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1 I BROOKLYN HOUSES 4 yuLiiuiUji) uutu Eight Arrests "Were Made On Charge of Violating "Bone Dry" Law.. ;. C TO. XELLYS PLAGE MANY OFFICERS WEREMPLOYED Raid Was Well Pianned ji'nd Splendidly. Executed. ' Everything- Moved r'r Smoothly. Fivr men and three women," all col ored, were arretted by Federal agents during the wee small hours of sthla1 morning and lodged In jail charged with violation of the Reed amend ment to the prohibition laws. Eighteen houses in the-Brooklyn sec tion were raided, but. there was -In sufficient evidence found ' at Iff ,hf these places to warrant an arrest, . 'of ficers said. Those arrested and jailed were: Dick and Tom Artis, Pearl Pearce, Crave Cochran, General Bar field, John McKay, Dave Williams and Mary Green. White only a small quan- MebeVof Police Department wno Resigned . Yesterday:'; , Jiviaae Ueptity Sheriff Hrlllbwt Bunard-' who resigned yesteTday,afterno6n as V member t)f thepolice department of the. city "af- f;vS.eTral ars of continuous , and faithful; serviceyas 'this morning ap pointed deputy sheriff of New Han over t county tby Sheriff George r,C. Jackson to ; fill the tvacancr created blithe 'resignation of Deputy: Sheriff A. U (Bert)Kelly,)who'Jhas severed his connections with, the sheriff's of fice in order to accept appointment as deputy :. United . States marshal here. Mt BullaTdXha;alreadyV entered uj on his new duties,' and Jn the'opinioh ui , many wail make the force a valuable addition. V i-iii I liiiiaL Ulili EfiSVSTO SECURE Members V isited . Fort ; Fisher 1 ' Yesterday , Afternoon,; 7 : Rock! Quarry "Also. v"s SPENT AFTERNOON ! FEDERAL TOWNSHIP sheriff's Particularly Interested in Im ! proving Road Leading to; Carolina Beach From the ;- lv v Main Highway, : , - v;,--: ;A .Tspecial committee of the Rotary Cfub, appointed to look aftey, the ex- He is regarded ' by all as ft 'vnr efficient officer, quick, "intelligent and .tensionreof the Carolina Beach' road to ooT u'vs ne?? 1XV tno ver3r a1- Fort Fisher and the' building up of ihe tf;ifi;SfiW of road from the police department after several vro main road to Carolina Beach, yester- Of faithful and continuous servlcp - ? dav nftprnonn ' made a irin to Fort KPH1 the purpose of making the laws in the county. , In mkkingthe 5losest possible invsation and to change Mr. - Bullard" gets- the ' advan Sjt sop idea of the availability : of xage. pr- better hours than the police the material near the, roaa for the enjoy' and will be Telieved. for' thp building up of the same. titv of contraband was seized. thA nf. t ume oemg at least, of ,the;dutifiss Af at .Wie road extending trom aoout ficers express the opinion that there ::-oldier "which" were his whUe a merd" the seven-mile post to Kure Beach, is was ample evidence found at evervb6r 0?J the ''police department,1 as thatbttilt up of xthree different materials place wnere an arrest was made to ooay is sun going ' through m as many-secuons. -x nejpan near warrant conviction. tits daily practice for the purpose of est the city was paved with Lilling- . -J . . . . r beiner in noaitfon rk'ii me i aiu was careiuiiy piannea and v.iw , 0 , - j - snlendidlv executed. Th mMino- -oF at- might "arise. ". - - , ing well, and the road is quite rough ty which left the office of United' resignation ot .Bfert Kelly as a in. that section. The next section Is States District Attorney J O Carr deputy sneriff he Keenly regretted topped with' phosphate rock quarried at 11 o'clock 'last night, was com- by 10086 witn wnom he had dealings j abput one-fourth of a mile from, the posed by Deputy Marshal-Bert Kelly r'in nat-office fr if there was evfer a road, just this side of 'Carolina Beach. ft M - ; ' - - 1 1 .iii in - - k m I ' ' f ". ' ".'V.'