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1 !" I'. V. AUDIT AND FINANCE, BOARD Regular Semi-Monthly ) Meeting Held Last Night Several Mattera From Board of Aldermen. ' -' Award of Contracts. ' ' ' The Board 'of Audit and. Finance o the city was in, regular semi-monthly g. ssion last night, but transacted no business of general interest. The ses sion lasted less than two hours. , Tlie Board met at 8. ' o'clock ' with Chairman Heyer presiding and Mes srs. josse Wilder, W. B. Cooper, H.' C. jIcQueen and M, G. Tiencken in at tendance. Assistant City Clerk and Treasurer C. H. White kept a record, of the proceedings in the absence of Capt. T. D. Meares, the. clerk. There vseie also in attendance Alderman Louis K. Hall and Attorney Marsden Hellamy. After reading minutes of preceiling meeting, Mr Bellamy . was heard with reference to settlement of a suit pending in Superior Coiirt since he was city attorney, and Alderman Hall, chairman of th,e Finance Com-" mittce of hi board, also spoke '-with. inference thereto. The. action of the Aldermen as to the matter was con curred in. In this connection, Chair man Heyer suggested the placing of the city attorneyship upon a more definite and lucrative basis, but no action was taken. -;. A communication from the. Board of Aldermen was read; also one from the Street Commission recommending the employment of a draftsman at a sala ry of $60 per month. The latter was not concurred in. Bond of City Engineer r. C. Humphreys in the sum. of $5,000 with the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co., as surety, was concurr ed in. " , Action of the Aldermen in awarding contracts to T. A. Callihan for deep wells at $98.50 each, and Springer Coal Company for fuel, was concurred, in. Bill of Keeper Murphy, of the smallpox house of "detention,, was con curred in. Appropriation ot$500 for repairing and replacing wooden "trunks" or drains was deferred for in formation. Mr. Tiencken claimed that this work should be done '.toy the Streets and Wharves Committee out of the $26,000 "regular appropriation. The action of the Aldermen in plac ing a tax of $250 per year . on sur face closets, with a letter - from City Attorney Walter Clark, relative to the" Raleigh ordinance were read; but ac tion was deferred for further informa tion and investigation. No action was taken with reference to the 'ordinance f prohibiting newsboys from frequent ing hotel porches and sidewalks In front of hotels. ' , . . , ,...' 4 . Salaries for the seven special health officers were fixed at $55 pep month and it was ordered that -they be em ployed until September 15th. . A communication from the Water and Sewerage Commission giving Hs of warrants paid daring July, was read. A similar ... communication , was. read from the Street Commission,. . . Bill of City Attorney McClammy Jor-j d " J ' r "B vses tnea Derore the fir cRae. warf read anddef erred Boar !f;,Inoriflatlon the; Board of Aldermen, . 0VAfier Passing on 'bills for ' current SPiS??Kf iie Bard adjourned subject to call bt the chairman. . THE 3, 1910. PAGE ITVIT -T"? RECRDERS COURT." ' Negro. Given Thirty"" Days on Roads nKcVu .agrncy0thep Cases., ed nvfi tUte vRor-aer Harriss presid- yesterdays session of the Be der: eourt and a number of oues nrl Jlapo!e(i V David 1 McCoy, col- at vk ' Und gullty ot the charge of vagrancy and sentenced. to 30 days Vt 0unty loads. It was stated KtwTntiy comPleted a term on. ? the Same offense.".. m:-J3. Silvia, a white man, who has appeared in court frequently on the charge of fll60118' Was ln court again yes IZ I'Hes 6nei 25 and costs, but Acting Recorder Harriss finally decided to remit the fine if the defen dant would take an oath, not to drink another drop of whiskey , or other in toxicants for 'a period Vf six months. TTe delenlaDt readily agreed and took the oath. It was stated that he took a similar oath some years ago and ab stained from drink for two years. A case against ' Eugene Brown, colored; .charged with the larceny of a can of lw Jr0IYtne store f King Nbros., Ninth and Walnut, streets,' yesterday morning, was not called, but will be taken up this morning. The negro was arrested yesterday morning after an exciting chase during which a num ber of shots were fired 1n the direction of the fleet-footed negro.. . Among those in the chase after the negro were Officers Robt Green and Charlie Jones and Mr. Wm. Sheehan. HOOKWORM DISEASE. Dr. C. F.v Strosnider Delivering - Lec- tures in This Section, .", In .the, city yesterday "was Dr. 