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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1918
Page
5
The piece surveys diverse opinions from editors and politicians on the Adamison law and wartime policies. It notes reactions from Wilmington, the Chamber of Commerce, and General Railway Director M. It mentions taxation, rail costs, and farm questions about livestock choices. It contrasts British and American views on Wilson and Austrian policy, framing a tense political moment.
The State Tax Commission report covers land and personal property values for the year ending 1916. New Hanover shows land at 20.30 per acre, highest in the state. town lots valued at 10,055,380. total real property 11,991,125 and personal property 2,838,490. Overall, New Hanover ranks seventh in combined real and personal property at 14,829,665.
General Gorgis notes dire Camp Greene conditions with high death risk and possible epidemic. Poor drainage and soil quality, insufficient hot water for bathing worsen sanitation, suggesting possible removal and abandonment before warm weather.
A citizen letter questions rising roe herring prices in North Carolina and asks Food Administrator Hoover to lower costs. The writer argues roe herring is a vital breakfast substitute and urges government intervention to reduce price and raise accessibility.
The German Emperor declares a peace offer aligned with victory for Germany. He says peace must recognize German triumph, while calling for right and morality, and notes a recent friendly exchange with an enemy who accepts terms. If not accepted, force will compel peace.
The text warns American troops to stay vigilant in trench fronts amid heavy bombardment to avoid German feints that could trap or mislead them. It urges continued caution and awareness of deceptive moves on the line.
The New Bernian reports weeks without copies from the New York World threatening the South with political demolition if state legislatures ratify the federal prohibition amendment. The World allegedly heard from Mississippi Virginia Kentucky and South Carolina and believed the South could be bulldozed.
Fayetteville editor notes a movement to allow moving picture shows and other amusements near military camps to open on Sundays for soldiers. The piece states President Wilson opposes the plan and urges preserving old American customs of observance.
Editor Clarence Poe of The Progressive Farmer reports in a Winston Sentinel piece that North Carolina has made progress in education but still trails wealthier and more progressive states in several measured aspects. The article argues for continued effort to reach those educational benchmarks.
The Greensboro Record praises President Wilson as a decisive leader who outlines plans without early public previews. He gathers supporters quickly and announces forthcoming speeches, demonstrating decisive leadership in a brief, pre-announcement window.
If all the serious charges made by the presidents of the big four unions against the railway officials were true the latter deserve to have been behind prison bars long ago. Some of the charges are so absurd that it is strange men occupying responsible positions should make them a body of officials supposed to be gifted with common sense and having opportunity to know the truth.
The assertion that Bolo Pacha is insane is supported by his brother’s witness stand plea, linking alleged treachery and disloyalty as indications of mental instability.
Asheville Times documents daily European war coverage highlighting brutal treatment of prisoners of war. Calls for continued conflict until Prussianism is annihilated, citing Italian POW starvation and abuse to shape public resolve.
North Carolina based National Beverage Corpua tion with one million dollars capital sent representatives to study site options for a branch distributing plant. The firm plans syrups sugar refining and glass bottle making operations to supply bottling and fountain trades and fit a broader regional distribution network. Original source notes the company’s president Earl Miller and prominent South directors.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw of Philadelphia, a pioneer in the women’s suffrage movement, celebrates her seventy first birthday. Honorary president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, she previously led the group for ten years until 1915, earning national and international renown as a speaker and organizer. Born in England, she grew up in the Midwest after coming to America in youth and studied theology at Boston University. Her suffrage work began in 1885 as lecturer for the Massachusetts Suffrage Association.
A history column recalls events from 1818 to 1893. William and Mary College in Virginia marked its 115th anniversary in 1818. In 1843 Beluchees attacked Major Outram at Hyderabad. In 1868 a Raleigh convention framed a North Carolina reconstruction act consultation. In 1893 Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria proposed to Princess Marie Louise of Parma.
A calendar note lists several prominent individuals observing birthday anniversaries today. J A Edson of the Kansas City Southern Railway is 64, Charles F Johnson ex senator and federal judge is 59, Israel Zangwill author 51, James E Boyd federal judge 73, Charles Rann Kennedy playwright 47, William Shaw Christian Endeavor leader 58. Other birthplaces include Lucas county Ohio Winslow Maine London Alamance Ballardville Massachusetts.
One year ago today in the war February 14 1917 British captured more German trenches near Arras. The report notes American Lyman R Law was sunk by an Austrian submarine and German Ambassador von Bernstorff sailed from New York for home via Halifax.
The text argues whether Austria should sever ties with Germany and seek peace with the Allies. It credits President Wilson and his speeches to Congress on Italy’s war aims and America’s role, suggesting his influence shapes public policy and credit beyond any single individual.
petitions from North Carolina college women urge Senators Overman and Simmons to support the Federal suffrage amendment. Helen H. Gardner and Maud Wood Park presented the petitions, with Meredith College and State Normal College submitting large student signatories.
In Texas county records, Mrs Willie Stephens is appointed to succeed her late husband as military service head, reflecting local succession in the county office. The move follows her husband’s service tenure and honors.
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