North Carolina Newspapers

I T8E-wmiyiiN Age five l 5- Iilliii TO ANY EMPLOYE DISCUSS USE ' IN TEACHERS PAY to b h a m a UbHLIVItnunfllillD 1ctropoiuan -uiuwa wm ioi Be Allowed to Operate Games of Chance HURTS MORALLY AND FINANCIALLY, CLAIMED City Council Hears Protest of Merchants and Agrees to Bar All Carnivals in Future. Xiit- dick of the balls as they drop jUlO III" iii"o iuvuvioi ,u iiuair jnI pleading voice of the attendants, (be whir of the wheels and the ban tering voice of the young woman who challenges the crowd to take a chance and pernaps win a dox oi candy tor .a nicklo. will oe nearu no more in YVll niimjton at least, that is the way City Council felt about the matter (bis morning when a delegation of fficrchants appeared before that au body in regular weekly session and asked that legislation be enact- ui? city. The Metropolitan snows, advertised JO now lific ucai i ccn, ill tuu may not come. 1 nis aggregation will be 'tolerated for a week provided all devices that savor of chance are dosed. Otherwise the Metropolitan Shows will not be allowed to amuse and entertain tne Wilmington public. Wilmington merchants are unalter ably opposed to carnivals coming here and a delegation of the most representative men in the city ap peared before Council this morning and asked that in the future carni vals be denied the permission to come here. It was pointed out . and slated that the visitation of such shows hurt the community both finan cially and morally and that the small per cent, of the proceeds received by the organization responsible for - the presence ot the carnival is too triv ial for the loss to hurt. In fact, the merchants stated they would be will ins to reimburse any organization that figured on bringing a carnival here if such a course became neces sary to keep them away. Col. Walker Taylor was under the impression that there is at present a lesolution on the minutes of Council against carnivals showing here. He expressed himself as opposed to. put ting temptation before a person who is at present almost unable to meet his financial obligations, and thought i' wrong for a traveling amusement company to be allowed to come here and take away money that should be kept in the community, especially since- economy and conservation were being preached from the house tops. Colom-I Taylor told Council that if ihey had to tramp over the sand hills in and around the city to collect bills the members would understand just how scarce money is and how very wrong it i.s for a carnival to be iillnwed to conic- here and carry away '""'ley tha should be kept in the 'Com munity. Representatives of the Metropoli tan Shows will-br- told that no gam-j I'hng or chance device can be oper-i atcd. If the show is then ready to: Woce.cl with its exhibition it will be allowed to do so, but henceforth no carnival is to be allowed to operate in the city limits unless City Coun C1 repeals legislation it now pro poses enacting. Mr. C. W. Polvogt was another to 'xpress his opinion, which was in a-cord with what Colonel Taylor said. ,,r- P W. Wells spoke along the same "ie. suggesting that they be forced ,r' ty out of the city, and in this '"anni-r they would not care to come Hi- money they would take in the 'unt.v would not be sufficient to in " 'est them. . Mr. A. M. Hall, presi dent of the Merchants' Association, ; ' so talked against carnivals, as did Jr- r- M. Solky. Speaking for the "ard of Education. Mr. Thos. E. ooper, its chairman, told Council U)at he could not see anything edu actional in a carnival and hence was not interested and thought it best away" COncerned tbat tney De keP 'he merchants made it plain that not opposed to the various "wiudtions in the city raising unds xvith which to pUrChase equip (w, but are unalterably opposed to 'e raising of such funds through the ,u"um of a carnival. consensus of opinion was that u tor the opening of the Metro 'iitan Shows is too close for any - -non. to bo ma(ie to bar this particu- hnov, but Council is of the opin "'cu wnen torn rhnt tba . srameR ' I'ance cannot be operated that it ' "ciuo to go elsewhere, as Coun- is ot the opinion that games of im.uit usually constitute about u-tim-Us of the attractions. rher Should Discourage Ki ing By Not Buying, y That young calves affording 40 or 50 pounds of veal, and pigs affording 30 or 35 pounds of n'nrfe vnro Vioin rr slaughtered daily, by the farmers of New Hanover county and this sec tion, for market, -whereas the voune cattle might be allowed to grow for a year ana onehalf and then be killed, giving at that time) more, than treble the amount of meat,- was an important fact, brought out- byf Ir. ThomasB: Carroll, food