond issue, Members of Third District Medical Society Meeting at The Victoriar. The semi-annual convention of the Third District Medical Society, of North Carolina,-comprising the coun ties of New Hanover, Bladen, Bruns wick, Onslow, Cumberland,' Harnett and Robeson and which has a membership of seventy-five physic ians, was .convened in the -Victoria theatre building this afternoon at 2 o'clock by Dr: Thomas M , Green, its president, and the minutes were re corded by Dr. J. B. Sidbury, secre tary;. Adjournment will probably be had early in the evening. The session is being featured by taining the Health Department UDon vug vuuuijf uj ljjic ji.y , was uuaur mously adopted: "Whereas, the City Council has by resolution' recommended that our representative and senator introduce bills at the approaching session of the State Legislature to the end tht the county of New Hanover bear 50 per cent, of the cost of the city and county health department. "And "whereas, the county is now bearing 25 per cent, of all such ex penses, although the activities and work of said Health Department is largely confined to work within the city limits, and "Whereas, any increase in the present contributions to the Health Department would necessitate an in crease in the rate of taxation. Now, therefore be it "Resolved, That the Commission ers of New Hanover county in regu lar' session, do hereby protest against any such contemplated action, and that the clerk of the board be, and hereby is, authorized to transmit a copy of this resolution to Represen tative Grant and Senator Cranmer, together with a general statement as to the disposition of taxes now being G Nineteen years ago the Wilming ton Chamber of Commerce made an effort to get the Interstate Commerce Commission to require the railroads at this port to establish a joint rate with the steamship company, such as are now enjoyed at Norfolk, Charleston, S. C, and Jacksonville, Fla., but at that time .owing to the limited pow.er of the commission, the movement fell through. It is understood thai -ill of the wholesale merchants of the city are not in favor of the establishment of the joint rate between the railroads and the steamship companies here, as the local dealers would, in a meas ure, have to compete with the ship pers at the Northern terminus of the steamer lines. But in Norfolk and the other ports where just such joint rates are enjoyed the wholesale deal ers are successfully combating with the situation. It has been cited that the Clyde Line Steamship Company, now hav ing a terminal here, is not affected by the decision in this particular case and only means the Baltimore & Car olina Steamship Company, which at present is- making New Bern its only North Carolina port of call. How ever, it is thought that it will be a matter of a short while when the de cision will be made to apply also to that steamer line. At present the rail rate from Bai timorer New York and other North ern points ta Wilmington and North Carolina points are high, and the water haul, which is always the cheapest, to Norfolk, is short and the rail haul to points in this State is long, but the water haul to Wilming ton is long and the rail haul to in terior points is short, which, it is thought, will thus make . a joint rate via this port to North Carolina towns much cheaper than the Norfolk water andUrail route now to be had or the exclusive rail rate. ILLINOIS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM IS OUTLINED surgery that are being performed by world-famous surgeons in the Euro pean war hospitals. Because the camera was placed directly over the patient operated on it is possible to see the smallest detail. Admission to the session was by card only and with few exceptions was limited,, to physic ians. Practically all of the members of the society were in attendance and a number of interesting papers were read. Much benefit was derived from the showing of these pictures because it was concrete eviden.ce of just what the human mind and hand is capable of and it was refreshing to physicians to see with their own eyes the restor ation of maimed manhood to health and usefulness in the world. These operations are being performed in the rwar hospitals daily and are really won derful. So vivid were the pictures that the physicians looking on were able to derive almost as much bene fit as though they assisted in the op eration. Substitutions of one feature of the patient for another such as the conVertion of a rib into a jaw bone, were clearly shown and were of a highly interesting nature. The fol lowing program was, carried" out dur ing the afternoon: "The Newer Conceptions of Heart Disease" Dr. Edward J. Wood, Wil mington. 