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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1931

Page

11

Andrews Hold Annual Reunion at Bethel Baptist Church

Dr. R M Andrews presided over the third annual Andrews reunion held at Bethel Baptist Church with a large turnout. The event opened at 10 30 with devotionals by Rev R P Ellington followings welcomes by Rev B Teel and T Wingate Andrews. A historical sketch by Dora R Andrews and a picnic lunch followed as attendees renewed acquaintances and formed new ties.

R. M. Andrews Andrews Bethel Baptist Church R. P. Ellington 8. B. Teel Bethel Church T. Wingate Andrews High Point

Coltrane Clan Holds Annual Family Reunion

About 600 Coltrane clan members and friends gathered at Trinity High School for an all day reunion. Horace Hayworth gave the principal address, with talks by Miss Jean Coltrane and Mrs. A. B. Coltrane. D. B. Coltrane led devotions. Attendees came from Virginia Indiana Washington Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Five over eighty traveled long distances. Resolutions honored Rev N. E. Coltrane who died in Greensboro. A family tree project will be prepared for next year. The clan traces to Scotch settlers in Edenton North Carolina.

Coltrane Trinity High School Horace Hayworth High Point Jean Coltrane A. B. Coltrane D. B. Coltrane Concord Homer ‘Coltrane Trinity Virginia Indiana Washington Pennsylvania North Carolina Jonathan Coltrane David Bolin N. E. Coltrane Greensboro Edenton Chowan

Tag War Reopened Over Truck Tags Between States

Raleigh August 31 A report from Georgia details the truck tag dispute involving North Carolina Georgia and other states. A North Carolina bound truck from Raleigh to Atlanta was stopped near Atlanta forced to buy a 25 Georgia license and pay a 35 fine. The Foster Transfer Company plans to file a complaint with the highway commission. Georgia Florida retail chains halted 30000 in orders from North Carolina firms after a truck driver was arrested and fined. The highway commission issued a reciprocity ordinance linking privileges to states offering similar NC privileges.

Raleigh North Carolina Georgia Kentucky Foster Transfer Company Atlanta Warren F. Christian Highway Commission Cotton Mather Florida

New Orleans Cotton Opens Easy Following Liverpool Cables

New Orleans August 31 cotton opened easy as Liverpool cables were lower than expected. First trades showed losses of four to five points and the market continued to ease due to liquidation by recent buyers and a lack of active short covering seen recently.

New Orleans Liverpool

Negro Who Stole Goat Fined In Court In High Point

Judge Lewis E. Teague suspended judgment for Pete Goins who tried to steal Officer G Y Ball’s rain coat. Goins must pay 10 dollars and costs and keep good behavior. The day’s docket includes numerous fines, suspensions, and orders for various defendants on charges from gambling to prohibition to drunkenness.

Lewis E. Teague High Point Pete Goins G. Y. Ball Ball Richard Harrison W. EE. Hill W. EF. Hill Carter Price Roberta McDowell William Branch Lucile Crawford A. B. Byers Raymond Groundhog) Bennett Frank Simmons Clyde Lance Oscar Robbins Claude Brown Coit Queen F. L. Allred John Mitchell Ed Smith Estelle Reed Luther Lane Frank Colman Glenn Hunt H. G. Gillespie A. B. Yokely Bruce Shanklin Ray Walton T. White W. O. Burnett Marshall Dry L . Phillips Tom Brady Roscoe Cavin Leila Mac Rice George Hayes C. P. Phillips James Reynolds J. S. Stout Lab Rankin Jettie Wintt L. B. Cameron

America Entangled In World Affairs at Geneva Parley

In Geneva Switzerland August 31 Senator Henry Berenger former French ambassador warned that Washington and Monroe warnings against foreign entanglements have lost force. He told the committee drafting a European economic federation that American entanglement is complete due to foreign capital and a European bloc effect. He argued no state can lapse without threatening others and highlighted inter continental meetings at Paris and London as more significant than League of Nations discussions with Stimson and Mellon at Geneva.

Geneva Switzerland Washington Monroe Henry Berenger United States Perial Paris London League of Nations Stimson Mellon

Nabers to Speak at Glade Valley Opening Address

Dr Charles Haddon Nabers minister of the First Presbyterian church will deliver the opening address at Glade Valley academy Glade Valley North Carolina on Tuesday at 9 o clock He will speak on Youth Choosing Life Two High Point students Dan E Compton Jr and Morten Compton attend Glade Valley Dr Nabers will be accompanied by Mrs Nabers and Miss Dorothy Nabers and the family plans to return to High Point tomorrow afternoon.

