Youth Crushed to Death at Liberty Shipyards Concrete Yards
Byron C. Tillman, 20, of Cumberland County, water boy at Liberty Shipbuilding plant, was killed when a piling fell during pile driver operations. The accident occurred around 5 AM as a hammer snagged a controlling chain, releasing the pile and crushing his skull and breaking limbs. Coroner called. no inquest. Funeral plans outline burial in Hope Mills via Lumberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron C. Tillman
Cumberland County
James C. Williams
Liberty Shipbuilding
Princess Street
W. BE. Yopp
Hope Mills
Lumberton
Young Tillman
Williams
Tillman
Byron Tillman
William C
Lela Tillman
Rock Fish Township
Fayetteville
Leyton Burney
Carolina Yards
Whiteheads Death Due to Smoke in Burning Home
John Whitehead a colored man was found dead in his burning home near James Walker Memorial hospital last Sunday. The coroner's jury ruled death by suffocation from smoke with undetermined origin of the fire. An autopsy by Dr. Arnold Stovall showed no stomach abnormalities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Whitehead
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Arnold Stovall
Receivers Named For Post Dater Stamp Firm
Judge C C Lyon appointed K C Bessellieu temporary receiver for the Post Dater Stamp company. Papers returnable before Judge W P Stacy on July 13 for disposition of the hatter. McClammy & Burgwin represent the plaintiff. the inventor T R Post seeks dissolution arguing the invention is not marketable and company affairs can be wound up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. C. Bessellieu
Post Dater Stamp Company
C. C. Lyon
W. P. Stacy
McClammy & Burgwin
T. R. Post
Committee Adopts Labor Resolution For Federal Recruitment
The Wilmington executive committee endorses the president’s move to let the United States Employment Service control recruiting and distribution of common labor starting August 1. Private labor scouts are disallowed. employers with over 100 workers must use federal services and obtain service cards as the centralization effort aims to stabilize war labor policies. The War Labor Policies Board and Secretary of Labor Wilson back centralization with plans to begin wholesale recruitment mid next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Employment Service
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce of
Wilmington
United States Employment Service
Department of Labor
Government Employment Service
Wilson
War Labor Policies Board
War, Navy and Agriculture Departments
Shipping and War Industries Boards
Food, Fuel and Railroad Administrations
Felix Frankfurter
Secretary of Labor
Lake Waccamaw Fourth of July Celebration Planned
Thousands are expected at Lake Waccamaw for a patriotic all day Fourth of July event with a 2 PM parade and an address. Farmers from the region anticipate an annual pilgrimage with about 5000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waccamaw
Remains laid to rest at Ashton after fatal freight accident
Funeral services for Leyton Burney brakeman killed when mangled beneath a freight car near the Carolina shipyard were held at Ashton. Survived by wife Fannie Bradshaw and baby daughter, plus mother, three sisters, and three brothers. Burney moved from Fayetteville and worked for Atlantic and later Carolina lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashton
Leyton Burney
Carolina Shipyard
Fannie Bradshaw
Burney
Fayetteville
Atlantic Air Line Railroad Company
Oasis Temple to hold summer ceremonial in Wilmington
Oasis Temple of the Mystic Shrine announces a two day summer ceremonial in Wilmington on July 3 and 4 1918 with events at the Academy of Music Lumina pavilion Wrightsville Beach and a ball led by the Oasis Temple band. Dr Clyde E Cotton potentate and Thomas Griffith recorder outline the schedule a patriotic parade business sessions luncheon ceremonial work and a beachfront ball for visiting nobles and their wives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oasis Temple
Nobles of
Mystic Shrine
Asheville
Charlotte
Oasis
Clyde E. Cotton
Rabban James O. Walker
Wilmington
Lumina
Wrightsville Beach
Academy of Music
Blue Ridge Mountains
No Man’s Land
Piedmont
N. C
Bajar
Thomas Griffith
Wilmington Hotel
Oasis Temple Patrol
Shriners
Wrightsville
Lumina Pavilion
Noble Robert Lee Keesler
Protection of Milk Supply From Contamination
State board of health urges strict protection of the milk supply to curb typhoid fever, dysentery, scarlet fever, diphtheria, and other contagions. Contamination comes from human excreta and nasal discharges, with flies and polluted water as major transmission paths. Proper sewage disposal and fly tight septic tanks or pit privies are recommended for dairy areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board of Health
Salmon Fishing in New Brunswick at Lu mina Screened
Wrightsville Beach anglers are invited to Lu mina for Salmon Fishing in New Brunswick a film praised as rare scenic beauty showing fishermen around here as salmon fishing tops North America. The Railroad Smugglers and Ducky Dan in Hard Luck accompany the program tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Beach
Legion
Lumina
New Brunswick
Ducky Dan
Darst Named to National Y M C A War Work Committee
Rt Rev Thomas C Darst bishop of East Carolina has accepted appointment as a member of the national war work Y M C A committee for the south eastern military department He will attend a meeting at the Capital City club in Atlanta on July 2 The committee aims to inform Americans about the needs of the American expeditionary forces and allied armies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darst
Thomas C. Darst
East Carolina
National War Work Y. M. C. A
Southeastern Military Department
Capital City
Atlanta
Orphan Class to Give Concert at Academy of Music
A concert will be held Monday evening at 8 30 o clock at the Academy of Music. Performers are members of a class from the Odd Fellows home in Goldsboro. Officials hope many attend. The program will feature a varied set of selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Music
Odd Fellows Home
Goldsboro
Delano Named Federal Manager for Coast Line
Lyman H. Delano vice president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad was named federal manager for the Coast Line and the Winston Salem Southbound Railroad with offices at Wilmington. The appointment is effective immediately and does not foresee changes in operation. President John R. Kenly is expected to remain as Coast Line president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman H. Delano
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Coast Line
Winston- Salem
Wilmington
B. L. Winchell
Delano
John R. Kenly
Mr. Delano
Death of Miss Berta May Weaver at 17
Miss Berta May Weaver 17 daughter of Mr and Mrs R L Weaver of 409 Red Cross street died last night at 8 30 in a Greenville South Carolina sanitarium after several weeks of treatment pneumonia was the cause she was a member of Calvary Baptist church funeral plans not yet announced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berta May Weaver
R. L. Weaver
Red Cross Street
Greenville
S. C
Calvary Baptist Church
Cycle benefits and sales pitch for bicycles
This notice extols bicycles as safe affordable and healthful for all ages. It promotes cycling for pleasure and business invites readers to view a fine line of bicycles at small prices.
Do Not Get Careless With Your Blood Supply
Public health advisory warns against careless blood handling and storage practices. Emphasizes vigilance over the blood supply as a vital, ever present system ready to face contamination or shortages.
S. S. S. vegetable blood medicine advertised
Fragmentary ad copy touts S. S. S. vegetable blood medicine claimed to purify blood and renew vitality. The notice urges readers to visit their drug store for the tonic.
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Pera
Pan A
Whitehead
Lake Waccamaw
Dealno
Gerken & LeRay
the Red Shop
Market Street
Buy & S. J
Valentine_ & Company
Valentine & Company
J. E. Lewis & Son
Princess
Trade Merk
Eveeny
Tareyton London Cigarettes
Vanie
Sock
United States
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
North Carolina
Savings Bank
USA
U.S. A
Snellenburg Clothing Company
Philadelphia
J. M. Solky & CO
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