Farmers win exemption from Wilmington chauffeur tax
Farmers from New Hanover County defeated a city ordinance taxing driving license fees for cars entering Wilmington. A representative delegation pressed relief, warning of a boycott and loss of farm sales if the tax stood. Council repealed the section, and those who paid will get refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Anover County
Kerr
Braesnaw
A M Hall
Council
Wilmington
J. P. Herring
McCaig
J. O. Brown
Mr. Brown
Ls Brown
Vselwan Merritt
Hess
Brown
Wnis
Lothey Ruark
Farmal
Ais
I. Lt
Thinteen
Mr. Herring
Former Wilmingtonian Crushed to Death in Georgia City
The death of J. A. Miller of Waverers Georgia, formerly of Wilmington, was reported by telegram. He died from injuries after being caught between two cars in Waycross yesterday. his brother Arthur Miller of Houston will accompany the body for interment. Miller was a painter by trade and worked for the Atlantic Coast Line in this city for years.
Athletic Contests at Lumina Tomorrow
The Lumina athletic program schedules contests for tomorrow at one o clock. Adrvt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumina
New Hanover Board of Education Elected New Committeemen
The New Hanover County Board of Education met to ratify superintendents Blair and Catlett and elect three year committeemen for city and county schools. The old Union school building was deemed unsafe and a continued study was ordered with an adjourned session next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blair
Catlett
New Hanover
Charles T. Nesbitt
Charles Schnibben
H. E. Bonitz
A. A. Underwood
Union
D. P. High
J. T. Sholar
Louis E. Hall
A. O. McEachern
Williston Industrial School
E. A. Kerr
Wrightsboro
H. C. Blake
East Wilmington
S. A. Matthews
William Hooper
J. C. Hobbs, Jr
Winter Park
A. W. Pate
Carolina Beach
R. W. Cantwell, Jr
William Hooper School
Hooper School
Board of Education
Delgado
Solomon
T. E. Cooper
Messrs
B.solomon
C. B. Newcomb
Nurse Grace Hengeveld Heads to Houston for Red Cross Duty
Mrs Grace Hengeveld registered nurse of 118 North Third street departs for Houston Texas to serve as a Red Cross nurse. Friends praise her skill and compassion and wish her success in fulfilling duties tied to national service. Her husband Mr Hengeveld is a James Walker Memorial Hospital graduate who has served Wilmington’s ill for fourteen years.
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Grace Hengeveld
No. 118
North Third Street
Houston
Texas
Red Cross
Hengeveld
Mr. Hangeveld
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Wilmington
Ferry Question Argued Before Commissioners
The County Board held a two and a half hour session on the Cape Fear ferry issue with petitions for improved service or a bridge. Dr Sasser urged county takeover of Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Co operations to ease food shortages and boost regional markets, while Major Little pressed action to prevent Wilmington from being isolated. G Herbert Smith connected ferry improvements to economic competition and city growth, likening the city to a one armed man and urging steps to reduce crossing costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Cape
Fear
Wilmington
Cape Fear
G. Herbert Smith
Acme
Charlotte
Sseeser
Brunswick Bridge and Ferry Company
Sasser
Norfolk
Joseph W. Little
Carolina Packing House Company
Annual Police Report Highlights Jamaica Ginger Trouble
Wilmington police report shows arrests down overall for the year, notes concern over Jamaica ginger drunkenness and urges city action to curb sales. Chief N J Williams thanks the mayor and council, cites traffic ordinance violations, calls for more detective work, and asks for better funding. The document covers June 1 1917 and references fiscal strain from city taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Williams
Wilmington
N. C
Jamaica
Recruits Sought by Engineers Officer in City
Lieut. W. A. Peschau of Company A Engineers is on sick leave in the city and will enlist willing young men. Contact at residence 316 North Fifth Street for enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Peschau
Company A
Engineers
North Fifth Street
Odd Fellows Install Officers at Campbell Encampment
Campbell Encampment I O O F installed its officers last night led by District Deputy Grand Patriarch L L Boone and Chief Patriarch C R Yopp. The list includes W L Smith recording and financial scribe, J E Wood treasurer, J J Craig guide, and watches officers, with W H Yopp and W L Smith among elected representatives to the Grand Encampment at Durham on August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambell
Campbell
L. L. Boone
C. R. Yopp
J. F. Littleton
M. Hewett
W. L. Smith
John E. Wood
J. J. Craig
H. H. Hall
R. J. Carpenter
W. H. Yopp
W. J. Mallard
S. S. Garrison
C. W. Craig
Sentinel
E. Craig
W. G. T. Koon
John B.wood
Durham
Public Library Announces July Fourth Closure
The library will be closed all day on July Fourth. Returnable books will be held until Thursday.
Firearms Enforcement Tightened by Wrightsville Beach Mayor
Mayor Thos H Wright of Wrightsville Beach announces strict enforcement of the firea rms law. Beach residents are urged to report violations after several careless shootings recently caused danger and the potential for serious injury or death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Thos. H. Wright
Wrightsville Beach
Conan at Lumina Tomorrow Adverts Family Day
An advertisement invites families to spend the day at Lumina tomorrow with athletic Conan as the featured event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atheletic
Conan
Lumina
Advt
TenFoot Alligator Killed After Attempt to Capture Alive
A ten foot alligator was killed on the Federal Po road near Carolina Beach after an unsuccessful attempt to take the saurian alive. The reptile came onto the road seeking sun and was fatally ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Beach
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Fyempt
Poycott
T.W. Bickett
Baptist Seaside Assembly
Thomas W. Bickett
Baptist
Harbor Island
Union Station
Sepa Grotto
Woolvin Hall
Princess Street
Whitlock-West Band
Jim Thorpe
Wood
New York
Mrs
The
Annual Police Report
Wigl
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Organized Labor
J. Bradford Campbell
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Banking House
Jno
Lewis Williams
Wilmington Savings and Trust Co
John Lewis
State of North Carolina
New Hanover County
M. B. Rankin
John D. Bellamy, JR
A. D
Grainger
J. W. Grainger
ODD Fellows
Mporters
Omloans USA
the Reily~Taylor Company
New Orleans
Hall’s Drug Store
Sells Plummer’s
Castle Streets
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