and ; milk inspector - of the Board of Health this : morning, when speaking of food conservation: Dr. Carroll said that much has been done and said of conservation, of f obd at this time, but this is an' important matter that has thus far been totally neglected. The health officer stated that the consumer should discourage the killing of the young food "meat by refusing to. buy it when it is of fered for sale, as at the rate they are being slaughtered now the supply of this section will soon be entirely gone and the problem of foodstuffs will be even more difficult. An average of seven or eight young heifers are being inspected by Dr. Carroll each day. This means that only a few persons are fed by the output. If the young cattle were al lowed to grow intar maturity the amount of meat supply for the local market from this source would be larger in a . year and one-half or two years, at wljich time it will be need ed most, according to the forecasts of those making a study of the food sit uation. Dr. Carroll stated that a Pender county farmer recently brought two young calves here to be slaughtered for market, but after he explained to the owner that if the neifers were al lowed, to, graze for twelve, or eighteen months the aggregate of meat pro duced would be many times greater and the financial return would natu? rally be more with the result that the farmer returned to his home with the calves to allow them to grow into maturity. Another important matter brought out by Dr. Carroll was that the farm ers of this county and section paid little attention to the raising of chick ens, ducks and other edible fowl, which if done would add much to the source of local food supply. This, he said, should be encouraged in some way as a further means of food conservation. Catlett and Stoval Salary Mat ter Goes Oyer 'Till Next ' Meeting. MANUFACTURERS WANT v FIRE PROTECTION Plants Located . in .Northeast Section of, City Want Some For Their Taxes. SUDBURY TO RUN B'G MEETING TONIGHT. All at Dock RtrAt rUnietn f fen nth - rWh Will I o b IO I I W I I W I M"'ni.rs of ,he .MeIl and Millions t tho Disciples of Christ will ; at tho Dock Street Christian ",U''1) tonight at S:15 o'clock in the ' i est or the movement inaugurat nJ raise a fund of $6,000,000for 'issioHry workj and the enHSfment .'too young people for religious viM0,offorin r Pledges of any kind j i A asked at . tonieht's meeting. ROOrllv riot. r xi'. x A . . V. - fiV 'ready been contributed. The '"HOW ,;1K at tonight's services: J. H. Mo- u,,ei-, of st I. 1 Ivn Louis, Mo.: Dr. Roya "'ers. of Indianapolis, Ind.: Presi . T. T, , Hundley , V of Virginia and r o Sh 7 m the Ware, State i secretary: of lea : of : ChVI st nf ttArtJi ar- FOR LEGISLATURE Has Announced His Candi dacy In Hopewell Where He is Now Located. , The recent announcement of K. C. Sidbury, Esq formerly a member oi the Wilmington Bar, now practicing his profession at-Hopewell, Va., that he would make the race for the Vir ginia Legislature as representative of the county in which, the DuFont row- der town is situated, will be of interest here. The - following is from The Hopewell (Va.) Daily Press, of May 14, in regard to Mr. Sidbury s an nouncement: " 'Sid' says he should not be blamed for it, that the 'North Carolina nrsr stuff is innate, and naturally he had to be the first to announce his candi dacy for the legislature from the city of Hopewell, and the counties, Prince George and Surry, which announce ment appeared in Saturday s issue or the Press. He has already begun his campaign, assisted by a number of loyal friends. "This candidate is one or tne most prominent attorneys in this city, has extensive real estate interest here, k an active member of the Board of Trade and has been connected with every movement "for the betterment of his city. His friends say Nortn Caro lina must . again be first, in having one of her sons a member of the legis lature from Hopewell. "He came here early in the history of Hopewell, in the 'wild and wooly days,' opening a law office on Poy thress street. There he camped till 'the fire' came, and then he moved right out to DuPont City, built a home the first after the fire, and sent for his wife and -kiddies. They are here now. v "Before coming to Hopewell Mr. Sid- hiiry was a prominent lawyer In the State of North Carolina, in the City by the; Sea, Wilmington. He comes of the best people in the State a fam ily well known throughout the past years of. the State's history, When the plant": opened, North Carolinians were waging- at the employment office, and they kept on coming.' He was in tYto first mntinarenf ' "First at , Bethel,, fatherestf to . the J front "at "Gettysburg, and. last at Appo mattox, boasts every Tar Heel. Friends of "Mr. -Sidbury say the Down Home State, blood. is not paling,. that another son must win. It promises, to be a gopd fight." ' ' ' HIS BROTHER DEAD.' Mr. E. .'Parham Left This Morning for Parkton to Attend Funeral. Friends of Mr. B. P. Parham, of this city, will sympathize with him in the death of his brother. Mr. Walter Par- ham, of Hopewell, Va., ajnember of the police force of that city, which occurred yesterday following a brief illness. Mr. Parham left this morn ing for Parkton, N. C, where the re mains were carried from Hopewell for interment: The deceased is sur vived by a mother and several sis ters, all of whom . reside . at; Parkton Prior to ' going to -Hopewell; where he ' became ; a meiabcr of -the v police f ore of XibaC citytMrv wPaiAamwas ; The advisability of laying water mains in the northeast section of the city in order to provide fire protec tion for manufacturing1 plants located in that section' and that the question of paying Mr. George F. Catlett, re signed laboratory director, his salary during the first month he is at Fort Oglethorpe, and the giving of Dr. Arnold Stovall, county physician, a bonus of $50 monthly . for the past three months were interesting mat ters to come before City Council, in regular session Wednesday morning. However, final action was postponed until the next regular meeting, as; members of Council wanted an oppor tunity to go over the budget of the Board of Health for the new yer be fore it was acted upon by Council. The matter was brought up by Dr. Charles T. Nesbitt, county health of ficer, who submitted the new budget which was adopted by the Board of Health in special session last Satur day afternoon. Dr. Nesbitt, speaking for the board, asked for an appropri ation to pay Mr. Catlett a month's salary, the Board of Health having decided tlfat he was entitled to a month's vacation with pay, and since he had resigned to enlist was of the opinion that he was due that money. An appropriation was also asked for making it possible to pay Mr. Catlett for equipment that he placed in the laboratory several years ago and Which he had used in the interest of the city, as well as for his own pri vate use, he receiving the fees for Y the latter work. The Board of Health also thought it right to com pensate Dr. Stovall for his untiring efforts to check a threatened epidemic of smallpox in the rural sections. "I think it ridiculous," is the man ner of expression employed by Coun cilman McCaig, when speaking of the effort to pay Mr. Catlett $150 for his initial month at Oglethorpe. Mr. Mc Caig was of the "opinion that the va cation should have been taken earlier if vho employe was eniitled ' to ard needed if, declaring that he was not in favor of giving bonuses with the city's financial affairs in their pres ent depleted condition. He also ex pressed the, opinion that Mr. Catlett would have done well to have pre sented his claim for the equipment when it was placed -in the laboratory several years -ago and not waited un til he left to ask for compensation for it. The question then arose as to Avhether Mr. Catlett was a whole time or part time employe and whether he was privileged to do outside work in the laboratory and keep the fees for his own personal use. Dr. Nes bitt stated that 'until Mr.. Catlett's salary was raised from $1,500 to $1,800 per annum that he had regarded him as a 'part time officer and privileged to do outside work. Council will think the matter over before action is taken. Councilman McCaig was willing for the new bud get for the Board of Health to be adopted, but Councilman Bunting ex pressed the desire to look it over carefully before adoption and it went over until the next meeting. The discussion as to the advisabil ity of laying water mains in the northeast section of the city was pre cipitated by the appearance of M. Calucci, connected with the Wilming ton Veneer and - Lumber Company. who asked that something be done about this matter, as his company was paying city taxes and in his opin ion entitled to protection from fire: His argument was backed up by Mr. J. C. Williams, of the Belk-Wiltiams Company, who told Council that it was as essential to keep manufac turers here satisfied by . co-operation as it was to go out and induce others to come in by offering free factory sites. He asked that a committee be appointed to investigate and was told by Councilman McCaig that such a committee had been appointed, had investigated and had reported, and that with the price of cast iron pipe selling as it is' today that it would be foolish to try to put mains there now. Mr. McCaig