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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1931
Page
8
Miss Clara J. Cox of this city, chair of the state Y W C A legislative committee, spoke to the Winston Y W C A board about national and state laws affecting women and children. She urged Y W C A women to write Congress and Senators urging U S participation in the World Court and noted World Peace as a major Y W C A goal.
A vintage advertisement urges quick relief from a cold by using Hill’s Cascara Quinine. It claims the formula works fast to relieve head and body pains, break up the cold, and purge poisons, with a money back guarantee if not effective. It pitches taking two tablets now and following box directions, plus plenty of water.
City council dropped charges against Roy Shiplett head of the sanitary department after an investigation led by City Manager E M Knox. Payroll padding allegations centered on W L Dawkins and John Moore with Dawkins claiming overpayments and Moore being paid without work. Discrepancies in sworn statements and concerns over relatives on the payroll were discussed while no evidence of fraud against the city was found. The council focused on future remittance verification and the case to be partially resolved at a later meeting. The session also noted a separate inquiry on missing prison articles. The U S Forest Service reports Alaskan forests may yield 1,000,000 tons of newsprint annually in perpetuity.
The case against BE. Wray Farlowe, a local real estate dealer, was dismissed in High Point municipal court after Judge Lewis E. Teague ruled the ownership dispute over a car tied to G. Fox Marshal was civil, not criminal. Farlowe claimed he bought the car and had possession prior to taking it from the Marsh Furniture front last Saturday.
Four prominent Asheboro men were acquitted of criminal assault charges in the case involving Miss Lucy Hamlin 28 daughter of Mr and Mrs Will Hamlin near Asheboro January 10 The verdict came from Magistrates L C Phillips and Jesse Pugh after a full day of hearings The Hamlin family includes Dr J J Hamlin a well known High Point dentist
Grace Moore of High Point and Emma Mitchell of Greensboro, both prisoners at the Guilford county home after work, fought over tile floor scrubbing. Mitchell was injured with knife wounds and rushed to L Richardson Memorial hospital in serious condition. Moore is jailed in the county jail after the incident.
The Federal Farm Board notes that as early as 1896 a cooperative marketing association operated in Silver Creek New York. It handled fruit and was part of Chau tdugua county records.
M. S. Stephenson a city blacksmith protested his firing before the city council claiming politics caused the dismissal and that Councilman T. C. Johnson pressured others to work for a dollar a day. Johnson denied the accusation, the council vouched for the ward rep, and Mayor York said the city manager handles hiring. The meeting also granted Legion approval for a ride device in April and rejected bids to repair the water tank.
A monthly nursing department report shows 246 total influenza cases for January with three deaths. Influenza tops disease lists, followed by pneumonia with 56 cases. prenatal instruction and infant care programs appear throughout the detailed services and visits.
Democratic leaders convened at the Elwood hotel to review the 15 member special charter committee report led by Garland Daniel. A likely bill introduction in the state legislature is anticipated after Saturday’s leadership conference and continued committee deliberations involving the Bar association draft and charter features.
Two damage suits totaling 15 000 dollars were filed in High Point municipal court against W C Carter a Chapel Hill road builder. Mr and Mrs Aberman claim injuries from an automobile crash on highway 61 last March caused by careless road work. They say barrels tar and debris blocked an eight foot portion of a 18 foot road with no danger lights. Mrs Aberman seeks 106 900 dollars and her husband 6 000 dollars in damages.
Guilford Trophy Council of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will present a flag and Bible at the Fourth Ward school auditorium Thursday at 7 30 pm Mayor C A York will present the flag and Charles F Tomlinson will accept the Bible on behalf of the district Sechrest to T Wingate Andrews the superintendent will receive it for the school The public is invited The Bible contains 773 693 words and 3 586 489 characters
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