Flat water rate debated and open air concerts plan discussed
City Council considered a flat water rate for gardens to support local food production and heard a proposal to fund open air summer concerts by the West Whitlock Orchestra. The matter was referred to the water and sewerage committee and finance committee for report and action next Saturday. The council also passed thanks to the Board of Military Registration and Fire Chief Schnibben for budget years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beneft
Council
W. A. McGirt
J. A.vic Norton
Water and Sewerage Committee
West Whitlock
Messrs
Z. W. Whitehead
J. H. Curtis
Charles West
Finance Committee
Econ
Board of Military Registration
Charles Schnibben
Parade on July Third in Woolvin Hall Rally
A city wide union parade will form July 3 after dusk led by the Wilmington Drum & Bugle Corps in new uniforms. A union label rally in Woolvin Hall will display union label goods and provide information on stores selling them. Float decorations and out of town attendees are anticipated.
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Woolvin Hall
Wilmington Drum & Bugle Corps
Appeal Called by Committee of Ten on Traction Dispute
The Committee of Ten, including Rev. Thomas P. Noe, calls a Thursday 5 PM meeting at the clubhouse to hear an appeal from Conductor L. Raynor who was suspended 60 days for depositing Mrs. E Sheehan’s fare in a trolley car cash box. Members listed include John J. Bellamy James Ellis H Register W H Sprunt and others.
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Committee of Ten
Car
Tidewater Power Company
Nces
Traction Company
Car Men
L. Raynor
Thomas P. Noe
Noe
Duested
J. Hall
John J. Bellamy
James Ellis
H. Register
W. H. Sprunt
Jil. Curtis
J. Allan Taylor
Robert Hr
Infant Joe Lee Cowan Dies at 15 Months
Funeral arrangements released for infant Joe Lee Cowan aged 15 months son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Cowan of 419 North Fourth Street. The bereaved family notes sympathies as the child died yesterday at 1 30 PM. Service set for today at 3 30 PM from Bladen Street Methodist Church with burial at Bellevue Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Cowan
North Fourth Street
Joe Lee
Bladen Street Methodists Hirch
Bellevue Cemetery
Found Dead in Bed on Walnut Street
Esther Harriss a colored woman aged about 40 was found dead in bed at 511 Walnut Street with Mary Walker also a resident. Coroner Holden notified and after viewing the body ruled death due to natural causes.
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Esther Harriss
Walnut
Taylor's Gase I Resumed Today Trial of R S Taylor Opens
The trial of R S Taylor, editor of the Duplin Record in Warsaw, charged with enticing 17 year old Annie Stokes to a house of ill repute in Wilmington June 5 began before Recorder Harriss. The packed courtroom heard Stokes describe the trip by car with Taylor to Wilmington and the attempt to enter a hotel room, with junior witnesses and defense lawyers from Warsaw and Goldsboro present. The case proceeds with further testimony expected this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Taylor
Duptin Record
Warsaw
Annie Stokes
Duplin Record Office
Harriss
Taylor
E. T. Burton
H. L. Stevens, Esq
Miss Stokes
L. Clayton Grant, Esq
Wilmington
Front Street
Union Station
Grant
Wallace
Frank Taylor
Duplin
Pat Brewer
Office of the Record
Frank Langston
Goldsboro
H.L. Taylor
H. L. Stevens
Sonnev. Bellamy
H. D. Williams
Assessing Property New Figures Basis of Taxation
The county board of assessors led by John B. Hanby R. Co. Cantwell and Col. W. A. Williams began valuing improvements to real estate built or remodeled in the past year. New figures will be used by both city and county for tax purposes as the board surveys the entire county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Assessors
Messrs
John B. Hanby
R. Co. Cantwell
Col. W. A. Williams
P. G. Wodehouse
Guy Bolton
Julia Arthur
Liberty
W. Somerset Maugham
John D. Williams
David Belasco
Ina Clare
Polly
George Middleton
Jules Eckert Goodwin
Alexander Carr
Barney Bernard
Owen Davis
Arthur Somers Roche
Paul Protter
Arthur J. Westermayr
Col
Jasper Ewing Brady
Ramsey Morris
Minnie Scheff
Mark Swan
C. W. Bell
Eugene Walter
Cronin Wilson
the Judge
Submarine Sunk By Japanese Warship In Mediterranean
An official British Navy statement says a Teutonic submarine was probably sunk by Japanese ships in the Mediterranean. The Japanese naval attache reports that one of the flotillas encountered the enemy sub on June 12 and attacked it, believed to be successful.
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Associated Press
London
Mediterranean
Gettysburg Day Observance Urges Gettysburg Monument Drive
Mrs Marshall Williams announces Gettysburg Day on July 3 local observance by Cape Fear Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy to raise funds for a monument at Gettysburg. The note recalls NC soldiers under Pettigrew and the three day battle, urging support from Wilmington observers and the state.
