Lexington Pastor to Deliver Talk at Men’s Supper
The Peacock Bible class and Wesley Memorial church Men’s club will hold a 6:30 PM supper in the church basement with over 200 men expected. Rev. J T Mangum of First Methodist Church Lexington will give the after dinner address, with special music by J Gurney Briggs directed quartet and a chicken dinner served by the Woman's Wesley class.
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Peacock Bible
Wesley Memorial Church
J. Gurney Briggs
J. T. Mangum
First Methodist Church
Lexington
Mangum
Woman's Wesley
Church School
May Furniture Show Called Off by Local Furnishers
Furniture manufacturers and Southern Furniture Exposition officials agreed to cancel the May show planned for the week of May 12 due to high costs and uncertain business. The plan was to hold two shows this summer, but the May event is abandoned, leaving only the usual mid summer show to run two weeks.
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Girand Rapids
Mass Meeting Of Labor People Set For Friday Night
J H Adams announces another mass meeting at the labor temple on Main street Friday at 8 o clock. Women and girls in stores offices banks and factories are invited to attend with expected speakers Miss Mary Anderson director of the Woman s Bureau in Washington and Miss Matilda Lindsay welfare worker at Richmond Va. Aimed at education the event will include a briefing on the compensation law by a North Carolina Industrial Commission member present at the meeting.
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J. H. Adams
American Federation of Labor
Labor Temple
Main Street
Adams
Mary Anderson
Woman’s Bureau
Washington
Matilda Lindsay
Richmond
The
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Commission
Niagara Falls brink shifts seven miles west in 30000 years
Geological notes describe the Niagara Falls edge migrating about seven miles west over a span of 30 000 years, illustrating long term erosion and landscape change.
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Niagara Falls
Miller to Confer With Council on Grade Crossing Plan
Henry W. Miller of Southern Railway will visit High Point the week of April 14 to discuss grade crossing issues with the city council. Some members favor underpasses or overhead bridges if the railroad agrees to start work soon, while opponents led by R. K. Stewart push for routing tracks around the city.
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Henry W. Miller
Southern Railway Company
EB. M. Knox
High Point
Miller
R. K. Stewart
Mrs. English Buried At Springfield
Funeral services for Mrs. Francis Eugenia English were held at Springfield Friends Church with pastorals and a mixed quartet. Interment followed in Springfield Cemetery.
Dr Crowell to speak at Oak Ridge Institute
Dr George H Crowell of this city will speak to the cadets at Oak Ridge Institute in the chapel program tomorrow morning at 8 45 o clock He was asked to return for a second talk after a previous speech before the boys three Sundays ago met with favorable reception
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George H. Crowell
Oak Ridge Institute
New Marks At Miami Jockey Club Winter Meeting
The Miami Jockey Club winter meeting concluded with track records broken from five and a half furlongs to one and a half miles as a stronger class of horses competed than ever before.
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Miami
York supporters aim to control Guilford delegates
Republican leaders in Guilford County expect a York majority to back him as chairman of the state Republican executive committee. They claim 200 of 291 county delegates will support York, with High Point and possibly Greensboro delegations pledged to him. Intermittent township delegations vow solid blocks backing York to influence the state convention.
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High Point
Guilford County
O. R. York
J. S. Duncan
Greensboro
York
Duncan
Jamestown
Union Hill
Hayworth Springs
Mr. York
Deep River
Friends
Guilford
Central Piedmont Tops Southeast in Trade Potential
The Southeastern Research Council reports the Central Piedmont section of North Carolina has the strongest trade capacity among the three regions, led by Greensboro Winston-Salem and High Point with a population of 886,646. It shows higher farm product value, manufacturing output, and urban purchasing power than Richmond and Atlanta, despite lower population density.
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Central Piedmont
North Carolina
Richmond
Atlanta
Southeastern Research Council
Greensboro
N. C
Chamber of Commerce
Richmond Territory
Winston-Salem
High Point
Grace Griffin 27 Dies After Five Weeks Ill
Mrs Grace Griffin wife of J B Griffin died at a local hospital at 8 30 pm after a five week illness She was born February 7 1903 in Stanley county daughter of P R and Ida Rum mage and moved here from Albemarle to live with her husband She was a Green Street Baptist church member Surviving are her husband her mother step father a sister and three half sisters The body was moved from 707 Park street to Albemarle for funeral services and interment tomorrow
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Grace Griffin
J. B. Griffin
Stanley County
P. R
Ida Blalock Rummage
Albemarle
Green Street
J. T. Cauble
Ethel Rummage
Ophelia
Frances
Dera Cauble
Park Street
Service Tonight at St. Mary's Church
Litany service with an address by Rev. H. Norwood Bowne at St. Mary's Church on North Main street and Farriss avenue tonight at eight. Tomorrow at ten there is a corporate Holy Communion for the women with gifts for the United Thanks offering. Friday at 4 15 a short service with an address on the Revised Book of Common Prayer.
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H. Norwood Bowne
St. Mary’s Church
North Main Street
Farriss Avenue
Weather report for Piedmont section released
The United States Department of Agriculture weather bureau in Greensboro released a Piedmont section report for last month. It shows 12 days clear, nine partly cloudy, and 10 cloudy with rain on 10 days exceeding .01 inches. the heaviest rainfall occurred on the seventh day.
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Piedmont
United State Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Greensboro
Grocery Store Entered By Thieves
ONeal's Grocery at 812 Lindsay Street reported a nighttime break in. The cash register was ransacked but he had taken nearly all the money. 24 cents missing. A yo yo and some bread and ham were among the items reported taken. Fingerprints ruled out the theory of small boys breaking in.
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W. 5S. O'Neal
O'Neal
Lindsay Street
Hoover Granted No Pros With Leave In Embezzlement Case
In superior court yesterday J M Hoover received a no pros with leave in a case charging embezzlement of 300 dollars from Clarence A Smith a traveling salesman formerly of the city now of Charlotte The state accepted the not pros with leave after learning Smith could not be located and had been sought for two months by officers
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J. M. Hoover
Hoover
Clarence A. Smith
Charlotte
Smith
Giant Firestone plane visitor over High Point marks air mail link
The Firestone company tri motor Fokker flew over High Point at 4 30 pm inaugurating the Charlotte to Greensboro air mail line. It carried 12 Charlotte officials led by Mayor George F E Wilson Jr. and returned from Greensboro in 36 minutes. The plane, able to carry 14, has drawn large crowds in Charlotte after carrying 500 people in one day. A visit to High Point is planned with the new Firestone service station at Main and Church streets operated by McDonald's Service Stores Inc.
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High Point
Firestone Company
Charlotte
Greensboro
George FE. Wilson, Jr
Firestone
Main
Church Streets
McDonald’s Service Stores, Inc
East Washington Street
Small 1854 Comanche War Involved 425 Soldiers
The 1854 Comanche conflict stands as one of the smallest U S wars with 425 soldiers deployed. It highlights minimal forces used in a modern frontier clash, reflecting limited engagement and short duration.
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United States
Konjola Promises Relief for Rheumatism Says Irvington Doctor
Horace McCoy of Irvington Kentucky endorses Konjola a medicine with 82 ingredients claiming it cured his widespread rheumatism in six weeks. He praises its powerful results saying it has won a million friends and notes it contains no alcohol or nerve depressants. Sold in High Point North Carolina and by druggists nationwide.
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Horace McCoy
Irvington
Konjola
High Point
N. C
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