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MEN8SENGEB SERVICE. v
For this service we use the PostaT
Telegraph Cable Company's messengers.
They will call for your 'lads." In the
same 'manner and quick time as they
now cover the city (or telegrams, night
lettergrams, cables etc.
For farther information as to "ads."
call 176, bat for telegraph service call
"Postal Telegraph."
INSURE YOUR FUTURE BY TAK-
ing necessary training now The
important thing is action. Don't
put it aff. Phone 706 or write for
catalogue. The Motte Business
College. tf
WANTED -LINOTYPE OPERATOR,
stonemaii, stock cutter and forward
er. Apply "Competent," carer Dis
patch, v 6-7-7t
FRUIT JARS, JELLY GLASSES, JAR
rubbers, galvanized tubs brooms,
curtain stretehers, .clothes baskets,
flower pots and enamelware at C.
H. Bornemann Department Store,
Seventh and Orange, sts 6-T-tf
WANTED TWO-SEATED USED
car. Must be in good mechanical
order. Prefer Dodge, Overland or
' Buick 4. "Car," Box 415. 6-7-tf
' HORSE ' FOR SALE ON ACCOUNT
of method of delivery will sell a
good horse. City Laundry, 26 North
Second st. - 6-7-tf
4 MECHANICS' HOME ASSOCIATION
opened its 56th series B. and L.
stock June 1st, but the series is still
open. . Take some investment stock
and help build new homes for ship
builders. Walker Taylor, President;
W. M. Cumming, Secretary. 208
Princess st. 6-5-tf
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS ATTEN-
tion. A few months of specialized
training with us may easily double
' the value of ywir genral education.
he Motte Business College.
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FOR RENT OR FOR SALE THE
dearest, prettiest house and grounds,
- seven rooms, gas and electricity;
large lot full of shrubs; Villa View,
on car line, 300 yards from Wrights
ville sound; fine bathing. Rev. J. S.
Crowley. 6-ll-3tJ
' FOR SALE FIVE-PASSENGER 1917
model Overland; A-l condition; one-
man topr seat covers; electric lights
i and starter. Apply313 N. Ninth st
John Harlee. 6-ll-3tJ
TRUNKS AND LEATHER GOODS OF
all descriptions. You will find at
Cfcas. Finkelstein's place. Guaran
tee you to save money. 6 So. Front
St Phone 642. 4-19-tf
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- FIJRNITURE! FURNITUREI -BED8,
springs, mattresses, feather pillows,
oil cook stoves refrigerators,
swings, art squares," all kinds house
hold furniture. Our prices are low
est in Wilmington. Call, look
around, be convinced. Castle St.
Furniture Co., 705 Castle st, phone
198. 6-ll-7t
MOVING DAY CALL UP TELE-
phone 124 and get experienced men
tohandle. your -furniture Big wag
" ons, reasonable prices. Sch'.oss,
Bear and Davis Co., 15 South Second.
WE DELIVER ALL MAGAZINES ON
date of issue when bo requested.
Phone your order to 745. Gordon's
News Stand. 10-7-tf.
WARM WEATHER SPECIALS
Wascot ginger ale, concentrated
syrups, all flavors; crushed fruits
; 7 straws', Hershey's, Hooten's, Run-
kel's and- Greenfield chocolates,
Campfire marshmallQWS, ice cream
cones, dishers. Pennant peanuts,'
Welch's grape juice, Cracker Jack,
s chewing gum and cherry ' smash.
h We also carry complete line produce
in season. Bear Produce, & Mdse
Co. (Wholesale), Not14 Market St
: Phone 452-453. ' 6-12-tt
CASH FOR OLD FALSE TEETH
Don't matter if broken. JW pay up
to;$15.00 per set; -we also buy
crowns, bridgework and platinum.