was under the im pression that it would require 150 years for the taxes paid .by Mr. Ca lucci's company to total, the, expense of. providing fire protection for that company. .: It was stated that the Wynnewood Iiiimlifr' rVvmrtn'Tiv lnmtArl in tha t spp- tion, provided its own fire "protection, but , at -a .rather high ,cost, . and the t advocates of the proposed mains were ' under the - impression that it was wrong to require any company ' to do ' this in view of the fact that it paid j city taxes. Woodus Kellum,' Esq.; wjio . happened , to be, present,, also spoke in j behalf of the manufacturers. Mayor Moore promised to investigate. Mr. J. H. Rehder wanted to know of Council when work would be completed on the Fourth street bridge, declaring that it was progress-' ing slowly, and that it was dangerous, ; as one child had already fallen -through and others were liable td.i Councilman Bunting informed Coun cil that he expected to have the re pair work on the bridge completed at a' very early date and the bridge soon open to the public. Members of Board of Educa tion Think School- Boys Should Go to Farm. Discussion of the proposed increase in salaries paia leacners ,as , recom hnendhd in the report 'of Supt; John JBlabv decision to borrow; $10,000 with which to clean the school slate for Ithe year, approval of the plans for a teachers' institute to be held the first two weeks in September, discussion .of the proposed $250,000 school bond issue and acceptance by mem bers of the board to attend the clos inginging exercises at the grammar schools tomorrow morning, constituted the bulk of business to come before the Board of Education, in adjourned session last night. The meeting was attended by all members of the board and by Prof. Washington Catlett and Mr. Blair. , Every member of the board is very much interested in the proposed plan for securing work for school boys on the farm during tha summer months, the individual members voicing the . opinion that the boys would be better off even though the wages paid were smaller than they would be in the city where work would be hard to obtain. The mat ter was brought up by Chairman Thomas F. Cooper, who stated that any school boy could get work for the summer by applying to Mr. W. A. McGirt, chairman of the Newt Hanover Food Conservation Commis sion, and adding that he would be willing to go out of his way in an effort to help the boys .get employ ment. Every member went on record as favoring the school boy as a far riss, director of the club. The stage The discussion over the proposed increase . in pay for the teachers as recommended in the report of Super intendent Blair was lengthy. Mr. B. Solomon, ranking member of the board, was of the opinion that the salaries should be increased suffi ciently to cover the Christmas holi days, for which the teachers receive no compensation at present. No ac tion, however, was . taken on any matter discussed where finances were concerned. ' Our Country needs our. money. - Shall we not respond promptly, cheerfully, liberally ? We must mobilize our dollars to help our men and our-Allies win a great and permanent victory for civili zation.'.. i .v . ;'V : ' . The most effective help you can give is to buy the new War Loan Bonds. For absolute safety, ieady convertibility, regularity and certainty of income, no invest ment can compare with these bonds. It will be our pleasure to handle your subscription, along with our own, with out cost of any kind. The Wilmington Savings & Trust (Company lllillllllllllllllllliiilliil ill 110 PRINCESS STREET. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiD Em n MEETING LARGELY ATTENDED. Residents of MyrtleTGrove Section In terested in Food Question. Last night's meeting at Myrtle Grove Sound in the interest of increased acreage of food crops and conserva tion of all available supplies, was largely attended and much interes? shown in everything the speakers hau to say. The meeting was presided over by Mr. J. P. Herring while talks were made by Messrs. Davis H. Howth. Jr., J. A. Orrell and Ai" McNorton. Esq. The following committees were named to work with the central com mittee. Information Walter Home, George Piner, Mrs. William Hollis. Agriculture J. B. Piner, Clayton Home, B. E. Hollis. Canning Mesdame's Eli Souther land, Walter Home and George Wil lis. Labor Henry Home, Eli Souther land, C. W. Bishop. There will be a meeting at Oak Hill tonight with Messrs. W. A. McGirt and Z. W. Whitehead as speakers. Beautiful Slippers Practically every Style, Shape and Leather that your exacting taste requires at PETERSON and RULFS Wilmington's Largest and Best Shoe Store INITIAL SERMON