'C.iP. Strosnider, formerly a, member of the staff of -physicians of the JamesWal kervMemorial Hospital,, but' now one of the representatives of the crusade for the Eradication nf Hnntwnrm rn teease being condrrsted under the con i trol of the North Carolina Board of Health. He was here f on. only a short time, on his way from Whiteville, where he lectured yesterday to a large crowd,, to Lillington, where he will de liver a lecture tiday. , -!' i Dr. Strosnider began his work Mon' day when he lectured to a large gath ering of teachers of Onslow county. He is gratified with the interest the seo ple are taking in the campaign for the eradication. ,pf, the disease. Dr. Page, another , travelin g representative for the dissemination -of information rela tive to, the disease, is at work In the northeastern part of . the State. . ; . ' Yesterday afternoon's' Fayetteville Observer: Masters William and Ar chie ' Glover are visiting their 'aunt; Mrs. N. E. Bunting, in Wilmington. E. P. McCulloch, Esq., of White Oak, and H. L. Lyon Esq., of Whiteville, were -in town -today en route" home from; the meeting, of the .State" Exec utive Committee at Raleigh. -v VERDICT FAVORS PLAINTIFF J. N. Holmes Awarded $5,000 Damag es by "Superior Court Jury Against j . . Dr, L. H. Love An Ap- peal Likely. . After; deliberating for about an. hour tb!e Superior Court jury, which had in hearing the case of J.' W. Holmes against Dr. L. H. Love, involving dam ages in the sum of $20,000, which ha3 consumed the time of the court since Friday ' morning, yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock brought" in a verdict in fa vor of the plaintiff for $5,000. Nothing was said in court relative to an appeal, but it is understood that the defendant will appeal to the Supreme Court. . : The plaintiff was suing for .$20,000 damages, $10,000 actual and $10,000 punitive, alleging that the defendant, who attended him following injuries received in an accident, on the Sea board ten years ago; failed to give him the proper treatment, as the result of which he is denied the use of his right arm. There were, a large number of witnesses in the case on both sides and the taking of testimony was not concluded until late Monday afternoon. When court , reconvened , yesterday morning argument of counsel began, Robt.; Ruark, Esq., of . counsel for the plaintiff i, speaking first, being follow ed by George Rountree, Esq., Thos, W. Davis, Esq., and Hon. John D. Bellamy; for the defendant and Iredell Meares, Esq., for the plaintiff. The latter had not completed:' his argument ..when court took recess for dinner. :' . . 1 Mr: Meares continued his argument, concluding after 3 o'clock, when Judge Whedbee delivered - his charge to the jury. The case was given ' to the 12 men about 4 o'clock. About 5 o'clock a verdict as above noted was returned. The following are the issues submitted to, the jury and the answers: (("Was plaintiff injured by toe negli gence of the defendant, Dr. L. H. Love?" Answer, "Yes." ; "What damages,-if any, is plaintiff entitled to recover of defendant?" An swer, $5,000." . i A jury was ' empaneled to try the case of J. W. Little, admr., against Frank Hill, et al., but as it afterwards appeared to the court that the cas went off the docket by a former judg ment, a juror was withdrawn and no trial. was entered into. ' The case of Mary J. Shoffner against A. L. Shoffner was tried. The jury 're turned a verdict in favor of the. plain-, tiff to the effect that the defendant was married at the time of his at tempted marriage to the plaintiff. .The following cases were continued:. S. J. Davis against Tidewater Power Company; LaFayette King against At lantic Coast Line, Railroad Company. A judgment of non-suit was entered in tho ; following: