Banks Appeal to a Supreme Court Over Par Clearance Law
North Carolina banks prepare to appeal to the United States Supreme Court from a court ruling that the par clearance law is invalid. The Cannon Manufacturing case remains with the court, with a tax bill of about $20,000 in Cabarrus County stayed pending appeal. The term adjourned sine die as judges plan a rehearing.
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Raleigh
J J. Parker
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina
North Carolina Supreme Court
Parker
Fed
Cannon Manufacturing Company
Cannon Company
Cabarrus County
Canhon Company
O. G
Red) Thomas
Mecklenburg County
Trial of Bank Officers Continues in Davidson Court
The trial of J. L. Armfield and Zed Griffith, former president and cashier of the Bank of Thomasville, for misappropriation of defunct bank funds, continued with T. J. Finch and M. B. Hite testifying. The case likely extends into next week as defense and more witnesses follow. Judge B. F. Long presides in this high profile Davidson Superior Court proceedings.
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Davidson Superior Court
B. F. Long
Statesville
Britain to Pay 25 Million Pounds Sterling This Fall
London reports the government has arranged to pay 25,000,000 pounds sterling as interest on the British debt to the United States this autumn The decision on sending a special mission to Washington to discuss the debt has not yet been made The Associated Press states the note was filed from London on June 2.
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London
United States
Washington
Ferguson Identified as Summerfield Bank Bandit
Greensboro June 2 A photo of Grady Ferguson a young white man who last week held up two Summerfield bank employees and got $200 has been identified as the lone bandit who Monday morning robbed the Bank of Summerfield cashier Howard Simpson and director B H Hoskins at gunpoint taking $1500 then fleeing across a meadow into the woods police and county authorities have no trace.
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Greensboro
Grady Ferguson
Randleman
High Point
Summerfield
Howard Simpson
B. H. Hoskins
Simpson
Hoskins
Ferguson
Negro ball game rained out at Welchfield
The baseball game between the Red Sox High Point Negro team and the Wadesboro Giants was postponed due to rain. A doubleheader is scheduled for tomorrow with the matinee starting at 2 o clock.
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Welchfield
Red Sox
High Point
Wadesboro Giants
Assault charge at sea detains Broadhurst and Stymon
Baltimore officials detained George H. Broadhurst playwright and producer from New York and J. C. Stymon of San Francisco after an alleged murderous assault aboard the steamship Columbia while at high seas. The ship arrived from San Francisco and berthed in Baltimore.
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Baltimore
Columbia
San Francisco
United States
George H. Broadhurst
New York
J. C. Stymon
Stymon
Broadhurst
Pilot falls from hotel top in Greensburg
Graham C. Reihl aged 36 fell from the Penn Albert hotel roof and was found dazed but uninjured. He worked as a plasterer on the building and was rescued at the scene.
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Falls
Greensburg
Graham C. Reihl
Penn Albert Hotel
Reihl
Elks to Operate Special Train to Durham Meet
High Point lodge plans a special Southern railway train to Durham for the NC Elks convention on June 15 and 16. They aim for hundreds of attendees from High Point, with a roving cup for best parade turnout and the state’s only Elks concert band accompanying. Tickets priced at 3.81 dollars, about 300 members expected.
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North Carolina Elks
High Point
High Point Lodge No
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Durham
High Point Lodge
Southern Railway
Locsai Lodge
Efiks
O. A Kirkman
R. H. Sechrest
W. H. English
A. M. Rankin
J. Worth Bacon
Hoover Seeks Coal Price Accord With Dealers
Secretary Hoover reported to have secured agreement among operators producing 80 percent of bituminous coal to cap spot prices at 3.50 a ton during the strike. He is considering a conference with wholesale and retail coal dealers to secure public benefit from the price agreement. Plans are not yet definite.
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Washington
Hoover
Little progress on offer of Mr Ford in Muscle Shoals talks
Washington June 2 Further consideration of the difference between Henry Ford s offer and the house military committee draft for developing government nitrate and power projects at Muscle Shoals Ala was ordered today by Representative McKenzie acting chairman. A meeting with Mayo and Worthington Ford representatives failed to reach agreement.
