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"V-- T; ' ? -V' ' .- ; t. . ts -. 4 - .i( . 'PAGE 5 IE FOB TODAY FBOST?OIO?SHAIJME?HRliESl5 v.-;.- ,v'r; 7tWiU . be Heard Th . Mprninff,K,h Charge .of Killing " 'lyn Case ..) L$ Reports toiTruckers' Journal Indicate - hat "Berries -Covered With"Strawj kxN6t Hurt . Oyer Five; Per ' Gives Up Office of Deputy Grand Chan iel of, K n ights of Py th i as, Af te r . N ini Years' Service Ra ; "v" T; leigh Man Successor. J SQme;PDSsibility;,ThatJWor Continued Routine Matters ' ' 1 Up Yesterday ". - "''1 4,CenWeevir'Busy HOM!CI 1 II I pt re it". ts, . ur x- ce ys:- A : lins, some time ago; and W.G.' -Baldwin, charged with asWififW to kill MaryMSte wart, a netuWa .wh lost heraegaseresuteof a ground ucea , oy Baldwin, who - claims that it w&s accidental landv unintentional; theesult oL a scuffle over possession of; the gun by him and Jim Mclntyre. ' rhe solicitor, has; stated that in the The, principal leases -on rtoday'r doc ket in New Uanbve- Superior ourt ored, t who - shot aha Ell W ttpd rv ' 5, MiItor e would vnot ask for a first decree -vpMt h- - UeSTeeralCT n.-rno fn minl,.u. , XT,-- . uD uoteiuptMi. loaay.-' was : said -with reference to tne liolly- case in.-mYrt .vpstarHav t tvas rumored that there "e o lit" rvuaismg ony witn arson. afcMeSLijed three, times .for , .1331 time .resulting in an acquittance: evidence In the -arson case is said to be practically the same as developed On. the murder trials. If Holly- is tried, for arson it will be his fourth trial as the result of the burn- r The most important - event of : the flay s work-.yesterday was the hearing of the case against the city lor per mitting -a nuisance to exist in the shape of that .railing and excavation on the sidewalk, on the south side of Princess Y6treet,,vbetween Front anfl; Second. Oh legal-points the city,-rep-resented by Herbert McClammy, Esq., won the case, the court orderis-n -ver dict of notgtiiity . entered, but paved. V ,way tor an- appeal by the State stated that thoS: ; not to-be allowed and. that .he would r .5-"" -"&"i-tt1nTi noiu; agamsc. tne city if he could, iut - under the indictment as brought; the statute'of limitatTons would annlv. Me also held that the city could not be in- un- mi wajr,-.ua mat me -proper method would he td institute manda mus proceedings; makine the nouncir- men and the property owners affectedN . pany aeienaants, ancr wmch . con demnation proceedings could -be start ed. - . - - ; ' . .- ' Mr. McClammy contended that the iproperty:. rights -involved reverted to the oviners .because of non-usance by the city. He showed that the- city had not had possession of - the property since 1891, when the act bearing on the sffbject, was enacted. No . testi mony was offered by. the xiity.-; ' . Hon. John D. Bellamy appeared with Solicitor Sh aw. win. -the prosecution Mr It- -J. - Jones,- -who : has reached - the remarkable age; of over "91 years .and is still in fair health, and. strength; was the ; first witness ; and was intro- -duced5;A.'?di-.'RicaudvEq., to Judge Jtssticey -He; stated that Princess streetiiad'beea public highway .sinceJ ne-couia Teraemoer: . ana gave -other evidence Lrelating to.the property many years ago. . "Al Gl Ricaudiand Brooke G. Jhnpie, Esqs., . both testified as . to he-character vof the-alleged nuisance. Three otheic cas,es of . apsimilaiv nature against the. pity were continued. ' The casa , against ' Mr.. Ben Cottle, druggist, in' which retailing was charg ed, came up but was Almost immedi ately nol prossed. ' Wm.' J. Bellamy,..l Kuilty he given ;his clientv but as the jury had -not been empanelled this could not he done. . . . . t The W. G. Baldwin case " was called, but Li.' Clayton Grant, Esq., for the de fense, asked, for . temporary postpone, ment. until two ; witnesses ' could - fie brought here from Pender countr, andi tne court set tnis morning for tne trial. With the solicitor in the prosecution will-be W.- P. Gaff of d and A: G. Ri-caud,- 'Esqs-' ' Mar y Stewart was in the Court House, and created 'a, stir ,in the lobby "by fainting.