Rumors Fly Over Sixth District Congressional Race
In Wilmington a crowded talk centers on who will run for Congress in the Sixth District. Judge W P Stacy may resign to campaign, with E H Cranmer possibly filling a vacancy if Stacy quits. J Clayton Grant is also urged to consider a run, while Governor Bickett might appoint Cranmer to fill any seat.
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Wilmington
Distriet
W. P. Stacy
Yerror Court
H.L. Godwin
Jossip
J. Clayton Grant
Genwy
Congress
Stacy
Cumatess
Suey
Bickett
E. H. Cranmer
Southport
Senane Crammer
Craig
Wilhington
Grant
Copsress
Everrain
New Hanover
Discharge in Recorder Court Leaves One Free
Annie May Jones, the discharged defendant, was charged with larceny but the State failed to prove the case to the court. Issus Blocker faced a separate charge of operating an automobile without a license but his hearing was postponed as officers have not yet determined his status.
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Komning
Reutt
Har
Annie May Jones
Annie
Isius Blocker
Jes
Prohibition Prayer Services Planned Citywide
A coordinated program by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the TCU will hold citywide prayer services at 7:45 p.m. at First Baptist Church. Rev. YW Wells and Rev. J. McCracken will lead lessons and prayers, with other clergy from local churches participating in the Prohibition advocacy event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Women's Christian Temperance
C. TU
Nsnin
Jeanne
YW Wells
D. D
First Presbyterian Church
Fire Destroys New Berlin Lumber Yard Storage
A blaze of undetermined origin gutted the New Berlin Lumber yard and warehouse early this morning. The fire, reported with alarms reaching the city yesterday, caused an estimated loss around 2500 dollars and burned two safes containing company books, with leather on volumes peeled by the heat.
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Berlin
Nathy 'Ogether
iWin
Attorneys Will Argue Exemption in Receivership Case
More than a dozen attorneys will present exemption arguments before Judge Bond tomorrow at 10 o'clock in the Buell Crocker Lumber Company receivership. The case, tied to $30,000 in debt with $12,000 to cover it, involves mortgage-holding claimants and multiple local and out-of-town counsel.
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A. G. Richard
Buell. Crocker Lumber Company
Bond
Messrs. Buell and
Jobson
C. D. Weeks
Esq
J. O. Carr
Esa
Bar Association
E. K. Bryan
Murchison National Bank
J. D. Bellamy
Kenan & Wright
E. T. Burton
Robert Ruark
City
George Ward
Wallace
C. D. McCullum
Burgaw
A. D. Ward
New Bern
R. T. Bryan
D. L. Farrior
Stevens & Beasley
Duplin County
Cape Fear
Suit Filed Over $3090.59 in Bridge Contract Case
The Southern National Bank filed suit in Superior Court against A. D. O'Brien and others seeking 3090.59 alleged due on a May 1910 contract with Penny Bridge Company and W. E. Glenn to build a Wateree River bridge in Kershaw County South Carolina. Bank loans 8102.50 to carry on work with contract equity as collateral. O'Brien allegedly recovered the amount and the bank has demanded payment.
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Old Southern National Bank
John D. Bellamy
South Carolina
Kershaw County
O’brien
Death of Mr Charles J Tharp Binds Brunswick County Family
Mr Charles J Tharp about 52 died at his home in Brunswick County after a long illness. Survived by wife and six children. Body to be shipped to Loris South Carolina for transport to Iredell North Carolina. Funeral at old home tomorrow afternoon with interment in family burying ground. Mr Coy Hewett to accompany. He was a farmer born in South Carolina but spent most of life in this state and Brunswick County. Highly regarded by all who knew him.
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Charles J. Tharp
Brunswick County
Loris
S. C
Iredell
N. C
Coy Hewett
South Carolina
Recorder
General Assembly
Grand Jury
M. G. Tiencken
Thos. F. Wood
Death of Albert Hergenrother in Binghamton
Mr Albert Hergenrother dies in Binghamton New York at age forty six He was born in Germany and survived by his brother A B Hergenrother of this city along with two sisters Mrs W B Schuler and Miss Elizabeth Hergenrother The interment will take place in Binghamton.
