FOUR VAGRANT GIRLS
GET FOUR SENTENCES
:OTE "WILMINGTON . DISPATCH, 3ATUKUAT, jurst. r ivies.
cos
One Draws Three Months and
the Others Get Thirty
Days Each
IN RECORDER'S COURT
Farm sentences were the order of
the day in this morning'ss session of
the recorder's court and the four
ebony hued maidens, all in their teens,
indicted on charges of statutory va
grancy, were given something to oc
cupy their minds, and employ their
hands for the next few weeks by the
recorder. Sarah Miller, an aged col
ored woman, appeared in the role of
star witness, although three of the
crjris were convicted on police evi
(jence. They accepted the judgment
rendered and will probably be placed
in charge of Superintendent Dempsey
during the afternoon. i
Rosa Miller, alias Kootz, Julia Ad
kins, Lizzie Cole and Janie Wilkins,
were the unfortunates who passed in
review before the bar of justice and
were convicted despite their state
ments to the contrary. "Kootz" fared
more badly than her associates be
cause it was her second appearance in
court on a charge of this nature. The
warrant drew against her charged va
grancy and keeping a disorderly house
but the court was inclined to view the
second part of the charge skeptically
and it was not taken into considera
tion when sentence was passed. She
was advised that a year's sentence
was awaiting her in the event she
was convicted again on a charge of
this nature. The others were advised
that one month sentences would "run
out" so far as they were concerned
today and that they might expect to
"pull" real time in event they ever
came before the court on similar
charges and were unable to disprove
them.
The girls were arrested before day
this morning by a detachment of po
lice who had been watching the house
in which they live for some time and
who imagined that existing conditions
there had been allowed to continue
sufficiently long. Neither of the quar
tet was represented by counsel nor
did they introduce any evidence in an
effort to offset that offered by the
state, with the exception of their own
denials of the whole affair, all con
tending that they were regularly em
ployed but few of them could give the
names of the persons engaging them.
The Wilkins girl told the court that
she worked on a farm with her moth
er at Wrightsboro and spent the nights
in the city! that she had only recent
ly "fell in" with the girls appearing
with her in court and she was given
a lot of good advice by the court, along
with her sentence. Two of the
four girls have "done time" in the
state prison, being -sent there by Judge
Rountree when he was on the bench
and the court did not waste time in
advising with them.
One of the most interesting cases of
the morning was that charging Luther
Nixon, colored, with larceny. The
prosecuting withness was a white
lady, a customer at Shands' grocery
store, and the case hinged around an
order for groceries that had been un
satisfactorily filled, . according to the
witness. She told the court that she
ordered several packages from the
Shands' store, including a pound of
butter; that it was rank and that she
sent it back by the Nixon boy, retain
ing the other articles and paying for
them; that Mr. Shands advised her
that if she did not take all the pur
chases that she could not retain part
of them and that the Nixon boy, af
ter she had refusedto return the ar
ticles retained, entered her house and
removed them from the table, say
ing that his action was taken upon
triers of the groceryman. The case
2 gainst the boy was dismissed, the
court holding that he was at least not
guilty of larceny, the charge on whicn
he had been indicted and was arraign
ed.
T INCREASES ARE
DISCUSSEOJENERALiy
Monthly Meeting of the North
Carolina Pine Associa
tion Yesterday
WAS HELD AT OCEANIC
Discussion of the increased cost of
Plant operations and consideration of
the proposed new scale of maximum
price sto be fixed "by the government
featured yesterday's regular monthly
meeting of the North Carolina Pine
association, held in the assembly hall
of the Oceanic hotel on Wrightsville
Beach. No action was taken on the
latter, aa this matter is being handled
in Washington through a separate or
ganization with the association repre
sented by committee. Transportation
questions were considered at length
and the unanimous opinion was that
they are bad. There was no disposi
tion on the part of anyone, however.
to complain, all realizing that the rail
roads are burdened and really being
taxed beyond their limits because of
troop movements and the moving of
necessary government materials.
The maximum price for lumber fixed
by the government in March, for de
livery f. o. b. Norfolk, is around $27
a thousand for tough timber, and
members of the association say that
it will cost practically that much at
the present to produce the lumber at
the mills, owing to the increased cost
of materials and labor advances. The
proposed basis of the new price list,
now being considered in Washington,
and to be announced within the next
few days, is to provide a profit of 15
per cent. Cost sheets have been sub
mitted by the mills, showing the cost
of operation, and after these have
been gone over carefully the war in
dustries board will determine upon a
price.