-' She", was taken out, weeping. - .. .' - . - Entries of nol pros with leave was ; made in the case against ' Mary John son, keeping a disorderly - house ; and S. Abramowitz, nuisance. . " f Isaiah Donaldson, -'colored," charged with breaking into the store., of .Mr. Henry Mohr, at SFxth and Red Cross streets, and stealing a pistol, jtvas" dis charged. - v . . . -. -. .. "r-A: Wesley Yaf borough, -the colored bar J mer vwno was indicted last court on - the charge of . selling . whiskey, ..was fined $25 and costs upon pleading'- guil ty. . lion. John D. Bellamy told - the court that the negro was of good char: . acterand'thiithevvwas only techicalf ly guilty" haing merely procured, wiiis - Judge Justice itold Yarborough that! - he stood on the verge of going to tlie1wponce&naa captureo. : n may: ne roads, and advised him to. allow- no whiskey kept at. his shop, nor-to.,bny any tor anybody. - He -was given until Saturday to pay "the-fine:: - v .- Dave Nixon, larceny of .a: case of lard from. McNair & Pearsalt was found euiltv's?c,Thpp'vifl(nfp. was that he, solS a case, twMch was ; exhibited,. to Jim Johnson, i a 'colored merchant, but the testimony, was--by --no means conciusive,;and atter his attorney nad pleaded- for;him Judge Justice ; him self announced .that he wasn't dead sure that the negro was guilty where upon he beean' tbauestion- him; and Nixon spoilt his chances,"'. for r he im mediately beeah the threadbare story about a stranger; hiring him W- haul the lard to Johnson's place.7 "That set tled his hash and he went" to the roads for six. months,, which, was the sentence , the Recorder, gave Utiim.', In the general: run of cases of minor importance appellants- from - the -: Re corder's court get little comfort- in Su perior Court. In the Maria Mack case, in which the jury returned - a ; verdict of. guilty of retailing. Tuesday after noon. Judge Justice yesterday impos ed the same sentence the Recorder gave, .which, was five months on ;the county; . farm: . When some objection was. made that- the woman's, health was poor the judge said farm; work was a very healthful occupation... - In passing on. the Mack case, Judge Justice: took occasion to observe that wheneverwhite -people Of any -respectability at all were stopped from sellifeg c- v ?.PWK wm-wifeciBkfflj4 reslde. ;Mr Witte was; a-na- wm5ney,,in a ommunixy xne .nesrwjB promptly ' took- Up the .business, afid wuibKeylvin aommumty, tne .esroffsfiivf :Cfehnahy, "and came here from every one- who could read and Jvrtte learned to hiakeorders and send'them off for whiskey, to supply.; the blind tiger customers. ',-; ' v -.'" -k Lula Jackson.ja colored woman, was charged withr getting groceries .'Under false pretences from Mr Liston Lar kins, whb testified ' that she made the statement that she was running a res-" taurant- The amount was $4. A veri diet of not guilty wa: entered. i JohnLaw colored, who came. clear Tuesday . of at charge of ;retailingii and who was immediately- .arrested ' on: 'a charge of keeping a disorderly house, was .convicted late yesterday,. Jut nq sentence was passed;; C, William' Jv Bjt lamy, Esq.i-fendedm alnd when Plainclothesman-v Frank George v took the stand' for the-Stater the lawyer and detective immediately locked horns, as ase,s wfth ;wh!ch? The Carolina Fruit . and Truckers' Journal, of this city, has Just-received special reports r from ' Cbadbournl i Ta tor, Conway, prists; Cerro Gofdo. Fair r Bluff, -tri Boardmah '.Whiteviile, 5?ar?51tKoc,P?-'- Point, Burgaw, Wa tha, JVillard, -Wallace Teachey's, Rose HiH, Warsaw, Faison, Mt- Olive Caly spo and- 5oldsboro regarding the dam age by frost , and- the cold wave ilast .weet!?,- and no .where is the damage! put down aff in excess of five er1 cent to the berries not covered with straw. As a matter of : fact, the damage (was so slight as to practically amount to nothing. A few beans were, ninner! and such other vegetables as were up, s-Eitj nun more or less; out thepeo TtleWllt rfefoififi tn iinwvha 'fftWbn"-: a-whole the damage was insignificant. ne ouiiook now is for a, highly yisuuiDiB - season, as tne Florma ber ries are A Rapidly cleaning up "and Jforth 'XSarolina's will be next otri the market now- that Charleston is ; pf ac- ncauy-out or tne strawnerry business,. The Journal's v special reoort - from Norfolk -.showed . that the cold twaa Hmofe severe" in that section than down tms way; as the damaee to . strawber ries upth;er was put down at from xo zo zu per-cent. A'ne. Dernes m tne Norfolk section; however, are never covered with straw; hence the damage was -greater--than in this . section- where most of the berries are regular-: 1$" strawed: ' - - -'-i-v-, 1 jjiQitor wnitenead, of the Truckers' Journal stated, -tiowever- that renorts' had .reached him from the Chadbourni and MTabor sections that the straw- j nerrv weevil inl msnTe its atncflrnTife;l berry weevil had made its appearance in that district again and , was jdoinsj more damage than frost ' and : : cold waves comibined. Mr. Whitehead and President W. E . Springer, of Tthe niast cjarolina Fruit and JCruckers; As- once got in commtoica Vwith the Aori.