German Y Line freighters cause harbor bustle
The German freighters Nicaria and another Hansa Line vessel have lay moored in Charleston harbor since the outbreak of the European War. Coast Guard Captain Haake said no orders were given to keep the ships under strict guard, while local officials reported no guard orders and discussed the ships’ status amid wartime tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansa
Charleston
Iain Hawke
Coast Guard Oat
Frira Mossing
Joe
Nicaria
Haake
Germany
Col. Waln Tyyluov
Tetmingter
Geta
January Receipts For Wilmington Post Office Reported
January receipts for the Wilmington post office totaled $13,059.49, with $10,983.82 for the preceding month, and $8,075.67 for the same period last year. Postmaster H. McL. Green announced the figures at a public Friday morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
H. McL. Green
Case Dismissed in Recorder Court over Abduction Charge
Prosecutor witness failed to appear and Hugh ill a widower 40 faced abduction charges involving a 17 year old girl from Brunswick county. Recorder Yoeriss dismissed the case. Harris was arrested after being pointed out by Rev E W Moss and allegedly confessed plans to marry the girl in Burgaw. The girl claimed she was 17 and Harris said she was 18. Other defendants faced verdicts or payments including Merrill charged with abandonment and Merrill ordered to support children, Williams ordered to pay for wife, Reed and Hall fined for violations, and Walter King paying costs for reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Court
Hugh Ill
Prunswick
Yoeriss
Harris
E. W. Moss
Mr. S
Burgaw
Keeow
Ling
Merrill
White
Prayer
Ed ‘Niams
Harlie Reed
Pete Hall
Walter King
Accidents Decline Cited. Board Urges Tighter Safety
The State Board of Health says accidents in the United States are decreasing but urges broader safety measures. Expert F P L Hoffman estimates about 75,000 lives saved or 7,000 fewer deaths in 1913 from falls railways and motor vehicle crashes. He notes street car accidents dropped since 1910, yet overall hazards still claim breadwinners and raise life-long burdens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mir
FP. L. Hoffman
Winsten
State Board of Health
Sls
Contract Awarded to Eureka Company Fire Hose Bid
City Council in special session awarded 1000 feet of single jacket fire hose at 60 cents per foot to the Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company of New York. Four firms bid, 60 cent hose met specifications including 400 psi pressure and three year service life. The award went to a subsidary of a firm that had supplied a recent motor aerial truck amid city financial strains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunting
McCaig
Eureka Fire Hose Manufacturing Company
New York
Council
Gutta Percha Company
Present Splendid Play To Be Given Under Rotary Auspices
The Wilmington Rotary Club plans a two night presentation of The Country Fair on February 15 and 16 with 209 to 300 cast, including ten society women and ten High School youths plus a 200 voice children chorus. Proceeds fund civic projects. Miss Bidleman directs with Rock Amusement Company costumes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Wilmington
Messrs
Milton Calder
Ashley Curtis
Meares Harriss
Cement Show At Chicago Coliseum Draws Big Interest
E R Sutin D A Bennett H E Bonitz and a local party plan to attend the tenth Chicago cement show at the Coliseum February first to fifteenth. The event fills balcony space for the first time and showcases all concrete construction and related machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. R. Sutin
D. A. Bennett
H. E. Bonitz
Chicago
Coliseum
Chicago Coliseum
United States
American Concrete Institute
National Builders’ Supply Association
Ilinois Lumber and Builders’ Supply Dealers’ Association
American Concrete Pipe Association
American Association of Engineers
Canada
Ground Hog Weather Myths Spark Local Debate
A light snow flurry boosts beliefs the ground hog will see his shadow while residents debate the weather prophet’s exact appearance time. Sunshine broke through clouds before the flakes settled, ending hopes for an obscured sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wihnington
Weather Prophets
Taany
Old Sol
Mother Earth
Local Architect to Draw Plans for Raeford School
H. E. Bonitz, architect of this city, won the contract to draw plans for Raeford's new brick school. The building will have fourteen classrooms and an auditorium for 690 plus, trimmed in light terra cotta, at an estimated cost of about $30,000. The bid award is set for February 6 with local contractors submitting estimates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Bonitz
Raeford
Wilmington Captain’s liner nears German danger zone
The trans Atlantic liner captained by K J Powers, tied to Wilmington, sailed from New York for an Italian port with provisions. Married to Hattie Noble, Powers nears the German danger area unless owners alter course. Mrs Powers accompanied him to New York then returned to Wilmington to await his return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmingtonian
K. J. Powers
Hattie Noble
New York
German Women Mobilized by General Groener in War Effort
Over a million German women are to be mobilized immediately under General Groener. They will be classified by skills and assigned to roles such as ammunition factories clerical work in war offices and training schools for nurses to support the war effort.
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Groener
Obituary of Col J Van Metts NC Guard Leader Highlighted
An El Paso Herald feature praises Col J Van Metts of Wilmington North Carolina as a prominent National Guard officer. It covers his rapid rise from private to colonel, his roles in state defense history, and family military legacy including his father James Metts a Confederate veteran and North Carolina Confederate veterans commander.
