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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1937
Page
2
Olive Roberts Barton offers practical tips on memory and association. She describes how people chase thoughts by linking ideas and objects, noting the common fear of cognitive decline and proposing simple mnemonic aids for children and adults alike.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Mary Borden Daniels 70 wife of Judge Frank A. Daniels in Goldsboro. She died at home after suffering a paralytic stroke yesterday, with services conducted today in the city.
Sheriff J A Russ announced the arrest of Rev Vance Simmons and B Garfield Simmons in a Thanksgiving night flogging case. The Primitive Baptist preacher and the other man face charges with a deadly weapon. They were turned over to Columbus county sheriff and allowed temporary release while attempting to post $500 bonds each set by District Solicitor John J Burney.
The army engineers board recommended Parliament modification of the Cape Fear river project to create a 26 foot channel from Wilmington to Navassa at an estimated cost of 81 600. It also proposed a 12 foot side channel and turning basin on the inland waterway opposite the principal wharves at Swaysboro with an estimated 6 000.
Firemen responded to Brentwood School at 12 54 this afternoon to quell a grass fire. The blaze was quickly put out with no damage reported.
Police say Erman Clemmons held in Southport is accused in the torch death of Hobson Sellers. Sellers’ deathbed statement alleges Clemmons left a drinking party, poured gasoline on him, and ignited it saying Damned if I don’t get him up.
In Kent County Maryland an aerial survey mapped former race track sites long hidden by tillage. Photographs reveal outlines of tracks at Radcliffe Manor Tolchester and the William A Bell farm despite 25 years of farming. The Kent Agricultural Conservation Association supervised the survey, one of the region’s first in the east central area.
Robert Livingstone Reaves of High Point filed for involuntary bankruptcy in Guilford Superior Court declaring debts of 5413.72 and assets of 490. He lists a personal exemption to protect assets and is identified as a pool room operator.
Cotton futures closed steady to mixed in both markets with May and January contracts showing small gains or losses. The report notes spot prices remaining steady and mentions a long tusk fact about the narwhal for contrast.
On the plant siege, strikers refused eviction orders, leading to a riot as Chief Deputy Sheriff Kennedy mobilized forces. Company attorney Keele said authorities could use any method to remove the men, who had repelled officers with acid and missiles. Kennedy contemplated moving cars for cover near the plant as protection.
President Roosevelt urged Congress to adopt a national Granary plan that would extend surplus yields from good years to aid poor ones, aligning it with crop insurance and farm tenancy proposals. Senators Pope and Norris praised the measure as constitutional and essential to national administration.
Debate on fiscal limits includes an $80 maximum versus $15. Lawmakers file 60 new bills. Proposals cover housing authorities for PWA funds and slum clearance, banning poisonous waste dumping, and half pay for judges. Bond issuance up to 14.6 million for highway aid. Committees push constitutional amendments, sheriff term changes, death penalty for kidnapping, and court judge appointments. Governor pay raise powers also discussed.
In Guilford County Superior Court Frank K Smith and Maggie Smith are ordered to sell property at public auction March 22, 1937 at 12:00 noon. The sale will be at the east door of the Greensboro courthouse for cash after court confirmation. The described lot lies in Point Township with specified boundaries, excluding a strip deeded to the City of High Point for street purposes. L J Pisher Jr, Commissioner. 2-19-26-3-5.14
debate spans wage hour legislation and farm support as officials study NRA analysis and draft recommendations. observers note political caution with a judiciary committee path shaping public stance and potential bill changes before Senate votes.
A brief note explains that clouds do not float freely but are buoyed by rising air currents. When the air currents weaken, they tend to descend at roughly 30 to 40 feet per hour.
Eckerds Drug Store in High Point invites residents with high blood pressure to visit 140 South Main for a free sample of Garlic Parsley Tablets and an information booklet. The tablets, produced by a Chicago company, are claimed to reduce blood pressure and relieve headaches. A week’s treatment is advertised at 50 cents.
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