High Point Eyes New String Instrument Industry
M D Wilson, Angeles designer and inventor, visits High Point seeking to locate a string instrument factory here. He proposes a one dollar investment to promote the industry, with each investor later receiving one share of par value ten dollars. He says production could begin on a small scale, employing about 125 people, and notes strong guitar industry growth in 1930 despite a low mood in business. Conferences are under way with local businessmen to spark interest.
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High Point
M. D. Wilson
Angeles
Manins
Wilson
Martin Guitar Company
Christian Science Sunday Lessons Include Feed My Lambs Verse
Sunday services focal point was the Lesson Sermon with John 6 33 as Golden Text and John 21 15 in the Bible citation The Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy also cited The substance of devotion is the reflection of divine love healing sickness and destroying evil and the commandment to love Jesus is noted
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Churches
Societies of Christ, Scientist
Jesus
Simon Peter
Simon
Jonas
Mary Baker Eddy
Otto Wood's Shoes On Display At Salisbury Exhibit
A display at 205 North Main Street shows worn tan shoes alleged to be Otto Wood's at the time of his death in Salisbury two weeks ago. The exhibit includes wax figures of famous American outlaws. Showman E. J. Bootz plans to add a life-size wax likeness of Wood in High Point.
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Otto Wood
Salisbury
North Main Street
R. L. Rankin
E. J. Bootz
North Carolina
Zootz
Otto
High Point City Hall repainting program begins
The city council ordered interior refinishing work to provide employment for about 10 unemployed workers. Painting will be done by the workers under their own supervision, with woodwork restained and the city manager’s office to be refurbished in mahogany. The project aims to finish within 10 days, after plastering and patching nearly complete.
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High Point City Hall
Sam H. Strickland
Public Works
Final Rites For Mrs Poindexter
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Poindexter who died at her home 210 Kelly Street Saturday night after several weeks illness were held yesterday from Copeland Baptist church in Surry county. Rev W B McCarter conducted a service at the home before departure of the funeral party. Services at the Copeland church were led by Rev L W Burrus and Rev H R Stanley. Flowers were carried by Misses Lebron Hedrick Ruth Smith Mary Adams Shepherd and Mesdames C J Hedrick Guellah Poindexter and T R Bowers. Interment was in the church cemetery.
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Mary &. Poindexter
Kelly Street
Copeland Baptist Church
Surry County
W. B. McCarter
High Point Baptist Church
Copeland Church
L. W. Burrus
H. R. Stanley
Lebron Hedrick
Ruth Smith
Mary Adams
Shepherd
Mesdames
C. J. Hedrick
Guellah Poindexter
T. R. Bowers
Shock-registering device for airplane gear stress
A new shock-registering device is invented to record strains on landing gear and other parts of an airplane during takeoff and landing, enabling better monitoring of structural loads and potential fatigue.
Raleigh swindle by man posing as state legislator
A man claiming to be Representative J. Turner conned Raleigh car dealers and a hotel, leaving two new cars stolen and forged checks totaling $1,448. Police described the suspect as a 30 to 35 year old, about 5'10" with black hair, wearing a gray overcoat, and offered a $50 reward for each recovered vehicle. Turner returned to Raleigh to resume duties in the lower house after the incident.
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Thomas Turner, Jr
High Point
J. T. Turner
Raleigh Sindsay
Capital Chevrolet
Ford Dealers
Sir Walter Hotel
J. G. Turner
Monrose
General Assembly
Raleigh
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Sanders Motor Company
Ford
Chevrolet
Turner
Raleigh Auto
Contract To Award Junior High Loon Project Soon
City school superintendent T Wingate Andrews announced that the contract for the new Junior High School to be built on the board property beside the current senior high will be awarded the first week of February. Plans by Greensboro architect Harry Barton are ready and a list of 10 bidders from High Point, Greensboro and Winston-Salem will be released shortly. The school board selected firms in a meeting yesterday and hopes construction begins in early spring. High Point bidders include R K Stewart and Son for general contracting, Bryant and Clinard Electric, Wilson and Zeziah, and J Welborn for plumbing.
