Three Men Arrested At Spray For Burglary In First Degree
L. L. Pipkin alias John son Tug Flannagan of Spray and Walter Tyson were arrested at Spray on charges of cracking and robbing a safe at New Service Laundry. They face burglary in the first degree and will be sent to High Point for arraignment with $5,000 bond. Investigators say about $600 was taken and nitroglycerine fuses caps and drills were found with the suspects.
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L. Pipkin
J. P. Johnson
Tug’? Flannagan
Spray
Walter Tyson
High Point
McGhee
New Service
Tom McCorkie
Superioor
Rockingham
Whitlow and Smith
Rockingham Superior Court
Whitlow
Smith
Johnson
Flannagan
Thomasville Church Sets Christmas Morning Service
The Reformed church of Thomasville will hold a six o clock Christmas morning service as in years past. Rev. John F. Kirk of Main Street Methodist church will give a brief address. Christmas hymns will be sung. The public is invited to attend.
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Reformed Church of
Thomasville
John F. Kirk
Main Street Methodist Church
Judge Teague Lenient On Eve Of Christmas Day
Judge Teague in municipal court granted suspended sentences and small fines to those charged with being drunk and disorderly on Christmas Eve. Those who paid contributed to the Empty Stocking Fund, with a $55 check delivered for the fund and expectation of further donations as others settle their cases. The judge said the fund deserves support and that his action may prompt additional contributions.
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Lewis BE. Teague
Clark to attend funeral for sister in Virginia
G W Clark of this city leaves today for Buena Vista Virginia to attend the funeral services for his sister Mrs Etta B Rainey who died at her home there last night She was 76 and had been an invalid for over a year After injuring her hip she could not walk.
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G. W. Clark
Buena Vista
Etta B. Rainey
Clark
Prisoners in Jail Await Christmas Freedom as Despair Grows
Seventeen men and one woman sit in a city jail on Christmas Day facing charges from drunkenness to murder. The mood is somber with prisoners silent and longing for release and family greetings, especially John Lee Black who is charged with murder and recalls happier days with his wife and children.
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John Lee Black
Black
R. T
Bob) T
Bob) Ritchie
Church
People of God
Hunters Welcome Holiday Season In North Carolina
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports with all major seasons open hunters will flock to upland game including quail turkey squirrel and rabbit while coastal migratory waterfowl and deer hunts draw many. Wardens tighten enforcement boosting prosecutions past a thousand this month as license receipts exceed 165000 with further gains expected before season end.
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North Carolina
Miss Dell A Watson Awarded 2500 From Gas Co
Miss Dell A Watson of Lexington received 2500 in a settlement with Lexington Thomasville Gas Co signed before Clerk E C Byerly. She claimed injuries from stepping into an open ditch caused by gas main work on the night of November 16 1928 with no lights warning her. The suit sought 15000 dollars.
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Lexington
Dell A. Watson
Lexington-Thomasville Gas Company
E. C. Byerly
Miss Watson
Duncan MacRae Visits U N C As Alumnus Agent
Duncan MacRae former Chapel Hill resident and UNC alumnus visits with Mrs MacRae and children Dunn and Ann. He is chief chemist at Edgewood arsenal Maryland succeeding J E Mills. Family traveled from Maryland by car, spent a night in Richmond and plan to leave Chapel Hill the next day.
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Chapel Hill
Duncan MacRae
University
Maryland
Richmond
Mr. MacRae
Robert L. Gray
Raleigh
Lewis Patton
Durham
Dora Elliott
Christmas Day Closures Hit High Point Business Districts
Most High Point business houses will close for Christmas Day with drug stores operating on Sunday hours. Families plan reunions and dinners while social agencies provide meals and toys. Santa’s visit excites children as toys and riding devices fill sidewalks and streets. Churches schedule special services and post office workers anticipate a restful holiday. Banks reopen the day after Christmas.
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High Point
Santa Claus
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Drs Staley & Staley
Staley
Auine Dry Cleaning
Thomasville Church
Chichesters
Mr. Clark
Canada
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Dominion
Gate City Motor Company
Jack Burris
Mgr
Wrenn Street
Thomasville Gas Co
Caroline Coal & Transfer CO
Eccles Everhart
Commercial Bank Building
Mar
Southern Mortgage Loan & Land Co
Wachovia Bank
Denton
R. R
Ingram’s Pharmacy
Mechanicsville
Derry
High Point Perpetual Building
Commercial National Bank
V. A
N. E. Russell Shoe Repair Shop
West Broad
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