. " J ' '" ' 1 ' ' ' ' ' - . ' ' ; i It is. Your CMW 4 . s i "V OJBERTY L of the Second Deputy Collector J. R. Kennedy Dep' ?e v or more P0Dular deputy , This -part of-the way is" much smooth- Jn the county no one became acauaifi- er and seenis to be wearing better nierk TT! w .. hAt. r,? ieu wim mm. jveny was an efficient than the hrst part. -Un account or its uty Marshal C. Police N J Wimkms anrt Poiiopmo' offlcer 111(1 be will majce the govern- accessabliity'.vthe 'quary should be Leon George W R. Applebury W ?ment an excellent man. e knows valuable in extending the road furth W. Lewis and J. J.. Williams. Raid was" ? ?is duyel Is an officet and is the last er- Just Deyon4 tne turn Jnt0 Car made under direction of Special" ''Yery feW casf h Una Beach, the road is graded and Agent Dorsey Philips. The party was bee cnnfctid Jave t thrown , up with mud and has been divided into three sections, the diTls45een lof Tnis makes by far the ions being headed by Messrs. Ken- fnceij0r K!lly has e!ef b,een-a. Ca most comfortable riding oetween here nedy, Kelly and Tomlihson. and each Ul,T t, Tne . county's loss is the and Fort . Fjsher. But, after leaving was assigned a certain section of the Sment5 g' eye?;1,,n Kure Beactf' tne remaining three territory to be investigated. M?8tcei and'wnlle 4thosf ?vth w1homJ! miles :to the sea is. one continuous u "oo ,ccu ooouuawu iuc iuic vi.Deq gana, wnicn anoras a pro Diem ,deputysheriff regret very much' to even to a Ford car. The Rotarians see him go into Other fields Of ; en- havo nrnnosftd 'to imnrove this short deavornhe congratulations tjiat have Stretch, thus affording a fine through The raid Vras well planned. For the past week;Special Agent Philips, with the assistance of the "clerical and other Federal-employes, had. been busy compiling a listJ of parties re ceiving shipments of liquor over -the lines of transportation companies running into the city, and one of the outstanding facts was that the names of none of the ..inmates of the alleged houses of ill fame were' contained on the books of the express company. This caused ofiicers to suspect that negroes were being used aS jinterme- daries by these womennda re-! titv marshal to fill the vacancv caus- wind and wave for forty years. Capt. checking of thelist shbwed that num-jed by the resignation of Deputy Mar- Williams is thoroughly familiar with erous hegroes were receiving ship-j. shaL J. N. Fennell, his appointment Fort Fisher and its sand promontor- ments at frequent intervals. . 'r With being upon recommendation of Col. les, he , having served, as messenger W. T. Dortch, of rGoldsboro, United during the famous bombardment of States marshal for the Eastern Dis- January, 1S65. He. pointed out tha sincere. All are very much pleased oh k boa that his change of positions" does ; not i , r ' . . .- take him out of the city. The committee viewed ; the beach, Deputy Sheriff Kelly has been con-' and the rocks jutting out of the sea nected with the sheriff's office' during In large masses, .particularly attract the past several administrations andjed their attention. Capt E. D. Wil has always been regarded as the sher-1 Warns, who accompanied the commit ifTs right hand man. Always calni, ( tee, stated that the jetty buift by the cool and collected, he has made the government to clpse the Inlet, was county an excellent officer. constructed out of this material, Mr. Kelly was appointed as a dep-. which has