Historical Guilford Election Precincts and Leaders Highlight 1870s-1880s
The piece recalls Guilford County elections from 1870 through the 1880s including precincts 19 to 20, changes in voting patterns, party battles among Conservatives Radicals Democrats and Republicans, notable figures like R M Stafford and A M Scales, and shifts in turnout and constitutional amendments. It notes High Point as a Republican stronghold with close contests and details early election logistics and results.
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Monare
High Point
Greensborough
Greenbackers
Western District United States Court
Federal
Greensboro
Henry Reynolds
Guilford
R. M.afford
Dave Taford
P. H. Hudson
Congress
A. M. Scales
James B. Boyd
Senate
J. L. Scales
Thomas H. Holt
Oliver C. Wheeler
George H. Parker
Will A. Steiner
Joseph 8. Worth
W. P. McLean
W. H. Bodenheim
Wyatt W.e
J. Elwood Cox
Unty
Emes Armfield
Luther C. Winchester
James A. Stewart
Rufus Kay
Reuben F. Sechrist
D. W. C. Shaw
Solomon I. Blair
C. A
Thomas Taylor
W. H.ary
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Zebulon B. Vance
Thomas J. Jarvis
Thomas Sette
W. A. Smith
Jarvis
Vance
Monroe
Gilmer
Morehead
R. M. Stafford
N. Mendenhall
D. F. Caldwell
Scott
J. A. Gilmer
A. W. Tourgee
A. S. Holton
Merriman
James A. Garfield
Hancock
Weaver
Abel G. Kirkman
Register of Deeds
J. C. Cunningham
Stafford
Mr. Kirkman
W. H. McNairy
O. C. Wheeler
Amos Ragan
A. M. Seales
Tyre York
Grover Stephen Cleveland
James G. Blaine
St. John
J. W. Reid
J. M. Bower
J. M. Winstead
A. G. Kirkman
Wheeler
Sheriff
White
McLean
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Hoskins
McNairy
Phipps
Rock Creek Township
Early Black Pioneers of High Point Built Homes and Community
The article recalls the first Black settlers in High Point from 1823 onward. It highlights Willis Hinton and Albert Miller as early builders, with Hinton opening cafes and a hotel, Miller operating a brick yard. It notes widespread home ownership by 1870s and 1880s, limited industrial work, and Captain Snow's role in encouraging employee savings and home investment.
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Ella Hoover
Tempie Brummell
Lillian Gray
Maggie Lindsay
High Point
Jamestown
Willis Hinton
Busines
W. H. Snow
South Main Street
Wright Clothing
Hinton
Fast Washington Street
Willis
Albert Miller
Downing and Coolidge Streets
One Man Who Cleaned Up In Newspaper History
A memoir-style account recounts Samuel Steele the first janitor and early employee of The Enterprise from 1906 to 1915, then janitor of Elm Street School. It details High Point’s Black community growth, notable businesses, migration from the South, education efforts at the High Point Normal and Industrial Institute, and the rise of local churches and professions through the early 20th century.
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Clark
North Main
East Washington Streets
John Robinson
High Point
William
Bill” Robinson
Wrenn Street
Commerce Street
Laughlin Chevrolet Company
East Washington Street
Washington Street
Samuel Steele
Enterprise
Farriss
Griffin Park
Burns Hill
South High Point
Ed Wills
Leonard Street
John Patterson
Fast Washington Street
Hoover Funeral Home
High Street
Gerran
Patterson
Ramsey
East Washington
Nannie Kilby
John Kilby
Ora Kilby Martin
Kilby
Hobson and
Washington and Leonard Streets
South Carolina
Georgia
R. G. Lassiter
Thomasville
Lassiter
Underhill
Kivett
Welch Field
Burns’ Hill Fairview
Education
High Point Normal and Industrial Institute
William Penn High School
Society of Friends of New York
Mark H. Smith
New York
St. Augustine College
Alfred James Griffin
Griffin
New York Friends and
Local Citizens
Edward Ensebia Cartwright
Atlanta University
Friends
Department of History
Cartwright
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Normal School
Fairview Street
O. E. Davis
Whitted
Hampton Institute
St. Mark
Thetists
O.S. Bullock
St. Stephen A. M. EB. Zion
St. Mark M
Major Gray
Will Gray
Willis Hinton
South Main Street
Ed Willis
Ella Hoover
Lillian Gray
Maggie Lindsay
Bachelor of Arts at Broadhurst Theatre
A Fox film adaptation of John Erskine's novel will screen at the Broadhurst Theatre next Wednesday and Thursday. Erskine, a Columbia University professor and humorist, wrote the source work criticizing fanciful college stories while presenting a fast moving witty look at college life.
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Broadhurst Theatre
America
John Erskine
Helen of Troy
Fox
Erskine
Columbia University
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