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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1930
Page
20
City Manager Knox and City Attorney Haworth leading a probe of the police department interviewed many citizens today as part of a broader inquiry. They urged anyone with facts about city employees to come forward, saying a full report to the council is unlikely by next Tuesday’s meeting.
W T Finney of S518 Waliant Street showcased several Virginia corn bean strings in his garden in the eastern city section. The longest string measured 21 1 inch, and the display averaged over 20 inches. Finney said the beans were unlike any he had seen before, calling them Virginia beans.
The Kiwanis meeting in the Elwood hotel dining room opened with Matt Wall singing group songs. Capus Waynick gave a brief talk on the limits of press freedom, with C. F. Tomlinson and Ralph Parker coordinating. Mrs Lawrence Matton was piano accompanist. Waynick won the attendance prize. J. E. Marsh and R. O. Lindsay will direct the next meeting.
Announcement states Reverend Stamey Luck will preach at Union Tabernacle on West Green Street this Sunday morning at 11 o clock and again at 7 30 o clock that night.
The High Point chamber pledges full cooperation with the Made-in-Carolina campaign tied to Governor Gardner’s Live-at-Home plan. F J Sizemore writes Director J W Harrelson that NC farms should first grow essentials, then money crops, boosting local manufacturing and money circulation.
High Point plunged into darkness last night around 8 o clock for about 35 minutes as an electrical storm hit. A main switch at the Duke Power substation on Southern Avenue was blown out, cutting power to the city. The switch was struck and knocked out for about five minutes just beforehand. City light officials said no damage occurred to the system.
The women’s auxiliary met in Greensboro at the King Cotton hotel with Mrs. C. E. Reitzel presiding. Committees were named for programs, membership, and the October district meeting as officers were newly selected. Attendees included Mrs. Owenbey and other local leaders.
More than two hundred members of the Wood and Kearns families gathered at Asheboro’s park on Sunday, August 3, with friends and connections in attendance. Congressman Wm. C. Hammer of Asheboro spoke, sharing historical incidents about the two families. Officers for the coming year include President Thurlow Kearns High Point, Vice President Rowland Kearns Asheboro, Secretary Reid Kearns High Point, Assistant Eugene Kearns Asheboro, and historians Mrs Lilian Thornburg Mechanic and Mrs J O Redding Asheboro.
The High Point Monarch club held its annual outing at Ritter's Lake, 18 miles east of the city. About 50 members and families attended despite threatening weather, with a noon barbecue inside the dining hall and contests won by H. M. Taylor, Méles Anne Kaney, and N. L. Garner Jr. Dancing followed until 10 p.m.
The Elks lodge postponed a memorial meeting for O. A. Kirkman Sr. and W. L. Stamey after darkness halted the ritual. A city blackout caused by lightning damaged a power line to a transformer, affecting all streets and buildings from dusk to about 9.
Dr. Walter Franklin Prince of the Boston Society for Psychic Research sent letters to six astrologers seeking information. The replies varied widely in content and usefulness, yielding no consistent guidance.
Local DeMolay banquet honored new state officers led by Master Councilor Harry Gump and others. The group split the state into three districts and set a August 15 meeting in Greensboro for district one and September 6 for Oxford orphanage chapter installation. Governor O Max Gardner slated to receive Legion of Honor. Edgar Allen presided.
J W Patten the North Carolina grand lecturer of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons will visit High Point the week of August 11 to 16 to deliver Masonic lectures to Numa F Reid lodge No 344 members.
More than 20,000 farm tractors are operated in Italy, reflecting broad adoption of mechanized farming across regions. The figure signals growing modernization in Italian agriculture and supports productivity estimates for the sector.
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