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Washington
Henry Ford
House Military Committee
Muscle Shoals
Ala
McKenzie
Illinois
W. B. Mayo
J. W. Worthington
Mr. Ford
Prohibition Gains Ground in Virginia Says Commissioner
In a letter to Virginia prohibition director R A Fullwiler national commissioner Haynes says the eighteenth amendment is enforced more than ever imagined and commends Virginia for progress through its enforcement corps.
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Richmond
R. A. Fullwiler
Virginia
Haynes
Polar Ship Maud Prepares for North Pole Voyage
Seattle June 2 Capt Roald Amundsen states the exploration ship Maud is fully loaded with equipment and supplies and ready to sail tomorrow on the first leg of a lengthy voyage through sea ice toward the North Pole.
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Seattle
Wash
Roald Abundsen
Maud
North Pole
Amundsen
New Management at Robert E Lee Hotel
Winston Salem June 2 Leases on the Robert E Lee Winston Salem s new million dollar hotel and the Zinzendorf hotel which has been conducted for several years by the Travelers Hotel company Were taken over yesterday by the Interstate Hotel company which was organized last December for the purpose of conducting hotels The Selwyn hotel in Charlotte was taken over last January and now the two local hotels and a hotel in Petersburg Va have been added to the System it is learned that within the next few days new managers for the Robert E Lee and the Zinzendorf hotels will be announced.
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Winston-Salem
Robert E. Lee
Winston-Salemi
Travelers Hotel Company
Interstate Hotel Company
Selwyn
Charlotte
Petersburg
Robert FE
Army Appropriation Bill Sent for Consideration
The Senate, after six weeks on the tariff bill, takes up the army appropriation measure. Chairman Wadsworth of the military affairs committee hopes to rush the bill through in a few days.
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Washington
Senate
Wadsworth
Military Affairs Committee
Farmer Shot to Death by His Wife in Richland County
B C King, a farmer in northern Richland county, was killed by his wife at dawn. She shot him in the back of the head with a shotgun after an argument involving improper language. Officers from Columbia were dispatched to investigate the incident.
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Columbia
S. C
B. C. King
Richland County
King
Plane Crash Kills Two Officers on Mountain Side
El Paso resident Bill Jenkins Jr and Sergeant Arthur Juelining of the 12th Observation Squadron died when their aircraft crashed into a mountain in Fort Bills area and burned. The incident occurred today leaving two men dead.
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EL Paso
Texas
Bill Jenkins, Jr
Arthur Juelining
Forth Bills
Aged Couple Found In Water Near Pablo Beach
Mr and Mrs Henry V Holly ages 74 and 64 from Jamestown New York were found bleeding and unconscious on the water edge at Pablo Beach Jacksonville Florida with cuts on wrists and arms police believe a double death by own action attempt.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Henry V. Holly
Jamestown
New York
Pablo Beach
Here
Holly
Davidson College 16th Commencement Granted Ninety Diplomas
Charlotte June 2 The 16th commencement of Davidson College closed with the senior oratorical contest and the conferring of degrees. Ninety graduates received diplomas led by Senator Lee S Overman who was awarded the degree of doctor of laws.
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Charlotte
Davidson College
Lee S. Overman
U. S. Provision Store Relocates Upstairs on Maine Street
The United States Provision store has moved to the building's second floor on South Maine street. Bruce H. Carraway remains owner and manager.
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U. S
United States
Maine Street
Bruce H. Carraway
Confederate Veteran Walks 606 Miles to Richmond Reunion
Comrade George WW Sheram 85 from Barnesville Georgia arrived in High Point at 10 this morning on a foot journey to Richmond for the Confederate reunion. He left Barnesville May 16 and walked via Atlanta and Greensboro, carrying only a cane and a small bottle for his diary. He recalls fights at Chickamauga Antietam Petersburg Richmond Chancellorsville Manassas Fredericksburg and more, bears three wounds, refuses rides, and plans to march all the way to the June 19th parade.
