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OLDEST'CltlZETT, PASSES.
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Mr. R. L Jones Within Kve Yeats
of the Cehtaryl&arkrsra
Many Offices of VzAuhosss
The oldest and one of the most highly
esteemed citizens Mr Richard JV Jones
passed away i on 7ondmprhingr
April 30, at 8:30 o'clocki at;the.bome of
Mrs. Joseph Price, - daughter of the de
ceased, on North Seventh street. ,-
Mr. Jones was 95 y eai a of age, and
was horn in the 'Myrtle Grove Sound
section Eebruary 6, 1822. "He had been
a resident of Wilmington since he jyas
9 years of age. s ' .
He served for 50 years as secretary
treasurer of Oakdale cemetery; held the
office of Grand Treasurer of the North",
Carolina Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows,
and was treasurer of the , Tidewater
Power Company for many years. He
was also a member of the St. ; Johns
Lodge of Masons. ,
The funeral services were held at
Grace Methodist church Tuesday atter
noon and were conducted by Rev. M. T.
Plyler. - 'V v.
His surviving ; relations have the
deepest sympathy of the public.
OUR ADVERTISERS-
Subscribers 'will please mention this' paper
when making purchases.
O. D. Godwin advertises that he will
appeal to the Governor for pardon on
the sixth page of this issue.
. Carolina Building an dLoan Associa
tion announces on the sixth page of this
issue a new series of 50o . per share
weekly building and loan stock which
matures in three years. The assets of
this eompany are $125,000,000 and it Is
a strong and progressive company. - ;
Julius Abelovitz, 219 1-2 North Front
street, advertises that he is making a
specialty in fine ladies' tailored-torn
easure iuits; and individual skirts.
Read his ad. on the sixth page. '
Read Shands' Saturday Specials pn
the sixth page of to-day's paper. ' . . , ,
Send your radiator, lender and muf
fler work to the Radiator Hospital, No.
8 South Second street, r Klander is on
the job himself and guarantees all work.
; Youngifc Gorman are soliciting their
share of slate and tin roofing and Tepair
work. s Give them s a" chance at your
work and they will .give you T satis
faction. Read their ad. on the sixth
page, - ,w z x ' '
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DEHTSniOQ DQEAEI,'
DEN DUE1G , LIDJE;
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One of the'BIobdiest Battlei of
vBritisK - Drive T: ingPought ? in
; Ef f ott : to. Break Last Barrier ; td
-.Germany's Richest Prize; c-
, sLate. dispatches state that v?fu
rions efforts are bein g niade ,by
the Gejinahs: to t6pthe;proress
of the : British in smashing:; the
Von Hindenburg line in northern
Prance, but the, JBri t ish general
has made gbodf the most effective
gains by a . renewal of the drive,
Fresnoy and the captured lines
north and soufhjof: it have been
held firmly, .against counter at-
tacks. ' r-'i:j --Vj CM't5
The Germans at Bullecourt are
nearly surrounded and threatened
with capture; it is reported; 1.,
The - JBitish - have'. , . broken
through the J Oppy line arid are
fighting the bloodiest and sternest
battle of the present offensive in
a great effort to smash the fa
mous Wotan line before the or
ganization is completed. :The
Von Hindenburg line,:out-fl ank
ed and piercedin . several places;
has failed to -1st op the forward
surge of the British armiesv and
the Wotan positions arejheiast
great barrier io" the road - to
Douai, Cambraiund - Germany's
richest prizein France, tthe great
coal and iron fields xiorth of Xens."
..French troops are on a new of
fensive along the Aisnei and have
captured the village : of Craonne
and the firstGerman line -on a
2 1-2 .mile front northwest" of
Rheims. -V. ' : T - -
'It is reported that the:BeIgian
" relief ship Carmetta has; been
confiscated: by the .Germans. ' A.
Danish member: of her crew says
' the (Germans ordered her crew to
leave the ship and placed, a prize.