R. ".R. Richardson against Woodus Kellum; F. Wefthei raer & Sons against D, L. T. Capps; Buckeye Stove - Co., against $ E. P. Brock; and judgment was signed In the following: ju. C. Ellis against Josh Simon; Acetylene Apparatus Mfg. Co., against Arthur L. Council. DUNCAN SUPPORTERS WIN OUT Repubjiean Primaries Held. Through out County Yesterday Fight was For Delegates to County Convention. .From the best information obtain able last night the supporters of Dun can for State chairman seem to have won out by a large majority In the Republican primaries held throughout New Hanover county yesterday. The Duncan forces were jubilant last night while the supporters of the candidacy of Congressman Morehead for the po sition of State chairman did not have much to say. The vote polled was" sur prisingly light, very probably less than 150 in the entire county. The primaries were held mainly for the purpose of electing delegates to the county convention which will be held in the Court House here next Monday at 12 o'clock at which time delegates to thevfitate, Judicial, Con gressional and Senatorial conventions of the Republican party will be elect ed, and for the election of executive committeemen. The name of Mr. D. D. Lennon appeared on the ticket as candidate $or the State Senate and the name of Mr. E. H. Freeman for Sheriff. Candidates were not put in the field for any other office. The county convention is entitled to 17 delegates, the number being based on one delegate for every 25 votes cast for the Republican candi date for Governor in the last election. There will be three each from the First And Fifth Wards, two each from the Second, Third and Fourth Wards and one each from the county pre cincts. SDachi city pd county precinct is ) entitled to three members of the executive commitee. Below is given the result of the primaries in the city, the county precincts not being heard from officially last night: , 1 The following are the official returns from the five wards in i the city: First Ward D. D. Lennon, for State Senate, 9 E. H. Freeman, for Sheriff, 10. Executive committeemen-f-Jas. El kins, 13; L. A. Watkins, 14; Wm. Shee han, Sr., 14; Wm. Crownstream, 4; L. G. .Cox, 4; H. B. Murray, 2. Dele gates to county convention C. O. Knox. 14; Jas. Elder, 12; Jas. Elkins, 11; Wm. Crownstream, 4; -L..G. Cox, 3; H. B. Murray, 3; R. M. 'Murray, 1. Second Lennon, for Senate, 4; Freemdn, for Sheriff, 4. Executive committeemen Wm. E. Worth, lrL. A. Blue, 1; E. C. Pigford, 1; W. J. Meredith, 4; E. W. Manning, 4; W. R. Morrison, 4. Delegates to countr convention W. J: Meredith, 4; E. W. Manning, 4; Wm: E. Worth, 0;;E. J. Pigford, 0. ' Third Lennon; 12; Freeman. 11. Executive committeemen A. P. Yopp, 2; G. E. Leftwich, 2; CO. Byerly, 2: Wm. Struthers, Jr., 11; F. A. Thomp son, 12; D. D. Lennon, 12. Delegates to county convention G. E. Leftwich, 3; CO. Byerly, 3; D. D. Lennon, 12; FA. Thompson, 12. ! f. - v " , - Fourth Lennon. - 11- ivoomnn n Executive committeemen J. R. Bear , . i,vlilCci., u,. v. i. fiercer, iz; S. M. King, 8; M. F. Groom, 9. Dele- s'" -u uuuuiy convenion K. Nor fleet, 8; J. R. Bear, 7; D. L. Gore, 9; T. E. Wallace, 10. . V Fifth Lennnn. 28 - Executive committeemen-r-W. V. Sel- lniii ' t- "T v . mm 4 mJS, o; joe uuses, v; h. h. Hooker, 7 ; Jas. Loughlin, 23 ; W. W. King, Jr., 23;. F.' M. Griffith, 23. Delegates to county convention w. v. Sellars, 5; Joe Dukes, 5; H. H. Hooker, 4; J. W. Brooks. 22- V R P Iao 9(1 D T. Dicksey, 23. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING Routing Matters Considered by Police and Fire . Commission Three , Firemen Resigned -Vacan-. , cies Filled. The Police and Fire Commissidn, was in session for about an hour last night with Chairman Wm. E. Springer pre siding and ' Commissioners French, Woolvln, Barry and Burnett, Chief of Police Williams, Chif of Fire Depart ment Schnibben and Clerk J. J. Fow ler in attendance. Matters before the body were largely of a routine nature. After the reading of the minutes of the last meeting reports were received from the fire and police departments. The report of Chief Williams, of the Police Department, for