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TELEPHONE SIHLS TO j LABOR IS . DESTINES IANS ARE OUTLINED 1 GRASP ON HOUSING if----
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Specihc inrorraauon was
Asked or the Uistnct - :
Manager Yesterday : '
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IS EFFECTIVE THIS WEEK
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Becoming impatient at what they
considered unnecessary delay In ; re-
ducins tteir irorkuis day Irom xdn
to eigiit hours, tlie central girls em
ployed in the local telephone, ex
change waited on District Manager
jlyers yesterday afternoon and asked
for specific information concerning the
chopping of an hour off their woj&fng
day. Tnere were no lormai aemcis
miidp nor were any ultimatums issued
tiy the neiio gins, . rney were mere
l impatient and wanted to know
They were advised that the company
.rnected to snort en tneir day Dy an
hour during the coming week, thisfn
keeping with plans that were formu
lated weess ago ana wmcn are Detng
But in force in ine various excnanges
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0f the companj, anai enaea tne mat
Rumors were i-ife during the after-
x 1 A. 'W A 1 1 J
noon mav Vlla excuitage gins a&a is
sued an ultimatum demanding an eight
iour working day and were preparing
to walk out unless tnese demands
rere met. The matter was discussed
on the street corners, but the state
ment given out by Efsinct Manager
Myers discredited street reports in
their entirety.
Mr. Myers did not deny that the
girls had asked forspecific informa
tion concerning the recently promised
shortened working day. In speaking
vith a Dispatch man he stated that
his company decided weeks ago to
lessen the girls working day by an
hour, giving them the standard eight
hour day, but that it had been im
possible to put this plan into effect in
every exchange simultaneously. Be
cause of this the new working hours
vere being made effective in the va
rious exchanges when the best oppor
tunities were presented. Continuing,
he said that the company . intended
putting this policy into effect next
veek and that beginning early in the
coming week the girls wll be required
to work eight hours a day. ,
Furthermore the district manager
spoke at length upon the recent salary
increases that have been granted em
ploycs, saying that the company in
tended to grant additional increases in
the early future, as it realized that the
necessities of life had gone up in an
alarming manner and that the salaried
person experienced difficulty in mak
ing both ends meet.
In discussing matters generally Mr.
Myers went into detail concerning its
recently adopted policy of limiting tel
ephone conversations to the beach to
fire minutes. Action of this nature
was taken, Mr. Myers saw, because
the eompany believed that it could
feat serve itspatrons in this manner.
The fact thaT the. average wbman, es
pecially, if " she is removed from her
associates, has no regard for time
rtsn engaged in telephone conversa
tion, was offered as one reason for the
limiting of conversation. Mr. Myers
say'r, tha business were were often
annoy eu because of their inability to
reach home on the telephone, perhaps
on matters of importance. The same
policy is being carried out elsewhere,
he said, and Wrightsville is not an ex
ception. If the conversation, he con
tinued, is important the telephone user
can hang up and re-call the number,
but this would give the person wish
ing a connection the opportunity of
speakine with the one he was endeav
oring to reach.
Concerning yesterday's alleged ulti
matum as regards the eight hour day
the "hpllo" g!rls refused to discuss
the matter and referred all inquiries
to the district manager.
LENGTHY SESSION OF
COURT WAS FEATURELESS
Yesterday's session of recorder's'
court was without feature althoueh of
along drawn out nature, adjournment
not being taken until 1 o'clock in the
afternoon. The Drincinal case of the
Qay was that charging LeRoy Huf
ham. small boy, with an assault with
a deadly weapon on Thomas Craig
The case was not cone into, however.
although everything was ready for
inai when decision was reached 'to
continue it until Wedneday. Hufham,
it will he remembered, is the young-
hier who struck Craie over the head
Jith an iron golf club on the Cape
Fear links weeks ago, and it was fear-
ea at that time that his injuries would
Prove fatal. The boys were working
as caddies when young Craig was
struck.
Probable PA il ea Tiro fnurt 4 crn n of
w wfc-viwv t mo ivuuu a,t5A,ix&i,
Willie Mclntlr
i0USly aidlnc flnfl pnnncoliner and
abetting in the temporary larpeny of
U? ta0utombile, and bond in the sum
t 2o0 wa required for his appear-
m court. Prayer for judgment
was suspended upon the payment of
costs in the case charging Archie Hall
"Ith Oneratinc an antnmnKtla nn
wnich no number appeared. Henry
Washington - mnvlc nt an assault
n a female, wa allowed to go oh the
Payment of the cast, and E. W. Wood
ws fined $25 and cost for an assault.
