Councilman Expected to Resign and Public Defender Bill
Reports indicate Councilman W will resign from the First ward to become a public defender pending a bill’s passage. Councilman Jones says resignation likely tomorrow, with a potential acting successor to fill the unexpired term.
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Jones
Uch
W. Orepes
Tvory
Public Defender
Lorsies
Tims
General Assembly
Rif
Tvipst
IV Jones
Thownson
Oil Eescor
Aslain
Eididates
Iil
I. Shepard
C. c. Cashwell
Orailie
Hallsboro Presbyterians to Build Church With Local Timber
Prominent millman Charles Hi Rankin and merchant John Hall, both deacons, offer timber and site for a Presbyterian church in Hallsboro. Rev. J S Crowley notes the congregation's strong support and momentum after Sunday services. Site choice to be decided by a committee. labor and remaining costs borne by members.
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Charles Hi. Rankin
Hallsboro
Presbyterian Church
John Hall
J. S. Crowley
Rankin
Hall
Hallsboro Presbyterian Church
Hallsboro Presbyterians
Woodmen of the World
Knights of Pythias
Munson Council Elects Officers At Last Night Meeting
Officers for the upcoming year are announced by Teen Council No. 4 Royal and Select Masters meeting in the Masonic Temple chamber. Leaders named include Illustrious Sir Taylor Jr as head, Fonvielle deputy, Tastey and Martin in key posts, Carson captain of the guard, McEachern conductor, Penney treasurer, and Moore recorder.
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Lvl
Taylor, Jr
Fonvielle
Ilius- Mos
Uthbert Martin
Carson
J. S. McEachern
O. Penney
Tomas J. Moore
Motors Drive Surge in Tidewater Industry
The Tidewater Power Company reports 429 electric motors in use citywide with supplies from the local general plant. The motors represent a sizable share of industrial plant horsepower, indicating broad electrification.
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Tidewater Power Company
Cenhre
Unclear text fragment prompts health notice
Fragmentary OCR mentions Winter Park Mr Scholar and a Sanitorium with illness. note language is incomplete and events are not clearly defined. No definite actions, dates, or outcomes can be established from the readable bits.
Garrett Case Friday Opens After Bond Set
Deputy Recorder C C Cashwell continued the case against Herman Garrett charged with shooting Joe Gordon after a quarrel on South Front street. The hearing before Recorder Harriss will take place Friday morning. Gordon is improving at James Walker Memorial hospital. Other local cases included D R Foster arraigned for speeding and driving ordinance violations, with costs. Alex Norton cited for abandonment, four boys charged with throwing rocks. Hill and Johnson paroled to county home. Singletary paroled to father. Brown found not guilty. Nixon paid costs for driving ordinance violation.
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C. C. Cashwell
Herman Garrett
White
Joe Gordon
Garrett
South Front Street
Harriss
Gordon
James Walker Memorial Hospital
D. R. Foster
Cashwell
Alex. Norton
James Hill
George Johnson
John Henry Singletary
Herbert Brown
Young Hill
Johnson
Raspberry
Singletary
Tabernacle Prepares for North Carolina Livestock Exposition
Tabernacle on Castle street touts readiness for the Livestock Exposition and Conference set for March 28 and 29. Exhibits will arrive soon as statewide interest grows and visitors are expected from across North Carolina.
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Tabernacle
Castle Street
North Carolina
Memorial plan for 300th anniversary of American Congregationalism
The Commission on Missions of the Congregational National Council met at Broadway Tabernacle New York to decide on a memorial fund for the 300th anniversary of American Congregationalism. Dr Henry C King of Oberlin College presides as sessions continue for several days.
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New York
Commission On Missions of the
Congregational National Council
Broadway Tabernacle
Henry C. King
Oberlin College
Constipation Corrected by Shiver Mineral Water
Promises permanent relief from constipation with a celebrated mineral water and a money back guarantee. The ad copy asserts positive results and offers refunds if not satisfied.
