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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1931
Page
7
The State Board of Equalization wrapped a three day meeting in Raleigh and plans to reconvene Wednesday to finish county school organization work and estimate state support for a six month school term. Only about 30 counties had estimates completed as delegations protested consolidating small schools.
North Carolina board wrestles with applying a new school law across counties. It reviews county pupil counts and average daily attendance to determine teacher allocations and plans to consolidate small schools to cut expenses. Bus routing reforms aim to reduce mileage by limiting pickups within a mile and a half of schools and avoiding backtracking.
In Gastonia D A Fox age 70 died after being struck by a train while walking the tracks two miles northwest. Pee Dee Manufacturing stockholders received a 20 percent dividend totaling 75000 on 375 outstanding shares. Ernest Graham of Robeson county elected Flora Macdonald college business manager succeeding John D McLeod. W D Holland predicts 100 car loads of peppers and tomatoes will be shipped from the Dunn area this season. Rev J Brayshaw, longtime Wilmington assistant rector, accepts call to Christ Church in New Bern. previously served Camden Barnwell and Allendale churches.
Hendersonville July 3 Lieut Gov Richard T Fountain of Rocky Mount denounces the Brookings report and the last general assembly local government act as inimical and insidious to local government He cites plans for state reorganizatio n and argues counties face progressive power liquidation and calls for public resistance.
In a paused session the Clerks' association adjourned toward noon after addressing officer elections and other matters. Miss Nichols linked to aerial ambulance transit awakens to looming loss of liberties fought for by fathers.
Chicago July 3. Jesse James a Negro from Highwood Illinois pulled an alarm box after being attacked. He described a knife assault by a group of men, was unharmed by fire but injured and taken to a hospital. The piece notes the large number of active physicians in the United States.
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