-iltnr!il TYdnit. ment, at Raleigh,"and every effort will be made to" abate the nuisance, of this insect pests. From the Rose Hill sec tion -the "Truckers Journal was also advised that crickets are appearing, in large' numbers and are feasting; on strawberries as rapidly as they begin to turn., red- Both insects will be dealt with-" in the best way possible to secure their- speedy;:.extermination -yi i The .lettuce market .continues to rule high, half -barrel hampers selling yesterday .from. $2 to $2.50Vand-$3.00 per basket-. ;.6c 5-: '. PUBLIC. SPIRITED MEN.' - Wilmington-Fortunate In Having Prac tical Philanthropists. s .Editorially,, the Charlotte - Evening Chronrcle Tuesday afternoon contain ed the following, wMcn will be read with much interest locally : . . , 'A"Wilmington" and New Hanover county- are fortunate in . having many public- spirited, men ;of - wealth. . One of the handsomest and completest hos- Sitals in the State is the James Wal er4MemoriaL Hospital, . which "was erected and presented to the city by the man whose name it bears. Recent ly -Mr. Bear," a wealthy r-Hebrew, mer chant, erected a handsome school J building, asr modern anacompiete as any in the Stateand presented it to the city as a-memorial. to his'brpther. MrTHugh MacRae has just announced the gift to the- county of New. Han over of a magnificent .park of 153 acres at - Winter Park - Garden,- a residence suburb of ' wjklmmgton, this, tract be ing valued at $150,000. Wilmington is exceedingly . fortunate in .havins practical philanthropists, . men of wealth possessing the .inclination to give of their means' for the uplift of humanity." - -; ' ASK JUSTICE'S PERMISSION. Councilman B. C., Moore to Get Order for Spilling Booze. .Asked yesterday when his "booze fest" was going to come off, thatTevent described some time ago as the occa sion when much contraband whiskey will be poured into the sewers, Coun cilman B. C. Moore replied that after investigating the matter, he had found that to .destroy all that he has on hand will require an order from court, and that he will apply to Judge Justice for .such order, after which, with - 'ample warning,' so that the public may wit ness the interesting spectacle, the whiskey, beer and so:; forth- will.be J-duly smashed and allowedtd pour into Ithe sewer-of- the city.-.-Mr. Moore said that he had some whiskey that doubt- lless could be. destroyed without an or ;er Dut since a sj.upreme .uoun r:unngf e. preferred . a - court order,! to .; cover certains othpr parcels of whiskey that stated that no great amount - of the stuff is worth anything, much of it! be ing of the blind tiger-variety, warrant ed tb produce any but a pleasant ef fect - ' ' : : ' " ':- , . Deeds tailed ?fo? Record. -- Following are the deeds filed 1 for recprd" yesterday : ' C; C. Chadbourn and wife to-J. Valentine, for 100 and other considerations, lots 15 and 16, ; in" Edge wood, near Winter Park, first . lot on east , side of Sixth street, 140.feet :north :of -Maple avenue. J0x irw: isecond on the east side w Sixth street,-210 -feet north: of - Mapleave nue, 70x110. -D." J.; Brown. and others, irustees v on Pilgrim Rest Baptist chu-fchj tb Geo; "Os -Gaylord, for ?100, quarter acre on Jones'.' road and Al len's flahev Southwestern Realty Co,, to-Jeane- Fehnell for $100 and other considerations, lot on east side -14th street 187 i feet south of. Castle, 33x155. MK- .Witte'e ,.R ema i n s Take n Away." y Tlie'emains Of Mr.' George C. Witte, who was thl victim of a deplorable ac cident. Monday morning, when a run- awayf teaim fatally injured him at ;the Ac C. J1.. delivery : warehouse, were tak en to MonticellQ, Ga., yesterday after noon on the 3:io seaboard train,-Mrs. Witte and daughter, Miss Sarah Wlt- te. s accompanying. The - funeral - and burial' will be. held at V ;MbnticelIo, where twn ?mrrifld dauerhters of the Buffalo, N. Y. Formerly he had. been 'eh.gaged;iit business in Monticello, Ga. they are connectedy and iTudge Justice, in a .fatherly :way, . advised .the attor ney i& (bridle his temper, the lawyer replying that he always had .trouble with 'the- witness", because be wouldn't answer his nnestions directly, C " The last case tried iust about dark was - that of - Neill Mnrphy, colored, agamst osa jaurpnyj aor-, ui v wi . j. jo ntVe..n inrv, was. only amoment in granting the divorce. Court there iTnnn fldioVirned tiirft.30 this morning. An incident of the "day was the ap pearance of Hon. George Rountree-in the court room, and heand Judge. Jus tice cordially shook nanas, one oi- tue oldest jurists m tne; totate iuub j oTeetinffs with the latest -ad- drtlon tot. the Superior Court, bench. J After nine.yjearsVof .faithful service in" the interest of the order, during which time he has come in close .