City Meeting Shows Push for Commission Form of Government
Representative elect L Clayton Grant chairs a mass meeting at the courthouse where supporters of a Greensboro style commission plan with a mayor and three paid commissioners push to replace the current city government. Debate centers on bonds, civil service for police and fire, and reform of the audit board as speakers urge modernization and efficiency.
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Greensboro
L. Clayton Grant
Court House
Wilmington
Grant
Civil Service
Tidewater Power Company
Iant
Aldermanii Ae
Aes Oe Finance
Board of Audit and Finance
Board of Finance
Winston-Salem
T. W. Wood
Thomas E. Murphy
A. G. Ricaud
Ricaud
Herbert McClammy
Esq
General Assembly
McClammy
George C. Jackson
Iredell Meares
Brooklyn
Wood
John Plummer
D. L. Gore
Teutonic
William
Roger Moore
Messrs
W.H. Sprunt
D. C. Love
J. A. Taylor
Marcus Jacobi
J. C. McCormack
W. Mangum Turner
Moore
George Harriss
John D. Bellamy
Gore
Thomas E. Cooper
Narrow Escapes of a Young Brooklyn Boy on One Afternoon
Charles Yarborough a redheaded 15 year old bicyclist dodged three near fatal events within seconds on Fourth street bridge in Brooklyn. He fell over a flimsy guard rail bounced 25 feet to tracks as a passing train approached. He escaped with minimal injuries and urged secrecy to spare his father.
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Charles Yarborough
Charlie
Fourth Street
Young Yarborough
Brooklyn
Fourth Street Bridge
J. H. Rehder
City council adopts two resolutions on lighting and back taxes
In afternoon session Wilmington officials approved a ten year lighting contract with Tidewater Power Company and a back tax abstract measure. A committee of Bradshaw Merritt and Jones was appointed to study abolishing a nuisance dumping near Kidder Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tidewater Power Company
Robert Ruark
McCaig
Messrs
Hall
Bradshaw
Bunting
Moore
Ruark
Thomas D. Meares
Kidder Street
Merritt
Jones
Health Department
Charles T. Nesbitt
C. C. Chadbourn
Chadbourn
General Assembly of
North Carolina
General Assembly
New Hanover County
Wilmington
Funeral of Mrs Monroe at Home This Afternoon
The funeral for Mrs. W. P. Monroe, died suddenly at her home on South Fourth Street, will be held at her residence at 3:30 this afternoon with ministers from St. Andrew's and the First Presbyterian churches officiating. Interment will follow in Oakdale cemetery. Lieut. W. P. Monroe, due from Camp Stewart, El Paso, Texas, arrives today. Pallbearers named include W. H. Sprunt, Dr. Houston, and others. Cars to The Beach run hourly today and tomorrow.
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W. P. Monroe
South Fourth Street
A. D. McClure
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
J. M. Wells
First Presbyterian Church
Oakdale Cemetery
Camp Stewart
el Paso
Texas
Jesse T. Galpin
Chicago
E. B. Robertson
Watertown
Wis
Monroe
W. H. Sprunt
Dr. Houston
Messrs. W. M. Cummings
G. A. P. Bowman
Henry Heyer
Charles Schnibben
Sanitarium Reopens Tuesday Under Dr Tankersley
Dr James W Tankersley arrives from Greensboro to take charge of Harper's Sanitarium at corner front and Castle streets. The facility will reopen Tuesday with modern operations and a nurse staff. Hospital gear is prepared and sterile as renovations continue.
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Dr. Tankersley
Front Street Institution
James W. Tankersley
Greensboro
Harper's Sanittarium
Front
Castle Streets
Tankersley
J. W. Long
J. A. Williams
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
Salvation Army Local Meetings Invite Public Attendance
The Salvation Army corps schedules Sunday events with 11 A M Sunday School for all, 7 30 P M outdoor service at Front and Princess, followed by a Hall meeting at Dock and Front with prizes for top Sunday School attenders. Camp update notes a Greensboro camp surgeon moving to Camp Stewart, Texas, then returning home.
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The
Salvation Army
Front
Princess Streets
Dock
Front Streets
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Claim
Buard
John D. Bellamy, Esq
Mr. Bellamy
Raleigh
Council
Ouncilman M’caig
Advi
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Medical Corps of the National Guard of
Camp Glenn
James M. Hall
Draggist
Castle Sts
Vicinity
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