GREENFIELD STREET LOTS
WERE SOLD YESTERDAY NOON
x"e DrinCinal raaMrr tnnciMlnna Af
Ill I ly and wnIca waa o flled for
l? because the office of the regis-
m. eds cled exactly at 1 o'clock
troT. lurQay closing hour was that
Ffty lorn to n r x jT -L.Z.
itwoo tC ceuueiu street, ue-
W-S1"0111 and Second, and In close
Shipyard Officials' Opinion of
Men Hired Locally Any- t
. thing But Flattering
CONCERNS ALSO SCORED
The Rotary iuh Is vitally Interested
In the rapid and successful building"
of ships and will pat forth 'every ounce
of energy to see that tha shiptmilding
institutions already located here are
receiving the proper corporation land
for this purpose a committee consist
ing of Qeorg6 PGalviiv Roger Moore
and Ed BeUey met with the local rep
resentatlves' ot ! the Uberty . Ship
building company to ascertain what
co-operauoa they were receiving and!
what . co-operation was necessary to
build ships rapidly at this port. H.
W. Nutt, purchasing officer, met with
the Rotary committee and expressed
a disappointment in the lack of co
operation from the business interest
and made mention of the fact that it
was "not an infrequent "occurrence to
phone some business concern as many
as eight to ten times In order to se
cure a quotation. There is an unwrit
ten, rule with the Liberty Shipbuilding
compajiy' that local business concerns
be patronized and local labor employ
ed instead of going outside of Wil
mington, but there is no hard and fast
rule obligating any shipbuilding corpo
ration to purchase from local business
concerns if they cannot make the best
price and give the best service and
when .any business is so neglectable iif
their own business development as not
to quote prices immediately ad prop
erly to the shipbuilding companies,
needless to say will not secure the
business, thereby, injuring the oppor
tunity of other local business institu
tions that are anxious to secure some
business and give their fullet and best
co-operation to shipbuilding compa
nies. The shipbuilding companies have
furnished the. rotary committee with
a list of business institutions in Wil
mngton with whom they have had
some business dealings and this com
mittee will put opposite the name of
the company the proper officials from
whom quotation will be asked for the
purpose of conducting business
through the proper channel and it is
the idea of the committee that where
there are any future complaints and if
the local business concerns are not
co-operating to the fullest extent with
the shipbuilding institutions and after
thorough investigation the committee
will recommend that the particular
concern showing inattention to the
shipbuilding business wil be cut from
the list and no future quotations will
be asked from these concerns. This
will be a drastic measure, but if local
business institutions so far forget
their own business enterprise and par
ticularly the needs of the shipbuild
ing institutions as to not give the
proper, co-operation,'' they must suffer
the conseouences and be . deprived of
future business. Labor has gained
the false impression that they can go
to the shipyards and receive the high
est rate of pay by working a few hours
a day and killing as much time as they
desire, which fact M$. Hutt made
mention of and said that It was a very
serious mistake for the laboring peo
ple to entertain such a thought and it
has resulted in local labor being dis
charged when not giving a fair day's
work, and outside labor taking their
olaees. He further mentioned tne fact
that outside labor was giving him far
better returns from the wages paid
than most local labor, and that labor
coming from the western part of North
Carolina has demonstrated better
ability and appreciation of the high
wages 'and a determination to give a
full days work for wages received. He
mentioned the fact that this is a bad
condition to exist here and the local
labor must change their attitude is
employed by the shipbuilding compa
nies and must give results in keeping
with the wages paid. They have
adopted a new rule that a man is given
24 hours in which to make good. It
was further mentioned by Mr. Nutt
that the business institutions must
realize that the work on ships takes
preference over any other work and
that they are empowered by law to
commandeer any institution and use
facilities of that institution to work
on shipbulding accessories and that
when any institution secures an order
from a shipbulding company must im
mediately realize that that, work must
take preference over any other work
or order that the concern may have on
their books. He said that we are in
war, war to the hilt, war until Ger
many's accursed lust for world power
has been completely destroyed, and
this must be the one supreme issue
to every concern in Wilmington,
every individual in the country and
every employe connected with hip
building. A concern that is handling
war orders or an individual that is
working on war orders is as essential
to the winning of the war as soldiers
in the trenches. His work is as nec?
essary as the work of the soldiers and
overv American should realize that is
is up to everyone to give the best that
is in them and any individual showing
the lack of co-operation with ship
buildng or any laborer not being will
ing to give a good honest day's work is
a slacker of the worst kind. The em
ployes on shipbuilding have, every
reason to wear a badge of honor as
any soldier in the trenches and he is a
part of the army to defeat Germany's
world power intentions.