-per sohal contact " with thousands of Py thians throughout the State, Mr. Jas, l5. -Niitt has ; tendered his "resignation as State Deputy - Grand Chancellor, Knights of 1 Pythias, domain of jr&rth Carolina,' to accept a commercial po- isitiop in Wiimingtdn. The resignation 1 has been reluctantly accepted py .. Coli , Walket Taylor, Grand Chancellor and Mr. William Woodrow Willson oC Ra leigh,, has been appointed as his sue cessor,.the change taking effect April lOthw A' : . . :- i On March 25th Col.x Taylor received from' Mr: Nutt his resignation in a communication reading as follows: -Wilmington, N. C, March 25, 1913. "Hon. Walker Taylor, Grand Chancel lor; Wilmington, N. C. "Dear Sir; and Brother : I peg to herewith tender my resignation of the office of State Deputy Grand Chancel lor, to take effect at your early conven ience. ; , . .' "I have been offered a position in commercial life, whose advantages are such that. I do not feel that I ought to decline it. -Naturally,, the severance of the pleasant relations, which . have existed between myself and thousands pf Pythians.in this Domain can not be severed without, regret, and I have found it . a hard, task to brinsc myself to. the actual point of ..breaking. trust that I have been , of some '.use -to the n-fia liini4nr4i.A .t.. t -i order, during,ifhe. nine years I have held this office, .and the hoDe' that J such is the case will be one of the con- suuiis i tsueuuous wiia wnicn i . relin quish it. '";-"-':-' - . : ; To yourself personally and "to the several . Grand - Chancellors, under whom it has been my pleasure ; to serve, I wish to exDress mv sincere thanks for many courtesies, and I hope mat your term and that of your suc cessors will witness a steady and "pros eprous growth of Pythianism in fhis domain. Fraternally yours. - "JAMES D. NUTT." In accepting the resignation Colonel Taylor yesterday wrote Mr. Nutt as loiiows: ''Wilmington, N. C, Aprit2, 1913. 'Mr. J. D. -Nutt,- State Deputy Grand tjnanceiior, Wilmington, N. C Brther Nutt: I beg to ac-J knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th of . March, tenderine vour res ignation of the office, of State Deputy urano unanceiior, enective at my ear ly convenience. Followiner a confer. ence "with you. I feel constrained reluc tantly to accept your . resignation to take effect of the 10th of this month. 1 Having been among, the earliest approvers of the establishment of the- omce you nave so well filled, and hav ing, been an -active member the Grand Lodge during "your entire" in- cumoencx. of it- I have been familiar, with ' the valuable service you bave rendered to the order in this Domain, but it is only since I have been r.rand Chancellor that I have been made fully aware of the impossibility of the prop er administration of the executive du ties., of they office without a capable deputy And- l'-bear eheerful testimo ny, therein, corroborating my nrede- cessors. to your faithfulness, your ca pacity, and your devotion to the order; i, part witn you. with regret, but feel that your j personal interests, which you are consulting, is properly para mount, ana tnat you snouid be releas-. ed.- . - '-. - - - - . "I wish you all prosperity. v X-1 mci litiiiy jruurs,' ' . ' 'Pi "WALKER TAYLOR. V s "Grand ChanceHor' It is understood that Mr. Nutbwho is an experienced pharmacist, has ac cepted a position with Mr. W. C. Munds, the well known. Market- street druggist, and will enter upon his new duties in a short time. ; Mr. William Woodrow Willson, of Raleigh, ho has been named to suc ceed Mr. Nutt. is a man well known in Pythian circles throughout the State, being a Past Grand Chancellor. e was city . clerk and treasurer of the city of Raleigh at one time and was -reading clerk of the State Senate fori a tarm or two. He Is a good speaker and a most enthusiastic Pythian. Local jryinians regard nim as a most worthy