the month of July showed that there were a total of 151 arrests, 71 whites and 80 colored, as follows: Drunks, 37' white and 14 colored; disorderly conauct, 9; color ed, 13; jumping trains, colored, 1; larceny, whites, 3; colored, 2; assault, whites, 2; colored, 10; unlicensed tax, whites, 1; colored, 6; assault with deadly weapon, colored, 9; vagrancy, colored, 4; carrying concealed 'weap ons, whites, 1; colored, 4; forgery, whites, 1; coloredr 1; selling on. Sun day, whites, 2; insane, colored, 1; safe keeping, white, 2 ; colore, 1 ; hitching horses to telegraph poles, whites, 1 ; colored, 3; gambling, colored, 3;, reck less running of automobile, whites, X; obstruction of streets,' whites, 1; col ored, 1; violation of prohibition law, whites, 4; unlicensed dogs, white, 5; colored, o; resisting officer, white, 1; co.ored, 1. Chief vnas. Schnibben, of the Fire Department, reported six alarms dur ing the month with a total property loss of not exceeding $3,000. Chief Schnibben also made report relative to the smallpox cases at the central fire station, which showed conclusively that the fire department did its : duty in the matter of making prompt report to the aealth authorities, who advised that it was not necessary to. quaran tine, or to tack placards on the fire station. The tnree men who had the disease have recovered. Chairman Springer asked Chief Wil liams, of the police department; how OLD' AND STRONG.. . . ::.'.; .:'.'. : , ' -. . ' - : The People's Savinqs Bank Front & Princess Streets. We invite you to bank with us. No account too; r SMALL; no account too LRGE. v.. "'i f PER CENT COMPOUNDED QUARTERLY ALLOWED TO ALL H. C. McQueen, Pres. M. J.Jporbett, V. Pres. F. W. Dick, Cashier. J. H. Davis, As,s't Cashier he accounted for the increased num ber, of arrests over , the previous month, . when thee were tess than a hundred. Chief Williams stated that it was easy to explain tu.s.' First, there were a larger nuniber of excursionists in Wilmington during the month of July than in the . onth of June. Of the total number of arrests 51 were for. drunkenness, many of whom were from a distance; 22 were fojr disorder ly conduct, coming practically under the same head as drunkenness; la were for, failure to comply with the tax ordinance; besides there were 19 arrests of colored people for assault, July being (vacation month for them, bringing tothe vtotal from the causes enumerated to 110. The Commission was satisfied with the explanation. Commissioner French reported that Messrs. J.-E. Haar, M. T. Sellars and A. D. Byrd had resigned as members of the fire department and recom mended that tne following be named to fill the vacancies: Messrs. H. W. Wright, O. C. Herring and.T. M. Jones. The resignations were accepted and the three nameu elected to fill the va cancies. - Upon mo' ion of Commissioner French it was ordered that the fire alarm box now on the hospital grounds be placed inside the hospital building and that another box be procured for the hospital grounds. This action is in keeping with all progressive cities whicn have modern hospitals, as all have a private fire alarm box. Chief Schnibben, of the Fire Depart ment, was voted a vacation of . ten days or two weeks to t attend the annual meeting of the Inter-National Fire Chiefs' Association, which will ba held at Syracuse, N. Y., August 25th to 30th. Chairman Springer mentioned the fact that th.e Commission had been criticised, by some misinformed per sons relative to allowing policemen to do service' at Wrlghtsvllle Beach durt , Ing the recent Congressional conven tion. He stated that it had been the custom from time immemorial to send officers to Wrlghtsvllle and Car- olina beaches, when any request was made for them; that only men off duty, were sent and that -they were paid for their time by those desiring their : services. Chairman Springer stated further that officers had recently been sent to Charlotte and to Newborn to do duty during important occasions as ' a matter of courtesy. In addition, it will be remembered that a number of towns and cities in' North Carolina , sent officers to Wilmington at the re