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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1929

Page

7

Aged Woman Dies at Home of Son in High Point

Mrs. J. D. Barnette Sr, 80, mother of J. D. Barnette assistant pastor at Green Street Baptist, died this afternoon at 2 at her White Oak Street home after months of illness. She moved to High Point with her son from Shelby. The body will be sent to Shelby tomorrow for funeral services at Double Springs Baptist Church where she was a member.

J. D. Barnette Green Street Baptist Church White Oak Street

Black-Draught Lagreat Reliefs Headaches and Indigestion

Miss Susie Mershon of Lancaster Kentucky touts Thedford’s Black-Draught as a cure for indigestion bilious spells and severe headaches described as blinding pain across the forehead and temples. She notes quick relief after taking the vegetable medicine in 25 cent packages and keeps it on hand for family use.

Lancaster, Ky Thedford Susie Mershon

Barnette Family Church Figures Noted In Obituary

Mrs Barnette moved to the city and is survived by two children, Rev J D Barnette and Rev J N Barnette, of Nashville Tennessee.

Green Street Barnette J. D. Barnette J. N. Barnette Nashville, Tenn

Congress Deliberations Focus on Farm Relief and Tariff

Tuesday events include Senate noon session on farm relief pill and House general discussion on farm bill. Senate immigration committee explores repeal or postponement of national origins clause while House Ways and Means Republicans push tariff revision. Monday covers farm relief talks with Senate ratifying new committee assignments and confirming navy assistant secretaries Jahncke and Togalls. Senate agriculture backs farm relief with debenture plan despite Hoover veto. Smoot proposes treasury bills for short term financing. Ways and Means tariff bill faces criticism and defense on the House floor.

Senate House Senate Immigration Committee House Ways and Means Ernest Lee Jahncke David Togalls Navy Senate Agriculture Committee Hoover Smoot Senate Finance Committee Treasury Ways and Means

St Louis Oil Blaze Causes $500000 In Damages

A large fire in St. Louis suburb South Kirkwood destroyed gasoline, oil and merchandise valued around 500000 after a Frisco freight train derailed. More than 100000 gallons of fuel, 12 railcars, a storage tank and two trucks burned. no deaths reported as area fire crews contained the blaze.

ST. Louis Frisco Kirkwood

Flora B. Hamilton Named Notary Public in Raleigh

Flora B. Hamilton of High Point is commissioned as notary public in Raleigh along with W. W. Askew of Burlington Km G. Clayton Fayetteville E F Eaton Mocksville W T Fuller Rocky Mount C Robert Johnston Mooresville W F McNeill Charlotte Wiley M. Roberts Marshall and others listed in the notice dated April 23.

Raleigh W. W. Askew Burlington Km. G. Clayton Fayetteville E. F. Eaton Mocksville W. T. Fuller Rocky Mount C. Robert Johnston Mooresville W. F. McNeill Charlotte Wiley M. Roberts Marshall Flora Hamilton High Point

Brick Industry in the United States Worth About 100 Million

The brick industry in the United States generates roughly 100 million dollars annually. The figure reflects the sector’s sizable contribution to construction materials and related markets across the country.

United States

Australian Ballot Used In Naming Major Officers At State University

Eight UNC students were elected to major campus offices for 1929 30 under the Australian secret ballot system. Archie Allen from Raleigh leads as athletic association president and boxing champion. Ray Farris of Charlotte becomes student body president. Jimmie Williams heads the Y M C A. R C Greene of Marshville chairs the senior class. Travis Brown of Charlotte edits the yearbook and serves on publication boards. John Mebane of Greensboro to edit the Carolina Magazine. Glenn Holder oversees The Tar Heel. Cyrus M Edson from Tampa edits the Buccaneer. All are Tar Heels except Edson from Florida.

Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Tar Heels Archie Allen The Athletic Association Raleigh Sigma Nu _ fraternity Ray Farris Charlotte Sigma Zeta Tampa Fla University of Florida Buccaneer Dialectic Literary Society Carolina Playmakers YY. M. C.7a Chi Phi Fraternity

Untrimmed Trees Cause Radio Interference

Raleigh April 23. Federal radio inspector Major W. Van Nostrand from Atlanta blames local radio interference on grounding of primary power lines by contact with untrimmed trees. He says the problem can be cured by cutting away branches touching the lines.