successor to Mr. Nutt. who has done so much for the upbuilding of the or- aer in tne state during -his incum bency lathe office. , , THE -RECORDER'S GOURT. G. Baldwin Fined S25 and : Cht W. I nstead of the Road Semtfenee. In. the Recorder's Court vesterdav morning W. G." Baldwin, in thf ms charging assault with deadlv weanonJ ou jim . aicintyre, at uastle Haynea two montns ago, was required to pay a fine of $25 and the costs, instead of serving the sentence bf 12 months nn the roads which the court gave him Saturday; In the Mary Stewart case, not-having jurisdiction, the Recorder remanoed tne case to Justice Harriss, who sent it to Superior Court. Mean while" the grand jury returned an in dictment. for the same .offense. This comes up this morning.. . . fVJohn Graddy r colored,"wnom Patrol man S. W. Powell wounded th 5nH day of November, last, as the negro was. trying to get a gun trom his pock ety was 'fined' $25 and costs. He was only recently arrested. ; At the time the negro claimed, the policeman shot him in the back,: and-1 his brother offi cers have':beeil getting a good deal of fun ont . of Officer ' Powell since . the present case came . up. - The, wound,1 of . course, was v.niade while 'the. -negro ' was. 'iacing tme . omcer, trymgvto; pull his gun from his hip pocket. A Charles' Hankins, colored, charged with shooting at Frank Moore; color ed was heard in part yesterday, and the case continued till the 9th.. . Eph raim. Brown, disorderly conduct, guil tyi prayer for judgment continued. Sam; Green, assault with a deadlv weapon continued. . - v x tie court has ordered '& th4U case against. Robert Wallace left open, and it may be that a fine will be substitut ed for the. road sentence of 12 months The court has the matter under inves tigation. -v Wallace is charged with badly: beating up his wife, at Delgado, Saturday night Arpusesthe Lfiyer andi Purifies" the LThe 6ld Standard general atrength- j eningrtomoGROVE'S .- TASTELBSS chill iTXGarOusestiife liVer tn IaA. ftion, dnves Malaria ..but ""bf theliblbod ano puuos up tne system. For adults n : yf-';?-ir'. t Advertiseipen t) i - '"Bearte! Beans! Beans! ' YouH split Your sides with laughter. ITUC4: jruu.;j4.cx.: xi at i .y 'iXiU ris sing in-is songiat the Grand Theatre today. '3...' -v, , '(AdTCrtisemeiiT.) J Realizing that the order of the Coun ty Board of Health in- the matter is mandatory -and having a -desire ;to car ry out' tike ihandate as' fane as possible, the. Cityy Council iE;Jreghlar weekly session yesterday - morning passed a resolution authorizing the. city engi neer to advertise for bids for buildinr a culvert along Macomber's ditch be tween "Harket ahd Doick streets and between Priafcess and; CeV&ut - streets, a distance of two .'whoJeV .blocks and ihree stf eetrossingSiy a yj-j ? , -The proposlals are to "bo opened in about ten days and if any bid is found to be satisfactory the cbn'tract will he let at Otrc'ei.sb that, the'1 work' canv gel gotten wen unaerway during tne pres ent administration. Mr. J. C. herring, the concrete' contractor, who built as an experiment a culvert from Man ft'ei to Princess street the same being paid for Jointly by the city and the abutting property owners, agreed to continue the- concrete culvert to, in clude the two blocks and three cross ings mentioned for about $4,200, and abutting property owners proposed to pay $1,200 of the amount. - leaving $3.- 000 .for, the city to expend for the im provement. ;The question was raised by Mayor Smith that bias for the work should be. "called for rather-than to continue the -improvement under the old contract.. Mr. Herring said he would mich .prefer that bids be called for so that! : he could come in competi tion with .c-thers and said also that if he did not, .succeed in landing the con tract, he Tttould be willing to lend the successful 'bidder ' any ! assistance he 1 could. At a previous meeting of the uouncii jvir. nerrmg stated tnat ,ne would" take the city's note for its por tion of the 'cost of this! wcrk, if de sired.. Nearly one-third' of the cost of the improvement is to be' borne byhe abutting property owners " ' ?, , A delegation bf prominent citizens were ' present to urge f aycrable action on the mandate of the1 Board ; of Health. Those presehT'were Bishop Robert Strange, Col. Walker Taylor, Messrs. J. A. Taylor, Wm. H. Sprunt and Thos. H. Wright. Bishop Strange said that there was two reasons why the improvement should be made. First, from