Johnson urges Negro culture to shape American civilization
James Weldon Johnson told William Penn high school graduates that responsibility for preserving Negro heritage rests on Negro youth and that American civilization benefits when African American culture is educated and celebrated. He praised Negro spirituals and folk art while stressing humanity first.
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James Weldon Johnson
William Penn High School
America
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Clara J. Cox
Miss Cox
Joel Chandler Harris
Dr. Johnson
Johnson
Walt Whitman
Notice of Sale of Land in Guilford County
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash in Greensboro will occur at 2 PM on July 13, 1931, under a deed of trust by George R. Shiplett and Mabel Shiplett to Wachovia Bank & Trust Company. The property fronts Briggs Avenue near West Broad Street, with described boundary lines and stakes, in High Point North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Shiplett
Mabel Shipiett
Wachovia Bank & Trust Company
High Point
North Carolina
Guilford County
Court House
Greensboro
Briggs Avenue
West Broad Street
Pameates Corner
Wachovia Bane
D. C. MacRae
N. C
Southern Garment to locate factory in High Point
High Point may welcome a new manufacturing plant by the Southern Garment corporation with $50,000 capital to produce misses and children's dresses in silk, cotton, and wool. An application to locate in a city section was filed with the Planning and Zoning commission but no action was taken. The plant would start with 25 to 30 workers, expanding as needed, with two Greensboro residents among the corporation members and Greensboro also bidding for the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Southern Garment Corporation
Planning and Zoning Commission
Greensboro
SmarTEST Men London Study Mental Ages
Editors and lawyers in an English university find the world’s smartest men with mental ages of 18 or older. Doctors dentists and office managers follow. Music hall actors and policemen show mental ages around 13 to just under 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Administratrix Notice for Duffy B. Benson Estate
Adminstratrix of Duffy B. Benson estate in Guilford County North Carolina requests all creditors to present claims by May 23 1932 and all debtors to pay promptly. Notice dated May 23 1931 signed by Mrs D B Benson admix with attorney E H Smith. 5 23 30 6 6 13 20 27
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duffy B. Benson
Guilford County
North Carolina
D. B. Benson
E. H. Smith
Class Of 144 Graduates At High Point High School
The 1931 commencement at High Point High School featured 144 diplomas awarded by C. F. Tomlinson as chair of the school board. Principal L. R. Johnston announced medals and honors, with remarks by Superintendent T. Wingate Andrews. Notable scholars included Dorothy Blaine Bowen with 97.14 average and several medalists from the manual training and forensics programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
C. H. Nabers
First Presbyterian Church
Cc. F. Tomlinson
High Point
L. R. Johnston
T. Wingate Andrews
Grady Hedrick
Continental Furniture Company
New York Stock Exchange Wires Vast Communication Network
The New York Stock Exchange is described as having 70,000 miles of telephone and telegraph wires. The figure highlights the scale of its communications backbone and the intensity of trading that relies on rapid messaging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
New York Stock Exchange
To Preach At Gospel Tabernacle
Rev. William M. Smith a Bible expositor and seminary superintendent will preach at the Gospel Tabernacle Sunday morning at 11. Rev. Thomas Willey will preach at the victorious service at 2 30 p m. The 8 p m evening service features evangelistic preaching with special music. The Willowbrook Street tabernacle opened last Sunday and operates on inter denominational lines with three midweek services led by visiting preachers and laymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William M. Smith
Union Bible Seminary
Woestfield
Ind
Gospel Tabernacle
Thomas H. Willey
Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
Russell and
Green
Willey
St. Edward’s
St. Edward's Catholic Church
East Green Street
C. EB. Murphy
Southside Baptist
O. A. Elmore
Green St
Green Street Baptist Church
George T. Tunstall
Church of Christ the
North Hamilton Street
Church of Christ
Disciples of Christ
North Hamilton and
East State Streets
J. A. Mizelle
W. Barton Quarles
Charters Granted For Several North Carolina Firms
Raleigh June 6 new certificates of incorporation list Cape Fear Peanut Company Elizabethtown authorized 100000 subscribed 600 Ralph Boring H H Clark and George H Hall Jr Hickory Taxpayers League of Catawba County Inc Hickory non stock corporation incorporators M H Yont J J Willard G H Geitner and others Toltec Company Charlotte authorized 60000 subscribed 800 Walter Clark Mary J Clark and David Clark Durham General Insurance Company Durham authorized 1000 shares subscribed three shares O B E Ross Jr W H Murdock G W Hill Universal Cab Company Greensboro authorized 25000 subscribed 300 A M Redeck H G Wright D Newton Farnell Jr Wil-O-Lite Corporation Abbeville authorized 2000 Grady Hunt Harry Harkins Louise Harkins Asheville.