Because of the increased cost of op
eration, lumber men have declared
that they cannot furnish the govern
ment with lumber and because of this
it has been difficult on several oc
casions for local shipyards to secure
adequate supplies of lumber. The
sale of lumber for North Carolina
mills is conducted through an emer
gency bureau which maintains an of
fice in Washington. Orders are
placed by the government through
this bureau and these orders are then
distributed among the mills, cutting
that particular kind of timber or hav
ing it on hand. This bureau is dealing
with the war industries board in the
iiattr of fixing prices. The associa
tion has. a special committee work
ing in co-operation with this bureau
G. L. Huhn, of Suffolk, Va., Is chair
man of this committee, and he was
unable to attend yesterday's meeting,
as it was necessary for him to be in
Washington for conferences.
ADDING MACHINE MAN AT
THE C. W. YATES' STORE
A representative of the Barrett Man
ufacturing company is spending a few
days at the C. W. Yates store, Market
stret, demonstrating the Barrett add
ing machine, and those interested ara
invited to go there and meet this gen
tleman. The Barrett machine not
only adds but subtracts, multiplies and
divides, and gives the operator a
'printed proof."
MAN
y WILL ATTEND
MONDAYS
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Trip to Kenansville Will Be
Made in Cars Through
the Country
ALL ARE INTERESTED
New Hanover will be represented at
Monday's good roads rally to be held
at Kenansville, arranged with the ob
ject of boosting the Wilmington-
Goldsboro highway, a line of which
extends through Duplin county. W.
A. McGirt, W. D. MacMillan, Jr., and
James H. Cowan were named as a
committee at yesterday afternoon's
meeting at the chamber of commerce
to arrange for the trip, and those who
can go are asked to notify some mem
ber of the committee. The committee
is also desirous of learning who will
and can furnish automobiles.
The Kenansville meeting is of great
importance to Wilmington, as the
foundation will be laid for the im
provement of that part of the highway
extending through Duplin. The rally
will be attended by W. S. Fallis, state
highway commissioner, and D. H
Winslow, maintenance engineer for the
state highway commissioner. The
meeting will be held in the courthouse
at 11:30 o'clock.
Members of the Wilmington delega
tion will meet at the courthouse here
Monday morning at 7:30 o'clock, and
make the trip to Kenansville through
the country, according to present plans
Because of the shortness of the time
in which to make preparations to at
tend, those at yesterday's' meeting
realize that New Hanover's representa
tion will be small,- but because of the
importance of the questions to the
county an effort is being made to in
terest everyone possible with the ob
ject of swelling the delegation as much
as possible.
It is planned to secure federal aid
for constructing the road, according
to a letter received by W. A. McGirt,
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, from H. D. Williams, at
torney to the Duplin board of com
missioners, and the necessary steps to
this end will be taken at the Kenans
ville meeting. It is also hoped to se
cure the services of a number of state
convicts for this work.
Plans for entertaining the delegates
to the North Carolina good roads con
vention, to be held at the beach in
August, were also discussed at yester
day's meeting.
THE FIREMEN RESPOND TO
ANOTHER FALSE FIRE ALARM
A false alarm was turned in this
morning at 1:02 o'clock from box 56
and the department was called upon
to burn a quantity of almost priceless
gasoline, paid for by the taxpayers
merely to satisfy the whim of some
irresponsible person who happened
to pass the box and was unable to
keep his fingers off the key, which
when pulled may mean a fatality in
the department, as caution is usually
thrown to the winds by the firemen
in their efforts to reach the scene in
order to check the spread of flames
that are supposed to exist.
To obtain the autograph of General
Sir Dauglas Haig, the British com
mander in France, an English woman
sent him a good sized check, with the
request that he donate the proceeds
to any charity he might select.
POSTMASTER ALONE
GLTSJ10JNCREASE
Members of His Force, How
ever, Profit by Increased
Volume of Business
YEAR ENDS TOMORROW
All employes in the (Wilmington
postoffice, including the rural mail
carriers working out of this city,
with the exception of Postmaster H.
McL. Green will be given salarv in
creases, following tomorrow's closo of
the government's fiscal year. The in
creases begin with the assistant Dost-
master and include the clerks, letter
carriers, both city and rural, but does
not apply to the postmaster during
war times when the government is
under the strain of financial efforts
brought about by wars.
The receipts of the Wilmington of
fice have increased steadily duing the
past year, each monthly report show
ing notable gains in the amount of
mall handled, and monev taken in.
Normally the postmaster would re
ceive an increase of salary, according
to a fixed rule that hinges on the re
ceipts but at the beginning of fn. -war
Postmaster General Burleson issued
an order forbidding increases for post
masters appointed by the president.
Postmaster Green stated yesterday
that he approved the order although it
actually takes money out of his pocket.
