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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1931

Page

15

Bar Seeks To Protect Present Court Status in High Point

High Point lawyers meeting at the Elwood hotel unanimously agreed the city charter is inadequate and should be amended. A detailed charter draft by a special committee was read, action deferred to next Friday, with publication in The Enterprise. A resolution to safeguard the current municipal court status was adopted and a committee named to seek charter provisions preserving the court.

High Point High Point Bar Association Elwood Tsue C Easbelesion Rupt Pickens Carter Dalton Mr. Pickens Garland Daniel J. Allen Austin James B. Lovelace T. J. Gold W. N. Evans Silas B. Casey Mr. Gold Horace Haworth Dalton Greensboro Bar Association Guilford Superior Court Haworth High Point Association

City Council to Fill School Board Vacancy Tonight

The city council meets at 7 30 P M in the council chamber City Hall to fill the Hedrick vacancy on the school board first ward A Coke Cecil and Cecil H Marriner are top Republican prospects while Democrats J Ed Millis A E Alexander H A Millis Dr H B Hiatt Frank Hunsucker among others are also mentioned selection rests solely with the council with no school officials input.

John W. Hedrick A. Coke Cecil Cecil H. Marriner Hedrick Arepublican J. Ed. Millis A. E. Alexander H. A. Millis H. B. Hiatt Frank Hunsucker

Nobel’s Fame Rooted in Dynamite Discovery and Prize

The founder of the Nobel prizes built his fortune on dynamite. This invention and its profitable use funded the Nobel endowments. The note highlights the link between Alfred Nobel and the wealth enabling the prize system.

Nobel

Schmeling Set for Southern Visit With Raymond Host

World heavyweight champion Max Schmeling to arrive in High Point next Friday for a two day visit hosted by Raymond, High Point boxing chairman, at Fritzharry lodge. Party includes manager Joe Jacobs and Daschund, with bouts planned in Winston-Salem and Hendersonville. Schmeling tours the south after leaving New York February 9, Billy MacCarney unable to attend. Dutch luncheon may be arranged.

Max Schmeling High Point Penderday Raymond High Point Boxing Commission Sedgefield Lodge Fritzharry Joe Jacobs Schmeling Daschund Canine Raymond Schmeling New York South Southwest Middle West Washington, D. C Mr. Raymond Winston-Salem Hendersonville Billy MacCarney McCarney Jack Dempsey Franke Menke

Companion Royal Arch Masons Meeting Notice

High Point Chapter No. 70 R. A. M. will hold a regular meeting Friday at 7:30 pm. The Mark Master Degree will be conferred. All Companions are invited to attend. By order Claude E. Smith High Priest J. M. Thomas 8R., Secretary.

High Point Royal Arch Masons Claude E. Smith J. M. Thomas

City Court session reports mixed sentences in High Point

A morning session before Judge Lewis E. Teague saw two defendants receive road terms while many were given suspended sentences or fines. Notable verdicts include Clark Wright 30 days for drunk and disorderly conduct Bertha Goins 60 days for prostitution Odell Teague 50 fine and 90 day driving suspension. Other outcomes listed include larceny, reckless driving, bad checks and assaults with various costs and penalties.

High Point Lewis E. Teague James E. Lyon J. A. Myatt Clark Wright Bertha Goins W. L. Ward Odell Teague North Carolina A. Ll. Dockery Sam Spencer H. F. Moore Bascom Siler Willie Hall J. C. Wood Ethel Caviness May McCoy W. C. Hammond H. W. Townsend J. R. Walton E. V. Fowler Laura Martin S. Massey

Moon Always Shows the Same Face to Earth

The text explains why observers never see the far side of the moon, noting that the moon rotates on its axis in the same period it takes to orbit Earth, resulting in a tidally locked orientation.

Earth

Junior High Contracts Set For 328850 Project

Delivery of High Point's new Junior high school in ten months or less at a price of 322550 was guaranteed after the school board awarded contracts for the work. R. K. Stewart and Son won the general contract at 261850 with Crutchfield-Sullivan for heating 41575 Piedmont Plumbing and Heating for plumbing 13965 and Ever Ready Electric for electrical 10995. Bids opened Wednesday. alternate marble for fixtures saved 1500, keeping total cost 31000 under the architect's maximum. The building will stand opposite the existing Senior high on the 40 acre tract between Jones and Chestnut streets and will complement the million dollar campus. Architect Harry Barton faced both projects.

High Point R. K. Stewart and Son MitnessaceceOnt hidAnes Eeenny Crutchfield-Sullivan Company Greensboro Piedmont Plumbing and Heating Company Gastonia Electric Company Winston-Salem Stewart Alburine Harry Barton Jones and Chestnut Streets Barton

Five Retail Furniture Failures Reported in N. C.

The Lyon Mercantile agency reports five retail furniture failures in North Carolina last month, with no failures among manufacturers, jobbers or wholesalers. The state’s tally is about average for two years. New York led other states with 42 retailer failures and 10 wholesalers, with many failures also in Illinois Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.

North Carolina Lyon Mercantile Agency New York Isli Massachusetts Pennsyvania

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