Will send cash by return mail and
hold goods 10 days for sender's ap
: - proval of our price. - Mail to Mazer's
: Tooth Specialty, 2007 S. 5th St., Phil-
adelphia. Pa. .v. ,. 5-31-21tj
Wanted to ;buy some Cheap
' Second-handed' - Bicycles. Apply
Queen Citv Cvcla Co 209 Market
St Phone 862 4-29-tf
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j r sale" cheap.'207 'Princess'St. ; 6-13-tf
ATTENTION, ELKSI
The annual Flag Day exercises
will be held at the Elks' Temple
Friday evening June 14, 1918, at
8:30. The members are requested,
to meet at the Temple at 8 o'clock.
The public is cordially invited to ,
be present.
JAMES O. REILLY,
Secretary.
ORIENT LODGE NO. 395, A.F.& A.lfl.
An Emergent Communi
cation this (Thursday)
JJI evening at 8 o ciock snarp,
for work in the Entered
Apprentice Degree. The members
are requested to be present
All Master Masons of the city are
invited to meet with us.
By order of the Master1.
C. C. BROWN, Secretary.
FOR RENT COTTAGE ACROSS
across street from hotel at Carolina
Beach; completely furnished, includ
ing lights and water; suitable for
house party. Phone No. 4003.
6-13-7t
THURSDAY HALF HOLIDAY FOL-
lowing our usual custom, and co
operating with other retail grocery
stores of the city, our store will
close each Thursday afternoon dur
ing the summer at 1 djclock. Wil
mington Grocery Company. 6-13-ltj
IF YOUR HOUSE IS INSURED,
when the fire cpmes all you suffer
is inconvenience. N Otherwise you
must add to inconvenience dead loss.
Let us assume the risk of that loss
by insuring your house today. H. F.
Wilder, 207 Princess St. 6-13-tf
LIST THAT HOUSE WITH ME IF
you really want to sell or rent it
Whether it be a big or a little house.
Every day you hold Aack you lose a
chance. H. F. Wilder, 207 Princess
St 6-13-tf
WE HAVE FOR RENT AN EIGHT-
room house on Market St., a six
room furnished house on Grace St.,
a cottage and two good apartments.
H. F. Wilder, 207 Princess St.
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NOTICE HOT SUPPER' ROLLS,
hot bread, every evening at 6 o'clock.
Call at Bakery. No delivery of hot
' bred. Farrls Bakery. v-6-13-7t
NOTICE HOT SUPPER ROLLS,
hot bread, every evening at 6-o'clock.
Call at bakery. No delivery of hot
bread. Farrls Bakery- 6-13-7t
PEOPLE'S SUPPLY COMPANY
The public please notice: We will
' close Thursday afternoon at 1
o'clock until September 30, 1918.
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NEW PHONE 920. SOUTHERN SIGN
Shop. Third St., upstairs, opposite
Court House. 6-13-lt
Lambert Elected.
Chicago, June 13. Dr. Alexander
Lambert, of New York,was elected
president of the American Medical as
sociation here today by a vote of 60
to 57 over Admiral W. C. Braisted,
surgeon general of th"e navy.
THE DU PONT COMPANY
At
HOPEWELL, VIRGINIA
Needs Skilled Tradesmen'
At Once.
Shop Machinists, Welders,
Sheet Metal Workers, Bojler-
Makers, Jbarpentersi "
Eight-hour day and trans
portation refunded after thirty
days2 satisfactory service
Don't write; come prepared for
work, with tools.
Work for an essential
war
industry and so help Uncle
oam win the war!
6-4-tf
FLAG EXERCISES AT
THE LIBERTY YARDS
The recently proposed flag raising
exercises at the yards of tte Liberty
Shipbuilding company, located in the
southern section of the city, will be
held tomorrow at noon when two
flags the Stars and Stripes and the
emblem of the shipping board will
be raised. Addresses will be -made
by Mayor Parker Quince Moore and
by C. C. Chadbourn, chairman of the
shipping committee of the chamber
of commerce, and secretary-treasurer
of the Victory Home company. The
poje has already been erected and
the two flags will be run up at noon.