He expressed pleasure over the fact
that his assistant and the men em
ployed under him will get better sal
aries and that these salaries will con
tinue to grow with the business hand
died through the office.
SUN GLASSES
We have In stock a very- large
assortment of
' 8UN GLASSES
In all shades and sizes, at the very
lowest prices.
WHY PAY MORE?
Come in and see us about your
eyes. Eyes tested and glasses fitted
from $1.00 up.
DR. VINEBERG
MASONIC TEMPLE
CEDRIC
The person whom Pa's
laughter captured - now a
Doost important member of Pa's
household. He's deucedly in
whenever Pa
suggests mat he work for
has living.
Get acquainted with him in
THAT SEHH-LAW OF PA'S"
One of the most popular
comic pages in the
The Wilmington Dispatch
Beginning July 7th
PA
BUGGY AND MACHINE
BIN COLLISION
A buggy driven by a man named
Brinkley was considerably damaged
when it collided with an automobile
driven by H. Evenson, at Third and
Greenfield streets, last night, accord
ing to report made at police headquar
ters. Mr. Evanson made no effort to
get away and according to his version
of the affair the driver of the horse
and buggy was wholly at fault, and
That he made every effort to avoid the
collision. The horse and buggy, it
as stated, was the property of the
Orrell Livery company. One of the
iront fenders of the machine was bad
ly twisted,
FUNERAL FOR MR. ROGER8
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Luther Rogers, 68 years of age,
ed last night at 11:30 o'clock at the
James Walker Memorial hospital,
-here he was recently entered as a
patient, and luneral services will be
conducted from the home of Mrs. Ed
ward Peschau, a relative, 310 North
Fifth street, this afternoon at 5
o'clock by Rev. G. W. McClanahan,
rastor of St. Matthew's Lutheran
fkurch. Interment wil be made in
Oakdale cemetery.
The deceased was a native of Wil
mington, but left here in early man
hood and has traveled muc hslnce
mat time. He located at Cape Henry.
a., several years ago, where he lived
'mtil two years agg, when he returned
Jre to make his home. Mr. Rogers
had been an invalid for a long period.
PRfiCT GES PflT EMCE
I
Just as earnestly
as any man who
imust tolerate the
iidiosyncracies of an
irresponsible Eng
lish son-in-law.
'He suffers long en
durance of Cedric's
camouflage of in
'dustry. But once
iin a while he needs
ja tonic.
On such occas
ions the affairs of
Pa' S international " Well, then, Pa wU simply Wc to sleep in the cettor. "
household become complex. Even a worm will grow peevish
times and a good American dad is no exception to the rule.
at
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Cedric
"That Son-In-Law of Pa's"
Every Sunday exclusively in the
The Wilmington Dispatch-Beginning July 7th
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CIRCULATION MANAGER,
The Dispatch.
DA VID'S
What are good clothes ?
All clothes are good in the advertise- ,
ment; and they all look good when
you first see them. Of course they
do; nobody would buy them if they .
were not good looking.
But "good" isn't the looks of 'em. It isn't style
only, tho style's part of it. It isn't fit only, tho fit's
part of it. Of course, if the clothes don't fit and stay
fit, you don't have much style. "Good" isn't color
or pattern, however good these look to you.
The important part of good clothes is the part you
don't see. Better be on the safe side and come to this
store for
Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
They're as good inside as they look outside; that's
a fact, and we guarantee it.
The best Palm Beach, Cool Cloth and Mohair Coats
and Trousers to be had anywhere, $10.50 up.
The A. David Co.
The Home of Hart, Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Blum & Koch Straw Hats Etc. .
SECRETARY DANIELS AND CONG RESSMEN TRYING ON GAS MASKS. The field day exercises at Quan
tico, Va., June 20th, were attended by Secretary of the Navy Daniels and Major-General Barnett, with 'mem
bers of congress and representatives of allied military missions as their guests. Seven thousand marines gave
a demonstration of trench warfare to the party. t
Copyright, Clinedinst, from Underwood & Underwood.
This photo shows the launching of the new steel refrigerator beef ship, "The South Pole," weighing 6,500 tons
that was built at Baltimore, Md., in record time, it requiring only 40 days to build this ship. The employees claim
the honor of building the biggest steel vessel in the shortest space of time to date. Insert Miss Florence Pat
ton, of Milwaukee, Wis., who was sponsor for the South Pole.
June
28th
On this date every man, woman' and child in
the United States will be called upon to pledge his
or her full quota of War Savings Stamp purchases
for .191 8.
No matter what you do or how small your in
come may be, you must do your duty in helping to
raise the required amount.
Let us all strive to save something each month.
. We can do it We must do it. ,
Li
The Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Oldest and Largest North Carolina Savings Bank 110 PRINCESS STREET
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