Selection of Those Who Are to
Handle War Savings Cam
paign, Is Made
MANY AT THE MEETING
New York Clearing House.
New York, June 8. The actual con
dition of the clearing hause banks and
trust companies for the week shows
that thev hold $44,118,210 reserve in
proximitv 7Z?"u2"Zl0hl reauirements. This is
. menu, enurtmws m me " - . ---- 4e0A .
shipyards. The property has
L "ontage of on block and ATtATirfs
KnlVer 90 feet There is one
fuuomg on the nrotiertv. Th .
ari increase of $11,165,280 from last
week. .
Last year's drink bill would have
purchased 1,000 destroyers to fight the
A preliminary meeting to form
plans for the war savings drive, which
begins Sunday, June 23, was held yes
terday afternoon at the chamber of
commerce. The meeting was presid
ed over by Joseph W. Little .chairman
of the national war- savings commit
tee. There were' in attendance the
members of the local war savings ex
ecutive committee. Hugh MacRae and
W. B. Cooper, of the state executive
committee; the members of the wom
an's committee for the third liberty
loan; representatives of the national
special aw, and of the Red Cross;
Mrs. i. M. Solky, president - of the
North Carolina Sorosis, and other war
savings workers.
It was stated that the meetine had
been called in accordance with the
plans outlined by the national war
savings committee, aua that the
method to be followed in preparing
tor tne intensive campaign during the
week of June 23rd to 29th would be
what is known to -war savings work
ers as the Nebraska plan. It was
pointed out that the particular pur
pose of the meeting was to adopt the
plan and make any. minor changes
necessary in order to meiet local con
dltions. . "
The work of organization was gone
into the rural section of the county
as first organized. This section em
braces four townships as follows
Cape Feas, Federal Poftnt, Harnett
and Masonboro, and these townships
will be under the general supervision
of Rural Chairman J. O. Brown. At
the meeting Saturday afternoon the
following appointments of township
chairmen were made : r
J. R. Morris and Geo. W. Trask,
joint chairmen for Cape Fear town
ship; T. J. Burnett, chairman of .Fed
eral Point township; T. J. Gore and
J. S. Brown, Joint chairmen for Har
nett, township; A. Hewlett, chairman
of Masonboro township.
The matter of dividing the city for
organization was then gone into with
the following result: The city was
divided into two districts, Market
street being the dividing line. P. H
Mason was elected director general of
the district north of Market street, and
William Struthers, Jr., director gen
eral of the district south of Marke
street These .districts were in turn
divided into precincts, and precinct
chairmen elected to work under the
supervision of the directors general
The precincts north of Market street
with their precinct chairmen are as
follows: First precinct, all of the ter
rltory north of Red Cross street; pre
clnct chairman, Rev. J. A. Sullivan.
Second precinct, all of the territory
bounded by Market street, Seventh
street, Red Cross street and the Cape
Fear river; precinct chairman, W.""H
Sprunt. Third precinct, all of the ter
rltory bounded by Market street, Sev
enth street. Red Cross street and the
city boundary line on the east; pre
cinct chairman, C. IT. Dickinson. The
territory north of Market street to be
known as district No. 1.
The precincts south of Market street
with their chairmen are as follows
Fourth precinct, all of the territory
bounded by Market street. Sixth
street, Castle street and ' the Cape
I Fear river and the southern boundary
of the city; precinct chairman, J. H.
Curtis. Sixth precinct, all of the ter
ritory bounded by Market street, Sixth
street, Castle street and the eastern
boundary of the city; precinct chair
man, T. R. Ames.