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Raleigh
Cape Fear Peanut Company
Elizabethtown
Ralph Boring
H. H. Clark
George H. Hall, Jr
Taxpayers League of Catawba County, Inc
Hickory
M. H. Yont
J. J. Willard
G. H. Geitner
Toltec Company
Charlotte
Walter Clark
Mary J. Clark
David Clark
Durham General Insurance Company
Durham
O. B E. Ross, Jr
W. H. Murdock
Louise Harkins
Grady Hunt
Asheville
Dr Collier Cobb to Attend Paris Geology Conference
Dr. Collier Cobb head of the geology department at the university will sail to Havre France in August to attend the international geological conference in Paris August 14 to 21. He will deliver an address on Dune Sands and Eolian on the Continent of North America. He will fund his trip himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Collier Cobb
Uiversity
Havre
France
Paris
Cobb
North America
China
Tar von Engen
Dr. Cobb
Europe
Indian Hurler Turns In No Hit Night Game
GALVESTON Texas June 6 Chief Bul Moore a full blood Cherokee pitcher of the San Antonio Indians of the Texas league held the Galveston Bucaneers hitless last night in a 3 to 0 defeat Moore in his first season in a class A league pitched a complete game for the Indians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Bul Moore
San Antonio Indians
Galveston Bucaneers
Moore
Sunday church programs fill city services this week
City churches announce summer schedules with vesper services at Central Friends on Archdale playground at 6 p m and morning worship at 11 a m. Rev Tom A Sykes speaks on faith and world change. Other churches list mass, Sunday school, Endeavor activities, baptisms, and youth forums with varied times through the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Friends
Central Friends Central Friends Church
Archdale
Central Friends Church
Brotherhood
Horace Haworth
Tom A. Sykes
Sykes
Navy Enlistment Push Totals 1931 April
In April 1931 nationwide 10 329 men applied for Navy enlistment per local recruiting data. Of these 1 151 were enlisted. At one of 39 stations 52 were inducted from 487 applicants, the highest figure. Newark New Jersey yielded the best rate 20 percent from 65 applicants.
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Navy
Newark
N. J
James Allison Snider dies at 85 in Davidson County
James Allison Snider, prominent Davidson County man and longtime Democratic supporter, died at a local hospital yesterday at 5 45 PM at age 85. He served two terms as county commissioner and worked in state wartime munitions. Born September 22, 1845, he lived in Davidson County most of his life. Surviving are five sons, one daughter, three sisters, four brothers, 58 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 1 PM tomorrow at his son W. W. Snider’s home, with burial at Toms Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Allison Snider
Davidson County
Eldorado N. C
Priscilla T. Nance
Titila Pickett
W. W
N. E. Snider
High Point
B. F. Snider
Sophia
C. I. Snider
Cid
J. R. Snider
Riley
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial Church
Toms Creek Baptist Church
Denton
P. W. Williard
Mr. Williams
Asheboro
Vance Snider
Glenn Snider
Lester Snider
Vernon Snider
Clifford Snider
Norman Garner
Manly Daniels
Clarence Ridge
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RE. E. Curtright
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Palmer Memorial Institute