withstood the action' of this information, in hand, warrants were issued" ; against 18 v persons and the hour of the raid fixed for 11 o'clock last .night.;-""' FnWJSptfwt f orf - whom warrants have been drawn: John Barbour, 618 Swann street, two shipments of whisky and two of beer. Grace Cochran, 1212 North Eighth street, one shipment of whisky and one of beer. Lily Lane, 1106 North Seventh street, three shipments of whisky. Fanny Leake, 607 Swann street, one shipments of whisky and two of beer. Pearle Pearce, 1220 Love's alley, two shipments of whisky and" three of beer; four others receiving . ship ments in the same house. , v v,. General Barfield, 414 Howard street and 1316 McRae alley,-' four shipments of whiskv. ' '"''':' ?:'':": ' t Jim Betts, 4190 Nixon streetvC ivO trict. He took --the oatfrofj office be fore Clerk Turrentine yesterday af- fernn5 Thereirere-nfhy- apptfcaifytr4irf JHcfrHie tfBryed-a ipartw for tne position resigned Dy tions Mr; Fennell, but Mr. Kelly won hands down in a field rich with candidates, possessing the qualifications neces sary to the satisfaction of all; youth, energy, resourcefulness and experi ence. . . '"" p?" batteries by name and he grew en thusiastic as he recalled the glorious . While, returning to the ? city, the committee visited the rock quarry on the5 Freeman place, nfear -Carolina Beach, from which material is avail able for "road building. The rock is about a quarter of a mile from the The retiring deputy, Mr. Fennell, iaama in Kq Jow nf it T1 ta . , . m . , OVA JLi O l,V UtVUlJ Vi lb. UUU. Ii ear the city. . SEARCH PULLMAN CARS. ried at little expense. The committee; was particularly in terested in the - improvement of the Federal Aaenta Would Tap TheJIn- .811 Plece of road between the mala Coming Whisky SPpply. V Jiuau nun tuuiiua ocatu. iue ittti Searching of - all incoming Pullman that there are now 63 well built cars was begun yesterday by Federal houses on Carolina Beach, and that agents in an effort to" locate contra, some of the owners are among the brand liquor, it- was announced this most prominent taxpayers in the coun- mornine from the Office of United iy was empnasizea Dy one memoer. The Banks of This City Unreservedly ;Place?T hemselves atthe Service;! oi ine umtea urates joverameni antr we urge iou to writer : Your buDscnption loaay, jsd,u.uu or ipwara . , v j We Will Help Yon Without Charge or Without Profit Pay ments can mgd(; ; Hi n m ments or by install-13 n American Bank & Company Trust j Home Savings Bank . - m . ... v,-.; Payments can fiede in cash of by install ments--'-'-'" iilurchison National Bank Savihlsl The Wpunloh irusi tompany . . : i TWO DAY CONVENTION Christian Endeavorers to As . semble at Clarkton. . i SOLDIERS ARE COMING i to Enlist stevedores Fort CasweUff Cmixlanaant IJRecniiting Officer Will Be JlRiisider I jHer-MonayiNi . ColoneT ChaseJ comman4anlat5rf Capti -Edward B. Dennis, recruiting iaswelLh reconside tlnmion rescind1 n The second annual- convention pf .te North CarolinX Christian Endeav or Society wiuuta&e : place . at Clark: m?C? - : .. order permitOng third or the1nen?n .,7 i mam uuujeui oi- me meetine i ntt . i'v ' " . - . - , : " cqioreu men wno tvouiu lute 10 wui ue Power for Service Mr. Wv. ftt A. Taylor, Columbia, S. C, Dr. A. m McClure and Mr. Geo. L. Mitchell, x-presidents of the State Union, are anlong some of the speakers who will address the convention. Mr. W. A: Ctiamble, Jr., now of Wilmington, but J rormeny or Ueorgia, will also speak. Mr. Wyatt-Taylor began his career a an Endeavorer by becoming presi dent of a Christian Endeavor society at Sumter, S. C, and