Escape of Smith From County Jail After Leaping From Jailer’s Room
Smith, a colored man held on house breaking, escaped the county jail by jumping from the jailer Harker’s second floor room window. Bloodhounds failed to track him. pursuit by Sheriff Jackson and deputies continued for hours, with a later sighting near Ninth and Dock streets and a surrender after gunfire.
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Smith
Jafsis
Harker
Fourth Street
George Jackson
Alphonso
Gaston
Harriss Havng
Recorder’s Court
Applebury
George
Bullard
Lewis
Jim Gore
Ed George
Ouse
Prosperous Year for Rubber Trade Banquet
The Rubber Club of America plans its seventeenth annual banquet at the Waldorf Astoria in New York next Monday night, foreseeing the largest gathering of rubber trade men. The event will follow the club's annual business meeting with speakers including former President Taft, Frank A Vanderlip, and Bishop Moulin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rubber Club of America
Waldorf-Astoria
William H. Taft
Frank A. Vanderlip
Pecanicnlise ~ National Bank
Bishop In Moulin
Ohio
Wilming ton First Presbyterian to mark 100th year with Wilson visit
The First Presbyterian church of Wilmington plans a week long celebration starting April 1 to honor its 100th anniversary. Notables from the denomination will attend and President Woodrow Wilson may attend if state duties permit. A committee led by James Sprunt coordinates events with sermons, greetings, and address by Wilson on April 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church of
Wilmington
South
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
James Sprunt
Wil- 80H
J. M. Wells
D.D
B. F. Hall
EB. A. Alderman
University of Virginia
W. W. Moore
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
W. J. Martin
Davidson College
Davidson
N. C
Peyton H. Hoge
Louisville
First Presbyterian Church
Hay Watson Smith
Second Presbyterian Church
Little Rock
Ark
C. W. Grafton
Union Presbyterian Church
Mississippi
General Assembly
J. N. H. Summerell
New Bern
Synod of North Carolina
Alexander Sprunt
Charleston
D. C
Geo. C. Worth
Kiang-yin
China
S. W. Crafton
W. W. Morton
W. B. Hill
West -End
Prominent men discussed as possible city commissioners
Conversation in Wilmington builds around a bill by Representative Grant to abolish the current city government and replace it with a commission form headed by a mayor and two commissioners. Names offered include D. N. Chadwick Jr, Joseph W. Yates, John D. Bellamy Jr, W. D. McCaig, Capt. Thomas D. Meares, and Mayor P. Q. Moore with further candidates welcome. The topic stays lively despite Grant being away from the city, and the panel of potential appointees continues to evolve as citizens propose names.
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D. N
Chadwick, Jr
Joseph W. Yates
John D. Bellamy, Jr
W. D. McCaig
Capt. Thomas
P. Q. Moore
Representative Grant
Grant
P. Q
Dispatch
Wilmington
Wilmington urged to push proportional rates to aid port access
A prominent Wilmington businessman criticizes the city for passivity as Goldsboro businessmen press the Interstate Commerce Commission to set proportional through rates for Wilmington and New Bern. The move aims to connect rail and water routes from New York and Baltimore, cutting inland haul and benefiting North Carolina towns.
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Wilmington
Goldsboro
Interstate Commerce Commission
Atlantic Coast Line
Clyde Steamship Line
New Bern
Charlotte Observer
Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company
Interstate Commerce. Commission
Watkins
Commission
North Carolina
Norfolk
New York
Baltimore
Atlantic Coast Linempany
Seaboard Air Line
Centennial Arrangements Set for Wilson Address
Officials coordinate events for the centennial celebration inviting President Wilson to attend and deliver an address marking the anniversary date.
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Wilson
Recorder Harriss records 69 months in county punishments
Since taking office as Recorder of New Hanover County, Geo Harriss has imposed road, farm, and jail sentences totaling 2,070 days across 30 offenders. The period includes 1,080 days on roads, 810 on farms, and six in jail for offenses such as larceny, vagrancy, and alcohol violations.
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Geo.Harriss
New Hanover County
Harriss
Recorders Court
Install Manicure Parlor at The French Millinery Shop
Mrs L L Newell and Mrs C H Foard owners of The French Millinery Shop plan to install the Martha Matilda Harper method of hair dressing manicuring and shampooing in Wilmington. They left for New York to purchase spring stock and equipment for the new parlor to be added soon. The parlors will be as complete and elaborate as any in the state with strong fashion ties to millinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Newell
C. H. Foard
New York
Martha Matilda Harper
Wilmington
Clothing Designers Regular 1917 Styles Debut in Cincinnati
The National Association of Clothing Designers opens its annual convention in Cincinnati with members from major clothing centers. An elaborate style show accompanies the event and continues through the week to set the coming year’s fashion directions for men’s wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
National Association of Clothing Designers
Court considers ships access to Wilmington docks
A Norfolk Southern dock order seeks to allow Baltimore and Carolina Steamship Company vessels to alongside the New Bern docks for loading and unloading freight. The plan would require rules to treat all lines equally and could revive Wilmington port commerce with new business ties.
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Norfolk ,Southern
New Bern
Baltimore & Carolina Steamship Company
North Carolina
Baltimore & Carolina Company
Olin Set to Defend World Heavyweight Title Against Hassen
John F. Olin the Flying Finn meets Yoseph Hassen the Terrible Turk in a big Friday night heavyweight bout at Woolvin Hall. Olin, 205 pounds, faces Hassen about 225 pounds with both men billed as top contenders. Tickets are 75 cents general, one dollar ringside as crowds expect a major clash over the elusive title.
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Woolvin Hall
John F. Olin
Flying Finn
Joe Stecher
Nebraska
Yoseph Hassen
Turk
Hassen
Olin
Stecher
Springfield
Mass
Hansen
All-Scandinavia
Nebraskery
Rail service restored for Wilmington area trains
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway promises restoration of all trains through Wilmington soon after wartime reductions. Conway train will run daily, trains 59 and 60 on Fayetteville branch switch to daily schedule, and trains 64 and 65 to Jacksonville and New Bern run daily except Sunday, improving merchant and regional connectivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Craig
Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company
Wilmington
Coast Line
Wilmington and
New Bern
Craig
Conway
Chadbourn
Fayetteville
Atlantic Coast Line
Jacksonville
Freezone Corn Remedy Ad Claims Quick Pain Relief
An Cincinnati authority endorses freezone to treat corns and calluses. A quarter-ounce bottle costs little at drug stores and supposedly removes both hard and soft corns or calluses without inflaming surrounding skin. The ad urges sufferers to try the inexpensive remedy.
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Cincinnati
Women to be brought to Recorder's court for vagrancy
Thirty eight women will be haled into Recorder's court tomorrow morning for hearings on warrants sworn out and served last night charging vagrancy. Recorder George Harriss will issue warrants after Chief of Police Williams supplied a list of names as required by Section 3740 A of the North Carolina penal code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder’s Court
George Harriss
Recorder Harriss
Wiliams
RecoTecor Harriss
North Carolina
Harriss
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Solomon Smith
Fiesis
Rivenbark
Third
Brunswick
Castle Naynes
Ninth and
Dock Streets
Gome
The
United States
E. A. Alderman
Andrew J. Howell
Georg. Worth
J. R. Wilson
D.B
C. H. Robinson
P. H. Hoge
A. M. Wells
W. M. Cumming
Rif
Son Allen
Joe Wheeler
C. E. Canady
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
J. L. Williams
Cincinnati Authority
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