Grand Jury Indicts Robert G Barr for Embezzlement In New Hanover
The New Hanover superior Court grand jury returned true bills of indictment charging Robert G Barr manager of the Wilmington Motor Co with embezzlement. He remains in Charlotte as authorities prepare arrest warrants. The session also tried cases including Nelson Dallas for bigamy and several other verdicts and pleas across the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Hanover Superior Court
Robert G. Barr
Barr
Charette
W. N. Harrigs
Meckenburg
Wilmington Motor Co
Theompany
Nelson M. Dallas
Magistat Furlong
Harriss
Lyon
Sarah Evans
Marie
Charles Twitty
Twitty
Mattie Blaney
Andrew Patterson
Mary Bell Davis
E. C. Meshaw
John Carabitos
Clifton Hays
William
Coleman
M. C. Jones
Alex Bizzell
Vio
Virginia Carolina Circulation Managers Form Association
Mr. Forrest R. Long helped organize the Virginia Carolina Circulation Managers Association in Charlotte. Officers include W. B. Baker and P. Rawley, with Long as director. charter members span The Observer to The State and other papers across the region. Roanoke, April 14 is set for the first Roanoke meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest R. Long
Wilmington Dispatch
Charlotte
Virginia
Carolinas
Charlotte Observer
Virginia-Carolinas
High Point
N. C
J. O. Gardner
Roanoke Times
Roanoke
F. R. Long
the Dispatch
Wilmington
C. J. Steed
The
News and Observer
Raleigh
J. L. Irwin
Columbia
Edward Gans
New York
Selwyn Hotel
Association
Willy B. Baker
Observer
M. de C. Conner
the Observer
T. D. Jackson
News
N.C
J. L. Erwin
the State
the Wewtoner
J. P. Rawley
High Point Enterprise
New York City
N. N. Hill
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
Norfolk, Va
Twin City Sentinel
Winston-Salem
J. F. Hurley
the Salisbury Post
Salisbury
J. C. Peace
Greenville Daily News
Greenville
S. C
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro Daily News
Greensboro
M. K. Duerson
the News
Lynchburg
Walter Geiger
Bristol Herald-Courier
Bristol
Va.Tenn
James E. Moore
Portsmouth Star
Portsmouth
Wilmington letter urges Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley restoration
A Wilmington business coalition supports appointing a director’s advisor and urges reintegration of the Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad as a single line. The Jan 16 1918 letter, signed by 13 firms including Taylor Gilchrist Bluethenthal Hall Pearsall and Sprunt, appeals to influence for port and freight efficiency during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAdoo
Henry Walters
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Cape Fear
Wilmington
N. C
H. Walters
New York City
N. Y
A. & Y. Railroad
Walnut Cove
Norfolk & Western Railway
Norfolk
Norfolk & Western
Galax
J. A. Taylor
William Gilchrist
L. Bluethenthal
Hall & Pearsall, Inc
Alex Sprunt & Son
Street Improvements by Supt Holton Noted in City
Superintendent J. E. Holton and crew work on the street in front of James Walker Hospital and on Red Cross street between the hospital and Seventh, using material from the dismantled disposal plant. Third Street between Brunswick and Harnett also receives a new pavement, with ashes forming a surprisingly good roadbed. Limited material supplies are cited as a constraint.
