North Carolina Pushes to End White Illiteracy in State
State leaders announce a two year campaign to teach adults to read and write. J. Y. Joyner urges counties to form illiteracy schools with funds from local and state sources, aiming to wipe out illiteracy in every county by 1920 census. Elizabeth Kelly named to direct statewide effort.
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Washington Callett
J. Y. Joyyr
Joyner
General Assembly of
North Carolina
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Elizabeth Kelly
United States
Kelly
Mrs Gilchrist Rites Due At Oakdale Cemetery
News of the death of Mrs. Bila F. Gilchrist wife of William Gilchrist of 708 Market Street comes with condolences. She was a daughter of Edmund and Kate Lilly and leaves three daughters and a sister. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 5 o'clock from the family residence and interment will be in Oakdale cemetery.
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Gilchrist
Oakdale
Bila F. Gilchrist
William Gilchrist
Market Street
Edmund
Kate Lilly
Dughters
Daughers
Thomas H. Wright
Jonnie Gilchrist
Oy. Hunter Wood
New Vor
Kate B. Lilly
Sistup
Tay
Mernoon
OY. McChire
Mindy
Oakdale Cemetery
Widow of Samuel Bear Dies at Wrightsville Beach Cottage
Mrs Barbara Bear widow of Samuel Bear prominent Wilmington merchant died at 8 50 this morning at her Wrightsville Beach home after years of illness. She is survived by three sons two daughters and two grandchildren and was a devout Temple of Israel member and charter member of the Ladies Concordia Society. Funeral from Fifth and Chestnut streets residence will be conducted by Rabbi Mendelsohn and interment in Oakdale cemetery.
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Barbara Ar
Samuel Bear
Wrightsville Beach
Messrs
Sigmond
Emanuel
Threefold object of food control law outlined
Washington August 11 Herbert Hoover states the aims of the new food legislation. The threefold purpose is to guide trade to curb speculation and waste, stabilize prices in essentials, safeguard exports while maintaining domestic supplies, and promote saving to increase exports to allies for provisioning their armies and people in the coming winter.
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Associated Press
Washington
Herbert Hoover
Food Administration
Now First Lieutenant Joe Jacobs Receives Army Commission
A telegram to Mr and Mrs B J Jacobs announced that Joe Jacobs, once a Wilmington boy now living in Raleigh, has been commissioned first lieutenant after passing the exam at Fort Oglethorpe training camp. The recognition follows his voluntary departure from a prior lucrative job to join officer training as the country called for recruits.
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Joe Jacobs
B. J. Jacobs
Wilmington
Raleigh
Fort Oglethrope
Oglethrope
Socialist Chautauqua Opens in Milwaukee at Pabst Park
Milwaukee residents will hear talks by leading Socialists as the week long Chautauqua celebration begins at Pabst Park. The program includes speeches discussions and an elaborate entertainment lineup for visitors.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Pabst Park
Bicycle Crash: Barnett Avenue Worker Escapes Uninjured
Mr B C Ashe yard superintendent for Standard Oil at 2112 Barnett avenue was knocked from his bicycle by an unknown Negro driver near Fifth and Chestnut streets yesterday morning but escaped without injury, to the relief of his many friends.
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B.C. Ashe
Barnett Avenue
Standard— Oil Company
Fifth and
Chestnut Streets
Swedish engineer stoking device powers locomotives
A Swedish engineer develops a stoking device that converts 1.3 tons of pulverized peat into energy sufficient to power locomotives as much as a ton of coal.
Delayed Trolley Traffic on Princess Street With Faulty Wire
Early morning delays on Princess Street between Eighth and Ninth were caused by a trolley wire coming loose from cross supports. The wire was fixed quickly by workers. Beach line passengers walked parts of the route, some boarding and disembarking multiple times as the train navigated the illuminated wire barrier. Despite the holdups, all beach riders reached the Electric Center.
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Princess St
Carolina and Beach Line
Lumina
Ninth
Seventeenth and
Princess
Demonstrations On Grapes At Bellamy Building Grow
Much interest is shown in grape demonstrations led by Mrs. Annie Pretlow at the Bellamy Building, 107 1 2 South Front Street. Attendees learn grape butter and juice making with plans for jelly and more juice demonstrations next week to prepare for a glut in the local market and low prices.