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Gettysburg
Cape Fear
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wilmington
Marshall Williams
Faison
United States
North Carolina
Pettigrew
Daughters of the Confederacy
Pennsylvania
Red God
Confederacy
Lee
Blue Ridge
Meade
Heath
Buford
Sevon
Ewell
Hancock
Cemetery Ridge
Round Top
Pickett
Wilcox
Pender
Longstreet
Virginia
Judge Davis
North Carolina Bankers Gather at Wrightsville Beach
The 21st annual North Carolina Bankers Association convention opens at Harbor Island Wrightsville Beach with an address of welcome by Lt. Governor O Max Gardner from Shelby and remarks by President W S Blakeney. The Red Men meet at Oceanic Hotel ahead of the bank gathering, and the Building and Loan League convenes at Hanover Inn for a two day session.
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O. Max Gardner
Shelby
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
Harbor Island
Wrightsville Beach
W. S. Blakeney
Monroe
N. C
George Rountree
Blakeney
Bankers
Red Men of
North Carolina
Oceanic Hotel
Building and Loan League of the State
Hanover Inn
Warning Sounds Urges Alert on Chain Letter Scams
National Red Cross warning from Acting Chairman Elliot Warsworth cautions chapters about endless chain letters used to raise money by unrecognized individuals. The statement calls for printing the notice prominently in local papers to prevent misuse of the Red Cross name and funds.
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Red Cross
Elliot Warsworth
Redd Cross
Delivering Directories with Census Growth and City Map
The Hill Directory Company of Richmond releases a newly compiled city directory. Copies are distributed to subscribers and sold at Co W Yates store on Market Street. It notes a Federal census estimate of 29,892 and a city population of 35,000, plus a folding map showing trolley and railway lines.
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Co. W. Yates
Market Street
Hill Directory Company
Richmond
Cavalry Troop Ordered to Entry Inspection
Captain Creed F. Fox cavalry inspector will inspect Troop C North Carolina National Guard Thursday at the armory corner of Second and Church streets at 8 PM. The troop must show sixty four percent of its enlistment to pass the inspection and every member is expected to attend.
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Creed F. Fox
Cavalry
North Carolina National Guard
Second
Church Streets
Ugarte Leaves Mexico City for Washington Mission
G Ugarte private secretary to President Carranza departed Mexico City for Washington. Officials close to affairs say he carries a personal message from Carranza to President Wilson outlining Carranza's position on World War I and related issues.
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G. Ugarte
Carranza
Mexico City
Washington
Senor Ugarte
Wilson
North Carolina Monuments Drive Gettysburg Memorial Fund
The article recalls Pettigrew's duty and NC losses at Gettysburg, noting 15031 Confederate casualties with 4033 from North Carolina. It highlights the 26th NC suffering 588 of 800, and calls Daughters of NC to fund a Gettysburg monument with a July 3 meeting led by Mrs. Marshal Williams to collect for the fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pettigrew
North Carolina
26Th North Carolina
Pickett
Gettysburg
Georgia
Virginia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Judge Clark
Thrash
Marshal Williams
Drector Gettysburg Monument Fund
Follies Debut and Broadway Industry Shifts in Vogue
New York’s June 19 issue highlights the latest Ziegfeld Follies with lavish costumes and a patriotic finale by Victor Herbert, plus a slate of forthcoming stage productions and a shift in motion picture publicity toward cleaner, family friendly narratives reflecting audience demand for coherent stories and higher production values.
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New York
Victor Herbert
Nancy
Jean Rioux
Ashton Stevens
Charles Michelson
Boston
Charles Grennon
Newark
Molly
John Craig
Lee Shubert
Jubilee Drax
Maryland Guard Reports Death Of Private Bassford
Private Wallace L. Bassford of the Fifth Maryland Regiment was killed by a train while on guard duty at Fredericksburg Virginia yesterday, according to Maryland National Guard headquarters.
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Wallace L. Bassford
Maryland Regiment
Fredericksburg
Maryland National Guard
U boat and quarry are both destroyed off Italian coast
In May a crippled British steamer and a German submarine fought near the Italian coast. The Hilonian sank May 16 after being torpedoed by the U-boat. The U-boat turned over twice and split in two as coast batteries and a British freighter’s stern guns fired.
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Ivy Associated Press
New York
Hilonian
Albenga
Cal
Lord Northcliffe’s Publishing Empire and Countrywide Travel Policy
Lord Northcliffe, visiting the country on a wartime business mission, owned forty five publications at the peak of his career. His staff worked no more than five days a week and received annual vacations. If an employee planned to leave England for travel, Lord Northcliffe paid half the expenses.
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Lord Northcliffe
England
Northcliffe
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Bankers Annual
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Asheville
Shantung
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