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A. B. Hergenrother
Albert Hergenrother
Binghampton
N. Y
Germany
W. B. Schuler
Elizabeth Hergenrother
Binghamton
McMahon
New York
Big City
Palm Beach
Library Week Observed By City Schools
Public schools will observe Library Week during the last week of January. Donations of books will be received from city residents, with the Sorosis ladies already contributing volumes. Boy Scouts will canvass residences to collect books for school libraries.
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Board of Education
the Sorosis
Bids to Build Local Packing Plant Advertised Later February
After a directors meeting of the Carolina Packing House Company held yesterday at 4 pm, bids for constructing the local packing house will be invited around mid February. Brooks Engineers are preparing the current plans.
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Carolina Packing House Company
Brooks
Custom House One Fifth Completed in Wilmington
Official records show the Wilmington Custom House is just over 20 percent complete, with Northeastern Construction Company driving progress toward an early completion. The Market street wing lags due to concrete piling, but only about fifty piles remain. once finished, the South wing will be connected to the more advanced Princess street and North wing, whose first story shows architec ture and stone work featuring cotton tobacco and corn symbols.
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Wilmington Custom House
Northeastern Construction Company
Market Street
Princess Street Wing
Princess Street
Wilmington
Confed veterans to honor Lee and Jackson with parade and dinner
Cape Fear Camp No 254 U C V and Wilmington Light Infantry join a 11:50 a m assembly at the W L I armory to march to the Academy of Music for a Lee and Jackson birth anniversary program. The day closes with a dinner hosted by Cape Fear Chapter U D C at the Masonic Temple.
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Robert E. Lee
Stonewall” Jackson
Academy of Music
Masonic Temple
Cape Fear Camp No. 254
Wilmington Light Infantry
Cape Fear
Market Street
Forth Street
Cape Fear Camp No
Sons and Grand Sons of Veterans
Wilmington Lights Infantry
Market
Chestnut
Academy
Robt
EB. Gribbin
James H. Cowan
Benny Dixie
T. M. Green
Ben. Hill
Robt. E. Lee
Old Virginia
Dixie
Robt. E. Gribbin
Jas. S. Metts
Sons of the
Confederate Veterans
W. L. I. Armory
Lee
Jackson
Dispatch
Grand jury urges juvenile home and city upgrades
The grand jury reports to Judge W M Bond detailing needs at the county jail and courthouse including heating repairs toilets and a plan for a juvenile home at the county farm. It calls for improved sewer and street work and new lighting while praising the county home and stockade conditions and urging action on juvenile reform.
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W. M. Bond
Protests Over Mail Service Discontinuance On Seaboard Lines
Mr. C. I. Carroll chief clerk Railway Mail Service based in Rocky Mount spent a day in the city on official business related to the Post Office Department orders to discontinue regular Sunday mail service on the Seaboard Air Line and trains 48 and 49 of the Coast Line. He declined to comment on possible reversals or further discontinuances.
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C. I. Carroll
Rocky Mount
Post Office Department
Seaboard Air Line
Coast Line
Carroll
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MR. Grant
Senator Cranmer
Stete
Baptist Church
New Berlin
Old Southern Bank
A. D. O’brien
MR. Tharp
Library Week
Custom House
South Wing
Southland
Rivenbark
Bellevue Cemetery
Greenfield
C. E. Taylor
W. Hull Moore
J.W. Norwood
H. Watters
J. L. Williams
J. G .Thornton
C. S. Grainger, JR
J. W. Grainger
R. H. Northrop
H. L. Wollers
H. C. Bear, N. B. Rankin, Lyman Delang
D. O’connor
J. W. Norwood
MO. D. Bellamy, JR
W. V. Hardin
D. H. Penton
Donald Macrae
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
MR. Carroll
Strouse & Brothers
B. Kuppenheimer & Co
College Cut Clothing Company
J. M. Soley & CO
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