the standpoint of health; second, the property thus improved short time the . additional revenue to would so increase in value tnat in a be derived in. taxes would mere than. offset the expenditure for the culvert. Mr. J. A: Taylor spoke of the impor tance of ,the improvement from, a health standpoint. He said that the best-economy in municipal govern ment is health just as..1ihe..best econ omy i. the postaf; service is efficiency. As he understood it the -resolution, of the .County Board Of Health made it mandatory on , the part of Council to make an effort to abate the nuisance comnlained ' of and remarked "that it was the duty of Coimcil to carry out J the spirit of the order even if it were necessary to1 borrow ; money to- do It. Mr. Sprunt added a few:words to what had been said and declared that from a health standpoint-Council ought to make-' the improvement: Mr. Herring said he was leaving the work between Market and Princess streets in a rather-unsatisfactory con dition in that. the culvert stopped on the north side of Market street and ne asked that if Council did notdo any more that it, authorize him to construct the drain to the opposite: side of Mar ket street. BishOD Strange inouired of Council if it were, not the understanding two weeks afsrb jwhen the body was peti tioned, to continue .(the dram for the twn hlnrtSys mp.ntione.d- that Council wasfiivorable to the proposition and that the improvement would De au- thorized if the County Board of Health ! should order it so,, as to justny tnej Council, in contracting a debt for this; purpose. .Mayor Smith replied that Bishop Strange had correctly . stated the! position of Council. Bishop; Strange then remarked that there was nothing, left for Council to do but to order the improvement. ! Councilman Perdew moved that Mr. Herring be authorized to continue the work for the two blocks at the figures submitted by him and quoted above. Mayor. Smith then raised the question, as advertising the bids. This was dis cussed for a few minutes and then Councilman Perdew changed- his , mo tion to provide for advertisement for bids and, seconded by -Councilman B. C. Moore, was adopted U r r Mr. J. A. Taylor suggested to. Coun cil that the body ought no- have the opinion of the city engineer as to whether -iber improvement of the two or three .blocks 1 wbuld be complying in . spirit with ' the ' resolution of the -County Board of Health. Bishop Strange,' who ias- present at the meet ing .oEithe'fJOaro ot neaitn wnen me resolution Was "adopted, explained that his understanding was that It was the idea of the! Board of Health, that the city should make a-start m tne way of draining -.fite ditch and -continue the improvement as the financial , condi tion would allow, Mr. J. A. Springer was present to hear the report of ' Councilman P. Q. Moore -as to the estimated cost of the improvement of the street . leading to the plant of the Independent Ice Com pany,' def erred at ; the last meeting. Councilman Moore submitted i-the fol lowing estimates Clay-gravel. $GG.70; asphalt, $1,244.50.;. brick, $1,555.60; granite block, approximately, $1,800; curbing," $2GG. -: These estimates ;. are based on a roadway 20 feet wide. Ac tion" was .deferred, as members . of Council-desire to hold a conference to discuss. the, questiont'olk financing the ff imprrivehient. i The- conference was held 'right-after the ,meetingad jfeiraed, .T5-iib agreement-was reachr ;;Liceixsc3i, jrcere grante-d, as follqws: DV' Iii; Rushing, soft drinks! 720. South Front- street r t: W. WiHiaans,v restau-, tant. rG01 SgH&' Tenth street- 'A ' A etitioj'asr C.W., Woolard and Sergeants K J,. Grimsiey al- H. - W HbwelMbf the po lice department, asking, that they he given a lOer ceht i)erl day" increase, a similar iacjase aving-ben, granted the. patrolmen and in effecthce last May-- Councilman ; Perdewf suggested thatuthe petition be? referred -to Coun cilman B. C.. Moore and that gentle man suggested that it be referred to the. financial department. . No . action was taken. ; . , :-- ? A letter was received from Mr. Al bert H. Marsh, .of Augusta, Ga., the welUkpown auditor and public ac countant: . asking whether or not Council - desired;. i?is . .ervifcesT'to , ; audit tne poors or tne city, it was tne sense of rfthe ; meetm him-that the city would hot have : any auditine for him to do at the present. A few weeks ago members of Council 9M,fl.Mw.tii-h9vhiMit hvi.W BKuaau quinine removes outside parties