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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
5
Bud Pigford a Wilmington painter was held on a murder charge today in the fatal shooting of his estranged wife. Police said the incident occurred at the couple’s home late yesterday and investigators are pursuing leads.
North Carolina faces a sharp liquor fight as the liquor control commission report splits lawmakers. Proponents favor county option liquor stores while dry forces push for state wide control or a statewide referendum. Political maneuvering includes potential county splits and alliances to block or push a state wide bill, with a bitter battle anticipated.
Wilbur Brew, 29, Mrs Pigford's son-in-law, was treated for a shoulder bullet wound after attempting to intervene when a painter entered Mrs Pigford's house and fights ensued. Brew fled as the painter shot Brew then fired at Mrs Pigford, and wounded himself in the head.
Harri son Starnes paroled after three months for a robbery sentence when Reece Plyler confessed to the crime. Starnes, 21, was greeted by his new wife and parents as he returned to Union County. Lawyer Collins said Plyler faces bond and implicated another man, and urged state officials to compensate Starnes.
Governor Ehringhaus commuted to life imprisonment the death sentences for Frank and Grier Armstrong, convicted in Gaston county of first degree burglary related to an attempt to kidnap and assault the 11 year old daughter of Rev. W Earl Armstrong. Judge Finley had recommended life with 30 years.
The Dame de Sereq of Sark visits Tryon with her husband, Yale classmates Hatherway and Flynn. Sark, four miles by half mile, is ruled under letters patent from Queen Elizabeth with ~50 shillings rent to the Duke of Normandy. Inhabitants are largely French, worship conducted in English mornings and French afternoons.
A. Cannon Mills Co paid stock holders 2 000 000 dollars in a final quarterly dividend of two dollars a share. Total dividends for 1936 reach about four million dollars. Wake Superior Court filed the case for probate. Mozingo Corner L. M. Waring said, confessed to self destruction after killing Mangum Collins in a fight.
Decedent G Mozingo of Raleigh left a $14,000 estate according to a will revealed after his death in his grocery store building last week.
A century old speedometer was devised by Isaiah Lukens in Philadelphia. A new law by Kaneas prohibits eating milkshakes in public, reflecting local regulations.
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