Grandmama Mary Melton dies at home in High Point
Mrs. Mary Melton known as Grandma Melton died at 518 Flint Street just before midnight after a period of declining health and pneumonia. Born June 3 1859 in Yadkin County she moved here 24 years ago with her husband H B Melton and family. Survived by husband seven children two sisters twenty seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren funeral Saturday at 2 39 pm Springfield Friends Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Mary Melton
Polly Welch Bolden
H. B. Melton
R. L. Melton
G. E. Melton
Cleve Melton
Richmond
Rosa Frye
Randolph County
Chas. Rice
C. O. Brown
Viola Melton
High Point
Sallie Barnes
Gastonia
Nancy Dinkins
Yadkin County
Springfield Friends Church
Clara I. Cox
Twenty-one UNC Students to Take State Bar Exams
CHAPEL HILL Jan 17 Twenty-one university law students will take the North Carolina Bar examination January 27. The list includes H W Blackstock Asheville Henry Bane Durham H L Elmore Rocky Mount A W Gohlson Jr Henderson J F Glenn Jr Asheville Walter Hoyle Lincolnton J E Johnson Benson J B Linn Needham J B Lewis Farmville B C Lord Asheville G C G Meade Wreaksville J A Magner Philadelphia H T Powell Jr Henderson F O Parker Goldsboro Parker Roland Clifton Harry Rockwell Greensboro C C Studdert Washington W D P Sharpe Jr Wilson N B Sowers Statesville T C Smith Jr Asheville Y M Smith Asheville L H Wallace Smithfield.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
H. W. Blackstock
Asheville
Henry Bane
Durham
H. L. Elmore
Rocky Mount
A. W. Gohlson, Jr
Henderson
J. F. Glenn, Jr
Walter Hoyle
Lincolnton
J. E. Johnson
Benson
J. B. Linn
Needham
J. B. Lewis
Farmville
Death notices for Margaret Willis and Dr William Davis
Funeral services held for Mrs Margaret Willis a prominent Lexington woman while Dr William Davis veteran physician of Summerfield Guilford county died aged 82 in Greensboro N C Funds for J W are mentioned in the obituary fragment with services held earlier.
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Exington
N. C
Margaret Willis
Lexington
Reensboro
William ©. Davis
Summerfield
Guilford County
Plans Set for High Point Bar Association Meeting
Judge Michael Schenck will address the High Point Bar Association luncheon in Winston-Salem tonight. About 35 local attorneys are expected as the group discusses a possible minimum fee, monthly meetings, and potential officer elections for the new year chaired by President T. J. Gold.
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Michael Schenck
Winston- Salem
High Point Bar Association
High Point
The
Bar Association
T. J. Gold
Association
Paraphernalia Exhibit On Bootleggers Topic In New York
New York January 17 Talks by federal agents on bootleggers paraphernalia will be among the attractions at an exhibition sponsored by the New York State Women's Committee for Law Enforcement. The exhibit at 628 Fifth Avenue opens Monday for an indefinite period with Miss G V Roberts, chairman, announcing dry agent talks every ten minutes daily along with talks by clergymen and prominent citizens.
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New York
New York State Women’s Committee For Law Enforcement
Fifth Avenue
G. V. Roberts
Weekly papers thrive in North Carolina profits
North Carolina weekly newspapers show higher profitability than peers in the South Atlantic, analyst W Clement Moore reports at the Newspaper Institute. He notes 8.3 percent net profit versus 5.5 percent regionally, with payroll and ad prospects favorable. other speakers include T W Meriwether of Ernst and Ernst and Larry S Kelly of the A I Advertising Agents.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
South Atlantic
W. Clement Moore
Philadelphia
United States
National Editorial Association
Research Bureau
Moore
T. Wd.meriwether
Richmond and
Winston-Salem
Ernst and Ernst
Larry S. Kelly
New York
American Association of Advertising Agents
H. K. McCann Company
Minors Barred From Theaters Urged In Italy
Rome reports that the national organization for maternity and infancy proposed banning minors from cinemas and music halls. It pushed for 351 public playing fields and advised Italy to imitate the United States, citing Bingh amton New York where youth recreation cut delinquency from 100 to three annually in five years.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Binghamton
N. Y
Congress in session with wide range of hearings and bills
Senate continues tariff bill debate. Lobbyists discuss New York imports. Public lands and communications bills advance. House debates treasury and navy supply measures. Parker bus bill and Owen-Lawson contest hearing proceed. Military housing and veterans bills move forward. Government contracts rules, veterans, judiciary, rivers and harbors, agriculture college plans in Oklahoma and North Dakota ethanol.
