Harbor Master Williams Advocates Fishing Coast Rights
Capt E D Williams writes to Governor and lawmakers urging protection for coastal fishermen and oyster fishers, questioning salaries of the fish and shell commission and denouncing perceived political waste. He defends American citizen rights and appeals for relief for poor coastal communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
New Hanover
E. H. Cranmer
Senate
Brunswick County
Southport
E. D. Williams
Wilmington
Fish and Shell Commission
North Carolina
Wilmington Observes Washington Birthday With Pageantry
Wilmington marks Washingtons Birthday with widespread observances. Government offices close, schools grant half holidays, and city residents display flags. The Seminole and Kiel sailers decorate while civic events include school programs, a pantomime My County Tis of Thee, and a golf tournament at Cape Fear Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Washington
Clty
Seminole
Kiel
Nicaria
Connor
Federal Court
Recorder’s Court
W. H. Clover
Hemenway
J. F. Haake
A. D. McClure
John J. Blair
Mary Bellamy
Onida Capps
Isaac Bear
Williston Industrial
Peabody
Union School
Cape Fear
Local Society Notes and Social Events Highlight Spring Plans
Miss Virginia Pearson visits Kenansville and Raleigh to spend time with relatives. Mrs Theodore Marburg returns to Baltimore after visiting Mrs W A Smith. Mrs W A Penny leaves for Baltimore to visit friends. Miss Clara Williams returns to Richmond after ten days here. The Ida Hawkins Missionary Society meets with Mrs C H Fore. Miss Norma L Northam returns from New York with stock for the French Millinery Shop. The Harmony Circle dance is postponed due to member absence. Emily Bryan travels from Lumberton to Kenansville via the city. Mrs J R Thompson returns from Lake Waccamaw after visiting relatives. Mrs Robert Ransom speaks to students at local schools. Evelena Johnson and Mrs George Stewart wed at home of the bride’s parents. Mr Hubert L Tucker and Beulah Brock visit relatives after their Durham wedding. Engagement: Frances Boykin to Thomas Meares Jr of Wilmington with April wedding planned. Mission Study Class of Park Presbyterian meets tomorrow at 4 pm at Mrs G H Coyle’s home. Play Too Much of a Good Thing tonight at Boy’s Brigade Armory for Christ Church funds. Fifth annual Young Men’s Hebrew Association masquerade ball tonight at A David Building. prizes for masks and dancing couples. men pay, women free.
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
Wiliam Jacquelin Boykin
Wilson, N. C
Frances Taylor
Thomas Davis Meares, Jr
Wilmington
N. C
Miss Boykin
Col
Henry Boykin
A. K. Leake
Richmond
Sorosis Plans Inauguration of City Beautification
A Sorosis committee led by Mrs. E. H. Munson will launch a Wilmington beautification drive with tropical plantings. Landscape architect Frank B. Meade and J. R. Eddy assist, aiming to attract winter tourists. The plan includes Rotary Club support and a house-to-house canvass after next Thursday’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sorosis Ladies
E. H. Munson
Sorosis
Wilmington
Frank B. Meade
Tidewater Power Company
J. R. Eddy
Meade
California
Rotary Club
MacRae
Cardui Named Woman’s Tonic in Mercer County Letter
Mrs W T Ball of Mercer Kentucky describes long battle with change of life illness. She credits two bottles of Cardui with restoring health after severe nervousness sleep loss and fatigue and says she could walk miles and attend a street fair after 15 years of strain. She notes Cardui has long been in use and claims it saved her daughter's life during a dreadful spell.
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Mercer, Ky
W. T. Ball
Cardus
Central City
Cardui
Town Topics and Local Notes From City Briefs
False alarm at box 49 near Fifteenth and Castle streets. fire department responses are recurring in recent weeks. Eighteen recruits transferred from St. Louis to Fort Caswell arrive by Seaboard train led by a noncommissioned officer. Norwegian steamer Thorbjorn docks from Chile with allrate of pods cargo to be discharged at Atlantic Coast Line terminals. All plates for the Father and Son Banquet at the YMCA have been claimed, no further reservations.
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Fifteenth and
Castle Streets
Erighteen
Army Barracks
St. Louis
Fort Caswell
Thorbjorn
Chile
Atlantic Coast “Line
Beyornd
Smallpox case reported in Myrtle Grove area
A colored fisherman Joe Low living near Myrtle Grove Sound has contracted smallpox, the county’s first case since 1914. Dr Charles T Nesbitt says the illness traced to Pennsylvania, with quarantine placed and vaccination noted. a prior suspected case on a different street was cleared after observation.
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Myrtle Grove Sound
Cially
Charles T. Nesbitt
Joe Low
Nesbitt
Low
Pennsylvania
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Capt. Williams
Bickett
Law
Capt
Virginia Pearson
N. J. Burt
Kenansville
Raleigh
R. W. Wallace
Ayana
Theodore Marburg
Baiimore
W. A. Penny
Baltimore, Md
Clara Williams
Ida Hawkins Missionary Society
Grace Methodist Church
C. H. Fore
North Seventh Street
Norma L. Northam
New York
Wheer
Gertrude Nelson
Washington, D. C
Dance of the Harmony Circle
Emily Bryan
Lumberton
J. R. Thompson
Lake Waccamaw
Robert Ransom
Evelena Johnson
A. J. Johnson
Seagate
George Stewart
W. G. Hall
Hubert L. Tucker
Beulah Brock
Durham
Wires Park Presbyterian Church
G.H. Coyle
Boy’s Brigade
Wilmington Boys and Girls
Christian Church
Young Men’s Hebrew Association
A. David
St. John’s Lodge
NO. 1
A. F
A.M
Nathan L. Mayer
Philadelphia
Holden
Sec’y
A. M
A. M. Holden
Sec'y
Cleveland
A.D. Brown
Aig
Art
Hme
Harry
Jedx
Perdale
Gino Am
Belk-Williams Company
North Front Street
Gent’s Furnishings
Just
B. V. D. Athletic
Front Street
Peter Hill Pajamas
Osewe
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