The naming of further members of
the working organization was deferred
until Tuesday night, when a workers'
conference is to be held at 8 o'clock in
the rooms of the chamber of com
merce. At this meeting sub-chairmen
will be elected to work under the di
rection of the township and precinct
chairmen elected yesterday. In the
city is is expected that a sub-chairman.
will be elected for. every four or five
blocks. These persons will be known
as vice-chairmen and will report to the
township or precinct chairmen. Half
of these vice chairmen will be com
posed of ladies and half of men. These
vice chairmen will in turn appoint, in
conjunction with their superiors,
either a lady or man for each and
every block in the .city, and these ap
pointees will bear . the title of block
captain. The block captains will be
in charge of the canvassers or solic
itors. The whole work of organiza
tion is to be perfected at the very ear
liest possible date in order that the
machinery may be in splenma working
order when the drive is ready to be-eln.
The campaign is to be waged for the
purpose of having pledged New Han
over county's quota of the two bil
lion war savings issue. North Caro
lina's allotment is $48,538,314., 'New
Hanover county's allotment is $704,
814. This allotment is divided by
township's as follows:
Cape Fear township $37,576
Federal Point township 14,586
Harnett township 69,322
Masonboro township 16,874
Wilmington township 566,456
The plan of campaign .provides for
a house to house canvass that will
reach every man, woman and child in
the whole community. Not a person
is to be missed, and the quota is
based on $20 per capita. No man no
matter how rich, can buy more than
$1000 of war savings stamps, and it
is ' absolutely necessary for everyone
to do his best.
The week beginning June 23 is to
be known as (North Carolina war sav
ings week.. Sunday, June 23, fs to be
known as North Carolina war savings
Sunday. Various meetings are sched
uled to be held during war savinp
week. Friday, June 28, is-to be
known as national war savings day.
War savings proclamations will be
issued: by the president of the United
URotariaris Will Assist in 'Pro
viding Thorough Under-
y standing
f . t .
CANVASS IS ON TUESDAY
By the end of this week it is expect-
ed that Wilmington will have a firm
grasp upon the housing situation that
is so vital, to the development of the
city and possess a. thorough under
standing of what Wilmington can pro
vide in the way of houses and fur
nished rooms and what buildines are
to be erected will be known, it is
anticipated that so far as providing
furnished rooms and board the city
will fully measure up to requirements.
the people responding to the call to
provide such, both as a patriotic duty
and to help the city progress In an
industrial way. ,
This week the house-to-house can
vass by the Rotary club will be made
and the Victory Home company, the
million dollar local concern that will
erect houses, will complete its organi
zation and get down to active work.
A canvass will also show the indi
viduals in Wilmington who intend to
build houses.
The canvass by the Rotary club will
be conducted Tuesday and will be In
line with a policy inaugurated by In
dustrial Agent Cowan, of the chamber
of commerce, so that the two ship
yards may have at all times a thor
ough understanding of what houses
are vacant, where sarnshed rooms
and board can be obtained and the
location of boarding houses, and that
this information may also be kept on
the tapis at the rooms of the cham
ber of commerce, so that it will prove
of timely assistance to any one who
comes to Wilmington and needs such
information. Cards will be distributed
by the Rotarians and signatures
sought to them, after certain questions
have been answered. These questions
while seemingly many are all import
ant, as they will go to make up a
complete history of the situation in
Wilmington and will result in quick
action when rooms, houses or board
are wanted. For Instance, the infor
mation as to furnished rooms will be
coupled with word setting forth the
nearest place where table board can
be obtained, and when a "furnished
States, the govAnor of North Caro
lina and the mayor of Wilmington.
Every other government activity is
to give wjiy for the war savings drive
and every state in the union is to con
duct a drive at the same time.
There is a great deal of clerical
work necessary to be done In connec
tion with the launching of the cam
paign. While the various officers and
sub-committees will draft workers for
the canvass, if there are anyi ladies or
others who can give some clerical as
sistance to the county chairman with
in the next few days, he will greatly
appreciate this voluntary service.
To work in conjunction with pub
licity chairman for New Hanover
county, Malcolm G. Little, the North
Carolina Sorosis appointed a commit
tee composed of Mrs. Geo. L. Mitchel
and Mrs. J. B. Rice. These ladies
have already gotten their work wel
under way and it Is their purpose to
have war savings ads in every issue
of tne local papers between now and
the close of the campaign. The mer
chants and professional men are show
ing ready co-operation with this com
mittee.
At the meeting yesterday afternoon
a speakers committee was also
named. This committee Is-'composed
of Mrs. J. M. Solky, Hugh MacRae,
Mrs. A. M. Waddell and E. H. Free
man.
uxuriotis ine of J7c dfndetwear
It is the softness about silken underthings that make them particularly de
lightful for summer wear. These soft silks arid daintily embroidered design ,of T
these exquisite garments will interest you, and wearinjg them will prove what
spienaia service mey give.
