Week's Term of Criminal Court Convenes Today
Judge W M Bond opened the June term of Superior Court for criminal cases in Wilmington. Grand jury of 16 seated. 18 names drawn. Bond urged diligence and warned against drones. He noted this will be his last term in the district as he moves to the Ninth district.
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Superior Court
Iial
W. M. Bond
Edenton
Homer L. Lyon
Whiteville
Crand
Taylor
ZaVe
Bond
Grand Aid Petit Juries
Grand Jury
Wilmington
Heacure
Orders to Goldsboro Mobilization of Company H NC Regiment
Company H Second North Carolina Regiment breaks camp at Camp Metts Hilton Park for mobilization at Goldsboro. Engineers also mobilize. no police duty on Seaboard Air Line railway. Officers Captain Hobbs and Lieutenants Whitfield and Monroe station at Hilton Park. Cpl J Van B Metts reports the unit moves tomorrow morning at o o clock to join the mobilization.
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Alley
Second
North Carolina Regiment
Camp Metts
Hilton Park
Goldsboro
Cpl
J. van B. Metts
Cond
Oity
Seaboard Airine Railway
Hobbs
Whitfield
Monroe
Hiltonark
Pridgen Faces Serious Charge in Escaped Fugitives Case
Warrant charging Charlie Pridgen, night clerk at the Imperial Hotel, with aiding Mrs. C. S. Whitney, convicted check flasher, in escaping from the county farm last night was served. Pridgen, unable to post a $500 bail, seeks bond reduction as attorneys contest terms while authorities hunt Whitney who fled after a ride involving Pridgen and a Wilmington taxi driver.
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Charlie Pridgen
Imperial Hotel
C. S. Whitney
Jackson
Pridgen
Whitney
F. J. Dempsey
Thirteenth
Market Streets
Tidewater Power Company
Recorder's Court
Funeral Service for Mrs Margaret Ganzer
Mrs Margaret Ganzer died Friday night at 806 North Fourth Street. Funeral held yesterday at 4 pm from her home led by Rev G W McClanahan of St Matthew's English Evangelical Lutheran Church. Burial followed at Oakdale Cemetery. Pallbearers included W W Banks and W H Koch among others.
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Margaret Ganzer
North Fourth Street
G. W. McClanahan
St. Matthew’s
English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Oakdale Cemetery
Messrs
J. H. Straus
Henry Kuhl
W. W. Banks
W. H. Koch
O. M. Filyan
W. H. Yong
W. G. A. Oterson
Frank LaFello
Boiler Makers to Convene on War-Era Problems in Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh June 25 The American Boiler Manufacturers Association holds its annual convention to address high material costs labor conditions and industrial issues arising from the war. Proceedings continue tomorrow with discussions by industry leaders and members.
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Pittsburgh
American Boiler Manufacturers’ Association
Tomor- Tow
Adjutant General Hails Wilmington as State’s Most Patriotic
Adjutant General Royster praises Wilmington as the most patriotic city in North Carolina and asks the Chamber of Commerce to aid in forming a sixth unit the Engineer Train. The city has already raised three National Guard units and several mobilized for federal service with more expected as war calls increase.
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Adjutant General's Office
Chamber of Commerce
Wilmington
North Carolina
B.S. Royster
Raleigh
H. B. Branch
R. D. Clowe
Germany
National Guard
Coast Artillery Company
Mexico
Company of Engineers
Naval Reserve Division
Infantry
W. R. Dosher
Cavalry
Coast Artillery
Regular Army
Navy
Naval Reserve Force
Fort Oglethorpe
National Army
Royster
Uninteresting Session in Recorder's Court
Deputy Recorder J A McNorton presided with little activity today. Josh Holmes was fined twenty five dollars or thirty days on an assault with a deadly weapon charge. Dave Crockton pleaded guilty to gambling and paid costs. Pompey Pridgen had a case continued. Tom Walker and Lisbon Nobles failed to appear on gambling charges. A nol pros was entered for James Johnson on driving without lights. Mathew King’s charge was continued. Jim Brown was discharged for drawing without a license. James Spencer received two months probation with James Johnson. Anol pros on H H Milliken speeding case.