DeioretneiPtterms voi office expired,- but-the- actfmyester- Aov iviil1 iittiiifnfp tK6fJ!v 'have dav,' would nieate- thatJey "have changed :tliminds:VlIact,v-one J 3E Capital and Surplus of over $340,000.00, and Resources of ex ceeding $2,400,000 are bur abundant guarantee of SAFETY. Our modern building, up-to-date equipment and the determina- : tion to please our patrons constitute part of Savings and Trust Com pany SERVICE. V Ifsearch of the combmation SAFETY AND SERVICE," and in addition, 4 interest, compounded quarterly, we invjite your -business. . ' v ,.,". :, TheW "P WILMINGTON'S MOST BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL SUBURB. . A Perfect Sanitary Sewer System and Artesian Water Makes it a Veritable Health Re - sort. All City Conveniences Guaranteed. Lots sold on &asy lerms. THE FIDELITY member rstated that he could see no occasion for an audit by outside par ties atthis time as the booksiare audit ed every three months by local audi tors, and, too, the new administra tion, he said, would want a new audit, anyway. : - : r. The i application of the - Atlantic Coast Line : for a side track -from the belt line, between Ninth and Tenth streets, to be used : by Elijah Green and the Clark-Lynch Lumber Co., .was referred to the city attorney and the city engineer. A The report of Chief Chas. Schnib ben, of the fire department, showed "a heavy ; fire loss for the month - of March. He estimated that ' the loss will reach $50,000. This,. the heav iest loss in any one month in a long Ime. There were 17 alarms in March, causes as follows: Unknown, 3: a ieieni ;spars iium . uujluucjt, o, 5; defective flue, 3: carelessness, cii4 tove. 1: fire in woods. 1 Mr. R. C. Cantweli, superintendent of the water and sewerage systems, who was acting clerk in the absence Lof Capt Thos. D. Meares, cit j'Clerk and treasurer, wno .was called as a witness - in Superior Court, .reported that only about CO sewerage connec tions had recently been made by per sons notified that thef must make con nections with the municipal plant, while 400 or 500 had made application for permission to connect. Dr.. ;3has. T. Nesbitt, city superintendent; of health, emphasized the fact that mere ly applying for permission to make -connection will not guard one against indictment in- case the connection, is noi-made. ; . :-r .'- Couilfcilman. Perdew reported that the, work of constructing the additions to the municipal sewerage systeia, is progressing fairly well in view cf the scarcity' of labon. .- -- - ,. it- Upon motion of Councilman P. Q. JMoore' i,t was. , ordered t.that a bicycle be' purchased for the engineering .de partment, the cost of the same- to be f harged to the Water and Sewerage Department.' Mayor Smith said that at a recent meeting Council authorized him to ex pehd .an .amount not : exceeding ; $50. nicture men about, town; to get views and to purchas e a sign to be olaced on the automdbile boosting Wilming ton and that the bill had; already run to $G3. . He said that -he wanted to know whether Councrt would author ize-the additional $13 otherwise he would pay it out of his own pocket Council authorized the additional ex-jpenditure-. 1 ' ; , COLDS CAUSE ; HEADACHE AND - . ' " GRIP. . - the cause, i- There is only one "BKU MOQUININE' Look foraignature ofEJ :Wf GROVB 25c- . - . v . . " i -J :f AdvertiseiHenfcJ "i .4 j5,- Jzf ( notice: .j. , Notice is hereby given that the annual meeting of the Stoddiolders of THE PEOPLE'S SAVINGS BANK will be held at their office on Front antji Princess Streets, on Tuesday, April 8th, at 4:00 P. M., for the election of Di rectors and the transaction of such other business as may come before said meeting. : DAVIS, - - . ' . Cashier ilminpn Savings Oldest Bank in Wilmington. Largest Savings Bank in North Carolina. TPUST & DEVELOPMENT CO HELD 23RD ANNUAL MEETING Stockholders of-North Carolina Home Building Association Met Last Night Splendid Year's Bus .4. - iness Reported Vith a large and enthusiastic at tendance of- the stockholders, consid erably more Ijthan a majority of the stock-being represented,, the annual meeting of the North Carolina Home Building 'Association- was held last night in the pfrce of the secretary at No. 118 Princess, street. Hon. John -p. -RoilaTriv was railed to the rfiair - - r. . - - - and presided, while a record of the proceedings ' was' kept by" Mr." Jas. H. Taylor, secretary and treasurer of the organization. - The annual report of the secretary