is now thorough ly familiar with the work. As one of the four field secretaries working, in the South, he has been highly recom mended by the All-Southern Exten sion committee. Mrs. W. H. Howell, of this citv. of whiskv and - two or States District Attorney J. O. Carr, 1 Replying to the allusion by a county and Mrs. Kate M. Johnston, secretary shipments beer. Mary Green, 1220 IiOve three shipments of beer. Other, ship ments at same house. ' ivVVV', Henrietta Bloodworth, - ?:905NNorth Seventh street, three shipments of it i - ii 4.. int-;ni Antr rt pommiuiiinTiPT that th nrnnnspH im 'i alley 'the newly inaugurated campaign show-J proyement would run through private hefcshit-?ed no results. i ; property, he said that all public Government agents are convinced roads, must be constructed througn that liquor is being'brought into the private property. Carolina Beach is citv bv other methods than the quart the only, beach in North Carolina ac- whisky and , two' of beir, other-:para month medicinal way, which is law- cessfble by auto, with no water trans- ties received,, shipments; kat ; same., tana are ubicjuiuicu w v house. -"; " k check, on the unlawful delivery, if The committee of the Rotary Club Hattie Johnson5 .Nortt E. L. White and steret, two shipments -"of whisky : and coming? Trom government agents are vMr, John Shinberger. 'They were ac one or Deeiv ., . ' jnot prepai-cu .u aaj, im .v- Dick . Artis ' 12i North ." Seventh ttermlned ; to find out - if, possible. . street twoJshipments of ; whisky and "'y'y '': , '.'' - one of beetv-y-- a' .-:- ; GYMNASIUM OXFORDS v , Tom Artis. 31214' iSTortn 'Seventh, : dhd:Tennis Shoes at Peterson & Rulfs. (ConUmied on-Fage Six.) : v .-- , (advertisemenL)- x. SEUilTH-ieillli MAKE TRIPS TH AT IT. NOW Hours to cover with horse, In oe Form-a-Truck. 7 ' ' ; TAKES" YOU THREE hour with Smith- corn panied on their trip by Capt. E. D, Williams and the representative of The Dispatch. Mr. T.' D. Love, who is much interested in the develop ment of Wilmington ' and vicinity, drove the party in his automobile. of the Clarkton district, will conduct junior ana intermediate rally on Sunday afternoon, and this promises tof be most interesting. fMr. Taylor will address all the Junior and Intermediate., societies of this city and vicinity'at the; First Presbyterian church on Friday. Oc iqber 12, at 4' o'clock, and also a like. assembly the same night at; the same church at 8 o'clock, to which all are cordially invited. , at, the fort to come to the city week ly, and , some 250 khaki clad men may enlist in the serviees'of their country in the role; of stevedores. The t meet be expected here tomorrow for a few i inS wi?1 be held at St. Stephen's An- JL mil. ' ja t 3 yi hours6tay with friends and acquain- "f . vru u ,vu , . - , streets, according to 1 announcement tances, Reconsideration of ; the re- made this morning(by David Bryant, scippmg order came when the com HONOR CAPTAIN HARPER. by GET RID OF EXCESS EQUIPMENT YOU MUST OWN if you are using horses, and' keep your hauling and deliveries at maximum, efficiency, with minimum over head charges, GET AWAY FROM THE LOADING, STATION AND . maintain an average. speedv of 12 to 15 mites an hour. This is Smith-Form-a-Truck measured ability. , , THIS IS A STANDARD ESTABLISHED BY ' SIVflTH;:; Form-a-T ruck In over 800 lines of business. ; .... ' ' '.' - - r , w. wilmiNgtonmotor "Co.;: iiig. Expressions of Regret Voiced ; s ' Members of the Board. Wednesday's meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Navigation and Pilotage was devoted, exclusively to expressions or regret on