Local Candidates Enter Races Amid Filing Boom
The day of filing saw multiple announcements including W. D. MacMillan Jr entering the State Senate race opposing W. Cooper, J Head and A Matthews contending for county commission seats, G. T. Smith seeking constable in Harnett, with a crowd of hopefuls and a behind closed doors meeting prompting late filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Smillan, Jr
Bic
W. Cooper
J. ” Head
A. Matthews
MacMillan
G. T. Smith
Harnett
Board of County Commissions
Mumber
Taylor
Senate
John W .Gafford
Wilmington Port Promotion Fund Grows At Chamber Meeting
About 100 city leaders attended a noon Chamber of Commerce session to back a campaign for Wilmington to be promoted for Washington attention and port facilities. A fund of 2400 dollars was subscribed with four to five thousand dollars seen as needed for ongoing work, led by James Cowan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James 4. Cowan
Dispatch
Washington
Chamber of Commerce
Cowan
J. A. Taylor
Messrs
Hugh MacRae
G. Herbert Smith
Thomas H. Wright
C. C. Chadbourn
Taylor
Wilmington
A. B. Skelding
Hurley
United States Shipping Board
McAdoo
Bickett
Henry Ford
Detroit
Delaware
Charleston
Savannah
C. C. Chadburn
Extra Specials for Saturday and Tuesday at Wilmington Shoe Co
Wilmington Shoe Co advertises a clean up sale with extra specials for Saturday and Tuesday. The notice highlights discounted footwear and bargain prices aimed at drawing shoppers to the store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington Shoe Co
Jury Panels Investigate Finding of Dead Boy
Coroner Alex S. Holden empaneled a jury Friday morning to probe the death of a colored boy found in a ravine near the incinerator plant Thursday. The inquest viewed the body at Alex Davis’s undertaking establishment and reconvened at the courthouse to hear Dr Arnold Stovall’s autopsy and other testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex S. Holden
Messrs
S. G. Boyd
C. B. Newcomb
D.H. Wilcox
C. W. Gaffton
G. O. Ellis
H. H. Hail
Alex Davis
Native veal roast and beef and pork sale at Hoyt Kennedy
Special Saturday offers advertise native veal roast cutlets and chops at 25 cents a pound and extra fine native beef and pork at cut prices. Hoyt Kennedy lists contact details and address for shoppers. The Knights of Columbus invite sailors and soldiers to lunch in their hall from 7 to 11 PM on Saturday February 9 near Princess Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoyt Kennedy
Fifth Street
Phine
Knights OF Columbus
Princess Street
Fire Department
Thos. D. Meares
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Turan
Gwan
Aly
Terraim
Watin
Ctor
Ate
W. B. Cooper
WacMillan
House
L. Clay- Grant
Capt
Edgar D. Wil
A -Cotrae C. Jackson
S. of Superior Court
Maj
Wenallesrec Harriss
Eoli
Chamber Commerce
Brooke G. Empie
Register of Deeds
John Haar
Henry Horne
W. H. Blair
J. D. Edwards
B. F. King, Sr
Maj. C. H. White
John A. Orrell
H. T. Burton
J. Felton Head
J. Herbert Johnston
Jno
R. Morris
George W. Trask
W. P. McGlaughan
S. A. Matthews
John H. Davis
G. W. Bornemann
W.W. McD. Evans
J. J. Moore
Democratic Executive Committee
Second Ward
J. Edwin Bunting
American Bank & Trust Co
Brooklyn
Redders
North Fourth Street
Messenger Service
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Postal Telegraph
U. S. Army
Market Street
N. C
W. T. Farris
Farris
W. M. Holland’s
Three Mile Post
Bath
Harriss Printing and Advertising Co
E. P. Dudley
J. T. Scarboro
Davidson
Charlotte
L. Mazer
5Th St
Phils
Bell Telephone Directory
Mazda
City Electric Co
Pythian
Princess
Peree
Foltz
Kendrix
Chas
Finkelstein
Gordon’s
Toledo
A. Shands, Jr
Toledo Scale Co
North Carolina
Wilmington Grocery Company
W. B. Thorpe & CO
Water and Ann Streets
the Peoples Savings Ban
Front and
Princess Streets
Uncle Sam
War Savings Club
Brooklyn Bridge
W. B. Cooper & Co
Wilmington, N. C
C. W. Yates
United States
Iu Liberty Loan
Murchison National Bank
Vulcan
Cape Fear
C. L. Dickinson
Agt
Telephone
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