Crepe de Chine Teddies are
priced from $2.50 to $5
Crepe de Chine Gowns are
priced from $5 to $12
Crepe de Chine Camisoles
are priced from $1.25 to $2
"Niagara Maid" Jersey Silk
Teddies range from $4 to $10
"Niagara Maid" Camisoles
range from $1.25 to $2.50
"Niagara Maid" Jersey Silk
Bloomers priced from $3.75 to
$6.50
"Niagara Maid" Jersey Silk
Vests are priced from $2.25 to "
$5.00
IB--
These little garments are in big de
mand, at this time and we must say
that they are hard to procure. We
are showing infants long dresses nice
ly made of good material and neatly
trimmed, from 65c to $2.50
Infants short dresses from six
months to two years of age, 59c to
$3.50
Infants' petticoats from 65c to $1.00
Very dainty lines of infants' sacques
in white cashmere embroidered in
blue and pink, priced from 85c o $3.50
Infants' wrappers, full length, from
$3 to $6
Infants' long coats, hand embroid
ered in white French serge and cash
mere, priced from 59c to $3
Infants' short coats, hand embroid
ered in cream French serge and cash
mere, priced from $5 to $10
We are also showing a full line of
infants' caps, priced rightly from 25c
upwards.
Otny (fid's Sweaters, from JvtotOi
Six tfears Old
We are showing a very, pretty line ofthese
little sweaters for the little girls in yellow, .coral,
Copenhagen blue, turquoise blue, pearl gray
trimmed in pink, priced from $2.50vupward
New Shipment of Silk (jloves jf as
Just jfrrtoed
Colored Silk Gloves are very scarce this sunv
mer as you have no doubt found out. We have
been -very lucky in securing a line of gray? and tan
silk gloves, also in the Avhite.and black.
Idhite fusca Petticoats priced af 3.50
A shipment of these pretty white Petticoats
has just arrived and will be found in the? ready-to-wear
department, third (floor.
(Incorporated) 'r
house" is listed there wil be informa
tion as to the size of the house in
number of rooms. The price of rooms
per week as well as per month, if the
owner will rent by the weekfnust
also be given, as there will be some
of the newcomers who will desire to
rent by the week. Whether a room
will accommodate more than one and
the price of the room for one and for
two, etc., will also be set forth. In
addition to this the real estate agents
will be asked to provide a list of their
vacant houses, not so they can be rent
ed direct, but simply td give an idea
of the number of vacant houses in
the city. As the houses are rented
the agents will be asked to notify Mr.
Cowan and when they are vacated
they will be sought for such inforum-
nished rooms. In that woy an awkj
ward situation, coupled with loss of
time, will be avoided.
When the canvass is. completed and
if the people of Wilmington respond
as heartily in this as they have Id
other things, it is expected that Wil
mington will possess the most com
plete and most understandable record
yet compiled by any city. It will not
onlf give the shipping board a clear
view of the situation, but will demon
strate the great Interest and co-operation
of the people of Wilmington. . -
The Rotarians have a big task ahead
of them fpr Tuesday, but they' intend
to tackle it with a will and do their
part. The next thing will be tor the
people of Wilmington to be ready to
tion. The same will apply to fur-7 respond, because when the big flow
of newcomers commences, as it will
shortly, why all available space will
be needed, and, as the card to be used
in the canvass so aptly proclaims, the
time to prepare is NOW.
On account of the size of the task
the Rotarians will need other young:
men to assist them, and so volunteers'
are called for. If they will come forth '
and aid in this important matter it
will be greatly appreciated. They wil
confer a favor by notifying Marsden
Bellamy, chairman of the committee,
of tifeir willingness, and he will see
that they are Instructed for the work.
Doing without biscuit is no sacrifice
at all, and yet some people grumble
about it Lumberton Tribune. .
DISTINCTIVE OXFORDS AND PUMPS
CAIAS-NUBUCK-MIGNSKM-KID
FOR SPORT AND DRESS
B0QTERY FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE
BEACH SHOES EVENING SLIPEERS DANCING PUMPS
EDUCATOR SHOES FOR LITTLE FOLKS
"THE SHOE STORE AHEAD"
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