the part of the members over the death of, Capt. John W. Harper, noted riverman, which "occurred several days ago at the James Walker Memorial Hqepi-J tal. Captain Harper was vice chair man of the. board and had served in this canacitv for vyears. The de ceased was spoken of in the terms by the members of the and high tribute' was paid . him. ; DR. HALE RESIGNS. Former Local Pastor- to'. Leave Lex : ' "ingtbn ChVrchV. - v Dr. Fred ID. Hale,, who. , was at - one time' pastor of the First Baptist church "this -: city, ' will . resign his carge at Lexington;. N. C., as anounc ed in ". the following dispatch from that placed ... I 1 v- "fyc: r ' Dr. -..Fred. ppHale,:. pastor of the ADMIRAL BEATTY GONE f Jtf ade Trip Down . River and I nspected Admiral F. E. Beatty, accompanied t)jr : Lieutenant W, M; Atkinson, , his representative at this "port, inspected ! the, 'port., of Wilmington yesterday, which wound up the 'ork ; of the Ad miraMn this city., He left .yesterday afternoon- on the ' 3:45 train for Charleston S. C, where, he makes liis headquarters. ;v,-l' ' ' . 'Aftflr makinc: the trip aown tne First ; Baptist t church nearly two .years.anfloufics 'thif 5eek that he will resign on December 31, to take 'effect upon date of resignation.. In making - theiinouneemenifeDr. Hale ddes not give reasons for his. action. Ie church laws provide that neith-J torial relations - without giving three highestrohthsf note. been i jboard Eminently ' sticce'ssful in ' hisv? fwbrk i.nere, nis report ro tne association: on r.b4th i'years, 'sljotving the' highest ' in- ; crease vin .membership ... and '-fnnances. "The church is now considerably r stronger in membership than when he came here,' despite, the fact that the Erlanger church was formed from its membership." v - mandant became -satisfied that the Federal and county officers would do everything in their a .repetition of last when, it-Js alleged, many of the men who came for the day returned in an .intoxicated condition and the guard house was filled as a result. , How ever, a' provost guard will accompany the men and will co-operate with ' the local authorities in keeping the men straight. The trip up and back is to be, made on the steamer Wilmington. The. Tessel-owill-leave ''the' city tomor row morning at 8 o'clock and return immediately .with its cargo- of sol-: diers. They will g"et out of' the. city, at. 7 : 45 in the evening. f v ir'was stated last Saturday by an dfficer tySm the fort that the com mandant was a' great believer in al lowing the men to enjoy themselves, and wbuldvpermit a third of the gar risen . to ccmp ,up vpweekly. They came and it is said that some of them returned intoxicated and the order pertaining to . future week-end visits wasr:then -rescinded. All .this ' -was shown in Recorder's . court when Messrs?. J "A. Tavlor. W. H. SmTint. John W. Blomme and Rev. Dr. A. B, McClure appeared before that tribun al and urged that steps be" taken to j clean out. the alleged places wh.re"' whisky could be easily procured. Offl- iaisnaye;'pj:qHUHea, to co-uiJia.ie m evArv nossihler wav and the fact that - w .. ... ... i- . t fben soldiers are to i. be permitted to come weekly will bo dodf newsjto KOELLING DROPS THREE Volley Ball League! Opened: Willi Rush at the ; V - : Te Thursday night Volley Ball . League, ;qpened, at - the .;Y.-.'M.;; .C':A.. .gmnabitint last night -with ' three " straight vwins i fort Avery's team over ., Koelling's outfit; these wins; being registered by the; forfeiture !roiitK v Capt. Koelling having too ' few men present for a game. The members. 