Eastern Carolina Farmers Tour Stops in High Point
A party of about 50 farmers from Eastern Carolina visited High Point on a state wide farm and dairy inspection tour. The group arrived at 7 30 p m stayed at the Elwood hotel and left after breakfast. The tour will continue this week with more Piedmont farms inspected and participants returning home by Saturday afternoon.
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Eastern Carolina
High Point
Carolina
Carolina Coach Company
North Carolina
Elwood
Piedmont
Record Claim of 500 Tomatoes in One Pint Jar
Mrs Rowland B Williams displays a pint jar packed with 500 tomatoes claiming a new record for small tomatoes in a single pint. The jar is shown in the Enterprise show window among other freak vegetables from the season.
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Rowland B. Williams
Enterprise
Delegation Eyes Winston-Salem Stop On Farm Tour
A party plans a route through Kenansville Winston-Salem Statesville and Swannanoa to inspect Reynolds farms and spend a night at the state experimental farm. Several attendees from Kinston Elizabethtown Bladenboro Clarkton Mount Olive Beulaville Chinquapin Rose Hill Magnolia Warsaw Kenansville are listed among those registering at the Elwood hotel.
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S. Oldham
B. Davis
W. D. Cobb
Sailors Believe Sharks Bring Favorable Winds at Sea
In old seamanship lore sailors of sailing ships clung to the belief that catching a shark would ensure a fair wind. The superstition linked marine omens with weather outcomes as part of everyday nautical life.
Open session of 12th NC Legion convention in Winston-Salem
High Point delegates join about 3,000 attendees at the North Carolina American Legion meeting. The parade drew thousands along main streets and at the Robert E Lee hotel, with speeches by Hanson E. Etty Winston-Salem officials and UNC president Dr. Frank Graham among others.
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High Point
North Carolina Department
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
Post and Legion Auxiliary
Robert E. Lee
Carolina Theater
Gurney King
Bruce H. Carraway
John L. Raper
Andrew Jackson Post
I. T. Mann
R. R. Blackburn
H. B. Hiatt
Alston G. Clark
W. N. Evans
Fred W. McPherson
James E. Lyon
Max Shiplett
Earl Sharp
Tally Sharp
F. C. Jeffries
J. W. Jenkins
Fourth
Cherry Streets
Hanson E. Etty
Second Corps
United States Army
T. C. Johnson Elected Permanent Secretary Of Merchants Association
T. C. Johnson, former Anderson College English head and nine month acting pastor of First Baptist, elected permanent secretary of the re organized High Point Merchants Association at a special board meeting. He will begin duties around September first if the offer is accepted, succeeding interim secretary J. R. Reitzel. Johnson has long been active in education and religious work locally and was a city council candidate pending court decisions.
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T. C Johnson
High Point Coltege
High Point Merchants Association
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Mr. Johnson
H. I. Coffield
J. B. Spencer
A. G C. Ceell
Fred W. McPherson
Willis Johnson
Philip Silver
Charlie Hodgin
H. A. Cecil
O. D. Stitts
A. C. Cech End
A Ingram
High Point
Anderson
US. C
Anderson College
Johnson
First Baptist Church
Four Wireless Stations Planned in Egyptian Desert
Report states four new wireless stations will soon open in the Egyptian desert, expanding communications infrastructure. Local officials indicate deployment centers will be established near strategic routes to improve coverage and rapid message relay.
Warford Declared In Contempt Of Municipal Court
F L Warford, a well known local man, was found in contempt by Judge Lewis E Teague this morning. A capias was ordered for his arrest after a motion by Mrs Warford’s attorneys. The divorce case earlier awarded $250 to her lawyers and $75 monthly. an appeal to the superior court was dismissed. Attorneys sought judgment against R J Wagger who signed the stay bond. the judge granted the motion but an appeal followed.
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F. L. Warford
Lewis E. Teague
Teague
Lohr Lore Reunion Set Thursday at Daniel Lutheran Church
The Lohr Lore reunion will be held Thursday at Daniel Lutheran church in Lincoln county. All relatives are invited to attend. An unveiling ceremony for a monument to Valentine Lohr will be part of the event. A picnic lunch will be served on the grounds.
