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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1936
Page
3
A guide to festive greenery notes poinsettia as a signature red holiday icon, primula in bright tones, Jerusalem cherry with scarlet berries, cyclamen as a long lasting indoor favorite, giganteum varieties with large white blooms, and the resilient Christmas cactus or zygocactus with pink blossoms, all praised for year round care and cheer.
North Carolina State Grange endorses a 3 percent sales tax with exemptions for basics, calls for dry laws and tobacco control, and urges creation of a farmers commission to run AAA programs. It supports road-fund safeguards, tax relief for homesteads, rural phone improvements, and expanded university funding, while urging rural mail delivery and library aid.
Two 26 year old Anderson cousins were executed at the South Carolina state penitentiary for the January murder of taxi driver W A Daniel. Witnesses estimated almost 100 people attended the double electrocution. Powell urged all to avoid liquor and live a Christian life, saying he was going to heaven.
The article explains that a person may collect both Old-Age Benefits and public assistance for the aged if the individual’s benefit is very small and his state provides old-age assistance. A tiny benefit like $15 a month can be supplemented if state aid exceeds the threshold, though such cases should lessen as more people earn substantial benefits.
The text recalls a condemned man named Anderson speaking rapidly before execution. He expresses fearlessness and hopes the electrocution serves as a warning to drinkers and youths drawn to a rough life. Attendants adjust the leather mask over his face to prepare for the procedure.
Asheboro Kiwanians conducted an old fashioned spelling bee during their Tuesday supper at the M.B.H. church. Rev. N. M. Harrison and Rev. H. P. Powell led the program. Jess Pugh and Dr. R. P. Sykes selected judges, aiming to crown a winner in this community event.
The 10 tal chapter of War Mothers met at Mrs. Louella Lovett's home on Sout Main in Asherord and planned Christmas gifts for five Randolph county boys at Oteen hospital in Asheville. They voted to send one dollar each to the disabled soldiers they have adopted, and after the meeting they sang carols and enjoyed refreshments. Attending were Mrs. C. L. Cranfo, Mrs. John Ingram, Mrs. U G Richardson, Mrs. J S La, Mrs. L Phillips, and M Lovett.
Dr Sykes side won the event. Guests included G B Miller with N M Harrison J W Ogburn with M L Shands Norman C Gordon of Washington guest of Dr Sykes Lee Barns and Larry Hammond organized next Tuesday’s program. United States air transport firms lead in activity volume worldwide.
The Culbreth Harris Post of the American Legion will host the Fourteenth District conference in Thomasville on Wednesday December 16 at the Legion Hut in Kinneywood. District posts from ten cities will send three or four delegates each for routine business and refreshments after the meeting.
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