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Senate
Lobby
New York
Public Lands Committee
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Treasury-Post Office
Appropriations
Navy
Independent
Elections Committee No. 1
Owen-Lawson
Florida
Military Affairs Committee
Expenditures Committee
Veterans Committee
Judiciary Committee
Rivers and Harbors
North Carolina
Washington
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture College
Oklahoma
Experiment Station
North Dakota
Patents
Naval Affairs Committee
Holdup Men Winners Chicago Crap Game
A Gold Coast hotel room crap game ended with no winners and three thousand five hundred dollars in losses for players. Four masked robbers profited after holding up nearly twenty players, including men and women, in a contest of skill.
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Chicago
Gold Coast
Man Arrested Here For Birmingham Cops
A man giving the name T. 8S. Fitzsimmons of Birmingham Alabama was arrested yesterday by local authorities for Birmingham police. He is charged with forfeiting a bond and was under bond on a charge of violating the prohibition law and operating an automobile while under the influence of whisky.
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T. 8S
Fitzsimmons
Birmingham
Alabama
William W Gossett Dies At Home Near City
William W Gossett a lifelong farmer died at his Route one home at 4 am after a heart attack. Born May 22 1856 in Guilford county he married Mary E Ledbetter in 1882. Survived by son Walter daughter Mrs Rush Pegram and Lena Gossett along with 27 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral at Deep River Friends church Saturday at 2 pm with Rev Joseph Peele and Elder Moses Willard. Interment Deep River cemetery.
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William W. Gossett
Route One
Mr. Gossett
Guilford County
Nathan and
Rebecca Griffin Gossett
Mary E. Ledbetter
Gossett
Deep River Friends Church
Walter S. Gossett
High Point
Rush Pegram
Kennersyville
Lena Gossett
Joseph Peele
Guilford College
Moses Williard
The
Primitive Baptist Church
Deep River Cemetery
New Model Radio Shown By Clinard Electric
Clinard Electric announces the initial showing of the 1930 Majestic radio models. Manager R R Blackburn attended the Majestic dealers convention in Charlotte along with W B Brown Farlow CC and B Blackburn who called the event one of the most interesting they have attended.
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Clinard Electric Company
Majestic Radio
R. RR
Blackburn
Majestic
North
South Carolina
Charlotte
W. B. Brown
K. CC
Farlow
B. Blackburn
Bill Bennett Arrest Notice Clarified in Prohibition Case
The calendar for the next term of criminal court lists a W. J. Bennett charged with violating the prohibition law, but specifies he is not the Bill Bennett living at 109 Howell Street. It notes this refers to a different Bennett.
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Criminal Court
W. J. Bennett
W. J
Bill) Bennett
Howell Street
Mr. Bennett
Air Mail Robbery Staged In London
Robbers staged a dramatic air mail robbery at the entrance to the air ministry in London seizing two bags just delivered. They escaped in a car. Authorities later said the bags contained only ordinary correspondence, though earlier reports claimed secret air ministry documents might be included.
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London
Air
Air Ministry
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Congress
WM. W. Gossett
City
Bill Bennett
Georgette
J.c.penney
South Main
High Point, N. C
Crosley
Victor
Edison
Glascow- Stewart Co
Crosley Radio
Kester Furniture Co
Radio
Kester Furniture
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