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Daniel Lutheran Church
Lincoln County
Valentine Lohr
New Secretary T C Johnson Elected by Merchants
The Retail Merchants Association directors elected T C Johnson last night as secretary. He will assume duties on September first.
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T. C. Johnson
Retail Merchants Association
School Superintendent Andrews Addresses Greensboro Rotary
T Wingate Andrews city superintendent of schools traveled to Greensboro to speak at the Greensboro Rotary luncheon at the King Cotton hotel. He discussed North Carolina taxes, noting county variation and state aid for schools and roads with supporting tax rate tables. He warned the public remains uninformed and that little state action is expected this year.
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Gate City Rotary
T. Wingate Andrews
Greensboro
King Cotton Hotel
Andrews
North Carolina
Tax Case to Be Heard Tuesday In Municipal Court
Judge Teague will decide next Tuesday morning whether purchasers of city delinquent taxes may claim an attorney's fee in the tax suits. Property owners facing back taxes protest the inclusion of legal costs in the bill of costs. A. Kirkman, deceased, was the delinquent taxes purchaser and the case time for argument was postponed until another plaintiff could be named.
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Teague
A. Kirkman
Local farmer exhibts beets weighing over four pounds
Three enormous beets were shown by J B Morgan of High Point route two. One beet weighed 4.12 pounds and measured 19.5 inches in circumference. The display, including other oversized fruits and vegetables, is in the High Point Enterprise window.
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J. B. Morgan
High Point
Route Two
High Point Enterprise
Danish Theaters Wired for Sound Films
Forty one Danish theaters have been wired to show sound films enhancing early cinema experience across the country.
Rochelle seeks court order to fix alimony and support
Mrs. Bertha Rochelle asked the court to compel her husband T. V. Rochelle to support her and their nine year old son after their December separation. He testified his income was $400 monthly, not $750, and argued he could not continue the higher payments. Judge Teague said a decision would be handed down Saturday.
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Bertha Rochelle
T. V. Rochelle
H. B. Hiatt
Rochelle
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Globe Parlor Company
Teague
Wax ear model at German Hygiene Museum Dresden
An exhibit at the German Hygiene Museum in Dresden features a large wax model of the human ear. The display illustrates all organs involved in the sense of hearing.
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German Hygiene Museum
Dresden
High Point Woman Takes Up Flying Reaches 10500 Feet
Mrs. N. H. Howard enrolled as the first woman student at the local airport and joined Prof. K. T. Howard in lessons with Paul Davis of the Charles Kenner Flying Service. Davis piloted a Curtiss-Robin cabin ship to 10 500 feet, a local height record.
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High Point
Paul Davis
Charles Kenner Flying Service
N. H. Howard
K. T. Howard
High Point City School
Davis
Flower and Vegetable Show Plans Meeting Tomorrow
Garden club members and others are invited to a planning meeting with Rev. T. A. Sykes, chairman, at the Friends church annex tomorrow at 1 30 pm. The meeting will unveil the prize schedule for High Point’s Flower and Vegetable Show set for September 12 and 13.
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High Point
T. A. Sykes
Friends Church Annex
Not Son of Local Miller In Court
The man named J. W. Clinard Jr in the morning papers was not the son of J. W. Clinard of South Main Street. It was a different Mr. Clinard appearing in municipal court.
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J. W. Clinard, Jr
J. W. Clinard
South Main Street
Mr. Clinard
Coltrane Reunion Set in Randolph County on Aug 31
The Coltrane clan plans its fourth annual meeting at Old Union Church Randolph County on Sunday August 31. D B Coltrane of Concord to lead devotional exercise and T Wingate Andrews High Point Schools superintendent to present the main address. Mrs Ruth Coltrane Newlin to supervise music and a picnic dinner will be served on the grounds. The Coltranes were early Randolph County settlers dating to the Revolutionary era with descendants across many states.
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Coltrane
Old Union Church
Randolph County
Coltranes
D. B. Coltrane
Concord
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point
Ruth Coltrane Newlin
Coletranes
Union
Maidenhair Tree of Japan Traced to Prehistoric Line
One of the oldest living trees, the maidenhair tree of Japan, stands as a direct descendant of prehistoric species. This ancient specimen highlights the long survival of gymnosperms through geological epochs.
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Japan
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