Sedalia
Africa
E. Black
Cable Street
J. F. G. Radio
WBIG
North Main Street
J. F. G. Special Coffee
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Hiatt Motor Company, Inc
West Broao
Auto Laundry
Wreon Street
Dorothy Elaine Bowen
Miss Bowen
Dorothy Dailey Forward
Annie Laura Patterson
Ruth Virginia Lee
Moonflower
Rudolf Friml
Miriam Sloan
Iris Welch
Ruth Spicer Clark
Thomas Taylor
Clark Hubbard
Shepherd
Thy
Frank Tucker
Minuette
String
Mozart
Frances Sloan
Helen Louise Stephens
Robert Hoskins
Elizabeth Hoffman
Barrere
Brahms
G. L. Curry
Herman Odell Allen
John Cecil Allred
Fair Antonakos
Walter Frank Armfield
Burt Asbury
Alice Ayers
Virginia Taswell Bennett
Emma Carr Bivins
Herman Bynum Bodenheimer
William P. Bodenheimer
Albert Beecher Boynton, Jr
Maxie Colon Brigman
Charlena Sara Brown
Helen Louise Caldwell
Clarence Edward Canada
Philip Latimore Carpenter
Diana Davis Chandler
Warnon Benton Cliatt
Gilbert Hale Clinard
Roy Winfred Clinard
Ruth Elizabeth Coffield
Dorothy E. Cook
Lois Culler
Pauline Joyce Culler
Jessie Loline Curry
Mary Drew Dalton
Sarah McAllister Denny
Arthur Prim Dickens, Jr
Anna Drakes
Carl Jackson Edmonds
Joseph Roger Edwards
Frances Evelyn Einstein
Sarah Everhart
Dorothy Dailey
Forward
Ruth Virginia Lee Forward
Dorothy Blaine Fritz
Woodrow
John Denny Hill
James Walter Hinkle, Jr
Winford Lee Hinkle
Mary Pauline Holcombe
Carlton Columbus Hooks
Daniel Vernon Hoskins, Jr
Ollie Franklin Hutchens
Ethel Hyman
Harris H. Jarrell
Norton Lyndon Jeffres
John Harold Jennings
Ellen Marie Jensen
Dorothy E. Jester
Rebecca Pollock Kearna
Helen R. Livengood
Katie Jane Lomax
Thelma Hortense Lotts
Frances Norrice McCrary
Howard D. Marsh
Helen Mae Marshall
Mary Ruth Melton
Annie Laurie Moss
Nancy Jones Myatt
George Everett Patterson
Eleanor Wilson Paul
Marie la Blanche Payne
Maggie Bernice Peace
Virginia Mae Perdue
Edward James Phibbs, Jr
Margaret Irene Plummer
Ruth Poole
Albert Foster Pruitt
Bryte Baker Rawson
Helen Meredith Raper
Jam
Jane Hess Weaver
Shirley Mae West
John Frederick Whitecarver
Isabel Mae White
Adelaide Agnes Williamson
Harry W. William
Henry Clyde Williams
Sarah Etta Williams
Samuel Stanton Winslow
Audrey Cohen Wood
Pauline M. Woodlief
Kate Tennie Workman
Lillian Eloise Wright
Martha Caroline Wright
Betrand Oliver Yazel
Official Bureau Weather Report
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Birmingham
Charleston
Charlotte Éshacet
Chicago Greevent
Columbia
Hatteras Evopeeeee
Jacksonville
San Francisco
Tampa
Vicksburg
Wilmington
Reformed Church
First Reformed Church
W. R. Shaffer
Christian Endeavor Society
Sandy Ridge
Christian Endeavor
West End
Coe
First Presbyterian
Charles Haddon Nabers
Rotary International
Vienna
Austria
Nabers
Saint Mary’s Episcopal Church
N. Main
Farriss Avenue
Hell
Church School
Young People’s Service League
Lutheran Church
Lazarus
Dives
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Hedgecock Rooting Co
Ward St
Insureroroofs
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad Street
J. Allison Snider Davidson CO
Democratic Party
Wilson Motor Company
High Point Ice and Coal CO
Siz
West Broad
Commercial
High Point Perpetual Build
Ing & Loan Association and
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
A. J. Idol
Vice-Pres
Treas
Hellis
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