Youngster Missing. Mother Fears for 12-Year-Old
Grave fear grips Mrs. Joseph Stephano as 12 year old Collie Stephano left Castle street to fish at Greenfield lake yesterday morning and has not returned. She reported him to police this morning and asked that all efforts be used to locate him. If untraced soon, lake dragging may be arranged.
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Collie Stephano
Joseph Stephano
Castle Street
Sth
Greenfield
Greenfield Lake
Stephano
Upper Cape Fear Navigation Closed By Sand Deposits
The Upper Cape Fear river is temporarily closed to navigation due to large sand deposits in lock chambers after heavy rains. dredging efforts are rushed from the upper dam below Elizabethtown to reopen the locks, with the lower dam showing fifteen feet of sand and the upper eight feet. Brown's Landing upper lock remains closed while the tide awaits a dredger arriving next morning.
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Cape Fear
Robert C. Merritt
Elizabethtown
Wilmington
Brown’s Landing
Colored Registrants Honor Two Affairs Before Departure
Twenty seven colored registrants entrained for Camp Jackson this afternoon were honored last night with a supper at Thomas H. Knight’s home and a gathering at the colored Y M C A. where county defense council and exemption board members spoke. Mayor Moore and Commissioner MecGirt attended and comfort kits were presented to the men for training.
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Camp Jackson
City Draft Board
Thomas H. Knight
Ann Street
P. Q. Moore
W. A. MecGirt
Board of County Commissioners
Erroneous Impression In Sunset Park Sale Notice
United Realty clarifies that all lots in the developed Sunset Park are for sale not withheld from the market. Salesmen Geo W Crawford Jno V Fergus D N Chadwick O T Wallace and W P Fletcher will show prospective buyers the property at the office of United Realty Company.
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Sunset Park
United Realty Company
Messrs
Geo. W. Crawford
Jno
V. Fergus
D. N. Chad Wick
O. T. Wallace
W. P. Fletcher
Southern Boulevard
J. W. Fergus
D. N. Chadwick
W. E. Price
Home Bank
Telephone
Seashore Pier Opens Pale Fishing Season Begins
The Seashore Hotel pier opened marking the fishing season start. The reel hum and line play replaced winter quiet as bait and tackle were supplied to those without gear.
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Seashore Pier
Seashore Hotel
Annual Inspection of Oakdale Cemetery Approved
The Oakdale Cemetery annual inspection was conducted yesterday by the cemetery company board and officers. The property was found in excellent condition and satisfactory to officers directors and lot owners.
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Oakdale Cemetery
Candon
Closing Exercises at Lanvale School Saturday Event
Closing exercises will be held at the Lanvale school in Brunswick county six miles west of the city on Saturday. An interesting program has occurred and all are invited to attend.
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Lanvale School
Brunswick County
Saturd 2Y
Tidewater Power Company Buys Airbrake Equipment
Tidewater Power Company purchases airbrake gear to replace manual brakes on city system cars. Test on one car will determine if all units are fitted, while government plans for Wilmington as a shipbuilding center may affect timing. Labor shifts include potential woman conductors amid a driver shortage and recent hires of new men.
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Tidewater Power Company
Wilmington
Hugh MacRae
Baird
Mr. Graig Named Chairman of Southern Presenter Rate Committee
Mr. Graig appointed chairman of the Southern Presenter Rate Committee by C H Markham regional director with headquarters in Atlanta. W J Crais longtime Atlantic Coast Line passenger traffic manager will keep his city job and spend about a third of his time in Atlanta. C McD Davis, Coast Line general freight agent, is a committee member.
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W. J. Crais
Atlantic Coast Line
C. H. Markham
Southern Territory
Atlanta
C. McD. Davis
Coast Line
Craig
Clergyman Accepts Coast Guard Duty Under Bishop Darst
Rev W R Savage former rector of North Carolina and resident of Blowing Rock now in Accomack county Virginia has accepted work under Bishop Thomas C Darst of East Carolina. He is commissioned by Secretary Daniels to minister regularly to isolated Coast Guard stations in the seventh district and will be stationed near Roanoke Island. The popular clergyman is noted for reaching men and will inaugurate new work in the State returning from Jenkins Bridge Virginia.
