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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 11, 1928

Page

11

Postmasters Testify Of Campaign Contributions To Tobert

Affidavits from South Carolina postmasters show campaign contributions up to 100 dollars to Joseph W. Tobert, a Republican National Committeeman. Read to the senate patronage investigating committee as part of inquiries into postmaster appointments, with Brookhart noting some trips to Washington were unnecessary.

Washington South Carolina Joseph W. Tobert Senate Brookhart Tolbert

Graceville Leads World in Watermelon Shipments

Graceville Florida ships more watermelons each year than any other point globally. The town’s produce trade anchors regional markets and supports local growers.

Graceville Fla

Ex-Cub Reporter Faces 1000 Dollar Day Dilemma

Philip Challenger, once a cub reporter earning 18 a week, now inherits 1 000 0000 estate from his grandfather B W Matthiessen a LaSalle zinc maker who died in 1919 and contemplates a five year world trip though he worries how to spend a daily 1000 dollars.

CUB Hicago Philip Challenger Challenger Bk. W. Matthiessen LaSalle

North Carolina Beta Chapter Installs Tau Beta Phi Fraternity

The North Carolina Beta Chapter of Tau Beta Phi was installed at the University of North Carolina. Twenty men were initiated as charter members, with professors and deans participating in ceremonies and a banquet following. The chapter joins eight graduates and several students among its early membership. Tau Beta Phi, founded at Lehigh in 1885, is a leading honorary engineering society.

Tau Beta Phi University Chapel Hill North Carolina University of North Carolina A. D. Moore University of Michigan R. C. Matthews University of Tennessee State College James F. Royster G. M. Braune H. G. Bally T. J. Wilson, Jr L. L. Vaughn Moore T. F. Hickson G. W. Smith H. G. Baily T. B. Smiley C. E. Ray, Jr O. R. Rowe M. F. Hetherington L. I. Lassiter J. B. London L. D. White L. B. Aull, Jr R. J. Morton F. L. Adams Marion E. D. Blakney, Jr Camden S. C R. H. Hayes Columbia J. W. Holt Greensboro R. P. Howell Fayetteville W. B. Massenburg Warrenton W. M. Michal Canton T. P. Noe, Jr C. Tau Beta Phi Lehigh University

Traveling salesman dies after throat cut in Greensboro hotel

J K E Clyburn a Greensboro traveling salesman for a Chicago soft drink firm died at 5 30 this morning in a Columbia hospital eight hours after being found in a Jefferson hotel room with his throat cut He was 35 and found wandering the hotel corridors last evening hotel staff locked the room and summoned aid his father J A Clyburn of Charleston was notified.

Columbia J. KE. Clyburn Greensboro N. C Jefferson Hotel Clyburn Chicago J. A. Clyburn Charleston

Tar Heel lads held in jail at Lynchburg

Four North Carolina men, Henry Garriss and Joe Parrish, are jailed in Halifax County awaiting arraignment on house breaking and larceny charges. Norfolk and Western Railway detectives investigate additional North Carolina robberies in which the pair are believed implicated.

Lynchburg Henry Garriss Joe Parrish North Carolina Halifax County Norfolk and Western Railway

Cross Word Puzzle South America Quiz

A mixed word puzzle asks about South America topics tied to Hoover's tour. It lists horizontal and vertical clues on geography and language, seeking answers like cape at South America tip and capital city of Chile, with some garbled entries from yesterday’s page.

South America Hoover Cape

Winston Tobacco Market Ends With Higher Average Ahead of Holidays

Winston-Salem Leaf Tobacco market closed the day with a higher average than the last three days of last week. 967,888 pounds sold for 179,604.93 dollars, an average of 18.49 per hundred, according to R W McFarland. Some grades sold well while many poor offerings lowered the overall average as growers push to clear pack houses before next Friday’s holiday closure.

Winston-Salem R. W. McFarland

Foresters Warn Tight Fire Controls May Be Needed

Federal foresters warn that in a short time stringent measures could curb the rise in forest fires caused by smokers and campers.

How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu

Doctors and druggists now recommend Calotabs to break up a cold overnight or quell grippe influenza sore throat or tonsil litis. One or two Calotabs at bedtime with water cleanses the system, leaves no salts or nausea, and preserves appetite. A family package with full directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.

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