Raleigh Cpry Major W. van Nostrand Atlanta

Dr. Lamb Remembered For Half Century At Army Museum

Dr. Lamb died at 86 after a long career as curator of the army medical museum for 55 years and an instructor at Howard University since 1873. Born in Philadelphia, he trained at Georgetown and performed autopsies on President Garfield and Vice President Wilson, among other notables, detailing many diseases tied to his work.

Dr. Lamb Army Medical Museum Howard University Philadelphia Georgetown University Garfield Henry Wilson Danville Elizabethton Tens Bemberg Dr. 5. CC Rhea Bemberg Chemical Department American Glanz Starfs Company Thomas F. McMahon United Textile Workers of America Leff

Ray Street Parents to Meet at School Tonight

Members of the Ray Street Parent-Teacher association are scheduled to meet at the school tonight at 7 30 oclock. All association members are urged to attend.

Ray Street Parent-Teacher Association

Stringfield Plans Summer American Opera in Raleigh

Asheville musician and composer La mar Stringfield will spend the summer composing an American opera after announcing a commission during a New York trip. He did not reveal the sponsor.

Raleigh Lamar Stringfield Asheville

Florida Has Longest Tidal Shoreline Excluding Islands

Florida tops the list with a tidal shoreline totaling 1,987 miles, the longest in the state category when islands are excluded. The figure highlights Florida's extensive coast along the Atlantic and Gulf, reflecting its expansive coastal geography.

Islands Florida

Radio as national service and new scientific finds

A noted advocate calls for radio to become a national service financed by the people and aired 15 hours daily. Arthur L. Foley describes a diaphragm-free micro phone. Wisconsin researchers J C Walker K P Link and H R Angell link protocatechnic acid in colored onion scales to resistance against smudge fungus, offering new disease control avenues.

Arthur L. Foley Indiana University University of Wisconsin J. C. Walker K. P. Link H. R. Angell

Cornell Archive Tracks Life of Scholar With Notes

A fragment from a page 1 continuation discusses a collection at Cornell University and annotated facts about a scholar’s life. The notes include a mention of a sore throat as part of the biographical materials. Public interest centers on the archival effort and the scholar’s documentation.

Cornell University

Strikes and legal actions ripple through Southern towns

A series of court actions and labor unrest unfold across Gastonia Gaston ia Greenville Union Anderson Woodruff and Lexington. A demonstrator was fined for an emergency ordinance violation amid 29 arrests and a newspaper man was knocked unconscious by a deputy who was suspended. Governor Gardner vows state power to pursue mob violence linked to strike strife in Gastonia. Lexington mill reopens with old staff. Reidsville and Elizabethton strike rumors and union tensions continue as mills seek loyalty over union activity.

W. T. Rankin Gastopha A. C. Jones Knight Tom P John G. Carpenter Gastonia National Textile Workers Union Superior Court Lexington Dacotah Cotton Mills Carolinas Wennonah National Textile Workers Unions

Workers Strike At Chadwick Hoskins Calvine Mills

About 56 to 75 Calvine mills employees walked out in Charlotte in sympathy with three coworkers discharged for union activity with the National Textile Workers union. Pickets reported the action started this morning at the Chadwick Hoskins plant.

Charlotte Calvine Chadwick- Hoskins Chain National Textile Workers Union

Also Mentioned on This Page

J. D. Barnette, Sr Kentucky Ford Congress Flora B. Hamilton U.N.C An'n Cummne Williams Yama R.C. Greene Travis Brown the Yackety Mebane Glenn Holder Carolina Magazine TOR the TAR Heel CY Edson the Buccaneer State University Sigma Phi Sigma Fraternity University Publication Union Board Amphoterothen Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Sheroff Hardware Co E. C. Shelton DUCO Mrs. Shelton Sheloft Fky Hardware Co Vigoro E. A. Heins Clarewill Ave Montclair N. J Swift & Company Reidsville Greensboro Edna Louie Z. Andrews Mil J.c.penney High Point, N. C Beverly Fashion Georgette Dimity
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