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W. R. Savage
North Carolina
Blowing Rock
Accomack County
Virginia
Thomas C. Darst
East Carolina
Savage
Coast Guards
Daniels
Navy
United States Coast Guard
Roanoke Island
Fie
Jenkins Bridge
Florists Briefed on Fuel Admin Regulation Limits
The Fuel Administration defines florists as growers of flowers plants and winter vegetables and bans greenhouse fuel use for 1918 04 01 to 1919 03 31 exceeding 50 percent of the 1915 04 01 to 1918 04 01 average. Readers should study the order details affecting all florists under this definition.
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United States’ Fuel Administration
Fuel Administration
Lieut Dickinson Promoted from Junior to Senior
Friends of Lieutenant Earle C. Dickinson learn he has been promoted from junior to senior lieutenant. Dickinson left here with the Naval Reserves months ago and has since been located in Norfolk with the commandant of the Fifth Naval District, the note says the promotion rests on merit alone.
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Earle C. Dickinson
Naval Reserves
Norfolk
Fifth Naval District
Captain Campbell to speak at Redpath Chautauqua program
Captain George Frederick Campbell famed "Soldier of the Sky" and WWI ace who lost his entire family in the war will recount his front line and aerial combat experiences on the sixth night. The following night Miss Clarisa Harrold will present The Man Who Stayed Home, a war drama about German spies with patriotism and humor.
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George Frederick Campbell
Redpath
Campbell
Rome
Loos
Bruce
Jamie Campbell
Blaikie Campbell
India
Paris
Clarisa Harrold
England
Miss Harrold
Call Us Men Not Boys The War Camp Protest Poem
I M Marcee a retired U S Army sergeant submits a protest to the War Camp Community Service and War and Navy art commissions arguing soldiers deserve to be called men not boys. He writes that real soldiers fight and mothers knit while the public buys Liberty Bonds and supports the war effort. He urges national respect for service members with a plainspoken verse about identity and duty.
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I. M. Marcee
U. S. Army
Community Service of the War and
Navy
Bellevue Cemetery Lot Owners Elect Directors and Officers
The Belle Vue cemetery owners met last night and elected seven directors for the coming year H A DeCover John Thomas W E Yopp G W Bornemann J O Brown A W Branch and Capt P T Dicksey The board afterward chose officers H A DeCover president G W Bornemann vice president W E Yopp secretary and treasurer and J H King was named superintendent of the cemetery.
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Bellevue Cemetery
Messrs
H. A. DeCover
John Thomas
W. E. Yopp
G. W. Bornemann
J. O. Brown
A. W. Branch
Capt
P. T. Dicksey
Soldiers' Comfort Kits Include Allen's Foot-Ease Powder
The Plattsburg Manual urges men in training to shake Foot-Ease daily. The antiseptic powder reduces friction, freshens feet, and relieves coins bunions callouses and tender feet. Allen's Foot-Ease has been a standard for over 95 years and is sold by mail order.
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Allen
Ina Marr wAdy
Ice Cream Pain Relief Promoted by Peplac in Raleigh Widow Case
A Raleigh widow, Mrs. K. H. Highsmith of 110 Glenwood Ave., credits Peplac with curing chronic indigestion. She says ice cream no longer causes heart pains after three years of stomach trouble and sleeplessness. The ad notes Peplac sold at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store in Wilmington and by local druggists.
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K. H. Highsmith
Glenwood Ave
Raleigh
Peplac
Wilmington
R. R. Bellamy
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Upper Cape Fear
MR. Graig
Bishop Darst
Lieut. Dickinson
Regular
Kaiser
Uncle Sam
McCormick & Co
Baltimore
Brdu
Carolina Shipbuilding Company
the United Realty Co
Associated Press
London
William James Bull
House of Commons
Joseph H. Choate
Ima
Liberty Loan Committee
Banks of
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