Prince ly Valuation Estate Endangered
The Wilmington fire department logged 167 alarms in the year ending 1917 with 163 within city limits. Total fire loss was 19,626.25 dollars on properties valued at 1,072,050 dollars, with insurance totaling 804,400 dollars. The report notes most blazes from sparks or faulty chimneys, calls for motorized trucks, and describes department staffing and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Charles Schnibben
Princey
Telehone
Schnibben
Fire Department
Traveling men join in Wilmington port promotion meeting
A joint session of the United Commercial Travelers and Travelers Protective Association at Odd Fellows Hall laid plans to push Wilmington’s port on state and national levels. Committees from each group will coordinate with industrial bodies to advertise the city, its shipbuilding potential, and port facilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ODD Fellows Hall
Chamber of Commerce and
Rotary Club
Wilmington
United Commercial Travelers and Travelers Protective Association
Odd Fellow
Princess Streets
L. H. Burnet
Messrs
J. Allan Taylor
T. C. Daniel
Washington, D. C
G. H. Rhovies
Richmonl
Cist.et Sales
Lenis
W. O. Page
John W. Blomme
C. O. McNair
U. Cc. T
John H. Negal
Guy Love
I. W. Cooper
Stae
Rhodes
Taylor
Southport
Richmond
Norfolk
Colonel Chase
Fort
Daniels
O. K
Shipping Board
Washington
North Carolina
United States Shipping Board
South Atlantic
South Atlatic
Cape Fear
Juvenile Court Delinquency Report Highlights Reforms
About 90 juvenile defendants have passed through the Recorder George Harriss court since its start. Fewer than 25 percent are repeaters, while the rest are in reform schools or at work or in school. White and colored probation officers report strong reform and school attendance, with crime among youths said to drop by about 50 percent since the court began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Recorder's Court
George Harriss
Ochis B. Hinnant
James H. Johnson
Hinnant
Johnson
Stonewall Jackson Training School
Recorder
Raleigh
Williams
New Hanover County
Wilmington
People's Hosiery Mill Leases City Building for Dye Included
The People's Hosiery Mill Company has leased the North State Candy building in Wilmington and will install machinery within thirty days. Capital stock is 200000 dollars, all paid in before production. Initial output will use only colored labor and employ 300 to 400 workers, mostly women, with a dye plant to be installed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North State Candy Company
People’s Hosiery Mill Company
Wilmington
BE. F. O. Banck
J. Haughton James
K. O. Burgwin
Hesq
Messrs
A. A. Underwood
C. E. Hooper
Parker Quince Moore
E. F. O. Banck
H. F. Edgerton
McClammy
Burgwin
Recorder Harriss Sentences Defendants in Road Cases
Seven defendants appeared in Recorder Harriss court yesterday with varied outcomes. Two received three month road sentences, two juveniles were paroled for reform, one fined, one warned for a minor bicycle ordinance offense, and one case continued. Frank and Roy C. Johnson received three months each for larceny. their sentences may be county supervised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriss
Recorder’s Court
Mongy. Frank
Roy C. Johnson
L. W. Tindell
Whate
Walter Beil
Exploding Lamp and Sparks Hit Two Homes
The fire department responded to two calls yesterday. At 10 50 p m a fire at 317 Queen Street owned by James McDowell and occupied by E J McLoughlin was caused by stove sparks and extinguished with little damage. A second alarm at 6 p m reported a lamp explosion at 618 Nun Street occupied by Rocksey Hawkins with slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Street
James McDowell
E. J. McLoughlin
Nun Street
Rocksey Hawkins
Boy's League Speaks on A Boy's Search for God
Rev. Dr. A. D. McClure will headline the third Sunday afternoon lecture for city youth at the Y M C A boys lobby from 5 to 5 45. The program includes a vocal solo by Miss Catherine Williams and notes prior speakers Huske Slocum Taylor Brand Smith Chadbourn. The final two talks will be by R F Goleman and Rev J A Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. D. McClure
Boys’ League
D. D
Catherine Williams
J. A.taylor
R. B. Slocum
Marion S. Huske
R. A. Brand
Joseph D. Smith
C. C. Chadbourn
R. F. Goleman
J. A. Sullivan
Forethought Saved Stables In Forest Fire Near Stockade
Supervisor H Mack Godwin kept flames from reaching twelve horses by burning off dead vegetation around the stockade outhouses and stables. The fire roared toward the structure but halted where the cleared area stopped its advance. Godwin’s preventive burn likely saved a neat sum and the stables from total loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.mack Godwin
Miller joins A. D. Co. from C. A. F. Co. as top Wilmington salesman
Friends of H. W. Miller note his forethought saved a forest fire risk and that he has accepted a position with the A. D. Co. He spent about seven years with the C. A. F. Co. and is regarded as one of Wilmington's best dry goods salesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Miller
Miller
Wilmington
A. D. Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Castle
Wacon
Campbell
Sixth and
Washingtonian
Assembly
Enterprise
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Corporation Commission
Liberty
J. L. Williams
Wilmington Savings and Trust Company
State of North Carolina
Grainger
V. Grainger
N. B. Rankin
Ino. D. Bellamy, JR
Boys League Today
Stockade
Mr. Miller
A.D. Co
Kirschbaum
J. H. Rehder & CO
North Fourth Street
L. Shrier &Sons
Front and Princess Streets
Wilmington, N
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