The exercises are planned for the
men at the yards only and the public
will not be expected to attend. Ship
yard officials, in speaking of the mat
ter, said they had no desire to keep
the public away, but that a big crowd
assembled at the yards would tend to
ward confusion and that this Is one of
the things that they are seeking to
escape. The-flags will be raised at
noon, the men being permitted to
cease work a few minutes prior to
this time,. '
WILL TEST AUTOMOBILE
LIGHTS AGAIN TONIGHT
Sheriff Jackson and his deputies
with their test board will be at the
high school, Ann street , between
Fifth and Sixth, again this evening
and motorists who are desirous of de
termining whether the lights on their
machines are regulated according to
law are invited to drop by there and
have them tasted. Last night was
supposed to conclude the program
mapped out by the sheriff, but he de
cided to work again this evening be
cause of the many requests made, he
lights on about 70 machines were test
ed last night.
Admiration of France.
Paris, June 13. On the anniver
sary of the arrival In France of the
first American troops, President Poin
care has telegraphed to President
Wilson an expression of the admira
tion of France for the .magnificent ef
fort put forth by America and felicita
tions oyer the conduct of the troops
who are commencing to give on the
battlefield examples of their gallantry
and bravery.
Exercises Tomorrow Night.
Flag day exercises will be held at
the Elks temple tomorrow evening at
8:30 o'clock and an interesting pro
gram has been arranged. ' The ad
dress of the evening will' be delivered
by Hon. John D. Bellamy and the pub
lic Is Invited. Members are urged to
meet at 8 o'clock.
For War Appropriation.
London, June 13. : In the house
of commons on Tuesday, Andrew Bo
nar Law, the chancellor of the ex
chequer, is expected to move a war
appropriation of 500,000,000 pounds
sterling, making the total appropria
tions since the beginning of the war
7,342,000,000 pounds sterling.
Shoots Negro to Death.
St. Paul, Minn., June 13. Mrs. Ivan
Dugan, wife of a lieutenant at a na
tional army encampment, shot and
killed an unidentified, negro who en
tered her home early today. vShe fired
five shots from a revolver, four pierc
ing the negro's head and one his heart.
ONE CARLOAD
Fresh milch cows with calves will
arrive Saturday, June 15, from
Piedmont section of- North Caro-
Una, to be sold at
F. Ti, MILLS' STABLES
-Second, Bet.; Dock and Orange Sts.
Wilmington .
For Sale Quick
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THOROUGH SEARCH IS
MADE OF PASSENGERS
An Atlantic Port June 13. Before
they are permitted to land today, the
612 passengers on board the Holland
American . liner Nieuw Amsterdam,
which arrived here yetserday, will
have been subjected to the most thor
ough search of incoming travelers
since America entered the war.
British and American inspectors and
the complement of, customs men,
health service physicians and intelli
gence officers, put on board the steam
ship, numbered more than 150 individ
uals. On the steamer's arrival she was
held for a three-hour inspection' by the
health officials, after which she was
transferred to another anchorage'and
the questioning of passengers contin
ued throughout the night. Early to
day 50 members of the women's motor
corps- of America went on" board the
steamship to assist in the searching
of women passengers and their effects.
The interest of the government agents
in the passengers and tfie cargo of,
the big vessel was hot explained. v
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LABOR AS FACTOR
n IN WINNING WAR
Washington, June 13. Efficient em-i
ployment. and distribution of Ameri
can labor power as a factor in the
winning of the war constituted the
theme of the first national war labor
conference which opened here today.
Secretary Wilson was to address the
conference this afternoon. It is ex
pected those attending the conference
will include the . 13 district superin
tendents and 48 state directors of the
federal employment serrice, and . the
state directors of -the public service
reserve. - .
The conference will continue Fri
day and Saturday. x
STEAMER ASHORE IS
NOW BREAKING UP
A Canadian Atlantic Port, June 13.
The American steamship Alcor,
3,600 tons. Captain Becker, formerly
a Dutch steamer, bound from a New
England port f of a trans-Atlantic port
went ashore at a point on the south
ern coast of Nova Scotia In a thick
fog last night and Is now breaking up,
according to word received by the
marine and fisheries department to
day. The crew of 35 were all saved, said
the message which came from the
lighthouse keeper on an Island near
the ledge upon whfch the steamer
stranded.