quest of the .Mayor of this city to do patrol duty during the Taft-Day cele bration. Other members of the Com-. mission agreed with the chairman in his statement of the matter. ' No ad-, tion was taken because none was nec essary. There being no further busi ness before theJbody adjournment was taken, shortly alter 9 o'clock. " Charlotte to Wilmington Highway. (Rockingham Post.) - An excellent highway, suitable to conveyances of all types, should be built from Charlotte to Wilmington, traversing the counties of Mecklen burg, Union, Anson, Richmond, Scit land, Robeson, Bladen, Columbus',' Brunswick and New Hanover, This "would open up by private-conveyance an avenue from the mountains to the sea, .and from the sea to the 'moun tains. It' would bring sections,- now far removed except by railroad, clos together. They could touch hands as neighbors. It would greatly benefit all the country through which it' goes, and really is demanded by the times. Let's build it. Let the people and the news papers of the several counties get 'busy. : " Vv' --rr ; lVe"': fa' Stov jno Ranft buiwrs are edatedlH rost compicic plant o f m Kino in " tho werld- 10; By One of iM Foremost Demonstrators of This Country Mrs. J. M. Whitted Beginning Monday August 8th. mm ""V No Ashes .No Soot. No Dust-No Odor 3 ,.',! a It's a Favorite- ; . The BEST Gas Rang No one who has- ever used a Gas Range will ever go back to .the old No one who has yei" used a , FAVORITE Range will ever useany M . ,.. '-vA-'-.-other kind. The more you iise a FAVQRITEv Gas Range, the better you .will like it Tetore you under stand it, the better it will serve you; ; t V A Favorite Gas Range makes no dirt ; in the kitchen. It isjtlie tleaii w kindling, no coal. np ashes. ' f-) Mrs Whitted ilJL usl FOIUTE Gas Ranges exclusive in her ledtures; ;She says she gets better, results .with; them man any omer line oi ranges, sueias evcr iucu. N i A FEW FACTS ABOUT MRS.WHITTED Mrs. Whitted is a Southern woman, and one of our own state. We are glad she is, for she has gained an enviable reputation as one of the leading demonstrators and v lecturers on domestic science and, scientific . cookery in the United States. j - . ! We feel especially fortunate in securing her for she is an advanced leader in the theo ries and practices of the home kitchen. Her deftness and skill are Quite wonderful She will not only prepare tempting menus be- tore the eyes of the ladies; but she will give some .of her choicest receitps to any one who desires them. c ' These , lectures will last all week. Mrs. Whitted will prepare special menus each day which will be served to the listeners." Two lectures will be given each day; Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10:30-A. M .,,4:30 P. M.; Thursday, Friday and Sat urday 4:30 P. M.,,and 8:30 R. M, in tho new Woolvin Building, Nos. 217, 219,22T and ,223 Princess street: (Between 2nd and 3rd strerso; K; ;?- . , .,.;. v-"-'. ,- IDEWATERPOWERsCOS 3 ' '.' ' Phones 28 and 96. 1 GAS RANGES THAT BRING COMFORT AND ECONOMY FAVORITE Gas Ranges will be used exclutively in the do mestic science ledtures at "our sore. Why? Because they are .the ; mosl satis fadtory, best b aking, : 'most dependable ranges that we know of. - v ';;.' The burners are so construct- T ed that they give more heat with less gas than any others. ' yhe oven is the most perf ed: ever, installed in a y gas ;.' range. It bakes evenly, quickly. and thoroughly.. : , ,t ; The flame from the FAVORITE burner is blue in bolof, with no wavering, and no tips; No more blackened and discolored ;utehsiUV:-- -:: ":':': .;'-;'V-''"' ' '' A FAVORITE in your kitchen, would mean Cquick i if es even baking rmeals on timea cool kitchen and econo- my;';of fuel; ;.;;:; ''.i:, ?; '. -';; .';- v;,- , v Noiouiewife who finds' out how much a FAVORITE lighterisf.labbf and expense, ever goes back to the old way8 of Ik II , V. , , f cooking:- ; -r:y ; ., v-.' ; y y:i-,. -v-'in m K" ..V -. . oil' ;i 1 i J 1 ';!': . '.;h ;.V " 1 1 ;..' t ; .;. V :''. ... t :1: li 1 . i. r V!'.- . H I , - - - ' ' ' , . , . - ' ' 1 . 4- v i ; , ; t
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