Charles Haddon Nabers First Presbyterian Church Glade Valley Academy Glade Valley N. C High Point Dan E. Compton, Jr Morten Compton Nabers Dorothy Nabers

Convicts Digging For More Bodies At Powers Home

Convict road gangs dug through debris in an old well near the garage of Harry F Powers seeking more victims beyond the five he has confessed to killing. Officials press on despite his claims that those are all, while authorities across the country search for women who corresponded with Powers under an assumed identity.

Clarksburg W. Va Harry F. Powers Powers Asta Eicher Chicago Dorothea Lempke Worcester Mass Cornelius O. Pierson Bluebeard Harry Powers Cornelius C. Pierson Asta Buick Park Ridge Eicher

F C Thrower Dies at Brother's Home

F C Thrower 33 died yesterday afternoon at 1 30 at his brother EB R Thrower 905 Mangum Avenue after six months illness. Born Bennettsville S C July 19 1898 he came to town six years ago from Darlington D C and worked as a mechanic for Star Motor Co. He was a member of East Green Street Baptist Church and active in church work until illness. He is survived by his mother Mrs Julia Munnerlyn Thrower of High Point and three brothers EB R Thrower W R Thrower of McCall S C and G L Thrower of Bennettsville S C and a sister Mrs J A Bradshaw of Darling ton D C. Funeral services will be held tomorrow with a short service at 8 a m at the brother's home, then to Bennettsville for 12 30 p m services at Shiloh Methodist Church. Burial in the church cemetery.

F. C. Thrower EB. R. Thrower Mangum Avenue Mr. Thrower Bennettsville South Carolina Darlington D. C Star Motor Company East Green Street J. A. Bradshaw George T. Tunstall East Green Street Baptist Church Shiloh Methodist Church Church Cemetery

Doc Shipwash Returns On Serious Charge

Officers Kiger and Dawkins brought Doc Shipwash from Pilot Mountain to the city jail after a warrant for a suspected rape of an eight year old girl in September last year. He is held on 2500 bond and faces a preliminary hearing before Judge Teague in Municipal court next Monday.

W. E. Kiger W. L. Dawkins Pilot Mountain Doc’ Shipwash Shipwash Lewis E. Teague

New York Cotton Edges Down on Weather Reports

Cotton opened steady to lower as favorable weather and easy Liverpool cables restrained demand. Selling was limited with little hedging by the south, and December and March contracts slipped to 7.21 and 7.52 respectively, about 18 to 20 points lower.

New York Liverpool

Mail Order Romeo Confesses Crimes And Death Sentence

The confession reveals murders in a cellar then light air with rope and hammer executions, crude burials. Harry Eicher recalls a murder scene and neighbours overheard. Powers, jailed, discusses self and crime theories while idolizing Rudolph Valentino and pursuing a roving salesman life. He crafted multiple identities and pursued wealthy, indebted women before legal peril.

Harry Eicher Powers Rudolph Valentino

Worm In Ice Box Eats Pepper To Keep Warm

A worm found alive after being frozen in a Frigidaire at Green Street ate red hot pepper to keep warm. The pepper was placed in the ice box on Saturday and the worm, about an inch long, survived the chill after the box was opened this morning.

Green Street

Prohibition Night Ends With Youth Found Slumped Beside Road

Early risers spotted a well dressed young man lying near Pine and Church streets after a night of drinking. A colored worker woke him at 6:45 am as he slept by the roadside, prompting few to approach before authorities or witnesses could be reached.

Sherlock Holmes Mother Nature

Mrs Elwood Stanton Admitted to Guilford General Hospital

Mrs Elwood Stanton is a patient at Guilford General Hospital where she will undergo treatment after being taken to the hospital on Saturday.

Colored Men Not Held for Robbery

Will Davis a janitor at the Redding apartments on College street caused the arrest of John Mitchell and Ed Smith two out of town colored men last Thursday by claiming they held him up after a drink of water. They were brought before municipal court on robbery charges and dismissed though fined for gambling and violation of the prohibition law.

Will Davis Redding Apartments College Street John Mitchell Ed Smith Davis

Crash suits totaling 33000 filed in Charlotte Rose case

Two lawsuits totaling 33000 were filed against Ben nett Rose 16 and his father M B Rose realtor after an August 15 automobile crash that killed Miss Lottie Webb. Mrs Sadiera Webb mother of the deceased seeks 30000 alleging the younger Rose caused the wreck. Mrs Nan Rider a passenger in the other car seeks 3000 for injuries from Albert Freeman of New York who drove that vehicle.

Charlotte Bennett Rose M. B. Rose Younger Rose Sadier&. Webb Lottie Webb Young Rose Nan Rider Albert Freeman New York

Ring found after decades in Rutherfordton hog pen

Long lost ring from 1914 reappears under a moved hog pen near Rutherfordton. The finder, now Mrs. B C Green, retrieves the artifact in good condition, noting the revival of a decades old mystery surrounding Mrs. Hogan's loss.

Rutherfordton Tressie Hogan

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