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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
5
Registration of Eligibles Not Yet Closed at Court House
City and county boards continued compiling registrants this morning awaiting formal orders from Governor Bickett. Officials expect few shirkers. a full county list by alphabet will be published in The Dispatch and posted at the Court House for careful review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
City Board of Military Registraton
Bickett
County Board of Registration
W. Hartiss
Superior Court
Inj
Harriss
Hicks Bunting Drug Co Moves to Garrell Building
Announcement states that the J. Hicks Bunting Drug Company will relocate from 128 North Front to the Garrell Building on Princess Street. The French Millinery Parlors stock and the drug store fixtures will be moved to the new site, with plans to make the new store one of the city’s handsomest. E. Hampton Bellamy confirms the stock sale will proceed without affecting the move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hicks Bunting Drug Company
J. Hicks Bunting
J. Hicks Bunting Drug Company
Garrell
Conch
Princess Streets
North Front
Bunting
Eanhert Bellamy
One Man Orchestra Tour Delights Delegates at Exhibit Meet
Delegates at the Seven Picture Exhibitors League annual gathering at Wrights Tile Bessey Thursday are treated to 410 concerts by a remarkable musical instrument. Mr Charles M Cald Fel presents the American Pho Player Company showing an instrument that performs like a 26 piece orchestra though it requires a human operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Picture Exhibitors’ League
W Ich
Wrights- Tile Bessey
Charles M. Cald Fel
Pho- Player Company
Woman urged to talk as trial date nears
Report of a woman urged to confess and speak with her attorney Jones as trial proceedings unfold. Recorder notes a pending case involving false pretenses, passing bad checks, and related charges against Mrs. Whitney. Other defendants include Armand Olored and George Croom with assault and larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitey
Hanover Music Com- IY
J. E. Marshburn
Harriss
Whitney
Real Estate Group Backs Merged Water and Sewage Charges
City Council hears protests over current separate charges for water and sewer mains on private property. Real estate leaders favor merging charges with a slight overall increase. Committee to investigate and revise the ordinance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. McCaig
Water and Sewerage Committee
Marsden Bellamy
Messrs
W. M. Cumming
L. W. Moore
Solomon Sternberger
Cumming
Health Department
George F. Catlett
Moore
Dr. Stovall
R. F. Hamme, Jr
Eagles Island
Robert Ruark
McCaig
Pembroke Jones
Wrightsville Sound
Jones
L. M. Bunting
21St
Pender Avenue
Bunting
Smith’s Creekidge
Kellum
Gainey
Sixth and
Castle Streets
Council
Boxes to France from Local Red Cross
Local Red Cross sent high boxes to France via Bush Terminal Brooklyn packed with bandages dressings towels sheets pillow cases bed shirts socks and robes all made to Red Cross specs. Additional boxes were shipped for a domestic base hospital if needed. The effort reflects the work of 500 women mainly from the Murchison building cutting room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
France
Bush Terminal
Brooklyn
Murchison
Dance to Feature Closing Tonight at Launderers Convention
The eleventh annual Launderers Association of the Carolinas and Georgia meets at Seashore hotel with delegates from yesterday plus new attendees. Discussions cover plant appraisal, cash versus credit sales, and extending credit with a one month limit and strict collection rules. President Thomas A. Martin of Atlanta delivers an engaging afternoon address as sessions continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Launderers’ Association of
The
Carolinas
Georgia
Seashore
New Orleans
Louisiana
Wrightsville
South
Thomas A. Martin
Atlanta
Martin
Better pay urged for city school teachers memorandum
The annual report by John J. Blair urges higher compensation for city teachers. Board members discuss additions at William Hooper and Union schools but cite lack of funds. plan to reallocate eight Union rooms to High School would cost 11,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Blair
Board of Education
William Hooper
W. R. Noe
J. H. Curtiss
Blair
H. E. Bonitz
Union School
State Department
Raleigh
North Carolina
New Hanover County
Public School Teachers Salaries and Enrollment Details
The report outlines white and colored pupil enrollments from census figures and presents a detailed breakdown of teacher expenses and salaries. It notes a yearly deficit of about 140 for the highest paid grammar school teacher and warns of rising costs from new legislation and required summer schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Education Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ders
E and
Parhar
HA Hasen
N. O
Hoard
Bigkett
County Board
C. S. Whitney
Isatter
Launderers’ Association
Wak
Sanford
GEO. P. Ide & CO
Troy, N. Y
the, Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Wilmington
L. C
Republic of Gondola
Thomas Grocery Comp’y, Inc
Asheville
Shantung
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