TRAINING CAMPS FOR
IRISH-AMERICAN ARMY
"" London, June 13. Newspaper ycirre
spondents in Dublin are forwarding
reports ' that steps are being taken to
establish training camps for Irlih
American troops In Ireland. Local
committees will be formed, it is stat
ed, to carry out the plan in various
centers.
In .most quarters, according to the
Daily News correspondent, it is felt
thatsthe establishment of such camps
would produce a good effect in Ireland,
although he 'quotes one irreconcilable
as saying:
"If you bring the Americans here
they swill all be Sinn Feiners within
a month.", . )
GERMANY AT POIJ1T
OF UTTER STARVATION
Paris, June 13. -Gerinany, although
attacking on the western front, is
starving, says the Echo de Paris. An
article appearing Jn ; the v Berlin Ar
belter Zeltung relates the details of
six children starving ' to deatlf In "an
orphanage at Zenefbrt, ThuringlaT'The
orphanage was found to- have been
ransacked by its starving inmates and
physicians who visited the place found
several of the , children sheer skele
'tbns. - -
r Prof. Fjanz E. Heln, the ' widely
known economist, writing in the Bay.
erischer Zeiturig of Munich, warns j the
Germans that 'the coming weeks will
be harder than any that have passed
and professes" to foresee a general
paralysis, In the supply of wheat.-
Enlaroe Pravinn- (i mnnrlB
Washington, June 13. To enlarge
the navfil proving grounds at Ihidan
Head, Md., and the auxiliary 'proving
grounds Just across the Potomac river,
in Virginia, President , Wilson, today
commandeered some 2,200 acres of
lan dand Placed it under t.TA .rAn .-i
For
30,000 Franklin cigars,
20,000 "44", cigars
10,000 San Felice
10,000 Cinco
10,000 El Rees, So
Complete line of cigarettes and
groceries. Orders solicited.
Samuel Bear
Sr. & Sons
311 North Frrnt Street
For
Sale
500 bu. North Carolina peanuts
200 cases tall Serv-Us milk
500 cases tomatoes
600 cases oysters
600 cases canned corn
379 cases fat herring
800 cases salmon N
600 bags peanut and cocoanut
feed meal.
Also other goods in our line.
D.L. GORE CO.
Wilmington, N. C.
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1 Our regular interest period June
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SECURITY AGAINST WANT IN OLD AGE
open a Savings account
FoorPerCent
interest
Commercial and Trust Accounts Solicited
This Bank welcomes new depositors, no matter how
small the account. We encourage the starting of a small
account. Begin the day right by opening an account to
day. A little put away each week a steady, well
planned method of "saving is the best habit that can be
formed.
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American Bank & Trust Co.
A Record to Be Proud Of
In 191T this Bank had about 1,500 Cnstomers, Today our dpol
tors are nearly 3,000. Our commercial business has doubled. Our
savings business has doubled. Is tha$ not proof in itself that we taie
care of our customers and give prompt and efficient service at all
times? If you are contemplating changing your account or opening
an account, your business will be welcome atthe Citizens, whether it
be commercial or sayings, .
THE CITIZENS BANK,
Corner Second and Princess Sts. Wilmington, N. C.
Subscribers to Third Liberty Loan
We can now make deliveries of bonds $50.00 and
$1 00.00 denominations. Please call and make settlement.
Murchisorr National Bank
WILMINGTON, N. C
VERY
- Should have a Bank Account, and as the woman of today
is entering more into the business affairs of our com
munity, our Bank wishes to extend to them an invitation
to make use of our Banking Facilities and to assure them
of every courtesy and attention to their business.
SPECIAL LADIES' DEPARTMENT
THE PEOPLES SAVINGS BANK
CORNER FRONT AND PRINCESS STREETS
F. Dick, President J. HOLMES DAVIS, Cashier
1st
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ACCOUNT Today
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