City to Dismantle or Rebuild Derelict Hous es
City officials plan to condemn derelict frame houses citywide after owners fail to repair or remove them. Building Inspector Schnibben leads the effort, with costs charged as liens against the properties if owners refuse or neglect to act. A list of condemned structures and addresses is provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ryief
Charles Schnibben
Yesternns
Schnibben
Fre
Moore
Williams
Laken
Ann
Darby
Mr. Toon
Eighth
Queen
W. V. Alexander
Brooklyn
N. Y
South Eighth
Castle and
J. O. Reilly
Front
John D. Bellamy
Dock and
Orange
L. Sidbury
Direlling
Wright Street
Sourth
Fifth
Lee Cuttar
Delgado Cotton Mills Elects Directors At Annual Meeting
Delgado Cotton Mills Company held its annual stockholders meeting with directors elected for the coming year. Reports claim a prosperous year with 375 operatives employed. Directors chosen include James Sprunt PF Taylor W D MacMillan Jr A Springer M W Jacobi John Tredlams Jr and R R Bellamy. Officers listed as R R Bellamy vice president M W Jacobi secretary T R Mes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delgado Cotton Mills Company
Messrs
James Sprunt
PF. Taylor
W. D. MacMillan, Jr
A. Springer
M. W. Jacobi
John Tredlams, Jr
R. R. Bellamy
Acident
T. R #mes
City begins concrete shipyard construction in Wilmington
The government selects Liberty Shipbuilding Company to operate the first model concrete shipyard in America. Offices open in Murchison building as surveys near completion. Site at Kidder Mill near Meares Street includes 2000 feet of waterfront in Sunset Park with about 2000 workers to be employed once construction starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Liberty Shipbuilding Company
Liberty People
America
Max Schoolman
Murchison
L. R. Ferguson
Shipping Board
Washington
Matthew Hale
Brunswick
Kidder Mill
Meares Street
Sunset Park
Messrs
J. L. Becton
Eric Norden
John R. Hanby
M. S. Willard
Shipping Board and
Wilmington
Chamber of Commerce
James H. Cowan
Levi Merritt Returns and Is Re detained After Chase
Levi Merritt, among several youths arrested during a city crackdown on vagrancy, returned last night and was taken into custody by Officer Leon George after a lively car chase. He was held in the county jail awaiting a possible commitment to serve a road sentence. Kennedys claimed possession of a Uuer found, but no action yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi Merritt
Leon George
Merritt
Ross Kennedy
Kennedy
Uuer
Captain Vickers to lecture on Life in the Trenches in Wilmington
Captain Vickers returns to the Academy of Music in Wilmington to recount his front line experiences in France. He details trench life from monotony to battle, patrols at night, raiding parties, and warfare while balancing humor. Proceeds support a local war relief fund with 50 cent admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
W. M. Lewis
Catherine Lynon
Leslie Vickers
Wilmington
Captain Vickers
Academy
Fuiay Night
France
Vickers
Elvington’s
Hornets
Baxter's
Northams
St. Stephens Church
Fifth and
Red Cross
Europe
Milton
Patriotic Rally For Colored Citizens Named At St Stephens
A mass meeting of the colored people of the city is planned for tomorrow evening at St Stephens colored church. Captain Leslie Vickers will address the gathering after his speech at the Academy of Music, with Rev. C. E. Brown of Waters Institute at Winton and grand secretary of the North Carolina colored Masons as the evening’s speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Stephens
Colored
Registrants Entertained Before Draft Entrainment
Registrants due to entrain for Camp Jackson tomorrow morning received final instructions at a supper in the Y M C A banquet hall. The Red Cross Chapter and Y M C A jointly organized the event, served under Mrs Darden and Miss Haile, with General Secretary J B Huntington presiding. Judge George Rountree spoke on war meaning and passed out Y hut introduction cards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Jackson
Draft Board
Red Cross
Darden
George Rountree
Mr. Huntington
Association
Merchants to Meet on One Delivery Service
A meeting of the Retail Merchants Association will be held tonight at 8 15 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Discussion will center on the one delivery a day service recently agitated by the State Retail Merchants Association. A M Hall leads the local committee and suggested city sectional planning for the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
J. Paul Leonard
Statesville
A. M. Hall
Hall
Franklin Howard Dead
Franklin Howard aged 77, a respected local colored man and former minister for St Stephens church, died yesterday at his home at Eleventh and Meadow streets. He was a member of the J C Abbott Post Grand Army of the Republic. Funeral services set for tomorrow at 3 PM at St Stephens church with burial in Pine Forest cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Howard
Eleventh
Meadow Streets
St. Stephens Church
J. C. Abbott Post
Grand Army of the Republic
Pine Forest Cemetery
Colored Trace
Funeral for James H. Dray Held Tomorrow in Cape Fear Area
James H. Dray 72, Confederate veteran, died last night at James Walker Memorial Hospital after a period of illness. He leaves a Richmond brother W H Dray, half brother J E Silva, and half sister M A West in this city. Funeral from Mrs Silva’s home at 814 North Fifth Street tomorrow at 11 AM, Rev J A Sullivan officiating, with Cape Fear Camp No 254 United Confederate Veterans attending. burial in Bellevue Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Dray
James J. Dray
James Walker Memorial Hospital
W. H. Dray
Richmond
J. E. Silva
M. A. West
Dray
Cape Fear
United
Silva
North Fifth Street
Sugar pricing rule limits margins for North Carolina stores
The Food Administration bans margins over one cent per pound on sugar in original packages in North Carolina. Re weighed and re packed sugar may have up to one and one cent per pound margin. Maximum price may not exceed nine cents without official permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Food Administration
Wade Returns to Wilmington Volunteers for Red Cross Work
Mr E T Wade a Wilmington resident who had been in Charlotte for months returned to Wilmington this morning and offered his services to the local Red Cross Chapter for the next few days to perform duties when not otherwise employed Wade believes many men in the city could also follow suit and find value in the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. T. Wade
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Natter
Bladen
Sixth
John Taylor
Owen Fillyaw
Dawson Streets
Bladen Street
Dawson Street
Erame
Surry Street
Queen and Wooster
Market Street
Holland Estate
Fifteenth
Princess Streets
J. R. Hanby
Queen Street
Cowan Street
South Second Street
Marstellar Street
Belk-Wiley
Congrete Shipyard
Liberty
Vigkers
Belgium
Germany
Liberty Loan Committee
Banks of
Meeps
Mr. Wade
Alma Brown
United States
Fifth and Red Cross Streets
Georgette
Tilt TL
North Fourth Street
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