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J. E. Holton
James Walker Hospital
Red Cross Street
Seventh
Hospital
Third Street
Brunswick
Harnett
Holton
Negro Released From Court Without Trial
Clifton Kay a negro prisoner in the local jail for months on an assault charge was released after the State failed to produce admissible testimony. Annie Van Baval a 13 year old girl who died after alleged assault told Dr Bellamy and authorities but dying declaration rules led to Kay’s dismissal. The case stirred community fever before cooler counsel prevailed and Kay walked free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Kay
Annie van Baval
Bruno van Baval
Castle Haynes
van Baval
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Harlee Bellamy
Kay
Bellamy
Multiple John Henry Loftins Face Larceny Case in Recorder's Court
In Recorder's Court Thursday several men named John Henry Loftin were involved in a larceny of truck case. The confusion centered on four men with identical names, each linked to shipments of peanuts and varying claims about recipients. The session was continued to Friday to sort the tangled identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Loftin
Recorder’s Court
Bowdens
John Henry Loftins
DeWitt Russ
Stonewall
Concord
Alex Bizzell
Johnson
MacMillan
Plan to Adjourn in June to end House business by May 15
Washington January 17 lawmakers agreed to speed up appropriation measures by avoiding hearings and delays. The aim is to conclude all House business by May 15 and be ready to adjourn Congress by June 1. The agreement came at a conference with Speaker Clark Democratic Leader Kitchin and chairmen of leading committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Sneaker Clark
Kitchin
American Officer Encounters German Prisoners In France
An American army officer finds a German youth from Beacon Street among prisoners cleaning ditches for drainage on a road in France. The youth recalls German friends captured, their wave of surrender at the Marne, and jokes about their unlikely imprisonment as the United States fights in the war.
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France
Joe
Boston
Beacon Street
Germany
United States
Battle of the Marne
Episcopal Chaplain Gribbin Joins Camp Sevier Roster
At Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina a new Episcopal chaplain Rev Robert E Gribbin formerly rector and assistant at Grace Church Charleston joins war commission service. The church hierarchy notes Bishop Thomas C Darst of East Carolina oversees the eastern North Carolina diocese and related chaplain assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Columbia
Robert E. Gribbin
St. John’s
Wilmington
N. C
Hasioems
War Commission
Episcopal Church
Gribbin
Grace Church
Lina Preaches at Christchurch and Camp Services
Lina will deliver sermons at 11:30 a.m. Sunday at Christchurch and at 5:00 p.m. in the afternoon at the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina
Christchurch
Warsaw Man Named Assistant Examiner
Raleigh January 17 The Corporation Commission announced the appointment of W H Woolard cashier of the Bank of Bur gow as assistant bank examiner He succeeds H C Newbeld who resigned to become cashier of the Bank of Robeson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh, N. C
Corporation Commission
W. H. Woolard
Bank of Burgow
H. C. Newbeld
Bank of Robeson
Foreclosure sale notice for properties in New Hanover County
By power of sale in two mortgage deeds W A Simon and Annie SImon and C F Howell and Jesse Howell are foreclosing lands in New Hanover County. Mechanics Home Association will sell at public auction at the courthouse door Friday February 15 1918 at 12 o clock noon for cash the described land beginning at a point in the south line of the lot and running as specified in the deeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
North Carolina
New Hanover
Stanley Morrisey
Sarah Morrisey
William Morrisey
Thomas Morrisey
Geo. O. Gaylord
New Hanover County
Court House
Dickinson Street
Moore Street
Géo. O. Gaylord
Wm. B. Campoell Aire
W. A. Simon
Annie FR. Simon
C. F. Howell
Jesse N. Howell
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Mechanics’ Home Association
County of
Sonewias
Property description and mortgage notice for Wilmington lots
The document details tract boundaries on Wright Street and Fifth Street in Wilmington North Carolina, noting measurements such as 66 feet south of Wright Street and 401 feet west of Fifth Street. It references Lot No 2 in Block 20 and mortgage provisions, with W B McCoy as attorney for the Mechanics Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright Street
Fifth Street
Wright
Inchea
Wilmington
N. C
W. B. MC Boy
Mechanics’ Home
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Grand Aim
Wilmington Motor Company
Superior Court
Hezekiah Pollock
John Stanley
Willie Perry
Stanley
Perry
Ed Boushee
Dock St
Supt. Holton
Hospital Street
John Henry Loftine
Treasury Department
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Heinie
Gamp Sevier
Mr. Gribbin
Bishop Durst
Albert Baker
Royal Theatre
Baker
Imperial School of Music
Libau
Russia
Warsaw
Father
Standard Oil Company
Washington, D. C
Richmond, Wa
Uwvedey
Baltimore
Charlotte, N.C
Charleston
W. Va
Charleston, 5. C
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