Rural school rally day planned with parade and dinner
Plans for a rural school rally day in the city include a parade from Third Street to the High School, basket dinner on the lawn, and speeches by Professor Catlett and Mayor Moore. About 730 rural students are enrolled with 600 in attendance, and Dr. Kidder Graham may deliver the keynote address.
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Washington Catlett
Board of Education
Messrs. C. B. Newcombe
Thomas E. Cooper
Woodus Kellum
Cuntlett
Herring
Solomon
John J. Blair
Kellum
Catlett
Edgar Kidder Graham
The
State University
Court House
Third Street
William Hooper School
William Hooper
Fifth Avenue
Market Street
Isaac Bear Memorial
Sixth
Cornelius Harnett
Hemenway
P. Q. Moore
Blair
Wrightsboro
Delgado
Seagate
Myrtle Grove
Masonboro
Oak Hill
Pupils Answer Board Questions On Inventions At Castle Hayne
Castle Hayne eighth grade pupil Miss Edelweiss Sheartn reports lively class work as students answer twenty one questions on inventions. Washington Catlett posed the items, Galileo to Edison are cited with dates and origins across clocks barometers telegraph phonograph gas lighting and more.
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Washington Catlett
Edelweiss Sheartn
Castle Hayne
County school bond issue faces opposition at meetings
Informal talks cited need for better school buildings in parts of the county. Officials noted some current structures are wholly inadequate and pledged to devise means for improved quarters. Opposition has arisen in certain quarters to the proposed school bond issue.
Haughton to Attend Exhibition Game Likely Here
Percy D. Haughton, president of the Boston Braves, plans to attend the New York Highlanders exhibition game on Wednesday afternoon April 4. He may travel north with the team after Miami workouts and is noted as Harvard’s famed football coach and a veteran in baseball management.
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New York Highlanders
Boston Braves
Percy D. Haughton
Haughton
Miami
Harvard
Boston
Comiskey
Chicago White Sox
Braves
Yale
Early mills and invention milestones noted in history
The text lists Italian mill origins in 1150, paper making in England 1685, in America 1609 by William Rittenhouse who built a mill at Roxborough near Philadelphia. It notes Fulton as the steamboat inventor in 1807 and Eli Whitney as the cotton gin inventor in Washington's era.
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Italy
England
America
William Rittenhouse
Roxerborough
Philadelphia
Fulton
Eli Whitney
Washington
Army inspector to drill Wilmington Light Infantry
Major Ward of the United States Army will arrive in Wilmington next week to inspect the Wilmington Light Infantry, the Second Company Coast Artillery Corps. Captain James B. Lynch orders eighty men to report at 7:30 PM with full drill uniforms. absentees face court martial.
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Ward
United States Army
Wilmington
Wilmington Light Infantry
Coast Artillery Corps
National Guard of North Carolina
James B. Lynch
War Department
W. IL. 1
Aged Citizen James F. Newton Dies at 76 in Wilmington
James A. Newton, 76, native Wilmingtonian, died Monday afternoon at 5 30 at his home 611 Wooster Street. Survived by five children Mrs W F Kerr and Mrs C C Williams of the city and Messrs W J Newton G T Newton J C Newton of Wilmington and Hopewell Va funeral at his residence Tuesday at 4 Rev J H McCracken pastor Fifth Avenue Methodist church will conduct services and interment will be in Bellevue Cemetery.
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James F. Newton
James A. Newton
Wooster Street
Newton
C. C. Williams
G. T
J. C. Newton
J. H. McCracken
Fifth Avenue Methodist Church
Methodist Church
Bellevue Cemetery
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Saracenic University
Cordova
Spain
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London
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Egypt
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Attercliffe
Sheffield
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Orville Wright
Paris
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Argand
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Thames
Holland
Godfrey Haukwitz
Vienna
Alonzo Philips
Springfield
Mass
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United States
China
Europe
India
Roger Bacon
Berthold Schwartz
Crecy
Princess Street
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Boston National Club
Strouse & Bros
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One Price Clothiers and Furnishers
North Front Street
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