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Bellamy Building
South Front Street
Annie P. Pretlow
Respite Granted for Todd and King Amid Blockade Conviction
E A Todd and Sam King, both white men convicted in Superior Court of blockading, received a third two week respite after a ten day extension. Judge W M Bond sentenced them to a year each. Governor Bickett ordered no molestation during the pause. Sheriff Jackson notified counsel and telegraphed the governor to enforce the delay.
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Jackson
Bickett
Waynesville
Plan Two Institutes for Inspectors and Fire Chiefs
State Insurance Commissioner James R. Young arranges two Wrightsville Beach institutes in September. The electrical inspectors meet September 16 to 19, and fire chiefs and officers meet September 21 and 22. Mayors and municipal officers urged to ensure attendance due to prior August success.
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James R. Young
Wrightsville Beach
Electrical Institute
Wrightsville
O Dwyer Released After Distilling Equipment Raid
Michael J. O Dwyer a meat cutter for Armour and Company was freed on a 100 dollar bond after a raid at 109 South Second street yielded a contraption police believed to be a complete distilling outfit. District Attorney J O Carr said there was no intent to violate the law and the device was for meat curing experiments. Mrs O Dwyer also released on bail.
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Michael J. O’dwyer
Armour and Company
South Second Street
J. O. Carr
O'Dwyer
Pastor J E Reynolds Returns From Vacation
Rev J E Reynolds pastor of the Dock Street Christian church returns today from a month long vacation spent in Mississippi and Alabama. Regular morning and evening services will be held at the Dock Street church tomorrow.
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J. E. Reynolds
Dock Street, Christian Church
Mississippi
Alabama
Dock Street
City Exemption Board lists 64 men in draft action
Notices were mailed advising 64 men to report for physical exams at the Y M C A on August 13. Among them 16 were held for service, 5 exempted for dependent relatives, and 8 discharged for physical unfitness. A second group of 13 devoid of exemption claims remains for possible district board action.
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Robert Ruark
Ruark
Wilmington
Gaimn Rouark
Chestnut i
Will Davis
Delgado
Cleveland Lee Watters
Fourth Street
Henry ‘Coyt” Cook
South Third Street
Willam Rockwell McKeithan
South Front
Wiliam Jackson
North Second Street
Joseph Franklin Brown
South Second Street
William L. Carr
Bladen Street
Kenneth Norwood Davis
Woolcott Avenue
James Hayes
Dawson Street
Robert Lee Fryer
Princess Street
John Derring Schley
Chestnut Street
Campton Robinson
Campbell Street
Wiliam “Adolphus Harrell
John Smith
Edward Ellis
Wright Street
Achie Evans
Eddie Deans Stephens
Market Street
Lawrence Baccus
North Tenth Street
Therman Clark
North Fourth Street
J.W. Meyland
Perry Avenue
White
David P. Grimes
MacRae Street
John F. Wolff
Chas. S. Potter
Wooster
United States
Lewis. Frank
South Thirteenth
Ed T. Seay
Grace Street
John .H. Malpass
Brunswick Street
Henry
South Front_street
Lucious Johnson
Wiliam Edward Boone
Meadow
Colored
Alex. Sampson, Jr
South Eleventh Street
Ceaphus Freeman
William Alex. Monroe
King Street
Love Grove
Wiliam Thomas Bowden
South Thirteenth Street
Canon Brown
North Sixth
Nick Nixon
Bellamy’s Alley
Jos. T. Chestnutt
Carl. Walker Fulford
Ransom Henry
Chestnut
Red Cross
Fulford
South Third
Ransom_Henry
Dock
District Eemption Board
Big Sea Day brings thousands to Manasquan Beach
A decades long New Jersey farm festival, known as Salt Water Day, draws eight to ten thousand Monmouth Ocean county farmers and families to Manasquan Beach for a day of surf and picnics. Attendees travel by wagon and train or modern autos to enjoy a communal outing with evolving fashion and amenities. Public notes include changes in attire and transport over the years, concluding with a broad message of a grand time for all.
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Manasquan
N. J
New Jersey
Monmouth
Ocean Counties
Manasquan Beach
Palm Beach
Atlantic City
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