1 "Uses of Pituitary Extracts in Ob stetrics" Dr. Charles P. Bolles, Wil mington. Report of Case Dr. L. D. Bryan, Snead's -Ferry, j N. C. "Retroperitoneal Hernia with Re port of Case" Dr. Jos. W Hooper, Wilmington, N. C. Tetanus Report of Three Cured Cases" Dr. Andrew H. Harriss, Wil mington: Motion Picture Film. Dr. Alex Carrel demonstrating his latest methods, at the Hospital Royal at Compiegne; Plastic Surgery of the Face and Jaw, by Dr. Pont at Lyon. Re-Ed Ucation center at Vizille (showing corrective exercises devised especially for the cure of functional nervous conditions contracted in the trenches). - . Extraction of a Shrapnel Ball from the Region of the Heart, by Prof. O. Laurent at the Grand Palais. Function condltiSns contracted from life in the trenches. A com mon result of Jthe exposure of nerve strain of trench life. American method "of Bone Grafting as performed in European War Hos pitals, by Dr. Fred H. Albee, of New York. The Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company Will be Held at the Company's Offices, 1 10 Princess Street, in the City of Wilmington, N. C, at 11 o'clock,' A. M., Wednesday, January 10th. J. L. WILLIAMS, Cashier. 7 j ir - REPORT WAS RECEIVED Much Trash Delivered to In cenerator During Month. GALLERY TO OPEN. Are The following report was, sub mitted to City Council this morning by Councilman Bradshaw. The re port was made by Mr. James E. Hol ton and was received and filed t by Council. It follows and is for the month of December: I beg to submit the following re port for month of December: Number of condemnations received from Health Department, 1,528. Number of places cleaned and re ported to Health Department, 1,563. - Number of loads of slop collected, 3ft ! Delivered to incinerator, 1,170 loads of trash and hauled to Green field street and other low places, 373 loads. Made 322 carrion calls, including three horses and one cow. Collected 498 loads of ashes and used same in building one block of street on Fanning from Ninth to Tenth, and built roadway and en trance to alleys on Nineteenth from j Princess to Grace, two blocks. Very respectfully, JAS. E. HOLTON NewlyAcquired Art; Treasures Placed on Exhibit Today. The following from the Baltimore Sun is of interest locally: "Tomorrow is the day set for the annual public opening of the Walters Art Gallery. . On two days each week Wednesday and Saturday during January, February, March and April the public will be permitted to view Mr. Walters' collection. "Visiting hours will be from 11 in the morning until 4 in the afternoon. I Admission is 50 cents, all of the money aerivea irom me saie oi uck ets being devoted to local ' charitable activities. Many valuable additions i have been made to the gallery, it is understood, which will be of interest to those who are familiar with the ' r older acquisitions. ..-" "Under the auspices of the Junior ' League, Dr. Hans Froelicher, . of Goucher College, will deliver a course , of private lectures at the gallery on January 4 and 18 and on February 1 : and 15. The subjects will be: 'Italian Primitives and the Renais-. sance,' 'Landscapes,' and 'Modern Genre Colorists and Impressionists. " ; Toronto is to have a public bath house with accommodations for 4,500 bathers. It's an awful thing to lose your hair! One of the, first signs ?of unhealthy hair is 'dandruff. tYou must get rid of it or your hair will suffer. "ED. PINAUD'S'HAIR TONIC -has 'been 1 used for 100 years by men and women everywhere for dandruff,itching scalp and falling hair. Use it faithfully and prevent baldness, and at the same time make your hair beautiful, lustrous and