6f his team present, however, lined tip with a pair of subs and .whipped the i Avery aggregation twice out of thre'e attempts, all 'of the games being un-1 who has interested himself Jn the mat- ir,c, r-oir, Tk'orinia Hofnii hero . a ii 5 usuaUy -close. They were registered, LninH wort MntPrp nrol however, as - praicUce games :. and power to Prevent. advised t& assemble at the annex bn counted for naught ; in the ;won and Saturday's ' affair, .Monday . night at 8 o'clock. , i ,;:,7 ; lost column- was - between the ..teams of McManu f and Cates; the latter getting two" of the three games,: due principally to . the unusual form displayed by Strlck- -land and Wessell. The .McManus ag-gregation- won the initial same In a V walk with a score of. 15 to 3; They failed to ; show the same form in the second affair i however,: and ; dropped this dispute 15 to '6. ? The third ame -was the ; joke of the .evening, Cates' bunch trimming , their opponents 15. to 0, probably -r establishing a? record for j league openings by blanking f the oth er team.-', ''.-Hfo' Unusual t opportunities k are offered colored men for enlisting in this branch of the service, for the privil ege of serving the country is extend, ed while they are permitted to earn good wages. . They enlist as privates, of course, -but the pay is- good, the work is " that to which they - are ac customed and the - treatment excel lent. ' Captain Dennis will be empow ered to examine and -tentatively ac cept any . and all who may wish to sign, and it is expected that an un usually large crowd will' turn out to hear what he will have to say on the subject. . . , T v ' '. '-'''-i FU NERAL- OF M RS., WEST. POLICEMAN SHOOTS TURKEY.V" And Is Fined $5 And Costs By Justice McGowan. Police ; Officer A.- D. Smith has just Fwabfal From; Residence Interment s jMade In Oakdale Cemetery.fi; Irtinrnl rtfirvine for Mrs. ' Eliza J. Wesiiwhbse death" occurred yester day at .noon at the home of her daugh- tersijvirs.i' w .v':jh. nancauiiuuu auu. Mrs: G. &I SmIttitNo5l9 :Nun" street," following- a lonperiod" of ill health; were? g(jmlucted ?f rbhi thevj late ; rest- ReDiADiiMcClure, pastbrf 1t)iD St. Andrew's? Presbyterian ' church,,; of whichr the deceased was a faithful and consecrated, member,' and ; "interment wasriad(g; Kin ake en ry The floral designs were Numerous Hand' auUf lind asplendidattestation of: il-'J . 1 ,. '.',. : .'. .v '. . . . a ...-,'--. T'..- .-. W'-V-'.-'i.1-'- '' i.Vi - -- --'T,-.- - . ... . r. . j. --v-V -' - i 1 x v-i- , ?' -sg. 5- - v- - - -V r . .-:- . : :. ; '..i - Daid a fine of 55 .and the costs iTOriTneovespe hooting game out offseason, me yic-iTne.caeceaBeaaButi- 110 Dock Street. PHONESjn&V ROBERT G. BARR, Manager. - 111 Chestnut Street. -PHONE 578.V ' "t " o I .- - -7- TVia . fino -.urn a . ImnnanH " hv . wod'ilw tte i.nt submitting to the char?e and .f-Uhta Being.' to. -ary-Butord, ot th ' uering asvnisi aeiense- tnai tne aesijre ijr. whflf cow .Ufi pavft no indication. Ills howeTer, ton,: as a' port, -wouldTplay Children teething ar liable ,to bowel ' D SVi ?& vmnh.m oxpords ' .iijMi.' 'Yi,i aGwru y-Riun .ii'H '.ha i .JTJiHit .iue. iuue.' tuuttu wvc; nun - w .mtiri . - v . ...... .w. -- I We can now fill all orders for' Potato GHip;S Potato $ Salad, etck r ;. , Orders f or Hbrrie-rad Layer Cakes, Fruit pake, Sally White, etc.1, taken for prompt delivery.- All orders nd baKea in our own Kitcnen oy oia uiue s . . Y V;:. Olii ? ,4' - J K.iUlAIMf). ItllHILIL-. II p pi Ann lillMliuii Phones 7 and 8. 1 -V 205 Market. E J: ; H. Hardin. Advt. ed- conscience,rT's t . , : :4 1 VAV?'! f
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