and-treasurer was-submitted and the reading--of it; was - listened to. with much. interest. by thePstockholders, all of whom expressed themselves as be ing highly pleased with the year's bus iness..; The association has assets ap proximating $120,000 and. during the past year- earned 9 1-2-jper cent on the shares 1 in - force. It was decided to oybn the 48th series on May 3rd, lim iting tho series to 500 shares. : Directors were elected for the - en suing year, as follows: ; C. W. Yates, J iWeii, J W . - Freeman, W . H. Ber nard, James Owen ReiilyC. W, Pol vogt, A.. G. .Warren, John D. Bellamy, Tr X). Love, J. M. Solky, J. W. H. Fuehs, W- N. Harriss, J. H. Taylor, Jr., G. T. Flynn. . : - r - Immediately after the stockholders adjourned the directors met and elect-, ed Mr. C. W. Yates president for the 23rd time; Mr. J. Weil,, vice presi dent;7 Mr. J. H. Taylor, - Jr., secre tary and treasurefti-iHon. John D. Bel lamy, attcrney. ' " THE CITY FINANCES. Financial Statements Issued . Yester '. day by City Cierk and Treasurer, i; Gapt. ThOs. D. . Meares, city clerk and treasurer, yesterday completed the general statement of receipts and disbursements for: the city for the 11 months . Irom June 1st, . 1912, to April 1st, .1913,- also the, statement' of re ceipts for the month of March. The general statement follows: . - - ? General- Fund Balance - June 1st, 115,211.19 ; transferred- frdm Water and Sewerage . Department, $6,507:45; receipts from taxes, $214037.74; loans, $120,000; a ;total of : $355,756.38. .Dis bursements Operating ' - expenses, $244,56.43 ; loans repaid, $8Q,000; a 6 Trust Co 3E total of $324,566.43; leaving a balance on hand April 1st of $31,189.95. ' WJaterland Sewerage Department (operating) Balance June 1st, $9,387. 46; receipts', water,-. $28;931.77-; Sewer age, $3,490.10; a total, of $41,809.33. Disbursements Operating expenses,' $32,960.51; transferred to general fund $6,507.45; a total of $3M67.S6; leaving a balance of $2,241,37. - ;. , Water and Sewerage (constructionTf Balance June 1st, $127,960.71; inter est on deposits, $3,375.96; forfeit ?o contractor, $500; a, total pf $131,836.67, Disbursements Purchase .'of. . sewe plant, $30,000; sundries,' $162.46;: a total -ot $31,362.46 ;' leavings a' balance of $100,474.21, i ..r;' --un'r Park Fund Balance oh hand, $805. 30; interest On depbsits, $2$.86; bal ance on hand "April'lst, $829.16J' , Street Improvement .Fuhd Balance. June -1st, $158,132.86;' receipts $4160.-, 62; a total of $199,693.48.. , Disburse-s ments, $200,450.78; the . account .there fore being overdrawn -to the amount of $757.30. 7 . Sidewalks-June 1st, ' deficit of $6. 39884; receipts, $19,643,911 - disburse ments, $14,86.57; making a deficit of $10,741.50 on April 1st. .-. - . Scavenger work-r-Deficit June 1st, $3,621.93; receipts, $7,890 : . Disburse ments, $13,363.84; a deficit April 1st of $9,093.77. . , , V The statement of receipts for March is as follows: Real estate, personal and polls, $63,452.40; backnaxes,'$159 , 45; licenses Merchants, corporations, etc.," $3,871.25; vehicles, $6.50; chauf- , 'feurs, $8; market rents, $216.57; rents from buildings, etc., $185; pound fees $12; surveys, $55; plumbing permits, $63; miscellaneous, $31.90; a total of $63,061.07. Further receipts as fol- lQii Water, (operating . account), $392.6TTsewerage (operating aCc6unt. $47.75; sidewalks, $17D; scavenger -t work, ; $9125, a grand, total - of '$69,- ' 584.38. ';-,-- . . ' -V; PREPARING FOR NEW" HOTEL Workmen. Tearing Away Building on. Corner of Front and Walnut The first - work preliminary to the erection : of i Wilmington's new, mod ern, eight-story hotel building, on the southeast corner of Front and Walnut -streets, has begun, it being the demo lition cf the old building now standing., on the corner. - Workmen are remov ing the interior, material, : including the windows and. doors.: As soon1 as the site is ; thus " cleared, excavation for the hotel structure will commence; Mr. T . A. Green, ot the hotel ' conK pany is occupying .the. residence next to the corner building," but when the season opens', will move to. the,J)eachj, It is stated that; the present Intention is to erect a building of 160 . rooms, which will be a greaftand welcome a dition to the city's :hotel fjacjiities. , Jiead StarBuslness l&&Sir .. - f -v V'.- 1- - - j . ... . - .- ii
Wilmington Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.)
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