PREACHED. Street Evangelist Watters at Dock Christian Church. Much interest is being manifested in the evangelistic services being con ducted at the church by Rev. John M. Watters, who arrived , in the city yes terday and preached his initial sermon last night. A large audience heard him preach upon the subject of "Will Ye Also Go Away?" from John 11:61. Mr. J. W. Buck, choir leader at the church, beautifully sang a solo. cycle, were, removed, cither Monday night or early yesterday morning, ac cording to report made at police headquarters later in the day. In ad dition to the removal of a quantity of goods the uninvited guest or guests prepared an even greater quantity for removal, but neglected to return for it. Entrance was gained by boring holes in the door and removing the bar that held it. The instrument used for boring the holes was taken from a nearby shop and was. the property of the storekeeper. The rob bery was not discovered : until Mr. Lowrimer's son went to the store to open for business yesterday morn ing and - was reported ., to-, the . police later in . the day. Sheriff Jackson in vestigated but. up until . the present has found nothing that would lead him r to suspect any particular one. STORE WAS ROBBED. Sheriff . Jackson. Investigated T But Without: Results, - j : The store bX J, T. Lowrimer & Son,' Parle: w entered and a ouan tity a of :merchanaise,, mciuamg cigars Ke he tested treatment skin, there are plenty of treatments to experiment with.r But if yoa want something wbose value has been proven by years and years of suc cessful use, if yotj. want a treatment that doctors prescribe . constantly, that yoa know contains nothing harsh or injurious, you will find it in Resinol Ointment, aided by Resinol Soap. It twually stops itching instantly, and rarely bils to dear away all trace of ecsema or similar tor- '' : roenting' skin eruption. : Resinol Ointment and; ' Resinol Soap are soldby all ?ruJ3s. - , Northern Baptists at Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, May 16. A full at tendance ofl delegates', marked thq opening here toaay cf the annual meeting of the Northern Baptist Con vention. The moral welfare of those engaged in the war is expected to receive considerable Attention from the convention. Another important matter to be considered and acted up on is the plan to definitely define the scope of missionary work performed j by the American Baptist Publication I Society and the American Baptist! Homo Missionary Society, whose mis-' sionary activities in later years have j overlapped in an increasing degree. Young Man, Are YouDrifting ? No friendly wind will pilot you into the harbor of success, but you may drift into the cave of inactivity. Action kills inactivity. King's Business College offers you an opportunity to make something of your self. ACT NOW. y -INCOHPORATtD N- S Raleigh, N. C. INCORPORATED or Charlotte, N. C. jT Value (jiving Jfore Incorporated. Quality first. Always 1 Something Doing Today CJros de ondre, a $2.00 Silk for $J.49 This being a taffeta season, gros de londre is naturally in high favor. Gross de londre is one of the taffeta species with just a little difference in the weave to make it exclusive, but still it has the wearing qualities of chiffon taffeta, with a little more body, causing it to be very desirable and durable for skirts; or suits. We are offering this popular silk in thirteen shades. Here are the colors: Light Blue , Pink . Bottle Green Battleship Gray Light Gray Sand Wisteria Cream White Mustard Rose Russian Green Navy This material is 36 inches wide. The quality we are showing sells all over the coun try at $2.00 a yard. We have been offering it as a special value for fl -j A Q $1.75, but for the May Sales it goes in for three days at . . -,JP jZs Beautiful J 'ilk Striped Voile Received jfalf Price Me of iOool Suits Continues We are determined to . close out every wool suit in stock this week. Each day we see our way clearer to bring about this end. $25.00 Wool Suits for . . .... .$12.50 $35.00 Wool Suits for ... . . .$17.50 $40.00 Wool Suits . ; for .. ;;.; ..;$2b.oo; We are . showing some of the most beautiful examples of fine weaving ever brought to a Southern city. In the north window is a conection of silk' striped voiles that to the intelligent observer is a work of art. That such goods are appre ciated here has been manifest by the number of inquiries and sales made on this high grade material. Silk striped voile, light blue and pink on white and green on rose, 38 inches wide; priced at 75c a yard Another handsome cotton dress fabric is the eponge striped voile in best . ; color ;c6mbinatibns, 40, inches ; -, rr 3 hi M EH S3