, crew.on board 4o-take her to, a
German port. .The men were re-r
fused provisions, and Rafter spend-
- jng six aays in two. small boats,
suffering; terribly, they reached
. rtorwayi; r - - . ' -
The newspaper censorship sec-
:.tion ofjthe espionage bill, which
: had the approvalof the President,;
. was stricken from the:.bill , by a;
.vote of 220 to, 167
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. . Mr. w;-T., Shepherd guard at the
-. , ; : - . county stockade,'hay tendered his., res-
- "ignation by request of the chairman:
f'T-ihe . Board of Comity,mmissioners
" The council of workmen's and
soldiers delegates Win 'Petrbgrad
have,, accepted, the government's
explanation-of- the May Day note
of Foreign.: Mihister Milukoff as
to Russia continuing ln'the-allied
"struggle against the Central pow
ers without slackening by, a: vote
of 34' to 19. and .ha&'decided that
the incident Tis closed., '
JOHNSTON CAHRGED 7ITH
KILLING ; NEAL X7ALTON.v
IV&Frankaltori;Brbther of ;4lie
- ".Several Wilmington; ministers are 0a;
the . fiv:e-day - programme," which the
..roUowing,.Yerdier of . CwonetV --nn'i-'liuthebniaf'beiiiiul.;,.y:
a Jtttyv,: r:-: J : : T ': r begmning.May 9
investigation of the killing wi.1 Ane pnee oi preaa as aavancea to u , ,r ;
tonfWderVda verdict prf Tuesday that Y -af a feV,day3 agcand to offzzt ;
jniuu came lu jus aeam irom gunsnot 1:7 . . r rr : -i "
wounds inflicted bv ' kn vWknown tartvI lwol ounces heavier, It iasaidf thef. ,
and very; sdorfX thereafter Oscar JoLn-l i1!w!? wa iYe-SJi'i. '
sion, me negro, who has been.held as a 7 s" r4--". c-r.. , -.r-'--- t I" :
suspect during UieVinvestigationf :was -J Y - ; Pi' v:';v-r".V; r: ;
placednder arrest charged with first heal?eers baT :n making ;
'.1-'- - - . - war on filth durlncr Clpan-nn. Wp.Aki'l -
utsgremnuruer on a warrant sworn out - - : - ' - -
hv Mr. . T?r-nir Txif Kw- r xrt removal Of much;mbbish as ;
Walton T"-. - ' ' I "cff as a gcueraiciBaa-upDas HDproyea
appearances wonderfully fn theifscti :
in which theyihave been-working
Miss Plorence Davidson and, W. G.-
Woodcock have - been; held as material
Witnesses tinder Vinnd " "Thfl 'nmUml.
, I - J "J. TJ- 1-H .
BVs Court on Monday; i v V U - r: ett, daughter LofJMr. ahdra,
days, isTrecovering rapidly.-
NEW COUNCIL ORGANIZED
p :The Treble Clef (CauVlo of
RlayOf ji and WeVly-EIectedCoun- 351iss Anna Graham -Harriss will gtv& awr.'
':" Cilmen Take' Oath 6f .OfflCC. ioint concert Tuesday evening. May 15,
1 The new City , Council was organized at Hem6nwayohoql aditrium. --.": v ,;
on Wednesday and the following coun- S'- - - ' '-;"i-i
cilmen assigned to thebeadao'f the va- TheSixth. Street Advent ,qhristiAn-r:r; -
rious deDartments. on motion of Coun-H u"urcIr Punaa5r chool en joyedthe first V ;
cilraan Bunting, after the newly elected onrtlie season as guests iof the.V:
members had taken the oath ofofflce. ' fwawr rower uompany. ; xnemem
Public Affafrs B. A. Merritt. - : . ." P DUUW1
atienaea.m largo numbers. -
t-ii- .sr.:
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, The-tax listers now-havm tiie? beltafc4
open for listing and the.workotlistii
is progressing rapidly ; V -;:
v Police James M. Hall.
