Taxable Values Show Increase in Wilmington New Hanover County
The annual report by County Auditor James A Orrell to the North Carolina Tax Commission shows a rise in taxable property for Wilmington and New Hanover County by over 200 000 chiefly in real estate. Total valuation comes to about 22 017 264 with a rise in real estate but a fall in personal property. polls total 5663. personal property value 2 732 860. corporations list 7 505 150. white citizens own 13 917 185 while colored citizens total 995 260. income tax for New Hanover rises to 9 842 25 from 5 785 03.
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James A. Orrell
North Carolina Tax Commission
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Eagb
State Tax Commission
New Hanover
North Carolina funding cut for public works and harbors
Washington reports 1919 appropriations for harbor and waterway improvements totaling 29,515,007, a cut of over 5 million from the current year. Major sums include Mississippi River 12,112,990. Ohio River 5,006,000. New York Harbor 3,010,000, with specific line items for Norfolk, Charleston, Savannah, Tampa, and coastal waterways in the Southeast.
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Washington
Congress
Mississippi River
Ohio River
New York
Norfolk Harbor
Charleston
Savannah
Tampa
Virginia Coast Waterway
North Carolina
Beaufort
Morehead City
Jacksonville
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Winyah Bay
South Carolina
Alligator Creek
Geo
St. Mary’s River
Erie
Georgia
East Florida
Miami
Key West
Florida
Americans Aid British in Gouzencourt Frontline Clash
With British forces in France, American Army Engineers joined the defense near Gouzencourt as German forces attacked with superior numbers. They fought alongside Tommies, hid in shell holes to avoid capture, faced gas shells and heavy shelling, and were praised by British commanders for their crucial aid and willingness to volunteer for patrols.
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Associated Press
France
Gouz Encourt
Gouzencourt
State rests its case in trial of Gaston B. Means
Prosecutors wrap up the case with testimony and documentary letters from G B Means to his wife. Messages describe efforts to keep Mrs King informed or uninformed about certain matters while the Means party moved from Chicago to Asheville and on to New York. Letters dated last July reveal precautions to shield Mazie and others from discovery as Chicago departures were planned.
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State
Gaston B. Means
G. B. Means
Afton
Money Asked for Cherokee Indians
Secretary McAdoo asked Congress for 57 600 dollars for the support and education of 250 Cherokee pupils at the Cherokee Indian School in Western North Carolina. Six thousand dollars are for repairs and improvements at the school and the remainder for general maintenance. Eleven thousand one hundred dollars is requested for maintenance of the Guilford Court House National Military Park.
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George H. Manning
Washington, D. C
McAdoo
Congress
North
Carina
Guilford Court House National Military Park
Automobile Struck by Train Near Bridgeton Injures Four
Special to The Dispatch reports a Norfolk Southern passenger train struck an automobile crossing east of Bridgeton on Saturday afternoon. Passengers G. A. Whitford and son Arthur of Askins, Alford Willis of Ernil, and Bert Jackson, a colored man, were injured and taken to Fair View hospital. The car was demolished.
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New Vern
Norfolk
New Bern
Norfolk Southern
Jackson
Turotile
Bridgeton
G A. Whitford
Arthur
Askins
Alford Willis
Alford Willis, of Ernil and Bert. Jackson
Whitford
Willis
Fair View Hospital
Government Orders Full Munitions Flow to Army Supplies
Washington December 3 The Fuel Administration ordered all mines supplying the Du Pont power plants to deliver munitions demands in full. Operators were reminded that the crust is obligation must be complied with.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
du Pont
Shell case presented to President on war front visit
Weshington December 3. The shell case that held the first shot fired by American artillerymen on the western front was presented to President Wilson today by the visiting party of Congressmen who recently toured the battlefields.
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Br Associated Press
Wilson
Inquiry Postponed on Railrow Situation Probe
Washington reports the general inquiry into the railrow situation, set to resume tomorrow by the joint congressional committee, has been postponed to next Monday or later, delaying expected statements and actions.
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Washington
Joint Congressional Committee
North Carolina Baptists Meet in Durham Convention
The North Carolina Baptist State Convention gathers in Durham with about 2000 churches and a 300000 member base from mountains to coast. Reports show State missions totaling 45273.43 with a deficit. home and foreign missions gains and the 67th annual session underway led by Rev. Bruce Benton and Rev. Walter Johnson.
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Dirham
N.C
Baptist Churches
Durham
North Carolina
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Baptist Churches of
Bruce Benton
Baptist Church
Rockingham
R. A. McFarland
Scotland Nack
John A. Oates
Fayetteville
Walter M. Gilmore
Walter N. Johnson
Walters Durham
Correspong
W. N. Johnson
Board of State Missions and Sunday Schools
Dr. Johnson
Churches of
Army Y. M. C. A
Baptist Churches of North Carolina
Baptist Church of North Carolina
Churches of the Convention
Germans Unable to Break Through British Lines
Continued report notes German forces failing to pierce British defenses as World War I battles rage. Bolshevik demobilization in Russia is said to have begun with a manifesto asserting the Provisional Government's legal authority and urging civil disobedience against Bolshevik decrees.
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Russia
Advance in Cotton Mills Wage Increases Across New England
Boston December 3 Thousands of mill operatives in Massachusetts New Hampshire Maine and Rhode Island began work under a new wage schedule that averages a ten percent raise This marks the second wage hike to take effect this year in many mills with the first already implemented earlier in the year.
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Boston
Mass
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Maine
Rhode Island
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Chas. Finkelstein
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City Electric Co
Frincess Street
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Bladen
Marine Iron & Steel Co
Norflok
Foltz & Kendrick
Southern Commercial Bureau
Columbia
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Willington, N.C
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Wilmington, N. C
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