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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1935

Page

12

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.

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.

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.

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.

Broadhurst Theatre America John Erskine Helen of Troy Fox Erskine Columbia University

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