Vater and Sewerage-W. i "J. Brad
shaw. . J :.J--J'?rl? '
"Streets and iWharvest Ii.rM. Bunt-
,Pire ?epartmentTL L : Shepard. A; had theisfortune to Wak hiaV
, On motion of Councilman Hall douo- left arm bv falling . from, hia hieveh.
oilman McCaig was elected Mayor pro -nmg -ver me hlldre-U i
" , , ' - ""- were playing in. the street at the 'nrnerJ r;:- -
The appointive officers are as follows: of jai: Church 7treeW Wiasi ; :;
Chief of PollceNathan J. Williams. sktnrdy evening. He Was on the.job
a : ?!,tfK C IrG lDfPa?mnt-frles on Monday, howeverbut his left wing "
Schnibben.- : a - , - was Ud in: SDlints Shands -was mak- v r. ,
aty Attorney Hqbert Kuark, Esq. : r thnq , r-n Wii Wh -.
r Assistant City Attorney-Chesley C. the accWen occurred. r That bike ought
Bellamy,.,.;: v .- .. tQ have cycUe : ;.
v City Clerk and Treasurer JapU T. D. - ? . - 'v -
"City Engineer P. P. PUIett. ;
nett.
Mr. P. -M.SRWenbark, who has served
99 snnpriTif priff Ant. ftf.thA : onnnfr ofnnV-
Superintenden.t of Streets--C.S. Bur- v J L -
" - , - , , r t s radefor threes years,resigned from that t ;
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"Assistant Superintendent of Streets -j 5 .
James E. Holton. v : ,v ;,: . tt. -i-j -r 'Jr-f ""lviv i- ,4;y
Death of Mrs, Jeven&
count of, .unavoidable; conditions., that
existed at the stockade, as brought out
by the -evidence, in the r investigation
- - Mnti vft -' oower siiberintendents
under:the junsdictioh of theijren-
eralVManagersh Association and
rebresentativeslbf-mechanics em
ploy ed; "on practically - all .South
eastern railroads ;will t meet ' in
Washington Monday to, confer on I
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aueStlOrJS - Ol, - lucicciacu.. vaica vi
pay - and, shorter thours that are
now pending. Detwecniiciu vAiJ
proximately 25,000;itiopmen; 25,-.
000miW-",of- railroad and $12,
000,000 "a year !afe involved iff the
outcome of the; conference; They
ask, for n increase of 10 cents ;an
hour;.basedon an eight-hour day;
and timeiand a half for overtime
Those working by the"monthv ask
for ar increase or ;s4U a ,montn.
The men. state, that; thehigh cost
On Tuesday night, & the home of her heldby the coroners juryhe thought
daughter, Mrs. :Oppert:H9 ,Red .Cross hia Tesigtion ihepnly feoouWe: ; --
street, Mrs. Mary A Sevens died, after : . r- ""1- 1
an illness.of a feweeks.; ; She was w The Sea, Gate schoollheld their jjoni-f :
years of age and was a consistent memr niencement exerclses on- Thursday, f
her of the. Church or. the aooq snep- ifgllt undei. the direction of the taeh- :
herd.rSbe was- held in the .highest es: ers Df iheVchool, and:a most-entertain-rV
teem byjilL who knew ; her and-was of lnff pr0gramme', rendered, cohsist-'
a most . lovable -and charitable, disposl- otdbj6 rectationsongsd? -
, -s , - . vl ri villa .
:The funeral was conauctea irom me
unurcn oir ctoou ouiuxu i eorth Carolina Bar Association v.
.w. xc, ucuu .m.. ; wm.metin AshevUle June 3-4-5.
'The -rehMiins were interred in uak-
fe- -Vy--: : i r Evangelis
Evangelistic services will be conduct
"In the regular municiDaT'election iDT.fa'to-e:T0P?i?Bbyea,l "urcb
Tuesdav P. O. Moore was Wlectedas by the JXey.; William Blackrl; D.f be- C
were CouhciimenHalLand .McCigof Sunday ;;io-oontlntfe through
the Fourth: and SizthWaTd8;- respec-: j -rrr- J r
tively. -i- In the , race for councilman, r i
from the First Tward Mr. T. xV'Shepard J Carelessness .massacres thous-.
a -
of of living-has compelled them, to made .a: sweeping , victory ; over Mr, a. a ""f?"? .
- . i asli.ior.tne lncreabc. . v v- . -r - - - --. : . ;7- . - ,--
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