Land to be delivered for Junior High this October
High Point’s deal with the federal government to acquire about half of the present high school site is finalized. The government is expected to take possession within six months and clear all buildings within that period, with the school district to vacate the building within 60 days after notice. The move affects over 1,000 students and raises urgent questions about school facilities if delays occur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Uncle Sam
U. S
Wrenn
Fast Green
McAnally
Prohibition Era Cases Open in High Point Court
Eighteen cases heard as High Point municipal court opened the January criminal term with jury trials. Judged by Lewis J Teague, most defendants received firm sentences for prohibitions and drunkenness. Several cases were nol pros or continued, with a mix of terms and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Lewis JF. Teague
Gus Griffin
Fred Mendenhall
M.S. Lawson
Vernon Medlin
Mary Harrington
Irvin Davis
Paul Samuels
James Reid
Frank Carroll
Aubrey Bennett
No Motives Found For Edwards Death In Jersey City
In a letter found with the body former United States senator and New Jersey governor Edward J Edwards gave no reason for his suicide. The note was on a dresser and addressed to his daughter Elizabeth and son Edward Jr directing them to his insurance papers and business affairs. Funeral services will be held tomorrow night at St Pauls Episcopal church where he was a vestryman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey City
Lewn
S. Edwards
United States
New Jersey
Elizabeth
Edward, Jr
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Artist's Joke On Modern School Threatens Backfire
Los Angeles reports Paul Jordan Smith revealed as Pavel Jordanowitck, creator of four ultra impressionistic works praised abroad yet painted to mock critics. The hoax backfired as fame shadows the real artist wife Sarah Smith, while Boston and New York critics recall similar scholarly hoaxes by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Paul Jordan Smith
Art of the Modern School
Claremont
Call
Smith
Chicago
New York
Boston
Pavel Jordanwitch
ENEW
York
Paul Smit
Pavel Jordanowitch
Mr. Smith
California
MacDonald Seeks Talks Over Lancashire Mill Lockout
Ramsay MacDonald discussed the Lancashire textile dispute in which mill owners’ lockout idled about a quarter million weavers. He notified the cotton spinners association chairman he wished to meet with him and colleagues, with an interview expected Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Eng
Ramsay MacDonald
Lancashire
Morning arrivals at Mart total 33 attendees noted
Attendance at the Southern Furniture Exposition shows 33 buyers this morning, adding to 75 registered yesterday. Week totals push beyond 100, aiming toward 1,000 for the show, with brisk but not record orders at most exhibitors.
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A. G. Douglas
Southern
Wolf and Crane
Douglas
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Grafton
West Virginia
H. Rich
C. F. Clapp
BE. Roch
C. A. Thompson
Graham
W. C. Cross
Portsmouth
R. . Holthouser
W. F. Dwiggins
Mocksville
M. A. Blank
Irving Blank
Chester
J. C. Smith
W. D. Austin
Greenville, . C
BR. P. Walmack
Anniston
Ala
W. W. Cooke
Franklinton
H. C. McCloughton
Raeford
W. Zehner
Montgomery
H. F. Brady
Ramseur
J. H. Bridges
Dorothy Walters
Ruth Walters
Charlotte
G. W
Sanlin
Rocky Mount
John Willis
Norfolk
J. A. Lee
J. H. Martin
Roncevert
W. Va
O. H. Stutts
Pinehurst
Nell Hord
Kings Mountain
N. C
F. Hord
Myrtie Whorley
Roanoke
R. C. Ridgsdell
Durham
W. T. Shephard
F. E. Garvin
Newton
J. E. Taft
Greenville
E. H. Taft
We. M. Brannan
Dunn, N. C
A. W. Blanchard
Dunn
N .C
C. A. Swift
Atlanta
W. T. Cox Belton
M. A. Mackie
Granite Falls
Irene Nelson
J. H. Richardson
Danville
T. D. McLean
Aberdeen
A. J. Ortmeyer
Tampa
Society Miss Frances Schoolfield Returns Home
Execute Negro Clayton Bell is put to death in the electric chair at the state prison for the killing of P D Edmunds, Stetson University grounds superintendent, Deland, following a week end visit in Reidsville North Carolina by Miss Ruth Stallings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Jones
North Main and
English Streets
South Main Street
Frances Schoolfield
Reidsville
N. C
Ruth Stallings
Negro Faiford
Fla
Clayton Bell
Potate
P. D. Edmunds
Stetson University
Deland
Council Conferring With Bond Buyers
High Point officials including Mayor C A York City Manager E M Knox Superintendent T Wingate Andrews and Councilman A S Parker traveled to Raleigh to meet New York bond buyers about selling bonds to fund a new junior high on Jones Street The city council meeting scheduled for tonight was cancelled due to their absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Raleigh
New York
Jones Street
Attempted Robbery at H. G. Ilderton Dodge Garage
Last night an amateur thief tried to break into the H. G. Ilderton Motor Co. garage at Commerce and Willowbrook, attempting to access the office safe holding between 2600 and 3000 dollars in cash and checks. The outer safe door hinges were sawed and the lock smashed before the thief fled, leaving a hacksaw embedded in the hinge. an opened drawer yielded no money. Company offers 25 dollars for arrest. insurance covers safe damage and theft. investigators Stout, Russell, and Fride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Ilderton Motor Company
Dodge Automobiles and Accessories
Commerce
Willowbrook Streets
Hderton
Thero
Ilderton
Stout, Russell and
Fride
Cox Attends Duke Foundation Meeting in Charlotte
Elwood Cox spends the day in Charlotte at the monthly meeting of the trustees of the Duke Foundation. He spent yesterday in Greensboro attending the directors meeting of Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood Cox
Charlotte
Duke Foundation
Mr. Cox
Greensboro
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
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Junior Hs
Moore's Book Store
Edwards
James Whitcomb Riley
Leonainie
Poe
Wiliian
Henry Ireland
England
Ireland
Anne Hathaway
Anne
London
Sheridan
Shakespeare
MacDonald
Windsor
N. Main Street
Nina
MART
Broou Hitler
Germany
Lot No
Felt House
Oxfords
Arch
Goodyear
Vnline Supreme Men's
Children’s
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