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J. A. McNorton
J. A McNorton
Josh Holmes
Dave Crockton
Pompey Pridgen
Tom Walker
Lisbon
James Johnson
Mathew King
Jim Brown
James Spencer
H. H. Milliken
False Alarm at Box 24 Sparks Fruitless Night Run
A false alarm from Box 24 at Front and Red Cross sent the fire department on a fruitless call around 10 o'clock last night. Police are seeking the person who turned in the alarm.
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Front and Red Cross
Armstrong Will Probate For Widow and Six Children
John S. Armstrong financier and Wilson friend died June 17 and his Orphans Court probate allocates a $300,000 estate. The widow Sarah Armstrong and six children receive $100 monthly until Marjorie turns 21, then the estate is split into seven shares with two sons receiving outright portions. Daughters each receive a one seventh trust with death without issue reverting to the estate. Safe Deposit and Trust Company administers. bond set at $300,000. Sister Gertrude of Culpeper, Va., gets $200 for life. Furniture and jewelry divided among the children.
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Baltimore Sun
Johns. Armstrong
the Sun
John S. Armstrong
Wilson
Orphans’ Court
Sarah Armstrong
Joseph
John S
Marjorie
Dorothy
Beulah Armstrong
Olive Armstrong Crow
Safe Deposit and Trust Company
Gertrude
Culpeper
Drowning Youth Rescued By Lifeguards At Lumina Beach
Hart S Bland of 717 North Fourth Street was caught in a slue near Lumina with cramps as hundreds watched. Lifeguard John Harper and helpers pulled him from six feet of water and treated him on the beach until he recovered. The rescue, aided by bystanders including Horace Anderson, was completed without loss of blood.
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John Harper
Lumina
Wrightsville Beach
Hart S. Bland
North Fourth Street
Tuck Savage
Bland
Mr. Bland
Horace Anderson
Dr Sprunt Donor Promises Chapel Hill Church
The Barnum Springs Orphanage paper reports Wilmington’s Dr James Sprunt funds a $30 000 Presbyterian church at Chapel Hill. Rev R Murphy Williams Greensboro, on behalf of Orange Presbytery, supports the project aiding the University faculty Presbyterians.
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Wilmington
Chapel Hill
Barnum Springs
Presbyterian Church
James Sprunt
R. Murphy Williams
Greensboro
Orange
Cooperation Request to Drugists for Mailing Lists
A publisher asks druggists to send mailing lists of their customers to enable distribution of a Resino folder. The folder reproduces two ads and offers a 50 word ad space for the lender. It claims high profitability and cross-media campaign benefits. Sample folders available upon request.
Soybean crop gains prominence in North Carolina farming
North Carolina agricultural editor F H Jeter explains soybeans rise to fifth crop importance alongside corn, cotton, tobacco and peanuts. He cites Hyde county yields, uses of the bean for hog feed edible oil and meal, soil benefits from nitrogen fixation, and expanding processing and market demand for food products and industrial uses.
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North Carolina
Coastal Plain
Hyde County
C. B. Williams
North Carolina Experiment Station
Williams
Dan T. Gray
Division of Animal Industry
Orient
Charlotte man promotes Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach
Mr E L Keesler of Charlotte funds a Charlotte paper promotion praising Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach. He highlights clever people and strong building and loan associations and says he loves a town that features this grand business. The ad notes a meeting at Wrightsville Beach with the State Building and Loan men.
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E. L. Keesler
Charlotte
Wilmington
State Building and Loan Men
Wrightsville Beach
League
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Oakdale
ADG
DR. Sprunt
Resinol Chemical Co
Baltimore
Parjas
Stey
Hall’s Drug Store
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust CompAny
Princess Street
F. H. Jeter
North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service
Eastern
Asia
Walker Taylor
J. W. Little
Wilder
Bradfield Regulator Co
Dept. A
Mer
Atlanta
H.L. Kidd
Mgr
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