strong.' Try one bottle. Ask your druggist. (You can test ED. PINAUD'S by sending 10c to our American Offices for a little bottle. Note how pure and fragrant it is, Parfomerie ED. PINAUD, Dept M ED. PINAUD BLDG New York PERFORMED TWO MARRIAGES. Justice Bornemann United Couples In Holy Bonds of Matrimony. Mr. John D. Rowan, of this city, Miss Mary Henderson, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. Archie Henderson, 01 Maple Hill, were married by Jus G. w. Bornemann, in his Prin ((kh street office Sunday night, and Mr. Henry T. Hood, of Lake Wacca m', and Miss Dula B. Stevens, of Wnnanish, were united in marriage ,jy Justice Bornemann, in his office H'si.erday afternoon. . The latter cou I'lf will live at. Lake Waccamaw. Hoth ceremonies were attended by many friends of the contracting cou-!! OFFICERS CHANGE. CaPt- Herman Ordered to Coast Defenses of .Baltimore. 'api. Paul H. Herman, now sta ll01d at Fort Caswell at the mouth of the Cape Fear river, has received ntihcation of . his removal to the ast defenses of the Cape-Fear foriCense commission Springfield, 111., Jan. 3. The fiftieth general assembly of Illinois met and organized toaay, wun iu ftcyuun cans in control of both houses. Im portant legislation contemplated by the party leaders includes the pro posed constitutional convention, bud get system, elimination of useless bureaus and sinecures', private bank regulation, revenue reforms and home rule for Chicago in the matter of public utilities. LIQUOR IS AN ISSUE NOW IN GRANITE STATE. Concord, N. H., Jan. 3. A busy season is in prospect f or r' the New Hampshire legislature which con vened today. The Anti-Saloon League proposes to get into the legis lative arena early in the session with a measure calling for Statewide pro hibition, ' The larger part of the membership of both houses is uncom mitted on the question and the chances for the success of a "dry" measure are problematical. Governor elect Keyes, who will take office to morrow, has in the past been a sup porter of 'local option and for more than ten years was on the State Ji- which admlnla- tered the : liquor Jaws The jury list for the January term Of Criminal Court was also drawn. Judge W. M. Bond is scheduled to preside over this term of ' court, which will be convened on January 15th. The list of jurors drawn yes terday is as "follows: First Week W. B. Evans, Roy B. Woodbury, F. H. Fechtig, W. C. Scog gins, E. C. Besselieu, Baxter F. Oze ment, Sam F. Farrow, C. W. Clark, R. H. Williams, J. E. Shannon, Claude Eure, J. H. Mohr, S. C. Kure, J. M. Hewitt, Jr.. Joe Hall, A. G. Thomp son, Oscar P. Peck,.W C. Reeves, D. S. Phipps, Percy R. r Albright, W. . B. Moore, W. F. Hinnant and L-'H. : Weir. Second Week R L'.ft Herring, J. L. Rackley, J. - I. " Whitehurst, L. L. Childs, O.' I. Swinson, W. N. Maults- PUBLIC INSTALLATION. Hanover Lodge Will Perform Cere monies Friday Evening. Newly-elected officers of the four local lodges of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will be in stalled jointly by Hanover Lodge No. 145, on Friday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the I. O. O. ; F. hall, Third and Princess streets. The installation will bp. nublic. Following the exer-1 cises refreshments will be served FOR THROAT AND LUNGS j STUBBORN COUGHS AND COLE'S Alterative SOLD BX AIX . USATTIXG J5BUGGW8 Eckm CITIZENS BANK OF WILMINGTON The management of this institution aims to conduct a careful, con-. servative, legitimate business. It extends to its friends and patrons such accommodations as their accounts and responsibility warrant. We are equipped to care for yoil in any of the ways In which a Bank, can be of service to its customers. If you are not a customer, we invite you to become one. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. H. F. WILDER, T. E. SPRUNT, R. E. WILLIAMS, W. M. CUMMING, C. D. WEEKS, R. G. GRADY, H. W. WELLS. QUEEN HELENA, OF ITALY, 45 YEARS OLD. Rome, Jan. 30. Queen Helena entered upon her 45th year today and was the recipient of presents and birthday greetings from the rulers of the Allied countries and from asso ciations and individuals throughout the kingdom of Italy. Since Italy en tered the war her Majesty, in com mon with other women of the royal family, has devoted much of her time to relief work, and seldom a week passes that the wounded soldiers and sailors in the Roman hospitals are ) not cheered by a personal visit from the Queen. Phone 2500 Connected all Pep is Incorporated. Jhe Store of Cjood Qalues Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 3. A table, prepared, by Prof. J. Lee Hewitt, of the College of Agriculture of the Uni versity of Arkansas, will be used in the form of a chart by the agricul tural experts during the Arkansas profitable farming campaign, which is to be opened next Monday and tinwftd-imt.il the end of the month. by, L. R. Hummel, W. P. Bryant, S ' K wm be uged to drive, home what J. Weeks. Sam A. Lewis, C. ti Thompson, H. R. Aiken, J. N. Hew lett, F. B. Robinson, M. O. West, Max Washauer, E. C- Davis, J. Ed Bunt ing, B. C. Green, William H. Batson, F. M. Southerland, B. Page, K. W. Price, Benjamin Hollis. NEW METHOD INSTALLED Duties of The Conductor Made Less Ardous. .ADVISE PLANTERS TO RAISE FOR THE TABLE. will be the principal theme of the campaign that even with cotton at its present high price, no farmer can afford to buy the food and feedstuffs that he can raise on his farm. RELATIVE DEAD. Mrs. Martha Singleton Passes Away in Petersburg, Virginia. Mr. W. E. McGee, connected 'with the Wilmington Printing Gompany, re ceived a telegram last night stating that his wife's mother, Mrs. Martha L Singleton, had passed away at her home in Petersburg, Va. Mr. and Mrs. McGee have the : sympathy of their You no longer hand to the conductor a 'nickle, ticket or transfer as you board the city cars in Wilmington. TF.tfoftiva tnriav one simnlv drons one's . fare into a receptacle at the entrance friends in their bereavement, door and the conductor registers the " r fare as usual, but there is no heed f A total of $257,120,000 was spent in his handling the fares -unless therexis , building operations in Greater New Tchange to be made. , JMHeWv, ; Y jfi Remark Overheard at the Silk department A Wilmington lady was in shopping yesterday and made the remark to one of the sales people that: "She had just returned from New York, and that this store looked as good as any of them in the big city, and that the best of it was it did not take near as long to be served here as it did in New York." These remarks were overheard by the advertising man, in passing through the store, and made him feel so good that he decided to put them in print. Nothing makes a Firm feel so good as unsolicited remarks of this nature, and we are glad to see that the women of Wilmington appre ciate this store and that they don't mind telling us thaj our efforts are being appreci ated. . Special Millinery Values Continue Jhis Week The hats we advertised at $1 .98 and $4.98 are being disposed of very quickly. We advise you to call today and look over the exceptional values at the prices quoted. ome Very (food Values on Our Aisle tables 81x90 bleached sheets ; special at ; 88c Union suits for worAen, very good qaulity at . . ... ... .98c; regular $1.25 value One lot remnants; special . . 1-3 Off regular price Large Turkish towels; extra good value for 18c Jan Kid Cj loves Jiatfe Just jprrtoed A shipment of tan kid gloves has just arrived, an import order that was given last spring. We had practically given up hope that these gloves would ever be delivered as they were purchased before we bought out the Polvogt Co. You will do weft by making your choice of these gloves today, as we only have four dozen in the lot of dressed tan kid gloves, all sizes; price ... . . .$1.50 pair and 12; special . ... .... ..$6.50 Special in Children s Coats on the filessanine floor Coats that formerly sold at $9.00, for children; ages 8, 10 today at 1 . . . .... Specials Must be Purchased is) hen Advertised When we advertise an item for a certain day, we cannot permit same being sold at any timeNexcept the day of sale. We will adhere strictly to this rule, and it will ben efit you to take advantage of the advertised specials on the day of sale. t, -
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