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T. Wingate Andrews
Harry Barton
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Andrews
R. K. Stewart
Dr Edgar Hole to address Central Friends supper group
Dr Edgar T Hole of Guilford College and former Africa missionary will speak at Central Friends supper meeting Wednesday night. The program includes special music by E B Stimson and Margaret Sl with Mrs C F Tomlinson presiding. Fox Pioneers meet at 5, Training class at 6, prayer at 8, tickets from Miss Mendenhall Morgenthaler or Mr Syke.
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Edgar T. Hole
Guilford College
Africa
Central Friends Supper
Hole
High Point
E. B. Stimson
Margaret Sl
C. F. Tomlson
Fox Pioneers
E. H. Jarrett
Horace Haworth
Will Thompson
Anna Mendenhall
Misss Mendenhall
Miss Morgenthaler
Syke
City Court Takes Day's Holiday
The High Point municipal court opened the second week of the January civil term but was deferred today to Wednesday due to illness among attorneys. The deferral affects cases including Le Bland Piano company versus Lucian I. Straus and others. only one contested case, Industrial Bank of Richmond versus J. L. Darr, was heard.
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High Point
Apong
le Bland Piano Company
Lucian I. Straus
Industrial Bank of Richmond
J. L. Darr
High
Plaintiff awarded full note sum in Pointman case
The plaintiff won the full amount asked, $200.67, on a note. Attorneys D. C. MacRae and R. T. Pickens represented the plaintiff. Carr’s interests were protected by Wall and Johnson.
City Wide Prayer Service Announced
A union prayer service for the city will be held at East Green St Baptist Church Thursday at 7:30 PM. It was announced today and all interested in a world wide spiritual awakening are invited to attend.
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East Green St. Baptist Church
Phrase from a World War memorial quote about marching soldiers
A poignant line notes that if the number of men killed in World War I marched ten abreast day and night, it would take four months to pass any given point, underscoring the war's human cost.
Robbery hits city as Dixie Cafe victim of break in
A Dixie Cafe on East Washington street was broken into between midnight and 7 am, losing $20 in tobacco products, candy and pies. It marks the fourth similar robbery in recent days, with three grocers also hit last week. Police took fingerprint evidence. investigators include Officers Wail Friddle Nance Batley and M C Hoover.
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High Point
Dixie Cafe
East Washington Street
C. M. Scott
Redding Street
Prospert
Prospect Street
Hilltop
Hilltop Street
Wail
Friddle
Nance and Batley
M. C. Hoover
Bureau of Identification
Loss of Second Twin Boy at Eight Days Old
Eight day old Clifford Goodwin son of Mr and Mrs C W Goodwin near Trinity died yesterday afternoon. His twin Carlton Lee died January 4. Funeral services for Clifford were held at Prospect church this afternoon. Mrs Goodwin, formerly Ola Hawkins of this city, is the mother. A separate note mentions the Essex warship in service since 1876.
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Clifford Goodwin
C. W. Goodwin
Trinity
Carlton Lee
Prospect Church
New Allenru Weekend Rheumatism Treatment Ad
Mann Drug Co promotes Allenru as a weekend remedy for rheumatism and neuritis with an 8 oz bottle priced at 85 cents. The ad claims quick joint relief by Monday and offers a money back guarantee if it does not work as advertised.
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Mann Company
Si Mann Drug Co
Ang Live
America
High Point Urged to Donate 2000 for Drought Relief
High Point was asked to give 2000 dollars to aid drought relief via the American Red Cross but no local campaign will be run. Dr. Frederick R. Taylor said voluntary subscriptions are welcome and will be publicized. John Barton Payne urged immediate action and noted a national quota of 2000 dollars for the chapter.
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High Point
American Red Cross
Frederick R. Taylor
John Barton Payne
Taylor
Payne
Red Cross
Hoover
Norman Fiddler
The
Commercial National Bank
Not the One Will Edwards Guilty in Prohibition Charge
A man at 15 South Main Street identified as not being Will Edwards reported to The Enterprise that he was wrongly tried in High Point municipal court yesterday and found guilty of violating the prohibition law. The report notes that tantalum is the most non corrosive metal known to science.
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Will Edwards
South Main Street
Enterprise
High Point
Pauline
North Main Street
Bladder Weakness Drug Ad Promises Quick Relief
An echoed advertisement claims a remedy for bladder weakness offers rapid relief from irritation and urgency. It emphasizes a money back guarantee and states positive effects on sleep and energy within minutes, urging purchases through druggists.
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