Enthusiasm at Woodrow Wilson club meeting boosts campaign
A Wilmington crowd braved rain to back Wilson in a Woodrow Wilson Club meeting at the courthouse. Treasurer Hugh McRae led fund raising of 2242 in minutes for Wilson’s campaign, with speeches from C C Cashwell and others praising Democratic gains and urging organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Wilson Club
Court House
Wilson
Wilmington
Hugh Mee-Rae
Finance Committee
North Carolina
White House
McRae
C. C. Cashwell
Democratic Executive Committee
Roosevelt
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
Taylor
Cashwell
McGirt
W. B. Cooper
Thomas
Lincoln
Thomas A. Edison
Dr. Elliott
Henry Morganthau
Henry Ford
Mr. Wilson
Mr. McRae
Republican Party
Henry Morgenthau
Turkey
Morganthau
City considers labor bureau and bonds to keep colored workers
Wilmington council hears Rotary Club and citizens urge a labor bureau to stem outflow of colored laborers, while weighing a $6,000 northern water pipes project funded by bond or loan. Talks touch on streetwork funding, school improvements, and press duties to retain workers. Annis Per vis canoe hall permit decision rests with Police Chief Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Cuy ‘Council
Counc
C Cil
Asson
Bailey
Wilmington
Chadbourn
Council
Robert Ruark
South
D. H. Howes
Howes
W. M. Atkins
McCaig
Anni& Pervis
Councilman Hall
Deputy Kennedy Seizes Two Stills Near Goldsboro and Mount Olive
Deputy internal revenue collector J R Kennedy reports raids near Goldsboro and Mount Olive resulting in two captures. A 220 gallon Moccasin Swamp still produced grape, apple and cane brandies and corn whiskey. three men were arrested as operators. A second 60 gallon still was found near Odums Mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Goldsboro
Fire Prevention Day Observances Set for Local Schools
Announcement by J J Blair superintendent of public schools notes Fire Prevention Day exercises in city schools next Monday under Governor Locke Craig proclamation. Programs run from 9:00 at the high school to 12:45 at Hemenway with speakers Col James R Young Raleigh state Insurance Commissioner and Raymond Hunt Tidewater Power Company addressing fire prevention and electric wiring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Locke Craig
J.J. Blair
Hemenway
James R. Young
Raleigh
Raymond Hunt
Tidewater Power Company
High
Union School
Cornelius Harnett
Taxable property value rises in Wilmington totals
City clerk and treasurer Capt. Thomas D. Meares reports a net gain of 158 112 in Wilmington's taxable property. This year 17 370 418 is listed for taxes, up from 17 212 206 last year. Real estate and personal property rise, while corporate and bank stock values fall and polls listed decrease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas D. Meares
Wilmington
Maine memorial tablet for W. S. A
Wilmington Light Infantry seeks a Maine memorial tablet made from Maine scraps raised from Havana harbor. Navy Department approval required for organization display in Market Street armory. Committee includes Swain Farrar Gaylor. proposal urged by R. E. Tapp who contacted Secretary Daniels for forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Navy Department
Wilmington Light ‘Infantry
Maine
U. S
Reserve Corps
Josephus Daniels
Remodeling under way at Market street Yates store
Work on the C. M. Yates Company booksellers and stationers building on Market Street has begun. The project includes steam heating, interior renovation, an elevator, re roofing, partial rear extension to the alley, and a new messenger floor. The first floor will house retail trade and the firm, occupying the building for 25 years, expands to use the whole structure. Architect J. F. Leitner. contractor J. G. Osterman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market Street
C. M. Yates Company
Yates Company
J. F. Leitner
J. G. Osterman
Negroes Dominate Month Arrests Report
The police recorded 139 arrests in the past month with 103 colored and 36 white individuals. Larceny led offenses with 20 arrests, 19 of them Black, while drunkenness had 3 colored and 5 whites. Two arrests for criminal assault included one white and one colored.
Thieves Rob Armory of Absent Indianapolis Battery
Thieves raided the armory of an absent Indianapolis battery but did not seize any powder or scent of gunpowder, according to the Laporte Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Laporte
Ind
Herald
Ten Teams Mobile to Push Carolina Packing Stock Subscriptions
A campaign to secure the remaining subscriptions to the capital stock of the Carolina Packing House Company began today after a weather delay. Ten canvassing teams will cover the city with Messrs. J. P. Herring and L. B. Sasser in the adjoining counties. The drive lasts two weeks or more. Teams include W. A. McGirt with I. W. Cooper and W. W. Love with M. W. Jacob i. Milton Calder with Geo. F. Galvin. J. W. Yates with J. F. Roache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Packing House Company
Messrs
J. P. Herring
L. B. Sasser
W. A. McGirt
I. W. Cooper
W. W. Love
M. W. Jacobi
Milton Calder
Geo. F. Galvin
J. W. Yates
J. F. Roache
Local pairing names listed for upcoming selection
The notice lists W Struthers and Marshall Schrier along with D N Chadwick and H M Owens and Greene Fenley and C B Newcomb and J A Orrell and Roger Moore and Paul B Bell and T James and J C Wagner and a teammate to be selected by Mr Wagner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Struthers
Marshall Schrier
D. N. Chadwick
H. M. Owens
Greene Fenley
C. B. Newcomb
J. A. Orrell
Roger Moore
Paul B. Bell
T. James
J. C. Wagner
Mr. Wagner
Bible Study Class Begins for Boys at Y M C A
The Boys' Division of the Y M C A starts its third annual winter Bible Study tonight with supper for about 100 boys. Mr. Ochis B. Hinnant will speak on what the Bible has meant to some boys I know, outlining the winter courses to be studied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ochis B. Hinnant
Laborer Injured by Falling Scantling at New Customhouse
Tom Crawford, a colored laborer on the new custom house, suffered serious head and facial injuries when a heavy scantling being removed from the tool house fell. Nails in the timber lacerated his face. after treatment he was taken home on Green Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Crawford
Green Street
Suit Filed for $5,000 Damages in Toe Injury Case
George Simpson colored filed a suit in the Superior Court seeking five thousand dollars damages from Harris Granite for injuries to his toes. The action was instituted yesterday and elevates a civil claim over a personal injury event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Simpson
Harris Granite
Quarries Company Injury Trial Near Neverson Nj
Ce. Simpson sues Quarries Company for injuries sustained at the Neverson quarry claiming lack of warning before a blast. He states he was hit by flying debris, three toes broken and other injuries while employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neverson
Simpson
A C L Man Waring Promoted To Jacksonville Chief Clerk
W L Waring Jr, longtime Atantic Coast Line employee, promoted to chief clerk in the office of the assistant freight agent in Jacksonville. He and Mrs Waring will leave the city this week, and friends regret his departure despite the promotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Waring, Jr
Atantié Coast Line
Jacksonsville
Fig
Waring
Also Mentioned on This Page
Macrae
Counsil
Loréd Laborera
Blair
Svery Express
Messaline
W. S.A
Navy Department
Safe Deposit
The
Wilmington Savings & Trust Company
Princess Street
Jacksonville
James M. Halli
Mary Garden
Houbigant
Houbigant’s Jestures
Dyer Kiss
She Lucky
Blue Bird
Lucky
Centemeri
Asheville
Alberta
White Goods
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!