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George WW. Sheram
Barnesville
High Point
Thomasville
Georgia
Richmond
Sheram
Enterprise Office
Atlanta
Daughers
South Carolina
Enterprise
Virginia
Chickamanega
Antietam
Petersborg
Chancellorsville
Manassas
Fredricksburg
Chickamauga
Greensboro
Sheraim
Many Women Enter Bridge Burner Races in North Carolina and Georgia
Raleigh and Cordele report primary activity and a bridge burning case in Georgia. In North Carolina a wide set of nominations will be decided with women contesting county offices. In Georgia Omer C Fairfield was found guilty of burning an Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic railroad trestle and received a mercy recommendation, avoiding the death penalty.
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Cordele
Omer C. Fairfield
Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad
Airfield
Fairfield
Georgia
A. B
President Harding Meets Negro College Delegation
President Harding received a delegation of students from Negro universities and colleges who presented a memorial protesting against lynching. Percy Howard, special assistant to the attorney general, introduced the party to the president.
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Washington
Harding
Percy Howard
Tar Heel Is Honored by Harvard Fellowships
Harvard University awarded fourteen fellowships for a year of study and travel in Europe. Chesley L. Hutchens of Goldston, North Carolina, was among the recipients announced in Cambridge Massachusetts on June 2.
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Cambridge
Mass
Harvard University Today
Europe
Chesley L. Hutchens
Goldston, North Carolina
Permanent drive to abolish child labor in the United States
A permanent conference to abolish child labor in the United States was formed in Washington to pursue a constitutional amendment after the Supreme Court struck down certain minor labor taxes. Samuel Gompers, new conference chairman, warned Congress faces a stubborn fight while pledging a nationwide campaign to end child labor.
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United States
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
United States Supreme Court
New Organize American Federation of Labor
House Judiciary Committee
Chandger
Republican
New York
Supreme Court
Permanent Conference For
Congress
Pogrom Wins Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs
Viscount Astor's Pogrom captured the Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs on June 2, withAstor's horse triumphant in a premier English classic.
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Astor
Epsom Downs
England
Viscount Astor
Britain to pay United States 100 million in fall debt interest
Washington reports indicate Britain plans to remit 100 million dollars in interest on the war debt to the United States in the fall. The allied debt funding commission has learned of this from newspaper reports as Mellon’s fiscal-year receipts estimate 200 million dollars due from England.
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Washington
Great Britain
United States
Allied Debt Funding Commission
Congress
Mellon
England
Aext
Slight Decline On The Cotton Market In New York
The cotton market opened steady with a small advance then slipped as selling appeared in the southwest. July futures fell from 20.49 to 20.40 and the general list slipped about 9 points from the previous close as Liverpool's steadiness and rain in the south influenced prices. July 20.47 October 20.18 December 20.21 January 19.80 March 19.62.
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New York
Liverpool
Belfast in Throes of Shooting Orgy
After hours of shooting incendiarism and looting Belfast saw a quieter night though sniping continued in Mill Field and a woman was severely wounded Catholic evacuees increased as fears for lives rose. The Warwick searched the Dragoue off Londonderry coast and warned vessels to stop only on order. Reports say Dublin’s provisional government challenges Britain’s right to search ships in these waters.
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Belfast
Mill Field
Belfort
Warwick
Dragoue
Londonderry
Dublin
Great Britain
Col Robert E Lee Grandson Improves Slightly in Hot Springs
Col Robert F Lee grandson of Confederate chieftain remains critically ill in a Hot Springs hotel but physicians say he is slightly improved. He is attended by his brother Dr Bolling Lee of New York and Dr Frank Hopkins medical director of the hotel.
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Richmond
Robert F. Lee
Hot Springs
Col. Lee
Bolling Lee
New York
Frank Hopkins
Lgtel
Dapper Joe Indicted on Burglary Charges
Washington on June 2 grand jury indicted Dapper Joe 45 known as C Lauzon for four burglary counts. He allegedly confessed to 166 robberies and stole loot valued at 1,060,000 dollars.
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Dapper Dow
Washington
Dosepa
C. Lauzon
Dapper Joe
Jimmy
Lamezon
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