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Col. J. van Metts
el Paso
Texas
Colonel Metts
Old State Guard
North Carolina National Guard
Wilmington
Second
North Carolina Infantry
J. van Metts
National Guard Association
Boston
Wilson
Taft
N. C
Wilmington Light Infantry
Metts
James I. Metts
North Carolina
Confederate Veterans
Gettysburg
Americans Win First Half In Local YMCA Basketball
Friday night at the Y M C A features two games in the Friday Night League Americans clash with the Red Sox as champions of the first series and leaders of the current series. Athletics meet the Tigers in the second game with Captain Rhodes’ squad hoping for a new push. The priorgame ended 22 to 20 for the Americans after a 18 to 18 halftime tie and a late finish.
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Red Sox
Athletics
Tigers
Rhodes
Scrre
Kellers
Davis
Myers Fillyan
Houston Gerdes
Hardee Bagley
Hanson Lewis
Myers
Houston
Hardee
Gallagher
Fillgan
Hughes to Lead Live Stock Exhibition Campaign
Mr Thomas W Hughes special agent of the Southern Settlement and Development Association will spearhead a publicity drive for the Wilmington Live Stock Exhibition and Conference set for March 28 29 under the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce. He arrives to establish headquarters and organize the program and advertising across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Settlement and Development Association
Baltimore
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Hughes
Chamber of Commerce
Rural Building and Loan Association Opens 34th Series
The Rural Building and Loan Association opens the 34th Series tomorrow February 3 1917. James Owen Reilly secretary and treasurer announces the stock offering urging prompt action today.
Woman's Patent Leather Lace Cloth Top Sale Ad
Wilmington Shoe Co offers women's patent leather lace cloth top footwear with prices reduced from five dollars to three seventy nine and a half. Full assortment advertised as stylish value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Shoe Co
Y W C A Fund Drive Surpasses Two Thousand Dollar Goal
Striving for the Y W C A brought in 440.30 Thursday raising the total to 2301.10. Mrs. C C Covington's team led with 237.50. Mrs. W H Pemberton's team followed at 110.50 from 38 subscriptions as workers push to reach 3000 for the year.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Association
C. C. Covington
W. H. Pemberton
Calif
NGS
Tetwas
Arrests by Police by Race in January Report
Police chief N J Williams released figures showing fewer total arrests in January than December. Disorderly conduct led with the highest count, followed by larceny and assault. The list shows White and Coloured categories with varying charges across the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
N. J. Williams
Sui
Wes Y Tall
Gaupuet
Incomes Tax Filing Deadline For Corporations And Individuals
Mr R J Kennedy deputy collector of internal revenue announced that this month remains for corporations and individuals to list incomes for the past year. Blank forms are available from the Internal Revenue Collector Raleigh. Fines range from 20 to 2000 dollars for failure to list figures and heavier penalties for fraudulent reporting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Kennedy
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Collector
Raleigh
Miss Anna Caroline Gause Dies at 68
Funeral services will be held Saturday at noon from her South Second Street residence for Miss Anna Caroline Gause 68 who died Friday morning after a long illness. She is survived by two sisters Mrs. Alice M. Young and Mrs. Johnnie G. Cumming and two nieces Mrs. R. A. Nelson of Williamson West Virginia and Miss Annie Cumming. Interment in Oakdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Street
Anna Caroline Gause
South Second Street
Samuel P
Caroline Gause
Miss Gause
Alice M. Young
Johnnie G. Cumming
R. A. Nelson
Williamson
W. Va
Annie Cumming
Oakdale
Rural Building and Loan offers steady 7 percent returns
Go to bed a Millionaire and wake up a poor man. That is what happens when you own some stocks. Not so when you are a stockholder in the Rural Building and Loan Association. The money you invest in the Rural has every safeguard around it and is worth more each day. The average percentage earned is about 7 per cent. New series opens Saturday February 3rd, 1917. J Holmes Davis president, Marshall Shrier vice president, James Owen Reilly secretary and treasurer, 118 Princess street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rural Building and Loan Association
J. . Holmes Davis
Marshall Shrier
James Owen Reilly
Princess Street
Col. Fred A Olds Tours City Schools Delighting Pupils
Col. Fred A Olds director of the North Carolina Hall of History spent Thursday in the city collecting relics and documents for the Hall and aiding Dr D H Hill in a Civil War history. He toured schools with John J Blair superintendent and told stories of the Revolutionary War Native tribes and local wildlife to students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Olds
North Carolina
John J. Blair
Colonel Olds
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Wiking
Tanks Board of Health
Eureka Company
General Groener
Wilmington Shoe Cor
The
National Guard
MR. Hughes
Advt
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Elvington’s
Strouse & Bros
Albert Rodeman
Rodeman
J. M. Soley & CO
Mary, Nyse
Daice
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